ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 02 2019

Episode Date: July 1, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. One minute past six. Top stuff. I'd like some, just unpacked my bag. I'd like some praise from you, Producer Caitlin, because I'm still using your, what do you call this? A mesh bag for my fruit? Your reusable non-plastic. I'm so pleased you're using it.

You're not going to get fined. You should see what Caitlin brought her lunch to work in today. It looks like something you'd see at a yum cha. We're all stacked on top of each other and clamped shut. Looks like a steaming unit. Right. She's doing some plastic-free... No plastic July.

But it's plastic. Free July. But it's plastic. It's just not disposable plastic. Oh, right. So no disposable plastic July. You know those bags that fruit come in in the supermarket and stuff?

Do they still have those? Yeah, that's what I wondered because they're single-use plastic bags, right? Yeah. So handy for picking up a doggy poo, though. I wasn't... I know, yeah. Those are single-use plastic bags, right? Yeah. So handy for picking up a doggy poo, though. I wasn't... I know, yeah. Those are single-use plastic bags, too.

I wasn't at the supermarket yesterday to see, but yeah, so yesterday was the first day. First day. That they were banned. Right, yeah, I'm in the supermarket. And Tristan. All right, you lot, listen up. It's Storytime. Storytime, three news headlines.

Vaughan and Megan deliberate, decide and pick one of the news headlines that I give you. Headline one, canoeing under the influence. Headline two, face plant hits the jackpot. And headline three, very Canadian record. Canadian record would be something to do with manners? Maple syrup. Close. Mooses.

No. You're three M's of Canada. Yeah. Manners, maple syrup. Oh, poutine. How good is poutine? It's a bit much. What?

Excuse me? It's a bit much. I've never been in... When have you ever said about food, it's a bit much? It's a bit much. What? Excuse me? It's a bit much. I've never been in... When have you ever said about food, it's a bit much? It's a bit much. What is wrong with you? What's a bit much? The gravy?

The cheese curd? The cheese curd. Nah, see, it's got to melt. The cheese curd's got to melt a little bit. Oh, it's so good. I think it's when... I think... When I went to Canada.

When I went to Canada Some 12 years ago So not any time recently I got the sickness That everybody talks about That you get What sickness? When you get I don't know

But all of my friends That went there snowboarding Said oh you'll get sick I was like What are you talking about? Is it from the food? And they said no You just one day

You'll just wake up And you'll vomit like six times And then you'll be sweet What? And they all got it When they moved to Canada That's not a thing. I don't know what,

if it's an altitude situation or what. Right, but did this coincide with you eating poutine? A lot of poutine and then I did the vomiting and I could,

I think the poutine was like the sticky bit coming up. Oh, right. So maybe it's kind of ruined it. Well, that explains it. It's like flat lemonade. I had a sip of flat lemonade

out of a bottle that's been in our fridge for months the other day. And immediately it made me feel like I was a kid again and I'd just been sick and I was looking into the spew bowl. Okay. You have a spew bowl? Do you have a dedicated spew bowl? No. Did you not have a dedicated spew bowl?

I don't think so. We just used a bucket from the laundry. Oh, you used a bucket. Right. I was going to say, because you don't want to spew in a bowl and then see mum mixing up some muffins. You need a bucket because the bowl would just like, the rush of it would go up the other side. Okay. Straight down.

Moving on. This isn't nice breakfast chat. I want the face plant one. What do you want? Face plant hits the jackpot. Yeah. You go with that one? Yeah.

All right. Okay. Well, no spew involved in this. We go down to Cincinnati where a woman was at a... WKRP in Cincinnati. Was at Jack Casino. And she was walking along and she fell by a collapsed wet floor sign and face planted. Now, as she walked towards the sign, which lay flat on the floor,

customers apparently had knocked it over There's also security footage Showing an employee walking past the sign And not picking it up That didn't help the court case She failed to pick up the sign That was on the floor Tripped over it

And suffered a broken kneecap And needed metal hardware in her knee Her mobility Yeah her mobility since the accident worsened, but she did hit the jackpot because a court awarded her $3 million. So if you're in America, people do this all the time. I've always wondered how you set the money for when you sue someone. Because it's like your expenses might be like $200,000 or whatever,

but then they're like $3 million to you. Yeah, I don't know. Because it's like your expenses might be like $200,000 or whatever, but then they're like $3 million to you. Yeah, I don't know. Good Lord. Although that sucks, but... Do you have to write down all the stuff that it stops you doing? Well, I guess it depends on how much it's hurt you, how much it's incapacitated you. Did it cost you a gold medal at the upcoming Winter Olympics?

Exactly. Does it cost you a lot of work? Yeah. Or the ability to work? Those kind of things. The wet floor sign was there, right? Just lying flat. Yeah.

Good Lord. I know. Weird. I know. Because what would happen if someone slipped over at your cafe? Or I slipped over. Remember? And I stabbed my hand because I was holding a knife.

Nan down. Nan down. Nan down. It fell straight on my back. Help. And then they put the wet floor sign up. I was like, thanks, guys. That's great. Did they put it up over you?

That would be such a kick in the guts. Or even on top of you. You're like, just check that you've got to let everybody else know it's a wet floor. How did you get your food rating? It's this morning. Oh, food rating? That's this morning. Oh, my God, it's this morning. Oh, I see you were cleaning yesterday. Okay.

Oh, that's like flossing before the dentist. They're going to know. When is the last time you flossed? Last night before I came here. When is the last time you cleaned? Yesterday when we were coming. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. When you do an Instagram story, do you use a filter?

Oh, sometimes. I only like one that makes me look like a rabbit or something. Sure, yeah, or on Snapchat. I always forget that they have, yeah, Snapchat. I only always forget that they're on Instagram. Oh, yeah. Or you go to Paris because it softens everything out. What's Paris?

You go twice over, swipe over twice and it's like real soft. On Instagram story. Oh. Hey, am I right, Paris? When you look like this, mate, you don't need to soften things up. Yeah. I don't either. It produces a nod.

Already quite soft around the middle. So if I go two. It's like a soft focus. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, there you go. That's not happened. One, two. That's just kind of given.

Oh, no, I've gone to Lagos now. It's like a Days of Our Lives filter. It's like softens it. What you're talking about, I keep swiping Lagos now. It's like a Days of Our Lives filter. It softens it. What you're talking about, I keep swiping back to the main feed of photos. Are you swiping across? What have I done wrong? Have I put the face? Oh no, yeah, don't put the face back.

Do a selfie. Oh, so I've got to take the selfie. Oh my God. No, but I thought I could put this filter up for you to take. Yeah, okay. Why are you doing that face? Now what do I do? Now what do I do? It's being silly. No, swipe the thought I could put this filter up for you to take. Yeah, okay. Why are you doing that face? Now what do I do? Now what do I do?

It's being silly. No, swipe the other way. One. What did it say? Paris. Yeah, there you go. What does it do? It like softens.

Oh my God, I feel like I'm talking to my parents. Do you not think that it like softens? Not noticeably. Oh, okay. It's not going to be the difference between someone being like, I'll sleep with them and oh, yuck. I mean,

it can only do so much. Yeah, I know. It's like phones like, grrrr. Anyway, that's at the lighter end of the scale. Yeah.

But there are, of course, those photoshopping apps where you can literally change your face. Oh, who? Is that friend we know or friend,

this person we know that keeps making their eyes really big. Yeah, why? I keep showing you. I'm like, why is that friend we know, or friend, this person we know that keeps making their eyes really big. Yeah, why? I keep showing you. I'm like, why is that happening? Also, was it Britney Spears that uploaded a photo yesterday

to Instagram? Oh, I should have fledged. And you could see the drawers in the back were warped, so she'd obviously got an app and just been like, just make. Oh, skinny waist.

Yeah. But all the drawers behind her were all warped. Everyone's like, oh no. Why did people do that? Well, she's obviously just found the app maybe and hasn't had a tutorial. Everyone's like, oh no. Why did people do that? Well, she's obviously just found the app maybe and hasn't had a tutorial.

I don't know. So this study has found that these kind of apps and even Snapchat and Instagram, the filters, are distorting the way we want to look in the digital realm. Now, they think this is why everyone's getting plastic surgery. So it's making people more acceptable of it. Yeah. See, the fact that you edit yourself and then what you look like on Instagram

and social media is what they want to look like in real life. And so they're getting liposuction. They're getting plastic surgery on their faces. They're making their noses smaller. They're getting rabbit ears, bunny ears. And dog tongues. Has their car got a warrant of fitness? Are they out today with their insurance payment?

Probably not. That's the thing. It's so expensive. This is bananas. Yeah. Even just people who get fillers in their face, that's so expensive. How much are fillers?

Well, like, thousands of dollars. Have they? Thousands, yeah. But we know people that have got fillers before. Who? We know people. Who? I don't remember that person in the office got, like...

Oh, yeah. Is that a filler? See, I don't know how, like... So they would have paid thousands of dollars. Oh, yeah. And I was like, at the time, I was like, you didn't need to. I know. And, yeah, it's interesting, isn't it?

I mean, I'd just be so worried that your face ends up a little bit warped. Just wish everyone could look in the mirror like I do and just not give a shit as much as I do. Like, I'm not stoked with it, but at the same time. At the same time, at the same time, who can be bothered? Like I said, there's some way better things to spend your money on. But also, I would have thought filters would have gone the other way.

Like, you don't need it because there's filters. Yeah, well, that's true. Everybody who's getting a filter, they own a drone. Like, I've got a drone, so much fun. Take a picture of yourself really far away. No one can see you. From a really high, weird angle. No one's going to know that. It's going to be like, why have you got a drone?

No one's going to worry about your face. Do you know, it was actually, we talked about this, this airdropping in public, like something, in a probes. Oh, people are doing it on trains, planes, any crowded space, concerts, et cetera. Just open up your phone and there's a DP from a random stranger. Or somebody who listens to the podcast said they were in, I can't remember, they were in London in a very busy train station

and they received a notification that somebody wanted to airdrop to them. They just screencapped the notification and sent it. Didn't accept the picture. It was someone's very hairy butthole. Very. So not always a DP. No. Sometimes a AP. BP.

A BHP. Well, there's great news for creeps because Android have announced, well I don't know if they've announced or there's rum news for creeps because Android have announced, well, I don't know if they've announced or there's rumours, pretty strong rumours that they're getting a version of AirDrop. Yes. A version of AirDrop for Android phones. I didn't know that there wasn't something like this already.

No. But apparently fast share will be what it's called. I wonder if you'll be able to go between that, because that's the most annoying thing with friends and you want to share between all of them. If that links in

with AirDrop, that'd be amazing. Yeah. But I don't know if it will. Because I don't want a Samsung but I do want your quality of photo on my phone

that you just told me. So that'd be really great if you could just bump me that and then like, oh, I'll send it over Facebook Messenger like, it's going'll send it over Facebook Messenger. Like, it's going to lose a little quality.

Maybe we can figure out some sort of Dropbox situation. Yeah. But Farshare is what the company's testing, apparently, for Android phones. And it will use primarily Bluetooth. But again, great news for the creeps because now creeps can be on the Android phones as well as the Apple phones and be sending you their junk. If you've been just aching to send your hairy butthole pictures to somebody, but darn it, you're on an Android. Yeah. Well, great news.

Yeah. Great news. How would you react if you were, say you're on the train and you just pulled out a Britomart and you get a hairy butthole picture? I'd probably laugh and then look around and try and find and you get a hairy butthole picture. I'd probably laugh and then look around and try and find the... I know. I'd pull the emergency stop. But we are not getting off

until everybody's shown me their butthole. I... Well, I was just going to say until someone owns off. I don't think you should. I think it's very creepy. What somebody gets out of that is weird. If you get off on making people uncomfortable,

that's totally not cool. Or if you get off on like humiliating yourself, like that's weird as well because you're not, you've got to make sure that the person who you're sending it to isn't intimidated by it. Like if you're into being humiliated, fine, with a consenting adult. We're not keep you shaming.

Do whatever you want and what you've got to do. Yeah. But you've got to be, but when I, if I got one, I'd like laugh out loud. I'm not scared of them. Yeah, is that the desired response? I wouldn't want to get anything threatening. That would be horrible. Yeah.

But yeah, and I'm not saying do it or in any way saying it's okay. Yeah. Because yeah, it's the person that's receiving it that, you know, has to make that. But preferably you'd rather they were hot. Oh, of course. Yeah. Of course.

Of course. Okay. There's been a very extensive study done. This is over 40 years. Okay. 40 years and included more than 1,300 middle-aged businessmen. And the study is looking into how much you work compared to how much you holiday and relax.

Okay. It has found lots of things, but in particular, going away with the boys is good for your mental and physical well-being. Yeah, the boys. Lads, lads, lads. Lads, lads, lads. Lads, lads, lads. Yeah, the boys. So, hang on a second. You are saying that us lads need to go away on more lads trips.

Yeah, leave me behind. I say this all the time. I'm fine. I need a break from you. Leave me behind. I always hate it when I get stuck without Caitlin or Anya. It's like, lads, lads, lads. But what about your partners? Those are work trips. Yeah. I always hate it when I get stuck without Caitlin or Anya. It's like, lads, lads, lads. But what about your partners?

Those are work trips. Yeah, I know. Leave me behind. We can't go away on work trips. That's not counted as a lads trip. But what about your husband, Mr. Toyboy? What if he went away all the time? He's not really like a lads, lads, lads kind of guy. But I don't think you have to be a lads, lads, lads.

No, it's just the boys. Yeah, the boys. We don't do anything anymore because we are super busy. Because you work and stuff, yeah. I always say to him, you should go out with, like, the boys. The boys. Like, just for the night. And he's like, oh, I can't.

It's a trap. It's a trap. No, it's not a trap. He's just like CBF. What about producer Caitlin, now that you've got a boyfriend, what if he goes away for a boys weekend? My boyfriend is constantly lads, lads, lads, and I'm absolutely fine with it

because it means I can have a night to myself. He's going away. Stop pestering me. Yeah, he's so annoying. No, I actually really like him. He's going away for like a ski lads trip, but it's when mum and dad are up and dad's not very happy because dad wanted to meet boyfriend.

Mads, lads, lads. Has dad not met boyfriend? Nah, he's the only one that hasn't. Well, just Skype him. Close enough. Yeah, sure. Skype Doug in. That's your dad's name, not your boyfriend's name.

He can hold up the cat. Although your boyfriend could be called Doug. He's not. That would be weird. Dating a Doug. Yeah. A young Doug. I wouldn't know. Dating a Doug. Yeah. A young Doug. I wouldn't know.

Right. So, permission granted. Yeah. Boys. And also, like, if they're going to, like, get boozy and stuff, I'd rather not be there because then you have to, like, babysit. Like, one of you. It's like a race to who gets the most drunk.

No. Not any more. It's babysit. More. Not any more. I get babysit more now. Yeah. Like, I've popped up the other drunk. No, not any more. He gets babysat more. Not any more. I get babysat more now. Like, I've popped up the other day. It was like 11 years since this lads weekend

with pretty much the only group of lads I ever go on a lads weekend with. And that was pretty raucous. But then last time we went on a lads weekend, we just went for a hike and we were so tired we had, like, naps and stuff. And we went and looked at the ocean and talked about, like about how lucky we are.

Oh my god. That's so cute. That's the thing, I don't think everyone's not always drinking until you urinate in your own pants situation. Why were you so lucky about the ocean? Oh, it was just like a beautiful day. Right. Two of us have got kids

and we're just quite reflective. And there were no drugs involved? I'm not laughing at you. No, not even that much booze. We just took some nice whiskey. Okay, yeah. Yeah, it was quite lovely. All right, Ardy.

It wasn't all madness and locker room talk and all that sort of stuff. Lads, lads, lads. It wasn't that lad, lads, lads, lads, lads. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Hello. Today's top six deals with the Dalai Lama, the 14th Dalai Lama. Laomo Thumbap is his name. Okay.

He's 83 years old and the spiritual leader of Tibet, which is in this whole situation with China. Oh, let's not get into that, Vaughan. We'll be here for a while. It's a political hotbed. It's really something. So he goes around, he chats. China's like, don't you talk to him or we won't buy your pork.

But it often attributed to some, you know, some quite amazing quotes. Yeah, yeah. Well, he's a spiritual leader. I thought you were going to say deeds. No, you know, like Instagram quotes like blah, blah, blah, blah, happiness, Dalai Lama. Yeah, Tibetan Buddhism is well known for its spiritual connection to words. Yeah. Buddhism is well known for its spiritual connection to words. So he actually was interviewed and had this to say about his successor. You once said that you would be open to a female successor.

You also told one of my colleagues that that female must be attractive. Otherwise, it's not much use. Okay, yes. Can you see why that comment upset a lot of women? That's one thing. If female dilemma comes and should be more attractive, if female dilemma, oh, oh, Lord. Dead people, I think, prefer not see a dead face.

Yes, a lot of women would say that objectifying women. And it's about who you are inside, isn't it? Yes, I think both. Hey, you missed. It's the video of him when he said you want to be more attractive. If the female Dalai Lama come along and she be like,

and he screws up his face and goes... Oh my God. I want to see that. One of his quotes is, be kind whenever possible. It's always possible. But... Well, he's trying.

He's also 87. Like, we all know how bad granddad can get. Old mates. Yeah. Old mates. Oh, my God. Little chauvinist. This is the top six Dalai Lama replacements

according to the Dalai Lama. Okay. Number six. Any of the Victoria's Secret angels. But only because he thinks what they have, it takes, they have what it takes to maintain a spiritual independence from China because they're angels.

Yeah. Of course. So they could do it because, mostly because they're angels, but also because they're very good looking. Would they have to do their big public talks in their lingerie? In their lingerie? Sure,

lingerie. I'm sure we could work something out. Lingerie. I'm sure we can work something out. Lingerie. Tell you what, you watch the international support flow in for the Tabeasians though. He's not wrong. Number five on the list

of the top six Dalai Lama replacements according to the Dalai Lama. A social media influencer who everyone follows because they love the videos of her singing. Because he loves singing. Yeah, he does. Mostly because he loves singing,

but also because she's terrible at singing, but she's very good looking. But people are like, oh my God, you're so good at singing. She's not good at singing. She's not good at singing.

People just think I'll compliment her. Do you follow someone? How is this based off? Yeah. Well, you know, there's lots of people online who think they can sing.

Yeah, but you're basing this on someone. Yep. Number four, the list of what the Dal the delhi llama did number four on the list of the uh delhi llama's top six replacements according to the delhi llama a travel blogger who only goes to places where you can live in a bikini but it's because the delhi llama loves the ocean yeah yeah and he thinks that the water is an essential element to life. And he loves seeing the water in the background of whatever's in the foreground. Isn't Tibet like landlocked?

Yeah, but that's why he loves the ocean so much. He's not used to it. Okay, right. He doesn't see it all that often. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six Dalai Lama replacements, according to the Dalai Lama, that really good-looking hipster girl that thinks people love her wacky sayings

about bliss and soul food and all that sort of stuff. But they don't really. But he thinks she'd look great in the traditional Dalai Lama garb of maroon flowing gowns with gold trim because she loves a flowing dress. It's lovely. Too much coverage there. We can work something out. And she knows all about words and stuff because she's always, like,

copying sayings from someone. Putting them as Instagram captions. Man, you're facetious. Number two on the list of the top six Dalai Lama replacements according to the Dalai Lama. The fitness model that he follows on Instagram. Just to make sure that his gym workouts are on track. You know, you want to make sure you've got the right techniques. Nothing to do with the fact she's smoking hot.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Because he's old and he's got to make sure he've got the right techniques. Nothing to do with the fact she's smoking hot. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. He's... Because he's old and he's got to make sure he's looking after his body because otherwise he could have an injury if he's not doing squats with the right techniques. Great. These are just sounding like your excuses to your wife

of why you follow these people. Yeah, yeah, me and the Dalai. Yeah, both very wise men. And number one on the list of the top six Dalai Lama replacements according to the Dalai Lama becauseacements according to the Dalai Lama because he thinks the next Dalai Lama's got to be attractive. Number one, your mum.

That is today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Okay, so there is a diet called the 16-8 diet and it's made the news now. It is something that I've been doing and I don't like talking about diets too much because then I think that everyone picks it up and they haven't spoken to anyone

and found out if it's right for them and you've got to talk to your doctor, you've got to talk to people about it, okay? Did you talk to your doctor about this? I talked to my nutritionist about it and I talked to... That's your doctor though, isn't it? No, but they're skilled in the area.

But can they give you sleeping pills? You should ignore doctor's advice. I know, but I don't have any medical conditions or anything that underlying issues that would affect me. Did you ask your doctor? No, but I've been recently enough that there's nothing wrong with me. Megan, I don't want to alarm you, but you're dying.

We're all dying. None of us are getting out of this alive. No. Man, that's sad every time I say it. Oh, no, it's not. I mean, it's a reality. You've got to come to grips with it and make the best

of your time here, right? I'm just going to, like, because this is the danger of these diets being, like, splashed across everywhere is that people just pick it up and try it

and, like, don't do it properly and get into negative passions. There's no danger of me picking up this diet and doing it. It sounds absolutely horrible

and I've seen you do this for the last few weeks and, again, both this diet and doing it. It sounds absolutely horrible. And I've seen you do this for the last few weeks. And again, both Wanda and I have commented, it looks horrible. Have I gone on about it though? No. No. I'll give you that.

She does every now and again say, God, I'm hungry. You say it more often than her and you've literally got something in your mouth every time. You're so hungry. Yeah. No, it's like literally I've said, oh, I can't eat yet. That's what I say.

And you're like, oh God, I don't know how you're doing it. Just eat now. I must eat. I simply must eat. I simply must put nutrition in my body. Let me explain the 16-8. It's pretty basic.

The idea is it's intermittent fasting. So it involves you only eating during an eight hour window. Fasting is when you eat real quirky. For 16 hours. Eat as quick as you can because you know your brain's like, I think we're getting full about 20 minutes in. So you've got to do it all before that brain. Yeah. Stupid brain. And then you fast for 16 hours. So that window can be whatever you want it to be. You can move the window. Right.

So for me, I do 8 till 12 generally. So I will eat between lunchtime and 8pm. At night. And then fast for the rest of the time. But could you start at 10am and finish at 6pm? Yeah. Oh yeah, I could do that. I just have to get a bit of 6.05.

You could not do that, Fletch. No, I don't think I could. But that's the idea, is you spend most of your time fasting asleep anyway. Right. But yeah, it means that you couldn't eat like straight away when you wake up. Could I have a coffee?

Could I have coffees? So the idea is you're supposed to have like drinks, so maybe unsweetened tea and like small coffee tea and a shot of coffee that doesn't involve lots of milk. It has to be under a certain amount of calories. Like an ice frapper with chocolate chips in it. Yeah. No?

But it's not only weight loss. There's been things that say it reduces insulin. What's the thing to do with blood sugar or something like that? Yeah, a bit of that. Insulins. Yeah. Insulins. Right. But look into it because, like, it might not be right for everyone.

So has it been, how many weeks have you been doing this? A long time. Has it been working? But I don't weigh myself. Do you feel better? I actually, once you get used to it, you don't, the fasting's not hard. Right. And, like, I don't feel like I lose any energy when I'm fasting.

It's just easy for me because I'm so busy in the mornings. But then by lunchtime, I'm like, my day starts to slow down. So then I can eat. But then you also, you go to your cafe after work and you're surrounded by delicious food. Yeah, but that's a great way to not. It's the same as here. We get sent lots of treats and food, but if I know that I'm fasting,

I don't eat it. But otherwise, you just say, I'll just have a little bit. Very hard to comprehend. Just have a little bit. I'll just have a chippy. I'll just eat the whole packet. Could you do this more?

No. Nah, neither. Sounds silly. But yeah, it's been praised. But it's been working for you, would you say, after a few weeks? Well, I don't think I've lost a lot of weight or anything. But some people have been, haven't they?

Yeah, so it's been working weight-wise for some people. But they are doing a lot of research now because it's becoming so popular. And the 5-2 as well, which is you eat normally for five days and then two days you eat a smaller amount of calories. It's like doing the 40-hour famine. Are you allowed lollies? Little orange lollies? No. Well, I mean, you can eat lollies in your eating window, but it kind of undoes the work

that you've, you know, it's not healthy. They say the secret to like a longer life is a calorie-restricted lifestyle, right? Like you'll live longer, but you'll also live far more miserably. Yes. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, word got back to us that there was some inter, what would you say, some trans-Tasman beef or a calling out. On air in a radio station.

Trans-Tasman miscommunication. Is that what we're calling it? Yeah, that's what it feels like. Okay. So, yeah, I went to Australia a couple of weekends ago to see how a TV show works because there's going to be a New Zealand version. And, well...

Put a plug in. Have you been paying attention? Yeah, it hasn't started yet. I know, but it's going to. It'll be on on Wednesdays in a couple of weeks. Yeah. Yeah, it's going to start on Wednesday. You're so...

Don't downplay it. You're going to be on a TV show in a couple of weeks. Yeah. Yeah, it's going to start on Wednesday. You're so, like, don't downplay it. You're going to be on a TV show. Why is he downplaying it with two people who will mow him down when he puts his head up? I know. No, I'm going to give you your plugs now, and then when it's on TV, we'll mow you down. We'll mow you down.

Sort of like build me into a false sense of security. Yeah. You're going to tear me down. I see how this works. You know how it works. So I went to see how it worked in Australia, and I got teamed up with a dude called Ed Cavilley, who's a good guy.

And I thought our little coffee date went fantastically. So he is on the show. He's like going to do what you do. He's a regular. Yeah, I'm going to kind of do what he does on the show. How does the show work? So it's basically a quiz show of stuff that's been happening for the week. It's five individuals all taking on each other.

Somebody asks questions. Right, and this Ursula Carlson's going to be on the New Zealand line. Yeah, Hayley Sproul's going to host it. Yeah, so we went to see how it works in Australia, and I went and had a coffee with Ed, and I thought it all went swimmingly. And then someone we know gets in touch and said, is this about you? And it turns out this was his end of the deal.

They're doing a New Zealand version of Have You Been Paying Attention? Oh, yeah. Right about this. And they said to me, the guy who's doing your sort of role on the New Zealand show is a comedian from New Zealand who's done a lot of radio. Could you meet him just to talk about the show before he goes and does it? So I met him. I was like, hey, mate, do you want to go and get a coffee? And he goes,

level five. So he wasn't stoked about the idea. Straight away. A comedian who does a bit of radio? Who's done a bit of radio and everything. They miscommunicated in my qualifications. I lied on LinkedIn. I lied to get my role on the show.

That's what's happened here. Okay. So when he said, where do you get a coffee? I was like, eh. Like, yeah. But the people that don't know you, you're very, on the radio, you're all loud mouthed. Very introverted in person.

Yeah, you are. Was he all right? And I'm just like, that's just me. I'll just sit back and let it happen in person. Because quite often people ask Megan and I, what was wrong with Vaughn? And I'm just like, that's just me. I'll just sit back and let it happen in person. Because quite often people ask Megan and I, what was wrong with Vaughn? We're like, no, that's just Vaughn. But then afterwards we have to give you a pep talk. Like, Vaughn, you've got to talk more.

Psychologists are working on what's wrong with Vaughn. They're 100% sure. Let's carry on. So level five to the ground. No chat in the lift, right? What? We go to the cafe and I buy both of our coffees. Cute.

Nice. And I said, would you like a treat? And he said, I'll have a brownie, right? Now, he hasn't really asked me any questions at this point. It's just me doing sort of talking at him about the show. And if there's one thing you appreciate, it's people who ask questions. It's my type of party. Yes.

So now we're walking back. He's sort of looking at his phone, sort of chatting to me. Back up in the lift. And the chat's basically not really getting anywhere now. Okay. We're sitting in the green room and then one of the producers comes over and says, oh, you guys met? How did you go? And he sort of perks up a bit and he goes, yeah, no, it was good.

It was actually really nice, you know. It was good to catch up. And I'm thinking, oh, great. So I did get through maybe. He was nervous or whatever. I'm thinking, oh, I'm an idiot. He's cool. He's misread that. He's just a weirdo like through. Maybe he was nervous or whatever. I'm thinking, oh, I'm an idiot. He's cool. You've misread that.

He's just a weirdo like me. We're going to be friends. Yeah. So in front of two producers, I say to him, hey, man, that was a lot of fun. Can I get your number? Oh. I don't know what he thought, but his response was,

here's my email instead. Because. Because. So the reason, we're walking back. Oh, because, so the reason, we're walking back because Sade was with me for the weekend and she's very, she's like Fletch,

very panicky about, needs to know when and where to be somewhere and I said, I'll let you know when I'm done with this part and then you can come across and we'll get it all sorted.

So she's like in my ear like, I haven't heard from you. What am I doing? Where am I going? And I'm like, just relax. So I'm I'm like, just relax. So I'm texting her saying, just relax.

We're walking back now. Give it 15 minutes and then walk over. But you're looking like rude. Because you're on your phone again. Yeah, but I'm dealing with a highly stressful creature who's worried about it. And I'm like, he's cool. This is all good. And then so the reason I didn't give my phone number is I had an Australian sim in at the airport.

Yep. I was like, I'll just get an Australian sim while I'm here. And I said, oh, I don't even know what this phone's number is, which does sound like a bullshit excuse. Because when Australians come to New Zealand, they just do the Australian, they just land, and they just roll around on roaming. Yeah.

But I don't. So, because the company shuts me off when you're over there. So you get one at the airport, and you change it, and I was like, I don't even know what the number of this phone is. But if you. So you get one at the airport and you change it. And I was like, I don't even know what the number of this phone is. But if you email when I get back, I'll flick you a message. I mean, as a note, the company did cut you off after that $600 Dubai roaming bill. Again, and why won't they make that mistake? Learn from your mistakes.

Okay. Email. That is so awkward. I would have just left and never gone on having been paying attention again. I looked at it and it was his work email, not his personal email. That is so awkward. I would have just left and never gone on having been paying attention again. I looked at it and it was his work email, not his personal email. So I went to send him an email. It did not bounce.

Don't lie. It did not bounce. It bounced. That is as cold as ice. Did you give him a fake email? No, I gave him a Vorn, but he obviously can't spell. Oh, because people leave the A out of your name. I go B-A-U-G-H-A-N. So you're going to reach out to him today and say, it's all good?

Nah. It's funny. It's awkward now. I don't want to have to deal with humans. This is why you need to communicate more. Be like, sorry, I'm not going to give you this number because I've got an Australian sim. It's not actually my number.

That's what I said. Did you explain it enough? Yeah, that's what I said. No, you said, I don't know this number. Because I got an Australian sim for the weekend. I said that. You know how hard it is to make adult friends. I don't want to make adult friends.

He was really nice guy. I thought we were going make adult friends. I don't want to make adult friends. He was really nice guy. I thought we were going to be friends. Well, you still can be. You can be. It's too late now. Do you think the damage has been done? The opportunity's passed. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

We need to chat about influencers. Influencers are people who have a social media following and then they can, like, promote products. Yeah. On their gram or whatever. But this has become a problem for an ice cream truck owner in LA. He has had so many social media influencers come up to him and ask for free ice cream,

which he charges $4 for, that he has made a sign. He has a laminated sign at the front of his ice cream truck now that says influencers pay double. How much were they asking for them for free? $4. In exchange for? So they say to him, we will give you social media posts. We'll at mention you if you give us a free ice cream.

Well, that's wildly undervalued in your social media as well. Yes, it is. It was sponsored price for $4. Come on now. Yeah. Well, I'd imagine they're not really influencers, are they? And it's such an issue for him. He's literally made a sign.

It's $8 for influencers. If you're going to ask me for, or tell me, I can get it at Mention. So we've talked about this before, like a lot of emails have kind of come to surface in the last six months, a year,

from hotels, businesses, and they've released emails of like influencers begging them for free accommodation, things, services.

Is this unfair? Is this unfair? Like I get the $4 ice cream thing, but, like, a lot of, like, influencers wouldn't have anyone to represent them. Yeah. So they send out them emails, and it's not like the people that they're reaching out to

are not going to get anything for it. Like, if they do have a large following, it is still promotion. But then, like, they should come to you, shouldn't they? But how are they going to? I always just think of my mum. Like when we were growing up, mum hated us asking people for stuff. Like if you're at someone's house and they were like,

and you really wanted a biscuit. If we were like, can we have a biscuit? To somebody, mum would be like. You asked them for a biscuit. You wait till you are offered a biscuit? To somebody, mum would be like You asked them for a biscuit! You wait till you are offered a biscuit! What are they going to think of us now that we go around begging for biscuits? So I

grew up with that. My mum's voice is that voice in the back of my head. For everything, not just biscuits. I feel bad asking. That's kind of shameful. It makes you uncomfortable and it makes you embarrassed. But like if they've got the gumption to do it, then

like, I'm kind of like, oh well. Well, you've got to make your way, don't you? It's tough. I'm kind of like, I mean, yeah, I'm just playing devil's advocate. But then it's also like that's got to be part of the roll of the dice is that somebody's going to find this so funny that they

will publicly talk about it. Yeah. But are they expecting that? But then you think, how much does an ice cream cost you? If you gave away a couple of ice creams a day and you're reaching, you know, 20, 30, 40, 50,000 people with a couple of posts, that's

great advertising. That's what I mean. It's still, like, while it may sound cheeky, like, superficially, it's still a business transaction that they're offering. Have you, with your new cafe, with Mr. Toyboy, has anyone ever come in and been like, hey? I'm the influencer. You won't even give me a free discount, let alone a free lunch. Some people get discounts.

Who gets a discount? Family. Family get discounts. Like your mum and dad, they'll get free breakfast. Yeah, but they also did all the signage for the whole place. Oh, yeah, okay, fair call. So they did some hard yards on that place. It just annoys me there's no 20%, you know, family and friends.

20%? Good lord, no. Right. We'll just 15% G's no 20%, you know, family of friends. 20%? Good lord. No. Right. We'll just 15% GST. We'll just take it as GST. But what about, have any influencers

been in your cafe and said, hey, I've got some followers. Do you know, there's actually been a lot of people who have,

who I know have followers that haven't said anything and have still posted about it. I'm like, bless you so much. But there have been a few. This is, in my experience, I think it's the ones who have medium to lesser,

but still a chunk of followers who make the advances. The ones who have a lot of followers don't. And they don't tell you that they want a free anything, they just say that they are an influencer and they've got a few followers and stuff. What? No, someone orders food and says I'm an influencer Oh, what do you do for a job?

I'm an influencer, blah blah blah and then I've got this many followers Are we accepting that as a job now? Would customs accept that on your form? Well, you make money off it. The next time you go through customs, can you just put influencer? Who's going through customs next? Who's going to next?

Probably you. Yeah, you go away. You are too, though. I am, but not for a while. I'm also not putting influencer. Like, ha, ha, ha, joke, will not put it. I struggle enough with what it is. Someone asked me, a friend of mine asked me at the weekend if I bought DJ.

I was like, oh no, God don't put DJ. You put a DJ, they get the rubber gloves out because they think you've got ecstasy hitting up your bottom. Yeah, yeah, no, no. No, I just put radio or broadcast. Yeah, I just put radio. Yeah, and then like last time that she was like, what, what? She's like, I've actually put broadcasting professional and there's not not enough squares for it, but you just got to squeeze it in. Yeah, I used to write.

I just want to write the least amount. Yeah, I write radio now. And then the last time I was coming back, the lady was like, oh, are you on the radio? I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And she's like, oh, which one? I said, oh, I'm on ZM. And she's like, oh, I listen to The Rock.

I was like, oh, cool. Can I just go home now? Which lane can I go through? She's like, the X-ray lane. I'm like, I was like, if I was on the rock, I would have got the green lane. Yeah. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. Well, a couple have gone public about their relationship. Now, they have an age difference. They met Alexa, she's 24. She met her partner

her new husband after his wife died and she was keeping him company and she fell head over heels for this man He's 79 Wow They have a 55 year age gap So she's

24 Yeah, I just said she's 24. oh sorry you really i'm trying to make us do the math no you're gonna say 79 and really this is the 55 and i was like 24. i did the work for you it's easy um and so they've talked about their relationship uh they're married now obviously um she's probably gonna have quite a don't be a dick But I thought that too How much money? Yeah, but that's on you I thought that too

It doesn't say if he's wealthy Don't jump to that conclusion Is that her there? The house looks modest That's his dead wife, right? Is that her? No, that's her there She's not 24

No, she is 24 Apparently she's 24 Are you just going to sit here the whole break and shame that poor woman who's just in love with a man? No, she is 24. Apparently she's 24. Are you just going to sit here the whole break and shame that poor woman who's just in love with a man? No, no. They live in Arkansas. Just asking some questions.

They live in Arkansas, so slag them off. It's fine. Rag on them. No, I don't want to be the guy that rags on them. Well, no, and the thing is they're happy. They're head over heels in love, apparently, they say. Right. And they have a 55-year...

Now, this is what they have to deal with quite often in public. They get confused for grandfather and granddaughter all the time. Well, could have been. Very much could have been. Just age wise.

Age wise. Well, it makes sense. Yeah. And apparently they just laugh it off. Good on them. Because they're in love. They laugh it off.

If he, like, if both of them are happy, that's super sweet. If she ends up getting some money, then it's not as if that was her intention and it's not as if he's not getting anything out of it, Bourne. Well, we don't know her intention, good or bad. She might be in love, but there might be some money. Yeah, he's happy. He's 71, everyone is in bed with a 24-year-old.

Yeah. It's like the best KiwiSaver ever. Imagine that. You put all this money away every week. You get to 65 and you get a 24-year-old or something. You'd be stoked. Guys or girls, that's a great outcome. Here's the question I want to ask is,

like they get confused for grandfather, granddaughter, do people ever mistake your relationship for something? Now, even though you've got an age gap with Mr. Toyboy, people don't ever say, is that your son? No, because I'm so youthful. Whereas intern Anya, and this did happen a couple of years ago, did get

mistaken, or a year ago, for your boyfriend's mum. When you were wearing your comfy pants at the chemist. Thank you for bringing this up again. Yeah, highlight of my life, guys. Killing it. Has it happened since? No.

See, it was an anomaly. It didn't happen on your recent European vacation? You didn't look like a divorcee that had taken some money and... Horrible. We're six months apart, okay? I'm not a cradle snatcher. Are you older than him or is he older than you? I'm older than him.

Yeah. By six months. Eight months. Eight months apart. Oh, right, okay. Come back here when it's 10 years. This age gap's getting bigger every time we mention it. Right, but see, that's practically no age gap there.

But the relationship has been mistaken. But I don't know, it doesn't necessarily have to be an age gap. Like if you're in a relationship and people maybe think you're brother and sister. Oh, we all know a couple that looks like a brother and sister couple. And you see them and you're like, they look so similar. And then they kiss and you're like, ah! Might be a close family. Then they kiss again and you're like, ah! Might be a close family. Then they kiss again

and you're like, too close, too close. Yeah, yeah. So let's take some calls and some texts. 0800 DALES at M, 9696. What do people mistake

your relationship for? Caitlin? You've got a boyfriend, am I correct? Have I heard right in the fact that you've got a boyfriend? Yes, I do have a boyfriend, Vaughn.

You're now open to contribute to relationship phone and topics. Have you ever been mistaken for anything other than boyfriend and girlfriend? No. Okay, great chat. It was great. Great chat. Okay, 0800-JARLS-ATM-9696. What have you, what has your, what do people mistake your relationship for?

I got there. What do people mistake your relationship for? I got there. What do people mistake your relationship for? We want to know what people mistake your relationship for. A couple with a 55-year age gap constantly having to laugh off suggestions their grandfather and granddaughter. Yeah. Some text messages in about your mistaken relationship.

My friend and I were going to the airport for a girls' trip and the Uber driver said, mother-daughter trip. We're both 23. We're like, who and the Uber driver said, mother-daughter trip. We're both 23. We're like, who's the mum? Yeah, you'd be like, who did you think? I think both in their head they were like, I'm the daughter.

I'm the daughter. I would be. I'm the daughter. Somebody said, people constantly assume my wife and I are sisters. Okay. They said that just, yeah, your sister. And we're like, no, that that's my wife And people are like Oh okay

I'd just love to watch them Wallow in that awkwardness For a little bit Yeah While it ticks over in their head Help me Oh my god I do PDA all the time

Exactly Emily what do people mistake Your relationship for? Me and my partner look Fairly similar In the way we have like Blonde hair And like blue eyes

And are quite pale. Yeah. So we are quite often mistaken for brother and sister. And like recently someone took the mirror off of my car, like they drove into it. Yeah. I went and saw the guy to get it and then he had to go and pick it up for me and he goes, oh, it was your sister that came in to get it, to need the mirror, wasn't it? He goes, no, it was actually my partner. And he goes, oh, it was your sister that came in to need the mirror, wasn't it? He goes, no, it was actually my partner.

And he goes, oh, I'm so sorry. So it happens quite a bit. Do people see you kissing and they're like, oh, stop it. I think sometimes, like, I don't know. I don't really pay attention to what other people are looking at. I mean, I have blue hair now. I dye it different colours so we don't kind of look alike. I was going to say, because it is always something about a blonde couple

that you think are related, right? Way more than so with two brunettes. Yeah. Holly, what do people mistake your relationship for? So my dad took me to Bali for my 21st birthday a few years back. And everywhere we went, people thought we were husband and wife. Wow. Yeah, we went on a boat tour and everyone must have thought we were husband and wife

the entire day until the end of the day. I said something out loud like, hey, Dad. And about three or four people did a big gasp of relief. Wow. What? Is dad a body or something? But you should be like, hey dad,

D. Because then that really confuses that could be either. You still call your dad daddy, don't you? Yeah. Because I want something. It happened,

he's got a reputation actually for looking quite young because he used to have a girlfriend that was quite young. She was about our age, maybe a few years back. And we were in a supermarket and we saw an old friend, family friend, and she said, oh, there's your three daughters.

And it was me, my sister and his girlfriend. So your dad's a hottie. Yeah. I think we have Holly. Thanks for your call. Bex, what do people mistake your relationship for? My partner is 54 and I'm 27. okay and so are they always like dad daughter yeah they always so i was at the optometrist and she asked me if my dad

wanted to help me pick out my new glasses it's never a show yeah did you find it easier sometimes to go along with it or do you like to see the awkwardness that ensues? Oh, I like to, yeah, I like to correct them. But also when I'm at the supermarket and you can tell when we're going through the checkout and he's paying for things, you can tell when the cashier's trying to work out what sort of relationship we have. And so I play it up either way.

Sometimes I call him Daddy, sometimes I call him Babe. No, but even Daddy is like, still doesn't answer my question. It's all in how you say Daddy, though, isn't it? Yeah. You, Daddy. Like, oh, okay, yeah. Daddy. Daddy.

Can I have a Mars bar? Daddy. Daddy, can I have a Mars bar? Bryce, that's not the first time you've said that. Hey, thanks for called Bex. Some other text messages in. On the first time I went on a date with my boyfriend, we got to a bar and they said,

can we see your ID to him? And he got it out. And then I went to get my ID out and they said, no, it's all right, man. We just wanted to see your sons. Oh my God. This is going to happen to Anya soon too. What has happened?

Yeah, there's definitely been times when he's been ID'd and I haven't. Yeah. But it's because I look like a real hot 22 year old. You look like a mum. Hi. I'm kidding. No,

it's because you look so intelligent. Thank you so much. Really smart and mature. I've told you, you've got to stop wearing track pants at the supermarket. You carry yourself in such a mature way. Yeah, if I want to have a bottle of Sav in me trackies, I'll bloody do so. And your slippers. And Andy's got a Pokemon magazine from the kids' aisle.

It's very confusing for everybody. It is, all right. But you've got to know your Pokemon. A couple of quick texts. Somebody said, when I was 15, my parents had another child. One day I went with my dad and my brother to an open home and the real estate agent thought dad and I were together and the baby was mine.

Never assume. Never assume. No, no. Many people getting it completely wrong. Somebody else said they are married into a family where their husband's sisters are far younger than them. Okay. And they always get mistaken for our daughters

if we're ever with them, but then that's not bad. Yeah. That's true. I sure hope this pre-recorded laughing isn't after something inappropriate to laugh at, but I just want to take a moment to say thanks to Spark for sponsoring the Fletch, Vaughn and Megan podcast.

You can grab Spark's $29 prepaid rollover packs and get stacks of extra value. Back to the podcast. Fletch. Yes. Fletchy poos. I have noticed. Why do I feel I'm about to get a roasting?

No, not a roasting. It's just friends stepping in to help other friends. Okay, got it. So, I may have noticed on your Insta story that you've done some renos. Nice, cute. You've been some renos, yep. You've been DIYing too. It looks like I've been doing it all.

Oh, I thought you did it. Did someone else do it? You just made it seem like you've done it yourself. I didn't lie and say I'd done it. I just said some renovations have happened. It's like the block. They turn the cameras off and they get people in, don't they? Do they? I don't lie and say I'd done it. I just said some renovations have happened. Oh, no, I knew you didn't like... It's like the block. Like, they turn the cameras off and they get people in, don't they? Do they?

I don't know. Well, no, the people have to come in. The qualified builders and stuff have to do the qualified building part. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I'd just be like, I can't do that. It's just like painting and deciding and stuff. I don't know how to put double doors in a wall. Right.

What about... So, I've noticed you put some fancy sensor lights in your wardrobes. Again, you've got to get a qualified electrician to do all this stuff. Right. But yeah, so you've got a double big wardrobe, some more space. Yeah. And when you walk up to it, the light goes on. Yep.

So when the light went on and you were bougie as. Yep. When the light went on, it's what I noticed in your wardrobe that I want to address. What did you notice? So all your clothes are all lined up beautifully, but they're all black and navy. Everything in your wardrobe. There's a light blue, like a denim jacket. There's a green jacket that you couldn't see.

But, oh, okay, so two items. And there's a black puffer jacket with an orange inside. No, that's lining. And then everything else is navy blue or black. Black and navy. Yeah. Okay, so we need to... And there's a grey T-shirt.

He knows what he likes. There's a grey T-shirt in the wash, but I don't like wearing that because you get sweaty and you can see. What colour pants are you wearing? I don't like grey. See, I look great in grey, but I'm sweet. You're wearing a black T-shirt and black pants. Yeah.

And you're one colour hat. Well, black and blue is very slimming. And I don't like red things. I don't like green things. I do have a green t-shirt. I could do like an army green. A dark green. A dark green.

But I would never do like a bright green. What about like a... Yellows, no. What about a light, light blue? Like a light wash denim. A baby blue. Like a baby blue. I did have a baby blue t-shirt once.

What happened to it? We went for that Indian dinner and I got a little splash of, I think it was butter chicken or... That doesn't come out. It doesn't come out. Too oily. You've got to hit those stains straight away. I tried a spot remover several times on that baby.

And it was a great t-shirt. You should have taken it home to bed. I think I left it too long. By the time you got it there. By the time I got the snake, yeah, it wouldn't have happened. Is that why you wear all dark stuff? Because you dribble. Also that.

Yes. Because if you spill stuff, it hides it. See, I would like to point your gaze to Vaughn. Vaughn's the same. He no longer wears rag. Remember he was just like literally had raglan tees every day. Yeah, but you're the same. You've got mostly dark colours in your wardrobe.

But he's branched out. I've got some whites, but I'm reluctant to wear the whites. Why? Because it makes it look like I've got titties. Black hides. Black hides are titties. Black hides what has been

a fairly weight gaining year so far for me. Right. But like would you wear like a light blue or like a pink? You look great in pink actually, like a dusty pink. Well, I've got like a light blue

dress shirt. We had that photo shoot once where we both wore like a dusty pink and that was quite good. A salmon. But again, like you get a bit of

butter chicken on that or a condiment like a sweet chilli. It's straight in the washing machine. You ruin the fabric. This is what I wanted to address is I think that maybe you need like a little bit of help and maybe you

should branch out. Now you branch out. This happened in our house recently. Sade sent me a photo. She's like, what do you think of this pink skirt? I was like, you're not a bloody jacobo again, are you? And she said she was. What do you think of this pink skirt? I said, it's lovely and you look lovely but you'll never wear it. And that's what I said. And the other day we were going out and she you think of this pink skirt? I said, it's lovely and you look lovely, but you'll never wear it.

And that's what I said. Yep. And the other day we were going out and she came out with a pink skirt on. I was like, awesome, you're going to wear it? She's like, no, I'm going to put my black jeans back on. I just wanted to see what it looked like. I'm like, well, why did you buy it? I'll wear it some other time.

I'm like, I'll put money on the fact you're not going to wear it. The money that it cost, because I had put money on it, because it's not going to be worn. Stick to what you know. Why did you buy the pink dress? No, this is, because the other thing that I've done when I cleaned out my wardrobe is I put it all on the floor. The renos happen.

And then I was like hanging everything. You Marie Kondo'd. I Marie Kondo'd. And I was like, I can't believe the amount of stuff I've got that I was like, I'm going to just branch out and try this. And I never wear it. But like, if you wear a different colour, you get like lots of compliments and stuff, don't you? Vaughn does. Now you wear a dress shirt, someone says, and I never wear it. But, like, if you wear a different colour, you get, like, lots of compliments and stuff, don't you?

Vaughn does. No, you wear a dress shirt, someone says, don't drive into me. That's all anyone ever says to me. If I wear a coloured shirt, why? You going to a funeral? Or a wedding? I've only got three shirts.

Oscar the Grouch. Yeah, it's a talking monster. He works in accounts. Why you wear that shirt? Well, I think that we can help you out. Well, if someone's going to pay, sure. Well, are you going to pay me to help you? To be my personal shopper?

Yeah, you can pay me. Absolutely not. No. But I don't need any t-shirts. You saw on my Instagram, I've got like 30 black and blue t-shirts. I'm fine for t-shirts. No, look, you've got to wear the same thing every day so that people can, like you could take a video from like three months ago and cut me straight in.

Yeah. You wouldn't know. Because that's what we're always doing is needing old footage of you. Is that the shirt you wore to the radio awards? Correct. See? Smart. When I went to radio awards, all I literally did is got home.

The only reason I didn't wear a swan dry is because Sade told me I wasn't allowed. So I literally put a blazer on over the clothes I'd been wearing. I didn't even shower. And people were like, you look nice tonight. You look smart. No, mostly people said you could have put on a cold shirt. Took me about five hours to get ready. And you put a blazer on.

You brought other stuff to do. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Okay, so a travel company, Big Seven Travel, have asked over a million people to rank. Well, they put it to a million people. They probably got one of those annoying emails like, do you want a little survey? No.

And they have asked people to rank the sexiest nationality. Now, that's quite a subjective question. Yeah, because, like, beauty's in the eye of the, what is it? Bee holder. Sure, and it's not good news for Belgians, Croatians, and Irish that people have said are the less sexiest. This is nuts. Who are they asking?

They're always right up there. I know, it's crazy, isn't it? Irish, like, does the accent come into it? Sexy accent. Well, I know this is the thing. It's a whole thing. So the list is 50, but I thought we'd start at New Zealand. Okay.

23 on the list. Top half. We're just above Mexico. Cs get degrees. The Colombian nationality is ahead of us at 22. No. Followed by. No.

This is stupid. Why is it stupid? Because they put the Colombians at 20 what? 23? 22 and we're 23. Why is that stupid? Are we only like taking the most attractive people

or is this a country on a whole? Well, it's just saying what is the sexiest nationality? So what would you take that as? That kind of has to include everybody. No, but you're taking like an average of, you know, like when you think of Colombians. Yeah, but average doesn't include everybody.

When you think of Colombians, you think. No, you're looking through roasted glasses. How many times has New Zealand won Miss World? Have we ever won? Colombia's won it like 10 times. Yeah. Have they? I don't know.

I don't have the official stats. All I know as a hottie aficionado is Colombians should be higher. Oh, is that what you're saying? Yeah. Followed by Finnish, the Hungarian people, Japanese, Czech, Bulgarian, Spanish, Barbadian, Kenya, Dutch, French in at 12, Costa Ricans at 11, Canadians at 10, the English at 9. Ew. I can say that from there.

I want to put them down a bit more. Maybe they're filling up the, they filled up the questionnaire more, maybe. They're followed by Armenians, Italians, and South Africans are at six. Ew. The top five nationalities, sexiest nationalities.

Australians at five. What? Unbelievable. I mean, they're going on Hemsworth. Nationalities Sexiest nationalities Australians What? Unbelievable I mean They're going on Hemsworth Are they going on Summer Bay? They're going on Home and Away They're going on Hemsworth

I mean I'll give them that Yeah Okay Brazilians But then if you're only going on your most Most well known Like your Colombians They've got to be higher

I'm just absolutely shocked You're shocked that they're not higher What are we up to? Six and I'm still back at 23. Australians are five as the sexiest nationalities. Brazilians are at four.

Oh yeah, give them that. Filipinos at three. The Danish are second place. I can't think of any Danish. Danish pastries are delicious.

Danish pastries are delicious. And Danish people are very hot. They're very hot. I know. of any Danish. Danish pastries are delicious. Danish pastries are delicious. And Danish people are. Danish people are very good. They're very hot, Megan. They're very hot. Famous Danish. Famous Danish people. Carolyn was Yanagli.

The OK's player. Oh, the guy that played Jamie Lannister. He's Danish. Nicolai. Nicolai. Viggo Mortensen. I don't know who knew that guy in all the ranks.

He's, yeah. What about the Skarsgårds? Where are they from? They're Scandinavian. Yeah, they might be more up Finnealy. Well, the Finnish were 21. They're only just above us. The sexiest nationality,

according to this survey, the Ukrainian nationality, Ukraine people. Well, it's because all the ugly ones had to go and fight the New York Wife, didn't they? They were the liquidators at Chernobyl, so they all melted away. And they're sorting you out. You're like, there, there, there. You go over there. No, you go over there.

You're like, I feel like you're sorting us because the good-looking people don't have to go. And now they've only got good-looking people. Yeah. Mila Kunis, Ukrainian. Oh, okay. They're very good-looking people. Are they? Yeah, and they're very tall.

I don't know if that's the whole nuclear Chernobyl thing. It might be a nutrition situation. Because that was the same with the Dutch. They were never a tall people. But then in the last 150 years, they've been fed a nutrition situation. Because that was the same with the Dutch. They were never at all people. Right. But then in the last 150 years, they've, like, been fed a bit better. Found vitamin C. Yeah. Got some more vitamins and some more nutrition.

They've shot past the rest of us on average. Fact of the day, about our medical knowledge. Okay. About the knowledge of the human body. Dr. Google? Yeah, we just don't rely on Dr. Google. Okay. So in 1950, it was said that every 50 years, we would double our medical knowledge.

Okay. So what they knew then, they would believe in 50 years, they would know twice as much. Okay. In 1980, it was down to seven years. Oh, wow. Of how long it would take to double our medical knowledge in a certain area. In 2010, it was three and a half years. And next year, according to a 2011 study

in Transactions of the American Clinical and Climate... In 2020, every 73 days, we will double our medical knowledge on specific areas. Wow. With technology advancing the way it is. So every 73 days we'll know twice as much as we did about cancer. Yes. Well, yeah, because that's all I think about things like cancer

and the diseases that they haven't been able to cure, like Alzheimer's and that kind of thing. It's just like, come on, get there. I read something about Alzheimer's last week. No, I wasn't trying to make a joke on the fact I'd forgotten about it. No, I know, I know. I wasn't going to make that. But the irony that you were just trying to recall

what you read about Alzheimer's. Yeah, what did I read? There was a breakthrough. But that's the thing. They're saying, you know, breakthroughs in medicine were massive back in the 1950s. If you had a medical breakthrough, it was massive news.

But we have so many medical breakthroughs. If you had a medical breakthrough, it was massive news. But we have so many medical breakthroughs now that you'll hear about it and then the limelight will be stolen by another medical breakthrough in another field.

It's good news though. It's great news. It's great news for an overpopulated world to make everybody live a little bit longer. Oh, okay. A bit dark, isn't it?

Negi Wolf. Yeah. Yeah. Could have put, you know, in another thing, in another little chat about medical stuff and overpopulation. Yeah. A bit dark isn't it Negi wolf Yeah Yeah Could have put Do you know In another thing In another little chat About medical stuff

And overpopulation Yeah My friend found a graph Online and you put in Like the average birth rate Yeah And you watch How long it would take

For humans to like Become extinct Oh yeah And you know If we drop to something Like 1.3 Humans born per couple Yeah So You would marry And then you would have 1.3 humans born per couple.

Yeah. So you would marry and then you would have 1.3. One and a half babies. On average. So one couple might not have any or a gay couple might not have any. Yeah. So that would be per couple. It would only take 300 years for humans to become extinct.

Oh, only. But do you know what would still be here? All of our rubbish. Oh, yeah, plastic bags. Chernobyl. Yeah, yeah. Everything. Everything that we've created and made a mess of would still be here? All of our rubbish Oh yeah, plastic bags Chernobyl Yeah, everything Everything that we've created and made a mess of would still be here But we would have happily taken ourselves out of existence So today's fact of the day is

Next year in 2020 it is estimated every 73 days We will double our medical knowledge Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Some terrible customer service in the news this week. The Springfield Cafe couple, of course, again in the headlines for not great customer service to people going through Arthur's Pass or stopping in at Springfield in Canterbury for some reason. They got into hiding now.

Don't know the latest on that. Has it ever blown up in the media for them before? Yeah. Yeah, there's been a... Oh, they'll be used to it. Every few years. Yeah. They'll be back.

Grumpier than ever and that's fine. That's the way they do their business. You know the internet always comes back twice as hard and very unreasonable and like death threats and all that kind of jazz. Yeah. And then something happens to them and everyone's like, oh no, why did, oh.

We didn't want that to happen. No, we were just sitting at home ripping them to shreds. Something bad's happened. Oh. So there's that. And then there's a video That's come out Of some, shall we say

Less than perfect Drive-thru technique from a McDonald's Hamilton where apparently Someone pulled into the drive-thru but the 24 hour McDonald's was on a break Now this has happened to you, this is a thing that happens Do you remember that I was real hungover coming to work It was like 4 o'clock and they were like,

oh, we can't. We've just got 10 minutes to clean the kitchen. Yeah, but isn't that... What? They need to do that though, don't they? They might need to do it,

Megan, but it's a very... It was open and I couldn't get my ass out to come to work hungry. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. I accepted that,

that they needed to clean the kitchen. I came to work. I was a little disappointed, but I certainly didn't do this. What do you want? Want me to come out there? Well, why don't you come and tell her? I am telling you how it is, but you'll just be in a little f*** about it

because you can't get food. No, it's because you guys are saying it's 24 f***ing hours. No, we don't have to be open 24 f***ing hours. Well, I f***ing say it's dead on your sign. Just f***ing get out of here, bro. Why are you telling me who's true? Oh, I'll then go to our head office and tell them. And they'll probably tell me I'm right because it says on your sign you're open 24 f***ing hours.

Well, go f***ing tell them then. No, you tell them. You f***ing work for them. I hope she gets an extra star on her badge because she's sassy and I love it. She's why I can't work in customer service because I would be like her. She'd had enough. She'd had enough. She'd just hit it at the wrong time.

Oh, so good. So good. I hope she doesn't lose her job though. I think it's safe to say she probably will. My, that's a Kiwi phone call. I know there's never been a more Kiwi interaction in a drive-thru, eh? Been a little bit about it.

Oh, the tell head office. You tell the effing head office. So good. I was wondering on the back of this, because, you know, the cafe people are in hiding after their terrible customer service. There's this video that came out yesterday. Have you had an experience, like some bad customer service

where you were just like, what? Like blindingly, amazingly bad. Yeah, like maybe you just struck a person working and they just lost it after a hard day. And you were the straw that broke them. Yeah. You were the one. So let's take some calls.

I don't know. I mean, I don't know if we're going to get that extreme. Let's not identify specific businesses. That might be a person that no longer works there or did not represent the thoughts and process of the entire company. No. No.

But yeah, maybe you had a bad customer service experience that you want to share. 0800 dialS at M. Give us a text 9696. We're talking about your atrocious customer service that you may have experienced. There's been a bit of it in the news this week. Some text messages in on the topic.

Somebody said, back in high school I worked in a cafe. One day I had a run and I was just going to leave and a table of eight quite entitled Remuera housewives walked in and ordered eight wildly different coffees. But I'd finished. It was like the end of the day. Like what time do your baristas knock off?

Three. Three. Yeah. So they said it was the end of the day. So I made eight flat whites. And they said that's not what they ordered. And I said, yeah, that's what you're getting. And I left.

That's what the other is. So that's dobbing themselves in for their terrible customer service. But if you can make a flat white, why can't you make the other ones? Oh, they were all different? Oh, okay. But then you just do a really big jug of milk, don't you? Yeah. I don't know anything about it.

I'm just going from what they said. Yeah. Somebody said, I complained about a pizza. I went up and I said, there's something on this pizza. A very passionate Italian man slapped the pizza out of my hand and told me to get out of his restaurant. Yeah, I don't think you can't tangle with Italians. No.

Good Lord. You're really, yeah. Yeah, I don't think you can't tangle with Italians. No. Good Lord. You're really yeah, very passionate people. Especially when you're criticising their food. Yeah. Some other, I had a run in with a very well-known fast food outlet. It came to screaming through the drive-thru

mic at each other, much like we just heard. Except it wasn't the McDonald's in Hamilton that's doing the rounds at the moment. And when I pulled up to the drive-thru to continue the argument, they threw the food at me from the drive-thru window through the open window of my car. Again, something I would do if I worked at a fast food restaurant. Just got too much, eh?

And they threw it. Somebody else said, I got in an argument with a customer. They say the customer's always right but they're not. The customer picked up a rubbish bin and threw it at me so I started throwing things at them from behind the Oh my god, I wish I'd seen that.

It's all on security footage they said but when they were getting their verbal warning, written warning and final written warning all in one sitting from their boss. Can you get that all in one? I don't know the legalities of that. You'd probably just be best to fire them for a real bad offence, right?

Yeah. I asked if I could have the security footage and the boss said absolutely not, which sounds like a real shame. Yeah, because otherwise his cafe would go viral. Yeah. Probably not what you need. Yeah.

Someone said, you're probably going to get a call about me. I work in a call centre. If people get angry with me, I get angry with them. And when they demand to be put through to my manager, I say, sure, I'll put you right through. And then I just hang up on them. And so they have to go back to the other end of a long wait. To be fair, though, man, they must get some abuse.

And, like, it's not their fault. Yeah, it's not their fault. Somebody message in about the Springfield Cafe people. I do not feel sorry for the Springfield Cafe owners. It says in capital letters. Five years ago, I walked into the shop. They had a ham sandwich. Okay.

I politely asked if there was mayonnaise in this ham sandwich. As often, there is mayonnaise in a ham sandwich. Yeah, well, you've got to have something with the mayo. Sometimes there won't even be lettuce. There might just be a mayo on the ham. I was told if it had effing mayonnaise in it, it would effing well say so. F off.

I'm a local to the area and I haven't and will never go back. God, they're great. See, I kind of like it. They need a reality show. Yeah, it's become their shtick. What you see every now and then in a restaurant in America where the idea is you go and the wait staff are like abusive

and hard to deal with. Your food always comes and you get what you ordered, but there's the back and forth. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's Bree and Clint a listen too?

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