ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 10 2019

Episode Date: July 9, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thank you, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. I know who the bachelorette is. Who? The Lotto Machine. What? What? Was that funny in your head?

No, I said it and I had no idea. Yeah, it was. I said it and I had no idea and then I was trying to think of someone at TVNZ that could do with some more work. And I thought the load of machines started really getting wheeled out twice a week. Yeah, right. I was going to say Sonia Gray. But she's married with children. Oh, yeah. So she can't be the bachelorette.

By definition, she's not the bachelorette. Well, the applications are now open. You could go. They need bachelors, right? You could go as a Bachelorette. Absolutely not. Why not? I can think of a few reasons, Megan.

Because you were in England between 1986 and 1990. Yes. What is this? You might have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Mad cow disease, right. Okay.

What did you call it? Creutzfeldt-Jakob. How do you know the actual name? Creutzfeldt-Jakob, yeah. How do you know the actual name for mad cow disease. Mad cow disease, right, okay. What did you call it? Creutzfeldt-Jakob. How do you know the actual name? Creutzfeldt-Jakob, yeah. How do you know the actual name for mad cow disease? Brainy? Are you Googling it to find out? What's the real reason?

I mean, I don't think you pronounced it perfectly, but it was close enough. I knew what you meant. Yeah, thanks. Yeah. It is related to a disease. Oh, well, mad cow is actually bovine spongiform eclinctomagapangfa.

But it's related closely to a human disease called Crutchfield-Jakob disease. Jakob. Jakob. Yeah. Crutchfield-Jakob. Yeah, that's what I said. God, it sounds miserable. Crutchfield-Jakob disease.

It does, doesn't it? It sounds bloody miserable. Well, that's why you can't go on The Bachelorette anyway. Yeah. Obviously, yeah, because I've't go on The Bachelorette anyway. Yeah. Obviously, yeah, because I've got mad cow disease. Okay. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.

Story time as per. I've got three news headlines. Vaughan and Megan deliberate. Decide which headline you'd like out of the following three. Headline one, Aussie gender reveal goes wrong. Headline two, couple's holiday snap goes viral. And headline three, Pakistani minister praises bravery and incredible near miss. I think I know two.

Oh, I liked two. Couple's holiday snap goes viral. Is this the, they put up a selfie in the mirror and there's a tube of... Lube. Lubricant. Yes. Front and centre. Always study your pictures before you put them up.

Yeah, but people were like... But then that's all right, isn't it? It's on the lesser end of things. Yeah. Well, it's better than leaving out some toys in your photo or something. Well, yeah. If that had been why they had him, that had it, the lubricant,

then that would have been slightly more. Yeah, that's like, there are a couple like, you know that that's happening. So, yeah. It's just a helping hand, you know? Helping hand, yes. Yeah.

And I don't know about you guys, but you go to different climates and your skin dries out. So I assume that happens in other places. Okay. So that's all right by me. Right. Now there was a gender reveal in Australia where they did a skid. Is that related? Have they been charged? where they did a skid. Is that related?

Have they been charged? That is, this does involve a skid, yes. Did they, because there was one that happened and because they videoed it and put it online, the police were going to fine them with sustained lack of traction or control or something. Yeah, that's what they called it. Is that what it's called doing a DOEA? Sustained lack of traction. Yeah, there was an explosion.

The car exploded. Oh. This must have been a different one. Yeah, a car. I'll show you. There's a drone footage. Was the explosion pink or blue? Oh, it was blue.

It was blue. It's a lovely blue, but then all of a sudden the car explodes. Oh, yeah, that'll happen. And again, it's a great- It looks like a relatively new car. It looks quite flash. And so it's on a public road. He's been charged with reckless driving.

Yeah, I've always said if you're going to do something really stupid, it's probably best not to release the video. Yeah. So not that story then. So three. Was it to... I can't believe we got pictures of that one. To talk a story.

Yeah, well, I had the story open, didn't I? Now, Megan, you'll like this. You can see here, here's a photograph of an Airbus A380 coming into land and narrowly missing a petrol tanker. Yes, I know. So a Pakistani politician has shared this clip online saying, narrow escape of an aircraft which could have ended in great disaster.

Miraculous save by the pilot's presence of mind. You can see here, Megan, the video, the start of the video, it's coming in. And what's the truck driver

up to? Well, just take a closer look at that photo. Yeah, I'm looking at it closely. I don't know. I can tell from here what's wrong with it. What's wrong with it closely. I don't know. I can tell from here what's wrong with it.

What's wrong with it? Have a good look. It's a plane about to land on a petrol tanker. Yeah. It's going to explode. Give it here. I don't understand. What have I missed?

Now look at the video. Oh, is it not real? No. No. It's Grand Theft Auto, isn't it? Oh. It's Grand Theft Auto 5, Megan, where a plane narrowly misses a petrol tanker in the game.

In this day and age of deep fakes, we do need to be wary. It was really real until it started moving, and then it was a little bit digitally. Something looked a bit funny about it. Maybe I would have picked, well, you know Grand Theft Auto, but I mean, maybe from a distance. It's very realistic, but. Oh, like, how old is this politician? Because that would fool my dad.

If you showed my dad that, he'd be like, Jesus. There's a picture of him. He looks like he's in his 50s. It wasn't real from where you were. You just tell. You just tell. Yeah, you can There's a picture of him. He looks like he's in his 50s. How did you know it wasn't real from where you were? You just tell. You just tell. Yeah, you can tell. You can just tell.

And I thought it would be way bigger news if a 380 literally nearly hit a picture. Well, he's telling us now that it's big news. I don't get my news from a Pakistani politician most of the time. He tweeted his praise and then the internet was like, who's going to tell him this is a video game? Oh, no one tell him. No one tell him. I don't know if he's actually tweeted this morning. Trying to click on his Twitter now.

It's not going through. But yeah, bless him. Who'd get fooled by that? Silly sausage. Yeah, jeez. Silly sausage. I know who, Megan. Who?

No one I know. No one I know would be absolutely that silly. You know, I just believe whatever you tell me. Yeah. Well, us three in studio haven't started Stranger Things yet. But we did see yesterday you commented, you were like, it's too early for Stranger Things. Spoilers, right?

Well, yeah, I saw online people were posting stuff. I was like, can't I? I didn't love, love season two. Get out of here. I was okay, but it wasn't like, season one was awesome because you didn't know anything. It was all unexpected. But then season two, I didn't like, love, love, love it. But then I'm hearing great things about season three.

That's what I'm hearing. Season three is better than season two. Is season three better so far than two, Anya? Yes, it's a very good season. We might be in a minority of people that haven't seen it yet. Because Netflix, you said, yeah, too early for spoilers and stuff. Well, is it? Because Netflix has tweeted that it's breaking Netflix records.

40.7 million household accounts have been watching the show since its July 4th global launch. More than any other film or series in its first four days and 18.2 million households have already finished the entire season. That's so insane, eh? 40.7 million household accounts. So we already know that's like three families. Yeah. For a household account.

Mum and dad and their kids. Yeah. In their two different flats. Exactly. But yeah, haven't started it yet. I'll tell you that buddy Anya yesterday. What? When we were leaving work, after she'd been very rude.

I don't know where this is going. This is very stressful. Well, no, you know where this is going. This is very stressful. Well, no, you know where this is going. In the car park yesterday, you're like, Vaughan, can I have your neon log on? Oh, that's right. And I said, why?

And you said, I want to watch Chernobyl. She hasn't seen that yet. I gave my neon log in. No, you didn't. I logged it in on your bloody computer, you idiot. That's right.

Okay, tell you what, Vaughan, cancel that request. Thanks, Megan. You're a true friend. And I said, remember me. I's right. Okay, tell you what, Vaughan, cancel that request. Thanks, Megan, you're a true friend. And I said, remember me. I did it all for you. Remember me. You're not allowed to do that. I've been stealing mum and dad's Netflix for ages. I was like, let's pay it forward.

Someone else can borrow my login. I don't know if that's how paying it forward works. Are they meant to be acts of charity? Yeah, that's my charity. Right, giving Anya. And to Anya, donated help. Thanks. Thank you so much.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This is actually something that I've wanted for a little bit. It's a product for your bedroom that has one particular company that makes these had a $14 million profit last year. This is huge. It's not one of those lights that comes on at the start of the day and fades up like the sun. No.

That would be annoying. It's not a salt lamp. Okay. It is a weighted blanket. I have heard about the weighted blankets. Gravity blanket but I know that you can get them in New Zealand

you can get all kinds of different ones and it is a weighted blanket so this one they're talking about is 30 pounds so what like 13 is that 13 kgs? Something like that.

I'm gurgling. Yeah 13.6 kgs. Good from you. So that's quite heavy. Yeah. I've got a really thick winter duvet and it's real nice. But spread across a whole blanket. Yeah, that's true.

It would be heavy if it was bundled into a ball and dropped on your chest unexpectedly in the middle of the night though. Yeah. So my best friends actually got one and I climbed under it and I was like, ooh, this is good. I can understand some people might feel claustrophobic, but if you're not, I'm all about this. So the idea is it will help you sleep,

but it also reduces stress and anxiety. Because is it like getting a cuddle? Yeah. Yeah, it sounds like that. Because it's so heavy. You feel like a bit of weight and you're like, oh. You know how like you swaddle babies when they're newborn? It makes them feel safe.

Kind of the same thing. You're bundled up. It wraps you up and it's heavy. So it works with deep pressure stimulation. A soft, even pressure applied to the body provides the feeling of a firm hug, a swaddle, or a massage. So even in summer, I have to have a blanket. I pull a blanket up because it's like, you know, your cuddle. Security.

Your security. And you're still scared of the bed monster. Yeah. Because you have to run and jump on your bed. Yeah. Or like hanging your arm out or anything like that. But this is what, this is the purpose this serves. So that as soon as you get under, and it's not necessarily warm,

you still have to have other blankets. So in summer, this would be ideal because it wouldn't be hot, but it would be heavy. So what's in it? Do they have like little weights or something? So it has little panels. Some of them have little weights.

Some of them have like glass beads stitched into them. Like they have panels and each panel is filled with something that creates the weight. Glass beads or whatever. Yeah. Oh, no, I don't want glass beads.

I don't think Ellie's was glass beads. I felt like they were actually panels. Sand? Sand? Maybe, yeah. It could be sand. Like those bands. What is sand?

Sand is teeny tiny glass beads. Yeah, true. They're not going to be putting like... Sharp bits of glass, no. Sharp, no. Or even like bits of bead that would rattle. Where do you get them in New Zealand? Or do you have to order them from overseas? I think...

I don't think Ellie ordered hers from overseas. I don't know where you get them in New Zealand, but I'm sure you can get them. Like I'd want to see one in a store. Yeah. They were always on the Grab One One Day sites. Okay, right. See, I don't know. I wouldn't buy off a site if I hadn't seen it.

I'd want to like go into a store, lie on the bed. Right. Try it out. They have one they're not even that expensive. So I can see some here for $60 and they do go up to like $200 and $300. And do they fit in your duvet cover?

I think you just, I mean you could, but you could just put it on as an extra blanket under your duvet. Huh. What? I don't know. It's already getting too heavy. I don't want to crush myself to death. I've got a heavy duvet, Megan.

You can put it in your duvet cover, but I'm just not sure about warmth. Well, does it look manky? Because you get a nice duvet cover, Seth. No, it just looks like a panelled duvet cover. If you wake up, like, way weaker than you go to bed with, you could be trapped there forever. But seriously, like, it can actually help stress and anxiety.

So if you struggle to go to sleep, you should definitely try it and you're not claustrophobic. Being slightly crushed to death. Yeah, it's good stuff. You sleep slightly crushed. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Last night on the gram of Insta, we witnessed something. I don't know, man.

Megan's dog has pyjamas. Is this the second night we've seen Leo in some sort of evening wear? Maybe. I feel like the night before we saw Leo in evening wear. Or was it Sunday night we saw Leo in evening wear? He always wears stuff. Oh, yeah, no, that was just his coat. It's just his jersey.

Your dog gets so cold it needs... He shivers. I mean, somewhere right now... He's cold for everyone. Somewhere right now the ancient wolf spirits are looking down on dogs like yours, French've got Lulu. French bulldogs, pugs, my dog. What would they say about Lulu?

My dog doesn't get a coat. That's where I draw the line. Yeah, but Lulu's got fluff. I think they should sleep outside. I think dogs should earn their stripes by sleeping outside. Anyway. So mean. The ancient wolf spirits are looking down and being like, where did we go wrong?

Where did it all go so wrong? Like our forefathers looked down on us and they're like, what are they doing for a job? Jesus. It's because yesterday I went to Kmart and I bought the whole family pyjamas and I got some undies. Good luck.

Those don't catch. Well, you don't actually have any form of heating in your home, so you're not going to catch fire. Standing close to the gas heater. Everyone got new pyjamas yesterday, including Leo. The problem was, oh, and I got it from Andrew too, because I got him accidentally. I got him a large.

He's like, why have I got a large? I was like, what? That was an accident. You don't want pyjamas to be snug. You don't want them too tight. You don't want them too loose. I'd rather have loose PJs. Except that kind of doesn't work for a dog.

So Leo usually takes a medium, and they didn't have medium, but these were super cute. He's a medium. Yeah. He's a small. I would have said he's a very small. Well, medium or small, it depends. Excuse me.

He's like a medium. He's not super small. Sometimes a small. He does have a little bit of a pull. Well, this is where This is where you... I picked him up the other day. He was very girthy around the middle. Small head, big eyes.

Well, this is where... Like a frog. That's my baby. I didn't birth him, but he's my baby. He's your fur baby. Don't be so mean. He is portly. Don't be rude.

This is the point where you got crazy dog lady on it. It's not crazy. So his pyjamas were a bit too big for him and every time he walked the legs popped out. So I was like, I'm going to fix this. I was like, come here buddy. And I got my pins out.

Safety pins because I didn't want to prick him. I'm not an animal. So I pinned up when it was too loose and safety pinned it. I got him out of it and then I hand sewed it back together. So now it fits. It's like it's been tailored. His pyjamas have been tailored to fit. And you should have seen his little face.

He was stoked. Was he? Snug is a bug now. Yeah. Hand altered dog pyjamas. I hand sewed his altered dog pyjamas. I hand sewed his doggy pyjamas so that they fit perfect. You need children to keep you busy. Yeah, I think you're ready for children.

I think you're ready. He doesn't talk back and I can leave him at home. Yeah, that's also true. And I also only spend $9 on a pair of pyjamas. It's pretty frowned upon, but yeah. It's possible. Oh, you know, kids pyjamas don't cost much either. No, but all the rest of the stuff you have to buy for them.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, true. Yeah. They need more than one pair of clothes. Yeah, and more than one meal a day. That's also true. They do like to eat.

Okay, maybe you're not quite ready for kids. Maybe you're not quite ready. Yeah. But hay snag is a bug. Don't worry about it. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Good morning. The Top Six today, I don't know if you know this,

but Parliament's on their mid-year break. They're in a wee recession. So they can go to Europe. Recharge, yeah. Get a couple of weeks holiday under their belt. And it turns out Clark and Jacinda, Jacinda and Clark, I should say. Yeah. Because she's the Prime Minister and we're talking about MPs being on holiday.

Yeah. It's not a gender thing. It's just that she's the MP and this is about their holidays. He's tagged along to Rarotonga. Baby Niamh also getting a taste of the islands. So today's top six of the top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to at Rarotonga. Baby Niamh, also getting a taste of the islands. So today's top six, the top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to at Rarotonga. Now, I love Rarotonga.

Huge fan. I know you do. Huge fan of Rarotonga. Huge fan. Because we went as some rogue 20-somethings, didn't we, Fletcher? On our scooters with no helmets. Didn't we? A gang of us.

Last of the days. We stayed at a three-star resort, and we're like, it's all right. It's Most of the days. Stayed at a three-star resort and we're like, it's all right. It's all right. Probably because we stayed at a three-star resort that wasn't close to anything.

Yeah, it was a bit far away. Wasn't it Club Raro? It's always the entry package for your Rarotonga holiday. Yeah, it is. It is when you first go there. But do yourself a favour and stay at Murray Beach.

Oh, it's lovely. That's your best, that's your absolute Rarotonga hotspot. The top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to in Rarotonga. Number six, that four-wheel drive tour that everybody does. Stop at a waterfall, have a photo, and then also drive around that abandoned Hilton Resort.

Has that been built up yet? No. Really? No. They're just abandoned. Amazing stories about it, and it's always different every time you go. But one of the ones we heard last time we were there was it was a money laundering outfit

for the Russian mafia. Yeah and it never got turned into a hotel. No and they just were running money through it and then when they all pulled out it nearly crippled the whole the whole island. Number five on the list of the top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to in Rarotonga

going up the hill to the Rarotongan hospital to see the chicken nurses Long running joke on the show The chickens walk out of the hospital like they're nurses finishing their shift And then a dog comes in with a crooked tail and it's like Back in you come We'll sort that tail out for you. Number four on the list of the top six things

Clark and Jacinda are up to in Rarotonga. Number four, actually pointing out every dog they see and be like, that's a weird looking dog. That's a weird looking dog.

That's a weird looking dog. All the weird looking dogs. There's a rumour that the Queen's Corgi is responsible for a lot of the Corgi-legged dogs. Yeah, but that's been disproven, hasn't it?

Yeah. A plane landed and a Corgi disappeared for 45 minutes lot of the corgi-legged dogs. Yeah, but that's been disproven, hasn't it? Yeah. A plane landed and a corgi disappeared for 45 minutes, apparently spent the whole time pumping. Yeah. And that's why the dogs are an unusual mix of big dog on short legs, long legs for a little dog, very curly tail, very straight tail, up ears, down ears. It's like a mix and match dog where someone got to like,

you folded a piece of paper in class and like, you draw the dog's head, okay. You draw the dog's body, okay. You draw the dog's tail and legs, but no one's allowed to see each other's work until the end and you're like, whoa, it's a Rarotonga dog. Number three on the list of the top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to in Rarotonga

are driving around on scooters past other resorts saying, well, we should have stayed there. That's a Rarotonga classic. Well, yeah, because you've got the entry-level package and you're staying at Club Rarotonga. Then you see all the other nice ones. Should have stayed there. What? Should have stayed there.? Should have stayed there

Yeah, next time Neve's just plopped in the middle Yeah, right And this fictitious thing happening Number two on the list of the top six things Clark and Jacinda are doing in Rarotonga This is our Clark-specific one Lingering in front of the posters

That are promoting a big game fishing. Yeah. They'll be like, just linger and be like, oh, that looks, that looks good, doesn't it? Oh, that's a big fish.

And she's like, do you want to do it? No, no, no. That's a family holiday. No, no, no. We're here as a family. Oh. They go out.

Oh, boys want to go out without going out. Oh. She's like, do you want to no no no it's a family holiday it's a family holiday God if you're going to

keep going on about it though just go and do it only if you like you want me to do you want me to go fishing no but you obviously want to go fishing no no it's a family holiday

I don't want to go stay here with you and Niamh that's alright we'll just sit by the pool for the day where's Clark gone and he's just like after the big day of fishing and number one Stay here with you and Niamh. And that's all right. We'll just sit by the pool for the day. Where's Clark gone? And he's just like,

off to the big gay fishing. And number one. What did I say? It sounded like you said big gay fishing. No, I definitely said big game fishing. I may be peeing. Well, you didn't announce the ad. Megan and I both looked at each other as if to say, they do that in Rarotonga?

Big gay fishing. It's a good dream. Fish up some big gays in Rarotonga. Why not? Get them into the boat, dry them off. Yeah. Oh, don't dry them off.

Right. I like my gays wet. Fresh. Makes them feel fresh and then I put them on a bed of ice. Right, okay. Number one,

you, to be honest, that's your fault. Number one on the list of the top six things Clark and Jacinda are up to in Rarotonga. They're eating at all 12 places that claim to be Rarotonga's best burger. Everywhere's like, hey, want to try Rarotonga's best burger? I do, but they're not going to be the mooring fish cafe. If you're going to Rarotonga anytime soon. They literally park the boat, pick up a fish, take it to the

burger place and they batter it and deep fry it and put it on a burger. And even their beef burgers and stuff. Absolutely amazing. Beautiful. Oh, and bonus but didn't make the list. Friday night, Clark and Jacinda will be jumping on the clockwise party

bus. Around Rarotonga. Gosh, that looks loud. And bright and full of drunk New Zealanders. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. A little known firm, I don't know if you guys have heard of these guys. Uber. Right.

They offer a service you would compare to traditional taxi service. Right. Uber. German for super. Yeah. They have released some statistics that they were asked basically, Kiwi parents were asked

if they still worry about their adult children. That's once you're 18 through to you're about 30. Okay. That's what they considered to be adult children in the survey. They said, what are your worries about them? And have you followed them or checked up on them during a night out? Because I think this must be because Uber is pushing that every Uber ride is tracked. I've seen billboards saying they're all tracked.

Yeah, and they run the background checks for drivers and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So they're saying we're the least you've got to worry about on a night out. Well, a quarter of these parents, these New Zealand parents, have checked up on their adult children during a night out without the children's knowledge. 31% of adults asked say they'll stalk the social media channels of their children

for updates of their location. Oh my God. So like Snap Stories, Instagram updates. Oh my God. Who's letting their parents see their Snap Story when they're going out to clubs

or out for a big night? I mean, you wouldn't, they would just be on Snapchat and Instagram and they'd just be able to, right? You'd just be on close friends, wouldn't you? You wouldn't think about it. I would demand to be in the close friends circle. I'd rather know what's happening than worst case scenario in your mind.

Unless your worst case scenario is an average night out in the viaduct. And 23% of parents admit to checking up on them from the car. So like parking a car up and like having a bit of a snoop to see if they can see them. What, like outside a party or a bar? Yeah. What? That's 30%? Mm.

Oh, that's a bit crazy. So most parents, they said, when it came to the pickup, you know, getting picked up from parties, most parents said they stopped picking their children up when they get to 20 years of age. Okay. 18 to 20, though, they pick it up. But 15% of parents of 30-year-olds still collect their children from a night out, like a taxi service.

15% of parents. Even at, like, what, midnight or 1 o'clock in the morning or 2? Yeah. Wow. Just because they'd rather that they were home safe. I'm going to, midnight or one o'clock in the morning or two? Yeah. Wow. Just because they'd rather that they were home safe. I'm going to be calling in one of these this weekend.

Going out in my hometown of Morrinsville. Yeah. For a high school catch up. Yeah. And I'll be calling Christine saying come and get me. I'm ready to go.

Come and get me. At what time? It won't be that late. I don't think it'll be late because I get very tired very early. And she will pick you up. Of course she will will but then that's

different because you're in the country you can't get an Uber or a taxi no well I probably could get it no I actually

don't even know if Marisol has taxis I know the Top Pub has a courtesy vehicle but what they just

let you take that home yeah they let you drive it it's got bumper bars all around it so you just bounce down the country roads

to home. Right. But I think you've got to be drinking there and within a vicinity of the town. Oh, that makes sense. But I can't believe

parents would go and stalk their kids when they're out. And they're in their 20s. Like 18 to 30. Yeah, imagine you're out stalking and you get a message that says

I'm ready to be picked up and you're like, I'm here. Ready to go. They'll be like. Yeah, imagine you're out stalking and you get a message that says, I'm ready to be picked up. And you're like, I'm here. Ready to go. They'll be like, oh, that was quick. I have not been sitting here all this time. I can imagine parents have, like, find my friends turned on. Yeah. Safety.

Safety. That makes sense. That's not just me being a parent that makes me think that either, because when you go on your sexcapades overseas, Fletch, I say turn on your finest friends. I'm just going on holiday. You don't need to know where I am all the time. I do need to know where you are.

No. Because something's going to happen to you one day and we just won't know where the hell you are. No, but I'll just be sleeping and Vaughn will be like, your dot hasn't moved. Are you okay? I've just been asleep. Your dot's been stationary.

You turn it on. You and your best friend Allie have it, don't you? Yeah, we have it on all the time. Because she always messages me, charge your phone. Because she's like, you're out and your phone's about to die. See, that's creepy. She's paying too much attention. She's like, keep a dance on me. It's nice.

Here's what I want to know. I want to hear from people listening now that are stalked by their parents in adult life. Like, do you have a parent that does this? Is constantly on your social media, on your Instagram, on your Facebook, keeping tabs on you. Maybe they do, like 30% in the study, drive out and keep an eye on you.

Like, how about, like this, I could not have believed these stats if you hadn't have just said them. To be fair, though, like, if I lived in the same city as my parents or they had Instagram, they probably would. Because my dad stalked me to a party, remember,

and dragged me home. Yeah, but you were, like, what, 15, 16? Yeah. That's... But he would still carry... But I moved out of home. I moved city when I was 18. Given the chance,

I think he still probably would have. Right. 0800-9666. Do your parents still stalk you as an adult? And so Uber have released some stats. Our parents love spying on us. It turns out. Yep.

An amazing stat. So 18 to 30 year olds, parents will still keep tabs on them. Yep. When they're out. Yep. And an amazing set. So 18 to 30 year olds, parents will still keep tabs on them. Yep. When they're out. 30% of them will watch their social media to kind of like identify landmarks in the background in case they need to contact the police. Or

they'll pull up outside in the car, the old fashioned detective work. Somebody said, my dad has seen far too many movies like Taken. He watched my every move in Europe for five weeks via Find My Friends. See, I reckon that'd be too much.

I mean, he'd be asleep for a lot of it. He said, next trip he'll be installing a GPS device on my bag. That's just gonna worry dad. Like, dad needs to relax.

No, I totally get this. If your phone goes flat and then he's just a worried piece Panicking Panicking mess Yeah He's ringing the embassy

My daughter is missing We laugh But that's exactly What you would be like too Vaughn To be honest Oh 100% Sarah I'll be going with them

Your parents still Stalk you as an adult Yes they do So when I was single My mum would Track my snap maps Okay So stalk you as an adult? Yes, they do. So when I was single, my mum would track my Snap Maps. Okay. So if I went on a Tinder date,

she'd make sure where I am and that my Tinder date doesn't kill me. I forgot about Snap Maps. That was on Snapchat, eh? You like zoomed out from the main screen and anyone that had the public profile would show whereabouts they are. Yeah, exactly. So like, she'd be like, all right, she's at this bar.

And then if I move, she's like, wait, where is she going? Is she going to die? And would she message you or turn up? No, she'd message me and be like, are you okay? Because I live, like, an hour away from mum. So she'd be like, are you okay? Do you need any service? Oh.

That's nice that she cares so much. Yeah, it is. Yeah, and I live four hours away from her now So she still kind of does it But I'm not single anymore But if I'm driving she's like Where are you going? Are you okay?

You're going very fast I've done the maths On point to point speed This is why I wouldn't let them Keep tabs on me Too nosy Too nosy Hey Sarah thanks for your call

Glenna this even happens with the older mums. So my nana, she's in her late 80s. She actually stalks my aunties and uncles and my mum on Find a Friend. And then she'll ring them and be like, what are you doing here? Like, what's made you go to this place? It just sounds like Nana's nosy. Oh my God. Imagine an 80-year-old introducing them to Find My Friends.

Wow. All us cousins are too scared to add her on Find A Friend because, I mean, we're the party animals, so imagine that. She'll be like, you've been at this bar way too long. Yeah, but then if you're all together on it, she'll be like, they're having a family reunion without me. Oh, yeah. True. Glenna, thanks for your call. Erin,

your dad will give you the old parental stalk. He does. Because I've got my Snapchat maps on for everyone to kind of see. I don't really care. But every now and then, if I post something on my snapchat like i'll go to starbucks or something and he'll comment on it

and be like what are you what are you doing there what'd you get type thing um when i started dating my boyfriend because he lives up in walkwood yeah. I didn't actually tell him that I was seeing someone. And he goes, why are you in Walkworth? What are you doing up there? Like, what's happening? There's a boy up there, man. Maybe he was just worried about your fuel economy and your fuel bill. Yeah, well, my boyfriend pays for my fuel,

so I'm not really too bothered. And he looks after my car and all that. But he's still like, why, why are you driving all the way up there? I just quickly Googled things to do in Walkworth. You could go to,

you could say, Dad, I'm just up at Sheep World. How are you Sheep World? You always drove past Sheep World, eh? I've never stopped at Sheep World, but I would. Would you go 10 times in a month?

Oh yeah, I love sheep. Yeah, you've got a concession card or something. We started working at Sheep World. Thanks, Nicole. Erin, some text messages in. Some dads stalking.

Somebody said, Dad is pretty good on the Snap Map stalk. One time I was out for a hike in Te Aroha, climbing the mountain. He rung me nonstop because he thought I'd been kidnapped and they'd taken me to a sort of a bush hut. I am the stalker parent.

I went to a party to collect my daughter, but I went half an hour early and sat in the darkness of a bush hut. I am the Stool Capirin. I went to a party to collect my daughter, but I went half an hour early and sat in the darkness of the car watching. Saw some things. I got sprung when a 19-year-old young man jumped in the back seat of the car. He had mistaken me for the car that was actually behind mine that he had been hotboxing with his friends,

but he'd just gone inside to go wheeze. So there was a little bit of confusion there. The funny thing is, Dad would have all done this when he was that age too. So he can't be mad. No. He can be. He's dead.

True. Somebody said, I've met your dad, Megan, because you were talking about how your dad would still stalk you and how he used to drag you out of parties. Was I? And I think that dragging you out of parties is a distant memory. He's very proud of you.

He couldn't stop mentioning his big radio star daughter at all. Oh, my God, that's really embarrassing. He gets told to turn the radio down all the time in his van when he's working. He's like, that's my bloody do-it-up. You don't tell me what to do. That's what I'm going to do. That's my bloody do-it-up. She only got where she got because I dragged her out of her party by her ear

when she was spewing up bodies. Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Instagram are doing something to stop bullying. This is really good. And actually, it's worked on you already this morning. So there's a new anti-bullying measure. It's a restrict feature, they're calling it.

So basically, what will happen if you go to write hateful or rude comments on someone's Instagram? Now, how does it do this? Does it identify words? AI. I don't know. AI? Yeah, I think it just...

Now, you must be trialling this ahead of people because I just tried to write something hateful on your page on a photo and it posted it. And I was like, ah! And then deleted it. So if anybody saw a rude comment to come up in their feed, hopefully it's been deleted.

But I did not mean that. But that is how Fletch talks to me behind the scenes. No, so this feature, if you post, I think there must be trigger words because I put a sweary in. Okay. Hate speech, anything hate speech. Yeah. Right, okay. Which is good.

Yeah, it is. Oh, it is good. I was just being silly about you two. So a friend of ours put up a post and it was two minds together and it says, you become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious. Choose carefully. Your environment will become you.

I think that would have sounded better with the motivator saying that actually. Wouldn't it? Yeah. Wouldn't it? This is a friend of ours, mutual friend of all of ours and I just commented, well I'm effed. And this is a friend of ours, mutual friend of all of ours, and I just commented, well, I'm effed. And it comes up with.

Rude. You're surrounded by us and we're lovely. Lovely. Yep. Definitely. So when you clicked post on that comment, well, I'm effed. Yeah. It comes up with a little like slidey load bar and it's loading

and it says, are you sure you want to post this? And then it has an undo button. So you have until the time the slidey bar goes across to press undo. So it gives you a moment to think, do I want to check yourself? And I was like, post, yes. Right, okay. But do you think if you were a troll and you knew what you were posting? It's not going to stop you.

No, like, I knew what I wanted to post in that and I was like, well, this isn't going to stop me. I was being cheeky though. It might stop 5% of people maybe who would be like, oh, maybe I won't. Yeah. And that's better than nothing. Yeah, that's true.

But maybe it is different when you've got a reminder, like, hey, you're about to post this and that's not great. But I guess also if you're posting comments all the time and you don't get it, and then when Instagram says to you, what you're about, it's pretty much saying what you're about to say is a dick move. Yeah. And then when Instagram says it to you, you're like, oh, maybe you do check yourself. I know.

I wonder if they'll end up releasing stats on how many people backtrack or change what they post. Yeah. Be interesting. But yeah, I don't think that's everybody. No. But I mean, they're trying, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah.

It's a step. It is a step. I mean, I still posted it. I meant it. You literally got angry at how long you had to wait. Yeah. Blackout movie. This is why.

Fat. This is why. Fat. This is why. Thisout movie. This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. This is why. This is why. This is why. Fat. Is this one got you? This is a...

This is why I'm fat is a segment of the show where we look at new food trends, new food items. Yeah, in this day and age where we're trying to eat healthier and we've got to do more exercise and, you know,

we're aware that obesity this week, this week. Yeah. The British health people. Yeah. The government official health NHS researchers have confirmed that obesity now causes more cancers than smoking. In the UK. Oh, okay.

So they're like, yeah, they need to double down on, not double downs, you don't want to double down, on as much as spent on trying to stop people smoking, there's got to be that education on the food as well. So when I now walk down the street and I pass a group of smokers puffing their ciggy smoke into me and I go, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Yeah, when I walk past people eating,

I've got to go, ah, ah, ah, ah. Well, no, I don't know. To kind of guilt them. Because it's not necessarily lung. That's a lung cancer emphysema related smoker's cough that you're imitating. I don't know what you do to people. Or maybe you should let them live their life because it's their own life and leave them alone. Absolutely.

As someone who loves a donut, absolutely. Absolutely. So KFC are bucking the trend of what we've just been mentioning. Yeah, but we're still allowed treats. Yeah, moderation. There's nothing moderate about this. Okay. Well, yeah.

KFC has a new item on its secret menu in Australia. It's called the Triple Stacker. Oh, dear. And it's touted as their biggest menu burger ever. Let me describe this to you. By the way, I haven't eaten KFC for years, but I will mention,

they need to do something about the buns. What do you mean? Their buns are never great, but it doesn't matter. The buns are never good on a KFC burger. Where are they getting their buns from?

What do you mean? What's wrong with the buns? The buns were like, from what I can remember, the reason I stopped eating KFC is we lived like 15 minutes from a KFC and I lived in Hamilton and we just used to eat it all the time. And one were like, from what I can remember, the reason I stopped eating KFC is we lived like 50 metres from a KFC and I lived in Hamilton.

And we just used to eat it all the time. And one day I was like, I can't. No more. I've done it. And you're so stubborn you can't go back. I've done it. I've found my... Maybe you need to go back and give the buns another go.

No, because this picture is the exact buns I remember. They were always a little bit like dry and... Right. Maybe you've just had too many gourmet burgers. They felt like they were yesterday's buns. No, that's not my experience. Okay. Are they steamed?

I don't know. Do they steam their buns? I don't know. I don't know what the deal was. The bun was always the weakest part of the burger for me. Come here with your bougie demands. It's KFC. Is it a sourdough?

Is it a brioche? I want a fried chicken on a brioche. No, because aren't brioche, like, they don't need a brioche bun added to this heart attack in a bun. Because this is this triple stacker. This is how it goes. Because this is how I describe burgers now. Bun.

Let me picture this. Bun. Bun. Bun. On the bottom. Bun bottom. Bottom half of the bun. Zinger fillet.

I know. Yeah. I do miss the zinger fillets. Cheese. Good. Slice of cheese. Ration of bacon. Rasher.

Rasher of bacon. Don't like bacon in my bergs. Another Zinger fillet. Another cheese. Another bacon. You might notice we're getting towards the top. There hasn't been anything that even resembles a vegetable. Tell me the next one's original, not Zinger.

It's another Zinger, Megan. Oh, okay. You're right though, you might be good to have an original between the zingers there. Another bacon, another cheese, and then the chilli relish on top.

So the reason it's called the triple stacker is it's the same thing repeated three times. Zinger, fillet, cheese, bacon. So you just double, triple that, right? Three times that's stacked on top of each other. Is there not even like a token veggie? There's nothing. The relish is the closest it comes to it.

Onion relish. It's a zingy, chilli relish. Right. Looks tomatoey. Okay. Yeah. See, I'd give that a nudge. You'd give that a push?

I'd give it a push. Push the boat out on that? Did you ever try the nuggalot? The other secret menu. No, ever try the Nuggalot? The other secret. No, what's the Nuggalot? It was a burger where it went burger, supercharged sauce. I don't know what that is. Okay.

Nuggies. Yeah. Burger fillet, hash brown, cheese, mayonnaise as well in there. Oh, right. Yeah. And then don't eat for another two days. Probably best not to. Probably best not to.

So the triple stacker in Australia, no word if it's made here in New Zealand. I'm sure you could. You could probably ask for it, though, is why we're fat today. This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. This is why, this is why, this is why I'm fat.

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. Now, an issue to be addressed. Yesterday on Instagram, well, actually, I had commented on this photo shoot a couple of days ago. Jack Tame, I believe it's pronounced.

Jack Tame, New Zealand's favourite young broadcaster. Yeah. Even though he's not that young, he just still looks young. He did a shoot for Metro magazine. And he posted all the different photos. Yeah, interesting outfits. Interesting outfits. Oh, what do you mean?

They look great. Well, like I said, you look like all of the Doctor Whos. Because I did, it was like a very mixed match of everything. But, you know, good on him. And I didn't want it to come across as jealousy, so I did one of those ha-ha faces at the end. Why were you jealous? No, no, no, that's the thing. No, no, no, I didn't want it to come across because jealousy, so I did one of those faces at the end. Why were you jealous? No, no, no, that's the thing.

No, no, no, I didn't want it to come across because it wasn't. But you weren't. Yeah, yeah, I wasn't like that. So I said, you look like all of the Doctor Whos. So then any time anyone I follow comments on that, I get a notification saying so-and-so also commented on that. So imagine my surprise when yesterday it said, Megan Pappas has also commented on Jack Tame's photo.

Interesting. And it said, so fashion, baby. And I was like. It said so fash, baby. So fash, baby. I was like, you don't call people baby. No, you say babes. Babes.

So fashion, babes. Or babe. So fash, babes. So fash, babe. Yeah. Nah, not even babe. You reckon even not. It No, you say babes. Babes. So fashion babes. Or babe. So fash babes. So fash babe. Nah, not even babe. It's got to be babes. It's got to have the S on it to make it non-sexual. Because baby's very personal.

Baby's very, very. Like you call Andy P baby. I've never heard you call anybody else baby. But I always call people babes. So I saw this and I scrolled through thees and I don't like, so I saw this and I scrolled through the pictures and I was like that looks cool, like good on him. And so I wanted

to write something like supportive. Yeah. And so in my mind it read so fash baby. Was she, this accent that she just did. But I should have yeah. But even then that's a bit creepy. Sarf.

I should have written S-A-A. Sarf. And then F for fash. And then A with two dots above it. And then S-H. Sarf. Fash. Babs.

And then I did a heart. But even then you'd go babes. I wouldn't go baby. I did a heart at the end being like, love it. Yeah, right now. But it reads, so fash baby, heart. And then heart. It reads creep is what it reads.

Absolute creep. It really does. But then. Did you edit the comment or delete in the recap? No, it's still there. Because then I. Has anyone commented? Well, just to look at other comments on it.

Clint from Brian Clint said, this is very cool, man. Yeah. Okay, that's very friendly. Matoodles, she said, this is very fashion. Do you have some almond milk? Do you want some almond milk?

Did she ask that? Other people we know, like these are great. Damn, these are really cool. So things like that. Yeah, and then Megan's comment, so these are great. Damn, these are really cool. So things like that. Yeah, and then Megan's comment. So fash, baby. So fash, baby.

Red love heart. So not a colourful, cheeky, multicoloured heart. Do you think, how would he have, now I'm really worried about it. But I don't want to edit it because I don't want him to change, like think that I, I don't want to edit it because I don't want him to think that I... I don't want to draw attention to it now. But thank you for drawing attention to it. But yeah, I don't know.

I would have, yeah. Do I delete it now? Or edit, yeah. But if I delete it now... He's not going to know because he's got heaps of comments on it. He won't notice. He will notice if everybody goes to Jack underscore he's got heaps of comments on it. He won't notice. He will notice if everybody goes to Jack underscore tame, finds Megan's

comment and likes it. And then goes, this is a bit creepy. Yeah. Do you get a notification of people liking your comment? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Reply to Megan's being like, this is a bit forward. Do that sort of stuff like, aren't you married? Like that sort of thing. Yeah. And then he'll be like, real awkward. Because if I send him a DM and I'm like,

hey, so that comment, like, is that weird? Yeah, it is because you're having to explain your creep. I just meant it like so fast, baby. And then like, ha. Like, just listen to yourself say that. Yeah. He's got dress pants on with a hoodie in this picture. Is he going to partner at the moment?

Am I going to get hunted down? Maybe. Maybe. Wow. I mean, he's absolutely flavour of the month. So I going to get hunted down? Maybe. Maybe. Wow. I mean, he's absolutely flavour of the month. So I'd imagine you'll just be. Right. There'll be some fierce competition.

Right. For his affection. I'm also married and I'm not like, he's like a friend that I'm not like. It's just, I just read your comment again and I thought it was inappropriate. Oh my God. Wow. Has he? What do I do? Do I delete it now? No,, my God. Wow. Has he? What do I do?

Do I delete it now? No, it's too late to delete it. Oh, my God. Why is everyone commenting? Yeah, do it. That's good stuff. Oh, yeah, 44 likes. Good stuff.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Kevin Bacon had a birthday this week. 61 years old. Kevin Bacon? What movies has he been in lately? He was impossible to avoid in the 1990s.

Movies and TV-wise. That's why there's six degrees of Kevin Bacon. In fact, do you think he's probably more well-known for the fact that it's six degrees of Kevin Bacon? Probably. Haven't really seen him in any films lately? No, because he rested on his laurels after that six degrees of separation from everybody. You could probably play six degrees of The Rock.. You could probably play Six Degrees of the Rock, Dwayne the Rock Johnson

now, because he's in every second movie isn't he? Totally. Yeah. So, Kevin Bacon's birthday happened and his wife, Keira Sedgwick, whose face you'll totally recognise, the name might not ring any bells, but you'll totally recognise her. They've been together

since 1988, that's when they got married. And she said how she, every time she sees him, even after all these years, on his birthday, when she saw him, she got butterflies in her stomach and she falls in love with him every single day.

And he gives her the tinglies and they're just more in love than ever. Why do you do that voice? And they're super handsy and she's like, happy birthday, baby. It just makes you sound jealous and bitter. Give me the tingly-winklies.

Why do you do that voice? Because they've been married, what, 30 years? That's not happening. Yeah, but that's so sweet. Why aren't you like, oh, that's good for them. Good on them. Well, we talked about this. Love isn't dead.

We talked about this off air and we were just like, oh, she's talking for them. Good on them. Well, we talked about this. Love isn't dead. We talked about this off air. And we were just like, oh, she's talking it up. She's talking a load of rubbish. And Megan's like, no, we still talk like that. We've been together seven years. And it's still like every time I see him, I'm like, oh, he's so wonderful. He's so great. And he's just like, there she comes.

He texts me this morning saying, I miss you already. How long till I get to see you? Why? Why? Why? Because we love each other.

Isn't that, I think that's sweet. Don't be jealous. What? But it's, I don't know, if I did that, Shade would be like,

what have you done wrong? I know, but that's because you owe us a lifetime of being an absolute shitbag. No, I'm cute and cheeky. But no, if I was like, oh my God, I miss you so much. I don't know what I'm going to do until I see you again. She'd just be like, what is wrong with you?

Like, back, calm down. That's so sad. Why is it sad? We always do this thing where you look at the other person. Why am I telling you this? Go on. Go on. So like in the car or in the movies is where it usually happens.

Oh, I'm already not going to like it. Then go on. The other person, you'll see them looking at you and you look at them and you'll be like, what? And then he's just like just admiring the view. Oh. Oh. Oh. And. I'm sorry that I'm happy.

I'm not. Suck it up. So, what, seven years with Mr. Toyboy. Yeah. And you're still like this.

I still like think he's just a babe and like, you know. I think that's lovely that after that many years, they're still like totally smitten with each other. What about producer Caitlin?

Is this worn off for you? Because how long have you been with your boyfriend now? I've been with him for like five months officially. But Megan, I do think it's lovely. And I wish I was there with you, but my boyfriend just annoys me. You're just saying that though. You were just saying that, though. You were just saying that.

No, like, at the moment, because we've both been a bit sick, we both message in the morning, like, how are you today, babe? And, like, how are you feeling? And, like, Megan, I just think it's absolutely adorable. But, like, every time I see him at the moment, I'm like, annoying. What about James, the producer? How long have you been with your girlfriend? It's been a while, eh?

Oh, yeah, it'll be coming up seven years this year. Oh, so same as Megan now. Do you still say this sickening stuff to her? We never really had the sickening stuff. We never really went through that. We still say I love you and everything. We're not at the stage yet where we hate each other's guts.

Don't say yet next time you say that story. We're both so easy people that we're just like, nah, you know. Very easygoing people. Yeah, right. You think Andrew and Megan are high demand. Like, high, like, you know what I mean? You're putting words into his mouth. Maybe they are, but they must,

they obviously meet each other's demands quite well. But that's the thing, yeah. High need, high supply. Yeah, yeah, that's the one. Well, they kind of have recognised high demand in each other so they know how to cater to it. If you messaged her now and said, hey, can't wait to see you tonight, baby.

Like, I miss you, tingles. Everyone do this test before you do it. How would that test her? No, do it. She'd probably send back some laughing and then probably call me or something and be like, is everything all right? Who's got your phone?

Just text Sade. Have you been abducted? She'll see right through it. Text Sade and say, I can't wait to see you. Nah. Oh, God, I feel real bad for you. Why? Why are they happily married?

We're fine. But it's just like, what about all the lovey-dovey stuff? I would send, I'm going to send it, and then I'm going to say, oh, can you just pass that on to the goats? She'd love that. Because she thinks you love the goats more at the moment. Is that why? Well, they, yeah, well, it's reciprocal.

Like, I go out and say hello, they say hello back, I sit. Just try, I just want to know what she'll say. Just put, I can't wait to see you. She'll say, is this a prank for the radio? Yeah, she knows. She's been around this too long. I sit. I just want to know what she'll say. I can't wait to see you. She'll say, is this a prank for the radio? Yeah, she knows. She's been around this too long. She knows. Is everyone laughing at me now, are they? That's what she'll say. And then she'll be shitty at me for making her the thing

and... Then I'll get home and I'll be like, it was just a joke. She's like, well, I don't want to be your jack. And I'll be like, Christ, I won't even bother then. like, well, I don't want to be your jack. And I'll be like, Christ, I won't even bother then. Fine. God, it went from really sweet to like an argument real quick. Welcome to 10 years of marriage.

We want to know if anybody out, like, who do you know that's been together for ages that is still just in that super gushy sickening phase? Yeah. Don't say sickening. And what's wrong with them? You're so sad.

I feel so sorry for you. Well, I'd be interested to know if you're in a minority, Megan. Probably, because you're all negi-wolves. You're all just so negative and pessimistic in this messed up world. But they call it the seven-year itch, and you're at seven years. Yeah, and I'm not itching. You know when you see someone, they first get together and they're in this messed up world. But they call it the seven-year itch and you're at seven years. Yeah, and I'm not itching. It's just, you know, when you see someone,

they first get together and they're like this, you're like, it's burning too hot. I can't sustain this. And you've just kept burning. Yeah. Sure, you've got to run out of fuel. Yeah. Can't wait for the supernova.

Well, he's probably going to leave me after that message on Jack Tate's Instagram. Which is really accruing some likes and comments. Thank you to the people who tagged Andrew in on that. Well, you did say baby. You called him baby. If you missed that, it was before the show on 8 o'clock. You can go to Jack underscore Tame on his latest post.

Megan called Jack Tame baby. Feel free to comment how inappropriate that is. I almost swore. All right, so 0800 dials at M9696. Let's see if you know a couple, or you are maybe that couple that is like Megan, super gushy. So in love.

And you're so unapologetic. Is it your parents? No. My grandparents were pretty in love. Yeah. My parents are not. All right, give us a call. Well, Megan and Mr. Toyboy have been together seven years,

and they're still very gushy. I feel attacked this morning. You still message every day, Marcio, when will you be home? Yeah, that's super cute. What are you talking about? Yeah. Well, we're just saying that a lot of people don't go,

it just, what are you laughing at? What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at? Is it a text? Nod? Yeah, someone said, our mate We're talking about Gushy Talk. Our mate was in a relationship with a girl who

talked in a baby voice to him the entire time. They were so loved up. Not in public. She even painted a picture of the two of them. And he had to hang it in their apartment. And it honestly was the worst drawing he's seen in your life.

Don't laugh at me. But when he was away, she used to send him photos of her kissing the painting. You do the baby voice. Oh, in private. In private. Give us the baby voice if you were saying something to Mr. Toyboy.

Come on. But then also there's these intense gushiness stories that we're hearing about. But then there's people who have been, but these people have all been married for like 30 years who are texting in. Yeah. But they're like, yeah, we still have, we're still Karen and I, like teenagers. My husband will text me during the day saying, how's your day going?

And sometimes it'll be even raunchier. That'll get the blood pressure going. How's your day going? Raunchier is how's your day going, babe? Yeah. How's your day going? My day's going great. See you later.

Oh, shit, he knows how to talk. He gets me going on text messaging. All right, let's take some calls. Chelsea, how long have you been with your partner? We've been together about two and a half years. Okay, and you're still gushy, red-eyed, it's like I miss you. Yeah, he still texts me cute things, but I thought it would kind of die down and I still text him like how's your day going and he often took dinner the other night and that

was quite surprising. Cute, I think that's cute. So it almost sounds like it's a bit too much for you. No, like I'm super gushy,, but I just wasn't expecting it from him because he wasn't at the start of our relationship, but now he's, you know. He's in love. He's fallen.

Yeah, I think he's more gushy with me now. Yeah, right. That's cute. I love it. Some other text. Thank you. Another text message saying, you can actually go back through my phone

and find the day that the gushy messages stopped. Oh, really? You can mark the day. And since then, the extent of the messages are mostly like, can you get milk on the way home? We're adamant. And you forgot the magic word. And can you please get milk on your way home?

Jess, you've been together 10 years and still gushy? Yeah, actually, it started probably after we had babies. You just get milk on your way home. Jess, you've been together 10 years and still gushy? Yeah, actually it started probably after we had babies. So we've been together since I was about 21. And we've just, like, our relationship has pretty much grown since then. And actually I've got a little bit of proof. You sent me this message the other day to say to my wife, you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think

and loved more than you know. If I could give you one thing in life, it would be to give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then would you realise how special you are to me. You are my sunshine. Fine, what are you...

That is so sweet. He copied it out of a quote. It doesn't matter where he got it from. It just sounds like he copied it out of, like, a quote spot. It doesn't matter where he got it from. He took the effort to type it out and see if it worked. No, see, I would have found that and taken a photo of it and seen it and been like, I was going to type it, but I'm busy, so... No, but it's okay if the words... I tried it for all my work, mate.

Like, I was like, oh, my gosh, look at this. I was just like, the moon. Yeah, see, I thought it made it feel... Yeah, wow. But, yeah. If I sent that to Sade, she'd be like, have you had an aneurysm? Or are you on drugs? Yeah, see, I thought it made it feel... Yeah, wow. If I said that to Sade, she'd be like, have you had an aneurysm? Or are you on drugs?

Yeah, yeah. Have you taken drugs again? Do I have to come and get you? Yeah, please, come and get me. I didn't mean to. Hey, thanks. You called Jess Jordan. You're about to get married.

So are you guys still at the gushy phase? Nah, complete opposite. Sorry, I'm just still trying to processushy phase? Nah, complete opposite. Sorry, I'm just still trying to process that crap that Jess was going on about. Jordan. It's a bit much. Just because you didn't like it. Yeah, we've been together seven years.

We're getting married on, I don't know, someday in October. Someday in October. Yeah. Are you excited about it? Nah. Jordan, there's a difference between being gushy and actually not being excited about you. She must be excited about it as well though, Jordan.

She's ecstatic. Yeah, right. Jordan, let down the masculine wall. Be excited about your wedding. Yeah, a little bit. There it is. There it is. There's a crack. There's a crack.

Hang on. Take the wall down. The only thing I'm excited about is we've got big bottles of Lion Red. Oh, my God. What's your partner's name? I can't remember. Yeah, you're in trouble. You don't want to say it on air.

You're going to try. Get out while you can. Thank you, Jordan. Daryl, how long have you been with your, is it wife? Yeah, wife now, 16 years. 10 years married. Okay, and are you still gushy? We're still gushy.

We're still gushy, both of us. Jesus. I love you when we're apart. Oh, cute, Daryl. Can't wait to see you until we get home. Be honest. Des, when you get home, do you do, like, cutesy talk to each other? Sometimes, yes.

How does it go? Hi, Daryl. No, no, no. Hi, Daryl. I'm so glad you're home. What's your cutie nickname, Daryl? What does she call you? What's your cutesy nickname?

Oh, just sweetie and honey and the normal one. Yeah. I love it. Don't be ashamed. That's so sweet. And we keep it off social media too. It's for us, not everyone else. That's good.

I want to rub it in everyone's faces. I don't care. Megan puts it everywhere. Daryl, great to hear. Thanks, mate. Some more text messages. How cute is Daryl? Daryl was real cute. Yeah.

Daryl was real cute. He's going to bloody get it at work today. He heard you on that bloody radio station, Daryl. Good on you, miss. Bloody hell, mate. My girlfriend and I have lived together for over a year and we still send each other genuine loving Snapchats every day. Our Snap streaks over a thousand.

Oh my God, that's amazing. That's modern love right there. What happened when you broke your Snapstreak? No, he broke it. With Mr. Toyboy. Remember he was living in America and he broke our Snapstreak. I was ropeable. My husband and I have been together for 21 years.

We still let each other know at least twice a day that we love each other in various ways of saying it. See, that's sweet. That's important. My partner will do things like, can you do me a favour? And I'll say, yeah, sure, what? And he'll say, stay beautiful, and then walk out of the room. I love it.

No, that's too much because I'd be expecting some goss or something exciting. Yeah, can you do me a favour? Stay beautiful. I always say I'm not promising anything until I've heard it. And then stay beautiful, I'll be like, done. Absolutely done. My husband's most used emojis are kisses and love eyes and that's because he sends me multiple texts a day full of them.

Let's hope it's just to you. Yeah, exactly. Not to bloody Daryl. Who he works with. My parents, they've been married for 46 years. They hold hands whenever they can. They always call each other their best friends and soulmates, and they're absolutely inseparable.

I can't remember when I last saw my parents hold hands. Do your parents hold hands? I think it was when the ground was slippery and Dad thought Mum was going to fall over. That doesn't count. That doesn't count. Shit, if she falls over, I'm going to be hearing about it for weeks. Give us your hand, woman.

ZM's Fletch Warner-Megan, the podcast. I'm very excited about today's fact of the day. Okay, one's been very, why? I've been keeping it under wraps, but I'm pretty excited about today's fact. the day. Okay, one's been very... Why? I've been keeping it under wraps, but I'm pretty excited about today's fact of the day. Okay, well, it's time for... Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Stop looking at Jack Tame's pictures

and get your head in the game, Pappas. You're going to get me in so much trouble. You're going to get yourself in trouble. My husband has not replied to my texts. Yeah, he's angry because you're flirting with Jack Tame. I'm not flirting! And from the top, and a two, and a three, and a fact of the day!

Day, day, day, day! Let me take you back to a magical time for today's Fact of the Day. The year was 1993. Okay. Barbie, magic earring Barbie was released and was one of the six dolls in the magic earring Barbie range. So she had magic earrings. So Barbie came with earrings and she could came with earrings and you could take,

she could wear the earrings and you could take the earrings out and also they were clip-on earrings so you too could also wear the earrings. It was before my time but I remember. You've heard. You've heard of this myth. Of this legend. There was a range. There was your standard

blonde Barbie with the magic earrings. There was the brown haired Barbie that probably had a name. There was like standard blonde Barbie with the magic earrings. There was the brown-haired Barbie that probably had a name. There was like a ginger Barbie. No ethnic diversity, just different hair colors. It was 1993. Yeah. But one member of the Earring Magic Barbie range was Earring Magic Ken. Okay.

Let me describe to you Earring Magic Ken. Earring Magic Ken had bleach blonde hair that was swished back. Yeah. He had earrings in both ears. Okay. He was wearing a purple mesh shirt, and over that purple mesh shirt was a purple leather vest. Okay.

He came with earrings for you to wear, and he was wearing black leather pants. Right. Now, probably unsurprising to you, the gay community saw Magic Earring Ken and immediately saw themselves represented on the international stage. Earrings, leather vest, sexy leather pants, purple mesh shirt. Yeah.

They thought, finally, we've been recognised. Now, this was not Mattel's intention. Right. But it got round. And Magic Erin Ken was one of the most popular selling dolls of the range. Snapped up by people. And this was in the early 90s when, you know, people weren't as progressive as they are now.

Yeah, gay rights weren't as prevalent. Well, no, they were well behind. They were still don't ask, don't tell. It was illegal to be gay in a lot of places. Gay marriage certainly wasn't even on the cards for a little while to come yet. Word got back to Mattel that their doll had become a gay icon.

Now, scared as they were, as they were a family doll provider, that this could soil their reputation and put people off that weren't progressive thinkers, they immediately pulled Magic Earring Can off the shelves. Goodness. Making Magic Earring Can a

collector's edition. Yesterday afternoon, Vaughan Smith bought Are you kidding me? A never taken out of the box Mattel LGBT collectible A real turn of events

Barbie airing magic can baby This is why you're excited Woo! I found one on eBay I read this I was like

I've got to have one I simply must How much was it, I've got to have one. I simply must. How much was it? Unimportant. It's an investment. Oh, my God. Now I know why you were so excited to tell us this back to the day.

In the mail from the United States of America, bound for our fair shores. As one never been opened, still in box. Barbie earring magic hen. What are you going to do with this? That's my collectible. Is it going in the attic with your Star Wars toys?

This is going to know I'm thinking about actually getting a preserving bag. Oh, okay. So we're not playing with it. Hell no. No, no, no, no, no. It's definitely not coming out of preserving bag. Oh, okay. So we're not playing with it. Hell no. No, no, no, no, no. It's definitely not coming out of the bag. Could imagine when your kids are going through.

Much like Madge and Ken did not come out of the closet because Mattel pulled them back off the shelves. Imagine when your kids are going through all your crap when you die and they're like, what's this? That's a house deposit, kids. It's pinned to be a really sought-after collector's item in the future. Right. Even now in 1992.

What's that? 26 years ago? Yeah. It's already gathering a bit of steam. I've got to steal on my one. I can't believe this. This is great. Megan just can't believe it.

You give me so much crap about the things I buy. Investments, Megan. I make investments, baby. Have you ever seen one of those shows where it's like I bought a toy and forgot about it and now it's worth like all this money? Yeah. That's what's happening here. Caitlin can't believe it. How, I need to know how much you paid.

I paid $34 American dollars for it. Oh, that's not much. No, you did not. I did. Look, it says here $34 American dollars. it. Oh, that's not much. No. You did not. I did. Look, it says here $34 American dollars. Are you sure it's a collector's item then? Yeah, it is. Because I looked on and I was doing some research. And at the moment, it's pretty.

How is it only $34? It's pretty collector. Somebody must have needed to palm off their investments. Isn't that cheaper than buying a Barbie now? But it's like Bitcoin, babe. I'm buying it alone. Oh, God. It's going to be a big investment. Along with my annoying friends on Instagram that are like,

Bitcoin, Bitcoin, you're going to be going on about collecting Kindles. Collecting iconic LGBT representation Kindles. Great story. It's my first toy investment. I definitely need to see it.

That $34 was worth that break on air alone. Was it? Yeah, I think so. I'm climbing back then. Yeah. Yeah, it's a business. It's a content piece.

All right, I'll sort out the invoice. So today's fact of the day is in 1993, Ken, with earrings and a purple vest and a mesh shirt and some nice leather pants, accidentally became a gay icon. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Somebody just said I literally just bought one and my brother bought one too. They're toy investors.

Are they? Someone's messaged in. This is the thing now. We're causing the demand. Yeah, right. We're feeding into it. If we were doing this is the thing now, we're causing the demand. Yeah, right. Okay. We're feeding into it. So, yeah, right. If we were doing this in the stock market,

we'd probably go to jail for insider trading. Insider trading. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. When they realise that this show's just a load of rubbish

and we get chucked on our asses, I know what I'm going to do for a job now. Well, it's essential you're going to say it out loud, Megan. It will only draw attention to the problem.

And I said when, not if. This is something, actually, we could all do it. It doesn't require any qualification, I don't think. A lot of people in Australia are saving house deposits and paying for holidays doing this job. So it's not babysitting, it's pet sitting. And this is not so much when you take your dog to, or cat or whatever to, like a cattery. They come to your house and essentially like house sit and look after the pets at the same time.

So when like your parents go away for six weeks, like they do. They get someone in, and not only do the people stay in their house and look after the pets, they pay them too. So, yeah, they get paid apparently between $30 and $100 per night. That'll be Australian too. And if you're not having to pay rent, that's where you're saving all the money. And also, you're not paying rent, and you've probably still got a job. Yeah. So you're not paying rent and you probably still got a job. Yeah. So you're not paying rent, you're going to work and you are earning as well just by feeding the cat.

By living. I just thought that it was enough for, because I've got friends that house sit in just, because I wouldn't like the whole, you don't know where you're going to end up. Yeah. There's a lot of uncertainty. Yeah, there's a week coming up where you haven't got any house sitting gig or where are you going to go? So where do you go? Do you get an Airbnb for a week or do you have to, you know,

impose yourself on your friends? Yeah. I wouldn't like that. But then I know people that do and they just bounce around and they don't pay any rent. But do they get paid as well? Well, I didn't think you did get paid. House sitting you might not get paid,

but if there's like a responsibility while you're house sitting, I think it's more likely you pay Like we've had somebody come in and look after The cats and the dogs When we go away And yeah you pay them But they also stay in your house See you would have to get like a pet sitter now

Because you've got goats, you've got cats, dogs You're going to get chickens You need someone to do the whole shebang Yeah But then it's not like they're not like high maintenance. The goats just really keep to themselves. They'll be sweet. There's still a responsibility

that comes with it. Yeah, to check that they're in their paddock. You'd still be able to find people that would do it for free though, eh? Just people that would be stoked to be out of their house or flat. Yeah, yeah. They would have the added responsibility of looking after some cats and stuff while they're there. That's a genius idea. There's like an app.

There's an app. We found the girl that does our looks after ours, we found her through an app. Okay. But then the app said because she was doing so much and earning so much money, they wanted to put the percentage they took because it's like any app service basically,

like Uber or whatever, they take a cut before, you cut before they pay on the money. You pay the money, I pay the person that's doing the service. But our one was like, oh yeah, they're putting it up to like a 20% take. So I'm out. But now you've found her. Yeah, exactly, we have. Send her a message.

See, they haven't thought that through the business plan, have they? No. The app. Because you find someone you like, you just keep them, don't you? Just send them a message, yeah. Unless they come around and baseball bat. Oh, you're doing of heavies. Some house sitting pimps or something.

The most intimidating of the pimp. The pimp family, the house sitting pimp. But people are just making thousands. Yeah, like you said saving for house deposits and stuff because yeah if you're not paying rent and you're earning and got your second job or your main job

and you drink their booze and then just fill it up with tea and water. And you'd be staying in some nice people's places too. Yeah, if they can afford to pay a pet sitter. And go on holiday for six weeks and need someone to look after the house. And yeah, it's probably not bad. It's ideal if you can get it. Do you need someone to do your pets? When you said six weeks, I was like, that sounds right.

I haven't done any stint like that. No. But, you know, I'm just thinking about your parents when they go away. Yeah. That kind of thing. Because you know how, like, when you leave home and, like, you haven't had kids yet, your parents get a stupid dog? Yeah.

And then, like, the dog becomes their everything. So there's probably, like, lots of money to be made of people. Extorting people's pets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, right. Good. Extortion. ZM's Flet Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, right. Good. Extortion. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

So there is something that young women are begging their parents for ahead of school ball season. An Australian child psychologist has said that teenage girls are begging their parents to get them lip fillers. What? Before school ball. So we're talking about teenagers, or between the ages of like 15 and 18.

Yikes. That's crazy. I don't, yeah. I don't know what to say, because I know lots of people who have had lip fillers, and it makes them feel better about themselves. They don't look, I don't think they look better. They always look like they're... No, but the thing, if they're done by someone

proper, I always, the thing I always end up saying to them is I never thought that you needed that. Yeah, right. Because sometimes the difference is so small, you're just like, I never really thought that, but obviously that was your insecurity. Like Kylie Jenner's an extreme case because she did

have thin lips and now she's got those lips. But apparently yeah, that's who is inspiring these teenage girls and they're taking in pictures of either lips off Snapchat that have got a Snapchat filter and the people are like, well this isn't real.

Or, um, you know, they're taking in pictures of people's lips and it's like that have got a Snapchat filter and the people are like, well, this isn't real. Yeah. Or, I don't care, I won't. You know, they're taking in pictures of people's lips and it's like when you take a hairstyle to the hairdresser, like it's not going to end up the same. No.

You don't have those lips and even if they are injected, they're not guaranteed to look like Kylie Jenner's. That's really important to remember. But this is in Sydney or Australia, not here. So have you been in the club in Sydney and Melbourne? It's really, it's really something. Like lip injections must be, I know lots of people get them here,

but it must be really huge over there because like it's noticeable. Like a lot of the girls coming in have quite prominent lips, I want to say, without being rude. I don't know what the right thing to say here is other than you'll find the way you are. We've talked on one aspect of it, like the whole DNA them and are they natural looking and everything. How much did that cost?

Well, I thought they were like $1,000 or $2,000, but then was it Caitlin that said that you can get like $500? It was Internania. Internania. Have you been doing some pricing for some e-books? No, maybe in the last two months, I'd say five of my friends have started getting fillers. And yeah, it's about 500 bucks for one mil of...

One mil? How much do you need? That's quite a difference, you can notice, with one mil. It would only be like one or two mil. What's in a mil of? That's a great question. Bleach. Is it hyaluronic acid?

Margarine. Margarine. No, it can't be. It must be something It's filler So it's something that stays there So one mil That would just fill in a line wouldn't it?

No one mil is more than you think it would be Yeah I think it's just They've put it I'm familiar with a teaspoon Megan Five mils and a teaspoon Yeah but that's That's quite a bit in your lip What does it feel like?

Have they said does it feel like Because you know when you get a numb lip After lip. What does it feel like? Have they said, does it feel like... Because you know when you get a numb lip after the dentist and your lips feel really big. Do they numb it? They numb it, right? Yeah, well, one of my friends came to a BYO straight after she'd had them done and she couldn't taste any of the food,

which was quite sad. Like, it was just all around there. Well, that's the true crime here. I know. Paying for food and not being able to taste it. This is such a fine line though because you don't want to bully these people for having it done

and they obviously felt insecure. So I'm like, all for making people feel better about themselves but then you don't want to encourage people because they'll find the way they are.

So what's the right thing to say? In my day, you just wanted a ball dress and not your mum to go to Spotlight and get eight yards of material and try to make it your own. Well, they're not allowed

splits and deep V's and stuff in the ball dresses now but they can get lip fillers. Unless previously banned by the school.

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