ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 11 2018

Episode Date: July 10, 2018

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This is the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to Spark. You can stay connected with free Wi-Fi a gig a day on the $19 Spark prepaid rollover pack. Enjoy. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Great news waking up this morning that all of the Thai football players and their coach have been rescued from the cave. Craziness. Do you know, I'd forgotten about the guy early on that had died. Do you remember?

One of the Navy SEALs? Yeah, one of the Navy SEALs. And three of the SEALs and a doctor are still in there, right? So, I think they've rescued all of the footballers and the coach, but there's still people in there. Oh, God, now I can't rest now. You need everyone out. I've got to get everyone out.

Yeah. Did you see that video of them, what they actually had to go through? Oh, insane, yeah. Like, squeezing through. No. We did that on a school. What if you get stuck? We did that on a school camp.

We had to squeeze through. There was no water, but it was, you just, I really had to suck my fat guts in when I was a kid at school, and I didn't like it. Oh, we went somewhere and they're like, oh, we're going to go in this cave and screw some gaps. I was like, I'm not going. I think I was like nine or ten. They're like, come on.

I was like, absolutely not. Yeah, what happens if you get stuck? Then what? Just no. We're not meant to go in there. No. It's all dark and horrible. No.

Not my idea of fun, that's for sure. I know, it'd be horrible. But did you see? Great news. You know, Elon Musk actually went there. I did see that. It was a bit late though, wasn't he? Yeah, because he went there.

He wanted to know if there was anything he could do and he apparently made that little pill for them to get in and squeeze through. But he actually went. He's real life Tony Stark, hey, that guy? He is. He's amazing. So cool. He's real life Tony Stark, hey, that guy. He is. He's amazing. So cool.

He's like he built Adelaide's power grid, eh? Yeah. He built that big Tesla battery farm or something. To prove that he could. Just to prove that he could. And let's not forget that he got that company and he built that flamethrower. Everyone forgets about the flamethrower

after the car in space and the cave stuff. He built a flamethrower. That's right. He put that Sportster up with the astronaut in space and the cave stuff. He built a flame dryer. That's right. He put that Sportster up with the astronaut in space too. Oh, God, he's great. He's like your weird friend that's got all these crazy ideas but actually follows through. I know. Yeah.

I can see why you've got a crush on him now, Megan. We've all got a little crush. Well, Megan's is more than a little crush. He can put a Tesla necklace on me. I'm okay with that. Oh, I didn't know where that was going. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.

Story time, how it works. I've got three news headlines that I've found online. Vaughn and Megan picked one headline only. The others, deleted. Headline one, statue largest of its kind. Headline two, family wake divides. And headline three, grandfather captures magic moment. Ooh.

There we go. All good stories today. All great stories. I think number two is I saw the photo of the guy at his own funeral propped up in a chair wearing his Boston Celtics? Celtics? Celtics? Celtics. Celtics. Playing Celtics.

James, what is it? Which one is it? Celtics. Boston Celtics, yeah. Celtics, yeah. That's what I said, eh? Celtics? Celtics. I don't know.

Celtics. Celtics. Oh. Is that still a thing? Yeah. Oh, no. I know it was Shell that's gone, eh? I was like, oh, challenge.

I was like, why are you so bad at the Celtics? I don't know if there's any challenges anymore either. What have you been to them? Don't feel bad for the pitch. They got purchased by Celtics. Oh, yeah, I know. I don't feel bad. But it's nostalgia, eh?

Yeah, but Celtics still exist. Shell used to collect those, like, cricket players. Yeah, but Shell's just Zed. Can we get some more collected coins happening? I don't care who's doing it. Now, see, I'm more of a fan of the collector cups when supermarkets and petrol stations do those. Oh, you do a collector cup.

Yeah, collector cups. What about, okay, greatest collector cup of all time? We should just talk about this later. Because, without a doubt, they were those 1990s Looney Tunes KFC cups. I knew you were going to say that. I'm pretty sure my mum's still got my Tasmanian Devil. They were those 1990s Looney Tunes KFC cups. I knew you were going to say that. I'm pretty sure my mum still got my Tasmanian Devil. They were 3D.

I was going to say there's always like those free cups you get from servos or supermarkets or fast food. Yeah, the Coke ones. There's always a couple of those rogue. It does my head in because they don't match the other cups. No, you've got to get like six of them. If you're going to have them, you've got to have six of them. That's how they get you. You can't just have one.

And there's always like a rogue one or two of mum and dad's and a flat. You're right. Flats always have them. But those Looney Tunes, KFC did them in the 90s. If you've not seen them, they were high end. Yeah. It was Sylvester, Twitty, Tasmanian Devil, Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote. What were we talking about?

Celtics. How did you get from the Celtics to Celtics? Devil, Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote. What were we talking about? Yeah. Caltex. How did you get from the... We got onto Celtics to Caltex, to extinct service stations, to collector coins, to the best collectibles, to the KFC cups. Yeah. There we go. Yeah, dog. I remember those. No, that's not the one because it's got a

Pluto in it. There was never a Pluto. I remember those. It's actually the shape of them. Yeah. They had like a Sylvester, I think. They were legit. They were. I'm pretty sure that next time I'm at my parents' house, I'm going to have a look. They were the kind of cups, if you went to Movie World on the Goldie, would cost you like 30 bucks.

Yeah. But KFC was doing... It was KFC that did it in the 90s. Yeah. Good work there, KFC. All right. Which story are we choosing? One, two, or three?

I can't remember what it was, but I remember three was... The grandfather captures magic moment? Yeah. Do we want that one? Oh, is that cute or is it... It's pretty cute. Okay, yeah. Born in the year you're born.

Yep. What year were you born? What year was Antonia born? If she's 21 now? 1997, right? 1996. So these cups came out's 29, you're born. If she's 21 now, 1997, right? 1996. So these cups came out a year before she was born. These Looney Tunes collector's cups.

I've found the 1995 KFC Looney Tunes month commercial. We'll watch it after this as a show. A trip down nostalgia lane. Some 30-somethings bonding. All right, we go to the state of New York where a proposal happened up a gondola. This is like out of New York, not in downtown New York, in the region somewhere.

There's a gondola that goes up like a little cable car to the top of the hill. Like the Port Hills. Yeah, kind of. You go up and it's a nice romantic place. And, you know, even the Port Hills, a lot of proposals happen there, don't they? Yeah.

Like, I'm pretty sure you could go up the Port Hills any day, any evening. There'd be a proposal. Like when you go up the Eiffel Tower, you are 100% guaranteed to see someone propose. Yeah. It just happens. Well, anyway, this grandfather was heading up with some friends and there was a young couple. And he said to the man before they went up, well, this is romantic. was a young couple and he said to the man before they went up well this is romantic and they got talking and he said well i'm actually

i'm going to propose to my girlfriend and he's you know they got talking this lovely and the old old man was like well do you want me to film it because it's a romantic moment okay what's well i'm going to take you now to the romantic moment where the proposal happens. And this is the grandfather holding the camera. Oh! Oh!

Oh my God! Oh, that's so cool! Yeah! So nice, except the whole time he was filming his face. I wonder. Oh, no.

Obviously, the video is lost on the radio, but you can see just from his still there, there's the look of jubilation on his face. He's so happy for them. It's just his big, giant moustache. But you know what? That's probably a better video, to be honest. I don't think they'll agree honest. Because he's so happy.

He's so happy. I don't think another proposal video just filmed on an iPhone like that would have gone, you know, news worldwide. Like this guy. Exactly. That's so annoying because when you try and tell your parents how to turn the camera around, they can never do it. But he would have done that accidentally, just tapped on it. I know. Granddad, if it can see your face, it can't see us.

Yeah, that's what I was wondering if he was looking at it the whole time, being like it's weird I can see myself, but well, this is their moment, I shan't interrupt. Maybe he thought he was on Skype, because you know when you Skype your parents, they just probably get used to seeing their face on that side, so they thought, well this is showing, I don't know,

what he's thinking. But he's thinking. Well, I said't know what he's thinking. But he's thinking. He's thinking. Well, I said something could be extinct in 10 years. It's not an animal. We'll have those extinct before 10 years time, the way we're going, eh? We're not mucking around when it comes to wiping them

off the face of the earth. Yeah, it's true. But this thing causes fear to many. Its official name for its phobia is trypanophobia. That's me, isn't it? Yep. Trypanophobia. Trypanophobia.

What is it? Trypanophobia. Trypanophobia. Trypanophobia. Yeah, I have this. What's that one? Trypanophobia. Fear of trying things.

Yeah, pans mostly. Fear of trying new nonstick pans. You're a pots person, not a pans person. Try a pan. No. I do everything in a pan. I hate pots. Yeah, I agree.

I'm not. If I can do it in a pan, I'm doing it in a pan. Just thinking about, because it's nonstick. Easy to clean. High sides, I'm accessible. Yeah, that's what I don't like about poaching eggs in a pot. Pans, a better option, a high-sided pan. Poach an egg in a pan.

Yeah, or in a wok. Every time. Easy. Much easier to get to the egg. I know. You're going to have to go straight down, don't you, in a pot? I'm not wrong. Rice?

Cook a bit of rice? Oh, no, rice has to be in a pot. That has to be in a pot. That has to be in a pot. Or a microwave. Just for the lid. I microwave. You microwave rice.

Yeah, I'm not opposed to that. No, I'm not against it either. You get it in a little bag, tear the top off. I can't do rice right. I'm not doing rice right on a stovetop. Never. And the bottom of the rice always gets burnt to the pot. So it's a fear of trying pots.

That's right, that's what we're talking about. No, it's the fear of needles. It's one of the most common fears right around the world believed to affect up to 10% of the population, which I thought it would have been more because no one really loves needles, do they? Apart from heroin users, but I think even they're like, I wish there was a better way to get heroin.

This is why I couldn't be a junkie. Like, you've got to inject yourself. No way in hell is that happening. Well, great news, junkies. I mean, they're going to be looking to deliver medication in different ways that could see the old school needle that you get when you get your vaccines, your shots, et cetera. This isn't going to take care of the blood test.

What about, I was going to say IVs. Because that's getting blood out. They need to get into that vein. I hate that because I had a blood test a few weeks ago and they put it into your vein. Yeah. And then they clip one out and they put another one in and it takes ages and I can't look.

I never look. I like it when they clip a new one on. Honestly, I feel woozy just you talking about it. Because the tubes are vacuumed. I didn't know that until semi-recently. That's why when they clip it in it goes and squirts blood right out back into the other end. Anyway, are they going to get rid of needles for administration?

So things going into you, they believe that in 10 years' time, there'll be no need for needles due to alternatives being developed. So what though? Well, there's a few examples. What is called a smart pill, because when you take a pill, it dissolves in your stomach acid and gets into your system. Yeah. But they're saying this pill will get past there. It can get past or it can get to specified places along the way.

What is it, like coated in some kind of M&M alpha shell? And they say robotic, but they've got earmarks around it. So I'm not like 100% sure. I don't think you swallow a robot. And then it's like, like, transforms out and then scuttles off and does its thing. And then it does its injections internally. And then it's like, this is the worst part of the job. I've got to go out with the poos.

Right. And then you're like, oh, God. And you give birth to a little robot baby. And it's yours now. I'm sure it's somewhat different to that, but okay. Sure. In my mind, this is much better. There's the jet injection, which is basically like any sci-fi movie you've watched.

If they need an injection and someone just walks up and puts something against their skin and it goes, and like blows the medication into you. Which sounds daunting as well, right? Because you're getting pretty much water blasted. Because they always told us off at school for like putting the air compressor up to people and blowing air into them because it can kill them. Oh, you'll kill little Stevie. Sorry, I didn't know.

Yeah. Well, Stevie's dead now. He died to an air bubble to the heart. Other ones very similar to This one already exists in the Development stage of diabetes patch Which is like a Smoker's patch Yeah yeah it goes on and it gets absorbed through the skin

Also an inhaler Yep So this is apparently being Also developed for diabetes sufferers It delivers insulin through the lungs And then into the bloodstream that way So they is apparently being also developed for diabetes sufferers. It delivers insulin through the lungs and then into the bloodstream that way. So then they have to inject themselves. And there is

I guess you would say this is an injection of sorts but much different. It's based on a hypodermic needle modelled on a mosquito's proboscis. Nose. Bitey bit on the front. That's like that video you showed us yesterday. The up close video. Yeah of ally bit on the front that's like that video you showed us yesterday

the up close video yeah of all these mosquitoes on one side of this like microfiber net and then on the other side there was skin and they just were trying to get to the heat

and the needles were just coming through this like like a scary movie yeah like zombie hands coming through a wall with a mosquito

but you'd never you wouldn't feel that then if that was the case no that's the thing yeah they said it would be a millimetre long and a wall with a skidder. But you wouldn't feel that then if that was the case? No, that's the thing. Yeah. They said it would be a millimetre long and a tenth of a millimetre wide. Wow.

And that would get stuff into you. That's crazy. Apparently. And micro doses, I would imagine. But still, yeah, still for blood tests and other things. Yeah. And like drips and stuff. Yeah, what if they put a drip in you?

Yeah, but I mean put a drip in you? Yeah, but I mean, we're on the way. We're getting there. We're getting there, aren't we? Small steps, small steps. This is a scientific study that was done at Western Oregon University. They quizzed 590 people. Right. Now, it looks into what women expect when they get engaged.

Now, I know you guys are going to find holes with the study because they showed participants a photo and they got a brief description of someone of the opposite sex who had been pre-rated as attractive or unattractive. So they had piles of both. Okay. So they got showed... Mention if you're in the uggo pile.

Can we just use your photo for a study and then you find out you're in the unattractive pile? That's nice. So yeah, they showed them either an unattractive picture or an attractive picture. And so for the women, they said, choose the smallest ring you're willing to settle for offered by the man in the photo.

And the more unattractive they were, the bigger the ring they needed. Ruthless. But vice versa. So they did males as well. They were asked the size of the ring they would buy for their imaginary girlfriend, showed them attractive and unattractive. The more beautiful the woman, the bigger the ring. Well, it looks like we're at a classic Mexican standoff.

Guns drawn. Yeah. But if you, that's like saying guys know if you're batting out of their league and they will make it, like, get a bigger ring accordingly. Yeah. And women will put up with an uglier man, but they will expect more in return. If I'm going to buy this, I need a bigger ring.

But also, I feel like this was a little bit of entrapment. That's what I mean. Because these people wouldn't get engaged to these people that they don't deem attractive. They don't know them. And so if you're already in love with someone, like they're not in love with the people in the photo. No.

So if you're looking at a picture of someone you don't think is attractive. No, you've got to get engaged to this person. Because it's all about how... It's not the same as being in love with them. It's all about how high maintenance she is and what she expects really, isn't it? What? I don't know.

I don't know what you're talking about. I just don't think the study is, yeah, on point for the sake that you're not in love with the person. Because, yeah, it's like you look at a hot person and you're like, okay, yeah, I do. I do perhaps a little bit more than that because I can realise that they're hotter than I am, more attractive, and that might be fun. I know that when I said yes, I looked at the ring after. Because most women would say they say yes

and then they realise there's the ring. Like, did that happen to you? Unless you're presenting it right in front of their face. No, because didn't Sianae drop heaps of hints of what she would want? Oh, yeah, no, I was like sort of paying attention for a few years pre, so I knew it was what she wanted. But did she say yes before she got a good glimpse of the ring? Yeah, because remember I had the sticks on my head,

so she couldn't get a really good look at it, which was another one of my ploys. So that kind of makes it, I mean, you drop hints on what you like, but you would say yes before you even concentrate on it. If you were proposing to someone and they were like, oh, and then looked down at the ring and they were like, yes, and we're looking at the ring when

they said it, you'd be. That's questionable. This isn't a good start. That's a bad sign. Yeah. So yeah, surely it's the person that gives you the ring. And then later on you can do that thing where they were like, oh, we got the ring redesigned. I knew a guy. He proposed.

He had this ring made. It wasn't like he just bought it. And then she was like, okay, so it needs to be a little bit smaller, but also, you know, while we're there, I was just going to get some changes. I was like. Just change out the diamond in the middle. I know. I think she kept all the bits.

She just changed how they were sitting and maybe added a couple extra. Oh, so completely redesigned it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Top Six with Vaughan Smith. Hello and welcome to today's Top Six. Change were a few minutes ago. I got pretty excited. Got a little nostalgia.

So today's Top Six, the best collectibles that companies have ever done. Now, I'm not talking about a series of toys that you had to buy from a toy store. I'm talking about when you spent $20 somewhere and you got something. Yep. And maybe you got an album to keep it in or a collector's case to put it in. Yep. You know, it might have been spend so much, get one of these. Or I know petrol stations love this sort of stuff.

I remember growing up, they loved a glass. You spend $20 on fuel, $40, you one of these. I know petrol stations love this sort of stuff. I remember growing up, they loved a glass. You spend $20 on fuel, $40, you get a glass. They always loved a little bit of that. So the top collectibles that there's ever been. So, number six. Anything Ninja Turtles related. Yeah.

There was Ninja Turtles coins. Yes, I had those. We believe they were a petrol station thing, weren't they? You spent 20 bucks gas or whatever. Every purchase got you a Ninja Turtles coin. And you put them in a big card poster. You slot them in the little circles. Yeah, and they'd sit there and you'd collect the whole thing.

Also worth a mention were the Ninja Turtle cards and the bread. Fletcher, I can remember these. You'd get a loaf of bread and then you'd finger through it. So I can probably say this now because of the statute of limitations, but my brother and I, this is so bad. So bad. I mean, this was so long ago. I know what you're going to say.

You used to make holes in the bag at the supermarket to get the cards out. And we'd steal them and then put the loaf back on the shelf. You definitely wouldn't have been the only one. And then just join mum at the shop. How did you get the hole in the bread bag? Did you have sort of a cutting thing? No, you just fingered it. Hello? You'd absolutely wreck

the bag because those bread plastic bags are so stretchy. And we'd do it to a few loaves. And you'd have to fossick around to try and find the cards. Yeah, because they were never in the same slice. Yeah, no. You'd feel around the loaf, and if you saw it poking out, you'd penetrate the bag, take it out, and then you'd put the loaf back,

and then do a loop around the supermarket, and then do it again. It's terrible. That's probably why they stopped doing it, because so many bags got fingered. Yeah, that's why they stopped putting collectibles in bread bags. Yeah. Because of me and my brother. Fungering the bread bags. I think you had to collect a set and then you'd get a prize.

Of the Ninja Turtles? Of something. No, it was just the prize was having the whole set. Nah, because they were these things you opened. They weren't collectible. It was a competition. So you had to get the whole set or X, Y. I think that was how it worked. Yeah, and then you got something.

Because Ninja Turtles are also the first bubble gum cards that I got into. You'd buy the pack and they had a bubble gum in them. Oh, yeah. Oh, man. I think, man, if I'm right, number 58 or 59 was Donatello, and it was very, very hard to get. I've just been told the statute of limitations is an American thing and doesn't apply here.

Yeah, luckily three guys has gone out of business because that was the supermarket that you would have definitely stolen from. Our number five on the list of recent memory are the top six best collectibles companies you've ever done. A special mention must go to the Countdown Dominoes, Cutlery and Sharp Knives.

Oh, yeah. And they did a Jamie Oliver, but we're not going to go into the Jamie Oliver set. I think the Sharp Knives, the Cutlery and the Dominoes really set the world ablaze again with the whole collect these stickers and get yourself the dominoes really set the world ablaze again with the whole collect these stickers and get yourself some dominoes.

They were good. They must be due to do another one of those. People were selling those stickers on Trade Me. You were going crazy for them as well. I went feral. How much did you actually save

on cutlery and crockery and stuff? Because you still had to collect the stickers and pay. Yeah, you had to spend a lot to get them. But it was like a game, you know? They were making money. Oh, it was purely, it's like doing something for weird points.

Like you were just doing it for no reason and you'd be like, oh, I'm $5 short from getting another sticker. I'll buy some shit I don't need. I mean, people were stabbing people in the supermarket just to steal their stickers, you know? It got a bit feral. Yeah, well, the thing was, once you got enough stickers to get one sharp knife,

you could stab everybody else for the stickers to get one sharp knife, you could stab everybody else for the stickers to get more sharp knives. It's a vicious cycle. Number four on the list of the top six best collectibles companies have ever done,

um, holla to the collectible glasses. Now, while there used to be the buy however many bottles of Coke

and get a free Coke glass, Yeah. I think the piece a la resistance was when you could buy Nutella in a glass and when you'd finish the glass of Nutella, you could use it as a drinking glass. It's a good ploy.

My parents still have them. My dad has his Barocca and one with a cow on it every morning. I assure you not. He's a creature of habit. They love a collectible glass. Number three on the list of the top six best collectibles companies have ever done are All Blacks Great Collector Coins. Now I've still

got a full set of these at my parents' place. I'm hoping this is going to be my retirement. Petrol stations in the 90s. It was shell. You'd go in and 20 bucks, they'd give you a random coin. And the idea was to collect the All Blacks Greats. They had them all. I mean no modern All Blacks because this was in the 90s.

Special mention also while we're on the All Blacks to the Weet-Bix collector's cards that have had All Blacks on them. Those things have been around forever. Number two on the list of the best collectibles companies have ever done the Happy Meal Transformers. When you bought

a Happy Meal, yeah, go on. Is it a little, I remember the chips, a little pottle of chips and it transforms into a little, yes. There was a hamburger, thick shake

and something else would turn into little robots. I know why, but they were the best at Happy Meal. The Happy Meals peaked. Those and the Minions when they did the Minions. Oh, they did. I'm quite Happy Meal. They were the Happy Meal's picks. Those and the Minions, when they did the Minions. Oh, they did.

I'm quite excited about those. They had batteries in them. They made noises. I know. That was a great one. And the number one best collectibles companies have ever done, it was what got us onto this, and it can't be denied, the KFC Warner Brothers mugs from the 90s.

And I have found a full set on Trade Me. Buy now $60. I've got to log in. That was a long time ago. And purchase. I'm going to buy them. Yeah, they're cool. They're legendary.

I'll certainly charge you back to work. But can we really quickly get Ross Boss, can we get approval from Ross Boss to spend $60 of the budget? There's no money, Vaughn. We have no money. KFC collector's mugs from the 90s. But they said they're hardly used. There's a fiscal lockdown.

You're not going to get this through. How many is there in the pack? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 here. I don't see Yosemite Sam in this set. We could all have one and have a coffee in it. I bagged Tasmanian Devil because he's my favourite. Okay, cool. You'll get Sylvester because you like cats. Okay. I had one of those growing up too. You'll get Sylvester because you like cats. Okay.

I had one of those growing up too. You just use your own money for them. Anya's totally Yosemite Sam. Why? I see, I see, boy. Who's that?

It was the one that shot the guns. She's forgiven. These came out a year before she was born. That is today's Top 6. There's a bit of controversy in Australia.

Yeah, the project, the Australian version of the project, this is really weird because if they just stumbled across this, like they'd had a guest on to talk about something and the following had transpired, you'd be like, oh my goodness, and maybe stifle a giggle. Basically, they had a guy on. They just found this clip of this guy talking about mining in Australia

and kind of... Also, it wasn't like he was on the show. No. It's like a news clip. Right. It was a news clip, yeah. And he wasn't on their show. It was a clip of him on another show that they played on their show. Ah, right. So they had sought this out. They'd sought it out

and played it for one purpose. And kind of, yeah, and now rightly so, wearing it. Because this poor guy's like, he had no idea. He was just on talking about mining and just got kind of slated. This is how it all went down. He's tough. I reckon he looks rich. He looks mean. And he's

a miner. That's the information. He's a man's man talking about the mines. He's a man's man. So see if this is how you were expecting him to sound. One year later, we're announcing that we're going to be restarting. He sounds like the first mining miner. Hey, question,

are they mining for helium? Is that right? So that's how that happened. So this guy just appeared on a news clip to talk about mining and they said he's got a funny voice. We'll replay it and just, like, make fun of his voice. And obviously this dude's like, what did I do to deserve, like, what's going on? Yeah.

And they're getting slated. What is – I kind of cringe when I hear him say a man's man too. Like, what does that mean? Like a manly man. You know? It's kind of weird to hear someone say that. Yeah, what do you say? A masculine man?

Yeah, I guess he did kind of look like... He looked like a big bloke. Yeah, an Aussie bloke. Yeah, and you expect him to be like, yeah, bloody mons, but then came in

with a slightly higher voice. And yeah, so this guy is kind of like, that was a bit mean-spirited for the sake of being mean. And now they're all wearing it. And Australia Rove, because one of them was Rove, I don't know the other guy, on the clove. Rove. It's a Rove.

Yeah. Just see Rove getting his comeuppance after years of a bloody free pass. What have you got against Rove? Nothing. He's just had it too good for too long. I'm a New Zealander. I'm a New Zealander. People, you know.

You've got mighty tall there. Die. Let me cut you down. Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain, said Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman movies to Christian Bale's Batman. Okay. Okay. You know what I'm saying.

So. Good. We've cut him down. Yeah. You know what I'm saying. So. Good. We've cut him down. Yeah. Not that Rove needed knocking off at the knees. He's already short enough. See, I can't help myself. I've done it now too. I've attacked someone's physical appearance. But they attacked first, so what am I doing? Am I doing wrong? Or am I

seeking vengeance? I think you are, yeah. I don't know. F.E.M. I'm not anti-vegans, okay? But these two, you always give them a hard time. I. F.E.M. I'm not anti-vegans, okay? But these two, you always give them a hard time. I'm not anti-vegan. I'm not anti-vegan at all.

You always give them a hard time. No, we have a laugh. But we have a laugh at everything, don't we? Yeah, I'm just having a laugh and then, I don't know, because they're hungry

or iron deficient, sometimes they don't get jokes. No, I'm only joking around. But I think... I've eaten vegan food and it's very delicious, but I mean, add bacon and you've got a significantly more delicious dish.

And I do truly believe that it's not a bad thing if we all eat a little less meat. Me too. I'm certainly not selling onto that. Vaughan doesn't believe in that. No, I get that. I mean, there's... Well, it's not good for the planet.

You know, it's not... No matter where you sit on the vegan scale, this is going to make you chuckle because a woman went into Subway. I'm not actually sure whereabouts. This is a post that the Subway staff member made. But it's America, though, eh? I'd say it would be America.

Yeah. So a woman went into Subway and this unfolded. Now, the Subway staff member has posted it on Facebook, detailing the account, and it's gone viral. So I'll tell you how he's spelt it out. He or she, I actually don't know. Gabrielle could go either way. It could, couldn't it?

I don't want to assume. Ending in L or L-E? Double L-E? L. Is that a guy? Could be a guy. No. Could go either way. Could go either way, okay.

So a woman ordered a sandwich from the Subway store. He, it's a he. Okay. Asked him to change his gloves before preparing as she was vegan and he had obviously been handling meat and he was like, I did that, no problem. I thought they always change their gloves anyway and they push it down the little hole on the back of the...

Only if they've been doing the till. Like if they haven't been handling money, they just carry on with the sandwiches. I don't know, but I don't want someone else's jalapeno juice on my... Well, you can ask them to change their gloves. I will, I will. As this woman did, because she's vegan. And he was like, handling meat, perfectly reasonable request. Very reasonable.

I get her bread, toast it, put all the veggies she wants on it. I start to wrap up her sandwich when she says, can I get some mayo? I look at her. She's looking at me. I pick up the mayo. I'm waiting for her to be like, ha ha, jokes, and nothing. So I say, you know mayo has eggs in it, right? And that's when Gabriel said the girl just stood there silent.

Oh, because they don't eat eggs. She said, no it doesn't. I get mayo every time. Are you sure? He said, yes, ma'am. Mayo has egg whites in it. It's just egg whites the way. It's not egg yolk. It's egg whites. I thought it was...

My mum makes a homemade mayo and the whole egg goes in and it's significantly more yellow than a... I think aioli might have actual eggs. I've Googled a recipe for mayo. But doesn't Real Foods mayo, it says on the front it has whole eggs in it. It's yolk. One large egg yolk.

Yeah. Lemon juice, wine vinegar, mustard, a little bit of salt and canola oil. Is this a homemade recipe? That sounds like a great mayonnaise. So that's when she apparently stood there distraught and I guess she's questioning everything she ever knew. And then he said, so do you want mayo on it then? And she said, sure, go ahead.

She gave up. Oh, life's a lie. Like defeated. Oh no. Just do it. I bet there'd be certain things that people thought being a vegan was a great idea until they worked out that they weren't allowed to do bacon. Leather.

Oh, yeah. Right. Because you see a hypocritical vegan every now and then wearing leather. Yep. They're like, I just really like the boots. I don't know if this is a kind of a bit part situation. I think you're all or nothing when you're a vegan. But then she's still doing her bit.

She's eating less meat. Yeah, but you don't get your vegan bar, do you? Your badge, 100% vegan. That's why I couldn't do it. 99% vegan. Because I just cheat all the time and get a little bit of mayo, like aioli on my fries. But when I was like When producer Caitlin

Was a vegetarian She was a casual vegetarian Or a sober vegetarian Until she got drunk She'd eat a little chicken Or a little Little pork Yeah

I think she ate a cute animal At the weekend actually Oh yes she did Hey You ate a cute animal At the weekend Caitlin Caitlin we're talking to you For crying out loud

Hello You ate a cute animal at the weekend. No, I didn't. Yes, you did. No, I didn't. Yes, you did. It was a beef cow. It was a cow. It was so yum. I don't mean to. I don't think you can say you're a vegetarian anymore. I'm not a vegetarian. I just don't eat cute

animals. I eat chicken and fish. You're a bi-vegetarian. And sometimes beef and sometimes What was the situation You went to someone's house And they made a lasagna I ate pork Yeah we went to the

The dumpling place Didn't we And Caitlin had pork You had pork dumplings With me too Yeah You were like Oh don't worry about it

Okay you're not in anything I know You're just But it's just a little bit of meat And it's hidden inside the thing It's like a I can't see it I just can't think of it

As a cow or a piggy See what would have happened In the weekend You went to someone's house And they made you lasagna Yeah And then you were too polite To say no

But it was so yum I know to be fair Lasagna is amazing Stopping me from being Veggie Vegan Anything It's so good

Yeah Imagine being gluten free And vegan You'd never be able to eat A meaty cheesy Pastry lasagna Oh my god I feel so sorry for them now.

Next time I see one, I'm going to give them a hug. Gently, though. I don't want to break them. Any complaints? Vaughan's way? I'm having nothing to do with this. Fletch. Vaughan.

And Megan. The podcast. Now, a woman was caught on camera. I don't know. She uploaded this clip and obviously didn't think anything of it. And it's gone viral online of her and her dog. So she's eating an ice cream in the park. And that's when she gives the ice cream to her dog.

And the dog licks it 22 times before she eats it again. 22 times? It's like... For 22 times? Yeah. And then she... It continues eating her ice cream. It's an ice cream cone.

That is disgusting. Yuck. Gross. Self. Dogs lick their... Continues eating her ice cream. It's an ice cream cone. No, that is disgusting. Yuck. Gross. Self. So dogs lick their... I'm going to say it. They lick everything. They lick their balls, their butts, other dogs' butts.

Yep. They eat... I've seen dogs eat a poo. I wouldn't share an ice cream. Has your dog done that? Yeah, it eats the cat's poo. My dog's... Out of the litter tray.

Dogs are filthy. Yeah, my dog ate another dog's vomit. Do you feed your love vomit? Are you feeding your dogs? There will be a full bowl of food and the dog will eat something grim instead. Or grass and slugs. Oh, yeah. It's like my parents' dog.

It's so fat, over-carving because it follows around cows and they give birth and then it, like, eats all the stuff that comes, like, the placenta. And it's just like, oh god, I could go another placenta. Dogs are disgusting. It's mouth is not going anywhere near my mouth. So I thought everyone would feel that way, but people have tagged their friends in and they're like, I just want to gauge your limits.

What do you think about this? And another one said, absolutely nothing wrong with that. So there are people who are totally fine with it. And they're losing friendships They're like no no no People will let their dogs lick them And smooch them

I love my dog You know I do but no No absolutely not His face nowhere near my face I don't even like it looking at me Because it breathes in my direction Yeah it breathes and smells like that I give it the green

chewy thing and it chews that up and then just goes and eats something gross again. All that's gone out the window. It's like brushing your, like, you know, imagine you're about to go to bed and you brush your teeth and you're like, oh, I was going to eat some cat shit. And then you go and eat that. Your breath stinks. You've got to brush your teeth again.

So I give it another green thing and it's, no. Oh, when I see people kiss dogs. And they're like, dogs' mouths are cleaner than humans' mouths. What humans are you going near? You're a feral. That's a myth, right? Absolutely. It's got to be. Caitlin's shaking her head.

Oh, if anyone's going to kiss a dog, it's you. Is that how sitting a dog? No, I sometimes let them look me. No, I got told by a nurse... No, that's not true. ...that humans' mouths are dirtier than dogs' and cats' mouths. I don't believe it.

No, no, I don't believe it. That's why human bites are worse for you than dog bites. You did get bitten by that 13-year-old girl that time in the park. I wouldn't use her as a bar for humanity. She was a very low bar. But she was actually clean. Right. She bit me.

I got all the tests. I got two bites, actually. Two of them bit me. And I was like, well, that's doubling down on the chance I've got something. But I was actually, I was clean. I was clear. Right, yeah. So Mythbusters did it.

Yes, it is a myth. But whether or not a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's is tricky to prove because it has fewer germs than a human's, but the germs in a dog's mouth are not good for humans. So the germs in their mouth will make you sick. So there are human germs in your mouth, but chances are you've already got those human germs. And you haven't been licking poos, so. Have you been eating cat poo today, Caitlin? Not today.

Then your mouth is cleaner than a dog's mouth. My dog, specifically. And stop kissing dogs. It's disgusting. Stop kissing animals. FEM. Joining us in studio this morning after being, do we say evicted from Heartbreak Island?

From Heartbreak Island. Waiting. How are you? I'm good. It's pretty early in the morning. Just want to point out that someone brought you here today. Liam did wake up maybe an hour or two earlier than he needed to to take me here.

Was he in the same place as you when he woke up this morning? Can confirm he wasn't. Oh, he wasn't. He wasn't. Is he being a gentleman or has romance continued after the show? He is a gentleman. Absolute gentleman.

So are you guys still together? He's grinning. He's totally like that's my girl. We did try to date. We actually dated after the show finished but unfortunately we are not together, but still very close.

He wants to though. I want to. Am I making this awkward? He is the sweetest. That's when he looks at you. He's crossed his arms, Megan. He's cutting out the barrier now. He's the sweetest boy though.

He's protecting himself. Sweetest boy. We came back and on Valentine's Day he bought me like two of each of my favourite chocolate bars, a bunch of roses and like took me

on this little adventure. Very cute. That is pretty cute. Sweetheart. We met you years ago. You played harp for this My Kitchen Rules thing we did.

I did. Yeah. And I was just like, I didn't know people still played the harp. So it was amazing. I'm old school. You're like this lovely, sweet, innocent harp player and then you're on And I was just like, I didn't know people still played the harp. So it was amazing. I'm old school.

You're like this lovely, sweet, innocent harp player, and then you're on Friday Night Heartbreak Island talking about the art of something else. I'm skilled in many areas. You're skilled, okay. Often involving hands. I'm also good at maths. Are you? I don't know.

Maths is a strength so was that like surprising for people that you know maybe had taught their children harp or they'd seen you play harp and then you're on the telly showing a completely different side of yourself he was shocked

disgusting behaviour most unexpected when was that like Sweet innocent harp player Oh that's a terribly impressive Impression of a harp This and yeah And then you're on Harp Rock Island Friday nights

I was just like Fingers crossed hoping that none of my harp Students were watching it but They're like my biggest fans. So that's all. And one of them's like 11. He's a boy. He's like 11 or 12.

I don't know. No way, he's sucking harp, Liz. And he watches it. I'm pretty sure they're all quite young, the people that watch it. Right, yeah. Has it been like a shock being on the show and walking down the street and being recognised? And have you had like comments and social media comments? People always look at me funny because I'm such a nutcase,

so it's like nothing new, I guess. I'm very oblivious to it. Right. I don't really notice things. Has there been any backlash? Has anyone been mean? Yeah, someone said I look like a man. A lot of people say I look like a man.

Did they not see the promo photos? You were in a bikini. And I didn't. I don't have a penis. Typical man attire at the beach is not a bikini. I mean, wear what you want to the beach, but if we're, you know, don't buy it. And just some people saying I'm annoying. It's a fact.

Because they know you. Just other things. It's a fact. Because they know you. And just other things. Everyone's always going to be mean about it. But at the end of the day, you should only worry about, I guess, the people that care about you, what they think. Was there anything that you learnt about yourself watching it back? I am sports challenged and I'm such a gum. Okay, I'm like, why do I walk like that?

Stop walking like that. And also, I was amazed at how I actually did pretty well in a lot of those challenges, considering I can't even catch a ball. Because did you realise it was going to be so physical? Hell no. No. It was going to be just cocktails on a Fijian.

I was like, oh, the buffet was so good. Nothing beats a Fijian island buffet, I'll give you that. It was lit. It was like the best thing ever. I looked forward to it. Did you think that you had a target on your back because Liam was a disruptor? Absolutely. And it was really obvious.

They made it clear that they were targeting us because the disruptors didn't deserve to be there. Yeah, right. And I mean, it makes sense, but I was coupled up with him, so that made me a little bit upset for him. Right. Okay, so have you got a pick for who's going to win it all? Do you have any idea? Do you know?

So no one actually knows who wins. Okay. But my bet is on Georgia, just because she's the sassiest, most driven girl that I've ever met. She will do anything to win. So that's your pick, but do you want them to win? Yeah, I think Georgia's really misunderstood

on the show as well. In real life, she is quite different, and they don't air some of her softer, sweeter sides. That's not great television. What's your take? I know, exactly. Because, I mean, we sides. That's not great television. What's your take? Because, I mean, we saw the fight between Georgia and Caitlin. What's your take on that? Okay, if you watch it from the beginning,

they were never nasty girls, so you've got to think what happened behind the scenes for them to act that way. Because no one would ever be rude to anyone for no reason. A lot of things were actually said to me behind their backs off camera, which is quite unfair and it never aired. And they got so much hate, people calling them nasty, ugly, like all these things saying that they should die and stuff like that.

And I was like, whoa, it's a TV show, like calm down, guys, calm down. So that was just like not nice to watch. Yeah. Okay. Well, I still have hope for you and Liam, but I don't want to make it awkward. Liam loves me. Look at that.

All the best. Love you, Liam. Yeah, all the best for the future. I love you guys, by the way. You guys are a cracker. Stop. Stop it. Keep going.

No, I'm kidding. Wow, someone's got a big special day coming up, don't they? Eh? Your birthday's soon? It's my birthday. That's how I remember how long Caitlin's been working with us. Because the first time I met Caitlin was at your 21st birthday. See what I did there?

I helped you out by lying. I helped you out by telling a fib. So Caitlin's been here nearly 20 years. Yes, 28 years. Somehow, I don't know how that works. Right. But you nearly put your foot in it there. Yeah.

But it's not like a big birthday this year. What? No, see. Oh, God. Every birthday is a big year. Don't say that. Don't say that. Because now it not like a big birthday this year. What? No, see. Oh, God. Every birthday is a big year. Don't say that. Don't say that. Because now it's like, why are you having a party?

It's not a big birthday. So behind the scenes. You can have a party for whatever birthday you want. Have a party for no reason at all. Yeah, okay. Your birthday is a couple of weeks away. Behind the scenes, Megan, you had a freak out moment yesterday. And you confided in us.

That's just when it went like tipping point and I told you about it. But I've had a freak out for ages, which is why it's only just been talked about because it's two weeks away. We've been joking about this, but like you're actually seriously anxious. Yeah, because I was going to do it. And then I was like, no, I'm not going to do it. It literally every day changed because I'm like, where do you draw the line with guest lists? Because I don't want anyone to feel left out. So if you invite one person, you have to invite their partner.

And if you invite their partner, then you have to invite so-and-so. And so the guest list went out of control. And then I was like, people will be like, why is she inviting them? No, you're not going to do this the wrong way. I don't invite people so they try harder to be a better person to me. Why wasn't I invited to Vaughan's party? And then I'm like, it's because you're not a good enough person to him. And they're like, did you say that, Vaughan?

I'll be like, what? I'm here. And then I was like, what if no one comes? And then I was like, what if everyone comes? You can't win. And then I was thinking, well, what if people come and they say it's lame and then they leave early and they're not having a good time? I have to make sure that everyone's having a good time once they get there.

Oh, that's why having a party sucks. You want people to leave early. Yeah, I start cleaning up around them. So they're like, oh, I see what's happening. Yeah, Vaughan gets up the big black sack. He's like, you don't have to leave. Like, people are like, ha, ha, ha, Vaughan, look at this, and tag me in that party banner.

You know, you hand up banners that say, like, happy birthday. It says, please leave by nine. And they're like, ha, ha, ha. And I'm like, where can I buy them? This isn't a joke. I don't want people hanging around too long. But then I, like, when I finally decided, okay, just do it. Just invite people.

Everyone's like, oh, but it's not a big birthday. Oh, and it's like two weeks away. So you've. Well, yeah, I've got, I can't make it. I can't come. It's like, it's two weeks away. What were you thinking? I'm like, I don't know.

What was I thinking? I've never really, being that I don't have anxiety or get anxious, I've never really understood it. My wife gets a little bit of it, and especially like, it rears its head around the kid's birthday. She really gets freaked out about it. And at first, when she used to get it, I'd be like, stop it. But that doesn't help, apparently.

No. You're being bloody stupid. Snap out of it. And it's first when she's like, stop it. But that doesn't help apparently. No. You're being bloody stupid. Look, it's going to be fine. What can I do to help? You've just got to be quite casual about it because, yeah, anxiety's a hell of a thing. But it's not, like, I can't explain. No, there's no explaining it. And when I say it out loud,

I'm like, you're being stupid. Just have a party, whoever comes, whatever. Yeah. But then I spoke to one of my friends to try and get, like, you know, a good opinion on it. And she said exactly the same thing. She's got a massive party coming up. She has booked somewhere proper, like a venue, cancelled it, booked it again and cancelled it. I wouldn't be taking a third booking from her. Because of party anxiety.

She was like, oh, yeah, no, I want to celebrate it. Oh, what if no one comes? No one's going to come. It's stupid. Oh, cancel. Cancel. Cancel. And then she's like, oh, yeah, no, I want to celebrate it. Oh, what if no one comes? No one's going to come. It's stupid. Cancel. Cancel. And then she's like, no, you're being stupid. This is a big celebration for you.

Booked it again and then freaked out and cancelled it. So now she's not having a party. Not having a party. Oh, my God. Come on. And then I spent all this time trying to convince her that I was like, it's not about celebrating the age. It's about celebrating you.

And then I was like, listen to yourself. Yeah, the advice you're giving other people is often the hardest to give yourself. My mouth's dry just thinking about it, because I can already think of people who I haven't invited, and I'm like, oh God, what if they see it on social media? And then I've got to do an Instagram ban on stories. But then it's like, rate yourself. Who's going to Instagram your party anyway?

I did go to a party once, and they said, this party's hashtag. And I was like, rate yourself. Who's going to Instagram your party anyway? I did go to a party once and they said, this party's hashtag. And I was like, no. See? We're not Hollywood, mate. We don't need a hashtag. Producer Caitlin, you get very anxious about your parties too, don't you? Yeah. Yeah.

We had a, PJ and I had a party last year just for our 27th. That's right. Oh my God, that's right. And everyone was like, why are you having a party for your 27th? I know. And then we were like, should we do having a party for your 27th? I know. And then we were like, should we do it? Should we just have a BYO?

And then when we got there, people had arrived, so I had to ring Vaughn. I was like, Vaughn, can you hurry up and just come? And I was like, because you were at the bar. You remember we were in the taxi on the way there. We were just in. And I got so annoyed at you because you were having pre-drinks before our party. And we were invited to the pre-drinks. Switch does love a pre-drink. He doesn't know how much that winds people up, but he does love a pre-drink.

It doesn't like to be at the bar. Wait, why does that wind people up? Because our party was the event. Why create another event before the event? It's not about you. You're an event stealer. But your event's too late.

We're having a pre-warm-up. No, Grandad. No. I've made mine start at seven and even then I was like, is that too early? Are people going to have time to have dinner beforehand

or do I need to move it later? But aren't you having dinner there? I thought you were having dinner. I thought you were providing dinner. Oh, snacks. Snacks. Hey, also you forgot two people. 7's an unusual time if you're not providing dinner.

Oh my God, who? I just looked through, you forgot two people. Who did she forget? Two people out there. Oh, shit. In the office? Yeah. How long have they worked here though?

Long. Oh, God. Okay. Which ones? Which worked here, though? Long. Oh, God. Okay. Which ones? Which ones? Mountie and Lucy. No, you can't invite them because then it will say that you were invited by Caitlin. And they'll be like, why was I invited by Caitlin and not by the event organiser?

Caitlin's your party PA. I think we should just cancel this event because it's stressing me out now as well. Good. Okay. I want to take some calls because I'm like you, Vaughn. I don't really understand the whole getting anxious when you put a party on. You were having a laugh, but like legitimately. Yeah, I know.

I want to know like how anxious were you over one of your parties? Like maybe you were like Megan's friend and you cancelled a venue and then rebooked it and then recancelled. I don't know. Maybe you rang around everybody on the day of the party to make sure everyone was coming. I don't know. Like how bad, how anxious did you get over one of your parties? 0800 dials at M, give us a call and you can text in as well, 9696. You want to know how anxious you got ahead of organising a party? Some text messages in on the subject of party anxiety.

Someone saying, Megan, can you pinpoint this to an exact moment? Because they have wild party anxiety, and it all stems back to when they were teenagers, and they were organising a party, and they've been organising it for ages. Everybody said they were really excited about it. Last minute, a more popular person at school said, I'm having a party, and everybody went to the popular person's party,

leaving them with their two mates playing Monopoly and getting drunk. Oh, no. Well, I never had parties when I was little. You've got to get your mum to put a photo online, and hopefully the cast of Stranger Things will turn up to your next party. Yes. That's what you can do nowadays. Oh, my God, Millie Bobby Brown.

That would be amazing. Somebody else says, I totally get this. I blame my parents for raising me and always talking about being the perfect host. I took two days off work for family sickness to organize a party. And I was ringing people up saying, hey, look, I forgot if you said you were coming or not. Full well known they said they were coming, but just to remind them. I just want to make sure I've got enough catering. And then straight after the party, I came down with a really bad flu.

And the doctor said it was all just stress-related. I just worked myself to be sick. Because it's supposed to be fun, but like, I just, yeah. And I'm so blasé with my RSVPs to Facebook events. I'm just like, oh yeah, I'll RSVP later. I'm definitely going. Yeah, I'll leave people hanging. I'll leave parties as kind of like, chukka maybe.

But if it's like a wedding where they actually need numbers and stuff an RSVP is quite important but that's not something you can appreciate until you've organised a wedding and have

a stressed out wife about people not RSVPing. Nick, how anxious did you get ahead of a party? So this was for my 18th birthday. I had a guest list

of about 200 people. Yep. And I was supplying all of it by myself with my own money instead of my parents. Yep. I ordered DJ lights and hall and food and tried to return it all, cancel it all. Then I ordered invites that cost me $200, and then I freaked out and burnt them because I was like, I'm not doing it.

Nick, you burnt them. What did you burn them for? I just freaked out. I thought, no, no, no one's going to come anyway. So I burnt them and I thought, shit, now I have no more. I totally feel you though. I don't know if I'd burn invites, but yeah. It was just, it was freaky.

But then I thought no one's going to show, but then everyone plus more showed. So I didn't even have enough room for everyone. So you did have a party in the end? Yeah, I did. Right, okay. How did you invite them? Well, it was like school friends and course friends and friends and family. Oh, right, okay.

I mean, it would have been nice if it was a nice invite, Nick, but I mean, you'd burnt those, hadn't you? Okay, Jesus. Nick, thanks for your call. Jazz, when did you get some party anxiety? Hi. Well, I'm already having party anxiety. It's my 21st.

It's still a year away. Oh, no. Oh, God. What's the anxiety over that people won't show up? More that I have sick. I've got sick family, and I'm worried about having them all in the same place. Oh, yeah. It's always stressful, like groups of people them all in the same place. Oh, yeah. It's always stressful, like groups of people or groups of family.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. How they're all going to meld into one. I totally understand that, that whole mixed family. They've never met each other. They've never met each other. And this can be like the first time that they do because I've been in a split family situation since I was a kid. But they've never met each other.

So get somewhere that's got like booths. So if they want to segregate, they can. Yeah, yeah like booths. So if they want to segregate, they can. Yeah, yeah, a large venue. If they want to mingle, they can. Nooks and crannies so that you can hide them. Many crannies. And snacks, keep them well fed. Yeah, Jess, thanks for your call.

Thank you. Somebody's messaged in saying, Megan, I deal with an anxious partner about parties all the time and I think you should just look at past events. Have you ever had a party with complete no-shows? You've had a party with meltdowns. Yeah. You've had a party where Megan disappeared.

I wouldn't say that they've all been successful. Our overly dramatic friend wanted to call the rescue cop, but the police eagle helicopter came into a sweep of a creek. Oh, I heard her say that. I would have come out of hiding. That's how close she was to the party. She was hiding behind her car. I would have come out of hiding. That's how close she was to the party. She was hiding behind her car. I would have come out of hiding if she was

actually going to call the helicopter. Was that because you were anxious? No, I was pissed off. She was angry at her ex-husband. Because he got really drunk and fell through a wall, wearing his little fedora. It was pretty adorbs. Can we remember that was really hard for me to hide to because I was on crutches.

Oh yeah, that's why she hasn't gone too far because she's on crutches. So you would have ran away. You were just on crutches. Yeah, so I couldn't go far. So they haven't all been successful. There you go. Maybe that's where the anchor of this. You need to just pull up the anchor and sail the sea of non-anxious party organising.

My ex-boyfriend surprised me, organised a surprise party for me with a hundred or so mates. And prior to the event, I logged onto his Facebook and accidentally found it and I freaked out. And I was like, look, I don't know if people are going to come,

people don't like me and you need to cancel this party. And he's like, it's too late, it's happening. They're all coming. Yeah, and she just said it was horrible. That was like double down because it was out of her hands. Because Andrew was like, do you want me to organise something?

I'll do it on the sly. And I was like, no, because what if no one comes? You don't know who to invite. They might not like me. That's what somebody said when they found out they had to hand over the planning of their baby shower to a group of close friends. They were like, oh, no, no, no, and took it over completely. And then they were doubly anxious about the whole thing.

God. We need to move on. I don't know when, because I'm away that weekend, I don't know when the best time is for me to click no on this Facebook event, Megan. You can click no now because it says 22 are going, but then I don't know out of that 22, how many of those are like pity yeses? Oh my God. Because they're like going, but are they actually going

or they just want to be like, say that they're going and then just not turn up You know Vaughan's not going out of pity. He's going for the food. True. Yeah.

And the fact that he's not too far from my house. I'd say some blue cheese. Yeah, you know the cheeses are going to be there. I could almost row from my house to yours. Please don't.

And that's when we lost Vaughan. Yeah. And then all the attentions on trying to find you with the rescue team. How strict is the Harbour Master when it comes to drink driving a hovercraft that I want to buy now? I think that's still illegal, Vaughn. Hovercraft Uber. It's all starting here. Don't get Fletch started Don't get Fletch started in here

Don't get Fletch started Don't get Fletch started in here Oh, great. Again, I'm still amazed that Black Eyed Peas sang that for you guys. They owe me some favours. Well, I am. Yeah. It's coming to my party.

I made a jacket for him out of tinfoil once. He was like, how can I ever repay you? I'm like, I'll call one day. And you did. I called. Don't get F ever repay you? I'm like, I'll call one day. And you did. I called. Don't Get Fleshed Out is a segment where, I mean,

we get this sort of good stuff every day after the show and while the songs are playing. Something annoys him and then five minutes passes of just

inane rants. You're the same. You're the same. I like egging him on. Anya gets us both wound up She said she was going to buy an inappropriate car We're like, no you're not, don't be silly You two live on two very high horses

My favourite thing to do is say Hey guys, I'm thinking about looking at a place And it's got to be at least 45 minutes drive from work And then I say I'm going to get there in a silly car And you two just lose the plot It's my favourite thing to do. Because your silly car will break down and you'll be leaving for work at 2am.

Yeah, I just like to fire and run. Sometimes. No, that's not today's. No, get them started on that. That's not today's. Mark it down for future though. What would you call that? Commutes to work.

Put that down for a future episode. Why do people live so far away from work? Oh, we need to write one down. Remember T2 lanes. Yeah. Oh, and write this one down as well. Those traffic lights

that lead you onto the motorway one car at a time. Oh, don't get me started. You don't believe in those either. Oh, no, but I don't get wound up by them. I just ignore them.

Okay. So today's topic because I witnessed this yesterday and I was like, man, he's just setting these up and we're spiking them. Hey Fletch, what do you think of

when people are walking in a group on a footpath beside each other and just like at their own casual pace? Okay, this does get me started. I'll get started on this. Four of bread.

Or just the width of pretty much the majority of the footpath. So every day I'll walk home or walk back from work and I have to walk down the very busy populated CBD of Auckland, Queen Street especially. Very wide footpaths. Very pedestrian friendly street.

People are walking in friends groups, four wide, three wide. Think about everyone else on the footpath and go double file or maybe say, hey, we'll talk about this in a sec, but let's just walk in a line because we're being courteous. We should be courteous to everybody. Rather than being the footpath. On the Tetris piece that's four by one, there should be ateous to everybody. Rather than being the foot part. On the Tetris piece that's four by one, they should be a two by two square. You're a long Tetris brick wiping us all out.

The rest of us need to walk and we should probably be on the left-hand side as well. But how do you decide the two groups of two? Who goes where? Buddy up with a friend in the group, like you do at school, on school walks. Would you be okay if they switched who they were partnered with if conversation went dry?

Yep, that's fine, but don't be four long, four wide on a footpath when only it could be for five people. So if they go in a grid, can they then walk at a glacial pace? Look, everybody should be looking at what's ahead, and if you see that

there's no pedestrians, you go full wide. But then if there's people coming, shuffle over. You're so rude. People are so rude. You know, I think out of everyone in the country, Wellingtonians are the best. I don't know if it's because everyone's like a government department worker, but I feel like everyone walks on the left and the people coming the other way are on the left as well. Yeah.

I feel like they know what they're doing there. What if somebody's walking with their pal but they're on like the right hand side of the footpath, walking against the flow of traffic? With their partner. With their friend. With whoever they're walking with. Yeah, look at where, look at the flows. You can see everyone coming

towards you. It's like when you're driving, look ahead. Way ahead. Right. So you can see what's coming. Okay. And then you've you're driving, look ahead, way ahead. Right. So you can see what's coming. Okay. And then you've got to weave through. God, it's so frustrating. What if someone's like... And then, Chuck, don't even get me started on those.

Greenpeace and those people that give you a smart-ass line. Are you allowed to be on your phone? Well, sometimes I'm on my phone. Okay. But that's okay because that's me. What about if somebody's walking in their phone goes and they stop in the middle

of the footpath to take a call? No. I've seen them. Stove to the side. What are you doing? Why have you stopped in the middle?

You're oblivious to everybody else here. Oh, it's a, you know, you're not walking down a quiet, busy street. You're walking down

a very busy street. Got to be paying attention. He gets wound up but he just wants the world to be a better place, you know? I've only got the world as a better place in my mind when I say this, Vaughn.

So do you always walk in a grid if you're with others? Because... Well, I'll scoot it whichever way if I need to dodge people. Yeah, I'm always thinking about. Okay.

What about at an airport if people are walking through a thin area slowly with their friends? That's why I hated the Tongariro crossing. Because there's nowhere to pass people. God, it did my head in. I was like, next time

I'm doing this, I'm... But people are taking in the scenery as they walk. Yeah, but think about people behind you. If you're walking slow, get out of the way. You just walk so fast, Fletch. He does walk very fast. I do walk fast. Really fast. I know, but think about people behind you. If you're walking slow, get out of the way. You just walk so fast, Fletch. He does walk very fast. I do walk fast. Really fast.

I know, but it's... Anyway, are we done? I feel my blood pressure's rising. Yeah, that's good. We'll push it right to there. You've pretty much had a workout now. Your heart's been going. Yeah, okay, that's good.

That's like 20 minutes of cardio. I'm not in the wrong on this. That opinion is right. That's the thing about opinions. They're always right. I'm not wrong on this. I'd say of late, I've woken up 90% of the mornings

to come to work with a completely dead arm. Like completely dead. Were you spooning, Sade? No, no, no. I was spooning myself okay right is that possible

are you lying on it my pillow I've had my pillow for so long that if you take the pillowcase off it's got dribble stains oh yeah

that's grim it's grim but it's always been a great pillow yeah and a few years ago Sade said I'm buying you a new pillow

so we went and tried pillows and I like lay on beds and tried these pillows and I was like this is the pillow for me. But then when I got home and got into my bed,

it was too thick. Yeah, I've done that before. It propped my neck up. Yeah. So I've been getting this dead arm and I'm like, maybe this pillow that I've been using

for seven, eight, nine years is, you know, reaching the end of its life cycle. Yeah. I've got to try some other pillows. So I tried the Bambillows that we have on the spare bed. Not for me.

Not for you. Not for me long term. Like one off, that was okay, but it sunk down a pillows. So I tried the Bambillows that we have on the spare bed. Not for me. Not for you. Not for me long term. Like one off, that was okay, but it sunk down a bit. So I'm like, what's the story with this big pillow I got a couple of years ago? Let's revisit this. Was it in the spare bed? Yeah, it was on the spare bed. Purely as a decorative pillow.

You know, you've got your sleeping pillows, but then you've got your pillows that you walk in and you just go, just like flick them off the bed. Yep. And then for some reason, there's 12 of them. And then if you make the bed and you don't stack them in the right order, you get the whole, the pillows go in a certain order. They do. Yeah.

I don't like the sleepy ones at the bottom and then the other ones. I'm glad we've got rid of our European pillows. Those are those big square ones. Yeah. No purpose. No time. Don't even prop you up. Right.

Don't even prop you up. Well, so I slept on the big pillow. Yeah. No purpose. No time. Don't even prop you up. Don't even prop you up well. So I slept on the big pillow. Yeah. And the next day, because we're married and some would say boring, we had a good post-analysis about the pillow. Myself and Sade, she's like, how'd you find the pillow? I said, still a little girthy.

So last night when I went to bed, not willing to give up on this pillow. Okay. I found it had a zip on the end of it. Yep. Most unusual for a pillow. No, mine have got, why is that unusual? Mine's got a zip. Mine's got a zip. So you can wash the casing of it.

No, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but under that, there's a zip. Yeah, I've got that too. So it goes direct to like the foamy thing. So I zip, you would think, my previous pillow, one big piece of foam. Yeah. Inside this pillow, it's a very thick case. I'm imagining, to hold together what is inside,

it's like a bean bag, but with thousands of tiny shredded pieces of foam. What's happening here? Isn't that quite a retro pillow? No, it's not like the fluffy stuff.

Is it memory foam? You know when you were a kid and your parents didn't really care about your curvature of your spine and they'd just give you like a $10 pillow they got at a supermarket? And a foam mattress. Yeah, yeah, I remember that. Yeah, you'd be like,

oh, I'm so sore. And they'd be like, well, back in my day, we slept on a cave floor. Yeah, this is hurting the development of my body. Yeah. I don't know, should I be like,

in these important years, should I be sleeping on something a little bit more supportive? No. Yeah. I don't know, should I be like, in these important years, should I be sleeping on something a little bit more supportive? No. No. I'm not getting physical or emotional support. So I opened it and I was like, I could take some of this out.

Okay. So I ran downstairs and I said, Shadi! She was like, Jesus, what? Because I scared her. Yeah. And I said, I can take foam out of the pillow. So we gathered around and I said, fetch a bag. Is this what married life is like? God, I'm missing out, eh?

Fetch a plastic bag. She's like, why? I said, well, I'm not throwing it out. She said, but what are you going to do? Why Megan? That's what Sade's face looked like in the tone of her voice. I said, well, what if I take some out, but I take too much, but I've thrown it out.

I can't put it back in. Yeah, good thinking, Smitty. So I've taken, I took a whole lot out and re-fluffed the whole pillow. Yeah. It's like a brand new pillow. So that's what you wanted to report. It's almost perfect. I'm putting a handful back in tonight.

Oh, okay. Join us tomorrow at 20 past eight for part two of Vaughan's search for the perfect pillow. Please do. Please do. I'm putting one handful back in at a time. Riveting. But then is it, do I put a handful back in it or do I give it a couple of nights at current stuffing rate?

I don't know what I'm more excited about tomorrow, Vaughan's tale of the pillow or the final of the handmaid's tale. It's tough now. Yeah. Well, I mean, mine won't be, like, scarring. It won't keep you up at night. If I stuff it right, it'll actually help you get to sleep. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

I had a fact of the day ready to go, but I'm changing. I'm just trying to see who sent this in. It was very recent. It's an amazing fact because, you know, at the moment, Britain's in the middle of a heat wave. Andrew Simmons sent this in. Okay. So thanks, Andrew.

Britain's in the middle of a heat wave. The UK, very, very hot. Yeah. Don't know what more to say about that. Oh, that lorry sunk in the road. I'm trying to think of examples of how hot it is. Yeah, well, they're not handling it, are they? No, they're not.

They're not handling it at all. Not used to it. I think a few schools have had to shut. Yeah, because it got to like 27. Yeah. Oh, go home then. That's it. Oh, it's too hot.

Go home. So it is so hot in the UK currently, the heat wave is exposing the outline of ancient fortifications, castles and settlements. Like where? In roads or in... In paddocks, in fields. Because they're so dry.

Yeah, yeah, they're so dry and like deep dry and extreme heat. So if there's still stone under the surface, like a couple of feet down, the heat's penetrated down to it. And it's kind of somehow killing the grass above it. And people are reporting, I've got a few photos here. Man, this is no good for anybody on the radio. Maybe you could be like, whoa.

Okay. You choose your own tone of reaction. Okay. You're going to now show us a photo of what? This is the grounds of an old castle on a hill. Oh. See there, that's where the castle is. Do you see the circle there, Megan?

Oh, what's that? It's where the castle used to be. A round castle. So wait, the castle's under the ground. No, the foundations of the castle. Yeah, the castle's going to be round. The little turret-y bit. Yeah, but not the base of it.

The base is always like a... We could have a circular base. God, castles are around for ages, mate. Not everyone was doing square ones. How boring would that have been? I mean, Game of Thrones is circular. Yeah. Yeah, okay, you're true.

And they would have been like, I don't want a square castle, Richard. Everyone's got square castles. Let's try something different. We're never going to be on Grand Designs with a square castle. So wait, the castle's been like knocked down. Why did they knock the castle down? Because of walls and stuff.

So the new king would take over at the end of a war and he'd be like, destroy everything that reminds you of the last guy. That's a perfect circle. I would have been like aliens. Exactly. People initially thought they were crop circles popping up. And the thing is, they're popping up in places that people have never seen them before. What's that's, exactly. People initially thought they were crop circles popping up, but more, and the thing is, they're popping up in places that people have never seen them before.

What's that stripy one? There's been droughts. Oh, no, that's crop, Megan. That's actually the crop. That's where the tractor drives out and sprays and stuff. But throughout it, there's the squares. And not all ancient castles as well. Some old World War II bunkers. Oh, okay.

And temporary military bases where they had concrete foundations. And then when the war was done, they're like, let's turn this back into a park because we don't need thousands of soldiers getting ready to go anymore. Somebody said that their dad in the park near him found one and was so intrigued by it. He was like, it looks to be a circular fortification with a straight line coming off it. And so these history investigators came down and said, oh, that's just last season's soccer pitch markings. Yes, yes, yes.

And the dad was really sad because he was like super excited. I could imagine you doing something like that. Yeah. Yeah, I'd like to think I could identify a soccer field. But, you know, sometimes you'll see a bit of concrete and you've seen that there's been paint, but they've kind of tar sealed over it. And you're like, what sport was this?

Was it netball? Was it tennis? And then sometimes it's a tennis court that's also a netball court. Yeah, it's confusing. It's a seasonal change. So today's fact of the day is that it is so hot in the UK at the moment that ancient castle fortifications are showing up on the ground. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

I went to the supermarket yesterday, countdown, but it's superfluous to details, doesn't really matter. Okay. I did wonder what supermarket. I know. I just said it because you asked. And there was a young couple in front of me walking to the car park, and I was like having a wee nosy what's in their groceries,

but it looked like a quick shop, which is confusing when we get further down to the story. Okay. I only had like two bags, not very full. Okay. And also like not, they were plastic bags. Oh, they didn't take their own bags. These are all the things that were going through my mind as I was following them.

Probably could have fit it all into one bag. Then I find sometimes that's not on them. The person on the checkout might be a little bit Like I only put three things in each bag Also they might have had fish And you don't want to put that in with everything Oh if you're going straight home just chuck it all in the same bag So they were actually

As I followed them to the car park They were actually in the car beside my car So we both got into our cars And I glanced to my right And saw The guy in the driver's seat put something up to his mouth and I was like, oh, he's bought a drink or something. Tips it right up, like in the air, and then passes it to, I guess, his girlfriend in the

passenger seat. Yeah. And that's when I see that it's a cream canister. You know, like a... Dairy whip. Dairy whip. Dairy whip. And they were sharing like tipping it up and squirting

cream into their mouth. Which they had just got out of the boot as they'd got out of their groceries. So they put their groceries in the boot and then just last minute grabbed out the cream. Yeah. And like had some of that on the way home. Right. So you're thinking here that the intention wasn't

to buy that to make a pavlova or a delicious dessert later. You thought they were getting this as their ride-home snack. Yeah, was it a ride-home snack? Because you know how you're like, I'm going to get a drink or I don't know. Yeah, I'll get myself some ride-home snacks. I don't have a car, so I don't have a ride-home snack. You have a walk-home snack? Walk-home snack.

Something you buy intentionally to eat when you're walking home. I don't think he's a walk-home snack. I'm not a walk-home snack. I-home snack. Something you buy intentionally to eat when you're walking home. I don't think he's a walk-home snack. I'm not a walk-home snack. I'm anywhere home from getting food snack. Like there's this lovely soup shop here right beside work. Oh, the Thai, not Thai, Vietnamese. Vietnamese. Pho.

Oh, yeah. Soup. And Shade is always just like, she'll just send me the soup emoji. And I know what that means. We're very brief with our communications. And I'll get us a soup each, but then I get a couple of the fresh rolls, the summer rolls. Oh, they're so good.

Yep. I never intend to buy those. They never see home. They're for me to eat on the way. So Sade doesn't know that she could be getting one of those. She's not getting any of them. And if I'm buying some, if she specifically says, oh, can you get a couple of those,

I'll get a couple for her and a couple for me and then a couple for me to eat on the way home. And maybe eat one of hers? Yeah, maybe. Maybe switch. If I get the same and I want a bit of variety. I'll get a bit of variety. It's the same with when the kids, you need to go get something

for the kids quickly for dinner and you get down there and you order their food and you're like, I'm just going to get something for the car ride home. And yeah. Yeah. I try and be healthy and get like a plum or some like fancy fruit. You get down there and you order their food and you're like, I'm just going to get something for the car ride home. And you're... Yeah. I try and be healthy and get like a plum or some like fancy fruit. A plum?

Or the ride home. Yeah. Well, because otherwise it would be like a choccy or something. I get a couple of those fruise balls and I put one on each side of my cheeks. And I see how long I can keep them there without chewing them. Very challenging. I've got to the second roundabout. Because I see the flavour starts leaking in and I'm like a dog, you know the dog on YouTube with the biscuit on its nose.

I know. Good on you, sister. That's quite far. And I go, and I'm like the Labrador with a biscuit on its nose and then I just snap and I go, and then it all up. But I'm sure, I'm not alone in this, and I'm sure there's a couple that have a little cream canister in the car park before they head home.

That's an interesting choice. Yeah, alone in this. I'd like to know, what do you get? What do you get for your little... Your drive-home snack. Your drive-home treat. And maybe... But it's always like when you go to get food from somewhere.

Yeah. But bonus points if it's a little snack because you don't want to share it with your partner. Yeah. Or maybe you're doing a group diet. And you get a wee. Yeah. So then when you get home, what do you do with the evidence? Maybe it's his habit. You always get a choccy bar from the counter at the supermarket.

Yeah, and it's just to get you home. Alright. What is your drive home snack? 0800DARLS.M you can text us as well. 9696. Talking about your drive-home snacks, maybe you do eat them in shame. Maybe you squirt cream straight into your mouth. No judge here.

Like you saw yesterday, Megan. Joe, good morning. Morning. You're actually one of the few people that will talk to us publicly about your drive-home snack because it seems a lot of people are willing to text but not talk. Yeah, and not answer. We rang someone

I won't say now what they ate because that might give it away but they said sorry my partner listens to the show. He'll find out I can't have that. So what's your drive home snack Joe? So do you know the deli Verkirks crancies? Like a little beer

stick. Yeah. Not beer sticks though Because they're gross But they're crunchy Definitely Okay So do you eat the whole Whole packet Oh no George

I just What do you do with the evidence When you get home You've got an empty packet Well I plan it strategically There's a There's a Really bin

Like right in front of my front door So evidence is closed As I walk through, really. Nice. Love it. All right, thanks, Joe. Somebody said a great snack to reward yourself for a good trip to the supermarket are those stuffed peppers that you see in the deli.

I've always thought about getting those. I never have. They're stuffed with cream cheese, right? Yeah. Can we talk about those? Yeah, and they go in an olive oil-y situation. Oh, that's so... It sounds like a messy never have. There's stuff with cream cheese, right? Yeah. Are we talking about those? Yeah, and they go in an olive oily situation. Oh, that's so... It sounds like a messy driving snack.

That's true. And you could smash a whole pottle. It's a challenging driving snack. Yeah, totally. Yeah, good lord. You stack them right in the pottle, you fit a lot in there. That's an oh-la-la snack, though. Yeah.

This is a weird one because I can't understand why they just don't get ordinary chocolate. They get cooking chocolate. Yuck. Isn't that really bitter? Cooking chocolate? If you get dark, yeah. But I think it's got a higher oil content or something, doesn't it? So it kind of coats your mouth with a weird...

Slip slides through your whole system. Somebody else said, I always buy those yummy LCM bars. And because I do the family shop, it looks like I'm buying them for my kids' lunchbox. Oh, no, no, no. Those go in my glove box. And I'll always treat myself with a little drive and an LCM bar.

Cute. I never thought about having a treat in the glove box. That's dangerous. Somebody said... It's like a pantry in your car. It is dangerous. But my brother-in-law's got it because his wife gets extreme hanger.

And he knows he can see it coming, so he pops open the glove box, and there's some Scroggen in there. Scroggen? Chocolatey Scroggen. Yeah. Which is, yeah, in a bag. Melts, though, because they live in Australia, and it gets pretty hot.

Yeah. Somebody said, I'm the guy that'll always volunteer to do the Macca's run for everybody. Take the orders. But you better believe that I am putting a chip tax in place on the way home. Skim all the chips. I mean, like, oh, they were so stingy with the chips. I know, they really... Hardly even filled them up.

They went tight on this one, didn't they? So, yeah, they're not allowing the people who had a squirt of the whipped cream in the supermarket park. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. For more, check out FBMZM on Facebook. ZM.