ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 12 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. And you mentioned Disney's The Lion King, Vaughan. Well, who cried last night at the media screening? Anya. Megan. Caitlin. Only had a delicate wee.

James, did you cry? Did you, guy? Yeah, no, I went. James, did you cry? Did you go? Yeah, no, I went. Yeah, did you cry? Oh, to be honest, when it came to a certain, is it a spoiler? Just say, just say. No, you can say because it's been out there.

No, don't say because there's so many people that haven't seen it. Just don't say. Yeah, true. In the canyon, even though I knew exactly what was going to happen, I was still like, it's just, yeah, Simba, I was like, oh. happen, I was still like, it's just Simba. I was like, oh.

Hey, tear down that masculine wall. You can say it. Did you have a little tear? It would have been there for sure. James, can we get another GoDaddy to start the show today? Can you say GoDaddy, James? No, this is not going to be a regular thing. It's Friday.

No, we're not getting GoDaddy. Come on, it's Friday. Just one. We getting Friday Come on it's Friday Just one We won't make it A regular thing Go daddy Yeah Did you I need that as rumble

Yeah they do Yeah They do It's like they Could have processed That frequency Rumbled from my ears Right down to my lady part

That's the last one I'm not doing this again You are You are you son of a. I'm not doing this again. You are. You are, you son of a bitch. I'm going to ring you tomorrow morning. James, I'm awake. I need to go, Daddy. Just going to be gone for the day.

Yes. Also in the news, why was, like, you talked about everybody having to leave this area in Dunedin because there might be an explosive and I looked at Fletcher Megan

and they're just like, oh yeah, I'm like, why are we just brushing over this bomb? Well, I this area in Dunedin because there might be an explosive. And I looked at Fletcher Megan and they're just like, oh, yeah. I'm like, wait, we're just brushing over this bomb. Well, I'm not in Dunedin. But imagine, oh, you've got to leave your house. Why is there an explosive thing at this dentist down the road? That's bananas. Yeah. It's in the news.

Yeah. Yeah. What is it? But again, it doesn't affect me. It's an unstable chemical. Yeah. Yeah. What is it? But again, it doesn't affect me. It's an unstable chemical. Yeah. Right. Just like if I was flying today, I'd be concerned about the fog at Auckland Airport, but I'm not.

But no, literally driving in, I was like, ha ha, I'm not flying today. But if you are, probably another day, a morning of delays because of fog. Again, here. Yes, Warren? Did your parents get an okay on their flight? Yeah, they did get in fine yesterday. I want to talk about my dad's trip to China. Okay.

Well, let's do that soon. Baby boomers in China. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time, three news headlines. Warner Megan, pick one of the following three stories, headlines that I've found. Headline one, cat burglar.

Headline two, bring your daughter to work day. And headline three, free money. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Free money? Everyone wants a bit of free money.

Oh! Oh! Free money? Free money. You of free money. Oh, oh! Free money? Free money. You want free money? Yeah. All right, we go to Atlanta, Georgia now, where drivers on the I-285 on Tuesday evening...

Motorway. ...thought their dreams had come true because they were driving along this freeway when it started raining money. Men. Money. Yeah, they all pulled over and started putting men into the boot of their cars.

Dead mangled ones because if they fell from the sky, they'd be like, and then it's raining men. Okay, you've ruined that song. Smash! It hits the roof of your car. Like when you think about the logistics of that song,

it's raining men. It wouldn't end well for the hot men. No. Not unless all the sexy men had parachutes, but then you wouldn't want to get in too close because they'd get tangled. But then technically they're not raining either, they're parachuting.

It's parachuting men. Yeah. Hallelujah, it's parachuting men. It doesn't rhyme, does it? It doesn't. But for their safety and for you to claim the men, you'd probably want them to be parachuting. Oh, yeah. Well, anyway, it wasn't men raining claim the men, you'd probably want them to be parachuting. Oh, yeah.

Well, anyway, it wasn't men raining from the sky. It was cash. $175,000 of cash out the back of an armoured truck that's door flung open. $175,000. That's what they're saying was lost out of the armoured crew car according to crew. And police are now urging anyone who

grabbed the cash to please hand it in. Here's a video, a screen grab of people. Look at that. Tee hee hee. It's all gathered on those side barriers. There is literally thousands of notes everywhere,

and they are just going for it. So police are warning that people should hand it back. It's not your cash. Please and thank you. They reckon they have had handed back to them about $4,000. $4,400 from six people. I mean, they're not going to be able to find you, but it's bad karma, you know?

Well, they've said, look, we have tag numbers. Karma doesn't exist, so you enjoy that money, baby. Well, they say they have tag numbers and videos and footage on the interstate, and they're saying, look, we don't want to have to hunt you down. Oh, we don't want to have to hunt you down. Well, you want it back, you have to hunt me down. Yeah, please don't make us do our job. Could you just leave it in a pile, and if they come, say, oh, I was just going to hunt you down. You want it back, you have to hunt me down. Yeah, please don't make us do our job. Could you just leave it in a pile and if they come, say,

oh, I was just going to hand it back. Yeah, they'll be like, we've been asking you to hand it back. I'll be like, oh, yeah, no, I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that you wanted it back. But here it is. It's in a pile. I've written on it. Take to police station.

I had all the intention. It was what I was going to do. Been really busy this week. Yeah. Yeah. You know how busy it gets around this time of year. Then surely finders keepers losers weepers. And then say that to the police.

Well here's the thing, if you manage to scoop up like two, three, four thousand dollars you just take back two, don't you? How are they ever going to prove it? You're really smart sometimes. I mean at the worst things you know like at being a real shitbag

yeah right but thank you and why 2000 just take back 1000 take back the 500 take back one one note and be like

Zoe it was all I could find I thought I thought it best to be honest it's all I could carry yeah yeah Fletch, Vaughan and Megan the podcast

ZM well it wasn't a great night for one aspect of New Zealand sports I could carry. Yeah. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Well, it wasn't a great night for one aspect of New Zealand sports, and that was sports betting at the Totalizer Agency Board. The TAB. That's the TAB. Well, most of us will be familiar with the TAB when it's Cup Day, and we put $5 on a cute-sounding horse, and then we don't win,

and then that's our betting for the year. Yeah. Or the Melbourne Cup, maybe. You might do a't win. And then that's our betting for the year. Yeah. Or the Melbourne Cup maybe. You might do a Melbourne Cup. You might do a sweepstakes. Yep. Well, people do bet on all sorts of things. And apparently the cricket game against India had the single largest turnover for a single event this year.

Now, I think going into that, New Zealand were like $5 to win. And India were like a dollar something. So $200,000 came in on New Zealand to win, and then they won at long odds. So $600,000 was paid out to those who backed the Kiwis. So they lost over half a million dollars. Yeah. Wow.

But they would easily have made it up in other areas. Oh, yeah, in other ways. Yeah. Because the Blackcaps lost like three matches. That's how gambling works, guys. The house doesn't lose, okay? Don't feel sorry for them. Yeah. That must be a conundrum, though, at the TAB sports office

because you've got New Zealand playing India and you're like a New Zealander and you love your sport and you want them to win. But at the same time, you'd be like, oh, no, we don't want them to win because we're going to lose $600,000. Yeah. So it would be a conundrum because you'd be like, well. It's just like the Warriors every single week, isn't it?

Yeah, but you expect them to lose. Yeah, but then they win and you're like, ha. Yeah. So the faithful have still got their money on it. Yeah. So, yeah, $600,000 payout for the... By the way, a friend of mine, Hot Auburn, Megan. Okay, we call him that off the show.

Oh, okay. Megan thinks he's cute. So he's from England originally, lived in New Zealand. That's when I met him and became good friends with him. Moved back there 10 years ago, 11 years ago. So he's been following this World Cup fanatically. And he just tried to buy tickets to the final. And he found some online from a person,

from an Indian fan that was going to go to the final. But of course, India's not in the final anymore. So he's looking to sell them. And he said to this guy, yeah, 100% Kane. So he's paying £150 per adult, and he's getting three adult tickets, which is cheap, because he said the ones he found

yesterday were £2,000. Oh my God. To go to the World Cup final. And now that England's in it, there's going to be a real groundswell of people trying to get in last minute, because it's the home crowd. And he said once this guy agreed to sell him the tickets, all of a sudden, and he said, yeah, we'll meet here at this time. Yeah.

This guy's price went up. Because everybody wanted the ticket. Yeah. And he's like, no, it's going to cost you 50 pounds more per ticket now. And he's like, what's going on here? Cheeky. How's this working? So New Zealand, for this weekend, on the TAB website, New Zealand are paying $3.35 to win.

So for every dollar you bet. Yeah. So they're not favourites. England are paying $1.30. Ooh. And that match is Sunday night at 9.30. A lot of bars won't be able to show the match because a lot of them will have to shut it whenever their licence says.

They don't have enough time to get the licences. Also, it's a Sunday night. So a lot of just like so I mean you might be able to go to a bar and watch the first half but I think Primer is showing it free to air

well I talked to the ACC the alternative commentary team they said are you guys coming in on Sunday night we're all just going to do

all nighters and then do our breakfast shows I was like no I was like I don't know how you do it extra livers eh I don't know how you do it Extra livers hey I don't know What

Or just years of punishing Themselves I think so yeah Their bodies just become used to it So if you think you're addicted to video games Well the first step is You've got to identify That you've got a problem

The second step is to seek help And there are Ways that apparently You can overcome this The first step is you've got to identify that you've got a problem. The second step is to seek help. And there are ways that apparently you can overcome this. In Germany, this is German researchers, they've done a massive study. They reckon 1% of Germany's population has a gaming disorder, they call it. Okay. And it's higher for young people aged 14 to 24.

They reckon it's about 2.5%. So what's 1% of 8.279 million? That's the German population. It's 82 million, man, not 8.2 million. Yeah, I was going to say that's like New York's population. 8.2. What's 1% of that? That's a lot then.

I thought it would have been more than 1%. What's 1% of 8? It's 800,000. Is it? Oh, wow. Because you moved the decimal point that way. Well, I wasn't paying a dollar. 800,000, yeah. 800,000? The it? Oh, wow. Because you moved the decimal point that way. Well, I wasn't paying a dollar. 800,000, yeah.

800,000? The day we did decimals. That's a lot of people. But they have done a study and they took a whole bunch of people and tried this out on them. They have developed a short-term type of cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT. Oh, I don't know about the Germans' history of science experiments involving humans.

So basically if you go to therapy, it's three phases and the therapy can help you get over it. The therapy? The therapy. But you'd probably just go cold turkey and get

like you did. Because you had just go cold turkey and get Rururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururururur 100% when I was in the throes of Fortnite, I would say that that was like addiction. Yeah. Because if you wanted to play it, but something was in your way, like work, for example, it was very inconvenient. Well, you even, you tried the laptop version, didn't you?

Oh, yeah. But it was rubbish. It was no good. Yeah. But then as soon as you got broadband, you were addicted to that game on your phone. Oh, yeah, that's true. Actually, that's true.

That Idle Miner. Yeah, have you still got that on there? No, I deleted that off my phone. I'm actually not playing. Crash Team Racing I'm playing on the PlayStation, but I'm playing it because the girls love it. Right. When we find I've got a game we can all play together.

Yeah, right. But then we just have a few races and then I whoop the ass and then they go to bed crying like the losers they are. No, God, right. But then we'd just have a few races, and then I whooped AS, and then they go to bed crying like the losers they are. No, God, no. Oh, good. Or Indy bit me once. I was like, Sade was like, that wasn't the ICU. I was like, please don't think I let her win.

She actually. She actually bit you. She mis-old me right at, we were coming down the home straight, and she shot, she rocketed me, and I was upset because I lost, but I was also, I've never been prouder. Yeah. Like she, yeah, she did. Her timing was on point. Something to behold.

Yeah. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Things are getting spicy at the Pappas house. We have just heard Tonight's the Night, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight's the night. Friday night's a great night. Turn on the heat pump. That's right.

A lot of people look forward to Friday, don't they? Maybe their big night out. Couple of drinks. Yep. Relaxing. A movie at home with loved ones. Maybe a long sleep. Maybe a BYO with friends.

Maybe. Maybe you hit da clubs. Maybe you're going to da clubs to dance to da music. But no, not Megan. Try to have da kiss on da mouth. I just to da clubs to dance to da music. But no, not Megan. Try to have da kiss on da mouth. I just got a sexy text this morning. It said, I took the beef mince out and tortillas.

I thought we could use the avocado and tomato we have to make tacos. Oh, yeah. Tacos. Taco Friday. He followed it up with, I hope that's okay. I just thought maybe we could take Leo for a walk, chill, maybe light a few candles and click the heat pump on. Whoa! Heat pump and chill.

Tacos and heat pump. But that's big because you've said, even when it's been as cold as it has been in the last few weeks, no heat pump. I have not put the heat pump on short of like we get one hour free power. I haven't put it on unless we have the hour. Yeah, outside of that hour. Do you put it on like full noise during that hour?

Oh, yeah. But it takes also, if it hasn't been used, it can take a little while to heat up. Oh, really? What time's your hour of power? Well, no, I don't have a free hour of power. No, but when? You can allocate it to whatever you want. Okay.

You probably wouldn't do it too early in the morning because they can take a while to heat up on a cold morning. No, you do it at 6pm, so, like, then your ovens, you're cooking your dinner. You go hard. Yeah, you go hard. You go bananas. Right.

Put everything on. But tonight it doesn't matter when that free hour of power is because you're just turning it on. We've got heat pump on tonight, baby. Think of me tonight. Is it even actually going to be that cold tonight? Because I was like, it wasn't cold this morning. Do you remember last time he said to me,

we're going to put the heat pump on tonight? It got to like 6pm and he's like, oh, it's not that cold. I'm like, no, but I've been looking forward to this all day. Yeah, this is a great advertisement for married life. Yeah. So temperature tonight, what time are you thinking of hitting that heat pump? After dinner or before dinner? After dinner.

So you're talking about 7pm? After tacos. It's going to be like a balmy 14, 13 degrees. Oh, you won't even need the heat pump. He's teasing you. Yeah. He's going to get to that time and he's going to be like, no, we don't need it. He'll be like, I'm not cold, are you?

Put on an extra pair of socks, I don't think we need it. Those are the sexy texts I get Friday morning. But think of me tonight, I'll be nice and cosy. I won't be thinking of you. Eating with tacos. Spilling some down your front. And my jammies. Doing it on the A-pump. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six.

Oi, hello, mate. Baden Barrett's bloody son of the Blues, Triple B. Baden Barrett and the Blues. Four years of rugby. For the Blues, that's what Baden Barrett's agreed to. Saying ta-ta to the Hurricanes, the Wellington-based team. He's played eight seasons for them. One news have reported this.

I don't think they've made an official announcement. It sounds like the news has got a hold of this. Well, John Campbell tweeted it before. He's upset because, of course, he's a Hurricanes. He loves the Canes, doesn't he? He's a Hurricanes man. Right. But if Bowdoin Barrett's moving to the Big Smoke,

these are the top six things Bowdoin Barrett needs to know about Auckland. Okay. Number six, west is best. If we're talking about Auckland and compass directions, there's a lot out east. It just kind of keeps going and going and going. It's like they, we're like, oh, we'll try, but this is no good. We'll build another suburb and build another suburb.

And the east just keeps going and going and going. I don't know why they're trying to make the east happen. You're just a westie. I'm a westie, yep. This is no good. We'll build another suburb and build another suburb. And the East just keeps going and going and going. I don't know why they're trying to make the East happen. You're just a Westie. I'm a Westie, yep. Yep. I'm a Westie. I don't even think I've hit the outer limits of East Auckland.

We drove out there one night. Well, how can you judge if you've never hit it? Well, I've tried. Always hit something before you judge. It's a deep well out there. Yeah. It just keeps going. Number five on the list of the top six things

Bowdoin Barrett needs to know about Auckland. No shaky quakey. No fault lines. However, just a heap of dormant volcanoes. Literally everywhere. Like 41 of them.

They've all been very active at some stage throughout the history and they could all spark up again. So let's not forget that we made it through the great 3.1 It was a 2.9. A 2.9 a couple of years back. Don't round up.

I felt that. Yeah, it felt like a truck drove past. Yeah, it did. Was that a truck? No, no damage. Number 4 on the list of the top 6 things Bowdoin Barrett needs to know about Auckland. You know how Palmerston North is just up the road from Wellington but you've never gotin Barrett needs to know about Auckland. You know how Palmerston North

is just up the road from Wellington, but you've never got any reason at all to go there. Well, prepare yourself for Auckland's Palmerston North. Hamilton. It's there. Unless you're from there. You're allowed to say that. You're from there.

I'm there. And I'm literally going there this weekend, so. Yeah. But anybody else, like, what, Have you ever just thought I'll go to Hamilton for the weekend In your time living in Auckland No

Why would you What for Exactly Because you do it the other way around You're like I'll go to Auckland for the weekend Yeah exactly Because you live in Hamilton Yeah right

Exactly Okay Number three on the list Of the top six things Bowdoin Barrett needs to know about Auckland He's moving here Four years at the Blues Auckland doesn't have a bucket fountain.

Wellington's got the bucket fountain, but it does have a sky tower, but it doesn't tip water everywhere and drunk people can't climb it. They've tried. They don't get it. Very hard to grip onto the slippery concrete. They put those possum things on. The stainless steel wraps. Yeah.

So you get to a certain height and you're like, nope, nope, nope, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And number two on the list of the top six things Bowdoin Barrett needs to know about moving to Auckland. People who aren't from Auckland think Jaffa's still a really hot burn. They really think they've got one lined up in the slingshot to hit you with there. Oh, we all did it.

You're a bloody Jaffa and you're like, cool, man. It's just you're like, yeah, wicked regional burn. We all did it before we moved here though, didn't we? Yeah. Nah, see your point, yeah. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things

Bonan Barrett needs to know about Auckland. The Auckland Blues aren't very good. Like, they're remarkably shit. Why are they getting in? People always support the rugby team of their home

region, like where they lived before they moved to Auckland. Because the Blues are terrible. I mean, look around. You've got names like Hurricanes, Chiefs, Highlanders, and a colour. Blue. Like also the least threatening colour. Yeah.

Like what colour is the cold tap? Blue. Exactly. It's the most passive colour. Yeah, you've got a point. They need some aggression. Yeah. They should call it the Auckland Pit Bull Mix.

Staffy Master. Yeah, Staffy Master Cross. Unknown breed. Could you imagine if this weekend it was the Crusaders versus the... The Auckland Staffies. The Staffies. Yes. They would maul your face off.

Yeah, the Auckland Roddies. The Auckland Labrador somethings. Mongrels. Yes. The Auckland Mongrels. The Auckland Mutts. Yep. They need us on the marketing team.

100%. Yeah. 100%. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. You might find this very hard to believe, but it's five years since I finished high school.

I do find that, especially because we've worked together for how long? 15 years. Yeah, right. Mathematically, it makes no sense, but I can't explain time. We started ZM like five years ago. Yeah, straight out of high school.

You went that year. A lot of people don't know this But yeah I started Radio at Intermediate guys Stop I actually last year Primary tech victim So that would have been

Six years Work out my lies here Six years you were in the news For having that huge beard At high school And they made you shave it And you were like no I was

Undercover A lot Doing the undercover stings For alcohol stores Much Oh you're right Bald beard Looked like in my late 20s. But no, still junior in high school.

Right, okay. So yeah, actually no, it's 20 years since I was seven form, which is pretty nuts. Good Lord. I know. It doesn't feel like it. And sometimes I hear the highlights of the show and I even hear myself saying, grow up.

It doesn't feel like it in any way, shape or form. But this weekend, there has been a great upon by many members of our 1999 Leavers year, whatever you call that, 7-4 and we called it then, year 13,

to get together. So we're having like this mini school reunion this weekend. It seems too early to have a school reunion. Like this isn't, isn't this something you do when you're like 50 or 60? It's 20 years. We've literally been out of school longer than we were like alive by the end of school. Yeah, that's true.

But like, I feel like with Facebook now, reunions are redundant. That's, that's, that's what I was like. There'll be no massive surprises because Facebook. Yeah. And you kind of gossip about anybody you went to school with if anything ever happens. So I'm not expecting any great surprises. And I had to look up a couple of people that I thought might be in jail,

but they're not in jail. Right. Didn't, Producer Callan, didn't you go to a high school reunion last year or this year? It was, yeah, Christmas last year. How many years was that? Ten. I know.

So old. Ten year reunion. What's the point of doing a ten year reunion? Everyone's on Facebook. Were there any surprises? Or like... Any marriage breakups? And you're like, huh, that'll teach you.

Well, no. Like, luckily I had started seeing my boyfriend by then. So that was like a big. But you weren't official. No. But you were seeing each other casually. Yeah, we'd like kissed on the mouth and stuff. So that was enough for you to say to everyone that you've been in a long term relationship.

Yeah, yeah. But there were lots of kids running around. Like lots of really young. No, there'll be no children at this one this is a this is a evening affair a drinking affair ours was an evening drinking bottom or verse pub that you're going to which one is the most pub oh you're right okay it's not i don't know what it's called they call it that because what's more and so it's got the top top pub the not the not that's there ever a bottom pub? Are there no bottoms in the castle?

There will be, just purely statistically there must be some bottoms. Okay. Not that I know. Niche joke, yeah. For gay and bi. The rural homosexual community. They're out there. It's not that niche.

I don't think it's as niche as you think it is anymore. Yeah, right. Okay. But yeah, I looked up some people. No one's in jail. It's good. Right. But did you get any

surprises at yours, Caitlin? Any like divorces? Any like transitions? Any scandal? Oh, I would have been fine with a divorce and a toy boy

but everyone knows about that. Yeah, because it's on Facebook, isn't it? Yeah. There was definitely still like a couple because I went to an

all-girls school that still weren't talking to each other so you had to like make sure. Are you serious? All these years later, I can't even remember who I beefed with at high school. Still some drama, yeah. Because someone saw someone's boyfriend and.

I would still hold on to beef from high school. Yeah, definitely. Would you? There's definitely like still people that you're like, oh man. I hope the people that I may have been mean to, oh, no. What? Like have let it go. Because I can't remember who I was mean to.

Is there people you were mean to that are going to be there this weekend? Yeah, but it was high school. Everybody was mean to somebody. Like I was picked on, but then I just passed that on to the lower, like it's a pecking order, isn't it? I can't believe you picked on anyone. I'm finding it hard to believe myself, Megan. It's hard to believe that sarcasm is to process that you're just dripping off you there.

But then Sade yesterday said, oh, maybe I won't come. Because I'm like, well, hold on a moment. Like, I've got to take you. You're good looking. Oh, so you can say I've got a hot wife? She's not your trophy. Kind of. Not that there's more to her, but she also, she's like.

She'd get bored. What? She'd get bored at this thing. Well, no, no, no, because she knows people. She's met quite a few of the people that are going. They're still friends, so she knows them. And she's like, oh, maybe I won't come. I was like, oh, no, you've got to come.

And then she's like, oh. And I said, if you don't come, maybe I'll hook up with one of the old girls I used to hook up with. And my mum was there and she laughed in my face. Mum's like, yeah, good one. I was like, mum. She's so ruthless. I love it. I know. You wonder where I got it from. Comes straight down the old lineage. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, overnight, Australia are beaten by England, and that means the Black Caps will take on England this Sunday at Lord's, the home of cricket, in the final of the Cricket World Cup.

And joining us on the phone from England, so by my calculations, should have enjoyed a lovely evening meal just before he talked to us, or maybe it's just sitting, getting cold as we blather before we introduce him, the lovely Trenty Trent-Bonk. Good morning. Good evening. Good evening. Good morning. How are we all? Good. Thank you. Now, how did you guys take England's win over Australia? Yeah. Well, we drove down from Manchester last night. I was decided, and missed most of it because we're on the road,

but obviously followed the results, and it looks like we've got England, so it's going to be an exciting weekend, that's for sure. Is that good because that adds a home crowd to it? Or would you have preferred to play Australia because then they wouldn't have had the home crowd there? How does the whole psychology of playing the home team work? Well, yeah, Australia 2015, they pumped us in the final at the MCG,

so it would have been nice to have another redemption match for that. I think it's called returning the pump. Yeah, yeah, something like that. So, yeah, that's not to be. We might have to wait for that one. But, yeah, hey, to play England, obviously in England, is always going to be exciting. They know the conditions well.

There's obviously a lot of support for them over here and they're expected to win it. But, nah, any chance to get out there in front of millions of people, World Cup game, World Cup final, it's going to be exciting. What happens between now and then? Like, does everybody have to avoid any, like, dodgy foods and what

happens? What goes on? Do you stay together as a unit or do you separate and kind of take your mind off it by doing some touristy stuff? Yeah, I'm all Londonite out. I've done Harrods, so yeah, there's not much else to do From a tourist point of view Did you get the souvenir photo on the London Eye?

Might have, yeah I don't know if I put it on Instagram But yeah, it's in the files So yeah, that's a good one for the photo album If you bought anything from Harrods You'd be hoping for another season in the IPL Because that's an expensive place to go for a shot. Yeah, we just had lunch there.

So you're just relaxing in the lead-up too? There'll be some trainings or...? Yeah, obviously getting the chance to play that first semifinal, we have the extra days to prepare and refresh kind of thing. So, yeah, a couple of days of training. But, yeah, obviously it's just about getting right, making sure the bodies are good, the boulders are good, and everyone's, you know, peaking and ready to go,

which I'm sure they are. So Sunday we'll race around and we're all looking forward to it. Right. Well, I've got a little bit of a sweet. Now, if you win, I'll come and hang out with you and we'll play on your jet skis. Okay. I'll bring some petrol vouchers.

Yeah. I'll bring one of those red plastic jerry can things. Because we were always that family growing up. We never had the boat but we loved going water skiing so my dad would turn up

with a petrol thing. He'd be like, oh, sorry, you know, we'll make a contribution. We'll bring a... Yeah, I'll take that back actually. I'm about to play in the World Cup final

and I'm asking you to bring petrol money. I'll happily put the petrol in, no drums. No, no, no. It's trying to happen. I saw you on Instagram over summer playing on your jet ski, so I was like, God, that looked like so much fun.

Yeah, no, it's just what happens down the mountain. It's the best place in the world, so I'm looking forward to getting back there. Yeah, yeah. Well, you kindly invited me over to watch rugby at your house once, and my wife was like, I'm not going around to Trent Bolt's house. I'm not prepared.

She was like, I'm wearing sweatpants. Well, she was wearing sweatpants. We were there to do this. Well, that's what I said. I said, I don't imagine the lovely Trinity's going to be like, sweatpants, turn around and march yourself right out, lady. But, uh... Yeah. Well, hey, well. I'm just telling everyone you turned me like, sweatpants, turn around and march yourself right out, lady. That's all good.

Just telling everyone you'd turn me down. It won't happen again. Now you look cooler than I do. That's his shtick, Trent. Hey, well, we're all very excited for the World Cup final and we're all backing you, Trent Bowell. All the best for Sunday and let's talk to you Monday morning after a win.

Love it. Thanks for your support, guys. 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, Vaughan and Megan podcast. You can grab Spark's $29 prepaid rollover packs and get stacks of extra value. Back to the podcast. Do you know, it's not just a possible explosion of hydrazine in Dunedin today. Oh, yeah.

By the way, if you're just waking up, there's been an evacuation around parts of Dunedin. Yeah, there's an unstable chemical at a probiotics facility. Is that like those people that make... I thought probiotics was supposed to be, like, good for you. For your gut health. Yeah. I don't know. But the poo's happening. If you haven't pooed for a while. Is that like Those people that make I thought probiotics Was supposed to be like Good for you For your gut health Yeah I don't know

But the poo's happening If you haven't pooed for a while Well it's not only that But the Welsh are coming For the title of The steepest street Now Baldwin Street That's a hell of a street

To drive up Isn't it I get evil I get so nervous Driving up there Because you were Driving Oh you gotta floor it

You gotta floor it From the dairy at the bottom Absolutely Pin your ears back. Get to that top. And hope you don't run over some tourists. Yeah, and you're just like, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, as you come up.

Oh, the residents on the steeper street love the horns. Yeah, they love that. They love the turning around at the top. They love everything about living on the steeper street. Well, a Welsh street is saying that Penfrmich, which is Welsh for street, is steeper. Right. Now, this is being actually looks like it's being looked into today by the Guinness World Records for what is the steepest street. Because, you know, Baldwin Street from where it starts to where it ends, it's very, very steep. But the steepest 10-meter section is 35%.

That's its gradient. Okay. So that's very steep. So if you had a protractor, you'd put it at 35%. Yeah, right. Okay. It's very steep.

If you just drew a line, it doesn't look that steep, but you've got to drive up it, and there's gravity. Yeah. So the steepest 10-meter section of Penfroglick line, it doesn't look that steep, but you've got to drive up it and there's gravity and... Yeah. So, the steepest 10 metre section of Penfroglec is

37.4% gradient. Right. But that's a section. Yeah, and look, I found a picture of this steepest street and it is literally like, just one little bit of it is quite steep. But then how long is their steepest street?

Well, that's only the 10-metre section. Oh, this is rubbish. Yeah. So is it in the wording? Should we be saying something like the longest steepest street? Longest continual steepest street. Or could we just get out some tar seal? Could we get Fulton Hogan up there and just add some degrees? Like a big thick bit at the top and then gradually by the bottom. get Fulton Hogan up there and just add some degrees. Like, problem solved.

A big thick bit at the top and then gradually at the bottom. And then you've got thick, yes. And then a big middle finger to those Welsh.

Yeah. Yeah. I was just trying to think of a Welsh reference but I couldn't really think of one. No. Because it would be rich because in England

it's the Welsh or the sheep shaggers but I'm like, that's rich because that's what people tarnish us with. Yeah, well, Australians do, yeah. Not so much anymore, but they used to. Okay, well, that needs to be an emergency Dunedin City Council meeting, surely. I would say so. I would say, I would actually do that if I was on the Dunedin.

Yeah, it's a massive tourist attraction. Add some degrees. Add some degrees. You can't lose this title to some tiny section of Welsh Road. We've got to make it steeper. And then just chuck some sass down the bottom on a sign, like World's Steepest Street, not World's Steepest Section. Welsh.

And I mean, if we have to go to a 90-degree angle, we'll do it. It would just be a wall. It wouldn't be a street. That's when a street becomes a wall. Oh, okay. Right. Yeah.

45 though. I don't know if we can push that. Doable. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. My parents went to China.

They are, apparently dad got to pick this year. I feel sorry for Dad because every year when he picks where they go on holiday, because they kind of mum and the laid up gets real, like, oh, well, your father wanted to go like that. Not where I would have picked. Like, it's his turn to pick, woman.

Let him pick. And he's always wanted to see the Great Wall of China. This is so sweet. I'm so happy that he got to do it. Me too. I'm stoked that he got to see the Great Wall of China. They is so sweet. I'm so happy that he got to do it. Me too. I'm stoked that he got to see the Great Wall of China. They did a Wendy Wu tour.

They advertised. Probably Wendy Wu. We always hear the ads. You know how your parents take photos of buses and stuff? So we went through the whole slideshow last night and there the bus,

there was a green bus that said Wendy Wu on it and every time it came up, I laughed. I don't know why. It's just funny. Because we hear them advertise at work and Fletch is always like, hey guys, I'm bloody Wendy Wu tour. And that know why. It's just funny. Because we hear them advertised at work

and Fletch is always like, hey guys, I'm bloody Wendy, we're to her. And that's how. That's my parents. Well, it's baby brother. Yeah.

It's baby brother. And they don't, you usually do a tour, but I think China was the language barrier and everything. Yeah, right. And you may remember

when they were going, I said mum was very concerned about what she could eat. She's very mashed potatoes and meat. She's very plain. Like a butter chicken for hers, she would never have had a butter chicken. She would never have had a butter chicken. And pepper's spicy.

Way too spicy. What's in this? You just ground some pepper on it, mum. Wow. Do you have any margarine? What do you want margarine for? To put in my mouth To null the flavour She doesn't do that

But that's It's not that much of a stretch To imagine she does Right So last night When they came to our house After they got back Into Auckland Airport

They came and stayed the night And Shade made deviled sausages And when it got put out Mum was like Oh here we go Deviled sausages Finally Now this is what I call food That's what mum said And when it got put out, mum was like, oh, here we go. Finally. Now, this is what I call food.

That's what mum said. Oh, right. Shade, stoked. And dad's like, what are these? I'm like, they're mashed potatoes. He's like, haven't seen that. Feels like forever since I've seen a mashed potato. God, they eat some rice in China.

And then we heard about how much rice they eat in China. Staple. Everywhere you go, bloody rice. I'm just crying of laughter. Maybe the new ads for Wendy Wu need to have like some feedback from the customers. Yeah, yeah. Bloody rice. They'll eat it.

And even for breakfast. Like it's just, they'll eat it all the time. I'm like, oh, okay, that's good. And then we got talking about the different parts of China. Mum's like, do you know I experienced racism? Do you know what they call us in China? The mind boggles, Christine. What do they call you in China?

Big nose. I was like, what are you talking about? She's like, well, you know, to us, like if you were going to be racist against the Chinese, you'd probably say something about their eyes. And I was like, oh my God, my wife's half Chinese. Her dad's Thai Chinese. I'm like, okay, yeah. And she's like, well, I'm just explaining it, Vaughn. That's what she Chinese. I'm like, okay, yeah. And she's like, well, I'm just explaining it.

Vaughn, that's what she says. I'm just explaining it. So it's not racist if you're just explaining it. Well, they all talk about our noses. Because our noses stick out so far. Big nose is one of them called me. My mum doesn't have a big nose. So it's not like they specifically saw this woman and were like,

that's a big nose. And she's like, so I asked them and they said, yes, it's the big noses that are our prominent feature. Had a photo with a lot of Chinese people. That's mum. She said, one day, I just, they started walking on either side of me and I noticed that they were taking photos with me. And I was like, what are you talking about?

She's like, well, they just don't see blonde, blonde woman. Because they went to this part, they did like this whole Yangtze River cruise. And I was like, what are you talking about? Shanghai and Beijing are very modern cities. And she said, well, no, these cities that we went to have sprung up in the last few years and all these people from rural China have moved there for jobs and they just know they haven't seen

blonde people. So mum's like, no, there's probably, there's probably Weeboo accounts everywhere with photos of me on there. She can't be tagged. She can't, well, no, because she doesn't have a Weeboo account. It photos of me on there. She can't be tagged. She can't. Well, no, because she doesn't have a Weeboo account. It's too much. So they went to the Great Wall.

Mum was like, they talk about the Great Wall, everybody being very smart, the Great Wall being a, you know. But they weren't that smart because they went up the steepest parts of the hill. So what are you talking about? She's like, well, your father got to base station 11, but I had to stop at 7. Jesus, it was steep. So it was to stop the Mongolian hordes, Mum. She's like, yeah, I know.

I listened to the tour guide. I know what they're for. But why would you, if you were building a road, you wouldn't go up the steepest part of the hill? She checkmated me. I was like Oh okay And she's like Biggest graveyard in the world

What are you talking about? The Great Wall of China Because if you died While you were building it They'd just build over you They'd just chuck you In the van underneath And build over you

She's got lots of Great Chinese facts Right Yeah but she She really enjoyed it She said it was a very Eye opening Cultural experience

But she came back and she said, you know what they're not afraid of over there? Plastic bags. Everybody. Everybody's got plastic bags. Right. She's fresh of the knowledge of the ban here. Well, yeah, yeah.

It's been banned here. And she's like, it's going to take some getting used to coming back to no plastic bags. They've been away for what? A month? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, it's going to take some getting used to coming back to no plastic bags. They've been away for what, a month? It's like going to Amsterdam, you're like, oh, this is illegal over back home. Yeah, true.

All the bags. Your dad's picked the holiday this year. Where's she going to pick next year? It'll be somewhere pretty plain, I'd say. It'll be like Hawaii or something very white bread. She can eat mashed potatoes. Palatable. Yeah.

Yeah. They had a great trip. Yeah, right. I think it was two thumbs up to Wendy Wu. Okay, yeah, great. I've not at all sponsored the segment, but I've had their name mentioned a whole bunch of times. Well, now I want to go to Wendy Wu.

Point your baby boomer at a Wendy Wu. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. And it is a very good morning to our in-studio guest, Ursula Carlson. How are you? Yeah, I'm really good, actually. I'm a bit cold because I'm wearing, you know, three-quarter pants and jandals because I'm going for a pedicure. And I didn't know that it was going to be arctic today.

So, yeah. Were you worried about getting to the pedicure with sweaty feet? No, because you need to have open, you know, like jandals or something because you don't want to smudge up the new gel nails. That's quite bougie though for winter because like who's going to see your toes? I know, but I can. I've got a real thing with feet. I didn't want to open the morning like this,

but I've got a real thing with feet. Like I cannot stand ugly feet, including my own. So I always make sure that my feet, you don't know, like I could be in a bad accident, I don't want them to take my shoes off and go, well, look at these feet. She's clearly made herself go. Don't worry, do not resuscitate

this one. She deserved to be T-boned by a truck. Look at these feet. Her life's a shambles. Am I right? If you get hit by a car, the first thing to fly off is your shoes. Yeah. You do not want someone to find you in the middle of the road with hideous feet. Could be the difference between someone doing mouth to mouth on you or not. Am I right?

Yeah. Someone could run up and go, oh my God, look at those toes. Or they could just come up and go, this woman looks after herself. You know? Yeah. Like, that could be a smashing face. They could not, you know, maybe they don't know it's me, but at least they look at the toes and they go, this woman wants to be saved. Megan's got, you know, maybe they don't know it's me, but at least they look at the toes and they go,

this woman wants to be saved. Megan's got webbed toes. No, I cannot know about it. My obsession with feet is so bad, my manager vets people before they come. Like, my publicist came and stayed with me in Melbourne for a week. Yeah. And my manager had to go look at her feet,

take her for a pedicure and go, okay, don't take your shoes off unless you absolutely have to. That's how bad it is. I feel discriminated against. Yeah, you should. Get those sorted. Why not? Dianne Hedwood's got wet feet too and I can never go around to his place in summer. Just wear closed shoes.

Or sit behind a desk the whole time. Yeah, or get those feet muddy or something so I can't look at them. Can't see it. Get him some hobbit slippers so it still looks like feet. Could you handle the hobbit feet or are they a bit... Yeah, if it's obviously like a joke thing, yes. But if anyone posts anything about hideous feet on Facebook,

I immediately block them. Look, I miss my mum, but I don't care. And there's some nasty feet out there. So you're getting all around uh the country on this this token african tour fangare this weekend sold out yeah ah they're angry aren't they yeah they're getting worked up don't worry i'll be back i still live in new zealand they need to have a word to their um local council about upgrading i mean, just get a bigger one, you know. That's how easy it is. Napier, Palmerston North, New Plymouth, Christchurch,

back to Auckland, then back down to Blenheim, Invercargill and Dunedin. Yeah, I added those last ones. I'm doing Tauranga and Rotorua as well because I didn't want to do all of those places because I'm getting quite tired now, you know, because working one hour a day is really stressful. But then when I said, oh, I'm doing everywhere in New Zealand from the top of the north to the bottom of the south, but I stopped in Christchurch and people were like, oh, I didn't

realise Christchurch was the bottom of the south. So then I had to add in Blenheim and Dunedin and Invercargill just to make the South Island happy because they scare me. Right, they do. Yeah. Invercargill's still the only place I've seen a female bottle another female and then bite her on the face.

Oh, it's good to see families get on, though. It is, it is. It was good to see my two grandmothers. Maybe she should have gone for a pedicure. They were having a great old time. So how are you fitting in a tour with everything else you're doing? You're busy.

That's a sly plug, is it, for your show? For the upcoming TV show. New Zealand's Have You Been Paying Attention. I wasn't going to bring it up, Megan, but thank you for... Thank you for plugging that in there, Megan. Look, I mean, what a great show that is. We've been working on that for a while. And I've been doing...

Because I've done the Aussie one, and honestly, it is so much fun that show and even the people that have just sat in on us trying out the show have laughed so much and other comedians so you know comedians don't laugh at you know we're not generous when it comes to laughing we're like oh yeah you think that's funny do you i'd be funnier than that yeah yeah it's like some notes here but everyone's been loving's been loving it. It's really a great show. So I'm looking forward to that starting. But because that, you know, goes out once a week,

so that still leaves the rest of the week and I can't just do nothing the rest of the week. Yeah. I've tried, but my wife's against that. She's like, oh, no, you need to actually go do some stuff. Too much hanging around home, droves of nuts. Yeah. You were telling me yesterday you only sleep like four hours a night. Yeah, I'm not very good at sleeping, which is handy now with a toddler.

And, you know, once we had kids, I'm like, this is it. I've been training all my life. You're on lack of sleep. Yeah, like I went to bed at 2.30 this morning and I got up at 6. And is that all you need? Yeah. I used to worry about that a lot. Like, you know, me not sleeping.

But a friend of mine who's a doctor, she goes, some people just don't need as much sleep as other people. God, you must get so much done. You'd think that. It's like you're on meth, but with all the bad parts. Yeah, or the benefits, you know. It's like I'm on meth, but without the weight loss. Because I'm just awake, eating all day.

But if we're doing pros and cons, you've still got all your teeth. That is right. That is. And I've got amazing skin. Thank you so much, Vaughn. I'm going to weigh it up. Ursula, thank you. Ursulacarlson.com or livenation.co.nz for tickets.

Thanks so much for coming in. Thanks for having me. Friday Flashback. Flashback. Flashback. Well, it's a long-running tradition. Every Friday, 8 o'clock, one of us takes a turn at picking a banger. It's got to be at least 10 years old.

This one is from 2002. Okay. So, actually, it's probably one of the most successful places was New Zealand. It ended 2002 as the third biggest song of the year. This is from a group. They are English-Irish. One of the members of the group has actually admitted that they didn't contribute any vocals to the song

because they weren't good enough when they were doing it in the studio. Michelle. Was it posh? Oh, no. It wasn't posh spice? No, but she was like, yeah, I didn't actually get to be on the song

because my singing wasn't good enough. Oh. So this song, yeah, like I said, it was massive in the UK and in New Zealand. It was the result of a TV show that Popstars, that also brought us... True Bliss. True Bliss. And Bardot in Australia. And Bardot.

That's right. So they didn't actually win this TV show. Hearsay won. But today's Friday flashback is from the Runners Up. All the people who didn't quite cut it made a band together and formed Liberty X. And today, just a little, is your Friday flashback. ZM. ZM. Sexy, everything about you's so sexy

You don't even know what you got You're really hitting my spot Oh yeah And you're so innocent Please don't take this wrong cause it's a compliment I just wanna get with your flow You gotta learn to let go Oh baby, won't you?

Work a little, get hot just a little bit Me in the middle, let go just a little bit Me, in the middle Let go, just a little bit more Just a little bit Give me just a little bit more Just a little, just a little Let me, I'll do anything if you just let me Find a way to make you respond I know you wanna break down those walls

And it's so challenging Getting close to you's what I'm imagining I just wanna see you get down You got a little out Oh baby, won't you just do it for me Work with a little, yeah Hike just a little, me Me in the middle, yeah

Go just a little bit more Give me just a little bit more Just a little bit more Just a little bit more Give me just a little bit more Just a little bit more Just a little bit more Work a little, get hot just a little bit Meet in the middle, let go just a little bit more Just a little bit more Give me just a little bit more

Give me just a little bit more Just a little bit Give me just a little bit more Give me just a little bit more Just a little bit more It's so exciting the way you're inviting me Baby, I love it like that Can't get enough Won't you satisfy my needs? Baby, I love it like that Won't you satisfy my needs? Please, please, would you get a little? Get hot, just a little

Meet me in the middle Let go, just a little bit more Just a little bit more Give me just a little bit more Just a little bit more Just a little bit of Just a little bit more Work it a little bit Get high just a little bit more Work it a little bit

Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit Work it a little bit more. Sexy Everything I'm about to go

Sexy It's Friday Flashback on ZM. Megan's picked the third biggest song in New Zealand in 2002. Yes. Hmm. That was huge. I remember at the time it was huge. Yeah.

Total bangers. I'm just going to read them in the order that they're appearing on the screen. Total banger. Nailed it. Fully forgot about this banger. Is Megan's Friday flashback aimed at Jack Tame? This is not a thing. Great start to a Friday. I've seen them live from Mel. Megan, no. I want to crawl back into bed. No, no, no, no. Oh God, no.

Please, no. Megan should never have the Liberty X of choosing another Friday flashback. This is a terrible song. I love it. Whatabanger, Yas, Yas, Liberty X. Oh, okay. So mixed. Fitty. About fitty. And where are they now?

They're kind of, that's it, eh? Mylene, was Mylene in, oh, you guys don't know. Mylene. Oh no, was she in Here Say? Mylene.

Mylene. No, she has a TV career, but I don't know about the rest of them. Right. I think she was in Here Say. Now, we want to touch on something that happened yesterday on the show to expand on that a bit more.

Because yesterday, intern Anya mentioned that there are passcards in her relationship. Yeah. It was about this time yesterday we found out because it was, we had just talked to Jack Tame and we were about to talk to New Zealand cricketer...

Jimmy Nisham. Jimmy Nisham. And she said those are both on the pass card list for one intern Anya. And we were like, well, who's on your boyfriend's pass card list? And she said, Sophie Avigahara. Vastly different, of course. The thing about a passcard is it's never going to happen.

Like, Sophia Vergara is never going to meet your boyfriend, no offence, and it's just not going to happen. Well, I said to him last night, I brought it up again, I said, so how is your passcard again? Oh, Sophia Vergara. Oh, cool. So if that doesn't work out, have you got one that's maybe more achievable? And he was like, Caitlin.

No, he says Ariel Winter. And I was like, what's up with you and Modern Family as a child? How bizarre is this? Yeah, so it's just me and Gemination. So he doesn't have any New Zealand local passcards. He did say one certain breakfast host of another radio station

that is here in the building. Oh, I know who it is. He's going to kill me. Man, hey. No. Laura. Jeremy Wells. No, no.

Bernard and Oliver Cooper. Tony Street. Yeah. What? Oh, my Cooper. Tony Street. Yeah. What? Oh, my God. Tony Street. The lovely Tony. Lovely Tony, yeah.

He sees her every day. It's creepy. He works literally in the same... I'm going to tell Tony. I'm telling Tony 100%. I'm going to be in so much trouble. Well, it's been a good run, guys. The lovely Tony Street.

Wow. But are you allowed New Zealand local passcards? Because those could happen. You could run into this person in the supermarket. I don't know how likely. You can't have a passcard of someone you see every day. That's like a crush that could actually happen. I don't know if Tony Street's going to go for Andy.

No, I can't see it. They'll be like, oh, I'm updating my pass, I can't see it. Oh, yeah. Very happily married. I'm updating my passcards. I'm trying to get to the neighbour and, yeah, the babysitter. And, like, you can't. You just, the passcards have got to be someone

you don't see every day. Because it's a joke, right? And you're like, it's like, these are people we find hot. Yeah. Ha ha, they're passcards. It's never going to happen.

Yeah. But do you and Mr. Toyboy have passcards? Oh, like Elon Musk. Even after the whole, never going to happen. Yeah. But do you and Mr. Toyboy have passcards? Oh, like Elon Musk. Even after the whole, like, lately thing? Yeah. I'm still partial to a bit of Elon. It's because you want a Tesla.

You know you can just buy one after waiting two years or whatever it is. But yeah, we've got famous people. His is Mila Kunis. And Ryan's like Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds and Elon Musk. Just all the Ryans. Yeah, and Elon. Anyone called Ryan. But none of those are going to happen because they were geographical reasons, not anything

to do with me. Of course. But no one close to home. Do you and your wife walk passcarts or no? God, no. You stupid, like, That'd be like saying, Vaughan, do you like walking in a minefield with your eyes closed? Of course I don't.

Of course you're right. I just wouldn't even mention it. I wouldn't even say the words, pass card. Unless it's like, pass me that card. That's as close as you would get. No, I've not had an official discussion. Okay, well, I think this morning, could we take some calls? Do you and your partner have a passcard?

Who are your celebrity passcards? I doubt anybody listening has ever used a passcard. No. Maybe you've had the chance. Yeah. But certainly want to hear who your celebrity passcards are. Maybe, oh, this is awkward. Hang on, cut the music.

Very awkward. Because intern anya's boyfriend has literally run away come to the microphone come to the microphone andy you're celebrity this is intern anya's boyfriend he's just walked in he doesn't know what he's walked into hi he's got a beer right here. Do you like Modern Family? Yes. It's a great show. Very good show.

Right. So your pass cards, Sofia Vergara. Yes. Ariel Winter. And Tony Street. Yes. You work in the same building as Tony Street. You're not going to work in the same building as Sofia Vergara.

Well, maybe hopefully one day. Yeah, right. Okay. So have you ever spoken to her? No. Oh, man. Oh, please, Andy. Well, at least the first time we talked to her is not going to be awkward now. So every time you come to work every time you come to work and get the lift

and the hit studio is right there and she's in there Tony Street you're just like hello. Oh man. You're in so much trouble

aren't you? We need to set up a meet and greet. No, no. We don't need to do that. Not at all. No, it's all good. all Alright well you can go now That was great

That was awkward to watch Thanks Eddie Hopefully as awkward as it sounded I don't expect that's the last you'll be hearing of that hand Bless your wee heart Oh that's great So who is your celebrity passcard in your relationship? Side note

Has anyone ever Ever Cashed in a passcard in your relationship. Side note, has anyone ever, ever cashed in a passcard? And it doesn't need to be a celebrity if you cash in a passcard. It's a mythical thing. That's what I think. I think it's a mythical thing. It's a joke. It's a way to reveal

your celebrity crushes in a relationship, isn't it? Yeah. Because how do you go from Ryan Reynolds back to your husband? Back to Gavin. Slowly, I'd say. I'm meeting someone else, not me. You'd want to wean yourself off the Reynolds. Yeah. Alright. I wouldn't go cold turkey.

0800 Dials at M. You can text 9696. Who in your relationship is your celebrity passcard? Give us a call. Well, it all started yesterday with intern Anya mentioning her boyfriend Andy's passcards. Wow, the boyfriend Andy just happened to walk into the producer's studio just moments ago. Sophia Vergara, Ariel Winter, Modern Family,

and of course, locally, Tony Street, who works in the same building. Very inappropriate. That's a workplace crush. Has he, what happened when he left? I ran out and I was like, hey, love you, have a great day. And he's like, you're in so much trouble. And I messaged him and I was like, hee hee, love you, and then sent him some love heart gifts.

And he said, I'm more mad about the fact that you've ruined my chances with Tony, to be honest. Oh, my God. I mean, her husband might have ruined his chances. Let it go. So we want to know in in your relationship, what passcards you have. And bonus points, have you ever used a passcard? Because like we said, it's a mythical thing.

Yeah. It doesn't really happen, does it? No. Some text messages in. I say Zac Efron is my passcard. This is one of the most popular people. Were we talking about him yesterday? Weren't we hypothetically as pass cards?

Megan? You dismissed him. I said I'm not a huge fan of Zach. Because he's Caitlin's number one. He's a bit gristly. Is he? Why is he your number one, Caitlin? High School Musical, wasn't it?

Yeah, High School Musical and then The Greatest Showman. Yeah. It's either him or then close run after is Barack Obama. You could not be Any more different Than Zac Efron And Barack Obama I don't have a type He's like twice the height

I think we'd have some great conversations He'd teach me a lot of things Just Barack saying your name Yes I don't have a threesome You know there's a I don't have a threesome. I mean. Okay, look.

I forget we're on here. I forget we're on here. Sorry, sorry. Yeah, we're on that great new thing where we have standards. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sorry, I thought I was just talking to you guys. Sorry, sorry, sorry. And a moral standard. Sorry, sorry.

Yeah, okay. So, actually, you know what's surprising? A lot of people have got the same pass card as their partner. Right. So, somebody messaged in, I'm a female and both mine and my husband's pass card's Hugh Jackman. My husband's not gay, so he tells me.

That's what he tells all the girls. But he's picked Wolverine Hugh Jackman as his pass card and mine's Greatest Showman Hugh Jackman. Right. You want those claws? Well, maybe. No, claws off. Claws off. My partner and I have the same passcard, Ryan Reynolds. I also have Amy Lee from Evanescence, who I met but couldn't even fathom a word,

couldn't even muster a word. Really? No, just shut down. What a babe. What does Amy Lee from Evanescence look like now? Exactly the same as she did when Evanescence was a big thing, except with shorter hair. Right.

Okay. Matt, have you used a passcard or what's your passcard? I haven't used a passcard myself but it was actually a friend and when he was dating his ex-boyfriend now.

Yeah. So they went to a concert. This was a few years back. Should I say who the artist was? I don't know. Yeah, do it, do it, do it. Okay. Well, it was Sam Smith.

They went to Sam Smith. And so they were, like, posting on his Instagram story and stuff and tagging Sam Smith in, you know, just like everyone does. And then Sam Smith actually slid into the DMs of my friends, being like, hey, what are you doing after the concert? Blah, blah, blah. Had the opportunity to have a hall pass, but the boyfriend said no. That's not the rules.

That's not the rules. He hasn't let him live it down at all. If it's your pass card, if it's a pre-organised pass, you can't just change these, you know, go to Sam Smith and wait until he slides into the DMs and register a change. No, but that's sweet because when they actually thought about it, they were like, no, I care about him too much. But are they together now still?

Oh, God, no. So is it way said he should have just done it? It was the boyfriend that poo-pooed it. when they actually thought about it they were like no I care about them too much but are they together now still oh god no so it's a waste he should have just done it it was the boyfriend that poo pooed it it wasn't the person who had the chance to sleep with Sam Smith oh

it was the boyfriend he reneged on the passcode oh no that's not okay but that's not the rules of passcodes yeah but we all joke about passcodes because we never think

it's going to happen and then Sam Smith's like but then we we don't know he wanted to sleep with him. It could have just been dinner. Yeah.

Or just a generally polite question. Come on. Yes. Okay. Awesome. Thanks for your call, Matt. We've got an anonymous caller. Anonymous, good morning.

Good morning. Now, have you used a passcard? No, I was the passcard. Really? Okay. Yeah. You're not like a celebrity. You're just an everyday Joe Bloggs and you were a passcard.

Well, I like to think I'm a celebrity, but yeah. I don't think that's how passcards work. I think you have to be like, it's always for a very high profile individual, isn't it? Yeah, well, I guess not for this relationship because they were just, they were travelling in two different countries for two weeks. Right. And then there was the guy. Yeah.

I just met him at one of my classes that I went to and we just hung out as friends. Right. And then did he have to ask for permission? He's like, I think I've found a passcard. Well, apparently he had talked to his partner who was in the other country. Oh, apparently. I don't think it's called a passcard so much.

I think what's over there is slimy dudes cheating. I thought it was a bit fishy as well. But yeah, he came because we would hang out all the time, just casually and everything. And then he came over for dinner one night, and it wasn't just him, it was a bunch of our friends. And then we actually started talking about passcards, and he mentioned that I was one,

and then usually I would drop them off, but I just didn't end up dropping them off home. Wow, because you had the passcard? Yeah. Wow, okay. All right. Anonymous, thank you so much. You got some text messages.

You're still thinking that's cheating, not a pass card. Some other pass cards. My partner's is Robbie Williams and mine is Rebel Wilson. Unconventional, they say. It's very unconventional. Christian Cullen, all black, is my pass card. It's vintage. Never got to cash that in, so I named my son Christian 20 years ago. Oh,. That's my pass card. It's vintage. Never got to cash that in so I named my son Christian

20 years ago. Oh, okay. I don't know, is that weird? Is that weird? You name your son after your crush. Yeah.

Well, that's, my daughter's name is August, not Rihanna so it would be like, you can't do that, Can you? Imagine if her name

was Rihanna. Why is your daughter called Rihanna? Well, long story, pass card. Didn't end up happening and called my daughter Rihanna? Why is your daughter called Rihanna? Well, long story, pass card. Didn't end up happening. And called my daughter Rihanna. No, that's not how that works.

Right. So, yeah, many people with pass cards, but the unobtainable, not Tony Street when she works two doors down from you. My intern onion's boyfriend. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is about desire paths. Desire paths. You all know a desire path.

Sometimes known as a game trail, a social trail, a herd path, a goat track, a pig trail, or a bootleg trail. They are a non-official path. Okay. You know where people walk so regularly it looks like there's like a little dug out little path? Like when the footpath goes at a 90 degree, like up and across, but everyone just goes. That's the desire path. Okay. That is called a desire path. I take one of those over a garden at the pedestrian crossing near my house

because it's the quickest way to the dairy. Bingo. It's a desire path. That is a desire path. Yep. And in Finland, when they build a new park or change an area from a farm to more residential, they actually don't put paths in. Okay.

They wait until it snows. Yeah. And then see the desire paths, and then they put the footpaths where people wanted to walk. Okay. Because they see sometimes your best plans for where you can lay a footpath will be completely wrong, and people will show you the best way to walk it. Right. People that walk it regularly.

Okay. Yeah. That's a good idea. So, yeah, in Finland, they've just given up. They don't put a footpath down through like, I would imagine likening it to Hagley Park or, because Hagley Park's got heaps of them. Yeah.

You get to the park where you go in the trees and you just see people just cut it on the inside. So there's a well-worn path on the inside and they'd put the footpath there instead. Right. The other way around because the desire path's the way that humans wanted to go even though there was no footpath. And if you leave the footpath, to take a path less trod or an unsealed path, it means that

you really want to go that way. You're just impatient like me. Yeah. So you take your desired path. Huh. Okay. So I've got a name. Next time you see one.

Yeah, right. You can say, you know what, that's called a desire path. And then sometimes the council rip it off and try to grow lawn there again. Well, right. You can say, you know what, that's called a desire path. And then sometimes the council wipe it off and try to grow lawn there again. Well, actually, in this article I'm reading about desire paths, there's a photo in Brisbane. They completely, people

didn't want to take the long way around, so they started cutting through this gap in the fence and they've left such a path, they've actually dug and put one of those roll-out lawns over the path to fix it to fix it and then fence it off but then I can't understand

what have they got to lose by having because that's a bike lane path that yeah that people walk on it's a shared thing so if you've got one

that the pedestrians are just taking through on the grass I'm not sure of the problem meanwhile there's buddy three potholes down the road that haven't been fenced one of the counts

are concentrating on his bureaucratic red tape nonsense what do my rates pay for? So today's fact of the day is those paths that aren't official paths are called desire paths. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Just placing a call through. Dad's put his New Zealand sim back in.

Quite the rigmarole to get a New Zealand sim back into his phone. But while they were away overseas, if you've been listening to the show, I've got a little bit DIY on it. We even went crazy and bought a saw. Yes. Yeah, but Dad said to me yesterday, I think you need a circular saw. Because that's a drop saw and a circular saw so you can move around with it a bit more easily. Yeah, right. You'd go freestyle

on it. So that's all it took. I'll be getting one of those. I'll definitely be getting one of those. When your wife's away. Yeah. Or just not watching me as I smuggle it from the car to the garage. So while they were away, I built a gate

that I thought otherwise I would have relied on my father to build the gate for me. So I thought I would build a gate. Now he's seen it from the lounge. He's seen it from a distance. But I believe he was on his way out to the gate to give us a close-up review of the gate. Good morning, Father.

Good morning, Vaughan. How are you? Good, thank you. Hi, Ian. Good morning, Ian. Good morning, crew. How are you all today? Good, thank you.

How was China? Vaughan said you loved it. You got to stand on the wall. Oh, yeah. Amazing place, actually. You should visit it one day. There's only 1.4 million people there to talk to. Billion.

Billion, sorry. Billion. There's a few people. There's a few. You guys listen far too closely to a man's conversation. So does the Chinese government. Now, Ian, while you were away, Vaughan was very excited to build this gate and very intent on making you proud of its design and craftsmanship.

Yeah, I'm just approaching the gate as we... Oh, crikey. Okay, yep. What was the old crikey for? No, no, it's fine. I'm just understanding how it all works. What is a gate? Don't sugarcoat it's fine. I'm just understanding how it all works. What is it? You've got to give your honest opinion.

Don't sugarcoat it. I can take it. You've got to hit your honest opinion, Ian, please. Actually, it's very well constructed. It's had quite a lot of thought put into it, really. We've got flat washers. We've got tech screws. Yeah. We've got a barrel bolt gate

holding it shut, which he has sort of cut a hole in the board so you can reach your hand through. Is that nicely done? Yeah. Actually, it's very well. I have a ruler in my hand at the moment to check the gaps between all the rails, but at a quick eye-chroma to look, yes, it looks very good. Top and bottom, oh, I don't think he cut his own top.

I think he just used the manufacturer's cut along the top. He's right. He's right. He's right. Is that a no-no? What do you think? I should have given it a fresh cut. Yeah, you should have given it a fresh cut

so it all looks really kosher, but that's only from a very critical point of view. Yeah, okay. That's what we want, though. I mean, it works, doesn't it? It's a gate. It's shutting out things. It looks like Fort Knox, to be perfectly honest.

Yeah, well, it's got to be, because goats are bloody criminals. They'll get through anywhere. Out of 10, Ian, how much would you give it out of 10? Actually, a quick look, Fletch, you know, without being too critical, I'd give it a 10. A 10? No, he said a quick look.

An Ian Smith 10. He's used a chalk line to mark out where the braces should get screwed on. But has he not rubbed the chalk out? No, no, you don't have to do that, Megan. You don't have to do that. It'll come off in the rain. Sorry, it's what? I saw the rain in the forecast.

I'm standing out in the rain and actually it's starting to wash off already. Yeah, look at that. And he has actually centralised the screws in the middle of the board to actually hold it on. So that looks, you know, eye appeal is good. Is there any major mistakes that you can see? To be perfectly honest, Megan, no, I can't. So would you say that you're quite proud of...

I'm very proud of the effort that he has put in without any help from me. And actually, he's got the gate hanging in the centre of the archway as well, too, really, without a ruler again. That wasn't easy. That wasn't easy. Mate, I can tell that.

But he probably had Sade out here helping hold the gate up. I'm going to honestly say she did nothing. Oh, okay. When the gate fell on me and pinned me to the ground, it was my two children who laughed. Sade wasn't even there to witness it. Wow. So a 10 out of 10 and very proud of the gate. It's a great moment.

Yeah. Yeah, no, I would actually, yeah, I would say if I'd have been here, I couldn't have done a better job. Oh, that's so nice. It's all you can hope for in life. So now in future when he rings you up and asks you for help, you can say no, you got it mate. Do it yourself. Yeah, I know. But he obviously listened very

carefully when I gave him instructions a long time ago from a photo that he sent me on how to do it. Because I see even on the rails on the outside, yeah, he's slayed those and off the strainer post. I don't even know what that means, but it sounds great. Have you looked on the other side of the gate?

Hold on a minute. I've just got to take the umbrella down to do this. He hasn't even looked on the other side of the gate. He's going to be very impressed with it. Oh, hold on. No, there's a fault here. The gate doesn't open very easily. Oh, yeah, you don't worry about that.

We've had enough, Romana. We've had enough, Romana. We've had enough. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Don't worry about that. We've had enough, we've had enough. We've had enough.