ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 15 2019

Episode Date: July 14, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch Forna Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Tanya. And yes, an absolute thriller, the Blackcaps versus England after, what, six weeks, 48 games, after 100 overs, England tied with New Zealand time this morning made 241 for eight. England just getting to 241. Needing, what, two off the last ball. They made one. Yeah. You just could not write this. Like it's a six call on the boundary, but lovely Trenty stepped over the line.

So that's a six. And then what I've never ever seen happen in cricket before. Yeah, I don't even understand what happened. So the fielding, it was out towards the boundary. The long throw came in. Stokes, the batter, dived to make it into the crease to avoid a run out. And the ball bounced off his bat and ran for a four.

So that's like double batting though. That's an obstruction in the field. Because he didn't change his line. Yeah. He didn't see it. He didn't see the ball. He was facing forward. So that's allowed. So they picked up six runs instead of two. Hence the tie.

So I believe Producer James, you were in the producers both watching live. God, I tell you what, what's happening with the Super Over? So I think the England batsmen have just about to come out now. So they're just about to get started now on the Super Over. So each team gets a Super Over. Each team gets an Over. I think they get three batsmen each team.

Right. One bowler. And obviously if you get two wickets, that's their over done. Right. And then most runs out of that over. Is going to win. Is going to win. Now, what happens if it's a tie again?

Super, super over? Is that how it works? I don't know. I don't know. How often does a super over happen? I don't know. Hardly ever, Megan. Oh, my God.

What batters have the English said who's going to be back? Well, English haven't used the batters that they just had. Oh, right, okay. I think they're going to come in third because they're probably pretty stuffed. They're coming in with some fresh ones. Fresh ones, and then I think that one who was in last is going to come in after that. That's an advantage to us, though, right? Because our batters are, like, rested, whereas theirs are...

Well, our bowlers are tired, though. Yeah, right. It's just about to start now. I think with this kind of tense finish to the Cricket World Cup 2019, we might have to go into the commentary box for these final overs. I think you might have to as well. I just don't want to miss out. Yep, I just bowled right now.

Go next door into the commentary box. No one should be missing out on this. I'm really on board. I've jumped on really late, I know. All right, well, we go to the home of Lords, Vaughan Smith in the commentary box. Yes, good morning. This is loud.

Am I coming in quite hot? Yeah, no, you are, yes. It's been a while since we've been in the commentary box. Right, we've got Stokes and Butler. Stokes has scored three. Okay. Off one. How did they do that Butler. Stokes has scored three. Okay. Off one. How did he do that?

Oh, they ran a three. What the hell happened? They've just taken to the commentary booth. I'm not exactly sure how he's gotten a three off one. All right, we'll play a song and we'll come back to the commentary box next. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Crossing out of the commentary box, Vaughan Smith, Megan Sellers, live at Lourdes. Yes, we are in the English

batting super over and have not had a dot ball in the over so far. It's been 3-1-4-1-2. So they're going 11 off this with one ball remaining. So they're obviously going to be hoping for a 6. You want your biggest score total?

Megan, what are your thoughts? 17. So, maximum you can get in an over is 36, right? Yeah, yeah. That's what we're going with. Yes. I like this from sellers. I'm also going to predict a couple of wides thrown in the mix.

Also, Megan's changed her name twice, Vaughn. Oh, yeah, that's right. No, we're going with Megan because that was what people knew her from from the commentary box back in the day. We don't want to throw them a curly one now. They've just got a four. They've got a four. So they've got 15 off the over.

So we need 16 off one over. Yes, that is correct. It's not impossible. It's not impossible, but it's not fair, is it? They've just been batting all game. Yeah. Who's our lead batsman? Who's going to do this for us?

I don't know who they said they were going to get in for our batting. They've already announced. They said it was going to do this for us? I don't know who they said they were going to get in for our batting. They've already announced. They said it was going to be bowling. Right. We need three. We need three batters in case one of them. I mean, we can't afford a wicket and a super. I'd get a wicket and a super over it.

It's done. It's booked. It'll be on the next flight home. Trophy-less. So, well, New Zealand needs 16 runs to win from six balls. That's correct. Or 15. What's the required run rate on that one, Megan?

16. Or 15. What's the required run rate on that one, Megan? 16. Good girl. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Well, the Cricket World Cup final 2019, it is a tie at the moment. And England have had their super over. This is what happens. Yep.

And how many runs won again? 16 is what we've got to get. Of one over. Of one over. Of one over. And we've just actually heard Uncle Ian. Ian Smith. Your uncle. Uncle Ian.

He just said that if it's a draw, England win. Why? How's that fair? I don't know. Because they went first. They must have had a higher run rate throughout the World Cup or something. It'll be some historic statistics from the tournament. That rule needs to be changed.

And then the one where it bounced off the bat needs to be changed. Two rules from this game we need to change. You're not wrong, Megan. You're not wrong. You couldn't have written this kind of drama. Oh, no, absolutely not. That's happened in the final. A lot of people as well paid a lot of money for tickets to this game.

Thousands of pounds. And double that in New Zealand dollars. It's nuts. A mate of mine got offered a ticket at face value. And he was like, yes, I'm going. And then he found out face value was 1,400 pounds. Is that what? Like almost $3,000?

Yeah, in the platinum area. Right. Okay. In hindsight, would he have paid that now? I reckon he probably would have. I actually reckon he probably would have. So do you know who we're sending out for our Super Bowl over? No, I still haven't seen that.

Well, they've got to put the pads on and stuff. Yeah. Literally everybody is standing in the crowd at Lord's, home of cricket, named after Lord. Of course she played cricket. Yeah. Yeah, of course she did. Before her.

Before she began her music career. Yeah, what, in 1800-something? So much achieved. So much achieved for such a young lady. All right, well, we course she did. Before her. Before she began her music career. Yeah, what, in 1800-something? So much achieved. So much achieved for such a young lady. All right, well, we'll come back. We'll keep you updated with the final of the Cricket World Cup. New Zealand needing 16. It is 6.24, the final of the Cricket World Cup 2019,

and she is a tense one. It ended in a tie, if you're just joining us, and New Zealand currently in a super over where we need 16. Oh, we've got a one. This is going to tie if you're just joining us. And New Zealand currently in a super over where we need 16. Oh, we've got a one. This is going to be... They're going for two. Safe. Safe two. Safe two. First ball of the over was a wide.

So that reset it to six. So Nisham's still on strike now, right? Yeah, because they just ran a double. I bloody got this. So two. We've got five balls and we need 13 runs. Now, we found out why, if it's a draw, England wins. They've got more boundaries in this game. Oh, boo.

That's weird. We need these 13 from five. 13 from five. So, what, five deliveries left? Yeah. Jimmy's on. Here we go. He's a third.

Boo-fah! Boo-fah! It's a six! It's a six! It's like halfway back in the stadium. Yeah, Jimmy's on here we go We need seven now we only need seven from four balls Running I'm gonna come out to put a pause on the end of that thing. So if we're out here when it's just getting here it's... Just get in here. I'll wait for the next ball. I'll wait for the next ball. Okay, so the lads are pretty excited up there in the Blackcaps team.

Seven from four. Seven from four. Fletch is an absolute nervous wreck. So stressful. I've got a sore throat from yelling. Okay. Okay, this is the best outcome you can hope for. Do we know who's about to, like...

Well, it's still Jimmy. It's still Jimmy. It's still Jimmy because of his boundary. He's got his eye in an archer. You've got to say archers would be feeling it. Archers bowling. Nishim has cracked it. Again, not to a gap.

They're going for two. They're going for two. Sloppy fielding. Sloppy fielding. Two. Absolutely. Sloppy fielding from England leads to two. We need five from three. Oh, this is doable. This is totally doable. It's totally doable. Two. Absolutely. Sloppy fielding from England leads to two. We need five from three.

Oh, this is doable. This is doable. This is totally doable. It's totally doable. It's doable. Totally doable. But let's calm our jets, okay? Come on.

Sloppy. Absolutely. England's two runs. England's fielding. Nisham's still on strike, but he's on form, guys. Archer. Archer, the one bowler they selected. You're great at this, Megan.

I know. I'm really good. The one bowler they selected. You're great at this, Megan. I know. I'm really good. The one bowler they've selected. You can look at him. He doesn't have that air of confidence about him that he did at the start of the over. Archer's flipping the ball in his hands. Jimmy Nisham, though. He looks like he's on absolute cloud nine.

Cheeky grin. Martin Guptill yet to face the ball. Archer has a concerned look on his face. He doesn't look that cool. Great to join you at Lords. Thank you. Good to be here. Good to be. Ar to have you here.

Archer coming into bowl. Nisham has... That's going to be another... It's going to be tight. It's going to be tight. It's going to be run out. That's going to have to... That was very close. They're going to have to check that one. They're going to have to check it. That could have been a run out.

Do they look happy? The English fielders? We're looking at the New Zealand team it, that could have been a run out. Do they look happy, the English fielders? We're looking at the New Zealand team at the moment. They don't look upset. There was no camera angle on the stumps. On the crease of the stumps. So if they've got two here, what do we need? We need three from two.

Okay, if we've made it. If we're safely in. But they don't seem to be packing their bags and heading out. No, I think from the angle we had, it may have looked out more than it actually was. Right, okay. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

Just across to Wimbledon, Jovak Nocovich has won Wimbledon. Just a quick little sports side story there. Yep, okay. Is that in your jurisdiction? His name sounds weird when you just say his first name. Jovak. Jovak. Oh, is it Jovak?

Nocovich. No,vak? Nocrovich. No, Jovak Nocrovich. But apparently that was like some record length Wimbledon final as well. Okay, Archer's coming up. Here's Archer. He's bowling and... Oh, no. Oh, no.

Only the ball went. Oh, no, what happened? It's a single. It's a single, but that means Guptill's on strike. Okay, so what do we need? We need two off one. We need two off the last ball. means Guptill's on strike. Okay, so what do we need? We need two off the last ball. And Guptill's on strike. And Marty Guptill is here.

He's been under pressure for the last few weeks in the tournament. This is Guppy's moment to silence the critics. This is Guppy's. So one ball left. He's not faced the ball for hours. Two to win. If we get one, it is England. It's a draw and England wins.

England wins. This is the sort of support we need going around. I've just got a group message on my WhatsApp cricket chat. It says, I love you guys. No matter what happens, I love you. That's always important to say. Nisham and Guppy having a wee pep talk on the pitch. That's pretty cute.

I wonder what Nisham's saying to Guppy. Well, that guy down there, he's going to chuck the ball at you, mate. And try to whack it out. Now, also, just to note that if New Zealand win, they get $6 million. Each? Six? No. Oh, not each.

Jesus, Megan. Laura McGoldrick is getting some shoes. Come on, Guppy. Well, actually, Megan, she's employed in her own right. And she doesn't need his money. I'll tell you that much right now. Maybe she'll take it. Yeah, of course she will.

Who wouldn't? You'd expect the very least a pair of shoes. Pressure's on, Guppy. What would you do? You're going to whack it, right? You're going to swing. You're going to swing for the hills. This is so stressful.

So intense. I would have just been like, someone else do it. I'll just watch. I don't want to do batting now. Oh, God, I can't even watch. It is all go. This is too much. Archie, you've got to feel for this guy.

Archie's flicking the ball in his hands. Here it is. Here it is. The end of it all. Can Martin Guptill swing for it, Marty? Go, go, go. It's going to be two. It's going to be two.

It's going to be close. Go, go, go, go. No. We got run out. We got run out. We got run out. And a stretch to be two. It's going to be two. It's going to be close. Go, go, go, go, go. No. It looks like it's a run out and a stretch to get back. They look like they've run it out. It looks like England has won. But it was a draw. Let's remember that.

It was a draw. So they win on historic boundaries from the match. That is unbelievable. They're not even going to check it. England's super confident that that's that. So that is it. England has won the 2019 after a super over. That was too much.

You know I'm not a massive on cricket, but good Lord, that was incredible. Unbelievable. That was just absolutely crazy. We can be really proud of them, eh? He's out by quite a while. Yeah, he's not even on the screen yet. And, yeah, no. He's out by a metre and a half.

You can't really be too upset, can you, when you... They did incredible. ...drew and then drew again, but then lose on sixes. Yeah. Still sees decision pending, but we just saw the replay. We know. We know. Well, there'll be a lot of tired, grumpy people today,

but they won't be too upset, I think. It's not like we got a hiding. No. We did pretty well. It was a draw. It was a draw. In fact, let's always call it a draw. Yeah.

So we'll share the cup. That would be nice. We'll invoice them for $3 million. Yeah, all right. This is making it really hard to be eco-friendly because literally I feel like everything we're doing is bad now, including this. So if you're trying to like look after the environment,

look out for your carbon emissions, use less plastic. Yeah, I got those mesh bags for all my fruit and I use them at the supermarket and they look pretty smug when I pull them out. Good on you. But that one you've got today, Caitlin, that looks like it's made of plastic though, isn't it? No, it's mesh. What does it say? It's polyester. Is that one you've got today, Caitlin, that looks like it's made of plastic though, isn't it? No, it's mesh.

What does it say? A polyester. Yeah, so. Is that bad? I don't know. Hey. Is that killing something? At least.

Oh, I'm trying. It's not plastic. You're not using plastic. And there's holes in it. Well, exactly. Dolphins can't check. They can breathe through it. Yeah.

Oh, my God. If that gets stuck on a dolphin nostril, what are they, nose? Are they called noses? Snout. Snout. But then they say bottlenose. Bottlenose. Nose. Okay. Nose. Well, fine. They're noses. Snout. Snout. But then they say bottle nose. Bottle nose.

Nose, okay. Nose. Well, fine. Well, I'm not drowning any dolphins. Polyester is made using a chemical reaction involving coal, petroleum, air, and water. Oh, dear. Good one, Caitlin. You told me I was saving the planet. But that's what I mean.

Like, you're using less plastic, but then are we going to spend, use more coal and stuff to make all of those? Can't win. So, here's something else that we are all doing, and it's really bad for the environment. Streaming videos. So Netflix and YouTube and, I mean, even, what's that website? Porn?

Stornub. I was trying to think of something that rhymed with it real quick. Yeah, I I mean that website require massive amounts of energy and they have found that YouTube alone emitted 11 million tons

of carbon dioxide in 2016 wow so the videos online videos around the world emit over 300 million tons

of carbon dioxide how where's it come from the power produced to watch them and house them and house them and keep them like the... Power for the internet. Yeah. Power to make them.

And then if your videos have a car or something. Even more so. And that 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is 1% of the total annual global emissions. Right, so you're saying if one wants to go home when you're alone and watch a video with the curtains

closed, you should plant a tree afterwards every time. Offset it. Sure. But then what are we allowed to do? You get your brilliant trees planted pretty quickly. That goal we set ourselves. Yeah. What are you allowed to do though?

You go home, you want to save power. So even having a cup of tea, you know, you don't want to do that. Is there power to boil the jug? You can't watch Netflix. Well, you just light your coal range and boil the jug, the old-fashioned one. Sounds like we've got to go on that, all go on that show, Pioneer. What was that? Pioneer House.

Pioneer House. No, the thing about Pioneers is in the time of Pioneers, population was so much smaller. Oh, yeah, true. That you could rock a coal range and the tree and the storage would be like, I've got this. But now if everybody was rocking a coal range, the tree would be like, it's too much, it's too much. We, yeah, true. That you could rock a coal range and the tree and storage would be like, I've got this. But now if everybody was rocking a coal range,

the tree would be like, it's too much, it's too much. We're screwed, basically. Yeah, there's too many of us. Yeah. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Well, it's over.

The Cricket World Cup for 2019. 241 was what was set by the Black Caps. 241 for eight. England, 241 at what was set by the black caps. 241 for eight. England, 241 at the end of 50 overs. It was pretty nuts. It was an exact draw. That took it to a super over.

England batted first. Fresh off batting. Sent Ben Stokes back in. And 15 off the over. New Zealand, 15 off the over. But due to the fact that it was a draw, England wins on boundaries from the match. I haven't seen a game of cricket like that forever.

Neither. Like, there are tight matches, but for it to go to a super over and for there to be all those cruel twists and turns, you couldn't write it. Like that double batting thing, that was upsetting. The deflection for a boundary, yep. Trent Bond taking a great catch. A beautiful catch on the boundary, but then stepping on the boundary rope, which means it was a six because it didn't touch the ground beforelection for a boundary. Yep. Trent Bond taking a great catch. Beautiful catch on the boundary but then stepping

on the boundary rope which means it was a six because it didn't touch the ground before it hit the boundary. Just so heartbreaking. There'll be some upset people but I look. Always look on the bright side of life. The top six positives of the Cricket World Cup final loss. Six. It was actually a tie. It was two ties.

Yeah. It was all tied up. It was a tie guys. They didn't get more runs in us. They didn't. No was two ties. It was all tied up. It was a tie, guys. They didn't get more runs in it. They didn't get more runs in it. No, they didn't. We didn't lose. We don't get to have the cup. We should have gone double down on the Super Superover. Number five on the list of the top six

positives to come out of the Cricket World Cup final loss. We came second in cricket. That's really good for us, guys. Yeah. Really good. That's a silver medal. And there were 10 teams there.

Yeah. So we came in the top 20%. We did real great. Yeah. Yeah. We did. We did really good. It's like 80% in an exam.

Yeah. Yeah. That's an A. That'll do. Yeah. Good. That'll do. You're only Competing against yourself

Or something Yep Number four on the list Of the top six positives For the Cricket World Cup Final losses Is one for you Megan It's going to be a great day

For cafes or anywhere With coffee Yeah Because people had Super cute sleepovers With their friends Family Kids

And even though We didn't win Maybe there was Some good bonding Yeah I remember I don't even remember The outcome

My dad woke us up For a rugby world cup game once, I don't even remember the outcome. My dad woke us up for a rugby World Cup game once and I don't even remember, I know New Zealand were playing, but I don't remember. Was that that New Zealand Southern Rookie game? No, no, no,

it was the World Cup before that. Oh, right. And it must have been in England or something and I remember dad waking us up in the middle of the night and it was just,

I'll always remember it. I don't even remember the score or the outcome, but it was just pretty cool being up with dad in the middle of the night and eating as much toast as we wanted. Yeah, we had hot chocolate or Milo's in bed, in Mum and Dad's bed.

Dad would be like, just go make yourself one. Because he was watching and we'd come back with like this sugar is Milo history and a pile of toast and we'd be like, is this okay? He'd be like, yep, yep, yep. Oh, good times. Did you do a good cafe day the other day after the New Zealand India game? Yeah, everyone needed extra shots. Good.

Making it rain with the shots. Get them extra shots, son. Number three on the list of the top six positives of their Cricket World Cup final losses. We didn't get smashed. Yeah. No, we did so well. We did not get smashed. Number six was it was a tie.

Number three, we did not get smashed. Like in 1955 on the 28th of March, england got bowled out for 26 by england new zealand new zealand oh what did i say in new england oh no new zealand got bowled out by england for 26 runs wow that could have been so much worse yeah we're doing great they only got 26. yeah we don't talk about that uh game at eden park in the 50s? Yeah. Wow. Who? Because I remember once we got bowled out for under 100. Oh, yeah. We've had some grim days, mate.

Yeah. So we're, you know, good. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six positives to the Cricket World Cup final loss. England couldn't have won without a Kiwi. Ben Stokes, the batter, the best batter of the day. Yeah. Well, he came out in their super over.

Yeah. He's a Kiwi. I mean, we don't really want to. He's a piece of Yeah, well, he came out in their super over. Yeah, he's a Kiwi. I mean, we don't really want that. He's a piece of work, isn't he? Apparently. Allegedly, supposedly. I'm not 100% sure on that whole situation, but I know there was some fisticuffs.

And number one on today's top six positives of the Cricket World Cup final loss. At least we didn't lose to Australia. And they weren't even in the final. Nope. Yeah. At least it wasn't Australia. I know. England invented cricket.

Yeah. Would you be feeling the way you are now if it was we'd lost to Australia? No. No, neither. I'd be really dark. I'd be a bit darker. Yeah. I'd be a bit darker.

To get so close and then not beat Australia would be harder than not beating England. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, I found a, this popped up online, a news travel site that I follow, traveller.com.au, Australian. Australia. And they posted, I guess, an email

or some kind of like a letter to the editor that they've received. And this popped up and I thought, well, I haven't seen this in the news. And I wonder if this will become big news today. Let me read to you what was sent to them by Rob Hands of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Australia. Okay. He says, hello, we recently returned from South Africa flying Qantas business class.

Ooh. La la. Hello, we recently returned from South Africa flying Qantas business class. Ooh! Ooh la la! Joining us was an international New Zealand rugby team, most of whom, upon receiving their pyjamas... You get pyjamas? In business class. Look at me, jammies. Look at me, jammies.

Oh, you just got earplugs and an eye mask. Like a one-off set of jammies. Upon receiving their pyjamas, stripped to their underwear in full view of all without a second thought. Is this a complaint or is this a... Well, it goes on.

There were a few very startled looks and while my wife and I were more bemused rather than offended, I think people from other cultures may well have been. You would think the team management would set a few guidelines

on general decorum and what is expected in public, especially in light of rugby's current issues. I hasten to add they were otherwise a well-behaved group, but you can hardly imagine the Australian cricketers stripping off in similar circumstances. Well, I think you can. Thoughts? Well, I just actually got sent late to the game.

They may have arrived before the weekend, but I got sent some Pajami Army. These are the final editions. Pajamas. Yeah, right. And I just literally stripped off in the studio in front of everybody without a thought. Yeah, but we're not Joe Public.

Would you have done that in an aeroplane? Yeah, probably. But you're also not representing New Zealand. But if I'm on the plane, if I'm going on a long flight, I will take some comfier clothes, but I will just get changed in the toilet. But you go to the bathroom, yeah, yeah. But then there's also,

that's also because there's no room in economy, but business is a roomier situation. Yeah, right, okay. On the flip side of things, that person has written in to complain on behalf of people, which is always weird. Like anyone who, he's not offended.

I guess he's just, he wants to share because it was maybe somewhat bemusing. Right. And like he said, he wasn't really complaining. His wife sounded like she was pretty stoked. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She was like, oh, that's disgusting. I'm going to go closer for a look at the disgusting parts. But we should be able to work this out.

Well, yeah, that's what I'm saying is that. What date? I think, well, coming back from South Africa, were there some super rugby games? No, because. In the finals. Yeah, but when? Yeah, have you got a date on that?

Unless it was like sevens. Was there some sevens rugby? Yeah, but when? Yeah, have you got a date on that? Unless it was like sevens. Was there some sevens rugby? No, I don't think so. I don't know, James. You're the more sporty. Do you know when, was there any rugby in South Africa recently? Would it have been the playoffs

or some late round super rugby? Maybe. I'm not too sure. There'd be some rugby bosses who were just like, oh God, I hope this isn't us. But also, it's at the very low end of things. You didn't see their diddles, did you? Yeah, no.

Well, yeah, you're not. I don't think I would complain. I've got the Super 19 rugby season. Okay, let me change it round, Megan. There's a hot volleyball team, and they just stripped down. Have you ever seen a volleyball team and been a bit like, no. Toyboy's looking. Have you ever seen a volleyball team and been a bit like,

no, I haven't. That's why, as an example, I was like, yeah. Or a hockey team. Yeah. And so say they start stripping down in business class

and you're there by some chance. It does seem a little bit more inappropriate, doesn't it? And Mr. Toyboy's, how would you find that? Yeah.

I mean, I don't want to answer that question. If it was a super rugby team and not a Sevens or something else, as you say, there hasn't been, like, there was no games in South Africa from the quarterfinals. So this must have happened pre-June. Yeah, right. Very early June.

Okay. Well, maybe he's here. Maybe he's late with the email. Well, he might have emailed back once he got back from holiday. Oh, no, because he was flying back to Australia, wasn't he? Yeah. No, he's just emailed now because his wife keeps going on about it. Remember that time? So I'm bloody sick of hearing about it.

I'm going to make sure that this doesn't happen again. Fletchbourne and Megan's Community Notices. Hello and welcome to Community Notices, a segment of the show where we have a look at what's happening around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages. This one, I'm going to start with a contentious issue, and this man, Zane, has done what any man should know not to do, and he's taken a marriage argument to Facebook for opinion.

What the hell, Dave? Is he an amateur? Yes, yes. Obviously. Hey, guys, we're having a marriage argument. Please help us know who is right. Does macaroni and cheese get finished off in the oven or served fresh out of the pot?

Zane. Well, if you'd want a crispy cheese top, you'd go in the oven. Yeah. The best part about a mac and cheese. Yeah, it is. It's that crispy layer at the top. You don't just slop it in the pan.

No. It's like a baked thing, right? Yeah. In fact, I would almost not No. It's like a baked thing, right? In fact, I would almost not cook. Would you bake the whole thing? Yeah, I wouldn't cook a mac and cheese in a pot. But don't you have to stir it all, all the cheese? You get all the cheese on the melter, do you? You make the sauce, yeah.

I'd almost put it in a situation like a pasta bake. But then I understand pasta bakes are different. If you're after a pasta bake, that's a different requirement for a mac and cheese. You want the sloppiness of the mac and cheese. Yeah, you know, yeah. But you're always on the crispy cheese on top. Yeah. In fact, I'd...

Okay, in the pot, here's the solution, Zane. In the pot and then out of the pot into a baking dish and then covered with some more cheese. Add a little bit more cheese and you get a crispy top. Cheese and like a crumb. So it goes like crunchy. You're damned right, actually, Megan. You're damned right.

Put some bread, some panko crumbs. Panko and some parmesan. Yes, and a little bit. Don't be afraid to put some herbs in that panko as well. Yeah. Yeah, now we're talking. Now we're talking. You've taken a sloppy packet meal, and you've added a bit of pizzazz.

Bit of, yeah, make it special. And you're on a one-way track to being Gordon Ramsay. This one that I've read doesn't say put it in the oven. See, I don't think Americans put it in the oven, do they? Americans, they even barbecue mac and cheese. Really? They put it in a smoker, and that is amazing mac and cheese when it's in a smoker. But they love it out of a packet, too.

Yeah. Mad. No, you have to bake it. You have to bake it. Yeah, that. See, you've got a crumb. This one's got breadcrumbs on the top of this one. That's what we're talking about.

This one's baked. Okay. Okay. All right. Next, from the halls of that, we're still doing community notices, by the way. This is a mac and cheese chat. Oh, mac and cheese in a cup. That would be a good little recipe.

Not enough. It's like a snack. It's like, oh, we've made a cake in a cup. I'm like, well, that's not going to be enough cake for everybody. It's Not enough. It's like a snack. So they're like, oh, we've made a cake and a cup. I'm like, well, that's not going to be enough cake. For everybody. It's never enough. Next one from the Hawesville community page, Georgia writes, I'm travelling to Dunedin on Friday night after work in brackets, 5.30

and leaving to come back around 2 on Sunday. Does anyone want a free return trip? My mum won't let me drive alone in the dark. But your mum is happy for you to go with a stranger. I'm 25, she says. No widows or creeps, please.

So that's actually how you stop a widow or a creep approaching you. You use manners. And they're like, well, no, I am a widow or a creep, but I do respect a please.

Well, serial killers specifically asked for me not to come. They've been known just to pull out if someone says no creeps. Yeah, exactly. 100%.

They can't. That's the one rule that they all still stick to. But this've been known just to pull out if someone says no creeps. Yeah, exactly. 100%. They can't. That's the one rule that they all still stick to. But this was the weekend just gone. This was from last week so I hope she's made that return journey safely.

God, I hope so. With no creeps. Yeah. She'll drop you even to your location you require and then pick you up again on Sunday

before leaving. Does she want petrol money? Is this why she's just company? Just mum wants... I'd tell mum that we've got... I'd be like, yeah,

organize someone, mum. Find my friends for mum. Yeah. That's enough. Yeah. So she'll know what ditch to find you in. Yeah.

Is that what... Sure. When you have a little slide off the road. Next on Community Notices, Tracy on the Auckland Buy, Sell and Trade page has something for sale. It seems single serve white sugar.

She's been collecting it and she'll sell you 200 of them for $2. Do people steal this at the cafe? Do you have sugar sachets? No, we don't. Sugar bowls. Oh, good. Yeah. So they can be couriered for $5 for two bags.

That adds a lot more. $100 per bag is for one bag. I have more available. But no word as to where these came from. She's not making a lot of money out of it. No, that's what the person who sent this in said. A, there's not a lot of money in this, and it's weird buying a baggie full of sugar.

Yeah. It is literally in a Glad Ziploc sandwich bag. Okay. There's 100 of them in there for $2. Huh. That's two cents per sachet at Quick Math. Right. Doesn't seem enough.

Doesn't seem worth your time. No. Does it? Next up, from the West Mountain community page, Darren writes, to the driver Mountain community page, Darren writes, To the driver of the white Mini Cooper that was towing their wheelie been at over 100 kilometres an hour down the main road to Christchurch. You were very lucky it didn't come off and cause an accident.

That's why we were all flashing our lights and tooting at you. Thanks for waving back. You're very lucky. Madness. So many people do that. And the person that sent that in, Abby was her name, Abby said,

I can confirm this was my father. When he arrived at his office 20 minutes later, the wheelie bin was still attached and the little black wheels on the wheelie bin were absolutely smoking. Well, they're not meant

to go 100 k's, those wheels. They're not even meant to go any more than just down the driveway. Yeah. And that's at a walking pace. What's he going to do with it? He's going to take it home again. Yeah, and you're not going to fit it in the back just down the driveway. Yeah. And that's at a walking pace.

What's he going to do with it? He's going to take it home again. Yeah, and you're not going to fit it in the back of the Mini Cooper, are you? No. What a conundrum. Do I tow it back home or am I going to have to get a U to a trailer? Yeah. And finally, from buy and sell in Palmerston North,

Stacey Ann is selling revenge eggs. 18 revenge eggs for sale. These have been found under our water tank and are from previous tenants Chooks They moved out over 7 months ago So I'm imagining these eggs are lovely And ripe So revenge eggs

It's a manky stanky egg that you can Throw at somebody or something To seek revenge Those are today's community notices If you see anything on your local Facebook page Screen cap it and send it to ours FBMZM 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

fawn and megan podcast you can grab sparks $29 prepaid rollover packs and get stacks of extra value back to the podcast the it started out as joke, but it's gathered an undeniable momentum. A Facebook event called Storm Area 51, they can't stop us all, let's see them aliens, has 750,000 people now. Whoa. Yeah. And another 677 are interested in attending. For those that don't know, Area 51 is the military.

It's a secret military area. It's in the Nevada desert, right? Yeah. In America. And long believed to be the holder of alien technology or aliens. Yeah. Or dead aliens. Yeah.

Around. So the U.S. government guards it very, very secretively. Just like it does any military base. You can't just wander off. And there's like parts of the US law that say they're well within their rights to shoot you should you step on there without permission. So that's the idea of the 750,000.

They can't shoot them all, but you know what? Legally, they can. They can, yeah, right. They're't shoot them all, but you know what? Legally, they can. They're claiming the best way to get on to the base is everybody does the Naruto run at the same time. That's the arms behind the back. And just running as quick as you can. Brilliant. But there'll be fences,

right? There'll be fences. Obviously, they'll take those down somehow. Yep. Or just zombie clamber them. Yeah, right. We're going to lose some people. Definitely going to lose some people. Yep. Or like just zombie clamber them. Yeah, right. We're going to lose some people. Definitely going to lose some people. Right.

But if everybody did storm it, I mean, that's one way, isn't it? Yeah. To get in there and have a look. But the memes coming out of it are pretty great.

There's some top notch stuff. Does the president find out what's in there? That'd be the first thing you did. Because then I i just get dj drunk and oh no dt what's his name donald trump drunk he'd spill the beans no just say you know who's got um great aliens russia and china everybody we've had petalians

our aliens are huge big white aliens i'll show you i show you. The aliens don't exist. Russia's got better aliens. You lie. I'll show you my aliens. Release the aliens. So when is the event for? Because how many people are actually going to turn up? Oh, no, none. Surely not.

Surely not. No, it's coming up. I actually don't. I can't see the date on here. Right. But by the memes, it's all go. Oh, brilliant. Right. But by the memes, it's all go. Oh, brilliant. Yeah.

I'm just looking further at the sorts of people that are actually taking it really seriously. Yeah, they might actually do it. You know what? You know what? They might give it a go. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Friday night. Because I had a high school reunion on Saturday night.

Oh, yeah. How did that go? Pretty good. Okay. I got pretty boozed, actually. Did you? I don't know. Did that make it easier?

And then your mum picked you up? Dad. Oh, cute. I rung mum, but she was awake because they were still a bit on Thailand time because they'd been over there. So, yeah, they were still awake. Did she stock up on Valium when she was in Thailand? It's a bit harder to get it now.

Oh, is it? It's not like the loose old days of walking in and just saying, oh, can I have Valium. When she was in Thailand. It's a bit harder to get it now. Oh, is it? It's not like the loose old days of walking in and just saying, oh, can I have Valium? You don't even need to be like, I'm sleepy and anxious or anything like that. Or I can't sleep and I'm anxious. How do people get their riddle on in Copenhagen now? Oh, there's probably still ways. Oh, right.

There's probably still ways. So, yeah, Friday night, everybody messaged in the group saying, oh, go through and see if you can find some old photos. So I was going through some old photos and couldn't really find anything that I wanted to share with anybody. It was a particularly awkward time for me. High school. So I

actually there was a broken photo frame in there. So I was like well I've got to clean this up and I went out to put it in the bin and it was at that time quarter to twelve. It's getting late. Very late. That I clean this up and I went out to put it in the bin and it was at that time quarter to twelve it's getting late, very late that I hear from the paddock

like a real guttural and I'm like uh oh, I know exactly what that is that's the sound of a sheep birthing is it? because I just thought it sounded like a sheep that had ate him too much well very similar. Right, okay.

So I grabbed my headlamp, put on my swanny, and went out into the paddock, and there they were, two little black sheepies. Two little black lambs had been born, yeah. So that was super exciting. And it was almost to the point where I went in and I said to Sade, I was like, wake up, the sheep's had two lambs. And she's like, really? I was like, I'm going to wake up the girls. She's like, don't. I was like, wake up, the sheep's had two lambs. And she's like, really?

I was like, I'm going to wake up the girls. She's like, don't. I was like, no, fair call, fair call.

Because they'll never get back to sleep. Yeah, they'll be too excited and they want to stay out in the paddock all night with them. So yeah, they were born and the girls were just super excited about that.

And then it was cold and there was like a bit of rain forecast. So I got like, got like, you know when you're net, well, you don't have kids, but there's this nesting thing and it's just before you have the baby.

Like you don't leave home, you stay home, you get everything tidy and you get everything sorted. I just went into like overdrive, Dad, and I went down and got some pellets and made the sheep a little house. Oh my God. Out of pellets and old roofing iron. That's like your grandies.

Yeah, I know. Because you weren't expecting these. Well, we didn't know whether or not it was going to happen. But they were fat. But the thing is, they were so fat, it was harder to tell if they were pregnant.

Yeah, because everyone was saying, could they pee on a pregnancy stick and would it? So are we downgrading the sheep's obesity level from overweight, from morbidly obese to just obese or overweight? Well, I don't know. When the vets come in this week, I'll ask you whereabouts they sit on the BMI. The gallop test.

Scale for sheep. Don't shame them. You don't want a gallop test just after you've had a baby. That's nobody's dream. Yeah, don't put pressure on them to bounce back, you know? Yeah, yeah, no, totally. We're done with that. Totally.

Just like they've got babies to look after. They can do it in their own time. They're pretty cute. Oh, yeah, because they're done with that. Totally. Just like they've got babies to look after. They can do it in their own time. They're pretty cute. Oh, yeah, because they're like black ones. They're super cute. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're super cute. They've got little pink noses.

Yeah. Yeah. I want to come around and play with them. Without getting harder to catch because I've got to spray the stuff, the magical purple spray on their navels so they don't get any infections. And last night I had to go and catch them and it was slippery and they were like quite hard to catch. Right.

They're getting like really jazzy in the dark with a headlamp on. Come here, come on. So are you a vegan now? Yeah, pretty much. Well, you'd think so. I had a roast from the roast shop last night. It was a lamb one. It was mostly because I was still like quite hung over

and like really dusty right so the irony yeah yeah I won't eat them though no

I don't think we'll eat we won't be eating them because I always talk to the game about that but now that I've looked them in the eyes no they wouldn't they wouldn't know

unless there's like some kind of apocalypse or some kind of famine oh they'll be first on the first on the barbie. Well, the final of the Cricket World Cup this morning, you probably know this already, but an epic final that has been lost by New Zealand.

Drawing, tying both the 50 over match and then the super over. Yeah, New Zealand lost for zero runs is a great way to put it. Yeah. But because they got more boundaries. That's how England won. That's how England won. We actually got somebody on the phone from Sky Sports, Sam Harris, in Lourdes.

We thought we'd cross for a little bit of a chat about how the atmosphere is at the grounds. Good morning, Sammy. G'day, guys. How are ya? Good. Well, I'll let you sound chipper for someone who's there. Yeah, well, look, I'm paired up, but I'm putting on a show for you.

No, look, hey, it's been a strange old occasion. It's cleared out now, of course. A few of the black caps are still on the players' balcony. Now, I want to make it clear, the players' balcony, if you've ever heard of the Lord's Players' Balcony, it's the place where Shane Warne would smoke cigarettes while he was playing. Yeah, that's where he goes for a cigarette. Yeah, if you know the place.

So I'm kind of underneath that at the moment. But, look, a really strange game. I guess the only consolation is that England didn't really beat us. It was a draw at the end of it. I mean, I looked for a long time like we were going to get the job done. I was in the media room for a lot of it, and it went silent, you know, because there's probably four or five Kiwis in there. The rest of them are all Brits and Indians who wanted to see us lose as well because we beat them in the

semi-final. It just went silent and then next thing you know, even a momentum started going to England and we went back down onto the pitch and we actually thought at the end there, it had drawn again and we were going to go to another super over.

So that's basically when you send a couple of batsmen out, you have your bowlers and you send a couple of batsmen out. You have your bowlers and you get a total and you both just try and match it. You know how it works. And we sort of drew a game, but it turned out that because they got a boundary and we did and that they won it. So, because we couldn't hear commentary at the time.

But look, it was madness. The players are very upset. I interviewed Jimmy Neesham just after the game and he was in tears on camera. He was batting at the time as well and he did so well. But look, just the boys fell short. But they had a

great World Cup. I mean, at times they didn't play well, but when they needed to get it done, they got it done. And like I said, I guess the only consolation is that England didn't really beat us. So it made it horrible when they were going around singing it's coming home and the whole crowd was doing it and they got a wee bit obnoxious towards the

end on the field. Well, they've given us one of the greatest ever games of cricket. I don't think anyone can begrudge them for what they did there today. Oh, that's exactly right. I mean the greatest final ever. I mean, both of these sides have been in a final before,

but New Zealand, of course, in 2015. England's been in three finals, never won it. And so, look, great for them. Yeah, unbelievable. Unbelievable. I can't actually believe that I was here for it. You know, just the way that self-indulgent. I've been here for the last couple of months following the team round.

So, look, this was a dream situation just to get to the final and then for it to end like that, I mean crazy and at Lourdes, the home of cricket the fans were unbelievable and I don't know if England didn't really I'm not sure they deserved to win the game

but they probably deserved to win the tournament and being at home, you know. And I like to see England lose more than anything. So it takes a lot to say that. Just behind the scrimmage. Hey, Sammy Harris from Sky Sports who's at Lords. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us.

No problem, guys. Take care. Yeah, and if you talk to the team, just on behalf of everybody back home, remind them again they did bloody well. Yeah. I don't think anyone's,

you know, like, upset, upset, are we? No. No, I'm proud. We're proud. Yeah. Well, I'm actually

going to walk straight up to them and be like, Fletch Vornamegan said you did bloody terribly. Stitch up. It's a stitch up. Fletch Vornamegan, the podcast. ZM.

Into Nine has just been telling us about something she witnessed that sounds like an absolute 1% of problem. When you were getting your nails done. Yeah, over the weekend, went to get the nails done and was sitting there mid-session. Professionale? No, it was actually the art of nails. Oh, okay.

It was a bit bougie. Thank you, grabone.co.nz. Puffing me out there. And yeah, so we're sitting there getting the nails done and this lady walks in and she said, hey, it's me again, sorry. Now, she wasn't talking to you. No, no, no.

She was talking to the person working there. But it sounded like a bit of a kerfuffle, so the ears pricked up. Of course, lady. What was talking to the person working there. But it sounded like a bit of a kerfuffle, so the ears pricked up. Of course they did. What's happening here? Cheeky. And she said, look, you've done a beautiful job, but I just can't stand the colour.

Well, that's on her. Yeah. And she was like, and then so she said, I'm going to need to get this done again. So she sat down and got all ready to, you know, got the first colour all removed and she kind of turned How much of an effort is that? We're talking gel polish, right? So it's not just nail polish remover

fleek. It has to be removed. Like scraped off? Yeah. So she's getting a little tin foil on her fingers at this point to get it removed and she turns to me and says oh, you know what it's like when you go on holiday and you've got a nail colour that you don't like and you just can't stop looking at it.

And you were like, yeah. Absolutely, one percenter. You were like, yeah, yeah, just hiding your grab one print off. You don't know exactly what you're talking about. All the time. Yeah. So, yeah, and she got the whole thing ready done again. So she was there for another probably hour.

It was, yeah. Do you know, so I've done this because you panic because there's a million colours of nail polish and you get something and then you leave and you're like, oh, I don't know if I'm into it. If you just paint normal nail polish over chocolate gels, it stays on fine. That's what I do.

Oh, really? Because like, yeah, if you second guess yourself, you just paint over it. So this is extra bougie then. Yeah. Also, who has the time? It would take about three hours to do that. What colour was it that she wasn't happy with?

Well, she normally goes for dark. How do you know this? Because I'm telling you, I was so invested in this. There's not a lot to do while you're getting your nails done. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but she thought she'd push the boat out. And the nail artist was like, well, I did think it was funny when you came in this morning wanting light.

And I was like, how often are you in here? What kind of light, though? How would you describe the colour she had? It was was like, how often are you in here? What kind of light though? How would you describe the colour she had? It was actually a pale blue and I was like, fair call. That was an unusual choice from you. Like a duck egg blue? Yeah. Was she thinking like, I'm on holiday, I'm going to branch out. Well, she went back to crimson

so it was, phew, all go. What colour's crimson again? Like dark red. A maroon. Like a vinx. What was that? Minx. Minx? What's minx. Like a vinx. What was that? The word minx. Minx? What's minx? Like a sexy minx. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Like a vixen. That's what that word was. It went to a hybrid of the two. Yeah, a vixen. Yeah. A vixen. So, A, that would have cost money, but B, like how long do these nails take to get done?

A while, right? Yeah, it'd be about three hours, I'd say. So she's been out six hours and the money. In a one day. Yeah. She's literally half of their business open hours, or more than half. True.

She's not having anything to do that day. No, she's just getting ready to go on holiday. She might have been flying out that night, maybe, or the next day. She's just burning some time. She sounds like one of those women that packed on, like, Wednesday. What about, could we take some calls on this, maybe or the next day she's just burning some time she sounds like one of those women that packed on like Wednesday what about what about could we take some calls on this

but people that have like changed their mind on anything big like haircuts or like the colour that they've painted something or a car they've bought or a big purchase

but you can't like a haircut surely you've got a haircut you just get that haircut you stay with that haircut because it's got to grow or you've just got to keep going shorter

yeah but if it's a different colour Yeah. Can you change a colour that quickly or does it make your hair go funny? Well if you've gone to go get blonde

and it turned out orange some people just dye it straight back brown before anyone saw them. Right. They wouldn't keep pushing the boat out on there. Would you have to go

to a different hairdresser that day? I would. Yeah. Because I wouldn't want to make them feel bad. And then you come back and you've got a totally

different hair colour. They're like why is your hair brown? Yeah. Because I wouldn't want to make them feel bad. And then you come back and you've got a totally different hair colour. They're like, why is your hair brown? Yeah. Because you made me a ginger. And there's nothing wrong with that, but that's not the colour I was after. But I don't know, like, has anyone even made a big purchase and regretted the colour? Oh, there'd be people that have, surely there's people that have bought cars and then been like, bad, shouldn't have bought this one.

Yeah. And then you get rid of it. Like almost a week later. Yeah, yeah. Or painting. I know that's a big one because they always say, oh, you might like that colour now, but go home and paint a part of the wall that

because people paint their whole house and then they're like, I don't like it. Which to me is so weird. It's like, it's fine, isn't it? Like, it's just paint. Yeah, but if people might branch out like this lady, go like a blue or a ivory colour. Oh, they asked for it.

Stick to your basics. All right, well, I reckon we can take some calls on this. 0800DARLSATM9696. How quickly did you change your mind on something big? And maybe it was like a lot of time and effort to change your mind. Yeah. But you were like, I don't like it. I've got to do this.

Whether or not it's, I don't know, nails, hair, the colour of something. Yeah. A big purchase. Time invested in something. It's like when you buy something expensive online and you're hovering over the pay now. Yeah. You put in all your credit card and you're just like, should I?

Should I? And then you click, yes, you're like, I wish I hadn't spent all that money now. It's like doing six years at university to be an accountant. And then at the end of it, you're like, this is really boring. Yeah. Alright, 0800 DALS at M9696. How quickly did you change your mind on something major? We're talking about when you've changed your

mind on a big decision. You got it done and then you were like, oh no, no, this won't do. This is an intern, I saw a lady going in for her second set of gel nails in the day because she'd gone for a light blue, but she'd branched out and she'd realised her mistake. She'd gone back in to have them removed and changed to maroony.

And you know what? That's nothing compared to some of the stories that we're hearing. Cass, good morning. You had a big decision. You changed your mind? I did. I did. Okay.

So what happened? I got a tattoo done. Sorry, I did, I did. Okay, so what happened? I got a tattoo done, so I'm just pulling over. I got a tattoo done, it cost me $300. I put $150 up front, saw the initial rendering of it in black and white, and she's like, on the day I'll do the colour, and I was like, I swear to you, trust you. And then on the day she did it and I hated it. Why did you hate once colour was added to it?

Oh, it just, it looked like what it was was a flower and she did this colouring and it looked like a zebra at the end of the day. Yeah, it was just absolutely horrible. So I had to wait two weeks for it to heal before I could get it lasered off. But as soon as it healed, I went to the laser clinic and got it.

How much did it cost to get laser removed? So far, about $1,500. And then I've got to pay another $1,500. So all that's about $3,000 just for the lasering and then $300 for the tattoo. So it cost 10 times as much to get it lasered off as it cost to get it done in the first place. Yeah, and it was a 10 by 10 tattoo as well. So it wasn't small either. Whereabouts on your body was it?

Like on my forearm and the bit. Was it your first tattoo? No, no, it was my first one. Oh, okay. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Always be sure.

Always be sure. Yeah, definitely. So always be sure. Always be sure. Yeah, definitely. Thanks for your call, Cass. Natalie, you dealt with a big change of mind at your work. Yes. So I used to work at a high-end, like, European car's panel beater. Okay. And this guy brings in a brand-new Maserati,

and it gets really good. Okay. It's for his mistress. Oh, okay. And he wants to surprise her, and he wants it matte black. So we're like, you know, are you sure? Okay. And we do it matte black, like he asked, and we get the big bow out and put it on, and he's all excited to show her, and she's like, that i don't like that i want it white so we had to then make it white

are you kidding how much does it cost to make a maserati white oh a good 50 000 he spent 50 000 to make it matte black and then $50,000 to make it white. Yeah, probably. Oh, my God. How much is the car worth? Exactly. What's a Maserati worth? A quarter of a million dollars?

Brand new one, probably a good $300,000. Oh, my God. I mean, if you've got $300,000 to buy your mistress a car, you can afford $50,000, right? That's right. Also, she should be expecting a Volkswagen Golf at the most. Who's turning down a Matt Black Maserati? She's got out of control.

Cut her loose and get her a new one. Get yourself a new one with lower expectations. Hey Natalie, thanks for your call. Somebody said my sister got her hair coloured three times in one day. She had black hair, went for a caramel colour but then she said it looked dirty so then she went chocolate brown and then that was too dark, so it just went back to black again.

So Orlip just wasted her entire day and money. Yeah. The whole day gone and a fair bit of money as well. My mum purchased a townhouse. I only decided she actually preferred the one next door because that had a slightly different view. She now owns two identical houses next door to each other.

Mum's got too much money. Stop spending the inheritance, Mum. Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am. One of my clients totally redid her entire bathroom because she changed her mind on tiles. So I had to have

everything taken out so the tiles could be removed. I changed my mind on some tiles. I pulled back because I was like, it's too much. Too much tiles. Too much of the pattern tiles. Oh, yeah. But it worked well.

You reneged on the tiles. Oh, I was so lucky I didn't go all the way through. I would have had so much regret. It's very stressful tiles. Tile regret. Very stressful. It sounds stressful. It is.

I once applied for a job, went all out for a job. Yep. Got the job. Then second-guessed myself and I actually contacted the lady and turned down the job. Oh, my God. Then I rang her to say I was confused and could I still have the job. And then I freaked out and emailed her to turn the job down again.

Oh, my God. Well, yeah, you sound like you're, yeah. Needless to say, I got a very polite reply saying the job had now been filled. Yeah. La, la, la, la, la. Only they can laugh about it now. La, la, la, la, la. And meanwhile, the employer's like, thank God.

Oh, they dodged a bullet there. Absolutely. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day. Have you guys ever heard of the giant penguin of Clearwater, Florida? No, no, I have not, Vaughn. No. Well, in February 1948, there were huge penguin prints found

on a Florida beach. And everyone's like, what the heck? Is this a sea turtle? And then a bird expert was like, no, that's not a sea turtle. That's a footprint of what seems to be a very large penguin. Okay. Yeah. An emperor

penguin? It was assumed that this penguin due to the size of the feet and the imprint, would have been 15 feet tall. And bear in mind what the average human would be, six feet tall. Is that like two basketballers on top of each other? The average human would be shorter than six feet, Evan. Well, yeah, true. Two basketballers on top of each other. So a very, very tall penguin.

Yeah. With very, very large feet. And so this guy, Ivan Sanderson, is like, we need to find this penguin. Okay. And then when it kind of all died down and everyone kind of gave up hope that the giant penguin would be back. Or existed. The footprints reappeared again. They said, we've just taken our eye off the ball.

And the penguins come back. And what year was this? Double down, 1948. Double down on penguin watching duties. So this was before the day you could have just set up a camera and walked away. And caught the motion.

At the end of this, are we going to find out what it was? Okay, cool. So then they double down on their efforts. Again, no penguin sighting. For a third time, once it had dined down in the news, the giant penguin seemed to have come back.

Oh, okay. Oh, my God. And this mystery remained unsolved for 40 years. Oh, my God. Until an old boy called Tony Signore, he admitted and showed everybody that 40 years ago, him and his mates, for a laugh, had made some giant penguin feet out of lead

with shoe straps on the top. Yeah. And they'd walk down to the beach, into the water, put on the penguin feet and then walk out of the water, up on the beach, walk around and then walk back into the water, take the penguin feet off and go home for the night. Right. He admitted this, like, when he was in his 80s.

Yeah. And he got them out, got them out of the garage and showed everybody exactly how he used to do it. Wow. Really putting to rest one of the great mysteries

of Florida and bird watching. Yeah. I mean, I love that they even entertain the fact there could be a 15 foot penguin. Yeah. Why 15 feet?

Why not six foot? And just excessively fat. Well, I don't know. Ask the guy who did the maths, Ivan Sanderson. He's probably dead now because this was in 1948 that he made this claim of this 15-foot giant penguin. Because that's more plausible than a dude just walking around in big penguin feet. Yep, to him it was. No one came forward.

And they said they looked pretty convincing. So today's fact of the day is there was a 40 year long mystery about a giant penguin That just turned out to be some old mate with some lead penguin feet Fact of the day, day, day, day, day I'm sure coffee sales will be through the roof. A lot of people pulling all-nighters. One of the greatest ever finals of World Cup cricket ever, you'd say. I would say, without a doubt, the. Greatest games of cricket.

New Zealand tied with England after 50 overs and then we went to Super Over. Yep. And that was tied. England went through on boundaries scored in the match, which I believe were 24 to 16. Here it is, folks. This is the moment.

It's Archer to Guptill. Two to win. Guptill's going to push for two. They've got to go he's got it england have won the world cup by the barest of margins absolute ecstasy for england agony agony for new zealand and joining us on the phone i scored 55 at lords today a member of the black caps team henry nichols good morning and good evening. Yeah, morning, good evening.

Good, but, mate, I mean, this is probably the last thing you want to do, but what's the feeling like in the Black Caps camp after that? Because, I mean, you've done us proud. Oh, thank you, yeah. It's obviously a hard one to take, you know, just hearing the replay and the commentary just didn't really... Yeah, it's heartbreaking, but, you know, it was a replay and the commentary just then really, yeah, it's heartbreaking. But, you know, it was a great day. It was a great final.

Just, you know, a real shame. We couldn't come out on the right side of it. But, you know, I think, you know, I'm proud of all the guys and the effort, not just today, but throughout the World Cup. But, like, what a game. Like, we were watching it. We were standing, I think, when it kind of got down to the last few overs.

Everybody just stood up and nobody sat down. That must have been such an intense watch from the actual grounds. How did it feel kind of got down to the last few overs, everybody just stood up and nobody sat down. That must have been such an intense watch from the actual grounds. How did it feel kind of just, and then that Super Over as well, just watching and having it all out of your hands? Yeah, it was crazy. You know, the crowd is obviously, I think they just had their full support, but we actually had a lot of Kiwis in one corner of the ground, which the whole day giving us a lot of support.

So it was, yeah, it was an awesome atmosphere. It was, you know, a day that obviously we won't forget for a while. But, yeah, it's just, yeah, pretty surreal and just, yeah, really a little bit heartbreaking. Now, is it too soon to talk about a rule change? Everyone's going to be talking about this deflection off Ben Stokes' bat that went for four. Accidental boundary.

Is that, that's just one of the... I think it's, yeah, how many four million letters get written into the ICC right now? Yeah. There'll be some changes. I can't believe it. It went for four and oh, yeah. Wow. Can you take us into

the, like, changing rooms between, you know, the end of the game and the Super Over? What was happening there? Yeah, well, it was pretty hectic because we fielded last, so we ended up turning first. So we just sort of stayed out in the ground. But then once, obviously, they had their over and the guys were padding up, the rest of us, we knew we weren't going to be required. It was pretty nervy, really.

It was crazy to be sitting there. Obviously, Jimmy and Garp got us so close and did everything they could do. Yeah, it just came down to that last ball. It was a hell of a watch. And as Fletch said at the start of it, they are very, very proud of the whole nation. They're very proud of the Blackcaps.

And hey, guys, well, you got to a final and you didn't lose. It was runs wise. Two draws. Exactly. You had two draws today. Two draws. And, you know, at least it was to England, not Australia.

That's, I guess, another positive as well. Take the positives. I'm just trying to look for some positives. And I reckon that boundary rule needs to be replaced because you guys actually ran between the wickets. That means you did lots more running rather than just hitting the wicket. Oh, I thought so, yeah. Yeah.

There's nothing in it in the score, and we couldn't be prouder of who you are as people representing us on the world stage. So congrats. Well, it's great. Yeah, thank you. And also, from over here, you know, it's obviously a nimbly time zone and everything, but the support we've had, it's been immense.

We're shown we couldn't be bringing the cup back, but it's been a hell of an experience. All good. Thanks for taking the time to have a chat to us this morning, Henry. Go and have a couple of beers or something. Thank you. Might have to. Cheers, mate.

Lord of the Rings, the TV series, which I don't believe has a name other than the Lord of the Rings TV series for Amazon, is looking for extras. They're going to start casting for extras to be in the background. Do you remember, and this is going back, like... Everybody knew someone that was an extra on the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbits movies. Whether or not they were like one of, you know, a thousand or two thousand people in a battle scene. Yeah.

But, yeah, you'd know it was like two degrees of separation. Do you know something interesting I learned about that extras are the writers of Rohan from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yeah. The horse-bound warriors. Most of them were women. Dressed up as men. They had beds and stuff glued on every day because they couldn't find enough men

to fill all the spots of that were confident enough on horses and such. Just not a lot of men riding horses. So they BYO'd their own horses. These sheilas turned up and got beds stuck on and they got into it. They were the riders of Rohan. So they put an ad out, a casting call.

Yeah, a casting call for soldiers, villagers and villains. Now do you have to be short? No, because this isn't Hobbit based. Right, okay. This isn't based around the Hobbits, I think this is more based around the human story. Well you could be villagers. I'd make a great villager. It doesn't sound around the hobbits. I think this is more based around the human story. Well, you could be villagers. I'd make a great villager. It doesn't sound like it requires anything.

I'd be in the background with a spade or a hoe in the garden and the heroes could ride past and be like, top morning. No, you're not allowed to speak. Excuse me, you don't have a line? Okay, yeah, roll it from the top. Roll it from the top. Clip, clop, clop, clop. Top of the morning.

Ah, no, cut. What? What'd I do? You donop, clop. Top of the morning. Ah, no, cut. What? What'd I do? You don't have a line. It would be unrealistic. I'd always say good morning to somebody if they were going to pass on this out, tending to my garden. Yeah, I mean, you can acknowledge.

Okay, okay, one more time. Roll from the top. Clip, clop, clop, clop. How's it? Sup? Sup? Sup? Where are you guys off to?

Sup? Sup? How's it? Sup? Top of the morning. It's always hilarious in an American TV show when an extra is in a scene and they don't speak because it's a big thing.

Like, if they have a speaking line, you have to be paid. You have to be paid more, yeah. You have to be paid more. There's all kinds of things. Credits. Credits, exactly. Whereas, you know, when they don't speak, they just kind of nod.

And it's like, that's unrealistic. That wouldn't happen. Yeah, like they bring a coffee over And they put it down And they're like Yeah And they've just got out of paying That person like double

They're like Don't open your mouth You'd at least be like Here you go mate Or something Here you go Top of the morning I mean if I were to sit around in a field

And be a villager I'd at least want to say Sup Or good morning Top of the morning to you Top of the morning Top of the morning to you. Top of the morning. Top of the morning. Yeah, that's lovely.

Yeah, right. We'll work something out with our agent. Where do people go to this? If they want to be... The place that are shared on Facebook, Heroes and Villains NZ.

Join us today to be part of Middle Earth. We're on the hunt for soldiers, villagers and villains. You need to be living in Auckland with transport and flexible hours to work.

Email us a recent photo and your mobile number to info at heroesandvillains.co.nz or go to our website. This is official. It sounds very casting couch. God, you turn up and you've taken it upon yourself to get fully dressed. Yeah. And they're like, all right, get into character. And you're sitting on a couch and you're like, top of the morning.

I'm like, do you know what you're here for? Yes, I'm here to play a farmer. We're just going to take some photos of you without your shirt on. Oh, I don't like where this is headed at all. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's Bree and Clint a listen too? Subscribe on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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