ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - July 24 2019

Episode Date: July 23, 2019

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ZM. Head music. Lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. It's ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Thank you, Anya. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. I've told Dunedin City Council, we've said it. You've got to get the digger out and just grade that straight. Just get it done. Steeper. Just do it. Take the bottom out. Just add a bit of Tarsil to the top. Yeah. Easy. Just pour the Tarsil to the top. Yeah. Easy. I reckon just pour the Tarsil from the top because it'll settle. Yeah.

It'll dribble down. Yeah, and it'll go hard. We sound like we know a lot about road engineering. But then it'll have a dribbly ledge. You've got to get this smoother out. Oh, yeah. They'll do it smooth. Yeah.

Easy. Just get that gradient another couple of degrees, and then it'll be in the bag. Done. Just absolute nonsense, isn't it? Coming up on the show today, another $1,000 for you to win after nine with our bonus banger plus the return of 20 questions. I was going to say you could be winning $2,000. Why settle for one when you could be winning two just after seven

and just after eight? We're going to take another couple of questions each hour for people to ask their question for 20 questions, to whittle down what object we've written on a piece of paper and stuck it in an envelope, just by asking a yes-no question, then having a guess. Just a random object. Yeah. And if you want to catch up with the guesses that were made yesterday,

they're in our Instagram story highlights, FEMZM on Instagram. Also coming up, I've got something that could help Vaughn's dad jokes. That's a bit harsh. Well, this will help you. Bit offensive this time of the week. Straight for the jugular. I like that we're starting the show like this. And the top six is coming up.

Yeah, the MasterChef trio from Australia's MasterChef have all left. One of them got in trouble and the other two packed a tantee. Okay. So I've got the top six people that would love a shot at being a MasterChef have all left. One of them got in trouble and the other two packed a tantee. So I've got the top six people that would love a shot at being a MasterChef judge. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.

Story time. Three news headlines of interesting quirky odd news stories that I've found around the globe. And Vaughan and Megan, you must decide one of the following three headlines. The others are deleted forever. And we never find out about them. Headline one, road workers?

Question mark. Headline two, former swingers club to become church? Well, that's a change to the books. Usually it's an old church that becomes something else. And headline three, couples sick of being judged by others. What was it, road workers? Road workers? Quite like that.

Road workers? What are the couple being judged for? Oh, is it an age gap? It's age gap. As I searched this morning, Boris Johnson, they said he's the new Prime Minister of England. Oh, my God. What world are we living in, eh?

Googled Boris Johnson age, because I've never really known how old he is. Didn't know if he was, like, really old or young, but looked old. 55. 55. But the main thing is when I Googled Boris Johnson age was all the articles about how a girlfriend of his is 29 or 30.

And the big age gap between them. Yeah. He always looks so dishevelled and like surprised that he had to go to work today. Yeah. Like he's had to run out the door for work. Like he got caught in a downpour. Yeah. Like he had to run from the train.

Yeah. Like it had to run from the train. Yeah. And Donald and Ivanka Trump both congratulated him for being the Prime Minister of, what did they say, the United Kingdom. But that's not what he's Prime Minister of. He's Prime Minister of England. Yeah. Because Scotland. Scotland didn't have a Prime Minister. Yeah, Scotland does, yeah.

Wales. I don't know about Wales' parliamentary situation. Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, they wouldn't like that one So which one, which story are we going for? Road workers Road workers Well we go now to Georgia Hang on a sec, we've just got an ad

Where's the little cross for this? Oh no, it's gone now. Oh sometimes the crosses are so hard I know and they hide the crosses so you can't minimise the ad. Very very sneaky. We go now to Cobb County in Georgia, where police have gone undercover to catch speeding motorists dressed as road workers.

Oh, hot play. In their high-vis vests. Cheeky workers. And their hard hats with all, you know, their road cones and their stop-go signs. They love to do that. And they dressed up, apparently, as construction workers from 9 o'clock until noon to catch drivers using their phones. It resulted in a total of 65 violations. When they saw a distracted driver, they radioed patrol officers down the road to pull over the violators.

And so people would be like, well, I wasn't on my phone. They'd be like, ha! We were dressed as road workers. Up the road. We gotcha. Yatcha. We gotcha. Are you allowed to do that? I don't know. I don't think they would fly in New Zealand. Yeah, would be.

Because that cop who was hiding in the bush, remember, with his radar gun, got in trouble. People weren't happy about that, were they? Yeah. They shouldn't be speeding. Then that one that pulled you over that time for using your phone. She just had binoculars up on a heli. Was that in New Plymouth?

Yeah. No, we went past someone back down the road. She had a spotter. But then the second person, I wasn't on it. Right. Because I said I'd load it up where we needed to go, which wasn't incorrect, actually. Load it up where we needed to go on the maps and then pass it to you,

and they'd seen me passing it to you. Yeah, right. It's still sneaky, though, isn't it? Yeah, I think if you're going to speed, you're going to speed. Like if you're on your phone. It doesn't matter how you get caught. You're not supposed to be on it. And that's the air cop.

Especially they'll be speeding past road workers. Slow down a little bit for those guys. And that's coming from a Especially they'll be speeding past road workers. Slow down a little bit for those guys. And that's coming from a guy who's always on his phone. Yeah, Fletch. I don't have a car, Vaughn. Yeah, but I know you're always on your phone. I think that was the point she was trying to make. I think.

Right. Distraction. Next, I've got something that can help Vaughn with his dad jokes. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. ZM. I've got something that can help Vaughn with his dad jokes. I've got something that can help Vaughan with his dad jokes. I don't

actually know why this study was done but a study was done by the researchers from the University College of London and they were looking into what makes neurotypical individuals laugh. Now...

Neurotypical is a good term. Yeah. That's, I guess, just people who like laughing? No, no, no, neurotypical would just be standard. Yeah, yeah, with a mental illness or a spectrum. Right. But then, I don't know that I'm not on the spectrum. You know what I mean?

Well, you'd find out, I guess, because I've just told you one of the criteria to find out how. So, they have found, and guess, because they've just told you one of the criteria to find out how. So they have found, and this is after they put two jokes to a group of people. So they got them to rate them on one being not funny and seven being hilarious. Weird that they went to seven. I know.

They're not 10 or 4. It's really annoying me. Horrible. And they did two versions, one that they thought was really weak and one that they thought was, like, across the board quite funny. And they tested them, one with silence. Yeah.

And one with canned laughter added. Now, they have found that adding canned laughter will make the joke seem funnier to everyone. Oh, yeah, because you're laughing along. Well, this is why TV shows have an audience or canned laughter. Yeah. Yeah, so they have said Friends was canned laughter.

Big Bang Theory. That also had an audience. A live audience. Is that what they mean? Both the same thing? But it's the same effect, right? Yeah. But then Friends also,

they might need to do a scene take a few times. So obviously, like, by the third time, if someone's made mistakes, it's not as funny, so they need to bolster it. Or they recorded it from earlier. Use the same laughing from before. Isn't it crazy that they used to record that with an audience? Like, they don't do that anymore, right? Yeah, Big Bang Theory did it.

Like, heaps of Americans sit from still to on stage. I couldn't imagine a New Zealand comedy show, I'm not thinking of like Seven Days or your new show, but like a situational comedy where New Zealanders went along and laughed in an audience. I just don't think they would. There was one a few years ago. It was part of it.

It was called The Radio. And it was like, and it was filmed in front of a live audience and it was so hard. Because that's what I was thinking. You're not funny. No, it wasn't. It was just like,

people just watch. Because it's just like, New Zealanders just watch something happen. Like they don't, sort of like, they're like, here. But also with all the cameras and the set

and everyone acting in front of me, I'd be like, oh, gotta keep it quiet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Google some with all the cameras and the set and everyone acting in front of me, I'd be like, oh, got to keep it quiet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Google some jokes, Vaughn. Yeah. Google some jokes. Okay. And then I've got some canned laughter here.

Okay. I don't know which. I've got a couple of options. Do you want to hear the options? Yes. Because I've got a short one. Well, that's quite funny. That's good.

That's really funny. And then I've got like a group laughing. Someone's gone too hard in there. Sounds insincere. Oh, and that's a real laugh. That's a real laugh and a half. Yeah. So.

I found something. So what you were saying that if there's no laughter, it's not as funny. Yeah, people rate low quality jokes as funnier than they actually are when there's canned laughter. Okay. Could you give us an average joke and we'll do it without the laughing? Oh, okay. Because I found a list of the best dad jokes, but then like I should scroll down to halfway through the list? Maybe, yeah.

Okay. Okay. No, I know that one. Why couldn't the bike stand up by itself? Why? It was too tired. Oh, because it's got two tires. It's got two tires.

Oh, wow. Okay. All right, now do it again. And this time we'll use the left. Okay. But then you already know what's coming. Yeah, do you want to do a different one? Because arguably that would be equal grownness. Grownness? Equal grown level, yeah. Okay. But then you already know what's coming. Yeah, do you want to do a different one? Because arguably that would be equal grown-ness.

Okay. Grown-ness? Equal grown level, yeah. Okay. When I was... No, that one doesn't work. It's more of an explaining joke. That was really funny. When an ambulance zips past with its siren blaring,

you could say, see, this is like giving you an idea of what to say. They won't sell much ice cream driving that fast. So that's like more or less giving you an instruction of how to make the most of a... What's the best part about living in Switzerland? What? I don't know, but the flag is a big plus. That is funny.

Do you think you do laugh more because of the audience? And you're kind of like joining in with the pack mentality. Yeah. You know? What has two butts and kills people? What? An assassin. An assassin.

That was enough. That was too much laughter for that joke. What does a vegetarian zombie eat? What? Grains. That's pretty good. My wife's really mad at the fact I have no sense of direction, so I packed my stuff and write. I don't get it.

Pack my stuff. My wife's really mad at the fact I have no sense of direction, so I packed my stuff and write instead of left. So I packed my stuff and left. Oh. Maybe that's why people like this show because Fletch is pretty much the king of laughter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Excuse me.

For Vaughan's dad jokes. I'll take it. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Let's do some negotiations on the text machine for a number plate. Very expensive.

A number plate? Yeah, someone messaged in saying the number plate pingers is for sale. And I said, how much you after? Because I've actually nicknamed Bryony who works here pingers. And they said anything over $2,000. Oh, that's ridiculous. How much do they... People who love pingers don't have enough money to buy another plate

because they're spending all their money on pingas. Do you really want that as another plate? Oh, they think they're texting Georgie FM. Well, that'll explain the pingas then. I wondered why we were getting... Anyway, there is a therapeutic trend taking off in the US and I'm thinking if this could be something I could get amongst. It's called cow cuddling.

Cows, not only delicious, but also quite cuddly. You've got to raise them from calves though. You've got to hand rear them. You can't just walk up to cows in the field and expect them to be, they're very skitterish. Yeah, they'll run away, won't they? But if you hand raise them,

they're very cuddly. We had school calves growing up and for a few years before, you know, when they were living in the herd. Pre-mints. No, no, no, no, no. They didn't get mints, but they just got, you couldn't go, you just didn't pay them the attention when they were in the herd. Right.

So they'd lose their friendliness. You've got to keep it up. But they were always very friendly. And there is something quite nice about lying down on a cow. Right. Lying on a cow. Like they sit and then you like lean against them. Right.

And they're warm and they're soft and they kind of breathe and they chew the cud. Yeah. Yeah. I don't actually know if I've ever like sat against a cow, like felt their fur. Right. Is it fur? Yeah. Yeah. I don't actually know if I've ever like sat against patted a cow, like felt their fur. Right. Is it fur? Yeah. The hairy fur coat.

Yeah. You call it a coat. Is it soft? So goats are the same, but my goats won't sit down. My old goat used to sit down and you could like chill out with him, but these goats,

they don't sit down. They always want to be doing something. I'm hoping the sheep, we've got the lambs, the hand raised pet lambs. I hope they're going to be friendly because that's pretty much just like snuggling up to a woolly blanket. Yeah, right. Just multiple animals

for cuddling. Yeah. But the idea is if you feel stress from your city life, you go and cuddle a cow. Yes. This started in America, yeah. You're missing the point that people are paying to do this. Mm, mm.

You could get like Americans to pay to come cuddle your sheep or something. The cows specifically in question are a breed of cow that's a cross between Scottish Highland cattle and Angus, which are two longer hair. Oh, those Angus are the burgers, right? Yeah. But they've got quite nice, they make a good floor rug as well. So imagine the floor rug, but alive. Yeah.

And you lean against it and cuddle it. Yeah. Because this is, not Angus. I could go on Angus, but again, I'd constantly think how delicious it could possibly be. But like Scottish. You've got to be careful. You'll have Greenpeace scaling you.

Would they? Promise? One of the hottings? One of the... Just not smelly one would be right. But I actually want a Highland cattle. Because if you've seen them, they've got like long orange hair

and they've got like big horns. Oh yeah, they look real cute. Real cute. Can you put a cowbell on them? Yeah, but you can get mini versions. Now, that's what I'm after. Right. I'm scouring the trade me's and the pages trying to find mini cattle.

I want to get Sade two for her birthday and Christmas. Does she want one? She will when she gets one. Oh, my God. Because they're so cute, you see. When are you going to stop with all these animals, Dr. Dolittle? I'm going to get two of each. I don't want to tell anybody, but I had a word to God.

And there's going to be a flood. Right. Well, you'd better get to building your ark. Only the cute will survive. Well, I've just been putting polystyrene under my whole house. House. Well, literally. Under the guise of insulation, but it will just float the whole house.

Brilliant. That's great news. But yeah, I want to get involved in some cow cuddling. I'll keep everybody up to date. Okay. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast ZM. From the ZM think tank, this is the top six. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the theme tune went

ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-master chef. Yep, that's exactly it. Yep. Well, MasterChef Australia, all three judges are going to leave the show. Oh, it's in disarray. It's in absolute disarray. Gary, Matt and George, disarray. Oh, really, disarrayed.

Gary, Matt and George are leaving. George, George Columbaris, he's been wearing it. He owns a whole bunch of restaurants. But he has apparently underpaid staff working at his Melbourne restaurants to the accord of $7.8 million. What? Yes. He's ripped people off.

The company made a contrition payment of $200,000, but of course that's like nothing. A fifth and then times that by seven and 35 and then another one, like a 36th of what they were owed. What's his name? Which one is it? George. Because I'm just going to Google his face.

You'll know him. C-A-L-O-M. It should autocomplete from there. Oh, yeah. Yep. Colin Bower. Colin Lawrence. Oh, George.

I know. Well, he's a naughty, naughty man. So they have announced there were 22,000 people signed a petition to have him fired. Yeah. And everyone, and MasterChef were obviously like, well, he's broken the law. Yeah. This isn't a great look. And so he's left.

But now the other two have left as well. So why did they leave? Were they just like, it was pay active support for their pal? Because they run restaurants as well. So maybe that would be my indication if I was a union organiser to look into who's been underpaid at theirs. If they're giving up the cash cow that is appearing on MasterChef. If I got in trouble with the cafe

and had to quit, would you guys leave too? Hell no. As a show of solidarity. We'd throw you under the bus if you were underpaying staff. Yeah.

I'd be like, I'd keep quiet about it. Like, I wouldn't bag you, but it'd cost you a few treats. Like paninis and lattes. Assuming your cafe's

still open. Yeah, right. If it's shut down, you'reuming your cafe's still open. Yeah, right. If it's shut down, you're on your own now. Silence with some Rocky Road. Easily done.

So, they're looking for three new MasterChef judges for the next season of MasterChef Australia. The top six MasterChef replacements. Number six,

the person you know that claims to be able to eat the hottest curry at the local Indian place. There's always one of them. Isn't that you? That's you in our friend group. Yeah.

I'll have it hot. Indian hot. And then they look at you and you're like, write it down. That's what I see. And then you're eating it at home and you're like, I shouldn't have tempted fate. I should have just stuck with white person hot. Number five on the list of the top six mash... Man, the top six master chef replacements.

A stoner that only ever eats takeaways but considers himself quite the foodie. Quite the foodie. But they just get baked and all. They just want convenience over actual craft. And they just end up getting KFC. Number four on the list of the top six master... convenience over actual craft. And they just end up getting KFC. Number four on the list of the top six master... Number four on the list of the top six master chef replacements are the lady who owns the local Subway

and considers herself a sandwich artist and takes her job far too seriously. She is a sandwich artist. But then it's still good to see some artistry in the sandwich game, like a good spread. Yeah, right. Tomatoes right to the end. Taking care with her work, you know.

Yeah, but she knows exactly how many slices go on for a foot long, otherwise she blows the tomato budget. True. It's like, just be a bit more generous. Number three on the list of the top six MasterChef replacements. Finally got it. That person in your group of friends that always wants to do a My Kitchen Rules competition.

We should do it each week. We'll go to somebody else's house. It's like My Kitchen Rules, but all just our friend group. And it won't be serious. It won't be serious. Oh, it always is serious. Don't be intimidated.

Someone takes it seriously. And they turn up to your house and you've just made a chicken rice risotto with a tin of crushed pineapple in it. Oh, all of a sudden we're taking it seriously. God. Number two on the list of the top six MasterChef replacement options for Australian judges after all three walk away,

that friend with a rice cooker. That's producer Anya now. She bought a rice cooker. She's cooking so much rice. She must be running some sort of rice-based competition. And number one on the top six MasterChef replacements,

the dad that watches the show, that judges everything but only ever cooks on a barbecue. Only. How do you watch your steak done, love?

Medium rare, please. Good luck with that one. It'll be well done by the time I'm done with it. That is today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Well, we spoke about the Silver Ferns. It'll be well done by the time I'm done with it. That is today's Top 6. Well, we spoke about the Silver Ferns. They won the World Cup.

Yes. Now abiding final two, the tournament, they clinched victory over England, and then we found out they are not getting any prize money, despite the fact that the Black Caps, who came second, not very hard fought, didn't technically lose, but they're getting $3 million. So this was brought up with the Prime Minister, in fact,

that the Silver Ferns aren't getting any prize money. And she said, I wouldn't want to call out the sponsors, but ultimately they're the ones that derive benefit from us being the best on the world stage. The sponsors of the Silver Ferns. Who are the sponsors? ANZ is one of the main sponsors in MyOB. ANZ, this would be a great time for them to kind of smooth over their last few months of public relations.

I don't know, they didn't pass on the interest rate things to customers. I don't know if the customers are going to be so stoked that they just pass it on to the Silver Ferns. Well, they did release a statement, and I don't know if the customers are going to be so stoked that they just pass it on to the Silver Ferns. Well, they did release a statement, and I don't know if this means that they're actually going to contribute or not, but they said, over the last 10 years through highs and lows,

we have invested about $30 million to help grow the sport of netball in New Zealand across all levels of the game, from grassroots to elite. So they've done their bit. The Silver Ferns World Cup victory was inspirational, so we're happy to work with other key stakeholders to contribute to a fund in recognition of the team's commitment and dedication.

So it looks like the Silver Ferns will get something for their hard work, like a bonus of some sort. Other sponsors, I've just gone to silverferns.co.nz. As you said, Mind Your Own Business, the accounting software. Surely they could make some prize money appearns.co.nz. Okay. As you said, mind your own business, the accounting software. Surely they could make some prize money a pair. Magically. Accountants.

Just pull it out from some account. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it'd be a good way to make it look like your company's not making as much money so then you wouldn't pay

as much corporate tax. Right. And it's probably tax write-off too. Absolute tax write-off. Is it? 100%. For sure.

Sky, the TV, maybe they could get like a TV. A free TV box. A Sky Dakota maybe. Neon logon. Yeah, give them free neon for a year. That'd be great. Cadbury. Oh, okay.

No, we can't go too crazy with the Cadbury stuff because we won't win another World Cup. So we'll just chill out now and stuff. I was going to say, if we can't get them prize money, let's just get together a prize pack. Free MYOB software. And we can put it all in a Suzuki because they were a sponsor as well. Oh, okay.

So they could give them all a Suzuki, surely. Yeah. Puma, so some shoes. Yeah, okay. More FM here is written down. Someone Barnett left. That must have freed up some cash. Give them a radio show or something.

Special K cereal. Yum. Yuck. Yum. Special K's yum. Maybe people eating that. You deserve better. I think females like it.

I love Special K. Because Special K's marketing has only ever been worried about targeting middle-aged women. Excuse me, you bitch. You want to always be older than me. Well, I don't know what cereal's targeting approaching middle-aged men. Are you a cereal Special K eater, producer Caitlin? I love it. I used to eat it when I was at boarding school.

So that was like when I was like 16, 17. And they do ones with berries and almonds. Yes, and blueberries. Yum. Oh. Boring. No, it's yum, but you can't let it soak in the milk too much. You've still got to let it be a bit crispy.

Yeah, a bit crunchy. I'm a dog girl, yeah. It's like Special K Kellogg's, right? Yeah. Megan, let's get a joint Special K to have it work. For treats, because you can eat it dry too, like Nutri-Grain. Because we deserve it. We do.

Just had to look up. Hey, Kellogg's, that was them. And then you can get into that Red's. That was Corn Flakes. That was the anti-masturbation. Yeah. They eat it to the Corn Flakes. Yeah, give the Silver Ferns a big box of Special K because they deserve it.

This is a great prize pack we're pulling together. The TAB. Give them some betting vouchers. Some credit. Yeah, give them some credit for a multi at the weekend. There's no airline because that's another thing I wanted who the airline sponsor was because they flew back economy. People were saying we were on a flight with the Silver Ferns.

They were all in economy. Apparently, some did get to use some upgrades, but they were probably on their own because they travel so much. Right. On their own backs. Don't the All Blacks fly business? There's a news story. People were saying,

oh, look, I've been on a plane when the All Blacks were on, and they pretty much took up all of the business class. It's not fair, y'all. And also, the Silver Ferns are very tall. I'm just looking up. Katrina Rore, Katrina Grant, Caitlin's friend, who we talked to the other day, she's the same height as I am. Maria Flowers is a centimetre taller than me. Although you would have thought God would have taken care of the upgrade.

How tall are you? One metre 87, six foot two. Bailey Mez is a metre 87 as well. So they're very tall. I hope they got the emergency row. Yeah, me too. I hope they at least got the, oh God, there would have been someone with a baby and they would have wanted the bassinet.

They won the World Cup for goodness sake. At least. Are we having some sort of parade when they get back? Have we organised some sort of. I'd hope so. Ticket tape parade. Yeah, but then you can't flush the ticket tape down the drain because Sephora got in trouble last week.

So we have to. You can't use rice because the birds trouble last week. So we have to... You can't use rice because the birds get fat. What are we going to use? We'll just wave at them. Okay. Why don't we use fish? Throw fish at them.

Because then when they put the fish down the drain, they just go to the sea. That's where fish live anyway. That's a good idea. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's 20 questions, your chance to win $2,000.

All you've got to do is work out what the item is. A mystery item. We have a picture of this in a sealed envelope. You, New Zealand, have 20 questions to guess what it is. Yes, no questions. We'll give you a question and then you get an answer. That's right. You get a guess.

You get a yes, no question. Regardless of if you're wrong or right, you get then to ask about a specific item. Let's go through the questions and the guesses that we've had already. Yesterday, 7am, the two questions were, is it something found in a typical office environment? The answer was no. Is it something that can be consumed?

No. Those were the yes, no answers. Somebody said, is it a lamb or is it a chick? Those were both no's. Like a bank check. Can you give it as a gift? The answer was yes. You probably wouldn't know.

In that tone? Yeah. Yes. The guess was a card. It was not a card. The next question was, is it a common household item? The answer was yes. That person guessed, is it a can opener?

The answer was no. 16 questions left. So we now go to Amanda for her yes, no question. 420 questions. Amanda, what is your question? Do we use this thing on a regular basis? Yes. Okey dokey.

That opens it right up. I have a question sorted, but not to think it. Okay. Is it one of those candle mounts? A candelabra? Is that what you're talking about? A candelabra. Candelabra.

Yeah, yeah. I don't know what exactly it's called, one of those candle mount things. No. I think you've asked a good question. You've really opened that up. Yosef, good morning.

15 questions left. Yosef, good morning. Good morning. What is your yes-no question? Has any part of this item been alive in the past? No. question. Has any part of this item been alive in the past? Oh.

No. No, it has not been alive. So what is your guess as to what the thing is? Is it a hairbrush? No. It is not a hairbrush. That's a good guess.

I like it was a good guess though. I'm really nervous now. Yeah. I'm like... It is used on a regular basis, but no part of it has been alive. That's what we've learnt from this hour's 20 questions. So we have 14 questions remaining. Is my maths good?

Is that right? Pretty good. Yeah. Yes. Pretty good. Yeah. Yes. Pretty, pretty good. Good maths. We'll give you the chance just after the news at 8 o'clock for you to win that $2,000 cash with 20 questions.

Next on the show, there was a Ferrari-based whoopsie in an Auckland tunnel yesterday. Fletchvorna Megan, the podcast. ZM. If you were caught in a massive Auckland-based northbound traffic jam yesterday, it'll be because, no, sorry, over the weekend, it will be because there was a crash in the tunnel under Vic Park. Right.

Oh, yeah, that was really bad, that traffic jam. Yeah, it was a very long traffic jam. Like 8Ks or something, wasn't it? Yeah. The reason being somebody crashed a Ferrari. Uh-oh. The 2013 Ferrari 458 Italia Coupe was listed for sale for $289,000. And it's a 2013.

Yeah. Jeez. It's a 2013. Yeah. Jeez. It's a Ferrari. What's a new one worth? Double that? More? More? Would be my guess.

Hundreds of thousands? More? Somebody saw the number plate and found it for sale online. It's been taken off the online. Well, obviously, it can't be sold now. Yeah, right. So what? Somebody was test driving?

Or they're not saying? The thoughts are that somebody was test driving. Now, if you're test driving, car yards and places that sell cars have insurance to cover vehicles during the test drive period. The minute that they sign over ownership, I believe that is all in your...

Always wondered about that. Yeah. Because what happens if you're selling a car on Trade Man? Some Joe Bloggs comes around and they're like, I'd just love to go for a test drive. And then they crash it. I don't know. They wouldn't be covered, would they?

Unless your insurance says, you know, people over 25 or whatever can. Yeah. Probably not though. That's why you go with them and you make sure they drive safely. But even then you're not driving, are you? No.

They could just pull out of a stop and just get T-bined. Yeah. And then you've got no insurance. So my, I mean that's a, you hope that's insured because you might have missed the price like I said it before

and I ordering $290,000 was what it was for sale for. So I was wondering this morning when you wiped your brow and said thankfully I'm insured.

Like what could you not have afforded to replace? Maybe it wasn't even yours. Maybe it was somebody else's and they were insured for it. Right. So when were you happy

you had insurance? Very happy. And this is in no were insured for it. Right. So when were you happy you had insurance? Very happy. And this is in no way sponsored by any insurance. No. This morning. This is just realising it is sometimes very good to have it. When something otherwise would have probably bankrupted you. Yeah.

Because I know boats, there's been people who have purchased boats. Yeah. Because I know boats, there's been people who have purchased boats. I knew one guy who purchased a boat and was quite scared about taking it out for the first time and put it onto the rocks and ruined it. But they had, they'd got insurance on it. My God. And the insurance paid out, thankfully. Right. Because that would be quite a big bill.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, well, there's all the costs. I'm sure there's getting it out of the water and everything. There's all the associated costs as well. I'm sure there's people that have accidentally burnt their house down. That are stoked they had insurance. Thank goodness for insurance.

Yeah. Because whenever you get house insurance, they're always like, now, the price you've quoted here to replace everything, does that cover the curtains and the carpet? I'm always like, yeah. Yeah, you should say that now. Yeah, that's enough. Yeah. And then you rebuild the house and you can't afford carpet and curtains. You'll be like, yeah. Yeah, you should have. Yeah, but then you rebuild the house and you can't afford carpet and curtains.

You'd be like, they were right. Should have. Should have got a carpet and curtains. Should have paid a little bit more. Got the carpet and the curtains sorted. Alright, so when were you thankful that you had insurance? 0800 DARS at M 9696. How big would the bill have been if

you didn't have insurance? Are we hearing from pet insurance? Oh, yeah, that's always a big one. Yeah, for sure. Because little Tiddles chokes on something or, you know, swallows a toy. Yes. And then that's, you know. Very expensive.

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Crashed in an Auckland tunnel. Yep. And there's... Details are a bit light, but people are saying that it was for sale and that it looks like someone crashed this on a test drive. $290,000 test drive. Whoopsie-daisy.

Who knew? So we want to know when you wiped your brow and said, thank F, but full word, for insurance. Thank goodness I'm insured. Thank goodness. Thank you, Jeebus.

How big would the bill have been? And wow, we're hearing some stories. Some text messages. My wife had a gallbladder removed while on holiday in the States. Oh. The bill was $250,000

when we got the breakdown. How do they put price tags on that? Thank God for travel insurance. That's nuts. That's a crazy amount of money. Like, that is a simple operation, right? I mean, I don't know how to do that, but I can't imagine that's

I don't know. a long or arduous operation. Well, they do lots of them. Yeah. How do you say that's $250,000? Wow. They never go to America or travel without insurance. No, Lots of them. Yeah. How do you say that's... $250,000. Wow. They never go to America or travel without insurance.

No, that's bananas. Yeah. Somebody said a tractor caught fire. I don't know how the tractor caught fire. No word on that. Often birds will nest in a tractor if you've not used that, and then you'll turn it on and the bird's nest will be the tinderbox to get the fire started.

Yeah. $120,000 is what the bill would have been had we not been insured. Wow. All right, let's take some calls. Rebecca, how big would the bill have been if it wasn't for insurance? Hey, yeah.

So I used to live in America for a few months. I did Camp America. Okay. So I had travel insurance. But there was two times actually that I had to go to the doctor. But the first time was just like a normal, you know, go and get antibiotics. That one alone would have been $795 US dollars.

That's nuts, eh? That's so crazy. To get antibiotics. Yeah. Yep. And then I had another one where I had like stomach pain, so I had to go again and they wanted to do an x-ray and that would have been $4,500 just for the X-ray. They are having a laugh.

I know. God, you forget that, eh? We're so lucky to live in New Zealand. And then when you hear about those sorts of prices and you hear about Obamacare and what was tried to get across the line there, you can kind of see why it would have been quite beneficial to a country.

Thanks, Rebecca. Bo, when were you stoked you had insurance? I was stoked I had insurance when I first got my dog. So a month after we had him, he was a border collie across Hunts Way and we lived in Auckland. And my dad gets a call, he was in Palm Springs at the time, and goes, hey, your dog's just been hit by a car on the motorway. And my mum was in LA at the time and they, hey, your dog's just been hit by a car on the motorway. And my mum was in LA at the time, and they were like, well, what do we do? Dad got the stink end of that stick, by the way.

He runs in LA and your dad's in Palmerston North. I know. Like, what do you do? Fly back? Yeah. So it takes a month for pet insurance to kick in. And it was on the day that our pet insurance kicked in that he decided to get hit by a car. Oh, wow.

Okay. So he was covered. So he was covered just, but we worked out that if he hadn't had pet insurance, it would have cost us like four grand. Oh my God. It's so worth it. Not cheap, is it?

Bo, thanks. You're cool. Anthony's so worth it. Not cheap, is it? Bo, thanks. You call Anthony. When were you stoked you had insurance? It was about 12 hours before my accident. So you just got a new car and got insurance

12 hours before your crash? No, it was actually my wife because I got the car and I was taking a long time to get the insurance. She was like, you need to get it because we were going to Auckland. Lots of lanes in Auckland, Anthony. Yeah, plenty. So I talked to someone I knew about, well, the guy I go through,

and he said it's the closest he's ever had. Really? Really, so 12 hours and 12 hours. Because even that almost must be the time period where they maybe even look into it a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, he was sort of, I mean, you know, saying, oh, it's pretty close.

I'm not sure how well it's not. But if you can prove when you had it, that's fine. A mate of mine was in an accident once and the other person said, just don't say what time this happened, because I'll get insurance, and then you disagree to it, otherwise you're not going to get paid out for your vehicle.

I would have been like, no way, mate. I don't know what to tase at him and made a citizen's arrest for fraud. But then you wouldn't get paid out for your vehicle. Thanks, Nicole Anthony. I got appendicitis in the States, keyhole surgery and flying home business class. The surgery alone would have been $50,000

without all the add-ons of staying in the hospital. So you were saying the key to it, you finally found the key to a business class upgrade. Have appendicitis. Brilliant. Does insurance pay for business class? Well, yeah, because you can't lie. You've got to go home and rest and lie down, don't you?

Yeah. You get like a broken arm and you're like, I need to lie down. I need this. I need to be reclined. Fine. Somebody else said, oh, another thing. They had home insurance.

It didn't cover their fence. An 18-year-old crashed through the fence. Right. And it was going to be, it cost $12,000 to replace the fence. But apparently when we got our insurance, it didn't say. Fences. Including fences. Well, it wouldn't include fences.

But that's like your property. Any way they can wriggle out of a claim, eh? Semantics. Oh, yeah. For all the stories we've had of Fangona, I'm sure there's twice as many of. Yeah. They wouldn't pay out my insurance. So that's how they roll.

Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. If, like me, you've been waiting for your online shopping deliveries and everything has been delayed. I haven't made a complaint. Right. I've been well patient. Yeah.

But I have actually purchased, like, a few things lately. This happens when I'm, like, vulnies. So, like, I had surgery and then you like, sit at home and you feel sorry for yourself. So I always buy. Or I have a sign

to make you feel better. Whenever I'm like, got a cold or something, I'm way more on road shopping. So you've done a bit lately and it just hasn't turned up, some of it. Some of them have been like,

really late. Sorry, I got one yesterday that was due on the 17th of July. Oh. Yeah. And it's the 24th today. And I didn't one yesterday that was due on the 17th of July. Oh. Yeah. And it's the 24th today. And I didn't complain.

I was like, wait your patience because I can see the tracking. Yeah. And then I had another that got delivered to Wellington and then had to get, it went from Auckland to Wellington back up to Auckland. I was like, what is happening here? What kind of carbon footprint is that? I know. It's not my fault.

Right. Because I put the address on it. Well, if you've had some delays in your online shopping or your deliveries, New Zealand Post has actually laid blame with someone else. They are blaming airline capacity and bad weather.

They say their packages are being delayed around New Zealand. Right. It's isolated events and they say they are working with those affected to ensure they could provide up-to-date information with their customers. There's also been engineering issues with planes over the past fortnight, which has caused some delays in packages. Right.

So if you're experiencing a bit of a longer wait, including iconic, you know how we always go on about iconic. How quick they are. Next day. No, not the case At the moment Wow okay But I almost complained

But I didn't Because I was like But then what What are they gonna do That person Yeah exactly Your parcel's somewhere On the way

But I was like Maybe they'll give you credit But I didn't complain Right But yeah This is the issue Alright So don't panic

Don't panic It'll be there It's coming That's just international Packages though right panic. It'll be there. It's coming. That's just international packages though, right? Well no, it'll be around New Zealand. Well no, because you've seen some horrible weather as well around New Zealand. A lot of fog. Or do they go on planes as well?

What do you mean? I thought they'd just go on trucks. Or trains. Depends if it's courier or If it's courier. Does courier always go on a plane? Well, sometimes, yeah. How do you think it gets, like, across down the country in, like, two days? Train.

Or a truck. Or a truck, yeah. Trucks can get down the country pretty quick. Well, not a lot does, but it's both, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it depends on what level of postage it is. Right. But don't panic.

It'll get delivered. Definitely coming. Eventually one day. But maybe if you complain, you might get credit. Coming up at 8 o'clock just after the news, another round of 20 questions. Your chance to win that $2,000 cash prize. Oh my God, next.

Fletcher's laughing because he knows about it. Vaughn doesn't know about it, but both of these two are responsible for this terrible thing my image has been used for. I would say we are wholly responsible. My image was used for a fake Tinder profile, but today it's worse. Who told you? Where did this next one come from?

Someone sent it to me on Instagram and was like, is this you? It's not Tinder though? No, it's not Tinder. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. It was only yesterday that I spoke about my image being used on Tinder. Brittany in South Australia. I was an accountant.

I was 26. Someone had a fake profile with my image. It was all fun and games yesterday because I think you kind of took the compliment from that. Yeah, and I was like, how much harm is it really causing? Yeah. I mean, like, yeah, they were using my picture,

but it wasn't for anything bad. Fast forward to today, and someone has actually messaged me on Instagram and said, hey, is this you? And yes, it is. I'm actually just going to send this to Vaughan now because he hasn't seen it. Where are you sending it to, man?

On Instagram. On the gram, okay. And a DM. And a DM. There is a picture. Oh my God. So on the Instagram account

Fact Pick, which actually has 156,000 followers. There is not one but two images of me. Now, the first image is of me talking on air. So there's a microphone in front of me. I'm like yelling or laughing or something. Split screen to the second picture of me

almost exactly a year ago when you guys gave me a bald cap. We gave you a prosthetics to join the club. Yeah, so it looked like you were bald. And I had a hoodie on and I'm making a sour face. Two images of me. And the fact on the image says, did you know, in 2016 a mother shaved her daughter's head as punishment for bullying a bald girl with cancer.

So you're the girl who got her head shaved. I'm the bully. Another compliment. That means you look like a teenager in this, though. You look like you're still young enough. They're saying you're a mum and a teenager. Yeah, that was my 34th birthday. They're saying that I bullied a girl with cancer

and then my mum shaved my head. I remember the story. So maybe it is a fact, but they've just got the wrong picture associated to it. They've just Googled a girl. They've probably Googled girl with bald head. And because we gave you that bald head, that would have maybe come up in the Google images.

Yeah, thanks for that. Thank you so much for that. So now I look like, yeah, someone who's bullied someone with cancer. It gets better. How does it get better? Go to the comments. Justice. Justice.

Someone was like, respect. Can we give this mum a medal? Serves her right. But this one tickled my fancy. This is a comment that says, this isn't effing true. And I was like, thank God. Someone's like pulled them up. Yeah.

The girl in the picture was being bullied. Some boy decided to hot glue in her hair, but it burned her scalp like second degree chemical burns. The school did nothing. Stopped spreading false information for profit. You've been caught up in fake news, Megan. But also says that I'm a schoolgirl. Somebody said shave the bitch's head.

Shave the bitch's eyebrows. Because it's her birthday tomorrow. That could be fitting. Someone should have left her in a tanning bed as punishment. This mum deserves a goddamn medal. One does not have the right to humiliate, and especially because she was diagnosed with cancer. I don't want to be associated with this.

I don't want my face associated with bullying, let alone bullying someone who's sick. I know. That's horrific. So thank you for the bald cap. There were news stories about certain TV presenters in New Zealand. Yeah, the weight loss ones. The weight loss ones.

And there's nothing they could do about it. Can I comment and be like, can you please stop using my image? I had nothing to do with this. Or am I going to open myself up with a... No, no, no. Just send them that. Go to the mail thing and send it to them at FactPix saying, hey, this is my image. I don't want you to use it. It's not true. And they'll just ignore your message and send it to them at FactPix saying, hey, this is my image.

I don't want you to use it. It's not true. And they'll just ignore your message and leave it on. I'm a bully. How awful. Yeah. But what can you do about that?

Like, report it, but then one report's not going to get it taken down. Shall I? I'll report it too. I'm still really happy though they said I looked real young.

Yeah. I mean, weigh it up. I'm a really happy though they said I looked real young. Yeah. Guys, I mean. You're so. Way it up. Way it up. I'm a bully. You've been distraught all morning that your image has been used without your permission, but you're still taking a little compliment.

Yeah, you're going to take silver linings where you can. Yeah, right. Someone else call me a schoolgirl. I mean, yeah. And you were ID'd at the supermarket. Cute. Again. But you were with Mr. Toyboy.

This is great ahead of my birthday. I mean, yeah, not the bullying part. We need a definitely taken down. But all the young, all looking young. Yeah. Yeah, right. Okay. So, yeah, if you do see my image out there, appreciating the tags in this.

Should we give the account again and get people to report that so it gets taken down? Yes, please. Because if people are listening now, if you report this and there's like at least if we get a hundred say then they've got a Instagram we'll just bring it down. The hardest part is what to report it as. Oh, really? Because I remember when there was the video of August

spilling the milk and everybody was using it. Right. And I was like, oh, that's my daughter. I'd prefer if you didn't. Yeah. It's so hard when you go to report post. If it's not immediately like spam, if you go to inappropriate, it's like, why is it inappropriate? And it's like, I just don't like it.

And it's like, well, just block them then. Or I don't know about the hate speech and stuff, but if it's like an intellectual property violation, you click on that and it's like, learn more about intellectual property. So you best just message them directly. You can see our planning board in the background. Our planning whiteboard. Secrets.

So you're saying it's too hard to report this and that we shouldn't be encouraging people to report this? No, no. Just send it to the account that posted it. The account is, one word, fact, P-I-K, fact, pic. P-I-K, fact, pic. Yeah. Okay.

And where's your post? The fourth image down. The fourth image down. So, I mean, have a chuckle at that. Hey, at least the likes are gone. Like I can't see how many likes it's got. Because like if there wasn't many, would I be offended? Or would I be more offended if there was lots? If there wasn't many, I be offended Or would I be more offended

If there was lots If there wasn't many I'd be offended I don't know man This is weird Just report it This is weird It's still weird

You're trying to look for a compliment Alright special guest joining us In studio ahead of The TV show tonight Have ye been paying attention Which is starring yourself, Vaughn. Ursula Carson. Yep.

Hayley Sproul. We're on every week. Rotating guests. Three rotating guests. Yep. Tonight we've got Pax Asadi. Tom Sainsbury. Well, I was going to mention him last so you guys could all go gaga over it.

Brunley Stent's also on the show. Yep. And Thomas Sainsbury. Oh my God, I love Tom. Love Thomas Sainsbury oh my god I love Tom is he coming in? no no he's busy he's busy

okay but you've promised us a special guest from the show yep joining us in studio soon and also next your chance to play

and win cash a new round of 20 questions Fletch, Vaughan and Megan the podcast ZM Fletch, Vaughan and Megan of 20 questions. Fletch Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Fletch Vaughan and Megan's 20 Questions.

I have questions for you. 20 questions. Right now, your chance to win $2,000 cash. We have thought of a random item, and a picture of this is in a sealed envelope, and we're giving you, New Zealand, 20 questions. Yes, no questions. And then a guess as to what it is. And if you can do

that and figure it out, you win the cash. Easy. Easy. Easy. Easy. Take that right to the bank. And 14 left. Tori, good morning. Good morning. Alright, so, 14 questions left.

You have the 14th question. That's a yes, no question we need from you. Is it electrical? Is it electrical? No. Okay. So now you do get a guess. Okay.

Is it dental floss? No. No, it Is it dental floss? No. No, it is not dental floss. No, thank you. All right, thanks, Tori. But again, that does some groundwork for others, doesn't it? It does. It does.

Helps them try to figure it out. 13 questions left. Good morning, Sarah. Good morning. 13 questions left. Okay. We need the yes, no question from you first, Sarah. Good morning. 13 questions left. Okay. We need the yes, no question from you first, Sarah. Okay.

Is it hygiene related? Yes. Okay. Okay. All right, so you get a guess now. Oh, man. Is it a toothbrush? Yes, it's a toothbrush.

Oh, what? Are you kidding me? It's a toothbrush. It's a toothbrush. I cannot believe that took you 13. Not even 13. Seven. Seven. Seven questions.

There was a couple of very good early questions that really elevated a lot. Oh, my God. I'm freaking out. Congratulations. You won two. Thank you so much. At the $2,000, our first winner of 20 questions. Now we're going to have to come back tomorrow, are we? I don't know. Start again. Rejig it. You won two. Thank you so much. And the $2,000, our first winner of 20 questions. Now we're going to have to come back tomorrow, are we?

I don't know. Start again. Rejig it. You know what? I'm going to pick the object this time. Yeah, pick me. You didn't want to come in too hard. No.

It was too easy, Vaughn. Oh, my gosh. $2,000, Sarah. What are you going to use that money for? I'm actually pregnant. Oh, congrats. Thank you. So I'm going to get like some baby stuff and I've got a holiday coming up.

Oh, my gosh. A baby moon. Yeah, wow. Congratulations. Thank you so much. We'll play again tomorrow morning at 7 and 8 and we'll be back to 20 questions. Come on, Lennie. So much for that. Boosting it up, hey? Turn 4,000 for next time. Back to 20 questions. Come on, Vinnie. So much for that.

Boosting it up, hey? Turn 4,000 for next time. Back to two. Yeah, I wanted to get a jackpot. I thought we were going to go through. No, easy. All right, we're going to have to come up with something harder. We can do that tomorrow.

But next on the show, a new TV show starts tonight starring our very own Vaughn Allen Smith on TVNZ2 at 7.30. Have you been paying attention? 7.30. Have you been paying attention? 7.30. Correct. Joining us from that show in studio next is a TV star. Actual TV star. Actual TV star.

Yeah. Fletch Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Well, tonight, a brand new TV show on TVNZ2 after Shorty's at 7.30. Yes. Have you been paying attention? Starts tonight, TVNZ2 after Shorties at 7.30? Have you been paying attention? Starts tonight TVNZ2. We are very lucky, fortunate even this morning

to have a bonafide TV star joining us. For this interview? Yes. He's a little bit, is he here? Just walked in the door. Vaughan Smith! Welcome. Thank you for coming. Sorry I'm late.

Just come closer in and to the mic there. Vaughan Smith. Welcome. Thank you for coming. Sorry I'm late. That's okay, mate. Just come closer in and... Sorry. ...to the mic there. That would be... How close? Like that. That's perfect.

Okay, great. What are you wearing? You've changed. We don't even know you. I don't know what designer this is. I get sent... I just get a wardrobe. It's lovely.

Cheater print. No, I just go to work and I put this on. Lovely cheater jacket. Yeah, thanks. Cute. So, are you excited to, is this your first foray into television tonight? I've done a bit before.

Right. Just a little bit here and there. I've not been allowed to go back to another media company. There was an issue. And I haven't been back there, no. A little bit. You famously had a cancelled TV show, didn't you? Yeah.

Yeah. Well, it's weird. Some people say cancelled and some people just say not renewed. Right, much the same thing. Much the same thing. Vaughan, you have a question for Vaughan? I do.

First of all, I'm a big fan. Thanks for coming in. I realise it's a very busy day for you with the launch of the show. Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. My question is, is it good to get the face back out there?

You know, some people would say waste it on radio, the beautiful face. Is it good to get it back on the screen? Yep. It is. It's fun. That's the main thing. I don't spend a lot of time in the make-up chair. Jeremy Wells spends a lot of time in the make-up chair. Does he spend a lot of time In the makeup chair Jeremy Wells Spends a lot of time

Does he spend a lot of Right Very picky Takes pride in his appearance Very picky But he's a beautiful man He doesn't need it But he gets

I wouldn't have thought He needed it But then I think Maybe also the makeup ladies Just enjoy having him In the chair I just get a A dull down

Because I've got a shiny head And then Straight out of there What about like Beauty regimes Since you're going to be Seen a lot out of there. What about like beauty regimes? Since you're going to be seen a lot more, have you like upped the beauty regimes? Yeah, I'm using rosehip oil.

Yeah? Okay. Right. Has that worked? Apparently, yeah. The makeup lady said that my skin was looking lovely and that's the only thing I could put it down to. Yeah, right.

Do you still get nervous like before a show? No, nerves are good for you, to. Yeah, right. Do you still get nervous before a show? No, nerves are good for you, Megan. Yeah, they keep you on your toes. It's a different sort of nervous. It's not like I need to go to Toastmasters to overcome a fear of public speaking. No, it's good to have a bit of nerves, a fuel in the tank. Vaughan, another question from you. You've worked with quite a few people over your vast and wonderful career.

Is there anybody particularly you'd like to, you know, thank? Not really. Kind of did it myself. Right. Right. No help from anyone. Okay, yeah. No, I'd probably think people would be more likely to thank me.

Right. Right. Right. You've changed. TV's changed you. I mean, you don't do a radio show by yourself and you don't do a TV show by yourself. It's definitely others. No, but that's...

This has gone to your head, mate. That hasn't even... Look at what you're wearing. ...head yet. Well, no, as I say, I just get dressed now. Yeah, right. I just turn up and they put it on me. It's a different world, TV, isn it on me it's a different world TV

isn't it it's a different world it really is it really is what does your wife think about your TV oh she's sick sick of it already

would she go to any of the filmings she would have loved to have gone last night but apparently I forgot to invite her so that's

but she's my VIP of course Everywhere Of course yeah So Your life VIP My life VIP That's very very true

Let's talk about tonight's episode So 7.30 Have you been paying attention Correct Yes It's an Australian show That's been brought here Yes

It's very fast paced Quick quick Many many many many questions Five comedians Are competing against each other Yeah For what I've seen the trophy It's massive It's like the size of the Bledisloe Cup five comedians competing against each other for what, I've seen the trophy,

it's massive. It's like the size of the Bledisloe Cup. Oh, brilliant. And tonight, Tom Sainsbury, who I know you guys are a massive fan of.

Oh, big fan, big fan. Yeah. Fiona's Wine Reviews. Oh yeah, great character. Some highlight of the show from my time. Pax Asadi, Brunley Sten,

Ursula Carlson, she's there every week. And Hayley Sproul. It's the year of the Sproul. She's everywhere. You can't turn on a TV without seeing Hayley Sproul somewhere. So yeah,

that's tonight. TV2. I've got to go. I've got a day of press. Right. Whereabouts is the hits from here? It's about there. It's right there.

It's right over there. I mean, you can go in there. There's no one in there though. I'm just going to have some coffee. That's great. All right. It's right there. They're actually on holiday. Yeah. I mean, you can go in there. There's no one in there, though. I'm not just going to have some corn. That's great. All right. Thanks for having me.

Thanks. Any more from you, Vaughan? No. No, other Vaughan. You're going to have to run around there. You want to say anything? Good luck, mate. Yeah, I appreciate that.

Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. ZM. It's time for... Fact of the Day, Day, Day, Day, Day. Today's fact of the day is about bat birth. Okay, bats giving birth. Bats giving birth. Female bats give birth to other mammals, of course.

Right. So they give birth to live young and they feed them milk. But the interesting thing about the birthing of a bat is that they will give birth upside down and catch the baby bat with their wings. Cool. But gravity's working against them then. Yeah, they've got to push the baby up and out. Oh, Lord.

And then they've got to catch it when it scoots by. And wouldn't it be all slippery with all the goo? Bat placenta? Yeah, and the wings, you know, they aren't like fingers. Yeah. To grab, they've got to be able to grab them. Make a net. Make a safety net and catch them.

Where's the, you said milk. Where are the bat's nipples? I think just on the chest area. Oh my God, do bats have nipples? Legit. That's where the milk comes from, Megan. Or they've got a. Oh, my God. Do bats have nipples? Legit. That's where the milk comes from, Megan. Well, they've got a dairy. Oh, my God.

Batman's nipples in Batman Forever are right there. You can see. Was it George Clooney that was the big nipped Batman? Oh, I've just got Batman now. Oh, okay. When I Googled bat nipples, it's just pictures of the bat. Bat nips. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They do have nipples. They're quite large for the size of their body. Do they have an areola? An areola? I think so. That can't be its nipple, right? That's part of the nipple. It's huge.

Just showing a picture there of the... Oh, that's a... It's almost under its armpit, if it had an armpit. It doesn't look like a nipple. It looks like a growth. That could be a sore. No, that would be what a bat's nipple would look like. Oh, okay.

I was imagining something more rounder. That's more of a jelly bean looking shape. Yeah, and I thought it would be a bit smaller than that. But if you were to put that on a human, what kind of size would you compare it to? Would it be like a human having a fist-sized nipple? Yeah. That would be a bit weird. And it is kind of under.

That would be something to come across after a night in town, eh? Like the armpit. Like it is kind of under where you'd expect the wing. But it looks like a growth more than it does kind of under. It'll be something to come across after a night in town, eh? Like the armpit. Like it is kind of under the armpit. But it looks like a growth more than it does a nip. Because it's just weird that there's no areole. Yeah. It's just a plane. Yeah.

Okay. Why do we have that? Areoles? Yeah. Dunno. I don't know. I've got tiny arees, don't I? You do have.

I've got tiny nips. What is the area? But I'd rather have tiny nips and giant, look like when you fly over Mount Taranaki with the big ring around it. Yes. You know? And the little white nipple on the top when there's snow on it. That's what that looks like.

Are you Googling what is the purpose of Arioli? How do you spell Arioli? I know it's a hard one. A-ri-o-li. It's kind of just spelt how it sounds. There it is. It's an areola. Oh, right.

What is the evolutionary purpose of the areola and why is it there? Okay, newborn humans seem to see the colour red first. Right. And that is speculated as to why lips, nipples have a red hue. Thin skin. More blood shone through. Like arrows like up in here. It's here. What you're after is here.

Yeah, it's like a light. Like a light on a runway. Here. Yeah, right. But then why do men have... I don't know. Big Aries to play with. Why do men have nipples in general?

It's a good call. To play with. To play. Right. Like most things men have. You can't explain it. It's useless. It's useless.

Men. Their brain. They'll have fun with it. I mean, they're there, but they don't use them. Yeah. So today's fact of the day is bats give birth hanging upside down and have to catch the baby bat as it falls out. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, do, do, do. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. So a Pilates instructor, I've been reading the story. She's like, you know how you become friends with your Pilates instructor or your hairdresser? No, why don't I have a hairdresser? Well, I mean, you'd have one person you go to Pilates to, so they end up being your mates.

Right. And she has ripped off one of her friends. Right. So obviously she had her credit card details to pay for the classes. Right. And she has used the credit card details to steal £35,000. Because I didn't know how you would rip somebody off doing Pilates. I wondered if she was just making

up the poses or something. Or like charging more. Way too much. I don't know. No, £35,000. And some of the stuff, 24 iPhones. So they're obviously buying them and like selling them off. Was this woman like so rich she didn't

realise she was getting cleaned out on a credit card? Holidays to Ibiza. A year's car insurance. She bought a car seat for her pet Dashund. A Dishund. A Dishund. Max needed a car seat. Just a wee little Dishund.

What does a Dashund car seat look like? I don't know. I had the same question too and I looked. I can't find it on the screen. Long. It's really long. Long, but not at all. But yeah, she has obviously been done.

But the interesting thing is like, she was like friends with this person. You know, like you spend so much time with them and you're chatting. I never understand how people can get someone's credit card and spend it and then obviously like it's all traceable right? Yeah. You're not getting away with that. No she's

been convicted of two counts of fraud and she's got a suspended sentence. But yeah you're right to do that to a friend. Yeah. I mean I'm not saying Well technically that's the business card and I'd probably get fired. But even if I had Ross's personal card I wouldn't like go crazy. There even if I had Ross's personal card,

I wouldn't like There's never any money on it anyway. I've tried to use it for parking. Sure. Yeah. But you would never rip off your mates, would you?

No. Yeah. I mean, they're your friends. I would like to know this morning if anyone has been in this situation where a friend

has ripped you off. I know of people that have like loaned friends money. And then it gets... And then it gets awkward, and then there's fallout because of that. Yeah. But is that ripping off? I mean, it is.

They're not paying you back. That's ripping your friend off. Yeah. You should pay it back. Yeah, unless there's, like, a disagreement as to whether you actually took it out in the first place. I wouldn't want to loan money to a friend or borrow money. Not a large amount. No.

God, no. Because you still owe me that round of coffees, don't you? I don't know what you're talking about. This is what he does. This is what he does. No one owes you money, Fletch, because you're always sending an email with the exact amount. And my bank account details.

We are always square. We are always square. And there's nothing hanging over the front Exactly And you know what happens if you don't pay a Lannister back I'll fire that big dragon thing at you The spear Oh the catapult

The dragon killer It's overkill but it's my point Well you used all of your magic fire stuff That makes green flames You used all that So now you've that makes green flames. I did, didn't I? You used all that. So now you've got to build the big catapults. All right, what do you want to hear from people that have been ripped off by their friends?

Yeah. If it actually happens and how bad was it? Okay, maybe they... Because this is 35,000 pounds. Yeah, maybe they stole your credit card or maybe they were siphoning some money from you. Yeah. Or yeah, maybe they just didn't pay you back.

All right, so I'll 800 dials at M. I'd like to think Kiwis are an honest bunch. No. No. spending some money from you? Yeah. Or yeah, maybe they just didn't pay you back. All right, so 0800-DONZEDM. I'd like to think Kiwis are an honest bunch. No. No. We're not. Are we not? We're amongst the worst. We're sly.

All right, 0800-DONZEDM, 9696. Text or call. Have you been ripped off by a friend? And how much? How bad was it? Flesh for an American. The podcast. ZM.

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Wait for me again. Is it easier to stay? Is it easier to go? I don't want to know. But I know that I'm never ever going to change. And you know you don't want it any other way. Why do we always got to run away? And we wind up in the same place. It's like we're looking for the same thing, same thing, yeah

Do we really gotta do this now? Ride it with all your friends around In the morning we can work it out, work it out I love you so much that I hate you right now. It's so hard to blame you cause you're so damn beautiful. So damn beautiful. Is it easier to stay? Is it easier to go? I don't want to know. But I know that I'm never ever going to change. And you know that you're always going to stay the same. Is it easier to stay, is it easier to go? I don't wanna know

But I know that I'm never ever gonna change And you know you don't want it any other way Every time that you say you're gonna leave That's when you get the very best of me You know we need to learn that I, we breathe I, we breathe, yeah I love you so much that I hate you. Right now it's so hard to play you.

Cause you're so damn beautiful. So damn beautiful. Is it easier to stay? Is it easier to go? I don't wanna know. But I know that I'm never ever gonna change. And you know that you're always gonna stay the same Is it easier to stay as an easy how to go?

I don't wanna know But I know that I'm never ever gonna change And you know you don't want it any other way The hardest part of all Is that we're only built to fall Is it easier to stay as Is it easier to go? I don't wanna know But I know that I'm never ever gonna change

And you know that you're always gonna stay the same Is it easier to stay? Is it easier to go? I don't wanna know But I know that I'm never ever gonna change And you know you don't want it any other way Five seconds of summer, easier on ZM. Fleet to Morning Megan, 16 to 9. So talking about a story in the news, a yoga instructor ripped off clients. Friends become friends. £35,000.

They must have been rich like. Yeah, that was off a credit friends that become friends. 35,000 pounds. They must have been rich like. Yeah, that was off a credit card. Beyond belief. Who doesn't notice that kind of spin on their credit card? If it was over a year and everybody it was multiple people getting a bit taken here and there. You might not notice. Maybe they didn't notice. You would though, surely.

But then if you're mega rich and you know, your credit card limits are $100,000, you probably wouldn't, would you? No. So we want to know. Real first world problem. If you've ever been ripped off by a friend,

if anyone's ever done this to you. Yes. The answer is yes, sadly. You were like, New Zealanders won't do this. I was a member of an association. The president stole $4,000 from us and also $2,500 from a particular member

who was also a so-called friend. See, you're not getting away with that. What are they thinking? I mean, it is sad because some people do have drug and alcohol addiction problems and they see the money and they're like, well, it's irresistible to them. Yeah. alcohol addiction problems and they see the money and they're like, well, it's irresistible to them. Ton of addiction.

Yeah. But, a friend was down on their luck and came to stay with my friend, my family. Yeah. And overheard mum

talking about cash she kept around the house. And then that went missing? That went missing. That was gone. Oh, that's sad. It was over $3,000 they stole from my parents.

Wow. Wow. Karen, what happened? You got ripped over $3,000 they stole from my parents. Wow. Wow. Karen, what happened? You got ripped off by a friend? By an ex-boyfriend, actually. Oh, no. Like, by how much? How much did they rip you off?

Like 500, 600 bucks. Oh. So how did they do that? Does not pay you back? Yeah, so they were out of a job at the time, and their phone got cut off. So I was like, oh, no, it's sweet. Like, I'll pay off your phone bill.

So I paid it off, gave him a bit of extra money to kind of get back on his feet. And, yeah, I just never saw it again. He got back on his feet, left, and never came back. What's his financial status now? He's working. He could totally pay me back. But did you make it clear that you

weren't just paying it off? It was a loan? Yeah, like at the time I was working two jobs. I was paying off my car. I just left school. Like I wasn't rich. But yeah, I was like, look, I need this money back at some point. I think there's a place for a reality TV show, like Small

Debt Recovery. And just give a couple of big guys some baseball bats, take the film crews along. Totally thought about it. Maybe add a bit of a Judge Judy feel to it. Maybe there's a courtroom set up at the start. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. We follow the recovery process with bats.

Yep, yep. Yeah, that's what I reckon. Yeah. I think he's more of like a Jeremy Kyle type situation. Is he? He's really up with the judge duty. Because sometimes it's just better to write the debt off, isn't it, than even see them again.

What are you going to do about it? What can you do about it, really? Yeah. I don't know. It's just a principle that someone got all that money off me and I didn't get it back. Yeah, being taken advantage of. I'd be constantly trying to get it back.

Hey, Kieran, thanks. You're cool. Anonymous, what happened? You got ripped off by a friend? I had a friend do a fundraiser for me when I wasn't very well and I never got a cent of the fundraiser. You're kidding me.

How much money did they raise? I don't know because I left early because I really wasn't well. I was going through chemo and I left early and they were supposed to come around later but they didn't. Wait, so, okay, and you've never hit them up about this? No, because I find it very awkward because that's a really good friend of mine and I just find it very awkward and...

Wait, even still, they're still a good friend of yours. I know and I'm just like, what do I say? Like, hey, where's the money? How long ago was this? People didn't give her or him money to keep themselves. You were ill. I'm assuming they knew you. That's broad.

Yeah. How long ago did this happen? It would have been about four years ago. No, you've got to ask. Oh, my God. No, four years ago today. Wow. Four years ago today. Anonymous.

Thanks, Ecole. You've got to ask. I couldn't let that sit. Hey, thanks, Ecole. Some other text messages. A friend I knew since I was a, stole my entire handbag one day, including a 10-trip ferry ticket concession ticket. Oh, to why haircare?

Because that would be worth quite a bit. And they sold it all. What? Yeah. That's like your childhood friend. This is like your handbag. I said, that is my handbag. Yeah, but somebody had known for ages.

Wow. Yeah, lots of money going walkabouts. I lent $500 to a friend about three years ago. She said she just needed that to get out of a slight problem, but she just got herself into more problems as she spent that $500 on drugs.

Oh, that's sad. Sad. What drugs do to people. Yeah, lots. No shortage of people that have been ripped off by people that they thought were friends. Money, eh? Goodness me. But just one that you still owe me a round of coffees. Okay.

Shivers. Fletchvorner Megan, the podcast. ZM. Tanya's in here right now, but she'd be into this because she loves paying for subscriptions to things. Doesn't she? Doesn't she? Yeah.

Didn't she do one with Jetstar? Yeah. Oh, she's got that deal, yeah. And what is it? You pay five bucks, but it gets you ten bucks off or something. I don't know. She loves these sorts of things. It's not five.

Spending money to save money. Didn't she pay $10 to get a dollar off flights or something? Yeah. Or she signed up to some restaurant club as well. It was effectively like an entertainment book. You had to pay to belong to it, and then it got you some discounts somewhere along the line. So you had to pay money to then save money on spending more money.

She's an absolute sucker for it. So Uber are testing an all-in-one subscription for all of the services they offer. But from what I see, they probably couldn't do this here in New Zealand yet. Because the subscription includes, for $24.99 a month, from what I've seen, American, that includes price protection on every ride. So that means you can't get surged, right? I think so, yeah.

Free delivery on Uber Eats. Yeah. Free jump rides, which are the bikes that they do. They're like their onzos. So like their onzos. And I think Uber also, do they do the e-scooters as well? Yes. And you can cancel any time for free without getting charged by the looks of it.

So that would get you all of that for $20. But if you could bike around, this is in San Francisco, which is a 7 mile by 7 mile kind of city block. That would be a pretty good deal if you were biking all the time. How much is the subscription? $24.99. It also doesn't say

all the rides are free. It says free rides. So you might get five every calendar month or something. Yeah. I doubt it's just going. It says free rides. So you might get five every calendar month or something. Yeah. I doubt it's just going to be unlimited free rides. So earlier this year, TechCrunch noticed that Uber Eats was testing a $9.99 monthly pass for free delivery. Uber Eats? Yeah.

Which gets you free delivery on orders. I think if they're over a certain amount, like maybe $20 or something. Free delivery on orders. I think if they're over a certain amount, like maybe 20 bucks or something. Free delivery. Yeah. But that works for them too because if you know you've got free delivery, you're going to use it more.

And they're still getting money from the non-delivery part from the restaurants that are providing, right? I just don't know if I'd use, I wouldn't use that. If they had like e-scooters or e-bikes,

then I'd sign up for it. Like if Lime had that, I'd sign up for it because I'd getime had that, I'd sign up for it. Because I'd get a Lime to work every day. Yeah. But it's like every subscription service, they rely on the fact that you're going to sign up, forget about it, and it's just going to tick over

and you're not going to use that. And they're getting money from you every month versus maybe some every other month. Well, like Trini that used to work here went to Australia, just cancelled her gym the other day. She sent me a snap. Oh, I just finally cancelled my gym. She's been over there for four months. Oh, her gym in New Zealand?

Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's so hard to break up with, though. They don't want you to go. No. They're like those people you try to break up with and they're like, no. You're like, we've got to stop seeing each other. I'm not moving my stuff out. That's funny. No. You're like, I'll leave. And they're like, no, you won't. You're not going anywhere.

Contracted to 12 months, aren't I? I'm going to have to sell you on Trade Me. Oh, do people sell you that? I think they do. They try to sell the remainder. Because if you can find someone to take it over, the contract, I think that's okay. It's a cheaper way for the other person to do it too.

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