ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - March 13 2019

Episode Date: March 12, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. You can miss the little panic that Fletch was having. He's like, I can't hear anything. Can you hear anything? Mouthing this to me. He fixed the problem. His headphones weren't plugged in. Oh, classic. I wonder what was going on. I just turned around and read the rest of their mind. Sometimes, because the last couple of days,

bloody part-timers touching my buttons. Bloody part-timers. Messed with my settings. You always say that. I'm just not convinced it's not you. Yeah, it's probably me at the heart of all of this, isn't it? Well, I'd say so. It's highly likely.

Assumption of the entire situation. Highly likely. So, you see, Chris, we'll have that back at 7 and 8 this morning, your chance to win. $20,000 cash is the current jackpot. Although I'm thinking maybe at 7 we need to, I don't know,

get the money jackpotted a little bit or a clue even. Okay. We've been on 20k for a while. Well, Hilbaz put it up to 30 something, didn't she? Yeah, she got crazy.

37. But then Gary swiftly put that back down again. Okay. Well, Hilbaz put it up to 30-something, didn't she? Yeah, she got crazy, 37. But then Gary swiftly put that back down again. Okay. Well, seven and eight, there have been some more clues released with the picture clue, which is like an up-close. Is it like pale greeny? It's just a colour.

Bluey green something? Yeah. All right, well, if you want to see those clues and the guesses that have been made, go to ZM Online. All right, you lot. Listen up. It's story time. All right.

Three news headlines for story time. I'm going to pick one of the following three headlines. Headline one, merry road trip, anything but. Headline two, Nanny State. And headline three, if the intercity, not intercity like our intercity, but intercity, like not New Zealand intercity buses.

This is an intercity bus. So it goes between cities. Between cities, which is why our intercity buses are called intercity buses. Because they go in. It's also their brand name. But this story, not about intercity, I should just point out immediately.

I've got a feeling that something bad's happened on that bus there. If the intercity buses are rocking, don't come a-knocking. Those are your three headlines today. Nanny State kind of tickled my fancy. Or the rocking buses. All it was was Nanny State, right? Yeah. Yeah, Nanny State. Oh, buses? Nanny. All it was was Nanny State, right? Yeah.

Yeah, Nanny State. Oh, yeah, Nanny State. Yeah. And then Mary something was the first one? Anything but. Yeah. Mary, okay. Mary Road Trip, anything but.

I think Nanny State. Yeah, I want a Nanny State. Okay, you'd like that one? Yes, please. Okay. We go now to Vermont and Fairhaven. Okay. Where a three-year-old Nubian goat.

Nubian? Nubian. N-U-B-I-A-N. I think you said the same word twice. Nubian. Nubian? Or is it Nubian? Or is it Nubian?

Or is it Nubian? No, like Nubian or Nubian. Nubian. Like, you'd probably say Nubian. Nubian. Ah, anyway. Nubian or is it Nubian or is it Nubian? No, like Nubian or Nubian. Nubian. Like, you'd probably say Nubian. Ah, anyway. A three-year-old Nubian goat named Lincoln is poised to become the first honorary pet mayor of the small Vermont town of Fairhaven.

They're a sizable goat. They are. I'll show you a photo. It's real cute. Big long ears. Big long ears. Super cute. Because I'm kind of in the market for a goat.

So I'm but I want like one of those picture book goats. Like no offence to the Nubian goats but you're not quite what I'm after. Oh you want, yeah. Picture book goat. I wouldn't mind it with the little wee horns. You gotta get a cute one. I'll get one with the like little

black and white one. With the little like, do they have little black faces? Meh. That's all I ran. Meh. The nanny goat was chosen this week by the townspeople. A ballot of 16 pets were open to all town residents. Mostly the other candidates.

So were dogs and cats. There was a gerbil named Crystal, which was a candidate. Gerbil losing out there. You don't want your mare capable of being scared to death, though. Oh, yeah, they're real sensitive. You don't want the neighbouring town's mare to come over and it's a dog and it goes, and then your mare's dead. Lincoln, the nanny goat, secured 13 votes,

beating out a small dog named Sammy with 10 votes. The other candidates combined for 30 votes. Right. So it was a close race. I guess you could say they've goated in the bag. Yes. I don't know what happens in this town. Not much if they're running pets for mayor.

Those goats get quite big. Those new-been goats. I've just googled cutest goat breeds. Yeah. And the Saanen goat came up and that was what Matt was. Oh, yeah.

Born Matt. Hitchhiked up the country with a goat. What happened to that goat? It died of, effectively, goat's Crohn's disease. Oh, my God. You know, people with Crohn's,

like, it's an issue with the digestive tract. Yeah. Stomachy issues. Yeah, it pretty much had that and it just shut down. Right. Yeah, okay. There was no more. Because your dad was really upset with us because he had the goat on his farm, didn't

Yeah, yeah. He said Matt retired too. It was a very friendly goat. Matt. He was a good goat, but yeah, he died, RIP. Right. Wonderful curry, though. He's a good goat. Matt. He was a good goat, but yeah, he died. R.I.P. Wrong. Wonderful curry, though. Are you kidding?

No. Hwaist not, want not. Nah, nah, we didn't eat him. You couldn't do that. Yeah, it was a bit rank by the time we got to him. Worn. You've got to eat him. If you're going to eat him, you've got to eat him fresh.

The thought was there. I mean, that's the idea of a curry, isn't it? It's like pretty much a stew. Yeah, for meat that's maybe... Rubbish meat. Dirty break. So at this time in the morning, we can get away with talking about things that we probably can't get away with around 8 o'clock.

Things a bit more risque. Yeah, because there's children listening. Can I just say, just for the IT department and any management listening, right now I did try to click on this report, which took me to a filthy website. Alright. Which I was blocked from. Oh really? But I was actually going to the

press release section of this. They do wonderful press releases. They do, which I think is where you've got these stats from, Megan. Yes. So, yeah, you can't look up Pornhub on our work Wi-Fi. But they have got really some wonderful stats from International Women's Day, which was on Friday.

So they have looked at the findings about what women seek out. Now, judging by the women we work with, you're all like, ooh, never do this, never done it. No, you're paraphrasing. Am I? That's not what we said. Caitlin? We said.

Well, I've got a boyfriend now. Yeah. But what about when you didn't? I don't want to talk about it. It doesn't need to be a taboo subject. I know, but I just can't be bothered with you guys. Yes. So, yeah.

Bagging us out. I can't. I think that would be very rich if we were to bag you out. I know. I've heard all your stories. Yeah. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. What was that drink again?

Fletch. We're just not as, what can I say? Forthright. Yeah, or like eager. Right. Especially the two guys i work with or just like yeah you say this but these stats that have been released for international women's day how often uh last year for international women's day porn hub released stats saying that more females than men go to their site on mobile phones. Stat. Yeah, on mobile phones.

That just means that dudes are doing it on their laptops. Laptops. Well, we've got to sit down. We're going to pull the curtains. We're going to... Light a candle. Make it a little bit romantic. Yes, in a coria.

Light in a coria. Make sure no one's home. Lock the door. You give yourself more foreplay than you do. 100%. I deserve it. I get up early. I work hard.

But you guys can just pretty much do it on the roll on the run on the go okay so yeah this is the most viewed category

they've broken it down the whole world so different by country countries I'm not very good at geography but I can tell you and this is what women

were searching by their country yeah lucky the top search is something I can actually say on the radio okay because there's you know there's lots of different categories which radio though because like there's radio We're searching by their country. Yeah, lucky the top search is something I can actually say on the radio. Okay. Because there's lots of different categories. Which radio though?

Because there's Radio Rima and stuff. I'd go on record saying that I think Christian broadcasters would be talking about Pornhub survey results. Okay. So this category. We might even be pushing the boat out to assume any other radio station would be talking about this. So this category across North America, South America, most of Europe, Australia and New Zealand was the most popular.

Okay. For women. Yeah. It was lesbian. Yes, good choice. I'll commend you on your choice there, ladies. Well done. It doesn't explain why, obviously, they didn't go into that.

And it's broken down different parts of the world. Why do you think that is, Megan? Oh, I don't know. I don't know. I honestly don't know. Curiosity? Nah, I don't. Help.

Caitlin? Caitlin, aren't you? I honestly, I don't know either. I can't. Help. Caitlin? Caitlin, aren't you? I honestly, I don't know either. I can't tell you. I couldn't tell you. Because if that's the case, why aren't there more lesbians? No, I honestly don't have the answer for you. I've got an idea.

Okay, here we go. Here we go. Finally. Finally. Back from two days sick leave with some insight. Two days sick leave. She's been busy. Yes, she's been stuck in bed.

But is it because, like, sometimes you're hetero? Yeah. Can be quite targeted for deuce. That's actually a very, very good point. That's actually a very good point. Heterosexual porn's more made with the male audience in mind, whereas lesbian porn's... You're actually, yeah.

Which is also made for males, but maybe there'd be... Round of applause. That's why they're saying young guys who are watching it are getting the wrong idea about what a woman... Yeah. Yeah. Because it's not targeted to what women would actually generally enjoy. But there's even a...

I'm told. Yeah. You're told. That there's a category now that is more realistic in the... What's the category called? I can't remember what it was. I've read an article about it. I'm pretty sure this was Pornhub's...

What? Don't worry. One of their last press releases. Right. Oh, flustered. I just feel like I'm going to have some real questions to answer at church this weekend. Porn, we heard the porn break.

Really? Oh, heavens. Yes, I didn't know what they were talking about, father. They released it saying that there's been this uptake in more realistic, just pretty much. Right. Not like upside down, hanging off the ceiling fan, smashing each other.

Like your Mills and Boone kind of. Yeah, but even that's fairly unrealistic. Like you don't see a dude with long hair anymore and think he's sexy. Like, that's pretty much Mills and Boone, bread and butter, isn't it? Fabio type. These stats, like, are quite in-depth as broken down North America and by state

what they are searching. Can't read most of those out. And then broken down for women between different age groups what they they like. Now this would be people with memberships because how else would they know?

I mean they know. They definitely know. Well they know don't they? They just know. For like Facebook knows and everything knows and advertises to you. Yeah.

So they know. They know. Just 65 plus blew my mind a little bit. What are they into? You can't just leave us hanging. What are they into? You can't just leave us hanging. What are they into? Oh, no, just...

No. They're not. They're looking outside of their... No, I can't. Show me. I'm going to come around and read it. Oh. Maracas?

Playing the Maracas, Megan? I don't know. Keep going. This is a terrible game of charades. Bang on there, Vaughn. Playing the Maracas. Right. Wow. Geez, someone needs to go round to their grandparents

and check the internet history. Or put on a net nanny. This is just people who are living with their grandparents to save on. Surely. I don't know. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six.

Oh, now I'm scared to do it. Did a today-o introduction. No, do it. Yeah, that was really good. I was scared and then I was on and was worried I'd do it again and I'd mess it up a second time. Hey, no one can be

angry for you trying. The Japanese team of scientists are edging closer to bringing woolly mammoths back to life. The woolly mammoth that they're using and the most preservative of woolly mammoth DNA is the woolly mammoth called Yuka that they found in Siberia.

Now, they found them in like old, I say, right, so they were quite well preserved. They believe that this one fell into a crevice. Oh. And then there was a massive shift in global temperatures and it caused it to freeze over and it was stuck in permafrost for many, many years. So it didn't like...

You know, if something, like, is in the freezer and then the power goes off and it defrosts and then it freezes again, it gets a bit banky. Yeah, a bit banky. So that really never happened because it was in permafrost. Yeah. So they have

done some genetic DNA breakdowns and they've compared it to elephants and they've said some of the DNA overlapped with the DNA and are protein specific

to mammoths. So they're just doing all of these things and they say we're actually like closer than we've ever been to cloning a, bringing back an extinct species. But this is like Jurassic Park. Yeah, but it's just mammoths. Just do one or two of them. I would totally go see a mammoth at the zoo.

Me too. Oh my God, how amazing would that be? Oh, really amazing. Yeah. And just think of it being able to bring back creatures that we've just Rochambeau'd off earth. We should get to vote, though, on which ones to do and not to do. Yes, referendum. Yes, referendum.

Because I'd have the Haas eagle back before I had the mower. Vaughan, you can't have the Haas eagle back now in this day and age. It'd be stealing children from daycares. All the daycares would need domes. Yeah, they would. Because the Haas eagles would be swooping in and stealing the children. Exactly.. All the daycares would need domes. Yeah, they would. The eagles would be swooping in and stealing the children.

Exactly. But if they're bringing things back, today's top six, the top six other things we want Japanese scientists to recreate.

Number six on the list, the fashion trend that was capri pants. Hello. Someone's got a lovely shin and they want to show

it without being capri shamed. Yeah. It's for a guy wearing capris only a couple of weekends ago. And I wasn't even, like, disappointed. I thought it was a really brave...

It was a bold move. Bold, bold statement. Did he used to wear capris? No. It wasn't really... I feel like it would have been your thing. Well, it wasn't really in the jurisdiction, but now I'm a dad, so... Yeah, but I could see you in some three-quarter cargo pants.

Yeah, you've got the legs for it. Thank you. You're welcome. Compliment received. I don't know if it was a compliment. Number five on the list of the top six things we want Japanese scientists to recreate. Tangy fruits. Oh, that'd be great.

I'm still upset about that. Yeah, they were the only things that would probably last an entire movie. Yeah. Sitting. Because everything else you can just mow. And now they've made all the other lollies. Do you know what else they made smaller? Like M&M's.

What, the actual M&M's? The M&M packets are smaller. Rude. What, are the family packs smaller? Yeah. I'm pretty sure because I saw them the other day in the dairy. Anyone ever actually share those with a family? No.

Really? Yeah, because I saw them the other day and there was an old pack and a new pack. And that's what made me think, those cheeky buggers. But they didn't get the press that Cadbury, the backlash that the lollies got. And the chocolate. No, well, they probably waited until Cadbury were like, we're doing something. And they're like, do it. Hit the button.

I'm pretty sure if anybody else has noticed that, I'd love to know. Just made me sad because I could eat a whole packet of those. Now I can still eat a whole packet, but there would just be less. Yeah, I feel like they're judging you. Like, should you? Like, you could pack your cheeks with tangy fruits and they'd just slowly melt and they'd last for ages, but you do that with a Malteser or an M&M

and yeah, they'll just turn to slosh real quick. I mean, now I'm thinking about it, it's probably the reason I've got so many cavities and it hurts when I drink cold water, but that's life. I'm living with it. The top six things we want Japanese scientists to recreate. Number four, new metal.

Remember new metal? Like some Linkin Park. Like some Linkin Park. Well, even before that, there was your Limp Bizkits. Yep. That was basically a 90s metal with a DJ. Yeah. A hint of, yeah.

It'd be like. Enough, we need that. Don't you think so? Oh, no. Oh, well, it'd go well with the capri pants. And some tangy fruits. Right. Number three on the list of the top six things we want Japanese scientists to recreate,

the TV show Freaks and Geeks. That was great. Do you know that was only one season long? That launched many a career, too. James Franco. James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segal. Heaps of big names were in that. Busy Phillips.

Was she? Yeah. She was in the girls' squad. Number two on the list of the top six things you want Japanese scientists to recreate are when bread was at the bottom of the food pyramid. 80s and 90s kids. Remember that?

Yeah. Remember they were like, you literally can't eat enough. Turns out you can. This food pyramid brought to you by Tip Top. Bread. And all the breads. Keep eating more bread.

Yep. The bread people were just rubbing their hands together. They'd be like, look at that. Eating so much bread. And now. Where is it on the pyramid now? I thought it was still at the bottom. I think it's upper mid.

No, no, it's upper mid. It's upper mid. It's nowhere near as much of a... Yeah, right. We should have known, though. Have you ever put bread at the bottom of your supermarket trolley? Squashed. Yeah, the clues were there from the start.

All the hints were there. And the number one thing we want Japanese scientists to recreate in today's top six, 1980s fuel prices. Oh, wouldn't that be great? I got reminded of this yesterday. Someone knows, follow this place that puts up like historic photos of cities around New Zealand and how things have changed. And there was a petrol station and petrol was like 49 cents a litre or something.

Wow. I was like, that's a bit neat. Just a litre of fuel, thanks. Flick. And you flick them a coin. Yeah. That would have been real neat. That is today's top six.

Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. This was massive news in New Zealand yesterday, so much so that it meant notifications from news apps you might have on your phone. Yep. It had the red banner at the top. Yep. It was all very panicky that glass on the observation desk

of a deck of the Sky Tower had shattered. The word shattered used. It seemed to go a bit overboard. I'd say cracked at the most. Yeah, but it's... Well, I guess it is shattered but that's what the glass does.

It's got all the shattery. Have you seen a picture of the actual glass? No, not up close. It is actually shattered. Oh, yeah, right. It's that safety glass when it all goes white. You can get coffee tables like that.

Yeah. In case you fall through them. Well, some people do. Or throw them at people. The option's there. But this one, obviously, people were freaked out. to hide. Well, some people do. Or throw them at people. It's just the options there. Yeah. But this one, obviously, people were freaked out. And it's easy for me to say, oh, come on, guys.

We've seen the picture. And I've said nothing's going to happen. So that's cool. But if I'd been standing there when it happened, I would have probably like, it would have been like, it's shattered. But also, it appears there's human poo on it. I would have been like, yep, me.

My bad. I would have dived. Like, as soon as you see it like I don't know if it was like a sudden shatter or whether it was like a slow shatter but I would have

like dived. So they've come out and said that there are like three layers of glass. Yep. One real thick one that's never going to break.

It's like concrete. Strong as concrete and then two other layers. Yep. Two on top. Now it was one of the thinner ones that broke.

So it's not a problem. Yeah, it says, there's a sign that's saying this glass floor is 33mm thick. So that's 3.8cm. Not thick enough for me. Just stand on it.

Well, I remember when we went up the Wiz Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world. You couldn't even stand, you couldn't even walk to the edge, Megan. Even when I go up the Sky Tower, I have to not be by the window. Yeah.

To me, it feels like the whole thing's swaying. Well, it does, though. It moves in the wind. The Sky Tower moves in the wind. A little bit, yeah. I've never stood on those glass panels. I have no intention to, and especially not now. Well, imagine the tourists that were standing on them when they shattered.

Like, everyone puts on a bit of weight when you go on holiday. But, ouch, Skytel. I'd be like, ouch, you big tall bitch. You're not exactly a size 8. Look at you. I'm willing for my chillings. You're made of concrete. You're so fat.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Yesterday in Auckland, the story broke that a man was very angry. Okay. Okay. Middle-aged white guy angry is what the headline could say. And any number of stories could fit under that. Don't make that a negative.

You've put him on the back foot now. What? Because you see, middle-aged white man is very angry. So now we're immediately judging him. Yeah. The world's against middle-aged white men, Megan. No, well. That is very hard.

They have had it easy for a long time, but that's okay. So he's furious because he received a fake parking ticket, but it was a cleverly designed advertisement for Burger Chain Burger Fuel. These flies have been around for years. They've been around for, this is the thing I can't believe, this is in no part of any news story I've ever read that it's like, oh, and this isn't the first time they've done this, because they have been doing it for ages. Yeah, I've seen them around all the time.

They have little discount vouchers. Yeah, I think it's like you get a free chips if you buy a burger, right? Yeah. It looks like a parking ticket. It's long, skinny, white paper, and it says at the bottom where it says AT for Auckland Transport. If you can give your fines, it says BF. Yeah, and that's quite realistic.

Yeah, it's really well made. Yeah, like you'd actually be fooled by it at first look. You'd be like, ah, because it's a glossy kind of paper as well. So he's angry because he was like, oh my God, I've got a parking ticket. Oh no, I don't.

I've got free chips. Yeah. Oh, this has really ruined my day. Well again, Megan, it's a middle-aged white man just again being downtrodden in society.

You know that stomach sinking feeling you get when you get a ticket? I had that. Is that what he said? Yeah, but then it's like all turned around. It's like you think you've got

a ticket and then suddenly you don't. It was absolutely ridiculous. It looks like a ticket. He said it was stupid and it discouraged him from visiting the burger chain. Well, it's nice that he's finally found something in his life that he's got to be outraged about. He's not outraged that it's a waste

of paper or that it's junk mail. No. It's unsolicited. Or if it had blown away, it'd be rubbish. It momentarily ruined his day. Yeah. Yeah. Wow.

Just for a squidge, just for a little pip, a little blip. He was like, oh, I'm going to take a blip. And the media outlets are like, oh, sorry, the middle-aged white man is outraged for two minutes. Get his story online. Actually blew up on Reddit, didn't it? Yeah, yeah. Meteorites are like, oh, sorry, the middle-aged white man is outraged for two minutes. Get a storyline. Actually blow up on Reddit, didn't it?

But I would have thought Redditors would have been all about a chippies. Yeah, free chippies. Oh, yeah, too good for free chippies? Come on, get out of here. I mean, you've got to buy a burger. That's the problem. Yeah, yeah. Like, maybe if they were just free chippies.

Yeah, it was just like pop in and get a free chippies. Yeah. But then they'd bankrupt themselves with free chippies. Yeah. So I can see why they... And I like the burger. Well, see, I'd be more willing to accept this white man's outrage

if he got there expecting free chips, but he had to buy the burger to get the chips. Yeah. I'd be like, I'm backing this guy now. It's got my vote. This story made headlines yesterday. And before, I don't want to cast any stones because I'm not a mother yet.

So I'd like to say that this is something I would never do, but I don't know. Maybe it could happen. A mother has caused a flight emergency. This happened in Saudi Arabia. So it was a Saudi flight going from Jeddah to Kuala Lumpur. Right. I'm surprised they even listened to her.

Well, yeah. When she pressed the bing bonger. Yeah, I hope she's not in any serious trouble. Like, something really bad. She will be. So she got on the plane, the plane took off, and she's like, yeah, cool, all sorted, except for the fact that I've actually forgotten something.

Oh no, I've forgotten my baby. The baby was left at the boarding gate. So they were sitting there waiting for the plane to board and I don't know what happened. Because what happens when you've travelled with your kids as infants, are they on your ticket or do they have their own boarding pass? No, they get their own boarding pass. So the baby wouldn't have been accounted for?

Yeah, because they check over the manuscript or whatever. Unless she did scan both boarding passes. She was travelling to a different country, right? She was travelling internationally. Yeah. Yeah, babies need passports to travel internationally. Weird. And then they need seats.

But then when you scan the ticket at the gate, they would have seen that one person was scanning two boarding passes. I know, it's bizarre. It always goes to remind her this has happened. So she says something to the crew, and that's when the captain has to tell air traffic control that they're coming back. Sir, confirm you are returning back to the gate?

Confirm reason, please. I have one passenger. She left her baby in the terminal. She refused to continue the flight. Okay, Roger, left her baby in the terminal. Allahumma sallam. You did that, right? Left her baby in the plate. Okay, Roger, lift her baby in the terminal. Allahumma salli wa salli. You did that, didn't you? Lift her baby

in the terminal. How much fuel and money would that have cost the airline? Tens of thousands of dollars. It would have been

a very expensive turnaround. Yeah. But it's not like you could just keep going and you can't just send the baby on the next flight.

Not the worst, Mother. A mother in Florida just left her kids behind on purpose. She's in court because Florida just left her kids behind on purpose. She's in court because she just left her kids behind because she wanted a holiday but didn't want them to ruin it. And they were too young to be left alone by themselves.

So she was just like, you look, there's some rice in the cupboard. See, that's terrible. Lock her up. But this woman. And then you get back on the plane with your baby and everyone knows what's happened. But see, I can imagine a home alone moment where, you know, it's a large family of six and you leave one kid behind at a service station.

Easy mistake. But I don't know how you leave an infant baby behind. I just... Like, you've travelled with kids. It'd be impossible, wouldn't it? But then I don't know what the situation was surrounding her. We don't know what else was happening. If she had like 10 other kids with her. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what else was happening. If she had like 10 other kids with her.

Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Love to know. Or she thought the partner had the baby. Like there might have been the miscommunication. She thought the partner had the baby.

The partner thought she had the baby. But did they not see each other down the gangway to the plane? Yeah, either way. Oh, you don't have the baby. He might have been like Fletch in the minute. They're like boarding at gate four. He's just like sprinting for the gate. You've got to get on first so you get the overhead locker space.

Right. No, you get there too. You're just going to stand in a queue. Give it some time. So maybe she was at the tail end and there was miscommunication. Okay. Well, off the back of that, I'd love to know either when you've left a child behind. I mean, I don't know if you're going to admit to that, but no judgment here.

Or when you got left behind child behind. I mean, I don't know if you're going to admit to that, but no judgement here. Or when you got left behind. Yeah. As a child. Like, if you've got, from a large family, wouldn't it be worse if you're an only child and your parents left you at a service station or a shop? Yeah. Because I can imagine like a family of six or seven

and everyone's screaming and yelling and everyone just thinks you're in the back seat of the previa or the people mover, but then you're not. But if you're the only child, then you're really forgettable. If you're the only child, like, take the hint. Your parents are sick of your attitude. I mean, it's their fault. Yeah.

But, yeah, you've got a problem. Give us a call. 0800-DARLS-AT-M 9696. When were you left behind as a kid? Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, it's something you'd only really see in the movies, you'd think would only ever happen in the movies. A woman left behind her baby.

At the boarding gate. It was post-takeoff when she realised, I've left it at the terminal, like a laptop. With headphones. If you're listening and you've left a child behind and you're absolutely guilt ridden about it to this day, don't be because

it's happened to so many people. And we are hearing from kids as well that we're left behind on like the family holiday or the family outing to the shops. Yeah. It does happen. Somebody said when we were moving house,

we both thought each other had the child. He was left at the old house while we both went to the new house. Fortunately, it wasn't too far away and he'd just fallen asleep by the time we got back. Wow. I'm not casting any judgements. That's like reverse running away.

You know when you run away and you fall asleep somewhere and your parents freak out because they think you're gone, but they run away from you. It's something I can imagine you doing, Megan, leaving little Lorenz at the Casey Clinic or the nail salon. I'm sure they'd look after him. You're putting up your Instagram post of the Casey Clinic. Lorenz is like in the background.

Then you're at home and people are like, where's Lorenz? And you're like, bastard. I told him to get in the car. Kids, such an inconvenience. Owen, you work at an airport and this has happened in New Zealand. Yeah, we had a family of, it must have been about eight of them, arriving from Invercargill. Yep.

And this kid comes crying up to the office and his parents had left without him. So we rang the parents and they yeah, they disappeared in two different cars and one thought that the other one had them and the other one thought that he had them. So they turned around and came back. Was that Bill English? It wasn't Bill English.

He's from Clutha. With, like, two ears. No, it was from Clutha. Close enough. Close enough. Anywhere south of Christchurch. But imagine having a family so big you've got to split into two vans or two cars.

That's the thing. I bet Gloria Vale people get left behind all the time. Because, you know, they travel like a pack. They're all dressed the same, about the same height. Brilliant. Fairly similar genetics. Sexy cool. Oh, and Ali, Dad left behind your sister.

Yeah, he did. Okay. A few years ago now, you know, back in the days when you didn't wear seatbelts, so we all climbed in the station wagon in the boot, went down to the old fish and chip shop. All the fish and chips played on the spaces. Went home, tucking into the fish and chips, and the phone rang. The fish and chip guy said to my dad, I think you've forgotten something. And dad's like, oh!

Everyone got the order? The potato fritters? And we're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's like, you forgot your kid, mate. And my little sister was like, oh! Everyone got the order? The potato fritters? And we're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And he's like, you forgot your kid, mate. And my little sister

was stuck down at the fish and chip shop trying to find out. Oh, did you get on a ship forever? You're the forgetful one. Yeah. So, well,

none of us noticed, so that's the bad thing. I bet you'd all eyed up her, like, fish and fritter and crab stick. Yeah, was there any Oh, that was probably

long gone. Yeah. Brilliant. All right, thanks you crab stick. Yeah, was there any left? Oh, that was probably long gone. Yeah. Brilliant. All right, thanks you, Cole. Ali, some text messages. I'll tell you what. The religious amongst us are some of the worst offenders. So many people have text messaged in as a kid they were left at church.

And their parents got home and were there for like an hour because they were a kid. And it was back in the day they had no way of contacting them. So they were just like sitting there in this cold empty echoey church and then there'd be a knock at the door and their parents would be like we forgot you

someone said jokes on my parents though because I'm a homosexual now and I believe it's because of that experience it's definitely God punishing your parents yeah

with some kind of twisted joke forgot a child smite you somebody else said I'm one of only two children. So there's not the excuse that there was like 10 kids around. When I was six, my sister was home sick from school. And mum was usually late to pick us up.

So I didn't really think anything of it until all the teachers had gone for the day. And I was sitting out front and then it started to get dark. And then dad pulled up and he was like, front and then it started to get dark and then dad pulled up and he was like, sorry, we forgot you because the sister had been sick so they just forgot the other kid. That's a way to find out you're definitely not the favourite. Welcome one, welcome all to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast brought to you by Spark. Get four gigs of bonus data on Spark's $49 prepaid value pack.

Now on with the podcast. There's a bit of chat going around about unhealthy eating on behalf of tradies. Hey, you know, yesterday when I was leaving here, there was some tradies having lunch outside in our courtyard outside work. You just want to tell everyone you're here till lunchtime. Oh, we definitely had that on record. It was well after lunch too. It was like quarter to one.

They were having a late lunch break. That's just lunch. For normal people, that's when they have lunch. Madness. She'll be having it at 11 and then having an hour's nap. So they were outside. He had a pre-prepared salad. All the other tradies were eating pies and stuff,

but this dude was also just like like, stacked in the guns department because I saw his guns before I saw his lunch. Right. Oh, did you? Yeah, and I was like, man, like, that dude's ripped. Like, tradies often are if it's a physical job. Yeah, yeah. I'm like, oh, man.

Yeah, they do lots of. I'm like, yeah. Like, the guys that came around and cut a tree at our house, I was like, man, that guy's got good arms. But then I'm like, he actually has to work for that, so. That's just not coming easy. So you'd just rather be in radio and just be a bit meh? Yeah.

Yeah. You just called him a bit meh. Easier across the board. No, I was just referring to, you know, radio in general. It's a bit of a lazy industry because we sit on our A's. And then talk. Talk rubbish. And then eat all the free chocolate that companies send us.

That's exhausting stuff. I'm off home. But he was eating a pre-prepared lunch, and I thought that's very unusual. In my experience, and I don't wish to tarnish all tradies with a paper bag with a pie in it, but I read this story yesterday because there's talk that, you know,

a lot of tradies, all they do is they have their energy drink and pie. Yeah. Or, you know, chicken, fried chicken. There's many combos around. The country often labeled things like the tradies lunch, and it'll be a pie, a sausage roll, and a 500ml energy drink, which, by the way, I picked one of those up just out of interest.

Yeah. I've never had a 500ml energy drink. In your life? No, I've had like the little cans. Yeah, I think I'll do a little can. I've never had a big one, though. But, man, I picked it up. That's a girthy can.

It's a lot. It's girthy. It's a lot. It's girthy. It's a lot. It's a girthy teeth rotter, that one. But some people have said that there's a bit of shame if you're a tradie bringing in, like, a little salad. Yeah, but if this guy yesterday, if any of them had been like, ooh, burger, pork, lunch, he could have just been like,

yeah, but look, and bam, popped the gun, and they would have been like, okay. He's a lean, mean, fighting machine. You're our alpha tradie. Yeah. Is there an alpha alpha tradie is that sort of a thing in a group of tradies is there a pecking order i don't know alpha makes the calls because i read this article in there the trucking industry as well was saying that they've had a thing for the last wee while yeah trying to promote healthy eating love you you'd put the best oil and diesel in your truck are you putting the best oil and diesel in your board? That's kind of that.

They shouldn't be drinking oil or diesel, but you know, it's a metaphor. They have to fill up at places like, you know, BP Wildbane and stuff. Oh yeah, there's pies everywhere. You know, the chicken nuggies, the pies, they're delicious. And it's hard to eat a salad while you're driving.

Whereas it's easy to eat a pie and drink a can while you're driving. Yeah, is that the problem? They need an on-the-go healthy option. Yeah, I mean, you could probably brew kombucha in the cab of your truck. Like, temperature control would be right. But you go around a corner and it'll slosh over and you lose your scoby. But you can eat sushi on the go.

That's healthier. Yeah, that's true. But then you've got to eat a lot of that to be full. And then there's always a deep fried thing that I'll have. Ross Boss is in the producer's booth. Does this make you feel a bit masked? Like you're on the tradie diet, but you work in an office. Look, here's the thing.

In the tradie world, calories in, calories out. It doesn't matter what they are. We're just pushing so much, pushing so hard. Yeah. Getting whatever we want. Yeah, but you're not in the construction industry. You sit at your desk all day in a sedentary lifestyle job. But I can see a crane from my desk.

That counts. That counts. That counts. You can see people working. Yeah. And sometimes you'll park your car somewhere and just put your hazard lights on and just nip in. Yeah, just nip in. And sometimes it's like I think about wearing

steel-toed boots but don't actually wear them. But still, it all counts. It's like when you drive past a gym and you can see the people working out. Ah, it's my exercise for the day. I saw them doing it. Yeah, there they were. On the treadmills. I don't know if that's quite the same.

There is something that we are, well, a lot of people are using these days that they think might cause cancer. It's another one. Oh, like everything. Well, yeah. So the studies have been done on animals and they have found a link to suggest cancer,

but there's no like hard factual evidence yet. The main concern is for ear pods. So wireless earbuds. Because the level of radiation that is so close to your ear canal is quite high when they use like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and that kind of thing. Right. So when it's shoved in your ear

and because it's so much higher than, you know, something with a cord, yeah, they're saying it could actually cause cancer. Who's saying this? Like one or two doctors? Well, there is a petition. The wired headphone industry. Yeah.

There's a petition that has been done with the World Health Organization. Yeah. So this is according to the United Nations, but it's something they're definitely going to have to look into. It's only got 250 people signing the petition yet, but it does warn against numerous devices that put out radio frequency radiation. So are these 250 people doctors or are they just like conspiracy theorists?

No, I think they're doctors and scientists. So they're people who do know and do have genuine concerns for the safety of people's health and wellbeing. Well, apart from these headphones I use in studio, all of my headphones are wireless. Wireless. Same. And Bluetooth. Yeah, but no, health and wellbeing. Well, apart from these headphones I use in studio, all of my headphones are wireless. Wireless. Same.

And Bluetooth. Yeah, but no, these are earbuds. So it's not just because I've got wireless headphones. No, I've got earbuds. They've got over-ears. You've got earbuds too, eh? Yours are wireless earbuds. Those ones that...

Go in your ear. ...coop over your ear and go in. But they're still wireless. Yeah. Yeah, they... So any ones that sit in your ear canal. Right, but sitting on top of your ear canal is fine. Yeah, because I guess it's not as close.

They're talking about being close to your inner tissue of your ear. Right. Because it's emitting the radiation within your ear canal. Right. Mine don't go all the way in, just the tip. You're fine. You're fine, mate. That's okay then, because it doesn't count if it's just the tip. Okay, good. You're fine, mate. That's okay then because it doesn't count

if it's just the tip. Okay, good. It's good to know. It's time for another edition of Swipe Mears. It's where someone has an experience on a dating app where it didn't go quite to plan, shall we say. Good morning, Sasha.

Hi. All right, what dating app was this? It was classic Tinder. Oh, it always is. But legally we can't call it Tinder Mears anymore. No. Yeah. They didn't like that.

So what happened, Sasha? Well, okay, so it was just, I don't know, he was a hot guy. That's okay, you can say that. It always starts that anyway. We met and then he messaged me and he was quite a sort of charmer. And by his profile, he seems very, like, normal. So, you know, brown hair, blue eyes, all of that sort of charmer and by his profile he seemed very like normal. So, you know, brown hair, blue eyes,

all of that sort of thing. And then met up with him one or two times and he seemed so normal and he was just such like a charismatic person and everything.

And then he was like, do you want to come back to the flat? And I was like, yeah, why not? God, because you know, I've just seen the Ted Bundy tapes on Netflix

and he was charming as well. Yeah. Okay, this wasn't a recent thing. If it happened after that, I would not have done it. Ted Bundy happened many, many years ago. I'm a responsible person now. Yeah, I went back to his flat and I kind of, you know, walked into the door and it was, like, this sort of hallway-ish thing

that seems normal and then you come out to, like, his room slash living room area and there was like this sort of hallway-ish thing that seems normal and then you come out to like his room slash living room area and there was just kind of like swords and like guns and stuff all over the wall and I was kind of like, this isn't right. Yeah, so that was interesting

and I kind of was just staring at them and he looked over at me and could kind of tell that I was a bit freaked out and there was a little bit of awkward silence for what felt like forever. Yeah. And then, yeah, I was like, okay, so like, what is all of this?

And he was like, oh, yeah, no, I'm a collector. And I was like, okay, so they're fake. And he was like, no, no, no, they're real. And I was like, okay. What kind of guns, like new guns or real old antique guns? Mainly like newer ones, which was kind of freaking me out because then they were kind of like older swords. And I was like, what kind of collection is this?

Yeah, like just a modern. It's just like a kill people collection. Yeah, that's freaky. Swords, wow. And I was trying to just like, you know, look out for the blood. There wasn't any, thank God. Right, okay. So he was just like, do you want to see my favourite one?

And I was like, yeah, all right. Oh, my God. I was, like, trying to, like, find a moment to text my friend to call me with, like, an emergency or anything. Yeah, yeah. It was just such, like, an awkward, like, couldn't get out of it. And then, yeah, he was like, yeah, no,

this is my favourite one. I'll show you how, like, it's not, like, it's not sharp or anything. Don't worry. I mean, it's pretty sharp. And I was like, what is he doing? And then he was like, look, look, look, just hold still.

And I was like, what are you doing? And he held it up, like, just, like, almost touching my neck. And I was like, I don't know what to he held it up, like, just like almost touching my neck. And I was like, I don't know what to do. What the hell? Sasha, I hope your mother doesn't hear this. Yeah, I hope my mother doesn't hear this either. Fletch was so close with the Ted Bundy thing.

Like, I was expecting you just had a messy room. But now he's holding swords up to you now. I was just, you know, when you're just like, okay, this is when I die. Nobody needs a collection of swords and guns at all. Zero. Nobody needs that. You're so right. Nobody. So, I kind of, I'm a pretty straight up person, so it's like,

at first I just didn't really know what to do in case he was going to kill me, but after that I had to just be like, look, I'm not really into this. And he was like, into what? And I was like, what do you think? The swords and guns. You holding a sword up to my throat.

I was okay with the guns, but when the swords came out, it was a no for me. Yeah, no. I mean, you know, it was young me, pretty idiotic thing to go to his place in the first place. And did you get out or did you have to kiss him first? Oh, right, okay. No, I'm still with him.

No, I'm not. Oh, my God. You know what I was going to say? Oh, right, okay. No, I'm still with him. No, I'm not. Oh, my God. You know what I was going to say? I was going, you know, we're happily married now. And I like guns and swords. Yeah. Wow, that sounds like a lucky escape, Sasha. Yeah, no, so then I was just like, look, yeah, I'm not really into this.

My friend is waiting outside. He is training for the police. He won't be into this either. Yeah, he's also black belt in all the martial arts. And he can stop swords. Yeah. Wow, Sasha,

thank you so much for sharing. Wow. That's so good. And if you're listening and you've had a swipemare like Sasha's, you can register at ZM online and we could call you back

and hear your tale of maybe swords and guns. Women are using dating apps for something other than dating the person that they're attracted to. Right. So this is actually something I could use this for. But then you have to explain it to your partner while you've got Bumble or Tinder or whatever.

I think Bumble seems to be a popular one for this. So, women are using these dating apps to find friends, to find a BFF. Not hookups. Because, Caitlin, you were on Bumble before you got a boyfriend. I've got a boyfriend, yeah. Yeah, I've got a boyfriend now, yeah. Does Bumble have a friends feature?

Yeah, it does. Yeah, it's just you select which one you want to go on, dates or friend dates. So you're just looking for BFFs? Yeah. Right. Do you think many people use this in New Zealand? I know of a few people that have.

I could use this. But then I don't want to be like... You've already got a best friend, Ali. I know, but when she's busy, I get angry. Do you want more friends? No, because I always get jealous of like, you know on Instagram when people are like, oh, here's me and all my girls. I'm like, yeah, you've got like six friends.

Go you. I've got like one good- But we're your squad and you won't even reply to the group message 90% of the time. Yeah. You're not a squad member. You're not a herd creature. My girlfriends. Wow.

Excuse me. That really hurts. You're not my girlfriends. Wow. Excuse me. That really hurts. That hurts. That's very hurtful. No, but sometimes we talk about girl things in the studio and you guys are like, nah, you don't get it. I need, like, girlfriends. Right.

That's why, like, I mean, Caitlin and producer Anya are out there in the booth, but, like, they're not. Are they not your squad? No. Are they not part of your whole? Anya's like, I don't want to be a part of this. No, but you don't. Anya's got her own squad, though.

You didn't leave me finished. You've got a squad. Thank you. I've seen you. You do, like, cheese platters and stuff with your squad. You do... Yeah. Wine and...

Wines and stuff. Yeah. I would be Carrie Bradshaw, and they are superfluous. Right. No, I mean they're separated by a pane of glass. Like, I only get to talk to them when Fletch pushes a button and lets them join in. Otherwise, I'm hung out to dry as the only female in the studio.

Yeah, right. You know, like, I... You make me sound like a Saudi Arabian husband, Megan. Not letting you talk to anyone. But I'd like a squad of friends. But isn't it, like, wouldn't you rather have, like, quality over quantity? Well, of course. Because you've got really good close girlfriends,

but you just want six or seven just so you can have an Instagram photo. Like the admin of having six or seven ishy friends. But you know, like you get invited to something and they're like, bring all your mates. And you're like, oh yeah, I'll text Ellie and see what she's doing. I've got one friend. So you would use this app do you reckon

yeah I think so to like meet friends but then if I was like a lesbian and I was looking for like hookups

I'd be spreading the net far and wide and then someone just wants to be friends I'm like yeah okay that's what Caleb was saying this is only for friends on that Bumble feature

no but he was saying you just lie you just be lying you be lying yeah of course we're just only for friends on that Bumble feature. No, but he was saying you just lie. You just be lying. You be lying. Yeah, of course. We're just looking for friends. And then try and kiss them. Yeah.

Okay. See how that goes. Yeah, but sometimes girls kiss their friends too. So it could be a while before you figure out that they want something more. Oh, you're so confusing. Yeah. Because you've had that situation before. You tried to make best friends, didn't you?

Vaughn and I said they're trying to kiss you and we were right. And you were like, no, they're not. Yes, they were. Can't help but find it irresistible. I just don't want any more friends. No, you don't. Do boys feel the same? Do you want like a boy squad?

Like a group of dudes that you can like tell all your dude things to? I don't know. All your dude things? The older I get, the far more of a solitary creature I'm becoming. Right. You'd rather go on the ride-on lawnmower.

Oh my gosh. There's only room for one on the ride-on lawnmower. Yes. MFs in a podcast. The two friends I need. But like when you have a birthday party and you're like, I'm going to invite all my friends.

Don't want to have one of those either. Oh, where are all my friends? Yeah. This would be great. This is why people get anxiety when they have a party, isn't it? I know, yeah. Especially millennials. My dream party would be organising a party and then everybody pulls out and it's just me and food.

How good would that be? That's sad. Why? Or a handful of people show up but they leave by nine. They're out real, like, really early. They come. They're like, oh, I should have judged that you didn't actually want people here. I'm like, yeah, no, you should have read that situation.

Well, that sounds like a little bit of a weird topic, but I'd love to know how you made adult friends. Because when you're little, you're at school and you're surrounded by people, you know, all the time. Yeah, then you go to uni or course or whatever, you make new friends. I mean, you work in radio and you surround my people, but, you know, they're not always people you want to hang out with. Case in point, right in front of me. 100% agree. So how did you make adult friends?

Because it can be quite like a triumph, can't it? Yeah. Okay, I'll 800 times it in. And then you've got to judge. Are they into you as much as you're into them? And also, if you're just going hot looking for friends, but they're like all friended up. I know.

And seem so desperate. And they're like, don't be friends with the desperate person. What if someone tried to make friends with your best friend, Ali, like Caitlin did? I know, I always. There's a bit of resentment there, isn't there? I'm very much way on Ali, so I've made my mark on her. Like a dog marking your territory.

Any time Caitlin gets too close, I'm like, you back up. You back up, sweetheart. Oh. Yeah. She knows her place, eh, Katie? Yeah. Don't let anyone get too close to you. Smell her, Kaylin.

She's got my urine on her. Don't let anyone get too close to your best friend. It's all right. Well, give us a call. 0800 dials at ME. You can text as well, 9696. How did you make an adult friend? Oh.

Want to know how you made an adult friend. Because it's an achievement when you're an adult. Yeah, you're like, oh my god, okay. You grow up, you get set in your ways, you make your friends at school, at uni, and maybe some at work, but you've got your friends, don't you? Yeah, you do. Or so you think.

Yeah, and then you get divorced and then a lot of them leave you. No, that never happened. Wow happened wow so in your divorce they chose your husband over you wow that's that's an awakening i bet yeah i'd expect you have shadow and i said everyone to pick shadow but that's because she's a nicer person i know and i work with you every day i just like and i wouldn't know yeah i wouldn't hold that against you at Yeah, I wouldn't hold that against you at all. Oh, no, I wouldn't. I would happily go. I'd go full real close. So apparently females are using dating apps. Bumble especially.

Yeah, to meet female friends. That's all. Not for hookups, for friends. Yeah. And so we're asking you how you made your friends. Actually, intern Anya is in the middle of, I believe, are you about to go on your first date this week? First friend date.

It's today. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Are you excited? So who's date this week? First friend date. It's today. Yeah. Oh my gosh, are you excited? So who's your new adult? I wonder why you were dressed up. Oh my God, Bourne! You are, you are dressed up though. Yeah, I thought that too.

You've got mascara on too. You've got a cool dude denim jacket on. Oh my God. Mascara and a cute new top. Noted. Who's going to be your new adult friend? This is so awkward because I can actually pretty much see her through the glass. Clara from The Office. Okay, so we started having banter pretty much see her through the glass. Clara from the office.

Okay, so we started having banter about this certain type of hot dog a couple of weeks ago. A Fritz's wiener? Yeah, Fritz's wiener. Yeah, we started talking about how great Fritz's wieners were. And then a couple of days later, I found out they've started a shop. This is in no way endorsed by Fritz's wieners, by the way. So I sent it to her and I was like, oh my God, Fritz's wieners. And then she was like, we should go for Fritz's Wieners one day.

She invited you. And I was like, okay, fine. That sounds amazing. And then on the weekend, I went and had one. So I sent her a pic and I was like, he, he. You made a deal. You made a deal. It was cash.

We were like, oh, one day after work, we should definitely go for Wieners. And then on the weekend, I had a Wiener. So I snapped her one. And then we just started having all sorts of silly banter and now we're going out for coffee today. You're not even going

for a wiener? No, we're past the wieners, Megan. We've got more things to discuss. This is going to go real. This is going to really up the friendship level. Oh, I hope so.

Yeah, she's way cooler than you two. Now I'm going to sound so creepy. Fletch? No, I'm just saying good score. But making friends

is a bit like dating. The way you've got to stay in your league. Guys, she just messaged me. She said, ha, ha, ha, ha, I am dead. I love this. Guys, we're going to be best friends. Okay, so we want to take your calls and your text message. How did you make an adult friend?

Amanda, how did you make an adult friend? Good morning. So through my son's school friends. So, you find the parents who, you know, you think are a little bit quirky and a bit fun. And you go, hey, do you want to go for a walk after school? And then you become friends. Beautiful thing.

I get so scared asking people. I'd be like, hey, do you want to go for a walk or something to the park? Yeah, but you give your kids as an excuse. You're like, so, do you want to go for a walk or something to the park? Yeah, but you use your kids as an excuse. You're like, so, I thought you had a play date today, and then you find out that you've got some stuff in common, and boom. Right, and then if you don't, you just don't invite your kids around to play with them again. Yeah. Exactly.

Yeah, okay. You're always busy. But Vaughan's kind of rolling as, you're not a fan of parents. No. No? You have to, like, be super picky, and, like, make sure they're actually humans you want to engage with before you encourage the friendship. I'm so picky. I stand there going, no, no, no.

You just don't actually want friends, though. No, you're right. I don't. I get enough humans. Does it get a bit competitive with parents? Like, oh, my Timmy's so advanced. He's in a... 100%.

No, because what I've done is chosen parents with kids that are way younger. Right. I thought you were going to say dumber. And I was just going to give you so much. I was going to actually applaud. I've chosen the parents of the dumb kids, so I can be that person. Amanda, thank you so much for your call. Michelle, how did you make an adult friend?

So it was actually my husband. I, about 16 years ago, I was hosting a naughty knickers party. Okay. And I invited... Hey, girl. Michelle. Michelle. Mom?

Yeah? Do you want to be my friend? We have something in common. Hey. Hey. Naughty knickers. No. Sorry, continue.

Sorry, carry carry on Michelle That's alright So my husband It wasn't my boyfriend at the time We hadn't been together that long And he hadn't really met my friends Or my friends partners So this was the night that he was going to meet them

So the lady who was running the naughty knickers party Was like okay So I need a couple of guys Who want to model the women's lingerie And so my boyfriend A couple of guys who want to model the woman's lingerie. And so my boyfriend... A couple of guys who want to nominate... Just for you, nice. But that wouldn't fill out the buzzy parts

and they'd pack too much in the bottom half. No, no, I had plenty of socks. Okay, right. But you didn't explain the bottom half. Okay. Right, okay. Oh, sorry, sorry. So, yeah, so they're in my bedroom putting on this lingerie

and he was like, oh, g'day, mate. G'day, My name's Simon. Yep, my name's Shane. G'day. Nice to meet you. Simon and Shane. I can imagine Simon and Shane were out of their comfort zones. But to this day, are they friends now?

Oh, best of mates. Yeah, absolutely. Well, that's a thing. You see each other in ladies' knickers the first time you meet. You know, you're both at a... It's very bonding, isn't it? It's a disadvantage, yeah. It is. Honey, how't it? It's a disadvantage, yeah. It is.

Honey, how did you make an adult friend? Good morning, guys. How are you? Good morning. Good, thanks. This is more of a realisation of how I used to make friends. So I used to live in Auckland, moved to Christchurch. In Auckland, I used to play lots of sport,

do lots of drinking, and that's how I'd make friends. Got to Christchurch, fell pregnant, went to university, realised I had no idea how to make friends if I wasn't playing sport or drinking. So I kind of did like the first couple of years at uni kind of just sitting there looking at the 18 year olds. I was about 25 kind of going I actually don't know how to be friends with these people. It was more of a realisation because we didn't have that common ground because everyone at uni at 18 are all drinking or playing sports.

Right. So what did you do? Did you just have no friends? There was an adult kind of association, but I was kind of a little bit too young for group two. Oh, you were stuck in the middle. You were in the middle. Yeah, I was stuck in the middle.

Yeah, so it was kind of awkward age. Do you reckon at the Mature Students Association, they sit down and they're like, okay, guys, remember to ask lots of questions when everyone's ready to go. Yeah. You know, all the young people, they're not going to look like they're done with that.

Everyone's going to be wrapping up. The lecturer's packing up their stuff. That's when you start asking lots of unnecessary questions. Honey, thanks for your call. We've got some text messages. Somebody said, I like food. And there was a guy at my last workplace who liked food too. And then we were like, hey, you like food and I like food. Should've got some text messages. Somebody said, I like food and there was a guy at my last workplace who liked food too

and then we were like, hey, you like food and I like food. Should we get some food and we got some food and we've been friends ever since. Those are guys. Yeah.

Yeah. That's just straight up. Do you like sausage rolls, mate? Yeah. Oh my God, me too. Somebody else said they saw a very novel approach to making friendship

just at the weekend. They were in the public toilets and they saw written on the wall if you'd like to make a friend come back at nine o'clock on Thursday. So I'm actually counting down to tomorrow night they're going to be coming back at nine o'clock. What kind of friend? A gardening friend. A good friend. A part-time friend. A fun friend. Somebody else said,

my partner's always been really good at making friends. So we always make couple friends, like he'll make a friend and then we become friends as a couple friend. But there's also a fair amount of these couples where he makes a good friend with the husband and then I'll come along and be like, don't like it. We can't be friends anymore. I know what you mean.

Also very great. I like that. Somebody said with the internet now, it is way easier to make adult friends than it was pre-internet days But do you know You can have conversations with people online On Instagram Or Twitter or whatever back in the day

But then you meet them in real life And you're just like this is weird I don't want to talk, this is hard Because you're like talked about everything And then you meet face to face and you're like I can't look at you And you can fill up answers with emojis But you can't really do that in real life. Yeah.

You can, you'd be like, blah. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day comes from a book called Packing for Mars. This is written by Mary Roach. And it kind of answers a whole lot of questions about space travel and what things that you might not have thought about in the human effort to one day, you know, get to Mars. Also talks about a whole lot of things like what happened in

the early days of space travel. And this is what we want to cover today in today's Fact of the Day, is that if you vomit in a space suit when you're in a spacewalk, you will die. Really? So if you feel sick, and you'd imagine it's a very unusual feeling if you had a weak stomach or you had any nausea, and if you spew, your suits, you're locked in so you can't get your hands in to your face to get it out of your mouth.

You choke on it. And because of zero gravity, it can't get out of your mouth, and if you spit it out, it just fills up the suit and the head compartment, and you'll just die. But I'd like to think that if you're motion sickness prone, like you are, Vaughn,

you're not getting past the first couple of weeks of training, right? Or you get some real good anti-nausea medication. Like if you've just got what it takes, apart from the fact that you get a little queasy tum-tum on a boat. Just if you get a queasy tum-tum or you're not feeling a hundy, just postpone the spacewalk. Well, that's exactly what happened. A guy called Rusty Shawak,

he almost cancelled the first ever space walk because they had worked out due to the zero gravity and the vacuum and everything. By the way, if you're a flat earther, you can just tune out and join us later. Because you all just said this is nonsense. But he worked out and he didn't feel well on the first day. He's like, maybe we should call this off

because if I vom, I'm dead. And also, another thing is if you're on a spacewalk and you start, like,

this is kind of teaching us, dispelling everything that space movies have taught us. If you're on a spacewalk and you get in trouble, you've got to rescue yourself.

No other astronaut will help you because they will then get themselves into trouble. Yep. And then there will be significantly less astronauts to get the thing home

and the thing you're in is worth tons of money. So if you're going to get in trouble when you're on a spacewalk, you know how it's always like, I'm floating away. And someone's like, I'm coming to get you. Yeah, like gravity.

Yeah. They wouldn't. They'd just be like, see ya. Bye, like gravity. Yeah. They wouldn't. They'd just be like, see ya. Bye, George Clooney. We'll try to grab you on the next time we pass you. And then they'd just be like, vroom! Okay, they went real fast. That's not happening. Real fast.

So they'll just, yeah, they'll let you go. Has that ever happened to anyone? Has an astronaut just been let go in space? No, I don't believe so. No, no, I don't think so. God, that would be trippy. This book was made in 2010.

So I'd imagine quite a few things and stuff have changed. But it even talks about like the logistics of if we do begin space travel with technology as it is, but we also need to keep making more humans because we're going on a really long journey. Yeah.

How will the sex stuff work? Because, of course, no gravity. Yeah. You're picking up what I'm putting down here? Yeah, right. It'd just be slow, wouldn't it? They'd be really light to pick up. No, because you wouldn't be able to pull them towards you and then...

Oh, yeah. There'd be a big load of... But you'd be doing it in the spaceship, wouldn't you? Yeah, but there's no gravity in the spaceship. Oh, yeah, There'd be a big load of... But you'd be doing it in the spaceship, wouldn't you? Yeah, but there's no gravity in the spaceship. Oh, yeah, true. Okay. And this is at current technological levels. In the space movies, they always have something that spins around

and creates like a mini gravity. Yeah, you know like those mums, those exercise mums, and they wear the weights on their wrists and legs? Are you talking about some boots bolted to the ground? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then where would the other person's boots be bolted? In front. Like you're there and then the other person to the ground. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then where would the other person's boots be bolted? In front. Like you're there and then the other person's like that.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, these are questions. That could work. It'd still be slower though. Did we just solve one of NASA's problems? I think we did. I think we did, yeah.

Bolt their boots to the ground. Nice. Right next to each other. This actually does sound like this was just a little segment of the book, but it sounds like a very interesting book. So today's fact of the day is if you're on a spacewalk in a space suit and you vomit, bad news, you did. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- are on a mission to prove it. Last time we talked about guttering for roofs.

Yeah, we wanted to talk about something you wouldn't normally have googled or need or want. Yeah. You know, the average person doesn't need guttering, do they? No. Well, not once it's on. No. It's there, isn't it? It's just working. It's there and hopefully it doesn't leak. So yesterday we changed it up and started

talking about bathrooms. Things about bathrooms, Sue, because the plumbing industry are a pretty heavy advertiser. Yeah. They want you to buy nice fittings, et cetera, et cetera. Yeah, bathroom renovations. Yeah, if you're renovating, the bathroom is quite a, there's a lot to think about in a bathroom renovation. So we started using keywords about bathroom renovations. And so we asked people listening to say the keywords into their phone.

And just if you got any kind of ads pop up, screenshot them and send them through to us. Well, do you know a side subject on this is we've been talking a little bit lately about my rat trap that I bought. The CO2 powered rat trap. So many people have been sending me screen caps of targeted advertising for rat traps. Really? Yeah. Is this yours? I was like, that's exactly my one.

And they're like. Only because. They've been listening to the show and they've had their phone with them. Wow. While we've been talking about compressed air powered rat traps. Wow. That's crazy, eh? Yeah. So it's definitely happening.

And yesterday we talked about bathroom renovations. And here are the people we heard from. Just a sample. Yeah. We heard from a lot of people. Jasmine messaged in saying, while it's not specifically for bathroom renovations, I've literally never Googled renovations or homes for sale or anything.

I just got this targeted post for a new three-bedroom home and in it's saying it said, a beautifully and recently renovated bathroom. Oh, wow. And that's in the small, because it's an Instagram ad, so it's only got a small little caption. And this is someone that's not even looking to buy a house. Nope. They said the only things they ever really Google are about dresses

and sustainability. So this has not been on their radar at all. Somebody else said, this came in five minutes after I was listening to you guys. This is targeted advertising from Home Fix Limited. After a bathroom renovation, it's what we do. Call us now to take the stress out of your bathroom project. And then pictures of their previous bathroom.

That is crazy. Yep. Remember when we were talking about bathrooms, we talked about extractor fans. Yeah. Quite a few people messaged in that they started getting targeted DVS home ventilation systems, specifically the importance of a good bathroom ventilation fan.

Wow. That was our only moment. How can they still deny this? I don't know. Like, everybody knows this is a thing. Yeah, but it's the phones right It's not Facebook itself No because a lot of these are on Instagram

Yesterday's examples were on Instagram Well that's Facebook as well Oh yeah true But Mark's at the bit specifically said We are not listening Yeah but they might not be the phones are He's got us on a technicality Do you think he's not technically lying

Millie messaged in saying I've never searched online for plumbers they might not be. The phones are. He's got us on a technicality. Do you think he's not technically lying? Yeah. Millie messaged in saying, I've never searched online for plumbers. Yeah. I've never really had the need. But yesterday after you guys talked, I got registered master plumbers sponsored advertising about how you should only use them for all things.

But, and this is what they do, but bathrooms is in there. It's a key word. Wow. Okay. Adias. Adidas. Adidas? Is that a shop, an interior design shop?

They gave me the fake plants. Right. Because I keep killing plants. Well, they got a, somebody got targeted advertising, Ken's got targeted advertising for them for saving 40% off selected bathroom accessories just after we talked yesterday. Which he'd need in the newly renovated bathroom. Yes. That we talked about. Someone said moments after after we talked yesterday. Which had need in the newly renovated bathroom.

Yes. That we talked about. Someone said moments after you guys talked yesterday, I got targeted advertising from Plumbing and Gas HQ about having endless hot water if we were going to put in a new rain shower head, which was something that we talked about yesterday. So who is it?

Is it Apple and Samsung? Is it the phone companies? Who's selling this information? I don't know. But somebody else said, while I didn't get any bathroom advertising, you guys were talking about gin and tonics. And I haven't thought about gin and tonics for years and I started talking to my husband about how lovely it would be to have a gin and tonic.

Moments later, gin and tonic. Gin targeted advertising. Popped up in the feed. Yep. Wow. For gin. But so, I mean, is this done? Is this segment done? Like, we've proven this, right?

That it's happening, yeah. Like, where do you go to next? Facebook are just denying it. No, just give up. Just give up. What if we get, like, a threatening cease and desist? Like, stop uncovering our secrets. Like, stop uncovering the secrets or we'll show everybody what you said in Messenger.

You got my word, I'm out. Zuckerberg's got us all on that. So, okay, moral dilemma, a little bit of a quandary yesterday. Talking to a friend, he said he was in a store. I won't say what store, so I don't want to get anyone in trouble. Okay.

He found $50 on the floor of the store. I won't say what store because I don't want to get anyone in trouble. Okay. He found $50 on the floor of the store. Now, at that point, finders keepers, right? Yeah. Well, what would you do? How?

Whereabouts in the store? Like, not near the till or anything. Not near the register. Not near the counter. Oh, in my pocket then. Like, just in the aisle. You're looking around.

You find $50. Well, someone dropped it. Were there other people? Oh, in my pocket then. Like just in the aisle, you're looking around, you find $50. Well, someone dropped it. Were there other people? Oh, but you can't go around and ask everyone, did you drop $50? Yeah, I did. Because if somebody said, did you drop $50? I'd say, yes. What was the serial number? I'm willing to return it if someone can tell me the serial number.

Well, no, but you'd say to someone, did you drop some money? How much? Oh, yeah. And then you've got somebody drop some money. No, it's actually $ number. Well, no, but you'd say to someone, did you drop some money? How much? Oh, yeah. And then you've got somebody drop some money. 20. No, it's actually 50. Oh, that's what I meant. It's just the biggest risk taker that's going to win them because they're like 50.

True. So what would you do at that stage? Would you pocket it? I would pocket it. If it was close to the 12, I would ask. See, if it was 5 or ten, I'd probably pocket it. Well, I didn't actually ask that. But my friend being, as he said, a nice guy and doing the right thing,

took it to the counter and said, hey, look, I've found $50. I'm guessing somebody dropped it. And they're like, oh, thank you so much. And they took it off of him. And that's when he said, well, if nobody claims this, can I have it? And she just apparently put it in the till and said, no, it's in the till now. What? I know.

Isn't that like, because if you took it to the police, isn't it like two months or three months and then it's yours if nobody claims it? Yeah, pretty much. Wow. But they just like took it off him and claimed it for their own. And I was like, this wasn't someone that owned the store. This was just someone working there. Oh, so it for their own And I was like This wasn't someone That owned the store This was just someone Working there

Oh so it wasn't in the till It was in their pocket I'd say Wow It's in the till now Was there anyone else Yeah but you can open the till You can open the till

Yeah Was there anyone else In the store Well no that's I didn't ask that But I would've I would've looked around If there was no one in the store

I would've just been like Just take it I, just take it. I'd just take it. But yeah, when he told me that, I was like, oh. Yeah. Hence, just being the nice guy, you just don't win. Or you could say to the person at the counter, I've found something that someone's dropped.

If anyone comes up. Oh, yeah. And ask for it. But then you've found it in their store. It doesn't matter, does it? It doesn't matter. Yeah, you've got it. But then it's a lot of money.

Like if somebody dropped that and they really needed it. Oh, I'd be super upset. You'd be super upset and you know, you want it to go back to the right person. Well, just teach them.

Carry cash. Yeah. Just use your postcards. I don't know if I've ever had a $50 note in my wallet. Ever. No, it's weird when someone gives you cash

and you're just like, oh, what do I do? Yeah, it's just weird opening your wallet and seeing colour in there in the money part. You're like, you're for receipts. We're FPOS people. And I don't like it because if you buy things with real money, it makes you realise how much you're spending. Do you know that was the last, when I went to Australia the last time, I had all this Australian cash and I'd got it out.

I was like, this is how much I'm going to spend for the weekend. And it actually does, when you're not swiping your card all the time, it actually does make you think about how you spend your money. Because I know people that do that, like here, they'll get out their allowance for like the next two weeks after payday. And they reckon that's how, you know, it works for them. But then it's just got to carry cash and coins all the time. But yeah, it definitely works.

Until you drop it in the shop. Until you drop it and you've $50 down. And they put it in the time. Yeah. But yeah, it definitely works. Until you drop it in a shop. Until you drop it and you've $50 down. And they put it in the till. Yeah, and you go in and ask if it's been handed in and the lady's like,

no, this money's in the till. Few people messaging in from retail outlets and they're like, general policy is that you'll put it under the till or something

and if somebody says I dropped some money in here you'll give it to them or you return it to the person. the unnamed shop. Yeah, right. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast,

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