ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - March 27 2019

Episode Date: March 26, 2019

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Starting point is 00:00:00 ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thank you, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Minus Vaughan today, whose shingles pain has become too much for Anya. You can't see the eye level. You've had a little laugh, Anya. You've had more sick days this year than him. Yeah, it's just because our friend at work yesterday called him old mate shingles and that really tickled me. And now, whenever you say shingles, I think of Vaughan as old mate shingles.
Starting point is 00:00:29 It's meant to be an over 50s thing, isn't it? So... We... I'm just not keen to give him sympathy. Yeah. Because when I had shingles,
Starting point is 00:00:37 I was here every day and he gave me so much shit and put me in quarantine. So... So it's unfair is what you're saying. There is absolutely no sympathy from me.
Starting point is 00:00:45 I mean, he did look like it was so used to be. And you've just been accused by internet and you're doing a laugh fart. Yeah! Don't just throw those accusations out willy nilly. I just heard a noise coming from that corner of the room.
Starting point is 00:01:00 And I thought, was that a little laugh fart? No. There's no shame a little laugh fart? No. Okay. There's no shame in a laugh fart. It's cute. I like it. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.
Starting point is 00:01:22 Story time and with Born Away today, Megan, it's really, it's your pick. I get free reign. Choose one of the following three headlines. Headline one, man claims he's really, it's your pack. I get free reign. Choose one of the following three headlines. Headline one, man claims he's more aerodynamic than other passengers. Headline two, Lamborghini driver gets calmer for showing off. And headline three, flight lands fine with just one problem.
Starting point is 00:01:38 It was in the wrong country. I know that last one. It was supposed to go to Germany but it landed in Scotland? Or it was supposed to go to Scotland and land, and they don't, the weird thing is they don't know how it happened. This apparently filed the wrong paperwork and the pilots turned up. They're like, okay, we'll take the plane there. Landed and they're like, um. No.
Starting point is 00:01:57 Um, so story number one was the passenger's aerodynamic? Yep. Or the Lamborghini. I think I'll go with the passenger today. What's that, Vaughn? Oh, yeah, we'll go with passenger. Well, he calls in sick, you get the pick. Yes.
Starting point is 00:02:14 We go to Moscow now in Russia. A naked man attempted to board a plane at Moscow's Domo D- That's exactly how you say it. Domo D- Dovo. Domo D- Dovo. D's exactly how you say it. Domo de dovo. Domo de dovo. Domo de dovo airport. Yeah. While shouting that clothes make him less aerodynamic,
Starting point is 00:02:34 the man passed through the check-in before suddenly stripping off his clothes and running stark naked onto the jet bridge, onto the air bridge, shouting that he was naked because clothing impairs the aerodynamics of his body. He flies with more agility when undressed.
Starting point is 00:02:50 A fellow passenger was quoted as saying. He was, of course, detained by police. Yeah. Did he take his clothes with him to put them on when he landed? Well, no, he didn't even get on the flight. He was taken to the airport's medical room and then hospitalised in a medical facility. Oh, no. So I think he, yeah, I didn't even get on the flight. Right. He was taken to the airport's medical room and then hospitalised in a medical facility.
Starting point is 00:03:07 Oh, no. So I think he, yeah, I don't know if he'd escaped or what, but I mean. Each to their own. This is why, you know, cyclists wear Lycra, because it is more aerodynamic. But, you know, when you're inside the plane. It doesn't make a difference. It doesn't matter. The plane's aerodynamic enough.
Starting point is 00:03:23 Yeah. If you were the plane, sure, maybe being naked would be more aerodynamic. God, that would really put me off my plane food. Imagine if you said to sit next to him. I mean, they're not going to let him fly naked, are they? Well, no. Yeah, that's good. Although somebody in America, I read a story this week,
Starting point is 00:03:40 someone urinated on someone's luggage on an American flight. In the plane? In the plane, yeah. Okay. Yeah, American flights, we've both done those internal flights. They're something special. Yeah. I mean, people, you know, moan about Jetstar, don't they? But that's luxury, computer. Yeah. You can have an eight-hour flight with no entertainment
Starting point is 00:03:57 and no food. Yeah. It's not fun, is it? No. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. I'm actually just reading this story about the male birth control pill. So, the news out yesterday that it is one step closer. It's
Starting point is 00:04:13 been deemed safe by experts. Because this was the problem that there were too many side effects and men were like, we can't have side effects. Well, no. So, this is the issue is that it's completely safe. They're like, there's't have side effects. Well, no. So this is the issue, is that it's completely safe. They're like, there's no serious adverse effects that long term, nothing like that. But it might not go ahead because the guys that did it, they said there was fatigue.
Starting point is 00:04:38 They had a headache. Some of them reported a bit of acne, decreased libido. And some of them had, I mean, God help them, mild erectile dysfunction. So those are the side effects that have been noted. And because of that, the guys are like, no, absolutely not. Well, yeah, but that last one's a big one, isn't it? Because you don't want to, that's the whole reason you're taking it. Mild.
Starting point is 00:04:58 Oh, mild. Okay. Out of all the guys that took it, it was mild erectile dysfunction. Mild, right, okay. Fatigue, headaches, and acne. Yeah, again, that's not a good list, is it? No, and it's what women have been putting up with for years. Exactly, I mean, what's the list of side effects from the various female pills?
Starting point is 00:05:22 All of those? Fatigue, headache, acne, yeah, I mean, the girls in the producer's booth. All of those. Fatigue, headache, acne. Yeah, I mean, the girls in the producer's booth are rolling their eyes. Weight gain. Oh my God, the pill is so bad for that. Was there any mention
Starting point is 00:05:35 of weight gain for the guys? No mention of weight gain. See, guys should take it. What else is there? Oh, just the hormones of it all. Oh, I was going to say something, but I'm not going to. It goes too much into my period life.
Starting point is 00:05:49 So now that you've got a boyfriend, if this was available, Caitlin, would you be saying to him, hey? 100%. Right. Yeah. I think if we have to have the babies, you should have to have the pill. Exactly, Megan. Yeah, I think that's fair.
Starting point is 00:06:04 James, what do you think? I think that... That sounds like a man choosing his words very wisely. I'm in two minds. Yes, I would be open to taking it. But I don't think any girl in her right mind would trust their boyfriend to take the pill and be like, did you take the pill today?
Starting point is 00:06:24 He'd be like, oh, yeah, I think so. Because, I mean, and, you know, it's not on them. That's an interesting point, isn't it? Because then they have to have the baby. Well, that's the thing. If you make a mistake. I mean, the repercussions, you're still having a child, but you're not growing it inside of you.
Starting point is 00:06:40 So they're probably like, eh. Yeah. Which is not what you want at all. Like a lot of people, a lot of girls have to set timers and alarms and stuff so that you have it supposed to take it at the same time every day. Yeah. So, I don't know if you have to do that for the guy's pill, if you're supposed to take it at the same time every day.
Starting point is 00:06:58 The only reason. You're right. The only reason you take it at the same time every day. You should talk into the microphone. Like, do you know how radio works? Sorry, sorry, sorry, guys. I was just trying to remember if I took my pill this morning. The only reason why you take it at the same time every day
Starting point is 00:07:12 is so you remember to do it. There's nothing hormonal about it. No, I don't think that's right. Yeah, it's true. No, I don't think that's right. I think there are certain pills where that's the case. But there are definitely ones where there's a window. And if you don't dip into that window.
Starting point is 00:07:29 Oh, well, that's not mine. I would trust you, though, James, to be taking the pill you've read out at the same time. I don't know. I don't know if I'd trust Internania's boyfriend. Oh, I wouldn't trust Internania's boyfriend. Absolutely not. Yeah, there's some guys you'd definitely worry about. And Bourne.
Starting point is 00:07:44 I mean, he would be the worst. Yeah. No, there's no way You'd definitely worry about And Bourne I mean He would be The worst Yeah No there's no way He doesn't remember anything How do you know If you've Like cause
Starting point is 00:07:52 Aren't they set out in days As well So you can You can look at it And be like So your girlfriend Can probably check up And be like
Starting point is 00:07:59 You haven't taken your one today Or yesterday If you're not living with her You might not see her For a couple of days And then she comes around And she's like Where are the last three days?
Starting point is 00:08:05 Why are they still in here? You'd be like, I'll just take them now. Yeah, but then you can always hold sex over them, you know, if you can't get this right. That's it. A guy's sex drive, I feel like, could outweigh whether he took his pill or not and it could be, yeah. What about the side effects, James?
Starting point is 00:08:20 But then if he's got a floppy, if he's a bit floppy, might not. Oh my God. I mean, that's probably the best pill you could ever have is not getting it up, right? So you're saying the key here
Starting point is 00:08:35 is the right, yeah. Although there's a pill for that as well, so. Okay, yeah, true. Yeah. Yeah. Right, well, we're a step closer.
Starting point is 00:08:42 We are a step closer. It's good news for the females this morning. Yeah. Somewhat. ZM's F step closer. We are a step closer. It's good news for the females this morning. Yeah. Somewhat. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. TripAdvisor has named the best destinations in the world as the Traveller's Choice Awards. So they take into account the reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants, attractions and everything.
Starting point is 00:09:00 Oh, and then they give them out and Barry and Sue print it out and put it in the foyer of their motel. Yeah. We've got four stars. They got a great review in 2016 and it's printed on the wall. I'd be proud of that too. Yeah. So,
Starting point is 00:09:14 I'm going to read you the top 10. Okay. There's a top 25, but I will preface it by saying we're not in there. We don't make it into the top 25. No, no. New Zealand.
Starting point is 00:09:23 Sydney is 24. That's the closest to home. top 25. No, no. Sydney is 24. That's the closest to home. It's going to be Europe. Europe dominates. Yeah. But it is because Europe's great, so understandable. Yeah. So New York City has actually dropped out.
Starting point is 00:09:36 It's place number 13. It was in the top 10 last year. Right. And there is a new number one. Okay. So I'll read you the top 10 and let's play a game. Like what countries has Fletch not been to? As our resident traveler.
Starting point is 00:09:52 Sure. Okay. Number 10 is Dubai. Bane. We've all been there. Yeah. We went there for the show. Beautiful.
Starting point is 00:09:59 Expensive. But it's beautiful. And there were penguins. Remember there were penguins in the desert. Yeah. And obviously they had a ski, indoor ski thing with penguins. Yeah. That was weird. They don't ski, but it's separate to the skiing. Number nine is Marrakesh. No. Marrakesh. Marrakesh. Yeah. I don't even know where that is. Haven't been. Number eight is Istanbul in Turkey. In Turkey, haven't been. I'd love to go though. Yeah, I've always wanted to go there. Number seven, Barcelona.
Starting point is 00:10:28 Barcelona. You've been. They don't like tourists at the moment, but it's lovely. So are they still, um, what were they doing to tourists they were protesting in? Yeah, some of the locals aren't happy because it's just swelling with tourist numbers. Well, they don't want our money.
Starting point is 00:10:44 Is that it? Well, I don't, yeah. But I mean, it's a beautiful city. Yeah. Top six for TripAdvisor's top rated holiday destinations is Phuket in Thailand. I've actually never been to Phuket. There's so many better places. People are like, oh, I'm going to go to Phuket
Starting point is 00:11:03 and spend like all 10 days there or all week. I'm just like, no, you've got to go to the islands. Yeah. Go to the islands. 100%. Number five is Bali. Again, go to the islands. But it is cool. It's great. Yeah. Full of a lot of Australians. That's my deterrent. Australians love Bali. Top four, Crete, number four. Never been. I don't even know where that is.
Starting point is 00:11:28 I'd love to go though. Sounds nice. Top three is Rome at number three. Yeah. It's a bit dirty. I don't know. Yeah, I've talked about the Coliseum a lot. I was a bit disappointed.
Starting point is 00:11:41 Because you got there and you thought it would be like in the Russell Crowe movie. Intact. A bit more intact and built up. Yeah, and there was like McDonald's wrappers and everything all around it and it's right in the city and I thought you had to like go out.
Starting point is 00:11:52 You could drive past it on a motorway. Yeah. There's the Coliseum. I don't know. It's just like, it's not. You were underwhelmed. Yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:12:00 Fair enough. Number two is Paris. Oh, man, I just love Paris. I feel like that should be number one. It's the most romantic city in the world. It is. The Eiffel Tower. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:10 There's a lot of carbohydrates. Oh, yeah, but the best carbohydrates. Yeah, true. If you're going to do it. And the people are, you know, they're cool, but they know it. Yeah. That's the only downside. And everyone says that they're rude, but when I went to Paris,
Starting point is 00:12:21 everyone was so nice. So, I don't know. I feel like that's, you know, overrated. Yeah. And number one, do you want to wager a guess? The number one city in the world. Give me a clue. TripAdvisor's top rated holiday destination.
Starting point is 00:12:41 What's the clue? Kiwis love it. Kiwis love it. Amsterdam? No. They love Amsterdam. London? Yes. London. Really? But they're saying it was number two last year, it's number one this year and it probably has a lot to do with the wedding of Meghan and Harry. Right. Lots of people went there. I mean, it is a great city, but I mean, if you could choose anywhere in the world. It's a great city for a gateway to Europe. Yeah, exactly. Which is why I think Kiwis get amongst it.
Starting point is 00:13:15 An article has come out about selling houses and a song that you should always play according to some real estate agents that will get a sale, get the sale. Okay. I mean, I don't know, maybe not if you've got a leaky roof. No. Or home. Or, yeah. But they always say you should make it smell like baked bread,
Starting point is 00:13:37 like bake some muffins or bake some bread or something like that. I've heard that, yeah, because you walk in. So that when you go in, you're like, oh, my God, it smells delicious. Smell cookies and smell, yeah, fresh bread. Yeah. Well, apparently this song works. Okay. Because it gets people, this is according to an English woman.
Starting point is 00:13:52 She's an interiors therapist. An interiors therapist. Yes. And they've described her as, think Marie Kondo. Okay. But for inside your house. Right, like a feng shui person. I'd say so, yeah. Okay. So she's talking about the energy of a property. Okay. But for inside your house. Right. Like a feng shui person. I'd say so. Yeah. And so she's talking about the energy of a property. Right. So I don't know if, I mean,
Starting point is 00:14:10 I don't know if anyone listening is even selling a house right now, but maybe you could use it at work. Yeah. If you were asking the boss for something, you needed the boss in a good mood. Would it work if you like owned a clothing store or like some kind of store like Harvey Norman? Well, they say that like store music's important, isn't it? Like up-tempo music gets people in the mood to buy things. Yeah. That song that they're talking about, and I don't know, you might be sick to death of this after working in radio
Starting point is 00:14:37 and playing this over and over and over again. Really? It'll help you sell your house. You can't help but like, if you hear it, just like tap along. Imagine this though. It's called happy, isn't it? And some baked bread, the smell of baked bread. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:54 Oh, okay. I'll buy this house, but you can't afford it. I'm buying it. But we'll never be able to meet the mortgage repayments. And what if they go up with interest rates? It doesn't matter. I want this house. That's so interesting.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Do they have stats of like a percentage of how often it sells a few? Not really. Just talking to real estate agents and interior designers and what do they call them? Interior therapists. It's all just about the mood and the vibe and the positivity. Yeah, apparently. So it's got to be the mood and the vibe and the positivity. Yeah, apparently. So it's got to be positive and happy. Okay.
Starting point is 00:15:27 I mean, it all could just be a load of BS, but I mean, yeah. Give it a go. Give it a go. Why not? Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Yesterday, Apple announced a whole lot of things, not new like phones and stuff, but subscription services for news and TV that it's going to
Starting point is 00:15:46 happen in America's fall. So our spring. Yeah. And also coming later this year. And this reminded me of the Fyre Festival documentary. Apple have announced that they are bringing out an Apple credit card. Just like Magnesis. Yeah. so in the documentary he had that Magnesis credit card and it was a real sexy looking And it was made out of metal, right? It was a metal card, it was black it looked really nice. Well, the Apple credit cards are
Starting point is 00:16:15 so sexy. Like I know I've never said that about a credit card but like even watching that Fyre Festival documentary, like you could, that was like an elite wanky club for rich, you know, New Yorkers. And you were like, ugh. And the whole point was when you dropped your credit card down, it was like ting, ting, ting, ting.
Starting point is 00:16:32 Yeah. It made that noise. People saw it. But these credit cards, like, I mean, look how sexy it is. They're white. Okay. I thought it was chrome. Is it definitely white?
Starting point is 00:16:40 So they're white. And I believe they're made out of titanium as well. Laser etch. they are actually. I've just read here. Titanium, laser etched, and very minimalist. So you can see the chip. It's got your name and a little Apple logo in the corner. That's all it is, and it's white, which would get dirty.
Starting point is 00:16:57 So there's no... Yeah. That would get dirty pretty quick, even in your wallet. And will it bend? No, it's titanium. It's not enough, it would. So no signature, no expiry. No
Starting point is 00:17:09 card number, no expiry. So what it does apparently, and I don't know if it'll come to New Zealand, but it links with Apple Pay and a lot of places here do Apple Pay, so maybe it will. It links with your Apple Pay account. Purchases will be authorised with Face ID or Touch ID
Starting point is 00:17:25 or a one-time security code. So if you're on your phone and you've got Apple Pay and it's all set up and you're making a purchase, you can just do it with your face
Starting point is 00:17:33 without having to put in your card number and all that. Yeah. And how, like, when you do face recognition, like,
Starting point is 00:17:42 how boozed, it should have like a breathalyser. Just blow into the microphone. Because otherwise I just feel like, yeah, it's dangerous that is. Just to have facial recognition. But apparently more safe this way. Right.
Starting point is 00:17:58 Because there's no security code on the back. No, nothing like that. Because you need your physical, you need your face. So I don't know if you could like, you know, if you've ever given your card to someone, would you give your card to Mr. Toyboy to go get takeaways? Yeah. So I don't know if that would work. If that would work anymore.
Starting point is 00:18:14 But if you're, say you're on your laptop or your computer, how are you going to? One time code. Or it'd just come up on your phone and be like, authorise your face. Scan your face. Living in the absolute future. But but i mean the chance of someone making off with your card and scamming you or scamming you um probably next to nothing slim to none and plus it's just real pretty it's real pretty you just want to be like i've got this credit, it's so cute. Exactly. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM.
Starting point is 00:18:46 A story out of Melbourne. An engineer claims one of his colleagues repeatedly farted and waved his behind near him. He's seeking a payout of $1.8 million. That's our every day. I know. Either you or Vaughan, that's my every day. Let's blame Vaughan, he's not here. That's why we have the Britney fart neutraliser.
Starting point is 00:19:07 We've got the Britney Spears perfume, which we spray if there is an accident in studio. When you do a court case and you decide you want to be sued for $1.8 million, do you have to come to like, do you have to show why you want that much money? Because farting in front of someone doesn't seem like it should be sueable to $1.8 million. Well, he's claiming that his supervisor, Greg, is the man who
Starting point is 00:19:31 farted constantly. According to him, his supervisor, Greg, would lift his bum and fart in his direction, which he claims resulted in depression, anxiety and physical injuries. So the case was taken to the Supreme Court. This is in Australia, in Melbourne, last year, finding that there was no bullying, but the accuser is now appealing the decision. He's saying he'd be sitting with his face to the wall and would come into the room,
Starting point is 00:19:56 the guy would come into the room, which was small and had no windows. He would fart behind me and walk away. He would do this five or six times a day. But he could leave the room, right? I mean, I'd imagine so. He's also claiming there were some threatening phone calls as well, the alleged victim.
Starting point is 00:20:16 The Court of Appeal judges will deliver their ruling on Friday. So I don't know if he's getting $1.8 million or he's just wasted a lot of money on lawyers. Oh my God. But I thought this was a great opportunity to talk about your gross workmates today. And you don't need to, I mean, if you still work with them, we don't need your name.
Starting point is 00:20:35 No, you can be anonymous. You can be anonymous. Yep. Anonymous. I'm anonymous. You can be anonymous. Or maybe you've worked with people in the past that you're just so grossed out by,
Starting point is 00:20:44 like people that you work with in an office, maybe they're chronic nose pickers or farters. Or there's those people when you're in the toilet and you hear that they go toilet and then they just walk out. I'm always trying to look through the door and being like, who didn't wash their hands? Yes. The non-hands washers. Yes. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:00 That's pretty grim. Okay. I work with someone like this guy, Vaughn, every day. Like, he does parties. Well, we should be suing for $1.8 million. Is that what you're saying? Yeah. Although I'm guilty of the odd one myself.
Starting point is 00:21:12 Yeah, and then you blame it on Vaughn. Easy crime. It is. It's an easy escape. All right, so 0800-DARLS-IT-M, 9696 to text us. Do you have a gross office or gross workmate? And how bad is it? Like, do they make you gag?
Starting point is 00:21:27 This could be your opportunity to tell them. Or maybe, and you don't have to be working with them now. It could have been someone you have worked with. Your gross workmates or office colleagues. 0800-DARLS-AT-M-9-6-9-6. Give us a call. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. A Melbourne man seeking $1.8 million
Starting point is 00:21:45 after his colleague constantly farted, causing emotional distress, physical injuries and anxiety, apparently. The courts turned this down, but he's appealing the decision. And on Friday, we find out. Because sometimes when Vaughan farts in here, like, it actually makes us angry
Starting point is 00:22:02 because he knew that was coming. He could have held it in. But it smells like dead, something's dead inside him. So we thought we'd ask, and I don't know why. Oh, I'm sorry if anybody's eating. Your gross workmates that you've worked with. Let's start with Grace. Grace, your gross workmate, what do they do?
Starting point is 00:22:21 Yeah, so I used to work at a pool with them and they would sit at the countertop that would serve customers over and, like, serve food and stuff and they'd clip their toenails and just, like, leave it on the counter. What, did they have their feet up on the counter? Yeah, they'd put their feet up. Like, they'd sit back on the chair and just lean forward and clip away. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:22:42 Where was your boss? I feel like the boss could have been notified. No, it was just us two there. My boss wasn't there when we were there. Megan, you've just opened a cafe. Is that bad for hygiene? Absolutely not. You're not going to get an A food rating with that carry-on, are you?
Starting point is 00:22:57 No. Grace, thanks for your call. Kathy, your gross workmate, what happened? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. So I'm a beauty therapist. We work in a really beautifully well-smelled place.
Starting point is 00:23:11 Everything's pretty. Everything's really feminine. And we had this therapist who used to work with us who had a very bad gluten intolerance and used to smash back her protein drinks. But unfortunately, she would literally clog our toilet
Starting point is 00:23:24 and then leave the toilet door open. So when you walk into clinic and you look down this beautiful red carpet with the bathtub filled with petals, all you can literally smell and taste is her fecal matter. Very descriptive, Kathy. Yeah, you described the place very well. I feel like if I had to have that,
Starting point is 00:23:43 then you guys have to know what we had to sort of go through. Wow. Needless to say, she is gone. Couldn't she go somewhere on her lunch break or another toilet in the building somewhere else? Well, the only sort of toilet was the one that all of the clients would use, which, I mean, was nice for us too because we had the pretty rose petals. But, you know, you'd see her walk in with her bakery sort of rolls and bread
Starting point is 00:24:04 and you're like, ah. It's coming. You know what's going to happen. It's coming. Cathy, thanks for your call. Your gross work, mates. Can I preface these texts by saying, pause eating because these are so yeah.
Starting point is 00:24:19 A text in saying, I used to work with a guy who would pick his nose, scalp and any dry skin or scabs on his body. And you know where I'm going with this. Yeah, don't say it. Then he would, yeah. Okay. My boss didn't notice, but he always had his fingers in his ears picking.
Starting point is 00:24:37 And every time without fail, he would then put his fingers in his mouth. How dirty were his ears? I don't know. But it's like, don't eat that. Yeah, no. There was a cat in my maths class, he,
Starting point is 00:24:50 yeah, no, actually, I can't read that one. There was a workmate. How bad was it? It was pretty bad. It involved,
Starting point is 00:24:56 no, I can't even say that. It's really bad. Can you just point at it? I want to look at it now and see which one it is. Some maths class kids. Don't read.
Starting point is 00:25:05 Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah. I would have probably read that out. Really? No. It's just weird, isn't it? Someone used to get a bacon and egg pie. Their workmate would cut up his bacon and egg pie with his ruler,
Starting point is 00:25:18 and then he'd put his ruler back in his drawer. Well, he didn't wash it. No, no, no. I guess you'd probably give it a wipe. But doesn't egg give you salmonella dub and stuff? No, but the egg would be cooked. It's more like if you're actually using the ruler and, I don't know, you're just putting it all back in your drawer.
Starting point is 00:25:36 At least put it in the dishwasher each night. Yeah. There is lots of messages about people eating things that are unusual. Part of your body that I wouldn't eat. Wow. See, they say open plan offices are the way to go but I'd be all for an individual
Starting point is 00:25:53 office if I had an office. Like those segregations at least. Big partitions where you can't see the gross person next to you. 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.
Starting point is 00:26:14 There is a really weird new trend with millennial newlyweds. Instead of a honeymoon, it's being called a solo moon or a uni moon. As in, you go by yourself. Uni, what would uni... Like a uni moon or a uni moon as in you go by yourself uni what would uni like a uni tart or a uni oh right okay just solo yeah right yeah so yeah and there's quite a few mentions of your hashtag uh solo moon on instagram there's 1500 if you uni moon is another one that's used right basically um they use it as a time to get away. And it's because they might want to go to separate locations. Right.
Starting point is 00:26:54 So. That's odd. Like you're getting married to this person. You get married and then you don't want to go on holiday with them. Aren't they supposed to be your best friend? So, you know, especially after the stress and dealing with everyone with your wedding, you kind of forget that you're going on a honeymoon and then you're like, oh my God, we get to go on this holiday together and relax after what's been a really stressful time. But then you go separately.
Starting point is 00:27:19 It doesn't make any sense. But there is a couple that has said they've done this. They said neither of us wanted to be where the other one was so they had a preference over different places like say for example um you might not be a beachy person yeah but um your new wife could be all about just laying on a beach for a week yeah personally i would i mean i could do a couple of days lying on a beach not a whole week week. I'd get bored. If you really disagreed on
Starting point is 00:27:48 like, because one of these wanted to go, one of these guys wanted to go to Canada and the other wanted to go to France, why wouldn't you just pick a honeymoon where you could both agree on? That's kind of what marriage is built on, isn't it? Or just compromise and just go to France or go to the mountains or whatever
Starting point is 00:28:04 and then the next holiday, go where you want to go. Yeah. And then, again, the other person compromises. Yeah. It's odd. Producer Caitlin, you agree with this, though. You'd be all for this. Well, I personally can't travel with other people.
Starting point is 00:28:18 I've never travelled even with a friend just because I like to do my own thing and people annoy me. So I kind of get where they're coming from but then like it's the honeymoon. Like maybe go somewhere together just for like a week and then if you want to travel on your own like go to you know a new place.
Starting point is 00:28:40 But the thing, travelling with a friend is very different to travelling with your partner because generally you've already got like so much in common that you want to do stuff together. And you love them as opposed to your friend you love. But it's different. You want to spend all your time with them. I've never been in love with anyone. So maybe that will change if I fall in love with my boyfriend.
Starting point is 00:29:06 And then I'll want to go on holiday with him. That was pretty cute. I know. Have you been on a holiday with the new boyfriend? Like, even just for a weekend away? We went to Christchurch last weekend. How was that?
Starting point is 00:29:21 It was pretty good. Was he good to travel with? Well, I made us late to the airport, so there's a little fight. But I was going to say, how did he deal with it? He was very good. I blamed him, but it actually wasn't his fault. So I think I'm the hard one. It's a honeymoon period, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:38 So how long did your little argument last? Because they say it's not how often you argue, it's how quickly you make up. I know, I was like, babe, we had our first fight. And he was like, that wasn't a fight. And I was like, oh, can we pretend it was? But did you want to spend all your time together or were you kind of like, I'm sick of you now? No, it was really great because my sister and I went off
Starting point is 00:29:57 to go for a little shopping trip. And I made my boyfriend stay with my brother-in-law and they did some plumbing. And it was great. Oh, God. Because we had some time apart. What are you trying time are you sure i think so he's still lying to you what did you do this weekend oh god i meant to crush it you ended up having to do some plumbing no like fun lad stuff and they got to know each other and yeah it was pretty cute yeah but i don't
Starting point is 00:30:24 know if i could go to like africa with him because i don't i couldn't go to africa with a friend or a family member i just like to go by myself right right so when you're like away from him for a few days do you miss oh yeah like i was away from him monday and tuesday so i was like come over oh my god and i've got a boyfriend, guys. This is real weird. Have you said the L word yet? No.
Starting point is 00:30:49 Not yet. She was very quick to that, wasn't she? You were very quick to say that. I know, because I don't. What do you say? I really, really like you. No, this is the thing, guys. I've never been in love, so I don't know when I'm in love.
Starting point is 00:30:58 When do I know if I'm in love? You'll know. You'll know. When saying I really like you isn't enough anymore. I reckon, do you know how I'm going to put a bet on right now, put $20 on it, that you're going to get drunk and say it? Well, no, this is because whenever I'm talking to them on the phone, because no matter who it is, family members, friends,
Starting point is 00:31:15 I'm like, Casey, I love you, bye. And I'm like so close to saying that to him every time I have to catch myself. Yeah, right. Because I don't want it to be that. Like I need to look at him in the eye. Does he listen to the show? Nah. Oh, that's good. Nope. Nope. This is a good thing. This is essential I've
Starting point is 00:31:29 found in keeping a relationship. Okay, cool. Partner doesn't listen. Yeah. That's essential. Flesh Warner Megan, the podcast ZM. Instead of buying houses, younger people are doing something else and it's not eating smashed avocado.
Starting point is 00:31:47 We are investing in houseplants. The houseplant industry worldwide is booming. As is the dead houseplant meme industry, because I'm getting like two or three of those a day. Because I'm well known for killing houseplants. But you're supposed, we've been through this, just read the tag. It's fairly simple. Or buy plants to your conditions. You know, supposed, we've been through this, just read the tag. It's fairly simple.
Starting point is 00:32:08 Or buy plants to your conditions. You know, that's what I'm doing now is when they're dying, I'm buying ones that are easy to not kill. Yeah. I'm buying the ones that are hardy. Because I went to my, I went to my local house, well, no, it's not house plants,
Starting point is 00:32:19 it's indoor and outdoor plants yesterday. Serena helped me. We had a chat about what was appropriate for my area. And man, she said so many young people coming in. So many.
Starting point is 00:32:30 Also, because some of them are hard, some of these plants are hard to keep alive. Like the fiddle leaf that everyone loves. It's really expensive. They're really cool.
Starting point is 00:32:37 They're really expensive. So you buy one, but then you can't have them in direct sun and you can't have them in too much shade. And they don't like wind. And they don't like wind. And they don't like wind.
Starting point is 00:32:45 So you've got to find the absolute optimal spot in your flat or house for those plants. Otherwise, you are tipping money down the drain. Because those leaves just go blip, blip, blip. And they're all on the floor and you're like, well, great. And there's only a few leaves. I know. You're just like, I can't afford to lose any more. Oh, there it goes.
Starting point is 00:33:02 I just literally touched one and it fell off. I was like, why does life hate me? So it's also down to the fact that houses are expensive and we're taking longer as a generation to settle down. And we're like, oh, we're not ready for children. Maybe not even ready for a puppy. And because we haven't bought a house, we're not allowed dogs. So we're investing in houseplants
Starting point is 00:33:22 and nurturing them is like our form of domesticity. And the stats are pretty amazing because Amazon in the States last year started selling houseplants. And those stats have gone through the roof. And apparently the Google searches for houseplants with younger people are through the roof. Yeah. And also, this is worldwide. Actually, in Europe, it's increased from 36 billion euro. Like gone crazy.
Starting point is 00:33:52 Are you just trying to work out some maths in your head? Oh no, we spent some 36 billion euro. But it peaked in 2016 and then it's gone up even more in 2019. Now these plants as well, the ones that we're choosing were huge in the 80s. And then, remember like your parents grew plants and you're like oh those are so... And I remember
Starting point is 00:34:13 mum would drag us to like the plant stores and you'd be like, Bori. And now I'm just like, I want to go to the plant store because I want the cool... And how cool is that? You like know all the names of the plants? Yeah. And when you get a new leaf gosh that's just like the best day ever you're like when it grows more i know when a new leaf is about to open you're like oh my god it's really loving this spot so well yeah yeah i've grown a
Starting point is 00:34:36 new leaf i know it's kind of sad that it's bringing us this much joy but apparently in america millennials account for one third of all houseplant sales. Does it say what the most popular ones are? Monsteras. They call them Swiss cheese in America. Yeah, because they have
Starting point is 00:34:52 the holes in the leaves. Swiss cheese. See, I'm good with those. Those monsteras. I can't kill those. Yeah. They're good. Succulents as well.
Starting point is 00:35:01 I kill those because I give them too much water apparently. The whole point of having a succulent is you can forget about it and it's fine. It's like cactuses and stuff. So I literally got one of those and I watered it because I was like, well, I've just put it in this pot, I'll water it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:14 And then I like touched the leaves and they went bloop, bloop, bloop and fell off and died. Like literally in like three days. What is wrong? Are you? I don't know. I think my place is cursed. My apartment's cursed.
Starting point is 00:35:25 Right. Are you opening the windows? Is there fresh air? Yeah, no, there is. Yep. I used to blame the cat, but then the cat died and my plants still kept dying. So it wasn't the cat's fault, it turned out. No, it's just, yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:35 Yeah. Just me. Maybe we need to come and assess your property. Well, I worked out, like, because people were, like, joking. Like, you know those people that come to the office with their little trolley and they have an air gun and they water the plants and, like, you can hire them. But I worked out it's just cheaper for me to buy the new plants at, like, you know, the plant store every time they die than pay for someone to come around and do that, like,
Starting point is 00:35:57 every couple of weeks. That's so sad. I know it is. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This is very interesting. And if you don't like your mother-in-law, then this isn't going to be great news for you because a new study has said that 64% of men
Starting point is 00:36:12 are in a relationship who shares significant personality traits with their mum. So they're looking for someone who is, or reminds them of their mum. Guys are looking for that woman, that special woman. That's just like mum. That's just like mum. So there's...
Starting point is 00:36:31 How do you, in your situation, how do you feel about that? Do you compare yourself? Are you even anything like your mother-in-law? I mean, we don't disagree. So maybe we are similar. Yeah, right. Maybe there are key fundamentals that are the same. But then I feel like, yeah, if you're getting along with them,
Starting point is 00:36:50 then probably you are similar, right? Producer Caitlin. I don't know. I can contribute to this, guys. Because you have. I've got a boyfriend. Yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:37:01 Surprise. Have you met his parents? He's met my mum because, you know, it's mum and Jane. She came straight up. But no, I haven't met his mum. Has he said anything that's made you think? Yeah, she sounds amazing. So obviously we're the same.
Starting point is 00:37:20 Right. But has he said anything else that made you think, oh, I'm like that? Oh, I don't know. Maybe. She's very like family oriented, which is like I am as well. So he is too. So there is 18 key personality traits that apparently guys are looking for. And one of the top ones is tolerance levels. So respecting and valuing other people's opinions, regardless of differences. Depending, like, you go for someone who has a similar tolerance level as your mum. And also how they view monogamy.
Starting point is 00:37:59 Which is, it's a type of wood, isn't it? Yeah. Whether you like monogamy wood. Rich mahogany. Yeah. No Yeah. Whether you like monogamy wood. Rich mahogany. Yeah. No, how you feel on monogamy. So what, if your mum's into an open relationship,
Starting point is 00:38:12 you're looking for someone as weird? If your mum's a swinger, then that's what you're looking for too. Yeah. I don't know if that translates to dads, because would, I was about to say your boyfriend's name, would your boyfriend be like dad? Like Dougie? Probably a little bit. And the fact that he's really chill
Starting point is 00:38:28 and doesn't really, you know, overthink things or get too like... Just does whatever he's told. Yeah. Yes, actually. Yeah. Oh, no. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:38:38 Producer James, how do you feel on this situation? I wouldn't... I think they're two very different people, but I don't know. I'm just trying to think of what they, I mean, obviously they get along. It's not what they look like. I guess morals. It's down to
Starting point is 00:38:52 would Chanel have similar attitudes to your mum? I mean, yeah, I'd say so. Ah, you're dating your mum! Are you doing anything about that at all? No. You are, yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:09 Yeah, no, I wouldn't think so, but I guess when you look at it, I mean, maybe a little bit, but... Yeah, you're dating your mum. Oh, lols, because it's not us getting roasted. Am I a bad person? Time to get your judgy pants on. We've got a very personal question for Am I a bad person? Time to get your judgy pants on. We've got a very personal
Starting point is 00:39:27 question for am I a bad person today? Basically, we need to decide, or they've asked us to decide, what they should do. And are they a bad person? You can get in touch with us. A lot of people just message
Starting point is 00:39:37 on our Facebook page, FVMZM. You don't have to talk because like this one, for example, it is... I think they'll easily figure out who you are
Starting point is 00:39:45 and she wants this to be an anonymous conversation There is the opportunity to use the voice disguiser though because I love when people sound like robots So this is a message from a female who shall remain nameless
Starting point is 00:40:00 It says I am 30 years old I have been with my boyfriend for four years now, and I know that he wants to have children, and has brought it up with me a few times. I just really don't want to have them, and I don't think I should have to have them. I'm not at all maternal, and I have no desire
Starting point is 00:40:18 to be a mum. But I love him, and I want to stay with him. Am I a bad person? So they're not married? No. Because God, if they were engaged or married, that's all they'd be him, am I a bad person? So they're not married? No. Because, God, if they were engaged or married, that's all they'd be getting. Because I have friends that don't have kids. And, you know, they're married and it's like the only thing
Starting point is 00:40:32 they get asked about. Yeah. And, you know, they don't even know that they can't have them. The people that are asking. Oh, it's a classic. It's an absolute classic. Oh, you'd get it a lot, wouldn't you? This is why you don't ask people because, or you say,
Starting point is 00:40:44 I mean, even saying our kids on the radar, you don't know what they're going through behind closed doors. But so they've just been together for how long? Four years. Four years, okay. So they've had the conversation about children. And she's 30. Like, that's not old, but I feel like that's an age where you would know.
Starting point is 00:41:02 You would have made your mind up? Because when I was younger, I was like, oh, I don't know about children when I was real selfish. I feel like maybe it changes when you get older and you're like, okay, well, maybe I could. Yeah. But I feel like at 30, she's going to know. She's going to know what she wants.
Starting point is 00:41:18 Right. So she's saying, am I a bad person? Because normally it's the other way around, isn't it? Well, the guys don't want it. The guys are like, no. This is sweeping generalisation there,'s the other way around, isn't it? Well, the guys don't want it. The guys are like, no. This is sweeping generalisation there, Tish. I know, isn't it? So is she a bad person for staying with him
Starting point is 00:41:30 and absolutely putting her foot down and saying, I don't want children? I think she should tell him. Well, yeah. Has she told him? It doesn't say. I've read, from what I've read, I think yes. Right.
Starting point is 00:41:44 That's what I took from that because if she's told him then that's fair for him he can then decide well I either I'm gonna stay I'm gonna stay with him
Starting point is 00:41:53 or I'm not yeah because then he's making the decision you know this is me you've got to accept me and everything about me but if he's kind of there
Starting point is 00:42:02 because he wants kids and he's like well I'm in this for the long term because we're gonna have kids and I'm gonna be with her then he should know if he's kind of there because he wants kids and he's like well I'm in this for the long term because we're going to have kids and I'm going to be with her, then he should know that that's sort of an option. Isn't love complicated? Yeah, isn't it? Okay. Producer Caitlin, what do
Starting point is 00:42:14 you think? Is she a bad person? This is so hard because I have known that I wanted kids when I was a kid. So, um she, oh my god, it is so hard because, like, what if he undoubtedly, I don't know if that's a word,
Starting point is 00:42:32 absolutely loves her and can't see himself with anyone else, but then all he wants is a kid. Yeah. Like, what is he going to do? And what if he's perfect in every way? But then I feel like if they don't have kids, if he stays with her and they don't have kids, there's that resentment there for the rest of their lives together that he was like, she never gave me kids.
Starting point is 00:42:49 Yeah. So. Yeah. That's a tough one. Would she be open to, like, adoption? That's another question. Or she just doesn't want to raise a child? Well, yeah.
Starting point is 00:43:02 It's just not. She didn't really go into too much detail there, but it doesn't sound like she wants them. Wow. And some people just don't. Yeah. I don't think she's a bad person for not wanting kids. Absolutely not. No, it's more the fact you want to stay with someone who wants to have children is the issue. Is she a bad person
Starting point is 00:43:17 for wanting to stay with them? Yeah. I can't. I know you want to answer, Fletch. I don't know. Alright, well, this is where we take your calls and your text messages. 0800 DARS at M 9696. Is she a bad person? Yeah, I don't know. It's a tough one. All right, let us know what you think.
Starting point is 00:43:37 Am I a bad person? So, am I a bad person? This is where we judge somebody. The nation judges them. There's really no harsher critic than a big bunch of public. A big bunch of public. So the message is I'm 30 years old, been with a boyfriend for four years now. He wants to have children.
Starting point is 00:43:59 He's brought it up with me a few times. I just really don't want to have them. Actually, now I read it up, maybe she hasn't spoken to him about it. And I don't think I should have to have them. I'm not maternal. I have no desire to be a mum. But I love him.
Starting point is 00:44:10 I want to stay with him. Am I a bad person? She's 30. I mean, maybe a little bit, yes. And like I said, he's got to know that you don't want them so that then he can decide,
Starting point is 00:44:19 well, I'll stay with you and we won't have them. That's fine. Or I want them so I'm going to find someone else. Yeah. Laters. Man, people are passionate about this.
Starting point is 00:44:30 Tegan, is she a bad person? No, definitely not a bad person. But she does have to look at it from another perspective. Okay. So if she is, she's obviously only 30, so she has got some more years up her sleeve. But if she really loves this guy and she's been with him for four years and if it's really what he wants,
Starting point is 00:44:51 she has to look at it and maybe just give him his babies. Yeah, it's a really hard one because if he was to move countries, she'd definitely follow him, obviously. So I don't know. Why does she have to give in to what he wants because she's obviously firm about the fact that she doesn't want that for her life. Well
Starting point is 00:45:11 I guess you have to, you've got to take both of them into consideration. If he 100% wants babies then she really has to think about it. If he's on the borderline 50-50 then they need to wait a couple of years but if he really wants babies he's going to really wants babies, he's going to end up leaving and he's going to end up shacking up with someone else and giving her babies.
Starting point is 00:45:30 Is it weird, though, that all this is happening before I even talk of marriage? It doesn't even sound like they're engaged. Yeah, they're not engaged. Well, no. But maybe that's why you need to sort it out. All kinds of relationships these days. You don't have to be married to have children. You don't?
Starting point is 00:45:41 Yeah, no, I've got a baby and I'm not married. Oh, my goodness. Goodness me. Goodness me. I'm kidding, obviously. All right, hey, thank you so much, Tegan. Sophie, is she a bad person? Hi.
Starting point is 00:45:57 Hi. I don't think she's a bad person because she cares enough to worry about it, you know? Like, she's not just going, oh, well, tough show. Oh, sorry. But I think that, I mean, obviously, if she hasn't talked to him about it, it's a different situation. But if she has, and he just wants to have kids. Some men, they just, you know, primal urge want to spread their seed.
Starting point is 00:46:22 And it's not so much about raising the kids. There's always the opportunity that he could donate sperm to a couple that do want to raise a kid, know that he's a father but she doesn't have to raise a baby and he gets that need to have a child. Yeah, I think they need to have that conversation but he might want to raise them
Starting point is 00:46:39 and be a part of that and you know. Yeah, but for some men they just want to know that they've carried on their lineage. I mean, it's such a toxic masculinity. Yeah, right. That's an interesting... You know, some men just feel like that.
Starting point is 00:46:53 Yeah. All right, good point. Thank you, Sophie. Chris, is she a bad person? I don't think she's bad nor good. I don't think this is the issue. I think, like Megan was saying, that you'll know by the time you're 30. Look, guys, I'm in my early 40s.
Starting point is 00:47:11 At 30, to me, that's still really young. I don't think she needs to know whether she's ready. I think more the issue is where are they going with their relationship at the moment because kids shouldn't be what it's about for them at the moment. They're together for four years. Yes, it's good to have a conversation, but I also think they're kind of like looking too much into a forecast of a future that they just don't know. She doesn't know how she's going to feel in five years' time if she,
Starting point is 00:47:38 I don't know, hates her job and says, do you know what? Actually, maybe kids will be great now because I'm not so caught up in career. Yeah, right. So I think it's more about working out what, yeah, where are they with their relationship? Gosh, you sound wise, Chris. I think I just said Chris's number. Well, no, no, no, because see, I did the opposite spectrum where I
Starting point is 00:47:57 had my first at 21 while I was studying. Right. So, and it wasn't bad nor good. It was okay. It was absolutely, well, no, it was actually more than okay. You just make it work. But I don't think it's an age thing either. Yeah. Right.
Starting point is 00:48:10 I just think it's, you just kind of, it's a situation thing. So I think she'll just, she should just give it time. Okay. All right. Chris, thank you. Rachel, you're in this situation. Kind of. Like, I'm not in a relationship, so I don't have a partner,
Starting point is 00:48:27 but I don't want kids at all. You do get kind of a lot of people expecting you to have kids, especially if you're female, but if you don't want kids, it's not your fault. You can't really do anything about it. It doesn't make you a bad person or anything, but when you're in a relationship, you need to tell them the truth. You have to be open about it. It's not something you
Starting point is 00:48:49 can hide. Do you mind me asking, Rachel, sorry, how old you are? I'm 29. I'm actually almost 30. So yeah, you're pretty much the same boat. And I think, I mean, age sometimes doesn't come into it. Like, I think you just instinctively know sometimes that you just, that's not for you. Yeah, I mean, I've basically known since I was a teenager, but for a good long while, I
Starting point is 00:49:09 hid it. Because, I mean, I grew up in a small town, and you basically had to, you know, you grew up, you got married, you had kids. Yeah. Society's norms. And that's so crazy to me that you felt like you needed to hide the fact that you didn't want to have children. Yeah, I mean, it is something that I've had in relationships too
Starting point is 00:49:27 for a good long while, so I do know kind of how she feels, but it's not healthy and it kind of just spurs up both people in the relationship. So I think from all of our calls and texts we've established, she's got to tell him if she hasn't. That's exactly what everyone's saying on the text machine. She's a bad person only if she doesn't tell him. And it is clear that that's never going to change.
Starting point is 00:49:49 She's not a bad person, but she needs to communicate this to her boyfriend because he should have all the information so that he can make a good choice. Someone said, yes, she needs to allow him to choose. If he needs to have a child, she can't stop his dreams and goals for her own gain. He can make the choice to stay with her or leave and go make a baby with someone else.
Starting point is 00:50:10 That's just the overwhelming response is if they communicate it, then you've got to leave the choice on him. And on the Instagram poll that we've run this morning, 58% no, she's not a bad person. She's not a bad person.
Starting point is 00:50:23 Man. But what if he's perfect in every way? Do you want to lose him or have a baby? I don't know. I'm glad it's not me. Better somebody else. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:35 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. I actually think it sounds quite nice. We did quite well today. It's missing a little something. This is actually a fact that Vaughan sent me. So if you don't like it, blame him. It's his fault. There is a new strain of royal family cannabis.
Starting point is 00:51:07 Let me explain. Right. So, Meghan Markle, her nephew is, I don't know if you'd say dealer, because I think that this is like- Legal. Legal. It's legal now in a lot of states. He sells cannabis.
Starting point is 00:51:20 So, he has decided to dedicate a strain, a strand, strain, to Megan Markle. Now, it's called the Megan, the Markle Sparkle Strain. Okay. So this has a very sweet, silky taste, notes of fresh blueberry, and a unique, fruity, smooth flavour. Do you know, so it breaks it down into medical flavour and effects. So it's like when bottles of wine, do you ever read the labels on that? I know people can tell because they're trained,
Starting point is 00:51:50 but it's like, oh, hints of this and that. I'm just like, it's just red wine. It's just, yeah. It grows on the nose and you're like, oh, that sounds amazing. And then you drink it, it's like, oh yeah, it just tastes like a salve. You could put cask wine in a bottle and I wouldn't notice, probably, to be honest. Yeah. But that's the kind of cheap, you know, classy wine I'm buying.
Starting point is 00:52:07 I think it's the same kind of deal. So, yeah, it says flavour blueberry sweet and diesel. Notes of diesel? Right. Is that what you want in your... Well, yeah, maybe. Truckers. Okay.
Starting point is 00:52:20 Diesel mechanics might love that. It's good specifically for anxiety, insomnia, and pain. Right. And the effects say energised, euphoric, and tingly. That's the Markle Sparkle strain of cannabis. No wonder the Queen's all, you read all these stories, the Queen's not happy with Meghan Markle. She's like, God.
Starting point is 00:52:39 It's another one to add to the list. There was reports that they had it in Jamaica, remember? And she gave out, they gave out weed as their favours. Right. Their goodie bags. Yeah. At her first wedding. It was very different to her second wedding.
Starting point is 00:52:53 Very different. But then, so was mine. True. There was no weed at the first one, but, you know, it's still very different. You grow and you change. So, today's fact of the day is that Megan Markle has a strain of weed named after her. Fact of the
Starting point is 00:53:10 day, day, day, day, day. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Whose headline says it all? Man horrifies the internet. This was a tweet by a man in the UK, and this is where it all started from. His name's Steve O'Rourke. He said, we were just chatting at work,
Starting point is 00:53:38 and apparently it's weird that Amy and I don't sleep on the same side of the bed every night. Some nights I like to sleep by the window, some nights by the window, some nights by the door. It's not really that unusual, is it? And the internet is just like, you absolute monster.
Starting point is 00:53:53 You have your side of the bed and you always have that side of the bed. We even have pillows. Like he has his pillow and I have mine and they're identifiable. Like we don't. Oh yeah. Yeah. Because I have four pillows on my bed.
Starting point is 00:54:06 God help anyone that takes my comfy pillow. No. And, like, you have one that you have made comfy, and also, like, you've dribbled on your own, so you don't want to dribble on... That's true. But it's, like, the perfect... You get your perfect pillow.
Starting point is 00:54:16 It's yours. But even your side of the bed, like, I'm imagining, you know, like, the charges on that side of the bed. And your bedside table. Like, that's got my... You put your things on there. Yeah. That's weird.
Starting point is 00:54:28 So what side would you always be on? I always sleep on the left side. I'm always the left side as well. Cute. See, if we... Were in a relationship. Yeah, then you'd have to go on the right side. But that's how me and my husband knew we were meant to be.
Starting point is 00:54:41 We had like opposite sides of the bed. Because what happens if you meet someone and they're always like your side of the bed? Do you have to change? The situation Caitlin's in. Well, okay, so in my bed I'm always on the left hand side. Wait, do you have a boyfriend? I have a boyfriend guys. Oh my god, you should have said something.
Starting point is 00:54:57 And sometimes we stage over at each other's houses and have sleepovers. Oh, that's not what I thought you were going to say. I know. You went sleepovers. And we have sleepovers. Oh, that's not what I thought you were going to say. I know. You went sleepovers. And we have sleepovers. We don't do any of that rubbish. Now, in my bed, I always sleep
Starting point is 00:55:11 on the left-hand side even when he's over. But when I go to his house, I sleep on the right-hand side. No. Because he sleeps on the left-hand side at his place.
Starting point is 00:55:21 But what happens if you get married and live happily ever after? Separate beds. I've already talked about this. Have you mentioned this to him? No. Again, he doesn't listen to the show.
Starting point is 00:55:31 Yeah. No, I am getting very used to sleeping with him in the bed, so I might, you know, get just a really big bed. But, oh yeah, I don't know. See, even if we go to a hotel, when there's like, your stuff isn't specifically on one side, we still stick to the same side.
Starting point is 00:55:48 Yeah. You just know that that's, okay, that's my side of the bed. Right. And Tanania, you and the boy? At home, we always have the same spots, but when we go to like hotels, whatever, it's just like, spice it up, guys.
Starting point is 00:55:59 Live a little bit. No, no, no, no, no, no. Because you get used to always spooning that way. Yeah. Then you've got to always spooning that way. Yeah. Then you've got to mix it up. Nah. How do you spoon the other way? I don't even know.
Starting point is 00:56:10 Exactly. Yeah, it's a bit of excitement, guys. Give it a bash. That's weird. But then you'll go back from wherever you've been staying and then resume normal sleeping positions. We were like, oh, that was a pleasant break. Okay, now back to normal.
Starting point is 00:56:23 Stop being silly, all right? We're going to go back to the original. Producer James? Actually, my girlfriend and I, we live together and we tried this not long ago, probably about a month ago.
Starting point is 00:56:32 Switching up. Yeah, like... Were you trying to spice things up? I think we were just like, it might have been like a Friday night, you know, no work tomorrow, not a school night.
Starting point is 00:56:40 Treat yourself. I might have just been lying on her side and we were just like, should we just like sleep on her side. And we were just like, should we just sleep on different sides tonight? Crazy Friday night. Obviously, you don't need your alarm.
Starting point is 00:56:53 So my phone stayed on the other side. Wait, you didn't sleep with your phone next to your bed? Nah. Oh, that's weird. Because what if you wake up early and you want to go on your phone? Well, yeah, that's the thing. It was very strange. It was a strange feeling.
Starting point is 00:57:07 I felt like I was sleeping uphill. You know, like, you know your groove on your side, but you go sleep on that side, you're like, no, I don't like this at all. I feel if you feel like you're sleeping uphill, you might need a new bed. Yeah, how big is this groove? No, it's strange, but we haven't done it since. But, like, we live together,
Starting point is 00:57:23 so we have our own spots, our own sides. But, yeah, like, Anna, but we haven't done it since. But, like, we live together, so we have our own spots, our own sides. But, yeah, like, Anna, if we go on holiday, it's just, what's your other side you throw your bag on? No! Let's just go there. No, absolutely not. You've got to stick to the same side. You've got to stick to it.
Starting point is 00:57:36 No, I mean, that's the thing. You're on holiday, you know, it's something different. I wouldn't even know how to hang my leg out over the other side of the bed, you know? Like, when you're hot and you need to cool down, so to hang my leg out over the other side of the bed. You know? Like when you hop and you need to cool down so you hang a leg out. That's like. I'm sure you could work it out. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure I could.
Starting point is 00:57:51 No, that's weird. I can't believe people switch it up. Yeah. Well, maybe if you're listening and you're always on the left or always on the right, maybe tonight you could just. Spice things up. Why don't you try tonight and report back tomorrow? Me?
Starting point is 00:58:06 Yeah. Oh, okay. What, too much? Yeah, I'm going to try it though. I don't know if he'll go for it. He might like protect. Mr. Toyboy, we're going to tell him it's for the radio. Okay, we'll try it.
Starting point is 00:58:18 And you can report back tomorrow. Okay. Gripping stuff. Gripping, gripping stuff. I'll let you know how it goes. Well, no, I'm just saying just try it. Okay. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:29 Yeah. Should we try spoon as well? I'll still remain sleeping like a starfish and taking out the entire bed. Hey, what about when you have sleepovers? Oh, that hardly happens. Do you stick to one side? You're always my side. What if they try and go on your side?
Starting point is 00:58:41 Sorry, sorry. Kayla, what was that noise for? No, I forgot the mic was on. Sorry, sorry. Kayla, what was that noise for? No, I forgot the mic was on when you said, I hardly hear things. Yeah, no one's believing that, mate. No, he's staying the night. No, I need a good sleep. Oh, no, you can come out and give them an Uber.
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