ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - May 09 2019

Episode Date: May 8, 2019

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ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thank you, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Vaughan's back. Yes. And we've got a baby name. Archie. Archie. Is that breaking with tradition, isn't it? Yeah, it's not Archibald. They've confirmed it's just Archie. Big fans of Riverdale. Yeah, Archie Andrews. That's KJ Epper's character's name. He's a ginger, isn't he? Yeah.

I think it's cute. Imagine if that's where the inspiration came from. It's short for Archibald, right? It's an old German name as well. Yeah. Yeah, I guess. And then Harrison's... Prince Philip isn't going to like that.

He's German. Is he? Yeah, that's where... Greek, German. Oh, that's right, because I remember in the... In the crown. Yeah, this is where I get all my royal knowledge from. Yeah, I didn't know that.

And fair enough, it's pretty good. It's a pretty on point. Isn't the Mountbatten the German part of the name? Yeah. He's Windsor, he's Mountbatten. That's why they knocked it on the head around World War I and World War II-ish. Got rid of Mountbatten. He's just they knocked it on the head around World War I and World War II-ish. Got rid of Mountbatten. He's just here.

Let's give it a different part there. Yeah. Yeah, so. And then Harrison is literally Harry's son. Son of Harold. Right. Henry. Henry Harry.

Yeah. Because his real name's Henry, right? Yeah. Yeah, but they call him Harry. Yeah, I think so. That's pretty cute. It's casual. All right, you lot, listen up.

It's story time. All right, story time. Three news headlines. And with Vaughan back today, Megan, you're going to have to compromise. You're going to have to reach an agreement here. I've had free reign. And you've just been running... Running...

Running a muck. Rampant. Yeah. Headline one, Melbourne man's huge hotel bill. Headline two, record awarded after outcry. And headline three, bumper sticker gets man arrested. Oh. I'd have any of those.

I quite like one. Okay. The hotel bill like one. Okay. The hotel bill. Yep. Hmm. I'm going to take my time with this. I haven't had any deliberations. Would be two days of that deliberation.

I've got to give it a bit of... Bumpers sticker gets arrested. Yesterday in West Auckland at like 1.30 in the afternoon, there was a drink driving checkpoint. Oh my God, are you serious? You are kidding me. I'm not. And they had like four or five cars pulled over after the checkpoint.

Yeah. At 1.30? Because they did want to see our license as well. So I'm thinking maybe a couple of them maybe didn't have licenses. Oh yeah, okay. Maybe a registration in the mix. But anyway, one of the cars had a number plate that said FTP. And I was like, not a number plate, bumper sticker.

I was like, bad time. Yeah. You got yourself a bad time. Yeah, you're asking to be pulled over. Unless that means free the press. It could be. It could be free the press. Yeah.

I'm never going to believe that. So the bumper sticker was something that they enjoy eating. Yes. And they had to take it off. It's probably not. No. When you mouth things sometimes, your mouth betrays you and you say it. Because there's a little bit of air coming out and it just goes.

And just no vocals, but the lips will. Yeah. So you may have heard Wanda's whisper there. On a bumper sticker? Why does that person never go and see their mum? There's a dude named Dylan who's 23. Of course there was a guy named Dylan. Of course it was.

Yeah. So you want story one? The hotel bill? Melbourne man's huge hotel bill? Yeah. Cool. Okay. We go now to Melbourne.

Where a... This is... Wow. I can't believe I hadn't heard of this story yet. But a man called Bradley was 28. He went to a hotel in Melbourne

and did a lot of drugs. Okay. He did a lot of drugs. A lot. Okay. And for some reason he decided for whatever reason that he decided, for whatever reason, that he needed to open every single fire

hydrant on the hotel levels 1 to 18. Now, I'm showing that there's a photo of a foyer or a lobby. Oh my god. And it looks like a river is running through this hotel.

It looks like in a comical movie where someone opens a door and a flood comes out. Yeah, I know. So 400,000 litres of water flooded out of the South Bank building. Firefighters responded. They actually found the man, Bradley, who, as you remember, was the man who took a lot of drugs. Where was he?

With his mates Dylan and Jared. They found him in a stairwell with a mop in hand. And they said, look, mate, you better get out of here. They then found him later trying to reopen a hydrant on level four. Wait, so a hydrant. So are you talking about like the The things on the roof Or the No I think

Fire hoses I think it's It's an It's an attachment Where the firefighters Can attach Their big hoses Yeah

And he just went around Turning them all on Opening all of them Yeah 33 stories The Bella Experience

Bella Hotel Also had some Residential Residents Oh god And yeah Apparently they found him So here he is Bala, experienced Bala Hotel, also had some residential residents. Oh, God. And, yeah, apparently they found him. So here he is on a hospital stretcher, face down. Oh, he's stuck.

He looks in a bad way. So I don't know if he thought the building was on fire because of the drugs that he'd been taking. He looks like he needs a cup of tea and a lie down. Yeah. It took police to get him because he then barricaded himself in a room. And yeah, apparently the court have heard that,

yeah, it was 432,000 litres of water all up. Far out. The bill, the expense of a hotel bill, $1.6 million worth of damage. I would say, and that will be one of those ones where they keep finding more things to cost money. Yeah. Well, you've got to imagine all the carpets. Yeah.

Probably a lot of trimming. Dry board. Yep. I know. All of it. Wow. That reception desk. Do we know what he took?

We don't know what he took. Doesn't go into details. This has got hallucinogens written all over it. Yeah. So he probably thought they were, I don't know, dragons. Dragons. Extinguish into details. This has got hallucinogens written all over it. It does, yeah. So he probably thought they were I don't know, dragons. Extinguish the dragons. Good God.

Good Lord. Next on the show it was the 15th anniversary yesterday. Congratulations. Is it going to blow our minds? Maybe. It might make us feel old. Okay. It was our 15th anniversary recently. It might make us feel old. Okay. It was our 15th anniversary recently.

Okay, I still feel old then. Yeah. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. Yesterday, the 15th anniversary of Friends ending. The TV show Friends. Really?

Yeah. Ending? Ending. Right. It doesn't feel like that because we still see it all the time. That's the thing. And so there's been a report to our news story released. It brings in a billion dollars annually still every year because it's replayed on TV and Netflix in America get it.

Right. I don't think it's on Netflix here. Syndicated. It got syndicated after 100 episodes is when you can go syndicated. Yeah. And that's when you can go syndicated. Yeah. And that's when you start making real money off a show. It just keeps ticking over in all these countries around the world. Like, you think about it.

You could still watch an episode now. Some of them have dated terribly. It brings in a billion dollars a year. A billion dollars. So when, for example, Avengers Endgame surpassed a billion dollars. Yeah. It's gone two billion dollars. Yeah. It's gone two billion dollars. Yeah.

Friends makes that every two years. Yeah. Nuts, eh? So when it first started, the cast members, the main all six of them, were making $22,500 US dollars an episode. When it finished near the end, by 2002, they were getting a million dollars per episode. Yeah.

And to this day, every year, each of the main cast of Friends gets $20 million a year. So $20 million times six. $20 million times six is $120 million. And you said it was making a billion dollars.

So that's $880 million. For the writers, for the TV networks, all of that kind of stuff. The creators. Sales and all of that kind of stuff. The creators. Yep. Sales and all of that kind of thing. Nuts, eh? A billion dollars. Would that make it the most successful TV show ever?

Ooh. Well, there's like Seinfeld as well, which was syndicated. I don't know how much that makes a year. Is that still syndicated? Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That still makes heaps of money. So David Crane. I just Googled who created Friends.

Marta Kaufman and David Crane. Yeah, you always used to see them in the credits. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. David Crane net worth. Let's have a little dive into this. So they were getting a million dollars per episode when they, like, 15 years ago. Yeah, yeah.

Because Scammer's Rhymes don't even get that now. David Crane is worth $400 million. $400 million. That is nuts. But you think how that show is so successful. He's the creator of it. He's worth $400 million. It's taken him years to build up that empire.

And Kylie Jenner still has a billion from lip kits. Yeah, true. That just blows my mind every time. But then once Kylie sold her lip kits, she'll have to do more work. Yeah. Like this guy can literally go to sleep, wake up, and he's made a lot of money. Not if she invests right.

Pine trees and emu farming. Emu farming. Emu farming. It's where the money is. Emu farming. Emu farming. It's where the money is. Emu farming. And I've heard Bitcoin's pretty good. Great investment. Get it at wallet's low.

Bitcoin. And currently, it's about as low as it can get. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. If you heard of a shoe store called Paley's Shoe Source, where shoes usually retail between $20 and $40, you're not going to get too excited about it, are you? I know. You'd go there if you needed a pair of shoes

that you weren't going to wear more likely than once. What's like our, we've got a version of this, Paley's Shoes. Number one shoe warehouse. Number one shoe warehouse. And I've seen Paley's Shoes in America. It looks like exactly the same thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, number one shoe warehouse, which I shan't scoff

at. No. A lovely pair. In fact, you know what? I'm due to go back and get another pair of slippers. I got a pair of slippers from there. You're right. The thought of me in slippers has nearly killed you. It has, it has. That's on the nose. In 2009 I got the flu and I went there

I think I sent Sade and I got a lovely pair of slippers. Ten years later I think I'm due another pair of slippers. Really? I lost those. Wow. No, no, no, no. I don't still have them. I lost them.

I was going to say, good lord. I think my old flatmate stole them even though he was a size nine. Right. He would have had a bit of room to move. That's how much he wanted them. They were comfy as slippers. Right. I mean, I'd probably get some slippers from there.

I don't know if I'd. They don't look that. I got August some slippers from there. I don't know if I'd... They don't look that... I got August some boots for like a dress-up thing once. And people kept asking me, where'd you get your boots from? She's like, my dad got them. So she didn't let me get out of the bag that I'd probably only spent about $15. Not on gumboots. They look like riding boots.

Oh, okay. Like horsey girl boots. Everyone loved them. So that's the key, though. Right. Is to not let people know where you get them. Well, Payless Shoe Source in America thought, let's have a go at fooling people.

Okay. And they fooled people into paying 1,800% markup on their shoes. They opened a pop-up store and created the name for it, Paylessy. So it sounds kind of French or Italian. So it sounds French or Italian. Yeah, right. And the temporary store. And then they paid some fashion influencers to come along

and say they're going to be at this pop-up store and they're really excited because they've seen the range and they're like jazzed on it. So they paid. So they were in on it. They paid some. Okay. But they were in on it or they weren't? They were in on it. Oh, okay. like jazzed on it. So they paid. So they were in on it. They paid some. Okay. But they were in on it or they weren't?

They were in on it. Oh, okay. They were in on it. So people went along and they were paying up to $645 for shoes that retailed for $30. Then they got all that. So they paid some influencers, but other influencers came to the opening. They were invited, but not told what it was. So they said, if you come along, we'll give you a special deal.

So they were paying $645 for $30 shoes that they were told were down from like $900 or $1,000. And then they asked them to talk about the shoes they'd purchased in front of the wall that said Paylessy on behind in the backdrop. Yeah, right. So people were saying that one of the women had a pair of stilettos that retailed for $25 that she paid $500 for. She said, it's just stunning. Look at this elegant, sophisticated stiletto.

Making spaces like... I just, yeah. One man holding a pair of leather sneakers that retailed for $19 said, I can tell this is made from high quality material. I would be ropeable. But also, I don't think this would have got me. I don't think I would have fallen for this. You don't think so?

No. Yeah. But you do, you know a freakish amount about shoes and designers. That's kind of your area of expertise. Also, I would have straight up Googled Paylessy. Yeah, same where it was. What's the deal with this brand? Well, they were blown away by the fact that they were going to get a discount

on this new shoe line before it even hit the stores. Did they get their money back? So, yes. They got all their money back? So yes, they got all of their money back. So if they paid $645 they got $645 back and they got to keep the shoes. Oh wow.

And there is a phenomenal video called The Moment We Told Them The Truth. Oh. And I play audio from it, but to be honest there's not a lot of audio there's just a lot of hearts breaking.

It's pretty good. It's pretty good. Because it's not that you at that point it wouldn't be that they'd fooled me it would be that oh I haven't actually got

these amazing designer shoes for almost half the price. But what does that tell you about us? That we're so easily influenced and all these shoes are made in the same places, the $600 shoes and the $20 shoes. Oh, debatable.

Not in Megan's mind. No, Italian shoes aren't made in the same places like some of those shoes. Those are Italian crafted shoes. They're made in a town in Vietnam called Italy. Okay. crafted shoes. They're made in a town in Vietnam called Italy. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Top Six today.

Do I need to start again? That was Fletch. That wasn't me. But did you not hear that your microphone was not on? No, I had my headphones down. You were just talking and no one could hear you. I was frantically trying to finish the Top Six. I don't know if my headphone's down. You were just talking and no one could hear you. I was frantically trying to finish the top six.

I don't know if my microphone was on. You just kept on talking. Yeah, that's because I'm a professional. And then Fletch managed to put it on right at the moment you said the top six today. No one would have noticed. Wow. The top six today are the top six alternatives to the hard boiled sweet that aren't prunes for the Air New Zealand lolly.

This kind of made headlines yesterday. Somebody wrote on the Air New Zealand Facebook page that they should get rid of lollies because kids and blah, blah, blah. And sugar and childhood obesity. Yeah, all that razzmatazz. If you click on the Facebook post and then click on the profile of the person who made the post, he works in advertising, which makes me think there's something more to this. Maybe he's got a big prune client on board.

Right. Maybe he's about to do something for the New Zealand Dental Foundation. Yeah, right. Yeah, no. But then also... You're so cynical. Wildly cynical. Prunes are dried plums, right?

Yeah. So they're still high in sugar. So that's when you... And when you dry them... When you dehydrate food, the sugar content goes up per gram because it's dried out and the sugar goes nowhere. But also it changes the type of sugar, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, it does.

That's why dried apricots and dried... And you think, oh, these are raisins. Oh, these are good for me. But then you eat a whole bag and it's not. Look, 67 calories per prune. What? Yeah. No.

That's more than some cookies. 11 grams of sugar in one prune. 11 grams of sugar. Not true. That's two teaspoons. That's got to be. Maybe this is 100 grams. Let me look further.

Do single prune. It is a lot, though. It says here one plum contains 30 calories, and a prune, single prune. It is a lot though. It says here one plum contains 30 calories and a prune, one prune. So a one ounce. I used to eat heaps of dried fruit. So 28 grams is one serving of prune. Dried prune is 67 calories. 11 grams of sugar.

A good load. So you eat a half a bag of prunes and you're like, I'm just being healthy. It's a little like the fact that you'll shit your pants before you land as well. That's the issue because if you don't ever eat prunes, if you just rock one prune, you've got to be careful. Everyone will be running for the toilet. Well, yeah, and it's just

before you land, right? Yeah. And yeah, you're in a sealed metal tube with everybody else. Not doing that. No, they're too smart for this. They have to clean the toilet. They're too smart for this. Well, here's the top six alternatives to the Air New Zealand oilies that aren't prunes. Number six, American hot dogs.

How cool would that be if someone walked down the aisle towards the end and they were carrying one of those things you always see at baseball games? And they're like, hot dogs, hot dogs. And I've never seen a hot dog, never, and thought, not in the mood for a hot dog. Literally, it's the one thing I could see at any time of the day and be like, I'm in the mood. Oh, not at all.

I'm not the same. Don't you? Too much bread. Onions. Yeah, and they're like, onions and mustard, yes, please. Yes, all of it. Go hard on the corn. Check if it's there.

Hot sauce on there. Yas. Yeah. Yas. See? Okay of it. Go hard on the condiment. Check if it's there. A bit of hot sauce on there. Yas. Yeah. Yas. See? Okay, fine. We're on board. The plane would smell though

because... Yeah, oniony. Boily dogs do have a smell. Yeah. Number five on the list of the top six alternatives to the end-usual lollies that aren't prunes

are vodka jellies. Yes. Because, you know, when your ears pop, the idea is you suck on the hard-boiled lolly and your ears go and equalise. So just as you you know, when your ears pop, the idea is you suck on the hard-boiled olive and your ears go and equalise. So just as you're like, I can start feeling them, you go and suck the vodka jelly out

of the little shot glass. I don't think they could let the kids hand out those though anymore. Why not? You need the kids to do it because all the adults will be drunk. Right. It's like driving home. Yeah. It's best you let a kid do it rather than a drunk adult.

Right. Number four on the list of the top six's best you let a kid do it rather than a drunk adult. Right. Number four on the list of the top six alternatives to air New Zealand olives that aren't prunes. Again, with the sucking on the things to equalise the ears. Teething rings. Okay. Teething rings. Or those cool dude surfer necklaces that babies wear. Right.

That you can suck on them. That's like... Amber beads. Yeah. Okay, dude. You're 18 months old And you think You're pretty cool Do you

You go surfing Do you Little Tommy You go surfing Do you Number three on the list Of the top six alternatives To the New Zealand

Lollies that aren't prunes Mints Oh yeah Not mince meat Mint Mints Well you can get that If you get the white lolly

Can't you Isn't that minty It's got a pepperminty tang to it. Sometimes, you know, every now and then you're sitting next to someone on a plane and they'll speak to you and you're like, and then at the end of the, it's too late. They should get it at the start of the plane. But yeah, I'll have a lolly.

They'll have a mint though. No, I want a red one. No, they'll have a mint. I'll pass them the mint. Number two on the list of the top six alternatives to air New Zealand oil that aren't prunes. And apparently one of the most sucked on things around, the end of a pen.

So they can give you a pen on landing. But then you'd probably be best to take that with you. Yeah. Because you've sucked on it. And number one on the top six alternatives to the air New Zealand oil that aren't prunes, toothpicks. Oh, yeah. Okay.

Toothpicks. You can suck. Okay. Toothpicks. You can suck on them, give them a bit of the... But then also, it'll help you get the lollies out of your teeth. And it's good for the teeth too. Low calories, but not good for the forests. Not great for the forests. No. Unless they're plastic.

You can't please them. Oh, but then it's not good for the ocean. Not good for anybody. Glass. They're not good for your mouth. Yeah, right. Oh, well. Guess we tried our best.

That's today's top six. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. I just said that it was red wine that's good for us. Yeah. I'm happy to report it's all wine. This week, anyway.

Oh, great. All wine is good for us. It changes, doesn't it? Last week, it's bad for us. Then it's good. Yeah. So, scientists have found in this study, which was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,

they have found that it has a disinfectant. Well, it is a disinfectant for germs. And that can help reduce dental plaque and sore throats. So you've got a sore throat or a bit of plaque. Glass of wine. So a study in 1988 found that it had antibacterial properties and everyone just thought it was like because it was alcohol and it was quite acidic.

So they thought that was the reason it had antibacterial properties. But they have said there is a number of organic compounds found in both red and white wines, and that it can help you if you're coming down with a cold. A little bit of wine might help. They found it kills 99.9% of dental bacteria and germs that cause sore throats. 99.9%. So it's better than mouthwash. Did you get out a bottle of Central Otago Paino when you were sick this week?

No, I didn't. You should have. And then just have a swill of that. Get it around and then a bit of gargle and a swill. Instead of spitting it out in the dentist's little sink, swallow it. Yeah. With all the bits of food in your mouth. That's as good as mouthwash, right?

Well, that's what they're saying. Not as good as. 99.9, kills 99.9% of germs. I mean, I don't know if you've had a mouthful of Listerine. Including those that cause dental problems. You really know that you've had Listerine. You know, I can't do Listerine. I do the other ones.

Plaques, well, hot. Colgate. I do that one. There's like a Plaques one. There's a pink Plaques one and it tastes like you're washing your mouth with candy floss. Does it? And so I had that for a while and that was pretty good. Yep.

And then it ran out and I said to Shadaya, would you be able to get some mouthwash? Yeah. If you go to the supermarket. So she's like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And she brought home this green Listerine and oh. Yeah, it's too much. It's all go. But the ad does have an explosion in your mouth, you know?

So that's what you've got to expect. I don't think I could have a mouthwash that tastes like candy floss because it wouldn't feel like it was still in the trick. There's a green tea one. I tried that one. Oh, yeah. The green tea. Have you tried that one?

Yes. And I was like, I instantly regret this. It's really weird. That was a weird one, wasn't it? Because you don't, you mouthwash and then you're like, I don't feel like clean. Right. I think they do like a coffee flavoured one. wasn't it? Because you don't, you mouthwash and then you're like, I don't feel like claim. Right. I think you need to do

like a coffee flavoured one. No. Why? It's got to be some kind of minty. Yeah, yeah. So you feel free. It's got to have a bit of a

fresh tang to it. See, if you're rinsing your mouth out with wine before work, you're probably going to get in trouble. Eh? Yeah.

Also doesn't go down well with the old breathalyser. No. That's just another way to work. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Well, from the same brains trust that brought ideas to Megan's Cafe like scrambled eggs. Cutlery.

Seats. Cutlery. Cutlery. Donuts that are cool. Not just usual. Cool donuts. And coffee. No,y. Cutlery. Donuts that are cool. Not just usual. Cool donuts. And coffee. No, none of that was you.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we all, we put all those ideas forward. You said your donuts are yum. Why don't you just open a donut shop? That was the only suggestion. There's a popper. Now, behind the scenes, Megan, of course, for those that don't know, you've started a cafe with Mr. Toyboy. Vought and I, behind the scenes, have been business mentors.

Always lots of good ideas. Heaps of mentoring. Okay. Basically, that's all a business mentor is. It's somebody who has heaps of ideas that doesn't want to implement them. Exactly. Like, otherwise, why would they be giving them away? Do you remember when I said make sure you get on Google? Yeah. Oh, that, okay. And remember I said trademark your business.

Claim your business. Two to you. Two to me. I have trademarked it. Claim your business. Thanks to you. Two to me. I have trademarked it. Claim your business. Thanks to Fletch. You've done nothing wrong. I'm actually a business mentor. And I sent you those unicorn donuts you could do. Yeah, you sent me a picture of some donuts.

I said clean your windows. I think that's just a critique. Well, another. I hadn't even seen the windows at the time. I just thought I don't like going anywhere with a grubby window. Well, we gave you another piece of advice this morning that you've already implemented. This is the first...

Okay, it's a couple for you. This is actually good advice. And I have implemented it. Facebook is now... You can link your business to a booking aspect of Facebook. If you've got a business page, like a Facebook page... Which is easier than having a website these days a business page like a Facebook page. Which is easier than having a website these days.

You just have a Facebook page. Because everybody's already there. Yeah. So you can just go onto a business like a cafe or a restaurant and you can book a table through their Facebook page now and apparently it'll integrate with their current booking system. So if you're a

hairdresser, whatever, you take bookings, you can just search them on Facebook and book. And so you did this. Yeah, under the little cover photo, there's just a tab now that says book now. And so it works for anything. And you just click on a calendar appointment

and it sends me a little message and I confirm it and you get a confirmation back. It's so good because I hate using the phone. I know, I don't like talking to people. I just did my dentist the other day is online. My doctor's online. Don't need to ring up, talk to people. There are a lot of restaurants that do it

like through their website, you can make an appointment and stuff. But this is so great. Again, it's Facebook wants us to be entwined. They want our lives to be owned by them, don't they? Yeah. This is another step. They want a finger in everything.

Yeah. But I'm okay with it. Because of laziness. Yeah. Well, but you don't have to have a website, pay another booking service. It's all there. It's brilliant. Huh.

But what if, like, you're booked out? Does it say? Well, you wouldn't be able to book that time, maybe? So you're all booked. I don't know. We'll see. I haven't been booked out yet. Guys, can you book at our Mother's Day, though?

And do you have to establish rules? Do you have to establish rules on your booking? Like, someone can book for 10, but they'll be gone by 11. Yeah, so when you set it up, you make section times. So you can book in installments. Right. So you can book in installments. Right. So you'd make the installments. Say if it was a hairdresser,

maybe you'd make the installments like an hour or two hours. Yeah. Right. But you can change it depending on what you are. What about owning a cafe? If someone comes in and they take up a table, let's say it's one person by themselves. Yeah.

Sitting at a table for four and they only order a coffee and you go along and you're like, hey arsehole move along. Do you know what? This has happened a few times but every time the person moves, I've never had to ask. Oh really? In fact, Anya and her boyfriend took up a big table once

and then it got really busy. Classic entitled millennials. And then it got really busy and I didn't even have to say anything. They moved. Yeah, because we're cute as. No, it was really, it was pretty quiet when we got in. So we were on table for four.

Why would you do that? Because relaxing out, spacious. Yeah, right. You know, did a bit of Tai Chi. It was lovely. Out of control. Yeah. And then it got real busy real fast.

So we picked up our wonderful food and coffee. Yeah. And shifted to another table. Yeah, because we're just great people like that. Because I love a booth. If there's a place in the booth even if there's only two of us

I'll scooch into a booth and you can... And like a six person booth? Yeah. And you can see the person that owns the cafe restaurant looking at you like, you asshole.

And I'll just be like, just a coffee thing. No, that's happened to me with a very high profile restaurateur. What, they told you you were an asshole? coffee thing. No, that's happened to me with a very high profile restaurateur. What, they told you you were an asshole? A friend and I, no, a friend and I were having coffee and we were in a, like a full person.

I know who you're talking about. Yeah, I'm not going to say who it is, but then we heard them berate their staff, like go them. They were just like, don't sit two people on a full person thing. Like it wasn't even busy and we were literally only there 20 minutes. But I was just like, oh. Why would, yeah, silly. Like, at least, like,

yell at your staff behind the restaurant. I would have a soundproof kitchen. But I'd have a big window in it. So it was like a TV on mute, and they'd just see me going, you stupid, blah, blah, blah. But they couldn't tell what I was saying because I'd be a flurry of arms.

Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Food Fight. The Chippies Edition. Well, we're looking for New Zealand's number one bag of chips. It's that easy. And you vote on our Instagram, FVMZM. It couldn't be easier. You're just like, that one is more yum. And then you vote for it.

And then we whittle it down until there's only one left. And it shall be the Chippy Champion. Now, Vaughn, you were away yesterday. Sick. But we had a couple of rounds. Pringles, sour cream and onion versus twisties. And an absolute shock elimination. It was close.

It was so close. 52% to 48%. But it's ta-ta twisties as Pringles sour cream and onion goes through to the next round. I just cannot believe that. That's not the Pringles flavour for me. No, it's not. Oh, I think that's the best Pringles flavour.

So next up, it was Cheezels versus Mexicano Corn Chips cheese flavour. And Cheezels, 59 to 41. Yeah, they're see you later Mexicano corn chips, although those are a great corn chip. But see, I think Cheezles have had an easy route. I feel like Cheezles were underappreciated. I'm glad they've gone through. Yeah, for twisties to be eliminated.

You think twisties are greater than Cheezles? Yeah, I do. And rations, they're gone. They're long gone. You can't stick twisties on your fingers. True that. Burger Rings still in the competition? They are, Vaughn, because right now we have some more rounds.

I hand you the chips there. Burger Rings in our first round. Oh, this could be night-night for Burger Rings, though, because Burger Rings, fresh bag, by the way. It's a fresh. Did you eat all the other Burger Rings? Yeah, we did. Yeah, in your absence.

Don't say we. You did. I did. Oh, Megan's fasting. Don't say we, you did. I did. Oh, Megan's fasting. She doesn't do food until midnight. And then she's got one minute to eat and then she's got to fast for the rest of the 23 hours and 59 minutes. It's like extreme Ramadan, I think. Is it?

Yeah. It's really extreme Ramadan. It is, yeah. Because that's just a sun up, sun down situation. Okay, so burger rings. We missed you, Kevin, I smell. I wasn't going to say that. I didn't feel comfortable saying that.

So Burger Rings this round are up against the absolute classic of a chip, Bluebird Salt and Vinegar. Bit stale. Even though those have been sealed, they're a little bit... Maybe we didn't seal the bag right. Oh yeah, that's a bit better. Now this, okay, so I mean, I'm going to go Burger Rings, but I know that... You're going to go Burger Rings?

Yeah, hell yeah. People are saying that... I've got to go salt and vinegar. People are saying that salt and vinegar are going to win the competition. Have we got other salt and vinegar? This is my problem. Have we got other salt and vinegar chips? Pringle problem. Have we got other salt and vinegar chips? Pringles salt and vinegar is still in, right?

No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Sour cream and onion. Sour cream and onion Pringles. Yeah, sour cream and onion are the only ones that got through.

Oh. Yeah, the salt and vinegar ones didn't get through. I'll have to back that then because salt and vinegar is my ultimate flavor. Right. Okay, so also in this round, barbecue kettle. Which flavour of barbecue kettle is this? This is wood-fired barbecue. Okay.

Kettle chips. This got through from yesterday, didn't it? These are a great chip. Good sound effect again. I love kettle chips. I don't like barbecue. Barbecue is such a... Well, Megan, they're up against one of my faves.

Is there any left? Yes. Obviously one of my faves. Is there any left? Yes. Obviously one of your faves because you ripped open the sealed bag moments ago and there's only a few left. You know, I was just like, I'll just have one and then I've had ten. They're up against Muncho Spicy Tomato. So. You like the soft chippies, eh? You like the twisties and the munchos and the burger rings.

Yeah, I'll do those if I had the choice over potato chips. Like I can just sit down and eat a bag of potato chips, but I could easily eat a bag of cheese balls, munchos,

rations, twisties, cheesels. Lucky there's no shortage. So early voting. Salt and vinegar bluebird versus burger rings. 62 to 38. Salt and vinegar. Salt and vinegar.

Salt and vinegar. Yeah. Man. Oh, Munchos, 45% to BBQ Kettle 55. It's early. That could tighten up the gap. That could change, but. I just voted, so it's 54% to 46% now, Munchos.

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Now, back to the podcast. Game of Thrones, world's biggest TV show right now. And two episodes to go. I haven't been here since Monday. Monday was the fourth episode of six. And it didn't feel right watching. There were some things I'll say it didn't feel right watching. Man, people are so invested.

Like, I don't think they can do anything right at this stage. Everything feels rushed. Yeah, there was a couple of things that annoyed me. Yeah, a few extra episodes wouldn't hurt, eh? Because it does feel rushed. Yeah. Like they're wrapping up some character arcs. Way too quickly. Yeah. Like they're wrapping up some character arcs. Way too quickly.

Yeah. You think of how long it took Daenerys Targaryen to like walk between a couple of towns. Yeah. It took like eight seasons. And then she lands and all of a sudden she can get from one end of Westeros to the other in a heartbeat. No, no, she took a dragon, but everybody else walked

and they got there about as quickly. How does that work? They get there at the same time? no, she took a dragon, but everybody else walked and they got them about as quickly. How does that work? They get there at the same time? Yeah, there's a few. I think because they've only got six episodes in this season, Megan. It's rushed. It feels very, very rushed. My biggest thing was he walked away from that dire wolf.

He didn't even pat it. He didn't even pat it. I know. He didn't even tell it was a big good boy. And of course it was- And it's the bestest of boys. There was a Starbucks coffee cup left on the table as well. Yeah, yeah. So maybe it has been rushed. There's bestest of boys. There was a Starbucks coffee cup left on the table as well. Yeah, yeah.

So maybe it has been rushed. There's a bit of that. No spoilers, but with two episodes. We haven't read what these leaks are. So we literally can't spoil it for you. Yeah. But there have been leaks and the internet is all over them. And there is talk that maybe we need to prepare ourselves,

our expectations. Yeah. Because people are not happy if these leaks, again, don't know what they are, if these leaks are what actually happens in the end. People are really pissed. Now, apparently there's been some video leaks. There's a minute of footage that shows something and we don't know, and they are not happy with that.

That is legit. They said what worst TV show ending in history. If this is the case. And let's remember when The Sopranos just faded to black and we didn't know what the hell had happened. Or lost. Or lost. Yes, true.

It went on for so long. Dexter. Oh, that was for me one of the worst endings in TV ever. I never watched Dexter because you guys said the ending was so horrible. Stop. Was it after season four? Yeah. Or five. Just stop watching Dexter. Those of you who campaigned Dexter. Because guys said the ending was so horrible. Stop. Was it after season four? Yeah. Or five?

Yeah. Just stop watching Dexter. Those of you who campaigned Dexter. Because it was so good after then. But yeah, we just may need to get our expectations. In order. Low. Because.

But then what do we expect of this Game of Thrones? I mean, you know, they're ruthless with all the characters. But you were really disappointed with the battle episode three, and I loved that one. It was a bit dark. It all happened. But again, it's just because the series feels so rushed. Like that battle should have been a whole season to itself.

They should have had like a break halfway through. What, a picnic? Yeah, some flashbacks. Like we should have seen what Bran saw when he went all like, whoa. Well, next time you can write it. Okay. I'll just write long. Sounds easy, right?

Drawn out bits. Chuck and Ed Sheeran cameo in there. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. So you might remember Fergie doing the national anthem. It was, what, a couple of years ago. Terrible. Everyone said it was really terrible. Oh, my God, that's terrible.

She tried, though. She tried to make it her own. I don't know that this guy tried very hard. So this happened at an Atlantic League baseball game, and the team have had to apologise after what has been called... So this is low level, this isn't on the stage where it's still televised.

It's still televised and there's still a massive crowd. And still millions of audience. So he was this guy was a last minute fill in. So it turns out that someone who was supposed to be singing the national anthem called in.

They couldn't make it. So I don't know whether he put his hand up or whether. Just cancel. Just cancel the, they can't though because it's America. They get very into it, don't they? Yeah. The national anthem, yeah. So this guy.

Be like the All Blacks not doing the Haka. Ooh. You'd be like. You wouldn't. You wouldn't. Yeah. They've said I don't even

Well actually It's a sports columnist That said I don't even know Who this guy is But he should never Sing this ever Ever again

So I mean Remember he's a fill in He stepped in And he tried his best Say can you see By the dawn's early light whose... Let me hear you, people.

Least the sobriety be me and the... the perilous or the ramparts we were so gallantly streaming. And the rocket's glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night. He's getting better. No.

I'm going to stop it. I'll stop it there. So, do you know the saddest thing is, so this got, I mean, when this story was printed, it was viewed 168,000 times, probably more now. Yeah. But he caught wind of everyone taking the piss out of him and he apologised on social media.

He said, To all who attended the game today, my sincerest apologies. Our singer could not make today's make-up game. I stepped in, but I did not realise the hate had gotten to me. My legs began to cramp and you saw what happened. But by no means was this any disrespect to our country or organisation, nor those who serve it. I've been banned from singing ever again. Apologies.

Been banned. The heat got to me. At least you get a better excuse, your legs cramping. And he was wearing a bright coral blazer. It's just like, there's a lot going on in the video. This is unfair because he's been a last minute fill-in and your expectations of a last minute fill-in should never be high.

No. And he wouldn't have warmed up his voice. I mean, I don't know if it would have helped. I just, fill-ins, it can end so badly. The last minute fill-ins. Have you ever been asked to fill in for anything last minute? Or like playing sports and you're just like, oh, I'm not very good at this.

And then they never chuck you the ball. What about at Megan's first wedding when I was last minute wedding entertainment fill in? Don't talk about this! Me and Will, our friend. No, turn his microphone off! Megan wanted us to pretend play trumpets as she walked down the aisle. Pretend play trumpets. Do you know why? Because I wasn't

allowed any live musicians. So what did I have at my second wedding? A whole bloody orchestra. You did. You had a quartet. Yeah. Well, not a whole orchestra.

I mean, I was upset. I wasn't again asked to provide a trumpet arch. I flat out refused to pretend to play a trumpet because it was so stupid. And I didn't. And then Vaughan, I think that made Vaughn feel extra worse and extra pressure. A lot. And then I was just like, hand on my face,

like, oh, this looks ridiculous. It was 2009. It was a different time. It was a different time. Yeah. So let's take some calls then on when you were A last minute fill in Yeah maybe it was A last minute fill in

For a sports team Or an event Maybe you were Completely out of your depth Did it go horribly wrong And did it go horribly wrong Yeah Fill in for anything

Maybe at work You were asked to fill in For management or something Oh You've got to be sure of yourself If you're filling in at work You're not making any Massive business decisions

No Alright well if you've been A last minute fill in Tell you're filling in at work. You're not making any massive business decisions. No. All right, well, if you've been in a last-minute fill-in, tell us how it went. 0800-DIALS-IT-M-9696. Some text messages in on the subject of when you were asked to fill in last minute. This guy sung the anthem terribly, and he's saying, look, I didn't even know I was going to be singing it. I didn't want to, but I needed somebody to do it.

I'm not a singer. Has he said he wasn't a singer? I don't think he's a singer. He's not a singer. Well he said he wasn't a singer? I don't think he's a singer. He's not a singer. Well, if he thought he was, I think he knows now he's not. Well, if X Factor and all of those shows have taught us anything, people do think they're singers. Yeah.

Until they see it on television. And then even some of them, sometimes they see that and they're like, I was robbed there. Not to get through. I was asked to fill in on an indoor cricket team. I said, I don't play cricket. They said, that's all right. We just need the numbers.

That would be scary. I know. Because that is a full-on game, indoor cricket. And when you go out, you lose five points. Yeah. They said I took them well into the negatives. Oh, no. Yes.

But then on the bright side of filling in and it going well, Stevie said I was a last-minute fill-in to lead a hucker at a wedding. And I was very worried. I mean, that's a huge responsibility. Everybody afterwards, though, was saying how well I did and they loved it. So I assume that went well. And they weren't just telling me.

Oh, that would be so nerve-wracking. I couldn't do that. Last-minute fill-in for a women's Division I hockey team as the goalie. I'd never done it before in my life. As a goalie? Goalie in hockey is terrifying because they get past everybody else and they're smashing it as hard as they can at your face.

Yeah. So you'll get out of the way and let it go in. But round one had just finished, and round two starts this weekend. I'm still the goalie, so I can't be doing too badly. You're killing it. But you get all the pads and stuff, eh? But then even still out. Oh, yeah.

Out, cheese. No, the pad can't cover every square inch and a hockey ball's very hard. Leroy, you were a last-minute fill-in. Yeah, so I was a last-minute fill-in for my now-wife's sister's wedding for a groomsman. But did you know them?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I knew them quite well, but they've been preparing for the wedding for like months and months and months and then about like a week out, I got a call on a Sunday morning being like, hey, do you want to be my groomsman? So I was like, yeah, all right.

But what happened to the original groomsman? Do you know what? I've never found out. What? I would have demanded to know that got see at that point in time i was just like if they're asking me it must be pretty rough because like you know i've only been going out with my girlfriend for about like a year and a half so was it was it was it her sister or brother getting married that's her it was her sister getting married right and then so sister getting married. Right.

And then, so her husband didn't have any other friends he could get? Oh, he had lots of other friends, but he decided that I was a safe bet somehow. I thought it was pretty risky, but I was like, hey, look. It sounds like you fitted the soap, maybe. Reliable little boy. Yeah. Oh, my. I really need to know why they got rid of him.

That's going to bug me now. Oh, it's all right. But it's all right. You know, you ended up having to borrow my belt on the day anyway, so I felt like I fit in quite well. Okay, nice. Oh, you're saving the day all round. Leroy, thanks for your call.

Some other text messages in. My boss got sick, asked me to cover for him last minute and run the workshop for two days. After two days of dealing with angry customers and getting abused, I decided I never wanted to get promoted. Yeah. It's a good way for you to get new respect for your boss, really. Yeah, true.

Although your boss is running the risk there if you take over and do a good job. True. They might have got themselves in trouble. I got asked to fill in and ref a soccer game. I gave out six red cards. They were seven years old. Oh, my God. That's good, though.

You want to hit them hard with that red card. You've got to learn. Somebody else said, I work in plastic injection molding. Okay. So that's where things are made. Lunch boxes. Yeah, and they squirt the plastic in. I had to fill in on a machine.

I made $10,000 of rejected product in four hours. And $2,500 of the mistakes an hour. But how do you make mistakes? Isn't it going into molds? I don't know. Put the plastic in the mold? That's what some old mate boss told them. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. You be right back. I got asked to fill in on a water polo team. I was like, what does that involve? And they laughed. I'm not a great swimmer, so I barely stayed afloat. And don't they grab each other's balls and stuff? Yeah, under the water, they get a bit grabby, pinchy, twisty. Yeah.

Yeah. Not like the fun grabby either. No, no. It's quite aggressive grabbies. Oh, she grabbies. Yeah, right. Quite aggressive grabbies. So there you go.

The guy who sung the anthem Shouldn't feel too bad It's been some terrible feelings ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast But yesterday at the gym I was just lifting bra Doing some weights bra What day was it yesterday bra?

It was upper Upper bra How much do you bench bra? Upper bra Well upper bra Upper bra All the upper bra All like arms upper bra

Like abs Chest All upper bra Did you do some neck? Don't forget the neck just all upper bra. Did you do some neck? Don't forget the neck. What do you mean? Did I do some neck? We don't want a chicken neck.

Was it just above your bra? Upper bra. Upper bra. I think upper weights bra. Bra. Okay, bra. Anyway, I thought this guy was talking to me because I had my headphones in.

And then I was like, huh? And I kind of took my headphones off and he stopped talking. And I was like, weird. Okay, maybe he wasn't talking to me. And so I just carried on and then I, he kept like talking

and then stopping and he had, you know, like the Apple earbuds, AirPods or whatever you call them. Yeah. So he's rich. He was having a conversation

on the phone or WhatsApp messenger or whatever for like half an hour while doing the gym. What was he doing at the gym? Was he doing upper? I think he was doing upper, brah.

Yeah. Right. Because he was in the same area. And then he'd just walk around, go to another machine. All the time talking on the phone. All the time talking on the phone, like having a really casual,

you know when you ring a friend and you just have a real casual half hour catch up convo. I haven't done it for a long time. One of those. And I was like, all the while, it is like, it's just after lunch. It is packed at the gym. Like there's not even a spare machine.

And he's just casually having a yarn, doing some weights. But how do we feel about people having a convo in a public place like that? Or people do it on the bus? Or like on a plane before it takes off? It's so weird, though. I'm not for it. I don't like it. Speaks for those earbuds, though.

If you can have them in your ear. So there's a microphone in the earbud. Yeah, and it wasn't like he was like, because you know when I like have headphones and I'm always just like, I'm like quite, I'm trying to work out where the mic is and kind of put my mouth like, hello. You do yell at the microphone. Because I like to yell at the microphone and be very articulate.

I've called you when you've been at the gym before and you answer, you're like, hello. Real quiet. And you move, you can tell you've moved away. Yeah, and I'll, because I'll just. And then I'll make it real quick. I'll say, I'll call you back later or whatever, or I'll find a quiet corner of the gym,

have a quick convo. But this guy just, he didn't care. And I was like, well, that's cool, but don't you reckon that's weird? I think the gym's fine because everyone's got headphones in.

Like I wear my noise cancelling, so I got no idea what's going on around me. And I think that's fine. No, that's what I think. Ever fart at the gym with noise cancelling headphones on and you're like I don't know how loud that was. Yep.

You look around and no one's looking and you're like I think I got away with that. I think that's fine because everyone's doing their own thing. Everyone's got headphones on. There's a lot of noise anyway with machines and like music and stuff. I think it's fine but I'm not okay with in a plane before it takes off you know, in a quiet public place. Shut up.

That annoys me. Yeah, plane, bus, train it's all too confined. Yeah, and you're forcing your conversation upon me. That's when I don't like it. Unless it's a juicy conversation that I can then I'm all for it but it never is. Love a bit of that juicy can eavesdrop on. Then I'm all for it. But it never is. Love a bit of that juicy convo.

Yeah. Right. So your question would be the phone etiquette as of, do you at the gym? Well, yeah, I don't know. I just sort of bring it up.

I think the gym's fine. Supermarket? No. No to the supermarket? No. What about now? Because you've started running a cafe, what about when people

have their headphones on and they come in and order coffee? How do you feel about that? Do you remember I used to be like, that's fine, wasn't it? As long as you put one out. I'm not okay with that now. Really?

Because you don't bloody concentrate. Like, just concentrate with me for two seconds, get your order through, and then we can start making it. But, like, when there's two things going on in people's heads. Like, but they still carry on a conversation. They're not just listening to music. They're on the phone.

Yeah, they'll be on the phone or like, they're like, hang on one second. And then they talk to you and you're doing part of it. And then they go back to the conversation. And then you're like, oh, would you like your receipt or something else to them? And they're like, pardon? Sorry, I'll hang on a second. They're talking to me.

I'm sorry, what did you say? They're not talking to me. They're inconvenient. Just give me two minutes, I'll put your order through, and then you can carry on with your day. That's rude. You wouldn't even need two minutes, would you?

No. Probably only a minute or 45 seconds. Right. That's so annoying. But if you're not, I think the rule is, if you're not having to deal with anyone, and if it's a noisy place,

then go for it. And I consider the gym a noisy place. Right, so that's fair. Just a weird place to be on the other end of that conversation. Yeah, true. Because when you hear

puffing and stuff and grunting. Well, yeah, because Steve was still doing his sets. Like he was doing his arm exercises and like,

he's in the cable machine. Yeah, if he could talk. He's not doing enough, mate. Just lift, bro. Lift, bro. Yeah, lift, bro. Not talk, bro's not doing enough, mate. Just lift, bruh. Yeah, lift, bruh, not talk, bruh. So we're looking for New Zealand's number one chop, and it's super easy.

You just vote on your favourite chop when we put it on our Instagram page, FEMZM, on our story. And to keep costs down between rounds, we're resealing the bag of chips. And then if it makes it through, we unseal it. But somebody's actually vac-sealed the Cheezles for the next round. Oh, okay. Usually we've just been sealing. The top.

But this one's been vac-sealed, so it takes the air out. There's also only a few chippies left in there. I know. If Cheezles advance, we're going to need to get a new packet. And I'm not saying any one person's to blame, but it's Fletch. I have not had. Is it because I have orange residue on my lip? That.

Anything that's orange, you eat. You were away yesterday. Who was the guy that called up and said you eat burger rings and rations with chopsticks? So you don't get the residue on your fingers. Oh, okay. That's a good packet. But I you don't get the residue on your fingers. Oh, okay. That's a good, that's a good. But I like, that's the treat at the end.

That's the dessert. Afterwards, you get to lick the. But then I don't know if Facebook was listening, but then a story popped up online yesterday and some like supermodel or skinny chick was saying, you should eat. She was like, you should eat. She was either one of two things, a supermodel or a skinny chick. Or a skinny chick. And she was like, you should eat. She was either one of two things, a supermodel or a skinny chick.

Or a skinny chick. And she was like, if you want to lose weight and look skinny, eat everything with chopsticks. Because it's harder and it takes longer. So you feel full. Because I'll eat a meal and I'll be like, I'm not full. And then trick, I ate more and then I was full. That's 100% only thing

you need to do. Thanks skinny chick. You don't eat with chopsticks. You eat with like a ladle. A spoon. A giant spoon. A dessert spoon. Pour it in. Get it done.

Get it all eaten. All right, so this round, and you can go to our Instagram account, FVMZM, and vote on this one, is sour cream and onion Pringles versus Cheezels. Maybe that Vaxil's done a trick, actually, because those are extra crisp. Okay, so that's Cheezels. Maybe that Vaxil's done a trick, actually, because those are extra crisp. Okay, so that's Cheezels.

I have not had one chip. No, no, Megan's fasting. Ugh. Oh, you crushed all over my crumb. Yeah, you just... Well, you gave me a Cheezel. I was going to eat a Cheezel. Turn your microphone off.

Just shush for a second. I'm doing the... Oh, now this is the thing I was going to eat a cheese. Turn your microphone off. Just shush for a second. I'm doing that. Oh, now this is the thing I want everyone to take into account. I'm getting to the bottom of the can of Pringles, and I'm getting a lot of shattered Pringles. Yeah, but when... Mmm, a bit stale. When you get to the bottom of a bag of chips, you get the broken bits.

I know, I like the chip skull. Chip dust. You get to do... Shake it into your mouth, and half of it goes on your shirt, and you're like, brush it off. I'm surprised yesterday that Pringles beat out Burger Rings, didn't they, to get through.

Is that who they beat out yesterday? They did. No. Sour cream and onion Pringles. They beat. Because Burger Rings is. Oh, are you just eating the. Twisties.

Sorry, they beat out Twisties. Twisties, yes. They beat out Twisties. So Twisties are out of the competition. I still, I think Pringles will do it. If Pringles can beat out Twisties, I think they'll beat out Cheezels. Now, another thing to discuss re-Food Fight Chip Edition is that we have room for a wild card.

Is this part of our plan or was this an oversight in the admin department? No one's really sure. No one will ever know. Well, apparently when we did a graph. Graph, graph. We missed out one. plan or was this an oversight in the admin department no one's really sure no well apparently when we did a graph graph graph we missed out one yeah we mispronounced graph graph so when are we going to bring back one we're going to bring one back okay so now we've got to discuss what we're going to bring back are we doing a new one i thought you said we were going to bring one back that's why we had to discuss i just said about the wild card bringing it back okay we're doing a new one. I thought you said we were going to bring one back. That's why we had to discuss.

I just said about the wild card, bringing it back. Okay, we're going to do one that has not been in the competition yet. A last minute. So if your favourite chip has not at all been represented thus far, don't come at me with a cassava. We had a cassava. Yeah, I know, and it was out first round. I've heard from a couple of people that we should have gone for a higher end cassava. We had a cassava. Yeah, I know, and it was out first round. I've heard from a couple of people that we should have gone for a higher-end cassava.

A roll of the eyes. So if you want a new entry, a chip that has not been in, then make your suggestions heard. There are, because we have had messages throughout saying, what about this chip? What about this flavour? Well, this is your chance, isn't it, now to tell us. Yes.

FVMZM on our Instagram. Yeah, let us know. You can text into the studio. Just quickly, one that is close. Our last Food Fight round from an hour ago. Munchos versus the BBQ Kettle. Yeah. There are literally 75 votes in it.

And at this stage, Munchos, spicy tomato just ahead. So close. Are they just ahead? They were just behind me the look before. There's been a swing. There's been a swing in voting. She's close. The late comers, the eight o'clockers. And then once they're out, they're out. Yeah, that's it. They can't come back.

They can't come back. I can't think of a chip that hasn't been represented for me. A flavour? Is there a flavour you like that hasn't been? Well, there's a couple of boutique-y ones, eh? Because we did that Timaru chip, didn't we? The Heartland.

Yeah, that great chip. Didn't like, didn't. Phenomenal chip. What about floating the idea? Those uppercut tapas, those corn tapas things. Are they a corn chip? Oh, yeah, the sriracha one's good. You like those? Remember we

ate a whole bag that time because they were in the back of the Black Thunder? That could be anything. I've eaten a whole bag of a lot of things. What are they? You know the ones. You love them. The uppercut and they're like a sriracha flavour. And it's like a corn chip but it's like a potato chip. It's like a hybrid. Yeah!

Those are shit hot! Those babies. Yeah! I'm on board. I'm straight on board. As long as it's the sriracha one. Well, we'll take your suggestions on our Facebook page. You can vote as well for our current rounds. And then once the chip is eliminated, that's

it. They're out of the competition. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day. What? It was better, wasn't it? Well, I had to carry Megan a lot when you were away. Did you see the text yesterday?

They were like, Megan's definitely carrying Fletch with that. He rushes and he dances around the actual note, never actually hitting the note. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've noticed that before. It's great to have you back, Vaughn. Oh, thank you. Rude. I'm right here.

Well, today's fact of the day isn't about Fletch's inability to clap in time or sing in tune. It's about Pokemon. Is this because I can't do the friends clap? Yeah. No, too many. Too many. It's hard to do without the song, but even with the song. No one told you life was gonna

be this way. No! No, no, no. No, there is five claps. Is there? There's five claps, remember? That was a, no, no. One, two, three, four. No, that was five. No, there is five claps. Is there? There's five claps, remember? That was a fact of the day once. We all thought it was four.

One, two, three, four, five. Oh, six. It's automatic that I do six. I don't know. Carry on through to six. Stupid song. Today's fact of the day is about Pokemon. Okay.

Detective Pikachu comes out soon. I'm very excited for this movie. With Ryan Reynolds. Did you see yesterday Ryan Reynolds linked to what he said was the entire Detective Pikachu movie leaked onto YouTube, but it was just like an hour 42 of Pikachu dancing? Yeah. Pretty gold. Always a good time with Ryan Reynolds.

Apparently there are enough outtakes that are R-rated for there to be an R-rated... R-rated Detective Pikachu. Like he did the lines as requested per script and then he did them Ryan Reynolds ad lib with swear words and stuff. I hope they do that. See, I'd be keen to see that. He's so great, eh? So good. So good. Friend of mine's

just in Japan and just spent a couple of days at the Pokemon Museum and Cafe. Now that's my sort of trip to Japan. Should we go and see some things? By things do you mean two days at the Pokemon Museum and Cafe. Now that's my sort of trip to Japan. Should we go and see some things? By things, do you mean two days at the Pokemon Cafe? Yeah. I think we'd lose you in Japan. I wouldn't come back.

Yeah. I'd change my name to Vaughn Nintendo. Something stupid like that. So today's fact of the day is if you played Pokemon extensively as a child, there is a part of your brain specifically dedicated to recognising Pokemon. So people apparently, I don't

know too much about the brain. I know I've got one. And I know it can be its own worst enemy at times. Because if it thinks something, how do you convince it otherwise because it's in charge. So around your brain, there's different parts that when you get one of those helmets on that reads like the electric pulses of the brain. Generally, humans have the same part of the brain recognising for faces, places and things.

Right. And throughout all the different human brains, it's relatively the same position. Right. However, if you played Pokemon extensively as a child and then you're shown Pokemon, And throughout all the different human brains, it's relatively the same position. Right. However, if you played Pokemon extensively as a child and then you're shown Pokemon, there's activity in the part of the brain that's not allocated to faces, places or things. What does that part of the brain do normally?

Don't know. Just Pokemon. It's just the Pokemon part of the brain. So do you have to have played it or could you have just the Pokemon part of the brain So do you have to have played it Or could you have just watched Pokemon Extensive Extensive Pokemon Exposure

So I guess if you watched all of Pokemon You would if you'd played it Again Would that be the same for other similar childhood games Perhaps like They think it's something more to do with Recognising things by pixelated squares Rather than Because when you see a face of think it's something more to do with recognising things by pixelated squares.

Right. Rather than, because when you see a face, of course, it's curved. It's made up of the tiniest things that your eye can possibly comprehend. Whereas Pokemon, you can recognise a Pokemon even though it's pixelated in. Right. And small. So to help us remember people's names, we should all just wear pixelated masks. Well, it would be a different part of the brain, yeah.

But then there could be some confusion. You'd be like, Steve, this is Pikachu. Or Grant, I can't remember. One of them. This is like the Bulbasaur Susan last week. Oh my god, no one wants to be called Bulbasaur. Are you kidding me? It's Bulbasaur. He's like one of the original three. He's super important.

He just sounds like Bulb. He was the easiest to start with because the first gym you went to was water and, of course, water Pokemon, weak against plant. Yeah, okay. You know this, of course. Yeah, I do, Vaughn. Through your extensive playing of Pokemon. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, so I like to think he's a part of my brain. It's like calling me a Jigglypuff, though. That's cute, though. Yeah. Yeah, that's cute. It is cute. You don't want to be a Jigglypuff. You don't want to be a Mankey.

No, that's not very attractive. Well Well you're a bit manky at the moment Because you've burnt your face With a face mask Manky You're a bit manky But you still don't want to be called manky So today's fact of the day Is if you played Pokemon extensively

And it says as a child But I like to think You know Teenager Adult If at any time You've found yourself Dedicated to the life of Pokemon

You've got a special part of your brain For recognising Pokemon. Fact of the day! What are you doing? Don't try to overcompensate because we said that we're carrying. I'm going slower. Okay, you lead then. We should add a clap into this jingle.

No, you don't. No, don't change it. Okay, let's just go. You lead it. Okay, it's time for... No, and that is today's. And that is today's Fact of the day, it. Okay, it's time for. No, and that is today's. And that is today's. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. You're going slow. I'm letting you lead it. No, I'm just going quieter.

Yay. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Something to look forward to after Game of Thrones finishes, HBO's next miniseries is Chernobyl. And it's a dramatic reenactment, but based on fact, of the Chernobyl disaster in April 26, 1986. So a nuclear reactor blew up? Correct. Or melted down?

Or leaked? Leaked. Radioactive waste went out into the open. Yeah. There was an explosion. Okay. Because I watched the trailer for it, and I was like, oh, this is horrifying.

It's horrifying. I watched the trailer too, but they're all British actors. Yeah. They don't talk with a Russian or a Ukrainian accent at all. I listened to a podcast about making it, the guys who made it. They said that they felt Russian accents, one of those accents that too easily becomes quite comical. Right. And they didn't want the accent to take away from the seriousness of the matter.

Because it's about Chernobyl, the nuclear disaster that we're all familiar with. Well, not all of us, because when talking about this, someone yesterday when I was talking about it, a friend was like, what is it? I've always heard the name, but I don't know what is it. That was the same when I went to Chernobyl in December and I put up a video

and people were just like, I had no idea this was even a thing. Yeah. I didn't even know. I guess because when we were growing up, it was just in the news and it was a big deal when we were really little. Well, I don't remember it happening, but I certainly remember the talking about it. It was almost when the USSR stopped being that

and the war came down and the Cold War was over and it just went back to being Russia, that the Western world really started finding out about it. And I remember when it was always in the news for, it's actually, guys, it's way worse than we thought it was. And like also when the Fukushima one happened, there was comparisons, a lot of comparisons between that and Chernobyl. To the other nuclear disasters.

Yeah. And we've always been nuclear-free New Zealand. Yeah. So I guess that's why you were always, like, aware of it. Well, I thought everyone was. But you wouldn't have known as, you would have learnt a lot about it when you did the tour. Yeah, yeah, like, I saw a lot of videos and stuff.

Well, that's what, listen to this podcast about the making of the show. The show's going to be more about how like lying and being like, it's not that bad. It's like a really bad thing to do when it's a nuclear disaster. They tried to cover it up and it was actually like, readings

started coming in from like Germany and like the Scandinavian countries. They're like, has there been like a nuclear accident somewhere? Because we're getting high levels of like radiation. So it'll be a cool mini series. So one of the things they talk about is that when it happens, they've got a,

it's like a gigameter. It measures the radioactivity. They've got one in the Russian power plant and it's just their day-to-day one. And it goes bing and it's at 3 day to day one and it goes bing and it's at 3.6 and they're like whoa 3.6

that's not good what is that meters maximum reading and they're like 3.6 they're like oh okay well let's go and get

the good one and so this is the weird thing about it they're running a nuclear power plant but there's one good reader that goes up to a thousand they turn it on

and it just goes slam and breaks, overloads because it's a really sensitive. So then they're like, wow, that's broken typical. That's just rubbish. Bad equipment. Bad equipment. So they get the firefighter's one that maxes out at 200

and it just slams the needle straight to 200. And so there's just listening. I can't wait to watch it. Yeah, right. And it sounds like all the time Russia was like, well, we obviously can't tell the West because we don't want to look weak and we don't wait to watch it. Yeah, right. And it sounds like all the time Russia was like, well, we obviously can't tell the West because we don't want to look weak and we don't want to look stupid and we don't want to look like we blew up an unblow-up-able nuclear reactor.

But, yeah, it just looks crazy. Oh, my God. Big good show. It's so nice meeting over in New Zealand sometimes. Like, all that's happening over there, eh? Yeah, we've just got giant tectonic plates that could kill us at any time. That's all. Yeah.

And stay out of the rivers. I'm that pretty clean. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. An Australian pub, the Imperial Hotel, had a lovely rooftop installation at their bar,

but Warner Brothers have said pull all that down. Not today. No. There was a Game of Thrones reference. I know, but I was like putting in one pop culture like phenomenon and with another. Oh, I just would have stuck to Harry Potter things.

Okay. It's the Harry Potter installation at this bar that is being removed. I need you to Wingardium Leviosa. Is that levitate? Yes. Or does that disappear? That's levitate.

Okay. To get it out. They would, so just down the road is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. That's the play. Yeah. The Harry Potter stage show. And then they were like, well, what we'll do is we'll put in some Harry Potter stuff. Yeah.

On the rooftop bar and sell Butterbe beer, which is from Harry Potter, and other stuff and we'll really make a killing off it. Evanesco! Evanesco. That's disappear, isn't it? Evanescence! Bring me to life! You're probably running an Evanescence themed rooftop bar and there probably wouldn't be

too many complaints. No, because no one even cares. Yeah, Amy Lee would probably be like, well that's nice actually. Someone's still thinking of us. So they would run a bar upstairs. It was very Harry Potter themed, top to bottom actual references and everything from Harry Potter.

Anyway, they found out about it, Warner Brothers, and they're like, no, that doesn't, no, that doesn't happen here. They should have known that they were going to get away with that. What were you thinking?

Because how good was this rooftop area? Was it pretty legit? It looked pretty cool, yeah. But they were like signposting it from the street where it'd say, Witches and Wizards of Melbourne, this is where the magic happens. And then walking up the stairs, it said, like, I solemnly swear I'm up to no good. And it had the Marauders map footprints going up and like very,

Fletch doesn't know, eh? No. And like up the stairs there was the portraits like in Harry Potter by the stairways. There's all the portraits and Hogwarts and stuff. So they were making a real go of it. They probably spent quite a bit of money on it. And their platter was called Harry's Platter.

Right. What were they thinking? So they would have lost thousands of dollars because that wouldn't have been cheap to install. No, it wouldn't have been cheap to outfit. But yeah, they've been told to take it all down. Silly. Well, it's either that or I guess you've got to pay a lot of money to...

For licensing. For licensing. An insane amount of it. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, why not give ZM's free and Clinton to listen to subscribe on the I heart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. And music lives here. ZM.