ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - November 09 2018

Episode Date: November 8, 2018

Prime Minister - Jacinda Adern is on the phone, It's really beginning to look a lot like Christmas and we find the biggest career change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello there and welcome to the Fletchvorn and Megan podcast. Thanks to Spark, where you can get a new Nokia on a prepaid rollover pack starting from $19. Now, on with the podcast. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletchvorn and Megan. You missed a vital news story this morning. Anya? Did I? Your top's inside out.

F, F, F. Do you get changed in the dark? I do, because the boyfriend's like, whenever I do anything. Run your hand down the right side. Down the right side of her body. Do you not have a walk-in wardrobe or an en suite? At mum and dad's!

Or a third bedroom or a shared living room, the second living room, a rumpus room? Get your clothes sorted the night before and put them outside the door? This all sounds good in theory, but it's too much, Edmund. It's good news, though. We all know the washing instructions for that top now. It's just there, savage. Do not hot dry it. To be honest, it took me a while

to notice. Thank you. You know what, guys? I need your love and support right now. In this time of inside outery.

Yeah. It's okay. Should be an easy fix. I just hope you don't get like stuck or fall over or something because if you go

to do it in the bathroom here, have you ever found do it in the bathroom here, have you ever found those tiles in the bathroom can be a little slippery? Oh, yeah, but you've got to be careful. Please be very careful. I'm going to be so stressed while I'm doing it now. You've really given me a level of anxiety. You're a stressful situation.

Prime Minister is on the phone with us today, quarter to seven. Yeah, we asked you guys what questions you wanted us to put to the Prime Minister on Instagram. I haven't even delved into those yet. There'll be some curly ones, I'm sure. We may have to go through and sift through them. What if we've got any anti-1080 followers on Instagram? Because one of them issued a death threat to her. Yeah, and then some guy got done yesterday, didn't he, in court because he was poisoning something.

He what now? Yeah, I don't know. Was he anti-1080? Yeah. And he poisoned something. So he's anti-poison, but to prove his point, he poisoned something. Yeah. It makes sense.

Doesn't that make sense? Yep. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time. All right, story time. Three news headlines for three stories that I've found online. Unusual, quirky, odd news stories. Okay. Vaughan and Megan pick one.

Okay. Headline one, first responders scramble. Headline two, drivers confused by boo two. And headline three, hot and hairy 72 outed. Hot and hairy 72. That sounds like a username. Yes, Vaughan. And headline three, HotAndHeary72 outed. HotAndHeary72.

That sounds like a username. Yes, Vaughan, it does. HotAndHeary. Born in 72? Let's go with that story. You like that one? No, they would have been born in 72. So that has them at about 46 years old.

Okay. HotAndHeary. God, it sounds like me, except I'm hot and hairy 82. You're just a young daddy, eh? Yeah, I'm a beginner daddy. Right, okay. We want to go with this story? Yeah.

I have a feeling that you'll both like this story. Okay. We go to Florida now and a psychologist who has compared homosexuality to obsessive compulsive disorder and claimed that he could change clients' sexual orientation through therapy, has been found soliciting hookups on gay dating apps, including Grindr, under the username

HotAndHeary72. Correct. Yeah. Why is it that, why, it always blows my mind, it's always televangelical homophobes and people who are like, I can change them.

And it turns out that they're the ones that are actually like gay. Do they not know how to process it or something? Yeah, I don't. It's weird, eh? Yeah, because it's like those politicians that are all like, no, no gay marriage. Yeah. And then probably just because they don't want their rent boy proposing to them.

If you say I can change you, then you're going to have homosexuals come into your doorstep. It's a bit predatory. You know, like he doesn't have to do any work. Come here, I can change you. I see what you're saying here. It's like bait. Yeah. Okay.

But yeah, brilliant story. So he like bait. Yeah. Hmm. Okay. But yeah, brilliant story. So he's now been outed by an organisation, an LGBTQ non-profit, Truth Wins Out. So I don't know if they stumbled across this

or they were like, well, this is great. Wow. The irony here. So now what for him? Well, I don't know. Is that a photo? Was the hot from Hot and Hairy referring to his good looks

or the fact that he ran at a sweaty temp? Well, there is. Hang on. I've clicked on the screenshots. Yeah, here we go. Oh, he's put his face in there. Oh, big mistake. Can you see that? It's a small photo. Yeah, that is a bit Oh, he's put his face in there. Oh, big mistake. Can you see that?

It's a small photo. Yeah, that is a bit small. What's his name? Well, it just says Hot and Hairy 72. He's muscular build. Height, 5 foot 7. Dad, short. Ethnicity, white.

Hair, dark blonde. Eyes, brown. 6.5. What? What's 6.5? Availability, eyes brown. 6.5. What? What's 6.5? Availability, ask me. What, 6.5 out of 10? Place, my place.

6.5? No, go back to 6.5. Oh, I can't say that word on the radio. It starts with C. Penis. Yeah, Megan's got it. Bang. Megan had it the whole time, by the way.

I did have it the whole time. I was playing charades with you all. Male chicken. Rooster. Oh, I see what you're saying. You've got it now, haven't you? Yeah. Cocktail.

Yes. What are you, like, bookmarking it for later? What are you doing here? You're just eating a lot of time gawking at it. Hey, guys, really small to read this out. Oh, right. His profile. Hey, guys, 45-year-old hairy built guy

looking for someone similar and normal for regular hookups. Does it not say in this story what his name is? Has he just identified as hot and hairy? I just need to put a name. Hot and hairy. 72. Norman Goldswasser is his name. What? No wonder he went with hot and hairy. Of course, sw is his name. What?

No wonder he went with Hot and Hairy. Of course, Swaswasa. Yeah. So I guess he's got some thinking to do. Daddy Swaswasa. Some explaining. Some pondering. Some pondering in life.

Okay. F.E.M. There is a list of the Southern Cross travel insurance. They've let you know that it's important to get travel insurance, basically, because they deal in travel insurance, but then they back it up with showing how much they've paid out to people who had travel insurance. Oh, I love this list.

It comes out every year, doesn't it? This is predominantly animal-related costs. Oh, okay. So, you know, you always charge up to a monkey in Bali because you're like, this is going to look great on the ground. Well, one of those monkeys climbed on me. Did it bite you? No. But, one of those monkeys climbed on me. Did it bite you?

No. But they always say, oh, be careful. And you're just like, okay, whatever. So, this is the most expensive one. A New Zealand traveller was bitten by a rattlesnake. Oh, my God. And it all cost all up to get it seen to $272,000. Where was that? That was in America. And could that have killed2,000. Where was that?

That was in America. And could that have killed them, a rattlesnake? Yes. I've just Googled. You'll begin to see symptoms immediately, but your symptoms will worsen over time. You should reach medical help within 30 minutes of being bitten. If the bite is left untreated, you'll break down over two or three days.

Yeah. Oh, so you've got two or three days. You've got a while, yeah, yeah, two or three days. You've got a while. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. And they've got a lot of anti-venom on hand because there's like 7,000 to 8,000 snake bites a year. Right. Okay. Most people die when they ignore it or they bite it and they're like, oh, I don't actually feel too bad.

I don't need to go to the hospital. And then two days later, they're dead. But that is, yeah, that's a problem. How does it cost $230? $272. I guess hospitalisation, being evacuated home. Does it say where in the world that was? Yeah, the US.

Yeah, it was in the US. That'll say it. Texas, I think. Right. That's kind of, yeah. Do they just run up those bills? I feel like those bills in America are so expensive and they don't always seem like they warrant it.

Just giving them the antivenom, suck it out. Or they might have been in hospital for a few days. I mean, I knew a guy that broke his elbow in Canada snowboarding and they literally kept him in overnight and put his thing in a car and it was going to cost $20,000. So I don't know. That's insane. It's honestly like, yeah, if you're not insured,

then they just whack any old dollar value on it. Never go overseas without travel insurance. So in the monkey side of things, monkey bites, travel insurance was claimed on monkey bites, mostly in Asia, but one claim from Africa as well. Someone was a bit, you see that? It feels like if you're going to meet a monkey in Africa, it's like a chimpanzee or a gorilla

and they're tearing your arms off. So that's quite a big travel claim. Yeah. So somebody, an orangutan stole, it's not always hurting them as well. An orangutan stole someone's bag and smashed everything in it. How cute would that be to say though?

Yeah, that would be pretty cute. So they need to make a travel claim on that. Dog bites around the world. There's some places where there's still rabies in dogs and a few people got bitten by dogs. Hello, doggy, on a beach in Thailand. How are you so cute? Nobody's saying that to a dog in Southeast Asia.

I saw some people take a dog and they were like, we're going to take it home. Yeah, people do. And put it in the taxi with them. I was like, okay. People try take it home. Yeah, people do. And put it in the taxi with them. I was like, okay. People try to do that. Cats as well. Someone in Asia

needed a treatment after they were bitten and scratched and attacked by a cat. I'm guessing the same sort of thing. Some feral looking thing. Yeah, right. Bats.

Someone was bitten by a bat again on an Asian holiday. Yeah, they're scary. Yeah, bats. They're like vampire butterflies. They also carry a fair bit of disease. Bats.

But then you might... The boulder, the plague, all those goodies. On the upside, you could turn into Batman, though, couldn't you? Is that how that works? No, that was Spider-Man. Yeah, Batman had to see his parents murdered in front of him after a night at the theatre. Right.

He just started dressing up like a bat. He chose a bat because of the fear it instilled in people. He probably needs therapy rather than... Spider-Man bit by a spider. Batman, parents murdered. Okay. Somebody's propertyMan bit by a spider. Batman, parents murdered. Okay. Somebody's property was destroyed by a fox. Well, that fox is pretty cute.

I'd be pretty quick to forgive. Somebody got trampled, described as a trampling by a zebra while on a safari. And then Australian animals caused a bit of damage as well, but not like snakes. It's more someone was driving a car. They hit a wallaby. So they needed to make a travel claim on that because it left quite a bit of damage. And two cockatoos got into somebody's room

and just tore all of their belongings to bits. Lord. And so they needed to make a claim on that. Have insurance. Watch out for animals. Now I don't trust any overseas animals. Immigrant animals. Don't trust them.

The possum comes here, moves in, starts eating everything. Immigrant animals. Yeah. Fletch. Vaughn. And Megan.

The podcast. For fans of Vince Gilligan, Gilligan? Gillian. Gillian. And his work, especially those who like Breaking Bad, as it has been confirmed that the movie that they are starting pre-production on

in New Mexico is a follow-up to Breaking Bad. I'm a little bit excited, but also I'm a little bit wary. It's offensive. Because that show, I think, was so perfect. And, you know, it's rare that you get the ending of a TV show that you've been so invested in, and it is perfect. You can leave it at that. Yeah.

So now it's like, are they going to ruin it? But then my thoughts are Vince doesn't muck around. Yeah, that's true. And he's had over five years now. How, when did that finish? 2013? Well, you can spit it, Saul's been going for a while.

Yeah. So he's had time to think about what would have happened to Jesse Pinkman following the end of Breaking Bad. And he may have a story on his hands because, yeah, that's what basically the idea of it came out, that it's following somebody who's just escaped from being kidnapped,

and that was how it ended. Spoiler alert. Breaking Bad, I mean, that doesn't give it all away. But Bryan Cranston has said he's pretty keen, but has yet to be asked. I was like, yeah. I think it all got wound up there for you there, champ. Yeah, yeah.

Maybe. Maybe as like a spirit guide. I don't think movies these days have enough spirit guides. Like a little faster. Life needs, exactly. Life needs a spirit guide. Who would be your spirit guide? If you could choose a spirit guide.

When you need a little bit of advice. I don't need, no. You'd be Nelson Mandela, wouldn't you? He'd be in high demand, though. He would. Because he's on that list of people. Who would you have for dinner? You could have anybody.

Nelson Mandela. It's like, why? What would you talk to him about? Yeah, I don't know where I'd start. The average, I could understand if it was somebody with a vested interest in politics. But the average person, what are they going to talk to Nelson Mandela about?

You need Cher to die so she can be your spirit guide. Oh my God. I'm just knocking on wood. Did you know there's a Cher musical? No. Someone I follow on Instagram went to a Cher musical. Now three different people have to play the roles of Cher in New York.

But I was just thinking if you're passing through, just get me some merch. That's all I ask. But Cher would be a great spirit guide for you. Yeah. What? Who would be yours? Mine. Someone really smart and attractive.

But then you're a spirit guide. You can't sleep with them. Yeah. What's the point of them being hot? They're dead, right? They're a spirit. Yeah. I don't know.

Who would be yours? I'd want a nameless Native American. So you'd feel wisdom all the time. Yeah. I don't know. Who would be yours? I'd want a nameless Native American. What, so you'd feel wisdom all the time? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know how whenever somebody says the quote, it's only when there's no leaves left on trees or when there's no clean water, we realise we can't eat money. Now, that photo's always associated with a Native American.

So to me, I'd want that guy. Or girl, I'm okay with a squaw delivering my wisdom. I'd have Lady Di. I just realised. Oh, yas. Yeah. Oh, yas.

But she'd be in hot demand as well. Dub dub LDD. Like you'd probably have to leave her a message and she'd get back to you. Yeah. Yeah. And she does a lot of

clearing landmines in the afterlife as well. Hard though because you've got no weight to put on them. So you can't set them off. That's why it's perfect To find them

Find them yes But defuse them no And then what like Ushers over like a rat Yeah Yeah She's like The rat

Boom She's like done One less Few mil to go FBM The podcast FBM My mum and dad

Skyped last night And had a surprise For the owl section Of the Smith family Did they pick the webcam up And show you the weather? No They took the barometer

Mum and dad is skyping Primarily from a tablet these days Which is quite funny Because they like Hold it on weird angles And like put it right up under their chin. I don't even think my dad's tablet connects to the internet. He doesn't know.

He just takes photos with it. How does he get the photos to you? When I get home. I get that as well. Mum's like, now, there's all these photos on here. Can you put them somewhere safe? I'm like, we're all like, what are you imagining? In an album imagining in your mind

what's the safest place for these photos yeah so they're on the tablet and they're walking around they're like we've got something to show you

and then oh god they've got to do that thing and parents struggle with this and I guess it's just people who aren't used to using sort of like the tablet technologies

when you turn this is the weird thing about it they could have pushed the button that went to the camera on the back, but rather than that, they turn it around. Are they naturists now? Huh? I was just worried they're going to show you like,

this is what we do now. Oh, no, no, no, they turned it and they're trying to line it up and I'm just like, what's going on here? I've seen a lot of the back door area, which is where you keep the gumboots. And then they're like, oh, here we go. And they've got two kittens. They've got two new kittens.

Yeah. Two? Yeah, I know. But the last couple of times they've got cats is they've just got one at a time. Okay. But the most successful cats we've had was when we had two. So they can play with each other. Yeah, so they kind of entertain each other.

And the other two didn't have play pals and they got run over. They went on the road. So mum's like, maybe that's why they went, what? Well, that was just. Spoiler alert. I'm not up to that, but yeah. He just threw that in there. And then we found an ancient Indian burial ground and we buried them both

and they came back to life. They weren't quite the same. Pet cemetery. So mum thinks that two of them will play at the house and won't need to go looking for pals or whatever. Okay. Anyway,

so I was like, they're really cute. Right. They're just rescue cats. Where did you get them from? Because mum and dad don't like paying for cats. Yeah.

They don't like paying for anything. Yeah. Why should they? They don't like paying for anything. To be honest, I don't think they've ever paid more than like a de-sexing fee to get a cat. Right. Okay. In all honesty, looking back at all of our cats, they've always just got them from the vets, from farmers who have got leftover cats because they have shed cats and stuff.

And I said, man, they're really cute. Did you buy them? Mum was like, God, no. Because that's the most preposterous idea to her in the world. She's like, oh, this woman your father fixed a flat tyre for, paid us back with cats. I was like, that is the worst country scene. I know.

What kind of currency and what? And she's like, oh, your father saw this car on the side of the road and he went and helped her and she had a flat tyre, so he changed the tyre for her and she said, I'll pay you back one day. And she called the other day and asked if we were still looking for cats. I don't know how she knew we were looking for cats, but, you know, she knew we wanted some cats.

So she asked us if we wanted some cats. So here are the cats. I was like, that's awesome. So where did she get them from? And mum, in front of her six-year-old animal-obsessed granddaughter and her four-year-old animal-obsessed granddaughter and her four-year-old animal-liking granddaughter. Enthusiast. Yeah, she's an enthusiast.

She's not quite as into it as Indy. She's like, oh, she got them off this farmer who was going to drown them. Jeez! And my wife also not used to that. And I was like, Mum, maybe we'll pick our audience. And she's like, oh, I forgot they were there because I can't see the screen

because the screen's pointed at the cats. She just thought it was me and her having a private phone call. Right. And so Indy turns and looks at me and she's like, what does that mean? And August turns and says, well, it's drowning. I was like, all right, well, we'll talk to you later on. I've got a good half an hour before bedtime now

to make them forget that horrible image before they go to sleep. So they've been rescued. They're living a happy, and they're looking for two names. That's what I was going to say.

Mum likes Molly and Polly because they look alike and so they rhyme. That's something my mum would do, like Freddie and Eddie. Yeah, yeah, they rhyme. Well, our last two cats that we had at the same time were Lucky and Dip because Dad wanted to win Lotto and he thought that was a good omen.

How did that go? Never won Lotto, no. Never won. Are they both girls? Two girls? Two girls, yeah. Rosie and Posy was my idea. I like Rosie and Posy because Molly is the other grandparents' dog's name.

Right. And Polly, well, you know. Okay. Yeah. The Top Six with Vaughan Smith. Hello there. Today's Top Six, the Top Six reasons netball is totes a male sport too. This has been in the news.

Men's netball rejected by the governing body. They gave some points as to what they were kind of meant by it. The primary focus at an international level will remain a female-only netball. This is from the INF, the International Netball Federation. Did they explain why?

So they just said that's why. Netball is one of the few team sports that attracts girls and women to participate in large numbers, contributing to addressing the current global disparity in sports participation. This is netball's unique selling point and is something that should be maximised. And do you disagree? I don't care. Yeah, I'm not like fussed.

I'm not fussed or guys doing it either. I think if you want to do it, then do it. Like there's guys who are really internet ball who are like, well, there's a glass ceiling here and men don't like glass ceilings. I just think if you're going to start this conversation, pull up a seat. We're not used to hitting a glass ceiling and be like,

what's happened here? I know. I think that's what I find so funny and so humorous is that you're like, what? No, you've said no? There's only so far I can go in an arena of something. Excuse me? I don't understand.

But my penis is the key to any lock. I think this could be a good bargaining tool. We'll give you this. If you give us... No, don't rush into making a decision on behalf of all females. You should consult. No, I was going to list off everything I know, you only get one thing, so make it good

The top six reasons netballers totes a male sport too Number six, we already keep our nails short Yes You know they're always like, those are too long, get off You'd laugh, but I was like, I want to have my nails done Like I want cute acrylics But I need to decide what I want Netball or nails

And every now and then you'll see It's hard, you know done. Like I want cute acrylics, but I need to decide what I want. Netball or nails. And every now and then you'll see it's hard, you know. Every now and then I look down and I see a nail that's too long and I'm like, well you've got to be chewed off immediately. And I'm into it. And I'm like, if I was a, because my wife is always like when she gets a bit anxious I just want to chew my nails, but I can't.

I'm like, oh, get in. Yum, yum. Tuck in. Get into it. Don't encourage that. Number five on the list of the top six reasons netballers totes a male sport too are our thighs would look nice in those little onesie uniforms. Not that yours don't, but ours would look. They're a little bit of spice, a little bit of variety. What would the men's uniform?

I'll be short, so. No, I will know. I think we should be equal. We should have to play in those little skirts as well. And then there's the whole, the will you, won't you of balls showing at the bottom of every game. No, you wear netball knickers.

Netball knickers. Like, contains it. Yeah, but don't tell me your balls have never fallen out of netball knickers. I'm sure there would be one. Balls have fallen out of Speedos and those things are toit and elasticated. I'd say you'd have to wear Speedos under there.

Speedos? Some kind of Speedo top. You'd wear like'd have to wear Speedos under there. Speedos? Some kind of Speedo top. You'd wear like a short. Like a bike short. Yeah. Boring. Number four on the list of the top six reasons netball is totes a male sport too.

On average, we're taller. We'd make great goal shoots. It's no... Just because you're taller, it's still... We're closer. Okay. We're closer to the hoop. Do you know what?

I hate playing indoor netball because of all the dudes. And you're all just like hooning around, flicking the ball. I'm like, where's the... No. You're not playing it how it's meant to be played. You're not playing with any finesse. Yeah. Rip, shit and bust.

It's rip, shit and bust. It is. It's a different game. And that's why indoor netball is aggressive because it's mixed. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six reasons netball is a totes a male sport too is we're all about that aggressive

action in and on the D. You know, you get us in that little confined space at the end of the court. It's like a cage match down there. Number two on the list of the top six reasons netball is totes a male sport too. We've got all these major sports brand sponsorships

just falling over themselves to throw money at males. We can bring some more money to the sport. Just breathe Megan it's okay. But you think of them all they're just like male sports people take all this money. I don't need any more. No take

it. Okay. That could be filling the coffers of the International Netball Federation. And the number one reason, on today's top six reasons, netball is totes a male sport too. Not all of us are good enough to play basketball.

So we'll go for the basketball's poorer cousin, netball. Netball's just a rubbish basketball, really, right? Or two completely different sports. Oh, Netball's just a rubbish basketball, really, right? Or two completely different sports. Oh, what? You can bounce in one. Different balls?

Yeah, there's a backboard. Hello, we just need a break. Even basketball playing females know what I'm talking about. Hey. Well, of course, because they're on basketball's side. No, because they play for both. Okay, this just pissed me off, this list. Well, I've done what I set out to achieve. That is today's top six.

Look, this might be me falling for a good story that's actually to promote something, but in this case, I don't care. We get these all the time, don't we? Emails are like, got a great lead for you guys to talk about something. And it's just from the people promoting the product. You're like, yeah, we're not like dum-dums.

We know. We know. But this is to promote, maybe it's to promote joining the police. Okay. And I'm all for that because there's 1,800 new cop recruits by 2020 is the aim. And more police out there, which is great. It's going to be safer communities right? Yeah. Respect the police. So

this is a story about a lady Nadine who went and now that might be Nadine or Nadine. No. What's the other way of saying that? Nadine. Nadine or Nadine. Nadine. Nadine. Which one do they prefer? Nadine. I'd rather be I think if I was Nadine I'd be Nadine. No I'd be Nadine or Nadine? Nadine. Nadine. Nadine. Nadine. Which one do they prefer? Nadine.

I'd rather be, I think if I was... Nadine because it sounds posher. No, I'd be Nadine. Nadine. Nadine. Nadine. Now that I've said it so much, it's one of those stop making sense. What was that? Nadding.

Nadding. It means nadding. Nadding. So Nadine went from being a florist. Yeah. She worked a florist. She did some hospitality. She did some retail. She is now a florist. Yeah. She worked at a florist. She did some hospitality. She did some retail.

She is now a police officer. Okay. So that's like from a florist to police. That's a huge like career change. What's wrong? Like I just think one is so like peaceful. I know. And florists do talk about the tranquility of it all.

I feel like it would have gone the other way, like you're being a police officer but it's so stressful. You need some time with the flowers. Yeah, because the flowers aren't going to try to shank you when you're arresting them for meth possession. Yeah. Actually, flowers don't even smoke meth. No.

I mean, poppies make heroin, but that's, you know, that's not their fault. That's just something that happens naturally. Yeah. So that's one heck of a career change, isn't it? And it got me thinking, there must be people listening to the show that have just gone for like these drastic career changes. To make life exciting or just because you wanted something, a new challenge?

Or just like you found yourself doing something and maybe you got to a point in your life where like, this is actually what I wanted to do. I'm going to chase the dream, which is miles different from what I'm doing now. Or it could be the other way around. Someone that has a job like a police officer or an

exciting, high-paying job and then they just decide, oh no, this isn't for me. I want the florist or the chill life. Although I don't think being a florist would be laid back because it sounds very stressful. You've got to get up super early and go to the flower markets and get all the good flowers and all that sort of stuff.

And then Valentine's Day. Bridezilla's all the time. Funerals. She may have dealt with Bridezilla's as a florist which gives her negotiation powers when she's doing the police. When she's doing the police. And I tell you what, she'll probably be thinking,

maybe it was better I was dealing with criminals all along because they're far easier to deal with than bridezillas. Maybe. So what, do you want to hear from people that have... I just want to hear about people who have just taken a drastic career change. Okay, 0800-DARZATM-9696, have you done a drastic career change? Talking about your drastic career changes. Yeah, I read a story

about a police officer who used to be a florist. That's drastic. That's a drastic change of career. We'll take some calls first. Tracy, what was your drastic career change? Hi, so I was a hairdresser

and dairy farming at the same time and now I'm training to become a helicopter pilot. Good lord, girl, you just like to switch it up. Yeah, pretty much. So are you still doing the other two on the side and you're training as well? No, so I pretty much sold my house and now I'm just renting and, yeah, just flying full time and study and it's going to take probably another six months. Wow.

And you're loving it? No regrets? Oh, no regrets. No, you only live once. You might as well do something that you're going to enjoy. Well, exactly. At least you can only have to talk to air traffic control, not annoying people about their lives every day while you're cutting their hair.

Yeah, I'm no longer counselling and doing hair, so. It is a counselling session, isn't it? It is counselling as well, isn't it? It is counselling as well, isn't it? It is. Tracy, thanks for your call. Mike, what was your drastic career change? I used to be a prawn trawlerman in the northern tourist straits of Australia, and now I'm an anaesthetist.

I get to put people to sleep for a living. From prawn trawling to an anaesthetist. A what? Yeah, yeah. An anaesthetist. What did he say? An anaesthetist. So the guy that no onehetist. What do you have to say? An anaesthetist. So the guy that no one remembers

at the hospital for surgery to put people to sleep. Yeah. What's your go-to? Is it like count backwards from five or say your name? I usually just put some music on and say, close your eyes,

you'll be asleep shortly. They last about three seconds. What's your go-to song for going to sleep? Oh, they get to choose, but I have used Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd. Oh, yeah, well, that's a great chill song. Great one, yeah. And aptly describing what they're about to be. If you want

a good night's sleep, can you just hook yourself up? Like, you know, sometimes at the weekend you need to catch up on all your sleep? It's technically very frowned upon, but I get a lot of parents asking us that if they've got kids that don't sleep. She's a bureaucrat, and some guy comes around with some medical equipment,

and they're like, all right, lie still. She's going to find my pink Floyd. I promise I'll be good. Thanks for your call, Mike. My dad was a farmer. This is a text message. My dad was a farmer, then changed it up to become a flight attendant.

He did that for 15 years, and then he became a teacher. Now he's been a teacher for over 10 years, and we're like, all right, Dad, what's next? Okay, well, he's changing it up. Yeah, he's keeping it fresh, giving it all a go. Some other text messages in. Eye career changed.

Oh, nope, text machine's gone. 24 years as a police officer. Okay. And now I'm a stay-at-home dad to four girls. So my wife can have a turnout there 100%. Four girls at home. It's got to be harder than a police officer. A good friend of mine went from a high-paying chef job to joining the police.

Less stressful in the police force than being a chef. Really? That's from someone who's done both. They're always angry. Gordon Ramsay's a meth head, really. He's not a meth head, but he yells like one. He gets charged up, doesn't he? Yeah, so it'd be much the same.

Yeah. I was a cake baker decorator for a few years. Then I started working for the IRD. But I had developed great negotiation skills from dealing with Bridezilla and unusual cake change requests last minute, and that's helped me with my career in the IRD. And when it's someone's birthday,

you know who's in charge of baking the cake. At the IRD. At the IRD. Yeah. Well, she's left that behind. She's a pretty charger. GST inclusive. My dad was an economics teacher.

Now he's a barista. So he went from economics teacher to... He had enough of those bloody kids. Yeah. I don't know how teachers do it. Give that up. Pay them what they want. Somebody else said,

a friend of mine from school was a high-end escort, now a primary school teacher. Does the school know? Well, I mean, they're doing their job now. It doesn't matter, but it's...

The pay situation would be drastically different. Oh, it'd be... Yeah, but in parent-, but in parent-teacher interviews could get awkward. Could be awkward. Bank dad comes in. CEO dad comes in. Yeah, yeah, really be. What are you doing here? Oh.

Seen them before. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Whoa. I went from being a cleaner to being a qualified nurse. Wow. See, all those big changes out there. I mean, if I felt like I was qualified to do anything else,

maybe I'd just worried one day I'll lose my job and be like, wow, what now? We're all screwed, aren't we? Somebody said, one of my best mates, when we worked in forestry together, said, I'm not going to be working here next week. I'm going to live my dream. And everyone was like, that's awesome.

What are you doing? And he said, drag performance. And everyone was like, didn't see that coming are you doing? And he said, drag performance. And everyone was like, didn't see that coming, but good luck. Wow. Wow, okay. Didn't see that coming,

but I need to see it now. Yeah, we'll be there. I don't know. We'll all bloody chuck on some high-vis and come and see. Come and see a performance. We'll chuck on our nice high-vis, our formal high-vis.

I'm just imagining like a gay bar and the forestry squads in there and their high-vis. Give them an education. And their gumboots, just supporting.ads in there and their high viz. Give them an education. Just supporting. Get in there, Trev. Give it to us, mate. FEM.

ZM. Today in NCEA. It's day two. Day two? Three. Three of NCEA exams. Good luck out there. You're going gonna need it

Don't say that Producer Caitlin You're ready to Quiz us today Say my real name Miss Miss Merritt Thank you

Miss Merritt Because she's given up Now we don't have A lot of time Because this is exams And I'm very busy I need to go to My lunch break

So She checks her Non-existent watch We will kick off with level one, geography. I thought we did that yesterday. No, that was earth and science. That was social studies.

Okay. So we buzz in with our name. Buzz in with your name. Okay. And listen to the whole question. Do not interrupt me. Is it multi-choice or is it just an answer? No, it's just an answer. This one's just an answer. Okay. Name three of the four countries that share a border with Zimbabwe, Africa. And Vaughan. Vaughan.

I know one. Megan, be quiet. Miss. I know. Miss. Miss. Miss. Miss.

Miss. Go Vaughan. With Zimbabwe. Tick tock. Tick tock. Kenya. Oh, man. Megan, would you like a turn? I only know one.

Go. Zambia. Correct. I know. I was trying to think of a story. What are you doing? I couldn't get Zanzibar out of my mind. No, Zanzibar is not.

Fletch, are you Googling? No. Dr. Congo. No, Zanzibar is not. Fletch, are you Googling? No. Dr. Congo. No, what is that? Dominican Republic of Congo. No, not the Dominican Republic of Congo. Fletch, would you like a turn? Chad.

Malawi. Malawi. And Tanzania. He Googled it. None of those. The four countries. How did you Google it and still get it wrong? Okay, none of you have got it right.

I will give you the answer. South Africa. South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, and Mozamb wrong. Okay, none of you have got it right. I will give you the answer. South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique. Okay. We talked about that people that caught the plane from the wrong airport the other day and we literally talked about like three of those countries. Level, okay, question number two.

Level two, physics. Oh, no. Question, an ice cube is floating on the surface of water. How will the water level be affected by the melting of this ice cube? Now, this is multi-choice. A, water level will be raised. B, water level will go down. C, water level will remain the same.

Or D, water level will first rise up and then will go down. Ant Vaughan, water level will first rise up and then we'll go down ant born water level will rise wrong it's got to remain the same man C was. Water will remain the same. Was it you? Why are you doing it like an iceberg? What are we worried about global warming? And the sea level's going up for them. They'll burn the tyres.

Was that your strategy during exams? Guess. I didn't even remember what C was. Correct. C felt good. Megan is currently winning. Yes. And question number three.

Level two, German. Ah, good start. I'm fair to say. megan is currently winning and question number three level two german ah good this is okay this is the question answer this german question in english what is Answer that question. That's attention. What? Megan. Yes. 25th of July. What? What is your birthday? I don't know.

What is your birthday? Close, but wrong. What is... Is it what year? Not close, actually. Use your buzzer. Play it again. Vaughan.

Yeah. One more time. No, no, play the German, not the bus. What is the nearest to you? Just down the street and then turn right and then it's about 100 metres down there and then it's just over the road. But be careful crossing that road because it's very busy.

Good try, but wrong. Okay. Fletch? I've got no idea. Well, you're all wrong because the question was, what is your favourite animal? Oh, none of those words even sounded like that. It was German. I thought there was always some words in a sentence in a foreign language that sounded a little bit like the English version.

Unfortunately, no. Megan won today in NCEA. Thank you. Again. I want to talk about an uproar on Reddit. This woman posted something out there, and I don't know quite what she expected to get from this. I think she thought it would go one way,

and it's gone completely the other. So she has discovered in her boyfriend's nightstand, I believe it was, a little pink or a little box. Yeah. She opens it up and it's what can only be described as an engagement ring. Spoiler alert. Yeah. So she's found it.

She should have found the box and been like, shut that. Yeah. So she then posted it on Reddit, open, so you can see the ring. So the ring is, it looks like it's white gold or platinum. Okay. And it's got three stones with the middle stone bigger and then two side stones. Yeah. It's beautiful.

Okay. She posts on Reddit with a picture of the ring. Ooh, self-shame Friday, here I come. I found this at my boyfriend's nightstand. Not a fan. Please roast and then tell me how to tactfully say no. You need to go get something different. Ruthless.

Do you have a picture there? Do you have a picture? I mean, I don't know. Oh, that doesn't look. That looks expensive. What's wrong with that? It's a three like brilliant stone, so it's round cut. How much would that be? Oh, I don't know.

It's not... They're not small diamonds. No, it doesn't look cheap. I was expecting some of them to look cheap, but... Not small diamonds, but it's obviously not her... I understand if it's not your jam. Like, that's maybe... I just think that if you're in a relationship,

they would know, right? Kind of you drop a lot of hints being like, this is the kind of thing I like. Yeah. And then somebody takes that and mixes it up with what they can afford and isn't going to drive everybody broke. And then you're left with something that,

you know, symbolises your love for each other. Yeah. Maybe she wasn't dropping hints, like, because didn't your wife say exactly what she wanted? Oh, I just... Or you probed her? Well, no, she would say it and I'd be like, good luck. And that sort of stuff.

Yeah, right. And saying things like, I don't know what you're telling me. Yeah. But all the way along, taking note. Taking note. To be honest, I never wanted my ring like this shape. But like, and this is something that someone's commented, if the ring is the problem, the ring isn't the problem.

If she really loved him, she'd be over the moon with a ring made of tinfoil. Yeah, right. Like when it's given to you by someone you care about, you like it. Yeah, unless they tell you it's platinum, but it's just tinfoil, you know? Don't lie about it. But she's absolutely wearing it. Yeah, unless they tell you it's platinum but it's just tinfoil, you know, like don't lie about it.

But she's like absolutely wearing it. So I don't think that relationship's gonna get to the marriage stage. Nah, that feels like it's probably not going to. Maybe he should sell that,

take the money and move on, I think. Yeah. Now, producer Caitlin, normally the Prime Minister, what's happening with the Prime Minister? I don't know.

Well, she's busy. This is the third time I'm calling her like I'm not being needy. Do you reckon I should text her? No. No, just call her. Just call her. Being needy. Should we just call her?

Oh, hello, Prime Minister. I'll just put you through to Flex for one of Megan. She's there. Good morning, Prime Minister. How are you? Good. How are you? Really good.

Good, good, good. Good. I'm in a very loud space. I hope that's okay. What are you doing? Why is it loud? I'm at the airport. Oh, okay.

Those can be loud. Okay. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. We've got an agenda set because we realise that you guys like agendas. And by you guys, we don't mean politicians, we just mean organised humans.

That's a massive assumption. Which we cannot account ourselves to be. We've asked our listeners, what do you want to ask the Prime Minister on Instagram questions? And we've got an agenda from that. Now, one of these questions comes from something we discussed earlier in the week. We ranked our favourite Hemsworths. Now, are you familiar with favourite Hemsworths. Now, are you familiar with the Hemsworths brothers?

Yes, but I don't know that I'm familiar enough to rank them. So you've got Chris Hemsworth. He's Thor. He played Thor. No, I'm very familiar with Thor. There's Liam Hemsworth. It sounded creepy, didn't it? I think we can see the ranking already. You're only human.

There's Liam Hemsworth. He's with Miley Cyrus. He's been in movies as well. And then there's Luke and he's the Hemsworth brother that they all forgot Hemsworth brother, but the one that is in Westworld. That's the one I'm least familiar with. Okay, so he's third. So he's third. But I'm

cliched older woman, Thor. Okay, Thor. But I'm cliched. Older woman. Thor. Okay, Thor. So you're partial to a Chris rather than a Liam. This is the same ranking as... We share the ranking of Hemsworths then. This is how I rank them. Also, if you've got some time at the airport,

when we're done talking, Google their dad because he's a very good-looking older man. Sorry, who's a good-looking older man? Their dad. Daddy Hemsworth. I Googled their dad. Yeah, he's like, you can totally see where Their dad, Daddy Hemsworth. I forgot the dad. Yeah, he's like, you can totally see where it all comes from

when you see the parents together. Have I moved into that demographic already? No, no, no. Well, if you have, we all have because we can all appreciate a daddy. It's just older man appreciation, I think. Okay, no, I can do that. Winston picked you. You've got to have an appreciation for the older man.

I call that more respect than appreciation yeah I fair enough I would put them hand in hand stop putting birds in your mouth Bourne

I know you're about to get Jim Acosta blacklisted if you keep this up somebody messaged in asking have you tried a lime scooter yet

because last time we talked to you we talked about the lime scooters and you said you were thinking about trying one have you found time for that yet

I did not I don't remember going that far that yet? I did not. I don't remember going that far. Yeah, I don't remember her saying... You didn't say that, did you? I thought you showed an interest in them after one zipped past you. No, no, no. The one that zipped past in the bus lane, you mean? Yeah. Oh, I took

that as that piqued your interest. I wondered if you... Have you ridden one yet? You haven't. Okay. No, I haven't. I've observed a few more. I keep waiting to see elected councillors walking down the street with knee pads just in case they get knocked over. Yeah, that's...

You've got to watch those elected councillors. Another one in fireworks. Ah, yes. Disgust. I've been asked about these a lot, yes. Your verdict? I just don't think, above the animal thing, they're just about shit, the home ones. Like, let's just do the big displays.

I do think the public displays are getting better. Yeah. But having grown up in a rural environment, as you know, Vaughan, there's not a lot of big displays in rural towns. Oh, Morrisville does do a fireworks display now. Does it? Yeah, Mum raves about it.

Everything got better when we left. I know. I feel like they really stepped up once we departed. But Vaughan's changed because he used to be a hooligan with fireworks and now he's got kids. I'm a parent. And I lit some last weekend. I was just this ball of anxiety and nerves about the whole thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I remember growing up when there were still fry crackers. That's how old I am. Yeah. One blew up, and I've had one blow up in my hand. It's not a pleasant experience. And your first Guy Fawkes as a parent, was Niamh ever woken first Guy Fawkes as a parent, was Niamh ever woken by Guy Fawkes?

We were in Wellington during Guy Fawkes and it's fair to say there wasn't a lot of fireworks in Thorndon. Okay. Next question, somebody wants to know what Harry and Meghan were like in your experience. Really nice. Really nice people. Like genuinely

nice. Did she actually take that big bouquet? No, no. To be fair, I actually couldn't physically get it to them. Here I was thinking I saw it and I thought, yeah, I'll show them that. That's pretty extraordinary. It got passed over and literally as soon as I grabbed it, it flattened me. I couldn't hold it up. It fell on the ground. And then a police officer came over and kind of, oh, help you out.

And couldn't lift them up. So I literally had to drag them away. Wow. Okay. Very unseemly. Another question. With the news that the Spice Girls are going to be touring, who is your favourite Spice Girl?

Oh, my God. I need to know this. Oh, I think it was Sporty. I feel like Vaughan, if Vaughan thinks about it enough, he'll be able to answer this one. Ginger, did you have blonde streaks at the front of your hair? Yeah, I did. Yeah, I think so.

Do you remember when my brother and his friends dressed up as the Spice Girls at school? I do. Yeah, and you could see... He was the blonde one, wasn't he? Yeah, he was Baby Spice. He had a big, big one for Baby Spice. And you could see the

full genital outline of one of them at school. I think that was the last time that happened. I'd like to think, though, that I had the ginger hair before Ginger Spice, but I cannot be sure of the timeline and the sequencing there. Yeah, yeah.

You, Janine, Sweeney, I'm just trying to think of who your Spice Girls group would have been. Lauren? Lauren would have been in your Spice Girls? Yeah. She had the blonde hair. She would have been the baby Spice Girls. I don't have a memory of school.

Bourne just named all the kids. I actually wasn't in that group. I think Bourne. Hey, I hope you do the same for me one day. All the important issues, Spice Girls, Hemsworths, and fireworks and lime scooters. Covered.

Done. Prime Minister, thank you so much. Have a great weekend. Thanks, team. You too. All right, every Friday morning, eight o'clock, we take a turn to pack a song

from our teenage years, from way back. Well, it has to at least be 10 years old. That's the rule. Well, tick. This song was released in 1999. It was actually nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys. God. The album as well was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.

This song is huge. Everyone knows this song. Now, I could introduce this song or we could chat to somebody from the band. Okay. And Megan, prepare to be excited. Howie D from the Backstreet Boys, would you like to introduce your song?

It would be my pleasure. My pleasure. Especially this time of the morning. Wow. Thank you for coming on the show. My pleasure. Especially this time of the morning. Wow. Thank you for coming on the show. My pleasure. Thank you guys for having me. Top of the morning to you.

Hi. Gosh. Okay, wow. Now, Megan. Teenage Megan's quite flustered. Yeah. And adult Megan. And adult Megan.

I love it. Working together in flusteredness. I saw you guys when you came to New Zealand and was it 2015? Amazing show, but are you guys going to come back? Absolutely. I honestly, and this is no joke, you probably look it up and you'll be able to see it quoted from me that you guys, New Zealand, is one of my favorite places in the world. We've had a chance now to go twice now to Auckland.

And both times I've had the best time of my life. Actually, last time we were there in 2015, Kevin and I had a chance to go do the jumping off base needle you have there. And we were both very adventurous people. And knowing that you guys are the venture capital of the world is just awesome. The time before that I was there, I went to, I think

it's Waiheke. Waiheke. Waiheke, yep. I went there, I went to, I think it's Waikiki. Waikiki. Waikiki, yep. I went there with a couple friends and did the wine tasting on the mopeds. Just had an amazing time. You guys have a beautiful, beautiful country.

I was going to say, do you say that to everyone, but you've shown, like, you've given examples. Local knowledge, local knowledge. He's proven himself. He's proven. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I love it. Before we go back in time,

you guys actually got your second single out today. We do. Very, very proud to announce that we have our second single off the new album from the Backstreet Boys, DNA. That'll be out in January. Actually, I think it's being officially, pre-sales are happening November 14thth along with the tour coming up next year, which will definitely be going down to New Zealand for sure if I have anything to do with it.

Well, you heard it here. Multi-stops. Wow. But yeah, it's a great single. I'm very proud of it. It was co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder and Shawn Mendes. Great follow-up single to Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Check out the new single. Would you like to introduce your song

for Flashback Friday, Howie? Absolutely. This is Howie Deef and the Backstreet Boys, and on Flashback Fridays, I'm giving you guys I Want It That Way. Yes! Hey, thank you so much, and we'll see you next year. Absolutely.

Do you guys like that radio voice I created there? Yeah, it was terrific. It was loud. You're putting us all to shame. I won't quit my day job, but... Yeah You are my fire The one desire My fire, the one

Desire, believe When I say I want it that way But we are two worlds apart Can't reach to your heart When you say That I want it that way Tell me why

Ain't nothing but a party Tell me why Ain't nothing but a mistake Tell me why Ain't nothing but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna hear you say I want it that way Tell me why Ain't nothing but a mistake

Ain't nothing but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna be the same I want it that way Backstring boys, on ZM, it's your Flashback Friday. And as Howie D just said, they've got a new single out today and they are coming back to New Zealand sometime next year. They've got a world tour happening. Their show was so good, just by the way.

Like, it's really good production. It wasn't one of those ones where you go and it's... You're disappointed. No. It was good. Not at all. Not at all. Good, good.

Want to talk now about a man who has a complaint on Tinder. So he's described as a pensioner. He's 69 years old. His complaint... I'd love to see some stats from Tinder on age groups that use Tinder. There'd probably be quite a few. Do you reckon getting into that older demographic? Because I just feel like, I don't know, it would be really interesting.

Caitlin, do you have Tinder on your phone at the moment? You don't. Only Bumble. Give it a go. On Bumble, can you change the age? Can you just change your demo and see if there's anybody over 65 rocking a Bumble. Because do you talk to people and they say, Tinder, nah, I'm kind of over that. I'm more of a Bumble.

Yeah, I don't, like, none of my friends are on Tinder, really. Guys, I just want to vocalise this to distance myself from incrimination on a personal level. I'm going to NZDating.com primarily for the purpose of work. Seeing if it's still there. Right. Okay, it's there. It's still there. Who knew?

I'm female, seeking male, aged, let's go 60 plus, all of New Zealand. There's quite a few old dudes on NZ Dating, so that might be your better spot. I found some US statistics of age groups that use Tinder. 18 to 24-year-olds, 35%. Wow. This is in 2018.

25 to 34, 25%. Yeah. 20% of 35 to 44-year-olds using Tinder. 20%. 20%. Okay. 8% 45 to 54. Okay.

And 4% 55 to 64. Oh, he's still above that. He's 69. So this guy is 69 using Tinder. What's his complaint? So his complaint is, Emil is his name. Yeah.

He, don't let me finish the sentence, okay? Okay. So Emil is 69 and he identifies as a 45 year old. So he has begun legal action to lower his age so that he can

get in touch with more women on Tinder. Totally, get that. Just lie about your age. How does he want to, is he suing Tinder? Yeah, but he's dancing a fine line. So he has argued that if transgender people are allowed to change their sex he should be allowed to change his date of birth

because he identifies as a 45-year-old. To be fair, looking at his picture, he could easily be 45. So why doesn't he just sign up and lie? Well, he should be rewarded then. If you look 45, you feel 45. Like, who cares? Just, you know. But, yeah, he's now sewing.

Trouble is, you can't, if he's looking for a relationship, that's one thing, but if he's looking for a hookup, that's fine, lie about your age, but you can't be looking for a relationship and then have to break to someone that you're not 45, you're actually 69. Because you go to go on a day trip to Waiheke Island and you bust out your gold card for a free ferry ticket,

but you can't get them on for free, you know? So you can't lie about that sort of thing. No. Yeah. So he said he's very limited and it is affecting his life. He said, if I'm 49, then I can buy a new house, drive a different car, I can take up more work. But when I'm 69, just the same things aren't available to me.

But he's like, so I now identify as a 45-year-old, please. Everyone recognise. Right. Okay. Yeah. Everyone recognise. Right. Okay. Yeah. But you're right, he should just lie about his age. We know lots of people that have done that. A lot of people in this industry.

That's right. Yeah. We do know. Lots of people. Which is weird because, yeah, everyone else knows. Someone had like 10 28th birthdays, I'm sure. Yeah. And then everyone was like, I thought you were 28

last year. They're like, no, no, no, that was 27. What about the year before that? Well, obviously 27. Let's not forget the Rebel Wilson. Yes, so it came out that she was 37, right? And she was saying that she was much younger. But then, I guess, it's highlighting issues within industries of the ageism.

Yep, that's true. We should all just be proud of how old we are. Have you ever had to lie about your age? Me? No. Sorry for lack of a reason. What about when you were younger

just to get like booze? To say I was older? No, I've never really lied about my age. I like telling people my age because everyone's like, oh my God, you look so much younger.

One time I got accused of lying about my age. You do though, but then you were telling Intern Anya your regime before and it sounds very labour intensive. It is. But you know, you've got to do what you've got to do. You've got to get some fine grit sandpaper when you get home

and just like sand yourself down. Well, we ran an Instapoll earlier this morning. Have you ever lied about your age? Yeah. 45% guilty. Really? They've lied about their age at some stage. 55% said nope.

I would have thought that would have been higher. Oh, I thought that was quite high, 45%. A lying. Yeah. Okay. I've been called out for lying

but it's just because I always forget how old I am. Someone was like, how old are you? I was like, oh, I'm 34. And they were like, shut up.

I was like, no, you're not. Don't lie. I was like, how old am I? And she had to tell me. I was like, oh yeah, that not. Don't lie. I was like, how old am I? And she had to tell me. I was like, oh yeah, that's right. Those couple of years freaked me out.

You just forget. I just, you just forget. Don't really worry about it too much. But when are people lying? Like in a relationship? Like trying to get a... Well, maybe. Maybe if they're older, trying to, like this guy who's 69 and wants to so-so his age,

he can be younger. Yeah. He's obviously lost the plot. Somebody messaged him. My dad tells people he's five years older than he actually is only so they'll say

you look great for your age. So they actually think he looks his actual age but he lies about his age to get the compliment. I reckon we've got to take some calls on this. Yeah, okay.

Have you ever lied about your age and why? Was it to get a date? To get and why? Was it to get a date? To get a job? Was it to get a job? That's the other thing. Young people could be seen as, oh, you're too young

for this job. You don't have the experience. True. So, oh, no, but add another five years onto your age and they might give you the job. They'd need to see

like a proper form of identification, right? I don't know. When you get a job. Did you ever have to give identification, right? I don't know. When you get a job. Did you ever have to give your... No, I don't have to give proper... No, you don't have to give your... You just tell them what your date of birth is.

Like, I think they wanted your driver's license when we got our job here, but only because for the driving cars. This girl has never seen any identification from me. So you could be Rebel Wilson. Yeah. Yeah, right. Revelling it. Okay.

0800-DARLS-AT-M 9696. Give us a text or a call right now. Whenever you lied about your age and why. F-A-N-G. Well, a man in, I believe, is it the Netherlands?

Yes. He's suing to get his age changed because he doesn't want to be 69 because he looks 45. No, he identifies as a 45-year-old. Emil does. So he wants his age changed.

To be fair, he does look great. He does look youthful. If I looked 45 when I was 69, you'd be stoked. Anyone would be. Yeah. Would you be telling people you were 45 to try to hit that lower demo? Probably. Wouldn't you?

Yeah. Yeah. You're going to have a go and then you're like, oh no. Yeah, I just realised if I found myself in the same situation, I probably would. Exactly, exactly. So we want to know when you've had to lie about your age. Because that's a quick fix, just set up your Tinder and lie about your age. Save yourself some money and time and all the legal fees.

Yeah. I don't know why he's not just lying about his age. So we want to take your texting calls now. Now Sarah, you encountered somebody that lied about their age. Yeah, so we were together for about six months. Okay. And I was 20 at the time and he told me he was 21. Okay.

And we were together, everything was fine. And we were at a birthday party at his house and I was in his room. And I was looking through his, I don't know if it was wallet or something in the room. Yeah. And he kept snitching off me. So I took it and I looked at it. And he had only just turned 16. And he had told you he was how old?

He told me he was 21. And then I was like, what, what, what, what? And he was like, oh, I think my family's just lied to me, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, nah, you're a bitch. I think my family's just lied to me. Five years. Like, oh, blah, blah. And I was like, nah, you're a bitch. I think my family's just lied to me. Five years. Like, come on. And so were you just like, what the hell?

Yeah, I was like, I didn't even know what to say. I just got up and I was like, oh, okay, bye. And I just walked out. I couldn't. I didn't even know what to do. So once you found that out, were there some other flags or some other things that dropped? And you were like, oh, yeah, that's why he was in a school uniform. Because all of them, no, all of them were old.

They were all old. He was, like, in this course, you know, I was in course, he was doing course and everything. And I was like, oh, you know, like, you're doing pretty well, you know. Yeah, right. Well, he's a 16-year-old with goals. Someone say the goals of a 21-year-old. Wow. That's crazy.

Sarah, thanks. You called some text messages. Somebody said, my dad is 80 this week, doesn't look a day over 60. Got married in July this year. Okay. Has been known to just agree with people when they assume he's a lot younger. So technically he's not lying. He's not instigating the lie.

Yeah. But he is going along with it. He's not instigating the lie. Yeah. But he is going along with it. He's going along with it. Happily, yes. When we went to Australia, when I was 16, my mum told everybody I was 12 just because I was short and I got into everything cheaper. Haven't you done that to get your kids on the bus?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. All places, yeah, book before you go. You book online and you say they're younger. Yep. And then you pay and then you get there and they're kind of like, oh, well, they've already paid. It's no point.

Okay. I mean, that's just a tip for young players. The one that's ripping people off. Is it though? Yeah, it straight up is. No, she's not going to use any more now that she's six compared to when she would have when she was four. But that's not how it works.

Pretty sure that's how it works. That's what I tell myself anyway. It's your year buffer. Someone messaged in saying, Fletch, you haven't changed in 10 years. What age do you tell people you are? That's very cheeky. What is your beauty regime?

You really haven't changed. Yeah, what's the story? I seem to be the only one on the show aging. That doesn't seem fair. No, I don't think you are aging, though. Not that I am. What's wrong? Well, no, I'm just living.

I'm just living. You're the only one with children. We've got no responsibilities. Yeah, that's what it is. Ayo. Ayo. Well, you've both got young people around, but they're not your children, are they? You're only as young as the guy you're saying.

Okay. That's my secret. Let's go to Simon. Ask Simon who lied about their age. How's it going, guys? So I had a flatmate and we had, there were some American exchange students that came over. Okay.

Because we rented some apartments. And basically he was 17 at the time and she was 21 turning 22. Okay. Because we're in some apartments. And basically, he was 17 at the time, and she was 21 turning 22. Okay. And obviously, he's trying to get in there as much as he can. Yeah. So he said he was 21,

and everyone went with it. We even faked a 21st for him. Okay. You know how to fake 21st. And everyone just kept You had a fake 21st? And everyone just kept it a secret until she went back to America that somebody told her. That he was only 17?

He was only 17. Not 21 as per fake party may have indicated. Yep. I like that. I don't know how I feel about that. Yeah. Wow. Okay. Wow. Okay.

Okay. Thanks, you all, Simon. That's a lot of effort. Yeah. Just to have your brain hook up. You want to have a good 21st. You don't want to go cheap on it. That's a good excuse for a party.

At my previous job, I read this text. It was my 25th and one of the girls told everybody that it was my 30th. So everyone decorated the desk. There was balloons. There was a public announcement. So I just had to roll with it. But now you're always going to be five years older. Yeah. And now

everyone just thinks I'm in my 30s, but I'm not. Oh my God, that's awful. I did say to one lady, there's a problem. I'm only 25. And she said, are you really? But you don't even smoke, do you? Which I was like, oh, I must look at my 30s now.

Ouch, my heart. Somebody else said, I don't lie about my age. I just tell people how old my daughter is. And then they say, wow, you must have been young when you had her. And then I let them assume I was a teenage mum, whereas I'm just younger than I look. Okay. So there you go. I mean, there's a real great loophole.

Just tell them your age and then they can be like, wow, and then you feel real good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're proud of it. That's true. That's the fact of the day, day, day, day, day. That was Lake Tekapo. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- to your parents' place, Caitlin? Is it snowing and feely? I literally am just looking at a Snapchat from my brother. It's snowing.

But what about the bees? He's put the bees out. I know. The bees will freeze. He's very disappointed, Taylor. Look, can you see it? I can. It's snowing.

He's a good-looking man, isn't he? He's a good-looking, like, real manly man. All right. Good genes. It's snowing. I'm a Jane and Doug. Good genes. And me.

Yeah, they're in clothes for you. Thank you. Well, you're the feminine version. Oh's an alpha dog. I'm a Jane and Doug. Good genes. And me. Yeah, that includes you. Thank you. Well, you're the feminine version. Oh. Okay. Yep. I'm a manly man. Thanks.

Sure, that's right. No female wants to hear that. No. God, you're brother's manly and you're the female version. That's as far as the female version of my brother. You are the female version of your brother. You. We could dress you up as your brother.

Give you an eyebrow piercing, give you a little soul patch. You take that back. No. Get you some Dickies pants. My brother would be a hideous woman. Yeah, exactly. Sorry, Justin, but you would. That's okay. Yeah, we have to look at it every day.

I don't have anything to throw that won't break. I heard it laughing. All right, fact of the day. Fact of the day. Did we sing? We have to go. Yeah, we did. Yeah, it feels like we did.

Today's fact of the day, we're going back to 1700 Sweden. Oh, okay. Yeah. Sweden. I don't know what they say for hello, but sure. We're going back to 1700 Sweden where in an attempt to use best what they had at their disposal, the Swedish army created a cavalry of moose. Oh, okay.

They had moose. They would ride mooses into battle. Moose? Moose. The plural of moose. No, it's just moose. We talk about this every time it comes up. Mooses?

It's not meeses. And it's not meeses. It should be meese. Mooses. Moose. Yeah, right. I think it's just like sheep, right talk about this every time it comes up. Mooses? It's not meeses. And it's not meeses. It should be meese. Mooses. Moose. Yeah, right. I think it's just like sheep, right? It's the plural and the singular.

Mooses. Do they run faster than horses? Mooses. So here's the thing about, they were pretty difficult to train, but when they got trained, they were as good as horses. They were easier to feed because they fed on what was naturally in the environment they didn't have to because when it snowed they they were you know they'd evolve to live in snow so they could sort themselves out uh the one thing they could not be trained to

tolerate was the noise of battle such as like cannons going off or guns or explosions it freaked them out unlike horses that can be. Yeah, right. Because horses have been fully domesticated and get used to loud sounds. I mean, it still freaks them out. You ask any horse owner around fireworks. But the military, the ones that were bred for the cavalry

in the military, learned to deal with it. But they could not get these moose to get used to explosions. So every time a loud bang would happen, what happened? It freaked them out. However, there is documentation of- Air muffs. Oh, no? No. I mean, I don't know why they didn't think of it.

Great idea though, Megan. Great idea. There is documentation, no photos obviously, because it was the 1700s, of the Swedish army riding up and over a hill to confront an opposition army. Yeah. And they were quite a military force in the 1700s, so they didn't ride up over a hill,

and the front row were all moose. And apparently it was terrifying, because they only picked the toughest looking ones, were those massive antlers. Yeah, okay. So they could really make a mess. So today's fact of the day is in 1700s Sweden, they used to ride moose into battle.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Do you know I went to the warehouse the other day and I was like, God, I'm just happy that I'm going to be away for four weeks. I really thought you were going to say, I'm kind of happy to see Christmas trees. No, because I saw all the decorations. I was like, oh, it's good not having to put them up, take them down. What is it about Christmas you hate so much?

Well, I love the presents, but it's too much. What? Happiness. You're putting your stuff up like this weekend. I know, but what's too much about it? It makes me happy. The lights, I come home, I'm like, pretty tree. Oh, my God.

Your happiness is sifting. Tra-la-la-la-la. Sifting. Tra-la-la-la-la. 45 days away from Christmas, and we are reaching record levels. This could be the, what, second to last last episode? Oh, yeah, of Christmas penetration. We're right up there.

We'll do the exact penetration calculations as we go, but I'll let you know that it must be getting close to Christmas because Akoya have said, here's our range of Christmas candles. Where? Today? that it must be getting close to Christmas because Akoya have said, here's our range of Christmas candles for you. When, today? Do you know, I've had a couple of... This was sent in at some stage this week, hot on, yesterday.

Someone's like, this must, this means not only it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, it's beginning to smell a lot like Christmas. Because I've had a couple of messages about this because they do the pine one that smells like Christmas trees. Yeah.

I love it. See, I like the pine one that smells like Christmas trees Yeah I love it See, I like the candles You like the Christmas tree smell But I don't have to have the tree Because then it dies and I've got to get rid of it somewhere Get a fake one, a beautiful fake one No, I don't want a fake one because it doesn't smell So the candle for me is perfect

No, get the candle and the fake one I'm going to buy a candle See, that's what That's as festive as you get That's as festive as I get It's easier to store a candle than it is to store an entire Christmas tree. And then sometimes it could be April and I'm like, I just want to smell a Christmas tree, so I'll put it on.

It just reminds me of a walk in a forestry block to find my marijuana crop. That's why I particularly enjoy the pine scent. The Akoya pine candle. Yeah, if they could follow that up with maybe a series in the fragrance, Akoya sweet sticky buds. A Coyer being chased by a police dog. A Coyer prison cell. Yeah, a Coyer prison, which is kind of like wet rock.

Yeah. A little bit damp. Other sightings of Christmas. I myself witnessed Christmas yesterday. I was forced to go to a mall against my will. And I saw a lot of Christmas. Okay. I saw what felt like the ushering in of the Santa's grotto.

Okay. But that's not the only one. Lots of people have the grotto in their mall already. Other sightings of Christmas around. Somebody else has reported another sighting of a Christmas tree retailer selling actual Christmas trees. Real ones? Yeah, real live Christmas trees. Yeah, I'm just not sure they'd last.

Francis has messaged in saying, is Christmas penetration at 100%? Because Countdown has decided yes. And a picture of sort of a wide shot of Countdown and there's just large reindeer scattered everywhere. Yeah, right. Scattered throughout and that's a sighting of reindeer that we haven't had too much sighting of reindeer.

But we are about to see reindeer because one of the biggest pointers to the fact that we are getting close to Christmas has begun. I witnessed this myself. It's coincidentally happened every time that this is erected at Christmas. It also coincides with 100% Christmas penetration. They've started putting up Santa on the Queen Street building

on the Whitcalls building in Queen Street no it's Farmers now isn't it Farmers Whitcalls Whitcalls is tucked in but Farmers

there's a building there so I went past this morning on your scooter I got a lime scooter on my way to work I saw him scooter out to work

it's actually becoming an addiction problem because I'm like I walk to work every morning but then I see them sitting there and I'm like Yes Why not?

Why not? And it's three It's two dollars between $2.50 and $3 every time It was $3.50 No $3.10 Where was it at this morning

because I received a photo from Alayna yesterday on Instagram and look they're putting the scaffolding in the base there. Okay, so at 5.05 a.m. this morning, his boots were in. His boots were in? His boots were there.

Now, I have a friend that lives in that building. And they're planning all weekend to be putting this up. So I'd say by Monday, we'll be at 100% Christmas penny. You're predicting Monday? I'm predicting Monday. It'll be all up by Sunday. We are definitely getting close because with all this taken into consideration.

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Right now, Christmas penetration is at... 97%. Oh, it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. For more, check out ZDM online. We've been doing it day with the weekend.

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