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

Episode Date: November 12, 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. Wednesday morning. Yep. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. If you count Sunday, if you're counting sleeps. No. Three sleeps. Wednesday, Thursday. Thursday, Friday. Friday, Saturday. Saturday, Sunday, four sleeps. Four sleeps. Four sleeps until Friday jams.

Western Springs. So you managed to catch up with a lot of the artists in Melbourne at the weekend. Yeah. And we heard you yesterday. Saw bits of the show. Yeah, heard you yesterday chat. With Cisco. Yep.

And today, I am going to play my interview with Kerry Hilson who is just the most beautiful. I saw her driving along on one of the little golf carts getting to her, getting ready, going to get ready and she had no makeup on and she was just so beautiful. And she looked and waved and I went, hi Kerry! And I was like, oh why did I do that?

Why did I do, why did I say that? It's so embarrassing. When you interview her you're like, oh there's this person walking around who looks like me, waving at everyone. I'm a loser. I wish they'd stop there. All right, you lot, listen up. It's story time.

All right, I've sourced three news headlines for three news stories. But Bourne, Megan, you're only allowed to pick one headline. That's how story time works. Headline one, Florida woman's bail set at $750,004. Headline two, Nazi turtles. And headline three, the five

W's, the key to life. I go. Oh, I kind of want Nazi turtles, but I also want the five W's. Yeah, I think five W's.otles, but I also want the 5Ws. Yeah, I think 5Ws. Wine, women, no, whiskey women, wine gums. Yeah, right, and something Vaughan's miming.

Was I right? No. Oh. Is it a really old mate who's come out and said what is five? It's an old mate who's got to 100. Is whiskey one of them? Well, you have to pick that story if you want to. What do you want?

Do you want Nazi turtles? Um, no. Are you Googling? Yes. No, you can't Google against the rules of story time. Somebody painted swastikas on turtles in Washington Park and now they've been forcibly removed. Oh, that's not okay.

Also in the image search for Nazi turtles is Raphael from the Ninja Turtles punching Hitler in the face. Great. Which is always good to see. I didn't know the Ninja Turtles had a brush with Hitler. Could you water or sandblast turtles if they were spray painted, graffitied? Or how do you clean a turtle? I've got lots of questions.

I don't know. I don't think they would feel it, but I don't know. Because it's a hard shell. It's like their house. Yeah. It's like giving the roof a water blast, isn't it? Yeah, but there's something inside it. Please don't tell me.

Use the handle of a toothbrush for hard to reach areas. Generally scrub the shell with hot water and a toothbrush. Oh, but that's not going

to get spray painted off. Oh, no, no, no, no. This is how to preserve a dead turtle's shell. Oh, no. Make sure you clean the inside. It says very important

to clean the inside. You don't want that turtle stank. Oh. All right, well, that leaves us with the five W's.

The key to life and a World War... Is he a World War II vet? Yeah, he wouldn't be World War I, mate. He'd be 125 years old if he was at least. So he is 100 and he has spoken about

his life. He enlisted after Pearl Harbour. Okay. And joined the US Army. And he has now made it to the ripe old age of 100. He still volunteers at a World War II museum in New Orleans where he lives. And he has spoken about his key to life. Whiskey. Women.

The five W's. What else is there? Not the W word, the bonus. White bread? No. Are whiskey and women in there? Hang on,

I've got a stupid, I've got a pop up. It's like, asking if I want to sign up. Maybe. Wine? Keep guessing. Winfield Blue? We're going to pop up. It's like asking if I want to sign up. Maybe. Keep guessing. Winfield Blue.

The Siggy's. Okay, wine and whiskey is in there. That's one and two. Not women. And. Womanising. No, wild, wild woman. Wild, wild.

Those are two of the W's. He was asked to secret to his longevity. He said it's one of my more frequently asked questions. He said, I live by the five W's. And he said, without missing a beat, wine, whiskey and wild woman. That earned him a high five and a smile, apparently. What a good man.

Yeah. Good, I like all those things. Wild, wild woman? Do you like wild, wild woman? You're a fine man, I think. A wild woman is great. Yeah. Good. I like all those things. Wild, wild woman? Do you like wild, wild woman? I mean, I think a wild woman is great. Yeah. Being a wild woman, not having one. Well, you hear what happens in rest times.

Yeah. Yeah. Watch out for him. Prudes don't get any action in the rest time. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM. I just read more in this article and I don't know what to say.

A public service announcement, a public health safety message about your electric toothbrush. Okay, because I have one of these. Okay. And I'm a bit, because I'll always wash it after I use it and then dry it because otherwise the base that you charge on gets all gunky. Oh, yeah.

So is that a bacteria? Like when you pour the laundry liquid into the lid as a measurement because otherwise the base that you charge on gets all gunky. Oh, yeah. So is that a bacteria? Like when you pour the laundry liquid into the lid as a measurement and then chuck it in, but then you put the lid back on, it dribbles all down. Horrible. How well are you washing it with soap? Like, do you give the handle a soap up, or are you just giving it a rinse?

No, I just give it a rinse. Right. But you're right, actually. I mean, I touch it with my hand, so I probably should, like, maybe. But the handle doesn't go in your mouth. It's just the top bit. So I always rinse that. But then you're probably not using the toothbrush to masturbate.

I wouldn't have thought. What? No, I certainly am not. You are not telling me that's what this health warning is. So, yeah. You are not telling me that's what this health warning is. So, yeah. I, so, I thought they meant, I thought they meant the handle. But now that I've read to the bottom of the story, doctors have said that the vibrating bristles on the toothbrush

can actually lead to abrasions, tears, and cuts to the area. Look at producer Caitlin's face. It's not great. So could you please stop doing this? This is from doctors. But this came from a Reddit post when someone was like, did everyone not use an electric toothbrush

to do this as a teenager? And then doctors weighed in and were like, if you are, you should not. Bacteria, cuts and abrasions, there's a whole list of reasons why you shouldn't do it. Also, like, toothpaste is real tingly, eh? So, I mean, you wouldn't want to be...

I don't think you put a pea-sized dot of toothpaste on before you go in, do you? And also reference, remember when we talked about please don't rub toothpaste on... The genital area. ...on your pain? Yeah, yeah. And then they said earlier this year

we've had to tell people to stop doing the toothpaste thing and also to stop using pineapple juice when they... This isn't young men. This is just women that you're talking about. No, I'm talking about the toothpaste and the... Oh, yeah, but I'm... No, yeah.

Because usually we're to say to stop putting toothpaste on our pain. Yeah. Not me. And stop using pineapple juice when guys do that yeah don't know i don't know what maybe tingly because you know how it makes your mouth but well guys are dipping their tackle in pineapple juice what is wrong with people like come on aliens are going to come here one day and be like what are you guys doing what i don't know um What? I don't know. So, yeah. Although these stories are always out of the UK, aren't they? It is out of the UK.

I'm just saying, like, the UK. But, like. Maybe they're stressed because of Brexit. I don't know. Your toothbrush is dirty because you're brushing the crap away out of your mouth and then you're holding the handle and you think how often people would actually soapy wash that. Yeah, never. Like, never.

How much bacteria would be on the bristles? Yeah, because they say when you have a cold, that's you meant to get rid of your toothbrush. Really? Yeah, I've heard that quite a few times, but I never do it. By the time you got over your cold, wouldn't you? That's if you're sharing a toothbrush. No.

Well, you wouldn't. No, just by yourself. But then by the time you get over the cold, you've become immune to what's made you sick. The germs, yeah, on the toothbrush. Surely that just said, pour the boiling jug over it, you'll be sweet ass. Okay, how often should you change your toothbrush?

Oh, with seasons, right? Every season. Many dental professionals recommend changing your toothbrush every three months. Yeah. Right. Mm. Um, okay.

So yeah, just- Stop that. Use the electric toothbrush to brush your teeth and that's it. There's other things. Because I was like, the handle would be okay. Yeah, yeah, but not the head of the toothbrush. But also the handle's dirty. But yeah, I believed they were referring to the handle until I read down further. Have you seen the price of electric toothbrush heads? They are not cheap.

Is it like the blade on the razor? It's like razor blades. You get sucked in, you're like, I'll buy an electric toothbrush. And then when you need a new head, they are expensive. I think for like a couple, they're like 25 bucks. Whoosh. 30 bucks. Yeah.

But then they'll, wow. Okay. So even then you're getting a lot of toothbrushes for 25 bucks. Yeah. But then you still got to change them because they like any toothbrush. They weird out. Yeah. What if you're in a flat change them because they, like any toothbrush, they weird out. Yeah, yeah. What if you're in a flat

and left your electric toothbrush in the bathroom? Don't. Burn it. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. Taco Bell's coming to New Zealand, they said. And people were like, yay.

But then people who had had it in America were like, oh. Well, that's what I said. Yeah. Oh, and I know other people that were like, mm, but then people who had had it in America were like, oh, yeah. Well, that's what I said. Yeah. Oh, and I know other people that were like, okay. But then I know people that absolutely love it in America. Yeah. Well, like a dollar for a taco.

You get dollar tacos and stuff, yeah. I think it appealed for the same reason as the memory of Georgie Pie appealed. Right. The $1, like everyone can remember $1 pies when they were kids from Georgie Pie. Yeah. Well, times have changed and that is the difference between Taco Bell in New Zealand and America as well.

It said that it was offering competitive price points. Well, people are not happy because it is significantly more expensive in New Zealand than it was in America. But it also, well, I mean, I've also only seen the photos they put on the menu board. So we always know fast food items never look as good up there as they do when they're in your hand.

But a, for example, a double taco supreme combo is $12. Right. Yeah. And same with a, well, that is actually $12.50 for the double crispy chicken taco. So are those two tacos? Two tacos, yeah. For $12.50. Okay.

Two small tacos. That's a product of New Zealand. Like Mexican food is so expensive because of all the ingredients. Yeah. Like you just think about limes and avocados alone. Yeah. Yeah. So there's, yeah, $12 seems to be for combos the going rate.

You can get a burrito for a combo for $12. So what does that get you? A drink and a burrito? And a Subway cookie. Do they do Subway cookies? Combos include a regular soft drink or frozen Coke with Mexican fries or nacho chips. Oh, okay. Well, that's not too bad.

It's nacho chips. I love corn chips Well, that's not too bad. That's... Nacho chips. I love corn chips, but... Not in a... Right, okay. It shouldn't be taking the place of fries in a combo. But that's what some people are upset that there are no dollar tacos. No. And then, yeah, you just have to remember you live in New Zealand.

There's no comparable... Yeah, right. Yeah, one dollar taco situation happening. People were lining up yesterday for this, for it to open, waiting for it to open. Yeah. So I think I'll have it at some stage and then I'll make an opinion. Yeah, you just got to go to New Lynn.

It's that bad, is it? Yeah. Okay. Well, I've never been, so. You've never been to New Lynn. I don't know. I probably have. I probably have.

Yeah. I don't know what else you'd do in New Lynn. It's kind of a drive-through. No, it's not even a drive-through destination. Unless you live there. Yeah, right. But then, hey, people go out of their way for this kind of stuff. It's got, like, Lynn Mall.

Oh, you're right. Stay with me. I'm not. But, like, on one end of it, there's good cinemas. Oh, yeah, right. Refurbished. Nice place to eat. Yeah.

Right, okay. There's a couple of good spots to eat down there. Right. Oh, there's a mini part. But shit, that's expensive. Like I don't think you should be paying that much for a random mini part, even if they do have dinosaur things. Wait, does the ball go into the dinosaur?

Like around the dinosaur. Right. Do they have windmills and you've got to get it through before the windmills? I don't remember any windmills. You sound like you had a better experience. Did you lose? Oh, we're dead. Please. Can we play Minigolf? Please, please.

Okay. Because they've heard about it. Yeah. Two holes in. Oh, this sucks. Kids, we paid a small fortune for this. It was this or the movies, and I really wanted to see that movie, but I let you choose. Yeah, I don't want to go to the movies.

No, we spent all our money. Oh, well, I don't want to play anymore. I'll go wait over here. You can't hit that. Don't hit that. Hitting the things with the clubs. Yeah, that wasn't a good time. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six.

Hello there. The Top Six today deals with the fact that there may have been Russian interference in the Bird of the Year voting. But it may also be New Zealanders getting a little bit crazy because there were other countries that voted more than the Russians. Australia, the British and Americans all voted in this, according to their IP addresses of votes cast. So weird.

Russia was fourth and somebody from Russia said there's actually this huge birdwatching community in Russia. And there was only 335 Russian votes cast. So it's not like US election. It just made a way better story. Yeah, it did. But in Australia, they do a bird of the year as well. And there were 4,000 automated votes that originated in Russia.

Oh. Yeah. And it's last year, apparently, the interference from overseas single IPs and stuff was worse than it was this year. You had to register an email and everything. Right. Well, at least we're not stuck with Trump like America was.

Very true. We got the yellow-eyed penguin. And that's not bad. They got the orange dimwit. So, you know, that's not the end of the world. But what were they hoping to achieve, the top six things Russia hoped to achieve by interfering with Bird of the Year? Number six, they wanted the magpie to win.

To throw us all, we would have all been like, the magpie? We might have rioted. Wasn't even in running? Yeah. We would have. Yeah. Because that's an Australian. Yeah.

And we don't like them. Very swoopy. Oh, yeah, they are. Very aggressive. Very swoopy. Well, sometimes they sound nice, but... Do they? Yeah, I think so.

If the sound wasn't associated with the swooping, I think you'd like it a whole lot more. I think I'm thinking of a crow. They're more like... Oh, yeah, crows are... Like a magpie. Hold on, I've got a magpie. What do they call it?

A warb? I don't know a war oh is that right okay how are you you tubing australian this is a fifth this is 52 seconds so i might have to okay oh we're getting it we're getting an ad we're getting an ad yeah i thought that wee noise at the start i was like that's beautiful yeah that's it that's a magpie. That's another bloody ad for Grammarly. Here we go. Always reminds me of the morning. Yeah. Very much the morning call. Kind of sounds like a tui a little bit. And then there's...

It's lovely. But still it's no... And then you hear Dad's 22. Yeah. Yep. One less to worry about. Morning has broken. Number five on the list of the top six things Russia was hoping to achieve

by interfering with the Bird of the Air voting. The fantail was going to win. Yep. And they were worried that it was going to make us all look closer at them. Right. And it turns out fantails are just Russian spy drones. You know why they always get so close to you? Because they're drones.

Yeah, they do. If you're through the bush, they kind of follow you. They want to they always get so close to you? Because they're drones. Yes, they do. If you're through the bush, they kind of follow you. They want to know what you're up to. Spy drones. Number four on the list of the top six things Russia was hoping to achieve by interfering with the Bird of the Year voting. The rats and the possums actually made them do it.

Oh, they would. They wanted us to just pick a sparrow or something, take everybody's eyes off the prize, some delicious native birds. So they can eat them while we're not looking. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and when your voting gets interfered with, you feel like the price of your democracy is somewhat diminished,

so you stop caring about the birds, and that's when the rats and the possums strike. Yeah. The stoats, the weasels and the ferrets, they didn't have anything to do with it. They got no money left. They're terrible with money. Terrible with money.

Number three on the list of the top six. I like to imagine a ferret just like, come on, bro, I'll pay you back. And a possum be like, no, not this time. Not this time. No, no, not this time. Number three on the list of the top six things Russia was hoping to achieve

by interfering with the Bird of the Year voting. They wanted the albatross to win. Because I don't know if you know a lot about the albatross, but it lives on like sea cliffs. Yeah. Because it just walks off and lets the air catch its wings. So the Russians could park their submarines under the nesting areas because the albatross that owe them one.

Yeah, right. Yeah, they'd be like, okay, you guys can park down there. Number two on the list of the top six things Russia was hoping to achieve by interfering with the Bird of the Year voting. They wanted to get their national bird into our voting. Do you know what the national bird of Russia is? No.

The two-headed eagle. It's not even a thing. Oh, God. Their national bird is a mythical creature on their, like, crest of arms. Not even a thing. Are you sure it wasn't like close to Chernobyl? Maybe.

Ex-Soviet state double-headed eagle from nuclear fallout. And number one on the list of the top six things Russia was hoping to achieve by interfering with

Bird of the Year voting. They wanted the eyes off the kiwi so they could finally have some delicious Kentucky Fried Kiwi. Tastes like chicken. Look over here at the yellow-eyed penguin,

eat the kiwi. Yeah. That's how that works. That's today's top six. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. We were shocked this morning when there was a report of a Instagram,

no, Facebook troll. So, I mean, we've seen everything online and while it's awful. It doesn't shock you much, though. Like, I think this shocked me. I was like, wow. Someone has gone to great lengths to be really just awful. And this has made news.

So, Kate and Jerry are Madeline McCann's parents. So, Madeline McCann went missing. 2004? Did you, any of you ever finish that documentary? Because I watched like the first episode of Tell Them. Yeah, I finished it. I was just like,

oh, okay, right. I just don't, it shows that people thought it was them, initially, but I just don't, I don't see how they could have anything to do with it. No. And they're still,

to this day, they're still looking for their daughter. And so they went out for dinner on Remembrance Day. They were with family. And someone decided to, a picture was put up. I don't know who took the picture, but someone took a picture of them walking back to, they were at a buffet restaurant,

walking back to their table with plates. So it was Kate and Jerry, the parents of Mandel McCann, were taken a photo of. Now someone made an account on Facebook pretending to be Madeline McCann and commented, mum and dad are closer than I thought. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Yeah. How could you do that? Like that's so much effort to troll, two people that have lost their daughter. I don't know what they called the account. Yeah, right. Whether they said it was Madeline or Maddie or whatever. But, yeah, that was the comment that was put on the photo. Kate and Jerry, the parents, have found out about it.

They're shocked. They're saddened that someone would stoop this low. What? Yeah, wow. Someone had to take the time to make that Facebook page to then troll them. Wow. That's really awful.

This person's done all their chores. And they're like, yeah. Why have they got time to do that? You can be rest assured that the internet has not let them away with it, though. I'm sure there's death threats and all kinds of things. Oh, yeah, without a doubt. Yeah. It's the internet.

Yeah. I'm sure they've felt the other side of it. Today marks the ninth anniversary of my wedded life. I cannot believe that's nine years ago. I know. Because I don't think I've aged, but then I just saw a photo of my wedding day. I was like, oh, yep. You've aged? Sneaking in a little bit.

Oh, that's just been expected, though. When you're bored, when you lose your hair, you do all your aging. And then you just slowly start to pick up. Then you coast for a little bit. You coast for a bit on your laurels. And then you start getting the fine lines. Yep. And then, yeah, that's when you notice it.

The only difference is your beard, I reckon. You wear it bushier now than you did then. Yeah, yeah. You probably need a trim, though, to be honest, if we're being honest. Yeah, no, I'm due for a half trim. I'm just a half trim. Due for a half trim. Pottery.

This is why we're friends. We've got to tell each other these things. Yeah. Pottery, the traditional gift. Is it? For the ninth wedding anniversary. Gives you some suggestions. God, next year's a big one.

Yeah, what do you do on the 10th? What are you doing for your 10th wedding anniversary? Well, Sade always wanted to go to the Maldives. Okay. That's right. And she was like, tell Vaughn that he has to take me on the 10th anniversary. But then she wanted to do renovations, so I think the Maldives have sunk without us going.

Yeah. Are we, you know? Yeah. Just do the Bay of Islands instead. It's just as lovely. Just as lovely. In fact, I think. Better.

Maybe even lovely. Yeah, I think it's lovely. Because you can drive there. Yeah. That's true. And you can do it in a weekend. Yeah, yeah. You can get there and back, a piece of cake.

And you get to go through Hawkeworth. Lovely. Lovely. Lovely. I always get confused. Is this Wellsford or Hawkeworth? What one do you come across first? They both start with W and they're both big traffic stops.

Yeah. Yeah. Stop for something to eat and drink. So I got Sade a present And I left it on my pillow This morning And so this morning I've just been watching on the Arlo Which is our like little

Home security Again Diverting home security For your shits and gigs This one needed to be charged This camera needed to be charged So I was double I was charging it beside the bed

And I had it pointed at the bed Okay Watching so I could know when. Creepy. And I got a notification at like 5.30 that there was movement. I was like, what's going on here? Who's this? Was it the cat?

It was August climbing into bed. She wanted to climb into bed and have a sleep with mum for the last couple of hours. So I've just been watching. She woke up. I said, and I saw her pop up on Facebook. I said, happy anniversary. Roll over. And she rolled over and that was the present was on the pillow.

Is that verbatim what you said? Happy anniversary. Roll over. I said, kia ora. Oh, nice. Happy wedding anniversary. And she said, kia ora. And then I said, roll over.

And then I'm watching you. And then she opened the gift and she's all good. Right. It's all monkey dory. And what did she say about the webcam, the security camera? Oh, she said, that's creepy. I said, I'm watching you on the Arlo. And she said, that's creepy.

And then I said, oh, it was there charging. And then that sounded like a lie. So yeah, nine years in, you can still creep out your partner by spying on them with a webcam. I would have just waited to give her the present when I got home so I could see her reaction rather than put a camera while she's sleeping. No, because this now gives her a chance to go out and get me something before I get home.

Because we'd agreed to no gifts. Oh, you did. Classic stitch up. Classic. Classic stitch up. Right. So, yeah. She's not listening, but I'll say happy wedding anniversary anyway.

And you guys can say, oh, that was sweet. It was sweet. It was a little bit like stoic. It wasn't. There was no love to it. Happy anniversary. When you've been married for nine years's done. There was no love to it. Happy anniversary. Well, wouldn't you be married for nine years, Megan? Well, some people might be.

I hope to get there one day. Could take a couple of shots. Absolute burn. Self burn. Would I like to add my two marriages together? Because I'll almost be five. No, that doesn't count. No, I don't think so.

No, I don't think so. What about people listening that are like nine years? That's pretty amazing. Married. And then like before that, how long all up have you been? All up, 15 years. So what could you tell people was the secret? Like what would your best advice be after this long together?

I don't know. Just let her do whatever. Make your life so heavy on admin that it's pretty much like a daunting task for them to leave you. Mike, you'd have to sort out custody and mortgages and all this paperwork. Start a business. Yep. Get them embroiled, be equal shareholders. That's going to be a nightmare to separate.

You need a business just so you can go to Gilmore's and get bulk stuff and make it hard for your partner to leave you. Yeah, wrap them up in so much admin that they feel trapped. Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they see other sexy people and they're like, oh, they're hot. And then they're like, oh, I'm not the admin.

I'm a 50% shareholder in a company. Yeah, I can't. It would be impossible to get out of that. Oh, what will we do with the dogs and... Yeah, the kids and everything and the goats. Lawyers are expensive. Yeah. Okay, file them down an admin.

That's my relationship advice. Brilliant. Romantic. Blackout movement. This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. Well, this is why I'm Fat segment of the show

where we take a look at brand new food products. And I've already got another tag in this on Facebook. I've been tagged in this a lot in the last 12 hours. Will you put yourself out there as a massive fan of this? Well, yeah, I spoke just a few weeks ago about how I went on an all-day search for a dairy with rolly ice creams. Is that what you call them? Rolly ice creams? Scoop. Scoop ice creams. Yes. I spoke just a few weeks ago about how I went on an all-day search for a dairy with Rollie Ice Creams. Is that what you call them?

Rollie Ice Creams? Scoop. Scoop Ice Creams. Scoop. Yes. But I prefer Rollie, actually. Yeah, where they roll it. I've seen it called Rolled Ice Cream.

Rolled Ice Cream, yeah. Yeah. Cone in a cone where they do it in the dairy. Yeah. Took me ages. And Tip Top have announced that they are bringing back Goody Goody Gumdrops Big Bar on a stick. So you buy them in a pack, or you buy them in the freezer in the dairy.

So it's an individually wrapped Goody Gumdrops on a stick, chocolate dipped. Chocolate coated, yep. Question. Go ahead. It's milked like it's brown chocolate, eh? Brown chocolate, yeah. I feel like it should be white chocolate.

Yeah, you're right. That would work. I mean, I think it would work either way, wouldn't it? Maybe they should do both and you choose. Because I can't remember these in 2008. That's when they were last out. Apparently they are going to come out, they're going to be 22 mils bigger than the 2008 version.

Tablespoon more ice cream. Yep, that's good. And it's currently being rolled out in dairies, petrol stations and supermarkets nationwide. I haven't actually seen them myself in stores. But I shall be. Here's my question. Go ahead. Lolli placement.

And lolli. Size. Size. And how many lollis are in each bar? Yeah. Can they guarantee? Can they guarantee? Surely they've figured out how to get the lolly placement right.

Do you know what I did? Because when we last talked about Goody Goody Gumdrops, the lovely people at Tip Top, because, you know, I had some constructive feedback about their website. Yeah. Which was out of date. They had a map indicating where you could get a rolled ice cream. Yeah, and it was out of date.

It was out of date. Those places didn't do rolled ice cream anymore. And I guess, as a thank you, they sent me a couple of tubs of Goody Goody Gumdrops. One tub I left out on the bench upside down with the lid facing down. And so all the Goody Gumdrops, when the ice cream softened, the Goody Goody Gumdrops lollies floated to the bottom. Sunk, I think, is the opposite of float.

When something goes down, it's sunk. He was confused because technically it was the top. I know, because it was the top. I get confused. You're tops and bottoms confused, aren't you? You think one day you're a top, next day you're a bottom. It happens to the best of us. And so the lollies sunk

and then I put that in the freezer face down and then I froze it in the freezer face down, and then I froze it again, and then all the lollies were at the top, and I made an ice cream out of all the lollies in the tub. That's a risky biz, though, because you know how you let your ice cream melt too much? It goes icy and yuck.

Yeah, no, it didn't, though. I was all over that. But actually, they didn't all drop, though, because the ice cream doesn't, like, go liquidy. Well, no, it doesn't go full viscosity. So I had to really kind of scoop in, but I got all the lollies out of that and made a mega ice cream with all the goody-goody gumdrops lollies. Yeah, but then next time you go back, it was none. How many?

It was heaps. Was it quite a bit? Yeah, I've got a photo, but... Yes, please. Do you want me to show you? Yes, please. I can't believe you took the photo and didn't show us at the time. This is a waste of time on radio.

You said, I've got a photo, but is it surrounded by wildly inappropriate photos? So that's why you're finding it. Oh, you know there's that too. You know I've always got a scroll allowance on my phone. But no, it basically looked like an ice cream. It just looked like fruit tubes with a bit of green around it. Yeah, Roger. Because, you know, it just was. I'm okay with that. But I tell you what, it was looked like fruit tubes with a bit of green around it. Yeah, Roger. Because, you know, it just was, yeah.

I'm okay with that. But I tell you what, it was quite a fun experience. Yes. Just scooping a little. But then for days I had to just eat like plain green ice cream. What about a, are you familiar with a baked Alaska? No. Yes.

That's where you get. It blows your mind. Yeah, so good. Yeah, it has to be on a wooden chopping board or a wooden. What's a baked Alaska? I'm getting there. Shut up. It has to be on a wooden chopping board. Or a wooden... What's a baked elastic? I'm getting there. Shut up. It has to be on a wooden chopping board.

And you get a tub of ice cream, generally Hokey Pokey or vanilla, and you flick it over. And so it sits on the wooden... And then you cover it in meringue. Because the meringue is insulation. The meringue, and then you bake it in the oven. Okay. Oh, no, no, on a wooden tray.

Yeah, it has to be on a wooden board because if you put it on metal. But the wooden board will catch fire. No, no, no, no, no, no. Not like 250 degrees. Meringue baking temperature. Right, okay. So it cooks the meringue but keeps the ice cream ice cream. My goodness.

Now, your upside down goody-goody gumdrops with a baked Alaska. Could be quite good. Could be very good. Okay, here's another thought. Drizzle it with white chocolate, with a baked Alaska. Could be quite good. Could be very good. Okay, here's another thought. Drizzle it with white chocolate, then baked Alaska. Oh, yeah, yum. Yeah. Because you know when I make cookie, I try to make cookie buckets,

cookie bowls, but they went a bit skew-up. But that was good with ice cream in. Cookie bowls. God, now I'm hungry. But anything with ice cream in it is good. It's yum, I know, yeah. It's good. Well, anyway, It's good.

Well, anyway, it's the new tip-top on a stick. Goody, goody gumdrops. Somebody said, okay, first reports. Yep. Feedback. I had one. It had lots of little lollies in mine. So the lollies are smaller.

Little. That's the key. It's not going to be. Okay. Yeah, but I feel like if they had the big ones, it would take up too much of the ice cream. But I'd be down for that. It gives the ice cream some external texture. Nah, but your structural integrity, you'd be losing big chunks

on the floor if you had big lollies. It'd leave big holes. Right, you're saying. So you'd have to go little lollies. That's good to know. You can manage your expectations. It's another reason... This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. This is why I'm fat. Hasn why I'm fat. This is why, this is why, this is why I'm fat. Hasn't it been a wonderful podcast so far?

And it's all thanks to Spark, our primary sponsor. Do you love free data? Then you will love the Spark data stack. More data every month that you stay. Hey, guys, let's get back into that podcast. Air New Zealand's giving something a trial in Queenstown that apparently has been trialled

in other parts of the world. Okay. They are going to have a central Queenstown bag drop location. So this is

for the flyer who may be taking a mid-afternoon flight. Okay. But their accommodation means they have to

check out at 10. Maybe 11 if they've inquired about a late checkout. Would you always ask? Handy because when I've been overseas, hotels are normally fine because you can leave them with the reception and get a ticket and you come back, you get your bag and then go to the airport. But Airbnbs-

You're out on your ass. Yeah, that's where you get tripped up because you've got to check out at 10 or 11. If you don't leave till later in the day, where are you taking your suitcase? Yeah. Yeah, there's some places. I don't know if Queenstown has public storage. Like lockers? Lockers.

Do they have them in that building where you can book all the touristy stuff? Maybe. There's actually apps now when you're travelling overseas to find storage in places that will like charge to take your bag for the day? Way more convenient to check your bags in somewhere in central Queenstown and then go about a day doing a day. Maybe you go

out on the lovely Lady of the Lake and you don't have to take your suitcase. Maybe you play a bit of frisbee golf. Yeah. But you don't have to worry about your suitcase and then you just turn up at the airport, it's already checked in. Now this is going to have a two-week free trial period from November 20. Then it's going to cost $15 a bag.

Really? But then that's how much a bag storage would be if you were in a touristy town. True. City. True. And then like I'm thinking Queenstown, if you had like a snowboard bag and you had snowboards and everything in it, that would be a pain in the ass to store anywhere.

Just check it in and be done with it would be good. $15 might be worth it for freedom for the day. I mean, you're in Queenstown, it's $15. You've already spent $2,000. So you're checking it in to, you don't have to touch it again until you get off your flight. Correct. I just feel like it's giving it more opportunity to be lost.

You know? At least if you're at the airport, it's, you know, close to the plane. But again, that doesn't mean anything, does it? Yeah, that's true. Although, they've never lost my bag, but I've had issues overseas with other airlines. Yeah, right. Yeah.

But like, I'm kind of thinking along Megan's lines. What have they got? Have they just got a ute? No, chucking them all on the bench. One bounces off along Frankton Road and into the lake. Yeah. Didn't have a cut off time because like,

I feel like also the traffic getting up to the airport in Queensland sometimes can be like big city rush hour kind of. Yeah. That's true. That's true. I don't know how long before your flight you've got to check it in. Okay. Probably like a mid-afternoon kind of deal. Yeah. That's true. That's true. I don't know how long before your flight you've got to check it in. Okay, probably like a mid-afternoon kind of deal. Yeah, you definitely, you'd have to give hours, a few hours.

I've seen it overseas in other cities, like Vegas they do it. They do a lot of things in Vegas that I don't think they should necessarily do just because they do there. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. So a man has gone to the doctor. He had a blocked nose and it had given him grief. He's 30. Okay. He has had a blocked nose for three months.

And he was like, come on. He didn't have any other symptoms. Like he didn't have a cold. Yeah, right. It wasn't like lingering on from a flu. He had a blocked nose. Couldn't clear it no matter how much he blew his nose. You try a good pick.

Love a good pick. Oh, yeah. I definitely would have. You got a big crusty boog boogs. So he finally went to the doctor after three months and was like, can you figure out my nose? I've got a blocked nose. Can you figure it out? I'd say he probably tried the nasal squirts too

and that didn't do anything. That's when the doctor had a wee looky and he has found that this 30 year old man had grown a tooth in his nostril. Growing? Not like a tooth

had dislodged and eventually got blocked there. They said it has grown in his nostril for 20 years and it had finally grown big enough to block it. You said he's 30. So when he was 10, what, did he have some kind of accident and lose a tooth and then it started growing? Or was it always there?

I don't know. Like one of his baby teeth went astray. I've heard about teeth caneth can grow in weird spots It does say that it can be caused by physical damage It's called an intranasal Retained tooth It can be developmental problems I've said as well

It is rare but it's not the only occasion They've ever heard of So they removed it And it looks like a tooth How much like a tooth it looks like a tooth. I mean, it's a bit yellow How much like a tooth? Exactly like a tooth? Yeah, like fragments.

A couple of fragments. It's yellowish though because obviously it's never been brushed. It's a big one, eh? Yeah. That's like... Well, that's why it blocked the nostril. Wow, that's crazy.

Would you smell it? I think you're going to say, would you still get money from the tooth fairy? From the tooth fairy. How much now when you're 30? Well, it depends. Inflation. That looks pretty manky. Yeah.

And it's like a couple of bits too. $2? Oh, tops. Okay. Tops. Right. It would have to be intact, right? Okay.

Here's a question, and this is what we want to ask this morning on the back of this story. When did a doctor make a surprising revelation to you or give you some surprising news about your medical... About your body. About your body. You're just like, what? He went the whole time thinking everything was where it's supposed to be. Yeah, I don't know if we'll get many stories,

but I mean, you know, because you go to the doctor, it's pretty standard most of the time, isn't it? But there'd be... I'm just constantly afraid that anything to do with my ear, they're like,

yeah, there's a spider in there. That's just my constant fear. That you've got a spider living in your ear. Yeah, because I always see those pop up on my Facebook timeline. And then you share them on my page and stuff.

Well, I know that you can't say tarantula. So every time I see a tarantula movie or butterflies, because I know you're scared of butterflies, I'll tag you in that. They could fly. They could get in your ear. Oh, my God, yeah, they could lay butterfly eggs in your ear. Or a caterpillar could go in there to cuckoo.

The Sleepy Caterpillar Part 2. Yeah, Hungry Caterpillar. Yeah, the Hungry, that's what it's called. And on Friday, he ate through Megan's ear canal into her brain. But I don't know, is there anybody listening now that's had some surprising news from the doctor? Imagine being in a doctor's office and they go, huh? That's not the noise you'd want to hear from the doctor. Because how would you know?

If everything's just functioning as norm and then suddenly you've got a blocked nose. And you've got a tooth in your nose. Surely it would happen. Okay, well, I'll 800 dials at M, 9696. Have you ever had some surprising news from the doctor and what was it? We want to hear your stories. Give us a call. We're talking about when the doctor gave you some shocking news.

Some of these texts we can't read out, but thank you for sharing. Somebody said my doctor told me my two kidneys were fine. I said, why did you even have to say it? Then he said, well, it's the third one that's not working. And I had three kidneys. But I've heard about that a few times, that the old

third kidney can pop up. Can you donate that? Probably. And you donate that? Probably. And still have two? Probably. Somebody said they were with their partner. They'd been with them for six months. Before they were with the partner, they'd learnt that they were unable to have children. Right.

They started taking medication for stomach viruses. They were spewing every morning. Well, you can see where this is going. I can see where this is going. They were actually pregnant. Wow. Wow. Yeah. Okay. Somebody else had this happen, an unexpected pregnancy,

but they thought they could also not have children, and they were sick, and they were getting bloated, and they were like, oh my God, and they Googled some of the symptoms, and they said it could have been any matter of intestinal issues. They went in and the doctor said, well, no, congratulations. And they were like, what? And they were 15 weeks pregnant. Wow. Yeah.

So what surprising news did the doctor give you, Sarah? I had an extra bone going out the side of my leg. How big was it? Yeah, like I had a lump in my leg and we went to the doctor and yeah, there was a bone growing out the side. What, like a tree stump, like a tree branch? Yeah, yeah. Fleece? No, I'm just...

Oh no, it was crazy and then we had to cut it off because it was like going against my muscles and stuff like that. Wow, and so now now it's you don't have the lump and it's just normal yeah completely normal now but yeah no other sideways bones no no apparently it's quite normal like it's quite a like a lot of people get them right and you were just like when the doctor told you you're like. Wow. It's really crazy. I used to show all my friends because it was like second primary. So it was a cool trick. Your party trick.

Sarah, thanks for the call. Cherie, what was the surprise news from your doctor? So I went into my doctor just for a normal, you know, health checkup kind of thing. Yeah. And my doctor told me basically when we sat down that I had herpes. Right, okay. And I was like, oh, okay, this is not great news. You know, coming to terms with it, breathe, this is fine,

got it for life, whatever. Yeah. And then she's like, here, here's the ointment, you know, apply it to the affected area three times a day. And I was like, okay, cool. So could you, like, show me where the affected area is? And she was like, yeah, yeah, no problem. So she, you know, I go back up on the bed, show me where the affected area is, and I was like, yeah, yeah, no problem. So she, you know, I go back up on the bed,

show me where the affected area is. And I was like, oh, that's a mole. I've had that since I was born. And she was like, oh, you don't have herpes. And I was like, fantastic. What? This is a medical professional. Yeah.

Why do I have to send her on the computer? What is herpes? Oh, my God. I'm beat. That seems like something a doctor should know, right? You think so, you think so. Brilliant. Sheree, thanks for your call.

Some other text messages in. A few years ago, I suffered from back pain. Recently got scanned, saw somebody about it, thought I better get this figured out. I got a fracture in my neck and a small break in my lower back. And they had no idea the whole time. Shocking news, yeah, they just thought they had a bad back. I was diagnosed with HIV also.

Went home, cried, nursed only three hours later to say the doctor hadn't worn his proper prescription glasses that day and had misdiagnosed me. I had HPV, not HIV. Oh, my God. What is, that's like... You've got to be sure when you're telling someone that, right? That's gonna... Wow.

Wow. Hmm. Wow. Wow. In August this year, I had a bit of blurry vision. After an eye check, I was referred for a CT scan and I told I had a benign tumor Almost the size of my fist

And the lining of my brain Had no other symptoms Than the vision thing Wow Not fun news to get After four hours Waiting in the ED By myself on a Friday night

Wow That's intense That was only August this year Wow Geez Lord Doctor overseas Told me I had a clot

In a hole I thought that was The doctor's name, Doctor Overseas. Doctor Overseas. Yeah, Doctor Overseas to ER. I had a clot in the hole that goes from one side of my heart to the other. Oh, yeah. As my medical knowledge comes from episodes of Grey's Anatomy, I assumed the hole was supposed to be there.

It turns out it was not. Oh. My cardiologist was very excited because you don't see clots stuck in holes in the heart outside of medical journals. I mean, I don't know what it means to them if the doctor's like, wowee! I can't wait to rip you open and fix this.

Don't move, you might die. Wowee! ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Friday Jams, we are four sleeps away. Western Springs Stadium this Sunday. And to get us all excited, I went over and caught up with a lot of the artists in Melbourne. So all this week, we're going to be catching up with different artists. Well, that explains why you talked to artists.

But what about all that shopping you did? What did that have to do with the professional? Oh, does Mr. Twigoy not know about it? No, he knows about it. Does he know about all of it? Or only some of it? Why do you do this? Unbelievable.

Why do you do... I was in Melbourne. Because you wouldn't have been so... If it wasn't for the fact that it was going to Melbourne, you probably would have just rather stayed at home, eh? But you were like, I'll go, I'll go. I spent... I like mapped out my shopping journey. And everyone's like, what are you doing like, I'll go, I'll go. I spent, I like mapped out

my shopping journey and everyone's like, what are you doing before we have to go to the show? And I was like, I'm busy. I'm so busy. Shopping.

I spent all day shopping. Yeah, I heard her say to somebody, you can come with, but I'm not waiting for you. I had some, I didn't even get around everything I wanted to see. But you got to talk

to a lot of artists. You were going to talk to Janet Jackson. She, that didn't happen. But you got to talk to a lot of artists. You were going to talk to Janet Jackson. That didn't happen. Did you talk to 50 Cent? No. We saw 50 Cent. He is so, like, big.

Would you say he's a G unit? He's a unit. He's a unit. He's a unit. He's such a unit. But I really wanted to because everyone says he's really cool. You got to hang out with the Black Eyed Peas. You got to talk to Jason Derulo.

We'll have that interview on Friday. But you caught up backstage with Kerry Hilson. Backstage with the beautiful Kerry Hilson. Hello.

Hi. First of all, have you been to New Zealand before? No, it's my first time. Okay. I'm so looking forward to it. I hear about like

the phytoplankton and the glow caves and the... So how long are you actually going to have in New Zealand? Are you going to get to do anything? You know what? I haven't checked on that. It might just be one day.

So I was like, I don't know if we can get you to the glow worms in that amount of time. Aw. But I did see in Perth that you went for a bike ride, a long bike ride, a run. And was there something else? I went for a run. That's all I thought I was doing.

So I went for a 30-minute's all I thought I was doing. So I went for a 30 minute run with my security in the morning. Super early, like 4 or 5 something in the morning. And then my DJ is part of a bike club in Atlanta, so he had the beautiful idea to rent bikes. I didn't know they wanted to go like 20 miles.

We ended up going just 14, but that's a lot, because some of it was hilly and it was like, oh my god So then we walked a mile and a half back to the hotel So I had a... And then you're going to get on stage and just dance around Exactly, at least it was the day before the show So I had some recovery time, thank god

So I was going to tell you that in New Zealand there's some amazing bike tracks, amazing places for you to run Really? Amazing adventure. I hope we get to do something. Because like today, we flew in, we came straight to the venue. I haven't even seen the hotel yet. So I will see the hotel right now. I will shower.

I will go to the after party, but I haven't seen Melbourne. You know what I mean? We wake up and go to the next city. So I won't get to enjoy Melbourne, but I hope that's not the case in New Zealand. I hope they don't do me like that. I'd be really upset. Could I teach you some te reo,

which is Maori, for when you get up on stage? Sure. It's one of our languages. One of our languages, official languages. Yes. So if you just wanted to say hello, New Zealand, you would say, I'll do it in two bits. Kia ora.

Kia ora. Kia ora, New Zealand. That was very good. Okay. And to say New Zealand is Aotearoa. Aotearoa. Kia ora, Aotearoa. Kia ora, Aotearoa.

Wow, that's actually really good. So we're very looking forward to seeing you. Energy is my jam. I just can't wait to see that live. Do you do it? Oh God, do you do it? Oh God, don't tell me you skip that. Okay, we only got 15 minutes on this tour.

So, well we meaning the opening acts. So I had to cut all of the kind of slower songs and do the up-tempo hits. You know what I mean? It's literally cold energy. It is cold energy, but it's kind of slow. You know what I mean? And you're doing stadiums. We might be able to put it back.

Let's let it slip in just a little bit? Think about seeing if we can put it back. Okay, amazing. Well, everyone's really excited to see you. Is there something you would say to people who haven't yet got tickets to Friday James Live? Oh man, what are you doing? What are you doing with your life? That's what I would want to know.

I mean, come on, Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo. Carrie Hilson. Carrie Hilson. I mean, I'm not a fan of hers, but everyone else. You know. I mean, come on. Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Jason Derulo. Carrie Hilson. Carrie Hilson. I mean, I'm not a fan of hers, but everyone else? You know what I mean? It's Cisco. You can relive a lot of memories and a lot of eras of your life with this one

concert. So you're tripping if you don't have your tickets yet. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The Podcast. ZM. I went to the doctor the other day. Oh, actually, it was the nurses. I had to go see the nurses. Oh, my God, are you pregnant?

No. I had a spirometer. Spirulina. I was going to say spirulina. Feels like you're going to say spirulina. Spirulina. A spirometry test. Okay.

With a spirometer. What's that? Respiratory related. Yes, because I have asthma. But just recently I had quite bad asthma. Have you changed the, what's the simbicord inhaler? That is a throwback to such an old health ad. My knowledge of asthma is just TV advertising.

Yeah. Basically. Me too. Oh my God, are you still on the brown inhaler? No, I remember when I was a kid there was these inhalers and you had to, that they came in a disc and the kids had to punch them and then go and suck in the powder. That's right. That's my life.

That's loose. Really? Because I was always fascinated by it. Yeah. And then, do you remember when my mum had that cat Raffles and she had to give it the inhaler every morning? Raffles had to have the inhaler. She put a mask over it

and it was connected to a big tube thing and she would go, give the cat asthma medication. So they actually do spirometry tests for people. You can go in and you pay 50 bucks and it gives you, it's a lung function test. Okay.

And they were like, we would do it for anyone that has asthma, but people just don't want to pay to get it done. For 50 bucks. Yeah. And so I did it. Why did you do it? Because were you feeling a bit wheezy?

Generally, when you get older, you kind of grow out of asthma a little bit. And the fact that I had quite bad asthma. Grow up. Grow up. They were like, hey, you probably should have grown out of this by now. Okay. But yeah, so they did this lung function test. Now, first of all, I've been taking my inhalers wrong,

and I've had it since I was a kid, like my whole life. You've been doing it wrong. So she told me I have to do it into a spacer, which asthmatics know a spacer is just a plastic cavity thing and you spray the inhaler into that. It's a big tube. Yeah. And then you suck in what's in the tube.

And then you suck in from the tube. Right. So then you're getting all the medication into your lungs. Yeah. Whereas what were you doing? Every single time, just going straight in from the inhaler. It's not very effective. Into your mouth.

Not very effective. It'd still go down, wouldn't it? It goes to the back of your throat rather than like, you have to get the timing exactly right for you to like push the button and suck it in and get it into your lungs. So it's way more effective to do it in the space. Anyway, that was a revelation. So how long have you been doing that wrong for?

20 years. She's like, have you got a space? So I was like, yeah, but it's dusty. I never use it. So I don't ever use the spacer. So now I've had to switch to that. So a spacer's like a bong. Pretty much.

It's an asthma bong. It's a fun bong. Take it all at once. Yeah. And so this test that I did required me to, I had to breathe out as fast as I could and then hold it for as long as I could. Okay.

So you just go, and then hold it out, hold it out, hold it out, hold it out, hold it out, hold it and then hold it for as long as I could. Okay. So you just go and then hold it out. Yeah. Hold it out, hold it out, hold it out, hold it out, hold it out,

hold it out. You blow a little needle out, don't you? Is that how they still do it? It's just, it looks like an inhaler and then it's plugged by USB into a computer.

Right. And it's obviously meant for kids because then it has a little graphic and you can see if the wolf blew the house down and the piggy got free. Oh,

I'd be down for that. Awesome. I did it six times and wolf blew the house down and the piggy got free. Oh, I'd be down for that. Awesome. I did it six times and I blew the house down once. Well, that doesn't sound good. Good news to the pigs. They were the heroes of that story, weren't they? Yeah. So basically they found there's a restriction and stuff.

But in the test that you get, you get a printout with all your results and she's going through all my results with me. And I was like, I'm sorry, what does it say down the bottom there? She's like, oh, that's your lung age. I was like, no, yeah, but it says my lung age is 65. Oh, my God. Congratulations.

Your lungs get a gold card. Yay. And the pension. Free bus rides. Yay. And the ferry to Waiheke. Yeah, the ferry to Waiheke is the big one. Can I do that?

Go to the petrol station and be like, hey, my lung age is 65. Don't you get free coffee at McDonald's? Oh, there's lots of good things about McDonald's. I don't think my mum knows that one. She'd let her know. Oh, she needs to get on the website. Yeah. Because my mum signed up and she's like, I'm signing up.

And I went to the website. I was like, it's unbelievable that you've messed house prices up so much and you get all these discounts. You just tracked all your plastic bags in the ocean. Yeah. And now you're ruining the economy as well. Well done. She knows about petrol and then she's like, public transport is yuck.

What was the petrol one? You get like a discount if you use your gold card at certain petrol stations. That's all we need. People over 65 on the road. Laugh fund to drive by. Vaughan at Setem Online. Yeah, no, I'll hear from you. That email should only take you

until three o'clock this afternoon to compose. With your two finger typing. Any complaints, chloe.swerbrick.nz Subject, OK Boomer. Yeah, so it was very confronting. Also, she was like, so the Australian fires are bringing over the smoke, Subject OK Boomer. Yeah. 65. Also, she was like, so the Australian fires are bringing over the smoke, so you're going to have to up your inhalers now because it's not good for us.

We're hoping soon to catch up with one news correspondent. The Boz. The Boz, Ryan Boswell, who's in Sydney because it is insane and we are expecting that smoke over here soon. Today. Today. Today, if the wind predictions were right,

it should be, yeah, sort of arriving in our atmosphere, which could mean nice sunsets, but I mean at the horrendous price of thousands and thousands of hectares of Australian bush. And so if you're asthmatic, what are they saying? Up your inhalers, please. Get onto your preventatives, because if you've got respiratory illnesses,

really bad for you wear one of those little masks you could I've still got my mask left over from the Sky City Convention fire yep can you imagine if I

turned up to work with one of those masks the bloody roasting I'd get I'd call you the dental nurse Vaughan it's your turn for the dental nurse

yeah can you make me a spider out of those little fluffy things please it's probably no for the dental nurse. Can you make me a spider out of those little fluffy things, please? It's probably no more roasting than the roasting you're getting now. That's true. With 65-year-old lungs. So what do you reckon is the oldest part of your body?

That's a great question. I don't know. Are you talking like overuse or like? Or just the part that feels the oldest. I mean, we all know what he's overusing um this was a Megan roasting don't roast me

because you've got a bung knee right so would it be a knee my knees have been no no my knees have been okay since I stopped pavement running

that's fine about the worst my neck get a bit of the old neck yeah I'm absolutely fine you don't have any aches or niggles?

No, I'm good, mate. You're just going to drop dead at one point. We'll just be like, no one saw that coming. I was worrying when you can't see it. I'm not here for a long time. It's just a good time, mate. It's fine. It's fair call.

Fair call. All right. So what's going to happen then? You're going to take your inhaler and it's going to what? Biddy? Or are you going to drop dead? No. I don't know.

I'll be one of those old people that they're like, what's the secret? And I'll be like, I don't know. I started falling to 25. I cannot tell you. Fact of the day, day there's been a re-release of a trailer today for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. You may remember a few months ago, Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer came out

and everyone was like, God, what is that? Other people were like, you ruined my channel. Someone else was like, Sonic's not supposed to have teeth. And because he had teeth and little eyes and a little face. Yeah, he looked very weird.

Wasn't like the Sonic we grew up playing on Seegers. But they've re-released him and he's got bigger eyes. Bigger eyes, much. Like his teeth are smaller. Cuter. Really looking cuter.

Looks cuter, yeah. More cartoony. But it looks much better. Much better. So today's fact of the day is there is a large Sonic the Hedgehog statue in a remote village in Japan. Huh. Why?

Well, there used to be a Sega theme park. And Sonic, of course, was the hero of the Sega. Sega? Because when you used to turn on it, it used to be like, bling, Sega! Remember that? No. You don't remember that?

I always just say Sega. I never had a Sega monster. Oh, did you never have a Sega? No. We were Segas. A lot of kids had Nintendos, but we had Segas. Anyway, they had a Sega theme park. Yeah.

Sonic was there. Anyway, that had a Seeger theme park. Yeah. Sonic was there. Anyway, that shut down. That dissolved. Right. And two farmers were driving past, and they saw a for sale sign. So they went in just to see what was for sale, and there was a Sonic statue. And they're like, that's pretty cool. So they bought it.

Is this you? If you saw that for sale, you would 100% put it on your farmlet. Are you kidding me? Look, I'll show you a photo of it. Is this you? If you saw that for sale, you would 100% put it on your farmlet. Are you kidding me? Look, I'll show you a photo but Megan, this would have pride of place. This would be a lawn ornament

at my house. Oh my God. How big is that? I can't get a scale. Your one shot, they would not let that fly. You'd have to hide that behind the chicken hut

or behind the row of fence trees. Oh, what am I the fence trees? I was going to let him have that. A hedge. Yes of fence trees. Oh, what am I the fence trees? I was going to let him have that. A hedge. I was going to let him have that. Yes, fence trees, otherwise known as hedges. As a hedge. We're going to get out there and trim them.

They're fence trees. They're getting beard. They're trees that make a fence. Hedges. Yeah, hedges. All right, well, just because I call them fence trees. No, you're the only one that calls them fence trees. According to this, Megan, it's over eight foot tall.

Oh, wowzers. This statue. And it's become a little bit of a weird side of the road stop to see. Excuse me? Pinterest. 11 best fencing trees. Fence trees. Is that a hedge or is that like a-

It's a description of a hedge Finding them as a fence Fencing trees When they've grown the trunks They've put wire on them Fine That would also happen But yeah it's become a little bit of a picture

And for years no one really knew what was happening Until somebody asked That's all you do obviously If there's a mystery ask a question And it will be solved So today's fact of the day Is there's a giant Sonic the Hedgehog statue on Japanese farmland.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. These fires in Australia, absolutely horrific. Incredible images coming out just even in the last few days. Like this is out of control. Yeah. Your brother, where's your brother? He's in an area called Maitland now.

It's just out of New South Wales. And when they first, they built a new house there. And when they first they built a new house there and when they first built there was nothing nobody around them. Okay. There was all these trees and like long grass and paddocks and you could see kangaroos and stuff. Oh wow. And I was like wow this is awesome. Yeah. But what about like fires?

Partly because I was concerned. Yep. For his wife not me, you'll be right. Partly. But also partly because he just built a new house and he needed to be taken down a peg. In a good old Kiwi way. But then they had a whole lot of houses built around them but now, like, they've sent me photos and stuff

the smoke and the air at their place is thick. Their daughter's schools were shut. Don't send your kids to school because if it comes to evacuation, and it could, it's going to be chaotic. So they've told them that they could have to evacuate literally at any moment, depending on the wind change. Yeah, there's 53 major fires burning throughout New South Wales

and Queensland, I do believe, and are covering it for one use. I mean us, but also helping out one use. The boss is on the phone. Good morning. Good morning, team. How are we doing? Good, good, good. I'm seeing friends on Instagram posting stories of like the sunset in Sydney

and it is like post-apocalyptic stuff. Yeah, it's pretty eerie. I'm in Tari, which is about a four-hour drive from Sydney, and there's a lot of smoke that's been hanging around, and it does make it really eerie. We had a bright orange sunrise this morning. And, of course, people are hanging out at evacuation centres because they've had to leave their homes.

And they're needing a bit more caffeine to get through today, I think, after the last few days where these fires just keep raging. They just don't stop. And the New Zealand government have announced that they're sending firefighters to help. And we're also experiencing the effects of these fires. They're expecting a lot of smoke to hit New Zealand today. Yeah, it's incredible the amount of smoke. Like I say, you know, you talked about Sydney.

That's a four-hour drive, five-hour drive from where some of these fires are taking place. So it's travelling a huge amount of distance. And, of course, if it's making its way to New Zealand, that's an even greater distance. But they are interesting, these clouds, because what they can do is actually cause thunderstorms, and they can be quite dangerous. And so authorities are saying at the same time, while these fires are going on, they're keeping a close watch on these clouds as well. Which, what, more lightning causing more fire, I guess, as well?

Yeah, absolutely. Wow. Absolutely. More than a million hectares have been burnt over here so far, and the winds have calmed down overnight, but they are expected to whip up again today, and that could just cause more problems for firefighters who are already working around the clock.

They're pretty exhausted, and once their head hits the pillow, they're out to it for a few hours before they then have to get up again and keep going. I've seen a map of the fires that have been identified to be burning and it pretty much is a solid run between Port Macquarie and Brisbane, up to Brisbane. Now, I've just Googled how long it would take to drive that.

It would take eight hours and 58 minutes to drive that and there's fires all in that entire area. So if you compare that to where can you get eight hours, would it get you to Wellington from Auckland? Yeah, easily, yeah. You think driving all that way. Five a day to Wellington. To entirely fires almost the entire way.

Yeah, there's about 3,000 firefighters who are on the ground at the moment and the crews say they don't have enough resources to be able to fight every single blaze. And so they're telling people to get out now, not to hang around. But there are, of course, one or two Aussies who get out the old garden hose,

hose down the house and try and take on these flames themselves. Pretty dangerous conditions because these fires are hot and they're really intense. And at the same time too, there are these gum trees. And these gum trees, once they heat up,

they end up having these balls which explode out of them of gum. And of course that then just creates more fire. Oh, wow. Scary stuff. Ryan Boswell on the ground in New South Wales. Thank you so much for talking to us this morning. Thanks, team. Awesome.

And our thoughts with those families and everybody in Australia. That's a massive area. That is some crazy stuff. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. See, Bird and Barrett's bought a house. Very pricey number. 4.3? 8.

8, okay. 4.8 million 8. 8, okay. 4.8 million dollars. Ouch. I wonder if he's going to have goalposts in the backyard. How much do you reckon his deposit is? Let's do his mortgage calculator. Let's see how many kicks he's got to get over. Is that how he gets paid per kick?

If you're an All Black, you'd want to, because your standard mortgage is like 25 or 30 years. Yeah. Would you want to get it done as quick as possible, obviously? Oh, maybe, yeah. Yeah.

Good on him. Like, if you were a top sportsman and you were earning that money, you'd do it, wouldn't you? He bought it off his in-laws. Oh, okay.

Do they cut him a debt? Why? Because then if there's a leaky house... Oh, I want Shado's dad having that much money. I'd be a bit like, no. No, because he'd still be acting all tight and be turning it up at our house wanting meals cooked for him and stuff.

I'd be like, we literally just paid you $4.8 million. Why don't you just have some new sandals? There's a lot of truth coming out here. But another house I saw, I saw the story online in the UK, a house for sale, and it's got 147 PowerPoints throughout it. I saw that. Too many PowerPoints.

Yeah, too many. But is the house massive? No, it wasn't very big at all. Oh. Because in New Zealand, apparently 124 power sockets in a seven-bedroom house is the record. In Northland.

Right, because you only need a couple, don't you? In each room. Maybe the lounge, you'd need a few more. I just never have enough. All your gadgets. Yeah. And then you've got to get the extender boxes. But then they look a little unsightly.

Yeah. I don't look, I don't have the perfect fancy. Because we've got big, we've got big, like, you think, have you ever seen the UK plugs? They're real booty things. Oh, I don't have the perfect answer. Because we've got big plugs. Have you ever seen the UK plugs? They're real booty things. Oh, yeah. Those three-pin, massive. America's got the best ones. They're just two little straight prongs.

Now, why did they go for the straight prong and we've gone for the slightly slanted prong? Why did they even change worldwide? Why can't we all just have the same? It was to stop pirates. People buying hair straighteners from America. Well, there was a different voltage system, like how there's miles and kilometres and stuff.

America's got to be there. And then back in the day, there was also like massive tariffs on different electrical goods made in different countries. I see. And so they did that so you couldn't just get Japanese ones as easily. You could.

If you're an electrician, you could just take the end off and put a new end on. I think that's what I read once. Because I'm fascinated by the world's PowerPoints. J-type. Like you do. They're different types. They're all letters. Because when you go travelling, you just search what country.

And some countries use two different ones. Yeah, yeah. It's a bit confusing. And they can fit like ours. We can go for the two-prong or the three-prong. Yeah, yeah. It's a bit confusing. And they can fit like ours. We can go for the two prong or the three prong. Yeah. They'll both work here. I've actually got to do something about the PowerPoints in my house

because I've got those two PowerPoints above my sink and I don't think that's legal. Or safe. Because I'll be washing something in the thing and then I'll be like, I've just got to turn the gurgler on. And it's like a Final Destination moment every time. Yeah. Like one day I just won't turn up to work

and you'll be like, where's Fletch? No, it'll definitely be those power sockets. Vaughn will get the spare key. And I'll be dead in the kitchen. It might be the power sockets. That's not the conclusion we'll immediately jump to. Let's just tell everyone it was my power socket. Okay, that's our deal.

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