ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - October 02 2019

Episode Date: October 1, 2019

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ZM. Head music. Lives here. Fletch, Fawn and Megan. The podcast. Thanks Ash. Welcome to the show. Good morning, Fletch, Fawn and Megan. Just sniffing. Oh yeah, Fletch. Dropped his guts moments ago. Good morning. It is a good morning. That's usually born. I don't need to bring that up.

I thought you were saying it was a good morning off the back of that. No, no. Get the morning started. No. God, I camped out last night. What, outside? Did some camping, yeah. Why?

Well, because we're doing light renovations. Okay. Renovations. Light. Light. Okay, Renovations. Light. Light. Okay, yeah, right. It looks like you're moving house. We only just moved in there.

This was our agreement when we moved in. Let's live in this for a couple of years and see what we want to do. How long did that last? I would have happily, but no. So when you're doing painting, when the whole interior of your house is being painted, you've got to take everything out of your house. Anything that stays in the house has got to be like right in the middle of the room

and like a pile so the painters can get to everything. Of course, yeah. So the kids are at their grandparents, but Shada and I slept in the outside room, which I've never slept out there before. Right. It's got louver windows in it. Okay.

They whistle in the wind. That's not camping. Sleeping in an outside room. That's just sleeping in the outside room. But it's camping compared to usual. Right. What is a tent other than an outside room? I've slept in caravans that were more airtight

than this outside room. Everyone would be like, where is that breeze coming from? But it's good to know. Sounds like a classic Kiwi structure. It is a classic Kiwi structure. Very much so. The louver windows were a dead giveaway for a classic Kiwi structure.

But, yeah, so I was awake before my alarm this morning. I wondered why you were early for work today. Oh, yeah. Rats. Five minutes early. Rats, I think. Rats. Five minutes early. Rats, I think. Rats. There was something on the roof.

I don't think it was a cat. A possum? It sounded too, nah, it sounded too light. Oh, okay. Oh, my God. Like a light scurry rather than a heavy foot. Yeah, no. Yeah.

So, anyway. Are you coming for a cuddle at 2 a.m.? Checking for a motel tonight? God, no. I'm not paying for that. That's a shout. I said, should we get an EMP and B? It's like, what, I'm not paying for that. That's a shout. I said, should we get an MP&B? It's like,

what, are you kidding me? No. Sleep amongst your mess, because that's the other thing. The outside room's full to the ceiling of all the stuff from inside. You could have stayed at my place. Don't tell her that. I'll come and stay at your place. She can stay in her own mess.

Alright, you lot. Listen up. It's story time. Story time. I've sourced three news stories, three headlines, interesting, quirky, unusual, odd news stories. As always, Vaughan and Megan, pick one headline of the following three.

Headline one, boy tanks wrong turn but wins anyway. Headline two, woman startled by late night noises. to do three, aren't we? Yeah. Why'd you do that? You know, because do you see his eyes light up? He's like, what?

Tractor parts? What? I'm from the rural areas. Yeah. And I like tractors. I have a lifestyle block. I need every tool and machinery available. I can't badmouth the rural areas. And I like tractors. I have a lifestyle block. I need every tool and machinery available. I can't badmouth the rural this time of day.

Oh, no. We're badmouthing you. We're badmouthing you. No, because you pretend to be a farmer. I don't pretend to be a farmer. I'm a farm letter. That means I'm a little farmer. You're pretending to be a little farmer.

Petite farmer. I want to know what the French word for farmer is. No, the French word for little farmer. You're pretending to be a little farmer. Petite. Petite. Petite farmer. I want to know what the French word for farmer is. The French word for little farmer. Petite. Petite is little. Firmier. Firmier. Petite firmier.

That's me. Petite firmier. Like you spend $100 at New World and you get a little farmer. Oh. Hold on. And it grows into a big one. Petite fermier. Plug in your cord.

Petite fermier. Where's my cord? Oh, my God. Petite fermier. That's actually really smart. Oh, thank you. Yeah, that'll get you every time. Little farmer.

Petite fermier. Pet, thank you. Yeah, that'll get you every time. Little farmer. Petit fermier. Petite fermier. You are a from now on Petite fermier. You will always be known as a petite fermier.

Vaughan, the name Vaughan is Welsh for little. Okay. It's the Welsh equivalent of the surname little. Vaughan fermier. Fermier. Ven, ven fermier.

Okay. Ven, petite fermier. Itemmeur. Vingt. Vingt Femmeur. Okay. Vingt Petite Femmeur. It's like little, little farmer. Vingt Les Petites Femmeurs. Vingt Little Farmer. I love it. If you ever go to France, that's how you introduce yourself. Bonjour.

Vingt Les Petites Femmeurs. Bonjour. Bonjour. Brilliant. I love it. Are we going for the tractor story? Okay. We go now to Australia, where a man's need for tractor repair and supplies has paid off in a big way.

Now, in Western Australia, the story has come out. A farmer, he was getting some tractor parts and he needed to wait. So while he was waiting, he grabbed the paper and realised that he had won the lottery. Checking his tickets. Okay. $400,000

in the lottery. Woo! Yeah. So he brought his ticket at the weekend. He was getting some tractor parts and he needed to wait. So he's like, well, I'll just check my tickets. Yeah. So he brought his ticket at the weekend. He was getting some tractor parts and he needed to wait. So he's like, well, I'll just check my tickets. Yeah. And he won $400,000. Nice.

Yeah. That's really the story. Oh, okay. Yeah. It's really a filler story, this one. Yeah, you like. Yeah. Is he a big farmer?

What do you mean he's a big farmer? Well, because I'm a. Not a lepity farmer. Because I'm a lepity farmer. Just that he was waiting for his tractor parts and he won Lotto. What do you mean it's a big farmer? Well, because I'm a... Not a lepity farmer. Because I'm a lepity farmer. Just said he was waiting for his tractor parts and he won Lotto. That's really the whole story. That's a hot play.

That's all it was. I liked it. I liked it. You should have just... Grand farmer. He's a grand farmer. He's a what? Grand farmer.

Grand farmer. Grand farmer. Grand farmer. Right. Big farmer. Well, he's a rich farmer now. We put that in. He's a rich farmer. Rich farmer. Right. Big farmer. Well, he's a rich farmer now. We put that in. He's a rich farmer.

Rich farmer. Yeah. Rich. You just shouldn't let Vaughan always choose the rural story. No, but I... Rich farmer. Rich farmer. We have words that don't sound like the English one.

Rich farmer. Rich farmer. What's that? Rich. That's rich. That's wealthy. What's tractor? What's French for tractor?

Oh, okay. Put it in that story. If I hadn't let him have this story, he? That's rich. That's wealthy. What's tractor? What's French for tractor? Oh, okay. If I hadn't let him have this story, he would have sounded mean. Tractor. It's just tractor with a French accent. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

Just watching. That's quite a tremendous video of the bridge collapse in Taiwan. An arch bridge, yeah, collapse. And I said they didn't mean for that to happen, did they? It was an accident. It was an accident. What I meant was, you know how they do like,

it looks so, it looks so much like it was meant to collapse, it looks like a planned destruction, right? Like a controlled demolition. A controlled demolition, that's the. Yeah. Well, it wasn't, no. No, it wasn't.

It wasn't meant to happen. No, it wasn't meant to happen. Back to... Oh, well, this could have caused the collapse of the bridge. We're getting fatter. Good segue. Oh, thank you. An Otago University report called

the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health have showed that the BMI of Kiwis has increased from the the BMI of Kiwis has increased from the average BMI from 26.4 in 1997 to 28.3 in 2015. Oh, no, that's not good. No. Now, I know BMI is not the be-all and end-all of body measurements because every all-black would be obese.

Not every front row would be obese, definitely. Because it's your height divided by your weight. Height in centimetres divided by weight in kilograms. It'll give you a number and then that tells you a healthy range. Muscle weighs more than fat or is that just something someone tells you when you... No, it does. Muscle, muscle, muscle, muscle.

No, no, no. They weigh the same. Muscle weighs more than fat. Oh, poor Russell. Don't drag him into that. I know. They weigh the same Fat takes up more room Right Than muscle Okay

Muscle's heavier It's more It's denser Yeah Because people say Muscle weighs more than fat But they weigh exactly the same But the muscle takes up less room

Right Than the fat does For the same amount Oh Okay Yeah That makes sense So

But still If it's still going up across the board. The trend says by the 2030s, we will be entering the obesity threshold of over 30 BMI on average. In 2030 is in 11 years. I know. I was appalled. Not really. It's in 10 years.

We've only got a couple months left. That's because 2030, you're like, oh, that's ages away. I'll start looking into it. I'll go for a couple months left. That's because 2030, you're like, oh, that's ages away. I'll start looking into it. I'll go for a run around 2024. Because do you remember when you'd say 2020 and it sounded futuristic? That's next year. Yeah. 2020 is next year.

Yeah. So in 2015, 1.1 million New Zealanders were considered clinically obese, according to BMI. And again. In what year? In 2015. Okay. 1.1. By 2038, so 19 years, they reckon if it keeps

going, that will be closer to 2 million. Oh. That's not good, is it? So apparently between 1977 and 2013, our obesity trebled. Yep. So 30% of people were obese,

and that's what took us to the third most obese nation in the world. Are we still the third most? I think so, yeah, behind the US. Well, last time I saw US and Mexico and then us. Yeah, right. By the way, we got sent some chaps. There's a box of ch chips in the producer's studio. Yeah.

I blame the chips. But they're here now. We don't want to waste them. Well, that's food waste. That's a bigger problem. So what you're saying is eat the chips. Otherwise, we'd just be wasting them. Yeah, I blame my parents because they made me not waste food.

And now whatever's on my plate, I need to eat all of it. No matter if you're full we had two bigger plates growing up yeah right that's what they say you eat it on a small plate so it's all about tricking your mind you eat with a small spoon and you eat off a small plate yeah we had massive plates growing up and they were always full so why you eat your porridge with the i mean boohoo i grew up well fed you know yeah woe is me. I was fed and clothed and watered and looked after quite well. Yeah. Yeah.

I was the sort of fat from just eating too much, not eating the wrong stuff. Always eating. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. There's been an article. This is from an American. Right. And so it's about American supermarkets

but I think that we can well it relates to us here as well. It is talking about the suggestion that the international or ethnic or whatever they're called in your area and America sometimes even called

the Asian Isle or the Latino Isle Right. is the last bastion of racism we see in everyday life and we don't even think about it. When you are singling out certain ethnicities in a supermarket down to their own little section, it's a little bit racist. So when you think about in terms of, say, maybe Italian food. Yeah. Something that's more typically Italian.

Can you think of a section in your supermarket that has singled out? The pasta section. All very Italian sounding. But they don't call it Linguini They don't call it the Italian section do they? And also it doesn't have everything you need To cook your Italian food in one area

But that's so handy So you're saying that Italian's been integrated into supermarkets It's been integrated And lots of foods have been integrated Where would you put the old El Paso burrito kits? No, but see that's another thing because you'll have all of that, but then you'll also have in the international like authentic

imported Mexican beans and stuff like that. Yeah. So why not put that stuff next to the old El Paso? Because it is confusing. Sometimes you're like, okay, I want like beans for my Mexican. Yeah. So I go okay, I want like beans for my Mexican. Yeah.

So I go to, I'm like, do I go to the canned veggies aisle, which they do have some kind of beans, or do you go to like a segregated Mexican? First of all, don't put beans in your Mexican. I don't like. What? Chili beans? No.

Chili beans? No beans. You can put, okay, white bread. No, don't put beans in there. I'm all for the spice and everything, but the beans are just filler. What? They're filler. They're filler. don't put beans in there. I'm all for the spice and everything, but the beans are just filler. They're filler. They're filler. Don't put them in there.

It's like putting rice in a burrito. Oh, you know, I'm not a fan of that. Yeah, but not everyone wants a whole, like, massive thing of mince. Yes, I do. Well, they shouldn't be eating a burrito. If you're having vegetarian, you can do. Okay. But you're so right, though, because I think about, like, you can do, okay. But you're so right though because I think about like the imported section

and there's like, what are those Jaffa cake things? Those biscuits. Jaffa cake. Yeah, they're from the UK. Why aren't those in the biscuit section? Cakes and slices section. Cakes and slices section. Yeah.

Oh my God, I've heard of foods imported, right? Yeah. Like lots of it. Well, of course it is, yeah. Yeah, so you can't just call it imported foods imported, right? Yeah. Like lots of it. Well, of course it is, yeah. Yeah, so you can't just call it imported foods because, I mean, that's half the supermarket, right? So you're just saying it. But where would you put it?

So what about your... You put it in the section that it belongs. So say you want like rice noodles. Japanese noodles. You just put them with the pasta. You just put it with noodles. With noodles. Okay, with the noodles section, I'm going to understand.

But what about like the kits? The enchiladas. The enchilada kit. Well, see, they're already broken up. You'd put it with the tortillas. Yeah. Where are the tortillas? They can be with the flatbreads.

It's a flatbread. Because it's not really a flatbread, is it? It's a pack. God, you know, they're going to rearrange a supermarket, aren't they? I hate this. Well, you can do meal kit section. Okay, meal kit section I'm on board with. That's not racist. Because you

could have all sorts in there. Yeah, all sorts of meal kits. Okay, I'm down for a meal kit section. Racist to lazy people, though. Because how good is it to just go to the international part? Yeah. No, but it doesn't, that makes no sense to me now, because how do you know when something is integrated enough

to be in the mainstream or whether it is still considered international? Well, no, you don't work in a supermarket. Have you tried

changing anything in the supermarket? You'd just be dealing with old people whinging for days. They change it all the time. I know,

and how much do you hate it? Yeah, but we need to- Not that old people eat Mexican a lot. Just because you're like, oh, it's really inconvenient for me

doesn't mean that we shouldn't address the fact that it is racist. I've never seen protests in the international section, though, of people being like, integrate our food. Why are you being racist? But I never actually thought about it until this article. Well, no, because it's just what we've always been used to, isn't it? The supermarkets have done it that way. But I've got nothing against them breaking stuff up.

When you're making a lovely Thai salad and you need to make a vinaigrette or whatever, I'm always like, is that with the vinegars? Or where am I going to find that? Is it not with the vinegars? No. It should be with the vinegars. It's a vinegar.

International food. Just put it with the vinegars. The vignes. Vinegars? Yeah. Vinegars. Yeah. Vignes. But itars? Yeah, vignes. Vinegars, yeah. Vignes.

But it's something to think about. Food for thought. And I don't know if you heard that recent break, but we love food. We do. Our BMIs. We do. Our obesity is going up. Whether or not the food's in the international aisle or it's integrated.

We'll eat it wherever it is. Yeah, pretty much. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. There is going to be a Friends marathon on the big screen to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Friends. If you didn't get enough. Tickets currently available in Palmerston North, Tauranga and Auckland for the 27th of October.

How many episodes are we talking here? 12. Back to back. So what's that? It's a 334 minute screening, which will also contain additional content and bloopers and two scheduled intermissions. Could you imagine the whole cinema

doing the theme song and the clapping? Oh, do you have to do the theme song every time? Yeah, they won't. They'd have to. Yeah, they will. Nah. Really? That would get a bit much.

It's like watching something on Netflix or Amazon. You get to this. Skip intro. Skip intro. Skip intro or you press fast forward 15 seconds at a time. Show at the moment that doesn't have a skip intro. It's like the dark ages. What on?

Amazon Prime. Now you just go fast forward by 15 seconds at a time? Nah, because I don't like it. It goes back and then I have to go back and I just use that time to go to the toilet. Work it out.

You've got to work it out on the titles there and then it's on you once it starts because the man in the high castle, all the titles are one minute, 15 seconds long. Right.

So I just go and it's 15 seconds fast forward. Skip, skip, skip. No, six. 10 seconds fast forward? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Right. You need that time to move around

so you don't get bed sores. Exactly. Run to the toilet, see if you've still got it. Right. To get it out in record time. So, which Friends episodes? So, the pilot. Yeah.

And also the redo of the pilot, not the original pilot. You know how they did the pilot to get the show and then they redid the pilot? Yeah, right. Okay. So, pilot, the redo, the one with the blackout, the one with the birth, the one where Ross finds out, the one with the prom video, the one where no one's ready, the one with the morning after, the one with the embryos, the one with Chandler in a box,

the one with Ross's wedding part two, the one where everyone finds out and the one where Ross got high. I feel like you said the one where everyone finds out and the one where Ross got high. I feel like you said the one where everyone finds out twice. No, the one where Ross finds out and the one where everyone finds out. So two of those episodes that you mentioned are on the IMDb

list of the 15 best episodes of Friends ever, as rated by people. Only two of them. Only two of them. Right. I don't know who picked these 12. The highest rated episode of Friends is the one where everybody finds out that they're dating. Who? Chandler and

Monica. Yes. When Phoebe finds out about Monica and Chandler, she and Rachel attempt to get them to confess their relationship. Yeah, right. That's the highest rating. Really? Ever episode of Friends, yeah. That's a good one. They're all good.

They're all good, aren't they? They're all good. Were they away? Where were they? Were they in? Where did they find out? Where did they do the hookup? Were they in London for Ross's?

It was in LA, apparently. Caitlin knows. What's that? It's one of your favourite episodes, Caitlin. I did the whole, you know how they're doing that at the cinema? I did that last week. That's why those 12.

Well, like yourself. Yeah. Oh, right. And. On my couch. Yeah. Oh, right. And that is my favourite episode as well, the one where everyone finds out. But no way, aren't they? No. The one where they first hook up.

Where are they? When they first hook up, they're in for Ross's wedding. The paleontology convention. Oh. Doesn't he convince them all to go to a paleontology convention in one episode? Isn't that where they hook up?

No, it's when, because Monica gets told that she looks like Ross's mum. And so she's all really upset and Chandler comforts her. I'm pretty sure it's at the dress rehearsal or the wedding rehearsal for him and Emily. 25 years. The London girl. And then he says Rachel. And then he says Rachel. Yeah, right. Didn't he sit on the Friends couch? Was it at TVNZ? And we're still going on about it I know Yes And then he says Rachel Yeah right

Okay Didn't you sit on the The friends couch Was it at TVNZ That wasn't the friends couch I sat on it They've got this little thing set up Yeah it's not the

In LA Right Is that the actual one Cause you can do a set tour Of the set Yeah right Of the set Yeah

Are you telling me That's not the actual couch No no no They had one at TVNZ For like the 25 years Cause it was all on demand And everything But it wasn't there It wasn't the actual couch. No, no, no. They had one at TVNZ for like the 25 years because it was all on demand and everything, but it wasn't there. It wasn't the actual couch.

It was just a big couch. Like an orangey couch. Because they said I've seen the French couch and they showed me. I was like, that's not a French couch. And I really felt like I just shat on everyone's parade. That's not like you. I'm so happy to know you do that at TVNZ and here.

The one we've worn right on everyone's parade was the name of that episode. Flesh, Vaughan and here. The one we've worn, Rose, on everyone's parade was the name of that episode. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Can we talk about the latest ASOS trend, please? Because I'm always down for, I mean, they've had see-through jeans, and I'm like, well, if you want to wear them, that's all good. Did you have to wear undies with those? Yeah.

Obviously, yeah. I think they had, like, denim Yeah. Obviously, yeah. I think they had like denim seams. Oh, yeah, okay. Or something and the rest was like a PVC clear plastic. I don't know. Because there's rules about indecent exposure in public. Yeah. That's when you're wearing no clothes.

But if you're wearing fully transparent clothes, is there some sort of loophole? I don't think so. Because you're still exposing. You're still exposing yourself. Yeah, there's an exposing, isn't there? So in 2019 at ASOS, for $12, you can buy, these are silver, or it's silver tone.

It's probably just plastic. Silver tone ear pods. They're calling them faux headphone earpiece. So it's technically a piece of jewellery that you put in your ear. It looks like silver AirPods, but they don't do anything. They are not Bluetooth. They're $12, they're jewellery. They don't receive or play any sound.

There's no electronics to it. Why don't you just cut the cords off your old headphones? Well, no, because these are silver, so it's supposed to be like. A statement, it's a to be like... A statement. It's a fashion statement, Vaughn. You've lost me. I don't even... I'm not on board with the AirPod thing.

I think people look a bit funny. Even when they work and serve a practical purpose. I don't like them. I'm not a huge fan. I've come to like them more seeing... Because, you know, at the start, people are like, what is this? It just reminds me of a Bluetooth headpiece,

which, you know, it's very hard to pull off one of those too. But I get that people were down for the AirPods. Yeah. But I don't think... Jewelry AirPods are the way to go. No. Have you seen them, Vaughn?

They look like this. So, it's not even real silver, but it's just I wouldn't No Because it's weird That they've still got A bit of a

The cord Well it's meant to look Like an actual air pod Yeah But air pods don't have That cord No they don't have The little cord thing

It's like a Earring But it sits In your ear Yeah Yeah Yeah I mean And then like Have they sold out Or are they I don't actually know Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Have they sold out? Or are they... I don't actually know. I don't... Because I feel like this is something that would happen. Yeah, it's had a lot of publicity. I saw it online a little bit yesterday. Yeah. $12, that's quite cheap.

Well, I mean, yeah, I don't even think it's real silver. The thing is, like, are you supposed to, when you talk to people and, like, go out, are you supposed to take them out? Because people will be like, can you hear me?, are you supposed to, when you talk to people and, like, go out, are you supposed to take them out? Because people will be like, can you hear me? What are you listening to? It's like you've got earplugs in, isn't it? Yeah, I mean. Maybe they'd be great for a concert.

Why? You've got earphones in at a concert. Because, you know, some people wear earplugs at a concert. Yeah, I do. But these wouldn't block. These are absolutely pointless. They're not even attractive. They're not even decorative.

That's where we are as a world. And then you're going to have to explain to someone that, oh, these are just fake. And then what? You look like a bigger Muppet than someone wearing AirPods. And I don't throw the M word around lightly, all right? You won't drag them into it, the Muppets. I won't.

No, God, they've done nothing. They don't even have air holes to put the AirPods in. In fact, I'm sorry for even dragging the Muppets into this. They're infallible. They can do no wrong. So in the US, a letter has been sent around to parents and this is involving year 6

students. How old are you at year 6? 10 and 11? You've been there for 5-6 years. Yeah, 10 years. Right, okay. So at Riverside Elementary School in Jeffersonville in Indiana, the parents were told they are implementing a zero dating policy.

So the kids of 10 and 11 years old are not allowed to date and they had two days to end their relationship. Oh, wow. So they had to end current relationships. It was zero tolerance because they need to combat students having broken hearts. But then that's life. Life's going to, you're going to combat students having broken hearts.

But then that's life. Life's going to, you're going to have a broken heart. Yeah. You might as well, like, you know, become accustomed to it at a young age. They're just going to do it in secret then, aren't they? It's like. It's going to have secret relationships. You get a pet and then the pet dies and that prepares you for your grandparents passing.

Yeah, but not if your grandparents die before your cat. I know. But then your grandparents are preparing you for your cat's death. Oh, that's true. In one way or another, death is preparing you for death. So when you're at intermediate and stuff, you have these relationships where you get your heart broken and then you're ready for the real world.

You're ready to have it broken in the real world and it maybe won't be so much of a shock. You're like, oh, no, this is what it actually feels like. I wasn't in love with Jared. Because you got broken up on the, was it the top field, eh? No, I broke up with someone on the top field. That's right. Yeah. She's taken the power back in this relationship

situation. You broke some hearts. I did. I was a heartbreaker back in the day. So yeah, they've said this has led to many broken hearts which carry over into the classroom and it's affecting how the kids work. So a zero dating policy has been implemented.

Imagine if they did that at workplaces. Okay, we're implementing a no dating policy. If you are sleeping with someone at work, break it off in two days. Well, yeah, that's what some of the parents are saying. Imagine, so like they're worried about heartbreak, but imagine the anxiety and the upset that comes with being forced to end your relationship.

That's definitely going to last forever. Because that's what it feels like at the time. You're just going to have to go underground with your love. Yes, like a homosexual man in Dubai. You're going to have to find a way to make it work. Or you'll end up in school prison. Yeah, it doesn't say what the punishment is if you get found out. Well, what is it in Dubai?

It's definitely prison. Yeah, I think it's a prison. It's a standard prison. But at least you'll be there with, I mean, assuming there's some other homosexuals in prison that kind of, they're only making

more trouble for themselves, aren't they? Put them all on a roof. Yeah, I guess so. So maybe if this is what they'll do, they'll give them detention, a room. Yeah, I guess so. So maybe if this is what they'll do, they'll give them detention, but then you've got all the relationship kids in one place. Yeah.

From the ZM Think Tank, this is the top six. Bonus nachos. Today's top six. Is that right? No. Bonus deus. Bonus deus. Today's top six. Is that right? No. Buenos dias. Buenos dias.

Yeah. Buenos. Why are you saying buenos? Just trying to add a little international flair to the show. Buenos dias. Buenos dias. Earlier, if you'd just joined us at the six o'clock hour, we were speaking a lot of French.

Yeah. Buenos. Petite fameur means little farmer. You said good evening. Buenos nachos. Yeah. That means good night. Yeah. But it's good morning, so it's buenos dias. Guten morgen. You said good evening. Buenos nachos. Yeah. That means good night. Yeah, but it's good morning,

so it's buenos days. Guten Morgen. Sure, that's German. I'll pop next door to Germany then. Guten Morgen. Today's top six dealing with the Kathmandu Rip Curl merger. This is a pretty big deal.

So Kathmandu's a New Zealand company, right? Yes. And they've just got so big, they're in Australia. Yes. And now they've bought Rip Curl. They're a billion dollar company now. Wow. Because add those two companies' values

together and you get a billion dollars. For more on business, we turn to Vaughan. Thanks, Vaughan. That's all I got. Add up the two net worths or the values and you get a billion dollars. Okay, cool. So they're merging.

So I've got the top six clothing collabs you can expect to see out of the Ripkill-Catmando merger. Why would you want to buy Ripkill? Because it gives some access in America and other countries, doesn't it? Ripkill was massive. Yeah, but I didn't think anyone wore boardies anymore. But it's the only surviving surf brand. You think of how many surf brands there were in the 90s.

Yeah. Billabong. Still around? But again, who knows? You said it there, one of the only, I mean there are still

other surf brands around. But they're the biggest. Yeah. So they've purchased them. Makes more sense than buying Town & Country. I haven't seen a Town & Country t-shirt for 20 odd years.

Or a Mambo. I'd buy a Mambo because the farting dog was on point. Founded in Christchurch 32 years ago in 1987. Right, and now it's huge. And it's not because Kathmandu, the country, doesn't have the H. This is Kathmandu, named after Kath.

Yeah, Kath who started it. She went to Mandu. Yeah, Jan Kath Cameron. Yeah. She went there and she liked Kathmandu so much, but she wanted to add her own flair. So the top six clothing collabs between Rip Curl and Kathmandu. Number six, a puffer rashie.

You don't want to wear your nipples out while you're surfing, but also the water's cold, so it's a puffer rashie. Is it waterproof? Is it going to be called Rip Mandu or like this range, or it'll just be sold in Rip Curl. Catman Curl? Curl Man Do? I love it.

We should have just said the top six new names. Because there's probably that many combinations. It's like a Rubik's Cube. Yeah. Number five on the list of the top six clothing collabs you can expect to see out of the Rip Curl Catman Do merger is a Puffer Tide Watch. This is a watch that keeps track of the tide, but it's a puffer.

Right. Because it's Kathmandu. Yeah. Number four on the list are the top six clothing collabs we can expect to see out of the Rip Curl Kathmandu merger. A puffer boogie board carry bag. I've seen a lot of puffer here. You may have picked up on a trend. I don't know anything else that Kathmandu does.

Puffer jackets. And now the boogie board bag comes with some extra cushioning. Yeah, right. Which is great, Chappelle Corby. Meh, meh, meh, meh, meh. It's a rule. You're not allowed to mention boogie board bags without mentioning Chappelle Corby. Number three on the list of the top six collabs you can expect to see out of the Rip Curl Katmandu merger.

Puffer gift vouchers. It's just a gift voucher if you don't know what to buy someone. It's a Puffer. It's a Puffer gift voucher. Right, okay. So hard to fold and put in your wallet. It takes up so much room. But you've got to stick to what you know.

Number two on the list of the top six clothing collabs who can expect to see out of the Rip Catman Do Merger, puffer board shorts. Great for those. They've got a puff to them. Yeah. I mentioned that'd be great for surfing in places like Dunedin. It's a little bit chillier in spring or summer.

It's when your calves are hot but your thighs are cold. Yeah. Puffer shorts. It's not flattering though, is it? Not really. No. And number one on the list of the top six clothing co-labours you can expect to see out of the Rip Curl Kathmandu,

merger a puffer wetsuit. Just imagine they walk out. It'd be so weird. It'd be like a puffer jacket. But it would carry on until a whole body. Sounds like a drowning hazard to me but hey i don't know you know your surf gear you know your mountain wear it's up yeah the ball's in your court now that is today's uh top sex 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. An Australian man has gone viral because he was jostling for a parking spot. And this is, I thought we could talk about

this because this is only going to become more of an issue as we get closer to Christmas and more parking. Yeah, it gets crazy. Parking at shops is going to get tighter. I thought you were talking more long term that it's going to become an issue with like population growth. Well, that too.

Yeah, sure. But not a direct correlation in parking space increases. Well, in Perth, Western Australia, a video has shown a man who wanted to save a car park sitting in the middle of the car park to stop another car driving into the spot. Well, that's mature. How old was this man? Looks like a baby boomer. Oh, yeah, straight boomer.

Looks like John Key. He's got his legs crossed and his arms crossed. Looks like a bogan, John Key. Like you're on the mat in class. Yeah, but he can't cross his legs. He's got that classic boomer flexibility,

which I've also got. I can't sit comfortably with a leg crossed. So he's sitting there to stop this car while his friend is trying to pull his car in and the car is actually nudging.

He's been nudged by the Lexus before he says, nap, nap, to the driver. Stopping him, because obviously the driver's not going to run him over to get into the car

park. Yeah, what are you going to do? That's a wild west. That's crazy over there. You hear about some loose activity. Yeah, and then people are kind of divided, like they're saying good on him. He's saving the spot, but I don't ever think you should be able to save a car park with a human body.

If you're not there tough. You're finding another park. Yeah. But then I'm also not one to get into like I don't have a car at the moment

or no I have had a car I'm not one for confrontations I've been with friends and they go crazy over car parks. I turn into like the Hulk when I'm driving.

I can't explain it. And if I really wanted I mean there could be other car parks. I turn into like the Hulk when I'm driving. I can't explain it. And if I really wanted, I mean, there could be other car parks, but if I really wanted that one, he would hear about it. But what are you supposed to do though? It's not like you can get out

and tackle him and move him. The worst is when you're indicating in, but to let the person out, you back up to give them some extra room. And someone snakes you.

And someone snakes you. Yeah. But then there's a reason you can be, because they just didn't even look. But to let the person out, you back up to give them some extra room. And someone snakes you. And someone snakes you. Yeah. Then there's reason you can be, because they just didn't even look. Yeah. But then it could be an innocent mistake. Maybe they made an innocent mistake. So then you ask them, you say, hey, I was going to park in there. And then if they laugh at you and lock the door,

then you can smash their windscreen. I don't know if that's a thing. With a tire iron. Okay. Be careful. Hold it at the very end because you don't want your hand going through the windscreen. You'll cut yourself badly.

Leave some DNA. At least talk to them. Yeah, right. Hey, I was going

to indicate there, they're like ha ha, tough luck. Oh, okay, we're playing

like that, are we? Pop the boat, smash, smash. See, it seems

rational. I'll kill your mother, I'll burn, I'm going to burn your car, it's all

going to be the end of the world for you. It's a bit far. Bucko. For a car going to burn your car. It's all going to be the end of the world for you. It's a bit far. Bucko. We're at car park a bit far. Right.

A bit far? I won't do it again then. It's Hamilton coming out of you. Yeah. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. If you're watching the All Blacks tonight, you might notice something a little bit different. Arisa Vea is going to be wearing some goggles.

These are goggles that have been approved by, because you might think they're a bit ugly, but you've got to have goggles that are approved by the overseeing body of the Rugby World Cup. Okay. Yeah. So, apparently a couple of years ago, Arisavia noticed the vision in his left eye was deteriorating.

Oh, no. And so, because when you say goggles, and people may not have seen the photo that was going around yesterday, which already has been savagely turned into memes, although I'm sure... Well, one of them was like a superhero. One of them, he looks like a superhero.

Yeah, he looks like A-Train off The Boys on Amazon Prime. If you haven't watched that, watch that. And was it Blade as well? Yeah. Someone turned him into Blade. They don't stick out like snowboarding goggles. No.

They're more like... How would you describe them? I don't know. They fit very... They're not like swimming goggles. Do you wear goggles when you play squash? You can do.

With those glasses. Squash goggles. Kind of like that, yeah. Just to protect your eye more than anything. So these protect the eye, but also they've got a prescription lens in them

so he can actually see. You know what? I've been playing international rugby for a few years with like one eye significantly worse than the other.

Because you never see, like cricketers wear glasses and you'll often see them fog up or they'll wear contacts and that's fine because it's not really a contact sport. So you can do that.

Whereas rugby, even if you wore contacts, wouldn't they get knocked out? They can get knocked out. Whereas rugby, even if you wore contacts, wouldn't they can get knocked out? They can get knocked out. Most rugby players, the doctor that talked about this, said most rugby players with bad vision do wear contact lenses. But it just doesn't suit everybody. Some people's eyes

they don't stay in very well. Right. And some people's eye conditions aren't suited to contact lenses. That's why when I had glasses, I never wore contacts because of astigmatism. Is that what it was called? And it meant the contact lens would have to be rotated

exactly the right way the whole time, otherwise I'd have a warped vision. Right, but then you've got laser. Got laser. Yeah, right. The best move ever to not have to worry about any of that. But growing up, playing sport, I wore glasses. Because it always blows my – because I've got really good eyesight,

so I don't ever – I can't imagine how hard that would be. Yeah, you totally have dispelled that rumour about playing with yourself and fixing your eyesight because you should legally be blind. But, like, even people that drive without – that need glasses. Like, I've been with people in the car and they're like – and I'm like, oh, it's X amount of Ks till we're in Macedon. And they're like, I can't read that sign like and I'm like, oh it's X amount of K's till we're in Macedon and they're like I can't read that sign and I'm like, you're driving

this car. Yeah, but they're not right on it yet. But wear glasses! I always wore my glasses when I was driving. They're probably supposed to be wearing glasses. They probably should be. Yeah. But I playing sport, like that's, a lot of it is hand-eye coordination. Well, I didn't ever play contact sport

because I played hockey, but at lunchtime at high school, we'd play rugby and just mucking around. Yeah, thanks. You should have seen it. It was quite a solid. Took off my shoes, socks, had my little skinny white legs out.

Nah, I never took off the top. I was never in that condition. There was the peep. I was showing off. But obviously couldn't play in glasses. So I just had to squint No I never took off the top I was never in that condition There was the peat Whatever skins I was showing off Yeah But Obviously couldn't play in glasses Yeah So I just had to like squint And wait for the white

Ball to be like coming And then I'd just take a Wild grab at it But what about And when you played hockey Did you wear contacts Yeah I wore No no no I wore glasses

Oh But I had one of those Cool Wetsuit material things That held them on Oh my god Yes Yeah

Brilliant I needed those Yeah Okay Oh yeah it wasn't cool But it did the job Cool wetsuit material things that held them on. Oh, my God. Yes. Yeah. Brilliant. I needed those. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah, it wasn't cool, but it did the job. And it made my ears stick out a little bit more. Yeah.

That's life, isn't it? So, yeah, but when you were playing contact sports, it was just squint and hope. That was squint and hope. Which sounds like a person's name, right? Quint and hope. Sure, yeah. Squ's Quentin Hope. So you just, yeah, that was all it really was to it.

But I didn't ever play sport without it. But there'll be people listening now who have terrible eyesight who play contact sports or any sport. Yeah. And you just have to squint and hope. Hope that you hit it or catch it. Let's take some calls. Yeah, of how you're handling poor eyesight and your line of sport.

Yeah, can you ever remember a game where you maybe didn't have your full vision and something happened? Maybe it was embarrassing. Maybe you went to score a try, but it was on the sideline. I've done that, but with full vision. Yep. Just uncorrelated. That was midget rugby.

Well, it was hard because they divvied up the field, so I didn't know which way was. Yeah, no, I can see the confusion. That's when mum and dad stopped coming to my sports games in the morning. So embarrassed. Scoring on the tomorrow night. But yeah, 0800 dials at M, 9696. When did you take part in sport with some poor eyesight,

and what happened? Talking about when you play sport and your eyesight's not that great. Like maybe the embarrassing moments you've had. Ardy Savia tonight, it turns out he's been playing rugby with one eye not fully functioning. The last few years, the left eye has been deteriorated. So prepare to see goggles and all black wearing goggles on the field. I think it looks quite intimidating. Yeah.

I think he needs an aviator helmet to look like the Red Baron. He looks really, really fast. Yes, it does. It makes him look super fast. It does. Some text messages in about how playing sports with bad vision

is just something you've had to deal with. I didn't think I could catch a ball because I was unco growing up. Turns out I was blind and my parents just hadn't realised. When I got glasses, I could catch a ball to a piece of cake. It turns out all that practising not being able to see

made it easier when you could. Right. Taylor, what happened? Bad eyesight? Me? Yeah. No, actually I'm colour blind and I play Premier Netball and I often or sometimes run over my boundary lines because I can't

see them. And do you pass to the wrong player if the uniforms were similar looking? Nah, not often. I'm a shooter so I'm often receiving the pass and getting the goals in. Not too bad. Okay, but the lines you'll be like, because that's the thing with

a lot of courts you play on have different lines for other sports, don't they? Yeah, that's right. So, yeah, often it's sort of like trying to, you know, the longer I play, I figure out where I'm supposed to be, but I will sort of overstep sometimes. Because what colours do you confuse? I'm like red-green colourblind, but, yeah, so. How are you at traffic lights?

That's everyone's first question, but, you know, the top one, stop. The top one, stop. Okay. Because if you said to me what colours, which one's the red one or the green one, I wouldn't actually know. Well, the bottom one. Top, middle or bottom. I'd say the green one's the one where people are beeping and yelling.

Go! Hey, thanks. You're called Kerry. You've had some problem with sport and eyesight? So I used to play quite a bit when I was younger, and I took a few years off. And then when I came back, I just kept losing the ball. So if anyone hit, like, a really good, hard, low cross court,

I would just have to be like, yeah, that was a great shot, because I just could not see it. Great shot. Great shot. So quick, couldn't see it. And you never used glasses before then? No, I had reading glasses, but I was only able to look up at like, you know, a board or something like that.

It was never anything that great. Right. So how did your game go when you got glasses? Well, actually, I just resigned to the fact that I thought I was just not as good anymore. And then I had to go renew my driver's licence and I basically failed to adjust, so. Oh, wow. It wasn't so good, yeah.

And then when I got glasses, it was like everything was in high definition. Wow, okay. And so did you go back to squash? I did. Playing in glasses, I just steam up, and then I tried contact, but because, yeah, my eyesight's worse with astigmatism. Right. Basically, every time you blink, and if that blinked at the time

the ball was going past me, I'd be like, yeah, good shot. Yeah. Oh, Kerry, thanks for your call. Sam, what's your story about eyesight affecting a game of sport? So when I was younger, I was trying to convince my parents that I was having trouble seeing and they didn't believe me up until I started playing hockey

on a Sunday night and everyone would be running one way and I'd be running the opposite direction. That's a problem. I could have sworn I saw the ball go this way. Yeah. Yeah, and my dad would be yelling at me. You're like a dog when someone pretends to throw a ball, they just. Yeah. Yeah. And my dad would be yelling at me. You're like a dog

when someone pretends to throw a ball. They just run blindly chasing something that they're assuming was going that way. So how did your hockey go when you got your eyes

fixed up? I never worked out Vaughan's trick of actually wearing my glasses when I was playing. So yeah, after a while

I kind of stopped hockey and picked another sport. With a bigger ball. Yeah, with an easier target. Yeah, bigger, slower ball. Yeah, brilliant. Sam, thanks. You call some more text messages.

Somebody said, my glasses broke and I was going to play hockey without them one week, but the coach said that was a bad idea and duct taped them to my head. Oh, my God. And some sort of like, that sounds like an early kind of hazing. Party Salvia goggles situation, doesn't it? Yeah. Goggles are just glasses taped to your face.

Somebody else said, I played rugby with contact lenses in. I needed them to be able to see. I got tackled quite hard and lost the one out of my left eye. I was playing on the right wing, so everything was coming from my left, so I really had to have my whole head turned. Man, that must have been a hard tackle to pop your contact up. And you'd wonder if teams would cotton on to the players that have contacts and give them a little eye gouge

or a bit of a roughing up. I don't think you're allowed to do that. Well, there's lots of things you're not allowed to do in sport, but they do, don't they? If you're going to do that, at least take on a little bottle of contact lens and squirt it in there and take it out and put it in a container for them and pass it to them.

Because they'll never find that after the match. Oh, they're going to lose it and that's their last pair. They've been wearing their disposables for far longer than they should have been. But they're still okay. Their eyes are just a little bit sore. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast. ZM. Okay, so.

Let's all have a laugh at Megan's expense. So this has been a few weeks coming, but a lifetime actually coming. Do you want to tell people what one of your biggest life achievements would be? No, like my life goal, one of my goals. Right. Hey, don't laugh. It's not funny. Because I was like, one day it would be really nice if your school asked you to come back

and be like, hey, do you want to come back and talk to the kids? What would you talk to them about? I don't know. I'd find something. Like radio. What I do for a job. I don't know. I don't know if any of them would want to do it.

That's weird that you'd want to go back. It's just like, that means that you've made it. You go back, you're like, hey, kids, have you heard of radio? back. It's just like, that means that like you've made it. You go back, you're like, hey kids, have you heard of radio? One of them's like, is that like what Spotify was for granddad? And you're like, yeah, but it's cool and it's happening and it's now. And they're like, okay. So you would feel like a sense of achievement if you got invited back to your school. Yeah.

Isn't it fun when you tell your friends your dreams and they chill? Hey, we're New Zealanders. I thought I'd get invited back to your school. Yeah. Isn't it fun when you tell your friends your dreams and they... Hey, we're New Zealanders. I thought I'd get invited back, but... We're New Zealanders. You must be brought back down to earth. How dare you? Who do you think you are? Okay, to give it this, what we're about to tell you context,

that's been something that I've, like, talked about for a while. I was like, one day, Nalen College might be like, yeah. I mean, my teachers don't even remember me, but that's okay. So when a local newspaper was like, we want to do a story on you, I was like, oh, my God, my parents will see this. They'll be like, that's my daughter. They'll be proud. Maybe.

They might say it. This is a paper that goes to everyone in Nelson. No, that's the Nelson Mail. It's not the... No, this is a local newspaper that goes out. Oh, yeah. It still goes to everybody. Yeah, it's the Nelson Weekly.

In fact, it probably goes to more people because they don't have to buy it. Thank you. So it's free. It's great exposure. Yeah, it's free, that. It's chucked in the letterbox. Technically, if it's free,

you're not allowed to put it in a No Circulars letterbox. Yeah, does that get you going? No. Okay, so minus the people, and there'll be a lot of those hippies in Nelson that have it. I've got a No Circulars letterbox. Yeah, does that get you going? No. Okay, so minus the people, and there'll be a lot of those hippies in Nelson that have it. I've got a No Circulars. And old people. And old people, yeah.

Yeah, of course you have a No Circulars. When I'm delivering pamphlets for my cafe, I'm like, put them in the No Circulars. Oh, no, I've got a little thing. I wrote it under vivid. Unless you're a cafe or Domino's, because I like the vouchers. Sure.

So, okay, I was approached to do this question and answer. Not you guys. Oh, I guess it's because I'm from Nelson. Okay. So anyway, I was like, okay, this is cool. My parents are going to see this. It's a little like,

little interview thing. So there's seven questions. And to, if we're going to reenact how this happened before, this is Megan in the studio. Oh my God, guys, I've made it. I'm in the local newspaper.

Mum and Dad are going to see this. Oh my God. It's been printed. It's been printed. It's not just online. It's been printed. So they were like, I said, can you send me like a digital copy when it comes out?

Let me know. So it came out and I was so excited because they put my picture in and I sent pictures of you guys as well and they didn't put you in. I was like, ha ha, only me, not you. Yeah, so Megan's teasing us about not having a photo in it and then she reads the article.

Okay. The headline is, from Nayland College to National Radio. And I was like, yes! Nayland! Okay. Then there's like a little wee blue thing. That's the name of a school, by the way. I said Nayland College. You could put two and two together. That's a weird name for a school, right?

Nayland. I just thought they might have missed about Nelson. Anyway, carry on. Isn't it Nalin College? You can put two and two together. It's a weird name for a school, right? Nalin. I just thought they might have missed about Nelson. Anyway, carry on. Nalin. Nalin. Okay. So the little blurby thing under the title goes on to read. What's that called?

There's a journalistic term for that little bit. The only bit that anybody reads. I mean, I studied journalism at Nalin College, but I can't tell you what that's called. Megan has made a career. No, you've got to read it with the enthusiasm that you read it to Fletch and I and then hit the Jotaba in your lowered car

the same way you did for us. So you imagine she's cruising along in like a lowered car, looking all cool, not seeing a Jotaba coming. There's an article about me. There's an article about me. Should I do the joke I made about Vaughan in there too? Yeah. Okay.

Megan Pappas has made her career out of entertaining morning radio listeners as part of the Fletch Vaughan. Ha, they spelt your name wrong. They did. Fletch Vaughan and Megan show with Auckland Bay Station, The Edge. They might as well have called you Megan Slovak. Mentioning two Xs and one title, why not? So, yeah, we don't joke there.

If you're listening to us now, this is the name. And it has been for like the last five and a half years. Nearly six, yeah. Wow. Wow. What were the uh what were the what were the ratings in nelson what were the latest ratings producer james do you remember what what what ranking we were where the um i always take a bit of the favorite breakfast show um i believe we're

about 13. it was definitely out of the top 10. 13th favourite breakfast show in Nelson. Yeah, I think it was definitely 13th. Yeah, it was in Nelson. Fletch Warnermagen on ZM. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, right. So it's like higher the number, the better, right? Is that how it works? I don't think so. No.

How many radio stations are there broadcasting into Nelson? Like 15. 15, I think. Yeah, no, this is a dismal turnout. Are you kidding? Even after the billboard. We've got the billboard there. We're bottoms in Nelson.

We're the bottom in Nelson. Well, I'm sick of taking it. I want to give it. How do you think I feel? You're from there. Yeah. And they can't even get that right. Wow.

They spelt Vaughan's name wrong. Wrong radio station. I don't think that this is actually going to help. No, no. It's just going to confuse the me even more. And Nelson. Because they're simple people. Excuse me.

Oh, they're not listening. You can say whatever you like about it. We're not. My family lived there. But your parents listen. Surely that's enough to be 12. Yeah, that's the couple that we needed to get us to. Oh, for Christ.

Well, we've got to do something about this. Your dad just put up that billboard the other week. Hasn't that done anything? Has no one seen it? Has that done nothing? What are you telling me? Billboards don't work? What?

Billboards? What? We're going to need some action on this. We're going to need some guerrilla marketing. Well, we're going to have to do a week's worth of marketing to undo this. Hey, I was trying my best. We've probably slipped to 14th. Well, can we going to have to do a week's worth of marketing to undo this. Hey, I was trying my best. We've probably slipped to 14th. Well, can we try at least for a correction? That'll give us another week in the newspaper.

No one reads the corrections. I love seeing the corrections because I'm like, you messed up. Yeah, but it doesn't undo the damage that's already been done. Yeah, no, it doesn't. You're right. Yeah. Okay. Well, maybe they could give us a full page ad to make up for it. Not that we paid for it in the first place.

They spelt your and my name right, so that's something. That's something. Yeah. So I'm the one that's been double shafted here. I've spelt my name wrong and I've given the wrong radio station. Yeah, and you're at the bottom of the ratings. 13th favourite breakfast show in Nelson. What a shaft.

It really is. Good Lord. Okay. I'm lucky 13. The good thing about it is well, it can get worse actually. Can your dad just put up free billboards in places? I mean, he can. They don't

work. He's already put one up. Nothing's changed. I think we need to do something other than billboards. Well, we need bumper stickers. And other than articles and newspapers. I'm beginning to wonder if bumper stickers make people change radio stations. The problem with bumper stickers is they're not big enough. Radio station bumper stickers need to be the size of the back windscreen. Are radio stations even doing bumper stickers anymore?

There's no money for bumper stickers. No, they're not. That's, like, different then. Well, yeah, well, let's get your dad to, because I'm assuming it's all free. He's just got a big printer. Dad's going to print it. Giant bumper stickers. That'll at least take us to 11th.

Surely. I don't know what we're going to do. We definitely need more than a billboard. At least it's funny. At least you haven't had your moment of... Thank you for that. My dreams have been shattered. Is it illegal to like pay people?

Well, you can't pay people to vote in an election. Yeah, I know that's what I was wondering. How much? $4? What about influences? No, they're very expensive. Oh, yeah, we can get them to go to Nelson and do some teeth whitening. No, you'll be in the bloody...

Shut up. You dick. They'll have a story with 18,000 things from one day and we'll just be one thing in the middle and that's just money down the drain. Yeah, right. Okay. We need, so you're saying don't advertise with you?

I'm saying we give people a dollar if they change their radio stations and then we rip the knobs off the car. There's no money. One dollar. In the marketing budget. Yeah, but one dollar's fine, but someone's messaged in,

as a marketer, this conversation is killing me. Why don't they send us some actual ideas? What's this conversation is killing me. We'll get them on the phone. What's their number? Ring them. They'll charge a fortune. No, we'll do pro bono. Why didn't they actually send them a video? I think they have to decide to do pro bono.

Can you ring them, James? I want one idea from them. We can tell them something like, it'll look great on your CV that you took this radio session from like 13th up. And they'll be like, 12. Dude, this is great. Work experience

is nothing. Well, if they've got a better idea than paying people a dollar or giant bumper stickers, I want to hear it. They're probably buying billboards.

I was okay with the $1 thing. I was fine. Well, yeah, but you just made how many people live in Nelson?

Like 40, 50, 200,000? I don't know. Do you have $50,000? Do you have 50,000? No, but not. Do you have $50,000? Do you have $50,000? No, but not everybody's going to change. Unless we crowdfund

$50,000 and then change it at the bank into dollar coins. But then if somebody came up to you and said hey, here's a dollar, you've got to listen to this radio station. I would change it and then once I'd driven away, I'd change it back. But that's why we've got to rip off the knobs. So they can't.

Or we start selling car stereos in Nelson that are incapable of picking up any other frequency apart from our frequency. Right, okay. I don't think that's allowed. And then rip off the knobs. I'm saying we change stations and we rip people's knobs off. The knob rip off.

Yeah. And we set up like a police checkpoint. The knob rip off. Yeah. And we set up like a police checkpoint. We'll get the police involved. Yeah, they are allowed to do these sorts of things. They just wanted me again. Rip off your knobs. They're like, while you're saying your name and address into this,

this joke is just going to pop in the passenger seat and change the station and then rip off your knobs. Rip your knob. Okay. It's a brilliant idea. Rip off the knobs. It's two in one.

They get to do their WAF and their breathalyzer checks. Yeah. We get to rip off the knobs. Okay. It's a brilliant idea. Rip off the knobs. It's two in one. They get to do their WAF and their breathalyser checks. Yeah. We get to rip off the knobs. Okay. I feel like we might need to have a better brain. It's like a weekend in Nelson ripping off knobs. Okay. According to Fletch.

You're from Nelson. You love a weekend in Nelson. You're always talking about how lovely it is. It's a beautiful, able-tasked national park. It's beautiful. Yeah, and then I'm saying we'll get there, we'll rip off some knobs. Okay. Okay, well, it's an idea, isn't it?

It's a working problem. You're going to have to come up with something better than that. More than the bloody marketer who messaged and has given us. Well, yeah, it wouldn't even pick up your phone. They're just a negative Nelly. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thank you for your additional ideas that have come in over the song. Therefore, marketing ideas for Nelson.

Yeah, the big knob rob is really sounding good. Yeah, where people pull over. And some people have pointed out that cars, stereos have buttons, not just knobs. But rob your knob could work for us. Yeah, where they pull over, we tune the radio station in and then rob the knob. We just rip the knobs off.

Rip the knobs off straight away, like a checkpoint as such. Somebody said Nelson also does a craft brew. Oh. We could do our own craft brew. Lots of breweries. Like launch a brew. Yeah, you know, I don't like some of those beers because someone said they give you titties.

We could do a cider. Oh, yeah, I love cider. Yeah, Nelson's a great cider. Oh, there's some great ciders down there too. Yeah. And that peanut butter place. Just thinking of Nelson industry. Yeah. What, a peanut butter beer? And those places that just plunder. Yeah. And that peanut butter place. Picks. Just thinking of Nelson Industry. Yeah.

What, a peanut butter beer? And those places that just plunder the ocean. Heaps of those. Come in with their ocean plunders in Nelson, eh? Hey. You're doing nothing to help us in our 13th placing. Hey guys, there's no more orange roughies left. Oh, that's a shame.

They tasted so good. Except for in this bag. Come and get some orange roughies. We just scooped them all up. Yeah. Anyway, that's just something to consider. Yeah. We'll have a brainstorm after the show.

Are we going to? Are we? Well, we'll see. I'm getting a bit tired. And there's New Zealand making headlines afar in Harrods. That is in London. They do the green shopping bags. Everyone goes and buys them, but they don't buy anything in Harrods. It's too expensive. Even a pair of socks, very expensive in Harrods. That is in London. They do the green shopping bags. Everyone goes and buys them, but they don't buy anything in Harrods.

It's too expensive. Even a pair of socks, very expensive in Harrods. There is a tub of Manuka honey for sale that will be going for $2,724 for 230 grams. This is from the True Honey Company, and it says it is the most pure Manuka honey that's ever been produced. How can they prove that? The Unibanuka factor? Yeah, and all their bees are certified. Manuka-only bees?

I don't know. Manuka-only bees are allergic to anything else. Right. I don't know. Because a lot of supermarkets, even here in New Zealand, hide the honey. Hide honey, because honey is just so crazy expensive. Honey is especially manuka honey. Very expensive.

And the tourists love lapping up the manuka honey. So manuka honey has got magical properties. It can help you fly. It makes you immune to every disease known to man or alien. These are unfounded claims. You can pour manuka honey in your car and it will run forever. Like these sorts of things. That's why manuka honey costs so much.

But that's insane. And to think like that's just out there as a bit of an attention grabber. One person has already pre-ordered 10 jars. So they're about to drop $27,000. And those jars are like the size of like a little Marmite, right? Well, yeah. Yeah, 230 grams. So yeah.

Jeez. You think of a standard marmite, right? Well, yeah. Yeah, 230 grams. So, yeah. Jeez. You think of a standard tub of honey is 500. It's not that in half. Aiding wound healing. It's antibacterial. Promoting oral health. Soothing a sore throat. Preventing gastric ulcers.

Improving digestive symptoms. Treat acne and some symptoms of cystic fibrosis. Wow. Those are some big claims. Big claims. Do you dab it on the acne or do you eat it and that takes care of the acne from the inside? I think you dab it on.

It's good. Apparently it is good for your skin. Antibacterial, yeah. I've heard that it's antibacterial, but that's still $2,000. But people would pay for that, wouldn't they? Well, that one person's bought 10 jars already. There's only 1,000 jars of this worldwide.

This honey. We're in the wrong game. Should be in the honey game. Where can I put my bees in an inner city apartment? That will get Manuka nowhere. Okay, well, my dream's over. You need to go into the middle of a Manuka forest. Right, okay.

Have you thought about getting bees on your farm, Lett? I have thought about getting bees on the farm, Lett. Make myself a petite famille. But you're still, you're scared of getting stung, aren't you?

Because you got stung by that bumblebee float this year. On the wrist. It went right into the... Tanty, didn't you? Right into the vein. I was waiting for my bee powers to kick in,

but they just never did. But you were running around telling everyone you were about to die. Well, it felt very much like death. As close to death as I've been, that's for sure. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. A bit of asthma in the studio this morning. Yeah, I'm struggling to do that. Especially the deep breath beforehand. Do we have another blue inhaler?

No, she's had too many blue inhalers. She's shaking. What would happen if I did a blue inhaler puff? She's got the simpacortures. Probably not a lot. No, this is Ventolin. Ventolin, you're right. I don't think it would do anything,

but I don't think that you should take it. We used to think we were pretty badass before a game of hockey, having a puff on someone's asthma and be like, well, now our lungs are going to be able to do so much more. Now you're superhuman. Yeah, but it did nothing. Okay. Probably just due to just being a little chubby fatty anyway and just hoping the asthma inhaler was going to solve all of my fitness issues.

Yeah. But it didn't. No. Today's fact of the day is about armadillos. Armadillos? Armadillos? Armadillos. I don't know why.

Armadillos. Armadillos. Today's fact of the day is about armadillos. Armadillos, which are so cute. Have you ever seen, I've got a lovely little photo of an armadillo here. Of course I've seen an armadillo. Have you ever seen one in person? Aw.

Maybe at a zoo. That's really cute. I feel like one in person? Maybe at a zoo? I feel like I would have seen one at a zoo, would I? They're such cute little creatures. They look like one of my favourite Pokemon, Sand Shrew. Okay, so he evolves into Sand Slash. Of course, yeah. Which they were based on the armadillo.

But today's fact of the day about armadillos is their swimming habits. Okay. Do they swim? Yeah, well, you wouldn't think so looking at them, right? They look like little burrows. No, they look like they just stink. Ah, sink. They do, Megan at them, right? They look like little burrows. No, they look like they just stink. Ah, sink. They do, Megan. They do.

What, sink? They sink. So what they do is they hold their breath. Yeah. And they can hold it up for up to six minutes. And because they're so heavy, they can walk along the bottom of streams and pop out the other side. It just looks like a little rock. Yeah.

If they dropped down where there was no way to walk out, would they be screwed? Like if they dropped into say like a rock hole or something? A pool. And couldn't get out? They can actually swim. They can float but it involves another process where they actually inflate their intestines. Oh, so they'd just be at the bottom and inflate their intestines?

No, because they have to have the air to inflate their intestines. But that would be like pulling the cord before you exit the airplane. On your life saving vest. Well, if you inflated your intestines, if you're an armadillo and you inflated your intestines

pre-submergence, you'd just float along the top. Oh, right, yeah. Rubble along the top. But they've got claws that are great for digging but not so great for swimming.

Right. So that's why they sink and they walk along the bottom. Unless you picked up a couple of little flippers at Rebel Sport. Oh my God, an armadillo with flippers?

I know, yeah. That'd be pretty cute. They'd get it done. Another thing about the armadillo is that they, when startled or scared, they jump, like, straight. They can jump straight up four to five feet high. Now, this, they've evolved to do this, so if something's over top of them, like, somebody's about to eat them like a coyote, they jump up,

they smack the coyote in the jaw, and it just gives the coyote enough of a fright where they're like, oof, and they like take off or it gives the armadillo time to get into their little protective shell. They could like jump to my shoulders. Yeah. It doesn't work so well though when they get startled by a moving car

because they jump straight into the height of the windscreen and they can smash a windscreen. It doesn't end well for the armadillo in that case. But yeah. Imagine if they got eaten then they inflated their intestine. It'd be like a car bag

going off inside a predator. Like you're eating something and it just explodes in your face. Like you're eating a pie and then all of a sudden there's a balloon. I don't know how quickly

they can inflate. I think it's... Right, okay. You know when you need to make yourself burp so you pump air down into your intestine and then you can do

a big burp. I guess it's like that. Oh, the armadillo. Yeah, great little creature. So today's fact of the day is the armadillo can either inflate its intestine and float across a body of water or hold its breath, sink to the bottom and walk across the bottom of the water. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Don't need a runway. Thank you. You've listened to the show two days in a row. Obviously not from Nelson.

Megan. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM. Well, it was just yesterday the report came out that said Kiwi kids under 18, YouTube celebrities have replaced like sports celebrities and your typical celebrities as their favourite celebrities. 100%.

You can see why. No doubt. Yeah. My kids love these YouTube celebrities, like the families and stuff. They've got a bit old for Ryan's toys, I think. And he's going to prison, isn't he? For tax evasion.

Indy's obsessed with this woman who's a reptile expert. Oh, okay. And I'm okay with that because it's quite like she's always educating them about lizards and snakes and stuff. Take her to the Gold Coast and then she's out

like trying to find snakes. Yeah, she could be the next Steve Irwin. Right, what would that be? Oh, you'd be stoked with that, would you? As long as they're just going scuba diving.

Ending the same way. Yeah, no, I don't want it ending the same way. And August loves watching this woman who repairs like these squishy

foam toys. She like repaints them and glues them together and stuff. Of course she does. It's like art stuff. But last night I stumbled across one

and oh, it ticks all the boxes for me. It's got old people because I think they're really cute. Yeah. And it's got Mexican food.

And are you saying this could be your new favorite channel? This is, yeah, totally could be. It is called Di Mirancho a Tu Coquina. Okay. It's Mexican, Spanish, From My Ranch to Your Kitchen. Oh, okay. That's directly what the translation is. So it's food.

So this is your new favorite. And, oh, they make all this, like, amazing Mexican food. This old lady does it. Oh, my God. She's, this old lady, she's got millions of views. Abuela. Grandma. Oh, Abuela.

Abuela. Abuela is Spanish for grandma. She, yeah, she just cooks the most amazing looking Mexican food. Can you play some? I can play a little bit. I've got your cord plugged in. I'm going to cook a little cilantro, chili and onion. She's got chickens like you.

She said cilantro. Coriander. As in coriander. And chili. Yep. And garlic. She's chopping. She's chopping.

That's the chopping thing. And so just makes what amazing Mexican food. And she makes it in like this old like clay oven. She's got all this awesome old cooking stuff and she's got a, what do you call those mashing bowls? Mortar and pestle. Mortar and pestle. Pistol.

Pistol. Pistol. Pistol. Pistol. She's cutting, now she's cutting some chillies. Ya que lo pique, lo voy a agregar aquí a la cazuela para que se corta un poquito. Pistol. Pistol. She's cutting, now she's cutting some chillies. So that is like this pan on this metal surface and she's got like a fire roaring underneath it. Yeah, right.

And it's like she's using like these old pans. You can tell the pans would have so many stories to tell. Like when I used to go to my nana's, everything in her kitchen had been there for so long. You felt like everything had a story to tell. Okay. And so now you're hooked on this channel. Yeah, I just love watching her cook all these different things.

Oh, now she's making some flatbreads. Like tortillas. Tortillas, yes. Yeah. It looks good. And she always wears like really cute old lady dresses. It's a lot to take in, but it's worth a watch. And you can almost, it's one of those ones you watch

and you can almost smell it. Oh, yeah, nice. Okay. You can smell it while it's happening. So I wanted to know this morning, what's your favourite YouTube channel? Like you are weird. Maybe you're learning from it

or maybe you just find it overall, it's a relaxing watch. Because I'll always go to YouTube and watch like video. I don't ever subscribe to channels Do you? Do I get lost down a rabbit hole Of like One topic

Yeah Like a Jonas topic Or like a Queer eye topic Yeah right Okay Yeah But I mean I know people do subscribe to channels

And every day You know wait for the new updates Yeah Hanging out for them And you get little notifications Okay So I'll 800 dial ZM We'll take some calls You can text 9696 What is your favourite YouTube channel? Yeah. Hanging out for them. And you get little notifications. Okay. So 0800 dials it in. We'll take some calls.

You can text 9696. What is your favourite YouTube channel? And is it maybe a bit different? Maybe you wouldn't tell your friends. What is your like secret? Maybe it's a secret. Maybe it's a secret. Like a guilty pleasure more.

Yeah, right. Your YouTube channel. We want to know what YouTube channels you're addicted to. Christina, good morning. Hi, how are you? Good. Now, what's your favorite go-to YouTube channel? It's so weird calling and even talking about this, but I'm totally addicted to mukbang videos on YouTube. What videos? It sounds worse than it is. It's called mukbang. And so, you know, ASMR videos? Yeah. where you hear sounds or...

You watch people like eating and it's like the crunching and it's so gross. But it's the Korean version and it's huge. And they eat like whole squid. And these like tiny little Asian chicks will just like demolish the weirdest meals ever seen. And then it's the chewing. And I hate people chewing. And then I like stumbled across it one day and now I'm kind. And then it's the chewing. And I hate people chewing. And then I, like, stumbled across it one day, and now I'm kind of addicted, and it's weird.

Wow, okay. I'm intrigued. Christina, if I eat an apple up close, will this be, like, a good thing for you? Will this be? No, that'll annoy me so much. But for some reason, I stumbled across it one day. And so ASMR is meant to give you tingles and help your people sleep.

But then this version is like these Korean meals that you've never seen. I'm like, I don't know. Something about it. It's so weird. But you have to watch it and you'll maybe see what I mean. Or maybe I've just embarrassed myself in front of the whole nation. Yeah, you're okay. Yang Soo Bin put up a new video nine hours ago.

Do you ever watch her? I don't. You know what? It's just the overall topic. I'm not a fan of anyone in particular. Okay, so this is six minutes. Oh, no. This is her little intro.

Fast forward at Vaughan to some eating. She's just been handed. Oh, my God. What is it? Oh, I don't know what that is, but there's something moving on her plate. Like, what is it? What are they eating? I don't know.

She's. Oh, yeah, she's going to eat an octopus now Hold on, here we go A lot of background noise She's doing it in a restaurant She goes to restaurants So she's got 2.3 million subscribers She uploaded that 9 hours ago

It's already had 82,000 views I'm not alone That's the best thing about the internet The advent of the internet You're not alone No, we're all weird. Oh. The comments are the weirdest.

Really? I love this. I'm seeing your progress. Well done. We'll all keep supporting you. What? To see people eating. I eat when I eat.

To see people eating is yucky. But with you, I really enjoy watching you eat. I enjoy the way you enjoy your food. Okay, I'm turning that off because I don't think we need that. Christina, thanks, Nicole. Amber, what's your favourite YouTube channel? Okay, so there's a couple. One is the Hydraulic Press channel,

where they put things in the hydraulic press and squish them. Yeah, that's good stuff. Now, is that the one where it squishes back through the press, or is that a different channel? It depends what they're squishing. Yeah, no, it just squishes things flat, and then they sort of go all oozy out. Yeah.

Okay. Are they the Russian guys? No, these are, oh, I can't remember, actually. That's brain not working. So then the first channel to do it were these Russian guys, so it was awesome hearing them get really excited and Russian about things that's squidging out. Right.

So what else do you like watching? Really interesting is Ask a Mortician. Okay. And what they just ask, answer questions that people have.

Yeah. So she, she's really, so if you ever wanted to know how you informed somebody, like what happened to famous people's corpses, like what happened to the corpses on the Titanic,

what happened to Vladimir Putin's head, things like that. Hopefully it's still on his shoulders because he's alive. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, Vlad the Impaler. Right, there you go, there you go. Well, okay, because that's quite morbid, but then, I mean, it's no different than watching a true crime podcast, does it all show? Yeah.

No, it kind of normalises it because we all have to die sometimes. Very true. Very true. Happy Wednesday, Amber. Happy Wednesday. There's some other ones. There's one called Grandpa's Kitchen, which is a little old man in India who cooks for an orphanage.

So that's nice. I'm quite confident watching old people eat. I mean cook. And then they eat at the end. No, I'm not getting into that other thing. Fletcher and I looked at each other like, okay. Colin Furze is an ex-plumber turned inventor. His YouTube channel is just him always inventing things.

Did he make a potato gun? Well, I'd imagine that would have been number one. In his early days. Yes. In his early days of video. Yeah. My son and I are addicted to a YouTube channel

called Tractor Spotter. It's just all about tractors. Is that like with those pictures, they're like, there is somewhere in this, there's a tiger or a lion or a cheetah in this photo. You've got to find it. No, no. Is it like that? No, it's just like, there's a tiger or a lion or a cheetah in this photo. You've got to find it. No, no.

Is it like that? No, it's just like, here's a tractor I saw. Oh, okay. Oh, right. I invited myself to the showing of this new tractor. Right. Because have you ever seen the train videos on YouTube? What do you mean train videos?

It'll be like, here's the S47 freight train bound for Wellington going across the Levin level crossing at 8.10 on Thursday the 5th of... What? Yeah, it's crazy. Really? It's like train spotting on YouTube. But that's like, I guess, but I can, I think, plane spotting I can understand

because there's these marvels of machinery defying gravity. I won't have a bad word set against trains. They were the original Marvels of engineering Yeah okay Weird Yeah but you can find Like channels And it's just

Old mates being like Here it comes And then it's like Clickety clackety Clickety clackety Clickety clackety Clickety clackety Clickety clackety

For ages And he's like There she goes See you next time Wow People watching trains On video That's gonna be something for everyone.

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