ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - October 14 2019

Episode Date: October 13, 2019

Liam Malone is in studio for The Great Nelson Preset Reset, Don't Get Fletch Started and what happened on school camp?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Ha! Scotland. Ha! Oh, yeah. I mean, they spent the whole weekend whinging about the All Blacks and how they were going to sue World Rugby if the game didn't go ahead. They should have just saved the head knocks and got on the plane on Friday. Because they knocked some heads and they're out anyway. They're out anyway. And Japan threw to the quarterfinals.

Is this the furthest they've ever been? I think so. Good on them. That's exciting. We love an underdog. Little home crowd. Yeah. I don't see them winning. No, I don't see them going for it. Well, we probably didn't see them getting this far, to be honest. Well, that's true.

You never know. They're very good hosts, though. Aren't they? Everyone seems to be having a great time. Well, apart from the big typhoon. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a little bit wet, but otherwise, sure. A little bit.

A little bit crazy. But on it goes. The top six coming up on the show before seven. Yeah, prisoners in New Zealand have said that ballet, the ballet class in prison, changed their lives. Okay, you can do ballet in prison. Because when they get out now when they do robberies, they can sneak around on their tiptoes. I assume.

And like when someone's coming in one door they go da da da da da and pirouette that way. Right, okay. But no, they're saying

it's a life changer. So maybe I've got the top six other suggestions for hobbies that you might not always see in prison that could help out. All right,

you lot, listen up. It's story time. All right, story time. I've found three interesting, quirky, odd, unusual news stories. Vaughn and Megan, pick one of the following headlines. Headline one, family shocked 12 years later. Shocked.

Shocked. Okay. Shocked. Yeah, okay. Headline two, mum's photo shoot hits a nerve. And headline three, student walks 500 miles. Oh, can we do mum's photo shoot? Yeah, mum's photo shoot hits a nerve.

As a mate of mine, his mum had glamour shots on the wall. Oh, really? Because did you do the family? We did one by a tree in a park. We had a photo shoot for the whole family. We haven't had a family photo shoot for ages. I don't think we've ever had one. My last one was

Oh, one of our kids we had one. Yeah, but then my mum wanted a family portrait for some reason when I was like 17 or 18 and I was real fat and it was on the wall forever.

Yeah, wow. Mum's got to give you enough warning to Mum's got to give you at least two years to trim down. Yeah. And then she can put it

on the wall and just always refer back to it. But it's not up there now. So I don't know if she got rid of it or it's in a box somewhere. Right. But I hated it every time I went home. We literally have never done a family portrait ever. Really?

No. My mum hates photos. So it's just like why we never had pasta because my mum doesn't like pasta. No photos, no pasta. Makes sense. All right. Mum's photo shoot. We go now to America.

And a mum, a 26-year-old mum, has set up a simulated slasher scene in the backyard of her Oklahoma home, walking dead style with her two children. One of them, her girl is wearing a white dress, soaked in blood, holding a fake brain with blood on her face. And the other one,

the small infant child in a bucket like you would sit in an Anne Getty's terracotta pot. But full of blood and guts. And the baby is nibbling on a brain. Looking at those photos, do you think they're kind of cool? They're pretty funny. They're pretty funny.

Like it's Halloween coming up. But that's a bit real, isn't it? For like that little girl. She doesn't know. She doesn't know. She wouldn't know. But she's worn it online because obviously she's posted these online. The mum runs a photography. She's a photographer. Does baby, like here's like

a photo of just a normal kid in a bucket. Same bucket. I'd say same bucket. Same bucket. Boring. Nothing to it. But yeah, here's like a photo of just a normal kid in a bucket. Same bucket, I'd say same bucket. Same bucket, boring, nothing to it. But yeah, she's been wearing it online. Right.

And I guess there's outrage as there is on the internet with anything. At everything. At everything. At any everything. But I think

it's a good take on it. Yeah, I was expecting a glamour shot. I don't know if I'm ruining your latest news, but the Kardashians have just done a photo shoot. Yeah, I was expecting a glamour shot. I don't know if I'm ruining your latest news but the Kardashians have just done a photo shoot. Haven't they? Didn't they all go to somewhere?

Well, I don't know. I saw some photos this morning. They went to an Armenian photo shoot. Oh, yeah, because the kids are getting baptised in Armenia. Oh, right. And they're all wearing matching... White outfits. Matching outfits.

Right. But they do this every season of the Kardashians TV show as well. Is this just to justify a business expense holiday? 100%. That's a fantastic idea. The things they could claim. The things that they would claim. Do you think they hate GST end of year financial tax return time?

I don't think they do their own GST. That's just a thought. I don't think they do their own GST. Flesh just a thought. I don't think they do their own GST. Well, yesterday was the first 1,000. How about Pataraba? Beautiful day at the foot of the Blue Mountains. And a good day for the Kiwis because we got first and second. Right.

Scott McLaughlin came first. And the jizz. The jizzlin came first. And the Jizz. The Jizz. This is the Jizz. Shane Van Jisbergen and Garth Tander came second. Now, is this where they go around and around and around? They go around Mount Panorama 161 times? Oh, my God.

How do people watch it? It goes for about six hours. Six hours? Says the guy that'll watch Test Cr times. Oh, my God. How do people watch it? It goes for about six hours. Six hours? Says the guy that'll watch Test Cricket. I don't know. Yeah. It's way more exciting than cricket. No, it's not.

Yes, it is. The most exciting time was the time a kangaroo ignored all the warnings and jumped on the track. Oh, right. Okay. Or if there's a crash. Yeah, but if there's a crash, I guess that's exciting. Yeah, yesterday was very exciting.

I'm going to watch that for highlights, though. But is it around and around and around? Oh, there's more to it than just around and around and around. Oh, like what? Well, they've got to time their pit stops, and then sometimes it rains, and they're like, are we going to change the day? Do they use those drills on the pit? Yeah, yeah.

Shit, yeah. Shit, yeah. Yeah. And they get penalties for going too fast in pit lane. Tell you what. You get red flag, bit of a go slow. If there's an accident, there'll be a go slow. Oh, you don't want the go slow.

Sounds like a riveting Sunday. The go slow. The go slow. Like under a safety car or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's called a go slow. Pull out, you know. Will you lose all your legs in the go slow?

I sometimes forget you're from Nelson. Don't act like it's... You're Bogan roots. Okay. Well, I am from a Holden family. My first car was a Holden. I've never owned a Ford because my family would be very upset about it. It's just my roots. Imagine you drive home in a car and your family's like,

I'm so disappointed in you, daughter. You make fun of it, but it's just the latest. It's just ingrained into me. I've got something to tell you. He's like, oh, God, what is it? I've bought a Ford. Oh, Jesus, not my boy. Oh, God, not my boy.

Dad, I'm gay as well. Yeah, but I don't care about that. Tell me whatever you want. You're bloody driving a Ford, though. I can't speak. Get out of my sight. You're a bloody trainer. God, you joke, but there would actually be family fights over there.

Oh, yeah, 100%. So yesterday, Scotty McLaughlin won, and he was, like, my favourite race car driver because he was young and cute. Right. He's still was young and cute. Right. Because I used to. He's still pretty young and cute. Because I've been to like Pukekohe and like I watch them racing.

And I love Scotty. But then he moved to Ford. You're an undercover. He drives a Mustang. You're an undercover bogan. So when he won, I was like, yes, Scotty. But like I'm torn because he drives Ford now. Dad calls him a traitor.

It's very exciting. He's a Kiwi. Yeah, right, okay. Get on him. Good day to be from a Ford family, which is what I'm from, but I don't like to talk about it. Just because your parents have Fords?

Yeah, Dad's always had Fords. Just because they find him reliable or does he actually care about the racing aspect as well? Well, the thing is, Dad's too busy to sit down for six hours and watch. He always likes to milk a little bit early, so he gets in for the final... Oh, a few laps.

The final few laps. Okay, yeah, right. Yeah. Okay. Now, so what family am I from? Because growing up, Mum had a Daihatsu, a blue Daihatsu. Am I from a Daihatsu family?

You're from a Daihatsu. Is that... Yeah. So you don't see much going on Bathurst. You're a prize on early 2000s Wheel of Fortune. We have 59 new emojis coming. And the biggest one that they're talking about is the fact that now there will be interracial couples.

So they've said, while emojis for people of colour and emojis for same-sex couples both became a reality in 2015, one group of people is still excluded from emoji representation. I had no idea that was the case. Interracial couples, yeah. So they said isn't it time that all love was represented? It looks as though, oh, I was going to say there might be an age, because I'm looking at one, there's a younger female and an older male, but it could just be the moustache that's making them look a bit older.

But yeah, so same-sex couples and interracial couples, they're trying to make sure that everyone is represented in emoji form. Good. There's lots of, so there's bionic limbs, mechanical limbs as well. Okay. There is sign language gestures being added. There is

new food in terms of an oyster. Do you remember back in the day when we were like, oh, we need bacon, we need a bacon emoji? It doesn't seem that long ago, does it? We were very well overdue for bacon. That should have been, like, from the get-go. So what's the new food?

Oyster, onion, garlic, waffle, falafel, butter, a juice box. What does the oyster look like? Kind of what you'd imagine. Oh, okay. Like a snow shark. Shark. Yeah, yeah. But we can see the shape of it.

Yeah. Rough. There's guide dogs in there. Okay. There is a flamingo, a skunk, an otter, an orangutan. That's the orange one, eh? Yeah. And sloth.

This is really testing me. I'm like, what are these animals called? Yeah, there's lots of random ones, but the biggest thing is everyone, they're trying to make sure that everyone is represented. So into racial couples, you just have to hold it down and scroll through. Yeah, right.

Okay, so what? Coming soon. Yeah. The latest. What about bald? Bald? No, there's... There's bald people.

No, but there's an old bald person, eh? Yeah, but they're not represented in... No, there's no young bald person. There's no young bald person. And there's also no bearded person that's bald. Holding hands with a half-Thai, half-Kiwik. Which is right to them. Right to them.

I will. There you go. Which is right to me. Right to them. I will. There you go. Your situation is very unique. Very niche. What, white old guys with Thai girls? No, it's not. It's one of the most popular relationships. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast.

Not one, but two marathon records were broken at the weekend. What marathon was this? So two different marathons. Oh, okay. An Austrian marathon, the Vienna marathon, was where the guy's record was broken, and the Chicago marathon was where the female's record was broken. Huh, Vienna very flat?

Just saying. Is it? Very flat. Well, yeah, I Huh, Vienna very flat. Just saying. Is it? Very flat. Well, yeah, I know, but people have run it before. Oh, yeah, no, yeah, very true. Tailwind. Listen to me, I'm already trying to bring them down. Don't know.

He had fancy shoes on, though, didn't he? Like, what, with springs in them? Well, I don't know. Someone said they were like new... That would have been illegal if he had big springs in them bouncing forward five metres every time. So, I don't know. Someone said they're like new, fang-angled shoes. Big springs in them, bouncing forward five metres every time. What was his time? His time was one hour

59 minutes and 40 seconds. To do an entire marathon. That's not a half. That's what most people would do a half marathon in. And then a little bit more. He, that's nuts. Every two minutes 50, he was clocking up a kilometer. He was running every 17.2 seconds.

He was running a hundred meters. And he did that 422 times in a row. Like, oh my God. He was keeping the most insane pace. He hit the one-hour mark. He hit the one-hour mark where he should have been at one hour with 11 seconds to spare. And then he had 500 meters to go.

Yeah. And he just absolutely boosted it. They were like, where's this energy come from? And then he broke the two-hour barrier. Wow. That is nuts. Because what was your marathon time? Three hours.

Thirty? Nuts. Three? That is nuts. So he nearly could have done a whole other marathon in that time. He would have made a good go. And if he probably saw me running up ahead, he probably would have been going a little bit faster. And people who saw him finished reckon that he looked like he still had something in it.

He still had energy. He wasn't like collapsing at the end. Yeah, right. So the other record that was broken was the female record. This was broken in Chicago, 25-year-old Kenyan called Bridget Koski. Very flat. Very flat. Chicago is broken in Chicago. 25-year-old Kenyan called Bridget Kroski. Very flat. Very flat. Chicago. Very flat city.

Yeah, but it's been run like the marathon gets run every year. Still, very flat city. Tailwind? Tailwind. Very flat city. This global anomaly of anyone running at the weekend had a tailwind. Had a tailwind, yeah. So she ran a full marathon in two hours, 14 and four.

Right. That beat the previous record by 81 seconds. So I did the little pace calculator for her too. She, every three minutes, 10 seconds was clocking up a kilometre. You know what? On the treadmill today, I think we should all just go up another level. Cross trainer treadmill, just a couple of taps up. I went to the gym before work today,

and I tried after the weekend to push it, and it got to the point where I just held the sides and put my feet to the side and was like. But the canes were still clocking up, eh? That's a win. That is the gym equivalent of a tail win. From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there, the Top Six today.

Hi. Hi. The Top Six calming habits for inmates. Inmates at the Auckland Women's Prison say ballet has transformed their life. So there's been, since 2017, part of restorative justice, and thanks to the Royal New Zealand Ballet Initiative. Yeah. Men's and women's prisons

in Wellington and Christchurch have been doing ballet. Okay. The first group of women to take the course in Auckland graduated in front of an audience of Royal New Zealand Ballet

representatives and prison staff and did their dance including the swan one. The swan one. Yeah. Black swan, white swan.

Okay. I just thought it was called Swan Lake. Like the movie. No, that was called Black Swan. Oh yeah, it was too. Yeah, yeah.

Pull one of those goes all the way up your arm. It's so cute. It's like a little recital at school. Yeah. Watch me. Mom, mom, watch me, watch me, watch me.

I'm on stage. Watch me do the dance. I knew it, eh? I knew you had it in you. Good on you, love. I'm real proud of you. See you in five to ten, eh? So I've got the top six other relaxing, calming habits

to help prisoners in their time behind bars. Okay. Number six, chess. You've got to use the old clockwork upstairs. I mean, technically chess is a gang battle to the death. You literally use your team to kill the other team in the hopes of getting to their leader and killing them too. But it's sophisticated, so it's okay.

Yeah, yup. So that's something you can do behind bars. Number five on the list of the top six calming habits to help prisoners, gardening. Oh, okay. Get out there, till the soil, fertilise, plant, grow, relax, and get some tips for growing a big crop when you're released. Yeah, I don't know if they give prisoners hand tools, though.

What, a little blunt trowel? Yeah, no, but that could be used to stab someone, couldn't it? To shank, shank. Megan, imagine getting shanked with a trowel. Or you start digging. What a wide, shallow cut. Yeah, start digging your tunnel. Yes.

Maybe they just give you silicon spatulas or something. That'd make gardening very hard. Yeah. This isn't getting cake out of a bowl, Megan. This is moving the soil. Yeah. Number four on the list of the top six calming habits to help prisoners, knitting.

Again. It's frustrating for a start. Oh yeah, the big blunt. I mean, you could sharpen it, sure, and shank some of it.

We're concentrating on the positives. Okay. It's frustrating for a start, but once you learn what you need to do, you'll be dropping a pearl stitch like a champ

while knitting a mongrel mob jersey for winter. Lovely. Why don't they switch to cardis? Like a nice, like a mongrel mob cardis winter. Lovely. Why don't they switch to cardis? Like a nice mongrel mob cardi. Well, no, leather's a...

They can still put a patch on the back of the cardi. No, but it's not intimidating. Cardigan's not intimidating. A cable knit isn't intimidating. A leather jacket is. Yeah, it makes them a bit more relatable, though. Also, have you tried to get blood out of cardigan? You saw off a motorbike wearing a cardigan.

They can be torn to shreds. Leather jacket, a bit more protective. They could go to like electric bikes and be a bit more eco-friendly. Do you know how gangs work? You won't hear the drive-bys coming if they go to e-bikes on the plus side. You just hear, I wish I had an old this cardi. All this people, it's hot like cardi. Number three on the list of the top six calming habits to help prisoners.

Baking. Not meth. You're not cooking meth. Cakes, cookies, pavlovas. Forget the drug factory and open a cupcake shop on your release. Mind you, there was some cupcake bloody mafioso, weren't there? A little while ago, the territory of where you could open a cupcake shop. Oh, yeah, that's true, yeah.

And now, are there any cupcake shops left? Yeah, still cupcake shops. Yeah. Dedicated cupcake shops. Yes, 100%. Not as many though, eh? There's still quite a few. Let's face it, the ass fell out of the cupcake industry.

I don't think that's true. It's not as big as it was. I feel no one's got a point. I feel that five years ago, all the rage. It was everybody was getting into it. And now not so much. And then Keto came along and ruined everybody. I still know at least two very popular dedicated cupcake shops.

Where? One is in Albany. Oh, okay. Go on. That just did a big Harry Potter themed. Perimeroom is just down the road. It would actually have been right up your alley. Right, okay. You could have bought a golden snitch cupcake. Perimorim is just down the road. It actually would have been right up your alley. Right, okay.

You could have bought a golden snitch cupcake. That would have been pretty cool. Yeah. But what I'm saying is they used to be everywhere. There's the cream of the crop. They flowed to the top. They survived. But everyone who was only half arsed in the cupcake.

I wouldn't disagree. You think so? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, there's still franchise cupcakes. Oh, yeah, but what I'm saying is everyone who just rushed to get into it. Yeah. You know, remember in 2013 when people with, like, sensible jobs were like,

I'm getting into real estate. And you're like, really? And they're like, oh, I'm going to ride this bubble. And then now they're like back at their other jobs. Right. That's what I thought cupcakes were like. The bubble burst on the cupcake boat. Okay.

I could be wrong. Yeah, maybe you are. Everyone still loves a cupcake. And you can still get cupcakes, but what I'm saying is like. The bubble burst on the cupcake bird. Okay. I could be wrong. Yeah, maybe you are. Everyone still loves a cupcake, and you can still get cupcakes, but what I'm saying is there's not as many places. Or I'm basing this all on Bridesmaids. I had no idea. I've just realised I'm basing a lot of this on Kristen Wood's character from Bridesmaids. Yeah, I think so.

You are. And also Fleabag. Yeah. She opened the cafe because she thought it was going to be easier. It wasn't. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six calming habits to help prisoners. Painting. Okay. She opened the cafe because she thought it was going to be easier. It wasn't. Yeah. Number two on the list of the top six calming habits to help prisoners. Painting.

Okay. Ever watch Bob Ross? Oh, so calming. What a relaxing way to pass some time. Grab your watercolors and paint the beautiful landscape where you committed your awful crimes. Don't leave out any incriminating details. It'll either reduce your sentence or get you longer as you zoned out and painted the truth that debunked your

alibi. Yeah, that could totally happen. And number one on the list of today's top six calming habits to help prisoners. Yoga. Oh, lovely.

Yeah. You know, light meditation there. What do they call it where you lie down on the ground at the end? Sleeping. Sassana.

Oh, snake. Cobra. What's the end bit called where you lie down? It's Sassana. Sassana. Shavasana. Shavasana.

I was close. So you end with Shavasana. Sassana. Shavasana. But, you know, on the way you do all the traditional yoga poses, like hands where I can see them. Yep. Hands behind your back.

Don't move. And just duck your head while I'm putting you in Yep. Hands behind your back. Don't move. Yep. And just duck your head while I'm putting you in the back of the police car. All your traditional yoga poses. Right. That is today's top six. Happy one year birthday today to Lime Scooters. One year ago.

It was a year ago today that Lime Scooters launched in Christchurch and in Auckland and have since launched, obviously, in other places. And since then, there have been many competitors that have jumped on board as well. Flamingo, Wave, I'm out. Yeah, that's all I would have had too. There is a list somewhere in this article of the Beam, jump, lime wave and flamingo. Right. Those are the other ones.

Beam. Yeah. Beam. Jump. Yeah. Beam. Beam. Bean.

Like a baked bean. No, like a beam in your house. A house beam. What have I got a beam in my house for? Like a beam bag. A beam. A beam. A beam.

A beam. A beam. Like a beamer. A beam. A BMW. You're like a beamer. Sure. You can't just hire one of those on an app, can bag. A beam. A beam. A beam. Like a beamer. BMW. You like a beamer. Sure. So you can't just hire one of those on an app, can you? BMW. So they reckon Lime have

released some stats. Two million trips have been taken in the last year. That's slowed down. Because I remember it was like one million, less than six months in, it was over a million. Yeah. That seems like it's slowed down. Yeah, but also like, it's much nicer to Lime in summer was over a million. Yeah. That seems like it's slowed down. Yeah, but also, like, it's much nicer to lime in summer.

You're right. Like, we've had winter. Yeah, that's true. It's a bit slippery and rainy. It hasn't been lime-friendly weather of winter. Oh, and limes do not, any of these e-scooters

do not go well in the wet. They don't look like a white line. They don't look like a white line. They don't look like a white line in the dry. They certainly don't

look like them in the wet. Yeah, and obviously, like, a lot of places have got, like, I know Auckland City has a, it's a 14K speed limit. Yeah, that's some bullshit. That is some absolute rubbish.

And, of course, let's not forget the classic lime locking first six months of last year. That's right. Or even more. And they went off, off-lined, didn't they? And they came back on and apparently had to fix the bugs. The ACC stats have fallen as well. So at July of this year, there were 412 claims lodged

and surpassing $4.3 million ACC. Wow. Wow. Isn't that insane? That's so much money. $4.3 million of Lyme accidents through ACC. Now, there has been a decline. The latest statistics have shown only 194 claims lodged in September only.

So only 194 people falling off their scooters in September. Now, that's probably not, to be fair, that's not Lime alone. That will be scooters, every scooter. All e-scooters. Privately owned or otherwise. Exactly. And Auckland Council in particular saying that they've seen an uptake in private scooter. I see a lot of private e-scooters in the city.

And yeah, but those ones don't get capped at 15Ks. Nah. The other people passing you when you're on the line calling you a loser. And yeah, but those ones don't get capped at 15 Ks. Nah. They're the people passing you when you're on the line calling you a loser. Pretty much, yeah. The way you slow

play, loser. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Just still giving Megan grief. If you've just joined the show, Megan before

was like, oh yeah, it's great that Scotty McLaughlin won Bathurst. This is exactly how she was speaking. Yeah. She's a cheer boy. It's great Scotty won, but you yeah, it's great that Scotty McLaughlin won. Beth, this is exactly how she was speaking. Yeah.

She said, yeah, boy, it's great Scotty won, but, you know, he's a traitor because he drives a Ford, not a Holden. And we're like, what? Where is this coming from? Because he was my favourite driver right from back in the day, the OG. And then he used to drive for Holden and now he won. And then he saw the light. He won in a Mustang.

And so I can't support him anymore. I think my brother's into one of these. Holding or 40, always goes on about something. I'm just like, oh, whatever. Always forget you're an undercover bogan. I've like been to Pukekohe so many times. It's really exciting.

I'd much rather than like, I've been to Pukekohe once, I would say enough. I've flown over Pukekohe. Yeah, that's it. I do get a little excited when all the cars are like... It's cool that there's a racetrack. It's just a shame it's in Pukekohe.

But they just go round and round and round. I don't get it. That's totally all there is to it. Yeah. Just like cricket, they just hit it and stand there. It's like every sport in rugby, they just hit it and stand there. It's like every sport. In rugby, they just run a line. There are subtle nuances.

There's subtle nuances. And competitions within competitions. Not so subtle nuances with car racing. Sure. But you support, this is, Megan supports Holden, doesn't own a Holden. I used to. But you do it because your family is... Are right into it.

Are right into it. Yeah. And they'd be disappointed in you if you... So once I said that a Mustang was like quite pretty, there was this like real pretty white convertible one. I was like, that is so pretty. And my dad was like, oh, kind of a bloody Ford. What if it's a Kia? It's just a car. I know. It's a car. Because my dad was like, oh, you're kind of a bloody Ford. What if they don't care?

It's weird, eh? It's just a car. I know. It's a car. Because I come from a Ford family, but I'd just drive anything. Do you? Yeah, yeah.

Dad's going to be so upset to hear that. Yeah, well, we'll have a look. We'll just have a look at who won yesterday, shall we? Oh, okay. See, that's the sort of thing that's said. Yeah, yeah. Like, it's really weird. Like, I remember in high school.

You should see my Facebook timeline. It's full of bants. On the day after Bathurst at high school, it was a big, you know what else it's like? State of origin. Yeah. No, like what's your vested interest in that? We don't live in either of the states, but people get like so intense.

They do, yeah. About who they want to win state of origin. That's another thing I couldn't care less about. State of origin, Bathurst, car racing. Bathurst is car racing. Same thing. No, but I mean those other car racing ones that go round and round and round. Like Formula One or something.

Yeah. I got into Formula One after that Netflix series. That was like really, I think it showed the behind the scenes more than I'd ever watched it. Maybe the only other car racing where I'd seen the behind the scenes was Cars 1, 2 and 3. Those movies, they're good. Yeah. They're good. Lightning McQueen, oh my God.

And Cars 3, I cried on the plane. Absolutely not embarrassed to say at all. That brought tears to my damned eyes when I watched Car Story on a plane. Would like to know this morning who you or what you support, but you don't really know why. Maybe it just comes from your upbringing and your family. Yeah. Or, I don't know, your friends,

and you just have to support this one thing and you've always done it and you don't care or know why. But you'll passionately argue about why it's the better. Yeah. Like the Holden Ford and the State of Origin thing is the perfect example of just, okay, man. Cool. Like that's cool that you're into it, but why?

And then you're like, oh, because my dad was when I was growing up and I wanted him to approve of me and I wanted him to be proud of me and I wanted him to love me unconditionally and I had to like a car to get him to do that sort of thing. Yeah, okay. Maybe it's a sports team, but it's an overseas one. It would only be a sports thing, wouldn't it? I would think so.

Oh, unless, I don't know, your old man might have been a painter and you might have been a real Dulux Resine brand. Or you might have been a real Dulux Resine brand. You might have been solid brand between paint brands. Maybe you like a certain brand because of an ad

or something. And then that's you now. And that's you now and you can't yeah or you had it as a kid and that's why. There's weird support.

Alright well let's take some calls 0800 DANCEATM 9696 Why do you What do you support and you're not sure why? We want to know from you this morning what you

support but you're not really sure why. Megan apparently gutted today that Holden didn't win Bathurst yesterday but doesn't have any reason. Because I've just always supported Holden. We're a Holdenen. We're a Holden family. We're a Holden family.

We had Holdens. None of them drive a Holden currently. No, but they used to. We all used to drive Holdens. Well, where's your loyalty gone? No wonder that. No, now it's just not Ford. Oh, right.

Okay, right. So it's not so much a Holden family, it's just an anti-Ford family. What if your family won a Ford in like a lotto draw or something? Oh, Dad would sell it, 100%. And buy a Holden? Or buy something else, yeah. He should try driving a Ford Ranger.

I think it would change his life. No, he just wouldn't. He just 100% wouldn't. That's so weird. All right, some amazing calls coming in, not just cars or sport. My fiancé is a huge Hurricanes fan. A Wellington-based rugby franchise. 100% wouldn't. That's so weird. All right, some amazing calls coming in, not just cars or sport. My fiance is a huge Hurricanes fan. Okay.

Wellington-based rugby franchise. He's from South London, lives in Canterbury. He's been to Wellington once. Why? Don't know. Okay. Don't know why. Maybe he likes the uniform, the yellow, because it is quite a striking yellow, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, but yellow doesn't look like Canterbury. Red and black. It's an easy wear. Yeah, no, you're right. You're right. It looks good. The Southland Stags, what are they? Sort of a maroon black? So maybe he's just not a maroon person. Maybe he's anti-red. Yeah. Or of a yellow guy.

I'm a tradesman and for the past 10 years I've used Makita power tools. A new guy shows up using Milwaukee, and I'm completely filthy at him, and I don't know why. Why does it matter? But that's the same that tradies doing at Renault. So I said, oh, I've got an angle grinder, and I went and got it, and it was DeWalt.

And they're like, pah, default. And I was like, why? What's wrong with that? Because they're a tradie. They must know. They're like, oh, no, I've got no time For that shit It's Makita So I'm online

Googling What's wrong with it And everyone's like Nothing's wrong with it And I'm like This is just one of those Brand alignments Yeah

You buy one They say default Default That's like Ford Is fix or repair daily Or another one I can't say on radio There's a Makita one

But it's a swear word Right Yeah there's another one But they're all the same And they're all good. It's just what one you align with. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My God, what does it matter?

Yeah, exactly. I don't know. I'm the only one in my family that doesn't love and have red band gumboots. It's become an issue now. Dad's like, oh, I'll get a pair of red bands. I'm like, no, no, no. But then that's just us now. We argue about brands of gumboots where we don't really care.

Yeah. We'll take some calls tomorrow. Good morning. Hi. Good morning. What do you stand up for and support and you don't know why? Okay. So I support pink pigs because of my mum.

Pink pigs? Yeah. I don't know. Washing pigs. Yeah, washing pigs. We're kind of OCD about colours and I just grew up with her always having pink pigs. Yeah, so I don't know. Washing pegs. Yeah, washing pegs. We're kind of OCD about colours, and I just grew up with her always having pink pegs. And then as an adult, I've found myself with a pink peg collection.

Right. If I could buy one colour of peg, I would, because I always have to, if I'm hanging up a T-shirt and that requires two pegs, I like to have the same coloured peg on the T-shirt. Oh, yeah. Oh, no, we couldn't do that. We couldn't do that. Yeah, if you only had one.

Because I like those classic spring New Zealand spring pegs and they're all in fluoro colours. Love those. Those are my favourite, but I've got multi-colours. Nah, see, all pink would be great. Okay. Alright, Tamara, thanks for your call. Brie, what are you supporting? You don't know why. I feel like

Megan and I are the same person. I support Bathurst. I am a Holden girl. My dad shunned me when I thought that a Ford was pretty and my dad always said that one of his kids was going to have a Holden vehicle as their middle name.

Unfortunately, I was the first born. Oh no, what's your middle name? Commodore. Caprice. I'm in Cap born. Oh no. What's your middle name? Commodore. Caprice. Oh my God. Oh no. Brie. Why did he choose Caprice? Brie HR.

I don't know. I think it was the only one that my mum would allow him to have as a form of like one of my names. Because Brie Barina's not great. Brie Tarana would have been Brie Tarana would have been pretty good.

Oh my god, Brie Barina. I would have been fitting to have Belaina, because my dad used to call me Holden Belaina. So do you drive one of those Holdens? I'm currently driving my partner's Subaru. At least it's not a Ford. Oh my god.

Brie Barina, thanks for your call. Some other text messages. I support Vegemite over Marmite. Not sure why, as I will not eat either of them. But when people say Vegemite's better, I just stand up for Vegemite. When Marmite's better, I always just stand up for Vegemite. That's so true. But I grew up eating Marmite, but I never touch it now.

But I'll go in, all in for Marmite. You support Marmite. I'm a Marmiter, yeah. No, I'm a Vegemo guy. I like both. I don't have either. Get off the fence. What one do you like?

Give us a call. No, I don't. What one do you, what's your favourite flavour? Thick or thin? What do you mean thick or thin? Oh, always lots of butter. Always lots of butter and then a thin. No, you've got to have a lot of it because otherwise what's the point?

Oh my God, thick or thin? Give us a call. I only support Ford in the supercars and Subaru in the rally, and I worked out it's because they're both blue, and that was my favourite colour when I was a kid. So literally this is all hinged on blue. I support metal tile roofing over concrete tile roofing. Weird, but I can't help it. The biggest disappointment about the house I bought for my first house

was that it was a concrete tile roof and it's too new to warrant re-roofing. Okay. Maybe this could be the change for you. Yeah. What does it matter? I don't know. Paint your roof a different colour maybe. Because you can paint.

Yeah, you can paint. You can paint it. In my house, my partner's a huge nut about what containers we use. It's Tupperware or nothing in our house. I once brought home a Sistema. He hit the roof. They love leaking a bit of juice in your bag, Sistemas. Yeah, they can't go upside down.

Most containers do. I'm yet to meet a lunch container that I'm like, I like you. Tupperware won't. If it's the old school Tupperware that mum's had forever with the Tupperware logo in the middle and then all those lines running outwards that are also like genius. Nah, they'll leak a bit of juice in your bag, a bit of stir fry juice. Well, your mother obviously hasn't followed washing instructions. Well, no, because the lid's going a bit loose in the dishwasher, don't they?

Oh, yeah, that's the hand washer. Hand washer. Right. Absolute madness. All right. People supporting things and they're not sure why. 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. Heavy rain, strong winds for most of the North Island today for back to school. So pack the brolly. Pack your parka. Pack your PVC raincoat.

Chuck your kid's name in that because they'll lose it. Oh, have you had some lost clothing? No, my kids are pretty good, but I'm just going from when I go to pick them up. There's just... Oh, yeah. It's everywhere. God, I remember I lost a school shirt coming home. Jeez, did I get a kick up there.

You lost a shoe in transit. Well, yeah, because I walked home in coming home. Jeez, did I get a kick up there. You lost a shoe in transit? Well, yeah, because I walked home in bare feet. But where was the shoe? In your bag? God knows. Never found it, mate. No, but you had, so you had one. We had one in my bag.

Okay, so that was the question. We did a search and rescue. Who's the parent here? I'm tracing backwards. You are much more diplomatic than my parents. So write your name in. I got blamed for losing them. Turns out they were stolen. Oh, really? PE last period. Stolen out my parents. So write your name in. I got blamed for losing them. Turns out they were stolen.

Oh, really? PE last period. Stolen out my bag. They found the culprit. Did they? Got in big trouble. Okay. Case solved.

Oh, that was a riveting episode of CSI, man. That was a recap. Yeah, right. Okay. Fletch is a really fast walker if you've never had the joy of walking anywhere with him, especially if you're going somewhere. We're just going for a casual stroll.

Vaughn knows when I've done hikes, day hikes or overnight hikes with you, Vaughn, I see those signs, the three-hour walk as a challenge. They must be conquered and halved. Good Lord. Yeah, you really like, 45 minutes? We'll be able to do it in 20. I'm like, yeah, but the idea is we're not out to do the quickest possible. It's a beautiful walk in a native park.

You'll enjoy the surroundings. That's why the Tongariro Crossing, God, that nearly, that too many people couldn't get past them. I was trying to walk faster. And then the people I was with didn't walk as fast. I was like, oh, come on. But even, I wouldn't say that we're, oh, maybe Vaughn's a bit of a dawdler, but like I've got medium pace, but I've also got shorter legs than you.

You just really gun it. But there's been a study that's been done. In fact, this is a New Zealand study and Dunedin scientists took the, they did experiments for 900 people and they've found what it means if you're a fast walker. We're cuter. It doesn't mention cuteness. No, cuteness probably wouldn't play a huge part in it, I wouldn't think. No.

Just taking a guess. So doctors have long thought that walking speed gave you insight into people's cognitive capability, so their brain stuff. And it has been proven that the faster you walk, the better your brain is. You have a healthier mind. Talking like a real daughter over there.

Fast walker, better brain. So slow walkers were shown to have accelerated aging and their lungs, teeth and immune systems tended to be in worse shape than people who walk faster. Teeth? Wow. Okay. So they reckon they can do these studies to check

early signs of dementia or brain illnesses. What does it mean for you when your hips are already bunging and you're dawdling and you're screwed basically? I'm not going to be long for walking. Sure.

The America's Cup is now New Zealand's Cup. On his team, the Adams. Oh, beautiful connection. Long black celebrating already. Sports talk. Oh, wow. Talk about spirit. Talk about spirit.

Mary Spurge. Rugby World Cup is on at the moment. Hey, congratulations, by the way, to the Silver Ferns beating the Diamonds last night. Yeah. In a thrilling game of netty. Beating them by one point. The one thing we all want to know is,

are we getting our hands on that sweet pot of cash in the work sweepstake for the Rugby World Cup? Yeah. We now know what teams are through to the quarterfinals. After last night, Japan beat Scotland, who spent all weekend whinging, saying they hated the All Blacks and that they were going to sue World Rugby

if the game didn't go ahead, despite a typhoon, and then got beaten by Japan. Could have literally saved all the hassle and embarrassment and just gone home on Friday. So the four quarterfinals now, and these are the eight teams remaining. And if you've got anybody else in your work, shweb stakes, you're out. Because I packed out. I drew out Australia.

Well, you did better than me. I got Russia. So you're out. You lost your money. Because how much did we all have to put in? Five dollars. Oh, was it? Oh, there's going to be so your money. Because how much did we all have to put in? Five dollars. Oh, was it? Oh, that's going to be so much money.

So your team's up next, Fletch. Australia versus England is the first quarterfinal. That's happening at 8.15pm this Saturday. Is England supposed to win that? Yes, I think so. I think they should do, yeah. New Zealand play Ireland on Saturday as well. That's at 8.15pm. So the next All Blacks match is a bit of a late one. I thought it was at 11.15pm they should do, yeah. New Zealand play Ireland on Saturday as well. That's at 8.15, so the next All Blacks match is a bit of a late one.

I thought it was at 11.15. 11.15. What did I say? 8.15. Oh, sorry. I meant 11.15. 8.15 is the Australia-England game. And then the next games will be on Sunday.

Wales v France, 8.15. Japan versus South Africa at 11.15. I hope Japan wins that one. They're having a stormer. Are we, like, do we get any money for like coming

third, second, fourth in our sweepstake? Do we know? I don't know. Al's always in charge of sweepstakes. I know.

Al was, this is the first ever work sweepstake that we've done where he's, he stood over you and made you transfer the money with internet banking because I, because you were always like, ah, you won't and made you transfer the money with internet banking. Yeah, because you were always like,

and then you never pay up if you don't win. Of course I don't. Why would I? I'm not going to win. We had to show payment confirmation before we could even draw them out. Yeah. Ruthless work sweepstake.

I got Argentina. Gone. They're out. Can't even believe they didn't even make the quarters. Who'd you get? Georgia. Russia. Russia. Okay, gone. So, Fletch, you believe they didn't even make the quarters. Who'd you get? Georgia. Russia. Russia.

Okay, gone. So, Fletch, you're the last person in it. Yeah. From the show. So, England, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, Wales and France. If you're in for your work sweepstakes. In two nine years, the home, she's Japan. Are you?

She's having a blinder. I'm ready, baby. You'll be out soon, though. Nah, give me that cash. I'm ready to win. You'll be out soon, though. No, give me that cash. I'm ready to win. Caitlin, you were Georgia. I was Georgia. You're gone.

Maybe they do like a bottom. Maybe Elle is going to give me the money for the least favourite. Can you work out who got absolutely last? I don't know. Maybe. There'll be a table at the end. There'll be like a four or against point score or something. Who did you get, James?

I got Tonga. They won last night, but they're out. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. And that's Caitlin on rugby. Next on the show, we are the 13th favourite breakfast show on Nelson out of 15. Probably pretty keen to not be that close to the bottom. Yeah, yeah. I mean, we're pretty much like, what's your team in the World Cup? Russia. Yeah, we're pretty much down there, aren't we?

Pretty much. Al's just messaged, only first place is getting anything. He's so ruthless this time around. Did he say how much money is in the total prize pool? The pot. In the pot? Because you've got to be careful. You don't want internal affairs coming after you.

I don't know if it's got a big sweepstake happening. $200 in the pot. In the pot? Because you've got to be careful. You don't want internal affairs coming after you because you've got a big sweepstake happening. $200 in the pot. $200? $200 in the pot. It's the only time I want Australia to win anything when I'm going to get $200. When you've got a personal event. The Great Nelson Preset Reset.

Well, we are currently the 13th favourite radio show in Nelson and we're trying to do something about that. What frequency are we on in Nelson? I don't know. I've got eight. I think no one knows. Everybody shut up. 96.

96. 96.8. 96.8. 96. That's what I wanted to say. Yeah. But I was scared of being wrong. Don't be.8. 96. That's what I wanted to say. Yeah. But I was scared of being wrong. Don't be scared of being wrong.

We literally can't get worse. Yeah. Well, we can. We're one away from the bottom. We thought we were third to last. We're not. God, let's not sink to the bottom. We're second to last.

Well, Friday we tried some hot mixes on the radio show. That went well. Hopefully that went well and that'll do something for us. Today, we're going to try a different angle. Yeah, we want to know what it takes to be a household name in Nelson. Liam Malone joins us in studio. How many medals do we say, Jewel?

Three. Three. Three. Three. Three. Three medals. I know. I don't think we're going to win any medals.

We need to be good at something first this Could we borrow those this week maybe And just wear a medal around Nelson And say we won it You're absolutely welcome They're down in Nelson Are they? Yeah they are I think it would be better to stack the medals

On Megan Why? Because you know it always means way more to a region When a local person wins the medals Yeah Well you were saying that you haven't been home recently. I haven't been home for a while. I put the onus on you.

You're the local girl. But how come you're a household name, but you don't get home much either? I do get home. I went home a couple of months ago. When was that? Are your grandparents down there? Yes.

There you go. Old population, word of mouth. You haven't gone and visited the grandparents. She's got a problem. She doesn't speak to her grandma because her grandma says racist things. I mean, if we all stopped speaking to our grandparents because they said racist things, no one would speak to their grandparents. That's very true.

Right, so you needed that. Maybe some rest. Do you think when we're there on Thursday afternoon, we need to do a rest home tour? You do. For sure. Older demographic. Get them in. Yeah, okay. We go and we change the radios. sure. Older demographic. Get them in. Yeah, okay.

We go and we change the radios. They don't know how to change the radio. Yeah, they don't want to change it back. Most people may not know how to find you guys. Yeah, this is true. Now, have you been given a key to the city or anything? Yes, I have. I have no idea.

Yeah, I don't know what that means. What? I think it means. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it means. Look, I'm as surprised as you are. I just think that you're gonna be hold on to that until you're done. Like, you know, like what, on your deathbed?

No, no, no, no, but you retire from athletics. Yeah, I don't do, I don't run anymore, so. Do you? No. So does that mean you should test this out and do some really awful things and be like, see if they still let you be? I wouldn't want to push the boundaries. Yeah. But does that mean, so say you go to a park and it's

closed, or a community hall, you can just open it up? Potentially. Potentially. I don't know. Is it a physical key that you received? It is a physical key, and I'm horrible with keys, and I couldn't tell you where it is right now, but I've not, nope. I would love to. I want

a key to this damn city. Like those flash toilets that get shut at a certain time. Not when you're Liam. Click. Open. There we go. Yeah, right. Okay. This is so unfair.

I mean, you've got meals and stuff, sure, but like. You've done nothing. You deserve none of this. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I was born there. What do they want from me? To visit every once in a while. So is that the key?

Do you think we've got to start treating Nelson like our grandparents? Potentially. A bit more communication. Make them feel special. Are they going to give us biscuits? I have no idea. Skype it a couple of times. Hold up the cat to the camera.

Yeah, yeah. Tell them what the weather's doing where we are, and then they tell us what the weather's doing where they are. Yeah. Right. Okay. That could Right. Okay. That could work. Also, do you think

maybe we could record a video with you where you endorse us? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, I'm shocked that you guys aren't number one. Do you pay for that?

Is that something you normally charge people to do? Absolutely not. Okay. No, I don't do anything like that. So you could be like, hi, Nelson, it's Liam Malone here.

Triple medal. Triple. Triple medal winner and holder of the key to the city. I am going to shut this place down unless you all agree. And then hold the key and be like, I can do it. I'm turning it off. There we go. We can do that. We can do that. Threatening them.

It's a great campaign. Something a little less aggressive. No, I think a three. Blade runners are traditionally aggressive, so I think it is a good idea. This is great. We can have a sci-fi background in front of a green screen.

Yep. Some sound, laser sounds. And like, yeah, you're gonna shut it down. We can put you in a leather trench coat. Because we've tried being nice. It's not working. Maybe we're gonna be the best. You're wearing a leather jacket. That's pretty badass. I'm halfway there, yep. Yep.

There we go. It's threatening. This is great. I like this. All right, we'll record a threatening video after this chat and see how that goes. Liam, thank you so much for coming in. You've been busy. Oh, good to say hi to you guys.

You've just been at the Edinburgh. I have. I went and did a show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival called No Limits, which I'm still working on at the moment, and hopefully we'll be doing some shows early next year. Come in. Come in when you do that, and we'll promote that, and then that pays for the video that you're going to do for us. Fantastic.

Thanks, guys. Contra. Contra. Contra. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. School camps. They could become a thing of the past. It's a Kiwi institution, really, isn't it?

It is, yeah. Dragged away to some old cabiny-looking place in the woods. Yep. Often the Christians built them. Oh, yeah. There was always something Christian camp. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I guess they had the money. I guess so, yeah. So they built themselves a nice little retreat. Yeah. And then you'd go there and you'd learn skills and such. And then sometimes you'd get the choice, you'd like put down your choices of what camp you wanted to go on. Did you ever have that?

No. There might be like a five-day like kind of hike that you could choose or a different. Do you not do that? Oh, okay. It seems bougie for you. Or you're qualified to do the big walk-in to one of the school camps. Yeah, they would give you some options.

Or, yeah, sometimes they'd just be like, this is the camp we're going. Yeah, right. Okay, well, apparently Ministry of Education has said the new guidelines mean that some schools, how they pay for the school camp is different to how other schools have been paying for the school camp. And so, you know, like we were talking about before, when you went on school camp, you just paid. Yeah.

If you wanted to be the student that went on there, you paid. So this has come about because the government are bringing in this rule where school donations are not going to be compulsory. No, or they're getting rid of that whole... What counts as a school donation. Yeah. So some schools paid for the school camp using school donations, whereas we weren't familiar

with that, were we? Because when we went to school, if you went to go on school camp, you just got mum to write a check. But then mum would write a check, but then I don't know how the school was maybe getting the rest of the money. Maybe they were gambling and investing or something, I don't know. Maybe they were using school donations. Maybe it'd been us. Who knows?

School donations went towards it. But anyway. So they're saying that this is in danger. School camps could get the cut. And it's a Kiwi institution, isn't it? We've all got memories of the school camp. What a shame. Yeah.

How are you supposed to hold Jason Robinson's hand in a thunderstorm when you're at camp? Really? You're like, oh my gosh, I'm so scared. Because you wouldn't be with Jason Robinson at night while the thunderstorm strikes you at home in your bed. Why are all of your rowing camp and camp stories

involve guys? Um, hello. What do you mean? Yeah, fair enough. That was why she went to school. Hormones and stuff. Yeah. Yeah, teenagers.

Yeah. But, yeah, we want to know your stories this morning on what happened on your school camp. Like, what could the next generation possibly miss out on? Your adventures at school camp. But we want to hear the funny stories. We don't want to hear that you just went rafting or something. I nearly drowned rafting, actually. Did you?

Actually. Did it flip or something? Well, no, because we pulled over in one of those little, do you call them eddies? Those little calm patches. I've never heard of a calm patch. I just jumped in and the current, like, dragged me under. Oh, it was deceiving.

I wasn't listening in the whole briefing. It's like, don't get out because the current will drag you under. Oh, it was deceiving. I wasn't listening in the whole briefing. It's like, don't get out because the current will drag you under. So I was like, and the life jacket was like pushing me up against it. But luckily I got out of there. Pushing you up against what? Like the bottom of the raft.

Because I was like, you were underneath the raft. Underneath the raft. And everyone's like, where's Fletch? Where's Fletch? Where is he? I'm just checking the structural integrity of the raft at the bottom.

Thank goodness there's no lasting damage from that. Oh, yeah, I mean, I might have been dead for like a minute. Who knows what happened to my brain then. Well, we were actively encouraged to participate in pest control. Yeah. To kill possums if we came across them. We were told to make it like as humane as possible. Some people have a problem with this, but possums aren't guests.

How old were you? Well, this particular one, we were at fourth form, so 14. Buddy Wilson. Who? Buddy Wilson. Buddy Wilson. Buddy Wilson. There was a 14-year-old called Buddy Wilson.

Buddy Wilson. Good dude. I think he's a cop now. Last time I talked to him, he was going to be a police officer. Okay. Stand-up dude. Good man. I saw him jump from one tree to another with a knife.

I don't even know where Buddy got the knife because I'm pretty sure we weren't supposed to take him. Not on school camp. Whack. Stabbed the possum. Yeah. And then it was dead and then he slid down the tree with the possum on the knife. It was the craziest Tarzan shit I've ever seen.

So 14-year-old Buddy jumped from one tree to another, stabbed a possum, and then slid down. Like slid down. With possum in hand. Over time it's been romanticised in my mind about how awesome it looked. But I remember even at the time, that was pretty awesome. I don't think I'm going to see that sort of awesome possum takedown again. What, from one tree to another with a knife?

Yeah. Wow. No stopping it. I worry about the tree to another with a knife. Yeah. Wow. No stopping it. Okay. I worry about the criminals if he is a police officer. Okay, well we want to take your calls. 0800 DARS at M9696

with school camps on the line. What went down on your school camp? Apparently, according to schools, the Kiwi institution, the rite of passage,

the school camp is in danger because of the new school of passage, the school camp is in danger because of the new school fees rule and the fact that a lot of schools would use that to pay for camps. Yeah. Sounds like a power play from schools, doesn't it? So we're talking about get a bit more cash money. We're talking about what happened on your school camp

that was like legendary or super memorable. The things that kids now could miss out on, on school camp. I remember talking about the Burma Trail. Did you do the Burma Trail? The Burmese Trail? It sounds familiar. In Burma? No.

I don't know why it's called the Burma. I'm imagining it's something to do with conflict in Burma. But you were blindfolded. And you would follow the rope. Oh, yeah. It wasn't night in pure darkness and you would follow the rope. Oh, yeah. And you'd do it at night in pure darkness and you'd follow the rope. Are you allowed to just let kids go out into the wilderness in the dark blindfolded these days?

Willy nilly. Willy nilly. It seems like probably not, eh? Yeah. In fact, most of these stories coming in are probably a good reason why school camps shouldn't be allowed. Yeah, yeah. That's what I was – yeah.

Before I even made it to our year eight camp, I got hit by the bus. Oh, my God. I broke the front window with my head. Oh, my God. I imagine you didn't even make it onto the bus. Shaboof. Well, year eight camp,

my best friend made me stand lookout while she kissed the boy I liked. Cry face, cry face. S-M-L. The absolute betrayal. Sarah, what happened on school camp, the legendary thing? Hey, guys. How you going?

Good, good. So I had a boyfriend at the time, and we were at a, so I was at a co-ed school. Yeah. And there were a girls' camp and a boys' camp, and I thought I would sneak in and go and see my boyfriend in the boys' camp. Yeah. And I would sneak in and go and see my boyfriend in the boys' camp. And I got caught by the teachers.

Oh, no. I know. So while everyone was having fun, I had to write 100 lines saying, I will not sneak into the boys' camp again. And that has been drilled in my memory. So, yeah, some kids are going to miss out on that good old fun. Yeah. How did they catch you?

Did they set up like a laser tripwire or something? No, they just kind of, so it was like heaps and heaps of windows in the boys' camp. And the teachers were outside and they caught me through the window and I just thought, crap. Teachers outside having a ciggy or something. Really? That's not as, you know, hey, this could have been avoided altogether was someone messaged in saying when they were on school camp, Yeah.

they could hook up with their boyfriend because they were also a boy. Oh, right. Okay, that's like an access all areas pass, isn't it? Yes. Well,

I hope not. Amy, what happened on school camp? Hi, how's it going? Good, good. This was, it was form, we were form one and form two.

And this buddy was, yeah, he was the year below me of form one. And they have one of those old school log swings where the chains, you know, go under the end of the log and you can swing it backwards and forwards. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't think he's with them anymore, maybe because of this reason. So he was on it, obviously, and, yeah. the pain. Well, it was. No one was, no one thought that was particularly funny. It was, the funny bit was

the fact that someone's mum was a nurse and she had to take a look at it. Oh, no. Oh, no. And then everyone would be like,

ha, ha, James's mum's seen your penis. Something like that. I can imagine that's how something like that would have gone down at school.

Thanks for your call, Amy. Some text messages. I can imagine that's how something like that would have gone down at school. Things you call Amy? Some text messages. Somebody else said that when they were at school camp, they were all playing a game where they were jumping off the top bunk and rolling, jump and roll. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And the chubby kid went straight through the floor, and they got stuck, and we couldn't get them out.

And we didn't want to get in trouble because the teachers told us we weren't supposed to be jumping off the top bunk. So they were there for a long time, but we had to bring them food. For the whole camp? No, no, no, until I'm imagining the teachers set them free. We went to Raglan for school camp. Somebody got bitten by an eel and had to go to hospital. Had to go to hospital. Had to go to hospital.

Had to go to hospital. I have to go to hospital. I got bitten by an eel. He came back with lots of bandages. And everyone was like, oh, why'd you come back? And he's like, I don't want to miss out on the fun of camp. And everyone's like, this camp sucks. You should have just stayed in hospital.

Somebody else said that we had a competition At school camp To climb the trees In the middle of the night And we were all up the trees And like laughing And then we just heard One kid fall But it was dark

And we couldn't work out Who had fallen Yeah So we just Sat still up the trees Trying to work out Who had fallen Turns out they'd fallen

Knocked themselves out And broken both arms Oh my god Can we delve into Some of our Instagram responses Because some of those Have been hilarious. Somebody said,

one of the parents shot a possum and told us he made stew with it to feed us. People had sex in the showers of the campgrounds and the teachers caught them.

Good Lord. My food tech teacher borrowed $20 from my friend to go buy beer. My friend's grandma had a heart attack and died while climbing

Mount Herbert on school camp. Oh my god. Another person on the Burma Trail got attacked by a swarm of bees. And you won't see them coming because you're blindfolded. My mate brought special brownies. Everyone got stoned. One of the teachers and parent

volunteers had a bit of fun in the tent next to us. What are the parent volunteers? I hope that they were... Well, they're parents. Volunteers are quite self-explanatory, Megan. No, but... Fun times with the teacher.

Hopefully they're single. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hopefully dad didn't take a week off work. I was meaning hopefully you get an A now. Oh, you were meaning that? I was thinking of the adultery situation. Yeah.

No. Fact of the day, adultery situation. Yeah. No. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day is that in France, you can gift your sick days to a fellow employee if they've got a sick child. So they adopted this in 2014, the French National Assembly. This law enables employees to gift their days off to a parent of a seriously ill child. So not like if your child's got a cold, but if your child's hospitalized for an illness, and of course you use up your days,

you can gift your sick days to a fella. Because that's the thing, at the end of the year, so many sick days. I know, and do we get to bank up our sick days here? No, I think you get. Because I never use sick days. And I think I should be entitled to cash those out because I'm obviously a diligent worker.

It's like, I don't want to go to the Christmas party. I should be able to cash that out for the cash equivalent. Like, however much the Christmas party's going to cost, divided by however many people work here, and then give me the cash equivalent. Every time there's a social engagement, Vaughan's like, can I have the cash equivalent? 100%.

Can we get you staff drinks? I'm like, cash equivalent. Right. can I have the cash equivalent? 100%. Can we have staff drinks? I'm like, cash equivalent. Right. How much would the cash equivalent be for a staff Christmas party? I don't know. What do you calculate per head? $85? That's cash money, baby.

That's cash money. Or you could turn up and be part of the team. And socialise with your workmates. It's going to cost me that to get in with an Uber. You're actually not wrong. I'll have the cash equivalent. I'll have a couple of drinks at home and I'll be there in spirit. Yeah, but what about hanging out with all of us?

Yay. I'm here now. Is that not enough? I don't know how much more you want from me. But I don't have too much more to give. Yeah, right. I'm at my social maximum. Yeah.

These few hours a day. And then I retreat to my little cave and avoid people. What happens though if say you work with Sue at work and she's got a sick kid and you're like,

oh Sue, that's so sad about little Timmy with his cold that's not stopping. No, it's got to be more than cold that's not stopping.

Timmy's in hospital. Timmy's in hospital. Timmy's in hospital. Okay, so say I give this woman five of my sick days assuming they get five like the rest of us or ten or whatever and then what if I get sick serious. Timmy's in hospital. Timmy's in hospital. Okay, so say I give this woman five of my sick days, assuming they get five, like

the rest of us, or ten or whatever. And then what if I get sick and I can't use my sick days? Well, maybe you could just give two. I wouldn't go whole

hog and give three. I'd have a whip around to everybody. And collect sick days. And say, hey, Sue's kid's sick. Yep. Should we all chip in

some sick days so that Sue can continue to get paid? Yeah, right. But also be with her child who's seriously ill. I reckon that's a pretty cool situation. Because otherwise the sick

days aren't going to get used and it's just going to get... So there was an example that happened just after this got passed into law. Mineral water company, one of the kids, unfortunately, was diagnosed with cancer. Right.

And so their parent needed a lot of time off work, used up all their paid leave and everything. But of course, just because your kid's sick, it doesn't mean the bank says, don't worry about the mortgage and the power company's like, have a month on us. Yeah. You still got to be earning your money.

So they had a whip around and everybody chucked in a couple of sick days with this person and they managed to go throughout it without having to you know financially cripple themselves. It's a good idea It's a pretty cool idea. It is a great idea You never use them so you

might as well give them to someone that can It's a good cause But there are those people that use them that are like I've got this many sick days. And what is it, Megan? You're an employer. Yeah. How many days can they go in a row without going to the doctor? Three. So any more than... After three days they need a medical... They need a certificate. Yeah.

So they could... It's always when it's a Friday or a Wednesday. Yeah. How many sick days happen on a weekend, Megan? Oh no, they usually happen on a Monday. Oh right, yeah. After the weekend. Yeah, or a Saturday, yeah. Yeah, extend that week and make that a... It's hard to be sympathetic when it's like over the weekend.

You're like, hmm, what are your symptoms? It's also calmer from how many times you've done that. Yeah, it is. Yeah, so it's kind of coming back to bite you there. Pretty much. Seeing it from the other side, I'd say. Yeah. So today's fact of the day is in France,

you can gift your workmate sick days. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Megan Come on As a person that enjoys Dining Yes Out I do.

And a casual glass of wine. But neither you nor Tallboy are big drinkers. No. So if you were to order, say, a glass of wine for $10, or you could get a bottle of wine for $28. So the price comes down because you're buying the whole bottle. Right. Well, that seems to make sense. That makes great sense. It doesn't make sense to me.

It's kind of you're buying the bigger thing and you get more drinks from it. So mathematically, if you're going to have a few, it makes sense to grab the bottle. Yeah, right. Plus it looks a bit more bourgeois when you've got a bottle at your table. This is true, yeah. Yeah. Fletch, what do you think about buying a big version of a drink rather than a smaller version of a drink? Well, you know I've got an issue with this

because I told you about my very social weekend and now you're taking the piss. No, no, like, go on. Okay, I do have an issue with carafes. Or jugs. What's the difference between a carafe and a jug? Because I always got the ability a handle and pouring

but a carafe just has got an opening. A mouthy opening. Oh, okay. Yeah, maybe you're right. Carafe. Carafe. A carafe's just a jug

without a handle or a specific pouring part. Oh, yeah, no. Or is one just a fancy without handles. The different liquids inside. Carafe is without a handle. So anyway, Saturday afternoon, out with a friend and we're having lunch and we decide,

well, it's a lovely day. Why don't we get a carafe slash pitcher slash jug of sangria? Delicious. Yeah. What a treat. Rather than buying one glass of sangria, you would buy the chug. Because to me that makes... Both festive and financially.

And then it's on the table so we can have a couple of glasses. Yeah. What a delicious idea on a lovely summer's day. So we settle on the rosé sangria for $35. How much was a glass of sangria? Well, it didn't have a glass price. But a glass of wine was like $9 at this place. So I'm thinking all it is is wine with ice and a bit of juice

and some fruits in there and some seasoning and some flavours. Seasoning? I don't know. What do you put in it? There's not seasoning like things like fruit bits and stuff. Herbs and... Herbs. Spices.

Would there be? No, not too many. No, that sounds like KFC chicken now, doesn't it? Yeah. So anyway, we're like, okay, well, let's get this. It's a bougie lunch. We're going to commit to this. It comes with the food and I pour us a glass each.

And then the carafe is empty. It's empty. It's just ice left and orange and a little bit of fruit in there. So you've paid $17 per glass of sangria then by that. Yeah, absolute rip off. We could have got like three, how many glasses of wine could we, three and a half glasses of wine for that price. But technically is that like a cocktail?

But it's not a hard to make cocktail. Let's pour some wine and ice in a jug and chuck some fruit in it. I'm sorry. Do they have any other alcohol in it apart from wine? No. And I fall in this trap every time because I went to another place, Mexico, and I knew that it doesn't matter where you go, everyone loves a lot of ice in sangria.

Because to me, it's just getting the price, it's getting the wine out of there and the price down, you know, from your business side of things. So I said to them, I said, no ice this time. Go easy on the ice. They brought a half full jug. They were on to me. Really?

So they must have specific measurements. And when you asked for no ice, rather than making it up, they just left it out. I know. So you can't circumnavigate this. No. And every time I always forget. Well, that seems fair, though.

They've obviously got measurements, and that's how much cost for that amount. Two glasses for $35? I almost want to take this to fair go. Like, can I do that? Or is this small fish? Here's an idea. Or paperweights will bite at this?

Maybe. Here's an idea. Jug of sangria. You pay your $35. But you get a glass of rosé each. And you just pour a bit of the sangria into the rosé. And then you're watering it down with the $9 wines. No. Ask for a jug of ice water.

Tip the water into the pot plant by the table. Yeah. Get the bottle of wine for less than $35. Pour that in. Ask for an orange juice. Yeah. Bring your own...

Oh, my God, this is giving me a connection. Bring a couple of herbs and spices. Strawberries and cucumbers. I'll go to the countdown beforehand. Add them in. Or... Here's an idea. Get a sangria for like 25 max.

And it's way more. Get a rosé and a just juice and stay at home, you grumpy old bee. Ouch. Ouch. But I don't have a lovely dick in the sun. Well, there you go. That's what you're paying for. So somebody said this happened to them.

Yep. The glass of sangria was $12. Yep. The carafe was $30. So they're thinking there's going to be four glasses in this. Got to be. Mathematically, that's what makes sense. It wasn't even two full glasses.

I've had enough. I'm thinking about going to the Commerce Commission. Did you say something to the people at the time? Nah. I don't like having a conference. And then you just write a really bad Google review. I should just do that. Yeah.

No. Then somebody else said they've cracked it at Mexico, Reese and Kriya. Oh, okay. Which is where you said you went with no ice. I love Mexico. Half ice. No, because I said go easy on the ice and the jug came and it was half full. And I was like, you went again, Mexico. You went again.

Yep. I'm just going to have to take my own next time. And a camel pack And I'll put it Underneath my What Here's an idea And I don't think

Anyone's doing this Okay We start drinking a lot Before we go places That charge for drinks Okay Stay with me And you're turned away

At the door Right It's like loading up on booze Before you go So like Pre-loading We'll call it Pre-loading

Okay It's where we As New Zealanders Are like Nah mate We're not paying that. We might get one while we're there. Let's get booze before we go. Right, okay.

Push ourselves right to the limit. No, but then if you do that, bars are going to have to charge $35 for a sangria jug with two drinks in it to make their money back. It's like somebody's already done it then. It is, isn't it?

It is. ZDM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. If you enjoyed this podcast, It is, isn't it? It is.