ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - October 19 2018

Episode Date: October 18, 2018

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Hello and welcome to the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast. Thanks to Spark. Get more of what you love on the $29 prepaid rollover pack. And now, on with the show. Thanks, Anya. Good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. It must be sad doing Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird for that long.

Yeah. And then retiring, knowing that you've done such a great job that people have grown up doing impressions of them and someone's just going to step straight into your boots or put their hands right into your puppet. And no one knows what you look like, really, eh? No. But then that's kind of good. Yeah.

Because they've done all this amazing stuff and... You don't want to be stopped at the... Certainly have some anonymity. Stopped at the airport all the time. Hey, Big Bird. When you stop doing it, though, you'll be like, oh, I was Big Bird and Oscar for years. They're like...

Prove it. No, you won't. Everyone can do that voice. Oh, yeah, true. Then what kind of... You know, if you're going to do that job, you want some kind of fame out of it. But respect.

Doing it that long, how many people have been kids with those characters? True. So many generations. And Tina, have you done your hair? Is this new? Yeah, yeah.

I noticed, I noticed. Yeah, but the way you approach it. You say, have you coloured your hair? Did you note it? Yeah, I did. When I walked in, I did. Your hair looks different.

It looks lovely. It looks lovely. Oh, thank you, Fletch. Is that better? Yeah, that's okay. Vaughn just came in and said, now that's different. Like a real dad.

That's what dads say. Yeah. That's different. Vaughn just came in and said, now that's different. Like a real dad. That's what dads say. Yeah. That's different. That's different. Fletch, are you wearing a Lacoste t-shirt? I am, actually, yeah. You've got an alligator on your t-shirt. Yeah, is that all right?

No. Why is it not okay? No. You're on a slippery slope to a polo, is what's happening here. What's wrong with a polo? Blank t-shirt. Okay. It's about time someone else wore a bunny collar around here. What's wrong with a polo? Blank t-shirt. Okay.

It's about time someone else wore a bunny collar around here. T-shirt with a Lacoste thing. Then you go to a polo. No, this is a t-shirt. And it's a Lacoste polo, then it's a Ralph Lauren polo. I'm not taking fashion advice from someone that's wearing a sports bra. A long sleeve top. Good posture is no fashion choice, my friends.

Let's just look at what Vaughn's wearing right now. You can't see it because I'm wearing a black shirt. Yeah, okay. But you put it under and it cuts in under the arms. But see, I can take this off. That alligator's forever. Megan, what do I say? Just ignore him.

Just ignore him. No, no, no. He's going away. I think he's dressing up for someone. This isn't dressing up. I'm literally in active wear. No, take it as a compliment. He said you're dressing up.

Therefore, he said you look nice. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Today on the show, every hour between 7am and 7pm today, we're giving you tickets to Friday Jams Live. Not only that, it's a meet and greet blitz. So every hour, a chance to meet somebody different. A Friday Jams Live artist,

not just someone that's at Friday Jams. Steve, who's coming up from Taupiri. Hi, Steve. Steve. You can meet him. Wellsford, Wayne. He's coming down from Wellsford and his name's Wayne. No surprises there. So we're giving you the chance around 7 Wellsford, Wayne. He's coming down from Wellsford and his name's Wayne. No surprises there.

So we're giving you the chance around 7.30, 8.30 and just after nine this morning with our ticket blitzes. Usher, 7.30. So not only two tickets to Friday Jams Live, but a chance to meet and greet Usher, 7.30, 8.30. T-Pain. That's just off the top of your head. You're doing well.

Yeah, I've got the other ones. Caitlin has it printed out in my list. 9.30, you get to meet Fletch in a Lacoste t-shirt. Stop it. Salt and Pepper at quarter past nine. And will you be wearing your posture bra to Friday James Live? Yeah, I'll wear it under probably. A lot of standing. A lot under probably. A lot of standing.

A lot of standing. A lot of standing. A lot of standing. You don't want to slouch. All right, you lot. Listen up. It's story time. Thank you, Producer Caitlin.

We're sharing an Uber. Our way to the airport today. Which you're paying for. And we're splitting the fare. What? No, I wouldn't split a fare with a guy with enough money for a Lacoste t-shirt.

Like, he literally, overnight he's gone from wearing a $20 AS colour shirt to a $1 million Lacoste shirt. You know, they actually sew the little alligator with the tears of an actual alligator.

They dehydrate the tears and interweave it with the cotton. This tears of an actual alligator. They dehydrate the tears and interweave it with the cotton. This is my homegrown alligator. Homegrown alligator. See you later. All right. Three news headlines

for Storytime and you guys pick one. Headline one. Burglar does the chores. Who does? Burglar. You said burglar. Burglar. Burglar. The burglar. He's our boy. He's burglar. Headline one, burglar does the chores. Who does? Burglar. You said burglar. Burglar.

Burglar. The burglar. He's our boy, he burglar. Headline two, Wendy's worker fired for customer nickname. And headline three, convincing Halloween display. Was the Wendy's one? I want Wendy's. No, I've got the answer to that.

They called a customer chubby. On the receipt with the name chubby. And then they were like, Chubby, order's ready. Well, I'm guessing the person behind the counter thought that was his endearing nickname that he'd given himself.

Chubby Checker. Either that or they're like, I'm going out today. This is how I'm... Chubby Bubby, yeah. I'm actually looking for the weekend off. The boss has said no, so it's time to get myself fired.

Yeah. So, okay, that... Three was... What was number three? Convincing Halloween display. You want that? Oh, yeah. Okay. Time to get myself fired Yeah So okay Three Three was Convincing Halloween Halloween You want that? Oh yeah

Okay We'll lock that in We go now to A little town called Pickering Which is in America It must be near Ohio Because the Ohio Highway Patrol Responded

To a 911 call From a concerned resident who'd driven past a plane crash. Oh, my God. A plane was seen dangling out of trees and on a, I guess, it looks like maybe a big front lawn or a mini park in a neighbourhood. Well, they turned up the highway patrol to the home of army veteran Delbert Holeslinger. Wow, that's a name highway patrol to the home of army veteran Delbert Hulslinger.

Wow, that's a name. That's a hell of a name. Where they found the upside down plane in his yard and skeletons hanging out of the cockpit of the plane. The 85-year-old retired from the Air National Guard set up the fake crash along with a skeleton

and a witch spilling out of the cockpit for the spooky season. For Halloween. He went into detail with news crews. And it's a real... He's made the plane himself. Like out of wood. Really?

I'll show you the picture. So he's made it all. That doesn't even look... From a distance though it would look like like It had crashed Yeah At a quick look Nothing's burnt Right

But I mean I guess it does look It looks like a homemade plane's Crash Which is highly believable Very likely Isn't it They're always

Never in the news For a safe landing No A homemade plane Never see a headline Homemade plane Lanes safely Homemade plane

Everything man hoped would be after spending five years building it in garage. Man's wife said, I told you so. Great work, Steve. I was wrong. It would have dropped out of the sky. But people go to a lot of effort. I mean, people go to the Christmas decoration effort level

here in New Zealand. Yeah, we're getting more and more Christmas lights, but Halloween's still low end. There's a lot of Halloween decorations out now. Yeah, but... But it's still annoying you can't carve a pumpkin. You can't carve a crown pumpkin. Well, no, you'd...

Cut your arm off. Yeah. They're too hard, aren't they, our crown? Yeah. They are a real thick pumpkin. R.I.P. thin-skinned pumpkins. F.M. The Long Weekend Group Tweet returns at 8 o'clock this morning.

Very excited. Very excited about the Long Weekend Group Tweet. It's been on a hiatus. Let's get back in there. I don't want to use too much excitement too early in the show and exhaust myself before 8. Thanks. A lot of people have already taken today off.

For the Long Weekend Group Tweet? No, for just the work and everything. Oh, right. Some people hit away last night. Is that going to help us or hinder us? We here at the Long Weekend Group 2 are willing to pay you a day in lieu and time and a half to get back in your car and get involved in the Long Weekend Group 2. Someone that won't be participating because currently they don't have a car is our very

own producer, Caitlin, who has the insurance money but yet to purchase. Aye. Yeah. I don't blame you. I hate buying cars. I don't even know where to start. Are you hoping that this weekend when you see your parents, you'll be like, hey, can you upgrade me?

What if your mum gave you her car and you just gave her the insurance money because your mum wants a new car anyway? Mum's always want a new car. Mum just got a new car. She needs a new one. She needs another one. She can give you that one. But then I have to drive it from Fairleigh.

I just want someone to be like, hey. I don't think you're quite appreciating the fact that your mum's giving you a free car. I just want someone to be like, hey, look out your window. There you go. Enjoy your life. Well, just like have it all organised. You're real tired today, aren't you? You're real tired.

Well, I had that vomiting bug. Yeah. And then I've got like a bit of a cold. I'm just, I'm ready for a long weekend. Well, I wanted to talk about the Uber. The Uber. We wanted to raise this. You just mentioned this in passing before like it was no big deal,

but we were all a little bit taken aback. So you had to catch an Uber to work this morning because of the no car situation. Yeah, because I'm going to the airport. And you said that this guy played you his new album. Yeah. Because he's releasing an album. The Uber driver is releasing an album. Yeah. You'll find most Uber drivers have something on the simmer.

They have another business idea, just simmering on the way there. What genre of music was it? Rock. Rock? Hard rock? Or like death metal? Well, he said it was his third album. Really? Like a Nickelback?

Creed? Like a Creed? What do they call that? Middle of the road. Middle of the road. Like, it wasn't rah-rah. It was like, la-la. And it wasn't rah-rah.

It was la-la. I'm guessing in your current mood, you were not into this. No, so I appreciated that. But you know how when you get into an Uber and you're like, oh, cool, I'll just have a wee relax. Yep. And I had to use my brain a lot. This is a 4am Uber as well.

Yeah, and I was like, you know, wanting to be encouraging of his new music. But I don't really listen to rock music, so I don't know anything about it. You couldn't provide any sort of solid critiques. Yeah. I like it when there's no conversation. Oh, yeah. Five stars. Especially at 5am in the morning.

So, no, I was being encouraging of the music. Get this though, here's where it gets harsh. Okay I had a slip of the finger on my phone Yep, okay, quickly finish the sentence. Don't drag that

sentence out ever, Caitlin. I blamed James because James said, oh so what are you going to rate him then? Because I was coming in and I was telling James and I was like, oh, well, I obviously won't give him five stars

just because I didn't want to have the chat. I was looking over your shoulder and I said, yeah, well, what are you going to mark him then? Because if you didn't like his, you know, you know him playing his music, then you're going to mark him down.

And Caitlin's like, yep. And I look over his shoulder. I gave him a one star. Caitlin! No! Savage. You never give anyone a one star. I didn't know this.

I thought it was like, like, one's like, oh. Some things to work on. Yeah. I didn't realise that the one, that I was going to get the reaction that I did get from Jake. That is right.

He's just trying to make a living. One is when you suspect they've been drinking. One is when you feel in danger. No, he was fine. When they nearly kill you. Mount the curb. Oh, no. He did everything right.

Apart from the chat. Or say something really racist. No, he didn't do that. See, I had a real smelly Uber once, and I think he was, like, farting. But I gave him a four. Like, I'm not. I always give him a five.

Like, these people are just trying to earn a living. That's really bullshit. I don't know about Fletch. Like, farts for talk too much, too. You literally expelled your body's waste in my face in a confined space. I don't hate you as much as if you open your yap hole and try to talk to me. But I don't even think I've given anyone lower than a four. Just because if they go under a four point something, they can't drive.

I don't even need to tell you off because Fletcher's giving you enough of a telling off. Look, I feel so bad. And then now I'm thinking, you know, maybe I should have complimented him on his music more and now I don't know how. Can I do it? Can I redo it? No, your job's not to give him false hope. It's just not to make cost of this job.

Write a wee message and say I accidentally gave him a one. It's too late now, isn't it? You can't retract it. Can you kind of retract it? No. Because then otherwise Uber drivers would be going around to Caitlin's house with a gun saying, change your rating. With a gun? Maybe that's a bit extreme. In the heat of the moment, I was struggling for an example, but that's what came out.

I don't know. Just be nice to Caitlin. You're just in a grumpy today because you've been sick, aren't you? No, look, I'm going to call Uber. I'll write an email. I'll tell them. I'll write his, yeah, I've got his details. Be like, I know I gave him a one, I meant to give him a two.

No, I'm going to say, I know I gave you a one, I was meant to give you a three. I mean, a three. Ooh. But even then it's like, I know I called you fat, I just meant to call you chubby. Fine, I'll say, I thought one was five. I'll say I've got it's three. Oh. But even then it's like, I know I called you fat. I just meant to call you chubby. Fine. I'll say I thought one was fine.

I'll say I got the wrong hands. The Top Six with Vaughan Smith. Hello there. Today's Top Six looks at the top six other police vehicles I think they need after this weekend they're trying their jet ski. And it's not just some little jet ski. It's one of those ones you could probably fit three people on if you really wanted. I'm just, I'm going.

Badass. I'm googling what it looks like. Badass jet ski. Wow, that's cool. Like it needs its own trailer. It's a badass jet ski. Is he wearing tight blue police pants or a wetsuit and booties? Very good question.

I think it's booties and a wetsuit, but the wetsuit is the same colour as your standard issue police pant. Or it might be like a rashie. It might be like some tights. Yeah, right. And he's got a little fluoro helmet. I know. The fluoro helmet ruins it.

They need to make the helmet look like the police hat. I didn't think the helmet was too bad. But whereabouts are the lights? On the front, I think. Oh, okay. Same for communities together. That's so cool. I know.

It's just marked just like a police car. It's pretty legit. And so I thought we'd do a list of the top six other police vehicles we need. And it was actually quite hard because it seems the New Zealand police thrive on wacky vehicles. They've had mountain bikes. Yeah. They had a tractor for the field days.

Yeah. They've had ATVs. Yeah. They've had e-bikes. They've had horses and now jet skis. Right. And I was going to say helicopters as one of them, but then I was like, of course there's police helicopters already.

Yeah, the eagle. One of the most active helicopters out. So the top six police vehicles I think they need going into summer, number six, police boogie boards. Yep. You drop in on somebody else's wave and you hear, Hey, mate, drop out of the else's wave and you hear whoop. Hey mate, drop out of the wave.

We need to have a word. Mow, mow, mow, mow. Just blow in here and I just need to know if you're hoon. Oh yeah, because you're a surfer. Right, okay, yeah.

Forgot about that. Sorry mate. On your way. Police boogie boards available in highlighter yellow and blue. Nice. Number five on the list.

This is to deal with a problem that maybe have just popped up this week with the release in Auckland and Christchurch of the e-scooters, the Limes. Police scooters. Yeah, e-scooters. Yeah, police e-scooters. Oh, but you don't want to be like chasing a crim and your battery runs out. Well, you're chasing a crim and you have to flick on the lights,

but that takes away the power. Oh, yeah. Proceed on foot. Proceed on foot. Proceed on foot. You need a good sprint. We were clocking at like 22k an hour on those scooters. They go up to 30, yeah, depending on the flight. I got 19 and I got speed wobbles.

Oh, God. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Number four on the list of the top six new police vehicles. This is out there and it's all but. And, you know, I think the policing range would be fairly limited, but a police train. Okay. Needs to go somewhere with rails.

Really limited, though, to just rails. And just pulling over other trains. Yeah, for speeding. Okay. I don't know. What could you do wrong on a train? Go too fast? Go too fast.

You went too fast, you just fly over. It's sort of a self-governed industry, isn't it, rail? Yeah, yeah. Maybe they could check it for people sleeping in the carriages with sticks with

polka dot bags on the end. Yeah, brilliant. Hobos. We've got a hobo problem. Number three on the list of the top six new police vehicles that I think they need

are police hang gliders. Oh, okay. Yeah. You wouldn't hear them coming, would you? No, you wouldn't until they're right on you. Swooped down on you. Whee! Jeez, you scared the shit out of me.

I let go. Now I'm plummeting towards the earth. But I think it would just be the colours that would look good. Same goes for police windsurfer and police kiteboarder. Yeah. The colours would look pretty good. Yeah. On a big wing.

Number two on the list, police skateboards. Every now and then, when you go down Queen Street or any main street or a hill, you see someone bombing down the hill and you're just like... Imagine after them, if there was a cop, the light and siren would probably have to be on his helmet. And he had dreadlocks too. No, you have the light in the side room would probably have to be on his helmet. And he had dreadlocks too. No, you have the lights under

the skateboard. They light up under, like neon thunder a car. You don't know like it's an undercover one.

You don't want to do a rail and bust your lights underneath. Oh, that's true. True. Just backs and mid sections.

No nose grinds. Sure. And the number one idea for a new police vehicle in New Zealand, I just think this would be great to see out and about on a Saturday night, a police tuk-tuk.

Yeah. You jump in the back, they can give you a ride somewhere. Maybe just a ride out of a problem area or a ride to BK. Like every time you go to Spark Arena after a concert, there's always those guys that are like, want a ride? Want a ride. And there's always some baby boomers that are like, I do actually. We've had a few too many drinks.

Oh, my God, Trev, this is so fun. Oh, my God, we don't hear this back in Meta Meta. Jump on, Trev. No, no, no, no, no, no. Come on. You don't have any fun anymore. No, no, no, I'm all right. I'll walk.

You go. I'm not going with you. Jesus. All right. Christ. All right. This actually does feel like it's going to be a bit of fun. I told you, Trev, you've Jesus. All right. Christ. All right. This actually does feel like it's going to be a bit of fun. I told you, Trev, you've just got to try these things.

Onwards, driver. That is today's top six. Canada has legalised recreational marijuana. Not medicinal. So everybody's like all of a sudden got arthritis and stuff. But they've legalised it for recreational use. medicinal, so everybody's like all of a sudden got arthritis and stuff. But they've legalised it for recreational use. And not only that, they've

pardoned people that had possession. Is that right? All they had was no other charges if they just had possession charges. Not if you'd had a big growing farm or hydroponics and got busted. Or got involved in a shootout because of it and shot three people.

That doesn't excuse you. But does that make it legal for people to grow it too? So this is what I found a little bit. What do we need to know about this? They say this is going to be massive for Canada because now they can tax it. So automatically there's more money in the public coffers. This is the largest country to do this.

Think about the size of Canada. It's huge news. Like states have done it in America, but no, this is the first, you know, in that part of the world, the big country that's done it. So in Quebec and Alberta, the legal age is 18.

It's 19 in the rest of Canada. Right. So you've got to be 19. You've got to be an adult. You can buy it at a recreational store. A dispensary. A lot of stores everywhere. A dispensary, yeah.

Somebody said Nova Scotia and Manitoba won't have a huge selection. At least not on the first day. They didn't have places opening pre the legalisation. Heaps of places had been like, it's happening. Get the store all stocked and ready. And on the day, boom, we're going to drop and it's going to hit. Wow. Okay.

So you cannot travel in or out of Canada with marijuana. So you can't be like, it's sweet. I'm BYOing. Yeah, right. No need. Oh, okay. So you can't even travel in with it. No, no, no.

You can't bring it in and you can't leave with it. Right. Yeah. Because. Okay. You're not allowed to travel with drugs on your cell. There's going to be some people caught out with that. I would say so.

Because they'd think, well, why can't I bring this in? Because... It's not illegal here. It's not illegal. Yeah. Yeah. So the Canadians that were pardoned, a possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana, and they were...

Those were the ones that got rid of them. Yeah. They got rid of any charges of people that had just, at one stage, had possessed it. And they legalised it because, as the Prime Minister said, it's been too easy for kids to get marijuana and for criminals to reap the profits. Today we changed that, we legalised it, we regulate it,

and it's just passed the Senate. And now we get the profits. Yeah. Because places that have done it like Colorado they've made so much money they just don't know what to do with it. Like seriously so much money.

So much public money. Wow. So they're the second entire country to do it. Uruguay did it first in December in 2013 so Merry Christmas. And you're allowed

to grow it. You're allowed to grow your own if you've got a green finger. Green thumb? Green thumb. Green thumb? Green thumb. Green thumb. Green fingers. What's green fingers?

If it became legal here, do you think Bev would pop some in? She loves her roses. Well, no, she's a frantic gardener. I don't know. I don't think so. Well, she doesn't smoke it. Not that I know of.

Could you grow it and then sell it? She could bake it. And that's fine. I think you have to get a licence. Yeah, you've got to be licensed. I think if you're going to sell it, you have to be licensed. But you can grow it and then sell it. And that's fine. I think you have to get a license. Yeah, you've got to be licensed. I think if you're going to sell it, you have to be licensed. But you can grow it for your personal consumption. I was just thinking for Bev, if she wanted to sell brownies or whatever.

She could set up a stall at the hotel. She's too busy. She's too busy. What about your roses? What about your parents? I've said to my parents, if it even becomes medicinal, they should look into growing it Because my dad can't milk cows forever

Fertile beautiful Waikato pastures I bet it would grow some sticky And he's very like fastidious My old man Yeah right Usually when he plants maize Or whatever his crops He's

Yeah but then he'd have All the bloody local Morons or hooligans Parking on the fence And jumping the fence And ripping them out Yeah that's true He'd have to set some booby traps.

Shotguns. Shotguns at about knee level. And then you're pretty much as bad as drug growers are now. FM. Blackout boobies. This is why. Fat. This is why.

Fat. This is why. This is why. This is why. Fat. Had a report of these come in to my Instagram last night and I've looked them up. It's legit. And it's not the McDonald's donuts.

No! Okay. You were saying about this. Because they're doing an American themed something at the moment, aren't they? Yeah, they've got these three new burgers. We had taste tested them last night. Very nice. All three? No, just two. Spicy chicken. The sriracha was quite tangy

and spicy. It was lovely. I appreciate a tangy sriracha. It was very nice. And Andy had some barbecue-y situation, which smelt nice. Yes.

Yeah, okay. The American donut, I thought it was weird that they're doing donuts, but they're like ball donuts, eh? Also, while we're on the issue of food, I just feel like earlier in the week we had a real victory, didn't we?

We said that the Southern Style Chicken Bites, they'd gone up to $1.10. Then we heard from BP and they said they're down to $1 each if you buy five. Five for $5. Well, correct. That's not all. They've slipped just a slippery one. I don't know what I'm trying to say here.

I started saying it and I was like, that could be misconstrued. The dipping sauce has snuck up five cents. To 65, yeah, I know. Because we were saying if you got five, four, you'd have change for a dipping sauce, but you wouldn't now. Now you'll be five cents short. You'll be five cents short with a you need five dollars and five cents. But at least now they've done the five deal.

Yeah, but what's five? You don't want them without dipping sauce. And now you've got to pay five cents extra for this. To me, it's five for five dollars, free dipping sauce. And what if you're paying in cash? Five cents doesn't exist. Precisely. Sadly, the world we live in where everything is going up. Precisely.

Unbelievable. Well, this is why I'm fat is a cross-pollination. I promised you a cross-pollination with it. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Because Christmas dinner edition Pringles are back, baby. Yummy. Pigs in blankets. Yeah, pigs in blankets.

What is a pig in a blanket? Bacon wrapped around what? Sausage. No, that's not right. No, traditionally that's not what I thought a pig in a blanket? Bacon wrapped around what? Sausage. No, that's not right. No, traditionally that's not what I thought a pig in a blanket was. I thought it was more of a pastry situation. Look, I've got no problem with bacon on bacon. Bacon encasing other mysterious

pig-eyed bits. Yeah, it's sausage in a pastry. Yeah. It's like a sausage-y, posh sausage roll. So there's that. Normally we talk about these new flavours and they might be in America or the UK but if they're in Australia it's normally a means

they're coming here, right? And what's the other flavour? The other Christmas dinner edition is Prosecco and pink peppercorns. So it's like bubbly wine and

a little bit of spice. Yeah. That's weird because I thought whenever I see Prosecco written down, I think it's prosciutto. And I'm like, that sounded good.

But then when I saw it and I read it again now, it only says Prosecco and then it's got a glass with pink peppercorns. I'd be down to try it, though. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't say no. It's chips, mate. Yeah, it's chips. If I was like, well, it's going to take some arm bending, you'd probably just be getting my arm past my body.

I'd be like, okay, that's enough of a bend. I'll give it a go. You don't need to try me any further. So two new flavours, because obviously, if you walk down a chip aisle at the supermarket, crikey dick, we're spoilt for flavours of chips in this country. I'll still go for cheese balls or burger rings a lot of the time. Just salt and vinegar.

Just because I'm basic. You can't beat your classics. You're salt and vinegar. Just because I'm basic. You can't beat your classics. You're salt and vinegar. Salt and vinegar should always be up there when it comes to the selection of chips. Ready salted? Get out. Get out of here.

Chicken? Get out. Yuck. This is why we're friends. We can't be friends if you like chicken or ready salted chips. I buy ready salted because it really makes the dip stand out. If your idea is making the dip stand out, again, we can't be friends. But Christmas dinner edition Pringles is another reason.

We've got some recommendations if you would like to ignore nice weather and stay inside for the long weekend of things to watch on Netflix. Just from us personally. Yes. If there's one thing we're good at, it's sitting on our ass and watching TV. And watching telly.

So why not share our talents with you? So go around the room. I'll start because I've watched one episode of this and I had a pillow most of the episode. Did you? Because people have told me, because I think when I heard about this, everyone's like,

I made me nearly vomit. I nearly passed out. And I'm like, oh dear. You need a backstory. Like how are you with scary stuff? So I'm not good. I'm okay with gory stuff. That doesn't really bother me.

I find that funny. Like stabbies. Jump frights I'm okay with gory stuff. That doesn't really bother me. I find that funny. Like stabbies. Jump frights I'm okay with as well. Like I wasn't scared in A Quiet Place. I quite like that movie. But like supernaturally, spiritually stuff sometimes spooks me out a little bit. Exorcist stuff. Not good.

Oh, no, exorcist is a bit too much. Okay. But like the tension building spooky ghost stuff can get me. Right. Especially if it's based on a true story. And this one's not. Kind of is. Very loosely.

But it's The Haunting of Hill House. I know that I can't watch that. This was the one that Stephen King came out and said is perfect. Yeah. So I didn't know this. It's based on a book from like 1959. And the book's only like 200 pages long and is regarded as one of the scariest books ever written. And it's 200.

So when I'm finished, I'm going to read the book. Oh no, don't read the book. I feel like that'll get into your head more. Don't get scared by it. So I've watched one episode. This is going to be definitely like one episode a night for me because this morning when I got up to go to the gym before work, I was walking downstairs and I was like, all the lights on.

And I couldn't look. You know when you've got all the lights on, the reflection on like windows is quite intense when it's dark outside. I was like, can't look at that window. I can't even look at mirrors when I'm scared. I danced around a mirror. I saw the mirror and I had to like walk past it and spin around. I'm always scared something's going to be like

the background of it. Oh God, I'm freaked out just talking about it. I know, yeah. It's quite spooky. I quite enjoyed it. The Haunting of Hill House. Okay.

As Stephen King says it's perfect, that's a no from me. Yeah, I know. Like the King of Scary is like, oh, it's great. And also Honourable Mention Season 3 of Daredevil comes out. Are we allowed Honourable Mentions? Yeah, we're

chucking out Honourable Mentions. To be honest, I haven't been watching a lot lately. I've just been, like, I just did finish season two of Ozark, so I would just totally recommend that. Okay. Sort of like fills the gap that Breaking Bad left a little bit. And you've finished season two, eh? You reckon season two's better than the first?

It's more intense. More intense. It's a great show. If you haven't seen it, it's've finished season two. You reckon season two's better than the first? It's more intense. More intense. It's a great show. If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a watch. I've been watching Oh, okay. I'm scared people are going to be like, this is dumb, but I'm enjoying it. So give it a try. If you don't like it, that's okay. But

Justin Johnson, he was in RuPaul's Drag Race. He was Alyssa Edwards. And so he's got his own TV Drag Race. He was Alyssa Edwards. And so he's got his own TV show now. It's called Dancing Queen. So it's like Dance Moms and RuPaul's Drag Race because he runs his own dancing school. And then at night he's a drag queen. And then at night he's a drag queen.

I saw the trailer for it. It was pretty funny. Gosh, it's good. Yeah, it's reality. It's about his life, but it's like dancing during the day with these kids and crazy good. Yeah. Yeah, it's reality. It's about his life, but it's like dancing during the day with these kids and crazy mums. Yeah.

And then at night, he is a drag queen, and he's amazing. So I'm just really into that show at the moment. Right, okay. But also Honourable, what do you call it? Honourable Mention. Honourable Mention to Dynasty. New season of that, so.

Is that a remake of a really old show? Yeah, apparently. I didn't know that. Right, okay. Just great outfits. What's that about? Great outfits, great drama.

Super famous 80s TV show. Yeah, like a rich family and all the drama. Who Killed JR is like one of the like, it's a major pop culture reference. That was Dynasty Runs. Like our mums.

Okay. I never knew that it was even a remake. Just get into it. It's real good drama. Okay. Yeah. What about animated?

You've been watching Paradise PD. Oh, yeah. That's just, if you like, like a Rick and Morty. It is silly. But if you like, like a Rick and Morty or a Family Guy or something like that. I can't get into that. It's silly. It's just.

Was it on Paradise PD that the phone call where he calls the thing and there's a dog in his house? So I just saw that clip. Some guy calls 911 and there's a dog in his house. Yeah, there's a police dog, but he does all the evidence drugs. It is stupid. It is stupid. But if you like that kind of stupid animated stuff, like,

it's alright. Give it a watch. So basically, so the government have come out and said that there will be some changes to online shopping and GST. So this is the weird thing because you don't pay GST on goods that you buy overseas. So that's the problem, right? Is that there's places in New Zealand selling it.

And if you buy it through them, you pay GST automatically. It's included in the price. Yeah. So 15%. Yes. The government gets their take. But if you buy the same thing overseas for cheaper, there's no GST paid.

And that's why sometimes they stop it at the border, right? Yeah. And you have to go pick up your stuff. So what they've said is from October next year, under the revised approach, imports between $400 and $1,000 will become slightly cheaper as customs duty and levies will no longer be applied to goods under $1,000 will become slightly cheaper as customs duty and levies will no longer be applied to goods under $1,000.

But then you will have to pay GST on those goods, which online places will have to collect. Yes, which is weird. If you're buying internationally, say you're buying from somewhere in China, it's going to be up to that place in China to charge more when they sell it to you

because it now includes GST and then they have to send that money to the New Zealand government, which I don't know, it just doesn't feel like they will. So apparently in Australia, the Australian government asked a lot of the big websites, I'm guessing like Amazon, eBay and all those kind of places to collect the GST and they are doing that. But yeah, like you say, some little website from some little company in the middle of America or somewhere, they're not going to collect your GST, are they? Yeah, no.

So then you could get away with that. It sounds like a lot of admin for them, they'll probably just stop shipping to New Zealand, which is what a few places did to Australia, I believe. Well, yeah. And if you're over $1,000, it'll still be collected like it is now from customs. Right.

So what about things under $400? Because you said $400 up to $1,000, it'll still be collected like it is now from customs. Right. So what about things under $400? Because you said $400 up to $1,000. So they're still going to have customs duties and levies and all that kind of shebang.

I don't know. Do they currently have it? Are you telling me I've now got up to $400? What is it currently? Well, I always try and like keep it under $200 so that you don't get...

But when you buy, you know, because they don't open them all the time, they put that green sticker on the outside and it says what's in there. Do they? Or is that just gifting when you're presenting it as a personal thing? Okay. I don't do a lot of online shopping. Consumers of imported goods below $400 will face a slight increase due to the addition of GST to all imports.

Under current rules, the goods can be imported GST to all imports. Under current rules, the goods can be imported GST-free. Right, so under $400, so basically, no, you've not got up to $400, you have to spend over $400. Oh, okay. Well, damn it.

Damn, okay. Well, heck, that's two pairs of shoes, not one, so. You know, saving on postage too because they'll send them together. Yeah, okay. Oh, because I always thought, like, you know how you can put, can put sales notes when you buy things online?

Could you put, like, please put sticker on outside saying this is a present from grandma? Because you can't be taxed if it's a present from grandma. Some places do that. Do they? Yeah. They just put, like, gift from Nan. They're like, this is a present and it's $30. You're like, yeah, it's $30.

So it's not a present and it could be within hundreds of dollars. Yeah. Great work from them committing lighthearted postal fraud and tax evasion. Tax evasion, yeah, exactly. All right. Yesterday, some would say I caved to some Facebook targeted advertising. Remember when Facebook was like, we've changed it now. We want you to see your friends and family.

And everybody who ran any sort of page was just like, our views have fallen through the floor. And we're definitely not listening to your conversations. We can't even do that. We're not listening to your conversations. What a load of rubbish. They do. They totally are.

Because I've even had some messages lately from people who have been listening to the podcast. Yep. And things that are mentioned on the podcast that they haven't spoken to anybody about pop up in their Facebook. But because it's coming through the speakers. I guess so. Wow.

And it's listening. Oh, that's weird. Yeah, it is a little bit weird. But yesterday, this has been targeted to me for a little while. I'd probably put it up there. I've been seeing it on and off for a month. Okay. And yesterday, I finally caved because I was like, oh, I clicked on it and I did

because I never really worked out the price because it was always like 70% off. Okay. And I was like, okay. And I finally clicked onto it yesterday and I was like, oh, okay, this looks pretty legit. And I had to go wearing it and then it had a whole lot of photos on it and then I worked it out and I was like, you know what? I'm buying this Deadpool mask.

Because I love Deadpool. I like Deadpool. I'm going to sound like a comic hipster here. I really like Deadpool. I liked Deadpool before the movie came out. I really like it. I like Deadpool comics and cartoons before the movie even came out with Ryan Reynolds doing a great job.

So I've been seeing it and I looked at it and the guy that put it on and I was like, I could be that guy. And then I just caved. But you have a giant head. I know. That's my only risk. But I've got two children whom will one day inherit my collection of masks.

Because this isn't my first rodeo. I've got a Darth Vader helmet. I got given that. I've got a Boba Fett helmet. That's another Star Wars one. I've got an Iron Man helmet. What else did I have? There's one other one in the collection there somewhere.

Some good masks and helmets. I love that you're thinking when your girls are old enough they're going to be like, yeah, cool, we'll go and put on Dad's geek helmets.

Oh, Dad, you're so cool for having this Darth Vader helmet. Listen to me, I'm so cool. What the? Drop me off

around the corner, Dad. I don't want my friends seeing you in the Darth Vader helmet. Yeah, at most away from being dropped off. They said it was a roasting. I didn't want my friends seeing you in the Darth Vader helmet. You're at most away from being dropped off. They said it was a roasting. I didn't know they were going to attack my family values.

Shut up, Dick. It's kind of cool to roast me, but now you're roasting the relationship with my children? Is that your idea of cool? Your children are way cooler than you, so it's a matter of time until they realise it. I know. Indy told me about how she saw the boys' muscles in swimming yesterday.

She's like, all the girls were looking at the boys' muscles. We were all like this. I was like, I beg your pardon. She was telling Sade and I walked into the bathroom. I was like, what's going on in here? Boys' muscles? No. She's going to be watching the next season of Love Island soon.

She will not be watching the next season of Love Island. She will. She will bloody not be. But so season of Love Island soon. No, she will not be watching the next season of Love Island. She will. She will bloody not be. But so I cave to it. And I don't know why. Maybe it's because I talk a lot. But man, I get a lot of targeted Facebook advertising. I have three problems with this.

Okay, go ahead. I'll hear you out on all three. So originally I was like, okay, I'm okay with this because you're going to wear it to Halloween. Yeah. You're not going to get it in time for Halloween, are you? Look, I don't. I didn't pay for premium postage.

Part of the Facebook, because this is what else, this is the other thing I've learned to do with Facebook. Yeah. Targeted advertising because that posture brace that I got for my posture

to stop my slouching, I went there and filled in all the forms and then I was like, nah, and cancelled it. And they emailed me, they're like, um, hello.

Have you forgotten something? Free postage and here's another 20% off. That's a classic. Yeah, it's absolute classic. Pull up your basket and then click away. Second problem is it's only the mask. Like, what are you going to wear it with? Your normal clothes?

Well, this is the thing, Megan. Now that I've bought the Deadpool mask, I'm getting targeted advertising for the whole Deadpool costume. So it's only a matter of time before I cave. I'm trying to get myself that for Christmas. You can certainly wear your posture brace with it. It'll hold me up. You wear it under it, it'll hold me up. Problem number three, how much was it?

I've got the receipt here. Wait for this, Fletch. Wait, please wait. I already know. I know a ballpark. It was $55 US dollars. You're kidding. US dollars. No, I thought you said $30.

Yeah, I caved. I bought two. Because the second one was even more heavily discounted. For who? Your wife? She's not going to be caught dead in it. She's not going to be caught dead in this. She will be caught dead in it.

Okay, I want to take some calls. When have you caved to targeted advertising? Because you know you get all those wish ads. Oh, yeah. So, like, right now I'm being targeted one to sharpen knives. It's the best knife sharpener in the world. It's got diamonds on it.

Of course it does. Actual diamonds. How much is it for one? Actual diamonds. This is a, they've missed the mark on this one. I tell you, like, every fourth post of mine is targeted advertising. This is magic hair colour wax. So, jokes on them.

I'm bald, so. All right. Well, I won't hint you. It does it in. colour wax. So jokes on them. I'm bald. All right. Well, I went to hundreddollars.com. 9696. You can text in. I want to take some calls. When have you caved to targeted advertising? Something that was on your Facebook feed,

maybe a Google ad, and it just got you. Maybe it was bugging you for weeks and you're like, finally, I'm going to click this and I'm going to buy it. I don't really need this. Like a Deadpool mask or two.

Two. Two Deadpool masks. FEM. ZM. We're talking about when you caved to targeted advertising and you were like, all right, I'll buy it then. Some text messages in on the subject and this one is going to be ongoing

because I've asked to see it. Okay. And they're going to send us a photo after work. Okay. I caved and bought one of those paint by numbers canvases. I'm halfway through that sucker and I can tell you definitively that there is no way in holy hell the finished product is going to look anything like the picture promise it would.

But it's the journey. How much fun have you had? Not the best $80 I've spent in my life. $80? For a paint-by-number. Man, that suckered you in, didn't it? Yeah. Wow.

I almost resent being targeted advertised to. Some of the things you're like, ouch. Yeah, I know. Oh, right. So you're like, no, I'm not going to because I know better. I'm more like, ouch, I can't believe you thought I'd be into that. I'd like that, yeah. Someone caved and bought one litre bottles of Joico shampoo and conditioner.

What's that? What's wrong with that, though? Like massive bottles? Massive bottles. But you need shampoo But then the hairdresser told them it was knock off And not legit at all Oh that's so good

Targeted Shana good morning Morning guys Now you caved in and bought something online Some targeted advertising What was it? Yeah so I was just on Facebook A few wines down

And then the next morning I was like Oh yes, so a few lines down. Then the next morning I was like, oh, yes, I didn't buy anything because it didn't come up on my statement. But then a month later I got this package and it was Deadpool leggings that I completely forgot I bought. Okay, so I've got the mask incoming and you've got the leggings. Yeah, exactly. Now we just need the torso and we're taking care of life. Did they fit properly?

They actually did, yeah. They were a little bit like thin cereals. Sorry, but they did fit me. Yeah, I'm just worried because you're both not buying off, you know, the movie coming. You're not buying off a legitimate website. It's not an authorised merchandise. I don't believe so, no.

But you had an excuse. You had a few wines. Vaughan was sober. I was excited. I believe he was sober and excited. All right, thanks you, Koolshana. Some texts. Somebody said, I bought ski masks. Targeted advertising would say, you buy one, we'll give you five for free.

What do you need five for? So I got six ski masks for 50 US dollars. Are you robbing a bank? Well, that does sound like you're getting together the gang, eh? To rob a bank. Because they don't ski or even knee them. They just had cool patterns and looked like good fun. So they...

I mean, sell those to farmers because I, like, not farmers, the retail out there, farmers are people who get up and milk cows. Because I had one as a joke once, and my dad wore it in the middle of winter. It had eye holes and a mouth hole. He's like, this is the best invention ever. Like full-blown balaclava on the motorbike was great.

Didn't get a cold face. I had targeted advertising telling me I really needed a cruise to Hawaii. Okay. I bought it. It's booked. It's happening. We're going to Hawaii soon on a cruise. It worked.

Yeah. And lots of people buying targeted advertising clothes. Somebody said, I'm a bit of a nerd. Saw an Assassin's Creed, which is a video game style hoodie on Facebook. I've seen these as well, but I'm not big into Assassin's Creed. Finally caved in and up buying three. Yeah. And I've never worn them.

One is one I've never worn as it's a colour I don't like. Megan, someone wants to know if you've ever seen the ponytail hats. Oh, no. They're a regular hat with an extra hole up high for the hair to come out of an Ariana Grande angle oh okay

was popping up in my feed for weeks purchased it waiting on its arrival with bated breath okay I need to we need a photo we need a review

and a photo and to the 20 people that have bought Shark D mats and used them a couple of times yeah that's me yeah me too

yeah Friday Flashback. But it's time for Friday Flashback first. It's a Friday tradition. There's never more of a crucial Friday flashback than a pretty long weekend group to Friday Flashback. Well, pressure. A lot of pressure.

I know I've got you on board because this is your girl. It's your girl, Miley. Okay. I'm on board. Oh. I'm on board. Sweet ass. So I went back to the charts. I searched the charts in 2008 for this very week. Okay.

This time, and this song is 10 years old. I can't believe it. All these songs I'm looking at, I can't believe they're 10 years old. What else is in there for this week? Like there's lots of T.I. songs. You know that Tiki Tane song, Always On My Mind? That's 10 years old. Yeah, that was in the charts for like 10 years though.

The number one song this week, 10 years ago, was P. Money. Vince Harder, Everything. That was played all the time. Womanizer, Britney Spears was big. Great song, but we've done that. Lady Gaga had Just Dance and Poker Face in the top. It was 11 and 7, those songs respectively. Katy Perry, Hot and Cold. That was being Face in the top. It was 11 and 7, those songs respectively. Wow.

Katy Perry, Hot and Cold. That was being played all the time. Okay. And this song from Miley. She also had 7 Things in the chart, so she had two songs in the top 50. We've done 7 Things. We've done 7 Things.

But we have not done this song. Okay. As a Friday flashback It's 10 years old Today See you again On ZM Long weekend group two next I knew you were something special when you spoke my name. Now I can't wait to see you again.

I've got a way of knowing when something is right. I feel like I must have known you In another life Cause I felt this deep connection When you looked in my eyes Now I can't wait To see you again The last time I freaked out, I just kept looking down

A sister started ringing, asked me what I'm thinking about Felt like I couldn't breathe, you asked what's wrong with me My best friend Leslie said, oh she'd just be a miley The next time we hang out, I will redeem myself My heart, it can't rest till then Whoa, I, I can't wait to see you again. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I can't wait to see you again.

And Smiley, see you again on CDM. Fleets for an Omega. That's our Friday flashback. Do we want to bother with some feedback, read that, or just get into the long weekend group talk? Great, good, great work jamming in the car with my daughter. Amazing. This takes me back.

Whenever I dye my hair blonde, I pretend I'm Hannah Montana. It's hard to go wrong with Miley. It is. It is. All right, let's do it. Fletch Fulham, Megan's long weekend group talk. Don't stop tootin' I get so excited.

Oh God, I'm jazzed. So it's here. Let's have a run through for first timers, or just because it's been a few months, for the long weekend group toot. This is how it works. You call us, 0800-DOLL-ZM. We put you on air.

And this can be happening everywhere as well. It doesn't need to be on air for people to get involved. So don't wait for that to happen. If it's happening around you, get involved. But someone starts the toot by doing this. 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4. Then they stop. It's up to another New Zealander to pipe

in with a, here I am, and reply with... Easy. Two tootspacks, all that's required. Now, it's really important to have the window down when you do this. Yes, so we can hear the other tooter. It's a delicate balance, so you don't want tootspacks, all that's required. Now, it's really important to have the window down when you do this. Yes, so we can hear the other tooter. It's a delicate balance, so you don't want to put your phone too far out the window because then it could catch too much wind.

Now, Vaughan, you're a Waikato lad. I am a Waikato lad. And I think for the very first toot, we're going to go to the Waikato. Hello, Hayden. Hi, how's it going? Hayden here from New Zealand Police. How are you? Very good. Wait, are you going to tell usden here from New Zealand Police. How are you? Very good. Wait, are you going to tell me? Are you telling us off?

No, we are not. We're not telling you off. We just love the group two here in the Waikato. So we thought, hey, let's get involved and let's spread the good safety message. Hey, now I know it'd be easy. It's easy to, yes, exactly. Safety on the road this weekend. Yes.

Paramount. Now, can we confirm you are indeed in a police car? Can you give us a little bit of siren or that little eh-eh thing? We'll give you some siren action. Hold on. Go on. Get the window down so you can hear it. Go on.

Here we go. Yeah! Okay, okay, okay. It's official. Okay, this is good. It's official. All right. So you just scared the hell out of somebody driving to work.

That's all right. That's right. Now, you know good. It's official. All right. So you just scared the hell out of somebody driving to work? That's all right. That's right. Now, you know how the long weekend group tour goes? Oh, a veteran, yes. Oh, you're a veteran. Good man, mate. Good man, Hayden. When you're ready, Hayden, give it to us.

All right, we'll go the ear horn. Here we go. We're on Anzac Parade in Hamilton. Okay. No! Yes! Yes! We got it!

It came in late, it came in late, but it happened. I mean to be honest, if you heard the police do that, you'd probably shit yourself. That person who turned it back, very brave. Hayden! What a way to start! already shit yourself. That person who tooted back, very brave. Very brave to toot back. Hayden, what a way to start. Thank you so much.

What a way to start. What a way to go. Hayden, thank you and the New Zealand Police. Good luck out there on the roads this weekend. And of course, drive safe this weekend.

Yes. Drive safe this weekend. Very good. Have a good weekend, guys. Thank you, Hayden. Let's go from Hamilton to Te Anau, where it's hardly bustling, is it?

But we always say you only need one car to toot back. That's right. Olivia, good morning. Good morning. You're in Te Anau? I am. How many listeners do we have in Te Anau? Do we even broadcast there? Oh, I'm not sure.

I don't know. Well, you must be listening, so I guess we do. That's one. We just need one other. All right, Olivia, whereabouts in Te Anau I guess we do. That's one. We just need one other. All right, Olivia. Whereabouts in town? How are you? Town centre.

Okay. Are you the only car? I'm so nervous. My heart is racing. You're okay. You're all right. You feel alive. It's good.

Are there people around you, Olivia? Yeah, there are, and I'm really nervous. Don't be nervous. Don't be nervous. Breathe. Breathe. You're all right, babe. Yeah, all right.

When you're ready, long weekend group tour. We're going for two in a row. Alright. Oh my god! That works right there, Cass. It was an interesting two-pace. It was an interesting pacing of a two-pace. It sounded like a classic car or something, didn't it?

You don't even know where it is. We don't even know where it is. You don't even know where it is? I don't know where it is. I don't know where it is. Oh, my God. I think you're in town now. I don't even know where that came from. Daniel, good morning.

Morning. How are you going? Good. Welcome to the Long Weekend Group. What abouts in the country are you? I'm in Auckland. I'm just on the Green Lane roundabout. Oh, okay.

That's a humming place at this time of day. Alright, Daniel, when you are ready, give us the long weekend group two. Yeah! Yeah! Nice! Three in a row! So good!

We're up to three in a row! Daniel! It's going to be a good day, guys. It is going to be a good! So good. Oh, three in a row. We're up to three in a row. Oh, God. Daniel. Daniel. It's going to be a good day, guys. It is going to be a good day, Daniel. And it's great. Look how excited you are. Yes!

Dan the man. I love it. I love it. I love it. He's going on the board as Dan the man. Okay. Rebecca. Dan the man.

Good morning, Rebecca. We're out to you. I am in Holyford Drive in the Botany Manukau area of Auckland. Jamie Lee Ross District. Why not? Greg. What? Who's Jamie Lee Ross?

No. He's that politician this week that leaked all the... Yeah, don't worry about it. There's a lot to catch up on. Let's not bring down the long weekend group too. All right. Yeah, no, let's not. Okay.

Well, Rebecca, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group toot. No, you finished yourself off there. What you've done there is you've Jamie Lee Rossed that and you've finished yourself off. I have. So go again. Don't do the last two. Don't do the last two toots. Oh, sorry.

That was my fault. Yes, it was your fault. I'm stuck in a sign written car and stopped dead traffic. OK, all right, go again. You can do it. No inconspicuously here. OK. No, I've just got people staring at me like I'm on something.

You actually broke our... You broke our streak there You did break the streak It's not been a good week For Botany District It's not Rebecca's fault Though is it It's not Alright let's go now

To the capital city Good morning Luke Are you there Luke Luke Come in Luke We've lost you Luke We've lost Luke We'll go I believe

To Auckland again Juliet, good morning Morning Whereabouts are you? I am just heading down to Newmarket But I'm on a residential street at the moment Would you like us to come back to you? No

This is what I've always liked about Juliet She's going to stick it out She's going to do it where she is And she's going to get it done. I believe in her. She's got a great attitude. All right. Okay.

When you're ready, Juliet, give us the long weekend group tape. All right. I'm going out the window. Nothing. It's a swing and a miss. It's a swing and a miss. All right. Nice try, Juliet.

We've had three successes and two failures. Nicole. But the failures make the successes sweet. Oh, they do. They do make them so much sweeter. They do. Nicole, good morning. Hi.

We go to Todong now. Whereabouts in Todong are you, Nicole? I'm on Hillets Road, not long a way. Okay, all right. I'm coming. Give us, when you're ready, the long weekend group two. I just say I'm coming. All right, here we go.

Okay, here we go. Okay, here we go. Yes! Yes! Yes! Just it! It was there. It was there. That was so true. Have a great weekend, guys.

Have a great weekend. Look at this. She's just in and out. Punch in, punch out, Nicole. That's what she's going on the board as. All right, so what are we? Everybody's getting a nickname. Are we? What are we? Punch in, punch out, Nicole. That's what she's going on the board as. All right, so what are we? Everybody's getting a nickname. Are we?

What are we? Punch in, punch out. Four. Four to three. That's four. Four to two. Four to two. Four to two.

Four successes, two failures. Blitz for the Negans. Long weekend group toot. Here we are, New Zealand. The long weekend group toot. And just to bring you up to speed, if you've just joined us or it's your first time, you give us the Long Weekend Group Tute. And somebody else finishes it off.

Another car stuck in traffic. Yeah. Currently, we're rocking a 4-2 success ratio. And you want to beat... I want to get to 8 at least today because on the honours board, which we have and we get engravedved after every long weekend group too, our best run is seven successes. So if we get to eight, that'll be great.

We're beating ourselves. And everyone gets a cute wee nickname today, right? Yeah, they do. Yep, they do. Rochelle, good morning. Hello. Now, whereabouts are you in the country? We are on the north-western just before St Luke's,

so there's millions of cars. This is a very, very busy part. We are crawling. Okay, this is great. Get the window down. My son's going to hang it out the window. Okay, all right. Good teamwork.

When you're ready. Okay. Yes! Yes! Yes! There was no hesitation. It was just straight in. Oh, too easy. That was brilliant.

Good timing. Rochelle, you're on the honours board. And what's your son's name? Thank you, Jay. Oh, my dreams come true. What's your son's name? Tana. Tana.

Tana. All right. On the honours board, Rochelle. Congratulations. All right. Let us go now to Hamilton. Justine, good morning. G'day.

How are you? Good, thank you. When you're ready. Whereabouts in Hamilton are you? Just on Trapper Street. I'm just trying to gun it up to the roundabout where there's some cars. Safely, safely. We practiced in the driveway this morning,

and the builders next door building a deck to the back. Yes! Yes! We started well in Hamilton and the New Zealand Police started us off this morning in Hamilton. Yeah.

Oh, all right. There's not much traffic around. Okay, I tell you what, Justine, we will come back to you. You wait there. We're going to go to Gary in Christchurch. Gary McCormick, good morning. Gary! Gary! Garychurch. Gary McCormick. Good morning. Gary.

Gary. Gary. Gary. Gary. God damn it. Maybe not Gary McCormick. Gary in Wigram. Good morning.

No, we've lost Gary. I want to keep it in Christchurch. So, Hayden, good morning. Good morning, guys. Here he is. Here he is. We're in the garden city. All right, Hayden, whereabouts in Christchurch are you?

I'm on Morehouse there. We he is. Here he is. The Garden City. All right, Hayden, whereabouts in Christchurch are you? I'm on Morehouse, Sam. Oh, God. We're free-flowing right now, so, like, do we need to wait, or? Oh, we're on a red light now. Okay. Let's hit it. Let's hit it. Here we go, Hayden.

When you're ready. All right. Yes! Yes! A distant grasp! A distant grasp! A distant European toot. Honk and Hayden,

you're on the honours board. That's two. So what are we at now? Six. We're at six. Alright, Justine and Hamilton, are you in better traffic? Go! Hit it, Justine! Go! Yes! Multiple replies.

What's that? Is that stupid? Oh, my God. People were looking and fist bumping. They were fist bumping. Justin needs a nickname. Chum. Juzzy, usually.

Juzzy. Juzzy. Juzzy. Juzzy. Jumpin' Juzzy. Jumpin' Juzzy. Congratulations. You're on the honours board, Jumpin' Juzzy. Now, let's go. Weing Juzzy. Congratulations, you're on the honours board, jumping Juzzy.

Now, let's go. We've equalled. We're at seven now. We're at seven. Good morning, Tess. We're about to you. I'm in Whangarei. Oh, yes.

Okay. Exciting. Now, are you around traffic? Yeah, I'm on the main strip on Bank Street. Okay. All right. Well, when you're ready, give us a line. That's great.

We only broadcast to about two kilometres of Whangarei, so. Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay, all right, I'm getting ready. Go, Tess. Go, Tess! Oh, come on, fungus! Tess, no, no, you finished yourself off. Anyone that listened there would have just thought you'd done all the work yourself. Don't do that. Okay, go again.

Okay, are you ready? Yep. It's a letdown. You're not the letdown, Tess. You're not the letdown, Tess. You've nailed the letdown, Tess. You nailed that at the end. Oh, I'm so sorry, guys. Don't be sorry. It's okay.

It's okay. Don't do it again. It's okay. Go on. Tamara, good morning. Morning. Whereabouts are you? I have, I'm just on the motorway, north-west of the motorway, about to head off to the southern motorway.

Okay. Oh, okay. This is to the southern motorway. Okay. Oh, okay. This is busy. This is okay. She's right in a big bowl of spaghetti. Okay. Now, for the world record, for the long weekend group two, to take us to A, Tamara, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group two. Okay.

Oh, oh, good. No. Guys. Guys. It's a busy area. oh we're stuck on seven it's suddenly gone really kind of downhill hasn't it uh the mood laura good morning good morning in christchurch whereabouts on crancford street okay is it humming at this time of the morning? Are you just saying that? The floor doesn't know where that is. I don't know where it is. Laura.

Everything's humming. When you're ready. It's a good school run, right? Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. When you're ready, Laura. Okay.

All right. Oh, my God. Really? A bad fine line, but I didn't hear a toot. There was no toot in that. There was no toot. No toots. It's okay, Laura.

This is the thing. How long do we keep going now? Feels like we're on golden point. But were we ever beat seven? Maybe we're just not meant to beat seven. Maybe we're not meant to beat seven. That's the problem. Cut, cut.

Chris, good morning. Morning. We're about to you. I'm on the North Shore of Muriwai heading into the city. Coming up cut. Chris, good morning. Morning. We're about to you. I'm on the North Shore of Meriway heading into the city, coming up the Oneyewa Road. Oh, the Oneyewa Road. That's his name. Harming.

Always busy. Okay, Chris, when you're ready, give us a long weekend group too. Take us to the world record. Come on, Chris. Yes! Yes! Yes, Brendan! Yes! It's been done! Chris!

Chris, you took us to the world record of eight toes! You're a beautiful man! What's that, sorry? You're a beautiful man! Thank you. Have a good one. You too. He's an easy in and out.

Do you want to try for nine? He's not here for a long time. I want to try for ten. If we get this one, we're going to push on to ten. Carla, good morning. We're about to you. I'm in try for 10. If we get this one, we're going to push on to 10. Carla, good morning. We're about to you. I'm in North Shore, Verans Corner. Oh, okay. You didn't just hear him toot, did you?

No, I didn't, but I was thinking I could do. Okay, all right. Okay, well, Carla, when you're ready, let's see if we can get to nine. For nine. Okay, here we go. Okay. Silence. That car that went past, that was a real ominous pause in it.

Michael, in the Nackie, good morning. Hey, morning. Good morning. Now, whereabouts in the Nackie are you? We're just on the west edge of New Plymouth. Okay. Any cars around you? Not humming?

Is it not humming? You know, my mum, she complains about the traffic, but there's five cars. Yeah, we've got cars going by. We're not in a super high traffic. You know, this isn't Auckland or anything. Okay. All right. Well, Michael, when you're ready, in New Plymouth, give us a long weekend group tour.

All right. Here we go. No. Sorry. No, no, no. You created a good toad, though. It was a good toad. Good suspense as well. Good suspense.

It was delicate. It wasn't at the toad. I didn't feel that he was just using the tips of his fingers. They're always... I mean, now we've got to end on a winner. I know. It feels bad. We can't. No, no, now we've got to end on a winner. I know. We can't go on and down. No, no, no.

Brittany in Palmy, good morning. Good morning. Oh, this is good. Give us the long weekend... Whereabouts in Palmy first? Oh, I'm on Main Street, so there's actually quite a bit of traffic at the moment. Okay, all right.

Come in. Come in. But I'm just about to come up to some lights, so it's probably a good spot to do it. Okay, all right. Well, Brittany, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group tote, please. Wait, don't worry. It's going to be about 10 seconds.

Brittany, if you do this and you're going on the honours board, your nickname's going to be It's Brittany Bitch. Oh, please. I already get that all the time. Oh, yes. I want you to do it. Do it. Alright, let's do it. Woo!

I hear it. I hear it. I hear it. I hear it. I hear it. It's Britney, bitch. It's Britney, bitch. We did it. It's Britney, bitch. It was so faint, but it was so good. It was the Muffle Russell. Wait, do we leave it at that,

and we've got nine successful long weekend group totes, or do we go one more call? Motion to, is that what you do we go one more call? Motion to take one more call because the next caller is on a busy area. Only one more call. But it has to be unanimous with the team. Vaughan? Are you happy to end on a low if it doesn't work, Vaughan? But look at

where they are. Guys, they're on Upper Harbour Highway. It would be 10, Vaughan. I've got to say, I'm happy with 9. But I'll be happier with 10! Let's go to the Upper Harbour Highway. And it would be 10 for one. It's humming. I've got to say, I'm happy with nine. But I'll be happier with 10. Let's go to the Upper Harbour Highway. Good morning. Is it Keisha?

Yes. Hello. All right, Keisha. Keisha. God. Keisha. You're the last call for the long weekend, group two. It's not very busy, but.

Oh. Keisha. I petitioned for you. Crash into something. Vaughn. I don't want to take this too far, but crash into someone. Are there any cars around, though? On the highway.

On the highway, yeah. But if you wait for two minutes, we can stop, and then there'll be a bit more people. Keisha, we've got a radio show to do. We can't just wait for two minutes. Like, everyone's listening now waiting. Okay. Megan petitioned for you.

I did. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. But are the cars around? Like, should we just do it? Another Harbour Highway is like, you can crank along later at 110k an hour.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Do you think we should go now or leave it? I think you'll fail otherwise. You'll leave it? I think you'll fail. You'll fail otherwise. I think you'll fail because this is bad. Who's this negative Natalie? It's moving at 110.

Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't have even called. It's earlier. Yeah. All right. It would have worked earlier. Right.

Oh. I'm really talking about leave. Leave it. We're leaving it. This could be the most sensible decision we ever make. Or do we take one more random caller? One more random caller. One more random caller. Oh my god, I'm doing it.

I'm not a gambling person, but I'm doing it. Hello, who's this? Hello? Hello? Who's this? Nicole. Nicole, whereabouts are you? I'm in Vaughan's hometown, Morrinsville. Oh, no.

Oh, no one's... I've got goosebumps. No one's even driven. I've got goosebumps. Could Morrinsville take us to the Magic 10? I doubtful. Are there even any cars around, though, Nicole? Oh, it's not looking good, but I feel like...

Oh, Nicole, no! What do you mean? Hold on, hold on, on hold on we're nearly we're in the main town yeah okay where's your mum call your mum okay oh wow morrisville a lot on the morrisville here okay okay here we go we're coming into the roundabout okay Was that a two-back from a different car? Yeah, it was. They were on it almost immediately. Yeah, it was.

Yes! Morrisville took it home. Morrisville, home run! Straight out of there. They've got giant cows. It's born hometown. And it took us to 10. We now have 10 successful entries to the Long Weekend Group.

We're never beating 10 ever again. Nicole's going on the leaderboard as? Morrinsville Nicole. Sure, why not? All right, well, thank you, Nicole. Thank you to everybody around the country, even if you didn't get on here, who participated in the Long Weekend Group too.

Thank you. It's so much fun as always. Drive safe this long weekend. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the day. Man, I've really ruined my throat. I'm not going to sore throat.

I'm going to show a throat. You're so excited. I'm going to need a long weekend. That's about someone that survived the Titanic sinking. Oh, okay. His name is Richard Norris Williams. What about I thought all the women and children had all the lifeboats? No, so he survived. Oh, yeah?

He was in the water for a very, very long time. Okay. And when he was rescued and he finally got back to shore, doctors said our best advice for what to do is to amputate both your legs. Oh, my God. Oh, wow. And he was like, look, I quite enjoy a bit of tennis. Please don't.

It'd be really great if you didn't Yeah Cut off my legs And they were like You'll never be able To use them properly again There could be infection It could be gangrene Yep The frostbite in the toes Yep

Means that Your whole leg situation It's best if we Cut them off Okay Again he's like It's 1912 So I'd imagine

He was something Along the lines of Good sir I take your advice on board But I simply Shan't be Losing my legs this day. Okay.

So they say, all right, up to you, mate. Can't say what they tell you. Yeah. Eight years later, he won Wimbledon. What? Plot twist. I know. Why wasn't that in the Titanic movie?

I don't know. Why hasn't this been a movie? Because there wasn't a follow-on. This is it. It's an incredible story. So, yeah, in 1912, he didn't just like a little bit of tennis. He won the United States mixed doubles. Yeah.

And then, of course, he was on the Titanic sinking. He came out and they were like, you're never going to use your legs again properly. It's best we take them off to avoid infection, et cetera, et cetera. Given that she was pretty primal medicine those days. Yeah. And he was like, no, no, I'm going to keep them. So in 1914 and 1916, he was a United States singles champion.

So only a couple of years after they told him he'd never use his legs again, probably. Wow. But I read up a little bit about what United States tennis was regarded as, and it was pretty trash, apparently. Oh, okay. Like, apparently, you weren't allowed to interview English because you were so much better at tennis, they'd go in and clear them out. So the real thing that people are saying

is the ultimate victory for this guy was in 1920 as part of the men's doubles team. He won Wimbledon and then came runner-up in 1924 at Wimbledon, won a gold medal at the 1924 Olympics for gold medal and was a member of the United States Davis Cup team until 1928. Don't let anybody tell you no. Apart from doctors, I think.

Well, that's what we're always told, eh? Yeah. Yeah. Have you ever sought a second opinion from a doctor? No. No, I'm just, neither. I'm always just like, you're the doctor, mate. You know what?

I'm not going to pay another $60, $50. I know you don't want to pay twice. They have the same thing. Yeah. Although now with Google, I think you'd be more likely to, or at least say to your doctor, what about this? Can you email your doctor? No, I've done that too.

He's like, they're not Google, have you? Yeah. That's what. You can, yeah. Some doctors. Would your prognosis be different to this one? Yeah. Link through to Google doctor.

What do you reckon of this one? So today's fact of the day Is a man that survived the Titanic sinking And was told he'd never use his legs again Eight years later won Wimbledon Fact of the day Day, day, day, day New Zealand Post have released a list of the weird things

that people have tried to send of late. Now, the reason being that this time of the year, very busy for people popping bees in the post. Bees? What? Caitlin, your dad is an apiarist, a beekeeper, a bee man. Does he sell his queens or does he buy queens? Is he in the queen building making business?

But he would never send them in the post, would he? Oh, I don't drop them off? You don't just pop a stamp on it and wish for the best in an envelope. Like it's the official, like you post them in the hives. Oh, okay. But you're allowed to courier those. Yeah. That's like you post them in the hives. Oh, okay. But you're allowed to courier those. Yeah. That's how you get them around.

Well, what have they said about bees? Well, you can post them. No, bees, because the people generally sending bees are pretty switched on. Right, okay. But there are the odd one that's not ventilated well enough, and of course bees need to breathe. Because imagine if you had a parcel, you're a courier, and it's like buzzing. I think I'd leave it shut.

You're not going to pee. I wouldn't go poking around in that one. But they're saying it's also, they've released what they're saying about, you know, the bees are in the post. Yep. There's lots of other things being sent around at the moment. Live leeches. What? Do we have leeches here?

Yeah. I know it happens overseas and I imagine it could happen here. Sometimes the rugby players put them on their ears after a game, and it stops them getting the cauliflower ears. Are you kidding? Is that like, no, that's not a thing? Yeah, because you know that when the ears get all munted? It's all the blood flowing to the ears.

Yeah, and it gets all coagulated and it all munts, and apparently you chuck a leech on there and it gets all coagulated in all months, and apparently you chuck a leech or two on there, and it'll all get going. But they're also used for reattachment of body parts, like fingers and stuff, if you cut them off, apparently. Oh, okay. Leeches can, on the end of the wound, they've got something that makes the blood flow.

So if there's, like, clotting or whatever, they dissolve it, and that's how they drink it. But the side effect is that it also makes the blood flow back. So people just descend in these without bubble wrap. Is that what NZ Post is saying? You've got to be very careful. You've got to be careful with you. Okay. You've got to be careful with the leeches.

Also, two lions have been in the post. Technically, they were transported by New Zealand Post, the lions that went to the Auckland Zoo. Right. Yeah. But they said things that can't be sent include oxalotls or Mexican walking fish, as you may know them as. So I'm guessing they find out, and this list comes to think

when there starts being pools of water in the depot and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oxalotls stink. Also goldfish. If you're going to send deer antlers, make sure they're cleaned first. One of the deer antlers was covered in, like, blood and still had bits of like brain on it.

What? What is wrong with people? Imitation grenades. They said birthday cakes can often end up at the other end without a little bit mushy because they weren't

labelled correctly. You can't send ammunition weapons, powerful magnets. Really? Yeah, and perfume and nail polish apparently. Oh, I didn't know that.

I've definitely posted nail polish.