ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - October 25 2019

Episode Date: October 24, 2019

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Starting point is 00:00:00 ZM. Head music lives here. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Good morning, welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. That was a professional newsreader, aren't you? Because I was really trying to put you off. These two are punishers this morning. Megan is in a grumpy. No, I think you'll find when Caitlin, Anna and I got here, we were all in great moods. Now, it's just sick of your shit. I know what you need. You need a tickle.
Starting point is 00:00:28 Go, Daddy. I absolutely do not need a tickle. She needs a tickle. It's 2019. You can't just tickle your female co-workers. You can't come to work dressed as Elmo and not expect a tickle. Oh, my God. Okay, so I'm wearing a maroon fur coat.
Starting point is 00:00:44 I knew that was going to happen. That was a long play. Don't clap for yourself. He looked like a creep. And then everyone's like, why is he being a creep? First of all. And then, shazam. Don't clap for yourself.
Starting point is 00:00:55 What about, what about? Second of all, this is maroon. Absolutely not the colour of Elmo. No, I think. Telly monster. You remember Telly? I always thought he was a wildly underrated monster. Tally Monster.
Starting point is 00:01:08 Would a GoDaddy cheer you up? A long weekend GoDaddy? Yeah, it would actually. Oh dear God. It is actually exactly the colour of Tally Monster. He's laughing. We've got it. We've got it.
Starting point is 00:01:23 No. No. No laughing. James, can we get a go daddy Megan needs a go daddy We can't have this kind of We're two hours away from the lot That's why I'm jazzed That's why I'm excited
Starting point is 00:01:36 That's why I'm pinging Good morning James Good morning James Hey guys Oh there it is First he wants to tickle me That's why Morning James Hey guys How's it going? Oh there it is Oh Gosh First he wants to tickle me Now you want to bloody
Starting point is 00:01:50 Tickle James I wanted to tickle James Leave him alone A long time Go Write that down in your book James We need a I think we need a go
Starting point is 00:01:59 Ooh We need a go daddy This morning James A big one The best one you've ever done A big one A big one. The best one you've ever done. A big one. A big one. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:09 Sorry. Wait, I'm laughing. Go Daddy. Yeah. That was a little bit scary, that one. No, it did. And I rolled and gurgled. Fantastic.
Starting point is 00:02:22 That was good. So, the Long Weekend Group Toot this morning from 8 o'clock. If you're new to the show and you've never heard it, we bring the nation together with a series of toots. If you're out in your car after 8 o'clock, make sure you're listening. And if you hear the long weekend group toot, finish it off.
Starting point is 00:02:39 Alright, you lot, listen up. It's story time. Story time. I've got... Chup, chup, chup, chup, chup. Excuse me, Vaughan. Chup, chup, chup. What is wrong with you this morning?
Starting point is 00:02:51 Yeah, he's excited like a little kid for long weekend group two. And just a long weekend. Yeah. Three news headlines as usual. Our quirky, odd, unusual, funny news stories that are found online. Vaughan and Megan are only allowed to pick one headline. The other two are just deleted forever. Headline one, wheels fall off justice.
Starting point is 00:03:10 Headline two, Uber driver shoots off. And headline three, Russia adds some inches. Russia adds some inches? To what? It'll be mountains? Hills. Hills. Close. Huh?
Starting point is 00:03:30 It's up to you. No one can hear you. You're on the radio. You've got to choose. You've got to choose. It is just the shittest charades ever. You went twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, twinkle. No, I'm like, that's just me doing my fingers like, come on and pick.
Starting point is 00:03:42 Right. Okay. I've forgotten story one. Wheels fall off justice. Police car. No. Don't think you know everything. Yeah, okay.
Starting point is 00:03:55 Wheels fall off justice. Yeah, I like that one. Batmobile. All right, we go now to Michigan where a person got a, they call it a tyre rotation. Do we call it that here or do we just say go in for a wheel alignment? No, tyre rotation's different. I've got to get this done.
Starting point is 00:04:11 Yeah, so you. It's where you take your front right hand tyre and you put it on the back left. And you take your front left hand tyre and you put it on the back right and vice versa. Because they wear out in different areas? Yeah, sure. And there's enough tread, but you want your best tread on your steering wheels. On the wheels that do the steering. Right.
Starting point is 00:04:26 And often the driving in a front wheel drive car. Well, in 2013, Samuel and Doris took their car home from a dealership in Michigan after having some basic repairs, including a tyre rotation. Okay. Exactly like you just described, Warren, so they could just change around the tyres. They were about two blocks from the dealership when the left front wheel came off, causing the car to skid into a curb. And it turns out that the mechanic did not tighten the nuts.
Starting point is 00:04:55 The wheel nuts. Exactly. After the tyre rotation. An essential part of a tyre. So there was a lower back and leg injuries in the crash, and they sued the dealership and the mechanic for negligence. Because it's America, you sue everyone. Oh yeah, baby.
Starting point is 00:05:11 For everything. But a court has just this week ruled against the couple and they have defied common sense. And this has ramifications for Michigan car owners who will find it now hard to sue mechanics for doing dumb things. They have said that it doesn't matter that they didn't put the nuts on properly. What, that they're supposed to check or something? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:41 Nah. So the court has determined that a tyre rotation does not, in fact, include tightening the lug nuts. That is the court ruling that everyone is just like... So they're just going to... What? Balance it on and it's your responsibility to tighten the nuts. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:56 What are you paying them for? You've got to finish the job. And the point, like, you've got to take it home and do it with the thing in the boot. The tyre iron. But at the shop, they've got the... Yeah, and I'm not a professional. I don't know how tight's too tight and I can't tighten it. I always just go as tight as I can.
Starting point is 00:06:14 That's boosh. I would go in there throwing elbows. When you change a tyre, you're supposed to put the tyre on and put the nuts on. Yeah. Like tight-ish. But not fully on, eh? And then you put it back down on the ground and that's when you give it the old heave-ho. Because when I had a car, it was called
Starting point is 00:06:29 AA. I was like, help! Help me! Help! Um... Trust myself, really. It goes into the whole legal whys and the big courtroom drama, but basically at the end of the day, yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:45 That's nuts. You can't see. Well nuts. That's actually madness. Yeah. Just another reason it's great not to live in America. Yeah. Also, Trump just yesterday said,
Starting point is 00:06:57 or earlier New Zealand time this morning, said he's building a border wall in Colorado, which isn't on the border. So it's not even a border state? No. Again, another reason it's great not to live in America. We've got the top six coming up on the show. It's miles away.
Starting point is 00:07:13 Yeah, I know. It's got a whole state between. I know, I know. What is this? New Mexico is literally a large state. The top of Colorado is halfway up the states. I know, I know. Oh, wow.
Starting point is 00:07:28 Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Wish I was going to Christchurch because there's something new coming to Christchurch and cat lovers have had these for ages, cat cafes. Yes. There is now a dog cafe coming. It's going to be called The Barkery. Like a bakery. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:43 But a barkery. The Barkery. Yes. The difference with this is not only can you go there and like have a coffee and hang out with dogs, but these dogs
Starting point is 00:07:52 will actually be up for adoption. So each day the dogs are going to be brought from shelters and if there's one that you really love, you can adopt the doggy.
Starting point is 00:08:02 This is a great idea, but are they going to like make sure they're not like bitey dogs? Because what if you're the one that finds out This is a great idea, but are they going to make sure they're not bitey dogs? Because what if you're the one that finds out it's a bitey dog? Are they puppies or are they going to have a whole range? A whole range, I think. Oh, yeah, you're right. Good idea.
Starting point is 00:08:15 And you can take your own dogs, but you obviously have to have them segregated from the rescue dogs just in case there's a little bit of buffo. Or someone falls. I thought it would be like your dog would show off and be like I've got a home and a family. Oh, poor other dogs. Where's your family?
Starting point is 00:08:32 Oh, they abandoned you? Oh my god, you're an asshole dog. That's a shame. I'm actually half poodle. What's my other half? Could be anything. I've got oodle on the end. What about you? Oh, you don't know. Just a mixed breed.
Starting point is 00:08:47 Oh, okay. You're such a... I love that area of a dog at the window being like, when was the last time you were lovingly brushed? And the dogs are sort of like, what? I'm feeling so bad for these poor dogs now. I want to adopt them. I put my paw up on my owner and watch the pets.
Starting point is 00:09:04 The pets to follow. Yeah. Hey, watch this. I'll walk up to a kid and they don't recoil in fear of being bitten by the likes of you.
Starting point is 00:09:13 Oh. I'm from Maryvale by the way. My name is Diamante. Posh dog. You're a posh dog. My name is Diamante.
Starting point is 00:09:23 You see the sparkly collar? Where's your collar? Yeah, you definitely sound like a something oodle. Yeah, yeahomante. My name is Diomante. You see the sparkly collar? Where's your collar? Yeah, you definitely sound like a something oodle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. With that kind of carry on. A bitch oodle. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:30 So when is this opening? I think it might be opening this weekend. In time for Labor Weekend. Okay. Yeah. But just remember when you go there and if you love a dog, you've got to be able to take care of it for good. Don't go there and adopt the dog because you have fun having a coffee with it
Starting point is 00:09:48 and then you're going to take it back the next day. If that's your vibe, just go for pets and pay and make a donation so that they can continue to do it. But don't take it home only to take it back later. Yeah. Yeah. And let's hope that one opens in Auckland. And keep your – oh, no.
Starting point is 00:10:04 Why? You think the Christchurch snobby dog's bad. Oh, no. Why? The Christchurch snobby dog's bad. Yeah, wait till you meet a remu era snobby dog. You ain't seen nothing yet. Yeah. It's unfortunate, but it's true. Do you have gang connections? Because you look like the sort of dog that would have gang connections.
Starting point is 00:10:21 The dog's like, I don't have gang connections. Oh, if you do, can you get me and my friends some drugs? Like, we want good ones, though. That would be such a re-marry dog thing to say. Do you have gang connections? No. Damn, we're just after some drugs for the dance party this weekend. Do you know any other dogs that can get us pingas?
Starting point is 00:10:42 From the ZM Think Tank, this is the Top Six. Hello there. The Tower of Terror at the Gold Coast theme park of Dream World is being shut down. Now, from what I can understand, they're still going to have
Starting point is 00:10:59 the giant drop. It's for some reason, I mean, the Dream World obviously takes every precaution now after the horrific incident that happened there. There must have been something that
Starting point is 00:11:12 led them to believe that the Tower of Terror is a bit aged. Yeah. Is over, but it's going to be shutting it down. Okay. And I think it's happening really, really soon. So I don't know if they're giving you a last chance to get in and ride it if you loved it. Yeah, next month, the very start of November, it's going to be shut down.
Starting point is 00:11:33 Operations will cease November 3rd. That's a great ride. Yeah. So good. But then it doesn't say anything about the other ride that's attached to it, the giant drop. Okay. The drop of terror, whatever that's called. Again, that's attached to it, the giant drop. Okay. The drop of terror, whatever that's called. Again, that's, wow.
Starting point is 00:11:47 So it doesn't sound like they're pulling down the tower. Okay. So they're leaving the tower up. The top six things to do with the Tower of Terror, tower. Okay. Number six, plant some lovely climbing roses at the bottom. How high do you reckon those would get? Well, I mean, wouldn't that be interesting?
Starting point is 00:12:03 Sure. You'd have to be putting a lot of kangaroo poo on the bottom. Fertiliser, yeah. As a fertiliser to sustain a rose once it got to a certain height. But then also if the giant drops on the other side, you wouldn't want people coming down the giant drop into some rose bushes. Shredding. Getting shredded in the bottom 30 metres by roses.
Starting point is 00:12:21 Oh no, you'd trim them away. Don't be silly. Okay. Don't be silly. They need trimming. Okay. Don't be silly then. They need trimming. Yeah. You know how like,
Starting point is 00:12:30 your mum's got heaps of roses. Yes, she does. My mum's got heaps of roses. Bev loves a rose. Nah, mum hates roses. Ray's not really a rose gal. Too much effort. And prickles, eh? That's the thing,
Starting point is 00:12:36 they're always out there cutting like the flowers to look alright. Mum's like, I've got to go de-head those roses. And she just goes out, chop, chop, chop, chop. It's like,
Starting point is 00:12:43 that still looked okay to me. It looked like they had a few weeks left in them. But they get out there, they brutally hack them to bits. They hack them right back, don't they? They love hacking them right back. They love hacking them. Give them a hiding. Number five on the list of the top six things to do
Starting point is 00:12:56 with the Tower of Terror tower. Make it into a giant cigarette to promote smoking. I don't think we've gone the other way, Vaughn. Numbers are dropping. Less people are smoking than ever before. That's a great thing. It's time
Starting point is 00:13:08 the smokes companies got together. Right. Unified. Or turned it into a giant vape. Promote smoking. Yeah, the legalities
Starting point is 00:13:15 are there for the cigarettes but not as much for vaping. Vaping's still that weird grey area legally, isn't it? Yeah. God, it'd be just Dreamworld's luck that they get the giant vape tribute done
Starting point is 00:13:26 and then they'd make vaping restricted and not been allowed to advertise. Yeah. Poor old Dreamworld. Number four on the list of the top six things to do with the Tower of Terror. Make shorter ones each side so it looks like someone's pulling the fingers.
Starting point is 00:13:40 So like the big tall one. Very mature. Is the Tower of Terror and then you've got Two smaller ones Either side And it looks like Someone's pulling
Starting point is 00:13:47 Pulling the fingers Just to welcome people To the Goldie When they're flying Into Kool and Gatter Number three on the list Of the top six things To do with the Tower of Terror
Starting point is 00:13:56 Tower Make it into a Burj Khalifa tribute building Okay But a little one It looks like the Burj Yeah But it's smaller
Starting point is 00:14:03 Yeah right Like maybe that's what They could do with Tremor. Just build smaller versions of buildings from all around the world. All the famous buildings have a little Eiffel Tower. Do you ride it? Do you do anything? Or just for show? Just look.
Starting point is 00:14:15 You just ride. Number two on the list of the top six things to do with the Tower of Terror. A Gold Coast-based space program. Because you know how beside like, beside the rockets, they always have those things that hold the rockets? Yeah. They could just make that thing into the thing that holds the rockets. Okay.
Starting point is 00:14:30 Could you imagine, like, Australian astronauts from the Gold Coast? Yeah. They're like, three, two, one, blast off. Yeah, we're kicking it right in the guts. Give it a shit, mate. Give it a asshouse. The Holden spacecraft? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:46 It'd be quite something. Yeah. And number one on the list of the top six things to do with the Tower of Terror at Tower, slap some of those climbing handles on it. You know those little things you like in kids' playgrounds? Yeah. All the way to the top and let those crazy ass rock climbers have at. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:02 Those guys are pretty crazy. They want to climb all sorts of things. Just have a foam pit at the bottom. Or alligators. Yeah. They won't fall off then. I think you'd hold on so much tighter if it was alligators, not a foam pit.
Starting point is 00:15:10 One sounded so much fun and the other sounded deadly. Or a foam pit with alligators. If you try to get out of a foam pit, it's very hard. Very hard. I reckon the alligators would have trouble too.
Starting point is 00:15:21 Yeah. Yeah, they'd fall through and go to the bottom because they're too heavy. They wouldn't be able to get it together. But once they did, we'd be in big trouble in that fine pit.
Starting point is 00:15:27 That is today's top secret. Nashi Peer, as he's known to his friends, but otherwise known as Police Minister Stuart Nash. Nashi, okay. Nashi, Nashi Peer. He's the Minister of Police,
Starting point is 00:15:38 the Police Minister. Yeah. He has been driving around without a registration on his car. Oh my God. He's got an expired, he's been driving around without a registration on his car. Oh, my God. He's been driving around with an expired rego. Now, if he hadn't had a vanity plate, Nash PM.
Starting point is 00:15:53 No, Nash MP. He's not PM. Oh, God. He should have just gone Nashie, Pierre. That would have been a better. Well, you can't fit that many letters. Or N8. No, you're right.
Starting point is 00:16:02 I would have just gone Nashie. Nashie. Okay. Nashie. No, Dion Nash has got that one have just gone Nashi. Nashi. Okay. Nashi. No, Dion Nash has got that one already. Oh, has he? Yeah. Bloody hell.
Starting point is 00:16:08 Seen it. Dion Nash. Nashi, yeah. Underneath maybe have Nashi here. And then here written on the number plates around. Everyone in West Auckland has personalized plates. I saw it driving there the other week. Everyone's got them.
Starting point is 00:16:23 They love it. The great Christmas presents, are they? Oh, I just think people like their cars out there. Oh, right. So maybe that was a big thing to... So I don't think driving anywhere in the country out of all the places, that just stuck out to me as a lot of plates. A lot of personalised plates for West Aucklanders.
Starting point is 00:16:41 Yeah. No, that's fair call. Because we saw that one with my brother's nickname. Noodles.ers. Yeah. No, that's fair call. Because we saw that one with my brother's nickname. Noodles. Noodles. Yeah. So I snapped him and Desi just kept saying them. I saw one yesterday at a West Auckland car park.
Starting point is 00:16:52 It was poos. You can't have poos. P-O-O-S. P-O-O-Z-E. Oh, I think I've seen that one before too. Posse. Posse. Poos.
Starting point is 00:17:02 Poos. How did they let that get through? Posse. Posse. Pose. How did they let that get through? Posse. No, it's definitely not poose. They're saying with like a wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Oh, really? What is that? It's poose.
Starting point is 00:17:15 What's poose? It's just a nickname. Get a poose. So poose is driving around, but probably paid their warrant in Ridge. But Stuart Nash has been driving around with an expired registration. Someone snapped that this week and it expired at the very start of September. Come on. Did he know? No, when contacted, he said,
Starting point is 00:17:40 Oh, yeah, a family member actually pointed that out to me earlier today, and I've renewed it online. I'm just waiting on my ticket. Right. That's what we all say. That's what everyone says. Like when you get a ticket and you get a warning, you're just like, oh, actually I was just at the post office that day. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:53 I also see Nashie Pears obviously driving a diesel because underneath it's got his road user charges there. Oh, okay. Right. On the window. You've got to do that as well. He's paid from 20,000 Ks to 40,000 Ks, a relatively new vehicle, low kilometres. I wonder if he's paid his road user. And are people still doing what farmers were doing
Starting point is 00:18:11 in the 80s and 90s? They just disconnected their speedo. You'd pay for your road user and then you'd disconnect your speedo. No, you can't. He's obviously not doing that. No, no, no, no, no. I said, are people still doing? No, because it's illegal.
Starting point is 00:18:22 It's illegal. Oh, yeah, people don't do that. Famously, people don't do anything illegal. That's why we need a police minister. But if you were the police minister, wouldn't that be your one thing that you were on top of? Like those kind of things? I'd be making sure I wasn't robbing dairies as well.
Starting point is 00:18:38 That would be pretty ironic. That's true. The police minister's moonlighting is a cat burglar or a dairy robber. That would be Pretty ironic So does his number plate Say like police No Nash MP
Starting point is 00:18:50 Oh right Minister of Parliament Not He doesn't have a personal Number plate that says Police minister Because I was like That would suck
Starting point is 00:18:56 Because then you can't Ever speed You have to give it To the next police minister Oh well It was good while it lasted You out there with your Screwdriver
Starting point is 00:19:04 Screws I just popped this In the past To the next police minister But he's paid it now Oh, well. It was good while it lasted. You're out there with your screwdriver. Screws, I just popped this in the past to the next police minister. Yeah. But he's paid it now. Oh, he has. So it's all good. And that's a good thing to note. Like this weekend, if you're driving,
Starting point is 00:19:15 zero tolerance for anyone going four kilometres over the speed limit or more. Yep. They're going to be pinging you. And they're going extra hard, extra police on the road this weekend. A good reminder to wear your seatbelt, drive, not drive fast.
Starting point is 00:19:28 And I'm actually, I'm out of company data, so I've got no reason to be on my phone while driving. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. So a list has been done of the super emitters. This is celebrities who have massive carbon footprints.
Starting point is 00:19:44 And a lot of them are flying private jets, aren't they? Yeah, I think that's the biggest thing, the private jets that they take. So I've seen a lot of articles in the last few months about plane shaming, holiday shaming. Plane shaming. Plane shaming. What do you mean plane shaming? I hope one day to experience plane shaming. Like you're a lovely plane, but someone has a go at you.
Starting point is 00:20:04 No, I guess it's just taking a look at people that holiday too much and take planes when maybe they could be taking the train, which is fine in Europe. Right, yeah. And places like that where you can get on a fast train and go to another country. We're kind of stuck here. Sour grapes when someone's having a go at someone who's really rich
Starting point is 00:20:22 who's flying hot models to meet them in the Bahamas. You're like, plain shame and the models are like, you're just jealous and you're like, well, you've got a good point. Good point.
Starting point is 00:20:31 But even people saying that air programs like air points or, you know, frequent fly a mile programs are also encouraging people to fly more and that maybe
Starting point is 00:20:41 they should be banned. This is what people are saying. I'm just... Well, flying is a massive one, but it's also like, what are we supposed to do? We can't all take two weeks to get to... On a P&O cruise. Yeah, no, just to get on a ship to get somewhere. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:00 Big ships at sea, phenomenally big polluters. Yeah. Like, I think the five largest freight ships in the world account for almost all of the private car usage in the world. It's nuts how bad massive ships are. Okay, so we're just not meant to go on holiday, is that it? Correct. Go to a top 10 holiday park in New Zealand and just bloody love it.
Starting point is 00:21:20 And your Nissan Leaf that you charged using hydropower. No, we're supposed to offset our carbon emissions is what we're supposed to do. Okay, so tick that box. Yeah. Greta Thunberg, who we all know as the Swedish activist, she said, the bigger your carbon footprint, the bigger your moral duty.
Starting point is 00:21:38 Now, as I start with number 10 of the biggest carbon emitting celebrities. I think we can all probably forgive Emma Watson because she offsets all her carbon emissions. She also only ever goes on normal planes. She doesn't ever get private jets.
Starting point is 00:22:00 Right. Scheduled travel. Scheduled travel. She only ever does that. Commercial airlines. And if we go by what Greta said, the biggie on moral duty, she literally lives by, this is her work. Yeah, she's very... She is the 10th biggest carbon emitter, but I mean, she's doing all she can to make it worthwhile and she offsets her carbon emissions.
Starting point is 00:22:18 And also I'm a big Watson fan. I'll not have you say anything bad about it. I'm surprised you didn't start the list at nine. Well, number nine and eight, I actually don't know who they are. Andre Scherl? Scherl? Okay. I don't know who that is.
Starting point is 00:22:32 Felix von der Laden? Felix von der Laden. Von der Laden. I don't know who that is either. Felix von der Laden is a gamer. He's a famous gamer. So this is done in tons. 29.6 tons of CO2.
Starting point is 00:22:51 Oh, wow. Then we go to Karl Lagerfeld, who's not even alive anymore. Is he a gamer? It looks like he's a Formula One. Oh, really? Well, there's this one, Felix von der Leyen. Yeah. It says here...
Starting point is 00:23:06 Her gaming channel. That's a girl that she... That's who she co-hosts with. Oh, right. I've got him driving speedy cars. Right. In the German Red Bull Ring GT4 racing. I just hope they're planting trees.
Starting point is 00:23:18 Yeah. So, remember, he was 29 tonnes. We go up to Karl Lagerfeld. He's 105.8 tons of CO2. Famous, like, taking private jets anywhere, but not anymore. If you said Karl, if you could just offset your carbon, he'd be like, don't be a bitch, Karl Lagerfeld does what he wants. And then Meg Whitman, jumping right up to 379 tons of CO2.
Starting point is 00:23:42 Who's that? She is an American business executive, political activist, and philanthropist. Right. Top five, we all know. Mark Zuckerberg, 485 tons of CO2. Oprah Winfrey, 615 tons. Jennifer Lopez is number three, 1,051 tons of CO2 because of her love for private jets.
Starting point is 00:24:05 Paris Hilton, 1,261 tonnes of CO2 because of her love for private jets. Paris Hilton, 1,261 tonnes of CO2. She's the second heaviest. And number one, the famous person with the most CO2 emissions is Bill Gates. 1,629 tonnes of CO2. Wow. But when you're one of the world's richest men or people, you're not going to take a... He's doing a lot of charity too.
Starting point is 00:24:29 He's offsetting that with malaria vaccines. Yeah. Yeah, and saving like a lot of people in the world. So I'm guessing we can forgive him. I think we can forgive him, yeah. But not for Windows. Not Paris Hilton. I don't know what she's doing for the world.
Starting point is 00:24:40 I think she's holidaying a lot maybe. Yeah. And DJing. Yeah, that's right. All right. What about Fletch? Where's he on that list? Or what?
Starting point is 00:24:49 Like, you don't drive a car, but I think carbon emissions, you'd be the... I bike everywhere. You'd be the biggest. And I lime scooter. Did you bike to Europe twice this year, did you?
Starting point is 00:24:59 But he doesn't fly private jet and he offsets his plane rides with just biking everywhere. Yeah, and I buy a lot of plants, houseplants. You kill them all. Hasn't it been a wonderful podcast so far? And it's all thanks to Spark, our primary sponsor. Do you love free data?
Starting point is 00:25:16 Then you will love the Spark data stack. More data every month that you stay. Hey, guys, let's get back into that podcast. It has been called the worst job in the country. Diving into the ponds of the Queenstown Lake District Council's sewage treatment plant next to the Wanaka Airport.
Starting point is 00:25:34 Oh. Why? They're obviously not letting you do it in anything less than the best diving equipment. I'd say so, yeah. So it was a council spokesman, this is the article that came out, said that the diver was one of a team
Starting point is 00:25:50 of four external contractors brought into town specifically for the job. They needed to go in a cage to carry out urgent repairs on a pipe or a grid or whatever under the poos. Grim. Now or whatever under the poo, the poos. Grim. Now, after completing the repairs,
Starting point is 00:26:09 the diver went under again in the second pond just to check that it was in good shape. And there's a photo of him in, whoever this is, in a diving, fully enclosed diving. It's like a shark cage. It's like a 1930s old school diving bell in a shark cage. Thank you for your service.
Starting point is 00:26:32 I don't want to do that. We all flush the toilet and that's the last we have to do with it. But, you know, wow. Someone has to do that as a job. It's good that this is being reported on because we can all think about it, you know? And we can appreciate and thank them. What that person's doing for us.
Starting point is 00:26:49 Just be thankful we're not doing that. You hear about people that work on fishing boats and they get back after a few weeks at sea and they smell like gurnard or whatever.
Starting point is 00:26:58 Gurnard would be one of the nicer fish to smell. I just couldn't think of a fish. Hokie. They smell like Hokie fillets. Does that smell? I don't know. Hokie's They smell like Hokie fillets. Does that smell? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:27:06 Hokie's a really smelly fish. Doesn't it all smell? Well, I've had a kehi that's gone a bit skeweth. They get a bit funky, don't they? And transport. But, you know, like, you'd have to have at least an hour shower after this. You'd have to really concentrate on what you're doing and not what's floating by. Just concentrate on the thing you're working on.
Starting point is 00:27:28 God, it's grim though. But I was wondering, could we take some calls this morning on like what is the single worst part of your job? Oh, you too. Like it doesn't, no, he wasn't asking you. No, he was looking at me as he said it.
Starting point is 00:27:41 I was asking other people. You too. Rude. Are you hearing this? So rude. Otherwise, it. I was asking other people. You too. Rude. Are you hearing this? So rude. Otherwise, it's just a really sweet gig. But is there one part of your job that you just absolutely hate? And, I mean, obviously it doesn't have to be as disgusting as going in a diving...
Starting point is 00:28:01 Pool of poos. Yeah, poos pond. Just describing that is quite horrible. But, you know, is there one part that you absolutely hate um pool of poos yeah poos pond just even just describing that is like quite horrible but you know is there one part that you absolutely hate
Starting point is 00:28:09 and why do you hate it yeah maybe it's not gross maybe it's just repetitive or boring we've all got stop looking at us
Starting point is 00:28:18 I was gonna say we've all got parts we don't like she looked at you and she said repetitive and then she looked at me when she said boring. I felt we were both personally attached. Very, very rude.
Starting point is 00:28:31 What about Ross Boss? Do you have a part of your job? He's sitting in the corner on his phone. The three of you. Oh, come on. I'm a peach. We're way less punishing than Brie and Clint. The five of you.
Starting point is 00:28:45 Someone's first text message to get the ball rolling. I'm a junior primary school teacher. The five of you. Someone said, a first text message to get the ball rolling. I'm a junior primary school teacher. I love my job, apart from dealing with code browns. Or vom. I reckon I could deal with code brown, just not the vom.
Starting point is 00:28:56 No, I reckon the vom would be better than a code brown. And then like... I don't think either of them would be better. Well, I mean, yeah. Pleasant to deal with. Okay, well, you give us a call, 0800-DARLS-AT-M, and text in 9696. What is the one part of your job that you absolutely hate?
Starting point is 00:29:11 We're talking about the worst aspect of your job. You might love your job, but there might be one part of it that you don't look forward to. A guy, his job in Wanaka was to deep dive, do a deep dive, literally, into the poop pond to make sure a pipe had been... Fixed. Fixed. Had to do that deep dive, literally, into the poop pond to make sure a pipe had been fixed. Fixed.
Starting point is 00:29:26 Had to do that a couple of times, but in full breathing apparatus and protective clothing. Because that's the thing, you wouldn't just be able to wear a wetsuit. You'd have to wear a wetsuit and protective clothing because you can't be in that kind of matter. It's a health risk. It's not just gross.
Starting point is 00:29:45 It's bad for your health. It's not just gross. It's bad for your health. He's not just chucking on the dish gloves and a scuba mask in the garage and holding his breath. I just imagine he's duct taping some pink dish gloves. This isn't Chernobyl, mate. He's prepared for what he's got to face. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:58 So I want to take your text messages and your calls now. On one part of your job you hate, somebody said, I work in a touring children's theatre. Oh, okay. We go around.
Starting point is 00:30:09 They come to the school. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. They come into school. I don't like it when we do a Friday show and then we're in the town that night
Starting point is 00:30:16 and we go out and we get pretty loose and we run into teachers from the school and then we have to have the awkward conversation about why I'm dropping it low now but previously I was teaching
Starting point is 00:30:23 the children about important things. Like don't do drugs or something? Somebody conversation about why I'm dropping it low now, but previously I was teaching the children about important things. Like don't do drugs or something. Somebody else said, I'm a teacher and I hate being on playground duty. Oh, okay. Yeah. What's wrong with playground duty? Well, you've got to stop fights. It's lunch.
Starting point is 00:30:36 Oh, yeah, true. It's your lunch break. It's your time out, but you're on the duty. Yeah. Liz, what's the worst part about your job? What do you do? I'm a vet, and the worst part of my job is picking maggots out of animals. Oh!
Starting point is 00:30:48 I thought you were going to say telling people you have to put tittles down. No, because although that's quite sad, it's the last kind thing you can do for an animal, so that part of my job I feel privileged to do. But it's when you have the poor animals that get fly strike, and then the maggots hatch out, and they eat them, and then you slide out. Pretty gross.
Starting point is 00:31:04 I didn't even know that could happen, Liz. I didn't even know that was a thing. Yeah, unfortunately, poor pet bunnies that are left out in the sunshine get fly eggs on them if they get soiled, can get poo stuck around their bum. And that attacks the flies. Oh my God, I thought you were talking about like sheep and big farm animals. I didn't know this could happen to rabbits. Yeah, and dogs and cats sometimes too.
Starting point is 00:31:24 Someone needs to tell Cam from the night show. He's got a rabbit. He does. He's got a rabbit. Every day it can get pretty gross. Yeah, I wanted to be a vet. He'd bathe that rabbit. He'd love that rabbit.
Starting point is 00:31:33 I'd imagine he would bathe that rabbit. That rabbit would not be neglected. It's pure white. Liz, thanks for your call. Josh, what was the worst part about your job? I was looking at a summer camp in the United States and one of the boys had managed to run about 200 metres across camp passing multiple bathrooms,
Starting point is 00:31:50 only to end up passing number twos in the middle of the bathroom floor. Oh, and that was your job to clean that up. So we had to clean it up between the wooden slats as well. Oh, it's really long slats. What the hell did he run it in? Not give him a mop and tell him to do it. Or just hose everything down and just leave it maybe.
Starting point is 00:32:08 I'd just sit on fire and walk away. Thanks you, cool Josh. Most of our stories, a lot of our stories involve poo. Okay. The worst part of your job.
Starting point is 00:32:16 Somebody said, Jesus, throw me in a poo cage any time. I work in client service and I hate everything that happens between eight and four. Might be time.
Starting point is 00:32:24 That just sounds like that job isn't for you. Make 2020 the year where you get the job that you don't hate the entirety of. But also I feel like if you had to go in the poo cage into the Wanaka Poo Ponds, maybe that would be what you need to... Realise that life's not that bad. Yeah, maybe. Somebody said, I can't believe that vet called and thought that was the worst. I wonder if they ever squeezed an infected anal gland on a dog.
Starting point is 00:32:49 I've been in the same room when that happens. God, I've got. Hard to describe that smell. I can smell it suddenly. That's ungodly, that smell. Yeah. So you know how Play-Doh, the smell of Play-Doh reminds you of being a kid? Yep.
Starting point is 00:33:01 That smells, I don't know, it's what hell must smell like. I don't know, it reminds you of being a kid? Yep. That smells, I don't know, it's what hell must smell like. Somebody said snot, thick green snot is the worst part of my job. I love being a teacher, but not the snot. You have to say, wipe your face, and then they do, and they just smear the green snot on their face, and then you have to wipe it off their face, and then you always get a little bit of green snot on you.
Starting point is 00:33:29 Teachers of young kids, not only are they trying to teach them, but they're looking after their bodily fluids. Yeah. That's intense. Tip of the hat to the early childhood educators this morning. We hear it from a lot of you. Somebody said, just had a chat to some other ECEs. Vomit is definitely worse than runny brown poos.
Starting point is 00:33:44 Thank you. I mean, when we ask this question What did we think was going to happen? Yeah, that's true I'm an engineer And I have had to weld up morgue tables The one where they operate on the deceased The smell is indescribable I thought those places would have been clean
Starting point is 00:34:00 I thought that smell would have smelt of bleach And Jeff Jeff Cleans without harsh scratching It would have been clean. I thought that smell would have smelt of bleach and Jeff. Jeff. Cleans without harsh scratching. Or if you're like me and you buy your Jeff from Cracker Jack, the parallel import store, Jeff. Jeff.
Starting point is 00:34:14 Jeff. Jeff. It's just like Jeff. Cleans without harsh scratching. It's just Jeff. It's spelled with a C. Oh, Jeff. Jeff. But it's still
Starting point is 00:34:25 Jef Jef Nah because I looked it up And it's Spanish Oh okay And they were like Jef Mucho clino
Starting point is 00:34:33 Si Si But I watched an infomer Of the Spanish commercial Oh yeah Jef And do they have What's Spanish for
Starting point is 00:34:42 Clans without harsh scratching I don't know It was a bit beyond me. Right, okay. I just see. Okay, right. And triangulo, that's triangle, that's from Dora. That wasn't from the GIF commercial.
Starting point is 00:34:53 Right, okay, that's your... Someone said, I'm a teacher, easily the worst part of my job is the parent-teacher conferences. Yeah. It's very frustrating to see the parents that don't care enough or just don't turn up, but it's also frustrating to sit down with a parent who thinks their child is a prodigy, but I need to be the one that initiates it. Hey, so your child is actually quite dumb.
Starting point is 00:35:15 No, my child is a genius. You have to unlock the secrets. Unlock the secrets. I can't. Like, look at you. You two. It came from you two. Unlock the secrets.
Starting point is 00:35:26 Flesh, Vaughan and't. Like, look at you. You two. It came from you two. Unlock the secrets! Fleshfauna Megan. The podcast. ZM. Shout out to the... I just wanted to give it that in the... Yep. Shout out right now to the... We briefly touched on it before,
Starting point is 00:35:38 to the people in emergency services. If you're outside of Auckland, you might be hearing a little bit less about it because the photos aren't as sexy now that there's not like orange flames licking in plumes of black smoke
Starting point is 00:35:48 so the your news media is like oh it's not as sexy now and they're looking for other photos of like the flooded car park but there's still
Starting point is 00:35:57 so many emergency services crews working yeah still roads closed around around the convention centre and dampening hot spots overnight
Starting point is 00:36:06 as Anya mentioned in the news before. But Anya's car was underground at Sky City and not underneath, so there's two parts to it. There's the Sky City Convention Centre which was a new build and that was going to be joined by an air bridge that went across a fairly busy road in Auckland to
Starting point is 00:36:21 the casino and that's where the casino, the hotel, the restaurants and everything are over there. But both sides, on either side of the road, there are car parks underneath. Underground, underground car parks. Now, the ones you've seen full of water are under the building that was on fire, but intern Anya's car was under the other building. And we didn't know what was going on down there.
Starting point is 00:36:44 Well, because you, from the moment the fire started, you didn't know what was going on down there. Well, because you, from the moment the fire started, you were told, everyone was told here at work that parks there, you can't get in there to get your car. So that was kind of the case from maybe Tuesday afternoon until basically yesterday morning, kind of like 9.30. Right.
Starting point is 00:36:59 So, yeah, look, she was a stressful situation. Okay. Also went to go get a waffle Monday and failed miserably. Right. So you were hoping your car was going to be flooded and written off for insurance purposes. You know, every cloud has a silver lining, I was thinking.
Starting point is 00:37:18 Yeah. But, yeah, so I went to go and get it. I had to be escorted yesterday morning by the lovely Sky City staff. We went one by one. We got given masks. And the guy that escorted me, his car is in the other building. So do you think it was mostly staff? Yeah, so I read about it later.
Starting point is 00:37:34 Oh, that's terrible. It's only one floor. I think it's the fourth floor down seems to be the only one that's affected. And it's all staff parks. About 100 cars. Oh, man. But Sky City have said that they're going to sort them all out. Well, they're always giving cars away.
Starting point is 00:37:48 Every month, they're like, hey, we're giving away an Audi. So just give them to your employees. Yeah, yeah. Sorry, this Audi this week is for Steve. I'm pretty sure a flooded 1992 Corolla is exchangeable for an Audi. Yeah, 100%. Seems fair. It does seem fair.
Starting point is 00:38:04 So what was it like going into the building? Because they're connected, aren't they? Yeah, it was pretty weird. So normally there's like heaps of lights on and it's really bright and yeah, there's lots of people around. So seeing it kind of dark, there was kind of maybe a tenth of the lights that are normally on. Right.
Starting point is 00:38:23 Exciting. Yeah, it was really like... Was it kind of like post-apocalyptic normally on. Right, exciting. Yeah, it was really like... Was it kind of like post-apocalyptic? Yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah, and it was really dusty and smoky and there were these big puddles everywhere of kind of, not water, but kind of like,
Starting point is 00:38:36 like, greeny kind of... Ooh, greeny puddles. Yeah, greeny puddles. Like when you finish, like, a Chinese smorgasbord takeaway and there's that weird green grease in the bottom of the container. It's like, what? This can't be good for me.
Starting point is 00:38:48 What is that? Did you kind of just have dust on it? Yeah, it was just really dusty. And did it smell inside? No, but they were really strict against when you were driving up, I had to keep my mask on until I was out of Federal Street.
Starting point is 00:39:01 Right. And then you're out of their jurisdiction. Yeah, and then it was just like a free-for-all. But I had to get let out by a cop, because I came up to the edge of the cordon.
Starting point is 00:39:09 I was like, oh, where do I go? And he lifted up this tape and I was like, whoa. Hey, whoa, that's like a movie. You're the detective that's just arrived at the murder.
Starting point is 00:39:16 I know. It was so cool. And I was like, thanks. Do you flash your badge? Or your EFTPOS card or something? Yeah, you should have flashed something So yeah, she's out now She's out in the wild world
Starting point is 00:39:30 And have you got a WAF? Yeah, working on it You should have just driven it into the level 4 flood pit Go across You can't go in there, you're like, I'm a detective, dammit And you drive across, straight into the drink And be like, oh well, oopsie ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan The podcast and you drive across straight into the drink and be like, oh, well, oopsie.
Starting point is 00:39:50 Weather's looking okay for the long weekend. Sunday, apparently a good day to fire up the barbie and get into some outdoor activities. That's what our news headline said. Okay, great. Good news. Although a little bit colder, though, this weekend because of all the... Oh, yeah. Because of all the...
Starting point is 00:40:04 Snow. The cold stuff. Obviously, that white weekend because of all the oh yeah because of all the snow the cold stuff obviously because of all the weather white frozen water yeah that stuff puts a dampener
Starting point is 00:40:12 on the weekend temperature it'll be a bit cooler put a jersey on so if you're gonna be inside we thought we'd just share what we've been watching what we've been liking
Starting point is 00:40:21 what we've heard is pretty good bit of a tradition ahead of the long weekend and also I just love to hear some recommendations recommendations watching what we've been liking, what we've heard is pretty good. Bit of a tradition ahead of the long weekend. And also, I just love to hear some recommendations. Some new shows. Always looking.
Starting point is 00:40:32 Who wants to go first? What are you watching at the moment? I'll go first. I'm loving Explained. They're season two of Explained out now. This is where they pretty much pick people from Vox. This is on Netflix. They pick a subject and then do like 20 minute documentaries on it.
Starting point is 00:40:49 Like real informative. I've seen the first season. Super informative. The one on billionaires is phenomenal. Do they do Kylie Jenner? They touch on like the modern entrepreneurial billionaire. They talk about how billionaires have changed from back in the day.
Starting point is 00:41:04 Like there was just not many back in the day. Right. And they all left like long legacies behind them. Like university, they paid for entire universities to be built and stuff. And it was all about being a billionaire and giving back to society, but chucking your name on it
Starting point is 00:41:18 was about as extravagant as it got. Right. And how it's changed now. Right. This doesn't sound like a Netflix and chill. Nah, you'd probably be sitting there and you'd be like, should we get frisky? And you'd be like, no, because I'm angry at the 1% of the 1%.
Starting point is 00:41:31 And then you'd be voting Bernie Sanders before you know it. Yeah. Also on Netflix, apparently Paul Rudd's new show, Living With Yourself. Oh, that looks really good. Yeah, somebody said that was really good. On Amazon Prime, which is another streaming service that I've... I'd never heard of.
Starting point is 00:41:47 You got me onto Amazon Prime. I'd heard about it, but there's so much stuff on there and it's so cheap. I think the first few months are like five bucks or something. Yeah. Right. Okay. And then they probably... Actually, well, when I opened this on Netflix,
Starting point is 00:42:00 it told me that my Netflix price is going up $3.50 a month. Because it's the first time I've opened Netflix for a little while on my iPad. Just use Megan's mum's. She's got a couple more logins, eh? That's great. Although this week they did say they're cracking down on that in the future. So, I mean, Fleabag's
Starting point is 00:42:18 worth another mention on Amazon Prime. People ask me about it because I posted some Fleabag stuff on the gram this week and yeah, it's on Amazon Prime. Worth just signing up. Won a ton of Emmys and all sorts of good. The Boys is another one. I don't think I've recommended that.
Starting point is 00:42:33 The Boys. It's about, it's got like Karl Urban and Anthony Starr in it. Both Kiwi actors. One's a superhero who's kind of evil, but super. And the other one's Karl Urban who just wants to destroy them all. Right, okay. Puts on a really bad English accent. But once you get over the bad English accent, you're all on board for it.
Starting point is 00:42:53 You're really selling it to me. It's a great show. Caitlin got me onto The Capture, which is on TVNZ On Demand. Is it a British crime drama? Yes. That's not like you two. Do you guys like British crime dramas? We love them. We love them. But this is like a British crime drama? Yes. That's not like you two. Do you guys like British crime dramas? We love them.
Starting point is 00:43:05 We love them. But this is like a British crime drama meets Black Mirror. Yeah. There's lots of twists and turns. It's really good. It's so addictive. It's set in the future. No, it's set in modern time, but just with technology.
Starting point is 00:43:18 But yeah, that's really good. I recommend that. If you're into your line of duties and you're like Caitlin and I. Bodyguards. Love a British. A bodyguard was good. Is it like. If you're into your line of duties and you're like Caitlin and I love our British Oh Bodyguard was good. Is it like Bodyguard? Yeah. They're claiming it's the new Bodyguard. Oh okay.
Starting point is 00:43:32 I've got it here. There's no hot Bodyguard in it. No. Yeah actually yeah. For a New Zealand made show, Wellington Paranormals. Oh yeah. That's a really good watch. Give that a binge.
Starting point is 00:43:46 What about you, Megan? What are you watching? Big Mouth. If you haven't watched Big Mouth, we're up to season three, I believe. Just came out a week or two ago. Yeah. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's Nick Kroll, John Mulaney.
Starting point is 00:44:00 Maya Rudolph plays the female hormone monster, but it's animated and it's about kids growing up and learning about their bodies and their lives. But man, it's funny. So worth a watch. And also Righteous Gemstones on Neon. Oh, that's so good. About a televangelist family. That's John Goodman made by Danny McBride and Adam Devine.
Starting point is 00:44:20 That pokes fun at those big mega churches in America. And you're just like, wow. Yeah. It's well done. You think you're having a laugh and then there's murder and it's all go. I think there's a penis in every episode too. Yeah, I think that was something they aimed to do, yeah. The America's Cup is now New Zealand's Cup. On his team, the Adams.
Starting point is 00:44:40 Oh, beautiful connection. Long black celebrating already. Sports Talk. When we talk about sports, and joining us to talk about a particular sport is Nisbo. Good morning, Nisbo. Morning, team. How are we doing?
Starting point is 00:44:55 Great, mate. Thank you. Now, this weekend, it is a semi-final. We win this one, and then we're through to the final of the Rugby World Cup. Touch a little bit of wood there. And we're going up against England.
Starting point is 00:45:11 Yeah, look, I think this might be the final, actually. I think whoever wins this weekend might just kick on and win the final. The other side of the draw has South Africa, Wales. Well, I think the Springboks will come through there. But I think I'd rather play the Springboks at the moment than England. England look pretty formidable to me. Don't want to make you feel nervous.
Starting point is 00:45:31 But we do, though, because this is going to be a great game. The Irish game was a great game, but this is going to be edge of your seat kind of stuff, isn't it? Yeah, it is. We don't play these guys very often. We played them last year and beat them by one point. I think we played them once in the last six years or something like that. So we don't get much of a gauge against them. We play the Springboks every year, as we know. We play Australia every year. But when you don't play someone very often, you sort of feel a bit nervous about it. So what is it about the English team at the moment that you think is so strong?
Starting point is 00:46:01 I think they've got plenty of depth. It's something that we have as well. But they've got more rugby players than anybody else, you know, and they've got plenty of depth. It's something that we have as well but they've got more rugby players than anybody else, you know, and they've got a lot of players they can call on. They're well coached. We know old Eddie Jones, the Aussie, he's a good coach and they look just a pretty complete team to me. The only edge I think we have is that
Starting point is 00:46:17 we have players on the field who can break the game open. I'm not sure England have got as many as we have. I'm just looking at some stats. Stats. Some stats. We're on a bit of a hot streak with beating them, though. We've beat them in the last six games we've played.
Starting point is 00:46:33 They beat us for the last time in Twickenham in 2012. Oh, God. Yeah, look, I was there, and I've been there three times when the All Blacks have lost at Twickenham. The worst place in the world to be when you lose. They all sing, don't they? They all sing that song. Oh, Swing Low, yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:52 Yeah, they like a chariot. They're going to sing that during the Haka, aren't they? Yes, they will do, yeah. No respect at all for the Colonials. So, okay, pick a score, Nisbo. Righto, we win by 6 points We win by 24 points What's that minus 6?
Starting point is 00:47:11 18 Okay And just finally, what do you reckon You said about Eddie Jones as the coach of England What do you think about the fact that he said They'd been spied on Oh, look, he's just trying to create a diversion. He knows full well that doesn't happen these days,
Starting point is 00:47:28 but, you know, it's a good talking point, and he certainly made his point. All right, well, let's hope we can talk to you again before the final next week, Nisbo. Look forward to it, guys. All right, thanks, Nisbo. Thank you. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group two.
Starting point is 00:47:43 I'm waiting for it, that group toot. I want it. Oh, it's finally here. The last long weekend group toot of the decade. Because we're in a new decade next year. I mean, we're not stopping the long weekend group toot. I feel like this is the chat in the change room before we go on the field. This is Steve Hansen chatting to the All Black Group.
Starting point is 00:48:07 Right, you lot. Bloody hell. We're going to get out there. We're going to do the country parade. I'd imagine he'd be quite mumbly. So the Long Weekend Group Tute, if you don't know, it's where you call us if you're in traffic and you start the Long Weekend Group toot. If you don't know, it's where you call us if you're in traffic and you start the long weekend group toot.
Starting point is 00:48:27 And then someone else listening to the show finishes off with the last two beeps. And you, if you're listening, if you're hearing it on the radio, just toot back to the person you're hearing toot on the radio because they might be just down the road with their window down. You might not be able to hear them. But you just, or everybody, I just want everybody in chorus to toot back to the person tooting on the radio. Toot wherever you are.
Starting point is 00:48:49 Beep, beep. That's all you need to do to toot back. Now, the people who lead the toot, very important. You've got to be rhythmically. Vava Bowden, Barrett Ritchie, Moanga Combo in the centre. That's a good rugby analogy, Vaughan. So this is the first part of the long weekend group toot. And then you wait with your phone out the window
Starting point is 00:49:09 and somebody else hopefully completes. All right, so you need to call us right now. 0800 DALES.M If you're in traffic, if you would like to take part in the long weekend group tour, our world record is 10. 10 completed toots. I'd love 12.
Starting point is 00:49:27 All right. I'd love 12. Test it out now. That's right. If you get it and someone toots back, you go on the long weekend honours board, which is almost chocker. We might have to get a new one for the 2020s.
Starting point is 00:49:38 Specially engraved. All right. Well, no pressure, Megan, but your Friday flashback is kicking off the long weekend group tour. I'll wait. Hunter, dial ZM right now. Give us a call. Friday flashback. kicking off the Long Weekend Group 2. 0800-DARLS-AT-M right now. Give us a call. Friday flashback.
Starting point is 00:49:49 Okay, so I came across this song during the week and I was like, have we done that? Turns out, no. We've overlooked what I think is a great sing-along. From 1999, she is an American pop singer. Now, she would more, she'd be known now more for her acting. Okay.
Starting point is 00:50:12 But she has released some new music, but I don't think anything's on the label that this song is. So, it was released in 1999, I can tell you it didn't do great in New Zealand, but maybe it's like a slow burner.
Starting point is 00:50:27 A slow burner, yeah. Number 10 in New Zealand, number 2 in Australia. But sing along. Enjoy. A bit of Mandy Moore this morning. This is Candy. It's your Friday flashback. ZM. Oh yeah, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:45 The Long Weekend toot next. Zip him. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm so addicted to the loving that you're feeding to me Can't do without it This feeling's got me weak in the neck Body's in withdrawal
Starting point is 00:51:18 Every time you take it away Can't you hear me calling Begging you to come out and play Oh yeah So baby come to me And show me who you are Yeah
Starting point is 00:51:39 Sugar to my heart I'm craving for you I'm missing you like candy Sweet, sweet lovin' God be goin' to the extreme You better know Won't go without it This vibe has got a hold on me
Starting point is 00:52:08 I'll be back Satisfying baby Let me show you what I'm made of Beat up No doubt about it Boy got me feeling crazy, can't get enough Baby, baby, baby, what you got to me? Baby, show me who you are, yeah
Starting point is 00:52:35 Like a sweat today, like sugar to my heart Baby, I'm craving for you, I'm missing you like hell Hey, yeah, I'm feeling you like hell So baby, come to me, show me who you are You make a way to me, like sugar to my heart I'm craving for you, I'm missing you like hell Hey, yeah I'm craving, I'm missing you like candy You know who you are Your love's the sweetest candy
Starting point is 00:53:12 I'll be forever yours Love always, many Only I'm craving, I'm missing you like candy So baby come to me Come, come, come, baby Come to me Show me to my heart That I, I, I, I
Starting point is 00:53:38 I'm missing you like any Oh yeah So baby, come to me Mandy Moore, Candy, it's Megan's Friday Flashback. I don't know if it's because it's Megan's Friday Flashback, but it's average feedback, isn't it? It's half and half, actually. Yeah, it's pretty light. There is a lot of good feedback.
Starting point is 00:54:07 Okay. People just love to rip into me. Oh, don't worry about them. Don't you worry about that. Don't you let them ruin your day, Megan. That's what I'm here for. Let me ruin your day. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group toot.
Starting point is 00:54:24 I'm waiting for it, that group tute, I want it. Probably should have got Lorde to sing that. I don't know if you know, but she's kind of busy. Doing what?
Starting point is 00:54:35 She doesn't need to do that. She could pop in with him like, hey, we're taking the mic. Do you want to get on board? Alright, it's the last Long Weekend Group T tour of the decade. So if you've just joined us, if you're new to the long weekend group tour, we've been doing this for years.
Starting point is 00:54:50 Every time there's a long weekend. We talked about when we started it and it may have been 2010. Really? It may have been. I know it was a label weekend. Do you think it's a 10 year anniversary? It might be, unbeknownst. It could be the 10 year anniversary. Well, if you're in traffic, we need be, unbeknownst. It could be the 10-year anniversary of the...
Starting point is 00:55:06 Well, if you're in traffic, we need you to call us. Next year, it'll be the 10-year. Okay. If you're in traffic, we need you. If you're in traffic, we need you to call us on 0800-DARLS-AT-M and give us the start of the long weekend group, too. And we need the rest of you listening to Toot Back. All you do is Toot Back, even if we're talking to,
Starting point is 00:55:28 who are we going to first? Well, let's go first to Kushla and Faith. Good morning in Auckland. Good morning. You guys should start a 1990s R&B band. Kushla and Faith would have been. That would have moved some units. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:55:41 Good morning. Whereabouts in Auckland are you? No pressure because this is the first long weekend group tour. Wow, we've looped around into more traffic just for this. Yes, yes. That's commitment. Around near the motorway, Wellandley Street. Okay, okay.
Starting point is 00:55:56 Okay, that's good. That's busy. Although we haven't had a lot of central Auckland success in the past few group tours. But let's change that. Let's have some faith. Now, we will need the window down and your long weekend group toot. When you're ready.
Starting point is 00:56:10 Yeah, ready. Okay, do it. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, ding, ding. We had talked to everyone in the traffic and they were going to do it. Come on. We thought your phone had fallen down a cardboard tube. I think it did.
Starting point is 00:56:33 My phone fell out the door. Very windy there and no group two. That's a zero. That's a zero. Thank you, Chris, for your faith. Natalie and Mum, good morning. Okay. Whereabouts are you in Auckland?
Starting point is 00:56:51 Albany Highway. Albany Highway. Albany Highway. All right, okay. Is Mum in charge of the tooting or are you driving, Natalie? My mum. No, okay. This is responsible driving heading into the long weekend.
Starting point is 00:57:03 Your man in the phone, Mum's man in the horn. Okay, well, get Mum to give us the long weekend group toot. I think going forward we're getting a bit too much because people are just jamming the phone straight out the window. You think it's too windy? You've got to shield it some. That's what you did tell them to do, shove the phone out the window. Yeah, I thought if you were
Starting point is 00:57:25 standing still, yes. Natalie, thank you. Is that a zero from two? That's a zero from two. It's a bad start. This is Auckland. We need to get out of Auckland. Raylene in Hamilton,
Starting point is 00:57:33 good morning. Good morning. Alright, it's always a good one in Raylene. I beg your pardon. I'm so sorry. I can't speak. I apologise, Raylene.
Starting point is 00:57:42 It's always been a good time in Raylene. Always a good time in Hamilton. Always a good time in Hamilton. With Raylene. speak. I apologise, Raylene. It's always been a good time in Raylene. Always a good time in Hamilton. Always a good time in Hamilton. With Raylene. Whereabouts in Hamilton, Raylene? Okay, I'm at Rotor Turner North. Just did a big roundabout, so I better go talk to you or I might lose everyone.
Starting point is 00:57:54 Do it, do it, Raylene! Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Oh, no! Oh, my God. That's not good. It's been a long time since we've had this much disappointment. It's that winter break. Oh, no! Oh, my God. Have we ever? That's not good. It's been a long time since we've had this much disappointment. It's that winter break.
Starting point is 00:58:09 So early. Nigel and Josh, good morning. Good morning. Whereabouts in the country are you? We're in Wellington. Okay, whereabouts in the capital? We're just about to go around the Basin Reserve. Okay.
Starting point is 00:58:23 Okay, this is good. New Zealand's largest roundabout. Okay, when you're ready, give us the long weekend group two. Okay, here we go. Here we go. Yes! Yes! Yes!
Starting point is 00:58:39 We're on the board. We've had it. We've had it. We've hit it. We're on the board. They're applauding themselves and as they should be. That's great. They have broken the board. We've had it. We've had it. We've hit it. We're on the board. They're applauding themselves and as they should be. That's great. They have broken the drought.
Starting point is 00:58:47 Nigel and Josh and Wellington, that's one from four. On the honours board. Now, I believe we've had Brittany on the long weekend group tour before. Brittany, good morning. Brittany, bitch. Good morning, guys. Brittany, this is your third long weekend group tour in a row. It absolutely is.
Starting point is 00:59:05 We're going for a record. Still representing Palmerston North? I am representing Palmerston North still. All right. It's Brittany, bitch. All right. When you're ready, Brittany, give us a long weekend group tour. Give me a minute.
Starting point is 00:59:17 I'm just going back up to the light. So I'm on Rohini and Main Street, if you guys are listening, outside there. She's putting in a plug for herself. We're still at the Palmy. I hope guys are listening outside there. I like this. She's putting in a plug for herself. Let's do it for Parmi. I hope everybody's listening to this. This is Brittany's
Starting point is 00:59:30 personal record too. This will be her third successful long weekend group tour in a row if she gets a reply. Alright, let's do it. Let's do it, Parmi. Let's do it, Parmi.
Starting point is 00:59:37 Let's do it, guys. Yeah! Two replies to this, Brittany, bitch! Yeah! To the point! That's Brittany, bitch! Meow, meow, meow, meow. Yes! Yeah! You're so good at that.
Starting point is 00:59:53 Brittany, the third time on our long weekend group tour to Honours Board. Congratulations. You are the VIP, Brittany. You really are. And, Palm, you have a fantastic long weekend. We're sitting at two from five. That's two in a row.
Starting point is 01:00:05 Let's make it three. Now, we go now to Robert Invercargill. Good morning, Robert. Hey, guys. How's it going? Good. I don't think we've ever had a long weekend group two successfully from Invercargill. No, it's not on the honours board.
Starting point is 01:00:18 Robert's going to be the first. Yes, I'll be the first. I've got it. I've got it on my bones. Okay. All right. Okay, Robert. Give us your group two. When you All right. Okay, Robert. Give us your group two.
Starting point is 01:00:25 When you're ready. Okay, here we go. You're not in your driveway, are you, Robert? It literally sounded like they were parked right next to you. It's just outside H&J's. Woo! There was definitely a different horn. Robert, do you know that person?
Starting point is 01:00:51 Did you set it up? Okay. I didn't set it up. Well, there we go. Robert, on the road. See, we're cynical, Robert, because it was too perfect. I mean, their timing could have been a bit quicker. You're from Invercargill and it's like zero fees.
Starting point is 01:01:01 You're like, what's the catch? They're like, you've got to move to Invercargill. And you're like, no thanks. Okay. I'm happy to take it. I'm happy we're takingill and it's like zero fees. You're like, what's the catch? They're like, you've got to move to Invercargill. And you're like, no thanks. I'm happy to take it. I'm happy we're taking it, Robert. Congratulations. We're running at a 50% success rate, Robert. Thank you very much for participating.
Starting point is 01:01:15 Josh in Auckland. Good morning, Josh. Good morning. How are you? Good. All right. Auckland has not given us a successful toot. Give it to us.
Starting point is 01:01:22 Whereabouts are you? At the corner. Just about to turn into Marketplace in the city. Okay. All right to us. Whereabouts are you? At the corner. Just about to turn into Marketplace in the city. Okay, all right. Okay, Central City. Lots of traffic, but reluctant tooters.
Starting point is 01:01:31 Yeah. Okay, when you're ready, Josh. Give it. All right, here we go. Yeah! Yeah! That one! Yahoo!
Starting point is 01:01:40 Easy. Josh, just like that, on the long weekend group toot on his board. Damn, that's four from seven. These are good odds. We are rolling. Wilson, the Mount Vic Tunnel.
Starting point is 01:01:50 It's a great location for a tour. When you're ready, give it to us. Go for it. Yes! Yes! Yes! So much sweeter because it's in the Mount Vic tunnel Wilson. I know you could hear the echo.
Starting point is 01:02:11 The acoustics were great. Fantastic. Thank you. Look how calm you are. Thank you Wilson. So calm and collective. Apologies to those cycling and walking through the tunnel. Ah, F them.
Starting point is 01:02:21 Do you want to go for one more? Yeah, go for it. Go for it. Wilson, go for it. Double it. Okay. Yes! We can't add that to another point, but it felt good. It did.
Starting point is 01:02:36 It felt good to do it. Okay, so what's our rate here? Five from eight. Was he driving the car? Was he old enough to drive it? Wilson, are you driving? Oh, he's gone. No, Wilson's out.
Starting point is 01:02:49 He's a spring on a trampoline. We've got five in a row. This may be our hottest streak in long weekend group tour history. Damn you, Megan. Don't do that to me. I'm getting amongst you. So how many do we need for the world record? Five more.
Starting point is 01:03:04 No, we need six more. Six more. We're going to come back next and see if we can get six long weekend group toots to beat our world record. It's a long weekend. Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's long weekend group toot. I'm waiting for it, that group toot. I want it. All right, last long weekend group toot of the decade.
Starting point is 01:03:23 We're currently at five toots from 10 out of 10. We want to set a new record here. 10's our record. We want to go to 11. I feel like a 12. I feel like a 12's in the bag and it's going to happen. Second half's about to kick off. Got some stats leading into the second half.
Starting point is 01:03:35 Yep. Somebody who listens to the Long Weekend Group Tweet regularly says, when we take a break and go to the music, our second half's never as strong. We're the warriors. We're rubbish in the second half. We're lacking the cardio. We're South Africa at the World Cup.
Starting point is 01:03:48 Ant and Jay Parr, good morning. Good morning. Whereabouts are you guys right now? Harbour Bridge. Harbour Bridge. Is it chocker? Pardon? Is it chocker?
Starting point is 01:03:58 It's chocker block. What speed are you doing? What kind of kilometres an hour are you getting on the Harbour Bridge at this time of day? What's our KZ? What's our KZ? What's our KZ? 60. We're on 60. Oh, that's too fast.
Starting point is 01:04:10 Do you think it's too fast? It's too fast. Okay, well, look, give us a long... I reckon we're waiting. I reckon we almost wait till they... Which way are you going? Are you northbound or are you southbound? We're northbound.
Starting point is 01:04:20 All right, look, let's just do it. Let's just do it. They're on the bridge. They might not be on the bridge later. I feel like we're on a hot streak. I feel like we're on a hot streak. Okay, well, and, Jay Park, give us... Let's do it. Let's just do it. They're on the bridge. They might not be on the bridge later. I feel like we're on a hot streak. Okay, well, and Jay Park, give us the long weekend group toot. We got this.
Starting point is 01:04:34 Yes, I got a beep. I got a beep. No, no, no. Okay, wait. Let me go one more. Wait. Stop. Wait a second.
Starting point is 01:04:41 Stop. Stop off. You wait. Come over here. I'm going to give you a pep talk. Come here. Come here. Shush. Listen. I'm on my way. I'm here. I'm going to give you a pep talk. Come here. Come here. Shush.
Starting point is 01:04:45 Listen. I'm on my way. I'm coming. I'm talking. Shush. Shush now. This is how this works. One, two.
Starting point is 01:04:54 One, two, three. One, two, three, four. Not that other larrikinism that you're getting up to on your horse. Okay, okay. You taught me well. I still love you. I still love you. I'm not angry.
Starting point is 01:05:03 Let's do this. I love you, Ish. I love you. Never reply to I love you with I love you-ish. Okay. Okay, let's do this. Yes, I got one. No, no, no, you didn't. You didn't catch.
Starting point is 01:05:20 Who's doing the tooting? Who's pushing the horn? I am on the passenger side. I might bump, though. Yeah, but who's Jay Paroting? Who's pushing the horn? J-PAR or Ed? I am on the passenger side. I might bump, though. Yeah, but who's J-PAR? Which one's pushing the horn? J-PAR. Okay, J-PAR, you've got to toot the horn.
Starting point is 01:05:32 You can't leave. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is no time for a newbie. This is no time for a newbie. He can do it. He can do it. We're not subbing on someone who hasn't played for the All Blacks at halftime against England.
Starting point is 01:05:42 Believe in me. Just believe in me, guys. I believe in you. You've burned the bridge in me. Just believe in me, guys. I believe in you. You've burned the bridge of trust. You've got one more chance. Okay, one more chance. Listen to me.
Starting point is 01:05:51 Listen to me. One, two. One, two, three. One, two, three, four. That's one, two. One, two, three. One, two, three, four. Yes.
Starting point is 01:06:01 One, two. One, two, three. One, two, three, four. So good. Okay. One, two, three, four. So good. Oh. These other drivers didn't believe me, guys. Sub him off. Sub him off.
Starting point is 01:06:12 He's off. He's off. I'm not proud of him. We tried, didn't we? This is World Cup year. Tony, good morning. We're about to you. Hey.
Starting point is 01:06:24 We were in Glen Eden, but I've purposely come through to Kelston. Oh, good. Trying to get some more people. I love a tootin', Kelston. Good. All right, give us a long-legging group two, Tony. All righty, just got a green. Yeah! Told you! Pass it to Tony!
Starting point is 01:06:40 Skip Jay Park! He's off! He's out of the team. He'll never play again. You're on the honours board Tony Congratulations Six from ten
Starting point is 01:06:47 Tony's got us back On our hot streak Kirstie and Hamilton Are you ready to be Our seventh successful Long weekend group two? No pressure No pressure
Starting point is 01:06:56 All the pressure Whereabouts in the Tron Kirstie? I'm just getting Towards the university And I know there's Exams on this week So I'm hoping That's going to work
Starting point is 01:07:04 In our favour. Okay. Okay. All right. When you're ready. Okay. Ready? Yep.
Starting point is 01:07:14 I might be driving too fast. I also can't hear your horns. Very quiet, Kirstie. We'll pop you on hold and come back to you later, maybe. Nikki and Olivia, good morning, we're about to you Good morning We're on Key Street in Auckland Okay, well we had Key Street last time
Starting point is 01:07:33 I tell you what, we had a couple of big fails on Key Street Queen Street? Well, they're currently putting it to two lanes from four So there's a lot of traffic That's my girl Alright, when you're ready, give it to us Nikki I've got to count, I'm a bit nervous. You're right.
Starting point is 01:07:46 You're right. Yeah! Yes, you did it! You did it! Oh, my God, this has been like a dream of mine. Yeah, Nikki, it's a dream of mine. Oh, wow. You are a little ripper.
Starting point is 01:08:00 We are now sitting on a hot stat of seven from 12. We go now to the Thorpes family who are in the car on Papanui Road in Christchurch. Good morning, Thorpes family. Good morning. How are you? Good, thank you. All right, how's the traffic where you are on Papanui Road? It is at a standstill.
Starting point is 01:08:18 Good, good. Okay, here we go. Thorpes family, I don't want to put any pressure on you. You are our 13th tutor this morning. Unlucky for some, unless you're Taylor Swift and she's worth millions of dollars. Let's make you worth millions of dollars. Okay, ready? Ready?
Starting point is 01:08:35 Oh, no. Someone almost tooted back halfway through the long weekend. Should we give the Thorpes a second chance? Okay. I'm just going to wait until it's just rolling. Can I wait until it stands? Just smash into someone. Just go.
Starting point is 01:08:50 Just go. Just roll it. Yeah, okay. No. It's unbelievable. It's unlucky 13. Let's break the curse. The Thorpes family, thank you so much for trying.
Starting point is 01:09:02 Let's break the curse with our 14th caller. David, good morning. Hello. How are you? All right, good, good morning. Hello, how are you? All right, good, mate. Whereabouts in Auckland are you? Just up on K Road in Auckland. Okay, all right. When you're ready, give us a long weekend group toot.
Starting point is 01:09:17 Oh, you don't know how disappointing that is. David, you're a real slammer. You really gave me the bash. And then you almost went as, like, space quiet, like vacuum quiet. Like, I went bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. And then you just went, oh. Want to try again? Sure.
Starting point is 01:09:34 David, David, have you got the window open? Yeah, all open, yeah. Okay, give us another one. Give us another one, David. Oh, this is not cool. Quiet, David, quiet. No, we're sitting on seven. We're sitting Oh, this is not cool. Quiet, David. Quiet. No, we're sitting on seven.
Starting point is 01:09:48 We're sitting on seven. This might not be a... I just love that David's horn smashing. Amanda in Palmerston North, good morning. Good morning. How are you? Good, thank you. Give us a long weekend group tote.
Starting point is 01:09:59 Okay, I'm just actually pulling into school, so I'm hoping this driving teacher's got a tote bag. Okay, all right. Okay. All right, hang on a minute. I'm just coming down teacher's got a tote bag. Okay, alright. Hang on a minute, I'm just coming down the window. Alright, ready? Yep. Beep beep! Beep beep! It doesn't count when you do it, Amanda.
Starting point is 01:10:17 Amanda, you're not a car. I was doing a fan signal at someone and all the school kids are looking at me now. This is embarrassing. Alright, Amanda. That's embarrassing. All right, Amanda. That's embarrassing. We've absolutely lost our hot spot. How many more do we need? How many more do we need for the world record?
Starting point is 01:10:32 Seven. We need four more. Okay, the next four. The next four in a row have got to be. Okay, well, let's do it. We've got to have success next. Four more. If we don't get success from these, we're going to have to leave it at that.
Starting point is 01:10:43 Laura in Hamilton, good morning. Good morning. Okay, give us a to have to leave it at that. Laura in Hamilton, good morning. Good morning. Okay, give us a long weekend group toot. Okay. You're not calling from the 1930s, are you? What are you driving? Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Okay.
Starting point is 01:11:02 Oh, that was disappointing. Kirstie also in Hamilton, good morning. Give us a long weekend group toot. Hi, that was disappointing. Kirsty also in Hamilton, good morning. Give us a long weekend. Hi, guys. Hi. Okay, I'm going to try my best again. She's back. I'm back, I'm back, I'm back.
Starting point is 01:11:15 Just give me two seconds. I'm about to pull up to some traffic. Okay. I'm hoping that someone from Hamilton toot. Okay. How much time do you want? Okay. All right. Are we ready? Right, are we ready? Yeah, we're ready.
Starting point is 01:11:29 Okay. No, come on Hamilton! Kirsty. I feel like Willowton's letting you guys down today. Kirsty, don't call us, we'll call you. Kirsty, thank you so much. You've got me on... You've got me on...
Starting point is 01:11:47 Oh, can I try again? There's another line. No, no, I don't know, Kirsty. It's over. Kirsty, thank you for trying. It's not me, it's you. Vic, we're about to see you right now. She's getting up, too.
Starting point is 01:12:00 Oh, God, guys. Oh, my God, it's falling apart. Ivan, good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you? Ivan, good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you? Good, good. All the better, Ivan. I'm liking your enthusiasm because it's gone a bit down in the studio.
Starting point is 01:12:12 Whereabouts are you, Ivan? So I am actually driving in the motorway, just about to take the Greenland exit. Okay. Okay. So it's a lot of people, a lot of traffic, driving at around 30 kilometres per hour. Good, good speed. Okay, give us a long weekend group tour. There you go.
Starting point is 01:12:34 Come on, Ivan. Nothing, was there? If he gave it a big, we gave it a big gap there, Ivan. Come on, guys. Come on, don't disappoint me. He's still waiting, Ivan. I think the moment's gone. Jesse, in Christchurch, can you end the long weekend group two with a success?
Starting point is 01:12:50 I hope so. Because I don't want to leave the long weekend group. I know we're not going to get the world record, but I don't want to leave on a downer. Jessie, give us the long weekend group. We're crawling and there's lots of traffic on the other side, so I'll give it a try. Okay, whereabouts? Whereabouts? Cranford Street in Christchurch. Cranford Street. Okay. And Christchurch.
Starting point is 01:13:06 Cranford Street and Christchurch. I gave, Jessie. Do it. Ready? Yep. No! Was that a toot just as you started talking to us? Or not? No. I imagine everyone started to hear phantom toots. Absolutely imagined it.
Starting point is 01:13:25 We can't finish there. Can we go one more? Couple more. One more. Vaughan, one more. We've actually got a special guest on the hotline
Starting point is 01:13:31 who's wanted to take part in the long weekend group toot. Indy, good morning. How? This is my daughter. She said, Dad, can I do the long weekend group toot?
Starting point is 01:13:39 And I said, you've got to get in traffic so they've taken the long way to school. Okay. Is mum ready, Indy? What? Is August ready? What? All right. long way to school. Okay. Is mum ready, Indy? Yeah. Is August ready? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:13:47 Alright. They're both ready. Are you in traffic? Is there cars around you? What? Is there cars around you? There's a bit of traffic, but we're moving. Okay. We're moving, but there's a bit of traffic. Alright. Get ready to get the phone kind of out the window so we can hear, but don't drop mum's phone because I don't want to have to buy
Starting point is 01:14:03 her a new one. Okay. Here we go. You tell mum to go. Go. Wait a minute. No, it's always disappointing when it's your own. Indy. Indy. Indy. She just passed it to me. Oh, she just passed it to you. Hang on. We're just pulling up to read like down. Oh, okay. Here we go.. Hang on. We're just pulling up to red light dial. Oh, okay. Here we go. Here we go. Okay. Ready?
Starting point is 01:14:27 Yep. We're ready. Yes! Yes, Freddie! Yes! Yes! Great work. Number eight.
Starting point is 01:14:40 Lucky number eight. And the 20th caller for the long weekend group tour. You did it, Indy. Wow. Yay. All right. I got some more of those biscuits I'll bring home. All right, mate.
Starting point is 01:14:53 Catch you later, eh? You probably need to work on their whole radio enthusiasm thing. Yeah, I know. They're their father's children. They nailed the two. That's all that matters. Well, we didn't break a record, but we finished on a victory with eight out of 20. A lot of toots.
Starting point is 01:15:11 A lot of toots. I think we shouldn't have given up on that big stretch, eh? Do you think that was it? That's next time we're not going to a song. Next time when this comes back, we'll just keep going. All right, well, we've got... Just keep pushing for a long weekend group too.
Starting point is 01:15:28 Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. I've just had deja vu. Have we ever done a fact about jellyfish in a Filipino coup? No. That doesn just had deja vu. Have we ever done a fact about jellyfish in a Filipino coup? No. That doesn't ring a bell to me. A Filipino military coup? No. Jellyfish?
Starting point is 01:15:52 I don't believe so. I just had a bit of deja vu and I wanted... Are you doing that because you just repeated yourself? Well, this came about because the other day we were going to be filming Have You Been Paying Attention? But TVNZ got shut down and evacuated.
Starting point is 01:16:07 But before that, who was supposed to be on this week? It was Guy Montgomery, a comedian. Probably most of our 19 New Zealanders, him and Tim Batt, watched Sex and the City 2 every day for a week. That's right. Every week ended a podcast after it. Worst idea of all time. And they did it with other movies, Grown Ups and stuff as well.
Starting point is 01:16:24 He stood on a blue bottle jellyfish. Oh, goodness. Because you know how you hear about how bad they are, but I don't know personally anyone that stood on one. No. Well, at West Auckland beaches,
Starting point is 01:16:33 you do quite often see them. Yeah. They just get washed up. They kind of get, they're dead, but they're still very toxic. Right. And he said they were a bit like
Starting point is 01:16:43 being careful walking along the beach and then his attention was elsewhere, and he stood on one and immediately was like, I've done something very bad. Yeah, right. And he said immediately the pain was intense. Yeah. Left it a day because he's a New Zealand male.
Starting point is 01:16:58 And then went to the doctor and they said, oh, you know, there's pretty much nothing we can do apart from you wait it out. It hasn't spread. Yeah. The worry is if it spreads up into the blood and everything. Did they say to wait on it? That's what you're going to do like immediately.
Starting point is 01:17:10 Oh, okay. He missed his opportunity. I think that's your standard jellyfish. Yeah, right. I don't think that's your, like, or a bit of vinegar, something acidic, right? It neutralises it. But I don't know if blue bottle,
Starting point is 01:17:20 that might be the next step up. Right. But anyway, we were talking a lot about jellyfish and someone brought up how bad, like, a lot be the next step up. Right. But anyway, we were talking a lot about jellyfish and someone brought up how bad like a lot of jellyfish can be. Yeah. And they mentioned something
Starting point is 01:17:31 so I did some further Googling and I can tell you on the night of December 10th, 1999, three weeks exactly till the end of the millennium and also if you're around then you may remember
Starting point is 01:17:43 the Y2K freakout that everything was just going to stop working when it ticked over and like planes were going to fall out of the sky and robots were going to take over. And on the Filipino island
Starting point is 01:17:53 of Luzon, which is home to 40 million people, there was a lot of military presence and there was this weird underground feeling that there was going to be a military coup.
Starting point is 01:18:06 Okay. So on December 10, 1999, the power went out. Just all of a sudden everybody, like a movie. Everyone's like, well, it's not Y2K because that's three weeks away. It must be the military coup. People are out doing Christmas shopping and malls just go dark. So
Starting point is 01:18:23 stuff gets pretty chaotic. If it's a military coup, I'm just going to smash this window and malls just go dark. Yeah. So stuff gets pretty chaotic. Because people are like, if it's a military coup, I'm just going to smash this window and take a TV. That makes sense. As you do. Sure. The military can't be everywhere, can they? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:18:34 Well, what it turned out to be when it all kind of settled down and people heard the news, a giant flock of jellyfish. Yeah. Is that what you call a bunch of pod? I don't know the collective noun of jellyfish. Are you going to do a little? of jellyfish. Yeah. Is that what you call a bunch of pod? I don't know the collective noun of jellyfish. Are you going to do a little... A jiggle. Is it?
Starting point is 01:18:51 No, I don't know. I just want it to be. A wiggle or a jiggle of jellyfish would be pretty good for a collective noun. A group of jellyfish is sometimes called a bloom or a swarm. Oh, yeah. Bloom is usually used for a large group of jellyfish. Okay, so this was a bloom. This a large group of jellyfish. Okay, so this was a bloom.
Starting point is 01:19:05 This was a bloom of jellyfish. Right. They got sucked into the power plant's cooling vent. The power plant drew water from the sea, pumped it around, cooled down the power plant, and then pumped it back out. So the water was never polluted, but it cooled. Right. When they emptied it, 50 dump trucks worth of jellyfish
Starting point is 01:19:26 had been sucked into the cooling. Wow. And so once they'd emptied that, they could start it back up and I think after that, they just put like a bit of netting on there. Makes sense. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:19:37 To stop it all getting sucked in and turning off the power to an entire island. Yeah, right. So today's fact of the day is, thanks to 50 dump trucks worth of jellyfish, people in the Philippines thought there was a military coup. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- the title. I mean, I was there, but my name wasn't in the show. You came in later. I mean, I was there for four years, but my name
Starting point is 01:20:28 wasn't in the show. But then you left for a bit. Then I came back for a few more years, and then my name still wasn't in the show. You were a flight risk. Only because my name wasn't in the show. I mean, I'm not bitter about it or anything. Well, it's in there now, and I mean, you could say
Starting point is 01:20:43 it's not going as well. Then you're hooked up with a man ten as well. Well, and then you're hooked up with a man 10 years younger than you and then you're flight risk. Yeah, we were like, oh, she'll be living in South Africa
Starting point is 01:20:51 this time next year. Flight risk. We can't put her name in the show. Well, it was, it just popped up in my Facebook memories when I was sitting
Starting point is 01:21:00 at a computer. We must have had photos taken for work and this was when, so six years ago. So what's Indy's going to be eight in February. Right. So she was just under two.
Starting point is 01:21:10 Yeah. Like one and a half-ish, but more. And she came in and started pointing at the people on the screen. And back in the day when Instagram videos could only be 15 seconds long. Oh, R.I.P. R.I.P. Yeah. And was like, man, I wish that video was longer.
Starting point is 01:21:23 And then I'm like, oh, the room where that was only anything is long. And that was when the show almost got renamed Daddy and Butch. Who's that? It's Daddy. And who's this? It's us. Butch. Butch.
Starting point is 01:21:37 Who's that? Daddy. Who's that? Daddy and Butch. That's Butch. Butch. Butch. She's not wrong, but she's wrong. Oh,'s Butch. Butch. Butch. She's not wrong.
Starting point is 01:21:46 Butch and Vaughn. Oh, she couldn't be more wrong. Mask and Vaughn. Butch, Mask and Vaughn. She might have been calling you Bitch. That would be more accurate. Probably. Butch and Vaughn.
Starting point is 01:21:59 Butch and Vaughn and Megan. Butch, Vaughn and Megan. Butch, Vaughn and Megan. Yeah. Wow, that was six years ago. God, I love Facebook memories. Sometimes. Yes.
Starting point is 01:22:09 Sometimes. Like, up until six years ago, like, when the kids stuff's real cute, but, like, when you get something that's nine years ago, you're like, probably delete that. Yeah, exactly. That was before Vaughan had children.
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