ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - October 31 2018

Episode Date: October 29, 2018

It's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Halloween Special!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello and welcome to the Fletch, Vaughn and Megan podcast, thanks to Spark. Get more of what you love on the $29 prepaid rollover pack. And now, on with the show. You like scary movies? ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. Hello, good morning, welcome to the show, Fletch, Fleet's Fauna Megan, our Halloween edition. Megan, you sound cold, not scared. Like we need to turn the air con up.

No, it's lovely in Tauranga this morning. Oh, there's another 10 out of 10 sunrises on the way for the Bay of Plenty. How many times have you said that this morning? Eight. Going for 10. There's another 10 out of 10 sunrise on the way for the Bay of Plenty. How many times have you said that this morning? Eight. Eight. Going for 10. Did everybody's hearts just melt with that Prince Harry news? Oh, that's so sweet.

I know. Well, my heart defrosted nicely after Donald Trump saying that nobody born here should automatically be a citizen, but that's pretty much how every country got white people in the first place. Move somewhere, have a kid, be like, that's a citizen here now. But now that it's happening and the people aren't white and his ancestors, it can't happen anymore. Interesting.

Interesting take on immigration. Has he done an ancestry.com? We should do it on him. Ooh, he could do it on his wife. Oh, yep. Yeah, there's East and North there's I mean that's somewhere To start isn't it Yeah

That's all you do To move to a country And marry someone Yeah right Right to become a citizen That's how that works Okay Coming up on the show

The top six Yeah the top six Other things in New Zealand Banknotes I knew it was only A matter of time Because the Australian Five dollar note

Has some animal products In it and the vegans were like, I'm not eating those anymore. And the British banknotes were made with some animal products as well. Yeah. I think it's like some byproduct of rendered fat or something. And it goes in the ink, isn't it? It's in the ink. So apparently New Zealand banknotes as well.

We've got some animal products in our New Zealand banknotes. So I want to put every vegan's mind at ease and tell you the top six other things in New Zealand banknotes as well. Oh, no. We've got some animal products in our New Zealand banknotes. So I want to put every vegan's mind at ease and tell you the top six other things in New Zealand banknotes. Right. And because it is Halloween today and it's the Halloween edition of the show, we've asked you for your scary, spooky stories this morning. Yeah. And we've had a lot of people register and we've got some of those coming up this morning.

Yep. Throughout the morning, scary stories. Halloween as well, which is the special dog edition of Halloween. If you can get your dog to howl on command, you can come on down to our Tauranga Studios. We're here on Cameron Road, over the road from...

Carpet Court. Carpet Court. They do carpet, vinyl, wood, tiles and blinds. Blinds? Blinds don't belong on the floor. You know, you're right, actually. They've left their specialist surface. It's out of their jurisdiction, blinds.

They've gone from floors to windows. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Unless there's some sort of blinds that go on the floor. Maybe they look into your cellar. Unless you had like a well under there and you had a glass panel. Yeah, but that's a glass panel, not a blind. That's also a year true. That's also a horribly scary

thing to have exposed. On Halloween. Unless it's cute. What time you can bring your dog down, if you're in Tauranga, any time. But if you can get your dog to howl on command 7 o'clock this morning after the news, your chance to win. And we just want some cute dogs. Yeah, just want a silly dog.

We just want dogs. Alright you lot, listen up. It's story time. I didn't even think about it. I should have done like three scary Halloween spooky stories. It's Halloween, Fletch. I thought there was a given. Oh yeah, but yesterday when I was getting this ready, it wasn't Halloween.

Just put a spooky spin on it. Okay. Okay, I like this. All right, it's time for story time. Where I've got three. Blah, blah, blah. I don't say blah, blah, blah. I've got three scary, spooky headlines.

And you've got to pick one story. Okay. Headline one, man worried at unlawful haircut. Ooh. Ooh. Headline two, boys plan to leave school backfires. Oh, my God. And headline three, a mocha for the ages.

A mocha for the ages. None of these stories are spooky. A mocha for the ages. Yes, a mochachino. A mochachino. Yeah. That one. Quite interesting.

What do you mean, a mocha for the ages? You can't even leave a mocha five minutes, it goes cold and it's mad. And then the milk... What do you usually say? A what for the ages? Just anything for the ages. It just means it would stand the test of time. Yeah.

Well, yeah, I think we made that one. You want that one? Yeah. Okay, yeah, I think we need that then. You want that one? Yeah. Okay, well, we go now to South America, where researchers have studied ceramic artefacts from Santa Ana, La Florida in Ecuador. And they have found that people in the Amazon Basin and Lower Andes cultivated hot chocolates.

And then they did chocolates. And made chocolates 3,400 BC. But you said a mocha. Which is before chocolate. Before chocolate. Yeah, and mixed in with coffee. Oh, they mixed it with coffee. Yeah, there was traces of coffee and chocolate.

They would have had a hot cocaine chocolate too back in the day. You'd imagine so. Cocaine mocha. So yeah, they looked at pottery fragments suggesting that cacao, which is different than cocoa, that's the hipster new chocolate, isn't it? Cacao's just the bean. The bean, yeah. And it's raw form.

And the pottery fragments suggest that... Who's beeping? Sorry, I'm just... Why are you beeping? I'm talking to Mahindra. I went to Mahindra. And I'm talking with Mahindra I went to Mahindra and I'm talking with their online service bot because I said my friend Megan

wants to buy a Mahindra I don't know let me run you through the conversation this is a slight change from the hello welcome to Mahindra Automotive Australia because I was just Megan said she saw a Sanyong and thought it was nice and so we started giving her heaps about that and the

Brits, the bot said, are you looking for a new car today? I said, well, funny you should ask Brits, my friend Megan is. Oh my God.

And she said, may I know how to help you please? I said, Megan needs a Mahindra and she said, nice. I'd be glad to have our team assist with your friend's purchase. Do you have a specific

model in mind? Maybe this isn't a bot. But her name's Brit. It's like Britney, but also just a bit cash. Okay, right. Which one of these Mahindras do you want? None. You don't want to?

Oh, I'm going to write, she's changed her mind. I said, send one. She's changed her mind. I'll let you know what Brit says about that. Does anybody actually ever use those chatbots? No. They're annoying. Most of the time it's a bot, right?

But this does actually seem to be a person. At least it's very clever. You know that Vaughn does use them. How can you find out if it's a person? Oh, she said, I see. I feel bad now.

I'm going to say, well, she's changed it back. Ask a question that only a human would answer. I'm not going to keep typing. What's a question that only a human would answer? Are'm not going to keep typing. Well, what's a question that only a human would answer? Are you having a good day today? May I know the vehicle that your friend is after, please?

I'm going to say, I think it's a Ssangyong. Ask a personal question. I'm not asking a personal question. Well, we need to find out if it's human. It's been well documented that I just ask a personal question and you guys say it's creepy. I'll be like, what's your perfume? And you're all like, fine! Yeah, that does.

It's very creepy. That's too personal. I said it's a Ssangyong. She stopped typing. Okay. Just a Mahindra update. I said Megan changed her mind. Brits, the chatbot, said, I see.

I may know the vehicle your friend's after. I said, I think it's a Ss, the chat bot, said, I see. I may know the vehicle your friend's after. I said, I think it's a Ssangyong. She said, I see. Would your friend consider purchasing a Mahindra? I said, maybe. What's the Mahindra equivalent of the Ssangyong to Vole? And she said, nice. Regarding your question, I'll have one of our team contact you to confirm about that

and discuss the details. See, now I think it is a bot. It is a bot. May I know who I am chatting with, please? What should I say my name is? Something like ridiculous that a bot wouldn't pick up on, but a human would be like, that's a fake name. Oh, Bart Simpson.

Bart Simpson. Because a person would be like, that's stupid. You're being stupid. You're being silly now. But a bot wouldn't know that, because bots don't watch cartoons. No, they wouldn't. You're right. They don't watch cartoons. Not yet. When they do, we're in big trouble. I'll keep you updated anyway with Mahindra Bot Chat.

It's gripping. It's gripping stuff. Is it a bot? Is it really Brits? In Antarctica, scientists, you know, these guys, they go out onto the ice and live on the ice and do all sorts of research. Oh, hold on.

Update. It's nice chatting with you today, Bart. Hope you're doing great. My name is Brits. It's a bot. It, hold on. Update. It's nice chatting with you today, Bart. Hope you're doing great. My name is Brett. It's a bot. It's a bot. I'm going to say, are you a bot? The ultimate bot question.

A bot or top? A bot would say no. Right. All right. So an Antarctic researcher is out on the ice. They're isolated for a long time, pun intended, with ice on the start there. And these two guys are stuck together.

They're spending a lot of time in just the two of them, so they're chatting. Are they at one of the bases that, you know? They're at Russia's isolated Bellinghusen station on King George Island. So they don't get flown from Christchurch? No, they're not our boys.

I don't know where they get flown from. But one of the guys there kept spoiling the endings of the book that his workmate was reading. I would guess he was up to like Harry Potter 6 and he's like, oh man, spoiler alert. Oh no, I don't want to say that because that's a big... You don't spoil anything. Yeah, okay, so he says what happens in Harry Potter. What other books have had good twists? I don't read enough books. Or anything that's been big you don't spoil it yeah okay so he says what happens in harry potter what other books have had good twists i don't read enough or anything that's been made into a movie yeah yeah yeah any stephen king book yeah um basically when he was halfway through the guy

would be like oh you know what happens at the end and spoil it for him he did this for four books before how many books he must have only had like a few books down there. No, but they probably have a bookcase. Like a little library. You go through them. That's how this guy knew the endings of all these books. So after four of them, Sergi stabbed Oleg with a kitchen knife. Is he dead?

No, he's not dead because it was a kitchen knife. He's injured though and was bleeding quite profusely. Enough to learn his lesson. Yeah, take that, Sergi. I don't know if he's sharp and there's no word as to how sharp the kitchen knife was. Kitchen, I mean, a lot of knives live in the kitchen. It could have been a bread and butter knife. It could have been a very sharp knife.

I think being stabbed and actually having it penetrate with a bread and butter knife. Because the force for a blunt knife to pierce the skin would be so much more than a sharp knife. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, he won't do it again. The bot has told me I'm chatting with a real person.

Oh, here we go. How do they know about bots? I said, I'll forward your details to the team so that they can get back to you regarding it and suit your friends' needs and preferences. You are chatting to a real person. Since it's past business hours, may I know the best contact number and time to call you on place?

See, now I don't know. I don't think. How do you find out if it's a bot? Oh, do you appreciate a good sunrise? Because I don't believe bots are yet at the level where they can appreciate the beauty and simplicity of the sunrise. Even though it happens every day, it's a miracle every single time. Okay, we'll keep you updated.

Here's Johnny. ZM's Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. It's the most amazing show on earth. It's our Halloween special. Happy Halloween coming up. People sharing their scary, spooky stories this morning. We've got community notices next, but the ongoing saga of is a chatbot real?

Yes, I'm on mahindra.com.au making some inquiries to get Megan a Mahindra. And I'm chatting with Brits, and I don't know whether or not Brits is a bot. And is there anything scarier than AI? Especially on Halloween. Elon Musk says it's such a risk. So, yeah, this has got a Halloween, you know,

a Halloween tinge to it. You may remember I asked Brits before the break, Brits, do you appreciate a good sunrise? Trying to flush out whether or not this is a bot or a person. Brits has answered, of course. It's beautiful. Okay, so she knows a sunrise is beautiful. Yeah, but then I say, okay, Britz, what's your favorite color?

Britz says, my favorite color is black and blue. May I have your email address so that I can give a heads up to our consultants about your Mahindra inquiry? She is sick of your ban. I said, sure, fletch at zmonline.com. Now back to your favourite colour. Is it black and blue together or apart? She said, thank you for giving me your email address, Fletch.

It can be together or black and blue alone. I like the colours. Can I have your postal or your postcode address, please? I said, I'm sure it's Auckland 1010. Brits, I hope this isn't a step too far, but I'm struggling with choices for dinner. What would you recommend? She said, got'm sure it's Auckland 1010. Brits, I hope this isn't a step too far, but I'm struggling with choices for dinner. What would you recommend? She said, got that, thanks.

One moment, please. Thank you. I'm really sorry to keep you waiting. Thank you. I think I've broken the bot. She's a bot. Not even a bot. Not even a female bot can answer what should we have for dinner.

I don't know. Whatever you want. What do you want? I don't know. She says, we want to accommodate all chats. And as every chat will enter our site, it's important to business. We appreciate your visit. But we'll now answer other chats connecting to the business.

Thank you. Have a pleasant day. Chat disconnected. Oh. She's a bot. Bot? Ouch. Bot or not.

Bot. Bot or not. Bot. I reckon bot. Bot. Bot. Well, she couldn't answer what was happening for dinner, so she could be real. It's the hardest question literally in the world.

Fletchborn and Megan's Community Notices. Hello and welcome to Community Notices, a segment of the show where we see what's happening around New Zealand according to local Facebook pages. That's what I say at the start of every one. You do. Rolls out of me now like a chatbot for Mahindra. I want to start first with the New Zealand Show Us Your Pets, Nothing But Your Pets page.

Jen's posted on there. This is a little bit lost in the audio medium that is radio, but Jen says, We do our best to stop Willow, our dog, chewing on kids' toys, but this morning she produced a poo with two eyes in it that have come from a toy. Sorry, I just had to post. Megan, I'm going to show you the photo.

It looks like a poo thingy. It looks like New Zealand legend thingy made of faeces. The pupils of the eyes are almost facing out, too. I know, it looks like a cross-eyed thingy made of poo. Classy. I don't know what convinced Jen that the rest of the New Zealand Shasta Pets page seemed to see that poo with her eyes in it, but I'm glad she shared. This one comes from the South Auckland Buy, Sell, Swap trade page.

A confession to be made. Okay. About a month ago, I stole a little girl's iPad mini off the plane I was supposed to claim. Oh, my God. Thinking I would get away with it. Then her parents tracked it down via Find My iPhone. Oops, I should have been a little bit smarter

by signing the iCloud account off, but silly me. Being the dumb person that I am. Anyway, oh, lol. Long story short, I got fired from my job. Embarrassed I was. Trying to lie the way out of it, but the boss wasn't buying it, so I got sacked. I don't care.

Their loss. I stole more stuff from there. Anyway, lol. All the cool gears and stuff my kids and family have is because I stole it all from work. Lol, ha, ha, ha. Shame on them. Hashtag stupid.

Anyway, does anyone have a job for me? At least I'm honest. That's what they say. I don't know. That's not the best LinkedIn profile I've ever read. No. Wow. Yeah, fired from my last job for stealing.

Oh, my God. That's terrible. Fired when I got caught stealing, which was the last thing I stole. So when you went back and you were like, I left my headphones on the plane, they're like, they're not there. No, they're not here. I haven't seen them. I know where you've left them.

This one comes from the Hallswell Community Group. Helen's got a message for Hallswell. And anyone specifically with a property backing onto Nottingham Stream. My toddler has decided it's great fun to throw balls from our house into the stream at the bottom of the garden. Has anyone had a large Swiss ball wash up on their property after the rain yesterday? Please pair me if so.

That's our Swiss ball that the toddler threw into the stream. Those aren't cheap. Aren't they? They're like 50 bucks. How much is a Swiss ball? You're getting your Swiss ball from Switzerland. I thought they were like 20. I would not pay any more than $20 for a Swiss ball. Well, you're getting your Swiss ball from Switzerland. I thought they were like $20. I would not pay any more than $20 for a Swiss ball.

Oh, I haven't had one for ages. I'm going to have to buy a Swiss ball. We've got a Swiss ball, but I won't be allowed to use it. Oh, here's one for $8.95. $8.95. $8.95. Oh, there's one from Kmart for $8. Oh, there you go.

Of course there is. Kmart, brilliant. Undercutting everybody. There's another thing to chuck in, because that's what I'm going to buy. I'm making a pizza oven This summer Are you? And you use a Swiss ball

What? You use a Swiss ball To make a pizza Like paper mache The Swiss ball Yeah yeah yeah You build Like the bricks

And everything And you use a Swiss ball For support A paper mache pig Yeah Yeah And what did you use A balloon

A balloon Yes yes yes What did you put on the front A yogurt bottle For the snout No An egg carton for the nose. That's good.

That was a smaller scale. Yes. Yeah, good, good. And for the feet. Hot plate. That's great. Use an egg carton. That's a real good pig.

Okay. Well, if anyone's found a Swiss ball, Helen would love it back. Next for community notices, let's go to the Franklin Grapevine Community Group. Now, this is an absolute goldmine of stuff. It is. Tash has posted on there, admin delete if not allowed. Now, when someone writes admin please delete if not allowed, it can go one of two ways. It can be dicey and admin should probably delete it.

Or it's absolutely beyond fine. Yeah. And people just don't, they've seen that written so they think you should always write it. Yeah. So, I've got a problem, writes Tash. Most nights I hear awful moaning and I've always wondered what the heck it is. It's so annoying. At first I thought maybe it was someone getting physio or chiropractic work done at their home.

But no, it turns out that my inconsiderate neighbours feel it's appropriate to make love so loud that the entire neighbourhood can hear. And apparently they don't care about closing their curtains either. I went over today and politely asked if they'd keep it down in the future, but the man laughed in my face and told me to stop being dramatic and jealous. Is there anything legally I can do to silence my neighbour's loud sex? It's beyond a joke now. Unless you're over a certain level of decibels after 11pm.

Yeah, late at night. I don't think so. Stand at the door and hold their thingy. Get some plugs, get some earplugs. Right. Yeah, I don't know. Get some plugs, get some air plugs. Right. Yeah, I don't know. I thought you were talking about...

That would have to be very loud moaning. Very loud. Very loud. Very loud. And finally today from the Hibiscus Coast, another absolute cracker.

Trish Lee writes, has anyone lost their underwear? It was in my letterbox. Clearly not mine. Multiple pairs of panties there. Oh jeez, okay, yeah. Don't say panties. But they are, right Multiple pairs of panties there. Oh, jeez. Okay, yeah. Don't say panties. But they are, right?

There's no other way. They're not G-strings as such. They're very much the P word. Unusual. Different. Yeah, different. Different. Frilly.

Almost semi-tog-ish in a way. Anyway, Jack said I'll give you 20 bucks for the lot. So, um... Jack. I see old Jack swooping in there where he spots a bargain. Probably sell it for double that when he sells it online. Those are today's community notices. If you see anything on your local Facebook page, you can screen cap it and send it to ours.

We're FVMZM on Facebook. Fletchvorn and Megan's Scary Stories. Shay, hello. Hi. Happy Halloween. Thanks. Happy Halloween to you too. All right.

I don't know if we should be thanking you because you're about to give us a scary story. Tell us what happened. So last year I was road tripping through America. Okay. And we were in New Orleans, so we decided to do a ghost tour. Oh. They do spooky ghost tours down there. What is it about New Orleans that's... New Orleans.

Spooky. Yeah, it's quite like... I think it's like one of the most haunted towns in America or something. Really? So we had to do it. Okay. Yeah. Okay.

Okay. So we'd been on this tour and we'd been down all these alleyways and looked at all these old buildings. And we were at the very last stop of the tour looking at this old building. And so I looked up on the balcony and there's this old lady sitting up there. Okay. And I said to my friend, I pointed her out. I was like, can you see that old lady sitting up there?

Like, what's she doing? And she had no idea what I was talking about. I was like, what are you going on about? There's something up there. And so I decided I'd take a video of it. So I get my Snapchat out, video this lady, zoom in, everything like that. And I can see her phone on my phone. And then when I watch the video back, all there is is this big white orb floating through my video.

So how clear was she to you? Really clear. She was like a normal person, like right there. She was towards the back of the balcony, but she was clear as anything. Was she looking at you? No, she was just sitting up there. Whoa, that's creepy. When I watched the video back, there was just a white orb. And so I was like, what the hell, what's going on?

And so I went to show my friend the video. And as I showed her my my phone the app crashed and then my phone shut down when i kicked everything back up went back to snapchat was gone look up old lady's gone she's like don't film me now are we sure it wasn't the ghost company doing a hologram the ghost tour company well my friend never saw it at all, and that wouldn't explain why there was, like, this big white orb in my video originally. Had you been to Bourbon Street before this walking tour?

Before this tour? No, it was right around the corner from Bourbon Street. That was our next stop. Wow, okay. Yeah, that doesn't explain why you could see it clear as day, but your friend couldn't. Yeah. And so that's why I thought I'd take a video so I could show her,

and then it was gone. She wasn't feeling it. Tingles. Tingles. Shay, thank you for sharing your scary story on Halloween. That's all right. Have a good one. The Top Six with Vaughn Smith.

What? We ordered breakfast from next door and it's actually James is bringing it on a plate. Look. Oh, my. Oh, please. That's so, so cute. We're allowed it on a plate.

Oh, that is a good-looking omelette. Fletchers is a $12 omelette. Oh, yes, everyone. I wish I'd done the $12 omelette now. You're 100% going to have to finish that for me. That omelette is not vegan. And today's top six, also not vegan, as the top

six other things in New Zealand back notes. New Zealand back notes contain tallow, which is rendered animal fat from sheep, pigs, cows. It's a slip agent to prevent friction and static. The earliest reporting of this I can find is on the New Zealand Vegetarian

Society in December 2016. So two years. But for some reason, the vegans have just caught on. I don't know, lack of iron or something. Well, it's been in the news in Australia, hasn't it? Yeah, and I think maybe that's like, what about ours? And then they did a bit of research. Right.

Yeah. So they're worried about that. They're not happy about it. Do you find it quite amusing, though? Because, like... How do you function with our money? How do you pay for things? Well, you use the EFTPOS.

Like, I don't really ever have cash. Plastic's made from cows, isn't it? Is there any rendered animal tallow in place of cards? Ears are in those. Ears. Ears. Who's making that up? Pig eggs. Pig eggs.

Pig eggs. Yeah. Pigs. Oh, the eggs they stole in Angry Birds. Yeah. Oh, my God. This is a double travesty. So the top six other things in New Zealand banknotes are, number six, gluten.

Oh, don't eat them. Don't eat them. Oh, you'll get a tummy ache. Yeah. So much gluten. Number five on the list of the top six other things the New Zealand bank notes, tree nuts or traces of. Yeah, you've got to be careful. This includes almonds, cashews, peanuts.

Why is it some people are just allergic to tree nuts? Most nuts are tree-centric. Because peanuts grow on a shrub. They grow underground. A legume. So they're underground. They're more closely related to the potato, but the cashew, the almond, the macadamia,

these are all tree nuts. All good nuts you're listing here. All good nuts. I'd hate to be allergic to nuts. I love getting my hand in a bag of spicy nuts and just eating them. Can't beat it, eh? Nah, you can't beat spicy nuts. And number four on the list of the top six other things in New Zealand bank notes that is worse than tallow,

single-use plastic bags. They're a hot button at the moment. And then I'd rather run notes of plastic because you remember when you put them in the wash? The old notes? Yeah, and they'd just disintegrate. You'd lose them. That was inflation, really. wash? The old notes. Yeah, and they'd just disintegrate. You'd lose them. That was inflation, really.

Hardly single use. No, exactly. They're getting a second use out of them. That's pretty good, eh? That's pretty good. That's pretty good. Just don't choke a dolphin with it. Number three on the list of the top six other things in New Zealand banknotes that's worse than tallow, toxic masculinity.

Still a banknote posse, mate. Up to 5% of New Zealand banknotes are of toxic masculinity, and you're not helping. So just be aware, be aware. Handling that could make you more masculine but also toxic. Okay. Number two on the list of the top six other things in New Zealand banknotes are PC madness.

There's lots of PC madness in New Zealand banknotes. Apparently. It's PC madness. It is PC madness. And the number one thing that's in New Zealand banknotes that's worse than tallow, evil. Money is the root of all that is evil, and you thought banknotes didn't have evil in them?

Keep dreaming. Loaded with up to 5% real evil, not from concentrate. Oh, well, give me all your evil. I'll take it all for the team. We can shoulder that burden of evil for you. That is today's top six. Well, it's Halloween today. It's great news for me because I live in an apartment with three security layers.

No trick-or-treaters for me. I have to put balloons on three security layers. No trick or treaters for me. I have to put balloons on my gate so that they come to my house. That's the rule on our community notice board. So if you don't have a balloon up there's no... Don't go to the door. It's a grinch. It's a fleetch living there. It could be in the drain by your house.

I won't do a red balloon. I was keen as to just go around our neighbourhood tying red helium balloons to stormwater grates. And maybe put like little foldable boats. Why? Because that's a scare for the parents. The kids won't know what it is. They'll be like, yeah, balloon. And the parents will be like, Georgie, stay away!

We all float down here, Georgie. So we're doing Howloween right now. Yeah. If you've got a dog that can howl on command, we would like to hear it. We sure would. And joining us with her dog, Elliot, the true star of this phone call. Emma, good morning.

Good morning. How are you? Good, thanks. What kind of dog is Elliot? She's a scathe, border collie, Wai Marana cross. Oh, okay. But everything sounds cute. So, did you have any costumes for Elliot? Holly, why Miranda Cross? Oh, okay. But everything sounds cute.

So, did you have any costumes for Elliot? No, not yet. That's okay. We can't see them anyway. Wow. If Elliot Howell's in command, we'll give you animates vouchers so you can go and get Elliot a cute AEF costume. All right. Well, let's hear Elliot Howell.

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Elliot. Oh, good girls. I love it. So cute. You have to go, oh, oh. All right, we'll hook you up with some Animates vouchers. Next up for Halloween. Brie is on the phone with Nettie. Good morning, Brie. Hello, how's it going? Great. Now, what's Nettie?

She's a sharp A. Oh. Aren't they those real cute fluffy ones? Yeah, they're like the toilet paper dogs. Yeah, the rolly dogs. Oh, the rolly dog. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah, and she's just woken up, so hopefully she plays ball, but she howls when she's told no. No, you can't do that. Yeah. Okay. No. No. No. No. No.

Oh, she's just staring at me like I'm an idiot. Just woken up. She's like, no, I don't even. Just woke up. Why are you saying no? Why are you saying no? I haven't done anything. Yeah, exactly.

She's curling up and she's like, what are you doing? I'm like, no. No. Now she's putting her paw out like she wants a treat. Nitty. Oh. Nitty. No. No, now she's putting her paw out like she wants a treat. Nettie. Nettie. No. No.

No. No. No. She's scratching the phone, but she's not going to help. Oh, she's like, no. She's a brace. All right, okay, next up for Halloween, thanks for trying. We might come back to Nettie.

Yeah, we can. You keep going with Nettie. Keep trying, we'll see if we can come back. We go to Tay, good morning. Morning. Morning, and your dog is called Rug. Yes, yep. What's the reason for Rug? I've got a 11-year-old brother who named him,

and he's really fluffy and he just lies down all the time. He's a nosey puppy. Like a rug. That's a great name for a dog. That's cute. What kind of dog is Rug? He's a betacoli cross. Oh, yeah, beautiful.

Okay. Like a sheep dog. Okay. All right, well, let's see if Rug can join in for Halloween. Okay, we'll try. All right, Rug, come here. Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Rug, come here. Go, awoo! Rug, go, awoo!

Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo! Go, awoo!

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Go, awoo! What it sounds like, you know, when there's those videos of the dogs and they sound like they're talking? Yeah. He loves it. That's so cute. Pretty cute. Is it a winner?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Alright, we'll give you some anime vouchers right there. I don't know if we've got any more on the phone there. We don't want to try Niddy. Oh, we can go back.

We can try. Should we go back to Niddy if Niddy's still on the phone? Oh, Niddy's the dog. Bree, if Bree's still on the phone. No, I don't. Niddy, are you going to talk?

No. This is don't work with children or phone. No, she's not. Maybe you can talk. No. Don't worry about children or animals. That's what they say. No. Two-thirds of those animals are very reliable. Well, hey, thanks for trying. We'll probably just give you a voucher. We'll give you a voucher anyway for trying because it's not your fault.

Your dog's sleepy and lazy. I mean, you're up and ready. We will send you a voucher, but you've got to send us a video of your dog chasing a toilet roll down the hallway. Okay, got it. Just so we get something cute out of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

FEM. There's a new wedding trend, and this is happening in New Zealand. So they're called pop-up weddings. This is literally where you have a venue for a limited amount of time. So you have like a scheduled appointment and you do your ceremony and you can choose to add on a post-reception, but that's at an extra price. Yeah. So it's kind of like a Vegas wedding, probably a bit longer and you can have guests and all

that kind of thing. Right. And then it's done and you move on. Then the next person comes in afterwards with their appointment. So they're just short, cheaper options for people to have like a simple sweet wedding and it's done. So no reception? Most of them.

So the basic package doesn't offer a reception, but you can add, they have several add-ons, which obviously increases the price. You're still inviting all your friends and family. Yep. They're sitting down. Just for the ceremony. Just for the ceremony. Oh, but that's like just being when someone has a wedding and they just invite you to the ceremony part.

Not going. Oh, you only go for the free booze afterwards. Yeah, the ceremony's the punishment to get to the reward. Yeah. So they kind of start at $3,000 and they can go up to $10,000 depending on the add-ons that you choose. Right, so I'm assuming if you got a reception, it could be $10,000. Yeah. So they kind of start at $3,000 and they can go up to $10,000 depending on the add-ons that you choose. Right. So I'm assuming if you got a reception, it could be $10,000. Yeah.

Which is still cheap. Still cheap for a wedding, isn't it? Yeah. Because a lot of people and a lot of my friends are opting for like house or wedding. And these days a lot of people are going, well, the house is more important. So they don't want to spend all that money on a wedding. This is a cheaper option. And a lot of young people going, well, the house is more important, so they don't want to spend all that money on a wedding. This is a cheaper option. And a lot of young people, especially in New Zealand, are doing this.

Just organize. And you'd still have the dress. You'd still, you know, get dressed up and stuff. But it's just over quicker. Have a ceremony somewhere nice, get some classy photos, and then just go get tanked at the RSA sort of thing. Yeah. It's a cheaper option. Great idea.

You can't be late, though, because you'd literally get bumped out if you are running overtime. thing. Yeah. It's a cheaper option. Great idea. You can't be late though because you'd literally get bumped out if you are running overtime. Now, you've had two weddings, Megan. I have. How do you feel about this? Because I know that you wouldn't probably fly with this. No, it's not.

I mean, if I did a third, maybe I'd be into it. Not that I'm planning on a third. Because you're getting over it by then. Well, no one plans on their third, Megan. If you're getting into your second marriage, you'd be like, right, what am I going to do next time? I think the second one's probably... Don't give it too much thought now

because there's a whole lot of different trends. Yeah, it changes all the time. Five years from now, there could be new trends. Yeah. And you don't know what 20-year-olds are going to be into in 10 more years. I assume that's what you're doing. Always marrying someone who's in their 20s. No, Fletch doesn't marry them, though.

No, next is you're getting a... He's not even interested in them coming over too many nights in a row. You're getting a sugar daddy next. But I've done it the wrong way round. You've done it the wrong way round. The sugar daddy should have come first. You get their money and then you get a toy boy. You've done it the wrong way round.

If you need any sugar daddy advice, Fletch is actually becoming a sugar daddy. So he has advice from the other side of the fence. This is unbelievable. About time this has been addressed. I'm going back to eating my omelette. The world's cheapest sugar daddy. Daddy, I need bus money. You're not getting that walk.

You're the worst sugar daddy ever. What's the opposite of a sugar daddy? A artificial sweetener daddy A stevia daddy Oh, come on Oh, no, that's flesh No, stevia is a bit flashy An equal daddy

An equal, yeah A squirrel A squirrel is slender A squirrel is slender daddy Probably give you brain lesions as well Yeah, exactly You can't have too much of it Yeah

Alright, next on the show't have too much of it. All right, next on the show. I'm out. I'm done. Yeah, I don't think we're talking. Okay, yeah, we're done. Fletchvorn and Megan's Scary Stories. Caitlin has a scary story for us. Oh, Caitlin, happy Halloween.

Happy Halloween, guys. The spookiest of the weans. That gave me the tingles already. Just say hello. She just said hello. Oh, yes, he's interacting with another human in his body. Doesn't like it. Okay, Caitlin, set the scene.

Tell us your scary story. Okay, so basically when my papa passed away, we had all the family come up to Auckland and we did a bit of a barbecue thing the day before the funeral. Okay. So we had his cell phone on the downstairs table in the foyer and we had taken the battery out and everything like that. And so my dad and I had to go to the shop to get some food for the barbecue,

went downstairs to put my shoes on and his phone started ringing and lighting up. And there was nothing written on the screen or anything like that. So there's no way that it could have happened except for something supernatural. Oh my God. Did you answer it? The phone was ringing. Yeah, it was ringing.

Tried to answer it. Nothing was there. Like you pushing all the buttons and everything like that. Nothing was happening. Tried to answer it. Nothing was there. Like, you pushing all the buttons and everything like that, nothing was happening. It was just ringing through. So you had it in your hands as it was ringing and it had a blank screen? Yeah.

No. You're like, oh, my God. My dad and I didn't talk about it for years until about six months ago because we weren't sure if we actually saw it or not. And then I just mentioned it and he was like, I didn't know that you saw it too. I thought it was just me.

Oh, that's cute. Oh, okay. So I've got like goosebumps. That's creepy. You answer it, you're like, hello, Papa. He's like, shoes off inside. That was Papa. Was there anything else like weird that happened in the house

or was that the only thing? Yeah, so after that, because we had all the family staying at our place, my cousin, who was about one or two at the time, he was being put to bed and he kept looking up at the roof and going, pop, pop. I actually got creepies on my body.

It's always on the roof. Because they're floating and then the roof stops them. Like a helium balloon. Like a helium balloon. Oh my God, that's so crazy. Yeah, it was pretty spooky. Have you ever sensed him again since that time? No, not since then.

I haven't felt anything since then. It was just that one day where he was obviously in the house with us because all the family was there. He didn't want to miss out. He had fun on it. Yeah. Wow. Alright, you've given us all goosebumps. Caitlin, thanks for sharing your scary Halloween story.

Awesome. Cheers, guys. Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. Ooh, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 54 days away from Christmas. It's the 1st of November tomorrow, and that is just landslide time for malls. A lot of malls already have their decorations up,

but not full-blown. We must be really close to 100% Christmas penetration. We're definitely getting there. We're definitely getting there. Last time we looked into Christmas penetration, it was at 71%, but the game's changed. The game has changed so much since then. We've had a

message in from Sez on Instagram. She said only eight weeks till Santa, and it's no joke. My mother-in-law's already got the Christmas tree up. That's a artificial Christmas tree. Oh, God. When are you putting yours up, Megan? Well, I wanted to put it up on the 1st of November, but I'm going away this weekend.

So it'll be imminent in the next few days. It's going up. I can't stand it. I located the box in storage. I was like, right, I'm coming for you. You're in. What have you got in storage unit? No, just in the garage. Oh, right.

I was like, what have you got in storage? Just on my boxes. I was in my storage unit making meth, and I saw my Christmas decorations, and I thought, well, that probably contaminated. Now I need some new ones. Claire Newman, a member of an international podcast fam, has sent this in.

She's behind this idea 100%. It's crumpets in the shape of a Christmas tree. I've never seen those before. How's that going to go on your toaster, though? Are they top heavy? They'll wobble over to the side and get in the element. I'd lay it on the side from the get-go and get some tongs in on it. It looks longer than

a piece of toast, though, so is that going to fit long ways? If you look behind it, there's a square crumpet and I'd say similar dimensions width-wise. They've thought about that then. It's much skinnier. You could actually probably sit them side by side and it would be the width of a standard piece of toast and or crumpet. So then from there, it's just a matter of getting your fingers in

and grabbing them by the top. Do you know what you could do? You could do little droplets of jam on the end of the trees and be like, ah, baubles. Baubles? Yeah, that would be fun. What's green? Mint jelly.

Wasabi. You guys are terrible at crumpets. There's no green sweet thing. There's green? Mint jelly. Wasabi. You guys are terrible at crumpets. There's no green sweet thing. There's no green sweet thing. And if anyone's wondering. M&M's. M&M's. Three and a half stars on the five star health thing.

How's that getting three and a half stars? For crumpets? For crumpets? For crumpets? That's pre-butter and jam. Barbara. Barbara is overseas at the moment. But she sent us a photo

Of a store frontage in Rome And it's a Full blown Christmas in Rome Wow They love a bit of Christmas in Rome While we're overseas This is in Chile A Christmas mall

A tree at the mall is up That's a big one too That's a tall one That's a sort of like They have it as a centrepiece In the mall In the open court And your big

Your big like Ricket and mall And your Sylvia Park When those trees go up That's when you know. That's a sort of like, they have it as the centrepiece in the mall in the open court. And your big, your big like rickety mall in your Sylvia Park, when those trees go up, that's when you know it's happening. Yeah, well that's when it's edging towards a hundy. Also, Earl lives in Australia. Local shopping centre made these giant baubles appear. Oh, God. Oh, wow. Still too soon.

It's October. For the giant mall decorations. Ian's messaged in. He's like, it's happened. Vaughan, it's happened. Christmas penetration must be up a couple of points at the Palmerston North Airport Lotto Store. They've got Christmas scratchies out.

Oh, we did mention that was a big one. Yeah, and I looked when I was at the supermarket. I saw one specific Christmas scratchy. But it's too soon. Because I don't want to get a Christmas scratchy from mum or dad and then someone won the big prize in November. That's not on. Oh yeah. They should be December only.

Which ones big prizes have been won on, eh? Yeah, you can, yeah. Well, Jingle All The Way's got $100,000 so, I'll have that. I'll have that one. I'll have that one and a winning one. This is really surprising. David messaged into the show and he said, it's official, Christmas Penetration is just absolutely peaking. For the first time ever, Eric Clapton has done a Christmas album.

Okay. He wants in on that money. Respected rock god, Eric Clapton. Okay. Has done a Christmas album. I don't know if your dad's into Eric Clapton. I mean, you know, streaming's probably eating away at his retirement. He'd be still getting a stream every time someone wanted to listen to a song with a

bit of guitar in it. Yeah, I guess so. I don't know, but he's got a Christmas album out, so I don't know how I feel about that one. Also, on the Christmas penetration, Eden messages in, and the word spotlight is in the first, and I'm like, has spotlight ever been? I went to spotlight, yes, carry on. But it's been madness.

Spotlight are amongst the worst offenders for Christmas penetration. Well, she says it's gone beyond that because Spotlight are advertising their New Year clearance sale. What?

Spotlight are already done with Christmas and they're on to their New Year clearance sale. Do they know the date? I don't know. Are they going by

the Thai calendar? What one are we on? The Gregorian calendar, right? I don't know. Are they on the Roman calendar? What one are we on? The Gregorian calendar, right? I don't know. Are they on the Roman calendar? Calm down, Spotlight. To the day two months till New Year's Eve, right? Is it to make people go, oh my God, if there's already talk of New Year's sales, I should

be on Christmas? Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. We haven't even had the Black Friday one yet. I know. Madness. Owen and Amy, they've got a joint Facebook page.

Okay. Owen, middle name in Amy. In Amy, not in Amy. Okay. I assume that that's happened. They've got a kid in their profile picture. Okay. Not to judge. They said, I don't know if you guys are aware of this, the star had an entire

front cover of, they had one of those special covers that's advertising something. The newspaper. And this is for the Ballantines Christmas. Okay. And it actually says on it,

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Ballantines. Did they just want in on this feature? I don't know if they wanted in on this. Yeah, right.

Write your feature. Really give it a go. Yeah. Really push it out there. But, you know, There's many spottings Of Christmas going up And I've heard rumours I've had a sniff

Of what? Within two weeks We could be seeing The big red fella Up on a certain Large building In Auckland Now that always

Says to us 100% 100% Christmas penetration So if we're only A couple of weeks away We must be pretty up there. But with all that in mind... Right now, Christmas penetration is at...

87%. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. FBM. Yesterday, we drove after the show from Auckland to Tauranga. We had a few things to do in Tauranga. And then we had a pub quiz last night. Thanks to everybody

that came for the fact of the day, pub quiz. Great night. Halloween theme. Great costumes. Yep. Everybody except that one table and they were kind of in costume

because they're the only people not in costume. So in that way, their casual clothes were a kind of costume. Yes. They were a quiz team. A scary quiz team.

On the way down, Caitlin has now, for her activities, going to issue an apology to Tahuna. Now, I had friends that grew up in Tahuna, just out of Morrinsville. Off State Highway 27, they pulled yesterday on their journey. And what did you do on the side of the road? I had to go to the toilet. Just a number one.

I mean a number two. Oh, no, wait, which one? Number one. Number one's as wheeze and number two's toilet. Just a number one. I mean a number two. Oh, no, wait. Which one? Number one. Number one's his wheeze and number two's his poos. Number one. Number one. Behind a flax bush. Okay. Would we say behind?

Would we say behind a flax bush? No, because I saw it on whose? Was it on yours, Anna? Anna Henvest is your Instagram title, isn't it? You can click on story and see Caitlin doing a wee on the side of the road if that's your sort of thing. My problem was we were looking for a spot for ages and we're like, here's a nice bushy area.

You just go behind that bush. And then we turn around, look up, and Caitlin's just sitting in front of the car, looking at us. You know when a dog goes, like, poos and it's looking at you, like, cover me. I'm vulnerable. That's what she was doing. That's why dogs look at you, right? Because cats and dogs, they eyeball you while they're doing their business.

And you're like, why are you looking at me? This is weird. But it's because they're relying on you to have their back. Protect me, I'm vulnerable. Yeah, if a predator comes, well, they'll poop it. She had the same look in her eyes. Protect me, I'm vulnerable. Like just in case a truck driver comes around the corner.

No, but there's the thing. I was like, oh, I don't mind if Anna and Megan see my vagina, but I don't want people on the... Well, I don't want people... Because it was an awkward place where all this traffic was coming past, and then there was also a house. Oh, I see. So the house saw the side of my bum, but then I was like, oh, it's okay.

But she didn't want the motorway to see the front of you. We're waiting at this function for you guys to turn up, and you're 15 minutes late. I honestly, it took me like, it was a three minute long pee You drove past like eight different small towns with public toilets And I said as we left a service station, do you need to go wheeze? And she said

yes and I was like off you go and she was like no I'm going to hold it. I thought I could hold it but it got to the point where I thought I was going to be sick you know how it's so like pressing on your bladder and I thought about doing it in my drink bottle but then I wanted to use my drink bottle again. And so I'm a country girl. I can pop a slot.

You mean your Love Island drink bottle? Well, because it's big enough. Like, if you open up the top. Yeah, the top. You wouldn't be trying to do it into, like, an H2Go or a pump, would you? No. It'd be too hard. But then, where that is in Tahuna, no, in the area,

Paddy Tonga, you must have gone through Paddy Tonga. I don't know. We don't know the area. We just saw a bush. But it's a settlement. You did A. You would have seen

Anna's nodding. And then multiple settlements before that, Maramaruwa. All have toilets and service stations. Well, being in nature is lovely for your...

Oh, you're so grim. So grim. We've actually had a message in from someone who lives in Tahuna. Oh, I'm so sorry. They're very disappointed. I'm. We've actually had a message in from someone who lives in Tahona. Oh, I'm so sorry. Very disappointed. I'm sorry.

Could you issue an apology now, please, to the people of Tahona? Tahona, I would like to apologize for urinating in the open bush near your town. But I would like to say that it's probably quite refreshing for the bushes around me. It's actually really good for a majority of plants. A little bit of urea. Yeah, a bit of ammonia. Really good. Yeah.

Somebody said, I'm a courier that drives that road daily. Many women peeing openly on the side of the road. It's almost a bingo game. Oh my gosh. Yay, someone told me.

So what would Caitlin's bingo be? No, it would just be like courier bingo. Oh, yep. It's like you pick a whole bunch of things you're likely to see that day

and one of them might be a person peeing on the side of the road. I thought it was different types of women peeing on the side of bingo. Oh, yep. It's like you pick a whole bunch of things you're likely to see that day. Oh, right. And one of them might be a person paying on the side of the road. I thought it was different types of women paying on the side of the road. Oh, right. Hot. Busty redhead. Busty redhead. I'm ready now.

FEM. ZM. You may have heard us talking before that Caitlin doing ways on the side of the road made us slightly late for an appointment that we had in Tauranga yesterday. We had the pub quiz last night, but yesterday we were invited to Green Park School. We were contacted a little while ago saying, if you'd like to come to this restaurant,

this pop-up restaurant we're doing, we'd love for you guys to come. And we said, we'll be there. There's food. We'll be there. We'll be there. Well, I don't think any of us were quite prepared for the cuteness that was the restaurant. So these were like primary school.

What year were they, were the kids? Well, I assumed when we arrived, I was like, these are intermediate age kids because they're running a restaurant. They're running a restaurant. And they'd done everything. They'd decided on the menu, they'd baked, they'd made, they'd created soups. The logos for the restaurant, like they'd done everything.

They'd made the signage, they'd made the table decorations, the tablecloths everything that decided who to invite i thought this is intermediate age stuff well no they were like they weren't they were primary they weren't even last year primary yeah they were they were like second or last year of primary year whatever um five i know but when they're like i've been in year five i'm like you should be like driving by now, surely. No, that's like year 10. So they were year five students and they absolutely blew us away.

We arrived, everyone was already seated. We're like, sorry, we're late. They're like, that's not a problem. Follow us to your table. And we're like, immediately like, oh heck, this is going to be a pretty cute experience. And even as we were being escorted to our table, we had some lovely banter. It was like, how was your day? Yeah.

And how was the drive down? Yeah. Just like you'd get from someone. Wait staff. Yeah. And then we had our orders taken and the whole. It was like a three-course meal. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, a three-course meal. All like our orders were taken and delivered to us and constantly asked, would you like a refill on your drinks? It was just such a, heck, it was a cute experience. And my Moroccan tagine was next to it.

I know, yeah, this wasn't just like scones or spag bol. I know, because I thought they'd just be re-heading up like baked beans in a bowl or something.

And it'd be rubbish. It was incredible. For entree. I was talking to some of the teachers after the, it's going to be on 7 sharp, I think, tomorrow night.

Yeah, Thursday night. They did a little story on it. But it was, like even me, I was talking to some of the teachers after the seven, it's going to be on Seven Sharp, I think, tomorrow night. Yeah, Thursday night. They did a little story on it. But it was, like, even me, I was like, this is pretty cute. Yeah. A guy who growls at kids. Or on the planes, I'm always like, shh. You were the old grumpy guy on a movie, but in the end, it turned out that the kids won you over.

Yeah. Well, I think it was food, really. I'd say that was why. And it was pretty cute. Caitlin, on the other hand, you were an absolute. And you over. Yeah. Well, I think it was food, really. I'd say that was why. And it was pretty cute. Caitlin, on the other hand, you were an absolute... And you too, Megan. And Megan. You guys were almost crying at one stage.

It all got to you and it all got a bit too much. At one point, I had to hide my face with the menu because I didn't want them to think I was laughing at them, but I was just like, oh, my God. It was all too much. I can't do it. I, like, honestly was, like, wanted to be like, do you love living

at your house or do you want to come live with me? Steal them away. That was so true. So we had Jazz serving us and she introduced

herself as Jazz but then Caitlin kept calling her Shaz. I was like Caitlin no nine year olds are called Shaz. Like that's a 47 year old woman who loves

smoking durries. I apologised to her I was like Jazz I'm so sorry I called you Shaz and she was like, that's okay. That's no problem. And they kept coming back and asking if we wanted refills

of our drinks. Is everything okay with your meals? Yeah. It was super cute. I wish I'd done something like that at school. I was so cool. Everything they'd been doing had been working towards it like maths. They had to work out how much it was all going to cost. They'd been reading reviews and emailing people for suggestions and inviting people.

Do you know what my favourite bit is when they carried the glasses to your table with two hands? Two hands. Real gently. You know when you're a kid and you're carrying a glass and it's just the fear of God because your mum's like, don't you drop that. Two hands. Two hands.

You fill that up too much, you'll spill it. After lunch, because you know, this wasn't a freebie. This was a paid for lunch. Rather than putting the price on the menu, they said at the end, you pay what you think you should pay. How much did you pay, Megan? Are you seriously going to do this? You are such a penis.

So this is Fletcher's favourite game, to figure out what everyone's paying and pay a little bit more so he looks like a hero. It's like, no, you're mean. You're not a hero. You paid more than me. You had underestimated how cute and good that was going to be, hadn't you?

Yeah. When we got cash out before. I honestly didn't know it was going to be a three-course situation as it was, and I should have got more money out. I'll be honest with you. I got $40 out, but I got a 20 and two 10s, and I should have got more money out. I'll be honest with you. I got $40 out but I got a 20 and two 10s and I was going to be like 20 but then it was really cute

so I was like 30 and then the service was good so I was like, I'm going to give them everything I got out. Yeah, I didn't give them like 10 bucks. I gave them 20 bucks but if I had more, I would have given more.

But even then I felt like I should have given them more. Yeah. And also I wanted to personally tip our waitstaff, but I thought you couldn't do that to the other kids because these ones were kind of probably given the duty of waitstaff. Yeah, yeah. Your best to give it to everybody.

And we spend a lot of time telling kids, you know, don't accept gifts from... Strangers. Bearded men. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'm like, hey, you kids want some money? So it was after we left and it was Caitlin and Megan Mosa, you just ovaries explosion yesterday. We were talking about this after we left and it was Caitlin and Megan Mosa, you just ovaries explosion yesterday.

We were talking about this after we left and producer James was like, well, you know, it was going okay, but then they said it was going to be ice cream and they gave me yogurt. You just caught a ram's head in them so hard. These cute kids. I was like, oh, they probably ran out of ice cream. Well, they shouldn't have promised the ice cream. So we thought it'd be funny today

to take those times when you had an ovary explosion and it can be man ovaries oh man or man ovaries they need a better name even producer James

did you have a man a man ovaries explosion yesterday oh yeah for sure when we walked in and like they had the soda stream out the back

and the guy who was on the music who was running oh the DJ shout out to DJ Maverick I don't know if he was going by that name but I called his name And they had the SodaStream out the back. And the guy who was on the music, who was running great. Oh, that's DJ! Shout out to DJ Maverick. I don't know if he was going by that name, but I called his name was Maverick. And he was DJing the whole thing. No, that was his actual name.

Yeah, no, no, I know. But I don't know if he was going by like DJ Maverick. Oh, right. DJ Mav. Something like that. It was super cute. So when did you have an ovaries explosion? Oh, 800 dials at any.

When it was all just too cute and too much. 9-6-9-6. Caitlin, this is a daily for you, isn't it? This is every single day. Oh, $800 at any. When it was all just too cute and too much. 9696. Caitlin, this is a daily for you, isn't it? This is every single day. It takes a lot to get me, but I'll tell you what, that got me yesterday. We're talking about when you've had an explosion of the ovaries, and we've decided thanks so much to the person who messaged in, brovaries.

Oh, yeah, that's it. When you had a brovaries explosion. Yeah, yeah. We were just like, that's too cute. We went to school yesterday. Yeah, Green Park School here in Tauranga, and they invited us to their little pop-up restaurant that they've been working towards for like two terms.

Super cute. And it was just super cute. It was so great. It was an ovaries explosion. Yeah. So we want to know from you when it's happened to you. Some text messages in. It happened to us when a girl came into our police station

with a hand-drawn invite to her birthday party. You'd have to go, right? You'd have to go. You'd have to get the whole office along. Yeah. Hand-drawn. We've got a murder on School Street. We need someone down there.

And you're like, oh, we're at that birthday party. Okay, murders can wait, man. You enjoy your birthday party. It's going to be a moon. Well, they're not going anywhere, are they? Murdered people? Famously not. No. Murderers, though? wait, man. You didn't dream birthday, but it's going to be a moon. Well, they're not going anywhere, are they? Murdered people? Famously not.

Murderers, though? Yeah, true. Still, yes. Somebody else said, I was buckling my five-year-old niece into her car seat after a sleepover at my house, and she said, can you be my mum? I feel bad for my sister, but man, my ovaries. We're just like... And Sarah's on the phone.

When did your ovaries explode, Sarah? Sorry, sorry, Sarah. No, you're good. I got home one day and my fiance was out in the garden, like watering and digging up some shit and stuff. And my neighbors, they had two little boys and they they came over and they were in the garden with my fiancé and he was helping them dig up and water the plants. And oh my gosh, I was just watching them and I was almost crying.

It was that adorable. Did you feel like an 1800s homesteader and those were your two boys and you were out on the western frontier or something? Yeah. They're out there like the western frontier or something. They're out there with their paw digging us a garden. They're going to learn to be good providers.

And it was quite cute too because then like half an hour later they came back over and we were in the driveway and then they started helping me clean my car so that was really handy.

Oh. These sound like the greatest kids ever. I know. Can they move in next to me? They're doing handy things not like being ratbags. Doing the chores. Yeah. These sound like the greatest kids ever. I know, can they move in next to me? They're doing handy things, not like being ratbags. Do all the chores. Yeah, thanks you, Kilsara.

Chris, did you have a brovaries explosion? I had a crazy brovaries explosion last night, actually. Oh, last night. Recent. Okay, what happened? I was scrolling through Facebook and I found a little video of what looked like to be a six-month-old baby hearing its mother for the first time.

Oh, my God, no. The baby's hearing for the first time. I've seen people who get the cochlear implants who, as teenagers or adults, can hear for the first time. That always gets me. I always have a little moment. Did you cry? I started leaking last night after watching that. Eye leaks, yeah.

Manly, manly eye leaks. That's cute. Terrible. Yeah, get a bit of silicone sealant in there and she won't have a bloody leak anymore, mate.

She won't have any more eye leaks. Please, you're interesting. Just a quick follow-up. We've heard from the police again. They did go.

The guys on duty went along and arranged for the fire brigade to go with a fire engine. But the problem is you do this for fire engine. Oh, my God. But the problem is you do this for one kid. Yeah.

Other kids hear about it. Everybody's mom sending their kids in to get the police to come down. That's a cheap way to get a themed party. Also, they didn't invite the ambulance people. Oh. Oh. They do good work, too. Yeah.

Yeah. But they've got a flashing light, don't they? Yeah. Well, for when you're a little bit older, the ambulance has become fun with all those drugs and stuff in the back of it. Okay. Somebody said, I was at the supermarket.

This is a text message. I was in the supermarket and a little girl walked up to me and said, excuse me, ma'am, are you a princess? And I just had a full-blown meltdown right in the middle of the supermarket. And her mum was like,

I'm so sorry, is she bothering you? I was like, yeah, call me. Is she bothering you? I was like, hey. Yeah, go be a bit sick. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey. Some other text messages in on it.

I've got two children. We brought our baby, the youngest, home, and it was time for the first bath. He was screaming the house down. My oldest, who was four at the time, came along, held his brother's hand. The baby instantly calmed down and just stared at his brother, and they looked at each other and they stayed that way during the whole bath. It was adorable. Oh, wait till their teenagers

will fight. She literally just had a womb explosion and now she's ready for the ovaries to explode again. Yeah, and then now they probably just don't stop fighting. So that's also pretty great. Hannah's on the phone. Hannah, when did you have an ovary explosion? Sorry, was that me? Yes. Hannah? Yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did when I dropped my daughter at daycare on pyjama day and a room full of two and three year olds in their pyjamas is, yeah, so cute. Neck level, yeah. Really? You had one that age and you found the other ones cute too?

Yeah, crazy. I don't know how that happened. I just find everybody else's found the other ones cute too. Yeah, crazy. I don't know how that happened. Moment of weakness. I just find everybody else's kids are rubbish compared to mine. I'm that age. I'm like, oh, yeah, right. But I mean, come on, mine's probably the best here. So let's not get too excited about the others.

Thanks, Hannah. And lastly, Dave, did you have a brovaries explosion? I did. I was sitting in traffic in my truck, and I was like, why isn't all the traffic moving? And all of a sudden, out pops a line of mother ducks and baby ducklings. And I was just like, oh, how cute is that? Am I still a man?

Of course you're a man. It wasn't even humans, though. Your brovaries got going for ducks. And did you have a wee cry, Dave? Oh, it was pretty dusty in the cab. Yeah, I would get like that in the truck. Oh, babes, you were right. I tell you what, you missed up on that truck,

and you don't ever doubt your manhood for being able to have a little emotional moment in the cab. Exactly. Thanks you called, Dave. Never. Somebody said a little baby wandered up to my dog, gave it a hug and said you're my best friend and I was like, oh my god. You got your animals and your babies there.

That'll get you. Somebody said I remember these days fondly. I've got teenagers now. Nothing will make your ovaries shrivel up and die quicker than two arrogant, annoying teenagers. That's somebody's mum who just needs an easy day today. Stop.

Stop. Okay? If you're going to be mean to your mum today, don't. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Today's fact of the Day is about Halloween. Can we just quickly say congratulations to our winning team last night? Yes. Our Fact of the Day pub quiz in Tauranga.

Le Quisarablas. I can't work that. Le Miserable is the... Le Quisarables. There we go. Yeah, there you go. Quisarables. Winners of the $1,000.

We had a tiebreaker last night. We did. It was very close. We need a new tiebreaker too. Just for next time. Do you not like that one? No, because it gets out. People talk.

No, it gets out. People talk. Oh, yeah. If there's a tiebreaker, it'll be that question about the friends. Yeah, right. How much they were earning per episode in 1997. Yeah, it's gone now. Good.

It's gone. It's ruined now. We all know. It was $100,000 US, by the way. Yeah, it was. Per episode, per person. So today's fact of the day is that Halloween is more Irish than St. Patrick's Day. Really?

Yes, Halloween invented by the Irish, the Irish Celts. The people who were there originally, they invented the jack-o'-lantern, originally made out of swedes and turnips, not the pumpkin as we see. That's good because we have swedes in New Zealand, but we don't have those orange carving pumpkins. No. We only have crown pumpkins and we've discussed previously

making an absolute nightmare to carve. Yeah. You'll do yourself an injury. Did your girlfriend, James, put up a photo of crown pumpkins carved? Where were those from?

I don't know. I was just following that up actually. I don't know where that was. It must have been somewhere this morning, right? Yeah. Like a laser engraver?

Like the pumpkins you buy at the countdown or the supermarket or whatever. Yeah, the crown ones. What are they? Like a grey right? Yeah, because it like the pumpkins. Like a laser engraver? Like the pumpkins you buy at the countdown or the supermarket or whatever. Yeah, the crown ones. What are they? Like a grey skin? Yeah, it's waxy grey skin.

Really hard to carve through. You would have seen your mum like really getting on both ends of the knife. Drop it on the floor. There'd be a few A&E's cases. Oh, from a crown pumpkin.

100%. They're a very hard pumpkin. Almost better to go out with an axe, to be honest. Too thick. True. The flesh is too thick to get through to carve out good carving. Delicious. Don't get me wrong. very hard pumpkin. Almost better to go out with an axe, to be honest. Too thick. The flesh is too thick to get through.

Delicious. Don't get me wrong. Great roasting pumpkin. Put them in a soup as well. A wonderful soup. A wonderful soup and pumpkin. A wonderful soup and pumpkin. But it was invented by the Irish Halloween. And the reason I say more than St. Patrick's is that green was a traditional colour of Halloween, not St. Patrick.

St. Patrick mostly wore blue. Really? And their pumpkins, of course, are green. Yeah, and he wasn't Irish either, St. Patrick. He was visiting. Right. He got rid of all the snakes from Ireland, but he wasn't Irish. He became a patron saint, but actually Halloween itself is more Irish.

Right. So, I mean, if you were looking for an excuse to have a particularly big night on a Wednesday, there you go. Irish tradition puts upon you to get in and get amongst. So the Irish actually took it to America as well. The Irish Americans were what made it big in America. Okay. Yeah, but then it got way bigger in America

than it did in Ireland. So it wasn't until later on that Ireland adopted it wholeheartedly again. Okay. Yeah, but then it got way bigger in America than it did in Ireland, so it wasn't until later on that Ireland adopted it wholeheartedly again. Okay. So today's fact of the day is Halloween is more Irish than St. Patrick's Day. 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- Halloween, guys. As I go, Jess, is it happening? Are you ready? Okay, yes, we are. Tell us your scary story. So when I was 18, I studied in Christchurch

and I lived at the YMCA and I had my own room, luckily, but I was in my room one night and I had quite an elaborate display of photos on the wall

just stuck on with Blu-Tack. Oh yeah, I had those. Classic dormitory activities. Yeah, yeah, so you know, got creative with the Blu-Tack. Now,, I heard those. Classic dormitory activities. Got creative with the Blu-Tack. Now, just always can I just, sorry to butt in here and ruin the scary, tense

build-up to your story, but always roll Blu-Tack off. Don't pull it. Otherwise you'll take the plaster off. Good tip. Home-keeping advice. Slide it off the wall. Sorry, carry on. I was sitting there, studying away, being a good student, and then I heard the noise of like, if you brush your hands down the wall. Yeah, okay, sorry, carry on, Jess. So I was sitting there studying away, being a good student, and then I heard the noise of, like, if you brush your hands down the wall,

it makes quite a distinctive, like, skin-on-surface noise. And I heard that, and, like, half of this display of photos on my wall came crashing down onto the floor, and I was absolutely by myself in my locked bedroom. And so suddenly it was, was like this brushing noise of skin and yeah, not even all the photos, just like part of the display came flying off the wall. So yeah, I don't know whether to scream or run

or what was happening, but... They didn't just like slip down, did they get like, did it look like it was brushed off? Yeah, yeah. It like literally looked like someone had run their hands down the wall. Oh! But there was no one there.

And I heard the noise of it too, it was awful. Because what could explain that? Like a gust of wind couldn't do that? No, no windows. So it was all AC controlled in the building that we lived in. So we had windows to look out, but they didn't open. There's no air flow other than the vents. That's creepy, too.

It's not like a friendly ghost. That's a sign it's quite aggressive. Yeah, like, hey, that's me. Stupid photos. Especially this new Netflix show. It's making me get the tingles. I'm not into scary stuff either. I'm a big wuss.

Me too. I don't watch scary movies. I don't watch scary crime shows or anything. So I think it definitely has put me even more off watching things like that for life. It's pretty awful. But I've since found out that the building was haunted. Oh. And there have been, like, events that happened there. So I don't know if, like, the spirits of the people that were victims,

not victims, but that were part of the people that were victims not victims but that were part of those events were still hanging around or something but yeah found that out about five years after I had moved out

that's good good that you didn't find that out when you were there you'd be there in the middle of the night and you'd hear young man

there's no need to be down I said young man because the ghosts have forgotten the words you're really covering my nightmares out here I'm a sick young man. Because the ghosts have forgotten the words. You're really covering my nightmares out here. Wait for the chorus, please. One, two, three, four.

YMCA. Oh, it's the ghost of the village people. Yeah. They did. They do it at YMCA. Oh, do they? Jess, happy Halloween. Thank of the village people. Yeah. Are they dead? They tour at YMCAs. Oh, do they? Jess, happy Halloween. Thank you for sharing your scary story.

Happy Halloween, guys. You're welcome. So iOS 12.1 has come out, and the most exciting part about that, there's like group messaging and stuff. There's group FaceTime and other stuff and blah, blah, blah, but emojis. Emojis is the big news. That's what everybody always gets really excited about. Now, iOS is for Apple users, but when blah, but emojis. Emojis is the big news. That's what everybody always gets really excited about. Now, iOS is for Apple users, but when there's new emojis, that's universal, isn't it?

Unicode has been updated. They had their get-together and said, this is what's happening. So, it'll be on other... Be on Samsung. All devices as well. Huawei. So, Huawei. Huawei.

Huawei. So, there's 70 new ones, but when you take into account the different skin tones, 158, which is always good to have the representation there. We've got a few new plain face sort of like standard emojis. One with more love hearts around it. There's hot, there's cold, there's party, there's tipsy, and there's pleading, which is like Megan's already said that's her favourite.

It's got really big eyes. Please, please give it to me please like you can send that if you're in trouble please can I buy some online shopping that's exactly

what I was thinking a few new foods there's a mango some bok choy a bagel with cream cheese on it after dry bagels been discontinued

oh yeah a salt shaker and then a cupcake and a jello looking thing the gingers are finally making an appearance but if you're a ginger male and then a cupcake and a jello looking thing. The gingers are finally making an appearance. But if you're a ginger male and you don't have a moustache,

you're kind of out of luck. Oh, really? Because all the ginger males have moustaches. Not every ginger male has a moustache. No, I know. Huh, interesting. And then there's a sort of a curly head situation next. How would you describe that? Tight curls. Really tight curls. Yeah, tight curls. But then you can't have tight curls and be ginger.

No, you can't. That's not a combination they've allowed for. No. Okay. But the bald representation, Fletcher, you'll be very pleased about. Okay. I'm bald in all the skin tones.

There's no ginger bald either. No, that would only be the eyebrows that would be different there. Yeah. Okay. There's white-haired people, then there's superheroes and supervillains. Any of the, like, Marvel or DC?

No, heck no. No, no. Nothing recognisable. Fairly standard hero masks. Okay. And shoulders of costumes. Legs and feet make an appearance for the foot fetish community. Great.

They've been out. Hands have been in for a long time, but now you can look at the bottom of someone's foot. Okay. Then it's us getting into the fun ones. Animals, we've got a raccoon now. Okay. An alpaca, a hippopotamus, a kangaroo, a badger, a swan, a peacock,

a parrot, a crayfish, and a mosquito. Okay. Other bits and pieces, sport represented now. They've got a flying disc, a skateboard, a lacrosse stick, and a softball. Okay. A teddy bear. There's an abacus. This is just in sort of the randoms department. Yeah.

A fire extinguisher. Are we getting to the point where this is kind of peak emojis because you can't have too many to scroll through? Nah, because there's always one you're looking for. Yeah, I can't believe we haven't had toilet paper before. That's necessary. Are we getting one? Yeah, toilet paper. Are we getting amongst the

flags, there's going to be a pirate flag and a United Nations flag. Oh, that's good. A pirate flag. Definitely need getting one? Yeah. Are we getting amongst the flags there's going to be a pirate flag and a United Nations flag. Oh that's good. A pirate flag. Definitely needed those. Yes. Definitely needed the pirate flag previously.

And that looks to be a combination of the dead skull with the black flag from previous. Right. Marry those two up and there's a whole bunch of

and it should only take on the work Wi-Fi this morning. It took me 40 minutes to download. That's slow. Oh no I got mine in probably 15.

Oh, mine says 16 minutes remaining. I'll get an email. Why have you used 400 megabytes? Well, just say, because I downloaded the new... Because I want ginger emojis. Yeah. Software update. All right, but you're not ginger.

You'll be like, oh, come on, that's rough.