ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - September 05 2018

Episode Date: September 4, 2018

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This is the Fletch, Vaughan and Megan podcast, thanks to Spark. You can stay connected with free Wi-Fi a gig a day on the $19 Spark prepaid rollover pack. Enjoy. Hello, good morning. Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Good morning. I guess if you had to compare yourself to one of the cities of New Zealand there based on that weather, I'd be Christchurch, because what was Christchurch? Can you go through them again?

So this was what month? This was the whole winter. The whole winter. Yep, so it's the sixth warmest on record. Christchurch was? The coolest. That's why I'm Christchurch. You're Christchurch.

Tauranga was the warmest, wettest and sunniest. Oh, that's me. Yeah, that's definitely me. He's a hot, wet mess. Tauranga was the warmest, wettest and sunniest. Oh, that's me. Yeah, that's definitely me. He's a hot, wet mess. He's a hot, wet, moist, sticky, humid mess. That's why I've got a dehumidifier. Yeah, yeah.

For yourself. Dunedin was the driest. Yeah, that's Megan. We all know that's not true. Oh, I just got it. Oh, that's disgusting, Megan. Don't sass me. You started that stupid dad joke, Vaughn. No, you're Wellington.

You're the windiest. What was it, though? I'm Vaughn the windiest. Least sunniest. Oh, no. I was going to say, if it's the gassiest, I'll take that. You're Rotorua. Rotorua. I was going to say, if it's the gassiest, I'll take that. Yeah. You're a rotaroa. A rotaroa.

Gassy, whatever the season. That's why we had the Britney Studio Parfum for your bum. The fart neutralizer. Are top sixes coming up? Yeah, the top six things they found in the harness racing raids. This is pretty crazy. So, what, there's been some corruption or something? Yeah, so there's suspected corruption

and this board kind of alerted the police about some suspicious activities and the police did some raids on racing, harness racing stables throughout the country. Yeah, right. I've just started Ozark season two and let me tell you. Is there horse racing?

No horse racing, no, but there's like you know, there's corruption and it's all... It's a big show. Oh, no, I thought that'd be an awesome take on Ozark. They bring in horse racing

There was a raid. There's a raid. Spoiler alert. That's what made me think there was a raid. It's all go. Such a great show, though. All right.

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8 o'clock. Easy. Also coming up, if you've got a bit of spare change kicking around and you want to make a deal with the devil, something's for sale. Satan himself will be signing the sale and purchase agreement of this place Alright you lot, listen up, it's story time Story time, I've got as always, three news headlines

Vaughan and Megan, you pick one headline that tickles your fancy Headline one, smell of teenage boys closes freeway Headline two, man steals flashy ride home from hospital. And headline three, lesbians middle finger to their neighbour. Man stole ambulance in number two. Because you said flashy, flashy vehicle.

A man stolen an ambulance. Was there like links spelt all over the story number one? There was a truck carrying deodorant. It's links but it's foreign links. Axe. Axe. Yeah, they don't call it links in America. They call it axe.

But here it's links. So it was a truck carrying links and it had a big crash in it. Yeah. And it was top on off. Absolutely did nail it. People still use links, because they've linked this to teenage boys. But grown men still use links.

I was just about to say something that would have incriminated me, Your Honour, but if I could speak off the record. Permission to speak off the record? Permission granted. But can't guarantee we won't hassle you for it afterwards. Okay. It's part of the job.

I walked past a group of teenage boys last week. When did I go down, down? Oh, you don't know. I don't know why I'm asking. Did we walk together? Because I needed something from downtown. I walked with you. You were picking something up.

Yes. That's right. That was whenever that was. I walked past a group of teenage boys. I was picking something up with you. We were walking. I can't remember the details, but that's why I was there, because I don't like going places. But I remember, because sometimes if Vaughan's

got an appointment or something downtown, we'll walk home together. Yeah, that's pretty cute. Discuss the day. Yep. So, I walked past a group of teenage boys and you automatically expect there to be a lynx-y smell. Yeah. Or a smelly smell.

A body odour smell. Yeah, when you're always tearing around. Yeah. Gosh, they smell lovely. This is what I was saying. I walked through and passed a group of teenage boys and they smell lovely. That's not true. No, it's off the record.

So we can't hold that against you. Did you go? No, no. off the record, so we can't hold that against you. Did you go... No, no. Did you walk past? I think they must have uniformly decided upon one... Scent. One scent. Right.

Because there was a sort of scent confusion. Unless one was overpowering the entire group with their blonde. A possibility, but he would have had a lot on. This really felt like a whole aura of scent. Deodorant? No, no, no. It was perfume. It was high end. Right.

They smell just lovely. Do you quite often sniff strangers? I've tried to cut back. Right, okay. There's been a few people, some people quite like the compliment, but some people don't. Right, now that leaves story number three, lesbian's middle finger to the neighbour. Are we happy with that? Yes excuse me, story number three, lesbians middle finger to the neighbour.

Are we happy with that? Yes. Yes, please. All right. We go now to somewhere, Pennsylvania. Okay. Two women moved into our house. Now, they told their neighbours that they were mother and daughter initially

because they were lesbians. Was there an age difference? There must have been a little bit. Just looking at them, I can only see one of them there, but maybe. But it doesn't look like by much. Is Pennsylvania quite conservative? Isn't that out of New York? Yeah, but I think that they felt that they'd heard some slurs from their neighbours.

Right, okay. What, in the open home? They go to the open home. Yeah, well, they just moved in and they said they didn't feel comfortable saying to them, hey, look, we're a lesbian couple, which is pretty sad. Right, it is. And it turns out that when the neighbours found out that they weren't mother and daughter, that they were in fact lesbians, the slurs continued.

And so they were getting all these slurs from their neighbours. So they decided when it came time to paint the side of their house, that they would paint it in rainbow colours. Oh, yeah. Right. And now the story's been picked up by the media. And it's brilliant. Yeah.

And it's one of those, you know, like around, like in Auckland, like Grey Lynn, you've got the houses, they're only like a couple of metres apart sometimes. Yeah, the old closely built villas. It's like that, the closely built villas. So you're going to look out your window and just see rainbow. Exactly. And it's so much easier to paint a rainbow

on weatherboard because it's already got all the lines to follow. Exactly. Yeah. Is that toned down the neighbours? Well, she said, look, I don't want to be friends with one of the women. I don't want to be friends with them. I just want to be left alone. I just want it to stop. Yeah.

You don't want to be friends with people who have got backwards beer. Yeah. The couple have said mostly people have been supportive. The majority of people. The neighbours have been quiet, though, because they've been told by their attorney to be quiet. Because I'm imagining this is going to court now

because they've got a rainbow-coloured house staring at them. Can your neighbours make you paint your house? Like, if you painted it rainbow, can they make you paint it not rainbow? Don't believe so. Some councils have bylaws, don't they, on what colours you can paint your house. Or covenants. They might have been pre-existing covenants.

Right. Okay. In the neighbourhood, like all houses have to be within this colour range. Right. And no more than two or three colours. Hence, you don't see a lot of fluoro pink houses. Yeah.

You see one every now and then, really eye-catching. You're like, why are they doing it? When you see a real bright purple or yellow car, you're like, why did someone buy that? It's fine until you have to resell it. Yeah, exactly. FEM. Well, I said that something was for sale,

and if you had some money kicking around, maybe you could invest in it. I don't. Look, I don't have an exact price tag, but I can't imagine it's going to be cheap. Spookers is for sale. Now, because it used to be an old... King's Seat Psychiatric Hospital.

Psychiatric Hospital, correct, yes. Which is why they... Yeah, it's spooky. Because all the spooky stories about what happened there and the bad stuff that went down. Yeah, do we need to explain what Spookers is exactly for... So it's an old psychiatric hospital, real spooky sort of turn of 1920s sort of era.

Yes. It was abandoned for a while, and then this family took out a lease and made it into like a haunted attraction where you can go on a tour of the building and see rooms with spooky stories. But also there's the back field, which is the corn field.

Yeah. And people chase you with chainsaws, but the blades are off the chainsaws, but you can still smell the petrol. Yeah, and the sound of a chainsaw is the sound of a chainsaw, regardless if there's a blade on it or not. And they're like demented clowns

and all that kind of stuff. And hard to turn the brain off. People jump out at you, don't they, during the tour. Yeah. Yeah. So the Amaze and Maze and Maze, Corn Evil,

which is the one you're speaking about, Run for Your Freaking Life, which is an obstacle course. Yeah. And also the Spookers Building, 30 acres of land is up for lease. Oh, that'll be millions. Lease the entire thing. So why are they selling it?

Just are they bored of chasing people with chainsaws? No, they want to spend more time with their family. They said it's quite an intensive. Yeah, that's right. The people who have tormented everybody for years and take pride in making you pin your pants. So much so there's a T-shirt if you an intensive. Yeah, that's right. The people who have tormented everybody for years and take pride in making you piddle your pants. So much so there's a T-shirt if you do so. Family people.

Oh, right. Nice. Okay. A couple own it with their parents. Right. Okay. And the dad in that situation is a mayor down the line. Okay.

Yeah. And so the mum wants to go support him some more, be with them. And then the younger couple Have young kids They're like You know we don't Get to spend the weekends

With them Because we're busy Doing this Friday night Saturday night situation With spookers So you're buying The business And taking over the lease

Right 30 acres of land Is that a good bit of land If you wanted to Grace some sheep And beef And at the same time Like drive, drive your motorbike around, the spooky part, shutting your eyes, being like,

don't look, don't look, don't look, don't look. The thing is, I know it's all fake and stuff, and, like, there's all actors and things, but, like, when the actors aren't there, it's still such a creepy place. Yeah, I've never been during the day. Even during the day, I remember. I reckon it would be creepy during the day.

Even just opening up. Yeah. Doing some office work. Look at that. Yeah. Even during the day, I reckon. I reckon it would be creepy during the day. Even just opening up. Yeah. Doing some office work. Look at that. Yeah. Just doing the accounts. I'm just going to pop into Spookers to do the GST.

No. They're like, oh no, I'm doing the GST at home. The best part about it is, right at the bottom of the story, when it tells you the history of the area.

It says, Spookers has engaged Elaine Ford of DeVest Limited to market the theme park to potential buyers. So I was like, who the hell's Elaine Ford? Okay.

I click on Elaine Ford. Look, she's like such a cute looking like real estate agent. Oh yeah. Elaine. I know. You can imagine her selling like some, like an apartment in Remuera perhaps.

Yeah. Or a Hearn Bay Villa. But you can't imagine her being like, and this is, I'm just using my imagination here, but you could really scare the living shit out of people in here. Maybe have some blood dripping down the walls. I know, that would be a real... Squirt a bit of goo in their face, I don't know.

Different listing. Yeah, really weird, eh? To try to go through and try to sell spookers. Well, if you've got some cash, it's for sale. The Top Six with Vaughan Smith. There was some raids around the country yesterday and when I heard there was some orchestrated police raids, I get a little bit excited.

And then I found out that it was 10 harness racing stables in Canterbury, Manawatu and Invercargill. And I'm like, what? The horses that do the delicate run. Not the, oh, the towing the buggies. Not the gallopers. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, yeah, the buggy towers.

The buggy towers. So apparently this has been a 17-month investigation into alleged harness race fixing corruption and drugs. The police have been told, so they got it all together and they made some raids on some properties. No arrests were made, but charges were expected to be laid. Pretty serious. Wow, okay. But then it's a big money industry, and you know big money industry attracts. Yeah, that's true.

Sometimes it does. So the top six things they found in the harness racing raids. Number six, really big straws, like those ones for thick shakes, because standard straws don't get enough drugs up the horse's nose. You have to just pop a real

big pipe up there, and then just be like, sniff, and it goes... Let's do this. Let's race some stuff. Strap your little buggy on and hold the hell on. Now I'm just imagining a horse doing lines in its mouth. Me too.

They've got the nose for it. Because their nose is such soft tissue and it's very flexible. They go out on the track and they're like, Nelly, wipe your nose. Wipe your nose, mate. Is it gone? Did I get it all? Sorry, I had a creamed donut on the way out.

Is that why they do that? Oh yeah, that's the horses carrying like a drug addict to the outranks. Stop the ground. They're just trying to shake it off. Get the good buzz back. Number five on the list of the top six things they found in the harness racing raids are horse-sized manila folders profiling who owes who money for fixed races with hoof print signatures on them. Right. That looks

like a trail to me. A financial trail. A big financial paper trail with hoof marks all over them. Number four on the list a sulky, which is what the buggies are called. Oh, okay. I learned this this morning. A sulky with spikes that come out of the wheels.

Oh, like Gladiator. Yeah, to take down the other sulkies. They're like back off. Cut through the wheel. Yeah. Like some cartoon racing show. All these races are televised. I don't know how they're getting away with that, but... Diversion.

Yeah, right. You create a diversion. What's a horse's name? You know, they're always named weird. You create a weird diversion single-use plastic bag. All right, whiteboard marker. I'll do it. Just imagining the race now.

Yeah. And coming up next, I have a single-use plastic bag, but there looks to be some sort of problem with whiteboard marker. Whiteboard marker's crashed into box of tissues. Box of tissues right into aluminium reusable drink bottle and there's all sorts of cartridges. A pile of

mandarins is down. You're just naming things we can see. That's just looking around, literally saying things we can see. A yo-yo that doesn't work anymore is the race favourite. With a half eaten pot of honey second, but there's been some scratchings. That flag that nobody wanted.

And a fork sitting on a small table. That's the one that won't... How to name a racehorse. Yeah, 101. Look around the room, see some things. Number three on the list of the top six things they found in the harness racing raids. Heaps of those cash sorting machines.

Oh, yeah. You drop all your cash in and it starts... Piles it into 10,000 and then it puts a band around it. So, like, heaps of those going and heaps of topless female horses with face masks on putting drugs into little bags.

Why are they topless? Is that a thing? It's so the drugs doesn't, it's so they can't smuggle the drugs out, right? I believe so, yeah. You know on TV shows where the people

putting the drugs in the bags are always naked or just in like minimal underwear and they've got face masks on. Well, and plus it's also because like they want people watching the show to be like, yeah. Oh no, I always feel sorry for them. Oh yeah, same. But imagine like the people coming in and they're like

alright, get into your undies, you've got to sort the drugs. They're like, hmm. Why don't you still search on the way out, eh? Yeah. Take a while. Just time. Number two on the list of the top six things they found in the harness racing raids.

A letter from Russia's Olympics team doctor said that they needed that inhaler for proper, actual, not made-up medical reasons. They needed it. Yeah. A horse inhaler. Of course they did. It's a horse inhaler. Of course they did. It's a horse inhaler.

And the number one thing they found in the harness racing raids, this is the scary thing about this. Yeah. This was found in all 10 raids. Okay. A copy of Lance Armstrong's 2003 book, Every Second Counts, with one of those yellow Livestrong charity bracelets.

In horse size. Yeah. Sat right on the top. Oh, that's a giveaway. Used as a bookmarker. It's a real Yeah. Sat right on the top. Oh, that's a giveaway. Used as a bookmarker. It's a real giveaway. That's today's top six. Fletch.

Vaughn. And Megan. The podcast. So a woman got married in 2004. She's 52. She has asked in the story that I'm reading not to be named because it's a little embarrassing. So something happened 14 years ago or just now? Just now.

I guess she needed her ring resized. So does that mean your finger's getting fatter? Ah, yeah. And how do they do that? They can, like, open it up and put a piece in. You can't do it with all rings, but if it's got nothing on it, you can. Okay. Right.

Well, so she, it's not nothing on it, you can. Okay. Right, well, so she, it's not the most expensive wedding ring in the world. Obviously, you know, not everybody splashes out for a wedding band. Well, if your band's plain, you know, you can just get them pretty cheap. So she got an 18 carat gold

wedding band for 99 pounds. So 200 New Zealand dollars for the wedding band how thick was it i'll show you the photo there cheap to you 200 for 18 karat gold well it's from a place that does all kind of from the website it's argos i think it's how it's said um rings from cheap cheap cheap to like 5 000 pounds okay so everything. So everything in between. Yeah. And she's had the ring since their wedding, 2004. She took it in to get resized and it snapped.

And that's when they were like, oh, what's this made out of? And it turns out. It doesn't snap, does it? It's very. Malleable? Malleable? Malleable? Malleable. Malleable.

Malleable. Malleable. That's one of its qualities, right? Because if you get a gold medal, you can bite it. Right. Is it malleable? I don't know. Is it malleable?

Malleable? Yeah. It is. Gold. Malleable. Malleable? Am I saying that right? You don't need the question mark anymore.

Am I saying that right? Malleable? So the jeweler tested it, and she even got two jewelers to test it. It's brass. And the jewelers that have tested it are saying it's probably no more than nine carat yellow gold. No better. But it's brass.

I don't know. Yeah, it's brass. Would it be coated? Yeah, it might have had a coating. And so apparently there's a stamp on it, 18 karat gold. He said that is more than likely fake. In fact,

it must be fake because as he said, the ring's broken and yeah. So she's not angry at her husband. No, because you know,

they would have bought that together. It's a wedding band. She knew how much it cost. It wasn't like he told her it was a thousand pounds. No, so she said that they've offered her a discount

but she's still a bit light paid. I love when a place does you over and they offer you like a discount or a voucher. I know. I'm not ever coming back here. What I want is what I paid for. I'm definitely not spending any more money with you. I've had a horrible experience

I'm not spending this discount voucher. Definitely not. But it got me thinking, like, has anybody listening, and maybe you're listening, have you ever been sold a fake? Like, you know when you go to Thailand, Cambodia, wherever, Southeast Asia, you

know that the thing you're buying for so cheap isn't legit. Yeah. Or maybe it has fallen off the back of a truck. I don't know. But there are times when you do buy something and you don't expect it to be fake. This is why I don't. And it comes back fake. This is why I don't want to get into the art game.

Yeah. I'd buy all sorts of fake art. Because you'd just be easily. You'd be like. Oh, yeah. Easily led. Yeah. Because, you know, you can get prints of like famous.

Yeah. Paintings., famous paintings. Well, nice paintings. And then people just go over it with a little bit of paint. So when you look at it side on, you can see it's got texture. You're like, oh, no, this has been legitimately painted. But they've, like, painted by numbers it. Or sometimes it's even what they've put on to give it the texture is completely transparent.

It's like a glue. All it does is give it the texture. But the colours remain the same on it. What? Well, you shouldn't get into the art game either. Not until collectively we've done a bit more research. You've got to know a bit. You've got to know.

I think you've got to know a little bit about it. But maybe you were overseas and you're at a market or something and you thought, well, this is legit. And maybe it was a good price. Yeah. You thought, well, it's got to be real. And it ended up being fake. Or maybe you got gifted a fake. Yeah. You thought, well, it's got to be real. And it ended up being fake. Or maybe you got gifted a fake.

Yeah. And someone else got ripped off. 0800 Dials at M. Give us a call. You can text 9696. Wanting to know when you were sold a fake. Chelsea, this happened to your mum. She got this amazing, like, really expensive gold bracelet for her 21st.

And it was from a really well-known like New Zealand jeweler. Okay. Okay. And she took it to get cleaned and they said it wasn't real. So like she was furious. Yeah. Took it back and they were so apologetic.

They said, oh, like, sorry, it was a display model. Like, oh, we don't know how that happened. But, yeah. And so this was when she was 21? Yeah. And the store's still around, and what did they do? Just give her a refund, or did they replace it? I think, I don't actually know, but

yeah, well, they must have given her a refund. That's so bad. I wonder how many stores just do this and then like, well, just if someone comes back and they've worked out it's fake, they'll get them a real one, but just they're happy to let people wander around with like

fake. Yeah. Until proven wrong. Oh my god, that, like, fake. Yeah. Until proven wrong. Oh, my God. No, but that's so scandalous. Yes, it is. Wow. It's like big businesses don't care about people over profits. Yeah, it is, isn't it? Unreal.

Chelsea, thanks for your call. Jeremy, when did you get sold a fake? Well, I was shopping online, and I come across a nice looking watch. And of course, you know, this watch being Rolex. Okay. Oh, well, I'll go and spend two paychecks to buy this flash Rolex watch. Oh, cheer me.

Well, I waited three or four weeks and it turned up in the mail. And it was definite fake. Oh, no. How could you tell it was fake? Well, most Rolexes have the word Rolex written in them. This one, didn't actually realise until two or three days later, but I looked at it, and it was telling me to relax. Oh, no. Close to relax. Oh, no.

Close to Rolex. Close. Relax. But relax. And did you compare it to the photos of the watch you bought online? The actual picture without the word Rolex was exactly the same. It had diamonds all around the side, which were obviously fake. Yeah, yeah.

But yeah, apart from that, the picture was perfect. The product was perfect to the picture, apart from the word. Relax. And it's not a Rolex. Did you Google the price of the real one? The real Rolex? Looking at over $10,000. Yeah.

Yeah, so there's something to be said about it if it seems too good to be true. And you didn't pay that for the fake one, though, did you? No, just over $1,000. Yeah. Yeah, so there's something to be said about it if it seems too good to be true. And you didn't pay that for the fake one, though, did you? No, just over $1,000. Well, again, that's a giveaway as well, isn't it? He doesn't need your judgment. It's happened, okay? Yeah, okay, all right.

Thanks to Sherry Jeremy. Wait, yeah? Every time he sees a Rolex in a movie, he'll be like, I'm just going to remember to relax. Yeah. My mother-in-law was given a Mont Blanc fountain pen.

Those are ridiculously expensive. There's one of those on Queen Street. It's ooh la la. Yeah. Isn't George Clooney or someone, one of those, Bradley someone? They've got a famous person.

Maybe it's Hugh Jackman. Oh God, just go through them all. It's like, look, I've got a fancy pen. You're just going through attractive white men

in their middle age. Pretty much, yeah. But they do all the fancy pens. Hugh Jackman becomes global ambassador for Mont Blanc. There you go, he's never short of a... In fact, if he got caught using a Bic pen he'd probably be fired. He'd have a fancy one everywhere he goes.

If he went to the bank, he wouldn't just get the one on the chain, would he? No. But my mother was given a Mont Blanc fountain pen as a gift from a former student. I collect fountain pens. Well, she gave this to the wrong bloody teacher, didn't she? And she gave it to me as a gift and was happy to do so. I don't think I'll ever tell her it's a fake. If it was real, it would have been worth $2,000.

But it's not. A $2,000 pen. That's stupid. Even if you had that money, you'd lose it in a week. When I was Googling to find out who the global ambassador for Mont Blanc was, it came up with just a pen beside it. This is

DiscountShop.com. It has a Mont Blanc pen. It's a standard looking pen for $640 New Zealand dollars. And that's just a standard ass looking pen. Yeah. It doesn't even have four colours. I can go to Smiggle and get a pen for $5. A real nice one.

But I don't even physically write enough for that to. No, neither. Because do you write lots now and you're like, ow. Yeah. It's your hand. It's like, oh, we need to write so, we need to write so. I'm on a birthday card. I'm like, can the kids do it?

Ow. And it just gets so sore. There's some quite upsetting news that has been revealed since I used to be brunette and now I'm blonde. But you're naturally. But not forever. You still are brunette. Yeah, but I'm paying a now I'm blonde. But you're naturally. But not forever. You still are brunette. Yeah, but I'm

paying a lot to be blonde. Going through a lot. Financially, I'm a blonde. Well, we're brunettes, Vaughn. With a little bit of hair. Don't bloody laugh. If you can say you're blonde, we can say we're brunettes.

No, because you can physically see my blonde hair. But I can grow hair on the side, not on the top. No, but this is what you are to physically look at. To physically look at you, you're bald. It's not what you are naturally because then I'm a brunette. Oh my god. But what about his beard? He's a brunette. Oh, that's ginger.

Okay, wow. No, yeah, you've got a brunette beard. With ginger highlights. With ginger bits. And you're showing us a bit of brunette chest hair today too, babes. Yeah. What's with the...

Oh, okay, yeah. We're showing a bit of heevage. A bit of heevage, yeah. Oh, yeah, I don't know why that button was undone. I think I undone that. We didn't say it was bad. Fletch was looking. It was distracting for some, yes, sir.

It's in my eye line. Yeah. It was popping out. Yeah. That's in my eye line. It was popping out. That's always my excuse when I'm caught looking too. It was in my eye line. It's in my eye line. Come on. So given that I'm naturally brunette, I'm going to take this.

Okay. It is the optimal hair colour for being successful in a corporate situation. In the workplace. In the workplace. This is great news for you, Caitlin. Are you a brunette, or are you... Yeah. Am I? Yes, I am. Yeah, you are. Very dark, though. It's dark. Okay, there we go. Bad news for Anya.

Ginger's always come last. What does it say about brunettes? You're a very dark ginger, though. Like, you're almost brunette at the moment. It's from a box. That's moment. It's from a box. That's okay. From a box. Yeah.

No, if you've dyed your hair brunette, this counts as well. You don't have to be naturally brunette. It's just to look at you, what colour hair you have. And so if you are brunette in the workplace, you're going to do well. Yes. Okay. So men see brunette women as being more competent than blonde haired women. This CEO in Silicon Valley, Eileen, she said once she started to climb the management

ladder, she needed to be taken seriously so she darkened her hair. She got, um, she went brunette. Right. And now she's the CEO. She said it was so much easier for her once she went brunette. I don't know if I buy into it. Really? I don't know if I buy into it.

Really? I don't know if I buy into it. If you're running a business where you're promoting people based on hair colour and giving people a shot on hair colour, you can't be running

a successful business. It's not intentional, is it? It's subliminal. Yeah, don't act like that doesn't happen because people get judged on whether their clothes are ironed or if they fit properly.

And the other thing is, if you're blonde... But then ironing clothes shows a level of preparation and professionalism. Hair colour doesn't show me anything. Yeah, but you can't say that subliminally people aren't swayed by the colour of someone's hair, especially women. Because there's so many stereotypes over blonde women. I feel like I can say that now because I'm part of the crew. And there's scientific evidence that... You're like that politician in America

that wore a whole lot of fake tan and permed her hair and said she was African-American. No, not the same. You're culturally appropriating blondness. No, not the same. The Nordics, you're culturally appropriating them. But it's been scientifically proven that blonde hair

catches people's eye as well. And blonde people get off, get lighted jail sentences if they're cute. Hot people I can understand. Yeah. But then hot doesn't have a hair colour. Everybody's represented pretty well.

Hot blondes, hot brown brunettes. I'd love to test it out. I'm doing so much worse. I'm so much more successful as a blonde. I was going to say, how has your career gone since you've gone blonde? Stagnant. Yeah, right. Okay.

But was it stagnant before? Yeah. Yeah. I've been stuck with you guys for 10 years now. It was like a big moving ship. Like they turned the engines off, but it just kind of pushed itself along for a while. And then it just conked out as she went blonde and now it's just floating aimlessly in a sea of...

Okay. The corporate sea. Yes, ma'am. The country's in the middle of a pink grasp, isn't it? It is. That sounds like a whooping cough or something. Yeah. I'm mad.

The pandemic levels of pink grasp. The stuff I saw on Facebook, Instagram last night. Oh, yeah. That went to pink last night. What an incredible show. And no one's fizzing more than our very own Warren Sellers, Megan's father, who's on the countdown to pink. The boys in the sign writing office have turned against him in the workshop.

We've decided, with your dad so excited about Pink, Megan, because you surprised him with tickets on Dad's Day, that we're going to do a countdown to Pink for Megan's dad, and it deserves its own special segment later in the show. That's great. I've got updates on his excitement levels. Well, the media is absolutely fizzing for any Pink story, and this one comes from her time in Dunedin at the farmer's market.

There was a photo of her just chilling at the farmer's market. I don't know, what was she buying? Because you wouldn't buy too much veg, would you? Because you're on the move. I don't know. It had wilt in transit. You might buy a plane made out of cans. Oh, hard to get home.

You might buy like a local candle or something. Maybe she meant like a ciabatta, a big loaf. To eat there. Yeah, that's very, I tell you, you can't beat a good fresh market bread. An artisan loaf. I love a bit of sourdough. Yep. Anyway, while she was there, she popped $20 into a busker's guitar case.

This busker, Dina, I think is the pronunciation of the name. Okay. She's 23 years old. She's in her second year at Otago University. Yeah. Studying education. And Pink popped $20 into her guitar case when she was busking. Is it bad that, like, I don't know, she's like worth bajillions of dollars,

like couldn't put a Hyundai in? Oh, I thought there was heaps. Is that heaps? $20 is all good. No, no, it's really nice and stuff, but it's know, she's like worth bajillions of dollars. Like, couldn't put a Hyundai in. Oh, I thought there was heaps. Is that heaps? 20 bucks is all good. No, no, it's really nice and stuff, but it's like, come on. It's more than anybody else would give. I know, I know. She'd give that all the time, though.

But do you think if you were like someone like Pink, like, because you know in America there's always a- I gave Buskers 20 bucks. Oh, God, here we go. Last Christmas. Here we go. Last Christmas. Do you remember?

I Instagrammed the whole thing, so everybody would know. Of course you did. There we go. There it is. Three or four girls were playing, like, this collection of stringed instruments outside Farmers on Queen Street, and Sade was shopping. I was like, I am waiting right here. Okay.

So I sat down, because I don't like shopping. And I listened to them, and I was like, I've been because I don't like shopping and I listened to them and I was like, I've been sitting here for a while and I went to get some cash out but everybody was like, all the shops, I went to kind of a drink

and maybe like five bucks. They were like, oh, you can't get cash out. I was like, ugh. So I had to get $20 out. So I made sure everybody knew about it. So Pink and I,

yeah, on par with donations but then if you take into account our net worth, I've actually, I'm more generous, but then if you take into account our net worth, I've actually, I'm more generous than Pink. And you were forced into it and then made sure that everyone knew about it and you told the buskers,

my name is Vaughan Smith. Smith, yep. I've given you $20. Yep. Just make sure you tell everybody about it. Maybe write a, maybe work my name into a song. Just to thank me for the tree doll. Yeah, whereas she wasn't after attention.

This has just literally come out. No, apparently her one-year-old son was just having a boogie and then they stopped and enjoyed it. And then Pink gave 20 bucks to her daughter Willow and said, go put it in the busker's cage. Oh, she didn't even want the credit. And she, yeah, she put it in there. So, you know, friends came up to Dana and said,

you should frame that. You should, you know, do something. So somebody said, what did you do with it? And she said, I bought a satay. Which annoys me. Why does it annoy you? Because what? Satay what?

Oh, like kebabs. A satay chicken on rice. A satay chicken on rice. Yep. Satay kebab. Yep. Satay beef. Satay savoury crepe.

Yep. Is it pan yang? A pan yang? Pan yang. Pan yang. Is that a satay pan? Pan yang. A sat savoury crepe. Yep. Is it pan yang? Pan yang? Pan yang. Pan yang. Is that a satay pan yang? A satay, isn't it? Yeah.

I mean, what? A satay what? Now, maybe I'll never know. Well, maybe if you know what's her name. I'm going to find her on Facebook. I'm going to message her. You can't just message. That's sopping creepy.

A satay what? A satay what? That's literally all I'm going to, that's literally all I'm sending. Or if you know her and you're in Dunedin, maybe you go to uni with her, just ask her today. Walk up to her and be like, satay what?

Like what? What meat was it? Satay beef? Satay chicken? Don't tell me satay tofu. F.M. This is probably not what you want to hear if you're single and it upsets you.

Because not everyone hates being single, like Caitlin. But being single carries a price. An extra price than people who are coupled up. So this study in the UK has put an actual dollar amount. An actual figure on how much it costs you a year to be single. And it's cheaper living over there too, isn't it? In some things. But does it also cost,

does it do a cost analysis of what it costs to be coupled up? I've got a breakdown of being coupled. Certain things, how much it costs to be in a couple. Do they have Kmart in the UK? Yeah, but, oh, you're meaning that costs you. Because I was going to say, Sade would still be shopping at Kmart even if it wasn't for you. Like, if you weren't in the picture,

I'm sure she would still dig Kmart. But then it wouldn't cost you. Correct. Okay. So it carries a cost of $4,000 a year per individual who is single Well, instantly rent Like you think about sharing a room And how cheap that is compared to if you have to flat by yourself

Yeah Instantly that would be almost double you'd say Or go down to Spotlight, get some curtain rails, some cheap material Make yourself some curtains, put a divider down the middle of the room, and you could have someone sleeping on the other side of that curtain. You could be sharing a room. You say that in jest, but that sadly is the situation

and a lot of Wellington and Auckland places at the moment. So many places. And then people going on holidays. Like if you have to front the bill yourself if you're single. Yeah. But I'll break it down. So this is in Britain. Right.

But I'll translate it to New Zealand dollars as long as I can figure it out in my head. What's this times two, isn't it, Megan? I know, yeah, but some of these are hard. Okay. So wills, single versus joint. Did you know that it costs more to do a will if you're single? What, per person?

Yeah. You get a sort of a two for one. You get a two for one. Yeah, okay. So I can't double it. 169 pounds if you're single, 129.50 if you're in a couple. That's quite a difference. Yeah, that's a lot.

That's 40 bucks or so. What else? So yeah, if you are doing your car insurance, is this the same in New Zealand? If you are single, around 1,100 for your car insurance. But if you're in a couple, does that mean you're getting like a group deal on both your cars? They say it's around $200.

If you've got all your insurance with one place, it'll get cheaper. So per car that's cheaper and then per person per car under one policy it'll probably be a little bit cheaper. Flights are around $100 cheaper if you buy them two people as opposed to just by yourself. Is that a thing?

I don't know if that's a thing. I don't know if that's a thing. And you'd be travelling by yourself. Yeah. Versus travelling with someone. But then your accommodation you've got to pay for that all yourself a thing. And you'd be travelling by yourself. Yeah. Versus travelling with someone. But then your accommodation, you've got to pay for that all yourself. Yeah. Whereas you'd have that in a couple. And gym memberships.

This one surprised me. So about £200 or $400 more a year. You can't get couple memberships. I've never heard of that. I pay like individually each for... James, the producer, you've got... Yeah, it might be similar to the gym that I go to that if you pay for a certain tier,

you get a guest for free every time you go to the gym. So that's what myself, my girlfriend do. So do you have to go to the gym together at the same time? Yeah, you do. But then it just means that we're just half in membership straight down the middle, so I'm paying like six bucks a week for the gym. Jeez.

And as long as we go together, then it's, you know, we're just bringing in a free guest. Does it have a shower? So it's probably pretty similar to that. Have a hot shower at the gym? Yeah, there is a hot shower, yeah. Sure. You can have a shower there if you want.

Six dollars! You can pay them at least a week for hot water, I'd just go there. Yeah, we're so really good. Yeah. Good Lord. Okay. Then they've got train fares. If you buy like a couple ticket, is that cheaper?

It's... So overall $4,000 a year is what you're missing out on if you're... Kate, let it say... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is entertainment book economics. I knew you were going to say that. This is like someone buying an entertainment book going, but I'm going to save thousands.

But you have to spend thousands to save thousands. Yeah, well, this is like someone buying an entertainment book going, I'm going to save thousands, but you have to spend thousands to save thousands. Yeah, well, this is like your social life. But some of it, like insurance and stuff. Sure. Yeah. You must haves. Caitlin, do you ever feel like if you had a boyfriend, it would be just great just for the rent,

even though you'd have to put up with him? I'd probably have, yeah, separate rooms in that case. No, my thing would be food though because I like when I go out with you guys, you guys don't let me have like some of your stuff. I'll be like, James, can I just have a bite of that? And he'll be like, you're not my girlfriend. I'll be like, oh.

It doesn't get any better when they are. Well, if you want chips, order them yourself. I don't want a whole bowl. But then I'll eat your leftovers rather than you take down my total of chips. We don't need all that food. We'll be better with more chips than less chips. No one ever complained that there were too many chips.

Everyone always complains there wasn't enough. Get your own chips. I don't have leftovers of my salad. Who has leftover of their salad? I just want a couple of chippies. No one wants your salad, you huckery salad. And you never have just one chip. It's always like at least a quarter of them.

Get your own chips. No. I want to share yours. Because then I don't feel like a fatty. So you just feel like get your own and eat a quarter of it and then I'll eat three quarters of yours. So you're saying that you feel like a fatty if you have to physically order and say to the person

I need chips. What is wrong with you? I don't know if you know how the restaurant industry works. They depend on people buying food. They need you to survive. I don't want to commit to a whole bowl. Should restaurants start having code words for chips?

No, because it's still in front of me. The whole bowl. So you don't feel guilt. Yeah. And guilt will just become associated to the code word. Yeah, okay. Just understand us, okay? Can I have a yellow crispy salad? Made primarily of potatoes and canola oil.

With a tomato jus on the side. Yes. Fletch, Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. Keeping it classy. Over the ditch in Australia. This must have been Vaughn and Megan. The podcast. Keeping it classy. Over the ditch in Australia. This must have been on The Current Affair. They're seven o'clock at night.

Oh, like kind of like a seven sharp. Fair go kind of a. We've got kind of happier feelings. Seven o'clock shows now, don't we? Yeah. Like everything's a bit lighter. These are still like pump up the panic. Those big spinny headlines. Like everything's a bit lighter. But these are still like pump up the panic, those big spinny headlines.

Tonight on A Current Affair. Do you know where your kids are when they say they're playing Fortnite? Probably doing drugs and playing Fortnite. A Current Affair. Like that sort of. Yeah. You know, they pick a few panic buttons and push it.

Yeah. Well, one of the stories this week is about this guy who, his name's Kerry. And let's say about this guy who, his name's Kerry and let's say about 19 years ago, he had a one night stand with Julie. Julie? Julie must have liked what she's seen. And yeah, I know I said that wrong

but that's just what Australians do. I like what I've seen in Julie. You saw Julie? Nah, she wasn't sore at all. She was in perfect form. I like what I've seen though. And they had a one-nighter and she got pregnant. Now, she said to him, you're the only person that could be this child's father.

And he said at the time that was a dubious claim at best. Okay. Right. Because Julie, I got she sore. And Julie enjoyed the company of a few different men, he said. So after, and he started paying child support once, a child support. They were never together, but he started paying child support.

He said, that's the dumb thing. Yeah. I was a child's father. Even times were really tough. I was struggling. I still paid my child support. Good on him, because a lot of dads don't. Oh, yeah, they do everything they can to get out of it.

So when child support stopped, he said, I'm wondering if this child's really mine. So he got in touch with a DNA agency who said,

yeah, we do this sort of thing all the time. How much does that cost, by the way? Because I know you've got your ancestry DNA and that's like a couple of who said, yeah, we do this sort of thing all the time. Why didn't you do this? How much does that cost, by the way? Because I know you've got your ancestry DNA and that's like a couple of hundred bucks, but a serious paternity test in New Zealand, what would that be, do you reckon? Google me. It used to be a thousand bucks.

Whoa, really? It used to be a bit, like technology's getting so much better with the whole DNA situation. Surely you just get a couple of ancestry kits spit in the tube, send them away. If they come back, they kind of match you up. Yeah, yeah. You'd of ancestry kits spitting the tubes, send them away, if they come back, they kind of match you up.

Yeah, yeah. You'd be like, oh yeah, okay, that'll do. Do we trust a place called Easy DNA? Is it E-Z? No, properly spelt. I trust them. $245.

Oh yeah, okay. That's good. That's probably good enough markers to tell if this is your daughter or not. It's not. It's not his daughter markers to tell if this is your daughter or not. It's not. It's not his daughter. So how much money had he given? $58,000.

Wow. Why, if he thought that though, why didn't he do it at the start? Like, why didn't he get the DNA test years ago? Don't know. Yeah, why did he wait until he had finished payments? Yeah, and then he's like, hang on a second. Is it really mine? And especially if he didn't trust her at the start.

But then, I mean, you know, it's a lot of money. Especially back then, it would have, 18 years ago, it would have been like, like you say, $2,000, if even possible. Yeah, to get the test done. Yeah. A long time ago. So he has said, well, I want my money back. I don't know who pays me back.

The people that were constantly reminding me I needed to pay, the government agency that looks after child support, that I got, I never missed one, but constantly got reminders telling me that I had to pay child support. And you can tell if he, I bet you if he didn't pay, he would have had to, for sure, pay a lot more. And rightly so. Or is it going to come from the woman who received this money?

Well, she obviously probably in her defense didn't know. She might not have misled him completely. Well, he's actually said, because she's not working. Jules isn't working. Out of work. He's actually said he'd rather see it come from the child support agency. This is not what the irony thinks. So it should be her.

I don't think he gets it don't think it should be her. No, it should be her. He's obviously listed as a dad on the birth certificate and he obviously agreed to pay it at the time. So does he have a leg to stand on? Probably not, to be honest. But I don't think the government should pay it.

It should be her. I don't know. If she didn't know, she should have been open at the start and said, well, I don't know who the dad is. It could be a couple of guys. That's just choosing a child support from them too. Yeah, because it would be listed, wouldn't it? Listed on the certificate. You couldn't chase them up.

So crazy. It's like Jeremy Kyle or something. Like one of those daytime talk shows where they do a DNA test. Do we get – I'd like to know if anybody's ever had a DNA test in New Zealand. Like Ancestry.com or like – No, because he's the people who have done that. a DNA test. Do we get... I'd like to know if anybody's ever had a DNA test in New Zealand. Like, Ancestry.com or like... No,

because heaps of people have done that. You mean like an actual... with purpose. Like, you needed to prove. Yeah, not just for fun. Something needed to be proved.

Well, I guess you could also answer as well how much it's cost as well. To get it done, yeah. Because...

Do you think anyone would have been like, I don't know if these are my real parents, I'll just get a sneaky DNA test? Do you reckon anyone's ever done that? Scandalous. Imagine that. And like you get a swab of their glass or something. Are you just asking them or are you doing a sneaky swab?

Oh, I don't know. Or you punch your dad in the face and then like, be like, sorry about that, dad, I'll get you a hanky and then blood and then straight in a Ziploc bag. To the lab, to the lab. To the lab, to the lab. Okay, well, let's take some calls because I'm sure there'd be some incredible stories,

amazing stories. Have you ever had a DNA test to prove something? Yeah. 0800 Dials at M, you can text 9696. So we want to know when you've had a DNA test to prove something. Lots of texts and stories coming in. Yeah, an Australian guy was on a current affair over there. And a current affair.

I've said that wrong. And he... Not Anna's current affairs. It's... Paid about $50,000-odd. Wants it back because he's got a DNA test. The kid's not his. Yeah, he paid child support.

So some text messages that we've received from you guys about it all, and there's no shortage of it. Somebody said I had to get DNA testing because I have a disease that is genetic, but most of my parents don't have it. So like, are they his parents? So my doctor thought they might not be my parents, and they hadn't told me, so

we had to get DNA testing. Did the doctor, did they tell? Here's the worst part about it. The person who text messaged in didn't say whether or not they were actually their parents. No, you can't season two us. But I know all,

you know, that's like. Totally got us hooked in for season two. But, you know how some things are like sleep, you'd be a carrier or whatever it is?

or your parents might not have it, but something about them together makes it happen. Oh, I need, can you text in and tell us if they're your real parents yeah that'd be great

okay I can remember what the last three numbers of that okay and then we'll tell you next year yeah

what the answer of that is yeah I had to prove my first daughter was actually mine cost $450 okay

but totally worth it as she was mine and she's the best thing that ever happened to me aww so it's not always thing that ever happened to me. So it's not always a DNA test to get out of something. Right. Jazz, what happened?

So I have no idea how it actually started but I got this message on Facebook and it was from this guy that my mum had been seeing when I was younger. Oh my God, imagine that. Yeah, I know, it was pretty crazy. And he messaged me, he was from Dunedin, and he messaged me and he said, hi, Jazz, I think I'm your dad.

Can I please send you up a DNA test so I can figure it out? So I was all for it, I was like, okay, because I knew he hadn't obviously been with my mum, slept with my mum, and I my mum. And I did it. And I was just like this. Okay. You just, you weren't,

you just were like, okay, I'll send away a swab or something. You didn't have any more questions. He knew who my mum was. My mum knew who he was. And they thought, they were really good friends. They were like best mates when I was, before I was born. Okay.

So I had a little bit of a background to him, but it was just like my mum was just like, just give it to him anyway. So I gave him a hair strand and yeah, it came back negative, but he wanted to like come up in his rich helicopter, as it said on Facebook. And he was like,

I want to come and meet you just to make sure because you look like me when I was your age. And I'm like, well, I'm a girl, you're a guy. Yeah, you're like, ouch, your age. And I'm like, well, I'm a girl. You're a guy. Yeah, yeah. You're like, ouch, okay. I was all for a helicopter ride, but you just said I look like a dude. And your mum was obviously like, well, just give it to him. Like, it didn't happen.

Yeah. So she was like, because I only met my biological dad when I was 16. It was all like a random time. And she was like, oh, just do it because I know he's not your dad. And I was like, okay. So I did it. And he was very gutted. But the weird thing is, is I feel that I was a blonde, really white head child with blue eyes and so was he.

And then my biological dad was as well. So I was like, hmm. I would have been like, you can be my daddy for a helicopter. I know. Did you get the helicopter ride and everything? No, I didn't. No, he didn't. No, he played that role.

Garted. I did. That's so much fun. He could be my dad. Jez, thanks for your call. No worry, thank you. Victoria, when did you get a DNA test? Victoria, hello.

Oh, hi, sorry. That's all right. What was it? Yes, yeah. So I had two possible fathers of my first son. And there was only two weeks between the encounters. Okay. So it was quite tricky. Like, I tried to do all the working out because I didn't want to muck anyone around.

And, yeah, it was adamant that it was one guy, and he went through all the antenatal classes, everything, was amazing, and was at the birth. And even as his mum and everything was there, she was lovely. But, yeah, they were like, oh, look, you know, just in case we want to pay for this, And it was $1,000 at the time. Yeah. And I was like, well, yeah, you know, obviously, I think that's the best thing, just so we're all, you know, better to know.

And, yeah, lucky that they did, because it turns out that he wasn't. And it was really upsetting. But, you know, we're so lucky that we found out then. Yeah, exactly. So had the other guy that you'd kind of eliminated, did he know you were pregnant? Yes. I always kept him in the picture as well. I said that I was pregnant and we were texting throughout just in case.

Oh, I think you handled that really well. Good on you. So what did he say when you told him? He was actually really happy as well. Oh, that's good. So, like, yeah, it was a bit upsetting, but, I mean, we're all still friends in that now. It's cool.

Very mature way to handle the entire situation. Because we are, Victoria, thanks, we're getting some quite, like, devious. Devious. Oh, yeah. That's a word. some quite bad, like devious. Devious. Oh, yeah. That's a word. Devious women. Yeah.

Which is upsetting. Somebody messaged in saying that their husband, when I fell pregnant, my husband said to me that he did not believe the baby was his. He thought I cheated on him. Yeah. He thought I cheated on him. Whoa. So we got the DNA test.

Yeah. And it was 100% his. And that was kind of the beginning of the end of the marriage. Weird. You've got to be able to trust your partner, right? You want to be able to trust your partner. Somebody else said, my sister works at a blood unit. I'm guessing they take blood, like a lab or something.

And there was a case and it just had a case number to it. And all these different guys were coming in with the case number. Five guys came in under this one case number. And in the end, they said to their supervisor, what is going on here?

And it was like an elimination. And they said if a woman, yeah, these are the five possible guys that could be the father to her twins. So all five of them got tested. Wow. And they said,

we never found out the results, but by crikey, we hoped it was the hot one. The hot one out of the five. Yeah. Is there only one? That's only 20%. That's not great odds.

And that, because that would have to be over a short period of time as well. But there was someone lying as well, weren't they? Lying about who the dad was, all under the table. What was that? Have you mentioned that before? Somebody said, sorry, a friend of mine had to get a DNA test at the age of 12 when the kid was 12. Yep. They finally got the DNA test because it didn't look anything like him.

And the mum admitted that she knew that it wasn't his from the word go, but he was a better option than the other possibility. And she'd convinced them to take care of child support under the table so it didn't look bad for him. And there's no paper trail. And so there's no paper trail. He won't see a dollar of that money that he paid over 12 years. That's not fair. It works both ways, though. Like, we've heard both sides of the story.

Buys trying to skip out on responsibility and, you know, people lying on the other side of it. Are we ready for the vocals warmed? Me, me, me, me. Me, me, me, me. Me, me, me, me. Okay, let's do this. How do you know if it's really Becca?

How do you know if it's really her? Oh, yeah, not bad, not bad. Good morning, Becca. Hi, I'm so excited. I'm fighting it on this so many times. It's your time. Well, here we are. So basically the aim of this game is to see if anybody else listening to the radio right now knows you.

Knows you, Becca. So you always go by Becca, not Rebecca ever? Rebecca, work-wise, but pretty much everyone, including my family, calls me Becca. Becca, okay. So how old, calls me Becca. Becca. Okay, so how old are you? 24. 24. Where do you live?

The Shore. The Shore in Auckland? Okay. Do you know what? I don't want to say it. I guessed that when she said Becca. That's a real North Shore Rebecca thing to do. Oh, shut up.

Out West, Rebecca's a Bex. Are they? Yeah. Right. Central, they're more like Rebecca with a K on the end. Right, okay. With a K-K-A-H. Right.

Well, I do actually have a K-A-H. Oh, okay. You can move Central. It's very judgy, Becca. No, it wasn't judgy. It wasn't judgy. It's sweet, though. It wasn't judgy, Becca.

So, okay, so have you always lived in Auckland or have you lived, like, elsewhere in the country? Did you study anywhere? No, I've always lived in Auckland. Okay. So what school did you go to? Northcote College. Okay.

Rightio. What have you done since school? I've been to the makeup school and then uni for a year and then now I'm at Cure Kids. Cure Kids? Oh, that's great. Oh, Becca. She's got a good soul.

So you've got us in the field. So what do you do for Cure Kids? I'm an account manager, so I look after corporate partnerships and things like that. Okay, so you'd be going out and meeting a lot of people? Yeah, for sure. Okay, well connected. Very well connected. Do you have any hobbies out and meeting a lot of people? Yeah, for sure. Okay, well connected. This is very well connected.

Do you have any hobbies? What do you do for fun? I definitely like to have a wine or five. Yeah, okay. Go to F45. I know you'll give me shit for one. Oh, I was about to say you should have said that. You should have just left that one out.

As soon as you said F45, his whole head just went... His body just went, like, lunged. Go on, get it predictable. My old age, aren't I? Yeah, well... What's your favourite exercise at F45? Don't be a dick. Is it posting a photo on Instagram that you went to F45?

Is that officially part of the F45 workout? Is that like, okay, great. Great session, guys. Ten burpees to cool down, some stretches to make sure everyone puts up a grand story. You can't do what Becca does. Hands down, kick your ass. Vaughn's just jealous he can't flip a tyre and climb a rope. All right, so if you're listening now and you think, I know Becca,

I'll 800 dial ZM right now because this is how the game works. We have to verify. That's right. Good morning, Holly. How are you? Morning. I'm good. How are you?

Good. Good thing. Now, do you know Becca? I do. She went to my school and she was in the year below me. Holly. College? Yes.

Holly, how are you? Oh, my God. Hi. Hi. How are you? You guys sound identical. Yeah. It's the North Shore accent.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shut up. It is, I do. They've got a very distinct accent. It's usually South African. And so when's the last time you spoke to each other? Probably school. Yeah, so that was like eight years ago, maybe?

Yeah. And how long have you heard it? And you were immediately like, that's Becca from school. I actually only know one Becca, so there you go. Wow. Well, you guys need to catch up for some beanos. That'd be amazing.

I don't know what you're doing like every morning forever, Holly, but you could go to F45. Yeah, well, I've got two kids, so it might be a bit tricky. Hey, hey, excuses. I'm hearing a lot of excuses, which we don't tolerate here at F45. I'm pretty sure you can bring your kids to bench press them and use them as weights. Yeah.

Strap one on the front and back. You've got a weighted vest. It's a success. That's how you know that it's really bad, girl. That's how you know that it's really hard. Good morning, Liam. Hi, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Hi, good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Oh, my God. What? You already know Liam, Becca. Oh, yeah, yeah. We know Liam very well. Liam Closey, is that? Yeah.

I love it. You just said we're best mates. And then you said last name, question mark. She said we know him very well. Oh, right. Yeah. How well? Like, what's the connection here?

We went on a Boy Scouts camp together. Not Boy Scouts. It was a leadership course. Like, I was down, kind of. Why is Becca there? Liam, did you even know what camp you were going on? Nah, no one's got any idea before they sign up. Right.

Okay, so you guys just went on camp together. That's how you know each other. Is that it? Yeah. There's no more to the story. No. That's all right by me. But we just got real close. Did you guys kiss each other? No. That's alright by me. But we just got real close.

Did you guys kiss each other? No. Do these really want to? Don't say it like that. Oh no, no, no. There was never any romance like that. You don't be like, oh god, no. Well, it's a winner. It is a winner.

That's how you know that it's really Becca. That's how you know that it's really Becca. That's how you know that it's really her. Good morning, Emma. Hello. Hi, Emma. You think you know Becca? Yeah, I do, from school.

Emma. Oh, Emma Bell? Yes. Boom! She's like, you are a... You are like... Someone's going, pull, bam! You're not going to be out of the sky.

You're just going... Emma, everyone went to school with like 100 Emmas, right? Yeah, yeah. And you just popped Emma Bell out the woodwork. No, I did hear a little British accent. Yeah, it's kind of gone a little bit now. Yeah, it's gone quite a lot. Yeah, but there was something...

Sharp becker? There was something she is. Did you come over? She's 45, she's kind of gone a little bit now. Yeah, it's gone quite a lot. Yeah, but there was something. Sharp, Becca. There was something. She is a sharp. Did you come over? She's 45. She's awake. Did you come over new, Emma, from the UK? Yeah, I started in year 12.

So I was fresh off the boat from England. Okay. Right. And was Becca nice to you at school? Yeah, we were like really good friends in year 12. And then what happened? What happened? I can't remember how Kiwi you sound.

Yeah, I know. I recognise your voice because you have the most Kiwi accent that I know. It's rubbed off on you a bit, Emma, because you've lost your British and got a little Kiwi twang in there a little bit. I know. It's like a bit weird. I struggle with some words. I don't know whether to say them real English or go Kiwi,

and then it's way too overboard. Yeah, that sentence was everything. Phasing in and out. That's brilliant. Well, it's a winner, isn't it? That's a winner. It's another winner winner. That's how you know that it's really her.

That's how you know that it's really her. Okay, let's go with one more to finish. Good morning, Jared. Good morning. Good morning, Jared. That's a troublesome name, Jared. Jared. Jarod.

Jarod. So, Becca, is this ringing any bells? Is it Jared Beck? No. Oh. Oh. She's missed one. She's missed one. She's missed a shot.

Do you want to give a wee hint, Jared? Yeah, a wee hint. We met on a night out one time. Oh, no. Jared. Oh, no, not Jared. Bloody MKR, Jared. Yeah, yeah.

Wait, what? You were on MKR, Jared? Well, it was technically Bumble, but what? You were on MKR, Jared? Well, it was technically Bumble, but yeah, he was on MKR and we did go and meet. Why did you say, oh no, Becca? Oh no, I just wasn't expecting that. You weren't expecting your Bumble dates to end up in this radio segment, were you, Becca? No. So how did the date go?

Well, it wasn't really a date. We just kind of met up in Ponsonby. Okay. One evening. Yeah. Right. But you've remembered all this time, Jared. I have, yeah.

I just got a message and someone reminded me that it was her on ZM at the moment. I thought I'd, you know, give her a call and say hello. How have you been? Well, pretty good, I guess, yeah. God, I feel like a barman. I feel like a barman with all these Tinder dates going on around him. Sorry, carry on, Jared. Yeah, how you been?

Yeah, I don't know. I've been good. We've just been hanging out. Thought we could maybe catch up again. I don't know. Oh, stop. She might be seeing someone now, Jared. Are you single, Becca?

Yes, I am. Do you want to go out and see Jared again sometime? Sure. I feel like you're just saying that. You're just saying that. You don't need to just say that. Hey, but you know what? It's a winner, isn't it?

It is. Well, I mean, not for Jared, but for us it is. That's how you know that it's really Becca. That's how you know that it's really her. Oh, Becca. Are you glad? You know, you did say at the start of the segment you've always wanted to play that, so you know.

Yeah, I wasn't expecting that outcome. Hey, but yeah, you got in touch with a lot of friends from school. That was nice. Yeah, it was actually. I'm quite pink and flustered now. That'll happen. Got like an M45 workout. Yeah, definitely.

Except this one's not hitting the gram. This pink and flustered. Curekids.org.nz. I just want to get a plug in for Becca's workplace because it does great things in New Zealand. Thank you. It has read

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I won Father's Day and I tricked my dad. Is your brother sick of you going on about this? Yeah. He messaged me and was like, yeah, okay, mate.

And also I asked him for a favour this week which he was reluctant to do after I said I was the favourite child. But my dad is like the biggest pink fan and has been forever.

Which is weird when you, and I said it on Monday. He's so blokey and he just, I know we shouldn't stereotype. No, but it's just not what you'd expect. It's not at all.

And especially for someone of his age because normally, you know, people his age are into, I don't know, Creed or something. What are they into? Because I would use my dad as a litmus. He's going to Phil Collins when he comes to New Zealand.

Like an old mate. Yeah, old mate stuff like Phil Collins and U comes to New Zealand. So like an old mate. Yeah, old mate. Stuff like Phil Collins and UB40. Yeah. Yes. Yes. He's been to UB40. So that kind of guy.

And so I'm going to give you an update because I'm getting this every day, which is really sweet. Because you surprised him with tickets. I surprised him with tickets after telling him we'd missed out. And I almost got tears from him, which is epic for dad. So I got a phone call yesterday from him. Now, he called me to tell me that Pink has 16 truck and trailers. He said, I've heard from her truck and mates, 16 truck and trailers to get all that gear

down to Dunedin. Then they had to drive it back up to Auckland. 16. He's like, I don't know what's in had to drive it back up to Auckland. 16. He's like, I don't know what's in there, but it's going to be epic. I don't know what's in those 16 trailers. It's 16 truck and trailers full of gear. Because you were saying he was watching some of the footage

and he's been watching a lot of YouTube too. So that's what my mum has a complaint about because she got into bed and she's been getting into bed at night and she just hears Pink from the office, which is where his computer is, playing YouTube videos. She's like, can you shut the door please?

And it's just like, some of us are trying to sleep around here. And so he's like watching every Pink video. Yeah, but live performances. So cute. Because he's working himself up. Oh, he's watching live. So he's watching somebody else's shitty

wobbly phone footage from other Pink gigs. Great. But he's watching live. Yeah. So he's watching somebody else's shitty, wobbly phone footage from other pink gigs. Great. But he's also upset because yesterday he said he's been driving around. He does signage in Nelson. Yeah. He's been driving around seeing the boys on the job. And a few of them are giving him stick and saying that they've lost respect

for him because he's going to pink. You outed him on air. Yeah, but that's all right. He can go to pink as a grown man. Yeah. So, yeah, he's lost a bit of respect around Nelson Town, because he's heading up to Pink in Auckland. He wouldn't care, though, would he?

Not a bit. Instead, he sits there and gives them a spell on why Pink is one of the greatest artists of our time. He's like, you should see what she does. She does acrobatics, and she's singing at the about time. He's like, you should see what she does. She does acrobatics and she's singing at the same time. Why is it the photos I saw of last night's gig with all the wires and stuff? Yeah. Insane.

Does he give you a lot of messages? Text messages? Oh, three a day. Updates on what's the countdown. It's three sleeps. He told me yesterday it's four sleeps till he's up here. I was going to say four sleeps. He's going next Tuesday.

She's just planning on binging all weekend. I think it's seven sleeps till he's up here. I was going to say four sleeps. He's going next Tuesday. He's just planning on binging all weekend. I think it's seven sleeps till he sees Pink now. Right. So, yeah, I'm going to get a countdown on sleeps. Which, honestly, if you know my dad, it's insane. The countdown to Pink. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. A timely reminder that we will be in New Plymouth, not this

Thursday, but next Thursday for our next Fact of the Day pub quiz. $1,000 up for grace for the winning team. The good home is where it'll be in the NACs in New Plymouth. If you want to register your team, send them online. Super easy. In the NACs. Yep. In New Plymouth. If you want to register your team, send them online. Super easy.

We'll see you there. Today's fact of the day is about Indonesia. Indonesia. In Indonesia, commuters can pay for the bus with plastic waste. So you can pay when you get on at the bus stops. Yep. There's little plastic. container, like recycling bins.

That was my first issue when you said that was- Because the bus would be full of plastic. And manky, you know, old milk smells. That's what I thought as well. So at the bus stop, you put the plastic into various recycling. There's colour, organise the type of plastic it is, et cetera. And it'll give you a ticket that will then let you ride the bus. It's a...

I think it's a great idea. Yep. Because Indonesia is the second biggest producer of plastic waste each year, only to China. China's ahead of them. And because Indonesia is surrounded entirely by the ocean, when it gets dumped in the streets, it gets washed into the gutters. The gutters go out to the ocean.

It's a filthy mess. Behind China, the biggest marine polluter in the world for plastic. So they wanted to, A, sort out transport, because apparently the streets are just absolutely blocked up. Yeah. So they want people to be able to be using buses

and take care of the plastic waste. So it doesn't have to be your plastic waste from home. You could literally just pick up some rubbish on the way. Yeah. So they want people more able to be using buses and take care of the plastic waste. So it doesn't have to be your plastic waste from home. You could literally just pick up some rubbish on the way. Yeah. Put it in.

That takes care of the rubbish and then you get the ability to ride the bus for free for two hours. That's pretty cool. Yeah, it's a good idea. It's a great little initiative, isn't it?

I might try and pay for the link bus home with an empty milk container from the recycle bin here. We're doing that Indonesian thing here. You can't take the rubbish out of the bin and then get on the bus. If it's in the

bin bin you can because this will be recycled. This bin here at work. I'll do it. Right. So the plastic, you might be thinking what happens to all the collected plastic? It's recycled through the government. Into bus. No, into bus shelters. Oh, close.

Good idea. And other bits and pieces that can be made out of plastic or, yeah, plastic can be used around the city. Good work, Indonesia. But I'm just meaning... Forward-thinking, Indonesia. Don't cheat. You should pick up actual rubbish

rather than just raid a recycling bin. Before we go to, let me just... Talk amongst yourselves for a moment. You were saying very forward-thinking Indonesia, but they've got that president, don't they, who is like a dictator. No, that's the Philippines. Oh, is that the Philippines? No, no.

And I was about to incorrectly lump Indonesia in with Malaysia. Right. Malaysia yesterday gave two lesbians a public whipping. Are you serious? I know, I know. Like biblical stuff. Like a public whipping because they you serious? I know. I know. Like biblical stuff. Like a public whipping because they were lesbians.

The photos and videos are horrible because everyone's just filming it. Yeah. Well, don't support Malaysia then. Don't. With your tourism.

Go to Thailand. Are they all... They're okay with lesbians, aren't they? Oh, very okay with lesbians. Very okay. Of course they are. I thought they were.

I thought you were saying Thailand was Indonesia because I would say go to Indonesia with the... No, but Malaysia's at the were saying Thailand was Indonesia because I would say go to Indonesia. No, but Malaysia's at the bottom of Thailand. That's why I said go to Thailand

instead of Malaysia. Right, right. Keep going for a little bit. I mean, it's got its own world of problems. But they don't whip lesbians. But they don't publicly whip lesbians.

Unless they want to be. Correct. That is consented public whipping. Well, there's doors. Or at least there's sort of a red curtain-y situation. So today's fact of the day is in Indonesia, in Surabaya, Indonesia, you can pay for the bus with plastic waste.

Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. The unthinkable happened yesterday Facebook and Instagram for 90 minutes was down and 90 minutes and WhatsApp as well because they own that yeah they own that as well

and they did the frustrating thing when you log in it said on Facebook, your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes. But on Instagram, it said, we couldn't connect to Instagram. Make sure you're connected

to the internet and try again. I am so proud of myself because I didn't see either of those messages. So that means I wasn't like, I don't know. I can't account for that 90 minutes you're on. I don't have an alibi. I tried to refresh my feed and noticed it wasn't.

And I was in the middle of chatting to people as well. That was the only thing I noticed is I was trying to send somebody a message and it just kept saying, can't send it. I knew it was back on when my phone went, bing, bing, bing, bing. And it was just a whole bunch of thumbs up from my mum. Right.

And I was like, what's happening? And she's like, oh, none of them were sending, so I just kept clicking it. But 90 minutes worldwide, that is huge. Because I always remember the movie when Mark Zuckerberg yells at everyone. Yeah, I always think about that. I'm like, is he yelling now?

Even if it goes down for a minute. He yells at Spider-Man, yeah. I just quickly Googled. The only article I found is from 2014 when Facebook went down then. And Facebook is worth a heck of a lot of money now, like four years later. Yeah. If Facebook goes down for an hour, $1.46 million. $24,000 a minute is how much they lose.

Is that American? 24,000 times 90. Go. Well, no. A day is $35.1 million. $1.4 per hour. $2.16 million US dollars. Yeah.

Wow. And that's just Facebook though, right? That doesn't count Instagram or WhatsApp. 2.4 per hour. 2.16 million US dollars. Yeah. Wow. And that's just Facebook though, right? That doesn't count Instagram or WhatsApp. Yeah, exactly. Well, this is just from, and from 2014. So it's worth a heck of a lot more now. So here was Defts yelling at someone. Oh, there would have been some yelling in the Facebook offices.

Yeah. For sure. And that's like Instagram makes a heck of a lot of money now as well. Yeah. And it didn't in 2014. Yeah. You couldn't advertise on there. So, yeah.

Plus, like, what were we supposed to do? I know, right? So rude. Talk to people. It was pretty weird. It was horrible, wasn't it? Social interaction. Bizarre.

Must have been what it was like being a cowboy. Except no horses. Which I would have thought Would have been a positive Of being a cowboy But then why didn't you get a horse?