ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley: Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 5th October 2023

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Fleshwater and Haley's Little Bit of Pod.

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Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod.

And we mentioned on the big pod your parents have landed back.

They have, yeah.

Well, I thought they were landing tomorrow

because I know you pissed off at me

because I'm bailing on that gym for the second time this week.

You're only bailing on yourself.

Yeah, I know.

Oh, fuck off, my heart, my candy.

I know.

I, yeah.

Look, I know, but I'm going to go pick them up

and we're going to have a nice afternoon together.

We're going to spend our birthday weekend together.

And then you were like, where are you picking them up from?

I was at their hotel in Parnell,

which is a very bougie part of Auckland.

But also, I'm not even aware of that many hotels in Parnell.

No, it's a motel.

Isn't it a motel?

I think it might be a motel.

It's hotel.

A moterin.

A hotel at a stretch.

An absolute pinch.

And this is, we've been roasting you

because this is the absolute epitome of boomer accommodation.

Boomer.com.

Yeah.

Like boomers love a motel.

But my parents aren't boomer-y.

And a moterin.

I know my parents are not boomer-y.

They're bougie.

My parents.

Yeah, that's why I'm really surprised by this.

But parents love a cheap, not over-the-top accommodation.

And she loves the area.

So she's like, it's good for walks to go see all the nice houses

and the nice eateries and stuff.

And she's like, well, we just put our bags down there.

Literally, if you booked it.

Hey, hey, I'm looking at the, I'm looking at their website.

I'm looking at their food.

Doesn't look too bad.

So this is why my mum stays there.

The food is amazing.

And she says they do a nice pork belly.

Check out that pie.

Yeah, but it looks like the hotel at a stretch looks like it's from like the 40s.

Yeah, it is.

It's got one of those roofs that I don't even reckon is 2.4.

Yeah.

It's almost lower than 2.4, 2.2, let's say.

And it's like stippled, you know, with the asbestos.

Yeah.

The old asbestos.

They get a bargain and parents get set in their ways.

They do.

They all just peruse this booking site and just find the nicest but cheapest.

Same.

Hotel.

Also just to reiterate, listen up.

This is so far away from my house.

Like they're only in Auckland to see me.

So far away from my house.

Yeah.

Admittedly, like when the time comes that I've got my house up and running, they'll

just stay with us.

But I don't want them to.

They've got fucking bed bugs.

Oh, yeah.

So they've been in France and we mentioned this on the big pod.

These are like, how does an entire city get overrun by bed bugs?

Yeah.

I know there was a story about it.

Was it the MGM or one of the hotels in Vegas had a real problem?

Did it?

Because I'm guessing that once they're out in a room, they kind of just like, walk around.

Yeah.

It's just sort of everywhere in Paris.

Oh, they're going to be in their suitcases.

You're not putting their suitcases anywhere near you, are they?

No, I'm not.

Your parents are staying 29 kilometres from your house.

Yeah.

And they are staying 2.5 kilometres from Fletch.

Yeah.

Whose parents are these people?

Yeah, I know.

And my father-in-law just says, this is the thing about Fletch will pop around and help

them if they've got any 10 questions.

No, he won't.

He won't.

He won't.

He certainly won't.

He certainly won't.

Go get bed bugs from my parents.

He'll avoid that at all costs.

My parents this summer, we went away with them last summer and I honestly think, I'm the

only child my parents can travel with.

Like, because everybody's pretty relaxed.

Yeah.

And my kids are pretty chill kids.

But like, and there's only two of them, whereas my brother and sister have both got three,

but mum said to me the other day, she's like, I don't want to push her luck, but would

you guys, do you guys want to do a week away again at the beach?

And we'll split the accommodation.

And she said, we'll pay for the accommodation.

Oh, yes.

As long as Shadda finds it.

Because that's, my mum's the same.

She'll be like, we only know that place.

We only know that place with the one fold out bed.

You know, and your father likes it because it costs 10 cents a night to stay at.

And they have free coffee.

It's terrible, terrible, terrible coffee, but they have free coffee.

Yeah.

And it freaks them out.

Shadda is just folks.

There, that's where we want to stay.

There's five places.

That one's nice.

It's got a pool.

It's a bit more expensive, but it's got all the pool.

It's got a click book.

And my mum's just like, she does it so quickly.

She does it so quickly.

She does it.

She's a wizard.

She doesn't think about it overnight.

When does she have a panic attack about it?

I don't.

Yeah.

But they like what they know and they know what they like.

Yeah.

They know the routine.

They know the cafe nearby.

They're doing that.

Yeah.

They know what it is.

Going to get an Uber out to my house.

Yeah.

Or for me to come and pick them up.

Anyway.

Look, I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Bed bugs and all.

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