Is it just Marcus, or have Bic Clic pens gotten really bad?And what else used to be great, and is now awful?LISTEN ABOVE

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Bic Pens and Butter Conditioners

Does anyone know when the hazard light flick started to be used as the universal message for "thanks for letting me into the gap in traffic"?And speaking of car lights, what is the parking light actually for?LISTEN ABOVE

The Hazard Light Wave

Ever wondered what to use to make your pies pastry lid stay crispy and not go soggy? The answer is a pie funnel.So what should you use if you don't have one? An egg up, apparently.But what about if you don't have any egg cups? What then?And on and on it goes.LISTEN ABOVE

Pie Funnels and Egg Cups

Sometimes it takes an incorrect caller to get a true expert on the line, and that was the case with Joe and ice skating.LISTEN ABOVE

Ice Skating on Lake Ida

After talking about roundabouts for a bit, the chat turns to films that feature car chases, and collectible cars.LISTEN ABOVE

Car Chases and Cars You Can't Drive

There's nothing Marcus finds more annoying than people who are constantly late to things.Well, maybe people who don't indicate properly at roundabouts is up there too.LISTEN ABOVE

Lateness and Roundabouts

It used to be that when we didn't like how a Government was going, we'd say we'd vote them out at the next election, so when did that turn into wanting them arrested and violently attacked?LISTEN ABOVE

All of a sudden overthrowing government is a thing

Who knew New Zealand had such a rich history of manufacturing cars? Apparently, quite a few callers did - and they were very generous with their information and stories on the show tonight!LISTEN ABOVE

Made in New Zealand

After a little bit of Covid talk, discussion moved to how people are getting on after ex-cyclone Dovi swept through the country over the weekend.Hundreds of homes around New Zealand are (at the time of the show) still without power, and that's causing some problems.LISTEN ABOVE

The power's gone out and I can't get into my garage

After hearing Clive's Covid recovery story (and a shoutout to the folks at Tauranga Hospital), talk turned to seagulls.LISTEN ABOVE

Seagulls stole my pie

After watching the anti-mandate protest live stream all day, Marcus and his callers reviewed what they saw.LISTEN ABOVE

Reviewing the Protest Livestream

Yesterday they arrived, and today a few of them tried to breach the police barricade and get into Parliament.It's a shame the protestors don't seem to know what they're doing there.LISTEN ABOVE

The protest is seemingly pointless and that's a shame

Andy and his friends are going to canoe the Whanganui River, and we get talking about drinks that are purposely salted to quench thirst.LISTEN ABOVE

Thirst Quenching Salty Water

Thanks to an out-of-nowhere topic shift from Barry, we dive deep into the world of real fruit ice cream - including the people who use them, and one of the guys who builds them here in NZ and sends them all over the world.LISTEN ABOVE

Real Fruit Icecream

NZ Rugby has confirmed the beginning of this year's Super Rugby season will take place in a bubble in Queenstown and Invercargill (which means they listened to Marcus suggest this back in April 2020).And that phosphorus event in Dunedin had us talking about matches made in New Zealand.LISTEN ABOVE

Super Rugby and making matches in NZ

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