August 14, 2024 • 45 mins
ON THE SHOW TODAY:
- The ultimate hype man
- The bell is back!
- Jono's hit boomer mode
- Rubbing a pregnant ladies belly…
- That’s an unusual gift!
- What happened to the internet stars of the 2000s?
- Ben's daughter puts him in a weird situation!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This Gentleman Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey, that's us broad to you by HelloFresh the Experts
and tastes.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
That Kiwi's yellow taxi.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
And we're wondering about our big yellow torch, the torch
that we started over a week ago. We turned it
on a Dolphin torch, and we wanted to know when
the batteries would run out. They're not new batteries, by
the way, and they're still well. They were still going
yesterday around about this time. Of course, the closest person
to guessing that the time that the torch ends will
(00:28):
win five hundred dollars. You can do that at the
Hats Breakfast on Facebook. We've left it with the lovely
security team here.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Think of think of all the stuff that's happened since
last Wednesday, so much at Raygun breakdownser the closing ceremony
just wild, so met.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Cash rates been changed, mythies.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
We've had it all and this all the way through
this Blacks Last the torch has just been shining consistently
and not fading, not dipping at all, lighting up the
hearts of New Zealanders.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
This torch.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Please submit your entry as to when you think this
thing might run out of bed so you can hit
to the hits breakfast on on Facebook. But we did
leave it with security. But our usual security guard, Gunjin,
he's not on today. No, we've got someone else. Do
you want to go into you I've dold my phone.
Do you want to go out and do a live report? There?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
You go, take that.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Big voice reporting live. Tell us what you're seeing. Paint
some pictures with words there, Ben, you know you know
your job.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Well, I can see you right now because I'm still
in the same room. Is that what you wanted?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, paint the pictures? What do you What do I
look like?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Well, a little tired for the start of the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But a little tired, old dusty, bit puffy. Yeah, I
couldn't lose a few CAGs.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
You're up here, You're really okay. I'm walking in across
to the reception area here. Jimmy, Jimmy's always wearing shorts
and now what the weather is?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah, We've got Jimmy who works in facilities shorts and
a T shirt every day. Ye.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
What's still going? Is it's still going? Can I just
have a quick look at it?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
It's still going, It's still going in the box?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Still go still Yeah, still go.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Way she was, what does Jimmy, What does Jimmy have
to say?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I see Jimmy there.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
In a short Jimmy's about to loft twenty nine years.
What do you have to say, Jimmy? Why?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Why? That was?
Speaker 4 (02:13):
That is lifting in his shorts? He's ever wearing nothing
but short. Well he's got more stuff on but short
at the weather and he's living, honestly about twelve years
by himself.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I'd love a guy around the office he just wear
shorts and nothing else, just to go, just wear shorts.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
So so there we go. The torch still shining.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
So that means the five hundred dollars the cash prize
is still up for grabs and you can enter. As
we said, let's breakfast on Facebook. I genuinely have concerns
that this thing is going to outlive us.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I know, still it's still going. It's still pretty impressive.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, so just it was, you know, nothing to dot
do with the Olympics, but of our phone. Better.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
He's had the determination of this bettery that never run out.
Are you speaking of determination you wife, Amanda?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Oh yeah, I went and watched my daughter do cross
country the other day, and you know, it's she was
actually she like trained for it. She was really into it.
You know, she wanted to do she wanted to do
really well. But what and she did a great job.
But what really impressed me as well with my wife's
a teacher and what I got to see. I stood
next to her and the first time I'd witnessed her
in a cross country environment, and she very supportive, Like
(03:23):
if the Olympic team needs some help next Olympics, I mean,
get Amanda over there.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Haven't listen to this is just a quick bit.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Let's go girls, got those says here we go, Let's go.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Harry Nice was Harry picking up up and this was
like the whole time I was on there for twenty minutes.
She was just just the ultimate hype person. I mean,
we've we talked about Flavor, Flavor, we talked about other
people as hype people.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
But my wife was, geez, she's good. She she's got
a wolf whistle on her. When she wolf whistles, wolves
and Siberia come running. It's that loud.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
She's like, she's got the off of the scaffold of
full stories up your So you have very great.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Hats that John and Ben Podcasts so fine with your kids.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It feels like kids ask you questions you're throughout your thing,
or you know, they'll come back with sayings and things
and bits and pieces no matter what it is. But
sometimes you're in the mood for what they have to say.
Other times you just want you're just in the middle
of getting stuff done.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And you want to you want to straight answers.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I just want to.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I just you know me when I get into into
your things, and then when people question those things. You
get a lot of questions in your job and lots
of things, and then suddenly you get questions from the kids.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Easily flustered. I don't need this right now, I have
one of those any one of the fine.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
One of the greatest joys in life is watching Ben
Boyce and a cleaning frenzy. Now he doesn't do it regularly,
every like sort of three times a year.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It'll just won't. You won't know when it's going to come.
It will just come. And when he's at.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Work here in the studio, pull everything's going everything's going out.
He's trying to pull the microphones out, he's chucking out
the posters, displays, boxes.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You're like, it's all going to be but it's not regular.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, yesterday afternoon I had it's have to do, you know,
things to do, and was trying to get through a
whole lot of them, as it do, and was on
a bit of a I guess a ramp page of
just getting stuff done.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Because you've got to do list every day. And I
was starting to run out of time.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And I was going to pick my daughter up from
Nitble after a Nitble practice, and I picked her up,
done that, done, tacked that off the to do list,
and then on our way home we had to swing
past and other friends late in the day. They said, hey,
can we borrow some costumes for tomorrow for something?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
You know? And you're the costume.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I better go to the garage. Put that on my
swing pack. They passed their place on the way home,
and so I made my daughter. I said, I was
just pulled on the drive. I didn't have time to
go on because you know I didn't. It's like, can
you go and just drop it on the doorstep. I'll
text them when I get home saying it's there, just.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Just do it.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I'm even watching him now, he's just like veins are popping.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
To do it, to go home, cock, dinner, all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
What happens if you get to the end of a
day and all of the.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Your parents will not to go home, cook, turn, feed,
the animals, to walk down you know, all these things
will bounding up and pulled in the drive. I was like, see,
I could just run this into the doorstep. She comes
back with, why do they want to borrow the costumes? Well,
I don't know. I hadn't even asked that question. I
don't know, and I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
I just don't.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I don't And I sort of came back with her,
I don't know, they just do. They don't snap back
and she was like, well hang on, and she stopped.
She's like, I need to ask questions. I'm going to
ask questions. What if you were asking me? And this
is where she jumped from zero to one hundred.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What if you were asking me to put drugs on
their doorstep?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
That's what she came back, I'd be asking I'd be
asking questions then, and I'm like, yes, what if you were.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Asking me to drop a baggar lollies to the Augland
City Mission.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, and that's where I was like, I can't see
you know, you've really just like from from Mike Wazowski costume.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Drug Terriffic. I'm like, really, you can see your dad's.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
A little stress and that's because he's got a lot
of gear on board. Okay, I need to get it
out of the car as soon as possible. Yeah, anyway,
if the cops over right now, we're done for.
Speaker 6 (07:08):
The heads that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Taylor, You've got a bran new podcast. It's out today.
Another episode the Montoyas.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Yep, three drops today.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
It's good.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
I've listened to a couple of episodes. It's very entertaining.
Here's a little snippet from today's episodes.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Is how everything goes with us.
Speaker 8 (07:24):
As I'm getting ready, You're sitting in the room, I'm
in the shower, and you're and you're screaming in the background,
mass mass, I have nothing to wear. I'm sick of
hearing the same thing every time I took your shopping
on the weekend. I'm sick of seeing you walking around
and not respecting yourself. So we took out it's true.
Speaker 9 (07:42):
Respecting myself, Well, what is that supposed to me?
Speaker 7 (07:46):
I don't have respect for myself.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Dress respectable, Love.
Speaker 7 (07:50):
You try and look good carrying twins.
Speaker 8 (07:53):
You look gorgeous?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Please?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Is it for the podcast? Just of your relations there's
all the podcast, the recordings of the relationship.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
That's Marcelo and Taylor's podcast.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I have an issue with the podcast though. Oh god, okay,
now the poster. You got a poster.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's you and like in the wedding dress and masters
the thing. Now on the poster there's a star rating
four and a half. So now I'm like, this poster
was out before the podcast was out. Let's gives now
now this is now here's my issue. Yeah, if you
have the option to give yourself a star rating, which
clearly you have, what.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Have you got?
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Full five?
Speaker 7 (08:28):
We had no say on the star rating.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Who did the star rating?
Speaker 9 (08:31):
I heart radio because I said the same thing. I
was like, how do you who's this person? Let me
meet them? And they're like, oh, you know, it's like humble.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Podcast.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
If you hit the option, Okay, let's give out this
show a star rating. If we have the option, you're
going to go five every time, even though it's not true.
You're going to give five.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
But they're knowing we're probably two and a half. Let's
give us three.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
One star review.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
But yeah, I heart radio and get them on toys.
But we're very happy for you, so stoked that you
have twins on the way.
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Thank you, very excited.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Have you found the journey so fast?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Hard?
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Yeah, doubly hard.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I imagine so hard.
Speaker 9 (09:12):
Yeah, they reckon it's because it's double hormone, so it
literally is just crazy.
Speaker 7 (09:18):
I'm trying to look for a nicer word.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Getting up in the morning early, yeah, all the stuff
going on, Yeah, be pretty texting.
Speaker 9 (09:25):
My insomnia was wild the first three months for some reason.
That was one of the pregnancy side effects my body
chose to give me, and that was just not fun.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Yeah. Some people are like, I just love being pregnant.
You one of those.
Speaker 7 (09:38):
No, look at me. I'm so you're not, you know, nice.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
If you just dressed respectively.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
There are when Gin was pregnant, there are some people
who are like, really into pregnant ladies.
Speaker 9 (09:54):
Yeah, only fans category. I'm going to pat it to
Marcello next week on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Some Cash Maternity Mate. But there's something that people are
doing to you regain which I find very amusing.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
I'm sure John I beg but.
Speaker 9 (10:11):
Would dream as a person that was just like bending
down and basically holding on.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
To the belly.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
Yeah yeah, and touching the belly. Actually surprised you haven't done.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
It to me. You would have definitely done I won't lie.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's very tender, like it just looks like something you
want to get your hands on and rub, because I've
rubbed a lot of things in my life, shoulders with
bad people.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Let's make my stomach not one of those people have
been rubbing your some inundated idle heads on the weekend.
I'm I'm made of honor in a wedding, and mate,
every time someone walked into the hotel, oh my god,
and they put your hands to their hand on my sake,
and then whilst their hands on my skin, they.
Speaker 7 (10:50):
Go, you don't mind this, do you? Well, it's a
bit late now.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
So sometimes strangers like work for colleagues and the workplace
are coming up and giving them.
Speaker 9 (10:57):
A rub for sure, for sure, And I guess it's
because their mothers.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
So they're kind of like, oh, well, people did it
to me.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yeah, thanks.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Maybe maybe if you're rubbing, a genie will come out,
something will come out, maybe the genie.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
I don't think they can feel you either, so I
don't know what you're to do.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Should I birth?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just to give your reaction, you could say, if you
keep rubbing it, it's yours, find us keeper. So i'd
the heads, this is what we what we want to
open up. Belly rubbers anonymous, Well, it won't be anonymous
because you'll say your name, have your head? You belly
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rubbed while being pregnant.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Do you say, do you say? Do you say something?
Speaker 7 (11:41):
Or you're just like I'm like, oh, I know, it's okay. Yeah,
I get scared to be like, oh no, put your
hands off me.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Even again twenty twenty four. I'm surprised it's still happening
as much as you're saying it is. Absolutely Yeah, the
hat's four four eight seven. When you're pregnant, or if
you are pregnant right now, you're getting your belly rubbed.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Do your mind? Like do your mind?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Or it like public property like someone's wheeling when it's
out on a anyone can.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Use its The John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Talking to an article and the New York Post at
the moment, they've done a bit of a scientific discovery,
and they reckon washing your apples doesn't really get rid
of the pesticides. Or doesn't know they're putting it under
the water. They're like, hey, even peeling, even peeling the
deep Yeah, it's basically it's going through the peel and
into the into the things.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
So that's they say.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Peeling will help if you take off the outer layer,
but washing it underwater doesn't.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Oh well, I mean, what's a few pesticides here and there?
Speaker 1 (12:35):
You Yeah, a few chemicals, pestide.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Good, fear, good for your immune system. The Remember we
had some sort of organic person coming once and they're like,
what I do is I like to rest all of
my produce in the sink with like a vinegar.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Mix and water. And I went home and did that once.
Oh Jesus can deal with.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
What starts to rotten about or two hours, doesn't It doesn't.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Yeah, I don't know. Are you mean to leave it
in there? Is that what you do?
Speaker 6 (13:03):
No?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
You put your soaking in there and you do your
dare putings down and I'm like dabbing a parson up,
going what am I doing with my life? Yeah? But anyway,
just enjoy the piste of sides. You're everywhere now producing Taylor,
she will be avoiding pest of sides.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You've got twins on.
Speaker 9 (13:20):
The way growing my own piesticides currently a couple of
pists inside you.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
But so, one thing that people keep doing consistently, consistently
is rubbing your belly.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Yeah, strangers feeling very comfortable with it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
They are.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, it's like bubble wrap. Those are the pregnant belly.
You just want to get your hands on it.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Let's see. He's definitely be not now.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (13:49):
And also, while we're on this topic, when we're in public,
can you stop saying are you pregnant?
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Taylor?
Speaker 9 (13:56):
And also commenting on my photo last night? Are you pregnant?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
I did it the other day in the office. I
was like, Taylor, are you preggers? And she's like no.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
And then there's this guy who he didn't know either
of us really, he was just looking on George dropped
the ground.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He wasn't doing as a skit. She was put to
get to this day. So we take you.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
We'll go out there with you and then.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We don't know each other and you're like, oh, you're pregnant.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
You're like no, and see what.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
You could do that in the bus stop was like, oh,
what are you expecting? I'm not have just been at
a buffet or something. Yeah, it'll be great.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
We've got to do that.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
But it's pregnant belly. Have you had your pregnant belly rubbed?
Are you a rubber or are you pro rubbing? Anti rubbing?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Let's get Paul on. Have you had your pregnant belly rubbed? Paul?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:46):
But your thoughts? Have you?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Are you thought this feels like a very inappropriate call
with Paul? Are you four rubbing or against rubbing?
Speaker 10 (14:52):
Paul against? My wife was pregnant and really used to
annoy me.
Speaker 8 (14:56):
I think it's just one stick down from sea arrestment.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Really pretty much. You're right, you take away, you know,
for some reason we think it's all right. Would people
wouldn't come up to you normally?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Would they do?
Speaker 7 (15:07):
Because I'm hit them?
Speaker 9 (15:09):
But it's so true, especially where they feel in the
stummy it's quite low.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
So you're right, Paul, I never even thought of that.
Speaker 10 (15:17):
Yeah, but none of my friends come up to me
and rubbed the part of me that was involved with it.
Speaker 11 (15:25):
I wish more of them did. That's a good point,
So good you would, Marcella out the bouts come out?
You got all rights, are brilliant, col mate.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
We'll see you have some help beat have a great day.
Speaker 6 (15:47):
The hits that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Mortgage relief and the surprise oh cr text rate cut.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
I love it because I'm watching I'm watching being panic
grab the front of the New Zealand here to try
and pretend he knows what he's talking about.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Oh, I mean the banks have chopped the interest rates
joh to homeowners on the back of the Reserve Bank announcement.
I think it's all self explanatory, no further questions, mate.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
There's good news.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
That is good news. Overall, survive to twenty five. That's
what everyone's been saying. Hopefully this is.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
The turning point for everyone. Yeah, now speaking of the
bank actually says and this is an unnecessary pressure in life. Well,
I shouldn't say necessary, because it's probably quite necessary. But
the bank password, which is necessary actually, but sometimes you know,
when you log onto your bank thing with your phone,
it like scans your face, right, So that's how I
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enter into the banking app. But I was having to
do some stuff on my laptop computer and so that
that was requiring me to put in my actual.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Password, and I couldn't for the life of me.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Remember, I was you know, I was about eighty five
percent sure of this password, and you're into ridden, No,
that's not the password.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Then you're into the same part.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
For some reason, you need to it exactly the same password,
and you go, no, the website, mate, come on, you're sure, yeah,
and I did that three times, because sometimes you.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Do, you get a digit wrong or a letter wrong.
So you're like, I've got to injur it again, just
to make sure, just to make sure. But the problem
is you've got so many different passwords these days.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I know, and that's it, and I got three passwords deep.
Now the bank websites like, hey, buddy, you've only got
two more attempts at this, and that is pressure, that
is real. And I'm like, okay, well I've used the
same one three times. Is the website wrong?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
No?
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Probly you start to blame the website, but you know, actually,
step back, why would a bank's website be wrong for.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
An everyday person. This is as close as we're going
to get to. You know, we watch the pop holding
or the high jump and they're like, you've had two
failed attempts. As your last attempt to win an Olympic gold.
Hamish Kerr and he had to get that last jump
for New Zealand. This is like the moment, this is
as close as we get.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
And so you know that me and on the internet,
all those mathematical equations start coming sort of floating around
in the air. That's you and you're like, okay, it
could be any number of three hundred and twenty passwords
I've made up for websites. You know, some include braille, highlogriphics,
you name it. And then I got to us with
four fail, had one attempt left five seems like a
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reasonable amount of leeway the band, because you know, I
blame in the bank for this idiot.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
If you can't get in five five. The was a lot.
That is many chances.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
First one nailed it, plucked it out of thin air,
and it was nervous types of the keyboard because I
don't know how long you're locked out for.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Well, that's right.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Sometimes you just have to go the whole I forgot
my password and then they send you an email, then
you have to read it and then you change your
password again. Good A good thing I saw on social
media that day. Well, actually an interesting thing when it
comes to passwords, because you know, you just mentioned how
you have to add all these unique things, new.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Characters, underscores, numbers. Sometimes you want to put it in Chinese,
just to mix things up.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
This guy was like, here's my streaming, my streaming, you know,
just to watch the show on my streaming service, I've
got to have like eight letters, a number of emoji.
My college roommates made a name, a hieroglyphic, whatever, you know.
And then he's like, ATM, just four numbers, just any
four numbers. When you think of consistently, you're talk about that,
and the same with the bank. You think about all
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the things you get online, but you just walk up
to simple numbers.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
And I've heard those four numbers for twenty eight years
and they have never done me wrong in those four numbers.
In fact, if anyone finds out those four numbers, they
pretty much got access to my life.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
But yeah, there's a very fair point. That's a really
really good point. There's just four numbers, the four number system.
Has it done us wrong? Never?
Speaker 3 (19:27):
Well, I've been until now No Samon came in and
started adding and at symbols and everything. You're right, but
there you go an unnecessary pressure in life, and there's
a lot of them to group texting. Another one for
me don't get Me started. The WhatsApp group chet Geez
that moves at.
Speaker 6 (19:41):
The pace the heads that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Megan Purpos's Away this Week got Coviderere on a zoom
meeting with her yesterday.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Hilarious.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
She's like.
Speaker 6 (19:54):
It.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
She was like, I'll be in tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
We're like, mate, you sound a little CROCD. You don't
have to push it. You're like fine, and.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You were like, honestly, stay home.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
I think she spoke to a boss on the phone
and he was on the radio talk about that.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
But we wish you the best recovery. It really hs
different people in different ways. Some people just fly through
and don't have anything.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
I think depending on how it happened, Like any time
when you get a coffer a cold, it can hit you.
I hear talk about COVID, felt that Covid said a
lot as I want to talk about Mark Zuckerberg, of course,
the founder of Facebook owns Meta and he gave his
wife a gift.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's a birthday. Lovely. He didn't didn't forget.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Firstly, well done Zuckerberg and the.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Gift that he got and I guess he's got squallions
of dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
So you know, what do you get? You get someone
you got that much.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
You would you would reach a stage where you're like,
there was literally nothing else I can buy for myself.
You know, imagine being at that stage of life. We're like,
I can't think of anything.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
If I want it, I'll get it. Yeah, but I can't.
I'm gone at all.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So he got his wife a seven foot statue of
her that sits out in the backyard. And so it's
green with a large silver cloaks.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
He's basically said he's.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Trying to bring back the Roman tradition of sculptures of
your wives.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
She looks it's like a marine colored green, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Yeah, that's it's out in the backyard.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
She says she loves it, which is great, and I'm
not saying that she doesn't love it, but I feel
like it's a I don't.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Know how where he got How did he get there? Like,
how's that's what I'll get?
Speaker 3 (21:31):
A statue? Yeah, a statue bloody and convenient when you're
moving house too. Better not forget the seven foot statue
of myself? And do you want a statue? Of yourself,
like into your backyard. It's a lovely gesture.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
But I have a big fiberglass cow and that's yeah,
but it's not me. It's not me or my wife.
It would be a bit odd. I mean, at least
she didn't get it. At least well he didn't get
it of himself, I guess in some ways.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Yeah, so that's what we want to fourth for eight seven.
What's the most unusual gift you have received. It could
be a work gift to leaving prison sometime, your hand over,
leaving presents, and you're like, there's no thought being put
into this.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
You're just happy to see this person.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Go oh, like you're with that secret Santa that time
that the person didn't know about the joke that was
going on in the office, and you gave well.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah, there was a hot guy in the office and
everyone was like, oh, I'd love to get on his rig.
That's what all the girls were saying. And I thought, oh,
I thought this was like a common bit of banter.
And so I turned up and I had repurposed a
bottle of baby oil, and I said, this is.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
You're right on an oil for the wreck, oil for
the ring, like an oil rig.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
He opened it up in front of everyone, and I
was like, oil for the wreck? What's that man? Anyone
deathly silent?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
And I thought, oh, I thought this was a common joke,
but apparently they call that sexual harassment.
Speaker 11 (22:41):
I wanted to go and because we say you got
a nice wreck, you know, I.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Was kind of like coughing.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
I was like, cause you got a hot body body
wreck the wing rub it on your body.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And so he was very and that humbles you as
a secret center giver. You don't want to leave the
gift to receive a confused.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
The heads that jonaan Ben.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Podcast, Mark Zuckerberg hit of Facebook. He has purchased his
wife a statue of herself seven foot statue being.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Boy siven foot that's sort of green marine green. Yeah,
with a sort of silver sort of cloak, sort of
looks like wings. It's it's cool looking statue, But what
do you say? His reasoning was it was basically to
bring it back to like the Roman times where people
would you know, would get statues made of their of
their wives.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Yeah, he's trying to bring back the mate. We're not
all Mark zuckerbiog. We can't afford to make statues of
our wives.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Or did loved ones and stuff like that. You know,
He's like, yeah, I'm going to honor my wife with that,
and she stoked.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
His wife's like, just buy me into the house. Can
we make a statue of you and put it up
in master?
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Been grew up a master. T No.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
But out of all the people that grew up a master,
and I don't even I don't deserve a statue.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Jermaine Clement's cond Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Brian Lahore, you know the legendary record.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
What about like a paper measure one? So eventually it
just just integrates overtime.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
It'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
I'll be the first to ventialize my mindsettue, that's for sure.
Definitely don't deserve that.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Strangers gift to receive, like Matt Zucherberg's wife telephone.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
No, but let's get say on the phone, how are
you saying?
Speaker 12 (24:18):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Great to have you on.
Speaker 12 (24:20):
I'm listening to you.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah, fun listening to us and listen all the shows
about mate, this is hardheading news.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
You mean to know me to be having fun listening
to this program? Say what was yeah?
Speaker 12 (24:32):
My going to work? Yeah, going to work?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
What's the most unusual gift. That did you receive this gift?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
What was it?
Speaker 12 (24:39):
Yes, I received this gift from a boyfriend at that
time of two weeks. It was a special occasion and
it was a frame, and I was just like, Okay,
he doesn't have to give me something special because it's
just two weeks, nothing special, just casual. But it was
a frame of a photo of himself. So not you,
(25:00):
that's not you, and now he's my husband.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Oh work, Do you still have that photo frame?
Speaker 6 (25:08):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I do.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
I love the confidence that this guy that's a big
that's a big power move that is.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
That's a good looking guy. You should put that up.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Now you're in the frame with him. Hopefully he's still
just putting up pictures of himself.
Speaker 10 (25:23):
Not much much.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
He's button off that. Yeah, I'm going to see you
some hell pizza. We really appreciate your call. It's a
good one, every.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Good one, so appreciate it time, Mesa, you're on, I'mzsa
and PAUI.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
How are you good?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Thank you?
Speaker 12 (25:36):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Lovely?
Speaker 3 (25:37):
I always feel like we're in the rovers return when
we're talking to Mesa.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Mesa Strangers gift you've.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
Received Paris scissors.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Oh handy too. Did you have scissors?
Speaker 12 (25:51):
And yeah, but they're always you know, but you always
lose all the blood.
Speaker 5 (25:55):
And it was from my husband to Christmas and everybody lacks.
Speaker 12 (26:00):
But I'll tell you what, it's the best present.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I've ever had. And he knew that. He knew that
given to.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
You peris scissors for Christmas purchase last minute.
Speaker 12 (26:10):
But he did never go.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
And she loves those scissors. Wow, that's great, Missa. Well
there you go, take your word for it. Yeah, that's britniant.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I mean you're going to tell your frying pins story
again when you go to frying pain to Amanda. But
gets some scissors for Amanda. Ellie, you're on Welcome Strangers
gift you've received.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
Lad call a paper in handy tail.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So did you start did you start saying glad rep?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Yeah, glad rep.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Yep, call a paper handy tell from my mother in law.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Oh, well that's a thoughtful mother in law. I mean
there's stuff you're going to use. I guess.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:50):
I'd gone to Valentine's and been quite bad Jalla and
saw as me and my husband were going to end
up together, so she weaked down the road. But we're
still together thirty two years later.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
So yeah, still.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Using the glad rep handytaiels and toilet paper.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Absolutely.
Speaker 12 (27:09):
I think of it each time I.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Go to the.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Good On Yllie appreciate it. Now.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
We went to Spain very quickly for work. I felt
like we didn't even stay the night in Spain.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I think we arrived late. You're right, it's pretty much
twelve hours in Spain. Yeah, like the Madrid when after
watching the people that do this world sport where they
jump over balls.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Yeah, so it's not they're not like the bull fighting,
so it's hurting the balls. So the bulls run towards
these people and then they run towards the ball and
then they jump and flip over the ball as the
ball runs underneath them. When they do it, it looks majestic.
It's really it's a masterful art. You should YouTube. But
then we decided to give it a go. Okay, I
kind of got peer pressudent doing it. Now here's my issue,
(27:51):
and I know this brake's gone on long enough, so
I'll keep this quick. But then there was a thing
where we both had to hold the red the red
piece of cloth, so the bull knew where to rage
towards now.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
I was holding one side of the cloth and you
were holding the other side of running it. I'll be
front foot.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I ran away, the ball ran towards us, goes the
red cloth ran away scared.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
I didn't want to be there.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
I was left holding a red piece of cloth as
a bull as charging towards me.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
I get run over by the bull. I didn't jump
over the bull. I didn't have the athletic prow wars
smashed over by the bull. The bull's like head butting
me with its horns, and I'm stuck on the ground
going the bull.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
Anyway, this whole tragic at you know, traumatic event took place.
At the end of it, the mirror of the town
was there. He came out and has he had a ceremony,
and he handed me. It felt like he just pulled
a hanky chief out of his pocket and he said,
this is a.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Bib of bravery.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
And he tied it around my neck, this bib of bravery,
and off he went to the A and.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
E the heats that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
I was talking yesterday about words that wind you up.
Speaker 10 (28:53):
When people mispronounce tortilla and call it a tortilla.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I'm guilty of that.
Speaker 10 (29:01):
It drives me crazy.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
What do you correct them at the moment or do
you just silently see the way?
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Oh no, I correct them. And I used to work
in hospitality and I would correct customers.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
That's game, right, lady. I'm just trying to.
Speaker 12 (29:23):
I'd be like, oh, can I get the tortillas deck?
Speaker 10 (29:25):
And I'd be like, that's tortilla.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I'd be like, who's the salty tortilla? Lady, crack it
off at us eat tortillas fair enough.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
I saw we're coming here for Tortilla's kids.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
That's very good though.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
And where we're joined now actually by one of the
hosts from News Talks here b you heard them on
EIR on News Talks he bbing boys. Andrew Dickens, Welcome, Welcome,
have you here, former host of this story show, what's
the Triple? The audience back in your day, very very
very long time ago.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
It is a great show.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Well look what we've done to it now, mate, we're
trying to plug it back to where you had it.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
I'm just impressed you can remember now.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yesterday I was flocking around as I do, and I
heard you on New Silk z Bah You're on Mondays.
You did a great job there and you were getting
passionate about something to do with the Olympics.
Speaker 13 (30:16):
Oh well, actually it was the audience getting passionate about
it because the sports reader came on and said, well
this this country's won five bronzes, right, so that bronzes. Right,
So the Texas says there's no such thing as the bronzes.
You know what's that about?
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Because of course bronze is a describing word.
Speaker 13 (30:33):
John.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Old call it bronzes.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
Yeah, and in fact it describes the medals.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
So you know, can you say you can say golds,
can say golds or not say god?
Speaker 13 (30:42):
You could well no, because what gold? I mean gold?
Unleass you know gold? Well, it could be your teeth.
You can be talking about your teeth. He's got twenty
six great golds, you know. So you got to it's
a describing word, so you've got to have the actual word,
you know.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
So that we can't say.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Well, win's me up.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 13 (30:59):
When kids versed or verse messy high, oh my god,
I just go off, where are we going to go
and play today?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Kids?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Oh we're going to verse messy high? Well, you know
what got me and former promise to John Key was
a big one for this.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
He's a sickler for this.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
The textans he texts me, just text you don't need.
Speaker 13 (31:19):
To the other thing is, if you're going out, I'm
going out to get a couple of warrants for the car.
I'll get those warrants of fitness and scissors.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
Okay, so we can't say golds, bronzes or silvers.
Speaker 13 (31:31):
You can, but then you know, you've got to remember
English is a slut language and you can do whatever
you like.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
You know, did you ever say that in you many
years on Classic Kids?
Speaker 13 (31:40):
The English is a slight language all the time. Okay,
let me change, Let me change that. It is an evolving,
sary language well of great difficulty for anybody else who's
speaking as a second language.
Speaker 6 (31:54):
You know. Oh, Andrew will thank you very much for
coming hits that Johnaan Ben Podka.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
We were going to move on, but these calls and
texts keep coming through the most unusual gifts you've.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Received Grade TT four for seven.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
My husband, my ex husband, actually gave me a lawn
mower when we were together.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
One of those gifts we are like, who is that for? Yeah,
who's the gift for? Have you ever done one of those?
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Yeah, yeah, probably too too many times.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
That was yeah, the iron, the eye, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
Though, the iron the yeah, yeah, the frying pan.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I haven't done it.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Have you ever gifted him, because I know you're a
big fan of Funko pops.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
I haven't given a gifted one to Amanda.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I gave her the Bron James single. Though, What do
you want me to do with this? Well, she has
won and summertimes she will wear it. From times it's hard.
I don't think it's on her first choice of single
that so she wears, but she will put it off
from time to time.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Because you whenever you come out from a trip, you
come out with all this sports merch like US sports
merchandise for your wife wanting to dress it like a
frat boys.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
She does from time to time, and a lot of
it goes to the Jim Jim close you right or
just close for summertime? Beat you's hire. Why isn't this
on the.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Top, you know, the top brass clear as with us
under It's clear you received an unusual gift.
Speaker 10 (33:14):
Yes, indeed I did receive something very uncomfortable at all. Okay, yes,
well at the time, I was working for an insurance
company and at the end of my tamura I was
just basically having catch up with this guy who said, look, nothing,
(33:34):
it's just a casual catch up, just to say thank
you for all your work. But and then which led
to him coming up with this box box of like
you know, it was hired. It was looking very fancy,
and I'm like, oh, you don't have to because it
is unprofessional and I can't accept it, and said do
not open it now, but do it when you get home.
(33:56):
And when I opened it, it was like a box
of like toys, which was six toys, which was really really.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Uncomfortable to more at the time too the.
Speaker 10 (34:10):
Show, I think that would have been really uncomfortable.
Speaker 3 (34:15):
Okay, and so did you obviously this is one of
your clients.
Speaker 5 (34:19):
Yes.
Speaker 10 (34:20):
So then he followed up, I think it was like
sometimes in a few days or something, saying hey, what
did you think, And I said, well, I think it
was really not appropriate and I would have to report
this because I you know, as I've mentioned to him
like a few times that I had a partner, I
(34:40):
had a boyfriend, and that was just like this is borderline,
Like I think.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
It's gone beyond the borderline. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
And so because he's probably like, hey, well you haven't
thank you for the.
Speaker 10 (34:54):
Prison, I'm going to get a thank you, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Ah there we're going there hilarious.
Speaker 10 (35:00):
But at the same time, when you when I think
that it's hilarious then but yeah, it was just really uncomfortable.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
There was the day Ben was dropped as a client. Yeah,
it's a bit awkward. You're back to get it out,
but how did you like, I'm not getting involved in
So what do you do do you do to drop
those off? The soft plastics?
Speaker 10 (35:30):
I think I kept it because I was just like,
I don't know what to do. And then when I
moved I had to buffet. Was this was just like
something just you know, you don't know how to react
to something like that. Int He's like, oh, I don't ye.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Shot Brocht, but not that way, not that way.
Speaker 6 (35:50):
That's the hits that Joan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
It was a school in Addington, just in Canterbury that
had the bell taken. It was stolen in the weekend.
It's been around for a long time and we were
worried about it.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
We actually spoke to the principal yeah, since the eighteen
hundreds of this bell's been in the school, and the
principal of the school, Donna, joins us.
Speaker 12 (36:10):
Now more dinner, morning, the guys, how are you We're
doing all right?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The big news the bell. The bell's back.
Speaker 12 (36:17):
The bell is back. Baby.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
We can hear that, We can hear the joy in
your voice.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Donner.
Speaker 12 (36:24):
I just can't believe it. Yeah, what a.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Great I mean yeah, because it was a couple of
weeks ago we spoke to you. Someone had come to
the school this week.
Speaker 12 (36:31):
It got taken on the fourth and I spoke to
you a week ago.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
All right, your memories better than miner. We're just in
the trenches and your just saying stuff on the radio.
So we spoke last week.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
Well remember it finally and the bell had been taken,
and you put out a bit of a plea, and
so how did you get it back?
Speaker 12 (36:48):
I've got a phone call coind of yesterday just say
that someone had a bronze doun of brass boundry locally,
had had some scrap metal coming and they some of
the guys. You recognized the photo of the bell online
and thought, hang on, that looks like the one that
got the same and they thrusted all out and then
they rung up and I went around and I got
(37:08):
it and it was ours.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Ah, that is and the bells in full working order, is.
Speaker 12 (37:13):
It, No fraid not. But I mean the main part
of the in the history will stay, and that's we'll
get it fixed, and I think we'll be bringing it
in and out to special occasions, but we're going to
get it all judged.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Up, all polished, gets brasso on that sucker. So obviously the.
Speaker 12 (37:29):
New Clanger or clapper or whatever.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
You call the new Dinger, the Donga what it was,
right eighteen eighty one, that bell has been around.
Speaker 12 (37:41):
Yeah, they even tested it because it's made of something
that bells were never made of, you know, well were
they were made of that all those years ago, So
that was one of the other reasons they thought they
must it must have been that one. So yeah, seventeen
kgs the bells.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
Geez, that's a lot of bell And obviously they'd obviously sold.
Speaker 12 (37:59):
It, I think, So I just didn't ask too many questions.
I just used that it it came back to us,
and that the place that passed it on. We're just
so happy to be able to bring it back to us.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Right, that's where what good people there are out there.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
You know, there's a lot of there's a lot of
negative news in the world, but it's great to hear
a lovely story like this.
Speaker 12 (38:17):
Well that was the message for the kids. So I
drove up as close as I could to the playground
you stay, and then they were all there and we
carried it into tears and applause and the faces that
made it all with one because.
Speaker 2 (38:29):
Does the kids get to ring it? And my right
and saying at the end of the year they do.
Speaker 12 (38:32):
Yeah, so all those year sixers will be able to
ring that bell come December.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
It was really a great reflection of the New Zealand
news landscape as well, wasn't it.
Speaker 12 (38:43):
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
National news. A bell going missing. We're covering it. We're
even doing a follow up.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Right, we're in the middle of the winter. There's all
stalk of doom and gloom and stuff. It's not you know,
it's nice to go out.
Speaker 12 (38:57):
We'll just talk about the bell.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Yeah, you're right. And so do you want us to
go on the hunt for a donga?
Speaker 6 (39:03):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (39:03):
That might that might be dangerous.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
Yeah, yeah, you're right, Ex, I think we can go
into dog the duty.
Speaker 12 (39:10):
I'll do that myself, okay, all right, I'll leave it
in your head.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
Lovely talking to you. I'm so glad the bell was
back great years.
Speaker 12 (39:18):
Okay, thanks guys, have an awesome day.
Speaker 6 (45:14):
The Heads The johnaman Bean Podcast
This Gentleman Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hey, that's us broad to you by HelloFresh the Experts
and tastes.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
That Kiwi's yellow taxi.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
And we're wondering about our big yellow torch, the torch
that we started over a week ago. We turned it
on a Dolphin torch, and we wanted to know when
the batteries would run out. They're not new batteries, by
the way, and they're still well. They were still going
yesterday around about this time. Of course, the closest person
to guessing that the time that the torch ends will
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win five hundred dollars. You can do that at the
Hats Breakfast on Facebook. We've left it with the lovely
security team here.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Think of think of all the stuff that's happened since
last Wednesday, so much at Raygun breakdownser the closing ceremony
just wild, so met.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Cash rates been changed, mythies.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
We've had it all and this all the way through
this Blacks Last the torch has just been shining consistently
and not fading, not dipping at all, lighting up the
hearts of New Zealanders.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
This torch.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Please submit your entry as to when you think this
thing might run out of bed so you can hit
to the hits breakfast on on Facebook. But we did
leave it with security. But our usual security guard, Gunjin,
he's not on today. No, we've got someone else. Do
you want to go into you I've dold my phone.
Do you want to go out and do a live report? There?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
You go, take that.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
Big voice reporting live. Tell us what you're seeing. Paint
some pictures with words there, Ben, you know you know
your job.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
Well, I can see you right now because I'm still
in the same room. Is that what you wanted?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Yeah, paint the pictures? What do you What do I
look like?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Well, a little tired for the start of the morning.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
But a little tired, old dusty, bit puffy. Yeah, I
couldn't lose a few CAGs.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
You're up here, You're really okay. I'm walking in across
to the reception area here. Jimmy, Jimmy's always wearing shorts
and now what the weather is?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Yeah, We've got Jimmy who works in facilities shorts and
a T shirt every day. Ye.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
What's still going? Is it's still going? Can I just
have a quick look at it?
Speaker 3 (01:56):
It's still going, It's still going in the box?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Still go still Yeah, still go.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Way she was, what does Jimmy, What does Jimmy have
to say?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
I see Jimmy there.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
In a short Jimmy's about to loft twenty nine years.
What do you have to say, Jimmy? Why?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Why? That was?
Speaker 4 (02:13):
That is lifting in his shorts? He's ever wearing nothing
but short. Well he's got more stuff on but short
at the weather and he's living, honestly about twelve years
by himself.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I'd love a guy around the office he just wear
shorts and nothing else, just to go, just wear shorts.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
So so there we go. The torch still shining.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
So that means the five hundred dollars the cash prize
is still up for grabs and you can enter. As
we said, let's breakfast on Facebook. I genuinely have concerns
that this thing is going to outlive us.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
I know, still it's still going. It's still pretty impressive.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Yeah, so just it was, you know, nothing to dot
do with the Olympics, but of our phone. Better.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
He's had the determination of this bettery that never run out.
Are you speaking of determination you wife, Amanda?
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Oh yeah, I went and watched my daughter do cross
country the other day, and you know, it's she was
actually she like trained for it. She was really into it.
You know, she wanted to do she wanted to do
really well. But what and she did a great job.
But what really impressed me as well with my wife's
a teacher and what I got to see. I stood
next to her and the first time I'd witnessed her
in a cross country environment, and she very supportive, Like
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if the Olympic team needs some help next Olympics, I mean,
get Amanda over there.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Haven't listen to this is just a quick bit.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Let's go girls, got those says here we go, Let's go.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Harry Nice was Harry picking up up and this was
like the whole time I was on there for twenty minutes.
She was just just the ultimate hype person. I mean,
we've we talked about Flavor, Flavor, we talked about other
people as hype people.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
But my wife was, geez, she's good. She she's got
a wolf whistle on her. When she wolf whistles, wolves
and Siberia come running. It's that loud.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
She's like, she's got the off of the scaffold of
full stories up your So you have very great.
Speaker 6 (04:05):
Hats that John and Ben Podcasts so fine with your kids.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It feels like kids ask you questions you're throughout your thing,
or you know, they'll come back with sayings and things
and bits and pieces no matter what it is. But
sometimes you're in the mood for what they have to say.
Other times you just want you're just in the middle
of getting stuff done.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And you want to you want to straight answers.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
I just want to.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I just you know me when I get into into
your things, and then when people question those things. You
get a lot of questions in your job and lots
of things, and then suddenly you get questions from the kids.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Easily flustered. I don't need this right now, I have
one of those any one of the fine.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
One of the greatest joys in life is watching Ben
Boyce and a cleaning frenzy. Now he doesn't do it regularly,
every like sort of three times a year.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It'll just won't. You won't know when it's going to come.
It will just come. And when he's at.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Work here in the studio, pull everything's going everything's going out.
He's trying to pull the microphones out, he's chucking out
the posters, displays, boxes.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You're like, it's all going to be but it's not regular.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, yesterday afternoon I had it's have to do, you know,
things to do, and was trying to get through a
whole lot of them, as it do, and was on
a bit of a I guess a ramp page of
just getting stuff done.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Because you've got to do list every day. And I
was starting to run out of time.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And I was going to pick my daughter up from
Nitble after a Nitble practice, and I picked her up,
done that, done, tacked that off the to do list,
and then on our way home we had to swing
past and other friends late in the day. They said, hey,
can we borrow some costumes for tomorrow for something?
Speaker 1 (05:29):
You know? And you're the costume.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I better go to the garage. Put that on my
swing pack. They passed their place on the way home,
and so I made my daughter. I said, I was
just pulled on the drive. I didn't have time to
go on because you know I didn't. It's like, can
you go and just drop it on the doorstep. I'll
text them when I get home saying it's there, just.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
Just do it.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
I'm even watching him now, he's just like veins are popping.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
To do it, to go home, cock, dinner, all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
What happens if you get to the end of a
day and all of the.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Your parents will not to go home, cook, turn, feed,
the animals, to walk down you know, all these things
will bounding up and pulled in the drive. I was like, see,
I could just run this into the doorstep. She comes
back with, why do they want to borrow the costumes? Well,
I don't know. I hadn't even asked that question. I
don't know, and I don't know.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
I just don't.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I don't And I sort of came back with her,
I don't know, they just do. They don't snap back
and she was like, well hang on, and she stopped.
She's like, I need to ask questions. I'm going to
ask questions. What if you were asking me? And this
is where she jumped from zero to one hundred.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What if you were asking me to put drugs on
their doorstep?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
That's what she came back, I'd be asking I'd be
asking questions then, and I'm like, yes, what if you were.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Asking me to drop a baggar lollies to the Augland
City Mission.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Well, and that's where I was like, I can't see
you know, you've really just like from from Mike Wazowski costume.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Drug Terriffic. I'm like, really, you can see your dad's.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
A little stress and that's because he's got a lot
of gear on board. Okay, I need to get it
out of the car as soon as possible. Yeah, anyway,
if the cops over right now, we're done for.
Speaker 6 (07:08):
The heads that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Taylor, You've got a bran new podcast. It's out today.
Another episode the Montoyas.
Speaker 7 (07:15):
Yep, three drops today.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
It's good.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
I've listened to a couple of episodes. It's very entertaining.
Here's a little snippet from today's episodes.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
Is how everything goes with us.
Speaker 8 (07:24):
As I'm getting ready, You're sitting in the room, I'm
in the shower, and you're and you're screaming in the background,
mass mass, I have nothing to wear. I'm sick of
hearing the same thing every time I took your shopping
on the weekend. I'm sick of seeing you walking around
and not respecting yourself. So we took out it's true.
Speaker 9 (07:42):
Respecting myself, Well, what is that supposed to me?
Speaker 7 (07:46):
I don't have respect for myself.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Dress respectable, Love.
Speaker 7 (07:50):
You try and look good carrying twins.
Speaker 8 (07:53):
You look gorgeous?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Please?
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Is it for the podcast? Just of your relations there's
all the podcast, the recordings of the relationship.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
That's Marcelo and Taylor's podcast.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
I have an issue with the podcast though. Oh god, okay,
now the poster. You got a poster.
Speaker 3 (08:08):
It's you and like in the wedding dress and masters
the thing. Now on the poster there's a star rating
four and a half. So now I'm like, this poster
was out before the podcast was out. Let's gives now
now this is now here's my issue. Yeah, if you
have the option to give yourself a star rating, which
clearly you have, what.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
Have you got?
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Full five?
Speaker 7 (08:28):
We had no say on the star rating.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Who did the star rating?
Speaker 9 (08:31):
I heart radio because I said the same thing. I
was like, how do you who's this person? Let me
meet them? And they're like, oh, you know, it's like humble.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
Podcast.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
If you hit the option, Okay, let's give out this
show a star rating. If we have the option, you're
going to go five every time, even though it's not true.
You're going to give five.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
But they're knowing we're probably two and a half. Let's
give us three.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
One star review.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
But yeah, I heart radio and get them on toys.
But we're very happy for you, so stoked that you
have twins on the way.
Speaker 7 (09:04):
Thank you, very excited.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Have you found the journey so fast?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Hard?
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Yeah, doubly hard.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I imagine so hard.
Speaker 9 (09:12):
Yeah, they reckon it's because it's double hormone, so it
literally is just crazy.
Speaker 7 (09:18):
I'm trying to look for a nicer word.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
Getting up in the morning early, yeah, all the stuff
going on, Yeah, be pretty texting.
Speaker 9 (09:25):
My insomnia was wild the first three months for some reason.
That was one of the pregnancy side effects my body
chose to give me, and that was just not fun.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Yeah. Some people are like, I just love being pregnant.
You one of those.
Speaker 7 (09:38):
No, look at me. I'm so you're not, you know, nice.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
If you just dressed respectively.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
There are when Gin was pregnant, there are some people
who are like, really into pregnant ladies.
Speaker 9 (09:54):
Yeah, only fans category. I'm going to pat it to
Marcello next week on the podcast.
Speaker 3 (09:59):
Some Cash Maternity Mate. But there's something that people are
doing to you regain which I find very amusing.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
I'm sure John I beg but.
Speaker 9 (10:11):
Would dream as a person that was just like bending
down and basically holding on.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
To the belly.
Speaker 9 (10:18):
Yeah yeah, and touching the belly. Actually surprised you haven't done.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
It to me. You would have definitely done I won't lie.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
It's very tender, like it just looks like something you
want to get your hands on and rub, because I've
rubbed a lot of things in my life, shoulders with
bad people.
Speaker 9 (10:33):
Let's make my stomach not one of those people have
been rubbing your some inundated idle heads on the weekend.
I'm I'm made of honor in a wedding, and mate,
every time someone walked into the hotel, oh my god,
and they put your hands to their hand on my sake,
and then whilst their hands on my skin, they.
Speaker 7 (10:50):
Go, you don't mind this, do you? Well, it's a
bit late now.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
So sometimes strangers like work for colleagues and the workplace
are coming up and giving them.
Speaker 9 (10:57):
A rub for sure, for sure, And I guess it's
because their mothers.
Speaker 7 (11:01):
So they're kind of like, oh, well, people did it
to me.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Yeah, thanks.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Maybe maybe if you're rubbing, a genie will come out,
something will come out, maybe the genie.
Speaker 9 (11:10):
I don't think they can feel you either, so I
don't know what you're to do.
Speaker 1 (11:14):
Should I birth?
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Just to give your reaction, you could say, if you
keep rubbing it, it's yours, find us keeper. So i'd
the heads, this is what we what we want to
open up. Belly rubbers anonymous, Well, it won't be anonymous
because you'll say your name, have your head? You belly
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rubbed while being pregnant.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Do you say, do you say? Do you say something?
Speaker 7 (11:41):
Or you're just like I'm like, oh, I know, it's okay. Yeah,
I get scared to be like, oh no, put your
hands off me.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Even again twenty twenty four. I'm surprised it's still happening
as much as you're saying it is. Absolutely Yeah, the
hat's four four eight seven. When you're pregnant, or if
you are pregnant right now, you're getting your belly rubbed.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Do your mind? Like do your mind?
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Or it like public property like someone's wheeling when it's
out on a anyone can.
Speaker 6 (12:03):
Use its The John and Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Talking to an article and the New York Post at
the moment, they've done a bit of a scientific discovery,
and they reckon washing your apples doesn't really get rid
of the pesticides. Or doesn't know they're putting it under
the water. They're like, hey, even peeling, even peeling the
deep Yeah, it's basically it's going through the peel and
into the into the things.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
So that's they say.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Peeling will help if you take off the outer layer,
but washing it underwater doesn't.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Oh well, I mean, what's a few pesticides here and there?
Speaker 1 (12:35):
You Yeah, a few chemicals, pestide.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Good, fear, good for your immune system. The Remember we
had some sort of organic person coming once and they're like,
what I do is I like to rest all of
my produce in the sink with like a vinegar.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Mix and water. And I went home and did that once.
Oh Jesus can deal with.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
What starts to rotten about or two hours, doesn't It doesn't.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Yeah, I don't know. Are you mean to leave it
in there? Is that what you do?
Speaker 6 (13:03):
No?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
You put your soaking in there and you do your
dare putings down and I'm like dabbing a parson up,
going what am I doing with my life? Yeah? But anyway,
just enjoy the piste of sides. You're everywhere now producing Taylor,
she will be avoiding pest of sides.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
You've got twins on.
Speaker 9 (13:20):
The way growing my own piesticides currently a couple of
pists inside you.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
But so, one thing that people keep doing consistently, consistently
is rubbing your belly.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Yeah, strangers feeling very comfortable with it.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
They are.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yeah, it's like bubble wrap. Those are the pregnant belly.
You just want to get your hands on it.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
Let's see. He's definitely be not now.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (13:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (13:49):
And also, while we're on this topic, when we're in public,
can you stop saying are you pregnant?
Speaker 1 (13:55):
Taylor?
Speaker 9 (13:56):
And also commenting on my photo last night? Are you pregnant?
Speaker 1 (14:00):
I did it the other day in the office. I
was like, Taylor, are you preggers? And she's like no.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
And then there's this guy who he didn't know either
of us really, he was just looking on George dropped
the ground.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
He wasn't doing as a skit. She was put to
get to this day. So we take you.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
We'll go out there with you and then.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We don't know each other and you're like, oh, you're pregnant.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
You're like no, and see what.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
You could do that in the bus stop was like, oh,
what are you expecting? I'm not have just been at
a buffet or something. Yeah, it'll be great.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
We've got to do that.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
But it's pregnant belly. Have you had your pregnant belly rubbed?
Are you a rubber or are you pro rubbing? Anti rubbing?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Let's get Paul on. Have you had your pregnant belly rubbed? Paul?
Speaker 3 (14:44):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:46):
But your thoughts? Have you?
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Are you thought this feels like a very inappropriate call
with Paul? Are you four rubbing or against rubbing?
Speaker 10 (14:52):
Paul against? My wife was pregnant and really used to
annoy me.
Speaker 8 (14:56):
I think it's just one stick down from sea arrestment.
Speaker 2 (14:59):
Really pretty much. You're right, you take away, you know,
for some reason we think it's all right. Would people
wouldn't come up to you normally?
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Would they do?
Speaker 7 (15:07):
Because I'm hit them?
Speaker 9 (15:09):
But it's so true, especially where they feel in the
stummy it's quite low.
Speaker 7 (15:14):
So you're right, Paul, I never even thought of that.
Speaker 10 (15:17):
Yeah, but none of my friends come up to me
and rubbed the part of me that was involved with it.
Speaker 11 (15:25):
I wish more of them did. That's a good point,
So good you would, Marcella out the bouts come out?
You got all rights, are brilliant, col mate.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
We'll see you have some help beat have a great day.
Speaker 6 (15:47):
The hits that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
Mortgage relief and the surprise oh cr text rate cut.
Speaker 3 (15:52):
I love it because I'm watching I'm watching being panic
grab the front of the New Zealand here to try
and pretend he knows what he's talking about.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Oh, I mean the banks have chopped the interest rates
joh to homeowners on the back of the Reserve Bank announcement.
I think it's all self explanatory, no further questions, mate.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
There's good news.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
That is good news. Overall, survive to twenty five. That's
what everyone's been saying. Hopefully this is.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
The turning point for everyone. Yeah, now speaking of the
bank actually says and this is an unnecessary pressure in life. Well,
I shouldn't say necessary, because it's probably quite necessary. But
the bank password, which is necessary actually, but sometimes you know,
when you log onto your bank thing with your phone,
it like scans your face, right, So that's how I
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enter into the banking app. But I was having to
do some stuff on my laptop computer and so that
that was requiring me to put in my actual.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
Password, and I couldn't for the life of me.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Remember, I was you know, I was about eighty five
percent sure of this password, and you're into ridden, No,
that's not the password.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Then you're into the same part.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
For some reason, you need to it exactly the same password,
and you go, no, the website, mate, come on, you're sure, yeah,
and I did that three times, because sometimes you.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
Do, you get a digit wrong or a letter wrong.
So you're like, I've got to injur it again, just
to make sure, just to make sure. But the problem
is you've got so many different passwords these days.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
I know, and that's it, and I got three passwords deep.
Now the bank websites like, hey, buddy, you've only got
two more attempts at this, and that is pressure, that
is real. And I'm like, okay, well I've used the
same one three times. Is the website wrong?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
No?
Speaker 1 (17:25):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (17:25):
Probly you start to blame the website, but you know, actually,
step back, why would a bank's website be wrong for.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
An everyday person. This is as close as we're going
to get to. You know, we watch the pop holding
or the high jump and they're like, you've had two
failed attempts. As your last attempt to win an Olympic gold.
Hamish Kerr and he had to get that last jump
for New Zealand. This is like the moment, this is
as close as we get.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
And so you know that me and on the internet,
all those mathematical equations start coming sort of floating around
in the air. That's you and you're like, okay, it
could be any number of three hundred and twenty passwords
I've made up for websites. You know, some include braille, highlogriphics,
you name it. And then I got to us with
four fail, had one attempt left five seems like a
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reasonable amount of leeway the band, because you know, I
blame in the bank for this idiot.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
If you can't get in five five. The was a lot.
That is many chances.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
First one nailed it, plucked it out of thin air,
and it was nervous types of the keyboard because I
don't know how long you're locked out for.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Well, that's right.
Speaker 2 (18:25):
Sometimes you just have to go the whole I forgot
my password and then they send you an email, then
you have to read it and then you change your
password again. Good A good thing I saw on social
media that day. Well, actually an interesting thing when it
comes to passwords, because you know, you just mentioned how
you have to add all these unique things, new.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Characters, underscores, numbers. Sometimes you want to put it in Chinese,
just to mix things up.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
This guy was like, here's my streaming, my streaming, you know,
just to watch the show on my streaming service, I've
got to have like eight letters, a number of emoji.
My college roommates made a name, a hieroglyphic, whatever, you know.
And then he's like, ATM, just four numbers, just any
four numbers. When you think of consistently, you're talk about that,
and the same with the bank. You think about all
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the things you get online, but you just walk up
to simple numbers.
Speaker 3 (19:11):
And I've heard those four numbers for twenty eight years
and they have never done me wrong in those four numbers.
In fact, if anyone finds out those four numbers, they
pretty much got access to my life.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
But yeah, there's a very fair point. That's a really
really good point. There's just four numbers, the four number system.
Has it done us wrong? Never?
Speaker 3 (19:27):
Well, I've been until now No Samon came in and
started adding and at symbols and everything. You're right, but
there you go an unnecessary pressure in life, and there's
a lot of them to group texting. Another one for
me don't get Me started. The WhatsApp group chet Geez
that moves at.
Speaker 6 (19:41):
The pace the heads that jonaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Megan Purpos's Away this Week got Coviderere on a zoom
meeting with her yesterday.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Hilarious.
Speaker 5 (19:50):
She's like.
Speaker 6 (19:54):
It.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
She was like, I'll be in tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
We're like, mate, you sound a little CROCD. You don't
have to push it. You're like fine, and.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
You were like, honestly, stay home.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
I think she spoke to a boss on the phone
and he was on the radio talk about that.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
But we wish you the best recovery. It really hs
different people in different ways. Some people just fly through
and don't have anything.
Speaker 2 (20:20):
I think depending on how it happened, Like any time
when you get a coffer a cold, it can hit you.
I hear talk about COVID, felt that Covid said a
lot as I want to talk about Mark Zuckerberg, of course,
the founder of Facebook owns Meta and he gave his
wife a gift.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
It's a birthday. Lovely. He didn't didn't forget.
Speaker 3 (20:40):
Firstly, well done Zuckerberg and the.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
Gift that he got and I guess he's got squallions
of dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
So you know, what do you get? You get someone
you got that much.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
You would you would reach a stage where you're like,
there was literally nothing else I can buy for myself.
You know, imagine being at that stage of life. We're like,
I can't think of anything.
Speaker 1 (20:58):
If I want it, I'll get it. Yeah, but I can't.
I'm gone at all.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
So he got his wife a seven foot statue of
her that sits out in the backyard. And so it's
green with a large silver cloaks.
Speaker 1 (21:10):
He's basically said he's.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Trying to bring back the Roman tradition of sculptures of
your wives.
Speaker 3 (21:17):
She looks it's like a marine colored green, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
Yeah, that's it's out in the backyard.
Speaker 2 (21:22):
She says she loves it, which is great, and I'm
not saying that she doesn't love it, but I feel
like it's a I don't.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
Know how where he got How did he get there? Like,
how's that's what I'll get?
Speaker 3 (21:31):
A statue? Yeah, a statue bloody and convenient when you're
moving house too. Better not forget the seven foot statue
of myself? And do you want a statue? Of yourself,
like into your backyard. It's a lovely gesture.
Speaker 2 (21:41):
But I have a big fiberglass cow and that's yeah,
but it's not me. It's not me or my wife.
It would be a bit odd. I mean, at least
she didn't get it. At least well he didn't get
it of himself, I guess in some ways.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Yeah, so that's what we want to fourth for eight seven.
What's the most unusual gift you have received. It could
be a work gift to leaving prison sometime, your hand over,
leaving presents, and you're like, there's no thought being put
into this.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
You're just happy to see this person.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Go oh, like you're with that secret Santa that time
that the person didn't know about the joke that was
going on in the office, and you gave well.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah, there was a hot guy in the office and
everyone was like, oh, I'd love to get on his rig.
That's what all the girls were saying. And I thought, oh,
I thought this was like a common bit of banter.
And so I turned up and I had repurposed a
bottle of baby oil, and I said, this is.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
You're right on an oil for the wreck, oil for
the ring, like an oil rig.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
He opened it up in front of everyone, and I
was like, oil for the wreck? What's that man? Anyone
deathly silent?
Speaker 3 (22:35):
And I thought, oh, I thought this was a common joke,
but apparently they call that sexual harassment.
Speaker 11 (22:41):
I wanted to go and because we say you got
a nice wreck, you know, I.
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Was kind of like coughing.
Speaker 2 (22:47):
I was like, cause you got a hot body body
wreck the wing rub it on your body.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And so he was very and that humbles you as
a secret center giver. You don't want to leave the
gift to receive a confused.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
The heads that jonaan Ben.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Podcast, Mark Zuckerberg hit of Facebook. He has purchased his
wife a statue of herself seven foot statue being.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Boy siven foot that's sort of green marine green. Yeah,
with a sort of silver sort of cloak, sort of
looks like wings. It's it's cool looking statue, But what
do you say? His reasoning was it was basically to
bring it back to like the Roman times where people
would you know, would get statues made of their of
their wives.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Yeah, he's trying to bring back the mate. We're not
all Mark zuckerbiog. We can't afford to make statues of
our wives.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
Or did loved ones and stuff like that. You know,
He's like, yeah, I'm going to honor my wife with that,
and she stoked.
Speaker 3 (23:38):
His wife's like, just buy me into the house. Can
we make a statue of you and put it up
in master?
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (23:48):
Been grew up a master. T No.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
But out of all the people that grew up a master,
and I don't even I don't deserve a statue.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Jermaine Clement's cond Yeah, yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Brian Lahore, you know the legendary record.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
What about like a paper measure one? So eventually it
just just integrates overtime.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
It'll be fine.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
I'll be the first to ventialize my mindsettue, that's for sure.
Definitely don't deserve that.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
Strangers gift to receive, like Matt Zucherberg's wife telephone.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
No, but let's get say on the phone, how are
you saying?
Speaker 12 (24:18):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Great to have you on.
Speaker 12 (24:20):
I'm listening to you.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Yeah, fun listening to us and listen all the shows
about mate, this is hardheading news.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
You mean to know me to be having fun listening
to this program? Say what was yeah?
Speaker 12 (24:32):
My going to work? Yeah, going to work?
Speaker 2 (24:34):
What's the most unusual gift. That did you receive this gift?
Speaker 1 (24:37):
What was it?
Speaker 12 (24:39):
Yes, I received this gift from a boyfriend at that
time of two weeks. It was a special occasion and
it was a frame, and I was just like, Okay,
he doesn't have to give me something special because it's
just two weeks, nothing special, just casual. But it was
a frame of a photo of himself. So not you,
(25:00):
that's not you, and now he's my husband.
Speaker 2 (25:03):
Oh work, Do you still have that photo frame?
Speaker 6 (25:08):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (25:08):
I do.
Speaker 3 (25:09):
I love the confidence that this guy that's a big
that's a big power move that is.
Speaker 1 (25:13):
That's a good looking guy. You should put that up.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
Now you're in the frame with him. Hopefully he's still
just putting up pictures of himself.
Speaker 10 (25:23):
Not much much.
Speaker 1 (25:25):
He's button off that. Yeah, I'm going to see you
some hell pizza. We really appreciate your call. It's a
good one, every.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Good one, so appreciate it time, Mesa, you're on, I'mzsa
and PAUI.
Speaker 1 (25:33):
How are you good?
Speaker 5 (25:35):
Thank you?
Speaker 12 (25:36):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Lovely?
Speaker 3 (25:37):
I always feel like we're in the rovers return when
we're talking to Mesa.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
Mesa Strangers gift you've.
Speaker 3 (25:43):
Received Paris scissors.
Speaker 1 (25:46):
Oh handy too. Did you have scissors?
Speaker 12 (25:51):
And yeah, but they're always you know, but you always
lose all the blood.
Speaker 5 (25:55):
And it was from my husband to Christmas and everybody lacks.
Speaker 12 (26:00):
But I'll tell you what, it's the best present.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
I've ever had. And he knew that. He knew that
given to.
Speaker 2 (26:06):
You peris scissors for Christmas purchase last minute.
Speaker 12 (26:10):
But he did never go.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
And she loves those scissors. Wow, that's great, Missa. Well
there you go, take your word for it. Yeah, that's britniant.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
I mean you're going to tell your frying pins story
again when you go to frying pain to Amanda. But
gets some scissors for Amanda. Ellie, you're on Welcome Strangers
gift you've received.
Speaker 5 (26:32):
Lad call a paper in handy tail.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
So did you start did you start saying glad rep?
Speaker 2 (26:38):
Yeah, glad rep.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
Yep, call a paper handy tell from my mother in law.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Oh, well that's a thoughtful mother in law. I mean
there's stuff you're going to use. I guess.
Speaker 4 (26:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (26:50):
I'd gone to Valentine's and been quite bad Jalla and
saw as me and my husband were going to end
up together, so she weaked down the road. But we're
still together thirty two years later.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
So yeah, still.
Speaker 1 (27:05):
Using the glad rep handytaiels and toilet paper.
Speaker 5 (27:08):
Absolutely.
Speaker 12 (27:09):
I think of it each time I.
Speaker 6 (27:10):
Go to the.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Good On Yllie appreciate it. Now.
Speaker 3 (27:17):
We went to Spain very quickly for work. I felt
like we didn't even stay the night in Spain.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I think we arrived late. You're right, it's pretty much
twelve hours in Spain. Yeah, like the Madrid when after
watching the people that do this world sport where they
jump over balls.
Speaker 3 (27:29):
Yeah, so it's not they're not like the bull fighting,
so it's hurting the balls. So the bulls run towards
these people and then they run towards the ball and
then they jump and flip over the ball as the
ball runs underneath them. When they do it, it looks majestic.
It's really it's a masterful art. You should YouTube. But
then we decided to give it a go. Okay, I
kind of got peer pressudent doing it. Now here's my issue,
(27:51):
and I know this brake's gone on long enough, so
I'll keep this quick. But then there was a thing
where we both had to hold the red the red
piece of cloth, so the bull knew where to rage
towards now.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
I was holding one side of the cloth and you
were holding the other side of running it. I'll be
front foot.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I ran away, the ball ran towards us, goes the
red cloth ran away scared.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
I didn't want to be there.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
I was left holding a red piece of cloth as
a bull as charging towards me.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
I get run over by the bull. I didn't jump
over the bull. I didn't have the athletic prow wars
smashed over by the bull. The bull's like head butting
me with its horns, and I'm stuck on the ground
going the bull.
Speaker 3 (28:26):
Anyway, this whole tragic at you know, traumatic event took place.
At the end of it, the mirror of the town
was there. He came out and has he had a ceremony,
and he handed me. It felt like he just pulled
a hanky chief out of his pocket and he said,
this is a.
Speaker 1 (28:40):
Bib of bravery.
Speaker 3 (28:41):
And he tied it around my neck, this bib of bravery,
and off he went to the A and.
Speaker 6 (28:46):
E the heats that johnaan Ben podcast.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
I was talking yesterday about words that wind you up.
Speaker 10 (28:53):
When people mispronounce tortilla and call it a tortilla.
Speaker 3 (28:59):
I'm guilty of that.
Speaker 10 (29:01):
It drives me crazy.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
What do you correct them at the moment or do
you just silently see the way?
Speaker 5 (29:10):
Oh no, I correct them. And I used to work
in hospitality and I would correct customers.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
That's game, right, lady. I'm just trying to.
Speaker 12 (29:23):
I'd be like, oh, can I get the tortillas deck?
Speaker 10 (29:25):
And I'd be like, that's tortilla.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I'd be like, who's the salty tortilla? Lady, crack it
off at us eat tortillas fair enough.
Speaker 3 (29:36):
I saw we're coming here for Tortilla's kids.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
That's very good though.
Speaker 3 (29:41):
And where we're joined now actually by one of the
hosts from News Talks here b you heard them on
EIR on News Talks he bbing boys. Andrew Dickens, Welcome, Welcome,
have you here, former host of this story show, what's
the Triple? The audience back in your day, very very
very long time ago.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
It is a great show.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
Well look what we've done to it now, mate, we're
trying to plug it back to where you had it.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
I'm just impressed you can remember now.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yesterday I was flocking around as I do, and I
heard you on New Silk z Bah You're on Mondays.
You did a great job there and you were getting
passionate about something to do with the Olympics.
Speaker 13 (30:16):
Oh well, actually it was the audience getting passionate about
it because the sports reader came on and said, well
this this country's won five bronzes, right, so that bronzes. Right,
So the Texas says there's no such thing as the bronzes.
You know what's that about?
Speaker 3 (30:29):
Because of course bronze is a describing word.
Speaker 13 (30:33):
John.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Old call it bronzes.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
Yeah, and in fact it describes the medals.
Speaker 2 (30:39):
So you know, can you say you can say golds,
can say golds or not say god?
Speaker 13 (30:42):
You could well no, because what gold? I mean gold?
Unleass you know gold? Well, it could be your teeth.
You can be talking about your teeth. He's got twenty
six great golds, you know. So you got to it's
a describing word, so you've got to have the actual word,
you know.
Speaker 1 (30:56):
So that we can't say.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Well, win's me up.
Speaker 6 (30:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 13 (30:59):
When kids versed or verse messy high, oh my god,
I just go off, where are we going to go
and play today?
Speaker 1 (31:06):
Kids?
Speaker 3 (31:06):
Oh we're going to verse messy high? Well, you know
what got me and former promise to John Key was
a big one for this.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
He's a sickler for this.
Speaker 3 (31:14):
The textans he texts me, just text you don't need.
Speaker 13 (31:19):
To the other thing is, if you're going out, I'm
going out to get a couple of warrants for the car.
I'll get those warrants of fitness and scissors.
Speaker 3 (31:28):
Okay, so we can't say golds, bronzes or silvers.
Speaker 13 (31:31):
You can, but then you know, you've got to remember
English is a slut language and you can do whatever
you like.
Speaker 1 (31:36):
You know, did you ever say that in you many
years on Classic Kids?
Speaker 13 (31:40):
The English is a slight language all the time. Okay,
let me change, Let me change that. It is an evolving,
sary language well of great difficulty for anybody else who's
speaking as a second language.
Speaker 6 (31:54):
You know. Oh, Andrew will thank you very much for
coming hits that Johnaan Ben Podka.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
We were going to move on, but these calls and
texts keep coming through the most unusual gifts you've.
Speaker 1 (32:04):
Received Grade TT four for seven.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
My husband, my ex husband, actually gave me a lawn
mower when we were together.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
One of those gifts we are like, who is that for? Yeah,
who's the gift for? Have you ever done one of those?
Speaker 2 (32:18):
Yeah, yeah, probably too too many times.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
That was yeah, the iron, the eye, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (32:23):
Though, the iron the yeah, yeah, the frying pan.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
I haven't done it.
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Have you ever gifted him, because I know you're a
big fan of Funko pops.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
I haven't given a gifted one to Amanda.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
No.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I gave her the Bron James single. Though, What do
you want me to do with this? Well, she has
won and summertimes she will wear it. From times it's hard.
I don't think it's on her first choice of single
that so she wears, but she will put it off
from time to time.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
Because you whenever you come out from a trip, you
come out with all this sports merch like US sports
merchandise for your wife wanting to dress it like a
frat boys.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
She does from time to time, and a lot of
it goes to the Jim Jim close you right or
just close for summertime? Beat you's hire. Why isn't this
on the.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
Top, you know, the top brass clear as with us
under It's clear you received an unusual gift.
Speaker 10 (33:14):
Yes, indeed I did receive something very uncomfortable at all. Okay, yes,
well at the time, I was working for an insurance
company and at the end of my tamura I was
just basically having catch up with this guy who said, look, nothing,
(33:34):
it's just a casual catch up, just to say thank
you for all your work. But and then which led
to him coming up with this box box of like
you know, it was hired. It was looking very fancy,
and I'm like, oh, you don't have to because it
is unprofessional and I can't accept it, and said do
not open it now, but do it when you get home.
(33:56):
And when I opened it, it was like a box
of like toys, which was six toys, which was really really.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Uncomfortable to more at the time too the.
Speaker 10 (34:10):
Show, I think that would have been really uncomfortable.
Speaker 3 (34:15):
Okay, and so did you obviously this is one of
your clients.
Speaker 5 (34:19):
Yes.
Speaker 10 (34:20):
So then he followed up, I think it was like
sometimes in a few days or something, saying hey, what
did you think, And I said, well, I think it
was really not appropriate and I would have to report
this because I you know, as I've mentioned to him
like a few times that I had a partner, I
(34:40):
had a boyfriend, and that was just like this is borderline,
Like I think.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
It's gone beyond the borderline. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 3 (34:49):
And so because he's probably like, hey, well you haven't
thank you for the.
Speaker 10 (34:54):
Prison, I'm going to get a thank you, that's for sure.
Speaker 1 (34:58):
Ah there we're going there hilarious.
Speaker 10 (35:00):
But at the same time, when you when I think
that it's hilarious then but yeah, it was just really uncomfortable.
Speaker 1 (35:08):
There was the day Ben was dropped as a client. Yeah,
it's a bit awkward. You're back to get it out,
but how did you like, I'm not getting involved in
So what do you do do you do to drop
those off? The soft plastics?
Speaker 10 (35:30):
I think I kept it because I was just like,
I don't know what to do. And then when I
moved I had to buffet. Was this was just like
something just you know, you don't know how to react
to something like that. Int He's like, oh, I don't ye.
Speaker 1 (35:47):
Shot Brocht, but not that way, not that way.
Speaker 6 (35:50):
That's the hits that Joan Ben podcast.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
It was a school in Addington, just in Canterbury that
had the bell taken. It was stolen in the weekend.
It's been around for a long time and we were
worried about it.
Speaker 3 (36:02):
We actually spoke to the principal yeah, since the eighteen
hundreds of this bell's been in the school, and the
principal of the school, Donna, joins us.
Speaker 12 (36:10):
Now more dinner, morning, the guys, how are you We're
doing all right?
Speaker 1 (36:14):
The big news the bell. The bell's back.
Speaker 12 (36:17):
The bell is back. Baby.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
We can hear that, We can hear the joy in
your voice.
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Donner.
Speaker 12 (36:24):
I just can't believe it. Yeah, what a.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
Great I mean yeah, because it was a couple of
weeks ago we spoke to you. Someone had come to
the school this week.
Speaker 12 (36:31):
It got taken on the fourth and I spoke to
you a week ago.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
All right, your memories better than miner. We're just in
the trenches and your just saying stuff on the radio.
So we spoke last week.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
Well remember it finally and the bell had been taken,
and you put out a bit of a plea, and
so how did you get it back?
Speaker 12 (36:48):
I've got a phone call coind of yesterday just say
that someone had a bronze doun of brass boundry locally,
had had some scrap metal coming and they some of
the guys. You recognized the photo of the bell online
and thought, hang on, that looks like the one that
got the same and they thrusted all out and then
they rung up and I went around and I got
(37:08):
it and it was ours.
Speaker 1 (37:09):
Ah, that is and the bells in full working order, is.
Speaker 12 (37:13):
It, No fraid not. But I mean the main part
of the in the history will stay, and that's we'll
get it fixed, and I think we'll be bringing it
in and out to special occasions, but we're going to
get it all judged.
Speaker 1 (37:24):
Up, all polished, gets brasso on that sucker. So obviously the.
Speaker 12 (37:29):
New Clanger or clapper or whatever.
Speaker 1 (37:32):
You call the new Dinger, the Donga what it was,
right eighteen eighty one, that bell has been around.
Speaker 12 (37:41):
Yeah, they even tested it because it's made of something
that bells were never made of, you know, well were
they were made of that all those years ago, So
that was one of the other reasons they thought they
must it must have been that one. So yeah, seventeen
kgs the bells.
Speaker 3 (37:56):
Geez, that's a lot of bell And obviously they'd obviously sold.
Speaker 12 (37:59):
It, I think, So I just didn't ask too many questions.
I just used that it it came back to us,
and that the place that passed it on. We're just
so happy to be able to bring it back to us.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Right, that's where what good people there are out there.
Speaker 3 (38:11):
You know, there's a lot of there's a lot of
negative news in the world, but it's great to hear
a lovely story like this.
Speaker 12 (38:17):
Well that was the message for the kids. So I
drove up as close as I could to the playground
you stay, and then they were all there and we
carried it into tears and applause and the faces that
made it all with one because.
Speaker 2 (38:29):
Does the kids get to ring it? And my right
and saying at the end of the year they do.
Speaker 12 (38:32):
Yeah, so all those year sixers will be able to
ring that bell come December.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
Anyway.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
It was really a great reflection of the New Zealand
news landscape as well, wasn't it.
Speaker 12 (38:43):
I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 3 (38:44):
National news. A bell going missing. We're covering it. We're
even doing a follow up.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Right, we're in the middle of the winter. There's all
stalk of doom and gloom and stuff. It's not you know,
it's nice to go out.
Speaker 12 (38:57):
We'll just talk about the bell.
Speaker 1 (38:58):
Yeah, you're right. And so do you want us to
go on the hunt for a donga?
Speaker 6 (39:03):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (39:03):
That might that might be dangerous.
Speaker 1 (39:05):
Yeah, yeah, you're right, Ex, I think we can go
into dog the duty.
Speaker 12 (39:10):
I'll do that myself, okay, all right, I'll leave it
in your head.
Speaker 2 (39:14):
Lovely talking to you. I'm so glad the bell was
back great years.
Speaker 12 (39:18):
Okay, thanks guys, have an awesome day.
Speaker 6 (45:14):
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Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.