Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Do you have this superpower?

Episode Date: April 1, 2024

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Today on the Wild Wild Web, studies suggest some people have a rare ability to smell when something is coming. And I'll tell you, that made it sound... I was trying to do a tease and it made it sound... It's not dodgy. It's not dodgy. I'll tell you about it next. Welcome to the untamed realm of the world's wide web. A swirling vortex of weirdness, bullying, and self-obsessed social media posts.

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So I said before, study suggests, this is our news story, actual news story from the internet. Study suggests some people have the ability to smell, and I tried to make it a teaser, when something is coming. And then I was like.

You can smell how someone's about to in here. Yeah. Yep, there it is. And it's when rain is coming. It's rain. So that's, yeah, I can,. And it's when rain is coming. It's when it rains. So that's, yeah, I can, I think my wife's got that ability. She can also smell ants.

Oh, yeah. When ants, yeah. Yeah, that's a genetic thing, right? Yeah, where they emit a certain odour and she can smell of ants in the place, mate. And they, I tell you what, our place is riddled with them. So she's. What do they smell like? It's like ammonia or something, she said, is the odour. But yeah, that's like really in the grand scheme of superpowers,

if she was joining the Avengers, she's like, no, guys, there's some ants in the HQ. They need someone to find Ant-Man, though. Oh, true. She could be like, she'd have to be in there. It's a very specific skill. Yeah, but like, oh, you don't know where he is? You're like, oh, well, bring him over there, you know?

You should, like, team up with the villains. Yeah, you should have to be a villain. But that would work. Where's that man? Over there. Have a good look over there. Because he's quite tiny, you know? So that would be quite handy.

What can you smell? Have you got any smelling superpowers, Megan? When I was pregnant, obviously, your sense of smell is heightened. I could smell, obviously your sense of smell is heightened. I could smell like plug holes. So like whenever I brushed my teeth, I could smell, you know, like the plug hole, musty, stinky, whatever was down there. It was grim. Yeah, right.

That was, do you know one of my probably most depressing jobs around the household is removing hair from the shower drain plug hole. Yeah, it's not fun, is it? I have to do that because it's my hair. It's not my hair either. I'm pulling it out and I'm like, I've contributed to this in no way at all. I'm surprised that you get stuck with that. No, I don't mind doing it.

It's actually quite satisfying too because you clear the hole and chuck it around. Put Drano. Use Drano. That really clears up the old drains. But it goes somewhere though, right? Like, is that good for the environment? I don't know if it is the best for the environment. What, Drano's not good for the environment?

It's like essentially chucking poison down there to burn the hair. And you're like, sweet. Send that to the ocean. My problem fixed. I'm not able to look those dolphins in the eye. Oh, now you make me feel guilty about using Drano. No, you're right mate I don't know

I mean you wonder Where everything goes When that you know Sent down the sink Yeah Where does all that Well why do everything We flush down the toilet

Goes Yeah true I know but that's like Biodegradable right Does that go into it Yeah I always think about The person who have to Sift through everything

We flush Like they It goes into a big pond Right and then they Well there's all that Covid testing too It's like well the Wastewater detects You're like who's Going through that everything we flush. Like they, it goes into a big pond, right? And then they. Well, there's all that COVID testing too. It's like,

well, the wastewater detects, you're like, who's going through that? Yeah. Someone's like, taking a test tube of our waste and. Yeah. You're never driving to work going,

this is going to be a great day. Not once would you do that, would you, in that role. In Auckland, those wastewater ponds and near Albany, that's what that is,

right? It's like poop ponds. Yeah. And they like settle. Do youonds where they settle because I was always wondering why sometimes it looks beautiful when the sun's sitting over them and I'm like no one's ever swimming in there or boating or anything when I find out why. Do you know a crazy story and I don't know if

it's just turned into urban myth or it actually happened but there was a drunk driving stop on the motorway and to flee uh what car fled the drunk driving so i was being chased and stopped the car and jumped out and swam into that pond to escape no but then the police were just waiting on the other side and we're like mate you do not want to know what you've just done. Slash. We could arrest you, but the punishment you're about to get is going to be worse.

You're going to shit yourself. Like Springfield, like the nuclear power. Like in a coal-eye haven. Can you not smell it? Yeah, you'd think you would be able to smell it. Because if the wind hits that right, you can get a whiff on the motorway. We'll just take a quick break from the wild world web

And we're back after this Welcome back Because you had a cafe What was the grimmest job that you had to do Was it cleaning out the fat vats or anything like that No we had like a man come and do that But the smell How do you know about the fat vats?

Because you have to literally come and have someone suck out the fat. I'd love them to come suck it out of me. Like a liposuction sort of thing for the fat in the kitchen. There's no smell quite like it, is there? It's horrendous. I'd try and not be there when that's happening. Do you do that outside of opening hours? Or is he coming?

No. Oh, he's just coming. But it's out the back. Is that sort of like the deep fry situation? Yeah, yeah. Because you discard all that properly, but it ends up a lot of it in the drain anyway. So you get someone coming out and sucking out the fat.

Oh, yeah. That's his one job. I think his company's called like i suck it or something yeah we just learned today on the radio actually you can hear the podcast your dad had a a great sign on the back of his van yeah because you're not his daughter um he had a van because he's a sign erector and the back of his van said uh erections by Wayne. And then what I didn't say on the radio was a smaller one on the side of his door said, for erections that last. I was like, oh. Wayne.

It's one of those things that are funny. I mean, obviously, you still saw the funny side of it. Yeah. Yeah, but sometimes those things are funny, and then later you're like, oh, dear God, I'm still driving around with this. I know, and he dropped me off at school, and I'm like, oh, God. I love Wayne's humor. Yeah. It feels like the sign erection industry could come up with a better name.

Yeah. Couldn't it? But I think that's what he liked about it. Played on it. Yeah. So would he put up erect billboard skins and things like that? Yeah. So even those big, the ones I helped him with were those big petrol, you know, with all

the price of the petrol, those huge signs. Oh, he put those up. He put those up all around the country. Those are pretty detailed. Yeah, he did a lot of work for Vodafone when they used to be Vodafone. Like he changed skins on shops, under veranda things. So like all sorts, whatever you needed, he can erect it. Yeah, he can erect it.

Is he still erecting? No. Well, he shouldn't be. Sometimes he does, but he's falling off ladders and stuff he's you know he's getting on a bit now what i do love is he also likes to be nude as well so yeah i just imagine your dad because you know you tell stories about how he's a naturist as well obviously not all the time but i still think of him like that and then you talk about him erecting things i'm like oh here we go yeah i talk about and where i'm from so wayne and nelson Nelson likes to be nude in the erection van.

Yeah, that's my dad. It's a fun little story, though, isn't it? He doesn't mind. Yeah. He's all right. He's all right. How old's Wayne? 70-something.

Crazy when you think of it. Yeah. My dad's 86. Wow. You just don't think of your parents getting that old, do you? No. It's really confronting when you talk on the phone and they tell you the same thing over and over.

You're like, oh, it's happening. I just dread. I don't even want to think about it, you know? Yeah. Yeah. But it's life, isn't it? Everything's going to catch up on you in your old age, what you did in your 20s, Jono.

I think it's caught up on me now. It's probably why I just fall asleep all the time. I spend a whole decade not sleeping. But yeah. And it goes so quick. It does. How old's Kevin? He'd be 75. He's still teaching.

He's still teaching, yeah. What does he teach? He kind of relieves substitute, but he kind of gets contracts for nine months or the year and stuff like that. He loves it. I think it's kind of good. It kind of keeps him active.

The kids would love Kev. He'd be a crowd favourite, wouldn't he? Loves to chat, loves to be. So every now and again, we'll ring him for something on the radio, answer the phone. He'll be like, I'm teaching. You're like, well, you shouldn't be

answering your phone in class. Once you travel with Ben Megan when we travel around for work or whatever the most common thing that people come up and talk to Ben about

is his dad that he taught them oh that's so sweet yeah and he remembers most of them you know go around and he'll go oh that's such and such

that's you know he'll be like jeez and that's always positive yeah oh your dad's one of those teachers yeah he does

you haven't heard of negative feedback no everyone's like Kevin taught me that's special And it's always positive. Yeah. Oh, your dad's one of those teachers. Yeah, he does. You haven't heard of negative feedback? No. Everyone's like, Kevin taught me. That's special. Yeah, a long time. Back in the days, we used to have a strap. Do these straps and fools? I think towards the end of that year, it would have been the last.

You'd feel empowered, wouldn't you? Taking it back to Waino, my dad, he got an award for being the most caned student at his school. Yeah. Really? Back in the day. They gave him an award at a reunion that he was the most caned kid. Wow. So, yeah.

That was a hell of a punishment. Yeah, I don't know if he caned anyone, but I know there's a strap he used to sit in his headmaster's drawer. He used to have that next to him. Like a belt. It was basically kind of like a belt, but it was folded over. I guess it was kind of designed for that little bit of leather. Some people like that. A little whacking hand.

Often you'd get the hand, apparently. And dad would say every now and again you'd hit your own thumb. And you'd be like, oh. Because you're kind of holding their hand. And you're like, oh, jeez. I'm going to sound like a ranting old man here. But I'll tell you what, there was no ramming back then, was there? I'll tell you what, you're like, oh, jeez. I'm going to sound like a ranting old man here. Yeah. But I'll tell you what, there was no ramming back then, was there?

I'll tell you what, they weren't doing any, you know. Yeah, well, true. Knock the sense out of you and you'd be like, well, I'm not coming back here. I mean, the boomers are stunting in other ways, right? Yeah. Yeah, that's true. I don't know if it was a good thing to have, but yeah. You're not saying bring it back.

It's kind of what it sounded like you were saying. I was saying it got results. Call ZB of what it sounded like you were saying. I was saying it got results. Call ZB, all right, if you want to do that. That's another episode of today's Wild Wild Web. We'll be back again tomorrow. Who knows what we'll talk about.