Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: David Seymour Is Against Lolly Taxes!

Episode Date: October 31, 2022

Today on the show we hit down on the hard issues with ACT party leader David Seymour as he talks lolly tax.... Dame Susan Devoy chats CTI and ENTY is on from LA!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy... information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome. It is the 1st of November. Wake up, wake up, wake up, it's the 1st of the month. Yeah, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, they're a good, they're a good, they're a great group. Bone Thugs, do you know I was reading, it was a weird clickbait side article that you get on, you know, a news website or something. And it's one of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is about how he was kidnapped. Kidnapped. Him and his brothers and sisters kidnapped as children.
Starting point is 00:00:33 Harrowing tale. Really? Yeah. I'm sorry I couldn't come with lighter news. Yeah. I like, yeah. I thought you were going to talk about the time where you actually interviewed them. That was just funny.
Starting point is 00:00:41 We did interview Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Yeah. Yeah, that was fun. They were actually lovely, weren't they? They were. Although, you said something about my mother and they got very defensive on behalf of me
Starting point is 00:00:49 they did because they were going to Christchurch and I was like and I just went oh you're going to Christchurch she's popping and see Jono's mum
Starting point is 00:00:55 because she lives there and he lives there she's lovely and as soon as I said that they were like oh you don't go near the mum don't
Starting point is 00:01:02 yeah and I was like hey your mum's lovely. And they're like, oh. They could detect your sarcasm. But no, it was no sarcasm. Your mum is lovely. There's no sarcasm involved.
Starting point is 00:01:13 Your mum's lovely. They were, you know, they were great. They were great. A great chat, actually, Bone Thugs and Harmony. Now, big show today. She was, we had crammed a lot into three hours. So much, so much talking and interviewing, and it was almost too much content for my liking.
Starting point is 00:01:29 Yeah, there was a lot going on, and you'll hear it all on the podcast. But yeah, some really, really fascinating stuff. A lady, Sarah, who met Oprah. That seemed like an incredible experience. Oprah hugged her. Yeah. Got a photo of it. They shared a moment.
Starting point is 00:01:40 She sort of told Oprah about how Oprah was like her TV mum. And Oprah got very emotional. I know, it was awesome. Dave Susan Devoy joins us as well. She sort of told Oprah about how Oprah was like her TV mum. And Oprah got very emotional. That was awesome. Dame Susan Devoy joins us as well. She's now been evicted from Celebrity Treasure Island. She punished you quite severely, Dame Susan. Yeah, that sounds about right.
Starting point is 00:02:00 No, it was with some squash balls and stuff. But squash balls, they... This was for a TV show many years ago. Yeah, not recently. Yeah. Or not on camera anyway. But yeah, they've... Jeez, when they come in, they come in fast. And they're just like tiny little pellets, aren't they?
Starting point is 00:02:18 Yeah. Like rubber bullets, basically. Yeah, I know. We didn't think about that before going in. You're like, oh, you have squash balls. As soon as you see Dame Susan the Boy had a squash ball, you're like, oh, my goodness. And she'd be on target.
Starting point is 00:02:29 She'd be on target every time Dame Susan the Boy goes to a talk. David Seymour, too, was a fun chat on the show this morning. And a guy who visited Disneyland every single day for over eight years. Every single day. The novelty's wearing off for me after that talk. I mean, I know it's Disneyland. But there's so much to see and do. You're turning the happiest place on earth to probably the most ball-lacking place on earth because you're having to go every day. He didn't say that though. He
Starting point is 00:02:53 said he still found magic and wonder. That's still pretty incredible. Just before we go today, can you guys just between one and 24, because obviously you were saying off there, Ben, you're a big advocate of the Melbourne Cup. If you choose a number between one and one and 24 today for the for the melbourne cup and uh maybe you can okay all right what are you i know you don't like to beat or gamble or participate in the melbourne cup for fear of having to owe people money yeah i'll go 12 okay okay 12 okay i'll go because but you know i i do know a story from when I was little. I think I was about three years old and my parents came to me. And they were like, well, pick a number before the Melbourne Cup.
Starting point is 00:03:31 And Dad went off and put it. And I said 12, apparently. And it won. But now I'm like, well, what did I get out of this? They're like, oh, I think we bought you like a jacket or something. But you won a lot of money. But I was like, well, no, technically they won a lot of money on my winnings. Hold on, did you go to the TAB and make the transaction yourself?
Starting point is 00:03:48 No, you just plucked a number out of thin air. I still feel like that was my winnings. I feel like a jacket is a sufficient payment for your input. Jackets are nothing present. So a jacket's like you need, it's a practical thing. It's nothing but... What sort of jacket? Winter, light summer one? I think it's a winter jacket. I think, I don't know. I was too young. But, you know, jacket's like you need. It's a practical thing. It's nothing but... What sort of jacket? Winter, light summer one?
Starting point is 00:04:06 I think it's a winter jacket. I think, I don't know. I was too young. But, you know, that's... Warmth. As a kid, you don't want a jacket. But you put no financial input into this transaction. A jacket is...
Starting point is 00:04:15 Yeah, I'd be happy with a jacket if I was you. Do you still want the jacket? No, it still fits me, actually, yeah. 12 for you. I'm going to go nine. Nine? Yeah. Number nine is Stockman, a Kiwi racer, actually, as well.
Starting point is 00:04:27 It's a Kiwi horse. Yeah, what are you going to go, Producer Joel? 19, Smoking Roman. You look like a racer's guy. Can't you imagine Joel at the races, couldn't you? Yeah, exactly. So he's got the good pants on, the town shoes. I'll be wearing them tonight, mate.
Starting point is 00:04:42 I'll be dressing up, dressing up to the nine. Any excuse for a cheese cutter. You are not going to the Melbourne Cup today. I'm not allowing him to go to... Imagine if he's going to turn up like tomorrow. You're not allowed to participate. Hey, have a great day, people. If you're here for advice on life, you're in
Starting point is 00:04:57 big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. Yesterday was Halloween. If you haven't checked out the video of you scaring the poof out of me, you should do that right now it's on the hits breakfast did you clean up the pool jeez well it was the second one that you were dressed as a sort of psychotic clown i think i don't know what was going on i was like ronald mcdonald's wayward brother or something there's a clown that had gone on a three-day bender he hadn't been home it really needed to just call quits on the weekend and have some sleep.
Starting point is 00:05:25 The McDonald's family had really cut ties with you, mate. They were like, mate, he's really let us down. The black sheep of the family. I was like, Ronald's doing great.
Starting point is 00:05:31 He's got the family business. You've gone out. He's happy. You've gone out. Whatever you were doing. So you gave me a heck of a fright, but then you had another surprise for me as well,
Starting point is 00:05:38 and that one, oh yeah, that was the one that really got me. I'd be the clown that, you know, when the parents died, I'd be a nightmare
Starting point is 00:05:44 when, you know, they're dividing up the estate. Yeah. Like, don't give him the money. He's just going to, you know, he's going to be a shit. But we were talking about this yesterday on the podcast intro, weren't we? Yeah, I was talking about how my wife and I, we had a Halloween party and we dressed up as Ghostbusters. And I was reflecting on the Ghostbusters iconic song,
Starting point is 00:06:02 Who You Gonna Call? And I said this on the podcast and have a listen to producer Joel. What he did. It really knocked your confidence. It does, have a listen. But I was thinking now with the Ghostbusters in 2022, because, you know, it was the whole song was, Who You Gonna Call?
Starting point is 00:06:15 Like nowadays it'd be like, maybe text. You know, text is probably a lot better, you know. Yeah. Maybe don't. It's a conversation. It's not me. Producer Joel Jeez Like we have a conversation
Starting point is 00:06:31 Without like I already lack confidence I'm just having a conversation He doesn't need snarky Sneer drums He's a snarky mate From Gen Zers But are you like
Starting point is 00:06:39 Mate I'm talking to your generation Like if you're a ghostbuster You'd be like Don't Like Snapchat me or something you know
Starting point is 00:06:47 you kind of the snedrum really takes the wind out you know brings you down a few pence doesn't it it's like we've talked about before
Starting point is 00:06:55 the cool story oh cool story bro no matter what you're saying if someone says cool story bro it really takes the wind out of your saying oh no don't
Starting point is 00:07:02 that wasn't meant to be a gag that was just again it rattles sag. Oh, no, don't. That wasn't meant to be a gag. That was just, again, an opposite. It rattles him, Joel. It rattles him. Don't play the bloody cedra. It really startles him, doesn't it? It does.
Starting point is 00:07:12 It does. Yeah, we want to drum up some confidence, not drum it out of him. Yeah, exactly. All right. So there we go. That's what it's like working with a Gen Zer, looking down their nose at us. The podcast you can catch on iHeartRadio. 87 of the top 100 podcasts of all time.
Starting point is 00:07:32 That's not a joke. It's not a joke. It's not a joke. In the world as well, not even just New Zealand. In the world. Are we still sitting at 87? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:40 Good stats. Good stats. Yeah. We apologize in advance. Jeez, sorry. Sorry about that. Sorry you got ro stats. Yeah. We apologize in advance. Jeez, sorry. Sorry about that. Sorry you got roped into this. Jono and Ben.
Starting point is 00:07:48 Sorry. On the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Are you entering our office, Sweepstake Ben? Nah, probably not, to be honest. You're not a horse guy, are you? I'm not really a horse guy, but then also the admin of it. Like, it'd be one of those things, I don't carry cash,
Starting point is 00:08:02 and then I'll be like, I've got to bring the cash, and then it'll become something else that I have to do on the to-do list yeah right and you don't need another thing on your to-do list yeah i like the office morale you know getting things together but it'll be one of those things i'll end up having to bring cash and i'll keep forgetting for weeks well welcome along to scrolling through your feed this is where probably journalists look at it and go is this what the news has become yeah now there was an actual poster from the inland revenue departmentvenue Department, the IRD. Now, this was deleted, and they were obviously going for something a bit fun,
Starting point is 00:08:30 you know, a little bit of a laugh. Nothing is more enjoyable than tax. When you say fun, I think of tax. It was to do with Halloween. They put out a tweet from the IRD saying, fun fact, basically along the lines of, a lolly tax will teach kids responsibility so you
Starting point is 00:08:47 can take some of their lollies from their trick or treat haul. The tax can be as much as one third of their lollies earned on Halloween. So to teach kids about tax, you can take some of their lollies away as parents. But it wasn't a gag? No, like you should actually do
Starting point is 00:09:04 this. The kids need to learn about tax. A light-hearted way of teaching the kids about tax. Now, obviously, this is coming from a government agency, and who's quick to respond on this one? It's the ACT Party leader, David Seymour. Of course he is. And he joins us right now on New Zealand's most respected news source, scrolling through your feed, David Seymour.
Starting point is 00:09:24 I tell you what, there's only one source of truth. I know they said it was the podium, but it's actually at DBC more on Instagram. Oh, you're getting an Instagram plug? I didn't get you on to plug your Instagram. Your gram's blowing up. It doesn't need any plugs, David. It's going to blow up even more now it's been plugged on
Starting point is 00:09:43 New Zealand's leading breakfast show. Now, David Seymour, we've just been talking about this this morning, about how the IRD put out a tweet. They took it back. They've deleted it now. But it was to do with Halloween, saying you could basically teach your kids about taxes by taking off some of their Halloween candy. Yeah, and you could teach them about how to vote too.
Starting point is 00:10:07 With the greens, they'll take all of it because you're not allowed any sugar. With labour, they'll take half of it. And with acts, we'll give some of your lollies back, kids, so party by that. Now, I've always said the kids are never too young to learn about the complexities of the tax system, David. That's a good point.
Starting point is 00:10:26 We could tell them that a tax is a fine for doing something right. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. Well, yeah, it seemed like a very unusual play. And I know they've taken it back after a bit of a heap, but very unusual thing for the IRD to put out. I mean, the IRD is not always the most loved organisation in the country. Yeah, and I almost feel a bit sorry for them because they were trying
Starting point is 00:10:49 to get some love. They were trying to move in on the Halloween festivities. But then at the end of the day, there's a reason why their Maori name is Te Tare Te Ki. They just take.
Starting point is 00:10:59 And it's very hard to show up at a Halloween party when it is there to take, take, take. Actually, what they forgot is it's the kids that are supposed to trick or treat who trick or treats off the kids. Well, I mean, even the cost of living hitting the lolly collection market as well.
Starting point is 00:11:16 Yeah, 100%. And you know what? If it makes those kids recognise the spookiest thing at Halloween is Grabby Grant Robertson taking your lollies, then maybe it's a healthily education. They should have left it up. Oh, Grabby Grant Robertson. Grabby Grant Robertson.
Starting point is 00:11:35 I don't know if that's a nickname that he'd love to keep up with. It's a nightmare for HR as well, Grabby Grant Robertson. One of the spookiest Halloween characters out there. David Seymour from the Act Party. Thanks for joining us this morning. Appreciate it. Thank you. Experts in giving out inexpert advice.
Starting point is 00:11:52 Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Ben, I know every year I get, do you have bugs in your house? You got a bug problem? Oh, you get the bugs. Flies. He flies with my big bug bear for the bugs. You, through summer, through 30 plus degree heat,
Starting point is 00:12:05 refused to open doors and windows because you didn't want flies coming in. So the family were just sweltering, I imagine. Yeah, like as soon as you open the gate, the door-to-door sales people come around. As soon as you open the doors at home, the flies come inside. Everything's shut in my house.
Starting point is 00:12:18 So it was like a sauna for one summer. And then I put you onto a bug, the bug guy that I use. So November, we do, we get it sprayed every November. And it's like clockwork. As soon as we let it lapse for a couple of weeks in November, the bugs, they're back. Yeah, they're back again. They've had their 12-month sabbatical.
Starting point is 00:12:38 They're like, we've had a good time out there, like an OE. We return, yeah. Yeah, and they return, And just an abundance of spiders. Now, my issue is, I think, I don't know if you're the same, every spider I come into contact with is a white tail. Do you feel it? To be honest, I don't know what a white tail is. No, neither.
Starting point is 00:12:57 That's my thing. But I'm like, it's a white tail, it's a white tail. But it seems like a lot of spiders have that white little dot on their ass. And so I assume everything's a whitetail. And I'm very overly dramatic when I'm like, it's a whitetail, stand back everyone. And I like to put them outside. I don't kill them.
Starting point is 00:13:13 Because I got guilty when we spoke to Rude the bug man, who's way too into bugs for anyone's liking. But I was... He'd like me to go camping with him. Oh, wouldn't he? He's like, let's just leave the tent doors open. No, Rude. Wake up in a sea of mosquitoes.
Starting point is 00:13:29 Aren't they wonderful? He does love bugs, though. Rude, quite past. Yeah. And anyway, so I put them in the glass and sort of take them outside. But I swear, I'll walk 10 kilometres and drop this white tail off.
Starting point is 00:13:43 Then the same guy's back the next morning. Good morning. They're back. They're back and everything is a white tail. So I'd just like to know, A, what a white tail looks like, and B, what damage can they do? Are they that bad? Well, I think if you get bitten by one, it's not good, right?
Starting point is 00:13:59 But I don't know enough about the spider community. I mean, Spider-Man was about as much as I really delved into the spider community. Daddy Longlegs, apparently the world's most poisonous spider. That's the rumor. Yeah, they can't do anything. They don't have the skills to distribute the venom to kill us all. And that must be frustrating. When you know you're packing, you know, I've got the goods.
Starting point is 00:14:21 I can do this. But I can't do it. But I can't. God, that must be frustrating for them. You know, wandering around with that inside you. It's like you're going to the bathroom. You're like, just, you know, when it doesn't quite. Just a little bit.
Starting point is 00:14:34 Just this time. Come on. There we go. That's it. That's it. Just a drop or two. It's all I want. It's all you want.
Starting point is 00:14:40 That's exactly what a daddy long leg is going through. Hey, in five minutes time, we're crossing live to Hollywood. Daddy Long Legs sounds like one of those sugar daddies, doesn't it? Yeah, it's a really unusual name, isn't it? Hey, Daddy Long Legs. Yeah. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits.
Starting point is 00:14:59 Melbourne Cup is on five o'clock today. You have it live on the hits at five o'clock this afternoon. You know the most stressful thing? We used to do the afternoon show, and they would be like, oh, you've got to take the Melbourne Cup is on 5 o'clock today, you have it live on the hits at 5 o'clock? You know the most stressful thing, we used to do the afternoon show and they'd be like oh you've got to take the Melbourne Cup live and it was always so stressful because they say it's at 5 o'clock but it never gets underway at 5 o'clock. Horses they don't know about having to time out for radio shows. Oh they're also drunken people, there's a lot of people they have to attend to. Yeah I mean there's a lot going on, I mean they've got a lot going on but yeah that's
Starting point is 00:15:24 this afternoon. Ben, I'm putting a lot of investment in the kids, okay? My kids. Right. Not just any random kids. My kids to look after us in our retirement. You know, that's why you have kids. So that when you're old and you can't change your underwear,
Starting point is 00:15:40 they do it for you. Right. And they can financially look after you. So I've sent them off to music lessons now oscar's doing he's doing drums and poppy my daughter she's learning the piano and she goes in with nathan her teacher and he's a wonderful guy they've got a great relationship it's uh you know a bit of jokey relationship and stuff and so she came back from piano lessons now when you send them off to piano lessons you've got so you've got visions in your head of what they're learning Beethoven, Mozart Bach, you know all the classics
Starting point is 00:16:08 The stuff that's going to get you An early retirement That's why I'm investing in piano lessons This is what happened as soon as she arrived home Have a listen Papa you've just got home from your piano lessons And you spent an hour Learning Bach
Starting point is 00:16:24 Beethoven, Mozart What was it this week? We were learning still Dray. Still Dr. Dray and Snoop Dogg. Yeah. Okay. Not quite what I'd imagined when I sent you off to piano lessons. Yeah. And it starts getting quite dark when she starts singing the lyrics. I mean, it's a great song, and you're never too... It's never too early to learn your first gangster rap song on piano. But in defence, and I mean, we know we talked about these people like Beethoven and stuff like that, but that's like the 1700s.
Starting point is 00:17:01 I mean, you know, if you're talking about making money today, Dr Dre's making a lot more money than Beethoven and Bach. You know, when was the last piano concert you went to where someone just played piano? Only piano. You raise a great point. So maybe this is the way to go. Maybe this is the avenue.
Starting point is 00:17:18 Next week I'll have you learning WAP on piano. We'll be selling out concerts. That's a very good point. That is the hits you got, John. I'm bad. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A selling out concerts. That's a very good point. That is the hits you got down on my bed. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. God, Eshians.
Starting point is 00:17:30 I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes.
Starting point is 00:17:38 And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Killing a cast member. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret.
Starting point is 00:17:45 But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. He's located 10,771 kilometres away in Hollywood, Ben, but he's really located in all of our hearts. NT. Oh, NT, how's the week been, mate? All right? Yeah, I'm great.
Starting point is 00:18:04 How are you? Yeah, no, we're good. We're just plowing through life. You know, it's just we keep saying, where the hell is 2022 gone? It's November already, and that meant last night in New Zealand, it was Halloween. It's a big thing. It's a big deal in America.
Starting point is 00:18:18 It is. Is it a big deal in New Zealand? Has it, like, taken off or no? Yeah, it started to be. Over the last 10 years, it seems to get bigger and bigger. You know, a lot of people, a lot of kids in the neighborhoods, a lot of houses, but not, we don't have the celebrities like you do over there and they
Starting point is 00:18:32 all love dressing up. Yeah, they do and it's kind of odd because I don't think that there's all that many adults like in regular kind of neighborhoods and stuff that dress up, but every single celebrity dresses up. It's an opportunity to let me get on my Instagram, let me get on my TikTok. It's just another
Starting point is 00:18:47 excuse, basically, for content, rather than any kind of great desire to dress up for Halloween. We've lost the reason for the season, haven't we? Whatever the reason was. It's become superficial, it's become commercial. I see Khloe Kardashian turn up
Starting point is 00:19:03 to a party with Tristan Thompson. There she is. Tristan, look, how many chances is the guy going to get? That kind of blew me away, and I'm not— it's this thing with the Kardashians. They just, they stick—unless you do something, unless you go completely Kanye, it's just, it's almost impossible to get rid of them.
Starting point is 00:19:23 They just, they will keep the claws in, especially if you have a child. Now, that is the one caveat. If you have a child, then they'll keep you like that. If you don't, then they'll kick you to the side of the road. It's why the whole Travis Scott thing and the covering for him, if he's sleeping with somebody for the last 10 years or something, they're the ones who will write the statements and stuff because they don't want Kylie to look bad.
Starting point is 00:19:48 Travis Scott's been sleeping with someone else apart from kylie jenna for the last 10 years yeah maybe longer because and it was a big little little scandal here um last week or so and you have to realize that kylie and travis had a one-night stand that turned into a pregnancy it was a one-night stand oh she's pregnant oh we got to be together. And the whole Kardashian philosophy is, okay, well now you're together forever. You know, just, I don't care if it was a one night stand and you guys didn't mean it, you're together forever now, but he was already living with somebody. He already has a bunch of groupies and stuff. And so then what happened was a few years down the road, they just said, she goes, I'd like another baby. Okay, well, I'll give you another baby, but I'm not leaving my situation. They don't live together, just like Kanye and Kim never lived together.
Starting point is 00:20:30 Scott and Kourtney, they live together some of the time, but not all of the time. It's a very untraditional, strange kind of thing that they all have going on there. Yeah, it's the same situation Ben has with his family. He's got his groupies. He doesn't. You know, you've got your life.
Starting point is 00:20:47 You've got your life. Yeah, they understand. They knew what they were in for when they signed up to old hot pants over here. NT from Hollywood, thank you very much for your time. As we say, you live in our hearts forever and ever. You go and have a great week. Hey, you have a great week, you guys. Hoping today will start well.
Starting point is 00:21:07 Too late. You're listening to these guys. Jono and Ben on the hits. Dame Susan Devoy, she's extremely talented. One of our greatest ever sports people. World squash champion many, many times. And she's just been on Celebrity Treasure Island, just evicted as well.
Starting point is 00:21:21 And I filmed with Susan actually many years ago where she was hitting squash balls at us, which was a very, very silly idea. But she joins us right now on the phone. Good morning, Susan. It's been a long time since I've seen you boys at the squash club. It has been a while. How's the squash going?
Starting point is 00:21:36 Well, I've retired, gracefully. What about yourself? Yeah, we've retired as well. We didn't have quite the illustrious career like you, though. No, no. I do remember that occasion very well, though. Well, it's nice to talk to you again because, you know, obviously one of our greatest
Starting point is 00:21:49 ever sports people, you know, you won World Opens many, many times over the years, but how did it compare to going on Celebrity Treasure Island? Oh, no comparison, really. I mean, I was good at playing squash, but I sucked on Celebrity Treasure Island. Well, you were in the final six, though, you know? I know, I was good at playing squash, but I sucked on celebrity treasure.
Starting point is 00:22:06 Well, you were in the final six, though, you know? I know, I know. That's quite a miracle, really. I think people were very kind to me, because I did, I often actually did ask if I could be put up for elimination, but... Send me off this godforsaken island.
Starting point is 00:22:22 Yeah, well, it was a bit like that, actually, at times. It got better, funny enough, but they never saw me as a threat, so they just let me hang around. Dame Susan Savoy with us right now. Now, I was reading about you over the weekend, Dame Susan, that you basically got given an ultimatum at school. You were in a Catholic school. One of the nuns was like, well, do you want to be here,
Starting point is 00:22:41 or do you want to play squash? And you were like, well, I want to play squash. So you left school. Yeah, yeah, that was pretty much it, do you want to be here or do you want to play squash? And you were like, well, I want to play squash. So you left school. Yeah, yeah, that was pretty much it. Much to the disappointment of my parents. You know, I'm the youngest of seven. I've got six older brothers. They had sort of different aspirations for me
Starting point is 00:22:54 than being a professional squash player. But, you know, hey, this month I've been retired for 30 years. So that's how long ago it was. And so, you know. Was it true you didn't tell your parents that you'd left school, though? You had to pretend for a while? So that's how long ago it was. And so, you know... Was it true you didn't tell your parents that you'd left school, though? You had to pretend for a while? Yeah, for three weeks I used to get dressed up in my school uniform and hide under the house until they'd gone to work.
Starting point is 00:23:15 And then you'd sneak off to the squash court. Yeah, yeah, basically that was it. And then watch a bit of daytime television. So, you know, school's overrated, isn't it? Yeah, I was going to say, I don't know if this is the right message to be sending. Well, hey, you can end up being a world champion. And also a dame.
Starting point is 00:23:32 Was being a dame one of those things which, obviously, a tremendous honour, but also at the same time a lot of admin, you have to change your passport, your driver's licence, all that sort of thing? Well, I don't put any of that on my official documents. In fact, I checked into a flight the other day, oh, a little while ago with Air New Zealand, and it wouldn't go through,
Starting point is 00:23:50 and so I went to the count, and the young girl behind there said, because my ticket said Dame Susan Du Bois, she said, what does Dame mean? And I said, oh, look, I didn't want to say anything. I don't know. So I said, it's my nickname. And't want to say anything. I didn't know. So I said, it's my nickname. And she gave me a real bollocking and said
Starting point is 00:24:10 if I ever used that on an official form again, I wouldn't be allowed to fly. Such a humble response from a New Zealander too, not wanting to make a fuss about being a Dame. Yeah, well, there's no perks that come with it. I don't get upgraded. The only perk is you get told off by the staff behind the counter at the end of New Zealand. Yeah, it's just perks that come with it. I don't get upgraded. The only perk is you get told off by the staff behind the counter at the Air New Zealand.
Starting point is 00:24:26 Yeah, it's just embarrassing, really. Well, Dame Susan Devoy, congratulations on making the final. So congratulations on such a fantastic career, not only on the squash court too, but off the squash court and all the great things you've done with sport and race relations and everything. You've led a fulfilled life, Dame Susan. Yeah, well, I've been very lucky. I think that's what you call about being privileged. You've led a fulfilled life, Dame Susan. Yeah, well, I've been very lucky, you know.
Starting point is 00:24:45 I think that's what you call about being privileged. But I always remember that day you came to St Mary's School and we went to the squash courts and you stood there with your cricket box on and let me smash squash balls at you. It was a stupid idea. It was a stupid idea. The thing is, before we turned up, we were like, how hard are squash balls?
Starting point is 00:25:03 They're not that hard. And then we saw Dame Susan hit one and we're like, oh my goodness, these things are like little rocks. And you didn't know back, Dame Susan? Yeah. Well, you guys have stood the test of time. I think you were just starting out then. Hang it in there, hang it in there.
Starting point is 00:25:18 Congratulations on still being great entertainment for us New Zealanders. Oh, well, thank you very much. That means a lot coming from you, Dave and Susan. Really appreciate your time this morning. You go and have a wonderful day. Okay, thank you. Bye.

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