Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Megan uses the disabled toilet?!?

Episode Date: April 7, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast. On a Tuesday morning, we're about to get into Megan's potential cancelling or not. Yeah. Sorry, I was just trying to dodge bloody White Lotus spoilers. They're everywhere. Very hard for you to keep dodging, isn't it? I can't even go online. You're just going to have to go home and watch it. Yeah. Yeah, clear the air.

I don't mind sometimes finding out before I watch shows. Like, I don't mind. Yeah, I'm not overly. Like, I'm like, what? I don't mind. Like, nothing really winds me up. You know, sometimes I find it's quite good because I'm like, oh, I get all this now.

Or you see things along the way. You can enjoy it more. Yeah. I don't mind. I'm not one of those people that's spoiled. Sometimes I'll look. We'll be watching a movie with my wife and I'll get into, like, characters and details and I'll be like oh I was just ready

to head to the plot and have a little look and they'll be like oh okay yeah it doesn't really worry me I'm going to google what that means about your personality

I've already looked and I won't say now what happens but I've only watched one episode of White Lotus I'm going to get to the episode but I don't care I've found out what happens

White Lotus is like a murder mystery and you don't find out like who did it and who died until the last episode yeah but he likes to be

he likes to be planned he likes to be across stuff you're spoiling the whole journey I'm doing across stuff he runs to do list I'm like okay if he was on the cast

if he was in the as a character in the White Lotus he'd be like well someone knows someone is starting with B and has two eyes

and two hands I would tell you but mmm. We're such a good go on. I'd be like, mmm, well. We need a deep dive on this tomorrow. Yeah, we can. Maybe you could do one of those, am I the only one?

No, I'm not the only one. Yeah. Tomorrow. Do people like to? I don't do it all the time, but a lot of the time I do. You know, I don't really enjoy this. Tell me you're a psychopath without telling me you're a psychopath. Do you do sports games?

Yeah. Sometimes I tell you what. Tell me you're a psychopath without telling me you're a psychopath. Do you do sports games? Yeah. Sometimes, I tell you what, if I – I thought you were joking because you don't know the winner. Do you know what? Nothing gives me – I love the Warriors, but nothing gives me more pleasure than knowing the Warriors win and watching that game because I'm like, oh, I can just enjoy this. Yeah, yeah.

I do that. But at the same time, I do love watching it live in the moment and stuff where I can't. But then sometimes I will find out and I'll still watch the game because I'm like, oh, this is such a great experience. Or if I find out they lose,

I'll be like, eh. Don't watch. I'm not watching. Oh, I hate it when someone tells me anything about Formula One before I've watched it. My dad used to do it to me. He'd watch something,

he'd go, I'm not going to tell you, but there's a great try by John Kewin. And he'd just lie. And I'd be watching the whole game going, oh, John Kewin's going to score, yeah? We're going to be all right, guys. Just relax.

And then I'd be like, he didn't score. Maybe that's where this comes from. He didn't score at all during that game. I need to know if you're the only one. Maybe I am, but that's all right. We'll test it tomorrow. I'd still like watching stuff live and not looking ahead. But then you go along to, I guess, Snow White.

You saw that. You kind of know where that's going. You know? True. Well, no one knew where that one was going to end up. Well, true, actually. Bad example. Maybe they should have stuck more.

I was going to end up. This is a surefire hit, baby. Yeah, true, actually. That's a bad example. All right, anyway, here's Megan getting cancelled. Congratulations to PJ from Maddie and PJ in the afternoon Had the baby girl a couple of days ago, Frankie August Congratulations

Is this a live radio call moment? What do you reckon guys? I don't know if it is Bit of radio gold Okay, I'll back off I don't know, I mean I don't know how PJ would She probably won't answer the phone to be honest anyway I mean you've been in this position Megan. Would you like a live radio call? No.

Not at all. She's probably been up all night. No idea is a bad idea in a brainstorm. Just going to put you some out there. I wanted to talk about something because after the fact, I'm like, ooh, was this okay or not? It's something I did at the zoo, and I was wondering if anyone saw me do it, if they would be okay with it.

So this is an explanation of what took place. If anyone was judging me at the zoo. You won't end up on social media and you're like, oh God, how do I explain this? A little bit. Because these days, everything does. People filming everyone else, putting it everywhere. And without context, it could look really bad. So if you're at the zoo between the hours of what and what on what day?

On a Sunday. It felt like everyone was there because of daylight saving. So what time zone are we talking? It was like, I can't remember, like morning. Morning, okay. So the very niche audience we're after here, we're targeting. So you're at the zoo Sunday morning and you're by the lavatories. The toilets.

The lavatory. The toilets. So my two-year-old daughter, she needed a nappy change. And there's a row of toilets, right? And one of them is a parent's room. One of them is male and female. And then there is a disabled toilet. And the parent's room was full. I looked into, well, the door was open in the disabled toilet,

and there is a changing table in there. Okay. Like a fold-down, like in all of the baby rooms, there's a fold-down changing table. Whatever makes you sleep at night. Actually, they did say there was a new attraction at the zoo. I didn't realise there was a monster named Megan. So I was like, oh, you must be able to go in here to change your baby. Or you must be able to leave that room available for people who require it.

Yes. So, yeah, I made the decision to go in there, use the changing table to change my baby. Because I was like, it's here. It must be like, okay, multi-use toilet. At this point, are you getting your phone out your phone out you're watching Megan Pampers I'm thinking about I'm not one of those people but I know I'm probably

encouraging those people to get the phone out you should film this does it go well on the Herald so I changed her and I came out and then I was like hang on a second

like unless you looked in you won't be able to see that there's a changing table in there so it just looks like a disabled toilet what is the what is the rules there and if you did see me use it and it's not okay i'm sorry but i assumed that that's

it's like a multi-use thing so you're there for parental reasons you weren't there for the luxurious space so you never use the bathroom uh did i wee while i was in there yes oh because i no you know when you're like, before you leave the house, it was like a maintenance week. Listen, you're just coming up with all these, you know. It was like a, and you know,

to stop myself from weeing later while we're here. Right. What I'm hearing is a sense of entitlement. Remember the dream world and movie world experience that you had with the fast pass.

The sense of entitlement walking past people waiting in line. Again, you just skipped a line I used the function That was in there For the right function

Not your function to use I can smell privilege No but it was It was a changing table For a baby So I changed it On the changing table Okay

Okay Okay So the feeling In the room Is that it's not okay We can throw it to the text poll 4487 Producer Ellie's coming

You want to chime in on this one What do you want to say mate? Look Our good friend ChatGVT I thought Let's ask them Let's see what they think ChatGVT solves a lot of problems

It's probably a good thing For people to know To know this Yeah So I asked What Oh my goodness What is the baby table for In a disabled toilet in New Zealand?

Does that mean parents can also use it to change their babies? It says, yes. In New Zealand, the baby changing table in a disabled toilet is there to provide a space for parents or caregivers to change their babies. These toilets are often designed as accessible rather than exclusively for disabled individuals. Oh, wow. Woo, you got off scot-free there, mate. So if you filmed me, don't put it on social media.

Wait, is there a however? It does say, however, people with disabilities take priority. So if there was a disabled person who needed it. Oh, of course. What if contents left the bladder of the individual? Yeah. That's where you muddied the, Well, not muddied the waters, but did something up. I was there anyway.

So I multi-used it. You're all right. Guilty. Moving on. Moving on. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hit.

I'm finding out if Megan is going to be cancelled or not. So I'm coming clean because this happened at the weekend. I went to the zoo and I used a toilet, which on the front it says it's the disabled toilet but I needed to change my

daughter. The parents room was busy and in the disabled toilet is a baby change table. So I wanted to know does that make it okay for me to go in. Okay and also factoring in the important piece of information that a bladder was relieved. A person was relieved.

But I changed here and there's a toilet right there Did you want me to like Come out again And go to another toilet I do but Hey it's not up to me Okay But Megan

I hear what you're saying They're more spacious Generally Cleaner They are luxurious It's not why I wanted To go in there It's the

It's because You needed changing Business class Of the ablution block We all know But great feedback Actually on the text It's not why I wanted to go in there. It's because you needed changing. It's the business class of the ablution block. We all know. But great feedback, actually, on the text, 4487. My son is disabled. Okay.

This is what the text starts with. Yeah. My son is disabled. Qualified to give me feedback. He tells me it's totally okay. Oh, thank God. It's totally Oh god Okay Oh thank god Totally okay To use The toilets there

For accessibility For disabled But not exclusively For them He said Car parks however A whole other story Oh of course

Don't touch the car parks No no no Don't touch the car parks Okay so slowly starting To make Megan Feel better about life Mel Morning to you

Good morning Are you. Good morning. Are you going to roast her, mate? What are we doing? What do you reckon, Mel? No, she's all good. All good. Because think about it. If she needs to go to the toilet,

what is she supposed to do with her two-year-old on a pram that is possibly sleeping? That pram cannot fit into a normal toilet. So she can't leave the pram outside and the child outside with all the random adults. Put the baby on your knees. Put the baby on your knees. Do you want an alternative?

She wanted options. That's true. Give the baby to a stranger. Yeah, that's true. And what if she had like a one-year-old in the pram and a two-year-old like out of the pram? That two-year-old's just going to run amok. Yeah. You got me Mel,

you understand. Now another text here, you do you Megan. We actually install baby changing tables in those toilets because there is more room to move. That's the reason that they're in there. Am I allowed, Mel, am I allowed to wee while I'm in there? Yeah, I mean no one's

questioning the changing of the baby. That's not the important part. You shouldn't. She says I'm allowed to wee while I'm in there? Yeah, I mean, no one's questioning the changing of the baby. That's not the important part. You shouldn't. She says I'm allowed to wee too. We talked all over her, so that was probably for the best. You guys are just desperate for me to get in trouble. No one's roasting you. Everyone's on your side.

Thank God. Even people who have to deal with it day to day, they're on your side too. And then we go, well, you know, finally drew a line in there Yeah we found out that We're tasked by Gen Z producer Grace She's like, go home and find the most random funny item in your pantry Now it quickly dawned upon me

My pantry's not that comical. It's not that amusing. I don't have many funny random items. It's a pantry. Very hard. Yeah. So anyway, I managed to find something. This was technically not in the pantry,

but in the cupboard above the fridge, which is a biodegradable sample container from a medical procedure I had where I got a big lump cut out from inside my mouth. And I was like, I want to keep that lump. Oh, it's not still in there, is it? Well, no. Well, I've removed the lump.

But he did mould my teeth. So there's a mould of my teeth that were sitting in there. Okay. So that's the most funny random thing I could find in the pantry. But what I did discover is, while we were rifling through there, an extraordinary amount of Tupperware lids. So many, you know, the GLAAD container Tupperware lids or whatever container Tupperware lids.

Systemic's another one, right? Yeah, but the softer ones, so not the hard, you know. The takeaway ones. Now, my issue is I've got a dozen plus lids, but the lid-to-cont to container ratio is all off, and none of the lids fit on the containers. They almost, you know how they almost fit, but they're just slightly off.

Have they been warped in the dishwasher or something? I don't know what's going on. I don't know if their dishwasher is safe, though, as well. The takeaway ones. Probably the issue. I'm sure I'm not the only person who suffers this but I need a better system

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My half an avocado? They want a little one in their lunchbox. Your leftover takeaways are bigger than your half an avocado. I can't get your point. Get your point. You can't make one size. Then it won't fit your stuff in. Just some of them.

You can buy one size. Why don't you just buy one size? The different size of container. How about the one consistent lid? Different brands are doing different lids. How is that going to work? Well, because then you're like, if you lose a lid, you go to another brand. Anyway, I'm just trying to solve a problem here.

Sorry. Sorry for... Okay, we'll keep trying. Yeah, keep trying, but you're not solving anyone's problem. Sorry for shining a light on it. I'm trying to close it. Your systemic's like, oh, cool, we'll just change to another brand now for years. They're not going to do that.

Hey, listen, guys. it's real issues out there. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Josh Lee's with us in the studio. Good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you in the studio. Our daughters go to the same school,

so we spend a lot of time on the side of netball courts together. Yes, normally freezing. What you been up to, Jono? They just play on in any condition, don't they? They are hardcore. Yeah, you're wearing

more clothes than the people playing too. They don't feel it though. They're like, Dad, it's fine. I'm like, put a jacket on, honey. I'm like,

take a jacket. No, we don't need a jacket. I don't want a jacket, Dad. I'm embarrassed. When do we all turn so soft? Now, you're a very talented musician.

We've seen you perform many times around the country At many events But you're part of something very exciting at the moment Yeah, super exciting I did 165 gigs last year So I'm very happy and excited That I still get to do music for a living But I had this epiphany I wanted to do some more original music

I decided to put a song through To a global competition Because I saw it come up on Instagram. Yeah. Yeah, and it's Timbaland, who is one of the biggest producers in America. That's a Timbaland banger, yeah. You used to work a lot with Justin Timberlake as well,

Timbaland, right? Correct, yeah. Exactly. So he's running a competition. You're like, first, were you thinking of this as a scam or were you like confident it was a legit Timbaland thing? No, no, because it's the legit Timbaland and he's got the old You're like Chris were you thinking This is a scam Or were you like confident That it was a legit Timberland thing No no because it's a legit Timberland And he's got the old blue tick

You know Mind you A lady fell in love with Brad Pitt You know Oh Yeah it was Brad Pitt Was he an AI version of Brad Pitt Yeah

But it was very clear It was AI to the rest of us Oh I see It's a never blue tick That one Yeah So he's got a competition Running worldwide

For what Five people Can be featuring on his album and also get in the studio with him, which is my absolute dream. I've loved Timbaland since back in the day where he was actually writing stuff for Missy Elliott, the old... Oh my God.

Pass that touch. That was my... I've been a beatboxer Since way back You need to do that In front of Timbaland All that sort of And all of his music Is based around that beatboxing

Can we just keep you on For three hours doing that Do some more You guys go home I've got this Let's go So he's running a competition You've submitted something.

Yeah. So I put up a reel straight away. Hey, everybody. I got into the Timberland competition. Do you know who the second person who liked it was? Timberland. Timberland. Timberland likes it.

It blew my mind. I fell off my chair. Auntie Denise and Timberland. Blowing up on this reel. Blowing up on this reel. And I looked at it, but I think it was originally 20,000 to 30,000 applicants that's been whittled down to this to get into the song contest. Now, there's literally a ticker.

If you go onto my Instagram, go into my bio, all my social media platforms, you can click on the link and you can vote and everything. Wow. So many people have voted. So Josh Lee's on Instagram, L-E-Y-S. L-E-Y-S, yeah. And then on TikTok and Instagram and Facebook. I'm pretty excited about that.

Amazing, Josh. Congratulations on even getting this far. It's incredible. Thanks, man. We're trying to find the world's greatest TV theme tune at the moment. We've got a knockout style tournament. You've got your own competition going on. We've got ours.

Ours is not endorsed by Timberland or anyone else worldwide, but it's all right. Ben messaged you and said, could you come up with a theme tune for Jono, Ben and Megan on the hits? Now, you brought your guitar, right? I have indeed. We need to get you before you are working with Timbaland. We won't be able to get you.

Yeah, that's right. We can't afford to pay you once you're with Timbaland. Hey, we're dads at the same school. I have to pick up my daughter regardless of whether I'm working with Timbaland or not. I'm going to bump into Jono. Mind you, when you're working with Timbaland, you'll probably send someone to pick up my daughter regardless of whether I'm working with Tim Land or not. I'm going to bump into Jono. Mind you, when you're working with Tim Land, you'll probably send someone to pick up your daughter. You'll be playing inside netball. You'll be inside, you know.

How come that team's inside? Oh, he works with Tim Land. I never forget where I came from, man. It doesn't matter if it's raining inside, does it? So, okay, we're going to hear this theme tune for the first time, Josh. Let's do it. One he's prepared earlier. Better living, everyone.

There you go. When you're struggling in the morning And you're stuck on instant coffee John O'Ban and Megan They will help you not to worry Hey! John O'Bannon and Megan Why that crew

Bringing laughs and good times On the hits for you Morning struggles no more They make it bright John O'Ban and Megan I can imagine us with, you know, steaming cups of coffee turning to canvas.

Opening up the fridge. Oh, I didn't see you there. We need to do like a sitcom intro to that. We do. We need to put some, like, yeah, actually make it into like opening titles. That's great. So good.

Oh, Josh, hey, well, good luck for the rest of this competition with Timberland. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The world talking about adolescence, the show on Netflix, particularly when it comes to cell phone usage and your kids. And we're talking about it with the kids over the weekend

and talking about how taking advice in your room and all those sorts of things is a bit of a question mark for a lot of parents and each their own. But they sort of came back with questions to me like, what was it like with you growing up and stuff? I was like, well, we did have a computer with the internet, but that was out in the lounge area and stuff. And we got talking about various things that happened.

And I got talking about – When you just wanted to see an image of something and it would just slowly come down. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it would just slowly come down. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it would take, it was painstaking. But don't you talk about, because my wife went overseas when we first got together.

She went overseas for about three months and we were keeping in touch. And we started talking. They were like, how did you guys keep in touch? You know, because she had a cell phone, but she didn't have the internet on it. And I started talking about the internet cafe. Remember the internet cafe? And the kids were just like, what are you talking about? It was a place that people would go to use the internet cafe remember the internet cafe and the kids were just like what are you talking about i was like a place people would go to use the internet there was just rows and rows of computers and they were like what yeah and it was like video calling and they're

like in the middle of it like a cat well yeah i was like yeah with people all around you and it just surrounded by perverts that probably works They were just people like booking commas. Mostly, you know. You always thought the worst of those people for some reason. Although overseas

that's how you had to do. You had to book the accommodation and stuff like that. You'd have to go in there and do all that sort of stuff and wait for a minute. Some of them

that were really busy, didn't you have to kind of book a time or you'd put your name on the waiting list and come back? But I was like, it's not that long ago.

No. Do they even serve coffee at an intercom? Yeah. You get cafe stuff and all sorts of stuff as well. Yeah, it's not that long ago. No. Do they even serve coffee at an internet cafe? Yeah. Well, it is. You get cafe stuff and all sorts of stuff as well. Yeah, you get all that and you can get food and stuff in a lot of them. But yeah, it was mainly you could just go in there and use the computers.

Crazy. Is there still an internet cafe in operation? I'm- Text 4487. We should go and visit it and jump on the internet. I imagine. To clear your e-bills. It's quite freeing in some ways.

You go do all your stuff and then you're like, I'm done. I can't do any more internet today. The internet is down for the day. You want to feel old? Just think about the internet cafe, which wasn't that long ago. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Things on the horizon for Quiz Queen. Ali, who's fresh in here with her Beatles Abbey Road t-shirt. Last week with us, officially. Yeah. Who takes over the Quiz Queen mantle? Do you pass the crown over to Producer Grace? I haven't chosen yet. I'm going to have to do a bit of a ritual, a bit of an initiation, I think.

I'm going to set a task for all of you. She's mean. She doesn't give us any facials. No, your facials will miss your facials. How does it work in the royal family? How do they bespoke the next in line? It's a bit of a tussle in amongst the whanau, isn't it? Are you going to kill each other?

Yeah. Fight to the death. Game of Thrones style. Okay. All right. Question number one, the Herald Daily Quiz. All right. What language did the North American Plains tribes use to communicate amongst themselves?

Was it hand talk, walk talk or smoke talk the north you'd say smoke talk wouldn't you if you're bellowing the smoke it does feel like something that you would use for communication right yeah it's amongst themselves yeah i was gonna say oh no because the way they do that yeah for like another hello yeah how wait i'm just gonna start my fight how are you this is a lot Can we get the point? I take you back to the advert just before What I was about to say Better than ever in 2025

If anything, I'm declining Let's go hand talk Alright, that is correct Well done Question number two What historical event led to the construction of the wall for which Wall Street is named? Was it the Dutch settlement protection,

the British invasion, or the French trade blockade? Oh, I don't know. Now, I know, well, the French obviously gifted the Statue of Liberty to New York. Were they involved in some sort of trade stuff that intertwined with Wall Street, the business district?

I did lean towards the trade thing. Well, because, yeah,ines with Wall Street, the business district. I did lean towards the trade thing. Yeah. Well, because, yeah, it's Wall Street, right? Yeah. Yeah. Listen, hey, we've had two toughies to begin with. It has. It's not a fun start to the New Zealand Aerial Daily Quiz.

Are we going to lock that in or are we going to go to our lifeline? We'll go to our lifeline if you want. Okay. Let's go to our lifeline. We've got some merch packs to give away. 4487 on the text if you want to text her right now. Yeah, we've got merch packs left over from Merch Madness. We collected all of New Zealand's finest company clothing.

Text 4487. Anything come through, team? Dutch settlement has come through on the text machine. Are we locking in the Dutch settlement? So not the French trade. Okay. The opposite of what we were saying. That is correct.

Well done. Thank you. Beautiful. There we go. I think if we pick someone that texts, they'll win a merch pack. We'll hit you back very shortly. On to question number three. We are crawling.

Which 1967 film is credited with helping to change the Hollywood rating system with its mature themes and content? Was it Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? I only know Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? I only know Bonnie and Clyde. The Graduate was...

Yeah. Dustin Hoffman was The Graduate and I can't think of... What was the premise of The Graduate? Was it crazy? That was like a seduction. That was a seduction with an older woman, I think.

Oh, yeah. Oh, wee. But I don't know if that would have changed the... Was Hoffman getting... I think he was a young guy. Yeah, he was a young person in that one. Cougars were pretty frowned upon.

But I don't know. They'd put an M rating on them for mature. Bonnie and Clyde, you imagine, would have been quite brutal as well too. Like, I don't know. We're going in blind, Ellie. Someone pick something. What's the other one? Guess who's coming to dinner.

It sounds very tame. It sounds like half a day. Take a guess. The cougar one. Wait, the graduate? Yeah. That's incorrect. It was Bonnie and Clyde. There we go. We've dipped out of the New Zealand hero.

John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. We'll slide into Megan's DMs. They trust her. No one. People slide into Megan's DMs. They trust her. No one's ever slid into my DMs and asked me anything. I don't know how or why it started, but people do ask me lots of advice. Someone slide into mine and ask me anything, and medical advice. What's this bump on my forearm?

It'll take anything. So, yeah, I mean, now it's thick and fast because we keep doing it on here. But that's fine. Any kind of dilemma, it doesn't matter. And today, it's a dilemma with the neighbour. So, dear Megan, I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing that people usually ask you about, but I would love your opinion. Anything's welcome.

My neighbour and I have always gotten along and we're friendly. Recently, I borrowed his lawnmower while I'm in the process of buying a new one. He was happy to lend it to me, but when I tried to use it, it wouldn't start. I returned it to him. Now he's asking me to pay for the repair. I obviously don't want to, but he says I broke it, so I'm responsible for fixing it. What do you think? Well, you can't prove that you didn't break it.

That's the only thing. Yeah. I really don't want to pay for something I know I didn't break. But obviously the neighbour that loaned it thinks that it was in good working condition when it was loaned, right? Do they? Loaned? Loaned? What's that?

Loaned? Loaned. Lended. Yeah, lended. Do they though? Oh, you reckon they may be trying to pull a swift one. That's a very sadistic play. I'm going to hand you a lawnmower I know doesn't work

and then when you try and start it, I'll claim for you. Just go and fix your lawnmower. Especially if they get on a ride. Yeah. Do you know, I was thinking about this last night. The exact same situation happened to me with a water blaster. Like I borrowed the neighbour's water blaster and he was not out at the time

and his wife was like, oh, here you go. Went to use it and it just signed a spot and I'm no good with, you know, like... You're not going to problem solve that. And I was like, oh God, it's not working. And then so I went and bought a new one

and then took it back later and I was like, hey, sorry, it's not working. And then he was like, oh, you grabbed that one. And I'd grabbed his one that wasn't working. You didn't go and check first? No, so that's how I've now got a water blaster that I don't use. Oh, so you bought a brand new one? Yeah.

Oh, my God. Can I borrow that? Yeah, you can. Go on. It's not too much of my business. Who has a broken water blaster and a functioning water blaster in the same room? I think he was in the process of throwing it out, but his wife didn't know that. So, yeah.

Oh, there we go. So, in that case, I bought out, but his wife didn't know that, so yeah. Oh, there we go. So in that case, I bought one, but in hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have. Yeah. Okay, so 800 hits. What do you do in this situation? Legally, where would you stand? Yeah, what is the legal point of this? I suppose your only argument is, look at my grass.

I didn't mow any of it. Yeah. I tried to start it. Didn't start. That's a good point. So that could kind of prove that the mower was never functioning. Yeah. I tried to start it, didn't start. That's a good point. So that could kind of prove that the mower was never functioning. Yeah, that's a really good point.

You kind of don't know how far along the conversation they've gotten. Has he had that conversation? Are they arguing about it? Is he putting his foot down? Because then you've got to say, well, how important

is the relationship to you? This is why you have AstroTurf, isn't it, Ben? Moments just like this. He's gone full Lorax mode around his household. I'm just leaning towards, like, you didn't break it. Don't pay for it. Okay.

You didn't break it. Okay, well, yeah, I guess you're right in this instance. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yeah, Megan. Someone again has slid into your DMs, Megan. This one involves borrowing of a lawnmower with a neighbour.

Yeah, so they say, my neighbour and I have always gotten along well. I borrowed the lawnmower while I'm in the process of buying a new one. He was happy to lend it to me, but when I tried to use it, it wouldn't start. So I've taken it back to him now, and he's asked me to pay for the repair. I don't want to because I didn't break it. Lending stuff, I'm always, my family gets sick of me saying this, but I'm like, if you lend something, don't expect to get it back.

It's my motto. And you've got to be prepared that it's going to go. Because it may not happen. Nine times out of ten, you're lending something to a mate, and I don't mind doing it, but I'm like, I've got to be comfortable with the fact it probably won't come back. Yeah, never a, Annie Pryor's mantra, my mother, never a borrower nor lender be.

Oh, really? Well, it always, you know, nine times out of ten it ends badly. Sometimes you're like, oh, sweet, that's just a top. It might come back, but I probably

will say goodbye to it. You're right, actually. Most of the time I've lent things, I've never gotten back. You do. It's you too, right? You have to be comfortable

with that before you lend it, I feel like. You're almost surprised if it comes back. I know, but like a lawnmower's different. No, you're right. A lawnmower is convenient.

Especially if you're next door to someone that you borrowed it from, and this is the case, right? Debra, we'll get you on this morning. Welcome to the show. Welcome to Dear Megan Debs. Now, what are your thoughts? I just thought if you can take it to someone that can give you kind of an opinion, and then they can kind of maybe determine who

caused the problem i see so you get to the point where you're like see it wasn't me yeah you're probably right yeah whether it's been something long term or or it's just recently been broken the mechanic might be able to be like well this is wear and tear you're like well then it's not my issue is it from the neighbor's point of view, who owns the lawnmower, if someone hasn't mowed their lawns, they're like, the thing didn't start. Yeah, true. You've got to kind of, yeah. It's a very good one. You're right.

You can clearly see if they've used it or not. You'd have to go through the whole lawn and see if there was a little. Hang on. Hang on. There's a blade of grass there. You know there'll be some neighbours that would do that. Yeah. Corey, welcome.

Where do you sit on this? Well, I think personally he should have started it for you first, and then if he didn't start it, he shouldn't have to pay for it because it would already be broken, you know. Try it before you buy it. Ah, that's a good idea. Yeah. If you go to the marketplace and you want to buy something,

I'll always show you firsthand one day. That's probably an unusual thing to do at the neighbour's. Show me it goes before I take it away. All right, now I'll borrow it. Thank you. There is a level of trust when a neighbour lends you a lawnmower. You assume it's working, don't you? Yeah.

You assume it's working, but you never know. It might not be. You get the stuff. Okay, so what do they do now, though? He's in a position where he's been accused of breaking it. He's like, I haven't broken it. They're at a stalemate. I reckon she should go over and actually see if

she can get him to start it. See if there's actually something wrong with it or if there's just a fuel block. I guess she could take it for a repair. It's a repair shop. Go halves in it? And go, hey, what is going on here? Do you think it's something that I could have done? Yeah. I mean, you don't want to be on

Neighbours at War, do you? No, but they would make a great Neighbours at War, do you, over a lawnmower? No. But that would make a great Neighbours at War episode. That was a good show. Yeah. You don't want to be that guy doing all that barking and all those steps trying to do a lawnmower impression, do you? No, I'm the Australian guy.

Oh, yeah. It came down and over. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. The other option is pack all your stuff up and move out in the middle of the night. Buy a new house. So you never have to see the neighbour ever again.

I mean, that's extreme, but it's an option. Yeah, it's an option. Chucking options out. I'm going to flick you out a merch pack. Thanks so much for your call. We appreciate it this morning. From Merch Madness, we've collected all of your finest corporate clothing. Megan, what advice are we handing over here?

Well, if I was a neighbour, I would never expect someone else to pay for my lawnmower. But if he's insisting, then I guess maybe take it to a mechanic. It depends on how much you value the relationship. You live next door to this person.

You probably don't value it much. It's just they are right there. You don't want neighbours at war. Take it to a mechanic.