Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - How Megan risked her life with a burning car!

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

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Welcome to the untamed realm of the world's wide web, a swirling vortex of weirdness, bullying, and self-obsessed social media posts. In this digital jungle, Jono and Vienna are your fearless guides, leading you through the wildest parts of the wild, wild web. This is the wild, wild web. Good up! Really enjoying doing this This is a brand new podcast that we've got going along with our other podcasts

Where we look at something from the internet that's caught our attention An actual real story from the internet that we get to talk about The Wild Wild Web Well we've had some wild world stories so far This is only episode 3 Both Megan and myself are openly admitted to shoplifting Ben Boyce you're openly admitted to going to a live sex show in Amsterdam. Megan, you were a ping pong one.

Where will we head today? Well, the story that captured my attention today is actually a lovely one. So a guy in America, Oregon, ordered Domino's pizza every day, every single day for 10 years. He'd go into the same store every day every single day for 10 years he'd go into the same store every day and after there was a couple of days where he didn't come in and the people in the store were like well that seems a bit unusual because he comes in every single day to order his pizza so they sent around a delivery delivery person to check up on him because obviously they knew his address as well

and he wasn't answering the door the lights were on they called emergency services just as a you know to see if everything was okay went inside and he was having a medical complication and they saved his life oh how cool is that i can't help but feel the medical complication was related to eating a pizza every every day for his entire life i'm not sure but it's pretty cool hey so well ultimately it says here, ordering Domino's every day saved his life. But also, it might have caused him some complicated health issues. Yeah, I don't know what the medical complication was. Yeah, I'm picking a heart attack, clogged arteries. But it's a pretty cool story.

Yeah, lovely story. Have you ever had to call emergency services? Yeah, a few times. A few times? Yeah, do you know there was once a very full-on car accident right outside my house, and the car flipped, and the people got out of the car, times yeah do you know there was once a very full-on car accident right outside my house and the car flipped um and they the people got out of the car but then it was dripping like um petrol and the car was still on so i crawled in and pulled the keys out and turned the car off wow

and i was like in hindsight probably quite dumb um did you hear that hear it from inside your house oh yeah it was like literally outside my driveway and one car they collided and one car flipped and probably quite dumb. Did you hear it from inside your house? Oh yeah. It was like literally outside my driveway and one car, they collided and one car flipped and ended up on its roof and it was dripping petrol, but the ignition was still on. And you went in? Yeah.

And then called emergency services. Everyone was fine. Action movie. You, look at you. What made you turn off the keys? Why did you do that? I was just worried that the,

it would ignite. It would blow up if Because I was just worried that it would ignite. It would blow up if the car was still running and it was dripping petrol. Did you get some sort of hero's key to the city sort of thing? I don't think anyone actually noticed I'd done it. But I was just like, I don't know. Is that actually a thing? What? That if the car's still running, it burns? It could blow up.

Well, you said the moving start, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, you're asking the wrong people here we have no mechanical skills someone would call up and be like no you did nothing yeah well that's what i was thinking does it matter like is the car gonna i was just going by um action movies did you have to pull people out of the car no they'd already gotten out by the time i got there yeah i know i'll pull the keys out i love it i've seen a few movies with dwayne the rock johnson i'm going to this potentially burning inferno keys i didn't want it to cry like she's very like you put your life in unnecessary danger i know i didn't i was

just like the keys have to come out you have to turn the ignition off how are the motorists how were the motorists um they were not life-threatening injuries, but they were, I think there was like a neck, potential neck injury. Oh, jeez. They were okay. They were just shaken up. Your other neighbours came out as well, did they, obviously?

Everyone came out, yeah. I think someone went through my neighbour's yard and hit the tree, and the other car flipped on the road. It was a big crash. Oh, wee. And it honestly sounded like an explosion. Have you called emergency services, Ben?

Yeah, I have a couple of times. But it's not – normally for – I mean, I haven't saved anyone's potential life by that. Well, neither did I. I mean, we're not even sure I did anything at this point. I would say some keys that Mr. Minnick could have cut at the mall. So I'm not a night of hero like – I mean, the car was written off, but here's the keys. Here's the keys to your car.

I got those. You're like, oh, thanks very much, random lady. I'll Google it, okay? What happens if you... Yeah, I was trying to do that. That's why I was slightly distracted. Sorry, still on, and the car is leaking petrol. Let's see what the internet says on this one.

Gasoline is highly flammable. If the car can result in a fire or explosion, if an ignition source is present. So arguably, if the engine's on, I guess it could be deemed an ignition source. So I did. I was a hero. You're a hero.

Speaking of Pete's delivery things, this is something I observed a while ago. I'm going to say this story, and I know that you're probably going to mock me and go, oh, yeah, you're driving past. I'll try and resist the urge. I'll front foot it by saying, as soon as I say where I was driving past,

you're going to go, oh, yeah, you were driving past, were you? So driving past a place where people go in and have... Have massages. Yeah, relationship. Yeah, they're right. Oh, yeah. Oh, you were driving past. No, I just happened to be driving past quite a lot of

traffic past this particular place on that day and so i sort of had slowed down oh yeah i love how he's just mocking himself well he's just getting in there before we do because i know exactly where you're gonna go but as i noticed like it's going past the place i was like oh yeah like you're looking around you're like that's a place where people go in and do whatever you know it's fine it's all legal stuff but there was a pizza delivery guy coming out of the place

full uniform with a pizza box you know empty pizza container I'm like so either two things either one he was going in to deliver pizza

to people that were working there they need sustenance they're working hard or two is that the best disguise for coming out of one of those places

because even if your partner like was like you're seen outside there you're like I didn't want to tell you I took a second job sorry things have been tight you know

like you know like it's wow that's great you're taking a second job where's the income from this where's your yeah

I was like is this a great sort of costume as such so if I call Domino's now, what will they say? When's your next shift? Yeah. If I'm the inquisitive partner here. Yeah, you could go to a lot of trouble.

And I was like, geez, that could be a genius move. If someone sees you, they're like, oh, yeah, I'm going to take a second job as a pizza delivery person. I didn't even think of that. So all I've got from this conversation is. Oh, yeah, you're thinking of that. Yeah, you're dodgy. That's where your brain goes.

I had a little bit of time to think about it. Because I first thought, yeah of time to think about it. Because I first thought, yeah, I must be delivering pizza. But then I thought, well, it could be. You're great at covering a lie. Well, if you've ever wondered why he's got so many costumes in his garage. He's a delivery person. He's got a whole lot of props and costumes in his garage for any occasion.

So I was like, well, is that a good tactic? Maybe it is. Have you got a pizza delivery costume in there? No, he's walked out of there as like a Super Mario brother or something. Yeah, so there you go. So that was my theory on what that could have, you know, two things could have. Wow. Yeah. I can't remember.

Where were we? Oh, yeah, we were talking about the police. Then we bounced back to the pizza. Oh, back to pizza. Okay, here's a question based on that story. I saw a lady hit by a bus, actually. Oh, you did, actually, yeah. It's cool. She died, yeah. Yeah, it was pretty horrible. Yeah, here's a question based on that story. I saw a lady hit by a bus, actually. Oh, you did, actually. Yeah.

It's cool. But she died. Yeah, it was pretty horrible. Yeah, it's not a good ending. She was from Tahiti. And they drive on the other side of the road. I was just sitting in standstill traffic driving to work. And the bus, she looked the other way.

She stepped out onto the bus lane. And boom, yeah. Not good. Not good. Are you okay? I wasn't all the time. It was. Shibbles.

You were in shock at the time, but I got out and she was lying there and there was blood coming out of her ears and I put my jacket over her. And then there was coincidentally some, a doctor was in another vehicle and she came over and she's like, yeah, no, she's. Oh my God, Jono, that's such a thing to witness. It was, it was, when you mentioned the movie, it's like watching yeah, no, she's sad. Oh, my God, Jono, that's such a thing to witness. It was, when you mentioned the movie, it's like watching something from a movie. Yeah.

It was pretty, and then I turned up to work and they're like, why are you covered in blood? Yeah. You can see. How long ago was this? Oh, geez, four or five years ago. Oh, no, even longer before I was working with you. Years ago.

Either way, yeah. Yeah. It seems, you can see how it happens when you go to another country and you just sort of autopilot as far as walking across roads and you don't look and things like that. Especially in America too. Same thing. Yeah, I know. For us, when we go there.

Horrible situation, isn't it? All right. Way to bring the vibes down, mate. Yeah. But you do have to be careful crossing the road in any sense of the word. Like when your kids cross the road too. And you were talking on the show today. You said, whoa, whoa, whoa to a woman who was stepping out.

Yeah. Illegal to, in some ways, Beverly Hills I got told off for jaywalking. Jaywalking, yeah. What did they say? The illegal to jaywalk there. And I was like, oh, illegal? I thought the guy was having a laugh, but he wasn't. I don't think many police over there out there for a laugh?

No, yeah. Pretty loose in New Zealand with how we just stroll across the middle of the road. There was nothing going on in the street. I thought it was very safe, but obviously not. Remember that bloody undercover sting I was a part of? That's right. You got done for jaywalking. Well, not done for, but on TV jaywalking.

Seven Sharp, wasn't it? Seven Sharp did an undercover sting where they pixelated people's faces, pedestrian faces. I didn't think they pixelated. Did they just put people on straight? Yeah, it was just a raw face. You were on there, yeah. A raw face.

The guy told you though. He was like, because you're like, oh, what are you filming for, mate? He goes, oh, I'm just doing, we're doing a thing on people jaywalking. You went, oh, yeah, like it was a joke.

Yeah, I went, oh. Told you the truth. That's what they were doing. Yeah, so then I featured in a montage immediately of people jaywalking. And they were like, it's the truth. That's what they were doing. Yeah. So then I featured in a montage immediately of people jaywalking. And they were like, it's illegal over here,

but no one does anything about it. Right. So it is actually illegal here. Yeah. Minimum fine. Yeah. Right. But what happens,

just standing at a pedestrian, there's nothing more frustrating than standing at a pedestrian crossing. Yeah. Waiting to go. Is there? No. Especially when there's no traffic coming.

Yeah. Particularly at five o'clock in the morning when we're walking to work. You're like, is it? Can I go? Yeah. Hey, well, that was another episode. Again, quite the journey. Yeah, quite a journey.

Yeah. Reflection on the journey where we started with a story of saving lives. And we got to some interesting places again. Yeah, there we go. And Ben Boyce, huge fan of costumes for some reason. Now we've got to the bottom of that. I've got my pizza shift. I've got to go head off to the guys, so I've got to go.

Have a lovely day.