Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - MINI: We Spoke To Someone Who Has Been Struck By Lightning 3 Times!

Episode Date: September 26, 2021

What was that experience like? How did it happen? Did she get hospitalised? We spoke with Maureen as part of a game we play called Liar Liar where one caller is telling the truth, and one is lying. *Spoiler* Maureen wasn't lying & really has been struck by lightning! Such an interesting story, have a listen!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. One thing you do need to know though is who's telling the truth and who's telling a lie. We've got two people on the phone right now and we honestly don't know which is the truth and which is the lie. We've got to work it out together. It's a lie. I really enjoy this game because you always end up talking to someone quite interesting. Let's kick it off with Maureen. What is your statement today, Maureen? My statement is I've been struck by lightning three times.

Jeez. Okay. In what time frame has this taken place? Over about a year. Over a year? Yeah, you got hit by lightning. So in 12 months, three lightning strikes.

Does that sound like it's a lie? It does. It sounds pretty unbelievable and you're still around talking. That's incredible. Incredibly, are you a lucky or an unlucky person, would you say in life in general? Oh, pretty lucky, I think.

You've got to be pretty lucky to survive think. Pretty lucky. Okay, and... You've got to be pretty lucky to survive it. Were you hospitalised? No. Okay. Don't say, like, no. I mean, you've been hit by lightning. Yeah.

Wow. Okay, so Maureen, who in a year was hit by lightning three times. Okay, that sounds unbelievable. I just want to guess just quickly before you put Maureen on hold. What are the chances of being struck by lightning? Oh, that's a good Google search. 300,000 to one. Chances of being struck three times in one year.

Yeah, okay. That's better than Lotto. Okay, Maureen, all right. Okay, you hold the line there, Maureen. Thank you so much for that. That's incredible. Okay. And David, Maureen. All right. Okay, you're on the line there, Maureen. Thank you so much for that. That's incredible. Okay. And David, welcome to Liar Liar.

Your statement. G'day, guys. I burnt my family house down when I was younger. Well, that's believable. Yeah. How? So we have one of those beautiful open fireplaces you get in those old homes, and I took it upon myself to try and toast the marshmallows.

Obviously, it was before dinner time because I heard mum come in, appealed it, and when I heard mum come in and one of the sticks actually caught fire and then caught the rug on fire, and there you go. Half disappeared. A lot of good detail in this. Ben Boyce, you would share an affiliation with us. He almost burned down his entire school with a wonderful Michael Jackson performance. I don't know if you'd do it in 2021.

Burn the school and the Michael Jackson performance. Definitely not. I let off some, I wanted to, you know, really go out with a bang and let off some fireworks in my dance routine. Well, Michael Jackson had pyrotechnics, didn't he? But that was not a good idea on a gym floor, so I know your pain, I didn't quite burn down the gym floor, we saved it, but jeez. But it's all the lacquer on the floor, isn't it? Yeah.

Okay, well there we go, these are our two statements today, we have Maureen who is claiming wildly she's been struck by lightning three times in one year and David, who claims he burnt down the family home toasting marshmallows now it's over to you, Aotearoa. 4487, which one is lying?

Which one is telling the truth? We'll be back with them next. That is what I lie to you. Sorry. No, it's a TV show, isn't it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is Liar Liar. Yeah, it's pretty similar, to be honest.

We'll just change the name. That's where we ripped it off from. Have we just been caught out in a huge plagiarism case? Potentially. I think so. Have we just taken a format and given it a different name? Maybe. No we haven't and I'm definitely lying right now.

We have two people on the phone. One's lying, one is telling the truth. Quickly we'll recap. Maureen, your statement was? My statement was, I've been struck by lightning three times. In one year, which seems unfathomable. And David, you claimed? I burnt my family house down when I was young. Now we've been talking, we've been giving each other knowing looks and eyes.

I don't know, are you just giving me a little, is something going to happen between us Ben? Maybe. If I play my cards right We feel that David The detail was too good He was roasting marshmallows Family home, mum came in Stick burnt the rug, there was a lot of details To make up for a lie

Yeah, so it feels like David, you're telling the truth Are you telling the truth? I am lying Oh you're lying! Alright well David, you're off, you're lying. Oh, what? All right, well, David, you're off. You're too good a liar. You're off. Yeah, be very concerned if you're one of David's loved ones.

He's been lying to you probably for quite a long time. Jeez, all right. Probably even lying when he says he loves you. You wouldn't know. Hey, David, love your work. Thank you. Hey, love you guys. Thanks.

Which means Maureen, you're telling the truth. No, but I thought David was even more believable. I did too. Yeah. And Maureen's Maureen. She's like, I was telling the truth. No, but I thought David was even more believable. I did too. And Maureen's Maureen. She's like, I was telling the truth. You've been struck by lightning three times in one year. Yeah, guys, the third time was only getting the lightning blew the handpiece of the phone I was using out of my hand. Whether you claim that or not, I don't know. But yeah, three times. Have you learned not to go outside in a thunderstorm or where? How has this taken place?

People have learned not to come near me in a thunderstorm. So all in the same location, different locations? I mean, how did it all happen? Yeah, the first two times were in my house at home, and the third time when the phone got blown out of my hand was at the neighbour's place up the road. Wow. So, yeah, pretty scary at the time.

And first time did a little bit of damage, but still here to tell the tale, guys. And this was over 12 months? Yeah. We get a bit of lightning because we're in a little valley, quite a tight valley, and so, yeah, up in the mountains. And, yeah, we get a lot of storms come through, so, yeah, pretty high-risk area, I guess.

We've just been told by our producer, Bee Humps, on the show that you're a more impute, you're an MP for the National Party. Yeah, I just guess I'm lucky all round, aren't I? Oh, Maureen! All right, now they tell us you're going to roll Judith. Don't lie to us, you've only lied to us once. As you've learned, guys, I do not tell lies. No, that's right.

And we won't go into that right now. But Maureen, this is incredible. What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? What does your body feel? Look, to be perfectly honest, I didn't actually feel it because it goes straight through you, but it did affect me afterwards. The first time, you know, when I literally shot lightning out the end of my hand in an explosion,

but my arm went quite dead after a couple of hours, and then my brain just kind of turned to mush for six weeks. I couldn't think. Yeah, I got a pretty severe electric shock treatment. Did they take you to hospital after that? No, because I was going out for dinner, and you don't turn down an opportunity to go out for a free meal. Hold on, you were struck by lightning, and you're like,

oh, we've got a 7.30 appointment, better not miss that. Don't cancel that now. And so when you say that the lightning came out of your fingers like a sort of a member of the Avengers, which is, does it burst the end of your finger? No, it didn't. That time it didn't. The second time it actually did.

It came out the end of my thumb, on the other hand. So I actually did end up with a burn mark on the end of my thumb where it obviously came out. I imagine a lot of it's like, what just happened? Yeah. Would probably be your initial. Stung mullet. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, and I had people in the house both times and they were a bit wary of me because nobody wanted to come and make sure I was okay. So you were inside. Because they got electrocuted. It was inside and you were touching something and it sort of came through the house. Is that what happened?

Yes, it did. Yeah, direct hit. Like we said before at the beginning, there's a one in 300,000 chance of being struck by lightning once in a lifetime. Okay. You've done it three times in a year. I have, and I didn't even think to go buy a lotto ticket. What's the most common question people ask you when you've been struck by lightning?

To be honest, I don't talk about it. I haven't talked about it it was just something that happened and off you go you don't make a big deal out of it it was 20 years ago it's only because someone found out about it

and then the media got a hold of it and it became a bit of a thing make a big deal out of it this is Maureen I know you're in the South Island You're very humble, the Southerners are But I would have campaigned off this for at least 50 years The lady struck by lightning three times

There you go Well, here's an idea for 2023 Yeah, we can be your campaign manager Play Grease Lightning as you come out Campaign rallies Who's ready to see the lady be struck by lightning three times in one year?

Be a moody Messiah! August, I don't know. John Travolta. Yeah, we've got you back, Maureen. Well,

thank you so much for joining the show this morning. That is a really phenomenal story, even though it feels like the novelty's worn off for you.

We are very surprised. It's been fun. I've enjoyed it. Thank you so much. Thanks, Maureen. Thank you for your time. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits

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