Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono's Crude Whatsapp Thread!

Episode Date: September 6, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Thursday, as I said before, we're heading to an escape room tomorrow, and if we escape by the time the show ends, hopefully we can get your help on this, because we've got two family trips to Rarotonga Cook Islands to give away, five nights, Edgewater Resort, breakfast, swimming with the turtles, transfers. It's got it all, it's all up to us though, isn't it, Jono?
Starting point is 00:00:25 It is. Well, and hopefully with the help of you as well, listening. And we've just been sort of limbering up the legs, haven't we? Getting our brain in the right frame of mind over the last couple of days. Producer Taylor, we're calling her the Riddler. The Riddler on the roof. Who has been reading out riddles. And Ben, you're doing not too bad.
Starting point is 00:00:45 You've got two this week. Well, I feel like you've really, the first day, we weren't even close. Yeah. The second day, I felt like you got some from the kids department or something. Yeah, yeah. And I have been, like, giving you guys clues as well. You're like, think outside the box. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:01:00 The box. And then the one yesterday you gave me, because I think you just felt sorry for me. Oh, yeah. That I was like an idiot. You were like, what runs? But there's something. He has a mouth. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:01:10 It was a river. A river, yeah. But it felt like a seven-year-old child could have got that. Anyway, it's hopefully going to help us to get our brains working for tomorrow. And so what we're going to do right now, this is really early. What's the time?
Starting point is 00:01:22 Ten past six in the morning. This is a lot of brain activity. Yeah. You can help us out with this riddle you see a boat filled with people it has not sunk but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat why it's a gravy boat what's that mean it's a boat with you know how you dispense gravy out of a, it's called a gravy boat. I came in so confident. Yeah, but how, okay, let's talk through the gravy boat.
Starting point is 00:01:49 It's definitely not a gravy boat. But how's the gravy boat filled with people? And then you look again and it's not. Yeah. Well, you're a bit drunk, it's Christmas Day. Okay, yeah, okay, so Jono's answer, not correct, the gravy boat? No. Okay, so can I say it again before we go to this weird gravy tangent?
Starting point is 00:02:07 You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk. But when you look again, you don't see a single person on the boat. Why? Do they get off the boat? Dunno. Dunno. Oh, is the boat docking?
Starting point is 00:02:25 Yeah, they're like, it's a cruise ship? And they've... Yeah, they're like... It's a cruise ship. They've gone off. And they're like, sweet, you look again, they're gone. Solved it. Done it. I think you're thinking too practical. Have we taken our eyes off the boat?
Starting point is 00:02:37 It doesn't really matter. Where's the gravy? Okay, so should we get help? Daryl's phoning through from T-Boy. Daryl, you think you've got the gravy? Okay, so should we get help? Daryl's phoning through from T-Boy. Daryl, you think you've got the answer? Oh, yeah, mate. I know this one. My bloody kids fill me with riddles all the time.
Starting point is 00:02:53 Oh, this is a kid riddle as well? Oh, we couldn't even get it. My bloody kid riddle. No wonder you boys can't get it. Okay, what is it? Tell us. What's the answer? If you want to know what the answer is,
Starting point is 00:03:02 they're all couples. Yeah, they're all married. What? Say it again. You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk. But when you look again, you don't see a single person on the boat. A single person.
Starting point is 00:03:18 God, you feel like such a fool when you get there. Daryl, we'll give you some hell pizzas, mate. Thank you for saving our bacon. Not a problem, my boys Have a good one You too Alright, quickly Let's throw one more out there We'll play a song
Starting point is 00:03:30 And then we'll come back And see if anyone can help us answer it This is primary school stuff Okay, okay I'm really low-balling you here What is seen in the middle of March and April That can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month? Okay, we're going to play a song.
Starting point is 00:03:49 We will think. We'll go around in circles and we'll come back if you know the answer. We'd love you to help us out this morning. Tomorrow we're heading to an escape room. We've got the whole show to get out. If we can get out by the time the show ends, we'll win two trips for families to go to Rarotonga, Cook Islands. That's eight people.
Starting point is 00:04:06 Eight people in total. That's great. But it's a lot of pressure on us, and we haven't been going that great with some riddles kind of warming us up for the escape room because I think tomorrow they're making the escape room a little bit harder than it normally would by adding extra riddles in there as well.
Starting point is 00:04:20 Because normally people have an hour. We've got three hours, so they've got to make it trickier. But I don't think we'll get out in three hours no good at problem solving me a lot of good at problem causing but solving problems not my forte the one you've just read out producer taylor i think i might have it in my head ben i think i think i have got this one as well but i feel like we've gone again to the children's section but it's fine we definitely have okay riddles I'm definitely happy to solve. Okay. Riddlesfordumbasses.com. That's what I Googled, yeah. What is this one?
Starting point is 00:04:48 Now, this one's involving March and April. Yeah. Okay, so read it out again. We won't say our answer. We'll see if we can all say it at the same time and if we got it right. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
Starting point is 00:05:03 Now, we've got some callers phoning through. Thank you very much for joining the show so early in the morning, we've got some callers phoning through. Thank you very much for joining the show so early in the morning. We've got Zach, Corey, and Ben. Welcome, team. How are you? Yeah, hi. No, thanks.
Starting point is 00:05:14 Okay. Now, Ben and I, we haven't said the answer to each other, but we think we know it, and you guys might know it. So what we're going to do, on the count of three, we'll all say our answer. What is seen in the middle of March and April, but not at either end? One, two, three. The letter R. Yay!
Starting point is 00:05:34 Good job. Damn, you feel so smart when you get it. Don't you just? Hey, well done, team. We'll get you all some hell pizza, eh? Thank you. Awesome. No worries.
Starting point is 00:05:44 Have a great day. There we go. So if the riddles are that easy, we will be out in half an hour. The trips will be yours. Producer Taylor joins us in the studio right now. Speaking of the Warriors, you went along to the Warriors.
Starting point is 00:05:58 Well, it's kind of their awards night. It's not the end of their season because they're still playing, but their awards night. Yeah, yeah. To celebrate the season this far. Your husband, Marcelo, and you going along, and you brought along your third wheel.
Starting point is 00:06:09 No, no. Yeah, no association to me whatsoever. Producer Joel, who is a bonkers Warriors fan, somehow ended up, thanks to the very friendly Laura McGoldrick, very kind gesture, she was hosting the event, and invited Joel as her plus one. And you behaved yourself? What a night. What a night. Yeah, yeah. i was on my best behavior the whole time yeah you know that eminem video was that stand
Starting point is 00:06:31 yeah where he's writing and he's a bit obsessed that's joel with the warriors he definitely stands but you got closer to the warriors than standard to eminem maybe not the whole stand thing, but you're not a diehard fan, but yeah. But Joel's issue is when he's with Taylor, what she introduces him as to her friends from the Warriors. Now, we'll hand it over to you, Taylor. What do you introduce him as? Yeah, so I didn't even see this as a problem because it's a true, right? But so because he was hovering around me, so I'm not just going to keep him hanging in the background.
Starting point is 00:07:06 It's like, oh, hi, everyone. This is my assistant, Joel. Right. And so Joel's issue with this is you're not tagging on assistant in the words radio producer. So he's coming across to your friends like, well, I have no problem. I just want to lay it out there. I have no problem with being an assistant at all. Love my job I think I have utmost respect for people who are assistants but I'm
Starting point is 00:07:28 not really Taylor's assistant am I you are we're a team I thought we were all equal you are assistant producer but you're not a producer which does lead people to believe he's going out getting your dry cleaning your coffee those and so you introduced me to uh chance of a clock start one of the one of the great warriors players and he's's like, oh, do you get coffees and stuff for Taylor? Which obviously I would if required. But it's not your core role. All the other Warriors would be like, wow, Taylor's got an assistant. The Montoya's have an assistant.
Starting point is 00:07:58 And brought him along to the awards just to help out with anything. And that's unfair, Joel, because when he said that, oh, do you you get taylor coffees and stuff i said he cuts audio too for me yeah so i didn't just say you get coffee they don't know in what regard though you might just be like i like the sound of that you cut that up for me yeah yeah checks your voicemail or something like that so uh this is what we wanted to chuck open this morning on new zealand's breakfast uh what do you get introduced as? 0800 the hits, telephone number 4487. I imagine there's probably a lot of
Starting point is 00:08:29 people out there, if their parents have done certain things in the community. My dad, principal, Kevin Boyce's son. Oh, you're Kevin Boyce's son. Yeah, okay, yeah. That is still to this day. Yeah. Grown adults coming up to you, you're Kevin Boyce's son, he taught me at school. Yeah, I think that people that maybe are aware of our TV shows, our radio shows, they're like, oh, it's still to this day. Yeah. Growing adults coming up to you, you're Kevin Boyce's son. He taught me at school. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:45 I think that people that maybe are aware of our TV shows, our radio shows, they're like, oh, it's you. Good to see you. And I'm like, yeah, it is. It's good. And then they're like, you're Kevin Boyce's son. Great. But what is the bane of your life when you're being introduced to people?
Starting point is 00:09:01 I know either we get, this is Jono or Ben. I don't know which one. It's quite a common one for both of us as well. Producer Taylor was just talking about how she introduced assistant producer Joel as her assistant.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Took off the producer and it just made it look like he was out there just working for Taylor, doing all the things that he needs, doing the admin and things like that. Yeah, going to get the car, a warrant of fitness,
Starting point is 00:09:23 pick up the dry cleaning, pick the kids up from school, doesn't even have kids, but maybe he can go just pick up kids from school. That's Joel's role. And you were slightly offended by this. Yeah, probably didn't help that I was getting her drinks all night, polishing her husband's shoes. It's going to go around. The rumour's going to spread throughout the Warriors club
Starting point is 00:09:41 that, oh, the Montoys have an assistant. Next season, everyone's going to be coming in with their own assistants, mate. So what's going to happen? You're going to have to step your game up, Joel, but what do you get introduced as? What is the bane of your life? And I tell you what, you couldn't find a better assistant, producer Joel. Great for morale. Shocking at probably
Starting point is 00:09:57 getting stuff done. Like, he's very distracting. Yesterday, you had the whole show trying to name 100 Warriors players on a piece of paper. You did. You were like, do you reckon you'd name 100 Warriors? I'm like, oh, maybe. And then the paper came out and it was, hey, it was fun. I enjoyed it. All last night I was thinking of more Warriors players.
Starting point is 00:10:13 But do you want that from your assistant, though? I know you need me to do some stuff, but why don't we just take some time out and aim? No, true. Let's get Cheyenne on the phone. How are you? I'm good. How are you? We're doing really well, mate.
Starting point is 00:10:23 Lovely to have you on the show this morning. What do you always get introduced as, Cheyenne? I cannot go into any Temp and Bowling Centre in Auckland without someone saying, oh, you're Troy and Rochelle's daughter, aren't you? Oh, Troy and Rochelle, big players in the day, were they? Yeah, my parents used to do international representation for New Zealand in Temp and Bowling and stuff like that.
Starting point is 00:10:43 Oh, wow. And leagues and stuff. So yeah, I can't. All the old farts, they just end in the last minute. You look just like your dad. Oh, gross. Now, do you temp and bowl? Because I mean, you could avoid walking
Starting point is 00:10:55 into temp and bowling arenas. No, skip the generation. Skip the generation. Well, I think you need to give them a wide berth. Yeah, maybe lawn bowls or something like that. Yeah, start up your own thing. How you doing, I appreciate that. Kiera, you're on.
Starting point is 00:11:10 Welcome. What are you always getting introduced as? Hi, my husband and I are in a business together that we bought together and I always get called the boss's wife. Oh, the boss's wife. Oh, ouch. Yeah. Ouch.
Starting point is 00:11:23 And you are the boss. I'm the boss, believe me, and it winds me up so much. Oh, it boss's wife, yeah. Ouch. And you are the boss. I'm the boss, believe me, and it winds me up so much. Oh, it would too, wouldn't it? I bet if you weren't there, the whole place would fall to pieces as well. Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got no idea. Well, it was lovely to meet the boss's wife. Nice.
Starting point is 00:11:48 I'm going to go hook you up with some hell pizza, hold the line. Really appreciate that uh great call coming through here from nicky uh well i built you up nicky hopefully it is a great call uh what are you always getting introduced as uh i always get introduced as the irish man's wife the irish man's wife my husband is irish and it's never Oh you're Nicky Or oh yeah This is you But no Oh you're the Irishman's wife I'm like Yeah that's me
Starting point is 00:12:11 I mean you just Gotta roll with it Don't you at some point Yeah totally Yeah I love it If just once They go
Starting point is 00:12:21 Oh you're married To that Kiwi girl Yeah That's the problem When you bring a lovely, you know, a charming Irish person into the country. Yeah, that's the problem. It's the charm, really, that gets them very scoffed. Well, good.
Starting point is 00:12:35 Irishman's wife, it was a pleasure having you on the show. Thanks, guys. Great text here. I'm a nurse with three degrees and a master's. I always get introduced as Dr. Sosando's nurse. She's like, no, I'm a registered nurse, and that is my assistant, the doctor. So there we go.
Starting point is 00:12:54 That was all read out in caps. Now, Ben, you publicly stated a couple of weeks ago, in fact, that you don't like people, detest people, on the sidelines of children's sporting games filming with their phones capturing the footage oh but no the whole the whole game like i don't mind people doing little bits but people that stand there for the whole game and do the thing i'm like what are you doing yeah why why i am here to defend those people fine okay i'm coming there's always two sides to every story now my, my son Oscar, basketball obsessed, like his dream is to go to a U.S. college,
Starting point is 00:13:28 which is, jeez, if it happens, it's only five years away. Oh, wow. Oh, my God, isn't that? Yeah. Same with Siena. Yeah, I know. Terrifying. Gene, my wife, was reading a thing saying,
Starting point is 00:13:38 your children between the ages of 12 and 18 is like the longest, slowest, most painful breakup ever. Yeah, it would be. And eventually they're like, ugh, done with you. But anyway, that's his dream. And so we went to talk at his school, and there was a wonderful lady there going, oh, here's a good path into colleges in the US,
Starting point is 00:13:57 no matter what you're wanting to do. But her suggestion was, you need to start a YouTube channel. It needs to be a youtube channel which you know displays a linear journey of your basketball or whatever you've done or whatever your chosen yeah sport is and so this means that i have to film footage showcasing his development over the years over his teenage years as a basketball athlete. So every game he's like, I need you to film the entire game. You've got the entire game. And I'm like, oh God, I'm self-conscious about it. I've got your voice ringing in my head.
Starting point is 00:14:33 Oh, you're one of those. All the other parents, they're judging you. They're all going, why is he filming the whole game? What's going on? The lovely, the wonderful netball legend, Bernice Mene, and her husband, Dion Nash, former cricketer. Their son's in the same team. I'm next to Bernice Mene and her husband Dion Nash former cricketer their son's in the same team I'm next to Bernice Mene
Starting point is 00:14:47 and I said I had to front foot it with her I'm like listen he's making me film this stuff and she's like really at this age she even came out
Starting point is 00:14:54 with it at this age she's playing professional sports at the highest level she knows how to get there and I was like yeah no it's this whole thing there's this lady
Starting point is 00:15:01 she came and taught we've got a YouTube channel and she's like okay it seems quite intense. So I've ended up filming shaky footage as well. It's ropey footage. From a distance too. Like it's not close up stuff.
Starting point is 00:15:13 The advantage is they all kind of look the same at that age. So I can be like, oh yeah, that was you scoring a three pointer. Bit blurry at the other end of the court. Can make it, edit them up like a blimmin' legend. But I was just going to say that the parents who are filming ben they've been bullied into it by their kids oh have they that's that's all i wanted to say on behalf of them felt like they needed a defense the hits the jonathan ben podcast the day before yesterday ben we're driving down the motorway and we had to go and do a presentation for a client didn't we yeah we did actually yeah night and day yeah
Starting point is 00:15:42 wonderful people it was great yeah wonderful organization they gave us a big client, didn't we? Yeah, we did actually, yeah. Night and day. Yeah. Wonderful people. It was great. Yeah, wonderful organisation. They gave us a big bag. They didn't have to. It was very lovely of them. They gave us both a big bag of goodies from the night and day store. Yeah. Jeez, brought that home. It was like Santa Claus.
Starting point is 00:15:53 Yeah, it was. Lollies, energy drinks. Very nice of them. But yeah, driving back down the motorway. And obviously there's a lot of hard-working truck drivers that keep this country moving. Yeah. They do, actually. They're pulling great long hours around the country to get things drivers that keep this country moving. Yeah, they do. Pulling great long hours around the country
Starting point is 00:16:07 to get things from A to B, yeah. The country would grind to a halt if it weren't for truck drivers. And I came to a realisation that truck drivers have a bird's eye view of everyone's crotch. You know? They do.
Starting point is 00:16:25 Why did you come to this realisation? Because I was scratching my... I see. I was scratching myself and I was like, next to a truck driver, and I was like, that truck driver could probably see everything. Yeah. You know, they could probably see when you're texting on your phone.
Starting point is 00:16:37 Yeah. Craig is a truckie who's phoned through live. Picking your nose. Whatever you're doing in the car, what you think is the privacy of your own car, is it, I would imagine? through live. Picking your nose. Whatever you're doing in the car, what you think is the privacy-owned car, is it, I would imagine? Yeah. Yeah, Craig, welcome.
Starting point is 00:16:49 Thank you. Welcome, guys. Lovely to have you on. Can you confirm or deny that truck drivers have essentially a satellite view of everyone and what they're doing in their vehicle? Oh, guys, we can see everything that you get up to in your vehicle.
Starting point is 00:17:03 You must have seen some stuff, Craig. I've seen some stuff, but I'll have to take that to the Craven point. Because you think when you're driving your car, you think, oh, no one can see in here. You get away for some reason. I think a lot of people think that even the tinted windows are safe, but no, we can see through them. Okay.
Starting point is 00:17:23 It's because of the high angle. They've got access to everything. Word of warning, if you're out and about today, Craig and his buddies, they can see everything. Yeah, well, thank you for confirming that, Craig. It was a hypothetical in my head, and then I was like, no, it's probably true. Well, appreciate you phoning through, mate.
Starting point is 00:17:40 That's all right, guys. No problem. You have a good day. And thank you for your hard work, too. Yeah, appreciate it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. That's alright guys Have fun You have a good day And thank you for your hard work too Yeah appreciate it The hits The Jono and Ben podcast WhatsApp
Starting point is 00:17:48 And the autocorrect facility It can be your best friend And your worst enemy Get rid of it But then But then sometimes When you don't know How to spell a word
Starting point is 00:17:55 You're like Thank goodness for autocorrect So maybe I've got Like my relationship's Testing at the best of times Yeah I feel like autocorrect's Currently set in prank mode
Starting point is 00:18:03 For all of us Yeah Well sometimes You just fire away a thing And you're like what i'm sure i put the right as i said the other day i put monday and autocorrected to man boobs i put that all over the uh for a short period of time over the netball whatsapp group chat for you know the parent chat that we talk about in what context oh like do we have a game on man boobs but then you're like i'm not i don't know how algorithms work but that would lead me to believe that more people have written man boobs with those particular keys i have and i don't remember doing this at all so you may be right maybe i had it set
Starting point is 00:18:36 to prank mode uh so this is a group of fathers from uh school now i'm just i'm just a uh a stand-by okay i'm just watching stand-a-buyer. I'm just watching in the grandstands. This plays out. Here's the first one. This is from Tony. Hi Matt. I heard Katrina suffered an emergency though Katrina's his wife, at a cafe. They put eggs in her
Starting point is 00:18:59 salad. Hope all is okay. Now so she's obviously allergic to eggs. Okay. This is from Matt. Hi, Tony. Thanks for checking onion. So that's the first sign that cracks are starting to appear.
Starting point is 00:19:15 I guess onion, eggs and stuff. Thanks for checking onion. He continues on to say, yes, a bit of drama. She had to take a deep penis. Okay. Okay. Okay tony replies back in the cafe i didn't realize that cured hives ha ha mark then replies back i wasn't expecting that no i know you were that's really rattled me. Mark then replied back, Ha ha, I meant to say I had to inject her with an epic penis. What's he trying to say?
Starting point is 00:19:54 It feels like he's just trying to clarify in case there was any confusion. But anyway, Tony comes back. Well, I'm glad it worked. I must give it a go sometime. Mark then reiteratedated i meant epic penis what's he doing tony then retorted stop showing off mark then said in caps epi pen i had to inject her with the EpiPen Tony then replied back that doesn't sound as cool as the other thing that was prescribed so good
Starting point is 00:20:37 so good you can't come back for that one it's an exit yourself from the WhatsApp group and start another one up, that's for sure. Yeah, we were talking a little bit this week about your claim to fame. People, oof, they've got some great claims to fame. We live on a farm and there's a walking track.
Starting point is 00:20:58 The girls put two and two together and they're like, oh my God, that must have been Katy Perry. Katy Perry. Wandering along beside your farm. Yeah. My family came to fame, believe it or not. My mother-in-law, cousins to support my cousin. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:13 Some great ones coming through. And it's really taken on a life of its own. I mean, this all started yesterday morning, Ben, with me trying to prove to you that my grandfather built the Harbour Bridge. And we did some further investigation. You rang your mum and I was like, this is going to go either way. And she said, well, he was the... He was the guy with the clipboard.
Starting point is 00:21:33 The annoying council worker who checked the work of the people who built the Harbour Bridge. So I imagine a giant ball egg for everyone who built the Harbour Bridge. Oh, yeah, old prior came along, did that with his clipboard. Not up to compliance. Not up to compliance not up to compliance you did say maybe he suggested back in the day chucking a few extra lanes on do you think you might want to build
Starting point is 00:21:51 a few extra lanes shut up Pryor do you think maybe we want to drive this when it's a little bit windy shut up Pryor do you think the city might expand in population so we might have to cater for the shut up you don't know what you're talking about Pryor but yeah so claims to fame. Oh no, 800, the hits.
Starting point is 00:22:07 You can call us this morning, text 24487. Joining us right now is Pip. Welcome. Hey, how are you guys? Oh, we're doing well. Your family's fame claim, what is it? I stayed at George Clooney's house for 10 days in Lake Como. No way.
Starting point is 00:22:24 It was George. Did he know about this? What happened? So my family who I nannied with, she was, like, best friends with George. And so we, yeah, went and had a holiday at his villa. So George was there? Yeah, yep. Yep, every morning.
Starting point is 00:22:40 I was just like, morning, hi. What? That is crazy. And so you were hanging out, talking with George Clooney? Yeah, yep, just like normal humans. Even though I was like, holy shit, I'm so astrak. Wow, and how many Nespresso machines has he got around the household? Nah, well, it was 15 years ago, so probably not too many back then.
Starting point is 00:23:02 That is wild. And was George Clooney a lovely host? He was awesome. Yep, yep. Just such a genuine down-to-earth guy. Yeah, and then it was actually my birthday in the time that I stayed over there and Bill Murray was there as well.
Starting point is 00:23:17 And yeah, just got to be able to have my birthday dinner with George and Bill Murray and sit on their knee and be like, well, hey, happy birthday to me. Geez, every birthday after this would be a bit of a downgrade, wouldn't it, after that? Yeah, definitely. I know.
Starting point is 00:23:32 Do you remember that year someone got me Bill Murray and George Clooney for my birthday? And so did they host a birthday dinner for you specifically? No, no, I don't think so. Like, they just always had nice dinners every night. But I was invited to that dinner that night. I didn't have to have dinner with, like, the kids I was nannying. Gotcha.
Starting point is 00:23:48 You got the grown-up dinner. I got an upgrade. Yeah. Moved from fish fingers to actual fish. You could have any Nespresso coffee pod from George Clooney's that you wanted. Yeah. That is insane. Wow, what a great story you got there.
Starting point is 00:24:00 And did you take anything from the house? Because I'd be so tempted to just steal, like, a hat she kept her job i imagine but yeah no i had to play it pretty cool and just um pretend i wasn't as starstruck as i was did you get a photo with him not that we need to see it but you did oh that's cool definitely i definitely need to see it so we don't need to see it i want to see, it's her personal photo. I'll take your word for it. Yeah. Can I ask who the family was you were working for? So I worked for Mariela Frostrup in the UK. And, yeah, she's quite a high-up personality in the UK. And, yeah, she's, like, good friends with him and, like, Bono from U2,
Starting point is 00:24:42 Matt Damon, Hugh Grant. Wow. I met Bob Galdos. Oh, wow. Well, jeez, Pip, what a great job. Great call. Appreciate your time. No worries at all, guys.
Starting point is 00:24:53 Talking about your claim to fame, we just had someone who stayed at George Clooney's house for 10 days. Oh, we've set the bar high. Yeah. Shani, your fame claim. So two of my best friends from little old Kotai, they were travelling the world and they were stopped off in, I think it was like Miami,
Starting point is 00:25:15 and they were watching Snoop Dogg singing in a nightclub until a gunshot went off in the nightclub. And so everyone was scrambling around trying to get out of there without being killed. And they got outside, they ran outside, and they were like, where the heck do we go? Where do we go? And then these bodyguards just picked them up
Starting point is 00:25:40 and threw them into this bulletproof car with Snoop Dogg. And so they just happily cruised along with Snoop Dogg, who was sitting in this car, giggling, laughing away about this gunshot that just went off in their nightclub. What? Hold on. What the heck? What was he saying to them? He was laughing about what had just happened
Starting point is 00:26:06 and they didn't even know what was going on. I imagine a very scary experience. It might be a great play from Snoop Dogg. He's like, I can't be bothered doing the whole show. Someone fire a gun into the roof. Get out. Yeah, yeah. Wow.
Starting point is 00:26:17 And so they dropped them off down the road, I'm gathering. No, they ended up going back to where he was staying. Really? Yeah, and they partied for the rest of the night. Partied? Partied with Snoop Dogg? Partied with Snoop Dogg, yeah. Oh, wild tale.
Starting point is 00:26:32 Roller coaster of an evening. And so what, were they there till the early hours of the morning? They sure were. No further questions. No, you're right. I want to ask further questions. Should I stop asking questions? Take these offline.
Starting point is 00:26:46 Take these offline, yeah. Yeah, that is an incredible story, hey? There we go. Well, thank you so much, Sinead. Appreciate your time. She's like, it's time. Sinead. Hey, Ruth, welcome.
Starting point is 00:26:59 Hello. How are you, mate? Good, thank you. Your family's fame claim. Yeah, so my uncle, which is my grandfather in Dutch, he, as a child, stole coal from the Nazis during World War II. Stole the coal from Nazis? That seems like a risky move.
Starting point is 00:27:15 Yeah. Yeah, otherwise the family would have died. So they had nothing to heat? Yep. And how did it happen? Over in Holland. Yeah, he just kind of kind of like snuck into one of the camps or something like that risky risky move he was doing this yeah he was a child he was
Starting point is 00:27:32 a child wow tell you what you wouldn't catch me stealing coal from nazis man no they had quite the reputation back in the day yeah i can imagine they would have taken that well i'm sure i wouldn't be here today if they had caught him. And you've got to, like, when you hear stories of your grandparents and what they went through. Ben, I know your grandfather went to war. Yeah. Jeez, we have got it good.
Starting point is 00:27:54 I know. We, and the stuff we complain about, we really, you've actually got to step back every now and then. Yeah, you're like, oh, I'm not connecting to the Wi-Fi at work. Oh, jeez, I can't, I have to hot- Oh, I'm sorry, mate, I'm just connecting to the Wi-Fi at work. Oh, jeez, I can't. I have to hot... Oh, I'm sorry, mate. I'm just off to steal some coal from the Nazis. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:09 You know, you're right. You're like, oh, this internet's a bit glitchy, you know? We shouldn't... Every now and then just step back in. Yeah, you're right. Yeah. Oh, thanks, Ruth. Appreciate it.
Starting point is 00:28:17 Love your work. All right, thank you.

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