Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono's Oral Surgery

Episode Date: September 17, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. What a great weekend of sport. I was just saying seven days ago, it wasn't a great weekend of sport last weekend, but how good. Turned it round, all black, beaten, thrashing Namibia. Which is probably always going to happen, but still great. Great win. Good to have a win under the belt. And then the Warriors on Saturday night.

Ben, you went along, still wearing the same top. Have you been home? Yeah. No, I haven't. I've been out partying. It was so awesome to be there. I mean, Go Media Stadium. Just incredible. Like, to be part of it, it was just,

I was so glad they had that game there because it just rewarded the loyal fans. Everyone was fizzing. It was so awesome. Well, because the NRL, Producer Taylor's come on in here and can you just talk for the people? Hey.

Yelling at your husband playing out there in the field and the team. You've lost your voice. I have lost my voice. I've definitely sounded better. Well, geez, we've got bloody Steve Price coming up later on this hour. We've got two gravelly-sounding Aussies in 60 minutes. I like Steve Price. That was so awesome.

I mean, how proud are you of Marcelo and the whole team? For sure. Honestly, I was like before the game did my tactical vomit as per usual. Where do you do this vomit? There's a great bathroom near where we sit. So you do it at the stadium? Yeah, at the stadium. She's nervous.

She's doing the runway model technique. And then, but once we got to halftime, I was like, oh my God, we got this for sure. Oh, it was incredible. I was sitting out in the south stand with the family and a lot of battlers around. And I said to my daughter, Indy, who's 11 years old, you know, Indy, she loves going to the game, but I was like, she doesn't like bad language. I was like, Indy, you're going to hear some things. Especially in that south stand. Right in amongst it.

And this was after 20 minutes I recorded, Indy. There was one guy behind us, 80 minutes of commentary, pure commentary, just yelling out stuff. Indy, we're here at the Warriors. How are you enjoying the language? Sorry, I can't really hear you, Oba. You're learning some new language style, aren't you? Yeah, it's very interesting.

But the Warriors are going good, though? Yes, the Warriors is going 16 to 0. Yeah, it's good. It's a good start. Yeah. Job truck him! Up the wall. Job truck him! is it going good though yes the warriors is going six inch now yeah it's good it's a good start yeah i think i was very amusing andy every time i look at me there was some language she just looked at me the whole time but hey it's all part of it it's all part of it it's all part of it but yeah nothing quite like a battler screaming behind you for 80 minutes but incredible scenes at the end this is just

the final moments when the Warriors took it out and booked their place in the preliminary final against the Broncos next weekend. Four, three, two, one. Up the last! The Warriors, 44 to 10.

Why do I feel like I need a commentator? Woo! Up the last! Up the last! Up the last? Woo! Up the wall! Up the wall! Woo! Up the wall! What a game!

Oh! Woo! So good. So good. It's going to be one of those moments I can listen back to on Monday and I'll be like, oh, you sounded like you had a few too many line reads. And I probably did. Up the wall!

We was dump trucked in. probably did. Up the wall. Where was the dump truck then? He shuts up at the end. Yeah, no, it was pretty incredible. So, yeah, I'll go for this weekend, but just to Taylor. Yeah, booked my flights to Brisbane after the game. So I'm off, boys.

You said they were all sold out by the end of the game. Yes, I have to have a stopover in Sydney before I get to Brisbane, which has got to be done. Yeah, we were doing a group text of the game. Yes, I have to have a stopover in Sydney before I get to Brisbane, which has got to be done. Yeah, we were doing a group text after the game. You had called for a show trip over to Brisbane. I did, I did.

I was drunk. Yeah. Now I'm happy. Are we still going on the show trip? I think this one I'll just go on my own. It was incredible. Such a great moment too when Sean Johnson, who we weren't sure if he was going to play all week,

sort of got subbed off when the game was in the bag with a few minutes to go and just sort of did a sort of walk around and everyone just going nuts. It was so cool. Little lap of honour there. Yeah, no one was even watching the game at that point. Everyone was just watching him walk along the sideline. And then Marcelo scored too. He did.

He must have been very happy. Yeah. Did you take him to KFC afterwards again? No, we went to Maccas. Oh, yeah been very happy. Yeah. Did you take him to KFC afterwards again? No, we went to Maccas. Oh, yeah? We went to Maccas. High rolling. Yeah.

What other the Warriors? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And now over the weekend, I went to the mall. And, you know, the family at the stage now where it's, you know, it's kind of good. Everyone kind of does enjoy hanging out at the mall, but they also like to do their own thing. Divide and conquer. Divide and conquer, do your own thing, which is kind of good because, you know, like I don't mind going to a Mecca store

or, you know, one of those make-ups. But, you know, sometimes there's not as much for me as, you know, the other family members. So it's quite nice. I've been lost and left as a lonely island in a Mecca store before with my daughter Poppy as well. Yeah. I even got to the point with, is there anything I can help you with?

Yeah. That conversation. Yeah, so it's kind of good. My daughters can go off there, and I went, oh, well, there's a cafe, one of those mall cafes in the middle of the mall. I was like, cool, I can go along there. I have my laptop.

I'm like, hey, I can spend an hour just kind of doing some stuff while everyone goes and does their own thing. Great. Get on the dark web, log on to their Wi-Fi, find out the stuff you want to do. Yeah, that's right. At the BB's Cafe. Do that in the middle of the mall. That's the thing. Use their Wi-Fi. Find out the stuff you want to do. That's right. At the BB's Cafe.

Do that in the middle of the mall. That's the thing. Use their Wi-Fi for that. Have a hot drink. That sort of thing. Agree to those terms and conditions. Yeah. But I was sort of working away at my laptop, and then I heard this, oh, hey, it's you.

And I was like, oh. And I looked up, and there was someone smiling at me. I'm like, oh, hey. Hey. And they're like, oh, you're from the radio, TV. I'm like, oh, yeah, nice to see you. I see you're buying a missile on the dark web. Yeah, don't smiling at me. I'm like, oh, hey, hey, you know, and they're like, oh, you're from the radio, TV. I'm like, oh yeah, nice to see you. I see you're buying a missile on the dark web. Yeah, don't look at that.

Don't look at that. And then they did what I thought was a very unusual sort of tactic is they just sat down. And in those situations, like I enjoy having a chat to people, but in those situations now, it's not up to me to wrap things up.

It's up to the person to wrap things up. They've sat down where i i'm there i got my hot drink i got my laptop i'm not going anywhere and neither are they really they've just sat down so you're you're thinking of an exit strategy as soon as they've sat down well i couldn't i said my conversation but i thought i was like well it's all really on this person when they in this yeah so we had a chat we talked away what did you cover what ground What ground? We covered all things. What do you do? What thing? What are you doing in the mall? What am I doing? You know, how things are going in my career? All that sort of stuff.

What was this person doing? I don't know, but they wanted to have a sit down. I was like, oh, that's lovely. Yeah, a lady, have a sit down and have a chat to this lady. And then eventually, after I'd pretty much run out of all possible questions, she left. And she was like, oh, I'm going to go now. I'm like, well, lovely to talk to you. That was the nice way she went.

I carried on working away on my laptop. And then 10 minutes later, she's like, I'm back. And I was like, you're back? You're back? Did you need to come back? She'd been to the shop and she was telling me about it. And then she sat down again. Was it a, I'm back?

Was that it? A two two from two i'm back and then we're like oh geez we i didn't have too much more to offer the conversation we checked all the boxes but we sat we sat there for a while longer and i was again i was like this is on on them when they wrap things up it was on them again but at that stage my wife and kids come back and all they see is me sitting next to some lady while i'm like i'll go do some work i'm having a hot drink with some lady at the mall hey now i've cut the dead weight mate let's have your tinder date in the middle of the mall it's not what it looks like in the middle of the mall but i thought interesting tactic just sort of sitting down

what did she have to discuss the second time around though she's been in the shop she had like this tired legs sort of thing She was walking around the shop so she had a bit of a seat. I was like, got to the stage, I was like, do you want a hot drink? What's happening here?

She's like, no, I'm fine. I don't know what's happening there but anyway, two for two conversation as well. Oh, well done. That's a prime punishing that you suffered there,

my friend. I do that to people on planes though and they can't escape me. I know. Yeah, there's no, unless they head out the emergency exit, put a parachute on, that's their only escape me. I know. Yeah, there's no, unless they head out the emergency exit, put a parachute on, that's their only escape

plan. I punished some lady recently, she was off to, she was going from Wellington flying over to the UK, she was going to be the chef at Windsor Castle. Oh, that's right. Remember? Didn't let her go. Making beef wellingtons and crumpets for the royal. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I had a very, very minor

oral procedure there, Ben boys. Had this weird little growth at the bottom of my mouth. Googled it and that always turns out beautifully when you Google medical complications. But anyway, it's nothing. And I got it cut out from the bottom of my mouth. Righty, righty, right. But it had to go under a general anesthetic. So you go to the hospital and there is nothing sexier than a

hospital gown is it yeah true that is buddy that's that's all the riz you need right there in a hospital gown uh but the good thing is i've come up with a business idea okay because people nowadays constant thing particularly when you're an adult life's so busy tired people just tired yeah you have this clinic or it's like a hotel where you knock people out so i went under lying on the bed as they wheel you into the theater and they plug the thing into your arm which puts you to sleep you know the anesthetic and the last thing i can remember is like, can you feel anything? I was like, nah, mate, it's not working. And then boom, you're awake two hours later or whatever. Right, so you've just gone to sleep like that.

Just gone to sleep. Wouldn't it be ideal if you had this hotel where people would come in and be like, how long do you want? Nine, ten hours? And then you write down on the sheet how many hours you want to be knocked out for. They inject you, put you under, bring you to. What do you reckon Ben?

that's there might be something legal roofing basically I know in a lot of ways I'm like yeah but I guess if you signed up for it and it's all done

it would all be obviously signed it'd be done by professionals but that's how everyone's talking about you've got to get a side hustle that's our side hustle the sleep hotel

where people just pull in and you're like you just dedicate a day of i can tell we can take you out of here for 12 hours walk out feeling like a million dollars well yeah did you feel good when you woke up i'm probably a bit drowsy from the great i have a new pair of breasts now that's the other thing when you go in and obviously it's all protocol they honestly they ask your name and your date of birth about 13 times. To the point where you're like,

about 10 to 11 times. I was like, are these guys believing me? I've said my name and date of birth. They don't want to get that wrong. But you understand why they do it. It'll become a news story. We'll be talking about the radio.

Maybe I did walk out with a new chest. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. All Australian podcast sensation, Life Uncut. Currently the most listened and Ben podcast. Australian podcast sensation Life Uncut. Currently the most listened to female podcast in Australia. 50 million downloads are coming to New Zealand for a live show. Surprise guests October 28.

Promises to be real, raw and downright hilarious. A great night out. And we're joined by the stars of the Life Uncut podcast, Laura and Brittany. Good morning. Hey, guys. How's it going? Thanks for having us. You guys have got a bloody verycut podcast. Laura and Brittany, good morning. Hey guys. How's it going? Thanks for having us. You guys have got a bloody very successful podcast. We, I think, are sitting maybe, I think, 192 on the New Zealand podcast charts.

And there's only 193 podcasts in New Zealand. But your 50 million downloads for your one Life Uncut, give us some advice. I know we're meant to be talking about your live show, but what makes your podcast so successful? We started this four years ago, and Britt and I, we had such an interesting little story that the both of us came out the back of The Australian Bachelor. Brittany was on one season. I was on the season prior to her, and she was on the next season.

And so when we started the podcast, we were talking mostly about relationships and love and often when it goes wrong. And I feel that there was a massive gap in the market for those sorts of conversations on podcast form in Australia, especially. And then since then, it's just blown up. It's been amazing. Yeah, The Bachelor. If we can delve really quickly into that.

Laura, I guess you were the winner of your series with Maddie J. Look, it still shocks me. I definitely didn't go on it thinking that I was going to end up with a husband. And now seven years later, we've got two kids and I can't get rid of the guy. It all worked out pretty well. You got in bloody deep.

You're like, all I wanted was a couple of hundred Instagram followers. Yeah, well, you know, I got those and then I got a couple of kids too, which made things a lot harder. I don't go to many events anymore. And Britt, you were on the series, which I think played over here with the Honey Badger, Nick Cummins, the former rugby player. Yeah, I feel like I was the first person in the world to win the Bachelor and not actually win anything.

I got dumped at the end. It's never happened before. And hindsight's a wonderful thing, I will say that. Long story short, I got dumped, yep. Oh, so sorry to open up old wounds here. So on this, I didn't see it was a tumultuous end to it all i think it did make news over here it all just yeah so what happened he said yes i choose you but by the way i'm dumping you in the same breath no so what it is is everyone

always thought it was going to be from me from the beginning like we had this a great connection i thought it was going to be me and they had me in a white dress two girls get out at the end and the first person that gets out everybody knows is I don't want to say the loser but they they don't love you know the first person gets out it's the one that gets let down and so I was the last girl there and they had me in this beautiful white dress it was going to be this big monumental moment and then he did his whole speech and i was ready and then he said i can't do it i can't do it i'm walking away single and um i was just like i can't believe i act all i could think of was i didn't even say anything and he said do you have any questions and i was like just get me out of here and that was it never looked back never saw him again that was the end of it sorry

for opening up those old those old conversations but as you say i mean amazing i mean 60 million they're talking about the 60 million listeners. Now he's trying to turn around, isn't he? It's phenomenal. Like the fact that sometimes Laura and I are still in disbelief that like I'm in the UK at the moment and somebody stopped me in the street in the UK and said, oh, my God, I listened to your podcast. And I thought, wow, that's absolutely wild that there's someone on the other side of the world that recognizes us and listens. It's really cool that there's someone on the other side of the world that recognizes us and listens. That was really cool. It's cool.

Now you're coming to New Zealand for a live show, which is awesome, at the Town Hall in Auckland. I mean, Britt, you were talking about getting papped and stuff as well in Australia, because it's a bigger country in New Zealand. But also Rebel Wilson at your birthday party, your mates with her. I mean, that's pretty cool. Yeah. Rebel and I have been friends for maybe three-ish years now. She's just such a cool chick. She's just completely normal, inspiring with her story and what she does,

and she's got a really dry sense of humour. So we've been friends for a long time. She's actually going to be one of the many amazing guests we've got coming on tour with us. So she's popping up to one of the shows. Ooh. Yeah, she's going to be back in Australia. So sorry, she's not here.

She's going to be auckland show can you say yeah we have pj harding locked in pj yeah so we'll give her we'll give her an oh now laura um i don't know if I should bring this up as well, but the podcast and the show is called Uncut. You do talk about everything. And your husband, literally. Want to know if he's circumcised? Well, you're literally uncut.

I was talking about him talking about on a podcast. And six years old. They got him circumcised at six? Six years old. He was talking about this on a podcast. Do you know what? So Matt does a podcast called Two Doting Dads with one of his mates. They talk about the realities

of dad parenting. And yeah, Matt, when he was six years old, guys, it was a medical emergency. His foreskin was too long and they needed to trim it back. So the poor guy couldn't go to the toilet properly

when he was a little kid. That's what he's saying. It was like a sprinkler. It was the guy giving it. Yeah. Yeah, but why it happened later in life. And I think it has truly scarred him

because I've heard him speak about it many times. He was wandering around with a little windsock hanging off the end there. Laura and Brittany, we can't wait to have you guys in New Zealand, your podcast. Congratulations on Life Uncut, and it's great to be bringing a live show to New Zealand.

I'm sure so many Kiwis would love to go along and see it, so thanks for your time. We hope to see you guys next week. Thanks so much, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A little Nas X. That's what I really wanted is the Hits, Jono and Ben. Great to be hanging out with you on a Monday morning.

We were just laughing because Producer Joel is, because we can't just come back from a song and laugh, Ben. Boys, people wonder what you're laughing about. Producer Joel's trying to book a trip to Brisbane for the NRL this weekend and you can take a detour through where? Yeah, got a five-hour layover in Papua New Guinea for... Oh, hey. It's only a 26-hour trip to Brisbane.

Normally, like, three hours, isn't it? All the flights have sold out. And, hey, have you ever been to Papua New Guinea? Could be something new, you know? Try it out. Yeah, well, why not? They do that bungee jumping there, don't they? They do, yeah.

With the vines. With vines. With vines. They could get springier cords, but basically you just jump off a tower with a vine attached to you and slam into the

ground. I don't know what the vine does. Not much, really. But hey, I think it's like a rider passage over there. Could be your rider

passage, Joel. Take it off the bucket list. Yeah, mate. 25 metres, head first into the dirt. It's just another Motivational Monday. It is Monday morning and we want to motivate you,

much like the Fijian side were motivated with a bit Australia early this morning in the Rugby World Cup, but a bit of an upset. Well, that's a bit of an upset there, but amazing results. Well done to Fiji. Yeah, we're out here doing God's work, aren't we? Motivating the people, Ben Boyce. It's a miracle. He turned water into wine.

We're turning you into a functioning human being on a Monday morning. Now this, I don't know who's saying this, but it popped up on my Instagram feed. And it's something about everything in life just being temporary. You've got to just know that everything is temporary. When you try and hold on to something, that's when it can destroy you. Anything. People, seasons, places, things are all temporary

and that's why you have to enjoy that present, right? There you go. That's a good little message, isn't it? Yeah, that's right. Everything is temporary. Apart from our regrettable tattoos that we both have been. Yeah, those are temporary. My hair loss doesn't feel like I'm going to pull that back.

No, true. But then you could get... There's options. Yeah. There's options available. Then you'd mock me for those options. So for me, that's a permanent fixture. But it is a really good point.

People come in and out of your life. Chapters and seasons of someone's life. The other thing I hold forever is my hatred for enemies as well, I'm not letting go of that, that's not temporary Yeah, you're right, so what are you saying? You're saying everything is temporary except for some of the things that are, yeah, some of those things that you listed, so there you go, there's a lot that

isn't temporary, there's some Monday morning motivation for you, hey The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Time for news or not, so if a lady is married a steam train, you'll hear about it in this part of the show. And producer Husky, gravelly. It sounds like she's swallowed a gravel road.

Producer Taylor, come on in after yelling at your husband. Not yelling at your husband, yelling in support of your husband on Saturday. Yeah, either or. Either or, both happened. Out there on the field, of course, Marcello placed for the Warriors. Yep, yep, big match. So you booked a flight to Brizzy? I did, I'm going. Yeah, there on the field. Of course, Marcello placed for the Warriors. Yep, yep. Big match.

So you booked a flight to Brizzy? I did. I'm going. Yeah, all the flights sold out. But Joel says you have to swing through Papua New Guinea now. It's been 29 hours in Papua New Guinea. I got in there a bit before that, so I'm just having a changeover in Sydney. Yeah, right.

You're flying over Papua New Guinea. I am. Yeah. This is where we need to work out which one of the headlines you've made up. They all sound like they've been made up, though, don't they? So that's the trick to this game. All right, here we go. Documentary finds that dolphins deliberately get high off puffer fish by chewing and passing them around.

I would believe that because dolphins are one of the only mammals who actually get romantic for pleasurable purposes. The rest are just doing it for procreation purposes. Okay, so do they get high off puffer fish? Okay, what's the next one? New research finds ingesting chewing gum can in fact stay in your stomach for over 10 years. About 10 years? It was seven, wasn't it? That was the schoolyard rumor, yep.

All right, and third one. Oh my God, I'm so sorry. You should be. Man pleads for help on Twitter after getting trapped in massage chair. Oh, one of those chairs. Those ones you see on the advertorials that sort of lock you in there and they're sometimes in the mall. They do strap you in, but then you watch the infomercial

and it's like a medieval pleasuring device, isn't it? Have you seen the ads? Very. They've got a very sexual undertone, those Tebow kids. Everyone's got plunging necklines, haven't they? They do. Yeah, for no reason. They're like, hey, we're going to advertise this chair. See that neckline? Let's plunge it a little deeper, eh?

Hey, sugar lips. Roll the cameras. Let's sell some Tebows. Have you seen that ad? Watch that ad It's very unnecessary to see so much Alright so what do we reckon is the fake news Out of those Sarah's phoning through

I'm thinking the dolphins thing sounds Like that would be legit We're learning all sorts of stuff about dolphins Many times about dolphins, I've spoken to someone who's had this happen to them. Scuba diving, they'll pin those scuba divers to the bottom of the ocean floor.

Yeah. To have their way with them. No. No. Google it. What? No. Yeah.

That's the thing. Oh my God. Okay, so you're saying that one's legit? I'm thinking dolphins will experiment. Okay, so which do you think is the fake one? Producer Joe will Google it, honestly. So the fake one, I would go... The massage chair seems like it could happen.

Yeah, it does, doesn't it? Yeah, let's lock in. What was the middle one? New research finds ingesting chewing gum can, in fact, stay in your stomach. Oh, 10 years. Okay, let's say that's fake. Let's see if Sarah agrees before we find out. What do you reckon, Sarah?

Which one of those headlines is the fake news? I think it's the man in the chair. Oh, I got to go with the man in the chair. Okay. We're locking in the middle one. We're locking in the chewing gum. What is the fake one? The chewing gum is the fake one.

Yes. We got that one right. You play a good game because you do like real... Yeah. Yeah, I see your tactic. Sarah, you seen that Tebow commercial, mate? No. Watch it.

Watch it. The man in the massage chair actually fell asleep in the one in the supermarkets. Right? So he fell asleep, got trapped, and then woke up. The whole department store had shut down. Oh, he'd rather have gone home. So not only was he trapped in the chair, he was trapped in the shop as well. Because it locks your arms and your ankles, doesn't it?

There's no movement. So he's just, what, massaged all night. 30 hours of non-stop messaging. You want a great night's sleep, that's for sure. And Producer Taylor, you know, your husband, Marcelo Montoya, out there. It must have been just amazing for you to be there. Yeah, it was. Were you talking to your phone? No, I wasn't. I was in the moment,

being slept up. But yeah, it was incredible. Well, next time, talk into your phone so we can play some stuff on the radio on Monday. Yeah. But great game from Marcelo. You must be very proud. I've got to try. Talk some big hits. Massive hits. Learned them all from me, mate. It was pretty awesome.

And something else lovely, because we were talking on Friday how nervous that you get before the game, but also what he does to prepare for the game. And you sort of went through what he eats before, and you said he likes to have a Subway sandwich as part of his routine. Yeah, it's his go-to, and he has to have it just at the right time every week as well, otherwise the whole day's derailed. So, yeah, lovely.

Subway actually sent us out some sub, which was really beautiful. They reached out to you, and they're like, we want to hook him up for his Saturday lunch. So we were very happy. How does this turn into an influencer post? He's on a free Subway train. That was nice, though, wasn't it? That was lovely.

Really lovely. It saved me a trip, too. Come on. Did they get there, wasn't it? That was lovely. Really lovely. It saved me a trip too. Come on. Did they get there on time though? It did, 11.59. You got there? Very, yeah. Well, thank you, subway.

What a generous offer. Now, did I ever tell you how much I enjoy driving Lamborghinis? I don't think it's going to work for you. I don't drive a Lamborghini and my week's all out of whack. But what I did notice at the game game i was chatting to lots of people lots of uh you know huge warriors fans that might cite myself they've been there you know supporting since the day 195 as well and there was a guy who likes to go to the game by himself bless and he was like he was saying that you know and i was like oh did you come with he goes on just me mate and he was like i could have

gone with friends i got big boys fans but I like being there by myself because I like to take it all in I like to watch it and I don't like to be distracted by any of my mates chatting or anything I just like to be there

and just be part of it has he been there since 95 is that what he's always done well pretty much he says you know on the big games he likes to go along by himself I was like

interesting thing to you know I guess you're still with a big crowd but interesting you go along and do that but then ironically you're distracting him by talking to him.

So he's probably like, this guy, this weird guy talking on his phone. This is the reason why. I like it when you're talking to your phone. Yeah, you're right, actually. I thought it was unusual, but a lot of people like to do a lot of things by themselves. Yeah, what do you do? What activities are you doing?

We're better than that. Yeah, we are better. No, we're not, but we'll pretend like we are. What activities are you doing by yourself? Like me talking on my phone. Safe for public consumption. Yeah, exactly. Listen, come on, Taylor.

Out of the gutter, mate. Yeah, mate, come on. Okay. Everyone's mind went there. We don't need to go there. Okay? We don't need to talk about six inches of subway or anything like that, mate. So I'll enter that.

It's 4487. Want to know the places that you like to go by yourself? Movie. I imagine a lot of people go to movies by themselves. Yeah. Yeah. Mike, a friend of ours would used to go to the movies by himself. Long time, eh?

10.30, mid-morning sessions. Yeah, loved it. Producer Joel, you raised a good point. You don't talk to anyone while you're there. Yeah, and it's kind of annoying when people are talking to you as well. You're right. Like when you go to the Warriors by yourself and there's's kind of annoying when people are talking to you as well. You're right. Like when you go to the Warriors by yourself and there's this guy from the radio who keeps talking to you. Really? By yourself?

So no one talks to you? Oh, wow. Can we call you on Monday morning, mate? So, oh, that's 4487, the things you do alone. What are you doing by yourself? Ben harassed some poor guy who went to the Warriors by himself. Oh, no, it's a lot less interesting than than that i quite often go on holiday on my own less interesting this is very interesting you go on holiday well actually i know a lot of women of

my age who go on holiday on our own um and it actually works mostly really really well um because the nice thing about it is you you meet other people and you're probably a little bit more open to getting chatting to people and stuff like that. And yeah, of course, you can do what you feel like doing. And that's not all bad. It works really well unless something goes wrong. Last year, I wound up in the UK with COVID and that wasn't so great. But mostly, it's just fine. And I mean, if the alternative is not going at

all, it's a whole lot better than that, right? That's a great idea. Yeah. I've found that the times I've travelled by myself for work, you do. You end up chatting to people and you end up going, want to hang out? And you end up going on things you wouldn't normally do, probably if you were with mates or with family. Yep. Last year, I wound up on a tour in Edinburgh sitting next to a lady from Hamilton. Oh, wow. That's impressive.

So what countries have you been to by yourself? Pretty much Australia, the US, Canada, and a lot of Europe. What a legend. I reckon you look like a drug trafficker. I'm always waiting for them to look at my passport again. Sorry. She travels everywhere by herself Red flags for me if I'm on the customs desk Thank you for sharing that with us this morning

Appreciate it Lovely to have you listening Rowena We'll head to Taranaki, Sandra how are you? I'm good how are you? We're doing really well, what are you doing by yourself Sandra? Going bush actually Going bush Are we. Going bush. Are we talking overnight or just out for the whole day?

I have done both. So it's really nice just to get out there, enjoy the sounds of nature. It's really, really good thinking time. You can plan stuff and just get into yourself and enjoy what's around you. That is a great thing to do, isn't it? Everyone should do that at least once or twice a year. Yeah, and being on the beach is just the same. The sound of the sea and everything just clears your mind.

How often are you going solo bush there, Sandra? Hasn't been lately. I've sort of had a knee injury, but last year quite often. Do you worry about your safety? Yeah. Oh, no, not really. I've got a PLB, I'll be right. I don't know what that is, but I feel like I'll lose

credibility if I ask what it is. I looked at you too, John, I don't know what you know. Personal locator beacons. We all knew what it was. Exactly. You don't need to mansplain it to us. How deep into the bush are you going? Quite deep. At the moment

it's only just been around sort of the Taranaki Mount Taranaki and there's lots and lots of walking sticks on there. Have you killed a pig with your bare hands? Yeah, no. Oh, that's really cool. Good on you, Sandra. Appreciate that. And good on us for getting through this topic, Ben boys.

Well done. Without having to reference any of the other stuff. I was going us for getting through this topic, Ben Boyce. Well done. Without having to reference any of the other stuff. I was going to say keep them coming through, but maybe that's a dangerous game because we probably will slip back there, won't we? We had a couple of wins. We'll chalk them up.