Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Producer Tayla's Dilemma That is Splitting the Nation.

Episode Date: November 5, 2023

The dilemma that Tay is facing Ben has a new toy for his house Jono's list of the 5 most annoying things.. Cheese Roll Trek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. How's everyone going, alright? Yeah good, Monday for a Monday. Time's slow this morning, are you feeling slow? Yeah. Jeez. I was just saying before how quickly the weekends go, don't they? They go fast and then the week, you know.

Then you're like, oh we're back here again. Anyway, hey, good vibes, that's what we've got to do, that's why we're here Ben. Exactly. We've just got to be happy for three minutes at a time, then we sit in silence during the songs. Now, I caught up with some mates Friday afternoon. And Irish Dave, who's a great provider of content for this radio show. Normally, when the Irish team are playing sport,

we like to record them. Also, St. Patrick's Day. Yeah, he provides a tremendous amount of content for the 6 o'clock hour in particular. Because he runs an interesting time system where he goes to bed around about now because he works in bars and things, night shifts. Yeah. So he's heading – we put him to sleep every morning.

We put him to sleep, which is – I don't know if that's a good thing to say or not. But he always got little pockets of information, little things that he's like, oh, here's a little quiz question. Things probably he's learned from working in bars over the years. And he threw one out the other day and I was like, on Friday afternoon, I was like, well, you know the rules, mate.

I need to record this for the radio. So have a listen to Irish Dave's question. Irish Dave, this is content. You know I always get content from you. This is good. The question is... Okay, the question is, there's two countries in the world that on their flags has a monument so just translate

that chris can you translate that for our new zealand audience yeah so uh there's two flags that's good two flags with monuments on them okay i don't know so i'll throw it out there so flags with apparently there's five flags in the world that have buildings on them, he was saying afterwards. So I would take any of those, but two in particular have monuments on it. What, so like the Statue of Liberty sort of thing? Type, type, yeah, yeah, like monuments. So 4487 on the text, we've got some hell pizza for grabs,

now delivering beer and wine. If you can name, I'd say any of the flags in the world with a five without Googling that have a building on it. A building? Yeah. And when you do know it, because I found out later, Google it, they're very small. Like I was expecting like big, you know, but they're in there. Are we going some niche countries here?

And particularly, no, not as far as buildings go. Not all are niche. There's maybe one that's quite niche. Oh, you mean the buildings and monuments are tiny on the flags? On the flag, yeah. So four, four, eight, seven. Do you know I left them on Friday afternoon and then I went away and then I saw my social media the next day.

There's guys at the pub. Three of them ended up going to Sir Paul McCartney in Australia. They're on a plane. What? On Saturday morning. Now, none of that was planned when I left them on a Friday afternoon. Next thing I know, they were like, you know, when you follow your friends' social media, you're like, oh, where are they going?

They're going to Australia. They're like, yeah, support McCartney. Just decided. Did they cook this up after the flag debate? Yeah, after the flag debate. So I was like, wow, that's where that night ended. So 4487 on the text. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Irish Dave made of the show threw something out. He's Irish by the way. Yeah that's right. And there's another friend in the friend group Dave as well. So that was the only reason why we don't round go. Because if we can't tell by his accent when we play audio we just like to clarify his

race and ethnicity. I thought it was really interesting. He threw a question out. He said there's two flags in the world that have monuments on them, as far as the national flags go, and five flags actually have buildings on them. Okay. Some text rolling in here, 4487. One said Argentina.

No. One said the United States of America. No. One said Spain. Yeah, Spain. Spain have got a building on it. So the flags with buildings, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Portugal, Spain, and San Marino. But then

with monuments, Cambodia and Afghanistan have both got monuments. And as I said before, they're quite little. Like, how many times you've seen the Spanish flag and never even noticed there was a building on it? Oh yeah, it's like a castle. Yeah. So there's a whole lot of stuff, a whole lot of flags that, you know, just little sneaky little things.

I'm sort of snuck in. You know, we paid how many? 20 million to not change the flag in New Zealand. I snuck some more things in there. I can't. I can never tell. Well, I can. But the difference between the Australian and New Zealand flag, no wonder people overseas think we're the same country yeah it's very hard

that there's one star difference isn't there and I get a little bit annoyed because yeah you know there's two stars I think two stars in the Australian Australian flag's got two more stars than us but I get a little bit annoyed because their colors are you know they're golden the golden green you know our colors are usually black and white. So then you have the flag up there, which kind of doesn't really relate to... But anyway, we've been down that road before. I reckon we

chuck it to the boat. Have another bash. Yeah, that was a shambles last time. There's some mildly interesting flag banded. Yeah, you can use that. Probably in no area of your life. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. As well as hopefully receiving some cheese rolls at some stage this week.

Producer Taylor, we brought you back on for something else. A little dilemma that you brought up. She's trying to rip off hardworking New Zealanders. Yeah, you come over here with your big ideas. Don't set me up like that. I'm facing a moral dilemma that I'd just like some opinions on. There's no dilemma. It's just you've got to pay.

Okay. Listen, listen, listen. So I went shopping on the weekend and I bought three items and it came to $97. Right. So she puts it in the FPOS machine under $67. And I had a quick glance and I was like, maybe something's on sale. Whatever.

Didn't question it. Why would I question it? It's amazing. Best thing to ever happen. So I paid, went on with my day. Now all the shops are asking for your email to send you a digital receipt, of course, to save on paper. So she had my email.

Four hours later I get an email from the store saying, hi, you popped in before you ordered this, this and this. We've just realised that you were charged incorrectly. So sorry, but you've been undercharged by $30. Let us know how we can get in contact with you so you can pay the difference. So I've obviously said to my husband, well, that's not my issue. So I'm going to move on with my day.

Why is it not your issue? Because, okay, so this is where... It feels like it's definitely your issue. I worked in retail, and back when we didn't have the technology of an email address, well, I'm sure they did exist, but we didn't ask people for it. If that happened, you just call it a day and you just move on.

Take the hit. Yeah. I mean, like... But they do have your email and they can get in touch. Yes, but... And you do owe them 30 bucks. Like, I don't have to reply. And you haven't replied to reply and you haven't

replied is this really a big deal like are they gonna lose well I guess yeah technically it is their mistake and they admit to that that's their mistake but at the same time you know that it should have been the price and if I come to you say can you just but in this day and age things are tough let's just call it a day and let's go go our separate ways. Okay, text 4487. Where do you sit on this scenario? Does Taylor still have to owe them $30,000 or is it they have to take the hit?

They've done the administration hit. We had a friend who worked at Westpac and he was meant to give a guy $100 and actually accidentally gave him $10,000. I don't know how that happened. I don't know how. And obviously the guy was like, oh, this is admin here and walked away with it. And they were 10,000 short at the end of the day. See and like whatever you move on

you live. Okay is that what you're saying? I think we should all just pretend one of the tights was 20% off and just I am actually surprised that they did ask for it. Same. To be fair. I'm actually insulted. Well I'm insulted but technically I'm surprised but I'm not saying that you shouldn't pay it. Same. To be fair. I'm actually insulted. Well, I'm insulted. I'm surprised. But I'm not saying that you shouldn't pay it.

I'm just saying that I'm surprised that they did go, rather than just go, oh, we screwed up. Yeah. But at the same time, I would probably pay it. Text 4487. It's their fault. Move on with your life, Taylor. Thank you.

It's from your number, though. No, it's my number. Another text. They should let it go. Move on. Yeah. One more They should let it go Move on Yeah One more text Love it Move on

They're on your side You've got the This is amazing Thank you I feel validated What's the other one What's the other one Sorry producer Joel

Pay up it's $30 Also stop banging the mic Oh is that a real text Sorry I get really passionate Is that from you Or is that Who's texting in here That's our boss, Matt Anderson.

Stop yelling, shut up, and stop hitting the mic. Alright, so it's a bit, no, listen, say 80% of the texts are in but then they're saying there's going to be karma coming your way if you don't pay 30. Well, I'm a good person and I think this is actually my karma. Like, I'm getting rewarded with a discount. Apparently the Consumer Act

one text says you don't owe them a penny. Oh, Kate is coming through. 4487. When she paid for something, they undercharged you by 30 and they're wanting the money back. It's going off on the text machine. This one's saying... Life's hard. Put the right money in in the first place.

This one's saying you're ripping off hard working Kiwis. Oh, because I'm not? Put them on. That's behind the scenes. That's what's going on in the studio. If you want to weigh into it next, good luck. 4, 4, 8, 7, or 0, 100, the hits. Very, very interesting debate this morning. A fiery debate as well, Producer Taylor.

But it seems unnecessarily fiery. Oh, she's got to back up. Whenever we get Italian Producer Taylor in, it just turns fiery. Okay, so explain the situation again. You bought some clothes over the weekend. Yes, three items, $97. The lady working put in $67 in the F-Pos machine, so I was undercharged by $30.

You knew this. I knew this. Took a small win for the day. They had my email address. They chased me up four hours later asking to pay the difference, which I have not replied just yet. So it was a slip up in administration. Yes.

And you're refusing to reply to the email. There's been honestly hundreds of texts coming through and a lot of people on your side saying how many times have they overcharged people, take the win, take the hit. I'm like, I'm never going to name the business, but let's be real, like they don't mark up the clothes in the first place. Paula, you want to weigh into this. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. What do you want to say?

Oh, look, guys, I do. I'm with Taylor 100%. Just don't pay it. It was their bad, not your bad. And I agree. They do mark up. Most stores do mark up their prices. And the other thing, too, I think you always have to remember

is when you yourself have had a bad experience, for example, you rock up to a service station, which I won't name, and you forget your card. You know how each service station has a different card you have to swipe? And the price of petrol is a bit like daylight robbery. And you pay for it and you put it in the car, go to the counter and you get into your purse and go, oops, no card, no discount. So I said to the car. You put it in the car, go to the counter and you get into your purse and go, oops, no

card, no discount. So I said to the lady behind the counter, look, could you please, please just swipe the generic card that I know you have behind the counter? They have a generic card. Yep. I don't want the points, I just want the discount. And she said, nah. See?

Paula's coming with the cost of living here. She's really elevated Alright Paula I appreciate your call this morning The best part was when she said to me You'll learn a lesson from this next time And I said no no hang on don't finish I said next time I'll drive past the service station To the one next door

So go Taylor go Thank you Never give them your email address Never ever Now you're talking about changing an email address. Because they wouldn't have been able to contact me if they didn't have my email address. That's right.

Don't give your email address. Take the paper receipt. Thank you, Paula. Paula, I tell you what, she'll have a stoush in her shop if she wants one. That's right. Tabby, you're on from Wellington. Welcome.

Can Taylor sleep at night knowing she owes $30? No. Now that they've actually reached out, I've been the person behind the till, hit the wrong button before, got to the end of the day, my till's been out. Since I've reached out, you've got to pay. Otherwise, Karma, she'll come and get you.

Karma's my boyfriend for Taylor Swift, but not for you. It's going to come and get you. Well, I like to think of this as the universe giving back to me in its small way. Like, here you go, you've had a you know, just take this as a... Can you barter with her? Can you go, I'll give you a 15? I think if you knew you weren't being charged, sorry, I would

think if you knew you got it, but they didn't reach out, that's good. But the fact they reached out, I think now you have to. Doesn't make it tricky, does it? Yeah, Tabby, are we surprised an Australian would come over here and engage in criminal activity? You know, we know what the country was founded on. You know, you come over here to our little country,

ripping off our little businesses $30 a time. Yeah. Excuse me, I'm not native of Australia. I'm Italian, so. Hey, good on you, Tabby. Appreciate it. So many texts. To be honest

if we're taking this at face value 90% of the audience are on your side because this is a small win for the people it's not just me I'm fighting

this for everyone well we don't get to wear the clothes do we this is for the people this is like you know I'm

taking this on my shoulders on behalf of everyone thank you you're doing God's work thank you for everything it's Your huge sacrifice

that you're making for us all this morning. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It seems like National Party are going to need New Zealand First to enact after all. Is it what we wanted though? Well, clearly some people wanted it. Winston was having a crack at his dear friend Jack Tame, TVNZ

reporter who he's called previously, what did he call him? A dirt merchant? A dirt merchant, a Philadelphia lawyer as well, called him James Tame a few times at a power play. And then was just sort of having him, I don't know whose roast this was, but this was at a public meeting on the weekend. That wing's chill. And I'm sitting there thinking, listen, Jack Tame, you moron. Yeah, so that's Winston Peters.

Now my wife's probably going to be saying the same thing about me because I like the figurines. You've probably seen them before. They're called the Funko Pop, the pop vinyl figurines. You can get them with famous people, characters from movies, all that sort of stuff. And I've been, from time to time, buying a few of them and putting them up in the lounge on my one shelf that I'm allowed to put them up on oh so you've been designated a one display

shelf pretty much yeah this is your little yeah but then even still even though it's my shelf I still get questioned about why are you buying more of these particular things this is my shelf so I bought one the other day and it arrived and I put it up there on the shelf in the lounge I've been waiting for my wife to go to notice it. But she hasn't noticed it, I don't think. So you've snuck this contraband Funko Pop into the house. Yeah. You know, in terms of things just, you know,

sneaking around stuff, this is like, this is at the lighter end of the scale. Exactly. This is what I'm talking about on the radio. Ain't going to call my wife right now, hopefully, and admit to it. Let's try. Good morning.

Good morning. How are you doing? I was like, hey, I want to talk to you about something on the radio. Have you not stipulated what it is? No, I haven't stipulated. It's something that, well, is it bad? It's hard to say. Hard to say.

I think once you know about it, you're definitely going to do something about it, Amanda. Yeah, especially now when I'm far away from where you are right now. But something that's been in the house for a couple of weeks and you haven't noticed. Really? Yeah. This is like a fair go style ambush right now. I keep waiting for you to bring it up A reaction

But it hasn't happened so far And I've been enjoying that fact Is it good or bad? Well it's probably For you bad For me good You know Why don't you have

Can we do some guessing? Oh yeah What do you think it is? I'm looking around the house going What have I missed? Yeah it's something Is it a pile of washing? Washing it's something that... Is it washing? Washing.

There's plenty of washing around there. He snuck some more into the house. Yeah. I don't know. There's this box here. No, not in a box. Not in the middle of the box. No, no.

Do you want to invert your eyes to the shelf? The shelf. The one shelf. And then we can go left to right along the shelf. Are you there? Oh, sorry, I lost you there. Oh, yeah. What could it be?

So go to the shelf. You know how I'm only allowed one real shelf in the lounge? Oh, God. Oh, no. Where did you get that? There's a new one in there. There's a new pop vinyl Funko Pop little figurine. Steph Curry.

Steph Curry's in the house now, the basketball star. Oh, when did you sneak that in? He arrived the other day. His bags are in bags with him. You know, he's up on the shelf now. Does he look good? You know, it's up on the shelf now Does he look good? You know, it's like my clothes, honey When one comes in, one goes out No, you can't

Well, no No, look Talk through some of the other big bangers On the pop vinyl shelf Who's your favourite? Who are you looking at right now? Flanders Flanders is on there

Flanders is on there, yeah Okay We've got a Simpsons one Flanders. Isn't there Flanders on there? Isn't there Flanders on there? Yeah. Okay. We've got a Simpsons one. Yeah. Has he got a Dwayne the Rock Johnson one? Yeah. Two.

It's just on my husband's backside. Two Dwayne the Rock Johnson ones. There's a LeBron James, a Dennis Rodman. And now there is a Steph Curry in there as well. So that's good. You've got eight basketballers. Did you slide him behind the other ones so you wouldn't know, or are they all lined up?

He's sort of to the far right. He's there, right, but you haven't noticed him. Yeah. Once he got a town on his top and a 30. Yeah. Well, one day they might be worth a lot of money or responsible for a lot of landfill. One of the two. Landfill I'm going for.

Responsible for the end of a marriage too. So there you go. Have a great day. You enjoy Steph Curry. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The results came in Friday afternoon of the special votes for the election and it meant that the National Party,

I think they lost two seats. So they now need to rely on the ACT Party and New Zealand First. So Winston Peters. He's back. He's back, baby. And he has a sort of interesting relationship with Jack Tame from TVNZ, right? He called him a Philadelphia lawyer and a dirt merchant the other day.

And then he was calling him James Tame when he first met him, which is a huge power play that asserts some dominance, too, when you almost get their name correct. And Winston Peters over the weekend. We're still talking about Jack Tame and his press conference. We had to stand around and listen to all these political experts like Jack Tame and every other left-wing shill. And I'm sitting there thinking, listen, Jack Tan, you moron.

Who's doing the hype in the background? So there we go. We'll see how long that takes before we know what's going on in Parliament. And interesting to see how long it's going to take us to get a cheese roll from Southland, from Invercargill, all the way up to Auckland. Producer Taylor, you've been in New Zealand for over a year now. And you haven't tried one of the finest delicacies to come from this country. White bread and cheese.

And a bit of other stuff as well. I was doing some research into the humble Southland cheese roll over the weekend. Scottish ancestry came in. Yeah, and that's why they roll their R's too apparently in Southland. The Scottish heritage. That makes sense. And that's why they roll their R's too, apparently, in Southland. The Scottish heritage. That makes sense. But there's variations of it. I've always been banging on going, oh, you know, it's got cheese and onion dip in there as well,

but not necessarily. You can have little bits of onion. You can basically chuck anything in there. Everyone's like, it's like their secret recipe too. They're like, I won't divulge how I make it. They are delicious in the Batch Cafe in Invercargill. They make some of the best in Invercargill. And they're going to make you one today, Taylor. Yeah.

Well, it's well and good unless it comes here. Yeah. So you're excited to buy it, even though you don't sound at all excited. But I guess the fact is it's Invercargill. We're not in Invercargill. How long is it going to take to get up here, right? Yeah, that's what my concern is. Because I would really like to try it fresh.

Yes. A week old, I'm sure it'll taste a bit different. I think we've got a little cooler bag with some ice. Haven't we? We've got a tracking device as well. We've invested in this high-tech stuff. The flights back from Invercargill to Auckland are only $2,999, so we could put it on a plane.

Holy! I just made that up just to dramatic effect. But that doesn't stack up. The costs don't stack up. So what we need is the humble hits listener. If you are in Invercargill and you're heading up the island. Anywhere up the island, eh? Yeah.

If you could transport our goods, our package. I feel like one of those shady people who stitch people up, you know, overseas in Bangkok or something. Just take this birthday cake back home. Then please text us, 4487. Even if you're just heading to Dunedin, no matter where, as long as you're heading in the vague direction of where we need it to go. We've got hits people around the country that can hopefully connect with you and take it to the next person as well.

We'll eventually get it up here for you, Producer Tane. Yeah, what are we estimating this? Like, is there going to be a day, like say it's the two-week mark that we're going to accept I don't have to eat it? Yeah, two weeks, yeah. Any time before Christmas is a bonus.

Jono and Ben's Great Cheese Roll Trick. The cheese Roll Trick? Yeah Love the alliteration on that bit Yeah Very grand intro Yes, we are trying to welcome Taylor in A year in this country With some New Zealand tradition

It'd be like us going over there and trying koala for the first time Or something, Ben boys Yeah And we head to Southland right now From the hits in Southland. Liv? Good morning, lads. How we doing? How are we? Give us a bit of a weather update. What's happening in the South?

You need sungrasses today in the deep South. It is gorgeous. Oh, that's good to know. Had a lovely day down South. Beautiful day down here. Now you're standing outside the Batch Cafe in Invercargill. We're on a mission to get a cheese roll from Invercargill to Taylor, producer Taylor's digestive system.

And the problem is we can't get to Invercargill. And we need to rely on the faith of your average, big-hearted hits listener. Yep, yep. And how are we looking at the moment? There's been a few people messaged through, but various places they're going throughout New Zealand. Do we want to take the cheese roll via, say, Queenstown, via Masterton? I mean, these are all options.

Someone's like, I'm going to Brisbane. Could take a dog leg off to Aussie. Yeah. So what we need is someone to meet you outside the Batch Cafe with the cheese roll Has it been made? Have you got it in hand Liv? It looks like they're busy beavers in there

So I imagine that it is made But it won't be toasted Because this is my concern right Is that when it gets up to you And it gets in Taylor's hands You're not going to get her to bite into it Like you guys know the protocol around a cheese roll right You grill it until it's brown on all sides

Lather it in butter I didn't know No we need to know all this stuff. This is it. I'm going to send you explicit instructions on how to toast this thing, but I've just entered Batch Cafe. I've got Joel and Ben on the line.

We're expecting a very important package this morning. Okay, so what we need, if you are listening in Bacargal, you are heading away from the southern city today, just go and meet Liv. And wherever you're heading, as long as it's in the direction of the North Island, we'll take it. Yeah, we don't care if you're going by car, by truck. I mean, Producer Tata keeps saying, why don't we put it on a plane?

Why don't we put it on a courier? These are great suggestions. Yeah, but like always, you guys want to go do everything the hard way. You know, we need to bleed five days of radio out of this. Yeah. We could get it on a courier and it'd probably be here tomorrow. And I'm not courier, you know? What fun is that?

I feel like we should be screening the people that actually do take the cheese roll because what if someone adds something to it? It could be contaminated. So you guys take the first bite then and then I'll take the bite. Biting into listener food is always a bit of a gamble of Russian roulette, isn't it? Have we got the chef on the phone? We sure do. Wonderful, Joe.

Joe, how are you? I'm good, yourself? Yeah, we're doing well, Joe. What's the secret to your recipe? The secret to our recipe is cheese. Cheese roll. We in a cheese roll. We had a lot of people spying on you for months to try and work out what the secret was.

It cost us a lot. It was cheese after all. People haven't had a cheese roll before, like Producer Taylor. What exactly is it? So basically it's just like a special cheese mix, which every place around town will have their own special blend or different type of mixture that they would use and then it's spread out across a piece of bread that's cut long ways instead of straight down so it's extra big and then it's just rolled up and toasted and toasted to perfection. It's the one that's the toasting that's the secret, eh? Yep.

All in the toasting. Now, so the secret, lay in your cheese mixture. Okay, I see, I see. Now, you can chuck anything in there, can't you? Yeah, you can, yeah. I think we had a crayfish one when we were down there as well. Yes, we did. Yep, we made a special crayfish cheese roll.

Which is incredible. I mean, yeah yes we did yep we made a special crayfish cheese roll which is incredible i mean yeah we did as john said before i think we felt like we're getting fattened up for christmas when we came down there that morning but it was amazing they're going to spit roast us yeah okay well thank you so much really appreciate it so what if you are in imbacargle head to the batch cafe it'll be like a passing of a cheesy baton. Yeah, it will be this morning. Thank you so much for helping us out No, that's okay, no worries Cheers I had my daughter's birthday over the weekend

Poppy, she turned 11 and basically it was just me travelling down the motorway with four girls in the car screaming Taylor Swift. Right. High intensity. It's how you want to spend your Saturday morning.

Exactly. But then we had the happy birthday song. I know it's a bone of contention for you, the pace of the happy birthday song. Yeah. For a happy song, I feel like sometimes it could be sped up just a fraction. Yeah. And it always seems 10 times slower in an office environment, I find. Don't you?

Yeah. It's like a birthday morning tea. Yeah. I love the ones in the office too where not everyone knows the name of the person whose birthday it is, but they want the cake. And so, you know, it gets to the happy birthday. Yeah. It's liberal.

You know, that's always a great moment too where everyone's like, hey, how many people here have the cake? Don't even know my name. But yeah, it did get to the cake time. Jeez, have you had a Freddo ice cream cake? No. You get it from like Pack and Save in the freezer. It's just ice cream.

Yeah. Beautiful. Oh, nice. Like a Freddo frog sort of thing. Yeah. Okay, cool. And it got to the happy birthday bit. And it was just one thing that I'd like to point out.

Happy. Happy birthday to you. Let's hit. Hooray. Let's hit. Hooray. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, eleven, twelve, ten a lot of messages. It's like a radio show.

There's a lot going on. After 8 o'clock, 7.30, we need your help. When does the counting stop? That's like at what age? Oh, the clap for each age. I'm 42 this year. I don't know if anyone can make it to 42 with the clap. Yeah, I feel like maybe, I mean, it's probably 11.

Yeah, that feels like, yeah. You probably maybe get 15 and then it's like you stop. I don't know. It does start to become problematic at some point. Because I know you would like, you don't want that extension part to the song, do you? Because you hate four. He's a jolly good... Oh, yeah.

And then that just goes on like a loop sometimes and people just go, and so say all of us. And you're like, okay, okay. Yeah, we've really dragged that out, haven't we? If you wanted to, you could make a happy birthday song last for about 35 minutes with all the add-ons and variations and counting.

Yeah, we do this every Monday morning at the base camp of the week, aren't we? And feeling weak too, but we'll strengthen you right now. Now, this guy's being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. And you know when Oprah talks to you, you've got a mean business, don't you? Oh, you'd have to, right? She's not mucking around with any two-bit sort of motivational guru with no shirt on on Instagram. No, that's right. This guy is talking about the words that you use and how it can transform your life.

Take a listen. If you're complaining more than you're talking about your vision, then you're in inertia. Energy goes into those lower frequencies, doubt, worry, fear. And now you're in that dynamic. But if you start talking about possibility, even if you don't know how to get there, then your energy starts to go up. You know, what if you ask a what if question? What if all my needs were met? What would I be doing in my life? What if everything is really working together for my good? What if all the bad things that have happened in my life are leading me to activating some great potential in my

experience? What if God really is on my side? Ask a what if question and you start to notice little tiny miracles happening in your life. Things start to manifest. You don't know how they got there. You got a little bit of God propaganda chucked in for good measure too. But it's an interesting approach, isn't it? You know, negative words put you in a negative space. Tell you what puts you in a negative space, getting up at 6 o'clock on a Monday morning. But you know, negative words put you in a negative space Tell you what puts you in a negative space

Getting up at 6 o'clock on a Monday morning But you know, use positive words Change tact And hey, there might be different results There was that book The Secret, right? That was a big thing It was very, very popular for a while And I think, as with anything

People start to pick holes and that sort of thing But the whole Sorry if I'm wrong, Producer Taylor, the secret is basically whatever you put out there, if you're putting out more positive things, you open yourself up more for positive things coming back, right? Correct. It's all based around the theory of the law of attraction.

So, yeah, what you want and believe in, you'll receive. But then everyone was like, what about the kids and such and such? And everyone started to... What were the kids where? You know, like you pick a place that's going through hardship and then go, well, what are they? They could be positive and they've got all this horrible stuff going on. So everyone started to, you know, really pick holes that way.

Yeah. What positive things did you say to yourself to end up here on this show, Taylor? I haven't practiced it in a while. Yeah, obviously not. So it's gone downhill a bit. Negative words seeping in. There's a few things that really frustrate you in life, but none more so, I believe, than a jammed seat belt.

You know when you get in the car and it won't budge? Oh, yeah, yeah. What's happened to it? How has it ended up in this position? Sometimes it just doesn't want to go, eh? It doesn't want to play the ball. And the more you try and unjam it the more it resists yeah the ultimate game of tug and war and you start to get quite you know you go through all the stages of grief and anger and you're you're even in deeply start going deep breathing yeah as well to release

it trying it on different angles as well, trying to go up and down. My mum used to say smile. That was her thing. Smile. It's not a genuine smile. You're like, Jenny, that's not going to help. No, it's just a smile. You're like, yes, and then smiling.

Because she can sense the frustration, I guess. You're not smiling genuinely. That nose, it knows. I was like, it does not know, and it would frustrate me more. Make the smile mean something. That's not the way it works. And everyone in the car has an opinion on how to unjam it yeah it's uh but eventually for no rhyme or

reason it's like the ultimate prank it's just like ah no let it go you know you've done anything different from the previous 28 tugs that you've you pulled onto the thing uh but then i got on to a list, Ben Boyce. Right. Radio loves a list. Yeah, they do. Jono Pryor presents the most top five slightly annoying things in life. Oh, yeah. Number five.

Are we on the list before you get into it? Yeah, we made the top six. Okay. Okay, getting to the end of your activity in the bathroom and then realizing there's no toilet paper oh so what's the activity we're doing in the bathroom i'll let your mind okay you're right whatever you whatever you want that yeah that's frustrating no no toilet paper number four having to find a particular item of clothing in a mound of washing. Yeah, that can be frustrating. Socks are a dub right there. Tough to pair up in a mound of washing. Mildly annoying.

Number three, stepping on something wet while wearing socks. No one likes that, do they? No, inconvenient. Yeah, that's not good. But kids, they'll run around on the lawn in socks. They don't care. Yeah. Number two, when you've been waiting Behind someone in line

And then they go up to make their order And they haven't figured out what they want to order Oh yes You've been here for ten minutes Yeah Now you're just sitting there and they sort of peruse the menu What's the such Yes

Number one When someone Reads a text They start, the anxiety dots come up, you know, on there. Oh, yeah. And then they stop. Yeah. And then they don't send a message.

You're like, what was the message going to be? What were you going to say? It was so bad that you had to pull out of sending it. Are they some annoying things today? Top five mildly annoying things. They are mildly annoying.