Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 102

Episode Date: October 29, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone some ken and barbie uh rollerblading fluoro outfits so my wife and i uh because we own the uh the we already owned well the kids owned the uh rollerblades so i thought it made sense outfits with it very uh it makes me worried that you're going to put on rollerblades and rollerblade around the neighborhood well probably not for too long because they are the kids ones so i can i tried them on the other day i can just get my feet in them but really hurts when's the last time you slept on a pair of blades, mate? Roller blades? Not roller blades.

Well, probably we did it. We did a couple of years ago. We played roller derby, the sport of roller derby. That was probably the last time I put roller blades on. Ice skating, done it regularly. The kids love going ice skating. But yeah. Oh, no, we put roller skates on, didn't we?

Oh, it was roller skates. It wasn't roller blades, was it? No, you're right. They really had a surge in popularity sort of late 90s, didn't we with rollerblades was that no you're right they really uh they really had a uh surge in popularity sort of late 90s didn't they the rollerblades could find many people rollerblading on the waterfront bum bags yeah attached as well um same same premise obviously yeah do you you how are you you're confident no not fully confident to be fair the same with ice skating i've been ice skating many many times i've never once felt confident no no because you know if it falls back it goes bad yeah there's no good that

ice is unforgiving isn't it um and for some reason as the parent it's your duty to have to all of a sudden develop some ice skating skills so you can look after your children who have no ice skating skills yeah uh. Fortunately now my kids, they're way past that. I'm the one clutching my way around it. They're off doing their thing. They can skate. They don't need anything at all. Do appreciate the speed skating

when you see that at the Olympics. Yeah. That's impressive. Very penis-y outfits, the speed skating. For aerodynamic purposes. Yeah, they are. You're right. But when you see someone ice skating,

it is beautiful, isn't it? When you see them doing it well. Yeah, they are. You're right. But when you see someone ice skating, it is beautiful, isn't it? When you see them doing it well. Yeah. I don't know how the ice hockey guys, not only ice skate, but they're also having biffo. Biffo on the ice. Oh, no.

And sort of holding their own. So that's adding a whole other layer of complication. Imagine New Paradise Ice. Someone skates in, tries to punch your lights out. What are you doing then? Yeah, well, I'm definitely like, if I was, I'm not a fighting person, but if I, let's say I was, hypothetically, I'm trying to throw punches.

I'm not hitting anyone with those things. Because you're like, all I'm trying to do is stay up. Quite good, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it? Boxing on ice would be quite an interesting little thing. Yeah. You get the boxers along and they've got to do it now on ice skates. And knockdowns are knockdowns.

Yeah, right. So you fall down, you fall down. You still get up within 10 seconds. Oh, he knocked him down. I reckon that would probably be the only way you might be able to level the playing field with someone like Tyson Fury. Yeah. You're like, okay, I'll take you on an ice skate.

Yeah. But, you know, so they're doing all sorts of forms of boxing now too Aren't they? Bare knuckle Jesus that's hard to watch I watched some of that on YouTube But what happens is Apparently for the fighters If they're coming from the UFC or whatever The fights are just so much quicker

Oh really? So you don't actually have to train as much Less injury Because you know you get hit with one bare knuckle It's going to hurt You're out. It's the end of the fight. And they get paid more.

So it's more appealing that way. So maybe we should, maybe bare knuckles is where we should be going. The slap ones always get me too. I always see those videos. Slap. Yeah. And they, whew. That power slap.

International slap competitions where they just get to wind up and just go at someone slapping. If you've seen it, it's so brutal, and it knocks people off their feet. It renders them unconscious. You're like, you're going to essentially bloody paralyze someone by slapping them. We're so obsessed with just people hurting other people for our entertainment, aren't we?

It's still happening, isn't it? Yeah, I guess it dates back to even the gladiator days, I guess. People were paying top dollars to hop inside the Coliseum or the Coliseum, as my son once called it, and watch gladiators go at it? If you were to pick any sport to be a professional, a true professional in, you don't even have to factor in the skills you have right now. What would be your chosen sport? Now, you could look at income you could look at yeah for some reason tennis seemed like it would be quite good uh for for income and for what you're doing you know because you're making a

lot of money and you're not potentially getting slapped in the face yeah that's always anytime you're not getting slapped in the face is a good day yeah for me yeah golf was no one they make a lot of money you can do that until you're quite old. But then you've got to play golf for hours and hours. I guess by then you'd probably like golf, wouldn't you? Yeah, it's a long-form thing. But then tennis goes on for a long time as well too, to be fair. Less injuries in golf.

There's obviously got a few things. Those would probably be your big bangers. Trying to think if there's anything else. I mean, you know, if you could run fast 100 metres. But I mean, Usain Bolt, obviously, his work was 10 seconds. Done. Done for the day. But a lot of training, a lot of build-up.

But that is a 10-second workday is pretty appealing. And done, and done. He didn't look like he was. I'll call you after work. Oh, yeah, I'm done. That was, what, 10 seconds ago. and done, and done. He didn't look like he... I'll call you after work. Oh, yeah, I'm done. That was, what, 10 seconds ago. Yeah, I'm done.

Oh, jeez, nightmare. Busted my chops at work today. Usain Bolt, it didn't look like he trained hard, though. He looked just naturally gifted.

Naturally really good, yeah. He really did. I saw something pop up on Instagram yesterday, and they've developed this treadmill, giant treadmill, but it's soft. And what you can do is you can run, train on marathons, train for marathons on it.

And they turned it up for these guys, just social media. Oh, I think I saw that, yeah. They turned it up to the pace of the world's fastest marathon runner. Now, this person runs, I don't know how long it would take to complete a marathon at this pace, but say two hours, non-stop. At that pace, and they couldn't do it, right? Like sprinting. Yeah.

As hard as they could, and they couldn't. And they'd fall over and then get violently vomited out the back of this treadmill. Yeah. That's crazy, eh? You just sometimes don't appreciate the athleticism of professional people, do you? No. That's why I always said, same going back to that ice skating, I've always said in the Olympics, have someone, just your average person,

going along and trying to do it next to them. So you can go split screen, just a little box in the corner, and you're like, oh, there's Joe Bloggs trying to do it. Oh, jeez. Just appreciate how good or how fast or how amazing they are. Because you don't. You kind of become numb to it. You're like, oh, missed the turn there on the ice skate.

You're like, well, I couldn't do any of that. The Olympic Comparison Channel. Yeah. And it's an option where you can have it. Yeah, you're right. Split screen it. Yeah. It's great.

Oh, what are they doing here? Oh, you know, they're on the horse in the gymnastics. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of injuries. Like ACC wouldn't like it. Do these people it the people who aren't as good

they've come in cold no training yeah yeah someone from the crowd on the day you're like what me yeah and you get paid for it

so you're like oh okay I get paid for this but you know the humiliation yeah I'm just watching that world record pace thing now it's insane

we should put it up on the Hits Breakfast social media the guy is like when he hops on, he is having to sprint literally as fast as he can. And this is keeping up a pace for an entire marathon. I know.

Unbelievable. It looks like a fun treadmill, that one. It's soft like a bed. Two hours, 35 seconds. Two hours, 35 seconds for the world's fastest runner for a marathon. How's that it's just he could not run

any faster the guy who's testing it he is going imagine doing that for two hours and then he just can't keep up the pace he'll come out this would have been a fun thing for us to do and he's done it looks like fun,

but no, it doesn't look that fun. You could definitely still break a collarbone. Yeah, exactly. So there you go. You've just got to pay homage to, and there, you know, if we look back to the All Blacks, you know, we can sit on our couch going, score a try. Yeah, you're right.

Pick a penalty, whatever it is, but it's just, gee, freaking hard. And then you tackle, like. And they've been doing it for how many weeks the World Cup been going? Week in, week out? Yeah. Putting their bodies on the line?

Proud of the team? You proud of the boys, Matt? Yeah, I'm proud of what they did. I just feel so sorry for them. Yeah. That's what I feel. Yeah. And I hope no one's mowing in

on them, are they? It feels like the general consensus is not. Yeah, I feel like everyone's mowing in on the officials. Well, not everyone, but people are mowing into the officials, which, again, they're just doing their job as well.

And the rule – I keep saying the rule's stupid. They're stupid rules. Even the commentators, New Zealand commentators, and they're saying Sam Kane within what's the law, he should have been red-carded. But it's the law that's the problem. Not the – yeah. And it's the World Cup final

For something like that For him to be out of the World Cup final Is a real shame for rugby I saw Wayne Barnes' wife She's like he's been getting death threats The last 24 hours And she's like I can't wait to leave this place Toxic

She gets abuse Who would want to be a ref? You know You're going out there know you know you know you're going out there to try your best and you're going to get some things wrong because it's all happening again so fast and yeah i just feel like we always pile on someone we need someone to blame but sometimes that just happens yeah uh the tmo seems like seems like an addition that doesn't need to be there i think unless the referee's like mate I don't know I'll take it upstairs that's what it used to be

yeah true yeah because but then yeah I guess they brought it in so there's not the oh jeez that shouldn't have happened you know we've lost the world cup because of it but now we're complaining because it's oh no you made it too good oh well

and I think even the players Have said yes There's That was a factor But also we had opportunities Yeah And unfortunately In sport

That was the day That they didn't Take advantage Of some of those opportunities And that's what happens In life Ben Boyce But we're still here Yeah

Still above ground We're still here talking Oh yeah true The team Yeah The team will move on There'll be more games of rugby to play and watch and support. Yeah, that's true.

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