Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 42: Social Media Or The Same Food..?

Episode Date: June 22, 2023

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This is our Burner phone where you can leave us a message and we clear one message every day. You can get the number if you want to text BURNER to 4487. We'll flick you back the number. You can leave a message. Now, Ben Boyce, this weekend, what's going on in your household? I know you've got cats. Yeah, cats are a very busy time for my daughter Sienna's and that.

So, yeah, she's got eight performances over like four days. So it's pretty intense. You're saying she's there from 8 in the morning till 10.30 at night. Pretty much, yeah. Yeah, for like Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Sunday, not quite, sorry, because that's just one performance on it. But, yeah. Amazing.

Yeah, we're working them hard. So I expect Broadway quality performance. Yeah, I hope so. Are you going to be like, boo, like if your daughter comes in and you're like, boo. No, I'm sure it'll be amazing. I'm sure they've put a lot of effort. They have.

They've been away on camp for it. They've done all sorts for it. And she loves it, so it's good. The lovely lady invited me along. Shirley invited me along to the show Saturday, and I can't make it. Yeah. Mainly for the fact that I don't know any children in the performance.

Yeah, fair enough. Well, I know Sienna. But I know what you mean. No, actually we do have something on. But I'm sure it's going to be massive and a great experience for her. Yeah. Isn't it? Yeah, well, it's awesome.

Yeah, no, it's great. And it's a great 300 kids, I think, in the production, which is huge. Who's in charge of 300 kids? I know, wrangling 300 kids. I don't think it'd be anything worse. And it's all, you know, the costumes, makeup Who's in charge of 300 shows? I know, wrangling 300 kids. I can't think of anything worse. And it's all, you know, the costumes, makeup, all that sort of stuff. You know, cat makeup on everyone as well. It's a huge undertaking.

And she's already like, I can see her because she comes in here, seeing her sometimes, and she's already chipping away at you for the next one, High School Musical. Yeah, I know. They get them in, which is great. They get them in, and then they're like, space is limited for the next one, if you want we haven't even got

through the cats I know high school musical I'm like there's 300 kids I mean how limited is that space let's just see

how this one goes but she does love it so that's alright as I say kids focus on things you're passionate about don't spread yourself

try stuff but if you're into it then sit into it and she's into it, so that's good. And that is the good thing, yeah, too. My kids,

not that this is a podcast about us just rambling on about our kids, zeroed in on basketball, netball and dancing. Yeah. That's what we're dealing with. Yeah, it's good.

Although there's a lot of that. No, once they do zero it. Yeah, I know. Then it becomes, oh, there's another thing for this. Yeah, you're right. Anyway, burner phone. Here's today's voicemail.

Hi, Jono and Ben. This is Rachel here. I've just been wondering, would you rather give up social media for the rest of your life or eat the same dinner every night for the rest of your life? I really hope that you answer because I'm burning to know what you have to say. You might want to see Kim's warehouse about that.

I think she faded out on that. She didn't quite know how to wrap it up. But no one does know how to wrap up a voice mail. And I like that. We're getting a few sort of would-you-rathers and stuff, which is good. You're great.

It's great to throw these in. Do leave us messages. We do love Cleared we actually do Cleared them now what would you give up I would give up social media it's a no brainer for me

I'm shocking at it anyway I'm very sporadic on it and does that mean you could never see another bit of social media in your life no but I would get

I would get it third hand through you I'd be like hey what's happening on social you can't show me oh it's a great video oh you can't see it yeah but you could describe it to me yeah like, hey, what's happening on social? You can't show me. Oh, it's a great video. Oh, you can't see it. Yeah.

But you could describe it to me. Yeah. Like at the moment, what would you describe that you've seen on Instagram this morning you could describe to me? Hey, Ben. Hey, man. A lot of basketball trades that I get on my feed, which is probably not as exciting for you.

Chris Paul, big trade to the Golden State Warriors. But I can just tell you that. Yeah. And you go, oh, yeah. Okay. Any fun videos you've seen, Ben? Fun videos today? I don't know. Off the top of my head today. I'll have go, oh, yeah. Okay. Any fun videos you've seen, Ben? Fun videos today? I don't know.

Off the top of my head today. I'll have a quick look and see if there's any fun videos. Okay. I just want to road test it and see what this would actually be like. Okay. Oh, look. I'll just go. And out of all the social media, let's just go on Instagram right now as well.

Oh, Enty. Our mate Enty. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Oh, he's got some gossip here. What's he saying? What's he saying? Oh, I can't tell you.

Yeah. Well, you know, you can tell me. You can. Like, you're allowed to tell me. Tom Hanks. Yeah. What's he doing? Oh, yeah. What's he saying? What's he saying? I can't tell you. You can tell me. No. You can. You're allowed to tell me. Tom Hanks. What's he doing? I wouldn't have thought that about Tom Hanks. Can we look about it? Sam Smith and Bill Gates as well.

There's a lot going on there. Anyway, that's my little social media clear up. See how you feel now. Social media. Do you want to know? Yeah. You're allowed to tell me In this scenario Are you just wielding this power? Yeah now I've got the power

See this is what could happen If you gave up social media You know what I'm going to say back to you What? Here's your same lasagna Every night mate I didn't say I wasn't going to have that Do you get to pick your meal though too?

Of course you would Yeah Oh so you could say This is my favourite Well even your favourite meal Would probably get Tyson After a while wouldn't it? You've got to go for something that can give you variety.

And whenever I'm asked this question, I always lock in pizza. Because there's so many different varieties of it. Or sandwiches. Yeah. I mean, you could buffet it every night. But who's making a buffet? Even you get sick of buffet, I reckon. I do like, and I'm going to mock me for this, but I do like a salad.

Because there is a variety of different salads. You can add chicken. You can add bacon. You can add pasta to the salad. You can add a lot of different things. You're not talking about your traditional salad. So maybe I would go a salad every night. And what you've done there is you're thinking also,

which is trademarked. This is brand voice, thinking long-term health benefits. And salad every night is a great idea because you're getting your vegetables. I'm just locking in carbs. Carbs. Carbs hard, which might not be the smartest option there. Yeah, you're right. Well, I'm going to go back and have a look at this. Tell me what's happening.

Honestly, I don't know. I'll tell you. Actually, I didn't read. I just saw that. Our mate, Andy, who's our entertainment lawyer, you can catch him every week. He joins us usually on a Tuesday and a Thursday on our radio show. He's got some bloody good gossip, like real insights,

like stuff that normal journalists would be like, oh, I don't want to report on that. Now we call him NT because he's an entertainment lawyer. That's all we know about him. Honestly, it's all we know about him in the States other than his phone number. And we also know he was,

he was frustrated when we were in America and we didn't go and see him. But we thought, if he wants to remain anonymous. Wrongly, well hey yeah he wants to be anonymous and he's like hey no well you guys i trust you guys we could have had it gone out for a coffee or a drink or something so he said if i came to new zealand and then i went back to america and said hey i was just in new zealand last week you didn't reach yeah how would you feel disappointed so yeah you're right so i apologize yeah apologize to ind about that. I just thought because he doesn't even want to tell us his real name, why would he want to have to see with us?

I don't want to take his secret photos and, you know. But, okay, so NT, he is an entertainment lawyer in the States. He's just got gossip on everyone. He's got people that give him all the information. And he likes to reveal things called blinds. So I think it's like a blind why was it called a blind well i think he traditionally calls them blinds because he's like who's the famous alice actor you saw with his head and other famous alice boobies you know that sort of stuff

but he doesn't name them but i think on this he actually names and shames so what is the gossip okay well the the tom hanks one as i mean, yeah, I really, I oversold it. I just mean all Tom Hanks. Yeah, you had me. Okay, so this was in May 25, according to Enty. It said, don't believe the excuses. This permanent A-lister, mostly movie actor, who is a multiple Oscar winner, nominee, was really angry because someone had dropped him off at the wrong place.

He was really angry because someone had dropped him off at the wrong place. He was really angry. Oh, on the red carpet, there was a photo of Tom Hanks looking fired up. He did look fired up, didn't he? Which is uncharacteristic from the Tom Hanks that everyone knows and loves. And I'm sure, I mean, everyone has bad days. They do. And bad moments. Oh, absolutely, yeah.

We're all human beings. You can't be happy all the time. And if you are, that's probably, it's a front. It is a front. You're right. You just want to punch someone in the face if they're happy all the time. And if you are, that's probably a front. It is a front. You're right. And you just want to punch someone in the face if they were happy all the time. Yeah, true, true. But yeah, Tom Hanks, I know they've got body, what do they call them?

Body. Body. Oh, bodyguards. No, not bodyguards. Body effects? No, not body effects. They've got body. Body shots?

No, they didn't get Tom H, no body effects. They've got body shots? No, they didn't get Dormax body shots. In a sultry soft lens, sort of draped over with some silk robes. Body language experts to review this picture. Because I don't know, I got into a hole with it or something. And he's like yelling at an assistant on the red carpet. And the body language expert. Body language, that's what you're looking for. Said, no, this is just a snapshot in time.

He couldn't hear what the person was saying on the carpet. That was their conclusion. That's what his facial expression was. So obviously it was loud and someone was saying something to him and he couldn't quite understand it. But apparently you don't believe that. You believe NT because Tom Hanks was

furious. I was angry that they dropped him off at the wrong place. I get it. He was as angry as when he bloody ended up on that island stuck alone. Yeah, true. So that is today's Burnify. So do we lock in what we do? What do you mean?

I think I'd have the same meal. I'd have the same meal. Keep social media and you would. Oh, yeah, get rid of social media. Social media. It would be. So, okay, so I'd remain on social media. So you wouldn't have to worry.

You could have whatever you wanted in the end. Thanks. Yeah. Okay. That's good. And I'd be like, hey, you want to come around to my house for dinner? And I'd remain on social media. So you wouldn't have to worry. You could have whatever you wanted in there. Thanks. Yeah. Okay, that's good. And I'd be like, hey, you want to come around to my house for dinner? I'd be like, oh yeah, I'll bring a salad. Oh, I always eat the salad part. So does he come with his own Tupperware container of salad?

He'd probably have to, wouldn't he? Because you couldn't rely on someone else. I'd be like, you know. Like when someone comes over to your house and they're on a diet, and they're like, I'm sorry, I'm eating this bleak, depressing... Yeah, you're right, actually.

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