Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 82: Salmon Preferences

Episode Date: September 7, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burnaphone Yeah, we're just watching many clips in our algorithms on social media of Chris Hipkins. The poor hippo will regret. Can we plug your phone in? Have you got the thing? Oh, I don't know if I've still got it up. I don't know where that came from, the algorithms. It's always, I mean, election time. I'm like, everyone's...

Stuff's happening. I'm kind of fatigued about it and it's still got another month to go. It's like, oh, this, someone's going to say this, someone's doing this, someone's turning up here. Yeah. It's like... It's just an edit together of Chris Hipkins saying no one was made, it wasn't compulsory to get the vaccine. Then they've done the bloody stitch up in the edit too.

Then they've gone back six to eight months when the government's saying you've got to get the vaccine, you've got to get the vaccine. And I was just trying to think what the point of this was as I started talking about it, Ben. I don't know either. You're going to go on some sort of political start to it. I'm like, I'll leave you. I'll leave you go on this one.

No, that was my point. I was like, it's September now and then the election's going to be... It's in October. October. Then you're going to be at Christmas. Yeah. Flying by.

And that was my point. It's gone so quick that you go back to those COVID times. Distant memory. We've even forgotten what the government were telling us to do back then. Well, yeah.

Not thanks to the stitch up in the edit. Yeah, I mean, was it a stitch up in the edit or just an edit? No, it was just an edit, not a stitch up. Yeah, he'd probably think it was, he felt stitched up, but I think it's just, you know, I don't mean we probably could be edited like that in a lot of ways, but what we say

contradicts what we say later, you know? Everything can be, oh, me, I contradict myself in the same conversation. Yeah. I would be a shocking politician. It would be, yeah. I reckon it'd be a hard job. Because every time you talk to the media,

all they want to do is catch you off guard and make you look like an absolute knob end. Yeah, they do. That's their goal. That's their one agenda. And yours is, you don't know what questions they're going to ask. You don't know where they're going. I know.

It would be tough. Like we were saying, in hindsight, his answer to the question about the vaccine should have gone, hey, look, we made decisions back then that were based on things that were put in front of us at the time. Would we do it again?

Probably not. You know, things like that. That would have been the good answer. Going, oh, no one did this. And you're like, well, hang on. No, you clearly, yeah. He'll be like, damn it, Chris. Damn it.

You know, you get in the car. Every time They'd have an interview They'd walk away going Why did I say that Imagine if I was up At the Beehive Every time I'd walk away

Jonathan You moron You said that You shouldn't have said that You know Yeah Because we would always Try and find the gag

In the situation too Was not a great look As a politician No What's the out joke here I'll give you a little line here. No one's going to laugh in that situation. They're going to give you nothing.

So, yeah, it's... It really would be a tough job. And these people, I think, for the most part, they get into politics to try and do good for the country. No matter what party. Because we're always pretty neutral on this show, I reckon, is on the side of, you know, on the side of no one really we're just kind of looking at whatever's in the news or whatever

we just like to mock and make fun of anyone and don't matter what political side of the political fence they're on I'm sure everyone goes in with the intentions of making the country better no matter what party you're on and their beliefs and what it is and that's where different people's beliefs differ and what would make the country that's where different people's beliefs differ,

and what would make the country better. You're right, but at the end of the day, it's just a group of people trying to make New Zealand a better place, Ben. And that's why you should vote in the general election. It's a long-winded ad lib to vote. Yeah, you should. Actually, you should. You should.

Do your research and stuff. There's always, it's hard to do your research, because there's so many things they're banning about too. You know, like this thing they do, they're good here on this. I like this bit, but I like this bit over there, and I like this. The thing I don't get about the campaign, so what, we've got two months of campaigning, essentially? Yeah, well, it would be another month ago now, really, isn't it? You would imagine 99% of people have already made up their mind.

Yeah, probably. There's not many people who would be swinging either side. You wouldn't say so. So they're probably campaigning to 1% of the population. Yeah, a very small amount. You're right. Yeah. And what's going to get them across the line?

That's who they're talking to. Everyone else has made up their mind, you would think. So that's why I'm like, just have it next weekend. But the other thing that frustrates me, just because we're going on a political rant here, is the polls. Every second day there's another poll out going, such and such is at 25% there. And I think, well, yeah, I guess maybe.

But does it really matter? Because it's not actually the full population. So let's just get— You've just phoned old people who still answer their landlines. Yeah. Let's just get into it now. Get it done. Get it done.

Move on with the country. Now, Ben, I'd like to tie you up with some loose ends from the broadcast today. Okay. I shared some personal information That's what we've been told to do on the radio Open up, be vulnerable And I was vulnerable I said my grandfather built the Harbour Bridge

And you made me say I've never heard of this before Where did this come from? Well it's not like hi I'm Jonathan Pryor, my granddad built the Harbour Bridge No, but we've been doing radio for many, many years now. Not once has this been mentioned. As I said, we've driven over the bridge multiple times. I'm going to phone because I said that at an appropriate time

I would phone my father or my parents, Annie and John, and get some clarification for you. Dear God, I hope this isn't something I've just made up, though. You know when you have that seed of doubt in your head that maybe this is something I dreamed up? I could put it on. Hello. Oh, hello, Granny Annie.

Hi. How is your son here? I know. I know. I can't hear you. I'm out on the road walking. Oh, it's very noisy. Listen, I just wanted to clarify something with you.

Yes. That my grandfather, dad's father, Yes. built the Harbour Bridge. He was a clerk of works on the Harbour Bridge. Clerk of works. What is the clerk of works? Well, I'm not sure.

You can Google it. I mean, he overlooked the engineer's plans and made sure that they were done accordingly, I think. So he inspected the works. Okay, thanks, Mum. He had a clipboard.

He probably did. He did have a clipboard, yeah. In this day and age, he'd be the pain-in-the-ass council inspector. Come along and go, have a kid boy, yeah. He would be the, in this day and age, be the pain in the arse council inspector. Come along and go, have a look at this. Well, thank you, Mum. Just wanted to clarify that. That's okay, Jay. Bye.

All right, see you later. So it turns out he didn't build the Harbour Bridge. He was involved. Yeah, I guess he'd come along and kind of go, oh. He would have been the giant bull lake. Oh, Pryor's here again. Oh, mate, look at this. This is not up to standard.

This is not the code. What's it going to be like? Well, maybe he was saying stuff going, hey, if it gets windy, are we going to have to shut this thing down? They'll be like, nah, nah, nah. Shut up, Pryor. You don't know. Yeah.

What do you know with your clipboard? Maybe we need more lanes. Maybe we could do a tunnel, guys. Whatever, mate. Just inspect this thing. Inspect this middle finger prior yeah yeah you're right

so there we go well he is involved in some capacity yeah jeez I just yeah never quite get the intel correct

you google Clark at work is exactly what you see it's someone in a high vest with a with a hard hat on and a pen and a clipboard yeah

and everyone would be like ugh when they walk onto the site yeah they come along, have a look. Yeah. I reckon we had a builder doing some work

on our place and the builder and the council inspector, whoo, did they get into it? Yeah. They get into it. They really didn't see eye to eye.

I can imagine that would happen from time to time, wouldn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Great viewing, though. Great viewing.

But there we go. That was the Burner Phone today. So sorry, selfishly just used it to try and clarify something that happened on here today. And if you'd like to leave us a message on the Burner Phone, you can do so. If you want to join the Burner Phone podcast, text BURNERPHONE to 4487 and we'll send you our digits. You could be on tomorrow's episode.