Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 99: Commemorating The Hard Work

Episode Date: October 23, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone What are we commemorating? It feels like it's something we should know. I think I have looked into that before, but I'll, yeah. I think it was something to do with celebrating, something to do with the working week and stuff like that. Yes, it commemorates the struggle for an eight-hour work day. Yeah. There was a carpenter, Samuel Parnell. He famously fought to be lazy in 1840. He's like, guys, some work-life balance, thanks.

Yeah, so right. So so that was it feels like eight hours is just it's kind of a thing of the past these days uh well especially with phones and emails and you never escape work do you and the nine to five is kind of a thing to the past because again people work shifts people work different times people yeah but but yeah i guess back in the day for for a of jobs, this was a big deal. Did some research over the weekend into who's running a four-day work week. There's many countries trialling the four-day Monday to Thursday work week. And seeing the same results as a five-day work week.

The productivity is not dropping. That's good, eh? If anything, people are working harder to get the work done in the four days. They're more focused. Big companies like Mitsubishi and Panasonic are trialing it in Japan. I would be kind of skeptical that the company would, you know, if they went, okay, we're doing this as a trial. We want to see how you're going.

They'd get to the end of the review and go, all right, well, we can chuck a whole lot more on your schedule because you've proven what you can do over four days that you were doing on five. And they're like, suckers, we're not doing whole lot more on your schedule because you've proven what you can do over four days that you were doing on five. And they're like, suckers, we're not doing a four-day work week. We're doing five days, but you're working harder now. This is now your new goals based on that four-day week that you've proven you can do. Or they might go at the end of the trial, this four-day work week is fantastic.

Now we're going to pay you less. Yeah, true. Which also works well. Yeah, true. You're right. We're going to knock everyone from five days to four days. That's just me being quite sceptical about it. You've got to be cynical, mate. You've got to be. Because if you're not cynical, you go through life blindly being just getting

hurt by people, don't you? How was the weekend? You went north? Yeah, it was good. It was good. It was good to get up there. Russell. Yeah, Russell. Lovely part of New Zealand. I do like the name Russell. Russell. It's a good name. Yeah. And spent time with Jenny Boyce. How's your mother?

She's good. She's definitely still keeping a lot of stuff. She's very, very much a hoarder, my mum. She loves keeping. I mean, she's not one of those people that you would open up a garage and be like, oh, my God, I can't step foot anywhere. Are you entering her in like a Wednesday night documentary series called? Not quite. I mean, she's not one of those people that you would open up a garage and be like, oh my God, I can't step foot anywhere. Are you entering her in like a Wednesday night documentary series called New Zealand's Worst Hoarders? No, not quite like that.

But she keeps all just, and random stuff too. Like, you know, we're all going through like a set of drawers. I'm like, mum, this stuff and this stuff's got to go. And she's like, not that potato peeler. It reminds me of my mum. It was in my mum's. It was like a rusty potato. Like, technology's moved on.

Like, it was. Potato peeling is a lot easier now. And it was rusty. And I was like, well, what? You know, out of all the things to remind you of your mum, this is it? And then there was a pair of, like, child-sized gumboots that were my sister's from, like, 30 years ago.

She's like, I'm keeping that for when Elise has a baby. You know, like, like oh thanks for saving these you know $4 pair of like gumboots that you would have got a car or rubber yeah

I'm sure she'll be like thankful for that you know like things like that you're like why mums do that though yeah

no they what the problem is is they get too sentimental with items i.e. potato peelers that remind them of mothers and I mean I understand if it is something

that really is important to you then keep it but I was like there's a rusty potato peeler there's a lot of other stuff in the house that would remind I would say of her parents

but yeah okay each to their own well a lot of the stuff is going to go mum just so you know when you're gone he's coming up there with a giant skip bin

it's going to go but yeah she's at that stage yeah let's say yeah I was we've got an attic. And just that you can just, like, that's worse than a cupboard.

The stuff you're chucking in the attic, you're like, geez, one day someone's going to have to deal with that. Yeah, no, you forget about stuff up there, don't you? Yeah. This is the burner phone. We're not here talking about clearing out houses. That's not the purpose of this podcast. It is to clear a message from the phone.

You can leave us a message. Just text Burner to 4487, and'll bounce back the Burner phone number immediately. But here is today's. Hey guys. Hope you're well. Love this show. Yada, yada, yada. Ben, I just wanted to know, I've been listening to a podcast with Old Rigor on it last year and he mentioned about the whole block thing that you were sort of one of the key guys lined up to be the host of that. Tell us about it. You might have already, I don't know,

but how close did you go and any idea why you missed out? If it's a touchy subject, feel free just to not worry about it, but yeah, be interested. Who's he talking about? Mark Richardson. Yeah, Mark Richardson. I guess, yeah, he was the host of the block. Yeah, I did do a couple of auditions for the host of The Block.

I got a couple, yeah. I couldn't think of a more un-renovation guy than Ben Boyce. Yeah, I did do a couple. I think I went in to send one in, then I had to go into screen time or the production company and do another one, and they had some chats about it. Give us an example of your block. Oh, I don't know.

To be fair, we're watching mark ridgerton again you know i can feel like he's he's you know like as you say before i'm not a lot of renovation i mean i'm sure it would have been fine on on telly for for doing stuff you could have pulled it across but then i would have been like this guy he's not hammering nails you know but then they dress you like in like you know tartan shirts and bloody flannelette shirts yeah you know work boots i guess i come from a sports show background and stuff so maybe i had a bit more cred back in that but yeah your building cred was not yeah not my thing i mean yeah but it's not like you have to know everything about uh you know you can ask the questions of the viewer yeah um but yeah mark richardson did a wonderful job with the block and still continues to do so when they make it.

Is it on at the moment? I don't think it is currently on. I think it's in a hiatus. She's bloody commitment as a contestant going on the block. There's no guarantee of cash at the end of it. You could make a lot of money. Some people have, but you're right. Some people have made nothing for what is months of work.

I suppose it's not on because of the housing market yeah probably that's probably like because no one would win any money yeah and they'll be like oh we're still four months later waiting for these houses to sell yeah yeah uh yeah that's probably why they've had to put it on the bench for us there's a show at the moment i haven't actually seen too much of it other than the trailers but house house rules yeah which is that yeah dunk from the rock he's he you know He looks buildery. Like if he had walked in, I'd be like,

there's our guy. Yeah, he's definitely a good mate of ours, Dunk. I used to work with him on The Rock and it's great for him. I mean, he's perfect for that sort of show.

And he's a handy guy too, Dunk. What are the rules of the house? Take your shoes off? Yeah, probably, yeah. Wash your hands. We can give Dunk a call. call yeah let's give him a call what's the house rules on house rules we haven't watched it yet knock or like a text before coming over just so we know that you're on your way yeah that's good house rules when yeah when i start to

get a little bit tired it's probably time for you to leave yeah you know when i start doing the dishes yeah it's definitely one of the house rules. We'll ask him what the rules are. Yeah, what's the rules? I don't know if he'll answer. Let's give him a call. Hello, Duncan speaking. Oh, Doug. How's Jono and Ben, mate?

I heard you talking about me the other morning. Oh, we're talking about you now. We're in the middle of our Birdified podcast, and so we thought we'd talk about you again. Hey, how's my two favourite John and Ben? By default, by default, we take that award. Now, Dunk, we were just saying you're doing such a great job on House Rules,

and they couldn't have actually cast a better host for House Rules. We said you're a handyman. Ben was talking about how he once auditioned for The Block and I'm like, you're so un-renovation that it's probably why you didn't get the hosting gig. When we look at someone like yourself or Mark Richardson, you're like, that's the perfect person for these sorts of shows. I get that.

I get that now. But we were wondering what the rules of the house were. Like, do you have to take your shoes off? Do you have to knock before he's ready? Do you have to knock before you drink? Do you have to text before coming over? Oh, do you know what? Do you know what one of the weirdest things was? Like, especially the first house we did,

it was actually like, there was parts of it that were really nice, and then they were like, don't bother taking your muddy boots off. So, like, walking through the Gemini Alvarez, the first house, all of my dirty work boots stomping all through their like relatively nice kitchen. So this is the house they've just done up. They're like,

don't bother taking your shoes off. Well, cause the first house has already had the bathroom, the other kitchen done. And I was like, man, the show has started now. Like they're going to be ripping this thing to bits.

It's like they had a nice floor, and then I'm stomping through it in muddy boots. I don't even worry about it, mate. This thing's getting ripped to bits. Oh, there you go. So the rules of the house are you don't have to take your shoes off. Don't take your shoes off, mate. Wear your muddy work clothes all through it. Oh, you're doing a wonderful job on there, Dunk.

Yeah, cheers, lads. How are you guys going? No, we're doing well. We're doing well. We're just bloody filling job on there, Dunk Yeah, cheers lads How you guys going? No, we're doing well, we're doing well We're just bloody filling in podcast time, mate Doing our weird podcast I don't know who listens to this, but you're on it Do you know what I was chatting about the other day to Jay? I was like, remember the last time Winston Peters was Kingmaker?

I'm sure we were doing the show together And then we called Winston Peters when he was in lockdown and wasn't answering any media calls. And we got Winston Peters. Yeah. Yes. And he answered, and he was so grumpy and scary. Yeah, he's a bloody salty man, isn't he, Winnie?

Oh, yeah. Did you see him at the press conference on election night? He's like like no stupid questions any stupid questions I'm walking away and everyone goes uh oh it's my question what is the question you're like oh god well keep up the good work Doug

cheers Sam love your work speaking of Winston Peters I actually remember a story we were working together on The Rock and I can't remember I think it was. Keep the acid on. Speaking of Winston Peters, I actually remember a story. We were working together on The Rock. And I can't remember. I think it was one of the listeners who told us about Winston Peters and saying that I think it was like the strangest thing you've come home to at your house.

And he came home from the races or his flatmate had been in the races and he came home to Winston Peters in the spa pool with his mate. That's right. And they ended up getting a ride home together. He stayed for a drink. They got in the spa pool. And he said that was they ended up getting a ride home together. He stayed for a drink. They got in the spa pool. And he said that was the strangest thing he came up to was Winston sitting in the spa having a chat with his mate.

The kicker to that is allegedly the dude met Winston Peters at the Ricketts and Races and was like, mate, should we go back to my house for a whiskey? So Winnie says yes. But Winnie's like, let's take the Crown car. So then they went in the Crown car all the way to Ashburton or Timaru. I think it was Ashburton. And so, yeah, the flatmate comes home, walks outside, and they're both smoking darts, drinking

whiskey in the spa. That's right. But I imagine the trip from Rickerton to Ashburton, Winston must have gone, actually, is this, can I be bothered doing this? But he followed through. Yeah, he's an absolute champion. Oh, well, hey, you go and keep saying, how are the kids, mate?

They must be getting old. Oh, yeah, what's Frank? Five and a half, four and a half, two and a half, just three rooster high-energy boys. I mean, by like a human hamster wheel for them. Yeah, you're a, geez, in the trenches, poor Duncan. Well, lovely to hear from you, mate.

You keep well. All right, team. Have a good one. See you, buddy. See ya. If you want to join the Burner Phone podcast, text BURNERPHONE to 4487 and we'll send you our digits.

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