Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Why Jono would make the perfect cop

Episode Date: May 25, 2026

At the netball over the weekend, Jono and Ben were invited to try a police activation and Jono’s morals were put to the test...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now, Ben, we were at the netball the other day, Megan, we were looking for you actually when we arrived. We're at the ANZ premiership. We've had a bit of a check-at history, all three of us, you know. Turning up together. To be honest, you haven't had a check-at history. It's been on me. And Megan's had some last minute, oh, things have, you know. Excuse me, I've done a couple by myself while you guys were on holiday.

Listen, I feel on the core issue when it becomes to the shambles at the netball. I forgot it was on one time. I haven't turned up and I haven't lived that down. So we all love it. We're there, A&E Premiership, it's so great. And head along and we do a little half, three-quarter time activity out there. And all three of us were doing it on Saturday.

It's only taking us half the season for all three of us to turn up. And we arrived and someone's like, oh, Megan was here, but I don't know where she's gone. And we're like, oh, great play Megan, arriving, then leaving. No, I was up. And I actually saw you guys when you arrived because I was up in the stands. looking down on you. I said to our promo guy, Wyatt,

I was like, where are the boys? And they were like, not here yet. Anyway. So I beat you. I feel this is a very passive, aggressive conversation amongst the three of us. Well, Ben started it. But we were just hanging out,

watching the netball, and then a police officer came up to us. And he was like, hey, do you guys want to come and look at our activation? And they have a thing at the netballed the police where you can see if you'd be fit enough to become a functioning police officer, or at least make it to police college.

Yeah, well, some of the things. I don't think this is all of the things. It's a full-on, like, fitness test, right? Yeah, I wouldn't say full-on, but it was like they had a... I think they do that. No. Oh, the actual thing, yeah. I don't think you can do these two things you're going to get straight into the cops.

They're like, first question is a moral one. Would you accept money from an organised criminal? And I said, how much? And apparently that was the wrong answer. Second one was a physical test. So they had like a jumping stick, you know, when you see like, the NFL combine and things and all the athletes like jumping as high as they can and whacking the stick. Yeah.

And I did relatively okay at that. And after the jumping one, I'm like, maybe I'm built for the police. Yeah. Apart for the fact I'd probably be a corrupt cop by morning tea. I would be built for the police. And then they're like, you need to go over and do the gripper test. See what? You did one jump that was okay.

You're like maybe I could be in the police. 100%. Yeah. You're like your track record of not speeding tickets, fines. Yeah, until they ask you guys questions, have you ever been arrested or had a court summons? And you both have to say, no. I'm not claiming I'd be any good.

I'm not confident at all. I'm the one who's getting all cocky about the police. I'm not brave. That's probably part of it. You'd be like a member of the public you go over to the house. I think there's an armatured, you'd be like, well, can you just go and get it? I'll wait out here in the car.

Yeah, let me know how it goes. Text me when you're done. So then they're like, oh, now you've done the jump one. We need to send you over to the Gripper test. I'm like, well, I've been called a giant gripper for many years, so I'll be good at this. And it was like one of those things that you do with one hand, and you're having to pull as hard as you can. And she's like, you need to get over 120 to qualify to... I feel like you'd be great at that.

I thought my forearm strength would be right up there, Megan. All the work out these four arms get, push-ups, etc. And then I was going as hard as I could, and she's like, oh, she was really... The disappointment in the constable's eyes. she's like, I've never seen anyone get so low on this test. And there's like seven-year-old girls and boys. And I'm just going to go.

She's like, use your core. I'm like, I'm using my core. The veins are popping out of my neck. And she was like, oh, unfortunately. She's like, oh, you'd get in potentially at the very, like, low end if we were desperate. If the police are really desperate, we might consider you. What you need like a hard grip for?

I've got the grip of a bloody athletic 90 year old So yeah no Not made for the police guys It's not gonna happen Unfortunately