WEBVTT - MINI: Make Us Say Wow

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<v Speaker 1>It's the Christian O'Connell's show on Gold. We love hearing

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<v Speaker 1>your stories. Every single day. We share our stories to

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<v Speaker 1>get your stories. And right now, if you've got a story,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it is does need to be a big, bombastic thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But you think when we hear it or when you

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<v Speaker 1>tell people about it, it makes them say, wow, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what this is all about. Can you tell us a

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<v Speaker 1>story that makes the three of us say wow? We

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<v Speaker 1>had one last year from Tia.

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<v Speaker 2>My brother Jason passed away many years ago on March

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<v Speaker 2>the eleventh. This year, on March the eleventh, I was

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<v Speaker 2>on the train and I decided to play his favorite album,

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<v Speaker 2>which is No Life to Live by Metallica. Put the

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<v Speaker 2>album on, I closed my eyes and us a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of minutes. I opened my eyes and there's a guy

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<v Speaker 2>sitting in front of me with a No Life to

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<v Speaker 2>Leave a t shirt off, and I said, look, what's

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<v Speaker 2>your name? My name's Tia. He said, my name is Jason.

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<v Speaker 2>His name was the same name as my brother. It

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<v Speaker 2>freaked me out. It was so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>It's such an incredible story. Whenever I hear it again,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm hearing it fresh. So what's your story? Then?

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<v Speaker 1>Will make me chack comparts say, well, you've got quite

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<v Speaker 1>incredible story to share today.

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<v Speaker 3>Becker and I had one this week. We met up

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<v Speaker 3>with her friend Nina, and Nina's parents are from Iran,

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<v Speaker 3>and I asked, did your parents get together in Australia

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<v Speaker 3>or did they get together when they were still in Iran?

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<v Speaker 3>And she said, well, actually they got married over the phone.

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<v Speaker 3>And what happened was they were kid childhood friends as

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<v Speaker 3>kids in the seventies, her dad moves here to Melbourne

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<v Speaker 3>and they don't see each other again. They're both later

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<v Speaker 3>on traveling the world. They bump into each other through

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<v Speaker 3>a mutual friend at a house party in Portland, Oregon

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<v Speaker 3>in the United States, reconnect, fall in love, plan for

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<v Speaker 3>her to move to Australia and them to get married,

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<v Speaker 3>but first he comes back to Melbourne. She goes back

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<v Speaker 3>to Iran and while they're waiting for her visa to

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<v Speaker 3>come in, the wedding date is coming up. The visa's

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<v Speaker 3>taken much longer than expected. They decide to keep the

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<v Speaker 3>wedding date and they get married over the phone. So

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<v Speaker 3>we watched It's amazing footage you've got of this very

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<v Speaker 3>eighties wedding her mum is in a full white wedding dress,

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<v Speaker 3>all the party guests are in wedding attire, cake, music, dancing,

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<v Speaker 3>and then traveling around the party is an old cream

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<v Speaker 3>landline phone on a big long cord, and her dad

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<v Speaker 3>is in Melbourne on the other end in his suit

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<v Speaker 3>with his best man in his suit, and they have

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<v Speaker 3>the whole wedding like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, I've never heard of such a story. That is unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 3>And then within two years she gets the visa and

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<v Speaker 3>now they live happily in Melbourne together.

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<v Speaker 1>What an awesome story. So these are the stories we're

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<v Speaker 1>looking for, right, They are those stories that when you

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<v Speaker 1>shout with somebody they do go wow, it's an incredible story.

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<v Speaker 1>So what have you got Give us a call. We've

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<v Speaker 1>got prizes for the better ones. All right, So can

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<v Speaker 1>you make me Jack Apat say wow? Have you got

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<v Speaker 1>a story that's going to make us say wow? Nine

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<v Speaker 1>four one four one oh four three? Jim, good morning? Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you I'm going Jim, Welcome.

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<v Speaker 4>To the show. All right, We're all it air.

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<v Speaker 1>Is what's your story?

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<v Speaker 4>Mate? Well, it was last night in Scotland and we

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<v Speaker 4>were arranging to meet my brother the pub was packed,

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<v Speaker 4>and this lady invited us to sit and share a

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<v Speaker 4>table with them, and we got talking and it turns

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<v Speaker 4>out her husband's grandfather and my grandfather were brothers.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, pretty good coincidence.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not coincidence. It's more than that, it's fate.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I just happy to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you want to sit here? I sit there and

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly awareness they've got so much more in common. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>when strangers become family. Well, it's a wow for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm wowing. Only went well. No, well, I say cool, cool, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmie's so well for me, my friend, that's an incredible story. Thanks, buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>have a good day. Okay, right, Susie, good morning.

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<v Speaker 5>Hi, helly you Susie.

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<v Speaker 1>We are desperate to hear this story. I know for

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<v Speaker 1>my very excitable Truosa cans. Is it involved a chimpanzee.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, my oldest auntie is a chimpanzee. Was she's dead now?

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry all right, sorry, just in case they all went

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<v Speaker 1>under a bridge at that key moment there was My.

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<v Speaker 5>Oldest aunt was a chimpanzee. My grandparents when they got married,

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<v Speaker 5>they're German. They spent twelve months on safari in Africa

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<v Speaker 5>and When they went back to Germany, they took back

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<v Speaker 5>with them as their first child, a baby chimpanzee.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, wow, I mean you're not meant to do that anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>The animals, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Would even just carry out that, not even not meant

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<v Speaker 1>to do it anymore. Shouldn't done it? Then then it

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<v Speaker 1>was fine. Yeah, if you know what have you said

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<v Speaker 1>out to any of these animals whore in Africa? Ta

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<v Speaker 1>at the moment to Germany?

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<v Speaker 5>No? No, this is pre World War one right all right?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they didn't try and recruit those. I spang out

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<v Speaker 1>of order, Hitler. Okay, that is really bad. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>be using the.

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<v Speaker 3>Chimps live in the house, does it? And have its

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<v Speaker 3>own bedroom?

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<v Speaker 5>That sort of thing that I don't know. By the

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<v Speaker 5>time my mother came along, she was the youngest of

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<v Speaker 5>their five human children.

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<v Speaker 1>There's something wrong with Kevin. We need to talk about Kevin.

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<v Speaker 1>He's bloody, Harry, does he hit puberty? He's so strong,

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<v Speaker 1>He's not terrible. We go out, Susie, this is incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>When did you find this out?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, I've known all my life. Yeah. My grandparents were

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<v Speaker 5>known as Raja and Rannie. They had actually planned to

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<v Speaker 5>move back to Africa. That of course Germany lost their

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<v Speaker 5>rights in Africa East Africa during the First World War,

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<v Speaker 5>so they'd already bought a blockhill of land on the

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<v Speaker 5>foothills of killingman Jaro and were going back.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, and have you seen like photos of like the

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<v Speaker 1>family with Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>When I passed my first piano exam, at said, and

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<v Speaker 5>I was given my grandmother's gold blocket and inside was

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<v Speaker 5>a photo of Agustian Sorry, what was its name? A

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<v Speaker 5>Gustian Christian.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's either like it was the whole family or

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<v Speaker 3>just the chimp.

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<v Speaker 5>Just the chimp. And what was you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Was you on attire or just giving a thumbs.

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<v Speaker 5>Just sitting in on a Sunday chair? Yeah, no, cocktail.

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<v Speaker 5>I think it would have been a bit dangerous.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah no, no, you're quite right. This this is incredible

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<v Speaker 1>mm hm. And how did they have the chimp for

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<v Speaker 1>in the family?

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<v Speaker 5>Look as normal. When chimps grow up, they get really

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<v Speaker 5>vicious and violent. So by the time my mum came along,

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<v Speaker 5>she was already living in the zoo, the German version.

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<v Speaker 5>She wasn't the only one that they brought back. They

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<v Speaker 5>brought back some animals for the locals who in Kinnicksburg.

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<v Speaker 5>So yeah, I want to know what other animals. There's

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<v Speaker 5>a photo of my grandmother bottle feeding a very small

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<v Speaker 5>antelope on the deck of the ship. That's in the

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<v Speaker 5>family albums. I don't know one of the animals they

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<v Speaker 5>brought back.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is where it was bottle feeding. Otherwise that's

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<v Speaker 1>a photo.

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<v Speaker 5>Sadly there's only I think one or two photos is

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<v Speaker 5>creatable stories.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, amazing stuff. Well listen, Well it feels smaller to

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<v Speaker 1>send you a cup of prizes, but thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much for sharing that incredible moment in your family's history.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I've got an incredible family.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, I bet this is only the surface of it. Oh, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we listen, we're here all yere Susie and many Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>there's a few more chapters in the story of your

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<v Speaker 1>incredible family's life.

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<v Speaker 5>Not an issue at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to hear. All right, Susie for now, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much, and goodbye, speech you.

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<v Speaker 5>Soon, Okay, bye.

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<v Speaker 1>That everything we just heard. That's like, where's Anderson's next movie.