MINI: Breakdowns

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Emma's email about a safari breakdown, we were gifted the this amazing topic.

Awkward places to break down!

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0:00.0	IHart Podcasts.
0:02.3	You can hear more
0:03.1	Gold 104.3 podcast,
0:05.2	playlist and listen live
0:06.7	on the free IHart app.
0:09.2	Got anything good?
0:11.1	Hey, this is
0:12.5	the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
0:18.9	Just shared an amazing email about a listener, Emma, on safari, Tanzania.
0:26.5	The tour guide tour bus breaks down, an old mate who's doing the tour
0:30.0	suggests that she gets out and pushes it while he's in the safety of the Land Rover.
0:35.1	It's an astonishing story.
0:36.8	But Emma has gifted us this phone-in topic today.
0:40.3	Awkward spot, you had to push-start a car.
0:42.9	It's a very old-fashioned even phrase, isn't it?
0:45.2	Push-start a car.
0:46.7	Christian, I ran out of petrol roughly 100 metres away from a servo.
0:51.2	As I was driving, the car was rolling and I still had momentum. I managed to roll
0:55.6	into the servo falling short of the pump by five meters. It was the most convenient breakdown and
1:03.9	push ever. Yes, Kenny, that's great. The world's shortest breakdown and push. Five minutes.
1:12.3	Almost there. There is a guard.
1:13.8	Did you even think, can I get the hose to come out?
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