Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Are you a black cat or golden retriever?

Episode Date: March 14, 2024

Friday 15th March March Show Highlights... Why do we even celebrate Patrick's day? Producer Taylor got into a scrap last night ! When did Bluetooth do you dirty... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Now this morning, I have to apologise because something that I own gave you both a fright this morning, producer Taylor and Regan this morning. Honestly, yeah, scared the crap out of us. I walked in at quarter to five, and like I'm generally probably the first one here, so I don't expect to see anyone else. And I had my head down looking at my phone as I look up as I walk in. I thought there was a naked man sitting at one of the desks.

My desk. So I own, long story, but from TV shows over the years, I own a dummy, a full-sized male dummy that does all the stunts that I don't want to do over the years. You throw him off cliffs, run him over in the car, you tackle him, whatever it is. Kev, Big Kev we call him. Is Kev the one that went down the Waikato River? Yeah, he went down the river as well. We had to fish him out.

Get him off my chair. Yeah, so one of the other stations, Radio Hauraki, wanted to borrow it. And so they returned it yesterday. And Joel, who used to work with us, he said, I'll leave it by Taylor's desk. Yeah, cool. Well, someone didn't tell me. There was absolutely no context. I come out of recording something and there's just this naked man on my chair.

It gives you a Friday because it looks kind of realistic for a second. Absolutely. And then when you get closer, it's like, God, he's had a rough weekend. He's had a rough life, that's for sure. He is a mess. The other weird thing, because when I had to bring it in the other day for work as well, you know, we get up early in the morning and my car was parked down the driveway and I had to put him in the boot of the car.

Oh, that sucks. But at night time, that looks real. And there was a guy running past and I was kind of like, it's okay, it's a W. But he was like looking at me like putting what looked like a body in the back of the car. You're like, I'd wrap it at least if it was actually a body or something. In this economy, mate, as well, very sus. Very sus. Yeah, so sorry about that.

We'll get rid of the dummy at some stage. Yeah, thank you. Please remove it immediately now after hearing the adventures it's gone up to. I'm surprised it lasted. We got it lost. We throwed it off a cliff into the water, and then we couldn't get it for a while. And then we're like, well, again, we don't want it to alert the police because it will look like a body floating

down the water. So we had to get in. Guys from the TV show were in there trying to dive for it and get it out. And you're like, geez, you know. But he's had a life. What does one Google to buy something like that? I don't know. We used to hire it from a place, one like that. And then we worked out

it was so much cheaper to actually buy one. But all the money we were paid to hire it. And so now I have this weird thing that sits in my garage and gives everyone a fright. So there you go.

You guys want to borrow the dummy? Yeah, no, thanks. Okay, you're all good. Waking up around about the same time in the night, it seems to be a common occurrence for a lot of people. I don't know if it happens to you.

I went through a period of waking up at like two on the dot every night. Yeah. Well, see, our body clocks are probably a little bit different because we wake up, and you're listening right now, probably waking up earlier than a lot of people. But yeah, apparently nocturnal awakenings happen to most people. Waking up several times throughout the night is natural, usually lasts between a few seconds to a few minutes. And it depends on your sleep stage.

Like I think there's, I was reading this article, 90 to 120 minute intervals of sleep stages. And so often if you are finding yourself waking up, most people around about three o'clock will sort of wake up around about there. Well, so maybe I go to bed earlier than people, so maybe it's two o'clock for me. Yeah. Interesting.

Nothing is better than when you wake up and you have so much more time to sleep hey this morning my alarm goes off at 3 45 so this morning my daughter woke me up at 3 30 and i was like no just the extra 15 minutes really annoyed me i know but then but then if you wake up and it's like maybe 11 9 or you're like oh my god there's so much time what about because What about snoozing in the morning? What are you? Are you a snoozer or are you straight up? No, one alarm, get up. Yeah, I'm the same.

I don't see the point in setting my alarm earlier and then just snoozing for ages. I'd rather just set it to the latest possible time and get up. Yeah, well, there's actually some science behind the fact of why you shouldn't snooze. Have a listen to this. When you hit the snooze button, you're awake,

and as the alarm turns off, your brain then drifts back into sleep. And here's the thing that researchers have figured out. When you drift back to sleep after you've woken up, your brain starts a sleep cycle. And sleep cycles take 75 to 90 minutes to complete. So when that alarm goes off again in nine minutes, and you're like, oh my God, like, have you ever noticed you're like in deep sleep when you drift back to sleep? That's because you're nine minutes in to a 75 minute sleep cycle. That groggy, exhausted feeling that you have, that's not a function of how well you slept. That's you and me being an idiot for hitting the snooze button

and putting our brain in a state of sleep inertia. Also, just being an adult. Yeah. And a parent often gets you in that stage anyway, right? That rings true for when I slept in. It would have been about 75 minutes or what after my alarm should have gone off. When I slept in this morning, I just went through another sleep cycle.

That's right, yeah. And the good thing is we didn't make the whole show about it, did we? No, we didn't. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We like to look back at something iconic, something nostalgic on a Friday. Easter, Megan, not too far away.

No, it's in March this year, right? I feel like that's a little earlier. Normally it feels like it's around April, right? Yeah. So the choccies are in the supermarket, or the Easter eggs, or the hot cross buns as well. I mind you, they get those in there right after Christmas, right? They do, eh?

You see the hot cross buns suddenly. One holiday season to another, eh? It's like Halloween gone, Christmas then, what's the next one? Easter. Easter, aye. It feels like they just move one holiday season to another, aye. It's like Halloween gone, Christmas then, what's the next one? Easter. Easter, yeah. So this was an iconic ad from way back in the day around the Cadbury Cream Egg. You remember this one? This little angel has a secret love.

Don't get caught. So the little girl was sitting at her desk and she had her desk up and she was eating Cadbury cream eggs. Yeah. And she was like scoffing her face with it. The little boy next to her as well was apparently eating them as well. And then at the end she got caught by the teacher. Yeah.

Wipes her face with her arm. And yeah, but apparently there was a rumor going around, Marston, and this is probably untrue, that she hated Cadbury cream eggs. And in between takes she'd have to spit them out. But also, you'd probably just spit them out because how many would you be eating? How many takes? That's the thing because I did an ad many years ago.

The only ad I was ever in, which was that terrible one for the – well, I was terrible in it. The ad was good for the – Burger? Oh, for the pie. Well, everyone says it's the pie ad, but it was a drink driving ad. Everyone just mocks me because I was saying I was eating a B&E pie. And I, at the start, I was quite hungry and ate quite a lot of the pies.

And then later, the more takes you do, you're like, I can't eat more pie. And I pass on this knowledge to my daughter, Sienna, who was in an ad for Nature's Fresh eating sausages and bread. And I was like, just go slow at the start. The only thing I can tell you about acting is if you're going to eat. And she was like, I ate too many sausages. I didn't listen to your dad. And then you'd feel rude spitting it out, right?

I know, yeah. You're like, well, it's the product. Especially because people are hungry around the country. You don't want to like, you know, exactly. So that was my only bit of acting advice. How many pies do you reckon you ate that day? Oh, I would definitely, well, you didn't eat a whole of pies, but you'll definitely seven or eight pies you're having to do.

And probably if my acting was that bad, they probably needed that many takes. That's why I had to do it. Yeah, so this little girl got busted for eating chocolate. Did you get busted for anything at school, like off the top of your head? Plagiarism. Oh, plagiarism. I'm a legit guy. They asked us to write a poem for our mum for Mother's Day,

and mum had this cute one on the wall, so I just copied it. But it was like It was probably pre-Instant Net 2 so for Googling you probably could get away with that, right? And it had like the word unfurled in it and it was like glad in all the world. Like it wasn't coming from a 10 year old so I got pulled into the principal's office and told off for plagiarism.

Oh, principal! I was like, oh well, it was an easy work around. Yeah, yeah, well that's good, you know. I got in, oh, well, it was an easy workaround. Yeah, yeah, well, that's good, you know. I got in trouble. I remember going to the cricket and taking it. My mum actually let me do it with some friends. We were like, yeah, go for the cricket.

But we got on camera, like at the cricket. There was a camera guy right there. We're like, go away, go away. We got on camera and our deputy principal saw us. Oh, no. Saw us. It was a big conversation the next day. Even though my mum had said, oh, it's all right.

I don't know why mum had let me go to the cricket. It seems wildly irresponsible. But anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, you got a Bluetooth speaker at home? I do, yeah. Crank that up from time to time? Yeah.

I've only had issues with it being too loud when you crank it up on your phone. And you're like, I can't hear it. And you crank it up too loud. I've never had issues with it being too loud when you crank it up on your phone. And you're like, I can't hear it. And you crank it up too loud. I've never had anything dodgy happen. Well, I had something happen before I was off sick. I was outside and I thought, it was a nice sunny day. And I thought, now and again, I do YouTube workout videos. I got into it during lockdown.

There's a guy, Joe Wicks. He's an English guy. He's like, oh, that's savage. And I was like, mate, you're so fit. Why do you keep saying it's savage? You're not tired at all. But anyway, he an English guy. He's like, oh, that's savage. And I was like, mate, you're so fit. Why do you keep saying it's savage? You're not tired at all. But anyway, he does these videos. He's quite good.

And there's another guy that I watch from time to time, do 20 minutes or something like that. And I was like, I'll go outside. I'll connect it to the Bluetooth, and I'll see if I can play it while I work outside. And it just wasn't working. And it was trying to connect for a while. And the neighbor came over the fence, and he was like, hey, you're trying to connect for a while and uh the neighbor came over the fence and he was

like hey you trying to connect something to my bluetooth i'm like oh dear god i am and this is the this is joe works this is the stuff that's still coming he's like what are you listening to what is going on yeah so i was like oh mate it's workout, we're trying to do a thing. He's like, yeah, sure, whatever, mate. Just don't try and play that through the Bluetooth speakers. What is he actually doing there? Is he running on the spot?

Oh, he's running on the spot. He does it without, yeah, no equipment, mate. 20 minutes of Savage, you get out there, mate. Yeah, Joe Wicks. He's, yeah. So the Bluetooth did me dirty on that occasion. And it happens to us all. Producer Taylor, you were saying it.

He's still popping. You're right. Sounds very suspicious. We can stop playing that now. It's happened to you before with the car Bluetooth. Yeah, all the time. So me and mum will be having a huge whinge about my dad on the phone and then I'll be talking and I'll say,

Mum, I've lost you. Mum, are you there? And then my dad will answer because my dad's gotten home driven in the garage and her phone's connected to her car and he's driving and then he'd be like yeah it's me and i was like how much of that did you hear it's like enough take it as feedback mate fix your ways you do need to let people know too sometimes when you talk and in the phone you know in the car sorry you know sometimes i've got to be quicker, apparently, you know, because sometimes I don't say,

hey, it's me, I've got Sienna, my daughter, you know, in the car, Amanda or whatever, she'll just be saying something about a day and you're like, oh, this is not appropriate for the kid or whatever it is. I get that a lot. Oh, you know what I mean? Like, it's, you know, something that happens.

Wait till you get home later. Oh, no. That kind of thing? It's more like if you swear or something like that and you've got the kids in the car. Like, kids sit there while we flirt over the phones. Don't tell mum that we're there.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I want to know when the Bluetooth connected and did you dirty. It happened to me where I was trying to do an outside workout. Sounds a little sketchy now that I said it but anyway, Joe Wicks, the wonderful Joe Wicks who does some YouTube workouts

he was coming across and I was trying to connect to my neighbour's YouTube well his Bluetooth speaker and this was playing across to him It's like it's motivational for alone time isn't it? Yeah, weird You got this

Anyway, that's not what's happening, it was all above board but we wanted to know when the Bluetooth did you dirty Oh, mate. Weird. You got this. Yeah. Anyway, that's not what's happened. It was all above board. But we wanted to know on O-Hundred the hits when the Bluetooth did you dirty. I think we've got John this morning. Good morning, John. How are you? Yeah, how's it going, mate? Now, you've had Bluetooth do you dirty.

What's happened to you? Yeah, no, I was late at night and I was, you know, in that mood. And I was going to watch one of those videos. Yeah, right, one of those videos. Yep, yep, say no more. I don't know what you're talking about. So I put the headphones on and I pressed play. And I'm wondering why it stopped playing.

Oh, no. And the old phone's cranked right up. Oh, no. And yeah, that was all on. Where was it playing? Where was it all on? Who's getting all this? Oh, no, I was in my room. Oh and this was maybe when I was like 14 or 15. Oh, no, but who's got –

Who's getting the sound? Who had the Bluetooth? Oh, no, it was playing out of my phone, and it was cranking up real loud, and I'm pretty sure everyone in the house – Ozzy, you had headphones on. Yeah, I had my headphones on, and I was wondering why it's so quiet, and I'm cranking it up even. Why it's on? Crack that up even more. Like, why can't I hear it?

Oh, John, such a good call, mate. You have a great weekend. We're going to hook you up with some hell pizza. Have a good one, buddy. Yeah, cheers, mate. Michelle joins us on I 100 The Hits. What happened to you, Michelle?

I turned the Bluetooth speaker on to listen to some music and it connected to my husband's phone and he was in the toilet listening to some adult stuff. So he's on his phone, he's having some private time in the bathroom, watching some stuff on his phone and then it connects in that situation for him to be like I was no sound on this thing I need to crank up the sound it's probably louder for you yeah yeah he wasn't watching any, I wasn't doing any of that. It happens to us all. Does it? Oh my gosh, that's so funny.

Such a good call. Thank you so much for sharing that with us, Michelle. We appreciate it. Producer Taylor, we love working with you. You've always got the best stories. Thank you. A lot of stuff happens to me, unfortunately. The dramas that go on. And this one happened from a pretty innocent spot, right?

Just the night time routine. So last night, it was around 9.55, so Marcelo's hooked up to this machine called the Normatec. So that pretty much makes him, he can't move for an hour, so it pumps all the blood in his legs and drains it all out. I don't know. That sounds weird, but he's a warrior. Yeah, he plays for the Warriors.

Marcelo Montoya plays for the Warriors. Yeah, I feel like sometimes we need to mention that. Sorry, the context is important. So this is something that we'll do to help him before the game. Yeah, yeah, and just get ready, I guess. So he was out for the count. That's fine. So he's sitting there.

He's doing that. He can't move. Yeah, he can't move. So I'm happy to do the dog going to the toilet routine. So I'm like, Louis, it's toilet time. Fla-pa-pee, which means go to the bathroom with Talion. He speaks Italian, my dog. Yeah, right.

So I let him out, and he runs to the grass patch in our backyard, and suddenly I see the hair on his back raise, which is rare for him. He's a dash hound. He's barely got hair anyways. Yeah, not much, yeah. So for me to see that, I was like, what the hell? And I was like, oh, it must be a rat or something, and i turned my head and then i hear growling so i turned back and he's kind of approaching the fence like a cheetah like on the prowl and i'm like louis and then i've

looked over the fence and there's this huge cat and it's the neighbor's cat because i see it when i leave for work and it's when i mean it's huge i mean it's like the size of like a golden retriever dog oh really it's huge and then i see the cat you know how cats like get up on their hind legs and they're like arching their back i guess that's where the yoga pose comes from right yeah yeah and then she the cat approaches the fence and i'm like louis Louie, come here now, please. But Louie's locked in at this stage, right? He's locked in.

You know what? He's like, suddenly he barks and launches for her. And he's like, rah! Like all crazy. And she comes at him at full force. And she's doing the thing with the hand. You know how cats do the one-handed? She's swiping.

Like that. And I'm yelling, my son! My son get to louis and i can't because he's like a psychopath and i grab him and i pull him and his face is all scratched and i'm crying crying. And then I go in the house, and I run. I go, Marcello, Louis was just mauled by a cat. And Marcello's like, what? Can you not just put him out and, like, be drama-free? And his poor face, and then, you know, dogs, they're so good. I put him down, and I was like, are you okay, Louis?

And then suddenly he's happy again, and his tail's wagging. But, yeah, the neighbours when I started screaming all their lights turned on. Yeah, I'm not surprised. It was 10 o'clock and you're like screaming.

Horrific's happened at the driveway. Do they know that you have a dog named Louis? Well, we're not meant to have a dog in our house. So they think

you're screaming at your husband or something. There's a lot of drivers going on there. Some guy named Louie's come over. Louie, stop. Louie, stop. On Sunday, a big day for Irish,

or just people that just enjoy drinking. A Guinness, a party. Now, I wanted to wake up my friend. I call him Irish Dave, and it sounds a bit wrong calling him Irish Dave, but part of our friend group already had a Dave. And so when he came along, he became Irish Dave. It wasn't just like we just named everyone after their nationality. It sounds a bit weird.

But anyway, we might try and call Irish Dave, wake him up, get him to explain St. Patrick's Day for us if he's awake. Here we go. Oh, Dave. Iris Dave, it's Ben here, mate. I'm sorry, you're probably sleeping. It's all good, brother. What's the crack?

Oh, what's the crack? Well, I'm here with Megan right now. We wanted to give you a call because it's her annual call. We're heading into the weekend. I just realized it's St. Patrick's Day this weekend. It's the biggest weekend of the year for you. It is, mate. I hope we're going to be around for a Guinness together.

Is it Sunday this year? I said, well, a Sunday afternoon Guinness. I mean, that's great for you, not great for me. Now, you've explained the story before of St. Patrick's Day. Can I put you on the spot again for that? Yeah, you can. Yeah. So the crack with St. Patrick is he was the patron saint of Ireland,

but he's actually Welsh. Right. Which is weird for us to celebrate someone who's not Irish. Yeah. And so his big thing was that he got rid of the snakes, right? Yeah, he kicked out all the snakes out of Ireland. But I don't think anyone kind of realised there wasn't any snakes in the first place.

This is so wild. So a Welshman told everyone in Ireland that he got rid of the snakes that were never there and now you drink to celebrate. Exactly. Okay. As you can tell, Megan, it doesn't take us a lot to celebrate. What happens in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day?

Is it a holiday for everyone? I mean, what happens? Yeah, it is a public holiday. There's been campaigns to actually make the 18th of March the holiday because everyone's hungover. It's never really got across the line. You celebrate on the same day as the next day off. Yeah, that probably makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?

All right, well, so we're speaking to you now before the weekend. What do you reckon we try and call him again on Monday morning and see? I don't reckon you'll answer. I don't reckon you'll answer, but we might give that a try on Monday morning. It depends how long I'll go for. I might still be going. You might still be going. Oh, my God.

What is the best way to drink, Guinness? Is it supposed to be like room temperature or something like that? No, definitely not room temperature. So if you notice in the Guinness, the top of it's white, right? The head is nice and white and creamy. If you leave it too long, it kind of goes yellow. So that means your pint has died. So you need to drink it quick.

And the actual proper way to drink it, and you you're gonna laugh again, but it's in three sucks Oh my god. Yeah, there's any game that's got really popular. I think in the last couple years called splitting the G So what your first step you're meant to go all the way down Underneath the harp and just before they're gonna like writing on the glass But yes, okay, I'll get us. Oh, right. Is that the way? But, yeah, surely that's okay on Guinness number one, but Guinness number two, you're like, oh, okay. Anyway, I'm sure you've got to do it for that Welsh guy

that got rid of all the snakes from your country. That's it. I'd love to talk to you. I'm sorry for waking you up, Irish David. No, you're all good. And let's catch up for Guinness on Sunday. Yeah, see you Sunday, mate. See you, mate.

All right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now and again, you chat to people when you're waiting in the A&E at the hospital, you're waiting for a while. Now and again, you just kind of mind your own business as well. But I was talking to a couple of people, a couple of interesting conversations. One guy who had a wedding and he arrived in a helicopter, but he said it was quite close to the marquee.

So the whole marquee started blowing up from the wind. That was like, yeah, the order. And everyone's hair and dresses were all over the place. So he said his cool entry to his wedding wasn't quite as cool. But why was he in the A&E? Oh, it wasn't because of the helicopter. Sorry, that was just a chat. I thought the helicopter had crashed into the marquee at the wedding bed.

Sorry. I really led you down the wrong way for that one, didn't I? Led you up the garden path on that one. But then I was chatting to a lady, and she was juggling quite a lot. She had a baby who wasn't feeling too good, and it's quite a – just by herself, just the mum, and a lot going on. And so I was sort of chatting to her, and at one stage she said oh hey i need to go to the bathroom do you mind if could you hold my baby i was like oh yeah okay i can i can do that i don't

know i mean i've had kids and stuff i'm pretty pretty comfortable around babies but you always feel a little weird when it's not not yours or not someone you know as well and then she said as she left you're not gonna steal him are you I was like what does that mean like I've been waiting there in the A&E just waiting for this moment to run out with the baby I was like oh no but then if I was going to steal the baby that's probably what I'd say as well wouldn't I also compliment that she was like okay you look like the guy I'll give my baby to but then she second guessed herself was like actually no I just need to double check you're not going to run off with him how are your kids when you're when they're a little fat you know because handing over to like a stranger even a relative or a friend that they don't really know

it's kind of an unusual thing isn't it i would never my daughter would never she doesn't go to anyone at all no bastion's the opposite he would go to he he's we need to have chats because we go to the supermarket and he's like hi hi whereas yeah so he'd be fine she wouldn't have a bar of it as soon as i hand her to you she would scream because it was that weird thing back in the day i think they've changed it now we used to like say you know i'm your mom going go and give such and such a hug and give such and you know it was part of what you do you don't do that anymore you don't force them into hugging or you know know, doing anything. Which is good.

They want to. Because it was a bit weird as a kid. You'd be like, oh, I don't want to hug auntie, buddy, whatever. Mark, I see her every, like, once a year and you want me to give her a kiss? Go up and give them a kiss. Go up and give them a hug. Yeah. I want to.

Yeah. So you don't force them into, like, you know, intimate things with anyone that I want to. So I'm good. Should I take it as a compliment that I was asked to hold the baby? Initially, yeah. But then she's second guessed herself. So I'm good. So I take it as a compliment that I was asked to hold the baby? Initially, yeah, but then she's sick and gassed herself. So I don't know. I didn't steal the baby. Did the baby cry?

Was it fine with you? Oh, the baby. Yeah, that was a little grisly. You know, when it's just not in time. It was kind of grisly because it wasn't very well. Right. Yeah. But I hate that.

There's nothing worse than when you get help holding a baby and they just start cracking up. Also, you're like do i have to hold your baby like it's not well can i give it to one of the nurses i don't know the hits the john and ben podcast mystery money left in bags that you find on the ground most of the time you'd be like what is this should i keep it like you feel weird about it but But these mystery $50 notes have been found in clear plastic bags, and on it, it says Hidden Blessings. And it would still seem quite weird, right?

But a man who grew up in Flaxmere in the Hawke's Bay region is just giving back. So he has been hiding what he calls Hidden Blessings, $50 notes, just in parts around the city. Just for people to find. Just for people to find. Just for people to find and be like, man, that's made my day. That's very cool, eh? Yeah. So he lives in Auckland now.

So I guess he must travel to that area. Does he get to see the satisfaction of the people as well? He doesn't stick around. He just leaves them there. But he just kind of, and he wants to remain anonymous. We don't know who he is. But he has put it out there and said, look, if you do find these, it's not nefarious.

It's not tied to anything bad. It's not lost money. If you find it, it's yours. Because it was that pensioner. We were talking about it a few weeks ago, right? And he got handed a whole lot of cash. Was that like five grand? It was quite a lot.

And he was like, this is for you. And he was very, very, even poor guy was very scared by it. He was like, what have I been caught up in? I don't think I, you know, someone owes me money. I wonder was like, this is for you. And he was very, very, even poor guy was very scared by it. He was like, what have I been caught up in? I don't think I, you know, someone owes me money. I wonder if it was this man. Yeah. Have you found anything cool like that? Nah, I think I found 20 bucks once and I kept it.

I was like, oh, this isn't going to be drug money, is it? Because it's 20 bucks. But I've never stumbled upon anything like massive. When we were filming in LA, we weren't staying in a very good hotel. This was, you know, a while ago. And this was before marijuana was legal in California. Right. And the director and I were sharing a room.

It wasn't, as I say, it wasn't a very fancy hotel or anything. But when we went to unpack all our stuff, we were just, like, clearing out. He had a look in the fridge. He had a look in the little freezer apartment, department of the fridge. Yeah. Just a little tiny thing. And then it was like these two quite big bags of marijuana in there. In the freezer?

In the freezer. And they'd been there the whole time that we'd been staying two or three nights. And what happened to it? We were a bit like, oh, this is America. You don't want to get caught up in anything. We'll just leave it here. We were leaving the hotel. But we came back to that same hotel for one night about a week later.

And then I get the knock on the door. And it's the guy who's the manager and he's like did you leave something in your room and I was like oh no but I know what you're talking about and he was like it's drugs and I was like yeah I know if it's drugs so it's not mine it's not mine I would have gone down to reception and be like hey this is my room but it's not mine that's what I should have done yeah and then he was like come with me. I was like, okay. And they put it aside for me, like, next to the towels and, like, the laundry thing. I was like, mate, it's not mine. It's honestly not mine. I don't know whose it is, but it's not mine.

Were they keeping it for you? Well, they're just keeping it safe because they were like, oh, you're coming back. You can have your thing. I was like, oh, no. It's not mine. I wonder what else they've, like, kept safe for people. So I was like, it's definitely not mine. I don't want this.

And, you know. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You were talking about this really lovely thing that someone's doing in New Zealand called Hidden Blessings. Yeah, so this is a gem of a human. He grew up in the Hawke's Bay region, now lives in Auckland. He wants to remain anonymous, but he's been leaving $50 notes in clear plastic bags that he calls Hidden Blessings and says if you find them, it's nothing dodgy.

He just wants to make people's day. So you can keep the money. He's just been leaving it around town in Hawke's Bay. He lives in Auckland so if you want to do that in Auckland too, we'd be much appreciated. Just do it all around the country, mate. Let us know exactly where you put it

and that would be really good. So we wanted to know the best thing that you found on 0800 The Hit. So we've got Lisa with us. Good morning Lisa, thanks for your time. Morning. Now Lisa, you've got an amazing story of something that was found of yours that you lost. So I was walking the dog around the park

and I had stupidly left my engagement ring in my pocket obviously I'd washed my hands or something and I pulled something out my pocket, probably the dog poop bag. But anyway, in the process, platinum and diamond engagement rings fell into the grass. I did look for it because I sort of felt something drop.

Couldn't find it. So, you know, I secretly thought, oh, time for an upgrade, to be honest with you. Is that what you're thinking? Now, what sort of park are we talking? Are we talking a small park? Now, we're talking Hagley Park. Oh, that's massive. Massive park.

Massive. Yeah. You know, it's never going to be returned. It's gone, yeah. So I was Googling new rings, bigger diamonds. Yeah, as you do. See how much I could get the husband to contribute. Yeah. And then probably about a month later,

I bumped into a friend who I haven't seen for such a long time. And I stopped in the park again and had a chat. And she goes, you're not going to believe what I found here a month ago. And I was like, jokingly, a diamond and platinum ring. And she said, yes, I have. And she said, I didn't know what to do with it. I've been walking the park waiting to see a sign pop up. And so I showed her a photo I had.

She goes, that's it. She said, I was just, it's in the car. It was going to go to the police station today because nobody's put a sign up to say they lost it. Wow. What are the odds that your friend has found that? My friend. My friend. My friend.

Yeah, that. Incredible. I know. Bit stink for your upgrade, though. You're like, I really want it up. You completely stink for the upgrade. You keep the ring. You had a month, though.

You should have got onto it, and then you could have had two. I know. I know. I just, I don't know why I didn't. Damn it. I could have acted it earlier. I would have felt really bad had I done that. Oh, Lisa.

I would have had to send it back. That is an incredible story. I can't believe how that all worked out for you. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Lisa Taylor, you love getting lost in TikTok. You've basically got something for a theory on relationships that you need to explain to us.

And can I just say, it stacks up. So pretty much in a relationship, there's a golden retriever and there's a black cat of the relationship. Now, what that means is the golden retriever is the person that chased the puppy dog. The puppy dog, they're happy, they're obsessed with the person they're with, they just want to be around them all the time. The lovable sort of goofy golden retriever. yes and then and then there's a black cat

who is the person that was chased they're into the relationship don't get me wrong but you know they know their worth they're confident they will take it or leave it i mean you can imagine you just imagine what a black cat and a golden retriever you can see it okay. So in relationships to work, you need to have one of these things. Yes, you have to be one or the other. There has to be a good balance. But where things stack up is women, right? To be in a successful relationship, women should be the black cat and men should be the golden retriever.

If it's mixed and the female's the golden retriever, it doesn't work out. It doesn't last. It's a theory. Yes, it is a theory. But you've been sort of showing us celebrities as well. Can you rattle off a couple? I absolutely can.

I'm glad you are. So Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt. Yeah. She's so clearly the Golden Retriever. But then flip the switch, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie is a black cat. And they were together way longer. So that works all right.

Yes. But it didn't work out in the end. But it did work out longer. Okay. Chloe Kardashian. Yeah. Right? Yeah.

When she was with Lamar, she was so the golden retriever. Obsessed with him. Yeah. You saw it on the show. Tristan. Tristan. Obsessed with him. Didn't work out it on the show. Tristan. Tristan. Obsessed with him. Didn't work out.

French Montana. She was the black cat and she flicked him. That's true. He loved her. We've gone deep here. I reckon, okay, relationship wise. So Ben is definitely the golden retriever. Definitely.

I forgot I'm the black cat. Definitely. You've got costumes you've got. Love me. Yeah, that's definitely me. Megan, it is so clearly evident that you are the black cat. Your husband leaves you voiceless. Yeah.

But that just makes you sound like I'm whipping him. No, but you know your worth, your confidence. Yeah, a little loafy, a little scratchy. All right, Labrador. Oh, okay, cool. Okay, guys, here we go. Love me. Yes, okay, guys. Here we go. Love me. Yes, here we go.

Interesting theory. Right. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Oh, a bit strange in the royal family at the moment, right? We've been talking about this all morning. There's a bit of goss. So she had a scheduled abdominal surgery.

She was in hospital for two weeks. She hasn't been seen. William cancelled an engagement, rushed to be home with her. The picture was released that they admitted was photoshopped. And now, rumours are swirling that William has been having, allegedly, an affair with a woman named Rose Hambury and that she is pregnant with his child. And maybe that is why Kate has not been seen in public.

Oh, spicy, spicy tea. Spicy. Future king of England. Now we've got our UK correspondent back again, Gavin Gray. Good morning. How are you? Good morning, Ben. Morning, Megan.

Yeah, I'm afraid this is, well, very, very unpleasant stuff and must be terribly hurtful, true or false. And I believe it to be false, but true or false, very, very distressing for, of course, Kate Middleton, Prince William and the extended family. Oh, totally. Now, it seemed like Stephen Colbert, who's the talk show host in America, he seemed to really spill the royalty on this one. He sort of came out with some jokes saying this is something that's been rumored online. And this has sort of kicked it into mainstream news.

Yeah. So this was the late show. And he dedicated almost three minutes of his monologue to addressing these rumors, and the rumors aren't particularly new, but what he's suggesting in his monologue is that that could be perhaps the reason why we haven't seen anything of Kate, and let's not forget, even the picture where we have seen her, which was touched up, she had no rings on her hand. And that did lead some to say, hang on a minute, where's the wedding ring? Where are the other rings she wears?

Some have said, well, hang on a minute, she's had an operation. When you have an operation, you take your rings off because your fingers swell, etc. But this is just a massive now whirring machine. And what a Kensington Palace, Buckingham Palace playing at. Well, earlier I said I thought they'd handled it terribly. I think it's even worse than that now. They are remaining silent on this. Nothing from Prince William, who incidentally was at an official engagement earlier in southwest London

and in a few minutes' time rocks up to the Science Museum for what are going to be the Diana Legacy Awards and I'm afraid still nothing to suggest you know no comment no denial no admission nothing and I think it's becoming almost untenable now that they're going to be able to keep quiet on this. Those Diana Legacy Awards is it true the rumours that Prince Harry has decided to join via Zoom or via video link, but only after William's gone? Well, you're absolutely right that the pair are supposed to be together virtually. Prince William is attending in person in London. Prince Harry is supposed to be attending virtually.

And yet Prince William won't hear what he has to say or see him. And the reason is because he will have left the ceremony by then. Now, we don't know why he's leaving. Yeah, we do. But we do know that he won't be there. So whether that was a demand of Prince Harry,

a demand of Prince William, unfortunate timing, or maybe Prince William wants to spend the evening with his wife who's had an operation, we don't know. Either way, again,

as you said, Megan, doesn't look good. Or, Gav, or is it that we've found out the real reason that Harry is not a fan of William? This is Megan. She's getting caught up in the TikTok. I'm going deep.

She's like those people on TikTok. She's in the conspiracy theory department. If these rumors, if there's any truth to these rumors, could he be angry with William for doing a similar thing that his dad did back in the day? Well, of course, that's what social media is full of. People saying, like father, like son. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree accusing prince william of having an affair uh of course as i said uh there's no confirmation no denial and i i dare say they would say this is

absolute rubbish and we never commented let's face it this isn't the first time the royals have been embroiled in this sort of stuff whether prince Prince Harry has now taken on the offensive, honestly, I really can't say. I suspect more to the point it is Prince William who has got more of an issue with Harry than the other way around. Apparently saying when Harry was recently over to see his father that he just didn't want very much to do with him, didn't make the effort to see him, did not invite him over, and certainly did not accept any invitation to meet up while Harry was in town.

That's my understanding of that. What perhaps we ought to focus on is who is Rose Hanbury? She is the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, which is actually spelled Cholmondeley, but yes, pronounced Cholmondeley. Now, she lives in a country house with the Marchioness,

well, the Marchioness and the Marquess of this wonderful stately home in East England. It's near the royal family's eastern home of Soundryon. And the pair did, the family, Prince William, Kate and Rose Hanbury, did become very, very familiar and friendly and chatty. And it is known that Rose Hanbury and the Marchioness of Chumley have had twins. And then a little girl called Iris. There's even talk that Iris could be Prince William's daughter. Again, all on the internet.

What's that? Is that smoke? I smell. Well, Gavin said Gavin, thank you so much for your time We've got to fly But it sounds like Gavin's thinking It's not true, the rumours

But great for the Crown Series 12 Whatever it is It'd be great for that series Now there's a betrayal going on in my household Not on the same level No, definitely not on the same level Much on the lighter side A lighter betrayal

Also, we keep saying Your your wife has cheated on you. I'm like, is Amanda okay with that? Yeah, well, I'm not okay. Firstly, I'm not okay with this. Think about me right now because I don't know if you're the same in your relationship, Megan. You have shows that you watch together on streaming services that are shows you watch by yourself.

You know, these are shows that you're like, I like this one, and Amanda would like, and I'm like, okay, cool. We don't need to watch by yourself. You know, these are shows that you're like, I like this one and Amanda would like, and I'm going to like, okay, cool. We don't need to watch these together. But then you have the shows that you meet together and you watch and these are your shows. Exclusively, right? These are the shows that we watch,

we battle on through together. And now I know I get up early in the mornings and I know I probably fall asleep and that's frustrating. I do that too. When we go to watch the shows, you're like me. And she's like, oh, I can't keep watching ahead because this idiot's asleep.

But yes, that happens. But we had a show and we've been watching it together. I've been sick and I get it. What is the show? It's called The Gentleman. It's really cool. Guy Ritchie, who is, of course, married to Madonna. He's a UK director, writer.

He's very, very funny, very clever. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch with Brad Pitt. Those sorts of movies. It's very English, very funny, very cool. Connick Hanks, Royals. Would recommend. Yeah, I was really enjoying it and so was my wife. So much so that I thought we were watching it together

and she went ahead and started watching without me and I was like, what? I thought we were watching this together. Now her response was oh, you've been, because I've been going to bed quite early sleeping call a lot and she's I just presumed you were watching it when you'd go like off to the bedroom and you know I'd go to sleep I was like no I've been keeping this show for the two of us and like you you have to ask I feel like you have to ask you're like can I watch an episode when I'm in bed and you catch up or you have to clear it

now she's paused it she's paused it how far ahead is she's got so like episode three or four and I was still on the first episode they're like an hour long episode so I'm like oh this all happened over behind my back over a couple of days so yeah so she has paused it she's paused it to her credit and now I've got to slowly catch up last time I limped my way to the end of the first episode before falling asleep so in about four to five weeks I'll probably catch up to Last time I limped my way to the end of the first episode before falling asleep. So in about four to five weeks I'll probably catch up to where she is. I hate that. You've got your designated shows you watch

together exclusively. And then I can sometimes I tap out on that and go, you go on. You go on. But you say, right? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. My wife Amanda cheating on me with the show The Gentleman. She was watching ahead.

I thought it was our show. And it turns out it wasn't, Megan. She cheated on you by three episodes. Three episodes. I've got a lot of catching up to do. And a lot of people on 100 of the Hits have been cheated on in the same way. Lighthearted betrayals, their partners watching ahead. Seems to be all listening ahead sometimes too.

Rude. Yeah. Feels like you're on the same level. Janet, what was your lighthearted betrayal? I was 12 hours invested into an audio book with my husband. Yeah. And he told me this morning that he has finished the other 12 hours without me. Oh, just this morning.

This is raw, like mine too. This is, oh. Where did he find an extra 12 hours without you? Oh, we live in Tauranga, so, you know, traffic. Traffic, listening to it in the car. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for your betrayal as well. I feel your pain.

I feel your pain. So what are you going to do now? Are you going to have to listen by yourself or are you like, no, I'm done? I'm going to sulk for a while I'm going to sulk for a while. Definitely going to sulk for a while. And then make him re-listen to it with you. I've done that before where I have gone ahead.

I think that's the ultimate punishment. I've gone ahead once and then I had to pretend I hadn't and you have to do an acting. Oh, wow, never saw that coming, even though you're like, oh, I know exactly what's happening in this. Hey, thank you so much. My husband is not that considerate. Have a great weekend. All right, there we go.

Janet, feeling the pain there. And Rose, what was your lighthearted betrayal? Hey, guys. How are you? We're doing all right. What happened to you? Who was the monster in your life? My partner, Tom.

So there's a TV show called the boys that had a couple of seasons already and we thought like it was amazing we got into it we watched maybe four or five episodes then it started getting a bit late so i was like you know you carry on you know just finish this one and then i'll catch up tomorrow but he ended up watching getting part way through the second season and now um last year he finished season three without me and season four is coming soon it's just I'm too far gone to be able to catch up oh no that's so rude so he's watching multiple episodes without you yep oh and then you're like oh it's gone now it's now gone from an hour show to a you show hasn't it yeah yeah definitely I'll just wait till um it finishes and then I'll binge it. Oh, I'm so sorry.

Sorry about your loss. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that he did that to you. Now, Megan, this is not something that you would ever do, right, Megan? No. No, I see we have clear boundaries on what we do. Well, I don't know. Now, I haven't played this, but this has just come through.

Andrew's very good on his voice messages. Andrew, your husband? He sent one through. He sent one through. Should we have a listen to it? I don't know what this is. Let's just see what he says. This is Andrew, Megan's husband.

Let's have a listen. Good morning, team. Andrew here. Yes, I have got a lighthearted betrayal for you. Maybe not so lighthearted. I feel pretty deeply cut about this. Megan, my wife, prefers to stay up and watch a Formula One reality show, or whatever it is, rather than come into bed and giving me cuddles. She thinks I'm stupid because I know that all the guys on there are just hot Euro guy. Babe, there is a olive-skinned guy over here

who drives a, what is this, a Mitsubishi or something? Here waiting for you. And when you're ready, you can come to bed. But you're going to have to work hard for those cuddles. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend? Really love doing this every week. We have Hayley from the north, Connor from the south.

Both work for The Hits and they pitch us why they think their island is having the best weekend. Who do you want to go to first, Megan? Let's go with Hayley. Ladies first. Good morning, Hayley. Hello. Good morning. I really feel this week that the North Island is going to have the best week.

I had so many things, I had to whittle it down to two. Okay, all right. So what are your top two things out of all the things going on in the North? Well, having in the little old capital, Wellington, we have the entire Wellington waterfront becoming a huge festival, five stages taking over with Homegrown Festival. And listen to this line-up. LAB, Stan Walker, Sons of Zion, the list goes on.

It's going to be a brilliant time. That sounds great. Yeah, Homegrown is massive. I've always wanted to go to a Homegrown. You've never been. Never been to a Homegrown. It looks incredible. Okay, what else is going on in the north?

Well, the mighty field days and fielding. Today, tomorrow, 27,000 people expected over the three days. You've got tractors, you've got swan dry, basically heaven for farmers and any rural people. It's farmageddon, isn't it? It really is. Yes, completely. It's just a great time for farmers.

They also do one in the Waikato as well later in the year. They are two big banger events. Now, that's got to have the South Island quaking in their boots. Are you quaking, Connor? Not really, because I remember talking to Hayley. She hates farmers and she hates Kiwi music. I don't really know.

Oh, really? Okay. All right, Connor, you're in charge of the whole South Island. What's going on this weekend? I'm not sure about you guys but I love seafood and one thing about this country that annoys me is that it's almost hard to access sometimes so Havelock which is in the beautiful Marlborough Sound one of the most stunning places in the entire world is hosting

the Muscle and Seafood Festival so all the seafood freshly caught from the Marlborough Sound area they're known for their mussels there in Havelock as well. We won't go back a couple of years ago when maybe those mussels weren't so nice to eat. But yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so a big seafood festival. Great for everyone except for people that don't like seafood, but it sounds incredible. And what else on the South Island?

In the Frange Joseph, at their community hall there, they're setting up this massive ice skating rink. So they come in, a whole bunch of organisations. Whilst their glacier is slowly melting, they're trying to distract themselves with a nice weekend of ice skating. The glacier's melting, but the ice rink's not. Exactly, Megan. Exactly.

I love you've gone niche with that one. You have. All right, Megan. Now I'm going to put it on you again, Megan with that one. You have. All right, Megan. Now I'm going to put it on you again, Megan, because these are great events. It might be controversial. I'm going to go with the South. Can't beat the Marlborough Sounds. It's my home.

That is controversial. And I like the niche in the Friends show, so I'd love to do that. Haley, you had homegrown and field days. I mean, what more could you ask for? Megan also hates Kiwi music. Yeah. Doesn't she?