Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Ben Got Caught Watching His Show On a Plane...

Episode Date: October 9, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Our horrible mornings! Dinner cooked by Gordon Ramsay! Megan gets the ultimate Gen Z quiz Will we ever get past five in the NZ Herald? Ben's kids try a recipe from scratch and it doesn't go well... Are these the worst sleepers? You're using a microwave wrong!!! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast today, Megan, you're exposed for not being as cool as you once were. Yeah, thanks for that. Also, you're exposed for being a terrible person to sleep next to. Yeah, right, you got me back good. As well as that, we talked to people about their claim to fame, and Megan, you've been talked about on a huge international show. I was on, yep, Ellen. But some of these were way cooler.

People went round to famous people's houses. Gordon Ramsay made someone lunch. Yeah. It's pretty incredible calls, as well as why we've also been using the microwave wrong. That has nothing to do with Gordon Ramsay. He wasn't using the microwave. This blew my mind, though. Yeah.

We've all been doing it wrong. It's on the podcast, but next to we all had a really shocking't using the microwave. This blew my mind, though. We've all been doing it wrong. It's on the podcast, but next to we all had a really shocking start to the day. Now, everyone had a bit of a rough start to the day today. We'll get producer Ellie in as well. But you, Megan, we walked into work and you were over at the work kitchen. I had emptied the contents of my bag and was trying to clean out the coffee that had spilt in there. I have like a cup that's pretty good.

It seals really well. And so I've obviously got too complacent with it and it tipped over in my bag. And then the coffee all came out in the bottom of my bag. It was a good opportunity, if we're looking at silver linings, to clear out all the crap in the bottom of my bag that you collect. And it got a good wipe out. Yeah. A force wipe out. Smells a bit like like coffee yeah yeah one of those things one of those starts today i had cotton buds this morning as well went to open a container of cotton buds and you know when that is kind of stuck together it's four in

the morning i'm just like open it and it just goes everywhere throughout the whole bathroom what did you want cotton buds for i was just i don't know't know, I was just, you know, doing ears and stuff, I don't know. This doesn't seem like a four-year job. No, I don't know why either, too. And I was just like, oh, cotton buds. You know when you're not really half thinking? That's what I need right now. And then they're all over the floor,

and you're like, what's the hygienic situation of these cotton buds? Yeah, actually, I dropped a makeup palette on the floor this morning. And anyone who uses a lot of makeup, that did exactly what you'd think it would. It smashed on the floor oh so i was cleaning that off with makeup remover off the floor starts the day then what's happened today producer ellie uh we we saw you in the work car park today you got trouble with your key yeah i was in despair um i've got one of the automatic you know yeah but

i think it's the technical term for the car key that opens like that but it wasn't doing that and it wasn't even locking so i was standing there going just pushing it down so hard so then i took like my handbag out of the car just leaving it unlocked so you think it's a battery situation so just as i walked away it worked but now my concern is that i'm not gonna be able to unlock it and i know there's a way you can do it manually but i've never done it before and i don't know and there's no reception in the building so i going to be able to unlock it. And I know there's a way you can do it manually, but I've never done it before and I don't know. And there's no reception in the building, so I won't be able to call my partner or anything. So I'm going to have to do a little tutorial here just before in case it doesn't unlock for me later.

Because I think if you use the key, it will set the alarm off probably. Like if you actually use a manual key just to open the door. Yeah, cool. I didn't think of that bit either. Well, if anyone knows how Ali can manually unlock that. The good and bad, those new keys. I had one the other day when I was driving the car around with my wife

and she had the car keys because it's one of those, it's keyless. So, you know, you don't need to physically put the key. I was like, great. But she had the key in her bag and then I dropped off somewhere. She went away. I didn't realize until I got to the next location,

turned the car off and then went, oh, actually, where are the keys when I went to leave the car? And I was like, oh, actually, where are the keys when I went to leave the car? And I was like, uh-oh. And you can't start the car. They were with my wife. Then she has to Uber to me to get the thing.

You're like, oh. You know? So there you go. There you go. It's a great start to the day for more bus. And then when you have to replace those keys, oh, yeah, that's a lot of money. Yeah, those batteries. Next.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I want to know your claim to fame this morning. Megan, you've got a really awesome one we're going to get to in a minute. Yeah, I was on an international TV show. It's very, very cool. We'll get to that. And so does eight-year-old Binti.

She loves doing the Weet-Bix Kids triathlon. And her claim to fame is she's going to be on the box, the Weet-Bix box, which is pretty awesome. And she joins us right now. Binti, good morning. Good morning. How are you doing? It's Ben and Megan here from the Hits Radio Station.

How old are you? I'm nine. And you're nine years old. Now, are we correct in saying that you, are you going to be on the Weet-Bix box or are you already on the Weet-Bix box? I'm going to be. That is so cool. Wow.

Did you have to go and get your photo taken? Yes. How cool was that? It was fun. Yeah. So that's very exciting. You must be looking in the supermarkets, waiting for your box to come out. Yes, I am.

How many boxes are you going to buy with your face on them? We're going to get so many. Yeah, I would too. You can buy them and wrap them up as Christmas presents for people. Yeah, that's what we're probably going to do. Great idea, Binti. Great idea. I've already thought of that one, haven't you?

Now, how many Weet-Bix triathlons have you done? I've done two. Done two. And you moved schools and they weren't going to do the triathlon at that school. So you basically got the school together and got them to do it

and enter, right? Yes, I did. That's very responsible of you. Do you have Weet-Bix every morning for breakfast? Yes, yes. You have to say that. What's your favourite thing to have with Weet-Bix?

Yoghurt. Yoghurt's good. I used to like microwaving it too sometimes. You put the milk in there, you'd microwave it up, and they'd get a little bit, and they'd sprinkle a little bit of sugar. I don't know if you know, like back in the day. Almost like a porridge, but it was really good.

It's quite versatile. I like to slice mine in half, Binti, and I put marmite on it. I don't know if that's controversial. I like putting marmite in it too. Oh, there you go. You guys can hang out. What would you say to other kids listening right now

that have never, they've thought about doing the Weet-Bix triathlon, but have never done it? I would say give it a go because it's a very fun experience. What's the feeling like? Because we've been lucky enough to go along and see people do it, see young kids do it, getting across the line.

But what's that feeling like, getting across the finish line? It's very joyful and happy. We can't wait to see you on the Weet-Bix box. I'm going to buy lots, Binti, with your face on them. Okay. Lovely to talk to you and well done. See I'm going to buy lots, Binti, with your face on them. Okay. Hey, lovely to talk to you. Well done. See you. Bye. See you, Binti. Have a great day. Bye, love.

Binti, hey. She's so cute. She'll be joyful. Like, when do you lose that? You know, when does the world beat you down and you lose that enthusiasm? Hopefully she never does. I know. That's so cool. Okay, claim to fame. That's a cool claim to fame. Binti's like nine years old. Sorry, I thought she was eight, but it's very important at that age.

She's nine. She's nine. She's going to be on the Weet-Bix box. You've got a great claim to fame. I was on Ellen back when that show existed for a shoe hack. So basically, I used a little cardboard cutout of myself without feet.

And then when you're online shopping for shoes, you match your cardboard cutout to the shoes on the screen. So you hold it up to your computer on the screen and you can see. To see if they look good. That's great. And it even got to the Ellen Show in America, a huge show. That's so cool. Notice that because we can't go anywhere, everyone's shopping online,

but it's hard to tell what something looks like. You can't try it on. Take a look at this video of something a woman invented to make it easier to shop online. There's one woman out there in New Zealand. She's being hailed as a hacking hero for her method of shopping for shoes. Megan Pappas printed out the video of herself

and then holds it about her style. That was my name on the Ellen show, so that was pretty fun. That's so cool. The hits, the Jonah and Ben podcast. The claim to fame, we want to know yours. That's pretty impressive that It's so cool. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The claim to fame. We want to know yours. That's pretty impressive that you were on Ellen. Ellen DeGeneres' show.

That makes it sound like I was there as a guest. She didn't say my name. She was just talking about a woman from New Zealand who came up with this online shopping hack. You were that woman. You were that woman. Did you have any idea that had reached Ellen or was it a surprise? It was of all the things I've done in my career, not a lot, but it was just the weirdest thing that went to lots of news outlets because I didn't think it was that groundbreaking.

But I was on a lot of websites. But it was also during COVID, so there wasn't much happening. In the world. In the world. Oh, it's great. It's a great claim to fame. So we want to know yours on 0800 THE HITS on 4487. We're going to Catherine this morning.

Good morning, Catherine. Good morning. How are you doing? Great. What was your claim to fame? So I went to Gordon Ramsay's house and ate some of the food that he cooked. No way. Did you get to meet Gordon Ramsay?

Was he in the house? Yeah, no. So I worked for a publishing company. We were marketing his new book and we went to do a photo shoot and he had a big media day that day. So we were in one room, but he was cooking in the kitchen and we went through, watched him and then he gave us some of the food he cooked. Wow.

Now he seems like like obviously he has that character on tv where he yells at people but then he i've seen him do a lot of other stuff where he seems like a lovely genuine guy what was he like to meet um he was yeah he was super nice and um really had a good sense of humor we actually dressed him up in um sort of comical aprons and um we're um putting him in you know the ones with the um man's sort of thickical aprons and we're putting him in the ones with the man's sort of thick chest body and different things and big flowery aprons

for part of the marketing campaign and he was a really good sport. Oh, that's wild. What a claim to fame. Gordon, really. And wait, what was the food like? It was good. I can't really remember.

It was a long time ago but yeah, it was good. But no, he was just really nice. Very easy. I'd love you to try it and go, it's raw! And throw it back in his face. Yeah, idiot sandwich. Oh, that is an amazing claim to fame.

Thank you for sharing that with us. You're welcome. That's very cool. We started there. Yeah, I know. It's a high bar. So yeah, from Gordon Ramsay to Wendy, good morning. Good morning.

What is your claim to fame? When I was about six months old, I was on Country Calendar. Oh. Oh. You've peaked at life. Oh, Megan, great tune. You've peaked at life. Iconic.

At six months. Okay, so why? What was the backstory for this? It was a long time ago. It was way back in 1967, shall we say. Yeah, right. Yeah, I know. Early days.

My parents, they were doing a program on them, backcountry farming. And I was six months old and I was just learning to crawl and I crawled up to the camera and put my mucky paws all over. Amazing.

They would have loved that. Like the greatest, probably the greatest show in New Zealand history. Still around. Country calendar. It's huge. Oh, that's very cool.

Great claim to fame. Should we do one more, Megan? Yeah, one more. Okay, Jodie, good morning. What is your claim to fame? I was on the Son of a Gun show. And I got chosen to do the Mum's the Word, which is when Jason Gunn,

if he said a particular word at any time throughout the show, then me and maybe three other people would run out of the audience and get to throw a pie in his face. I remember. Oh my God, that's cool. And you got to do it? Yeah, I did. Yeah, I did.

He just sort of casually said, I can't remember what the word was, I have no idea. But, yeah, he casually said something to me and my friends. We're like, that's it. We've run out of this. That was so great. Oh, wow. I still get starstruck by Jason Gunn because of Son of a Gunn Show. Iconic. Sliding down the slide thingy.

Yeah, me too. I remember seeing him ages later and I was like, do you remember? He was so kind. He would never have remembered. Oh, yeah. The pie in the face. Yeah. Yeah, thanks for that.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Claim to fame. We've had such good ones so far and the more texts and calls keep coming through. And we're joined by Shannon, who's got a great claim to fame. Good morning, Shannon. Good morning. I can't believe I got through. You're here. What's your claim to fame. Good morning, Shannon. Good morning. I can't believe I got through. You're here. What's your claim to fame?

My claim to fame? I have had afternoon tea at St. James Palace with the Queen's mother. What? The late Queen's mother. Oh, far out. Was it like a whole group of people or just you? Yes, it was. Yes, it was. I was a nanny and the lady that I was working for, they have charities and they give stuff to it. And she was invited as one of the donators and she dragged me along because I was from New Zealand.

Oh, very cool. So you get to talk to the Queen Mother, shake her hand. Say hello. Yeah, yeah. You stand in a line and do that. But the most exciting thing was that it was such a windy day and the Grenadier guards or the guards outside the palace gave us a wolf whistle because our skirts blew up.

Oh. I don't know if that was why these days. No. That's for sure. They're not supposed to. No, no. They weren't supposed to be at the end now. Definitely not doing it now.

It's so funny. Okay, well, appreciate you sharing it. What a cool claim to fame. All right. Can we beat that, Megan? Well, Fiona's going to try. Good morning, Fiona. Good morning.

What's your claim to fame? When I was nannying in Ibiza, we had lunch with Al McPherson. No way. Yeah. That's incredible. At her house. At her house? So she's putting on lunch, what's she making? A little asparagus roll, sausage roll?

I think she had a chef. I was like, she's not making it. Do you remember what you ate? Not really, no. No, I do remember her opening the door, greeting us all in a green bikini and cowboy hat. Hopefully you didn't wolf whistle like the guards at Buckingham Palace. No, definitely didn't do that.

That's good. Did she eat lunch with you in a bikini? Yep. Oh, really? Weird. We were on the big table with all the children, and it was really cool. Isn't it weird?

Because obviously you're working then. You're someone's nanny. Can you get a photo with them, or is it one of those situations you're like, I really wanted to, but I can't? Yeah, we sort of were told that there was no photos. No, fair enough. That's a very cool claim to fame. Yeah.

No photo, but you can ring up and tell a radio station that it's just as good. Exactly. Well, thank you so much for sharing that with us. 4487 on the text. My claim to fame is I got a cuddle from Orlando Blue. That's pretty cool. Oh, that's good. And this one, my claim to fame is I set off a smoke alarm with a fart once.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, the Laneway, you know, it's a big music festival that happens, Waitangi Day, in Auckland. Damn, I already know what you're going to do. And Charlie XCX is the big artist, the headline artist there. Brat Summer and that, Charlie XCX. Song Apple, the TikTok dance my daughters do,

and they try and make me do as well. Do I get points for just doing part of the Apple dance? Yeah, you get some points as well. So I looked at the poster yesterday for Laneway, and I was like, okay, cool, CharlieXCX. And then I did what I'm about to do to you. I went through the other names and no disrespect to any of the people, they're probably all amazing artists in their, well, they will be amazing artists in their own right. But there was a lot of names I was like, oh, I don't know them.

I'm not aware of their work yet. So I wanted to play a game with you, Megan, called Laneway or No Way. And so I'm going to say two names and you've just got to pick. One of them is a Laneway artist and one of them I've made up. Okay. Okay. And we'll see how we go. 50-50.

Okay? Okay. So we've got, okay, Laneway. Is this an artist with Laneway or is it No Way? Vera Allen or Jonah Flex? One of those are real artists and one of them's not. I'm going to say Vera Ellen is No Way.

Oh, they're wrong. Oh, damn. Vera Ellen is the artist. Okay. Frankie Fates or Joey Valance? Joey Valance is Laneway. Yes.

What are you? You're back. Okay. Bicep or Pictorial? One is a real artist and one is one I've made up bicep is laneway yeah it is done well okay we got vibe set or eye dress what was it vibe set or eye dress this is a guess

vibe set is laneway no okay yeah uh we've got Skeggs or Wiretap. One is a real artist, one is not. Skeggs is Laneway. Yes, congratulations. Maggie and Hazel or Elliot and Vincent. Maggie and Hazel is Laneway? No, it's Elliot and Vincent. Two more.

We've got Julie or Leona. So either Julie's playing at laneway or leona's playing at laneway oh go them just go on with their name but um i want it to be julie and it is julie is correct i love it and the final one barry can't swim or daisy won't wait daisy won't wait is laneway no damn it bar Barry can't swim I was like if I go in really quickly and I get it right then it sounds like

I know I know same as me but I'm sure incredible artists and we'll get to know them you've got a chance now to you know

I'll go there and I'll be like yes Daisy no was Daisy at Laneway no no Barry can't wait Barry I'll be a big fan of Barry

Producer Ellie you've been trying to test us early in the morning this week. I have, and we've so far got five out of ten each day with some help from the listeners on the text machine. But today we're going to try and go for ten out of ten, guys. Come on. This is the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. It comes out, obviously, every day, hence the name, the Daily Quiz. Twice daily, though, right?

Yeah, you're right, actually. One in the morning, one in the afternoon. We try and do the morning quiz. We're trying to get 10 out of 10. We started really well a couple of days ago. Yesterday was a lot harder. You got stumped right from the get-go. Today we're going to get eight.

I feel. All right. Okay, question number one. Who is portraying Lucius in upcoming sequel Gladiator 2? Is it Paul Meskell, Joseph Quinn, or Pedro Pascal? Oh no. It's Pedro Pascal. Okay, so he's the last of us actor. Pedro Pascal would be my choice out of those ones.

Nice. But who is actually... Well, I haven't heard of the... No disrespect to the other two, but I haven't heard of the other two. Paul Meskell. Paul Meskell. I've heard of him. Is he probably one of those ones where I see a picture and I'll go, oh, yeah.

Possibly. Possibly. Do you want to lock in Pedro? Do we want to start with a... Yeah, I reckon... Yeah. Paul Mescal. Okay, let's go...

I don't know. Okay. I feel like, no I don't know Okay let's go I don't know Okay I feel like No don't Because the way we said That's locking in And producer Ellie was like Meh you know I feel like

No that's not Lock that in Do you like Paul Mescal Tell me more about him He's He's cute And then I'm going to watch Producer Ellie's face

He's a cute kind of It guy at the moment Yeah Do you think he'd be good In the role of Gladiator Is this the Russell Crowe And then I'm going to watch Producer Ali's face. He's a cute kind of guy at the moment. Yeah. Do you think he'd be good in the role of Gladiator? Is this the Russell Crowe role from Gladiator? I don't actually know. I've never actually seen Gladiator.

I don't know. Oh, God. Who was the other dude? The other one is Joseph Quinn. Okay. Well, forget about him, I reckon. Yeah, no, I see. Okay.

I reckon we're going to go Paul. Paul Mescal. Okay. Okay. That is correct. Thank God. Thank goodness. All. That is correct. Thank God. Thank goodness. All right. All right.

Number two. When was Marmite first sold in New Zealand? Is it 1910, 1902, or 1907? Oh, jeez. You got this. So really, we're talking a long, long time ago. Yeah. Those are all within the space of a very, like, it's like 10, 2, or, like, does it matter?

That's cruel. It is. It's all the start of the 1900s. Unless you're working for the Marmite factory, you're probably not going to know exactly the year that. Yeah, that's a pretty brutal one, eh? So, the options again, 1902? 1910, 1902, 1907.

Who cares is my answer. Who cares about that one? It's been around for ages. Okay, we're going to lock it in or we're going to go to the text machine. Do you? I don't know. I mean, we're just taking a guess.

There's no way we're going to the text machine again at question two. I had high hopes for today. Unless you want to lock it in. Should we just take a punt? Okay. No. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We and ben podcast to wake up trying to get our brains in gear and we're trying to get your help to get 10 out of 10

on you on the new zealand herald daily quiz we made a bit of a mission this week to try and get there and we're struggling at question number two producer ali yeah mission has not been accomplished at all guys i thought we would get better for some reason that makes no sense because the questions are different every day yeah true yeah i was hoping but yeah we're up to question two um and this one is when was marmite first sold in new zealand and the options are 1910 1902 or 1907 thank you to everyone on the text machine but all the answers being different yeah like we've got all answers including one that wasn't even one of the options. There's 1910, 1904, 1902, 1907, 1910.

1910 has come up more times than the other one. And I was going to say 1910 because it's just nicer. Beautiful. It's a round number. For no other reason than that it's come up more times than the text. And for Megan saying it's a nice round number. Nice, perfect round number. Let's just lock it in. It could be all over now. Alright, that is correct.

Oh, is it? Round numbers! Okay, this next one though. Oh, don't say that. We've already had two hard ones. I mean, this next one is going to be great. In which Arthur Miller play does the character Willie Loman appear?

Is it All My Sons, The Crucible, or Death of a Salesman? I don't know any of what you just said. Me neither. I don't know who Arthur Miller is. I think I might have heard someone mention Death of a Salesman. I don't know. Ben, I really hoped you were going to jump in and be like, I know this one.

I remember pretending to read the crucible at school but i don't think that really stuck in yeah let's see what the text machine okay so what are they death of a salesman yeah the crucible or all my sons just go with death of a salesman because that's the only one i really recognize nice what are you She said nice. I did say that. It's very nice. Okay.

Death of a salesman. That's probably what I would pick if I was doing the quiz. Okay, we'll go with the salesman. I feel like he might have written The Crucible too, but it sounds like maybe they're all his plays. That is correct, guys. Oh, yeah. Great. Yes.

Okay, question number four. The equation force equals Mass times acceleration Oh gosh Stop it No stop it Make it end Make it end I think you can get this one

Describes what scientist Second law of motion Was it Albert Einstein Stephen Hawking Or Isaac Newton Say it again Sorry It sucks

Today this sucks The equation Force equals Mass times acceleration Describes what scientist Second law of motion? Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, or Isaac Newton? Force must be a while ago, right?

Yes. So it's not Stephen. It's basic physics. So Albert, he was into basic physics, wasn't he? He equals mc squared. I don't even know what that is. Newton was the apple falling on the head and stuff? Wasn't that his? Yeah, well, that's physics, isn't it?

It is, yeah. Very interesting. Okay, so you're... Wait, was this a physics question? Well, force equals mass times acceleration is a physics thing. So Newton.

Oh, so Newton. We've got to go... I love the way... No, that's correct! She's, I wish Eddie McGuire would do this on the chase, eh? Go, oh, yeah, no, yeah.

You're really helpful. As a host, you're a wonderful host. Thank you. I'm trying my best. Where are we at? We're at number five. So if we get this, we've equaled. Okay.

In Irish folklore, what is the name of the ghostly spirit who is believed to wail? Is it Arhartac? I don't know how to say that. Is it B. Leprechaun or C. Banshee? Banshee wails. A Banshee. Okay. Lock it in. Lock it in. A Banshee, Wales. A banshee. Okay, look at it.

Look at it. Is that a banshee? She's done it. Yay! That's easy. Because I think my mum always says, stop wailing like a banshee. Okay. Oh, good. Thank you.

There you go. Okay, number six. Can we get better? Your mum helped us out. Okay, here we go. Can we do one better than what we've done before? Okay, you can, all right? What artist is credited with designing the creatures and set in the 1979 film Alien?

Was it Robert Stromberg, John Barry, or H.R. Geiger? Geiger. Geiger. G-I-G-E-R. What? He designed the set? Yeah. The creatures and the set, actually.

Yeah. A. Geiger is a Geiger meter. Your confidence From the last one You going with A I'm going with A Right

No No you've got to lock it in You said it now No you said it wrong Oh that's incorrect It was Geiger Or Geiger Okay so what is it

That equaled our top score It did So you got 5 out of 5 From each day Slash you got 50% But again Those questions suck. We really need to go and talk to the people at the Herald

because they were too hard. Coming up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Navigating a lot yesterday. Both my daughters had two friends over. So that was, yeah. So one was like trampoline. Six kids.

It was like trampoline park for one. We had musical theatre, rehearsals for the other. I was trying to navigate that with my wife. And then I get a call from my daughter, Sienna. She's like, hey, Uber eats me a Subway. I'm like, what? In the middle of all this. She's like, hey, I was like, there must be something in the house.

She's like, no, I've had a look. There's nothing. I'm like, there's got to be. There's too much going on. I'm like, no, you can make something in the house. Like a sandwich. And she's like, can I make pasta? I'm like, no, you can make something in the house. Make a sandwich. And she's like, can I make pasta? I'm like, I guess.

Normally when they make pasta in their defense, it's like she'll boil some pasta, maybe chuck some pesto, stir it. Something simple. Or put some grated cheese or something simple. Maybe there's a pasta sauce. Not from scratch, Megan. I know you don't like making everything from scratch. But normally something like that.

But I came home yesterday. She's like, I've tried to make. This is in the middle of a very busy day. I've tried to make the sauce from scratch. But normally something like that. But I came home yesterday. She's like, I've tried to make, this is in the middle of a very busy day. I've tried to make the sauce from scratch. Oh, my girl. I know. But it just, and the kitchen, geez, it looked like it had gone, it looked like a murder scene.

It was like red sauce just everywhere. She's like, it's not that good. But I'm like, oh, I'm glad you've used every pot in the house to try and make it. I'm proud of her still. Yeah. And it was, it was one of those moments as a parent, you're like, you could have made a sandwich, you could have done something, put some toast, just something,

and you've decided to make something from scratch on a busy day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, just quickly, a new episode of the podcast I do with my daughter out tomorrow called When I Grow Up. We talk to inspirational women about their lives. It's a really, really good listen for school holidays with parents and kids. But Nano Girls tomorrow, Michelle Dickinson.

Cool. She's great. And what I love about her is she just knows so much. You just throw something at her and she knows. You want to talk to her about it. Can you pick food up off the floor? How hygienic are our drink bottles, flies and all that sort of stuff.

But she said that we've been using our microwaves wrong for ages, a lot of us. Have a listen. People like to microwave their food all the time. And people complain all the time that their food is cold in the middle after they've microwaved it for 10 minutes, right? And what do they do? They pull out their food, they stir it around with a fork, they put it back in for an extra two. And then they literally complain that their microwave is broken.

And it's because they don't understand how their microwave works because everybody puts their food in the middle of the microwave, which is the coldest part of your microwave. And people haven't thought, why is there even a spinny plate in my microwave? They go, oh, maybe it's to look pretty while it's going around. No, it's there because of fundamental physics wave theory. So out of the corner of your microwaves come microwaves, which are actually waves, and they hit each other in the middle of your microwave. And when they do that, in physics, you have what's called constructive interference, where they add up together and get really hot,

or destructive interference, where they're totally out of phase. They cancel each other out. The middle of your microwave is the coldest point of your microwave. When you put your food in the microwave, you're supposed to put the food around the outside of the spinny plate, which is where the waves aren't bashing into each other. And if they do, your food moves all the way around the microwave so it doesn't stay in a cold spot for very long.

Wow, I feel so dumb. I know. Why are we putting it in the middle when the plate spins? Just so it can turn around on itself. I know, it's one of those things where you're like, we've all been using the microwave wrong. I thought it was really interesting. My mind is blown.

Me too. I mean, I do exactly that. You're like, oh, it's cold in the middle of the day. I know. It's like, oh, the microwave. Yeah. But there we go. Yeah.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, my wife, she used to put up with a lot. She's put up with me for a long, long time. We've been together since we were quite young, actually. And I don't know if it's something I've developed recently over the last few years or it's just something now she's beginning to not tolerate, but snoring. Like I don't, I feel like maybe things have really escalated

over the last few years. Do you start snoring as you get older? Maybe. Like an old age. Maybe it is. I'm getting older at the moment. I've noticed now at first she was quite subtle about it, but now it's like, it's blatantly obvious.

She's got earplugs by the side of the bed and she'll often put it in if I go to sleep first, which is often what's happening. And the other night, the family were all watching the show Prison Break. We'd been getting into Prison Break, trying to get our way through that series. I drifted off as well. And then apparently they closed my nose on me and I so I went because I was snoring so loudly it's very anti-social they're trying to watch the TV but also a little bit scary that yeah like what are my family doing to me they try you know so I'm like well maybe I'm

I'm the worst person to sleep next to in New Zealand well you hear about a lot of people like that sleep in separate rooms in the end because the snoring's so bad. And I can see that. And it doesn't mean that there's cracks in the relationship. It just means that people are going to get a better night's sleep. I can see how that happens. She might end up resorting to that. Which is, you know, I understand.

Everyone needs their sleep. We did put this on our Facebook page to see who the most annoying sleeper was. Someone said, my four-year-old son, this is from Emily, climbs in and asks constantly for water or throws his cup on me and then sleeps on me, never mind the rest of the bed space. Kids get so thirsty in the middle of the night. I need water!

It's like they've just walked through the desert or something. I don't understand why. You had a drink before you went to bed. There's a lot of kids ones. My six year old son, he hits me in the face all the time and sweats on me. He's a hot sleeper. Someone said, my partner, he breathes. There's definitely some cracks in the relationship. This one though, I sleep twitch when I drop off to sleep. You were saying you do that. I do that, but I do it so violently. It gives me a fright. So as I'm like drifting off, suddenly my whole body will jolt and

it gives my husband a fright he's like can you not sometimes my arms flail and like he gets a bit of a whack yeah that's that's scary but that's like I mean that's before you go to sleep yeah once I'm asleep I'm all good are you we don't know that oh under the hits four four eight seven are you sleeping next to New Zealand's most annoying sleeper? My wife, you know, like to get something back on her, she does talk in her sleep a lot. She'll often talk about school. She's a schoolteacher.

She'll be like, get off the quad or something like that. I'm not on the quad. I'll be like going to the bathroom and then she'll be talking. I'm like, oh no, she's asleep. I wasn't even thinking about going to the quad. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Next to New Zealand's most annoying person to sleep next to. You have started snoring.

Yeah. And obviously really bad. So I'm like, maybe we can do that another day. Get some tips on how you can stop snoring or not snore as bad. But right now we want to dob some other people in. Like myself. Are you sleepwalking? Are you sleep talking? Are you snoring?

A lot of people, some people text you sleeping next to people with, have those masks, the sleep apnea masks. Oh, yeah. Which I guess are really handy, but there's one person saying it's like sleeping next to Darth Vader all night, breathing ice cold air in my face. You mentioned sleepwalking.

My son went through a little period of that, so we put a gate on his room so he didn't end up somewhere weird. But we went away one weekend and he got up out of his bed he walked into the ensuite ended up in like this walk-in shower hit the wall woke up and was like where am i we couldn't even find him like where are you it's scary so he hasn't been doing it recently no he's stopped now but still you just don't know when that could happen again yeah so that's what we want to know this morning. Another great text coming through from

Daz. I often fall asleep while scrolling on my phone. Wake up in the next morning to find I've sent a hundred odd different videos to various people on Snapchat of me snoring. Weird! Camille on our Facebook page said that her husband on the odd occasion

that they do sleep in the same bed, he talks in his sleep and she said a few weeks back after a few drinks, he jumped up, got into the Gollum stance and started yelling, and then went to sleep on the couch. Really? She was like, ah, what's happening? Who is this person? But Joe might be sleeping to New Zealand's worst sleeper.

Good morning, Joe. Good morning. Is it you or is it your partner? It's me. Oh, you're dobbing yourself in. I like it. Well, I dob myself in. What are you doing? Somebody told me once that they couldn't sleep and they never told me

that I snored. Was that the first time you found out you snored? Other people have told me. But that's the thing, you don't know you snore until someone tells you. I went camping once, I went camping once, and everyone left me.

My daughter cracked up laughing. This is the thing that worries me as well, because I don't like napping, and I also get extra scared of napping, like if I'm on a plane, I'm like, am I going to be the guy that snores on the plane as well? Because you don't know when you're snoring. I always, when I'm on a plane, I'm like, am I going to be the guy that snores on the plane as well? Because you don't know when you're snoring.

I always, when you're on a plane, become aware of my face and suddenly I've got my mouth open. Everyone sleeps with their mouth open on a plane, don't they? No, it's the upright position. It's not fair. I did hear somebody saying something funny though. Somebody was mentioning about somebody snoring and I said, well, at least you know I'm alive.

That's true. You don't need to go check on that. My dad would always do that. Fall asleep, snoring at the couch. I'd turn off the TV and then he'd wake up,

oh, I was watching that. No you weren't. What happened? About 40 minutes ago you were watching it. Maybe we need to get you some nose tape or something. Yeah.

There's a few people that are doing a proper sleep study to see why they snore. It's probably just tired something. Yeah. There's a few people that are doing a proper sleep study to see why they snore. It's probably just tiredness. Probably. And yeah, as you say, getting older as well. Good times.

Good times. Great times. Jeez, I'm a catch, aren't I? The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. To go on the road for this. The Never Have You Ever Tour on The Hits. A couple of weeks ago, Megan, you caught a bus for the first time, a public bus, and you enjoyed it.

It was cool. Up the top of a double-decker for my first time. Right up the front. And we thought we could make some other people's nevers because you never have you ever taken a public bus. We thought we could go on the Never Have You Ever Tour, and we're doing it next week. Travelling around both islands and making some people's dreams or things, bucket list things come true sometimes. Yeah, I mean, the public bus thing wasn't my dream. No.

But I enjoyed it and now I can tick it off the list. That's right. It's something that you've done. It's all thanks to Gas Petrol Service Station's instant discounts loyalty program to get fuel discounts every week. And a lot of people are sending through big things like the skydive, the bungee jump, and that's cool if you've never done them before. But Moss caught our eye because his are smaller things and it's a trio of things.

Good morning, Moss. Good morning. Good morning. So, you want to tell us what you've never done? Yeah, I don't know if it's in the right order, but eat a pie, chug a 2.5 liter Fanta and then score a goal oh geez okay so like wow so when you this came through you I was like a pie chug a Fanta and score a goal and I was thinking like Fanta maybe like a can or a smaller bottle but

you've gone 2.5 liters I wouldn't digest all that. It would just kind of go down and then I'd have to do the goal, right? Yeah, well, I guess so. So you were talking to like a football goal? Oh yeah, that's the easy one. We're talking a rugby one. I'd have to do a bit of training. So why did you dream up this sort of

trifecta of ridiculousness? Oh, just being a student, you know, you just put anything away. In Dunedin, there was heaps of food challenges. Whatever you think, you know, chili eating contest, pie eating contest. This one adds a little bit of athleticism, I guess. It does, yes. Probably at the wrong moment, though.

Yeah, when you least expect that big athletic. What would be easier, though? Chugging the Fanta first and then eating the pie? Or eating the pie and then chugging the Fanta? Well, I think the Fanta is going to be the worst part. I think starting with the good stuff, with the pie, might be the best call. We're going to see that pie quite quickly, though, aren't we? You're going to eat that and then the Fanta is going to help bring that up.

Okay, so if we can get to wherever you are. You're somewhere by Levin, I understand? Yeah, between Levin and Parley. I like the idea. Megan? I mean. If we can make it happen, could we come see you and try and make this random dream come true?

Yeah, it would be awesome. Okay, well, we'll see how the schedule goes next week, and hopefully we'll catch up with you next week, Moss. Looking forward to it, man. Okay. And that is a good example of like maybe a smaller one. Maybe just eat a pie.

I've never eaten a pie before and you comfortably eat a pie rather than... That's included if that's you and you've never eaten a pie, let us know. But that's a lot. That's a lot.

I know. We're going to see the pie again, aren't we? And the Fanta and where are we going to do the mess this is going to make? Anyway. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. My dog, I love my dog, big fluffy white Samoyed dog. He is cute, but at the same time, he's a little like me. He's a little, you know, loves people, gets a bit too chatty at times, just loves to get involved, you know, in everyone else's business. Someone comes around, he's like, well, everyone's around for him. That's what he was thinking. We were just getting some photos of my daughter and i around at the house and had some people around they were

taking these photos for a little article they're writing on the podcast which is nice i do with my daughter and the dog was like oh great these people must be here for me so every time we go to another location this dog would be like i'm here i'm sitting i'm smiling i'm looking at the camera in the photos yeah look at me and really cute like looking at the camera in the law let's the photos. Yeah, look at me. And really cute, like looking at the camera. And they're like, oh, that's cute. Let's get one with the dog. And then it'll be like, let's get one without the dog. But the dog would not want to go away.

And then we'd move to another location. It'd be like, great, we're doing photos over here now, aren't we? But if you had wanted to do a shoot with the dog, I guarantee it wouldn't have gone as well. Exactly. But every location we went to to get these photos, he was there. He was there just sitting there posing away, and then we'd go somewhere else as well.

That's cute. It is cute, but at the same time, it's like, mate, it's not always about you. But again, he's probably like me, thinking everything is about him. That's nice, though, because when anyone comes to my house, like my dog has humped small children. He like barks at cats. He like climbs up people's legs, And then he vomits like a lot. It's just, he's very antisocial.

You're like, oh my God, I'm sorry for my dog. Well, yeah, mine's the other way. Just a bit too full on. I'd rather have that. To the point though, then when he will lie down and he's not, you know, like being in everyone's faces or his nose in anyone's crotch, which sometimes I'm like, mate, you got to keep your noses out of other people's crotches.

I'll be like, I should put him outside, you know, get him away. And he won't want to do that. And he's now like an actor. He'll now go, I won't even touch him. He'll go, and do a little, and I'm like, I didn't even, and everyone looks over at me like I've done something. I'm like, I didn't touch him. Stop kicking the dog.

I know, I have not touched him. I'm like, oh, you. He's smart. He's smart. He's smart. You've got to give him that. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. A Qantas flight going from Sydney to Tokyo.

And unfortunately, over all the screens in the plane, a sort of adult video, shall we say, started playing. This is like an R-rated movie. It was a Dakota Johnson movie. movie dakota johnson yeah and when i saw the image of that i was like oh god they played 50 shades of gray to the whole plane but it wasn't that movie it was a different one so it was still a movie but there was obviously some scenes that you don't want everyone every single screen to be seeing and they couldn't make it stop so no matter what you can imagine the flight attendants are running around trying

to make it stop and there would have been small children on that plane i would have been a parent trying to find like get a t-shirt get something put it over there so they can't see it is awkward like when you turn the screen off can't you well yeah sure but i don't know if they did in that situation maybe you couldn't maybe something had malfunctioned it's kind of awkward when you're watching something on a plane and then you're like all of a sudden there's a scene you even just like kissing and stuff you're like oh I feel like my mum you know like a real prude like oh you know and you feel like everyone's watching your screen all of a sudden you feel very self-conscious they're probably not when you go to the

toilet my favorite thing to do when you walk back is like look at what everyone's watching yeah yeah I got caught watching Jono and bennett was on briefly on the plane and i was just by myself and i was like oh it was only on there for a little bit on the new zealand now series and i was like i'll just have a look at what episode it is and just as i click the guy walking back the toilet was like oh watching yourself oh yeah and i'd honestly i'd only be watching it for a couple of seconds. Sure, mate. But yeah, but there you go. That's what can happen on the plane.