Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Dirty Towels & Owning Old Things!

Episode Date: September 12, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. UK, speaking of Ed Sheeran, facts came through yesterday which stunned us all. And beautiful commercial radio fodder. Yeah. One in ten Brits, so two million in total, wash their towels once a year. So this is the same towel that day after day, in and out of the bath or shower, once a year. Once a year.

You are clean when you come out of the bath or shower, but still once a year. Yeah. There was also saying four million people twice a year. So they've got a six-monthly cycle, wash cycle. I don't think there'd be anyone listening right now that would be anywhere close to that. No. Well, can we find someone? 0800-THETS.

You haven't washed your towel for a year. Or at least haven't washed your towel this year. Okay. That would be enough for me. That would be enough for me. Yeah, me too. Alright, 0800-THETS, 4487. I just want to know what justifies they're like,

oh no, this is the day it needs a washing. After a year. Yeah, because you're right. You're not like, oh, it's New Year's. Time to, you know, you're probably not doing it on the first of the year. No, you're doing the Christmas shopping, wash the towel. It's towel washing day. Just a solo towel.

Your thing is you're coming out clean anyway. Yeah, but still a year's a long time for it to happen. 0800 the hits. 4487. Have we got someone, Producer Taylor? No. She's saying, no, we can't beat a year just yet, but hopefully we can. You haven't washed your towel for 12 months.

Give us a call, and we'll get you on here and mock and ridicule you. Apparently, 2 million of them washing their bath towel or shower towel once a year. Now, I know there was all the stereotypes around relaxed oral hygiene in the UK. I didn't know it also fell over to the towel. I know. Sarah, you are living with someone who doesn't wash their towel.

I am, yeah. Who is it? My husband. How long has it been since he's washed a towel? Four years. Four years? Four years. Four years? Four years. So the same towel, four years?

He thinks so, yes. Ah, so are you secretly washing it for him? So I do secretly wash his towel twice a week. Oh, so he doesn't, but he... He has no idea. I actually had to replace it once Is it like a badge of honour for him? He's like four years no washing of the towel

He does boast about it Yeah Well let's keep him believing that Because it's a wonderful badge of honour And also fantastic fodder for us At this time of the morning Mel we'll get you on Not towels but it was bedding we understand

Yeah so Previous flatmates morning mel we'll get you on uh not towels but it was beating we understand yes so um previous flatmate he never washed his pajamas all his sheets for the 15 months we lived together um and his reasoning was because he got into it clean so it wasn't dirty three of us who lived with him tried to convince him otherwise but would not change budge at all. But he wasn't gross in any other way, just that. Yeah, right. How was it living with producer Joel? It was great.

Oh, good on you, Mel. Go and have a great day. You too. See you guys. Ben Boyce, you want to get on to the oldest thing that you own. Listening right now on 4487 is the text 0800 that hits the telephone number for New Zealand's breakfast. Yeah, because my wash machine at the moment is, I think we've had it probably about 11, maybe 12 years.

You've had that thing longer than me. Yeah, it's been around a long time. And it's really got to the stage where it's making a lot of noise. It's that loud. The washing machine is. Makes a lot of noise. Matters, yeah. And then it kicks up another level as well, and it just really,

just really gets out there. And it's like, I imagine, a 747 in the laundry just about to take off. Like, we had people around the weekend, they're like, what is going on? It's the washing machine. It's like your life, it's spinning out of control, that washing machine. It sounds like it's trying to flee from the household. I've done 11 years of spinning around in circles. Maybe I want some time for myself, the washing machine's thinking.

So 0800, that's the oldest thing you own. Text 4487. For example, America could phone up right now and say, Joe Biden. Our president. I was looking into it. There was an article actually on how long things should last for. Consumer NZ head Paul Smith was talking about it. And Erica's dishwashers should last about 10 years on average,

fridges and freezers around 11 years, ovens and stoves 15 years, and a washing machine or dryer like I've got around 10 years. So I'm past that point. The 12 months, it's like I'm meant to be in retirement. I'm meant to have the super gold card right now, hanging out with my washing machine family. My washing machine's voting for Winston Peters, it's already told me.

It's calling Talkback Radio, it's watching watching the chase this guy's running me ragged yeah okay so 800 that's the oldest but i reckon you say the lifespan of appliances i reckon that is significantly decreased over time the lifespan because the quality has gone down speaking of a moaning old man on radio you know it doesn't have to be an appliance. It could be just something in your house that you own. What is the oldest thing that you've owned? We'd love to hear from you this morning. We want to know on 0800 The Hits this morning, what's the oldest thing you own? Our washing machine, 11 years old.

Just play you some of the audio. That's sort of phase one of our washing machine. And then it really kicks up another level as it gets to the end of the spin cycle. And now it's really kicked up another level as it gets to the end of the spin cycle. And now it's really kicked up another level. Like, I mean, it sounds loudish on the phone, but when you're in the room, it's so loud, and then you play it back, you're like, oh, that just sounds like I'm yelling.

It didn't really translate. No, but anyway, it's loud. It's like your other theory is too, when you're filming stuff, no one ever knows how cold it is because it never looks cold. No, that's right. But you're like, it's so cold, it's like your other theory is too when you're filming stuff no one ever knows how cold it is because it never looks cold no that's right you're like going it's so cold it's so cold but you jump in the water yeah and people like well it looked kind of sunny you're like but it's the middle of winter like i don't know and then like people right now are going what doesn't sound that inconvenient but i imagine in the environment you're like this is really a i'm trying to bring some audio to the program good on you but it's an audio medium okay no one's going to judge you

for bringing audio. So 0800 the hits, telephone number, the oldest thing you own. We're going to kick things off with Emily in Taranaki. What is it? It is a food processor. It was my in-law's wedding gift about 35 years ago. Damn, still processing the food. 35 years.

It's still going good. It's probably better than any other food processor that I've owned. It's like the blades are sharp. It's got all the attachments. It's just a gun. It goes so well. Yeah, good. But they're not, and I hate saying this because I sound like an old person,

they're not making them like they used to. No. That's an old person thing to say, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. But you're right. 35 years strong for Emily's food processor. That's wonderful. Hey, next we'll go to Janet or Jeanette.

What do you prefer, Janet or Jeanette? Jeanette, thanks. You're like, I prefer the way it's spelt, you idiot. What's the oldest thing you own, Jeanette? We have a deep freeze that is well over 50 years old, and it's still going strong. Gee, that is impressive. You must have some bloody leftovers from the last supper

freezing in that deep freeze. I do have to say we have some old plums that my mum used to do bottling with, so that thing was full of fruit, and it was always full of meat because we were on a dairy farm, so it was always full of meat because we're on a dairy farm. So it was just full of beef all the time. Yeah, I reckon there'd be some old deep freezers out there in the market, wouldn't there?

You wonder if the electronics, like that would be the thing, the plugs and all that's still working off. That's a heck of a long time. It's still working. The only thing we've ever done to that is change the seals on the lid. Shout out to that deep freeze. What's the brand? You know, honestly, I don't know because it's actually worn off. Just miscellaneous. Just battler deep freeze.

That is really good. I do know my mum loved Fisher and Paykel, so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't that. Yeah, well, they're not making them like that nowadays, are they, mate? Hey, good on you. Appreciate it, Janette. I'm just going to say that to every call. You're not making them like that. I was like, I'm pretty on you. Appreciate it, Janine. I'm just going to say that to every call. I was like, I'm pretty sure he said that before, but he's going to keep saying it.

Let's get Izzy on. Oldest thing you own, Izzy? I have a 57-year-old desk in my bedroom. Wow. That's an old desk, mate. Whose desk was it originally? It was my nana and granddad's. They got it on their wedding.

That's a big present for someone to give on a wedding to. Yeah. Oh, thanks for the desk. How are we getting this home? Yeah. It's an old desk that you have the pullover cover. Oh, I know the ones that it's like time to say goodnight to the desk. You're like,

time to go to bed now. I know the ones. It's got the shelving behind there. That's a beautiful, all the things your grandparents would have done on that desk. Writing letters. Yeah. All the stuff. Paying bills for years, Ben Boyce.

That's pretty cool, Izzy. Thank you so much for your call. You have a great day. And Kimbo, welcome. The oldest thing you own. Hi. I've got something very, very old I've got a record player that's 97 years old It's one of the originals

It's like a sonogram, wind it up record player 97, it still plays music? Yeah, do you want to hear? We can put it on We're an audio media, we were just talking about this We'll give it a go. Hang on. Now, I realise it's probably

not going to sound as good to us as it will in the room. I know that feeling. No. Okay, here we go. All right. Take it away. Kim's OG record player from 1915.

Can you hear that? Yeah. Yeah. See if you recognise the song. It's a bloody banger. Lovely bunch of coconuts. Oh, lovely bunch of coconuts. Oh, hey, wow, 97 years and still going strong-ish.

Yeah, and the funniest thing is we picked it up from a garage sale. The lady moving to Australia. Mate, you should need to take that record player out to the clubs and get the party started. That is impressive. Hey, thank you so much, Kim. We'll take more calls on this. Mate, you should need to take that record player out to the clubs and get the party started. That is impressive. Hey, thank you so much, Kim. We'll take more calls on this. Yeah, keep this coming through.

Oh, 800. The oldest thing you own, Eric, we'll get you on from Taranaki. Hi. How are you, mate? Hi, I'm good. How are you? Yeah, good. How old are you, Eric?

I'm 12. That's a very, I love the name and the age. It's a very un-12 year old name But it's a great name Eric Thanks I love it Now what's the other thing you own? We've got an over 160 year old China cabinet

Wow That my grandad bought for my granny On their 60th anniversary or something I think Oh that's cute 160 years How many times have you heard throughout your childhood Stay away from the china cabinet No we just got it actually

Because it was up at the farm My granny and grandad had a farm And then they moved down beside us But they just bought it down from a trip We went up on the weekend Oh that's a good gift Yeah but I've already heard it like five times Stay away from a China cabinet.

Yeah, you can stop running around next to the 160 years old. Take it outside. Alright, well, Eric, you go and have a great day and stay away from that China cabinet. Yeah, you too. Let's get Pauline on.

Oldest thing you've got, Pauline. What is it? It's a 187-year-old giant Bible. A giant Bible? Like a novelty-sized Bible? The Bible's already pretty thick. It's about the same width of about five encyclopedias and has those beautiful brass hinges that hold it closed and gilded edges. Sheesh. Yeah, that is a bloody old school Bible you're running there. Is it a good read?

Well, it's really just a keepsake, so it's been passed down in the family. It's on the bestseller list? Well, yeah, I think it is. It has, actually, yeah. That is really impressive, A Bible from 1836. I reckon Jesus himself would have flipped through that. It's very precious to our family. I bet.

Nobody touches it because it's so fragile. Well, you've got a piece of history there, Pauline. I really appreciate you contributing this morning. Go and have a wonderful Tuesday, mate. Yeah, you guys too. Bye.