Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben Boyce... Boomer?

Episode Date: November 3, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast we talk about Ben's boomer experience, a food critic tries our chips and we almost give away 5k!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, welcome to the podcast. It's the 3rd of November today and coming up on the show we spoke to the one and only Cookie Monster. You'll know him from various cookie eating exploits and we get him to eat a cookie live on air. Yeah, we talk about the fact that Cookie Monster loves cookies, don't get me wrong, but never gets a lot in the mouth. Messy. Messy eater, you know. Yeah, sloppy intake. It feels like more cookie ends up on the floor than it does inside.

I'd agree with that, yeah. So has Cookie Monster, in this new version, because it is an updated version of Cookie Monster that we're talking to for the new series, has he sorted out that little problem? We'll find out today. The big hard-hitting questions, right? That's right. Now, Producer Joel, I'd like to bring you in here. Yeah. Podcast master. Yeah. we'll find out today the big hard-hitting questions right that's right now producer Joel

I'd like to bring you in here yeah podcast master yeah you edit the podcast you upload the podcast you manage it the CEO of podcasting here

there's been a complaint from who a complaint on the Facebook page regarding the podcast now Craig is his name. Do I do first and last name? What would you like to?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think in this instance, I think it's, you know, it's an important question. I don't think anyone. Craig who? Let's just go. Oh, Craig. Craig's fine. Yeah, Craig's fine.

Craig Gray, was it? Yeah. Craig. Yeah, no, it was Craig Gray. Okay, so Craig Gray has had a bit of an issue. He's posted on our Facebook page Why guys Has the podcast

Cut its duration down To 25 to sometimes 19 minutes A shortened podcast I noticed that the podcast has been a lot shorter The last couple of days and I thought it was due To laziness from producer Joel It was lack of good content

No we had A couple of days and i thought it was due to laziness from producer joe it was lack of good content no we had um we had a couple couple meetings you know a couple big meetings with the big bosses a few audio you know workflow meetings and uh we thought maybe it'd be better just so you know just to get the really good juicy bits in there and then just put the interviews out as separate ones and just leave the competitions just for radio but would do people listening prefer all just everything well i don't know i'm i'm not a consumer of this podcast uh not for you you know it's not this show's not for me uh you know i'm into more highbrow stuff you know your conan o'brien podcast joe rogan love a joe rogan podcast not this one though um but yeah do people like i i was talking to you off here do maybe people listen to podcasts thinking it's going to be 45 minutes, for example. And Craig, that's Craig's journey to work or back from work.

So it fits in perfectly with an activity that he's partaking in. Is that how you listen to your podcasts? Yeah, I'd say so, yeah. And then so now you've thrown Craig all out of weight. Let's just say Craig's on the treadmill In the gym 45 Getting some cardio in

And he's like Oh no this is only 18 to 23 minutes Well Craig If you're keen to look For another podcast Nah I think

Yeah well maybe I can just I'll keep them long So that people can choose To either Listen to them Like shorter Or listen to the full thing

Well I don't Okay now here's the thing Now I might be creating More work for you Okay You're going to say Two podcasts Two podcasts One long one For people Long one shorter or listen to the full thing? Okay, now here's the thing. Now I might be creating more work for you. Okay? You're going to say two podcasts. Two podcasts.

One long one for people to... Long one. A short one for people, you know, they're doing a 25 minute exercise. And then the little separate bits. So you can digest the show in three separate ways. Or you make one podcast and you just start with the best bits and then gradually fade out to the worst bits and people just stop when they want. Yeah, yeah. we could do that or or we could just get people to send in uh their feedback on the on the instagram at the hits breakfast or just say or maybe john

and ben on the facebook page whatever whatever way probably the hits breakfast instagram just say i like the podcast long or i like the podcast short snappy do some market research there we go okay that's full transparency here on these podcast intros good to know people listening though shout out to Craig Gray that was probably

for me the most surprising to be honest we were 87 are we still at 87 in the top 100 hey yeah we are because October

doesn't come out for a while so dropped off the Polish charts we were sitting quite high up in the Polish charts disappeared from there dropped off there

yeah so maybe the Polish like the longer podcasts. A lot of waiting around over in Poland. Okay, there you go. Enjoy the show. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Scrolling through your feed. All right, this is the news.

Not as you know it, because no one else would ever do news as bad as we do, Ben. What's happening? Well, it seems like McDonald's in New Zealand have stopped adding hot fudge sauce to the McFlurries, and now Kiwi customers have taken to social media to vent. Of course they have. Yeah, Ryan, who visited a McDonald's in Auckland, he was thinking at first they simply forgot the hot sauce on the McFlurry or the run out.

He asked a staff member and they said, no, no, we don't actually do that anymore. It's part of the new protocol. And now many are saying this is an outrage. Absolute despicableicable someone else yeah well it's fair enough if anything was despicable them holding the hot sauce from the mcflurry now mcdonald's have said uh it's basically to do with uh but keeping things in line with their overall sugar content rules from overseas but to put m&ms on the mcflurry they've got to take the hot sauce off to keep things under the sugar levels that they want to.

But you can ask for it on top. Right, so it's like you just keeping my alcohol levels just right. Like on a day, you're just teetering. Just knocking on that line but never overstepping it. Is that the key? Yes, you can add it to your McFlurry.

I imagine there would be a small charge. I don't know. But it's no longer served automatically. So there you go. You can still get it, but at the same time, it's not a given. At McDonald's,

do they set a bit of a standard? Do they, in terms of sugar intake? Well, according to this. According to this. Who knew? Global, global rules. Global's Ronald's going, mate, here's the line.

No one's getting diabetes from here. An English actor, Dominic West, he plays Prince Charles on The Crown, the Netflix show. He's been in a lot of stuff, that guy. Yeah. He's got a face and you're like, wow. You remember him from multiple projects.

Now, he was actually part of a charity in the UK. He was joining a charity and it was run by Prince Charles, the actual charity. And he was like, oh, hey, I've got this job to be playing Prince Charles in The Crown. Maybe I should resign from the charity. So he wrote a letter to Prince Charles, and they basically replied back and saying, oh, you can do what you want as an actor. It's got nothing to do with us as the charity. So they kind of gave him their blessing to do The Crown as well as stay in the charity.

But he was also saying that he went to a function, and Camilla was there. And she's obviously a fan of The Crown and she kept calling him Your Majesty all night as well, the actor Dominic West. Oh, so they actually watched The Crown? I don't know.

She must do, yeah. I suppose you couldn't help but watch it if it's about you. Yeah, you would be like, I'm not watching that rubbish but then you'd be like, oh, what are they doing?

It's like me when my wife's watching Love Island. I'm not watching that rubbish but then you're like, you are interested. Because, I mean, Camilla wants to know, oh, who did they get to play me? Yeah. Oh, yeah, she's, you know, yeah, she's good looking.

I would want to know if they had a good looking actor playing me if I was in a royal family. It's quite cool that Camilla was referring to him all night as your majesty. What do you reckon is going to happen there, mate? With what? The crowd? Just everything. With everything? It's a big broad question What's going to happen with everything?

Not even with the Royals does he really? Just everything Well look I think the hot sauce will remain off the McFlurry for the time being I think the Royals will just carry on mate That's a good summary of events there of the last two stories Now yesterday carry on, mate. That's a good summary of events there, the last two stories. Now, yesterday, Producer Joel did something to me.

Producer Joel, he's the young, he's the Gen Z-er, we talk about it. He's the guy that we turn to in times of tech crisis between the two of us, don't we, Jono? But to be fair, we shouldn't really turn to Producer Joel in times of tech crisis. Sometimes I'm like, does Producer Joel know what he's talking about?

Well, no, I don't think he does. I think you're right, Jono. He does a good job of saying yes, it's okay, everything's fine. No dramas, no dramas is what he says. What, was there drama yesterday? Well, it was some drama for me. Because, like, just to get you up to speed with the backstory of this,

we're doing a basketball podcast, Joe and myself and Storm as well. We do it for the ACC and we're talking some basketball. And there's a fantasy team that you've got to – You've already lost me. Yeah, I know. So basically I've got to be in charge. It's like when you get that Tamagotchi or something like that. Tamagotchi, I think it's called.

Tamagotchi or Tamagotchi. Back in the day or something like that where you'd have to look after it i think your tamaguchi's are something else yeah you know you're really pushing your limits if you're doing the tamaguchi man yeah i was just trying to think you know where you take something home for school and you have to look after well that's what i have to do this week with our fantasy team it's a basketball team that you have to be in charge of right and i had to like log into this new system that I haven't used before. And so I got producer Joel to help me with that.

He said, hey, mate, can you help me with this? In times of tech crisis. Yeah, tech crisis. I turned to producer Joel, 22 years old, and I'm like, mate, can you help me out here? And he had a look at it as well. And the two of us decided that we both, because we hadn't used this system before, we both didn't know.

Right. So collectively the two generations met. Not a clue. Not a clue. Not a clue. So spanning the generations, no one can log into this account. Yeah.

So I replied to the group message by myself, not without Joel's help. I managed to do that myself, to say, hey, I may need to get a little bit of tech support, a little bit of help with logging into this new system because I haven't used it before. In times of tech crisis. So I sent this out to the group chat that we've got going on.

And then producer Joel replies to the group chat with a picture, a meme with Boomer Alert. Okay, Boomer. Boomer Alert back at me, like calling me a boomer, the same guy that I've come to. In front of all the people. Yeah, in front of everyone. Like, oh, mate, old mate can't do this because he's a boomer.

Public flogging. Yeah. And he couldn't log in himself. Yeah, he couldn't do it. We'll bring you in, Producer Joel. Yeah, I thought it was a great opportunity to get one back over the old guy. Exactly. Oh, boomer alert.

Dan, how could you respond to, oh, boomer alert to me? I left it. Did you just not say anything He told me to F off I did actually Yeah I did You're right I did I was a little fiery

On the group chat So I love it how this is This whole heated conversation Is happening Via group chat But you're both in the same room together But communicating Well publicly

He besmirched my good name In front of all our cool sports mates Yeah you know I'm not really cool enough already To be part of that I'm feeling And you got boomered Well, publicly, he besmirched my good name. In front of all our cool sports mates as well. Yeah, you know, I'm not really cool enough already to be part of that. And you got boomered. I got okay boomered. Boomer boys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Scrolling through your feed. This is where journalism goes to die. Let's do it, Ben. And James Corden, he hosts the Late Late Show. You'll know him from Carpool Karaoke. And he's been in the media a wee bit. I know him from being obnoxious in restaurants. Well, that was the story that was going around.

Remember that last week? Yeah. Little cretin of a man. He was accused of being a cretin of a man by a restaurant owner. He was banned from the restaurant. He sent her a dish back that his wife ordered four times. She had serious egg allergies, couldn't have egg whites or something in the meal,

and each time the meal kept coming back, he had egg whites in. And he made a sarcastic comment as well. And he said, do you want me to go out the back and cook it? And that turned him into a little cretin of a man and had forced him to make a public apology. He did make a public apology. Well, he's had to make another public apology. Now, he said a joke on his Late Late Show, the TV show,

which is pretty much word for word identical in the delivery of a Ricky Gervais joke from a stand-up show that Ricky Gervais did a couple of years ago now we've uh we've edited the two together here's James Corden and Ricky Gervais basically saying the same joke because if someone puts up a poster in a town square that says guitar lessons available POSTER IN A TOWN SQUARE THAT SAYS, GUITAR LESSONS AVAILABLE. THAT'S LIKE GOING INTO A TOWN SQUARE, SEEING A BIG NOTICE BOARD, AND THERE'S A NOTICE, GUITAR LESSONS. LIKE YOU DON'T GET PEOPLE IN THE TOWN GOING, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY THE GUITAR. AND YOU GO, BUT I DON'T

WANT GUITAR LESSONS. THAT SIGN WASN'T FOR YOU. IT WAS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET MAD ABOUT ALL OF IT. FINE. IT'S NOT FOR YOU THEN. It was for somebody else. You don't have to get mad about all of it. Fine. It's not for you then. Just walk away. So there you go. It's pretty much word for word now. I think it might have been one of the writers stitching up

James Corden there. Now you have a theory that, because we spoke to Ante, who's right time and time again, our guy in Hollywood and he had this to say about James' relationship with his writing team. Yeah, I think everybody in Hollywood already knew that James Corden was probably the worst boss of this side of Ellen.

Really? He treats all of his employees... Oh, my gosh. He's a horrible human being. And everybody in Hollywood... So apparently all the writers, they don't like him. And you'll say, here's your theory, is that one of the writers stitched him up and was like,

here's a good little gag for you, mate. Get out there, deliver that. This is how you do the joke. Well, he wouldn't rip off directly if he knew about it. And he's come out in a tweet for the Late Late Show saying that this was a mistake. And it was a great joke because it was a Ricky Gervais joke. And you can check out all of Ricky Gervais' comedy on Netflix.

And I think Ricky Gervais felt a bit sorry for James Corden as well. Yes, yeah. And he said, well, clearly he didn't write it himself, it was a writer and I think he can see where it's coming from. And so all's well that ends well, apart from the three minutes of us just broadcasting that story. And just quickly, Adele has been doing a bit of a question and answer session after one of her

shows in the UK and there was a question that came through through a video message and Adele was pleased that this particular person said her name correctly. Love that. She said my name perfectly. She came and asked me how I say my name and I was like Adele. How was mine?

Adele. Adele. Adele mine? He was like Adele. Did I do it Adele? Adele. Adele. Um, okay, great. All right, from London.

Yeah, so have we been saying it wrong? I mean, it all sounded quite the same to me when she said that there, but apparently

you actually say it with a U-H Adele. Adele. Adele. Not A-A-D-E-L. Not A-A-H, but U-H.

But yeah, I don't know. It all sounds kind of similar, particularly with a terrible New but U-H. But, you know, I don't know. It all sounds kind of similar, particularly with a terrible New Zealand accent like mine. Yeah, we were saying a dealie for the first five years of your career. Yeah, it's definitely not a dealie. We missed the mark on that one.

Oh, no, it's not a dealie. And that is what's making news this morning. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben, with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Thank you! Or play on to win more.

It's a game of word association, we play it every morning at this time on The Hits. Match all five words, you get $5,000. Now, Mel Duntroon, welcome. You come on to the radio, how are ya? I'm great, thank you. She's running a busy operation, Mel. She's the Duntroon school bus driver. She's the Duntroon early childhood teacher.

She's a mother of four. Yeah, well, you know, I'm stuck with the punishment. Yeah, good on you. The bus, when's that leaving? Are you driving that at the moment with all the kids in the back? No, no, no. I'm just getting ready to get organised to go now. So I take my twin boys with me and I've just popped them in the bus.

So now I'm just standing here waiting to do this with you guys. Now what's it now? You're talking a big bus. Is it one of the smaller mini buses? No, it's just a wee 17 seater. So yeah, I'm not the hardcore school bus driver. Yeah, but still 17 seater.

A lot of responsibility. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Well, Mel, never in my wildest dreams did I think we would give you the chance to win $5,000. I've had some wild dreams, Ben, and not one of them involved us winning Mel $5,000. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth this morning, Mel? Jono, please. Okay, I'll head in.

Back the bus up. He's gone into hair go. Here is your first word this morning Mel What pops into your head when I say Flush Toilet Personalised Plate

Exactly what I'm thinking We're matching 100% so far Dictionary is word number three Oh that's tricky, that's tricky. Yeah, that's tricky, actually. I don't know. Words? Yeah, words. No, that's a good option. Words with an S, right?

Peel. P-E-E-L. P-E-E-L. Double E-L. Yeah. Peel. Potato peel? I don't know. Potato peel? I don't know. Potato peel? Potato peel. Sometimes going with the first thing that pops in your head is often the best.

And British is the final one. British. Ooh. Um. Ooh. Ooh. Surprising. It's really tricky.

Yeah. British. British. Oh. Queen? Queen? No, that's a good one. Yeah. British. British. Queen? Queen? No, that's a good one. I'll get Jono out of the sound booth booth and we'll see how we go, Mel,

to see if we can match all five words. Or even just stop along the way and try and win you some money. Jono's back. Great. Yay. I feel good. I feel like I'm in sync with Mel from Duntroon.

Oh, good. I hope so. I feel like if we were one of those annoying couples, we'd finish each other's sentences. Oh, perfect. I hope so. I feel like if we were one of those annoying couples we'd finish each other's sentences. Oh, perfect. That's how in sync we are. Let's try and finish each other's...

Well, no, there was something there and I couldn't even finish it. Here we go. Let's go to the first word. Word one, $25. Okay,

the first word we said to Mel was flush. Royal flush. What? Why did you come out so confident? Oh, no. Mel. Oh, not even one.

Mel, what did you say? What did you say? Toilets. Why would you say toilets? Toilets was the one that I matched. I matched with her. Why would you royal flush? No one has a crippling gambling addiction like you, Jono, bro.

Oh, that was a shocker. From me, it's all on me, Mel. Roll through and see how you would have gone. Personalised? Plate. Well done. Dictionary? Dictionary.

Yeah. Words? Oh, yes. Peel. P-E-E-L? Peel. Potato? Oh, no.

Don't do this to me. British. British. What would I say for British? Like the queen? No. No. Did I?

Oh, Mel. Oh, no. Mel, we reversed that. It was only on... Oh, Mel. I can't believe that. That's unbelievable. I thought it was going to be my day. Oh, Mel, it almost was your'd... Oh, Mel. I can't believe that. That's unbelievable. I thought it was

going to be my day. Oh, Mel, it almost was your day. Oh, mate. She's going to be a silent bus ride to school. Yeah. Oh, we'll be, yeah.

So sorry, Mel. Hey, I'll tell you what, we'll send you out some hell pizza, okay, for being such a great person. Oh, God, thank you very much. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. See, Pink's got some chips out into the game. I did see that. Spicy really spicy chips but I don't know if it's a joke

or not Pink you know because I feel like at the moment no one else would want to get into the chip game because we're there. So it's clearly

going to be a joke. I mean you've got Lee Hart, you've got us, you've got Pink it's becoming crowded. It's a celebrity chip market Ben. Stay in your lane

Pink. You can win $10,000, though, with our new chip. Send us in your chip pick, all the details at the back of the kit. Actually, speaking of snacks, so I took my daughter, Indy, to the movies a couple of days ago. I really love going to the movies. And I've had a checkered history with the snacks, bringing snacks into the movies,

before my wife will not let me take my own popcorn into the movies. Such a buzzkill. She's like, why can't you take your own popcorn into the movies such a buzzkill she's like why can't you take your own like you want to take in your own sandwiches you packed lunch yeah chicken parmigiano last night's lasagna you'll take anything in there and i think it no i think it is frowned upon bringing your own i don't think you're allowed to bring outside food can you reheat your fish pie like you do here in the work office i don't think you're allowed to do that now i don't now i don't i don't bring any popcorn or outside food into the movie theater. But I can't believe you had to be told that.

I was just like, I'll bring some popcorn from home. Well, the thing is, and I love going to the movies, but the thing is you go in there and you look up. They don't put a single price up there on the wall. You don't know what anything costs until you have to pay for it. Not a single one there were pictures of large popcorn small popcorns ice cream chalk top whatever it is no prices nothing at all filling any of that space up now for a a well-renowned tight ass if you like to know

what you're engaging what is this gonna cost me yeah what is this gonna cost me and did you get a fright yeah well sometimes you do get a little bit of fright now and again they'll go oh special with this combo pack or something you know yeah yeah but then down again and then that the sizing's all like it suddenly goes from small to medium to ginormous size you get the large you're like what i'll be sharing this with the whole movie theater this massive but you know okay and then i bought popcorn went along to my daughter andy and she is one of these people that you're not allowed to eat a snack until the movie starts.

I'm like, what? Why? I used to eat the whole thing of tangy fruits before all those little pre-ads. Exactly. I'm like, let's just start getting into it. The popcorn smells good. It's hot. It's fresh.

Let's get into it. She's like, nah, not until the movie starts. She likes to play by the rules. If it was a good cop, bad cop movie, she'd be the one playing by the rules you'd be the bad guy i my issue with movie going food is why does it always have to be like the noisiest cuisine ever the crunchiest popcorn the crinkliest of packets and that's my theory is the movie company, Barry Hoyts or whatever his name is, he doesn't want you to hear the movie. So then you have to come back to see it again for a second time.

Oh, is that what they were saying while old mate was having a bag of chips next to me? That's your conspiracy theory? That's my conspiracy theory. I'll be protesting outside Parliament for three weeks. We'll be defecating on the lawn. And the one last thing to do with movie snacks which we have talked about before

people are just so reckless with leaving them in the theatre have you noticed that it's just like it's a dumping ground and I'm done and I walk out

what other place do you do that the rubbish dump yeah exactly it's like people are just like I feel sorry for people who work

have you worked in a movie theatre producer Joel no I was going to say sports stadiums and like concerts oh yeah there's a shocker now I feel sorry for people who work there. Have you worked in a movie theatre, Producer Joel? No, I was going to say sports stadiums and concerts. Oh, yeah, there's a shocker. Now I feel really like, man, I take my stuff out there and I'm putting it in the bin.

Well, that's only after James Corden got hauled over the coast. Now he's extra careful about it. He's out there doing the dishes at the restaurants now as well just so he doesn't get called a little cretin. Here's a radio game that we started a few weeks ago and it's the radio games that's got the other

radio shows guessing how do they do it. It's Jono Pryor's guessing game and I'll tell you how I do it. What I do is

I go onto the internet and I steal some interesting lists. Oh, they are a lot of fun though actually to work out what the lists are made up of.

So the pressure is Ben has 60 seconds to compile the lists. I don't know why you put the pressure is, Ben has 60 seconds to compile the lists. I don't know why you put the pressure on me. I just like to see you under pressure. Yeah. I like just watching you stress about guessing something.

Like when you forget your password to log into the computer. Yeah, it's a stress. And everyone's probably, oh, we're going to call tech, we're going to call the CEO, get them onto it. You know, it's never an easy day

for you logging into that computer. But today, the most popular social media sites. Really interesting. And I'd like you to compile the top five from number one through to five.

So the most popular social media site. I'll give you a couple of clues so you can gauge what might be sitting inside the top five. Twitter. Twitter is sitting at number 13. Oh, Twitter's not even in the top 10. No, no.

436 million people engaging with Twitter. So you bought a dog, Musk. You bought a dog. LinkedIn, 250 million at number 18. Right. So LinkedIn's not inside even the top 10. Snapchat, that's not in the top 10 either. Okay, so we're trying to get the top five here in order.

All right, here we go. Okay, and the clock starts now. Go, Ben. Well, it's Facebook's the first one that pops into my head. 2.9 billion people, 2 billion people using it every month. Facebook, well done. What's number two? Instagram?

TikTok? No, no. Facebook, well done. What's number two? Instagram? TikTok? No. No. Oh, sorry. No. No, sorry. Instagram's in there, but it's not number two. Okay.

Okay. So Instagram and TikTok are in the top five? No. Okay. TikTok's at number six with 1 billion people engaging with TikTok. Social media. WhatsApp. Oh, WhatsApp.

WhatsApp's not even in the top 10, baby. Yeah. MySpace, is that making a late comeback? No. Bebo? No, sorry, I've messed it up. So stop the clock. Hang on.

You don't see Bradley Rolfe doing this on The Chase. I get stressed when everyone's... Oh, no, you're getting stressed. It's your list, mate. You're the only one that's in control of this. But I get stressed when everyone's firing answers at me. Like, Joel said WhatsApp, and I said, no, it's not in the top five. Yes, it is.

Sorry, Joel. You only got five things written down. How do you know? WhatsApp is at number three, the most popular. Okay, number two. Yeah, just tell us now. I've ruined it. It's all my fault.

Number two is YouTube. Oh, yes. 2.2, Bill. Sorry, I've forgotten about that one. Did you say Instagram? Yeah. That's at number four? Yeah, yes. 2.2, Bill. Sorry, I've forgotten about that one. Did you say Instagram? Yeah. That's at number four? Yeah, we did say Instagram.

Yeah, that's 2 billion people who are engaging with Instagram. 1.9 billion is just people taking photos of their food and their feet. And number five, WeChat. Oh, WeChat. Now, WeChat in China,

isn't it? Because they don't have Facebook in China. Yeah. They've got their communist state-approved social media. You went through China. Yeah, I went through the airport. And yeah, and couldn't even log on to it.

Like couldn't even get Facebook or Instagram up on my phone. What did you do? I had to talk to people. Talk to my mate Andy who was with me. Oh, you had to engage in conversation. You couldn't even load it up, let alone being able to log on. Talk to my mate Andy Who was with me Oh yeah You had to engage In conversation Yeah but it's interesting You couldn't even load it Load it up

So let alone You know Being able to log on So yeah Yeah number six TikTok And then they've got Another Chinese

Social media platform As well Called Sina Weibo Telegram I've never heard of Telegram Telegram's at number ten It's apparently A free messaging

Sort Free texting Telegram I've heard of the Old school telegrams Now you're guessing to your Snapchats Your Twitters, your Linkedins So there you go, the most popular social media sites Can we ban you from using sound effects?

Mate, it's not 1986 When Blackie was doing that Back in the 70s It's 2022. Very taste of wind out of your sails, don't you? It's the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, the cause of a massive blaze on Canterbury's Pegasus Beach, just north of Christchurch, it's unknown. 130 people evacuated last night.

No property so far damaged, which is good, but the fire has spread about 5K, and they're keeping an eye on the winds today. Well, thank you. That's an unsettling thing to have Wake up to us And it'll be pulled out of your house Not knowing if you're going to come back to it or not

So our thoughts with those wonderful people Now Ben Yesterday I was going around the shopping mall It's Poppy, my daughter's birthday today Oh happy birthday Double digits mate Double digits

Ten years old Yeah Another two years She'll be ram raiding They're growing up quick They're growing up quick growing up quick no so happy birthday darling but uh she she's into her dance likes dancing a lot so what she wanted for her birthday was a leotard oh yeah um now have you ever tried to shop for a leotard i

don't know if it's an item you've tried shopping for previously i don't know if i have actually no wandering around looking for a leotard and it almost looks like it sounds like a dangerous word to say doesn't it leotard the more you say it but you can't it's like when you want to specifically find something in a shop you can't find it anywhere you start to get frustrated you're like why are there so many items in shops yeah especially if you just want to get in and get out. If it's not your comfortable, happy space. No, it's not. And I was in Farmers in the lingerie section. And, you know, whenever...

Yeah, I know. I could almost, as I was wandering around, I could feel the CCTV camera just kind of following me. Yeah, I can imagine. And so I picked up a negligee of some description. I pulled it off the rack. I'm like, that looks like a leotard great up to the counter send a photo to jennifer i was like job done jen my wife she takes back she's like that's a woman's one it's got shapes you know shapes right cups for in the chest area she's like she's 10 years old so i have to go back to

farm's like hey this leotard I just bought oh so you bought it yeah I bought it so then I need to go back get a refund for that and I'm like where else do you get one

where do you think you'd get one I don't know you don't know no I think if it's for dancing or something maybe there's a specific

shop out there that I don't know but it's oh thanks where were you where were you when I was going leotard shopping turns out there was but that's another story yeah my wife

found easily and she went and got anyway that would be the place I was I'm traipsing around Lorna Jane yeah Lorna didn't have anything yeah bras and things I wandered into bras and things now you're like this seems like you've really tried to cover it why don't you google it like rather than go around looking like some sort of pest to go. I know, and it's a quiet weekday as well. Who's this guy lurking around browsing things? Yeah. I'm just here shopping for a.

Browsing things. I don't even know what the things were in that shop because I was too anxious. But, you know, you kind of walk straight to the counter. They're like, how can I help you? You know, it's kind of confused as to why I'm wandering in there. But no, I couldn't find a leotard for love nor gold, mate.

Is that a saying? No, probably, I don't know, maybe it is now. Maybe you've made one up. But that's all I wanted to get off my chest.

Well, okay. And if you actually want something on your chest, there's a good one at Farmers. Moulded perfectly. Okay. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. You look very confused, Jono. Very confused. Like, pull back the curtain. Headphones are a commodity in a radio studio. Where's yours? You got given a pair? I did get given a pair, and I have been putting them in my bag

and taking them home and coming back, but I made a fatal mistake, I think, of leaving them in the studio yesterday. Oh, no, did you? I left them in overnight, and they honestly just disappear, don't they? They're like pens. Where do all the pens go? No, you're right actually. It's one of those things you don't ever want to buy is a pen

but when you need one they're not around. I feel naked at the moment, Ben. By the way, I didn't wear pants to work as well. That's also, you forgot that as well. I left those in the studio yesterday after the show as well. That's part of why I'm feeling naked. Funny interaction yesterday. So there's the traffic lights just outside work that we, you know,

we wait at politely to walk to our cars. And I got trapped with someone that we kind of know. Just through work, Ben, we kind of know. And you're waiting for the little green man to go green at the traffic lights. So you sit there and you can't go anywhere. You can't escape. So you're just walking along. You're just chatting to this person, right?

No, I kind of bumped into them at the traffic lights. And now this is a person who might have let us go from a previous form of employment as well. Oh, okay. So, you know, they were probably like, oh, I don't want to be trapped next to this guy. And I'm like, well, what have we got to say? You know, there's not much that we want to say to each other. So we exchanged pleasantries. There's two people who kind of know each other would.

I covered the weather, how fast the year's gone. It's a good topic of conversation at the moment. That's getting a lot of chit-chat, a lot of street talk as well. Covered that off. All the top level topics, spectacular light dusting. And then we just sat there, stood there, because the light was not changing. And it felt like 20 minutes

waiting for this light phasing to change. And you've just got all you can think about is, how do I get myself out of the situation? My only option was to run out into oncoming traffic. It was the only escape. It's like when you pull up to someone at an intersection in your car, that you know, and you wind down your window oh hey how's it going good to see you and then you both drive forward then you stop at another red light exactly next to each other

but you've kind of done you're right you've done the pleasantries you've done enough i mean in those situations i don't know why you feel like you need to like why it feels awkward because it's you know you had a chat and then you can kind of just go you can are you all right just sitting and standing in silence well i'm trying to get better are you trying to keep going yeah no i'm trying to get better at it like on a plane like i'm i'm getting you know like sometimes i will engage other times i'll be like oh hey how's it going oh well enjoy your flight and then you just sit there and you do your own thing you know like and i feel comfortable in that where sometimes i'd feel like she's gonna keep talking to this person and they're like

and then i'm thinking well why they probably don't want me punishing them. Yeah. That was my big bug beat. We just flew around the country to do the Heartland Chips Tour. Just talking to people on the plane. Non-stop. I like it.

But then sometimes you get the gauge that some people don't really want to engage for an hour. Yeah. All of the regional flights, they love a chat. I noticed that on the regional, when you go on a, say, Hawke's Bay Parmy, when you go on a say Hawke's Bay Parmy, they love a chat on a Hawke's Bay Parmy

flight. But your big bang is you're Auckland to Wellington, you're Auckland to Christchurch, everyone's their business. They don't want to talk. It's the tiny planes, they love a chat. Yeah, they do. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits boarding call with Visit Anaheim, House of Travel and Fiji Airways.

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She fell down the beauty tree and hit every beautiful stick on the way down. How are you, Cherie? Well, that's quite a compliment. Thank you. That's what we are. It's a compliment, but one of those ones you think about, you're like, I'm hitting my head on bronze. But anyway.

He's a charmer. He's a charmer. Cherie. Isn't he? You've got a trip for four potentially to Disneyland. Who are you taking? Oh, my goodness. I've got two wee boys.

It would just be amazing. It would be their first trip overseas as well. So it would be them and my husband. Well, got two wee boys. It would just be amazing. It would be their first trip overseas as well. So it would be them and my husband. Well, it's a trip of a lifetime. And, in fact, you'll take no more trips this lifetime. You'd have to wait to your next one. Ben, the question.

The question is, who is Aladdin's girlfriend? That would be Jasmine. Yeah. Jasmine it is. Now you need to promise if you win this trip you'll pick us up some Mickey Mouse ears or a pair of goofy slippers okay Cherie absolutely yeah good on you mate

did you know at Disneyland up until a few years ago you weren't allowed a moustache Ben oh really not allowed a moustache oh

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