Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Ben Sent A Message About ADULT TOYS To The Wrong Group Chat...

Episode Date: August 15, 2021

Every person's worst nightmare. Sending the right message but to the wrong person. Unfortunately, Ben bore the brunt of this over the weekend, BIG TIME. Another unfortunate moment happened to Ben this morning (wow he's really feeling the true effects of a Monday, isn't he), when he realised live on air that he had stepped in dog poop. Finally, we got Sienna back in the studio to pull a bit of a prank on a baby factory. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Autist, yeah. I like Autist. Yeah, there's too much emphasis being put on there, G. Yeah, you're rightth of Autist. Autist? Autist, yeah. I like Autist. Yeah, there's too much emphasis being put on that, G. Yeah, you're right. For many years. Autist. 16th of Autist, and a really shocking start to the week for you, Ben Boyce, today. Oh, yes.

Monday morning, picture this, it's six o'clock, he's blurry-eyed, he's wandered in, and you pick it up from here. Well, yeah, I've just been chatting away on the radio in the morning, and every now and again you'd be like, oh, I can smell something a bit funky, a bit bad, and I'm like, oh, it does smell a little bit. Just catching your nostrils there. Not all the time, just now and again I was like,

oh, it smells like dog poop, and I was like, should I check my shoes? And that's the moment you're like, please don't be on my shoes. Yeah, you never want it to be on your shoes, but you know deep down it's on your shoes. And it was. It definitely was. And then you held it up and you're like, please don't be on my shoes. Yeah. You never want it to be on your shoes, but you know deep down it's on your shoes. And it was. You can't. It definitely was.

And then you held it up and you're like, oh. Yeah. Now, the thing that's been playing on your mind ever since is you're almost certain it's not your dog bone. So then you're. No, because the area that he will do it around our property, I didn't go through that area. I just walked straight down the driveway out. But I did go through the berm to get to my car. Yeah, right. around our property. I didn't go through that area. I just walked straight down the driveway out. But I did go through the berm to get to my car.

Yeah, right. So two options. One, hopefully this is the option of a dog. Another dog has done its business there and I've walked it. But no one's picked it up, which is frustrating, isn't it? Yeah, but pick it up, boys. I picked it up and probably put it in my car as well. So that's the option.

So that's great if it's a dog. It's not great because it's a dog, and it's not great for your car. But the other option is I drove to work. I parked up at the parking building. The casino. Fine. And then I walked across from there,

and somewhere along the way I've stepped in something. Which you were worried was a human. He's put it in a human factory. I don't know. I'm like, do they have, you know, dogs in the central city? Not for the most part. Not so much, eh? No.

I was like, maybe someone's had a big weekend, you know, like big, oh, it's just come off a weekend. Maybe someone has been caught short somewhere and, you know, like a drunken youth or something. I don't know. I don't know. Which would really add another layer of inconvenience to you. I mean, the plus side, it wouldn't be in your car.

Yeah, yes. You know, let's think of the positives. Yeah, you're right. The downside is you've stepped in human. Yeah. Yeah. Now, I've Googled what happens if you accidentally step in it. Okay.

You might be left with good luck. Did you know? Oh, don't give us that. That's like when the seagull poops on you You're like, oh, good luck You're like, why is this good luck? Some very embarrassed patrons started that, didn't they? Oh, everyone was laughing at them when they got Yeah

Yeah, and then, oh, it's good luck Tried to get that word out there It hasn't quite got out there, though No, it's not good luck In France, if you were in France, Ben You would have just got seven days worth of good luck No, I don't know Yeah, that's what it says I'm not. No. Yeah, that's what it says.

I'm not buying that, though. But that's what it says. But apart from that, it's, you know, relax is the first thing you should do when you step in it. Double check it's you. You have done both of those things. You weren't relaxed, though. No, I wasn't.

I left you and Juliet for a whole day to get it clean. He's like, I need to go and sort this out now. I took my shoes off, but then it was like, that wasn't, you know, and I can't put them outside because we're in the office. I'm going to have to get this sorted. So I was there. And the abandonship. Comes out.

I was cleaning it in like the kitchen sort of like, not a kitchen, like they have a sort of like a cleaning station, like a laundry sort of area. And I was like, I was just sort of doing it there. And then the bee hubs was like, they're talking, they're doing that. And I'm like, yeah, okay, whatever, they can carry on. I've got more important things to do. I'm not going to rush back. This needs to be done.

I know there's a radio show to do, but hey, Juliet and Jono, they've both got mouths. They can do some talking for a bit. They did, yeah. Want to sort this out? Yeah. Yeah, but... More crap was coming out of the studio speakers with you guys talking than I was dealing with. But anyway.

Oh, but yeah, no. Not a good start to a movie. No. But you spruced up after that, didn't you? Oh, yeah. I picked up a little bit. It took me a while. I was rattled.

I was rattled. He's still wondering, is it human? Yeah. I know. Okay. Hey, on the show today, I had a really fun program. Got Ben's daughter Sienna in. She called the baby factory to see if she could return her baby brother. Hilarity ensues, didn't it?

She was lovely, that woman. Yeah, she was. She was, yeah. I was, like, you'll hear it on the thing. Just so thankful that we called her. Pranked her. She was like, thank God, made my day. Which is like, you know.

It really did sum up pranking in 2021. You know, it's really soft. Yeah. Low ball stuff. Everyone has a laugh. Not much jeopardy to it. No tears. No.

Just kind of just like a lovely, well-rounded. Just good, wholesome fun. That's right. That's where we're at. Yeah, well, that is. No one's too scared to do anything else in this current day and age. It is. Yeah, it is The Hits.

You got Jono and Ben? Morning. This show contains traces got Jono and Ben? Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. You were just saying be positive about a Monday, weren't you? You were. I was like, let's approach Monday with the gusto of Friday. And then I was just as that pink song was ending.

You were like, tonight. Yeah, I was enjoying it. I was like, yeah, let's be positive about Monday. And then I had this little whiff, this little smell that you're like, hmm. It smells like, you know when sometimes you smell something and you're like, tonight. Yeah, I was enjoying it. I was like, yeah, it's been positive about my day. And then I had this little whiff, this little smell that you're like, hmm. It smells like, you know when sometimes you smell something and you're like, well, that could be dog poo. And it's got a real sting to the nostrils, the old dog excrement, doesn't it? And then you look at it, you're like, okay, I'm going to check my shoes. Please don't be my shoes.

It's my shoes. Bottom of my shoe. And you always wish it's anyone else apart from you don't you so yeah and then so you've taken your shoes off and now you're uh replaying where you've been trampling through this morning the office oh yeah true and now you're gonna have to walk around in socks oh yeah i don't know i don't know what to do i don't know what to do it's really throwing my whole day out it really really is. Monday, Ben? Remember it was a B positive Monday?

Yes, no, I'm positive. This is a start your day, go back to bed, start your day again situation. Remember that Monday you had double showers too? Remember you had a shower and then you had to go and have another shower? I stood inside, I think a cat vomited. Yeah, this is one of those days. This is why I don't have animals. This is like, yeah't have animals This is like yeah just Yeah I don't know if it's my Because I didn't go anywhere near where the dog

Our dog would I didn't go anywhere where our dog would have If you could think Of a worse way to start a Monday It's 6.30 in the morning. Just stepping. Oh, buddy. Scrolling through your feet.

Dust yourself off. All right. Here's some news stories. So, yeah, big news came through over the weekend. Really sad news for the New Zealand film. Do you smell that, Drew? Yes, gross. Something's in there. I don't know what it is.

Someone must have stolen something. Sad news for the New Zealand film and television industry confirmed that further seasons of Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series are going to be made in the UK. Now, they filmed the first series here in New Zealand. They've just wrapped on production. And now they've decided to

take all the rest of the series, it was meant to do multiple series but back to the UK over there, which is quite a big loss for the film industry in New Zealand. Now did they leave first before they told us this news or did they awkwardly tell us and then have to I reckon they scarpered first and then said oh by the way we're not going to make any more there.

We're not coming back, yeah thousands of people obviously employed on the series and even the government and the New Zealand government give like a 20% sort of tax rebate for productions to encourage productions to happen in New Zealand. They offered this one an extra 5% on top. Which over the course of a production would be millions. Well, that's right. It's $132 million rebate for 20%.

Now, I know we're not the show for mass. We're not known as the show for mass. But the extra 5% is about $33 million. I did that while the song was playing. Jeez, that's a lot of cash. But they're not going to go for that 5% rebate now. What are the UK doing? What are they doing?

What are they doing for them? Oh, well, yeah, I don't know what they're doing, if they're giving a rebate. But I guess it's closer to probably where they make the, you know, the offices are made over there. So, yeah, I don't know. I don't know what they're giving them for a rebate. We'll do fun stuff. You name it, we'll do it't know. I don't know what they're giving them for a rebate. We'll do fun stuff.

You name it, we'll do it for you. I'll do anything to keep their production here. Now, that's really disheartening, too, because I know that the whole industry was probably planning a good 10-year stint. Yeah, around that. So, yeah, it is really good. Are there other productions planned to start in New Zealand? I don't know.

I'm not sure. I'm still reeling with dog food, guys. He's so New Zealand? I don't know. I'm not sure. I'm still reeling with dog food, guys. He's so rattled. I don't know. He's talking, but he's not engaging in conversation. He's looking at his shoes. He's not looking at me. I'm not going to clean that.

All I'm thinking is, where at work am I going to... I can't go to the work kitchen. Kitchen. I can't go to the work kitchen. Kitchen sink. Go to the bathroom sink. Even that, too. Even cleaning it in the bathroom.

It's a laundry. It's a laundry situation. Did you park it there so you're going to have to walk with your socks? Yeah, I like it. It's not like you're bringing an extra pair of shoes. I know we're meant to be talking about time of good use, but I'm not going to. You're so rattled. And to be fair I would be too

It sucks You can wrap it up I'm going to go Sort the shoes out Alright Here we go Cover me in sunshine Such a cute song

That one It's cover me in sunshine It is the hits Jono and Ben 819 And now on this Not pulling back the curtain Too much

For the radio show But we have a WhatsApp group Don't we guys And we send You know Oh how dare radio show, but we have a WhatsApp group, don't we, guys? And we send, you know. Oh, how dare you. How dare you reveal about our WhatsApp group. We have a lot of work.

There's some industry secrets that I'd like to keep the magic alive. All right, well, sorry. What we do for our radio show, we have a WhatsApp group. And if anyone sees something that maybe is interesting for the radio program, you can send it through. There's a little link on the WhatsApp group. That's what we do. I've really struggled with the formatics of WhatsApp.

I'm always sort of three days behind conversation when I come in. You are. Sometimes I say things and no one responds. It's like the real-life equivalent is if I've walked into a room, you're all having a conversation, and then I bring up something that you were talking about three hours ago, and everyone just looks at me and then continues on with their conversation that they have but I had a bit of a luck I feel like I've reached a peak boomer with this story because I had a bit of a faux pas with

whatsapp groups so we've got a whatsapp group I've got a couple going on at the moment whatsapp groups and one and a couple for my my two two separate ones for my each my daughters have a netball a netball whatsapp group which is just the parents basically saying what time practices, what time games are, you know, people need to bring money for a ref, that sort of thing. So I'm on two of these WhatsApp groups as well as the radio one. So over the weekend, I saw a bit of a link, and it was like a Woman's Day article about these two Kiwi mums

that had started, had a bit of a lockdown chat, and then started an adult toy, adult toy business during lockdown, a thriving adult toy business. I opened up that article. Yeah, like I said, that one eventually to the right WhatsApp group. You're like, this would be funny for the radio. That's what I said. But yeah, but in the first message I sent, I put on the WhatsApp group,

I said, we should talk to these ladies about their adult toys. And I said that. Do you know all of this? The nipple group. Thinking I was sending it to the radio group. But I sent it to the nipple mums and their nephew dads. We should talk to these ladies about their adult toys. And what?

Integrate them into training? What do you want? Is it like a player of the day trophy? Well done. Well done, little Katie. But what a random thing. You know, because you guys know that I was intending to say that. It's all content, isn't it?

Great for the audience. You know, there's a couple of Kiwi mums. They've got this thriving adult toy business. I thought it's all content isn't it? Great for the audience, you know, there's a couple of Kiwi mums They've got this thriving adult toy business It's kind of an interesting conversation They're pivoted, but not for a netball mum Who's the weird guy going Hey guys, we should talk to these Talk to these guys Well I guess so

Someone replied back going, like her? Or something like that You were confused Someone replied back, her? And then I was you were confused no they just went to her like someone replied back her and then i was like why did i get a hurt and then i looked back i was like oh god that deserves a hurt thank god i've said it to the wrong at one i quickly deleted it but it would be a while i didn't notice straight away because obviously so what and then i said it to you guys afterwards and changed it a bit but geez I didn't notice straight away because obviously it's like, what the hell?

And then I sent it to you guys afterwards and changed it a bit, but jeez. It's a shocker, guys. So just watch. Send the right. That's very good. And next on the show, OMG, I want one. You've got two choices today, and hopefully you'll like me.

Unlike me, you'll make the right one. It is the hits it is rude it is the hits you got john on bn8 34 now you guys have been still uh talking about this uh while that song was playing about how i accidentally sent a message to the wrong whatsapp group i intended i was telling you about it before i tended to send it to our radio whatsapp group about these two kiwi mums that had pivoted during lockdown and turned, basically started an adult toy business and I thought that'd be an interesting chat for the

hits audience, you know, like on the radio. A thriving adult toy business. So then he had sent this to, he said your message was we should talk to these two and he attached the article and sent it to his daughter's netball group. All the parents.

All the parents, yeah. No kids on it, but still all the parents that I kind of vaguely know. No kids on it. Vaguely know. All getting a message from me going, why does he want us to talk to the... And alarm bells started ringing when he got a reply back. Huh? Huh?

H-U-H question mark. And then Ben Boyce quickly left the chat. Just a panic departure. Ben Boyce's left group. I don't know what time netball is this week. To be honest, I don't know if I'll be showing up. It is one of those situations where sometimes, you know, given technology, you do fire off the wrong message.

I remember I did it to poor boss Todd. Remember poor boss Todd? That's right. Yeah. He sent a lovely message back. I went to Taupo last year and we were hitting golf balls. And anyway, I went away for the weekend. He sent a nice message saying, thanks everyone's hard work.

It was a big weekend. It was great. Yeah. And then what had transpired over the weekend was, you know, an on the road in joke. And the in joke was we went to dinner and next door there was an establishment called sin city uh i don't know what sort of shenanigans they get up to inside sin city but uh it became a running joke uh throughout the weekend we're like oh we'll go to sin city for the buffet lunch or you know sin city for dessert or you know just became a punch

line yeah and so todd had sent out this backpacking email, and then I had replied to all, and I would like to also thank, on behalf of Todd, for all of the wonderful services provided at Sin City. Yeah, I hope you didn't cause too much damage on your credit card, that sort of thing. Left at that. And then you then informed me that, you know, the likes of Bogsy,

the company CEO was there, Wendy All the big players. I didn't realise that Todd had CC'd them in on the email. You were replying to everyone. And I replied to all and I didn't send an apology email, I just left it. John O'Brien's left group.

And Todd had to deal with the mess that fall out from that. It was messier than a night at Sin City I tell you what, that email trail So what we want to chuck open, 0800 the hits When you've sent the wrong message Yeah, so we say right message, wrong group Yeah, right message, wrong group

You've sent the message, you've intended the message But it was sent to totally the wrong person Or the wrong group Love to hear from you this morning, 0800 the hits, 4487 We might try and find surprises for a Monday and make us feel a lot better. You've got a theory about Paul Henry and me. Paul Henry message me. Oh, yes.

Yeah. We'll tell you about this message next. It is a hit. It's Panic! At the Disco. High hopes. It is the hits You've got Jono and Ben

We're talking about the right message Just to the wrong personal people Just to make us feel better about what we've done Yeah And yeah, there's some great texts and calls coming through This is after a... Well, let's just say it involved... An incident

An incident with Ben Boyce And Children's Neville Group The parents of the children Thank you Thank you Specify that But you were just saying before Because I have a theory

Because you got a text From Paul Henry You know Great broadcaster Paul Henry The other week Yeah And he sent a photo

Just out of the blue Of some What is it A toilet stop Between He was on his way to MIQ And it was a toilet stop Between Auckland and Rotorua Where he was heading And it was Halfway between It was a fenced a toilet stop between his on his way to MIQ. And it was a toilet stop between Auckland and Rotorua where he was heading.

And it was halfway between. It was a fenced off toilet stop, two portaloos and sort of patrolled by security guards. And he sent me this photo out of the blue. He's like, on my way to MIQ. Look at this. Look at this set up. Bloody socialists. And I laughed.

I went, lol. Lovely to hear from you, mate. I engaged. Lovely to hear from you, mate. I engaged. You've got lovely to hear from you, mate. You know, let's have a chat sometime. You know. You know, like we caught him on the radio. We had a great chat.

Yeah, it was awesome. But then you had a theory afterwards. Well, I was like, well, does Paul Henry ever text you? You're like, no, he never has. I was like, why would he text you? And I thought maybe in your phone, because John, his phone, John is quite close to someone like maybe John Key or John Campbell or someone, maybe John Key.

A better class of John. Yeah, because they know each other, John Key. So I thought maybe he was trying to send that photo to someone he actually likes and he knows. And he went, oh, God, I've sent it to Jono. And then he did that chat with us on the radio out of pity because he's like, oh, God, I now can't say it was meant for John Key. So now I hear that chat.

Because for days after, it would have left you confused. You were lying. Why would Paul Henning be sending you that photo? And he'd put on that face and he'd be like, what? What are you doing? I'm trying to overthink it. He's just sending me a photo. Let's get him on the radio.

But it stuck with me. And I was like, oh, that'll be why. And you're dead right. Rachel, you're on welcome from auckland right message wrong person what happened rach oh rachel's gone uh maybe she had the wrong radio show someone's just buzzing an area years ago this is rachel's story she was talking to someone on snapchat uh when they sent an unsolicited racy picture to her. But what they had done accidentally was made it public and sent the photo to everyone in their contacts.

Everyone? Mum, dad, aunties, uncles, bosses, colleagues. What would you do at that point? You'd literally just pack up and move country You'd just burn the phone Burn the phone and just fly I don't care if COVID's a thing Put me on a plane to Vietnam

I'll live in Hanoi for the rest of my life Oh my god And a lot of texts coming through too Maybe the phones aren't working Or maybe you can't be bothered calling A lot of texts too through too. I don't know why. Maybe the phones aren't working. Or maybe you can't be bothered calling. That's one of the two. A lot of texts too. People sending through personal pictures to mother-in-laws.

No. Father-in-laws. Bosses. Oh. You've got to be careful too. And I've been a big public advocate for the suck back feature. You know, when you've messaged something and you just want to suck it back. Yeah.

I don't know how we get onto this, but there needs to be an app where you can go five minutes later, you can be like, oh, dear God. Why did I do that? You can suck it back and it sucks out of theirs, disappears from. Is there anything like that? Surely there's a suck back something. You can on Facebook. There is an unsend feature, but it shows the person that you've unsent the message. So then they get curious and they're like,

what did you just unsend? Why do they need to know? Don't tell them. Yeah, I know. Just go and MF them. On email, you can cancel. Didn't you have a thing where you'd sent someone an email and you were just holding cancel

and you didn't know if you'd let it go, if it would send the email or... Yeah, that's a war. That's like one of those cutting a wire in a movie situation. So Ben's been wandering around with his thumb on cancel for the last six months. Just on his phone. I don't want to release this email. We've got Pippa Wetzel joining us next from Fairgo.

Really, really interesting story they did last week on Fairgo. Oh, yeah. Car insurance, right? And females are paying more for car insurance, Juliet. And they're not having as many crashes. What? They crash less. We'll talk more with Pippa Wetzel, host of Fairgo. And it is not having as many crashes. What? They crash less. We'll talk more with Pippa Wetzel, host of

Fair Going. That is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. We've got Sienna, my daughter, back in to make another call for us today. How are you doing, Sienna? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. I know how

you are because you're my dad. How has he been, though? Tell us how good. How are you? I'm good. I know how you are because you're my dad. How has he been though? Tell us how he's really been. Has he been well? Sleepy. Sleepy? Yeah, I'm always tired. Are you sleepy? I'm always moaning about I'm tired, I'm tired. But anyway. He's got quite a sleepy laugh, doesn't he? You'd be like a

sleepy elephant if you were a cartoon character. Yeah, I do. It's one thing you can't really work on, a genuine You'd be like a sleepy elephant if you were a cartoon character. Yeah, I do. It's one thing you can't really work on, a genuine laugh. I'd love to have a really cool laugh, but I just don't. Anyway, I love to have a laugh each day on the show. I'm sorry. It's a great bucket list.

It's a great bucket list. Give me a bit of laugh. How have you been, Sienna? I've been very good. We're going to get you back in to do another call for us today. All right. Do I get paid for these? You know when you make it awkward when you ask for money?

And the answer's always no. No, no. But you get to experience, I don't know, you get to do something. You get to experience a sleepy dad. Making a whole laughter. What price do you put on that? If you do a good job, you get to experience me having a laugh. You know, you get to hear my... Money can't buy a laugh.

Now today, we thought we'd get you to call, like, a baby store. Maybe like a baby factory or something like that, one of the great stores around New Zealand. And maybe you want to return something to the baby factory. My baby brother. Yeah, well, there you go. That's great brainstorming. This is why we don't pay you.

Great ideas on this. That's a good question. Do the baby factory... I don't think they do. Is this where babies come from? No, I don't think they're a factory for babies. You can ask them where babies come from. Yeah, okay, that's a great question.

All right, we'll head through to the baby factory now. Good morning, we're on to the baby factory. Michelle speaking. Hi, my name is Sienna and I'm 11 years old. Can I please return something to your store? Did you want to come into the store? Yes, please. Can I return my baby brother?

You returned your baby brother? Yeah, he's really new and he's a real pain in the bum. He's crying all the time. It was a lot more fun at home when he before he came along. It's pretty hard being a big sister, isn't it? It's a big responsibility,

darling. Yeah, can I have my money back or swap it for another baby? Wouldn't that be nice? responsibility, darling. Yeah, can I have my money back or swap it for another baby? Wouldn't that be nice? Oh, darling, you've just made my day. You know, I can't refund your brother. You're just going to have to be a big sister and suck it up and just love him for a long time, darling. Oh, and another baby question.

How are babies made? How are babies made? How are babies made? Wow. Is your mother near you? Could you ask your mother that, darling? No. No? My dad's here.

Your dad's here? Would you like to ask your dad that question? Actually, let's not ask that question right now. We should call the baby factory and they'll answer. Oh, I am so laughing. I've got tears coming out of my eyes. Oh, God bless. I thought I was getting a prank phone call.

Nah, I'm going with this. I've got a great sense of humor myself. Oh, God bless your daughter. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Really? Yes, it is. We got my daughter Sienna. She's doing our job for us.

Oh my gosh, are you kidding me? You know how you said, I'm so stoked I'm not part of a prank call. Oh my gosh, that's freaking awesome. Oh my god, you guys have made my day. Oh, you're awesome. You're awesome. Oh no, you're awesome. And your daughter was just perfect on the phone. Good God, just went with it. Oh, you guys have made my day, man. Honestly. Well, we'll send you out something. You were awesome. Hold the line.

We'd love to send you out something for being such a good sport. Oh, thank you so much. Have we found New Zealand's nicest person? You've made our day. Yeah. Oh, you guys rock. Do you know what our job? All we want is someone to tolerate us and listen to our prank calls, and it doesn't

happen all the time. Absolutely. That's the best one ever, guys. You've made everyone's day. Shout out to the Baby Factory. And you, you're awesome. Oh, thank you so much. Goodness me.

Hold the line. Let's just keep talking and we'll keep thanking each other because I like this. Oh, crikey. I've got to wipe the tears out of my eyes. Have a good day. Hold the line. Thank you Oh Sarah

I've got something to do I've got John Owen Ben on the phone I'm on the radio Hey hey We're still here We're still here Yep I'm still here

Dua Lipa Levitating She's got new music out With Elton John It is the hits She's got new music out with Elton John. It is the hits. She's got John Owen Benn. Oh, it's like a combination of two of his songs. Yeah, it's very cool, actually.

We should try and get it on for you before the end of the show. Yeah. Yeah, we'll do that, okay? All right. I assumed my role as the world's most underpaid Uber driver again on Friday night. And you know your life, it's really turned a corner when your kids are doing, yeah, they've got more In the weekend than you do You know

Yeah Have you reached that stage Well yeah the kids do have A lot of activities And a lot of stuff on Sometimes you're like You know sometimes you're like You need to go to this

And then I want to go Well if you don't want to go Let's not go Because that's really An inconvenience for me I don't want to be there I'm paying for this thing You need to know something

You're really not that into it That's great It saves me something to do on a Tuesday night Yeah well Oscar my son He had a social School social On Friday night Oh Friday night

Oh yeah Midweek one Come on guys Yeah What's school doing on a Friday? Ben I've had this conversation with myself As I was driving there

As I was driving home. But anyway, it was basically the road was like the Southern Motorway at five o'clock on a Friday. It was just packed with parents honking at each other, not wanting to be there. I should be home halfway through a bottle of wine right now. Yeah, well, that's probably the problem because I've got to drive and pick up the kids. I can't really get into my Friday night, right? Yeah, but then it was just like hordes and hordes

of sweaty pre-teen children that looked like the 90s had vomited all over them. There's 90s fashion victims now, aren't there? Just spewing, just coming out of the hall and you don't know which one's yours. But I was really, really proud of him because he was like, 20 dances, baby. I was like, 20 dances? This isn't a two-hour period.

That is some prolific dancing. That's not full songs per dance, is it? That's what I said to him. I was like, you want to even dance to full? You need to get halfway through levitating and be like, I know that DaBaby hasn't rapped yet, but I've got to move on to my next one. But yeah, 20, I thought. And he's broken a long-standing tradition of

prior males. For decades, hundreds of years, we've awkwardly stood in the corner of the dance floor, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone. But no, he's out there doing it, dancing away. I think you're the only person that sat down during the Bruno Mars concert, apparently. I saw Jono there. Everyone, dancing away. I think you're the only person that sat down during the Bruno Mars concert, apparently.

Someone was like, I saw Jono there. Everyone was dancing except for him. Everyone was up and dancing. I want my seat. I want to be able to sit down. I want to stand there on the floor. I really want to see you dance now. No, you don't, June.

Yes. I'm not a dancer. I am not. Are you a dancer, Ben? No, I do dance, but I don't like it when the attention's on me. Oh, yeah. Like, I like to be part of it. I actually enjoy it.

Oh, yes. But someone starts a dance circle. It's like my worst nightmare. Oh, yeah. You never want to, yeah. Please don't do that. Safety in numbers. You want to hide in the crowd.

You can jig. We're all there. We're dancing away. It's great. You never want to hear, go Ben, go Ben. You're like, no. Yeah. That is the worst nightmare. It's like, go Ben, go Ben. Oh, he's going. He's going. Oh, he's in an Uber, and he's gone. you never want to hear Go Ben Go Ben you're like no that is worse than I meant

so Go Ben Go Ben oh he's going he's going oh he's in an Uber and he's gone that's my Go Ben move you'd be a good dancer

do you I love dancing I think it's maybe just a female thing girls just love it but it's just the tension you don't like

I don't know when you're in I get in my head so then I just end up weirdly sitting at a Bruno Mars concert while 12,000 other people are up dancing. And it was a good show. Bruno's like, get up on your feet. No, not me, mate.

Not me. Arms folded. Not me, mate. Up. I don't care. How catchy your little ditties are there, mate. I'm not getting up. You're at an All Blacks game or something.

It was a good one. I'll pay for the seat. It's a long season. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Good morning, Monday morning. Jono and Ben with you on The Hits. How are you guys?

Nice weekend? Yeah. Yeah, what did you do, June? I went to a concert on Friday night and then relaxed the rest of the weekend. You went to the rugby, didn't you? I went to the rugby, yeah. There wasn't many people at the rugby. No.

But then I saw it on the news last night and Ian Foster was like, he's like, oh, it's not really my jurisdiction to sell tickets, but they'd only had a 10-day lead-in to sell tickets in a market that already had a game the previous before that was sold out right so they're not saying that everyone's lost interest in the All Blacks or anything it's just like it's a quick turnaround to sell 45,000 tickets yeah so the bands that do one night the first night sold out they go we'll do another one oh don't don't get cocky don't get cocky guys you know then you're just doing one and a half, aren't you? That's right. How was your weekend, Benjamin?

It was good. Not quite as eventful as going to the rugby. It looked like a good game. Yeah, no, it was a great game. It was good. You never really pay much attention when you're there, though, do you? The advantage of TV and replays and things. I see what you mean. And slow motion.

You did watch some of the game, did you? Yeah, I think I was at the rugby. To say we've got a big show this morning. We've got one of the stars of Shoreland Street joining us very surely. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. I'll tell you what I did a couple of days ago that I haven't done. And I think it affected me.

I think it was have a coffee at 8.30 at night. I had a coffee, not like a boomer situation, you know, where a boomer goes to a restaurant and then my dad will go, I've enough to do in a coffee at 8.30 at night. I had a coffee, not like a boomer situation, you know, where a boomer goes to a restaurant and then my dad will go, I've been after dinner coffee. I do that. Is that a boomer thing? Is it? I think it's a boomer thing. I do that all the time.

I think it's a boomer thing. It's more just to straighten me out. So, oh, geez, I'm a bit all over the show here. Maybe that's it. Maybe that's a reason. I thought it was a boomer thing, but maybe it's a quick sober me up. So you can walk out kind of straight from the restaurant

I did that we were doing these night courses and I knew we had to have a cup of tea break and there was no more tea bags

so I was like oh I have an instant coffee and I don't really drink too much instant coffee particularly at 8 30 at night you don't need it

you're always running at a level 4 you're always operating at a high could not sleep after you know even from an instant but I think it was a combination of a few other things there was a lot going on that day and trying to get your brains kind of working He goes off operating at a high. Could not sleep after, you know. Even from an instant. Even from an instant.

But I think it was a combination of a few other things. There was a lot going on that day and trying to get your brains kind of working because you're trying to think late at night. But I was like, oh, maybe an instant coffee at 8.30 is not a good idea when you're trying to go to bed a bit later. When are you studying night courses? No, today. Oh, yeah.

So you're trying to become a lawyer or something? What are you doing at night? It's not radio. I clearly haven't got any better at that. Trying to see if there's another career for me. It's real estate. Yeah, really working. It's a hell of a surprise.

I'm going to spring on you one day and go, hey, yeah, now a fully qualified lawyer. How have you been doing this? Night classes once a week for the last 22 years. It's a slow process, but geez, I can't wait to end radio. Good on you for doing that today, of course. Oh, look, it's very early days on a journey towards it, but jeez, I can't wait to end radio. Good on you for doing the Taddeo course. It's very early days on a journey towards it, but I want to be better at it. And I think it's good for all New Zealanders.

It really is. Yeah, I should. Well, because kids today are learning a lot more at school, which is awesome. And then probably we did when we were at school. It's great that it's been worked into the curriculum now. Yeah. Because there's a generation of kids who are going to be aware of te reo and be able to use it to a certain level. Yeah.

And also who are purely petrified that we've ruined the planet for them. That's right. Yeah. Which is great. That as well has been taught from an early age as well. It's great. I love getting that fear in the kids. Sienna, your daughter's here.

Are you worried that we've destroyed the planet for you, Sienna? Yes, yes. Yeah, good. It's good. That's what we wanted. Yeah, yeah. Still fear in the kids. Sienna, your daughter's here. Are you worried that we've destroyed the planet for you, Sienna? Yes, yes. Yeah, good, good. That's what we wanted. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's still fear in children. What's the worst thing that I could give you in your school lunchbox? Something wrapped in plastic.

Yeah, that's right. It's worse than giving them cigarettes in their lunchbox. Yeah. Is he still putting ciggies in your lunchbox? Not anymore. Not anymore. Not anymore. I've given up.

She's just vaping now. Oh, no. Nicotine patches. No, she's not. No, no. And then next on the show, though, one of the stars of Shortland Street joins us in the studio telling us about his new series.

It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Because I care more about what other people say. Now, tonight on TV3, it's the second series of Head High. It's based around a high school football team. What do you want? And how far are you willing to go get it? Absolutely nothing comes before winning.

Fine though, it comes first. One team, one life. Joining us in the studio right now, you'll know him. He was Curtis on Shortland Street and now on Head High as well. It's Jaden Daniels. How's it going, buddy? Yeah, good. Thank you, bro.

Thanks for having me. Nice to see you. Lovely to see your face. We catch it every time. You're like a great friend who I don't have the number of. And the only time we catch up is when we've got microphones in front of our faces. But it's always good to see you. Yeah, likewise.

Head High obviously was a huge success when it launched a couple of years years ago wasn't it first season yeah head high and it follows you know the trials and tribulations of a high school rugby team yeah yeah and what ben was saying is you're 27 but you're playing a teenager no convincing no yeah you're not sold well you're like yeah because again shout out stuff i've kind of said uh you're like a guy you know in his in his the mid to late 20s you're playing a teenager you're like maybe this isn't for me but you do it really well thanks thanks it's weird though being on set though surrounded by sort of like because a lot of the other actors imagine in your particular background are all you know yeah yeah there's yeah there's a lot of people playing their age um hey guys are you like what's good what's cracking dudes lol do you suddenly feel like you do some tiktoks i mean you're not that old but you are

you know but yeah well once it's like 10 years is a lot like yeah yeah i've realized how far past the teenager i am now when i go back do you want to go skateboarding guys? Whatever old man Air New Zealand safety video A lot of people would know you from that as well That would have been pretty sweet Travelling around with pretty much Rachel Hunter That was four days, four years ago now Really? Yeah, but it rolled over which was great

Keep it rolling Air New Zealand probably had to write off last year So it's only three years Of the same stage But I always remember Rachel Hunter's going Oh I've got ice creams Yes And I was like sweet

Yeah but like sweet I'm in Did you actually get to eat All that great food Yeah Except for muscle fritters Oh the muscle fritters Because they actually

Didn't have any for me Oh they didn't And they stopped off there They had I think Lady Hawk Playing on the beach And stuff like that Yeah Yeah

It was fun Yeah But what's it like Sitting on a plane And you are up there On the safety video it's awkward it's super awkward people like looking at you looking up at the screen and they tell you take your headphones off and everything and i'm like is that me do i i know i said the word yeah word for word i can tell you what happens in this thing yeah oh it's fun interesting that they're still having to teach people how to use seatbelts

It's a seatbelt one eh? Surely Ask the person next to you if you are having trouble How did you even get on a plane again? How does it work again? Jayden Daniels with us Head High Season 2 is back on 3 Monday nights

Of course you played Curtis iconic character on Shortland Street as well. And we wanted to play a real quick game with you before we go. We've got some famous scenes from Shortland Street. We wanted to see if you can remember what, or if you know what comes next in the scene. All right, let's hear we go. You just can't walk in here and perform as a Zarian.

So far as I'm concerned, you don't even work here yet. You just can't come in here and perform as a Zarian? Or did someone just wander off the street and go i think this is you're not in guatemala now yes yes yes you're not in guatemala well done we've got another one here with uh the goal of team to just roll in and go give me a cesarean he wasn't he wasn't on the box then apparently yeah have you got credentials very remiss of us as a hospital to just let a stranger do a caesarean. Here's the next one.

I'll show you, Roo. A tablet is still synced to your phone. Please tell me that is not your penis. Please tell me that is not your penis. He's good at this one. And this one, who was the famous person in this scene? Oi. Ed Sheeran.

What do you think he did? Iconic strum, that one. Yeah, so that was KJ Apa and Ed Sheeran. Oh, yeah, both of them. Two famous people in the one scene, but yeah. What were they doing? Well, Ed Sheeran came on. He was in the country, and he had a little chat with KJ on the show,

but yeah, it was a little scene, yeah. Yeah, I think he wanted to come in, eh? Ed Sheeran did. Yeah, Ed Sheeran. He's a big Short it's sharing yeah yeah yeah i'm sure he was yeah yeah it was pretty cool did you ever get to were you on set that day or yeah i wasn't i hadn't even started at that point oh right that was kind of the thing like when i started it had happened not too long before that's pretty cool too yeah yeah he was his acting was good i thought yeah he's a talented guy i think he's going to be all right don Don't worry about Ed Sheeran. Hey, Kajapa, he'll be okay too, I think.

Hey, always fun hanging out, mate. Really do appreciate you coming. Yeah, same. Same. Love coming in with you guys. It is Jaden Daniels. Catch him tonight. Second series of Head High tonight on TV3.

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Jono and Ben this morning. Welcome along to the show. If you've just joined us, Ben Boyce is embroiled at the moment in a dog-doosed scandal. He's not even in the studio. He's stepped in something that's a less than favourable substance. Juliet, it was

starting to ping your nostrils wasn't it yeah he's done that dreaded thing where you you smell and then you try to ignore it for a little bit but it comes on yeah and so then he's checked the bottom of his uh his shoe and it's gone you know how the pattern of the sole of the shoe it's just gone in every crease and crevice isn't it yeah yeah yeah it's like it's like it's just like formed a it's like a it's like a what's the word when you're like making it's like formed a like rock solid of yeah like a waffle maker so he's he's dealing with that at the moment and you know i tried to turn his his attitude about monday morning around uh he he was like, great, let's pick things up.

And instantly it was pulled away. Yeah, I know. You couldn't get much worse of a Monday morning than that, quite frankly. Alright, so I'm just going to be playing this by myself. Here we go. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is the B**** News. And there was a few beeps being said out of Ben's mouth

as he walked out of the studio to fix his shoe. How does this game work, Ju? So I find some quirky news headlines from around the world and I beep a few beeps being said out of Ben's mouth as he walked out of the studio to fix his shoe. How does this game work, Ju? So I find some quirky news headlines from around the world and I beep a few words out. You have to guess what the original headline is. And the first news story. Young boys drawing of *** banned by Facebook for being too rude. I'm going to say young boys drawing of someone not saying please or thank you was banned by Facebook for being too rude. That's so true. Young boy's drawing of the Olympic Games banned by Facebook for being too rude.

So he drew a picture of a gymnast jumping over what's called a pommel horse. And I did not realise these were called the pommel horses. It's like that big thick sort of bar. It's like the beam, but it's shorter and thicker and you kind of swing your legs around it. But it looked quite phallic and his mum saw it and was like, I need to put this on Facebook to give my friends a bit of a laugh. But Facebook took it down because it literally did not look like anything like a pommel horse. I'm trying to figure out still how it looks like a pommel horse. Oh, yeah, okay, I see it. Yeah, it's a bit, you know, kids drawings. It's a great, yeah, it reminds I see it Yeah, it's a bit You know, kids drawings

It's a great, yeah, it reminds me of that photo Have you seen that family photo on the internet And they've got the brother, the sister The mother and then the dad But they're all straddling a giant tree branch Oh yes Have you seen that? That's what that drawing reminds me of

I don't know who was the creative director On that photo shoot No, no. Genius, though. Goes viral. And the next news story. Used by Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi is up for sale for $1 million. Oh, Lionel Messi.

Okay, I'm going to go inner city car park used by Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi is up for a million dollar sale. Oh, my gosh. You'd find a car park in Auckland for that price, pretty much. Tissue used by Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi is up for sale for one million. So he was farewelling his former club Barcelona at a press conference and his wife handed

him a tissue because he was quite emotional. He left the tissue there, walked away, someone took a photo and has now put it up for a million dollars basically. They also claim, oh yeah, this has got his DNA so in the future we could probably clone him. And that's why he reckons it'll go for a mil. So that is million dollar mucus.

Yeah. And in this current environment too. Oh my goodness, yeah. Risky game, but you'd have to pick it up with tongs or something and put it in a jar. PPE gear. Yeah. That bad boy.

Do you know Ben actually, he held on. I can't believe he's still not in the studio. No, he's still missing. Where is he, B-House believe he's still not in the studio. No, he's still missing. Where is he, Bee Hugs? He's scrubbing his shoes somewhere. He's in a dark place right now, isn't he? We interviewed Justin Bieber, and when he came to New Zealand, Justin Bieber left his water bottle.

And Ben took it as like a souvenir. I would do the same thing. But, you know you you were the age where you could do that it's just to be he's a fully grown man you know taking a drink bottle of a pop star he wouldn't do that now though in covid times no he wouldn't doesn't like germs he had to pull himself out of it he said what like six months and he's like why why did i do this firstly why have i still got it that is so fair and the final news story man living in a cave for 20 years gets i could. Man living in a cave for 20 years gets...

I can say man living in a cave for 20 years gets the fright of his life after receiving the council land valuation for his property after 20 years. Man living in a cave for 20 years gets the COVID jab after learning about the pandemic. So he's 70 years old living in Serbia in a cave among the hilltops.

And he literally went to the hills 20 years ago to avoid people. He said, you know, there's always someone in your way in the real world. You either argue with your wife, neighbours or the police. Here, nobody is hassling me. Fair enough. You don't have to argue with the police. True. How many arguments was he having with the police?

That's actually a very good point. But he went to the hills and then on a rare trip to the supermarket recently, that's when he discovered that COVID was a thing. But then he got the vaccination and said, you know, COVID doesn't pick. It will come to my cave eventually. I want to be vaccinated, fully vaccinated. I'll get all of them. Doesn't understand.

Here he comes. Here he comes. We've done some champagne filling in time here, buddy. Give us a shoe update. They're looking good now. They're looking good? They're better? At what location did you decide to fix the problem?

Oh, like there's a cleaning sort of like a tub. Oh, yeah. So I used a lot of, yeah. Sorry, guys. Well done. Well done. I'll just then use the beeps, you know. Are you happy with the result?

Yes. I'm not happy having to do it on a Monday morning. But a lot better result now, guys. All right. Well, you've just come at the right time at the end of News & Beeps. So that's all done. Maybe having to do it on a Monday morning. But a lot better result now, guys. All right. Well, you've just come at the right time at the end of News & Beams. So that's all done. You guys have done really well padding it out.

Yeah, shoot. We spent some time talking about your show. We got a good two minutes of your shoe banter out of the way. Oh, sweet. It is the hits. You got John O'Byrne. Spy. The What's Up.

Spy.co.nz. All right. Now, did you know Chloe Swarbrick and the Green Party are actually suing producer Juliet? They're going to make it illegal, given the amount of damage she's about to do to the environment of celebrity. What's happening in SpyJude? So, Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are reportedly considering working together on a new Netflix show, which probably comes as a surprise to a lot of people because of the royal feud that's been going on. Is it called Family Feud?

That should be what it's called. But it said that Megan was the one that reached out to Kate and wants to do the show about Kate's charity work since joining the royal family. So it's very much Megan's playing into Kate's, you know. If it's about my royal charity work, then yes. But yeah, so who knows if that's actually going to happen anytime soon, but progress.

So they're not hosting a show together. No. She would produce the show. Yeah, Megan behind the scenes, Kate probably more front of house. You'd really, jeez, I'd love a reality show on the Royals. Oh, same. Kardashian style. I would love to be a fly on the wall in Buckingham Palace.

I would just find that so interesting to see what goes down. Like the non-scripted crown, basically. Yes. It'd be so interesting. Andrew, come on, you've got to have a meeting, mate. Oh, no. And then you cut away to the Queen. So Andrew's been up to some stuff.

Yeah. We're just having a bit of a cheer. Yeah. That'd be a great programme. Oh, they should really do that. Maybe as they move on into future generations, it could become a reality. Yeah.

She seems to have loosened up a bit, the Queen, doesn't she? Yeah. She seems quite open to... But I think she's quite reality TV show loose. Not that loose. She's not Love Island loose. She's not trying to boost her Instagram following or anything like that. That's true.

There's still some decorum to her. And you would have seen this over the weekend that Jamie Spears, Britney Spears' father, has agreed to step down as her conservator. But a lot of the headlines were saying, you know, he's stepping down, he's stepping down but that was kind of just a little bit of click bait

that he's not doing it immediately. He's going to step down when the time is right. When I have millions and millions of my daughter's dollars. Yeah, and so he said his statement was that he doesn't believe that a public battle with his daughter would be in her best interests and that he intends to work with the court and Britney's new lawyer

to prepare for an orderly transition for a new incident. That's positive, though, eh? That's really positive. Yeah, totally, and it's what Britney wants, so that's good. Yeah. It is sad when these family spats play out in the media. I mean, it's great for us because it gives us something to talk about during these spy updates. You're right, though, yeah.

You know, but think about it. This is just a family dispute. I know. Over every international news site. it, this is just a family dispute. I know. Over every international news site. Oh yeah, that'd be rough. It'd be rough to deal with it privately but then have it all everywhere. I wouldn't want my family disputes all out there.

When are you going to come and visit us in Christchurch, Jay? I was down there last month! You know, stuff like that. When's he going to go visit his parents? Leave Jono alone. They always want him to go visit them And there's five more You can head to thehits.co.nz

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In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben. The Hats. Speaking of old news and old conversation we were having last week, Ben, and it happened again over the weekend, it's the monstrous application that they've added to FPOS terminals. Would you like to tip? Yes or no?

And the person behind the counter staring you down eyeballing you down ben you do some sort of one-man pantomime don't you to skip through it what do you do i do a little accidentally oh oh whoops i've just hit clear on that oh no and then ben's like yeah i've hit no everyone i can't they're like it's all right we can go back no it's too late now i've started putting my pin so i just re-swap your card no no it's too late it's too late now. I've started putting my pin in. So I just re-swap your card. No, no, it's too late. It's too late. So yeah, I basically, I play a sort of fumbly, inept version of myself in that situation. Who's accidentally hit a button. Hit a button wrong.

Oh, what have I done? Imagine how many times a night they see that. It's all too much for me. But it is an awkward moment, the air tipping in New Zealand, because obviously it's not expected. You're lucky there's overseas in a lot of countries. So we kind of wanted to know. Well, we did ask, you know, where does that tip go?

The EFTPOS tip. And someone emailed us over the weekend and said, I heard you talking about this on the podcast. It basically goes into a giant pool, and every six months they split that money amongst all the staff. But this person's complaint was, well, it also goes to the chefs who are on three times as much as the waiting staff.

So they didn't see it as a fair split. Yeah, because you wonder in America if people get tipped whether it's just for the waiting staff. Well, then Johnny from Oregon, our US correspondent, he emailed as well and he said sometimes in some states the minimum wage can be as

low as $2 an hour. Wow. So that tips the majority of their income. That's right. Yeah. But my thing is, well, just say what you want to say. If it's 15%, if it's 20%, whatever, just say what it's meant to be. And then you'll play an inept character and go, oh, I didn't hear you.

No, I'm all over that. Here's 2%. Well, you're in America or you're traveling. You kind of feel like, you know, that's part of what you have to do. So you kind of go, okay, this is your custom, this is what we need to do. Yeah, so this is what we want to open up this morning on a Monday, 0800 The Hits, and it hasn't been a good start to Ben's Monday. No. He stood

in some leftover stuff from the dogs, and he came in here and he spent 45 minutes cleaning his shoes. Juliet and me were carrying the show. It's been rattled by day. It has rattled his day. So let's pull him back with some good solid phone calls. Come on New Zealand. Altaro

this is your show. You can turn Ben's Monday around. He's had a shocking start. At the moment I just want to pack up and go home. Like I'm really my care factor for the biggest tip is very low. But I'll go because I'm here now. Alright.

Jump in your car. You've probably you would rather jump in your car, which you've probably trampled all that through your car too. I just want to check out the car. I'm like, where did I walk? Where did this happen? If it wasn't the dog, I mean, was it I don't know. Was it human? Human?

Well, who knows? Well, it knows? Human. Well, it could be human. That would be a pack up and go home situation. I would let you go home, Ben. Oh, he stood in human. Anyway, the biggest tip. You can turn Ben's Monday around.

Oh, 800 of that. Biggest tip you've received. Maybe you're just working at a restaurant, bar, whatever. We'll take your calls right now. You can text 24487. You can turn a skinny, depressed man's Monday around right now, New Zealand. Come on. Come on, New Zealand. Wow me with your tips next.

It is the hits. It's the Black Eyed Peas. You're on New Zealand's Breakfast for 14 past 7 on your Monday morning. Never noticed the horse sound effects in that song. Did you? I vaguely remember it, but you're right. It's kind of an interesting part of the song. Have we got it there?

Come on, girl. Yee-haw. I love it. I love it. Is that Will.i.am going? Was that him making it with his mouth, or was that like a horsey? I feel like he's done that with it. Is that his own mouth?

I'm putting a horse sound. He's like, go with me on this one, guys. And everyone's like, is he? Is he? Is he? Are we leaving that in? Yeah. Okay, I guess so.

We'll release that. Yeah, sure. Welcome to the program. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Talking New Zealand's biggest tip this morning on 0800. The hit's 4487. The tipping system is not required in New Zealand, is it? We were talking about the FPOS terminal where you can tip yes or no at the moment.

Ben Boyce opting for a no, and I kind of like try and face it towards me so they can't see. But then some people go, oh, don't worry about it, and then they push through it, don't they? Some of the staff. Yeah. You like those people, don't you? Yeah, you i do i do like those people that take initiative but i notice also when you're like you get your like an uber eats thing you now have the option of tipping as well yeah tipping for the driver and tipping for stuff as well so yeah how often have you tipped them well um not not regularly no i wouldn't say regular

is that what you do a horse sound effect just to get something smoke screen Not regularly. No, I wouldn't say regularly. Is that what you do, a horse sound effect? Yeah, just a smoke screen. They do that with Uber drivers too afterwards. They're like, would you like to give Barry one, two or three or five dollars? I'm going to give him five stars though. Five stars is, yeah. Yeah, I mean, what price do you put on stars?

Yeah. Let's go to the phones. We'll start with you, Dana. Welcome from Auckland. How are you? Hi, good. How are you? Oh, we're doing well the phones. We'll start with you, Dana. Welcome from Auckland. How are you? Hi, good. How are you? Oh, we're doing well, mate. What happened? Biggest tip, talk to us. Well, I have worked in the hospitality sector for about 20 years and we're going back, you know, 2007.

I worked at a lodge in Rotorua and we had a Japanese man. He'd come over every year to the lodge and he'd come and shoot for ducks and you would just bring him a cup of tea, he'd give you a $100 note. No way. Yeah, he'd just all the time, any money, he'd just flick you. So in the end I think he stayed for about a week and everybody, including the chefs, he'd go in and give the chefs, he'd ask them to make him something, he'd give them a tip and stuff and in the end, I think I made about 500 bucks that week on them.

I love this guy. He sounds amazing. He's just wandering around handing out money. That was amazing. We all loved him. Everyone. There was about 10 staff that worked there at the lodge and everyone loved him when he came. It's amazing how much you love a person as they're handing out $100 notes.

He's like, eight cup of tea's deep. You're like, here's another one, here's another one. You're like, I'm just happy. When you're on a hospitality wage, you take anything. Good on you, darling. Isn't it sad to think that those people aren't coming to New Zealand at the moment?

I know, I know. I don't work in hospitality now, but yeah, I bet you everyone that works at the lodge there now misses them. Yeah. Come back, mate. Come back with your $100 notes. Hey, thank you, Dana. You have a great day.

Awesome. Thanks, guys. Bye. Heading to Wellington. Goodbye, Jane. You're on the air. Welcome to New Zealand's breakfast. Biggest tip?

Well, this is a little few years back as well. I used to be a vet nurse and so I think someone brought in their cat and who had been hit and I think obviously they thought they got some good service so they gave me a card at the end of it all and when I took it home and sort of read it I thought it was just like a nice card because people often do that when their pets have been hit. There was $2,000 in there. Oh wow! Wow!

Yeah. But the cat had passed away. It had, yeah, but I think, yeah, it was really sad, but I think, I don't know, maybe they thought we'd given them quite good care or something like that. Yeah, maybe it was the cat's KiwiSaver or something that was left over. Oh, that's $2,000. That's a good one, Jane.

Love it. Someone's actually just messaged in a story of a bar overseas that they knew somebody who worked at. $16,000 tip. No way. And their bill was only $33. And it wasn't an accident. The staff went over and were like, oh, we're quite uncomfortable about this.

Is this a typo? He's like, no. $16,033 the bill. He only had like a bowl of chips and a... You hear those stories from time to time or you see them on social media with the football players over there or the basketball players

or people that play sports. They're sometimes giving huge tips like that. Yeah, you don't hear that story about Ben Boyce though, do you? Well, you do, but I don't. Like, guys, don't take it to the media, guys. Just keep it between us. I'm painting out five stars.

Just keep it. You know, I guess I don't do it to the media, guys. Just keep it between us. I'm painting out five stars. Just keep it. I don't do it for the publicity. I do it because... What do you do when the FPOS tipping comes up? Do you get a piece of paper and you're like, five stars and hand that over to them? You've got a Ben Boy's five-star approval rating. John and Ben, the hits.

7.25 on your Monday morning. Trying to be positive on a Monday We said we'd try and be positive Then I stood in some doggy doodoo Somewhere along my travels And now I'm still trying to be positive There's a part of you thinking That it might be human

We haven't ruled that out yet We're sending it off to the lab Someone drunkenly walked past your house At 1am on Saturday morning I do also walk across from Sky... Anyway. Oh, yes. There's a lot of stuff that goes on over there, because you know you're right. I know we're busy. The labs are busy right now with a lot of coronavirus

checks, but I feel like this should be rushed through, just so we know. Yeah, you get the answer within a 24-hour period. But then also not great news on the weather front for New Zealand as well. Just trying to click on that, and it seems like goodbye to, you know, like it was a lovely weekend around the country over the weekend, but it's meant to be a bit of a bit to pack in over the next couple of days it's weird yeah given it's winter yeah here we go hearing

spring it is yeah hopefully you're through the worst of it but unsettled few days of heavy rain and gale force winds around altera over the next few days really the year is mowing by i was having this conversation with someone yesterday and it's such a cliche to say, but gee whiz, it's going to be Christmas before you know it. We're going to be playing Christmas songs before you know it. In fact, we're going to be the first radio show to play a Christmas song.

Are we? Yeah, we're going to do it this week. Are we? We're going to kick off the Christmas slide. What, Christmas plays Christmas on the radio already? This week? Is that too early? That feels a little early.

What is it, August? Oh, we could do it yeah whole show or just once oh oh okay we'll have a brainstorm after the program let's not get too carried away you want to be like the mall when they go early hey you're like christmas already but it's not bad we could decorate the studio oh yeah let's do it let's do it all right we'll pick this uh we'll put this offline and we'll pick it back up after the program. That's what you say. It is the hits. You got a jot on Ben?

Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning on the hits. We tell you five words. You tell us the first things that pop into your head and if they match up with ours you win $5,000. Do you know I was looking at fun things you can buy with $5,000,

and this is right in your sweet spot, Ben. You can buy a giant inflatable bed, but it's the game of Twister. Oh, wow. On a giant pump-up bed. Which makes Ben sound like some sort of sex craze maniac. It does. I was like, why would I be into that?

I do like novelty things. Yeah, board games and stuff. Not just getting a whole lot of weird people on the bed playing Twister. But that also is strangely appealing. $5,000. Yeah. Seems like an enormous waste of money. Yeah, you're right.

We'll get Stacey on from Tauranga. Morena, Stace, welcome. Good morning. Great to have you on. Great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. Now, Stacey, we haven't had a winner in what seems like an age. I can't even remember the last time we've had a winner. Hopefully today.

Hopefully today. But here's a montage of disappointment that we've provided. Oh, no. Damn. Actually I think that was from Ben's Twister beard That was the audio from my Twister beard Sorry guys A lot of disappointment You get the wrong hand The buzzer sound

A lot of apologies Alright You get the wrong hand and the wrong... Yeah, the buzzer sounded. A lot of apologies. All right, let's get into it. Stacey, who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono, please. All righty. All right, he's making his way around here. We'll see if we can inflict more disappointment onto New Zealand or not this morning.

Here is your first word this morning. It is spuds. Spuds. S-P-U-D-S. Spuds. Potato. Potato. Potato.

Was it S-P-U-D-S? It was spuds with an S, but that's all right. You can still say potato. I'll go potatoes, please. Oh, potatoes. Okay. Umbrella is the second word. Rain. Nice. Barlla is the second word. Rain.

Nice. Barber is the third word. B-A-R-B-E-R, barber. Haircut. Very good. Producer Juliette, you're nodding along, aren't you, on that one? Yep, yep. Exercise is the fourth word this morning.

Fitness. Fitness. Oh, you're playing a good game. This is really good. These words are good as well. And southern is the final word this morning? Fitness. Fitness. Oh, you're playing a good game. This is really good. These words are good as well. And southern is the final word this morning. Southern. Southern. Yeah, southern. S-O-U-T-H-E-R-N. A little sneaky R in southern.

Southern. Northern. Nice. I see what you've done there. Alright, I think you've played really well. You've given yourself the best shot Of getting the $5,000 Now the pressure Fingers crossed Is on Jono

Who's come around Let's hope We don't add Stacey To our montage of disappointments Ah Yeah I'm ready to go Okay Alright Stace

Let's get into it Five words See if we can match Play a game of word tinder Best word this morning Spuds Spuds uh potatoes oh yes well done i thought you're gonna stop at potato but you're kind of you put the floor good one well it's because you said spuds yeah maybe i overemphasize that uh one from five here we go umbrella is the second word this morning umbrella

i've just got that rihanna song but i don't think stacy would have gone rihanna oh no um who's to know you are because you were no doubt hopefully you wrote down the answers. I did, yeah. Rain. Yes, well done. Stacey. Yes. Here we go. This would be a great start to the week. Sure would.

Barber is word number three, Jono. B-A-R-B-E-R. Barber. Went through that whole, we had a conversation. We didn't go any hair jibes towards your way at all, mate. Good. Nothing. But then in mentioning it now, you're just going to have to... I just wanted to say how you're proud of us.

Yeah, I am proud of you. You're going to listen back on the podcast. Not a single one. Barbara. Haircut. Oh, Stacey. Well done. Stacey.

This is good. We're two words away. You can do this, Jono. Come on. Exercise is the fourth word this morning. Exercise. Exercise. Godlock and gym?

There's another one for the montage. Can we get a clean one of you doing it, Stacey? Sorry. Yeah, good. That's it. What did you go, Stace? Fitness. Fitness, right. Fitness was another really good word in the gym as well.

Sorry. And finally, we had southern. I'd go Alps. Oh, okay. We went northern for that one as well. Oh, southern, northern. Stacey, I'm sorry. Bitter disappointment, but you go and have a wonderful week anyway, okay?

Will do. Thanks, you too. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. But you go and have a wonderful week anyway, okay? Will do, thanks, you too To our gossip guru The queen of Kardashian The Dalai Lama of drama The pope of pop culture The Ronald McDonald of ruthless takedowns Producer Juliet, what's happening in Spy, buddy?

Alright, so Kim Kardashian is If you didn't know She's studying to become a lawyer And she's waiting to see if she's passed her baby bar exam. She did unfortunately fail it. Sounds like an adorable little degree, doesn't it? I'm sure it's very tough. Oh, for sure. It does seem pretty tough. She

unfortunately did fail it twice, but that hasn't stopped her from going for a third time. So she's waiting to see if she's passed that, but she said that once she's in a position to start her own law firm, she wants to turn some of the former prisoners she's met into lawyers. She says these are some of the smartest people she's ever met and that they'd be super committed

to justice reform, which imagine a law firm with former prisoners is probably a world first. Yeah. Think about it like that. And, you know, a lot of people in prison, they have just obviously they've got the intelligence. They've just put it to ill use. To pull off a bank heist, that's not a walk in the park. You've got to do a lot of meticulous planning and prediction.

That's really true. And I think also because some of the people that she's helped get out of prison are people who, yes, have committed crimes, but the like the the time they've spent in prison or going to spend in prison has been super unjust for the crime that they've done yeah so i think that's what she's been working working towards does a lot of prison with prison reform doesn't she's got like about half a dozen people out of prison who are sort of wrongfully convicted it's really cool that she's doing it because when you

think of kim kardashian you're like oh you know but. Because when you think of Kim Kardashian, you're like, oh. But the fact, or you think of her as quite a superficial reality star, but the fact that she's doing this is pretty cool. And, you know, got kids doing a law degree. Yeah, poor kids. That'd be tough. It would be tough. Crazy. And if you're a fan of Disney's Cruella and loved it,

well, they've confirmed that a sequel's going to be coming out with Emma Stone returning to the role. The first film made over $200 million in worldwide ticket sales, so pretty successful. So round two is coming back. Well, that's even with, you know, obviously coronavirus and harder to go to the cinemas overseas. So that's pretty awesome.

It's a great movie, Cruella. It's really good. Yeah, it's quite a lot of soundtrack. Guy Ritchie, lockstop sort of vibe to it. But a kid-friendly version. Yeah, no, it's very coaxing. I like the fact that they're doing films on the villains, like these days, you know?

Well, yeah. You know, like with Joker. Kind of give you this sort of backstory to what they do. Yeah, it's really interesting. Well, you feel sorry for Cruella, given her upbringing, don't you? You're like, I see why you've turned out like this. Yeah, so interesting. Yeah, that's good.

The whole movie, I'm like, someone's going to swear soon. You're waiting for someone to swear? It's got that, but they don't. That's good. Mickey Mouse doesn't allow swearing. Yeah, it's good. The whole movie, I'm like, someone's going to swear soon. You're waiting for someone to swear? It's got that, but they don't. That's good. Mickey Mouse doesn't allow swearing. Yeah, exactly. And that is Spy. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz.

After 8 o'clock on the show, we're joined by Pippa Wetzel as well as that. We've got my daughter, Sienna. She's coming in to do some prank calls for us. We're retired from the prank game. Never to return. She's picking up with our love. We'll just teach the next generation. Stick around, it's the doozy

just after eight this morning. My body took booty, it's just for you, baby. And as it hits, Jono and Ben, on your Monday morning. Jono's internet wormhole. Uh-oh, not only has he lost his hair, he's lost himself on the internet again, Ben.

What's happened? What have you been lost about today? Highly publicised wormhole victim. All the time I'm clicking on articles, and today's one, the sexiest accents in the world. All right. Where do you find these things? I go deep into a dark place, my friend. I can also buy some nuclear weapons too, if you want to. I've got a contact in Italy.

New Zealand, we accidentally topped this list once. Do you remember that? It was the sexiest accent. The sucksiest accent. I think it was out of pity or a typo or something. I don't know why we were on there. Because if we were, if our accent was a piece of food, it'd be like a

slice of wholemeal bread or something. But everyone probably thinks their own accent is yeah you're probably right yeah because that's just what you're used to hearing right yeah uh coming in at number five and i'd like you to do all the accents as we go through this too ben doing accents do accents it's okay to do it some accents are okay no i know and he's like, I don't know which ones are. You can imagine the accents. Okay, imagine the accents. No one's doing accents. Okay. You read this out in your own voice and then we move on.

Okay. Australian. Great. Australian at number five. Australian? Yeah. I feel like we can take 10% of this victory as well. It's a more harsher criminal sounding version of the New Zealand accent, isn't it? Yeah, right. The country that's ironically built on convicts is kicking our criminals out at the moment,

but stone the flaming crows, flaming galah. These guys are jumping like a kangaroo at number five. So this has been selected by someone else online. Yes. This is not you going through. This is not just me. This is not just Jono's list of sexiest accents. At number four, bonjour, je m'appelle Jono.

The French accent. And it does, like when you listen to a French person speak, it's like they're making love to you with their mouth. Isn't it? Yeah, I guess, yeah. Number three, which i found interesting because i can only comprehend about 12 of what they're saying the scottish oh really it's very thick isn't it the scottish accent yeah number three the sexy is it's fierce you always feel like you're getting told off when

you speak to a scotsman uh but you can wrap ewan mcgregor and billy connelly inside some haggis and look what's up that kilt. Because they're in at number three. At number two, they've had a disastrous year when it comes to COVID cases, but finally they've tested positive for something positive. Ciao Bella! Pizza pasta and charismatic

flair is the Italian accent. At number two and number one. Have a guess. I don't know.aly was going to be my top pick was that your top pick yeah well it's obviously not new zealand unless you're bringing it's not new zealand no okay okay what's it what is it i don't know i honestly don't he's scared of he'll be uh fall into accidental racism if he says something i don't know yeah irish no surprise given the amount of luck associated with the Irish,

that they would come in at number one. But you can slap somebody in the pants on Bono and get Conor McGregor to punch you in the throat. They're number one, the Irish accent, and it has got a lot of charm, doesn't it, to it? Oh, charm, there you go. Yeah, so that was us talking about the sexiest accents. Another Jono's internet wormhole.

New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. More than that. It's just gone 8 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the hits. Crazy stuff going on in Afghanistan at the moment. The Taliban basically taking over control of the country at the moment. I know they've just taken control of the presidential palace.

That's scary. Well, you never want a country run by a terrorist organisation. That's what I've always said. Yeah, jeez. So, yeah, I think there's a few Kiwis over there that are trying to get out as well. Yeah, India aren't flying there anymore. Their last flight departed. Wow. 550,000 people have fled their homes since the conflict started. Jeez. Terrifying, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, wow.

So I'm gathering the US isn't there anymore. The troops aren't there. Oh right. Which I think we'll probably be keeping peace for. So there you go. Crazy. Times like these you really appreciate living in New Zealand. There's footage here of them just sort of on scooters with rocket

launchers just on their back. On the back of a moped and stuff. Very scary. World away. You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben, the hits. It is AJR, it is the hits. You got Jono and Ben?

You got a muesli bar too in your mouth. Sorry, I didn't know that very well. Not just Jono and Ben. The Jono and Ben feet muesli bar. We saw something on Fairgo last week. It was a really interesting story on Fairgo about car insurance, and we're joined by a host of Fairgo, one of the hosts, Pippa Wetzel. How are you? I'm good.

How are you guys? Oh, we're good. Thanks so much for talking to us. We really appreciate it. No worries at all. Hey, Pippa, wonderful story on Fairgo the other night about car insurance. Oh, we did. We had lots and lots of chat about that.

One poor woman called to get her policy changed. So she wanted to get her husband's name removed from their policy because he wasn't able to drive anymore, and discovered that she was facing an increase in what she would have to pay for her premium. So she came to us and she said, what is this about? So this was basically, essentially, in a nutshell, women pay more for car insurance than men. That is basically it in a nutshell.

So, you know, the insurance company said to us, look, we do have data that suggests, you know, this is part of how we should do it. you know, the insurance company said to us look, we do have data that suggests, you know, this is part of how we should do it. You know, we look at gender, we look at age, we look at claims history, but we looked at the information we could gather. They couldn't give us the data they had. It was commercially sensitive. So we talked to the police,

we looked at, I think it was, 88,000 crashes that had happened over the past five years, and that data didn't quite stack up with the data that we've been told existed. So hopefully now they have their data. We can't see it. We find out what we can find. But look, it's something that is worth, I guess, thinking about

and discussing and asking those questions of your insurance company. You never want to flash your data around, though, do you? No, it's your data. It's your data. You don't go showing your data to anyone. It's actually sensitive. Now, Pippa W data to anyone. I'm actually sick with it. Now, as a host of Fair Go for a few years now, you must get amazing service.

People would always be on, you know, in a little bit of fear that, oh, gee, she's going to put me on, she's going to expose me on television. So you'd get amazing service everywhere. Look, I'm not aware of it, although once or twice a few things have happened, and I've said to whoever I've been with, is this normal, do you think?

Because I do feel like I really am getting top-notch service here. I like to think that everyone would get great service, but... Yeah, it's not normal to get curtsied every time you walk into a cafe, Pippa. That's just a you thing. Yeah, it's for you guys. It's a good show for you, girl, isn't it? You're actually doing good for New Zealand. You know, the people I do feel sorry for on your show

are the hard-working, money-grubbing apartment developers just trying to whip up some leaky apartments and rip off some old people, and you guys... Flashing your cameras in their face. Hey, we're finding a good fight. My favourite thing on Fairgo is when you get we're fighting the good fight. Yeah, you are. My favourite thing on Fair Go is when you get a palm to the camera lens, you know?

That definitely still happens, definitely. But I think, and even in the time that I've been there, and certainly in these 44 years we've been on air, we are getting used to that. The hopes that we need to jump through are greater, which is fair enough. So, you know, there's all sorts of things we have to make sure we do properly before we would confront someone like that.

But when it's due and when it's the right thing to do, we will absolutely do it. Here's a question for you, Pim West. So you work at TVNZ as well. Now, Jono, you got stitched up by TVNZ. I was part of an undercover sting on smutty gutter journalism. Seven Sharp, they were filming people

jaywalking in public places Jono got filmed and used as one of the people jaywalking and the camera guy even said we just filmed you jaywalking Jono thought he was joking I don't think jaywalking is illegal in New Zealand Well it turns out it is and I was part

of this expose My face was pixelated but my fans would have known it was me illegal in New Zealand. Well, it turns out it is, and I was part of this expose. My face was pixelated, but my fans would have known it was me. I don't think they're pixelated. They didn't know. They just used you, mate. Jeez, my face is looking bad. I'll tell you what, mate, I think you should be pleased that that's the only thing you've been caught doing wrong

on camera. Yeah, no, you're right. You're right. You might be grateful for that one. Yeah, I got off lightly. Now I'm going to put my hands to your lens and get out of our face, Pippa Wetzel. No, you're so lovely. We can't say that. Thank you so much for your time.

We really appreciate it. We can't wait to see our fair go tonight. 7.30, TVNZ1. Awesome. Cheers. Bye-bye. See you, Pippa. She's awesome, isn't she, Pippa Wetzel?

Yeah, as I said before, you can catch it tonight on TVNZ. There's a lot of text about what we were talking about at the front of that with Pippa. She's awesome, isn't she, Pippa Wetzel? Yeah, as I said before, you can catch it tonight on TPNZ. There's a lot of text about what we were talking about at the front of that with Pippa, that women are paying more for car insurance than men and they have less crashes. That seems very, very unusual. It's a very sexist approach, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. They're not releasing their data, though. They say, oh, we've got some data.

So, yeah, but surely that will change. You'd think now a fair go are onto it. Yeah, that's right. Hey, join us tomorrow on the program. $5,000 is back tomorrow, 7. Yeah, that's right. Hey, join us tomorrow on the program. $5,000 is back tomorrow, 7.45 five words, 5k. Yet another disappointment this morning. I keep going on

about it. It feels like seven months since we've had a winner. It hasn't been that long but it has been a while and as well as that I hope your Monday goes really well. Mine didn't start too well. I stood in dog crap on the way to work. I still haven't really got over that. It's not really been riling me all show. But anyway, have yourself a great Monday.

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