Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: David Seymour On His Interesting Friendship With Jacinda Ardern

Episode Date: December 11, 2022

Today on the show we chat to David Seymour about the highs and lows of his 2022.. Ben makes his family dress up and should secret santa be a gag or serious!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of the John O'Bien Podcast brought to you by Challenge Service Stations. Benjamin, lovely to see you. I'll see you as well. Looking very smart today in your bleach. I'm trying to be smart, going to my daughter's graduation from primary school. I mean, it's not like they have to pass and they hold them back or anything like that, but you know what I mean. It's a formality, isn't it?

Yeah, you want to go... Kevin Boyce would be happy to put a collared shirt on, mate. You know, that's what my dad would say. You look very smart. You look very smart. I'm trying to make more of an effort lately. I was like, hey, we're going to work. We're going to do some stuff.

So I thought I would. And I have a lot of shirts that I don't wear enough. So that's the main drive. That's one of my drawings. You really do get into a tight cycle of clothing, do you? You really should expand that. I'd like to expand it out. Wear some shirts.

Why not? You look great. You look good. Oscar, my son's in here. Speaking of school holidays, how are you, Oscar? out. Wear some shirts. Why not? You look great. You look good. Oscar, my son's in here. Speaking of school holidays, how are you, Oscar? Good. Yeah. Now, what do you want to bring to the podcast intro, mate?

Oscar's 13 in February. What's happening in a nearly 13-year-old's life? What's the big stuff we should be talking about? Not much, really. You've got to come up with something better than not much, really. Well, you like basketball, don't you? Yep. Yep.

Basketball. TikTok. Do you like TikTok?ball, don't you? Yep. Yep. Basketball. TikTok. Do you like TikTok? No. No? But it's very popular. It is very popular. Yeah.

Yeah. They don't get me TikTok. They don't let me. Mum and Dad don't let me have it. Oh, so it's your dad's fault. If you did, you'd be adding more TikTok into this. Yeah. Yeah.

He's like, mate, you haven't even let me have it. Now you want me to. Now you want me to talk about it. Yeah. Yeah. But Oscar, you finished school last week, last Wednesday. Yep. And when do you go back, mate?

February 2nd. That's a long bloody haul. Now, you won't appreciate this now, but when you get to our age, holidays, they shrink. And that's what I always say to him. I was like, go to bed. You're allowed to go to bed and have a sleep. All I want to do is nap you ask Ben

I want to stay up late, he stays up until 9, 30, 10 but it's just like everyone does we all did it you're right at that age you don't appreciate it you might look back at the time but you're like maybe getting bored in the school holidays that's a thing that would never happen these days

getting bored in the holiday you've got devices now yeah exactly now oscar do you tell us is this just two old men reminiscing uh a little bit yeah now uh do you get bored during the holidays and what do you do uh yeah i sometimes get bored yeah like play basketball a lot of babies he's a basketball obsessed which you which these guys have got a basketball podcast, Oscar. If you do get bored, you can check out New Zealand's number one basketball podcast. Depending on what day of the week it is, mate.

Has it ever been number one? Apparently. Apparently. Number one, mate. How many basketball podcasts are there? It's not number one in the world, though. That's for Jesus. We're a long way down.

But number one in New Zealand, I think there's only two. Well, I'm not going to say there's only two New Zealand ones because there might be more. There's only one in my eyes. I thought William's just had one as well, but I think we ran him out of town, mate. You ran Guy Williams out of town?

Yeah, he's like, I can't do a podcast anymore while that one's out, right? Yeah, right. Yeah. Okay, what's your favourite basketball team? Everyone say on three. Three, two, one. The Breakers.

What? The Breakers. Oh, nice. I've got a local team, Miami. The Breakers. What? The Breakers. Oh, nice. Local. Yeah, good. I'm going local team, baby. Who's your favourite player from the Breakers at the moment? Let's talk about new season players.

Let's not go back to like an Abercrombie that you probably know. Oh, Corey. Corey. Oh. He's gone, mate. He's gone, mate. Yeah. Corey Webster, you mean. Corey Webster. Yeah, he, mate. He's gone, mate. Yeah. Corey Webster, you mean.

Corey Webster. Yeah, he's gone. He was here last week. You know, he was playing well against the Breakers last week. He played very well against them. Yeah, they had an interesting social media sort of thing where they put out a sort of sign, a billboard out there, because he's playing for the Wildcats,

and they had a photo of Corey Webster on the billboard, and they had equals, basically a cat, and kind of a contest. Interesting thing to sort of zero in on a player who's obviously won championships before and come back. Even some of the Breakers players were out there on the social going, hey, guys, not really fully behind us. And he had an amazing game against the Breakers and pretty much won the game for the other team. Oh, okay.

Interesting move. What does the cat represent? Well, you can take it. No, you tell me What it represents That's not saying He was Because he plays With the wild cats

Yeah the wild cats And it was saying He was a bit You know I think That's I don't know Saying he was a wild cat Well no It's probably

Wheel it back into the Yeah you know But I don't know I don't know if that's What they meant They just said equals thing And I guess you had to Like jump to conclusions

But it was a bit interesting And he said They would never Commented something They'd never ever Say to my face That's what he said As well in the comments but it was a bit interesting. And he said something they'd never ever said in my face. That's what he said as well in the comments as well. Oh, it was getting quiet. Yeah, well, fair enough.

He'd be a bit like, hey, what? He'd say, I was loyal to this club. Oh, anyway. Oh, I get it. Have we turned this into a basketball podcast? Don't worry, though. I probably won't get as many listens as the bench one was doing. We have turned this into a basketball podcast.

Anyway, have a great day. Thank you very much for listening to the podcast we know there's many out there to choose from we've just heard there's at least three basketball podcasts

in New Zealand as well have a great day we'll catch you tomorrow Summer's here guys but the weather jeez you wouldn't know it at the moment it was wild over the weekend

although producer B Humphrey was in Waka and I said it was beautiful yeah see Christchurch for 660 I saw it was a beautiful evening Saturday night. So, you know, it just depends where you were. But you're right, it was torrential for a few hours around the country. I think it just moved down slowly. Well, you went to a concert just during a torrential storm.

What were you thinking as you were heading there? Well, we didn't quite, yeah, like it was bucketing down in the afternoon. We were like, uh-oh, this is not going to be great conditions but but thankfully things uh kind you know we're good actually there was no real rain it just very very muddy oh that was the only thing because we went to jack johnson in the field with the family and it was very like even when you went to get a drink you're like oh there's no there's nothing i can do here it's going to be muddy shoes my wife had white sneakers on white sneakers that white sneakers. That's a gamble from Amanda. Well, she had her work Christmas party.

She was basically top and tailing with the concert as well. Now, this was your anniversary too. Yeah. So you got tarantula conditions. You brought the kids along as well on your anniversary, the fam-iversary. Yeah. It was fun though.

Actually a really good fun time. Because once you're there and you're like, well, my shoes are dirty. Who cares? I'll scrub. I went home and scrubbed five pairs of shoes. It was fun, though. Actually, a really good fun time. Because once you're there and you're like, well, my shoes are dirty. Who cares? I'll scrub. I went home and scrubbed five pairs of shoes. That's how I spent the evening after the concert.

I sort of bundled them up in a plastic poncho in the Uber on the way home because my kids had my kids' shoes and their friend's shoe and stuff like that as well. And I went home and scrubbed some shoes, mate. It was great. Did they come up nice? They did, actually. They came up pretty good. What did you do?

Nappy sand or just your soap and water? I actually used a little bit of washing detergent and a scrubbing brush. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Not too many more Mondays before Christmas. You know? Yeah. And we have been motivating you throughout the year on Mondays, haven't we? We've only got a couple more to go to drag you over the finish line,

and it's time for another Motivational Monday. It's just another Motivational Monday. It's just another Motivational Monday. We like to motivate you on a Monday, as John has said before, you know, because Monday seems to be the hardest day to get into the working week. I'm finding a bit more pep in the step, though, the closer the Mondays are getting to... You sort of count down the work days, how many more you've got to go to before Christmas, right? Megan Markle.

Yeah. She's inspirational. She inspired Prince Harry to leave his bloody family. Don't get much more inspirational than that. So I've got some market... I love how she says the guy that watched four minutes of the doco and then fell asleep. Lost me.

They lost me. Yeah, they lost me. I'm on to a new Netflix doco now bloody Jonah Hill studs Jonah Hill done a documentary on his

psychiatrist oh really yeah it's quite interesting anyway some dog leg there I'll get told off for that later on but Meghan Markle

here she is saying some inspirational stuff oh good you are going to use your voice in a stronger way than you've ever

been able to you are going to use your voice in a stronger way than you've ever been able to. You are going to have empathy for those who don't see the world through the same lens that you do. When I was a sophomore in high school, my teacher at the time, one of my teachers, Ms. Polia, said to me before I was leaving for a day of volunteering. Always remember to put others' needs above your own fears. You are going to lead with love, you are going to lead with compassion, you are going to use your voice. Now you get to be part of rebuilding.

And I know sometimes people say, how many times do we need to rebuild? Well, you know what? We are going to rebuild and rebuild and rebuild until it is rebuilt. There's a lot of Christmas functions going on at the moment. The Hits team went and played some mini-putt yesterday and

Jono Pryor saw a different side of you. Okay, so we're playing Holy Moly Golf. Why don't you just yell out one? Maybe don't repeat it I yelled out mother**** I'm sorry Not the place, not the event You're trying to get it through the clown's mouth

And it's really upsetting It feels like Shades of Happy Gilmore You get quite angry Well once you get into double digits on the golfing hole So yes, apologies to anyone who was at Holy Moly Golf yesterday and for the profanities that we used. It was in a moment of frustration. I let down my family, the hits.

And the team of five million, I think, were pretty disappointed. But, yeah, Ben, was it quite loud? It was quite loud. Yeah, it was quite loud. Everyone went, ooh. Because I was hacking away by myself. You guys had moved on to another hole. You'd got it all in one.

You got par. I'm sitting there 12th, 13th time trying to get it up this tongue into a... Anyway, got over it now. Worked through that. That sounds like you're clearly not over it, are you? Hey, Secret Santa. Now, we've got these on Wednesday. It's just sad.

These functions just keep on happening, don't they? They do. It's the time of year. It's a lot of fun. It is fun this time of year, but busy, busy, busy time. Now, Producer Joel, you've become the CEO of the Secret Santa for 2022.

Yeah, thought I'd bring a bit of Christmas spirit to the hits. Self-appointed. This is nice. You've bought Christmas spirit, but you've also bought a bird that hangs over people's heads. This cloud of,

oh God, I've got to pick up that. Under a $5 limit or whatever. $20 for this one. $20 limit you know it's just this thing that sort of hangs over you but uh ben you're a little worried because you've said who you've got and you're not you you don't know them that well i do and i do i do but i don't you know like but i'm not at the point where i'm like do you do you go with a present that's like a a funny one like in the moment oh that's funny or do you go with a present that's like a funny one? Like in the moment, oh, that's funny. Or do you go with a present that's actually nice?

Like does anyone, as a circumstance, do you want a nice gift? You're like, oh, that's nice. Well, in 2022, how far can you push the boundaries comedically too? Like what is appropriate? You've told me what you want to get this person. And I'm like, that is as far from appropriate as. Oh, mate, well, your plans sound like really dodgy. That's going to end up for the representative in HR.

It's not that bad at all. You've really embellished this. What I love about this is thanks to the secretive nature of this whole process, he can't say what it is or who it is. So I can just keep going, it's a shocker. Like, we've all talked behind his back. It's not a shocker, but it's like, do you go... Did you have to walk into the shop and buy that?

Stop it. Did you cover your... I haven't bought anything, but I want to know. And I'll add with the hats. 4487. You know, Secret Santa's in the workplace because $20 is a good gift. You know, you get a good gift for that. But do people want a good gift or do you want a funny one?

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We are in the middle of Secret Santa debate. Can you go gag or no gag? How far can you push the boundaries? You had one before another time at another radio station remember the rig

yeah I yeah I missed the mark hey we've you have wins and losses in Secret Santa so there was a guy Dean and Dean

we all talked behind his back had a wonderful rig like a good torso yeah like best torso in media and so we all called him the rig behind his back

well you didn't know it was behind his back you thought it was like i thought he knew about it yeah it wasn't like a bad thing to be talking it was a compliment yeah and so then what i bought him is i bought him some baby oil and i got a label and i put on it for oil for the rig the oil rig yeah which is clever i see what you did so i wrapped it it up he opened it up you can see him go oil for the rig he's like very confused

he was looking around and it was that point where I knew I needed to step up and do some explaining but it's secret centre you can't let anyone

in on the fact you were yelling out from the back it was like oil for the rig cause you got a good rig everyone was going hey what was that

look at this rig look at the present again. And so, yeah, that was a big loss. Chalked up as a big loss. The good thing is generally you don't have to deal with the fallout, do you? No, either way, you're right. Secret Santa's. We'll go to Tauranga.

Janet, you're on. Your partner bought a spicy present for someone. He did. He did. He was in a shared office space, and there was one colleague who was particularly smelly, and he drew his name. And so he bought him palm olive soap.

Oh. Oh. Everybody found it hilarious, except, of course, the recipient. Well, he might not have known. Who knows if you smell or not? I mean, we all talk behind Ben's back that he's the smelly one in the office. I do, yeah. I keep wondering why he keeps buying me

a coy of candles and soap for that. Neat feet and all the rest, absolutely. Was he nervous when the opening was happening, Janet? Oh, no, he is the ultimate gag guy. So gag gifts are what you always get from him at Christmas. So, no, he wasn't nervous in the league. Oh, good on you, Janet. You go and have a wonderful Christmas anyway.

Thanks for listening. Thank you. Now we'll go to Pammy in Tuakau. Welcome, Pammy. Hi. Good to have you on. Gag or no gag for the Secret Santa? Would you rather a genuine present?

I just kind of gag genuine present. I put a $20 petrol voucher in a COVID test box. Oh, well, that's okay. So you've kind of made a nice present into a gag, a joke. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, useful as well. That's not bad. Good thinking there, Pammy.

So Ben, now, because you are thinking comedically, it's what you do, it's your makeup, it's your DNA. Are you still going to go gag present with this person? I don't think so. I don't think so. Do you know, but you don't know what they want. You don't know what they're into. Yeah, I know.

So you're going to have to go with your, unless we set up an elaborate plan and we get someone to phone up pretending to be from a census or something. What would you like? What would you like this Christmas? That's not bad. That's not bad.

We could try that after the show. Yeah, and then I can get the person. It's not bad. We could try that after the show. Yeah, and then I can get the person. Yeah, all right. We can try that today. That's very elaborate. Because what you're proposing involves their body. No, don't. You're just making up.

He was saying off air, yeah. You've got to go for the gag prison, Ben. Making up stuff. This is besmirching. Okay, all right. Anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben's Thank You Very Much with Challenge.

Yeah, Challenge brought the service back into service stations. And each day this week, we're going to give away a $500 gift card. Thanks to Challenge for someone that you want to say thanks very much to. Fill up their tanks. See what we did there. Challenge, proud partners of the Jono and Ben Breakfast Show here on the Hits. We keep saying proud partners and hoping they are proud. They may be a little embarrassed in parts, but you can text 4487.

Some great texts coming through. Jeez, there's some wonderful people out there in this country. We're not two of them, Ben, but there are some great people out there. So, yes, if you do want to nominate someone, text through this week, and we're going to be doing it every single morning, and we're going to go through to today's nominee, Brent. Hello, Brent speaking. Hello, Brent speaking.

It's John O'Bain calling from the Hits radio station. How are you? We're doing well, Brent. Good. Now, there's probably a huge raft of reasons why we could be calling you. Have a guess. Yeah, I have no idea. Yeah, nervous?

What's going through your head right now? What's your feelings? No, no, I'm a bit inquisitive. Yeah? Yesterday a friend just texted me and goes, I have a question to ask you, and then left it for ages. I was like, oh my goodness, what is this? So things go through your head.

So we're doing a big expose into affairs, Brett. No, no, no, no. We're doing something really lovely. We're looking for people that, it's called Thank You Very Much. People want to give thanks for someone who's done some amazing things in their life. And someone has nominated you.

I think you've got the wrong number. No, they've nominated you. Coaching their daughter's 11-year-old netball team for three to four years in a row now. No one else would step up. You take players to games. You help out. You're doing a great thing every week. And they want to games, you help out, you're doing a great

thing every week and they want to say thank you very much and we're going to give you a challenge gift card so you can put $500 into your tank to fill that up. That is absolutely fantastic. I don't know what to say. It sounds like you've been doing a lot of work. I mean, stepping up in that position is awesome. Yeah, but it's a lot of fun too. I thoroughly enjoy it. Look, I'm the worst coach ever, but we didn't even win a game this year. I think we were absolutely rubbish.

But we had some fun, you know. That's the main thing. And you got some free petrol at the end of it too. And the girls turned up every week and were keen ass. Oh, that's awesome. Well, apparently you buy lollies that you give the girls afterwards, which sounds a little strange. Perhaps that's what the problem was.

I worked them hard enough in training or something. Oh, Brett, New Zealand needs more people like you, supporting out, giving your time and helping out. And thanks to Challenge Service Stations. Proud to put the service back into service stations. We're going to give you a $500 gift card so you can spend up over the holiday season. Your petrol will be covered.

That's awesome. Thank you very much. I much appreciate it. Well, congratulations on that and also the shocking season with no wins. He's not going to be coaching the Silver Ferns anytime soon. Thank goodness. Thank goodness.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono, you know I love a costume. I love to get dressed up. You've got a garage load of them, don't you? It's much to the disgust of my wife. She doesn't mind a costume, but she doesn't like the fact that the costume department takes over most of the garages.

Some people might have tools in their garage. You've got a bananas and pyjamas when you like even you calling it a department like you have a costume department and you're so much so and this is without a word of a lie we uh there was a work christmas do here which was all dress up thing and the amount of emails i was cc'd in on as well hey ben i heard you've got a you know costume department a costume department can i want to dress like a palm tree hi ben i was needing to dress like a clown hi ben i was scary and you're like a, you know... Costume department. A costume department. Can I want to dress like a palm tree? Hi, Ben, I was needing to dress like a clown. Hi, Ben, I was scared.

And you're like, yep, got you covered. No worries. You need to start renting these out. I know, I know, I need to. And, you know, it's one of those things. I do enjoy costume. I do like it. And my family partake in many costume-based events

over the years, you know, getting dressed up. And even on Friday night, I noticed that we were going, the girls and I were going out, my daughters, me, we're going out to the Christmas function. They're like, well, what should we wear? And I'm like, mate, we're wearing our Christmas jerseys. And they were, you know, because we've got those, you know, those matching sort of, and it was quite ideal conditions because it wasn't too warm.

They're sort of woolly jerseys, Christmas bright, as you'd see in America, you know, lots of colors. Were they on board with? They were, they were. But I could tell, I could tell that maybe there's going to be a time sort of woolly jerseys, Christmas bright, as you'd see in America, you know, lots of colours. Were they on board with it? They were, they were. But I could tell, I could tell that maybe there's going to be a time coming up soon where they're not going to be. To their credit, they were on board with it,

wore them all night and they enjoyed it. But I could tell, I just thought... You're teetering, you're knocking. I just feel like, you know, because through those difficult teenage years, which are on the horizon, there is, you know, are you going to be the family that wears the costumes? Matching costume matching clothes you know like i've been able to ride it out while they've been younger even that the netball we went to silver ferns a few months ago and they're like

oh what should i wear and i'm like we've got netball boobs let's wear netball boobs we wore netball boobs but don't the players wear those i I don't know. I was like, let's get into some water. Did you make everyone wear netball boots? I did. It's a bit me. Yeah, even me on that occasion, love a costume, but even I could feel people going, what are they dressed as? Are they netball boots? They got netball boots as a family, but we roll with it.

I was like, yeah, keep going, guys. Keep your heads up. Let's go. Let's go walk the roads. So when you take them to, say, watch the Blackbirds or something, do you wrap tape around their ears, put mouth guards in? Well, we dressed all in black clothing then for that one. You've got to theme your outfit for the occasion.

But the netball one was the first time that I had doubt in my own. I was feeling like my daughters probably would be feeling it a year or two time. Yeah, well, I mean, you've really crossed the threshold with netball bibs there. But it's always been me. Even through my difficult teenage years, it probably says a lot about me. I'd ride things out. The Looney Tunes, you know, duvet set that I wore to the ball.

It got made into a suit if you just joined us. Yes. He turned his bedding, his sheets, into a suit for the ball and made his ball partner wear matching Looney Tunes gloves made out of the same. Now, do you want a teenage boy's sheets on your hands? That's my question. No. No.

So anyway, I'm persisting with it. The costume family will continue on for a wee bit. You know, the end is nigh. Yeah, but it does feel like that. But then it might come back around in the full adult years. I feel like it will again. And that's fair enough. Dad will dust off these old things, his 70s. Why don't we

go dress as hypodermic needles to the Skytel? The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. It's Pink, eh? 45 on your Monday morning. A big weekend. Guns N' Roses, Jack Johnson, Christmas in the Park, 660. There was a lot going on over the weekend.

A lot for little old New Zealand to handle on one weekend. The weather was shocking all over the country. It seemed to move its way down the country, didn't it? Yeah, the good thing is all the faeces are now on the beaches around Auckland there. Can you hear the news, Sam Wellington? Can't swim in any beach? Let's go after the show. Scissors, paper, rock.

Who goes for a dip in a beach? I'm good, I'm good. Hey, the year. What a year it's been, the last 12 months. And we keep having this conversation, were we in a lockdown? And I think we were in an alert level four situation. Yeah.

Yeah. That was sort of Feb, March. The COVID let us have our New Year's break last year, remember? That's right. But it feels, yeah, it's very hard to remember what was this year and what wasn't this year. DJ Omicron came over, remember? That's right.

All we know, that poor fella. Yeah. Was that a year ago? Pretty much was a year and what wasn't this year. DJ Omicron came over. That's right. Remember we all went on that poor fella? Yeah. Was that a year ago? It pretty much was a year ago. So this is us just acknowledging what's gone on in the last 12 months. I mean, the Queen died. Prince Andrew is dead to his family. Yeah, yeah.

There's the cost of living. Winter Olympics. They're in February. Of course. Yeah. But Ben, me just reading this stuff out, that's not the way to do it, is it? No, you're right. We need to get together, we need to get in the studio,

and we need to put it into song. Have a listen. Wrapping it up, wrapping up 22. It's Jono and Ben 2. Black Ferns made us proud to be Kiwi. Do-de-da-ba-da-ee-wee. Jacinda told farmers to go carbon zero and Taylor Swift said she was

We debated Ann Foster and Ray Zeray, Chris Lux and sang We learnt that Pete Davidson has big privates, the media kept saying Wrapping it up, wrapping up 22 is our

review J-Lo and Ben again tied the knot David Seymour was Wrapping it up, wrapping up 22. It's our review. JLo and Ben again tied the knot. David Seymour was... Under attack by sex bots. We said our goodbyes to Her Majesty the Queen. Instababes got DMs from... Adam Levine. Benny toured the world with her song Glitter. Elon Musk sacked heaps of people at...

Twitter. Tin foil hats camped on Parliament's front lawn. Even after Mallard... Ordered sprinklers turned on. Johnny and Amber camped on Parliament's front lawn. Even after Mallard. Audit's brief has turned on. Johnny and Amber went to court to fight it out. Will Smith said. Keep the white eggs out of your mouth. Chloe made Tristan take a paternity.

Seymour said lockdown was. An eternity. Britney got married. Vowed to be loyal. British PM got confused for. Honor royals. Winning Winter Olympics. And gold was the proof

And dad's on TV said Crazy shit went off the roof Wrapping it up Wrapping up 22 We bid you Adieu Wrapping it up Wrapping up 22

Yeah Uh It's through Taking the rap game back Even though the year was 2022 We're taking the rap game back You never want to was 2022 We're taking the rap game back You never want to get to the end of the song And the artist goes

Wrapping up 2022 Why did we release that? We've got Jono in bed 848 Jono you know I love a costume I love to get dressed up You've got a garage load of them Don't you? It's much to the disgust of

my wife who she doesn't mind a costume but she doesn't like the fact that the costume the costume department takes over most of the garages you know some people might have tools in their garage or like yeah i don't know you got a bananas and pajamas costume there but when you like even you calling it a department like you have a costume department and you much so, and this is without a word of a lie, there was a work Christmas do here, which was all dress-up themed. And the amount of emails I was CC'd in on as well. Hey, Ben, I heard you've got a, you know. Costume department.

A costume department. I want to dress like a palm tree. Hi, Ben, I was needing to dress like a clown. Hi, Ben, I was scared. And you're like, yep, got you covered. No worries. You need to start renting these out. I know. I know. I need to. And, you you know it's one of the things i do enjoy costume i

do like it and my family partake in you know partake in many many costume based uh events over the years that you know getting dressed up and even on friday night i noticed that we were going the girls and i were going out uh my daughters me we're going out to the christmas function they're like well what should we wear i'm like mate we're going out to the Christmas function. They're like, well, what should we wear? And I'm like, mate, we're wearing our Christmas jerseys. And they were, you know, because we've got those, you know, those matching sort of,

and it was quite ideal conditions because it wasn't too warm. They're sort of woolly jerseys, Christmas bright, as you'd see in America, you know, lots of colours. Were they on board with? They were, they were. But I could tell, I could tell that maybe there's going to be a time

coming up soon where they're not going to be. To their credit, they were on board with it, wore them all night and they enjoyed it. But I could tell that maybe there's going to be a time coming up soon where they're not going to be to the credit they're on board with it more and more night and they enjoyed it but I could tell I just thought you're teetering you're knocking I just feel like you know because just through those those difficult teenage years which are on the horizon there is you know are you going to be the family that wears the costume matching

clothes you know like I've been able to write it out while they've been younger even that the netball we went to Silver Ferns a few months ago and they're like oh what should I wear and I'm like we out While they've been younger Even the netball We went to Silver Ferns A few months ago And they were like Oh what should I wear And I was like We've got netball boobs Let's wear netball boobs

We wore netball boobs Don't the players wear those I don't know I was like Let's get into some water Did you make everyone Wear netball boobs I did

It's in the thing It was Yeah even me On that occasion Love a costume But even I Can feel people going, what's all he dressed as?

They've got netball boobs as a family, but we roll with it. I was like, yeah, keep going, guys. Keep your heads up. Let's go. Let's go walk through. So when you take them to, say, watch the Blackbirds or something, do you wrap tape around their ears, put mouth guards in? Well, we dressed all in black clothing then for that one.

You've got to theme your outfit for the occasion But the netball one was the first time that I had doubt in my own I was feeling like my daughters probably would be feeling it a year or two time Yeah well I mean you've really crossed the threshold with netball bibs there But it's always been me Even through my difficult teenage years It probably says a lot about me I'd ride things out

The Looney Tunes duvet set that I wore to the ball It got made into a suit if you just joined us. Yes. He turned his bedding, his sheets, into a suit for the ball and made his ball partner wear matching Looney Tunes gloves made out of the same. Now, do you want a teenage boy's sheets on your hands? That's my question.

No. No. So anyway, I'm persisting with it. The costume family will continue on for a wee bit. You know, the end is nigh. Yeah, but it does feel like that. But then it might come back around in the full adult years. I feel like it will again.

And that's fair enough. Dad will dust off these old things, you know, in his 70s. Why don't we go dress as hypodermic needles to the Skytel? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben's Thank You Very Much with Challenge. Yeah, Challenge, Brad's put the service back into service stations. And each day this week, we're going to give away a $500 gift card. Thanks to Challenge for someone that you want to say thanks very much to.

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no no i'm i'm a bit inquisitive yeah yesterday a friend just text me goes i have a question to ask you and then left it for ages i was like oh my goodness what is this so you think he's going through your head so we're doing a big expose into a fierce break no no no we're doing something really lovely we're looking for people uh that affairs, Brett. No, no, no, no. We're doing something really lovely. We're looking for people that, it's called Thank You Very Much. People want to give thanks for someone who's done some amazing things in their life. And someone has nominated you. I think you've got the wrong number.

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Yeah, but it's a lot of fun too. I thoroughly enjoy it. Look, I'm the worst coach ever, but we didn't even win a game this year. I think we were absolutely rubbish. But we had some fun, you know. That's the main thing. And you got some free petrol at the end of it too.

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Well, congratulations on that and also the shocking season with no wins. He's not going to be coaching the Silver Ferns anytime soon. Thank goodness. Thank goodness.