Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Day 2 And Jono Already Brought Something NSFW To The Show

Episode Date: January 24, 2022

If you thought you couldn't turn the topic of exercise into something inappropriate, think again. Jono has been doing Youtube workouts for the last wee while, and got Ben to play a little game with him on these exercises. We also spoke to Emma Timmis who ran the length of NZ in 21 days over summer, from Cape Reinga to Bluff and made a new world record! Finally, Jono has been accused of doing something by the tradie next door. Again, something not appropriate! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora. It's the 25th of January. It feels like we've been back at work for six months, Ben. It's only day two. You were saying on the show this morning the novelty of coming back to work has worn off for you. It was really fun yesterday. Like, you know, as a general rule of thumb, if we could all just work one day a year where you're like, I'm excited to go to work, I'm excited to see everyone, I'm excited to do, you know, then I think we would have a lot more enthusiasm about getting up at four o'clock.

We've basically got Santa Claus's schedule, you know, it's one day of work a year. Yeah, I mean, what is that guy doing for the rest, I mean, he works hard, don't get me wrong. Oh, and he's putting a lot into, I imagine a lot of planning, you know, like working at what's, you know, you can't just turn up and go, oh, I've got to go to that house. I've got to go to that. Oh, I'm sure, yeah. There's a fair amount of preparation when it comes to Santa Claus' schedule.

I mean, he's got to be across all the naughty and nice lists, doesn't he? Yeah. What's this? They could change last minute as well, you know. This little Jimmy Dunn and, you know, Blenheim this year. He's got to, yeah, so it's an ongoing job being Santa Claus and a radio announcer. Who's to say who's more important in life? In the world, I'd say Santa Claus is definitely getting, yeah,

a lot more important a job than what we do. They're one of the commercial radio announcers. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Commercially friendly radio announcer. Definitely, definitely. Where do you put, okay, what jobs are more important than this job? Banking? Yeah.

Parking water? About the same level. Are we on the same level as aing water? About the same level. Are we on the same level as a parking water? I'd say maybe lower. Masseuse? Masseuse is very good. For people that love massages. Yeah.

You know, we're not relaxing. No, I'm trying to think of professions that would be lower than radio. There's not much. There's not much. No, I'm trying to think of professions that would be lower than radio. There's not much. There's not much. The last of the low. Yeah. I mean, jeez, would you go like a drug dealer? Maybe a drug manufacturer?

Probably bring people a lot more joy and happiness than we are. And radio analysis. So they're even above us. The scourge. Not legally. Not legally. Yeah, yeah. What they're doing to society and you're putting them above.

And probably not doing some good things as well. Yeah, let's balance that out. How's my mate Benjamin today? You got a lovely shirt on there? You got the yacht shirt on? You got the yacht shirt on, you know, you get that. Oh, that's boring. He's got a shirt with a yacht sort of, by the way. I do, I do, yeah. I've never been on a yacht. Have you been yachting? No, it's not something I've... I have been on a yacht once, but it's not something I'm like, oh, let's go yachting, you know? Yachting seems like an absolute rigmarole.

Yeah. Imagine you're having a yacht. Like, you know, you've got the sails and the ropes. Oh, yeah, the sails. So when the time I was on there, it was definitely like there was a lot going on. There was, you know, it wasn't like just, oh, put the motor on and away we go.

It was like, oh, this thing down, put this thing down. You know, it was all just... This is not enjoyable. There's a whole lot going on. It wasn't like just put the motor on and away we go. It was like, put this thing down, put this thing down. It was not enjoyable. There's a whole lot going on. Are we racing for the America's Cup or are we just going for a nice day out on the harbour here? It's impressive to see what they're doing. They're dropping sails and they're doing all sorts of stuff. I could not trust myself to captain a bike yacht.

Too many plates spinning. I'd be definitely getting the Coast Guard called out. Harbour Master would be like, oh, he's sunk another one. Sunk another yacht. But you don't feel like you would relax on a yacht, would you? No. No. Oh, well, I imagine these periods would be like, this has got the sail up.

This is good for, I don't know, an hour. Maybe, I don't know. But things could change. Yeah. They have motors, though, don't they? They've got to allow to chug them along into a... Yeah. I don't know. I don't know, but things could change. Yeah. They have motors, though, don't they? They've got to allow more to chug them along into... Yeah. Look, I don't know.

I don't know. Maybe I've got no business wearing a yacht shirt. I just thought it was a nice summery yacht shirt. Now I'm being questioned about yachting. Yachting is... I know they've said the phrase before, but it is Formula One on the water now. And even...

I heard that... Is it a Lingy? Maybe a Lingy, or it might be the American one, or any one of them, has teamed up with Red Bull, the Formula One team. Oh, I did hear that too, yeah. So they're going to use the same engineers, same designers, same logistics team as Formula One team. For the America's Cup. How fast is that boat going to be?

And they're all going to be on Red Bull too. So they'll be just hanging off it. Getting stuff done. They'll be just like, here we go. Give us your wings, they will be flying. So yeah. A really fun show today. We talked to a Kiwi who's trying to break a world record for the biggest potato.

And this has captured international news. Yeah, he's become a star overseas, hasn't he? Being interviewed on the UK television. They're like, we love this guy. They're lapping him up. Yeah, as well as that. We lapped him up first, though. We did.

You got him on here first last year. We were lapping. He's great. He's awesome. And a lady who's run the length of New Zealand in the fastest possible time. How many pairs of shoes did she go through? We know the answer. Yeah, yeah.

But you don't. Don't know how many yacht shirts she went through either. We'll find out as well. We've got some builders next door. And I know there's some big supplier issues with builders at the moment. Six months for jib I found out yesterday.

Now was this a conversation where you're talking to one of the professionals and you had to pretend to know what they were talking about? Yeah. Oh, jib, you say? Yeah, yeah. Six months. If you need some jib, it's going to take six months.

Well, I don't need jib. I wouldn't know what to do with jib. But if I did, I'd need to order now for six months. That's wild. And then producer Humphrey was just saying before the show, Bee Humps, that if you're wanting to dig a pool, and I'm talking to the Mike Hoskings of the world, it's going to take you 24 months. Yeah you're wanting to dig a pool you know i'm talking to the mike hoskings of the world it's gonna take you 24 months yeah 24 months to get a pool and don't even think about putting jib board around the pool it's an extra six months on top that's right

so a friend told me exactly uh but yeah there's a tradie next door and they're building they're building a fence next door and i pulled into the driveway yesterday and he sort of ushered over to the car, and he did the signal, wind down your window signal. Oh, yeah. I was like, well, this will be interesting. And he sort of leaned in for a whisper. So he led the conversation with a whisper, and you're like, okay, where's this going? Where is a whisper conversation going?

Right. Now, you know things are about to get interesting. Then he said, don't take this the wrong way That's how he led Oh So there's no one else around I imagine No one else around He's even

He's coming He's done one down your window Left He's looked right And he's leaned him Don't take this the wrong way Oh what's happened And he's whispering

What am I going to take the wrong way What am I going to be offended by Because whenever anyone says Don't take this the wrong way You're about to take it all The wrong way But I was intrigued and he he said are you are you growing the bob marley bush and he asked me if i was growing i had a marijuana marijuana crop he found your plants. Yeah, he was saying, do you puff the magic dragon? Really?

And so he said, I was working out the back, and it was an overpowering smell. Jono. This is the thing. Jono. And this is why he said, don't take this the wrong way. He said, I thought, who's around here? And there was only one person that I would...

Fit the description. Yes. This is what he said. He was like, I've seen all the neighbours and there's only one person I would land this on. And it would be you. I was very offended because he said, don't take this the wrong way. I was like, I'll take this the wrong way. If anything, I look like a meth cook.

We've got the stars of Shortland Street Retribution coming in to join us in the studio very shortly. One of them is no longer on the show, Shortland Street. We'll find out who that is

in a few moments in a sense. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is The B**** News. Yeah, that's our news reader Rachel Jackson-Lees. Lovely Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. Yeah, that's our newsreader, Rachel Jackson-Lees.

Lovely Rachel Jackson-Lees and also lovely Juliet. Awful. I thought you were about to go, lovely Rachel Jackson-Lees and horrible Juliet. Yeah, well, I don't feel that about you, Juliet. Oh, thank you very much. You're a very pleasant person to work with every morning. Ben, I'm sure you'd agree.

Exactly. And her middle name is Beep. I don't know that for a fact, but just be polite and say it is, Juliet. So I have found some headlines, beeped out some words in those headlines. You guys have to guess what the correct headline is. The first one,

stranded dog lured to safety by... I'd say you'd lure a stranded dog with a stranded cat with his way to lure a dog. Great, cool. Yeah, they tend to get them out of there of there don't they i would say stranded dogs were lured to safety by rider marshall rubble and chase from the team from paw patrol i seem to be a pretty safe pair of hands when it comes to animal search and rescue stranded dog lured to safety by sausage dangling from a drone very smart way to lure a dog to safety. So this dog was stranded in apparently dangerous mudflats,

which were going to flood in high tide. And the dog was running away from, it was kind of spooked, so it was running away from people when they were trying to approach it. And so then they thought of the genius idea to hook up a sauce to a drone, and it followed the sausage to safety. Now, B, you connected your sausage to a drone race. Same result? I'm going to ignore that.

Made news for other reasons. Actually, folks, sorry. You were talking about Paw Patrol just before, and something popped into my head that Laura McGoldrick, who's on the Afternoons, Brad and Laura, in the new show, said the other day, the creator of Paw Patrol, same guy who started Bob the Builder. Really?

Must be creaming us. Oh, boy, that kids market. You've got to get into it. You're right, it's a lot of money to be made. Look at the Wiggles. That's so true. Highest paid entertainers in Australia. Oh no.

They've just got to leave their credibility at the door every day. That's what we do. We just don't get paid for it. Alright, next news story. Man earns over $300 a day by **** for rich people so they don't have to. I'm hoping he's getting, I hope he's remembering people's password, work password, because that's happened to me. I'd love someone else to remember that. It happened yesterday. I came in, I was like, what's my work password? You do, it's Juliet. You don't pay her $300 a day for it.

That's true. I'm going to say man earns over $300 a day by hiding all of the unsightly poor people for all the rich people so they don't ever see lower income. Man earns over $300 a day by standing in line for rich people so they don't have to. Great idea. Yeah, people do it for tickets too, don't they? Yeah, tickets. Like, you know, when new iPhones come out or Yeezys or whatever.

Disneyland too, apparently, you can hire people if you want to stand in queue so you don't have to queue up for rides. So these people get all the fun of standing in a queue, but not the end. Yeah, I know. But then they get paid for it. But kind of just doing nothing, just standing there. I went to Disneyland once and everyone is on mobility scooters. Right.

Really? Yeah, that's the way to get to the front of a line. Sit on a mobility scooter. I was like, jeez, there's the way to get to the front of a line. Sit on a mobility seat. I was like, jeez, there's a lot of disabled people around Disneyland. But no, then I found out, oh,

these guys are all scooting to the front of the line. Oh, is that a tactic? Yeah, just limp off the scooter and there you go,

you're on the bloody magic mountain or whatever. And the final one. To reside in this town,

residents must remove their before moving there. Pants. I'm going pants. Clothing optional

town. Yeah. I'm going to say Clothing optional town. Yeah. I'm going to say, to reside in this town, residents must remove any hope of affording a house, and that's how you live in Auckland. To reside in this town, residents must remove their appendix before moving there. So this is a town in Antarctica which has a school,

a post office, a small bank, and some homes. Most people who live there are like scientists who live there long term. And the reason for having their appendix removed is because the nearest hospital was over 1,000 kilometres away, so it's just a precaution. And there's no surgeons that live in this town. So if you want to be a scientist in this town in Antarctica, you have to have your appendix removed. But why have they just zeroed in on the appendix?

I don't know. That is my question too. Might as well whip out your kidneys while you're there. Yeah. What if you need surgery for something that's not your appendix removed. But why have they just zeroed in on the appendix? I don't know. That is my question too. Might as well whip out your kidneys while you're there. Yeah. What if you need surgery for something that's not your appendix, you know? So, yeah, it's quite confusing, but it's probably just people probably get appendicitis. Oh, there you go.

Unusual news from around the world. Thank you, Julia. That's the news in beeps. Before 7 o'clock, I'm going to tell you how you can fall asleep in two minutes. We'll probably listen to the show. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, Shorten Street is back for 2022, and one of the big characters, Curtis, has been shot and is no longer on the show. Give me the gun. He's mine. Curtis! Curtis! longer on the show give me the gun he's mine and he joins us in the studio right now jayden daniels of course uh plays curtis along with ruben milner who plays jack and jayden that's it for curtis how does that happen like as an actor do they come to you do they talk to you about it Or do you read a script one day and you're like,

oh, hang on, do I end up, do I come back? Yeah, I don't know. I feel like this was kind of like the only out for this character. I'd been coming in and out, and there's only so many times you can come in and out before people kind of lose interest in you as a character, I think. Right. So I felt it was cool.

So did you say, listen, you guys are going to have to end me? Did you make the call? So over summer and New Year's, obviously this Retribution series played on TVNZ On Demand and it was a spin-off, but it tied together storylines with what's actually playing on TV on Shortland Street. So we're talking double funerals here, Rubes. Yep, so we've got two funerals, one to do with the On Demand, one to do with the Christmas cliffhanger. That's a lot of funerals. Like Cigna.

Cigna funeral plans would be happy with that. If you lived in Ferndale in real life, you'd probably move out just before Christmas time, wouldn't you? Yeah, I'd probably stop working at the hospital. 20 years ago. Every year, guys, some stuff goes down and it's pretty full on. It's just the Shoreland Street Hospital. You need to stay away from there in the summer holidays. Maybe find more friends outside the clinic.

Because you watch all the time, you're like, these guys are all hanging. I mean, it's probably like you and me, John. Maybe we should branch out a bit more as well. But when you look around, your funeral and everyone there is from work. Is it made by all other people? Jesus, Guy could have expanded his friend circle. Or even had a family. What's the one thing that people would be surprised about? So what's the one thing that you're surprised well people would be

surprised about so what's the one thing that would surprise people if they came and saw the set the thing that surprised me was that everything's on wheels like all the walls are on wheels

and the same place you're doing one set is now another set alright just from them moving the wheels around everything is on wheels so many wheels

is it smaller or bigger than people would think when they saw it on TV? Well, it's a big studio. It's quite large. So there's two of them. So we've got two studios that run for Shortland Street, 100 metres by 100 metres studios.

Yeah, they're huge. They allow at least four or five sets inside of them. Now, obviously, with funerals and stuff, you have to be sad. That's generally the vibe at a funeral, isn't it? I believe so. Is crying on cue difficult and how do you make yourself cry not when it's crying over my brother here oh yeah jack and curtis obviously yeah do you try and you know prepare yourself with emotions that you know like to think about it you kind of work through the lines and and you you break them down and like where you would kind of start to feel the emotion and stuff like that.

It was really helpful because this may sound scary, but we had Jaden there in the casket with us. Good role for you, just playing dead. Yeah, I didn't have to be sad at all. Pale makeup and all that. And so it was really real. So it helped out with the emotions and the reactions and stuff like that. So it was good. I find either it's really easy

or else I'm not crying and so do they if you don't cry they're like we don't have a cry out do you have to do another take yeah well normally they'll ask the makeup girls will come to you before you we start shooting the scene and they'll ask if you want some testic which is like this very minty kind of Vicks smelling stuff that they blow into your eyes and then your eyes just start watering but actually Ruben

looking into you and you went to clown a clown workshop did you? yeah I was on your and I was like there's a couple of clowns John

I was like why do we not know about this thing and what is this? oh well I did a workshop up in Whangarei it was just one weekend when I was in high school and it was run by Laurel

who actually plays Kate who's my step mum and when she came onto the show i was like whoa what's the clown lady from my scum from my town and um yeah well i got a lot of experience out of that and um the night before i i was up in kerikeri at a party actually and then that the next morning my mom called me up and was like what's this about a workshop that, the next morning, my mum called me up and was like, what's this about a workshop that I heard about? Your drama teacher just called me and said that there's a, there's a course that you should do

that's on today. And I was like, yeah, nah, it's not that important. You get your ass there. Oh my gosh. Okay,

I'm going. And I had to drive back down at seven o'clock in the morning completely hungover from Kerry Kerry back to Whangarei. I got a juggling in my head. I don't want to be here. But then I ended up having fun and then I was like I don't want to be here but then I ended up

having fun and then I was like the most fun I've ever had hey well guys listen congratulations on do you say congratulations on being shot

I don't know great performance yeah no Retribution was fantastic and all the success of Shortland Street long may it continue God bless Shortland Street

oh god he's wrapping up he doesn't know how to wrap up guys you guys are going to have to leave now Alright Scrolling through your feed Alright

Like those alarming red news graphics At the bottom of the screen He is always on high alert This man is Benjamin Boyce With Scrolling Through Your Feed Now many people I'd say most people are probably back to work by now And you're kind of getting back into the work routine.

You said earlier in the show, Jono, the novelty has worn off. I was driving to work yesterday. I was like, this is great. I was excited. I was looking forward to seeing my friends. And then I did think to myself, I was worn into the building. I was like, I wonder when this will wear off. And it officially happened this morning, coming into work.

And I imagine a lot of people's minds, they might be able to worry around Omicron and, you know, businesses and all that. So there's a technique doing the rounds on TikTok that shows how you can go to sleep in two minutes, within two minutes. Well, we also say TikTok had someone getting the vaccine and sticking a magnet to their arm as well.

Well, that's true. Take it all with a grain of salt. Yeah, this is a technique apparently that was developed in the military to allow soldiers to fall asleep at any time any place even on the battlefield. Now it's a little bit long the technique to learn but here's a shortened version of some of the things you need to do. First you need to calm your body and systematically relax and shut down each part of your body from head to toe literally. Now while you're doing this it's really important to clear your mind of any stresses. To do this think of two scenarios. One, you're lying in a canoe on a calm lake with nothing but a clear blue sky above you.

Two, you're lying in a black velvet hammock in a pitch black room. At any time when you start thinking of anything else or you start getting distracted repeat these words for 10 seconds don't think don't think don't think so 96 percent of people who mastered this technique are able to fall asleep within two minutes of shutting their eyes if i walked into a black dark room and i saw you in a black velvet hammock i'd be scared of falling off in the hammock are you a vampire what is going on here like a hammock in a dark room makes me very stressed out. Yeah. And for the soldiers, they're just relaxed. Nothing is going on as they're lying on the battlefield watching bombs fly over them.

You're very good at going to sleep, though. It's one of my superpowers. Yeah, you just stop talking. Any time. Ben's always said, as soon as my mouth stops moving, my system shuts down. When you're sitting next to him on a plane, he'll be like jabbering away about something. He'll be like, oh, he's talking away. And then suddenly you'll stop talking.

And then within like seconds, I'm like, oh, he's asleep. He enters sleep mode. I'm like a computer. If I'm not being typed on or clicked on, I'll just go into screen saver. Like a little spinning beach ball sort of thing you'll get on. Yeah. It's an interesting technique, isn't it?

Yeah. It's meditation, essentially. I guess it is kind of yeah i've always wanted to kind of know how to do those things i've always said you get that headspace at but he never does it oh no yeah i'm at this yet maybe this is the year i get that out do you meditate juliet not really but i have actually tried that technique a couple of times and i find because he says that you need to relax like part like every part of your body like relax your forehead relax your jaw and work your way down your body.

And I find that once I'm like down by my toes, my forehead's clenched and my jaw's clenched again. I'm like, oh, I need to re-relax that. So you're like trying to focus almost on too many things. And you're like, wait, I need to imagine I'm in a canoe. Oh God. And now I'm in a hammock in a darkened room. Don't think, don't think, don't think.

So, but I think the more you do it, the more you'd probably get the hang of it. Yeah, there we go. And I've always said it, and I will say it again, public service announcement. Kids, you're spending years fighting the resistance to go to bed. I don't want to go to sleep. I don't want to go to sleep. You reach our age, it's all you want to do. Put me to sleep until it's over.

And that is scrolling through your feed. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. Now, both of us yesterday, Jono, we both had to call sort of helplines. Well, were you requiring help? Well, you know when you need a helpline that you've done something disastrous, haven't you?

When you've resorted to calling a helpline. Well, I had something. I don't want to get into it, but I had a package that was meant to arrive. Well, it said it had arrived, but I hadn't received the package. Did you get a thing to drive out to highbrook to pick it up well no i had to ring the people that originally and they're

like well the courier says it's been delivered i'm like well i haven't got it and so you're kind of into the sort of stalemate situation it's like filling up your car with petrol no one has time for that in their day yeah and i mean it's someone i don't know someone might have stolen the package from my i don't know what happened but anyway i don't know he's accusing thieves I don't know, someone might have stolen the package from my, I don't know what happened. But anyway, I don't know. Oh, now he's accusing thieves. I don't know. Here we go. It actually happens. They say the package has been delivered.

And I'm like, well, I haven't got the package. So what happens here? You know, like, I haven't seen it. It's a standoff. Yeah. And so, and then you get to the end of that, like, well, we'll go investigate this situation for you. And you're like, okay, sweet. Yeah, same reaction.

I'm like, okay. So we'll launch an investigation, which means I'll hang up and give zero about what you just said some lady in america too so here we go we're quite far removed but she's like she was very polite and i was like oh cool she's gonna look into this but then they do the thing the classic thing that they have to do they're like is there anything else i can help you with and this is well this is this comment really like i was like well no but the thing i rang up about that's the thing you can I was like well no but the thing I rang up about that's the thing

you can help me with you know that's the thing that really wants I'm like the thing I rang up about that's the thing you can help me with that you've said

I'll look into you know that's what I rang up for I don't have two things I've got quite a thing about a package you know so that was really

you couldn't help me with that so what is there anything I was like how am I I guess I've got a stain on my white trousers. Do you know how to get that out? So it's one of those things, and I know they have to say it, and it's very polite, you know, fine manner, but it's just like, well, the thing I rang up about.

Yeah. When they say, is there anything else I can help you with, that's basically just going, well, stick that in your pipe. Smoke it. Yesterday I was getting all excited about face masks. You know, they're like, oh, this is new bloody,

the N95. Have you heard about the N95? We're all meant to be wearing this. Makes you look like a duck. It does make me look like a duck. Yeah, it's like the Lamborghini of face masks. Yeah,

apparently we all need it now. Yeah, and whenever I see someone with an N95, I'm like, damn, you're a better mask, you're a better class of mask wearer than I am. But I just wanted to find out for certain because they're expensive.

They range between $10 and $57 each. Wow. And they just throw out once. You know, like you can wear them all the time and wash them. So I phoned a medical center and I wanted to get some advice, some help, Ben, this helpline. And then while I was on hold with the helpline, they had a lovely lady who was trying to shove vaccine propaganda down my throat and wasn't really giving much of an explanation to her questions. Have a listen.

While you're waiting, here are some commonly asked questions and answers relating to the COVID vaccine. Is the COVID vaccine safe? Yes. Yes. No follow-up? Don't ask any more questions? I like how she asked a question to us and she's answered it herself.

Yes. Okay, spare the details. We'll go on to the next one. I'm on medication. Can I have the vaccine? Yes. Don't Google it. Take my word for it.

And keep going. I'm pregnant. Can I have the vaccine? Yes. Well, I'm convinced. And finally, is there anything else I can help you with? Yes! The thing I rang up about. It is a hits you got John on bed. Spy.

No, what's up? Spy.co.nz She's here to share information You got John on bed. She's here to share information about the celebrities that they would probably rather keep out of the public domain. It's producer Juliet with Spy. So Kanye West wants to be paid a percentage of the money that paparazzi make off their photos of him. So he was filmed, ironically, by the paparazzi, kind of going on a little rant about why he should be paid a percentage. It's just like right now, it's just really one-sided.

You guys can follow us. You guys can stand out from the hotel at any given time. You don't give us any percentage of what you're making off of us, off of our kids, and I'm going to change that. He's got a point. Yeah. He does. Because they're putting them in magazines, on websites, etc.

And people put a photo up. Sometimes they'll put a photo up that a paparazzi's taken on their own Instagram. So if someone takes a photo of you, you put it up on your thing. It happens all the time. And you don't credit them. They can sue you and go, hey, that's my photo. Even though it's a photo of you in a public place.

Yeah, it's technically there. They own that photo, which is unusual. That's crazy, eh? You know it's a bleak assignment for a paparazzi if he's having to follow me around. It was a bad example. It was a bad day at work. But thank you, Ben. Thank you for putting me on a pedestal that I probably don't deserve to be on, to be honest.

No, you don't. But no, Kanye's worth $1.8 billion. Well, yes, because part of me is like, yes, I sort of agree with him. But the other part, I'm like, mate, you make enough money off so much stuff already it's probably the kid's situation where you're like you're making money off my children yeah i know you know because they're getting paid for the photographs obviously they don't really have much choice to be brought into a no world where they're automatically famous as well so listening to that that's just at the airport at lax isn't he sort of unloading his uh suitcase out of the boot of a car which I thought was nice

he doesn't have someone doing that for him he's doing that for he's saving money there obviously you could be

paying someone to do that for him and it felt like something that he had thought about in the car and he's like you know what

I'm going to make this a thing when I get out of the airport and Adele's Vegas residency we talked about this yesterday

but apparently so obviously she said it was postponed because of COVID delays and her staff sort of getting sick with COVID. But apparently the real reason is it is due to explosive fights with her set designer. So her set designer worked with her on her 2016 tour, but apparently they had some big clashes for this residency.

Adele is used to kind of a stripped back performance, not much, you know. Jazz and pizzazz yeah yeah but then if you're in Vegas doing a residency you're kind of there's a pressure to make it big

back flipping tigers and you know fire breathing little dwarves and things like that yeah and so apparently the set cost millions to put together but there were endless changes

too much indecision and Adele wasn't really happy so maybe it was a mix of that and the COVID but oh explosive fights. I can't wait until she writes an album about that. I know.

A designer. How good. To their breakup. Yeah. And that is Spike of the South. We can head to the hits.co.nz. After 7 o'clock, we've got $5,000 up for grabs. Five words, 5K.

Join us at 7.45. Jono and Ben. Mornings from 6 on the hits and streaming live on iHeartRadio. We want to make 22 predictions for the year that is 2022. We want to write them down and by the end of the day I think we're going to put them up on social media so we put them out there and we'll see how many we get

correct over the year. I like the prediction game you know, you throw enough, eventually one's going to stick, isn't it? You're like Kim Kardashian with relationships. You do enough of them, one of them's going to land at some point eventually. Nostradamus, he was a famous astrologer, French astrologer, and many

of his predictions are coming true now. He predicted this pandemic. Nostradamus, did you know? Really? He had a book of all sorts. He had many misses, but we don't focus on those. He's had a couple of wins over the years, Nostradamus. He's also predicted a zombie apocalypse in 2027. Oh, wonderful.

Coming soon. Right. So we put a few wild predictions on our list so far. Like you added one. You said the mad butcher turning vegan. Has that made the cut? Well, it could. Ben is the list master.

He decides what makes it and what doesn't. Yeah, so if you've got any predictions, oh, 100 of the hits and we can put them on the list. Karen, we'll get you on from Wellington. Welcome. Hi, Moreno. Moreno to you. What's one of our 22 predictions for 2022, Kaz?

Well, probably without too much of a surprise is my name. I reckon Karen's going to become popular again. Oh, right. Karen's making a comeback. Yeah, right. Making a comeback. Maybe the most popular baby name of 2022. Yep, yep.

And, you know, none of that negativity has been going on this year. It's been a hard year. You know, I think, I like to make the list a bit more positive. Yeah, Jono's like, you know, puts in these silly little jokes. I thought the Queen's going to die.

He's like, we can't put that on. Maybe the Queen will know. You know, like, yeah. So, okay, Karen, I'm going to put that on. Maybe the Queen will know. You know, like, yeah. So, okay, Karen, I'm going to put that on the list for you, Karen. Karen, the most popular baby name of 2022. Oh, that's out of the gate. It's probably not going to happen,

but we're going to put it on the list. You're taking a risk as a parent there, aren't you? What's your little baby's name? Karen. Oh, okay. Hey, that's positive. That's right. Positive.

Hey, good on you, Karen. Have a wonderful day in Wellington. Awesome. Thank you. We'll get Georgia on from Palmy North. One of the 22 predictions for 2022, Georgia. What is it? I reckon that Rita Ora and Taika Waititi are going to get engaged.

Oh, there was rumours that they were thinking about it, right, last year, Juliet? Oh, yeah, when she posted a photo of her hand and the ring finger area was covered up by an emoji. Yeah. We were like, oh, is she covering up her ring finger? We would go crazy for New Zealand. Taika and Rita will get engaged and he'll officially divorce New Zealand.

And so he should. Spread your wings. You're bigger, you're better than us now. It's all right. You can leave us alone. Thank you very much, Georgia. Have a good one. Zoe, we'll get you on from Wellington.

11-year-old Zoe, what's one of your 22 predictions for 2022? Well, I think that you guys will make a new TV show. I'd really like that because you're my favourite radio and TV personality. Oh, well, we'd really like that too, actually, to be honest. Do you happen to be a commissioner at TVNZ? No, unfortunately. Maybe TV3, maybe anything in the other networks. Oh, Zoe, that's a lovely call.

Thank you so much. Appreciate you listening, and you have a wonderful year, okay? You too. All right, Zoe. See you, mate. Oh, that was pretty cool. That's nice. Get it out there.

Get it out there, you know? Get it out there. Did you plant her, did you? Hey, little girl. You call us up, you say you like us. No, I didn't. I had nothing to do with that. It'd be like you'd bully a little girl into phoning us up, you say you like us. No, I didn't. I had nothing to do with that. It'd be like you to bully a little

girl into phoning up and saying favourable comments. We'll add some more predictions as the final round of predictions we'll do next. Our list of 22 predictions for 2022 on The Hits. The Hits with Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben, we're making

22 predictions for the year that's going to be 2022. I like this one that's come through. South Island filing having enough of the North Island and making its own republic, which could happen. Another one here on 4487. Someone's predicting that Elon Musk builds a bigger phallic-looking rocket than Jeff Bezos and then lands his penis rocket on Mars.

Well, that's the thing. I think he's trying to get to Mars this year, not with people, but with landing a rocket. So that's the goal. So that might actually happen. But we've got Colin on the phone from the Waikato. We're doing predictions for 2022. We spoke to Colin a few months ago, guys.

Remember this? He's grown what many are claiming is the world's biggest potato called Doug the Spud. It weighs over 7 kgs. And Colin, you reckon you're going to break a world record this year? With any sort of luck we will be. It just depends on how things go. The one held in the UK is for 4.98kg.

You think you're going to get the record this year, Colin? That's your prediction? Well, yeah, we've done everything that they've asked us to do. We've sent videos and pictures and all that sort of stuff over there, and it's been an absolute mission. Yeah, a rigmarole, Colin. Yeah, they kept putting bloody stop signs up against us. That's the thing, mate, it's the haters.

It's the haters, and they don't want you to get that record, Colin, for the world's biggest potato. Well, you know, I'm a little bit suspicious, but every time we do what they say, they say, oh, but wait, there's more. And now they're saying, well, you know, we want some DNA testing done on it, you know? On the potato. So how's the potato looking? Because this was weeks ago that you actually pulled it out of the ground.

Oh, yeah, no, we pulled it out of the ground in August. Colin, I'm sensing from you, you know, you're being asked to provide a sort of DNA opportunity style test for your potato. Yeah. The goalposts keep getting moved, Colin. You're not happy. Oh, well, you know, I don't know. You think you've done everything they want and then they want more.

But we needed to have an expert witness, someone with a scientific background, and we did that. And then they contacted him and said we wanted DNA done on it. But wait, we want it sent to Scotland. And it's like, yeah, what? How do you send a piece of potato to Scotland? You know, are they for real? Colin, I was reading actually about you over the weekend. You've become a bit of a sensation doing interviews around the world.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, we've been everywhere, man. Let's talk through some of the places that have talked to you. I mean, who's been in touch? Oh, the BBC. BBC. Of course. Ireland, America.

Yeah. Wall Street Journal. How's the Wall Street Journal? How's that been? What's that? New York Times. New York Times. Yeah, heard of the New York Times.

Yeah, I have. The Mirror in London. Yeah, nice. Channel 7 in Australia. Oh, jeez. The list keeps going. But who's been your favourite interview through this whole process, Colin? Oh, look, I couldn't say. They've all been sort of one-offs and individual,

and some of them are really out there, and others just a quiet little chat. I was just basically trying to get you to say Jono and Ben, so I'll do a take two. Oh, well, yeah, well, I mean, like, you know, everybody's pretty interested in the whole deal. No, I was just trying to get you to say... He still doesn't want to say it.

Everybody's getting a bit of fun out of it. Yeah, no, I'll just lead you in again, Colin. Out of all this, all the interviews you've done, you know, the Wall Street... Oh, YouTube, I guess. There you go, there you go. That's what you wanted. So when do you hope to find out if you've got, if New Zealand, we're going to claim this, we're going to come involved now, have got a world record for the biggest potato?

Well, what I said to me wife the other day, I said, look, if they carry on much longer, because I'm thinking about having the Harvest Festival at my grandchildren's primary school, and I can't say the world's biggest potato, get your photo taken for a gold-calling donation, it's going to be the biggest spud down under. Oh, the Antipodean record holder. Doug the Spud is what you've called it, right?

Doug the spud. So it's 7.8 kgs is what Doug the spud. When we dragged him out of the ground, he was 7.9. He suffered injuries. He oozed potato juices. He lost weight. It took like 10 weeks and three days before they replied to our application. In that time, he shrank a bit.

He got a bit wobbly. And, you know, we paid our five bucks to hop on the roller coaster. And we've been screaming and yelling and enjoying every twist and turn. Is that a metaphor for the journey you've been on? Exactly. Yeah, well, Colin, we couldn't be more proud of you. And that's Colin's prediction for 2022, is that he's going to eventually become a record holder

as soon as he sends a slice of that potato to Scotland. Yeah. Yeah. Be sure to be in our land, man. All right. Hey, loving to talk to you. Good luck with breaking this world record this year. Beauty.

Thanks very much. There's a common saying. They say the news never sleeps. And frighteningly I also suspect neither does this man thanks to his anxiety. It's Ben Boyce

with scrolling. Causing me a lot of anxiety and probably you guys as well at the moment is the Omicron outbreak that seems to be going around. Everyone's talking about it but let's focus on

some positive things. Great time if you're ahead. What is the positive thing? Hand sanitizer. If you're a company that do face masks, hand sanitizer. Great time. I actually think, and this is a bit of a conspiracy theory. I'll get it on TikTok this afternoon

or something. Get it out there. Get the word out there that there is a conspiracy between the mask manufacturers and Big Pharmaceutical. They're just making this up. They're making this up. Oh, what do you need? Oh, you need a new vaccine now. Oh, do we? Okay. Oh, I need the N95 mask now. What's been wrong

with the mask I've been wearing for the last two years? Not good enough, mate. Not good enough. Yeah, next year it'll be a new strain. It'll be, oh, you need a diamond-encrusted balaclava nowadays. Great time to be an epidemiologist, too, I'd say. You know, you think, or a scientific expert and, you know, two years ago, you couldn't name a single one in New

Zealand, could you? but now we've got all your favourite characters Dr Michael Baker Sean Hendy Susie Wilds Rod Jackson I mean you know the more you collect

the sex they're our new celebrities yeah Michael Baker in front of his tupper cloth there he's on TV more than the

Briscoe's lady at the moment I know they are doing a really great job sort of steering us through and giving us advice

are they getting paid I don't think any of them are. They're just doing it for the good of humanity. Yeah, but... They're better people than I am. Obviously a bit of confusion about how we pronounce this new virus, this new stream of COVID-19. And the Daily Show in America had a wee montage of some news reporters trying different ways of pronouncing it.

We begin with the developments on the new Omicron coronavirus variant. The name is Omicron. Omicron. Omicron. This new Omicron variant. Omicron. The rapidly spreading Omicron variant. So they've had a few stares at me.

My favourite was O-I-O-M-I-C-R-O-N. O-I-O-M-I-C-R-O-N. Every time we struggle to know how to pronounce something, we go to a guy on YouTube who has a whole channel dedicated to how you pronounce things. This is probably our favorite YouTube channel ever because he sounds like a Bond villain who would be petting a cat with leather gloves on at a boardroom table. Yeah, he's got the most amazing voice. You see why he does say things on the internet.

And this is how he says we should pronounce it. We are looking at how to pronounce this Greek letter. So in English, the name of this letter is said as Omicron. Omicron. Or in American English, Omicron. Omicron. Or in English, British English again, Omicron. Omicron. Omicron Or in English British English again Omicron Omicron

Omicron It sounds like he's been through puberty six times more Since we last heard from him But I'm slightly more confused than I was going into that I was like, oh I got it And then he said it again If you're in Spain Omicron

There you go That was some good banter there, Ben Bush. You should be proud of that. Thank you for having me. We post analysis live on the radio. We'll have updated news with you very shortly on the Omicron. Or Omicron. Or Omicron.

Omicron. And New Zealand has made the world stage when it comes to exercise moves. And I'm going to get into this very shortly. All right, stick around. It is the hits. You got it exercise moves and I'm going to get into this very shortly. Alright stick around it is the hits you got John I'm Ben. Welcome to two half-assed ads to a half-assed job. Official title, Tuno and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. Now Ben you know looking at me I may not look at it but I like to keep my body in peak physical condition.

Do you? Yeah it's nice if you don't laugh. You can turn your, if you want to laugh Juliet Juliet, just turn your microphone off when I'm saying things like that. You do run, you do run every day. It's 3.45 in the morning for some reason. You make an early start even earlier. I do, and you see some stuff at 3.45. You just said, why are all gang members

getting arrested yesterday morning? That's low-key terrifying. Yeah, but it's just the stuff people get up to overnight intrigues me. But I do look like a true psychopath running down the road at 3.45 in the morning. But yes, under my blubbery layer of potato chips and beer, Ben, lies a rock solid core. I feel like I have Art Green inside of me. Okay, yeah.

Interesting expression, but anyway, yeah. Just waiting to come out. You actually got me onto this last year during a lockdown, YouTube workouts. Oh, yeah. When you couldn't go to the gym, they're actually quite handy. I've been sort of hooked on those as well. You said 20-minute YouTube workouts. Yeah.

No equipment? No equipment. No, you just do it. My favorite thing about a YouTube workout is that ads come up during it. Whenever they add a post-Soviet European country before a move, you know you're in trouble. The Romanian lift. Oh, God. The Turkish twist.

The Russian pulls. You're in for a deep, dark time during the workout. These Europeans, they do it hard and they do it weird. You're only doing one of 20 exercises that they do in Russia, but it's tough. You know, Putin, Vladimir Putin doesn't look that good shirtless riding a white horse without doing some Russian twists. Well, he's the only world leader that goes topless and, you know.

I mean, Jacinda's not doing it. No, yeah. Just Putin would be weirder, you know. I mean Jacinda's not doing it just pooting would be weirder anyway I won't go down there so I wanted to play a game with you I've actually got audio from the workout because New Zealand has some workouts

we've got some exercise moves you might not know this on the world stage so I'm going to play you the audio of the workout. None of this is going to be legit. Alright, go for it then. You have to tell me what the exercise maneuver is. 3, 2, 1. Hips are back. Drive

up. Good. Be sure to breathe. We're just going to keep going today. 1. Alright, we're going to the ground. Good. This one is a struggle for me. Come on. Get it going, Claudia. Root for Claudia, guys.

Jonathan. So, now the gamers. Was that the Taranaki Taco Squat? Was it a Blenheim Blumpkin Plunger? Or the Southland Steamer? Over to you. That was none of those. It was from the husband and wife YouTube channel that you play the exercise, right?

Here's the next one. Keep it going. You got it. Nothing's going to get in your way. Focus on that form. Drive those hips forward. Using those hips. Driving your hips forward.

Instead, if you're doing this clean, make sure you're not flopping it over. But instead, bring it to the side and... You've stitched these four people up. Shut up! Because you can't see them exercising. You're just hearing them. So was that the Leaston Leg Yank? The Pike Okereke Porch Swing? Or the Danny Virk

Dutch... No. How many more are there? You've not once answered any of these categories many more of these do you want to do? You've not once answered any of these categories. None of these are legit. None of these are legit. They're from the husband and wife duo. They do a fine, competent job of trying to keep people fit

from the United States of America. We're moving on. Five words, 5K coming up very shortly. Hopefully you'll say some proper words next. It is the hits. Five words for 5K on up very shortly. Hopefully you'll say some proper words next. It is the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. Every morning it happens at 7.45 with us at this game.

Five words for $5,000. A game of word association. We give you five words. You say the first things that pop into your head. If your five words match with our five words, you win $5,000. Louise, welcome to our game of word association, in association with Jono, in association with Ben, in association with Louise and Fungare.

How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Good. Did you enjoy your couple of days in Orange up there? Yeah, great. Hope you made those valuable hours count there, Louise. How's it going in the north? Oh, good, good.

Bit of rain today, hopefully. Okay. Yep. Off to work? Yep. And we're going to let it go. Ellie Golding-Byrne on New Zealand's Breakfast. John Owen Baird back with you for 2022.

Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. Every morning it happens at 7.45 with us at this game. Five words for $5,000. A game of word association. We give you five words. You say the first things that pop into your head. If your five words match with our five words, you win $5,000.

Louise, welcome to our game of word association. An association with Jono. An association with Ben. An association with Louise and Fungare. How are you? I'm goodangarei. How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Good.

Did you enjoy your couple of days in Orange up there? Yeah. I hope you made those valuable hours count there, Louise. How's it going in the north? Oh, good. Good. Bit of rain today, hopefully. Okay.

Yep. Off to work? Yep, soon. Maybe need a fast game. A fast game Yep, soon. Maybe a fast game. A fast game. She wants to play a fast game. you're in a rush. Oh,

it's a very inconvenient time to stop what you're doing in the morning and phone a radio show, isn't it? I appreciate that people do it like Louise. Louise,

who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? I think I'll pop Jono in there, please. Okay, well, you can guarantee

I will try my hardest to match five words with you. Some days, I only give it 60%, but today the full hundy, okay Louise? Alright Louise, he has made his way into the soundproof booth we have in the studio in the corner. He can't hear anything right now.

Let's play a quick game. You want to go to work. Up is the first word this morning. Up, U-P. Down. Up, down, yes. Resine is word number two. Paint. Resine, paint. Paint or paints?

What did you say, just paint? You said resine. I say paint as in on the wall, you know, PA. Yep, paint, gotcha. Spaghetti is word number three. Ooh. The fast game has slowly slowed down, isn't it? I reckon bolognese.

Yeah, there's a few options for that one, wasn't there? Yeah. Okay, canoe is word number four. Kayak. Kayak, oh nice. And the final word this morning is tag. T-A-G, tag. Clothes.

Oh, like a clothes tag. Okay. Oh, yes. Gotcha. All right, Louise. There were a couple of tricky words in there. Yeah. My husband's sitting here with his face screwed up.

Oh, Louise's husband. John has just come out on soundproof. Her husband is screwing his face up a little bit with his face screwed up. Oh, Louise's husband. Jono's just come out on soundproof booth. His husband is screwing his face up a little bit with a couple of tips. A couple of tough words. You never want anyone screwing their face up at you. That's what our boss does each day. How was the show, boss? Oh, guys.

All right, Louise, let's win you $5,000, eh, mate? Yep, go for it. All right, Jono, first word I said to Louise was up. Down. Nice. One from one, Lou. Next, the next word, razine. Oh, razine, okay.

Crowbarging in some sponsorship propaganda. Is this razine paint? Yes, it's the paint that professionals use as well, too. I would have also accepted that as well to to get that in for the full bit. She did say paint. What if I'm an unprofessional painter? Am I? I don't know.

I don't know. Welcome me with open arms. Okay. Two from five. We're going well. Spaghetti is word number three. Spaghetti. I'll go spaghetti bolognese.

Oh, good. That was one of the tricky ones. Spaghetti had some options, so well done. Yeah, pasta was the other one floating around in my noggin then. Yeah, we were thinking meatballs. Meatballs, yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Yeah, spaghetti and meatballs. Canoe is word number four.

Canoe? Canoe. Kayak. Oh! I'll go kayak. Holy heck. Are we four down, Lou? Oh, we could have a $5,000 winner on our second day back.

We're going to put Louise on hold right now because this is important right now. We don't want to... Oh, the careless whisper rule. Yes, we've had a couple of people loose lips, and they're ejected from the game with some sultry George Michael from 1988. So we're no whispering because Louise can't talk right now on radio. We have one more word this morning to win Louise $5,000. Tag.

T-A-G. Tag. Where did Louise go? Oh, I can tell you that. I'd love to tell you that, but I can't. Tag. Tag. You got this.

You got this. Oh, I'd go... Tiggy? Tag? Tiggy? What did you go, Louise? Chloe. Chloe's tag.

Oh, of course. There was a couple of options I was thinking. I was thinking game, playground. Graffiti as well. There's a few little things that it was. Yeah, it was a tough last one. Oh, well, never mind. To be honest, Tiggy was probably the worst of all the options.

But that's the big debate. Tiggy, your tag. I see how you went there. Oh, Louise, I'm so sorry. It was lots of fun playing with you today, and hopefully you have a good day at work. Yes, I'm going to get going now. All right.

Is your husband screwing his face up at me now? No, he's gone now. Definitely, he's gone.. Definitely. He's gone. Another chance tomorrow morning 7.45 it is then. Spy. The What's Up

by Docco.nz. Now to a wonderful lady who brings an extraordinary amount of youthful exuberance to the show and also brings with her the knowledge of how to get Ben logged back

into the work computer after the summer break. It's Julie at The Spy. So The Simpsons has obviously got a bit of a reputation of predicting things that eventually come true. I mean, they predicted Trump's presidency. It was an episode where they predicted smartwatches, where someone would be speaking into their phone, like demanding it to do something.

We spoke to Elle Jean, who's been the head writer on that show for many, many years, and we said, what's with these predictions? She's like, it's just been on air for so long. You write so much stuff, eventually things are going to air. Some things will be accurate, yeah. And another thing that they've predicted has come true. So they initially did this in 2007 for the Simpsons movie. And so in the movie, Tom Hanks appears as a spokesperson in an ad for the U.S. government.

And here's a little snippet from the movie itself. Hello, I'm Tom Hanks. The U.S. government has lost its credibility, so it's borrowing some of mine. That's obviously his voice. He went in to voice that. And now 15 years later, Tom Hanks is working as a spokesperson for the U.S. government in real life, kind of celebrating Biden's one year of presidency. They're borrowing his credibility. Yes.

If only we're brave enough. Brave enough to live through two of the most difficult years many of us can remember. Brave enough to pull ourselves up again and again. And it's basically like a three-minute video talking about how they've done well creating jobs for everybody and Biden's done a wonderful job. And so they've kind of nailed it on the head. They've hit the nail on the head with the Simpsons again. Well, that was the good thing about Trump is he didn't need to get someone to do that for him.

He did it for himself. Rightly or wrongly. They've gone for tremendous jobs, magnificent jobs. Yeah, very true. So that is quite good. I wonder whether they intentionally did that, though. Or someone came up with the idea, and they're like, oh, Tom Hanks, brilliant. And then later went, oh, I got it from the Simpsons movie.

Do I tell Biden, or just, like, keep it quiet? If anyone should have read Flea, it could have been Tom Hanks. Yeah, that's so true. He's the only common denominator between the two. Exactly. And that is your Spy Update for the South. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. After 8 o'clock on the show, Johno, you achieved something of greatness over summer.

Well, I told you what it was. You didn't believe it. Juliet, you witnessed it with your own eyes on Friday. Did I? Yeah. I'm trying to figure out what this is. Obviously, it was very impressive. I might need to get Tom Hanks to do an ad for me.

Oh, yes. I know what you're talking about. We'll find out what it is after 8 on the Hits. Jono and Ben, Breakfast on the Hits. We'll find out what it is after eight on the hits. We want to talk right now about your impressive summer achievement. Yesterday I came to the show with the fact that I caught a fish while boogie boarding. A snapper. He liked to brush over the gloss over the fact that the fish was deceased and lying lifeless in the water, floating.

Yeah. But I still came out of the water looking like a hero with a fish on my back. It was all those fish on the episode of The Simpsons when they contaminated the lake, and they all just started floating to the surface. That's what Ben called. But it was a great summer story. Summer achievement.

That was my summer achievement. But you want to come today to the radio show with something that could supersede, could pass it. Oh, well, I want to front foot this as well as a bit of a service announcement that can we all make a pact not to show off your homemade DIY renovations on social media? You know, people are like, oh, look, I just sanded this table and painted this.

Look at how I've painted my fence. It's like, great, do that stuff. Don't let me stop you doing it. Just don't boast about it on social media. Oh, you don't want to see it. Because then my wife sees it. And she's like, Lee's painted all of their doors white. It looks fantastic.

Who's Lee? Lee Gilmore. Oh, yeah, Lee. Oh, yeah. And I was like, Jesus, Lee, why did you have to post this on social media? You know, the doors did look fantastic. But then I get a look of like, well, this is your domain. And I'm not a painter.

If my work ship was on fair go or something, I'd be one of those shabby painters who puts his hand in front of the camera when he's being accosted. But anyway, paint the doors. And John Pryor, my father, came up from Christchurch, and he's of the boomer generation where if you've got a job to do, DIY generation, you don't pay job to do, DIY generation, you don't pay someone to do it.

You do it yourself. So did you guys do that? I don't know how you like to spend your holidays, but I'd prefer not to spend my holidays as an apprentice for a trade that I have no interest in doing. There's a reason why there are professionals and they get paid to do it.

Well, I mean, our sponsors, the paint that the professionals use. They would vouch for them. Are they okay with you using their paint? No, they in no way wanted to be associated with my work. But anyway, and just painting indoors. I've done a fence before outside.

That's fine. You can be fast and loose. Paint can spray everywhere. Spray it over a kid walking past. And you're not a very precise person either. You don't have a lot of patience. And it does require patience, precision and skill. You know, three of

my weaknesses on my Tinder account. Lost me a lot of good dates not having those three. But painting indoors is a whole other game. Paint spraying on the carpet, on the woods and then I hear the person who got me to paint the doors is then going, you've got paint on the carpet. I'm like, mate!

You saw Lee Gilmore post my door now you're getting me to hear this as a result. Anyway, we got the doors painted. Seven doors was their table over summer. Both sides? I guess both sides. You would have to wait. But the worst part is the job's not fully complete. There's still another door or two to go.

And they're just going to stay like that. That's going to become a stress point in our relationship. And then I'm going to have to hear about it. You listening right now is going to have to hear about it. You're going to hear about it for the next 12 months. This door saga does not finish here. But I did achieve that over summer. So, yeah, I'm not a handy person, Ben.

I'm like you. We're the unhandiest show ever. Well, that's right out there. Let's see if other people can join the party and say what they achieved over summer. Yeah, come and brag. 0800-THE-HITS. 4487 is the number.

Give us a call on New Zealand's Breakfast. Jono Ben, The Hits. Now, we're talking this morning about what you achieved over summer. Jono, you just talked about painting doors. I mean, great, great achievement. Huge achievement. Given that I have no previous painting expertise, Ben, too, you need to factor that in.

No home, I've never entered the block. In fact, I've shown almost zero interest in home renovation. So I don't want to take the shine away from what you did. I don't know if they were shiny. Was it shiny? I didn't go shiny finish. But yes, so there's one, two, seven doors. Great, great.

But now I want to bring friend of the show, Emma Timmons, on. You remember Emma, we spoke to her last year. Emma, good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. I'm really good, thank you. I think you should be proud for painting. I think that's a good achievement. Seven doors, Emma. Seven doors. Sanded, filled, undercoat, two overcoats.

Let's hear what Emma achieved over her summer break. I'm going to say break. She didn't have a break. What did you achieve, Emma? Yeah, there was no break whatsoever. So I ran the full length of New Zealand. It's not painting doors, but I'll take it. So, Emma, this is over 2,000 kilometres, right? Yes.

Wow. I remember speaking to you in December last year, and you were about to embark on this, and you did say that you had gone out for a cheeky Sunday afternoon run across Africa previously. You literally ran across Africa. This is what you love doing, these sort of mega marathons. Compared to Africa, how was running the length of New Zealand, Emma? Oh, way more challenging.

Everything was all compacted into 21 days, so it was quite intense. So this, over three weeks, you ran, on average, what, 100 kilometers a day, which is two and a half marathons a day? Yep, pretty much. How did you do this? I mean, how? It baffles me, looking back on it, to be honest. I'm not really sure.

There must have been times you were just like, stop, surely. Like, you wanted to give up? I didn't really want to give honest. I'm not really sure. There must have been times you were just like, stop, surely. Like you wanted to give up? I didn't really want to give up. I always, I was very focused on the goal. So I always wanted to achieve that. But there were definitely times where I wondered what on earth I'm thinking. Now, how many marathons do you,

did you run in total then? It's about two and a half marathons a day. So if you go 21... Two and a half marathons a day. 52. So if you go 21... Two and a half marathons a day. Over 50 marathons. In 21 days. In three weeks. That is incredible.

So this is a new world record. Yes, it is, yep. So you bet. What was the previous world record holder? So the previous one was 35 days and 27 minutes. So 21 days. You've smashed this. You're hoofing it.

Where did you start? So I started in Cape Reanga on the 18th of December. And then you made all your way down to Bluff. Now, how much running have you done since doing this? Zero. Absolutely zero. Lazy. Really lazy.

The Auckland Marathon was on the weekend. Didn't see you there. So obviously no one would blame you. You haven't felt like running since? Really lazy. The Auckland Marathon was on the weekend. Didn't see you there. Obviously, no one would blame you. You haven't felt like running since? I've come away from this with quite a bad injury, so I'm not actually capable at the moment. So I've spent a lot of time lying down and eating.

That is really... Now, I don't want to overshadow your wonderful achievements over New Year's running the length of New Zealand in 21 days, Emma. But Forrest Gump, actually when he went for his run, you might remember, a prolific runner, Forrest Gump, he went 15,621 miles. Oh, I'll leave that to him. That's not a documentary, John.

It's not true. I keep telling you this. 32 pairs of shoes. How many shoes did you go through? Four pairs. Four pairs of shoes. Wow. And what's the biggest thing that you wouldn't think about but really affected you through the 21 days, Emma? So I guess there's like negative and positive ways to look at this. So the most challenging thing over that duration of time was the sheer volume of traffic and noise on the road.

It was a real challenge trying to cope with that but the most amazing thing that came out of this was the support from the community people just came out of nowhere to cheer me on it was so amazing so I had a tracker on my website so you could see exactly where I was and kids would come to the end of their driveway when they knew I was coming past and they'd cheer me on people would drive out families would drive out into the middle of nowhere they'd have signs saying go Emma and they'd all shout and scream and just I was coming past and they'd cheer me on. People would drive out, families would drive out into the middle of nowhere and they'd have signs saying, go Emma, and they'd all shout and scream. I was not expecting that at all. It was such a beautiful thing to come from this whole journey.

You were doing it for the Young Minds UK and Youthline New Zealand as well. You were raising money for those two wonderful charities too. So you're not running the League of New Zealand for pure selfish purposes, you're doing it for a higher purpose Not for pleasure, no Oh, good on you Good on you, well I went for a 5k run on the weekend

You should be proud of that, that's good You should be proud of it You should patronise me, oh run the length of New Zealand lady I'd be proud if I could do 5Ks right now. Oh, there you go, maybe. Take her on a race tomorrow, Jonna, you might win. Well, what a magnificent achievement.

And does that go into the Guinness World Records? Yeah, wouldn't I have submitted all of my evidence? Oh, Emma, congratulations. That's such an amazing achievement. Lovely to talk to you again. Oh, thank you so much. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is

it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. My daughter, Indy, she's 10 years old. We've talked many times about Indy. She's super organised. Very conscientious 10-year-old UFO. I always feel like, you know, when you're a child talking to an adult, it's the reverse when

I'm talking to Indy. I feel like the child. Yeah, she's like, it's cool. I really like it about her. We went away on holiday. One of the things we did over the break and I was like, we're going to Waiheke Island. And I was like, what are you excited about? We're going to go ziplining out of the beach. She's like, I'm excited about arranging my room that I'm staying in. And she

bought like a pop plant, a little figurine. She bought a desktop calendar. She had a little, you know, she was very organized. How many nights per day? It was like four nights. Four nights? Oh, yeah, that's a room rearranger. We used to work with a lovely gentleman, John McDonald,

who works at TV3. He's still there, John. He would go away on work assignments, just go away and film the rugby or something. One night, he would unload all of his suitcase into the drawers, the underpant drawer, the sock drawer, the shirt drawer, just for one night. Just one night in a hotel.

Wow. Yeah, that's what he liked to do, put it in drawers. He didn't like to live out of the back. Indy would like that. Yeah, she would like that. But when it comes to Christmas time and Santa, she wants to know, you know, she wants to be organized. She wants to know what's going on.

And, you know, last Christmas, she started a Google Doc of presents that if anyone wanted to look at getting or anything, you know, these is what she wanted. Confused the heck out of the mall Santa when he's like, what do you want for Christmas? And he's like, I've got a Google Doc. I'll share you in on it. Share you in on the Google Doc.

And he's like, what are you talking about? But this year, we left out some stuff for Santa, as you know, as you do. And she put a note. She'd written a little note. She'd written a question, like a little note to say thanks. This is for Indie Boys. Thanks for the gift. It's awesome.

If you give me anything. But then a questionnaire if Santa had time to fill out. Like a customer. He's under the pump. Is this on Christmas Eve? This is Christmas Eve. Yeah, he's like, oh, mate, I'm plowing back whiskeys every second house I'm going to. I don't know how much booze Santa's been drinking.

Thank God I've never been breath tested because the Civil Aviation Authority would have something to say about my actions. Totally. Now you want me to fill out a questionnaire. Yeah, so I took a photo of it as well. So it said, Dear Santa, I hope you have a wonderful trip to a living presence. Must be fun visiting every house and driving a sleigh. BTW, and then in brackets, by the way, because I guess he's probably a bit older now. He's not an acronym guy.

He's the old school. Could you answer some of these questions? And some of the questions are quite good. I like, do you have a sibling? If so, how many? That's interesting. Who are your parents? Wow.

Yeah. Who has caught you? Which of the kids have caught you? I thought that was quite good. Out of 10, how nice am I? Indy wanted to know this as well. Is our elf on the shelf good? Yes or no.

And then some other ones like favourite animal, favourite colour, favourite food. Oh, those stuff. Mate, this is filler. This is a filler question. The first three you led with were great.

They're family questions. Are you fully vaccinated? Can you show me your vaccine passport? That sort of stuff as well. It's a very interesting questionnaire she left out for Santa.

Santa's been doing that gig for a very long time and he's still got a checklist. Like, surely he knows what to do by now, Santa. Every year he's doing the same thing. You're right. He's checking it twice as well, isn't he? He's checking the checklist.

You know what you're doing. Maybe he's got a bit of Alzheimer's by now. He's getting a bit Joe Biden on us, isn't he? He's going to be falling asleep at the wheel shortly, thanks to the whiskey and the old age. Thanks to all those whiskeys. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. And it's a hit. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast.

And it's Jono and Ben. We're back in 2022, and we've made a New Year's resolution to try and be better people. And through the month of February. What? You're kind of leading the charge on this whole campaign. You're like, we've got to do radio shows, we've got to do good deeds. Which is all it leads me to believe is what despicable things

did you get up to over the holiday period? Why can't you just try and do nice things? It's full 180 turnaround. Anyway, we'll roll with it. Good deeds. We're doing 28 good deeds, aren't we, over the month of February. 28 days. So a good deed per day for the entire month.

It's not a leap year. We've double checked that. Oh, no. Sorry. Why don't you chuck in the leap year thing? You're in this meeting. Yeah, you were in the meeting weeks ago when we were talking about this. That's true. Apologies. I'll try and back out. Sorry. You should chuck in the leap year thing. You're in this meeting. Yeah, you were with me weeks ago when we were talking about this. That's true.

Apologies, I'll try and back out. Okay, so anyway, if you want to ask if you've got a good deed, something that we could do to help you out, then you can register at the hitstockcode at NZ. And you'll be happy to know, Ben, it's not a leap year. Thank you for raising that, bringing that to our attention. You know, not live on the radio, Julia, I really appreciate that. But, yeah, that's the idea.

And we were planning, well, you came back. You came back with, let's do a good, Juliette. Really appreciate that. But yeah, that's the idea. And we were planning. Well, you came back. You came back with, let's do a good deed a day for an entire year. Yeah, I did say that. And we said, well, let's scale that back to the shortest month of the year. Yeah, February. So every day in February, we're going to do a good deed. And many people have been registering.

Basically, they want us to do the jobs that you don't want to do at home or around the place. That's right. So we'll get Tracy on. You're in Christchurch, Morena. How are you, Trace? Good morning. I'm great. How are you? We're doing well. What do you need us to do at home or around the place. That's right. So we'll get Tracy on. You're in Christchurch, Morena. How are you, Trace? Good morning. I'm great. How are you?

We're doing well. What do you need us to do? Do you need us to empty your bins, empty your colostomy bag? We'll do it all. Well, I'd actually love you guys to do some meal planning for me. Oh, okay. It's a good deed. It is a good deed.

But I don't know if we're the best meal. We might have to rope in someone to help you out. Why do you need a meal plan? Well, I've got a family of five. The oldest is 16 and the youngest is three. Jeez, you're prolific, aren't you? Definitely. And it didn't stop for years.

Trying to satisfy all those palates. Yes. Keep Dad happy. Well, I imagine, yeah, there's a big scope between, you know, the taste of a three-year-old, what they like, you know, the fish finger sort of category, up to a 16-year-old, even to your partner. Yeah.

Yeah, that's definitely a challenge. Okay, well, listen, we can try and sort something out there. We can tick that off as a good deed. And what I like about that, Tracy, is that's an achievable deed. Because this is another question I want to throw to you, you know how dd are we getting like how high are you setting this deed bar you're yesterday after the show you're like how long are these deeds going to take me yeah you're already starting to because i mean on the way home yesterday i let a lady merge in front of me on the motorway does that is that a good day can i chalk that up as a win

we have to maybe set some criteria like like if we can't document it for people to see in a montage, then maybe it doesn't count, alright? Because you've got to document it. But I don't encourage you to film while on the motorway either. Oh, well, Tracy, listen, we will try and help you out through the month of February. 28 deeds in 28 days, okay?

That sounds absolutely amazing, guys. In the meantime, try not to procreate again. Okay, I'll try. I've been meal planning for six as well. Hey, Trace, thank you so much for listening to the show, and hopefully we'll talk to you soon. Sounds great. Thanks, guys.

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