Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Hotel Horror Stories!

Episode Date: September 5, 2022

We are on the road again today live from the Friends Cafe in Papamoa! We talk about hotel horror stories with some very funny callers, ENTY is back for the latest on Kanye and Samantha is playing 5 words live, does she win the grand prize of $5,000... tune in!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hits the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora welcome to the podcast 6th of September this is Jono and Ben on the road being being ushered around Aotearoa by Colonel Tom Parker which is also known as Ben Humphrey our producer he wheels us out doesn't he the Colonel I just want to tour overseas but no he's keeping me domestic for some reason I think it's visa issues but welcome along yeah it's the 6th of September and we're broadcasting at the moment

in Papamoa Tauranga for the Ames Games young kids competing in sport highly tuned athletes some of the kids out there I'm like

check them in the bloody Olympics now mate they're good to go incredible and we've been doing the show from Friends Cafe in Papamoa producer Joel there

appropriately time music and we're with Priya one of the owners of Friends Cafe how are you? good thank you

thank you for having us here are we friends now at Friends Cafe? you're most welcome yeah now Ben said are we friends now have we hit friendship

status with you? at Friends Cafe of course that's the point, right? That's a lovely place you've got here. Thank you. Now, do you know the Friends theme tune? Do you know the words to it?

Yeah. Let's have a sing-along. Come on. I'll put it on YouTube, mate. Oh, you can hear it in your thing? Yeah. I've been told you're gonna be this way Hey Joel

This is our parody version This is not the real Oh that's a different one, sorry That's the John Owen Ben parody version I was like well this is unusual Hey producer Joel Have you got another version? The more popular version

The one that was used for many, many years on the TV show. I think that's all we've got, sorry, guys. I think, yeah. Hey, I can get it just for you guys right now. Hold the phone. Okay, all right. We'll sing along, Priya. Priya's like, please don't make me do this.

How long have you ran this cafe here? This is our eighth week. Eighth week? Oh, wow. Eight weeks? Just eight weeks. Oh, jeez. Jeez, what's the one thing? This is our 8th week. 8th week? Oh wow 8 weeks? Just 8 weeks Oh jeez, what's the one thing It was known as Ghana before

and then we bought in and then changed and rebranded To Friends Are you friends with the people that you own the business with? Yes, we've been friends for around 6 years now. Oh you're all mates We've worked together

Oh so you worked here before. We've worked together. Oh, so you worked here before. No, we've worked together at Dixie Browns in Mount. Oh, I've been to Dixie Browns. Yeah, we all were chefs down there. Oh, right. So then you've done your own thing. Good on you.

Yeah. Well done. Okay, now we've got the music. Here we go. Let's go, Priya. So no one told you. Oh, no, not yet. I've got the lyrics here, Priya. Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. So no one told you. Oh, no, not yet. I've got the lyrics here, Priya.

Here we go. So no one told you life was going to be this way. Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha. Your love's a joke. You're broke. Your love must be away. It's like you're always second year. I feel like the commitment. It's great for you.

It has to be your day, your week, your month, or even your year. I feel like the commitment that everyone from the cafe has Let's go Priya Let's go Priya I'll be there for you The poor people in the cafe We've got our headphones on We sound great We're not great

I apologise Those are ugly scenes. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I made you do that, Priya. Hey, Priya, thank you so much for having us. You're welcome. If you're ever in Papamaua, come visit the Friends Cafe. A wonderfully large shopping centre here.

Yeah, everything's massive here. Why is everything so big here? And it's growing. Yeah. Do you live here? Yes, yeah. Papamaua East. What's one thing we should do in Papamaua while we're here,

apart from come to Friends Cafe? Is there anything thing we should do in Papamoa while we're here? Apart from come to Friends Cafe. Is there anything fun we should do? To Rainbow. Where do you go? Rainbow or Flying Mullet. Oh, the Flying Mullet. Gaming Lounge. Oh, the Gaming Lounge.

Oh, I do love the pokies. Yeah, I love the pokies, mate. You're impressed. What do you like? Yeah, I'd pick that. Okay, I'm off to play the slot machine. Enjoy the podcast. Thanks for having us, Perez.

Broadcasting live from Friends Cafe in Papamoa, ahead of the Ames Games, this is Jono and Ben. Good morning. Welcome along to the show, Jono and Ben, with you on a Tuesday morning. Cold morning here in Papamoa, where every building is enormous. There are so many big buildings in Papamoa, where every building is enormous.

There are so many big buildings in Papamoa. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben on The Hits. It is The Hits. Jono and Ben, 6.15 on your Tuesday morning. We're in Papamoa this morning. It's lovely, isn't it? It is beautiful, as I said, Ben,

driving into Papamoa this morning. What is it, sort of 5, 10 k's away from Mount Maunganui, is it? Sorry, it just made me laugh, because this morning you were editing something at the hotel room and producer b hubs was like hey we've got this thing got an interview and you're like yeah i'm you rang you i'm on the motorway and the b hubs was that's interesting because i heard cars i heard beeping noises the door shutting it was like you were doing a lot of stuff if you're on the motorway oh did i tell you i was reversing down the motorway yeah Yeah, I was like, wow.

There's big, big noises. There's doors opening. There's like, GC, he's up to a lot when he's on the motorway. I like to drive with the car doors open. That's what I thought. I thought, that sounds like Jono. Yeah, but driving in here, jeez, there's enormous buildings. It's massive. Mitre 10, mega. McDonald's, mega. Everything's mega here.

Friends Cafe, mega. This place is enormous. Let's look at some of the news that's happening around the world. Scrolling through your feed. Here's some news stolen from credible news sources presented by less than credible hosts. Yeah, of course, we're in a cost of living crisis. It's happening at the moment and COVID has been around for a couple of years, but that hasn't stopped Kiwis giving to charity. According to a new report, New Zealand, second, baby,

second in all the countries in the world per capita for the most generous country. Well, maybe, Ben, if you had stopped and donated to those people outside the supermarket every once in a while, we would have taken out Top Squad. Oh, I find that awkward, eh? He drives up to the supermarket, he does a bit of a recce to see if there's any pesky charity

collectors outside the front door. If there are, he'll go to another supermarket. I don't like John. I've got doors open, I'm reversing, I'm getting out of here. Behind the United States, the most generous country in the world. Per capita, we would be first, though. We're second, I think, based on per capita.

I've already broken it down per capita. $288 billion given over the past six years, which is a lot of money. $'s $208 billion? Yeah, that's what it says. Oh, good on you, New Zealand. Give a little. Another record year, $38 million in donations,

which equates to around $100,000 a day. Now, how does Give a Little work? Like, who's running Give a Little? I think the Give a Little people, yeah. And it's all just a site where people... Yeah, I think it's... As far as I know, it's like they take a cut. They'll take a cut.

Someone's got to click the ticket, surely. Yeah, it's not just... But yeah, as far as I know. But yeah, but no, it's... Why don't you ever start a Give a Little page for me? I look sick. Oh, jeez. And Brendan Fraser.

Now, he was George of the Jungle. He starred in all the Mummy movies. He was a massive box office star. And for the last 10 to 15 years, no one has seen a lot of the Jungle. He starred in all the Mummy movies. He was a massive box office star. And for the last 10 to 15 years, no one has seen a lot of Brendan Fraser. And he's back now. His new movie is in the Venice Film Festival. And it's open to Oscar. It's getting Oscar buzz.

It's his first role in almost a decade. He's now 53. He underwent a bit of a dramatic physical transformation for the role. Prosthetics. He played a 270 kg man in the drama. And he got an eight minute standing ovation at the end of the film. Eight minutes. It seems like a lot.

Was he there? He was there. Yeah, he was there. Oh, the three minute mark. You're like, okay, guys, wrap it up. Yeah, you could tell he was a bit awkward by, you know, like, guys, wrap, you know, like, it was nice. Eight minutes.

And then it kind of went like, and he was like, yep, yep, cheers. He kind of did that sort of, oh, shucks, thanks. And then it just kept going and kept going and kept going. That must be a record for standing over eight. But now, as one, we were talking yesterday, I like to wrap up meetings with a slow clap. Yeah, but eight minutes is a long time. That is a lot.

Your hands would be bleeding after eight minutes of clapping. I mean, I'm sure it's an amazing role. It's great to see him back in movies, and it's great that it's got Oscar buzz. But eight, you know? Did he put on 273 kgs for the role? I think he put on some weight, but I think he was also wearing prosthetics as well, so yeah.

Yeah, wow. But eight minutes was like... 273, that's a lot of... That's a bit... That's the crane yourself out of the house, isn't it? Yeah, well, that was... Is that what the story's about?

I think it's... Well, not along the... Yeah, someone... Yeah. Sometimes you watch... Okay, stop. I'm wrapping you up now. Wrapping you up.

Sometimes you watch those, and you're you up Wrapping you up Sometimes you watch those And you're like How have you got to the point Where you need to be Craned out of your house Stop it Stop it It's A crane

Do something mate Play something Baldly going Where no show Has gone before How long is it going to take For Ben to make fun Of my bald head

Jono and Ben On the hits. Yeah, we're at the Friends Cafe. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. In Papamoa. You can come here. Meet Priya and Ravi, who are supplying free caffeine. Yeah, free coffee this morning.

To the fine people of Papamoa. And we're going to be broadcasting. We're here for the AIMS Games, which is, you know, 10, 11, 12-year-olds competing in sports at a high level. Ben, I joked yesterday that we need to get a van and go around collecting children, the high-performing children, and sign them up to our talent agency. I don't know why the van needed to be involved. I was like, let's sign up some kids. But the van, I was like, that's where I drew the line.

I went to the rental place. He's like, no, I'm pulling out once we get the white van. That's where I drew the line. But yesterday we wanted to know your achievement when you were a kid. What was your sporting achievement? No, it doesn't have to be big, doesn't have to be small, whatever it was. And Ollie phoned through a great sporting achievement in football. What was your low-level sporting achievement as a child?

When I was five, I got the top goal scorer for my team for the whole season. It was one goal that I scored in the final game. And you were the top goal scorer? Yep. So they had a scoreless season and he came through at the end and nabbed that spot. Top goal scorer. Top goal scorer. So yeah, 0800800, the HITS telephone number, your low-level sporting achievement. Janelle, welcome. What was yours this morning? Very low-level, although great for me at the time. Yeah, now we're taking it back to the 92 Olympics. Now, was that Los Angeles 92 or Spain?

Barcelona. Barcelona. Barcelona, okay, yeah. Yeah. You were competing at the 92 Olympics, so what were you doing, Janelle? I sure was. It was the Tar were competing at the 92 Olympics, so what were you doing, Janelle? I sure was. It was the Tauranga Primary School 92 Olympics.

And what a year. Entered the eight-year-old category for weightlifting. It was epic. Hang on, so this obviously wasn't in Barcelona. Did your school do their own version? Tauranga Primary School 92 Olympics. Yeah, wonderful. Now, I'm sure there was maybe some branding issues with the international copyright.

We won't get into that. So they ran their own sort of illegal Olympics. It was very illegal, and we certainly didn't win any Benson & Hedges or Ops-Cowtech shirts. So what did you compete in? I did win gold in the weightlifting and not your traditional weightlifting though and so because, I don't know, maybe there

was some kind of health and safety back then but it was pool floaties like on the end of you know, a broom I suppose and instead of actually lifting the weight you just had to like, I suppose. And instead of actually lifting the weight, you just had to, like, make facial expressions. So I won gold for my facial expressions. And what other categories did they have?

I think there was the old, you know, throw the hoop over onto the stick and rubber chicken throwing instead of a, oh, and hula hooping. That was one. All your big Olympic sports, the ones and hula hooping. That was one. All your big Olympic sports, the ones that we know and love. That's right. The rubber chicken throw, yeah. Oh, so good. Meanwhile, while you were lifting a broomstick with floaties on the end

over your head at eight years old, in Russia, they were lifting and bench-fixing 220 kgs at that age. This is why we're lagging. Hey, thank you very much, Chanel. Really appreciate your time this morning. No worries. We apologise in advance. Jeez, sorry.

Sorry about that. Sorry you got roped into this. Jono and Ben. Sorry. On the hits. Jono Pryor's guessing game. Hit the music. Is there music?

I don't think there has been any music yet. Thanks for that, though, Jono. Producer Joel Began. Well, hit some music, Producer Joel. Let's not chat about it. Let's just, you know, just play something. Some game show music or something like that. As I said, hit the music. I was like, I don't think I've ever asked.

There you go. This is the music you want. Yeah, this is perfect. This is exactly, this is everything I was dreaming of, Joel. And more. This is the music from John O'Brien's Kissing Game. That's right. We have other radio shows listening and wondering how we do it.

How are we changing the game? Well, if they want to know, what I do is I go onto the internet and I copy lists and Ben has to guess them in order in a time pressure situation. You can play along in your car as well. In the past, as we've mentioned, we've talked about the most popular languages, the most spoken languages, the most populated countries. Ben, you actually put a note in the sheet yesterday saying you wanted me to delve into the most popular drinks internationally.

Well, yeah, we were sitting in a cafe again yesterday, and I was just like, well, you know, what is the most popular beverage that people would not only order from cafes, but just in general? What are people consuming the most? I put no more thought to it. I should have come more prepared for this, but I'm really interested to find out. Yeah, well, soft drinks, you know, soft drinks, they have been in decline for the last 10 years. They're hurting, baby. Oh, I'd imagine so with, you know, people, you know, wanting to eat and drink a bit better.

Apparently sales and dollars are holding up, but the consumption has dropped, which means they must just be raising the price per can. And interesting too, I know we like to just dot around for a little bit before I start the timer. Coca-Cola has over 500 brands under its umbrella in over 200 countries. So they own like, you were saying before, Powerade.

Yeah, I think Powerade's it, yeah. In New Zealand, and Pump Water. Yeah, all Coca-Cola brands. 500 brands. Okay, so the timer will start. You have 60 seconds in order to name the top five most popular drinks. Jeez, okay. Ben Boyce, your time starts now.

So it's water part of it. Can I put water in there? Water's not in there. Water's not in there. It's not in there. Okay. What about milk? Anything that we're going in? Milk's not in there.

Okay. Tea? Lipton tea is at number 11. Okay. Not even a coffee? Coffee up there within the... No, coffee's not there. Oh, jeez.

Most popular drink. Most drinks. Are we talking like Coca-Cola? Coca-Cola's number one. Oh, right. So we can brand. Okay. One.

Oh, jeez. What would number two be? Same family-ish. Fanta? Coca-Cola's number one. Oh, right, so we can brand. Okay. One. Oh, jeez. What would number two be? Same family-ish. Yeah, Fanta? No. Pepsi. Sprite. Pepsi, yes, Joel.

Oh, Pepsi. Oh, yeah, good. Number three. I wouldn't have picked this at number three, but it does give you wings. Oh, Red Bull. The most third-most popular drink. Oh, nerds. Number four.

Yeah. I lied, sorry. Is, it's... Coffee. Nescafe. Oh, yeah, gotcha. Number five, another energy drink. Bogans, flat peak caps. Oh, yeah, gotcha. Number five, another energy drink. Bogans, flat peak caps.

Oh, mate, be energy drink a monster. Monster energy drink. Monster's number seven. Really? Yeah. There's a lemonade. Yes, that's right. That's it, number six.

Yeah, yeah. Five seconds. Energy drink, but it's an American version of Powerade. Oh, Gatorade. Number eight. Gatorade in there as well. And then rounding outade. Oh, Gatorade. Number eight. Gatorade in there as well. And then rounding out the top ten, Dr Pepper, which is like a cola. Yeah, very popular.

It unsettles me, Dr Pepper, whenever I taste it. You know, I've never tried Dr Pepper. Yeah, don't, yeah. Not for you? Not for me. But it's in the top ten, though, yeah. It's from some people. And Mountain Dew.

And number ten. Now, Mountain Dew had a great schoolyard rumour. I love that the madness is. Yeah. I remember at my primary school, the rumour was swirling that Mountain Dew would shrink your genitalia. You used to drink it quite a lot, too. That's what I heard as well, so.

I love Mountain Dew. It's so tasty. I was like, I'll sacrifice those for my love of Mountain Dew. That's a wild, stupid rumour. If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. Severe weather watches around the country. Top of the North Island, heavy rain and gales.

Snowfall warnings around. A lot of roads are closed around. Saw a little bit of footage before in Christchurch. Snowing in Christchurch. In the city? Yeah, well, just out of the city there was snow on that, yeah. I spoke to Annie and John the other week and I was like, has it snowed this winter?

And they were like, it never snows in Christchurch. Well, yeah, this was just out of Christchurch I saw, but yeah. Wow, a week. Pretty impressive. Yesterday, horrible, horrible weather. We're down in Tauranga for the Ames Games and my daughter was playing with her team, playing netball. And jeez, it was shocking conditions.

A netball, they need to, as an industry and as a sport, just go, hey, the weather's bad, we won't plough on. Yeah. It felt so sorry for them because they're there all day, they're outside, no one could get dry, and they've been looking forward to this for so long, and they're just, you know, the girls, they end up shivering, they're cold, you just, you know, when you can't get dry and you've got to keep playing, you've got to get out there.

And so I had a whole lot of stuff in my car. Like, I had my car there, and I was like, oh, I've got a couple of jackets and a new Warriors beanie that I've got as well. And so I was handing a few of those out just trying to help the team get warm. Keep them warm. Why didn't you put all the kids in your car? Turn on the air con. Well, yeah, they went to the van and they tried it at one stage, you know, because it was just, they were just shivering and so cold. But my wife, she's down there because she's a teacher,

and she's helping manage and coach the team as well. So she had a lot going on. Teachers, like, they didn't get into teaching to manage and coach teams. That's sports management. That's a whole other course at university. I was just doing a great job. A lot of logistics, a lot of weather, trying to get the teams around, trying to coordinate all the stuff, trying to make sure it's all going on.

But at some stage, I was like, oh, where did my Warriors beanie go? And this became a concern of mine, that I'd given it to someone and I was like, which girl did I loan that to and where did it go? Because you love the Warriors. Because no one's wearing my new Warriors beanie. And then I was like, do I go up to my wife who's dealing with quite a lot and go, hey,

I know you've got a game in a couple of minutes you're trying to coordinate in horrible conditions, but where's my Warriors be? Now that seems like the perfect moment So I resisted But jeez it was hard not to resist Did you get your beanie back? Yeah but I ended up going through everyone's bags

What's the weird guy Fossicking through everyone's private belongings Someone's stolen my Warriors beanie It's like Actually I heard over the PA Has's stolen my Warriors beanie? It's like, yeah. Actually, I heard over the PA, has anyone seen a Warriors beanie? Warriors beanie? Come to the office, have a good Warriors beanie.

Lost Warriors beanie. Everyone was dealing with a lot of stuff. Horrible conditions, people shivering, all sorts of stuff. But I was like, where's his beanie? Where's his beanie going? You know when it's just in your head and you're like, it's not the time. It's the biggest issue for you.

Yeah, but not for anyone else. And I was like, but in the past I would have gone up and asked my wife, who I was dealing with a lot, but I didn't. So I think I'm learning as a human. Yeah, well, she's teaching. She's sports managing. Search and rescue. Beanie search and rescue.

You're not in the... Hypothermia. I try to stop people from that. And I'm like, yeah, where's the Warriors beanie? Yeah, well, I won't lie. Yesterday I was like, thank God my son decided to play basketball. Look out! Scary dinosaurs.

Not Jurassic Park. It's these guys. Jono and Ben on the hits. Yes, we are in Tauranga at the moment. Papa Moa this morning at the Friends Cafe. And I was talking to someone because we were here for the Ames Games and a whole bunch of kids competing in sports. And I was on the sidelines yesterday.

Do you know how much it brings into the economy? Ben, that's the only fact you keep repeating. How many millions of dollars? 6.5 million to the local economy. A lot of kids, 25,000 people in the area. 6.5 million is a lot. This is a lot. That's a lot of money over a five-day period.

I spent a lot yesterday on ponchos and hand warmers to try and keep the netball team some mad dashes to the warehouse and chemist's warehouse. Oh, were you head of the keeping warm department? I had to, you know, because there are very limited numbers of people to help. So I was like, all right, I can help. I'm driving around in the torrential rain. The hand warmer guy.

Yeah. Yeah, good on you. Now, I was talking to someone on the sideline yesterday, and it was a lady who listens to the hits. Oh. Her name is Chris. Lovely lady. She was telling me a story.

She's like, you've got to tell this story on the radio, and I'm going to be listening after 7 o'clock. She's like, I reckon you'll have some good people calling up for it. She left her job on Friday, okay? And as a parting gift from... Left, left, left. Left work. Yeah, left work.

And as a parting gift, the boss gave her a restaurant voucher. Right. So, thank you very much. Yeah. Wonderful, wonderful gesture. Father's Day rolls around on Sunday. She's like,

oh dear God, I forgot to get my husband a gift. What I'll do is I'll hand him the restaurant voucher. Great play. Champagne re-gifting. Yeah, I love it is I'll hand him the restaurant voucher. Great play. Champagne re-gifting. Yeah, I love it. I love a re-gift. Sunday afternoon, the husband realises his best mate's birthday

they were going to that night for dinner. Yeah. You know what I'm going to say? Yeah. He then re-gifted the restaurant voucher to his mate. I love it. But Chris was upset because she's like, well, even when I gave it to him, I was still going toed the restaurant voucher to his mate. I love it. But Chris was upset because she's like, well, even when I gave it to him,

I was still going to enjoy the restaurant voucher. I was still going to reap the rewards of it. Now it's gone off site. It's out of the household. Three re-giftings in four days. Yeah, that's a very short time to be re-gifting, but I love it. I love it.

That has been, that restaurant voucher's tearing through the community like COVID at the moment. God knows that we're going to get another re-gifting. But that's what we want to talk about this morning. Oh, 800 the hits. Thanks to Chris for this topic. Most re-giftings.

Are you a re-gifter? Yeah, I love it. You got caught with a book or something the other day. Yeah, I did because I re-gifted something that had been given. And then the mate was like, love it, but I've already got the book. Have you got the receipt? So I can swap it for something else. I'm like, oh, still

he's been texting me, I'm like, oh, I'll try to locate that receipt. So I'm in a web of lies around the receipt now, because I don't have the receipt. I was given the book, I gave it to him and now he's like, would have loved it but I've already read it. And so yeah, that's when re- regifting goes bad.

Well, we had someone phone up from a stationery shop say they would mock up a receipt for you. They didn't get involved in your fraud, your fraudulent present giving. So, 800 the hits. Most amount of regifting. What have you got? Leo DiCaprio, he's regifting 25-year-olds back into the dating market at the moment, isn't he?

Wonderful gesture. Now, two guys With tertiary broadcasting qualifications Prove C's get degrees Jono and Ben On the hits Hey broadcasting for Paparamoa This morning Friends Cafe

Come down Free coffee Free coffee Yeah Priya and Ravi Will make you a free coffee Now we've got to go and sing Sing the Friends theme tune

With them later on today as well I'll be there for you Yeah the Friends Cafe We'll be doing that After 8 o'clock Prime time Alright Gotta look forward to that They look like they'll have a sing-along Yeah We're after the most amount as well. I'll be there for you. Yeah, the Friends Cafe. We'll be doing that after 8 o'clock, prime time. Alright. I look forward to that. They look like they'll have a sing-along. Yeah. We're after the most amount of

re-gifting. A wonderful story yesterday I was talking to someone who, that she received a work restaurant voucher on Friday. She forgot Father's Day, gifted it to her hubby for Father's Day. He forgot his friend's birthday, gifted the voucher to his friend on Sunday evening for his birthday. I like to think that that friend has now given that voucher to someone else.

It just keeps going and going. It's just passing its way through the bay. So the most amount of re-gifting. I've always wondered, too, when you go to a restaurant or cafe and the table next to you, they've eaten half their eggs benedict. Like, can I take, like, what's going to happen to it it's just going to get thrown out like surely I can go and finish that

speaking of regifting a little bit of an awkward conversation I know she's still got a full muffin egg the friend used to go around before COVID and drink from other people's drinks yeah he'd have the dregs of drinks to save money but also very meningitis-y

he's no longer with us. We'll get Keira on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you, Keira? Hey, guys. How are you? Yeah, lovely to have you on. Regifting. You were a victim of regifting or you did the regifting? No, a victim. Definitely a victim.

What happened? A couple of years ago now, I got a Christmas present from my employers. And it was not even wrapped, actually, which is even better. They gave me like a little bottle of rosehip oil. And it was about half full, I'd say. Oh, that's like Biowheel for stretch marks and things.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So it said on the box, like you could tell it being well used because it was in a little cardboard box on the lid. But like, you know the way when cardboard's been opened and closed a lot,

it's kind of weird. And there was three big, like, bullet points on the front. It was like for the treatment of scars, stretch marks and wrinkles. And I'm like, I was 26. I was like, all right, guys. Really appreciate it. Obviously, they'd they're like they tried it they want to try it first and they're like

this works great like i know they say dairy farming ages you like prematurely but i was like 26 four yeah that is uh well you're like i't have any scars. So they're clearly focusing on the stretch marks and wrinkles. Wrinkles. I mean, you're better off getting nothing. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. It's worse when you get a nice presence and then you're like, oh, thanks.

Kira, you're a champion. Thank you so much for being part of the show this morning. Have a great day. You too. Bye. Jamie, welcome. How are you? Good, good. Thanks. Good, good. Before we get into re-gifting, you had a question that you want to ask us.

We're always asking the questions. Call up and answer our question, but you have one you want to fire at us first. Yeah, yeah. I hear your voices every day. I've seen you on TV. But I just cannot figure out when I hear your voices, who's who. One has hair and one's bald. One's got hair and one's got...

So who do you think's who? Let's play this game. Who do you think the bald one is? Yeah. I'll talk right now. Now, have I got some hair or am I bald? What would you think? I think you're the one with hair.

Do I sound like Alopecia is winning the race? I think it's already won, hasn't it? You're correct. You're 100% correct on all accounts. Yeah, you picked it correctly. But we answered it both. We probably sound very, very similar, to be honest. No, you sound really different.

I just could never pick it. Hey, Jamie, we were just talking about regifting. Now, it's not you, it's your grandmother. Yes, yes. For years and years, she would never buy him a present, my grandfather, but she would re-gift the same birthday card. And I think she even would throw it at him at Christmas occasionally. So how many years was this card being gifted?

For about 15, 16 years. That is a really long time. And I said to her one day, hey, I remember this from last year. And she says, yeah, I've used it for years. She said, well, what's the point in wasting money? Well, yeah, it's a very good point. You hate cards, don't you, Ben? Yeah. But if someone just said, here's another birthday, here's the

same card I gave you last year. The sentiment's still the same. Yeah. Well, what do you do? You put it up on the mantelpiece for a day or three days and you pull it out and throw it out or put it in a drawer. The good thing is, too, the older you get, you forget what card you got the year before as well. So it seems like a new card every year.

I don't even think he read them. Unless you stopped wishing me a happy birthday between one year to another but still gave me a card, then the message would still be the same, right, Jono? The thing with birthday cards, too, is you put them on the mantelpiece, like you mentioned, Jamie, for three days. You feel obligated to display them for three days. For who?

I don't know. Who comes around and goes, oh, I might have a read of those, you know? Yeah. Like, I once, my wife told me off because I read a card, I opened it, and then I put it straight in the recycling. And my wife was like, it's too soon. You're meant to put it up. I'm like, what?

I'm eventually going to put it here anyway, so why not just this cut to the chase? Well, I'm a hoarder anyway. I've got birthday cards from bloody when I was a kid. I'm the same. Can't get rid of them. I've got container loads of them in the attic. One day I'm going to sit down and read them all.

All your favourite cards. Good on you, Jamie. You're going to have a great day. Awesome. You guys too. Let's go. Jono and Ben. With five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash. Good on you Jamie, you're going to have a great day Awesome, you guys too It is our Game of Words Association We play it every morning at this time on The Hits

And it feels different playing it in person It does IRL Yeah, we're jacked up on caffeine and cash this morning At Friends Cafe And Samantha, welcome. Good morning. Lovely to have you here.

Thank you. Now, as I said, Samantha, you look to me like that's not my name. Is your name Samantha? Yes. Oh, good. Please don't talk to me. I started questioning if your name was Samantha, but it is Samantha. Yeah, as far as I know.

That's what she's told us. I've passed the first test. Remembering names. Now, $5,000. Life-changing amount of money. Yeah. Would you resign from your job? What are you going to do? as I know. That's what she's told us. I've passed the first test. Remembering names. Now $5,000. Life changing amount of money. Would you resign from your job? What are you going to do? No. No. No.

Would you resign from your relationship? $5,000? Tempting. But you can stop at $100. You can stop at $500. We'll see how we go this morning. Your first decision though, Jono or Ben, who would you like to play with? Ben. Okay, Ben's heading outside

out into the sun-soaked streets of Papamoa. It's beautiful out there this morning, isn't it? Now, you're just dropping your little boy at daycare today? Yes. Three-year-old, up at four in the morning or something crazy this morning? Yeah, I got up early this morning. Yeah, good. So this is perfect. We love

delirious contestants on this game show. Alright, so what you need to do is think of the first word that comes into your head when I mention scrambled eggs H2O water

surf board referee whistle court Surf Board Referee Whistle Court Yard Mate, you played well. Why are you groaning? You not happy, Sam? Was there one you want to go back on?

Yeah, basketball court Basketball court is the final one You did well. You did really well Let's get Ben Boyce Ben Boyce is hugging people out on the streets of Papamoa this morning. Hey, mate. How are you? Good to see you. Ben Boyce, hugging the

fans out on the street, I see. In your cone of silence out there. Man of the people. Kissing babies, hugging people. He didn't even know the people he was hugging. No, we had met before. Yeah, very hands-on guy. Don't say that. Sam, there's a reason why he's, don't say that. All right.

Sam, there's a reason why he's sitting at the other end of the table. Okay, can we get to this? How'd you go? How'd you go? She went bloody well, mate. Yeah, really well. Are we feeling good? So the game is you get to decide if you advance through.

The more money, you win. If we advance through and he doesn't match, you lose all the cash, okay? Let's get into the first one, Joel. Word one, $25. Scrambled. Eggs. One from one, Sam. So you've got $25.

Now you need to decide, do you go to $50 to risk it all? Yep. Okay, if I get this wrong, you get nothing. Joel, mate. Word two, $50. No, pause that. Pause that. Stop this crap.

Mate, you've got one job. Just play the things that go boom, boom, boom, $25, $50, okay? Yeah, okay. Now pause that. Go $50 again. Word two, $50. Oh, jeez, you're going to have a word after this. H20 is word number two.

H20. H20. Water? Water. Yeah, great. 50 bones. All right, that's covered breakfast this morning. Are we going through to the $100 round, Samantha?

Yep. All right. Word three, $100. We're in a lovely beachside town. What if I said surf? Board. Yes! I won $100.

$100. Now, this is a big leap up to $500, and then you hit the $5,000 word. What are we doing, Samantha? Are you going to take your $100, or are you going to play for $500? No, I'll carry on. Okay, carry on.

She is wild. Word four, $500. Electric scenes here at the cafe this morning at Fred's Cafe. The crowd is going bananas. All right, this is for $500. Referee. What would you say if I said referee? Whistle?

$500. $500. $500. $500. $500. That's yours. That's yours. That's yours. But if we go to the next one and we get this wrong, you get nothing.

So do you want to take your $500 or do you want to pay for $5,000? A refresher, the word was caught, if you forgot what the word was. You locked in an answer, then you came back with another answer. Five grand, Samantha. Oh, gosh. You can walk away? Yeah. Well, you could win five grand.

You going to walk away? Nah, we'll play. Oh! Word five. Samantha. $5,000. Oh, jeez. Absolute scenes. Okay. $5,000. Oh, jeez. Absolute scenes.

Okay. In Friends Cafe. I'm going to answer quickly because I'm just, I can't overthink this. A.O. with the Ames Games, remember, in Tauranga. Court. Five grand. Netball. Oh, no.

No. Basketball? Tennis? It was basketball, of course. Oh, sorry. Oh, Samantha. Sorry, I'm off? It was basketball, of course. Oh, sorry. Oh, Samantha. Sorry I'm off the netball with the netball courts today. That makes sense.

Yeah, I'm sorry. Listen, you played a great game, mate. Well done. Give it up for Samantha, ladies and gentlemen. Well done, Samantha. A lot of fun. That was solid effort. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers.

God, Isshins. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. Because she's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes.

Killing a cast member. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. He knows some stuff about all the stuff that's happening.

Ante, come on in from Hollywood. How are you, mate? I'm good. You guys on the road? We're on the road. Yeah, we're sitting here in a cafe this morning in, I guess, small town New Zealand. Hey, Kanye West, we're trying to get our heads around what's going on with Kanye West at the moment because he goes off social media and then all of a sudden it's just a constant post after

post after post uh even one yesterday i read he said like he likes funny people that's why him and pete davidson could never get on uh so he's still having shots of pete that what's going on what's happening with kanye i think kanye's having a kanye moment um you know he is complaining about gap and adidas and how they're not including him in all of the Yeezy stuff. They're not supposed to. They don't have to. I think he gets hurt that they don't. But one of the things that everybody needs to know and needs to remember, if you don't know it, is that Kanye barely owns any part of Yeezy at all because Kanye went through some financial difficulties a few years ago. In fact, if you'll remember, he asked Mark Zuckerberg for a loan.

So he needed some money. So what he did was he went to his then-wife, Kim Kardashian, who gave him some money, but in exchange, she took the majority of Yeezy from him. That's why she's always promoting

Yeezy all the time, is because she owns the majority of it. He's on a rampage, but when he gets on a rampage it gets results, doesn't it? So what happens, like it feels like when he's posting online, could be covered off in an email maybe, but you know, it's going to 60 million people

on social media. You know, he goes to these periods, and you know, I don't know his mental health situation, but it feels like maybe there's something that goes on in his life and he just wants to lash out remember he said something this last week about how kim kardashian has diarrhea more often than people should so i mean she's like me and you were the only ones who needed to know about my bowel movements i know i was I was just like, well, first I was like, okay, well, why does she have more diarrhea? Is she taking some kind of supplement or something that's caught? And it got me literally thinking for like 10 minutes to why she would have diarrhea

more frequently than a normal person. Well, it was obviously winding him up. Huge bugbear. Now, Leonardo DiCaprio, he's dumped another 25-year-old. They're starting to become two. Or did he get dumped? Did he get dumped? I don't know.

I mean, did he? Like, everyone assumes. I don't know why we all assume that. I mean, maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but he might have got dumped. Well, there's two theories, right? There's the theory that Leo's Law, where if you're older than 25, you get dumped. But there's also the other, you know, the antithesis of that is that when you reach 25 all of a sudden you have full brain function you realize what am i doing with this 48 year old wreck of a man

i mean there's only so many times you can take your girlfriend to coachella before people start going why'd you bring your granddad yeah you know i went back and looked because i i could have sworn i could have sworn that he dated Bar Raffaele longer than 25 because I distinctly remember hanging out with them in 2010 and 2011. And I was like, okay, I know I hung out with her. She's got to be older than that. And I went back and I looked, and she actually, they broke up three weeks before her 26th birthday.

Very close to getting geriatric at that age. Because I was looking at it, he's been through three generations of 20-somethings. He's gone the Gen Zers, he's gone the Millennials, and he's gone Gen X as well. What's Leonardo like to hang out with? Yeah, you said you hang out with him. What's he like? He is, well, we had a long kind of history together, and he was way different before he got up to A-list and stuff.

When he was much younger, he was much more fun and much more outgoing. He would go out to clubs and things like that. And then as he got older, say like in 2010, 2011, which is probably about the time we stopped hanging out, is that he was much more conservative. He was paranoid that, you know, people were following him and stuff. It was very much more, hey, I only want to hang out with a few people because of the fact that I don't really trust a lot of other people. But he's always picking up the check, a really nice

guy in that sense. It was also weird that, you know, he would go, we would go places, and if we went out of town or something, his mom would always be there. So that's what I always found strange looking back is that, okay, he's got a 24, 25-year-old girlfriend, but his mom would always be staying in the same hotel suite or an adjoining suite. I mean, so I always found that kind of okay what it just that his mom was always so close it was it was a little bit unusual maybe creating a home environment of maybe youth he felt he didn't get to experience well he's getting to experience it over and over at the moment uh nt thank you very much for your time great chatting great hanging out with you

and you keep safe over there. Hey, enjoy the cafe. If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. I had to go and pick up some food last night, Ben. Dinner, it's a thing and people like to eat it and what I didn't realise is how much

of a safety blanket my cell phone is. I left the cell phone at our accommodation and I went naked. Not literally, I felt naked. Yeah, right. But I was fully clothed at the same time, but I felt uneasy walking out without a cell phone.

And it's like, thinking about it while I was waiting, it's like the grown-up version of a cuddly blanket, the cell phone. Yeah. It's always there. You can look down at it. But what you realise is when you don't have it, you don't know what to do with your eyes. My eyes,

they start wandering and peering. What do you mean? Like, if I don't have my cell phone, like, I'm walking, what situation are you in? Well, then I'm, because I'm waiting for food to be prepared. Oh, I see. So I'm just sitting there, with nothing to focus on. And so what I end up doing is I just start looking at people.

You do that weird smile thing you do with everyone. You just smile. You're like, what's going on with that guy? And about 10 minutes into that, I was like, I've got to stop staring at people. The diners are feeling uncomfortable as I'm watching people eat hamburgers and things. But my solution was to just stare at the table. Like I had nothing else to stare at. I couldn't keep staring at people who were eating.

That was getting weird. And so I just pretended that I had a phone down on the table and I was just looking at that. But then I just probably looked quite sad. Why is this poor guy contemplating life staring at a table? It's those occasions where you might grab a a brochure or something, you know, just for something to do. You're like, I have read this thing inside out.

Like, I know everything there is to know about whatever this tourist attraction is. But you don't realise it's such a go-to. Yeah, it is. That if you've got nothing else to do, bang, straight onto it. But there was a time where we didn't take it back. What did we do before then? Yeah, I know. We must have just been staring at each other.

Yeah. Where did we put our eyes before we had devices? I don't know. Bye, guys. Have a good one. didn't take them out. What did we do before then? Yeah, I know. We must have just been staring at each other. Yeah. Where did we put our eyes before we had devices? I don't know. Bye, guys. Have a good one. See you later. Bye. At a time where you'd be somewhere and you'd have to be there.

Otherwise, a person would be waiting for you. You couldn't just send a text going five minutes late. Or like you this morning when B Hubs calls you. You're like, oh, mate, I'm on the motorway just getting on there. Even though there's car doors slamming and beeping noises as you're reversing. Now, this is, sorry, to bring you up to speed, we had a bit of an issue at 6 o'clock this morning. I was running a bit late, and I said to producer Bea Humphrey,

I'm just hopping on the motorway now, and it might have sounded like I was just getting in the car and shutting doors and reversing. Bea Humphrey gets off the phone, and he's like, all right, well, so he's going to be 15 minutes because he's definitely just got in the car. Well, there's another thing with technology. It's just narked on me there.

And I didn't even ask it to. It's like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. Doors slamming. No matter what, they might have way. I'll be on my own. It's like... And Piafson's like, all right, well, you just lied to me. Yeah, anyway, just getting some stuff done today.

Mmm, coffee bread. Jono and Ben on the hits. Do you know it was so windy this morning in Tauranga? Oh, the weather has been wild right around the country There's snow in Christchurch, wild weather Roads have been shut Yeah, it was wild weather overnight Beautiful today though Beautiful today I opened up the bathroom window this morning

Have a listen to this Hear that, mate? Blowing you to bits. Yeah. That's the wind, Ben. I know. I'm so good to see you. Like, it's nice this morning because, you know,

my daughter's playing netball out here today. Yesterday was bleak, horrible conditions. That was blowing all over you yesterday. That was the wind this morning. Fun stuff. I don't know why I recorded that. And I sent it to Joel, but then had to load it in. You decided to get up in the middle of the night.

You're like, oh, it's windy. I'll open the bathroom window. I'll record it. Yeah. Always radioing. Never stopping. But we wanted to chuck open a topic this morning. 0800 the hits.

Hotels. They are a wonderful melting pot of society, aren't they? The motel hotel. Yeah. You get everyone in there. All sorts of things can happen. All sorts of people cooking stuff. I guess there are Motel Hotel. Yeah. You get everyone in there. All sorts of things can happen. All sorts of people cooking stuff. Yeah, I guess there are people cooking stuff.

Yeah. It's not one of the first things I think of, but yeah, people, you're right. You know, one room you can have someone cooking something. Next room someone could be on a honeymoon. Someone's there for work. Everyone is there for a different purpose. Yeah, so we wanted to know on 800 The Hits,

what happened to you in a hotel? We've got Lisa on the phone. Lisa, what happened to you in a hotel? We've got Lisa on the phone. Lisa, what happened to you in the hotel? Well, I was staying there having a bit of a saucy weekend and I was waiting for my friend to turn up. So I decided to have a little smoke in the bathroom of the toilet. And so I went into the bathroom, put a towel against the door and I decided to blow the smoke up the extractor fan in the bathroom.

Oh, I guess that makes sense. I can see what your thought process was. Totally, totally. I was on the ground floor of like a 10-storey hotel. It was a big hotel. And so I did that, sort of finished what I was doing, had enough, put it away, went back out and sat down on the bed and the fire

alarm went off. And it was all thanks to someone else, I'm hoping? Had to evacuate. I ran away for the night. I didn't come back to the hotel the next morning. All my stuff was there. I hadn't been asked to leave.

I wasn't kicked out. So I feel like I got away with it. And did you come back the next morning and go, what's going on here? Total innocence. Just complete like, what happened? What's going on? They did it.

I left my stash at the hotel because I was so scared and they didn't take it. Good on you, Elise. Have a great day. No worries. You too, bro. If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Jono and Ben on the hits. What happened at a hotel?

What did happen at a hotel? Ben, anything exciting happen to you at a hotel overnight? Nothing too. I mean, I did try. I did have that whole thing where you forget your room number. You're like, am I 224 or 227? And then I started, you know, when you put your key card into someone else's room. And then you're like, oh, oh.

And especially when they come to the door as well. Yeah. And they're like, this isn't your room. And yeah. Well, clearly it's not. Because you're in my room. But I always feel like, what are you trying to do? You're like, I'm sorry.

I just got this wrong. Yeah, you get very salty and defensive, don't you, when someone's trying to get into your room for some reason. Yeah. All right, we're going to go to the phones. What happened to you in the hotel? Now, Justin, who's in Palmy this morning, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

Morning, guys. Great to have you on, Justo. We understand it was your neighbours at the motel. What was going on? Yeah, so I'm a travelling regional, so I end up in all the weird and wonderful places. So this one time I ended up in what seemed like very thin walls with

a, let's just say, very vigorous couple next door that were spending a lot of time together. Right, connecting. After about two hours of listening to this, I kind of got a bit sick of it and rang the reception, which seemed to spur them on even further.

And I don't know, at this point I was getting beyond the point of frustration. I was trying to get to sleep and then for suddenly, for some reason, that old Michael J. Fox movie, The Secret to My Success, popped in my head in the scene where he starts conducting their sex scene.

And I was so excited, I couldn't stop laughing and I was just raising my arms all around and conducting their sex scene. And I couldn't stop laughing, and I was just raising my arms all around and conducting their sex scene for a good half an hour before they finally wanted to get the shut up. Two hours? Wow. Two hours? Yeah. Absolutely.

It was crazy. That's a marathon. You made the best of a very, very awkward situation. Appreciate your call this morning. You have a great day, mate. You guys too, mate. See you, Justin. We. Appreciate your call this morning. You have a great day, mate. You guys too, eh? Yeah, Justin. We've got Steph on the show.

How are you? I'm good. How are you? Oh, we're doing well. We're chatting about the hotel, and we understand you had a really interesting upbringing. I sure did. Well, thank you for your call.

That's all. I want to hear more. No, I don't. I've heard enough, I don't. I've heard enough. It was wonderful. I don't know what this interesting upbringing is. What was the interesting upbringing? So, six or seven years old, my dad ran a hotel in New Plymouth.

Oh, wow. And we moved into the manager's flat that was upstairs where all the accommodation was. So, you grew up in a hotel. Like, all of the mini bottles of conditioner and shampoos. Yeah. All that you just, to your heart's content. We didn't have any of those. Oh, you didn't get those?

You didn't get the little Do Not Disturb sign to put on your door and stuff in your bedroom? No, no, we didn't have any of that. The flat was just like any old house. We were left alone in it. Right, so you didn't have to pay $19 for a tiny packet of Pringles. But as a kid, it was definitely really fun. They had a sports bar downstairs that used to close on Sundays,

and so most of my birthday parties for about six years. We were in the sports bar. Yeah, and we'd have that and utilise, I think they had a pool table and the old cars you could get in the arcades that you'd sit and drive and have races. That was my birthday parties as a kid. I remember my first six birthday at a sports bar

and I haven't looked back since. He hasn't left the sports bar since. Yeah, we just sort of had free access which was so much fun. Hey, I'll tell you what's been so much fun. This. Thank you so much.

You have a great day. Yeah, you too. Thank you.