Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Is It Too Early To Get Into The Christmas Spirit Yet?

Episode Date: November 7, 2022

Today on the podcast we chat with Julie, the lady who lives and breathes Christmas all year round, PJ Harding is on the show and Jono lost his Dad...nearlySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're good to go. Oh, we're good to go, apparently. 8th of November, it's the podcast. That's what I always liked about Oprah Winfrey. She would always, like, talk, but then enough of sort of like a singing, uh, How's everybody going today? You know? She would do, what was that? What was that? That's supposed to be a horse nay to celebrate the cup day, sorry. Oh, cup day in Christchurch. What a weird one, sorry.

Yeah, I mean, Joel's still getting his head around sound effects at the moment. Cup Day in Christchurch today, Cup and Show Week in Christchurch, a very eventful week in Canterbury. It's been a lot of fun, a lot of fun down there. It's one of the biggest things in the social calendar down there in Christchurch, 20,000 people. What's the biggest thing in your social calendar? Annually, if you had one consistent event that you, or... down there in Christchurch 20,000 people what's the biggest thing in your social calendar annually

if you had one consistent event that you or that's a very good question something you needed to attend annually the biggest event

in Ben Boyce's social calendar oh like well for some reason trick-or-treating popped into my head just because we've done that but I don't know

if it's the biggest thing that I do every year I've asked this question I don't even have an answer I'm trying to think probably New Year's for me is probably the biggest event in my calendar do you make an answer. I'm trying to think. Probably New Year's for me is probably the biggest event

in my calendar. Do you make it to New Year's? Do I make it to New Year's Eve? No, no, no. I haven't made it to midnight for bloody years. Have you not for years? No, I start early.

Some would say way too early. Right. And then, so then you're like, well, you kind of get to 10 and you're like... So New Year's, it's the biggest event in your calendar but you're not getting to New Year's.

God, you're a fun person to be around. I'll just start a bit later for one day. It's New Year's. Get to New Year's. Celebrate it. I've had 10 hours of fun. I've all been on a journey. No, I actually did.

I had that exact thought and I was like this is a bleak existence come on pull yourself through to midnight so I think I did I can't remember it was last year or previously and you got there

I got there 12.01 though alright guys I'm off to bed 12.01 happy new year I'm off to bed guys just so I could say this

right now that I'm actually yes I did do it just tuck yourself in it's 11.59 3 2

1 count down to me sleeping that'd be pretty good I'm just tucking yourself in as 11.59. Three, two, one. Count down to me sleeping. That'd be pretty good if you could time to sleep straight on. And a lot's spoken. A lot needs to be said to that. I can just sleep like it. You know, there's fireworks going off. There's bloody riots.

Yeah, I'm sleeping through it all. I woke up one morning, because we stay in the Coromandel. I woke up one morning and I was like, was there a riot or something? Yeah, it was a riot. Down our street. Bibles morning and I was like, is there a riot or something? Yeah, it was a riot. Down our street. Bibles everywhere. I was like, what went on here, guys?

And they're like, are you serious? Mate, I've just got a full eight hours. Thousands of people rioting on the street, directly outside. Oh, good. Started early, finished early. All right. All right. Let's get into the day, guys.

Crack a beer. All right. Enjoy right. Let's get into the day, guys. Get a crack of beer. All right. Enjoy the podcast. Happy New Year's, guys. That's a lot of fun. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Big day in Christchurch, Canterbury today. Cup day.

Cup day today. The big racing day today. So it's going to be huge. Is it on a Tuesday? It's always on a Tuesday. Remember, they have another event on Friday and obviously the AMP show on Friday that we're going to go down for. We're going to be there handing out our chips at the A&P show on the chip tour, chip salesman.

Do you know, over 80,000 bags of chips we've hocked off, mate. No, we're not us personally. No. Well, no, take the credit. Take the credit. Yeah, we've given away 40,000 of those bags. And I've probably bought another 20. Yeah, yeah. But, you know, bags. And I've probably bought another 20. Yeah.

But, you know, the numbers, the bottom line is looking good. Ben, I'd lost faith in humanity. Right. After working in this industry for so many years. You know, you do lose your faith. And that's mainly because I know what I do as a person. Yeah. But there are good people out there.

They don't work in media, but there are good people out there. And can I just use this little period of our show selfishly oh yeah i was telling you the story yesterday yeah i was stupidly my mind's all over the show i really need to just focus on what i'm doing at that particular time it goes yeah it's just wild what's going on in there but saturday night i'm in a fluster we got the kids there having their sleepover party and then you're gonna go pick up pizza and so i had to go pick up the pizza and i was oh i don't want to do and i left my wallet and bag on the roof of the car and then i got distracted and i went away and i came back hopped in the car drove off oh so you knew you kind of left it on there no oh no not at this stage right not at this stage and i got home it was just going to bed it was about midnight i was

like where's my wallet couldn't find it whole household we're all looking for it i was like you little kids one of you little bastards stole my wallet hitting them up tipping all the contents of their bags out check your bags i don't trust any of you guys you You've never come to my house before. We're nine-year-old girls. We're not bastards. Anyway, it wasn't them. It wasn't them. And I was like, oh, it's gone. And so then I was, you know.

They got dropped back to their parents and things. They're like, that's the prior. I got caught. He managed to eat every one of our bags in front of him. It was a little booze. It keeps us stealing his wallet. When really He'd just forgotten

Where he'd put it But anyway So long story short The next morning I'm going into the bank To cancel the credit cards You know Get a new driver's license

Because that's the thing Do you know All people need now Is your driver's license And they can get a loan Wild They can get a loan Under your name

I think it's really hard To get a loan now Like a $500 loan Oh a $500 loan I was going to say a home loan It's stuff They're not going to get a 30 year mortgage With your driver's license

Oh that's good But a $500 loan just from your What they just roll in there They go you look nothing like your picture But you can do it online Oh really Do it online And then I'm like

Well surely the money has to be deposited Into an account Who owns that account and arrest them and they don't anyway side story so then I get an Instagram message my wife says check your Instagram you idiot someone might have messaged and I looked on Instagram power of social media lovely lady Cynthia she's like hey I found your wallet in your bag it was yeah hanging on it was hanging on the road and so i went and picked it up from her and she's like i walked past it and then i walked back and said no

that was mine i would like to i'd like someone to drop it back to me so thank you cynthia that's lovely she's from america that's awesome yeah she's like i had no idea that you did a radio show or anything she's like but then they were looking through my wallet and saw my driver's license and i think 500 bucks yeah anything missing from the wallet? Yeah, you little bastard. She also got out a load for 500 bucks for you. That was lovely. People, still good people out there.

Yeah, that's lovely to hear. I would have taken the driver's licence and got loads. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Huge celebrations across the country yesterday. Samoan League team

took on Tonga in the World Cup. Yeah, the leg, it was massive. Huge. Huge. And all week, flags everywhere, hanging out of cars, utes, trucks. Samoan and Tongan flags. Yesterday, Samoa won. And I was dropping my parents to the airport.

The motorway, just full of cars with flags hanging out of them. The problem is, and we've said it before if you got into the Samoan or Tongan flag business jeez you'd be reaping the rewards at the moment and during any sort of world cup it's so awesome it's fantastic such passionate supporters which is awesome it's so good to see you know you know during the game it's always a sellout when they play here you know Tonga plays the Kiwis and it's just awesome to see everyone just good passion good passion the the issue is some of their flags are enormous you know the sort of flags you'd hang off a harbour bridge sort of thing just hanging out of it like a high lux ute and this big flag sort of kind of got swept up by the wind and went

over the windscreen went over the windscreen of the the driver and I was like who am I to say this might be a little hazardous to motorway traffic? Not me, not for me in Japan. That's not my role. My role is to enjoy the flags. But it's a risky game when you've got a 10 metre flag handing out the driver's door. It sure is.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Scrolling through your feed. Alright Ben boys, give it to us straight. And if you can't give it to us straight, just make the facts up. That'll do. Well, yesterday, McDonald's fans in New Zealand, they exploited an inputting error that allowed them to get a 67% discount on an item. Now, the McChicken combo was selling on Uber Eats for just $4.50,

where the normal price is $13.70 on Uber Eats. So word got around, particularly on Reddit, and people bought up large. We're always just trying to stiff over Ronald, aren't we? Anytime we can get one over that big red clown, we'll do it. How many of them bought eight? Why was it so discounted? Was it just an error, a clerical error? Yeah, the McDonald's head of communications confirmed to News Hub there was an error.

The Hamburglar head of comms? Yeah, I think it was. There was an error where someone put in the combo price incorrectly. So there you go. It was $4.50. I don't think it's still there on Uber Eats at $4.50 when it was meant to be $13.70. Well, if I know McDonald's, they'll be hurting. They'll be hurting after this.

That's a wonderful play. When was the last time you went to McDonald's? Because you're not a big fan, you just don't go. Oh, actually, it was Friday night. You had McDonald's off at 10am? Yeah, I over-ate some McDonald's on Friday night because we did cricket commentary until late and then went straight to the pub afterwards

and I was like, oh jeez, I need to eat something. Yeah, and what did you eat? I had a Big Mac combo. When was the last time Ben Boyce had a Big Mac? Oh, look at this. I'm not a geek, you know. It's been a while, but it was good. It was good.

I enjoyed it. Yeah? Yeah. No, it wouldn't be. Oh, it would be a few months. A few months. Well, yeah. He's a big fan of that.

They love the McFlurries or the floats and things like that. They love that stuff. I said before, I go through the drive-thru, and I know they know my order now before I've even pulled up in the speaker. Five large fries, here you go. And that's, yeah, it's embarrassing. I was like, don't say that too loud, guys. You're not bellowing out over the bloody Royal Oak Mall car park.

It's embarrassing. And if you want to head along to the rugby on Saturday night, well, it looks like it's a sellout, the Black Ferns game, which is amazing. They are thinking about looking at maybe putting in a few more seats, Saturday night. Well, it looks like it's a sellout, the Black Ferns game, which is amazing. They are thinking about looking at maybe putting in a few more seats because of 40,000 capacity. But sometimes with the All Blacks games, they put in more seating. So they might look at doing that. And they might release one or two tickets, pockets of tickets,

probably some three. One or two tickets. We might have one or two left that you can all fight over. Well, that's what I think about. People that, you know, maybe they've given away for comps. They're like, mate, you're really going to go? How about the people on Trade Me? Because they were going pretty cheap, right?

So people would have bought loads of them. Yeah, well, they reckon that there are people putting them on Trade Me, but there's a whole lot of risks involved for not just the people selling them, but also the people buying them on Trade Me. It's actually illegal to be selling them for more than what you pay for it. Is it a law? Yes, particularly around the Rugby World Cup, it's declared a major event by the government,

which means it comes under the Major Events Management Act, which means, yeah, there's a whole lot more laws involved. So if people are selling it for greater than the price that they bought it for, for this particular thing, that actually seems like it's not legal. So, Viagogo, I gave Viagogo a plug yesterday like it's not legal. So, Via Go Go, I gave Via Go Go a plug yesterday, the ticketing agency.

Look, I don't know much about Via Go Go, but it seems to get a bad rap. It does get a bad rap. And I said, you know, there are tickets for sale on Via Go Go,

go and help yourselves with what I thought was a sarcastic undertone. Then one poor lady was phoning her son going, we can get tickets on Via Go Go.

So I'd like to again retract my plug for Via Go Go. Just get your tickets through normal means, from that weird guy on the trench coat in the alleyway. Trustworthy means. And that's all we're making news of this morning. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits boarding call with Visit Anaheim, House of Travel and Fiji Airways. It is the family dream holiday of a lifetime. Anaheim, Disneyland, Travel, and Fiji Airways. It is the family dream holiday of a lifetime.

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in anaheim oh wow that's the one there that's it's still going that's still going you can go along to adventure city it's a certified tourist attraction you can take a lift on the balloon race there's fun things to do there as well yeah it's actually a lot of stuff rainforest cafe i don't know if you've been there that's an incredible like this restaurant that's it basically it's like you're eating inside a rainforest and every a few minutes it goes dark and there's like like lightning and this sounds terrifying no it's cool there's big animal mechanical animals and you know elephants and fish and it's really really really cool yeah so and i'm high there's got a lot more going on a flight simulation center you fly a jet plane not to be confused with Ben's stimulation centre,

which is a wonderful experience as well. Wonderful attraction. Sandy, how are you? Welcome. Good morning, guys. Yay, finally managed to get through. You got in. Well, you've got through. You've got to answer a question to get in the draw. Don't get it on you. Don't book your ticket

on the plane just yet, Sando. Good for you. The good news is I think it's a pretty easy question. What theme park is known as the happiest place on earth? Oh, it has to be Disneyland. Yeah, Disneyland. Well done. There you go.

At this stage, we realise we're running out of questions. That's good. Pressure's off. Hey, Sandy, what a prize. I mean, you could take your family. The prize is so good, you can probably get a new family. Is there anyone you'd like to replace in the line-up? Oh, look, I'd definitely be taking my daughter.

She's never been before, so she would just think this was fantastic. And maybe one of her BFFs would come along with us. Wow, that'd be nice. Oh, my God. Imagine getting that call. What are you working at Starship, Sandy? I am just working in radiology at Starship, yeah. Oh, well, congratulations on all the hard work you guys do, firstly,

and all the fantastic work you do, too. Oh, thank you, guys. Just like you guys. That's what I was fishing for. I'm glad you got the bait there, Sandy. You always put a smile on our faces in the morning. You're very funny, so you're great to listen to. You have yourself a wonderful day,

and all the very best for the competition. Yay, thank you. Take care, guys. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met

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And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. out what's going on behind the scenes yelling at cast members yes it was a script no his identity

is a secret but his stories have been proven right time and time again this is auntie time for us show ponies to talk showbiz with our hollywood insider auntie good morning to you good morning to you you know i have to say first off whoever does your news reading i could listen to her all day oh yeah oh good that's sam worthington yes that's a great pass it on she's a wonderful I have to say, first off, whoever does your news reading, I could listen to her all day. Oh, yeah. Oh, good. That's Sam Worthington. Yes, he has a great job. We'll pass it on. She's a wonderful broadcaster, Sam.

She's a respected journalist. And really, probably is too good for our show, to be honest. Much like yourself, NT. I don't think anybody actually calls us respected or journalists. Yeah, but you're still too good for our show. But we appreciate you joining us. NT, you got your ticket. $1.9 billion in the Powerball, I understand, in California this week.

You know, this is going to sound cliche, but literally I'm sitting in the parking lot after I just bought. Oh, really? Why wouldn't you? Now, do you have to pay tax on that $1.9 billion? Okay, so here's how it works. So it's actually, I think, going to be $2 billion. And you do have to pay tax. I know some countries like canada you don't have to pay tax on it but

we have the two billion is if you take it over time like over the 20 years or something like that but the cash option is like a billion dollars and i mean you get a billion dollars tomorrow and you didn't have to sleep with ray j and make a boring sex tape. You've got a billion dollars. Well, I'll do the tape anyway, regardless of how much money I make. But a billion dollars. So the government takes nearly half of it. Yeah, I think after the billion, I think you'll probably end up with probably like $700 million or $650 million or something like that.

Oh, man. Depending on what state you live in. Because in California, they're going to take an extra bit. I would go mad with power. I would make Elon Musk look like a boring accountant or something. I couldn't trust myself with that money. I just, that is so much money. I was, you know, one of my favorite football teams,

American football teams is for sale, and it's probably like $6 billion, which is still out of reach. But I was thinking to myself, well, that's $6 billion, but that's the NFL. I could probably buy a sports team, like a big, huge sports team. And I think, yeah, you know, how much do you think the All Blacks, you know, like some rugby team that you guys really like in New Zealand, how much could you buy them for? And then you could just, like, wield it with, like, unlimited power

and fire managers you hate and do whatever you want. I'd have them playing rugby in my backyard just for a laugh. Now, promise us this. If you do win this $1.9 billion, we're still doing this conversation every week. Okay? We still need your updates, Eddie. Every week. I'll be here.

Every week I'll be there. Hey, actually, speaking of Elon Musk, obviously he's taken over Twitter. It's actually happened. It did. And he has a remarkably thin skin, doesn't he? For a guy who's just like, oh, free speech and I want to hear everything. And if anybody makes fun of him, they get suspended and banned. And God help you if you show the picture of him where he has no hair from 20 years ago. And then compared to the picture now where it's thick and luxurious and you go, hmm, how did that happen?

Because he has banned a few. Kathy Griffin, comedian, has been banned from Twitter for impersonating him. And I noticed, too, I got an update that anyone who wants a blue tick or a verified account now has to pay a fee. Yeah, $8. But that's the thing, is that anybody can get a blue checkmark now for the $8. So I could put, you know, Jono and Ben official, get the blue checkmark now for the eight dollars so i could put you know jono and ben official get the blue checkmark and i could just start saying all kinds of say whatever i want and

everybody go jono and ben why are you guys saying that and you'll go it's not me and they'll go there's a verified checkmark that it's you oh you have yeah that's exactly what i'm going to do to ben boys as soon as i finish radio today. Ben Boyce official, blue tick. He's going to be saying some wild stuff, guys. He's got some stuff to say about the upcoming elections. Oh, jeez. All right. NT.

Well, one thing's for certain. Make sure you follow Ben Boyce official after the show today, okay? It's going to be an exciting ride. I will. I will. Thank you very much for your time. Good luck for the lottery. Hey, you too, guys.

I'll talk to you next week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Up day on in Christchurch today. It's going to be a huge day, and the weather's looking pretty good. Around about 20 degrees today. It's going to be a lot, a lot of fun. Now, our wonderful afternoon show, Brad and Laura, they're there. They're in Canterbury hosting a champagne breakfast.

Feels like the train's departing way too early from the station for our afternoon show. What is the radio going to be like this afternoon? We'll be tuning in to find out what it's going to be like this afternoon. It's a fun day down there. Fun week, actually. We're going to be down there for the A&P show too, Friday, on our Heartland chip tour,

handing out free chips to all the people at the A&P show. We're going to spend $1, bucks too on the day uh down there as well uh with our chips uh ben yesterday i tried to after the show i tried to show the whole group something that the kids did on me over the weekend i was like well this is crazy website you type something into it and it predicts everything it can answer any question any you're like any question at all look at this guys gather around like wow this website answer any question. You're like, any question at all. Look at this, guys. Gather around. We're like, wow, this website. Answer any question. It's called Peter Answers.

And you type in it. Like, I could go, what is sitting next to me right now? And it would say a packet of sanitizing wipes. And I'm like, how's it doing this? And the kids do this to me. And they're like, look, Dad, look at this. And then Oscar would be like, who is sitting next to me right now and it would say john o'prior and i was like looking around i was like where's my mates and tinfoil hats when you just storm parliament again as you look i know

the outcome of this as you're saying this out loud i'm like why did no alarm bells start ringing because the kids did this on you like any question right now that was the question they asked who's standing next to john o'prior you're like oh my god that's amazing you wrote a note in your phone i did i was like i'm gonna tell the team about this and show them and blow their minds and what other questions did they do on you was that enough no but no then they do another one like what color t-shirt is he wearing and it would be like a blue and i'm like what staring around into the universe going how is this happening and I'm like has it got access to my phone camera like what is going on it was it was mind-blowing technology

mind-blowing tech and then anyway I'm trying to do it to you I'm gonna wait till Ben sees this who is sitting next to me right now and then I keep going sorry I can't answer that question hold on. Yesterday you were nailing it. You told me what colour my T-shirt was. Don't get shy now, Peter. Do the trick that you were doing yesterday. I retyped it.

Who is sitting next to me now? And I was like, just say Ben, just say Ben. Peter's normally really chatty. He just gets a bit shy. And then producer Humphrey said, do you think? And he said it like in a sad tone, like he felt so, yeah,

he was like, do you think it might be a prank, mate? He said it like that. And I was like, what do you mean? He's like, do you think your kids might've been playing a prank on you?

We're all thinking it. We're like this. And upon further research, it turns out Peter is not always that accurate. In fact, never that accurate. You put the answers in first, right? You do. And you can push it anyway.

I've since found out you can push a few keys with their typing. You can't see what they're typing. It all works out in the end. And I got boomed. You got boomed. I got boomed. You definitely got boomed. Jeez, I went home, gave the kids an earful last night.

I was like, you do never make me look like an ignoramus in front of my colleagues. I do that perfectly fine myself. Because it's unusual, because normally it's, you know, it's normally the adults playing tricks on the kids. You get that sweet period, and now you're past that period. Tables are turned. Yeah. I mean, let's go back to that.

Can you make me feel better? When have the adults had a win over the dumb kids? Yeah, when they're that sweet age. Yeah. You can tell them anything, they'll believe it. I know my uncle, Alan, he used to tell me he had a lion in the shed. I believed him for years. It was only five years ago.

Probably yesterday that you found out it wasn't true. So what tricks have you told the kids? What have they believed when you've got one over the kids? I'd love to hear from you next to make Jono feel a little better this morning. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I want to make Jono feel a bit better. He got tricked. He got duped.

Hoodwinked by his kids. By my children, yeah. Stitched up by a prank website, which I thought was predicting the future, and it turns out it wasn't. And it doesn't sit well with me ben it doesn't sit well there's two points i'd like to make whoever made this website clearly has a certain set of skills put those skills to better use okay not to make me look like a complete idiot in front of you three even though you you knew what was going on the whole time i was staying away from it okay it's like a prank.

Man, this is amazing. And we're not meant to be outsmarted by children. It's not how it works. Was it Whitney Houston who said, children of the future, teach them well and lead the way. They'll lead the way. We've taught them too well. Yeah, we have.

Dumb down the kids. Okay. So 0800 the hits. We're going to flip this on its head. When you've had a win over the children, let's get the calls on. Megan, you're on from Auckland. How are you this morning, mate? Good morning.

How are you? Yeah, we're doing well, Megs. You had a win over the kids? We did, forever and a day. We always told them when we went to the mall that the rides there were for the kids that didn't have bikes at home. I think they still believe me to this day. Beautiful.

That is good. Beautiful. It's good. Beautiful. It's like the Mr. Whippy one. People would say the sirens only come on when they're out of ice cream. I've heard people dupe the kids with that, which is pretty good. Yeah, but then... 100%. Then we had the issue with Papa.

Took them to the mall for the first time and he said, oh, here, kids, hop in this. Oh, that's the problem. You've all got to be in on the lie. We can't get in on that. And Papa said, it's all right. You haven't got to be in on the lie. I can't get in on that. And Papa said, it's all right. You haven't got bikes at my house. We're fine.

Now, Ben, didn't you put your daughter in one and just rock it back and forth? That's what I used to do, yeah. Just shake it vigorously. It's a very violent ride. Cheap dad option, eh? Good workout for me, too. Good on you, Megan. You're going to have a great day.

Cheers. You too. Bye. That Mr. Whippy one's an interesting one, too, where you go, okay. You're going to have a great day. Cheers, you too, bye. That Mr. Whippy one's an interesting one, too, where you go, OK, if you break it down, it's a shocking business model from him. Hey, I'm just telling everyone I've got no ice cream. I'm out, I'm out, guys. I've got to get back to the ice cream shop, get some more.

Yeah, I panic. Rob, welcome. How are you, mate? Good, thanks, mate. All good. Lovely to have you on. You had a win over the kids. What did you do?

I used to tell them that the blackbirds in the backyard with the irons beaks were center birds so you can use it all year round and it's real good around christmas but oh to keep an eye on the kids to make sure make sure they're under control spy birds did it make your kids quite paranoid though oh a little bit yeah for sure yeah great yeah Oh, then Santa Bird's... Yeah, great. Yeah, and then when did they find out the actual truth?

That the Santa Birds weren't spying? Oh, good. I still don't know. They're 15 and 12. Keep up those Santa Birds.

They'll be very good at this time of the year. Have a great day in Christchurch. Rob, enjoy Cup and Show Week. I will do.

Thanks, mate. Yeah, you're crowbarring in of a topical event there. Michelle, you had a win over the kids? Well, my daughter's teacher did, Jono, when she was younger, when she was a new entrant and just five years old.

The teacher and the caretaker were just sick of these little kids throwing balls on the roof or kicking them up on the roof of the school. So the teacher told them that there was a ball eater that up on the roof of the school. So the teacher told them that there was a ball eater that lived on the roof of the school and that if they kicked balls up there, they'd never see them again. And there was someone up there eating all the balls. Absolutely. These little kids were trying to be really careful

and she's telling me this after school with big eyes, like, did you know, Mum, there's a ball eater on the roof? Well, that is a good turn-off. You never want anyone doing that to your balls when you kick them up there. Hey, good on you. All right. It was teetering. It was teetering.

You took us over the edge, Jono, as you normally do. All right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Scrolling through your feed. Here's some information which may or may not be factually correct. Ben, what's going on? Well, Christchurch's biggest party. The crowd is back this year.

Cup Day is on. It's one of the biggest events on the social calendar in Canterbury. It's huge. It happens on the second Tuesday in November. The New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington are due to COVID. Last year, it didn't happen. last year, it didn't happen. Last year it didn't happen as well. Did the race happen though?

Yeah, but no crowd. So there's no restrictions this year. They reckon there's going to be... No rules. No rules. Lawless society in there. Well, it kind of is. 15,000 to 20,000 people are going to be there today.

12 o'clock onwards, the racing starts. It's a fine day forecast in Christchurch we've been down there before a couple of times filming stuff for the TV show remember that one time we went down there and we had this idea

because it's horse racing would start the two of us in underpants in our jockeys just wearing our jockeys and we're like we'll see if we can borrow

one item of clothing from people and see if we can slowly put together an outfit to wear and we were like this is people are never

they're at the races they're sophisticated people, they're never going to hand over their fascinators and their beautiful gowns. This was early in the morning too. There were people, you're right,

who hired suits, they paid lots of money to look amazing. But within like, I'd say 18 minutes, we were both fully dressed in all sorts of outfits. High heels,

blouses, full three-piece suits. Everyone handing bras. They were the ones wandering around naked for the rest of the day. It was amazing how quickly everyone was handing over that stuff. But it was a lot of fun.

They had fashion in the field, obviously the big thing, the big fashion event that happens as well down there today. They're walking through the gates at 11 o'clock in the morning like it's 6 o'clock at night. Yeah.

That's where it starts. Yeah. It's a really fun day though and I'm glad it's back in the game now and also big week too in Christchurch Cup and Show Week Ben Boyce, Jonathan Pryor live from AMP show

I don't know why I said Ben Boyce, Jonathan Pryor we'll be at the AMP show Friday you can be Benjamin Boyce Benjamin Boyce feel like Benjamin Boyce PJ Harding, you'll know her from Jason PJ on the radio for many years in New Zealand Benjamin Boyce. You're like Benjamin Boyce. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. PJ Harding, you'll know her from Jason PJ, on the radio for many years in New Zealand,

then they went to Australia, had a breakfast show in Melbourne, and now she's back home living in the Wairarapa where she's just had a baby and also started a brand new podcast, and she joins us right now. Kia ora, good morning, PJ. How's it going? Oh, good, guys. How are you?

We're doing all right. Nice to have you on. How's it going? Oh, g'day guys. How are ya? We're doing alright. Nice to have you on. How's our new mum life? It's good. I'm literally feeding right now. Where are we going? Bottle or straight from the source? What are we doing?

Oh, straight from the source. I like to do that off Ben too. Feeds me every morning. Get a little hit before the show. How is it though? How is it, though? How was it? Because it seems like an age ago for both Ben and me.

It was, you know, our oldest kids are sort of 12, 13 now. Take us back to these dark, dark days of newborn. Yeah, you know, it is a bit of a haze, and I think, like, finally my head's coming up for a bit of air to breathe. I don't know, going into it, I think there's so much negative talk around it now as well. Like, everyone's like, oh, you don't know what you're getting yourself into. You're never going to sleep again. And you hear all the bad stuff.

But I think the part I wasn't prepared for was just how awesome it is as well and just how much you love this little thing. It is, but it is, and it goes such a cliche. It'll go so quick. Yeah. What do they say? The days are long, but the years are short. The years are long and the days are short.

I don't know. There's a saying there. There's a saying there. Before you know it, they're all growing up and they're vaping and ram raiding. Oh, shit. What age do they do that now? Younger and younger each year. Probably be next week for you.

Because you went from, you know, you're hosting Breakfast Radio in Melbourne with Jase, obviously, so you left that life behind to live a rural life. Masterton, mate. Masterton. Master, Vegas. Yeah, Ben's hometown. Yeah. Is that actually your hometown?

Yeah, that's where I grew up. I spent 18 years and then I got out. He escaped. But you've gone back. Have you been back, sir? Yeah, I have. But most of my family are no longer there now. But it was a great place.

I loved growing up there as a kid. Your voice just went very high, Ben. If you go to the local Lone Star, he's on the Wall of Legends. Yeah. Are you actually? You're probably on there now too. Your voice just went really high there too. What is it like?

What's it like going from Melbourne to Marsden? You're living on a farm. Your partner is a farmer there and plays rugby in the Wairarapa. It couldn't be more chalk and cheese. I'm not going to lie. It was a bit of a culture shock, particularly the beginning

and just working out what I'm doing. There's a bit of an identity crisis coming away from a job like that, as you guys probably know. But as time's gone on and now that I've had little Charlie and I'm doing my podcast here and enjoying the lifestyle, and I don't know,

I'm kind of just creating sort of the life I want, which is quite cool. Yeah, it's coming now. It's two people, Ben and myself, who have been in this shallow, soul-sucking industry for 20 years. What do you mean? Too long, too long. Too long, too long. What is life like on the outside?

Are you a better person? Yeah. No, probably not. I think it's still just as egotistical to be honest. And you crave the attention, so I'll probably be back. I'm not going to lie. You started up a podcast now, though, the PJ podcast. Yeah, well, basically it's just an excuse to connect with the outside world every week.

Living on the farm, you don't get to talk to many normal people, so that's my interaction. Are you out there doing farm stuff? I only go out when it's a really nice sunny day and I can get a good picture on the top of the hill and I make it look like I'm working, but I'm doing nothing. The Insta-farmer. Absolutely. And one of the cool things about you is you're open, you share things.

And I was at the last night, something that you made international news for sharing, you don't have to go into the store. At the gym, you shared a story about going to the gym. And this made international news. This blew up. I'd had quite an embarrassing moment at the gym. And so I was like, okay, I

experienced what they call a corgasm, which is, as you can imagine, something quite pleasurable whilst working out on an ad machine. With a personal trainer. Yeah, with a personal trainer. It wasn't because of the personal trainer, but he was there. And then the next thing I know,

I'm on the Project Australia talking about it, and they're like, the girl who has too much of a good time at the gym. And I'm like, there's all these pictures of me working out. And I'm so embarrassed. We've got PJ Harding with us. You can catch the PJ podcast wherever you get your podcasts up. Just before you go and play a quick game, we've got some audio. You know, Jason PJ did over the years.

And I want to play the audio and see if you remember what this particular moment was. Now, it might be quite tricky. What was going on here in the first one? No! Holy s**t! How fast did you just get? Now, was that you working out at the gym? No, it's not me working out at the gym.

What did I say at the end? I couldn't hear the last bit. How fast did you just get? Were we doing like a shock Olympics or something? Oh, no, you were in a Tesla. And Jason was driving a Tesla like 200 k's an hour or something. Oh, that was insane. Yeah, those things fly.

Finally, PJ, what was going on here? Go. Get in. Get in. Oh, my God. Ben, I know what you've done here. What? PJ knows what you've done here.

Low brow. It's low brow gear, isn't it, PJ? No, none of it's low brow. It's all stuff you've done on the radio. No, it's getting into an ice bath. Yes, there you go. You're getting into an ice bath. Well done.

There you go. Rattled it. Rattled it. Hey, PJ, lovely chatting with you. PJ, how do you catch the podcast? We're all good podcasts. That's it, boys. Leave a review. You know the drill. We like all good podcasts. That's it, boys. Leave a review.

You know the drill. We like to leave a one star just to balance things out. Get on your PJ. Thanks, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's go. Jono and Ben with five words for 5K. Stop any time to keep the cash.

Thank you. Or play on to win more. People hoping to win money on the races in Christchurch today. It's Cup Day and hoping to win money right now on 0800THEHITS as we play our game Five Words for $5,000. Alpa, Alpa, you're on from Wellington. How's the capital this morning? It's nice and sunny.

Nice and sunny. Well, I can't help but feel you only want to talk to us because you just want $5,000 from us. Is that right, helper? Yes. It was gut instinct, Ben. I knew it. What do you do, helps? I'm a banking consultant. Oh, good on you.

Have you got any consulting you'd like to do to Ben Boyce right now? Let's get the money first. Then we'll talk. Let's get the money. Then we'll'll talk. Let's get the money, then we'll do some consulting, all right? Yeah, that's right.

Don't just hand out free consulting. Can't do banking consulting without the money part of it. Yeah, I see what's happening, Alpa. All right, who do you want to send

into the soundproof booth, John or Ben? Let's go Ben. Okay, I'll just consult with Ben. Are you happy to go into the booth? Yeah, no, let's get the money first,

all right? All right, let's do it. He's locking himself in the booth. Who knows what that booth gets up to when we're not here, Alpa? So I'm going to go through various stages of being used as a storage facility here at the radio station. Right now it's storing a very bony man inside.

He's locked in. Let's win you 5K, all right? First word that you think of, Alpa, when I say maple. Syrup. Maple syrup. Locking in that chemist is word number two for you this morning, Alpa. Warehouse. Bluetooth.

Come back to it, please. Come back to it, please. That's what you want to lock in? No. Can I come back to that, please? Just having what you want to lock in? No. Can I come back to that, please? Just having a laugh with the helper. Alright, next one. Guide. Word number four.

Guide. Guide. G-U-I-D-E. That's the one, mate. Tour guide. Tour guide. Nice one. And injury. The guide. Nice one. And injury. The fifth and final words. Hospital.

Hospital injury. Or accident. Can we do accident? Yeah, you can lock an accident. And Bluetooth, you just got stalled on. What do you think for Bluetooth? Wireless. Nice.

Who's playing with you in the background? My husband and I've got my son as well. Hello, family. Nice. Who's playing with you in the background? My husband and I've got my son as well. Hello, family. Hi. You're very lucky to have Alper in your life. She's a wonderful human being. Thank you. You're the only one who responded to that, Alper.

Everyone else gave me radio silence. Let's get Ben out of the booth. He's ready to consult with his mouth and get some words out of it. Let's match five words with Alpa. He's got the family playing as well, Ben. Oh, okay. Okay, hit the music. Word one, $25.

Got $25 up for this first word. It's maple. Syrup. Surprised you didn't go maple bacon, which is one of the flavours, one of the many flavours in our Heartland chips. Have you tried the chips yet, Elpa? Yes, we have. And?

And, yeah, it was nice. Good? It was interesting flavours. Interesting, that's what you want to hear. A live, live risky job. It was risky. The radio silence was... Word number two.

Do you want to advance on to the $50 word, Alpa? Yes, please. Word two, $50. Chemist. I'm looking at a sign right now next to you. As you say, I'm going to say that, but warehouse. Chemist warehouse. We've got a chemist warehouse display in here.

Just for all of Ben's Warehouse. We've got a Chemist's Warehouse display in here. Just for all of Ben's pill requirements. Bluetooth is the next word. Would you like to go on to the $100 word, Alpa? It was Bluetooth. Yeah, let's go. Word three, $100. Ben, I broke format. You know the word already.

What are we going for Bluetooth? Speaker. Yay! Sorry. know the word already. What are we going for Bluetooth? Speaker. Ah! Yay, yay, yay. Oh, sorry. What, wireless? Did they go? It went wireless.

Yeah. Yeah, sorry. We dipped out there, Alper. Guide was word number four. Uh, dog. Tour. And injury. Excellent.

Oh. Ooh. Ooh. Pulled it back at the end. Well, it's been a journey, Alper. And injury. Excellent. Pulled her back at the end. Well, it's been a journey, Alpa. Yes, all good. Thank you. Lots of love to the fam.

Have a great day doing some consulting, okay? Bye. Bye. Bye, team. Thanks for listening. Appreciate it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben, my dad, and my mother,

I just dropped them at the airport yesterday afternoon. But pretty much I would say, three out of the five days I had to take dad to Bunnings. He loves Bunnings, eh? There's Bunnings in Crosschurch, many Bunnings. He frequents those as well. He feels out of sorts if he is in an area and there is no Bunnings Loves going to Bunnings And sometimes I pick them up from the airport We're going to Bunnings before we've even taken them home to drop off their bags

What's he getting though when he's away from home? Just all sorts of nicks You know when your dad's come and stayed They can see all sorts of stuff that needs to be done around the house And to be fair some of the stuff doesn't need to be done But they need to He's of the generation where he needs to be doing stuff He's in the air force he likes to keep himself busy which is great yeah he's an active man yeah geez he looks better than me he's in his 80s but uh i took him

to bunnings uh yesterday and i knew we were pressed for time because i had to get them to the airport he's like we'll just swing by bunnings i've got to pick up something that i need to do back home in christchurch and i'm like you there's bunnings in christchurch yeah let's go to bunnies anyway he's in the paint aisle he's looking for some sort of poxy filler or filler or something and i was like i was thinking like traveling with that or not it just seems like a nightmare to try and take that on a plane but anyway that's it i've had this conversation don't worry i raised all these points okay i raised all these points and i I was like, hey, listen, I need to go. I need to get a tiny little padlock.

I was like, I'm going to go to the padlock aisle. You need to stay here. You know how big Bunnings is. Yeah, it's massive. They're massive. I was like, you need to stay in the paint section. This particular aisle, don't move. Okay?

I'll be back. I'll be back very shortly. Because he has a phone, right, but he never has it on. He switches it off. No, he turns his phone off. So it's not like you can text him or call him from the other end of Bunnings if you lose him. Yeah, I had a conversation with him about his phone a couple of days ago. He's like, oh, here's my phone.

Hold on, it takes a while to turn on. I was like, well, you know what happens if you just leave it on? It's consistently on, and it does a pretty good job of staying on. Anyway. Just keep it charged. So there's no comm comms i can't get a hold of the guy and so i'm walking away and i'm like i just know and you know in your gut when you're like he's not gonna stay there this is gonna be an absolute nightmare anyway get my padlock come back lo and behold i've got a missing boomer on my hands. And the place, I'm like, where do you start looking at Bunnings for someone?

Because everyone's dressed the same. It's like finding Where's Wally, but instead of red and white stripes, it's just like polar fleece and stubbies. And they all blend in. One boomer doesn't look too different from the other one. And they need, this is my plea to Bunnings. You know how you've got your missing children section when you go into a mall or something at Westfield? You need a missing boomer section.

Because they're going missing. They're not staying where they need to be. Put a little TV in the corner maybe with a chase on with Bradley Walsh just so they can sit there. And I was like, we need to get to the airport and I'm running around Bunnings trying to find him. And he was over in the garden section looking at something. I was trying to look at some plants. I was like, we need to get to the airport and I'm running around buddings trying to find him. And he was over in the garden section looking at something.

I was trying to look at some plants. I was like, anyway, got that off my chest, Ben. I'm glad. I'm glad. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, yesterday my daughter, so you know, it was her birthday. She had her birthday, 13, and she's an awesome,

awesome wee person. Official teenager now. I know, she's just ticked on to that. But throughout her, you know throughout from quite a while now she's always been she's quite petite she's quite on the small

you know she's always been like the smallest kid in her class all the way through and that you know concerned her for some reason

as a kid when you're little it concerns you when you're small well there's many advantages to being little though you never hit your head on a door frame

yeah that's true you can see what the bottom of people's chins look like. There's some positives. Yeah, you haven't given it a look. But yeah, so we kind of were talking about it a wee bit because her sister, Indy, you know, she's the same height and she's two years difference. And so that would be a bit of a concern as well

where people go, are you guys twins? And Sienna would be like, well... I've got some years on her. Yeah. Okay. But to sienna's credit uh she's actually really awesome now she's she's fine with it now she's she's all good she's embraced it and now when people say are you twins she's like yeah it's easier now just to say yeah we are people like oh great good on you and off she goes on her way it's like when people say to me hi ben and i'm like it's just easy to just roll with it yeah so i'm really proud of her that she's there, she's got to that stage but yesterday we even picked up her birthday cake

and we went and picked it up, the one we'd ordered online and she's turned 13 yesterday and as she went in there, the lady was like, oh is it your birthday? Just seeing her, and Sienna's like, yep, and she's like, let me guess how old you are and Sienna and I looked at each other going here we go, okay, this is going to be interesting

and this lady's like, oh, I never really get this wrong. I'm pretty good at this. And we're like, uh-oh. She's coming in cocky, too. You've really front-footed that. And a great skill to have, too, guessing people's ages. Yeah, I was like, why are you doing this? In my head, I was like, why are you doing this?

And Sienna and I look at each other going, okay, well, she's probably not going to say you're 13. We're going to see how it goes. So I looked at Sienna. She goes, hmm. Ooh, I don't know, I'm eight, maybe nine. Are you trying to do that thing with your eyes going up, up, up? I was trying to. But she didn't see my eyes.

She's like, nine, nine years old. You're turning nine. And Sienna's like, yep, yep, I am. Very excited about my ninth birthday I know it's confusing we had happy thirteenth birthday written on the cake but it's my ninth. And the lady's like yep done it again, she's like done it again

Maybe her track record is flawless it's because people are too polite to tell her otherwise she's like she's so proud of this thing Why are you taking this risk? So anyway, we went out there and celebrated Sienna's ninth birthday. Well, jeez, I better go in there. She's aging people down.

Might make me feel better about myself. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits with Cadbury Favourites summer personality quiz. Yeah, well, thanks to Cadbury Favourites, you need to work out what personality. What personality are you going to bring to the party or to your summer experiences. What are you bringing, Jono?

Who would have, me? Yeah. Just a whole lot of misery. Well, if you bring out something better than Jono, you can do our personality quiz

at the hitstockcode on NZ and you could win every day this week a $500 entertainment pack and some Cadbury Kiwi Favourites. What I love is, who would have thought a humble box of chocolates

would help us analyse and dissect all of the personalities of our listeners. It's actually really, really fascinating. It wouldn't be end of year celebration without a cheeky box of Cadbury Kiwi favourites and we've got someone on who's actually the partner of someone who's completed the quiz. William Morning. Oh, hey, yeah. We're going good. Now

Chloe, your partner entered a competition online for Cadbury Kiwi favourites. It sounds like her. Classic Chloe. Sounds like something she would do. Yeah. And it basically works out what you're bringing, your personality type.

What sort of personality are you going to bring to social occasions? And she was the co-pilot. Which meant she's the perfect wing person, wing person 2022, Ben Boyce, for anyone attending any social occasion. Now, you obviously, you know her, you love her. Do you guys make love? Mate, what? Oh, birthdays and Christmas?

Birthdays and Christmas, they make love. Okay, I don't know if that was part of the question there. You don't need to answer that one. Is she the perfect wing person? Oh, she's probably not too bad. Not too bad. Well, now we want to put it to the test. We want to get some answers from you,

and then we're going to call her in just a minute and see if she says the same things. Yeah. All right, so these are questions about you. So let's go your birthday. 10th of the 4th, 1991. 10th of the 4th, 1991. Do you think she's good with birthdays and dates?

Yes. Okay, she's going to nail that Let's move on from that then Let's go things about you Do you have like a favourite movie or a favourite actor or anything? Oh, Emma Watson would be a favourite actor Okay, favourite actor See if she gets that

That's an interesting favourite actor Emma Watson, good actor She was fantastic, I tell you what, in that bloody Dalmatians one Yeah Is it Emma? No, I don't think it's... Is it? No, no. Oh, no.

I'm thinking Emma Stone. Yeah, yeah. Emma Watson was Hermione. Beauty and the Beast, mate. Yeah, Beauty and the Beast. You're right. Okay. Emma Watson was no good

in that Dalmatians one. No, she wasn't. No. No, because she wasn't in it. Okay. What about favourite meal? Do you have a favourite meal? Oh, sausage rolls.

Sausage rolls. Okay. That's an interesting favourite meal. How long have a favourite meal? Sausage rolls. Sausage rolls. Okay. That's an interesting favourite meal. How long have you loved sausage rolls for? Who doesn't? They are good. They are good. Have some on the weekend.

They are very good. Sometimes they leave you with an interesting taste in your mouth, don't they? Okay. And a favourite sports team, favourite sport, anything like that? Partially a bit of car racing. Oh, car racing. Okay.

All right. A bit of car racing. Okay. Now, let's go through to Chloe. She can win you a $500 entertainment pack and also a box of Cadbury Kiwi favourites too. If she lands the birthday, the favourite actor, favourite meal and favourite sports, that's going to be all yours, okay?

How are you fearing? How do you think this is going to go? Not confident. Not confident. No, I don't know how confident I am either, but let's give it a go. So no one's confident. Can I ask the question why we're proceeding? Well, there's always a chance.

Ben, you're not confident. William's not confident. I'll say I am. Okay, go. I'll back Chloe. Hello, Chloe speaking. Oh, Chloe. Sounds like something you would do, Chloe, is fill out a wonderful personality test at the hits.co.nz on behalf of Cabri.

Yeah. And now we're going to put you to the test, Chloe. We've just been getting some answers from William, who's on the line right now, your partner. Oh, no. Yeah, and now we – because you came up, you were the co-pilot, right? Yeah. So now we want to see how good a co-pilot you are

by asking if you can answer some questions about william that he's given us the answers for okay first question what is william's name uh well his actual name is clement stafford william rodell we didn't actually know that one so you've just dropped a minute with his full name there so that's good okay so what's his birthday what What's William's birthday? So his birthday is the 10th of April, 91. Bang. Yeah, well done.

One from one. Okay, this is for a $500 entertainment pack from Cadbury Kiwi Favourites, if you get all these right. Does he have a favourite actor? Oh, God. Or would you say actress? Actress, yeah. Oh, yes.

Oh, the one of Hermione Granger. Yeah, well done. Emma Watson, well done. That's the one. I'll give you a clue. She wasn't in the Dalmatians movie. No, that was Emma Stone. We had that conversation.

You're doing all right. Does he have a favourite meal? And when we think about meals, we're not talking maybe something you might have in between meals as well. Oh, he loves his chips. Yeah. Yeah. Something you might get from a bakery.

Oh, God. Oh, no. Oh, sausage rolls. Yeah, well done. All right. Don't think too hard about what on earth is inside that sausage roll. Just enjoy it. And finally, does he have a favourite sports

that he might like watching? Oh, car racing. There you go. Well done. Yeah, you did it. Celebrations. Well done, Chloe. Oh, jeez, that was high drama.

I could feel a relationship was riding on that. Yeah, well done, you guys. You guys have got a $500 entertainment voucher as well as some Cabri Kiwi favourites as well. Oh, shit.

That's awesome. Oh, I can see the smoke from here. You've nailed it. You guys have nailed a rock solid relationship. I can feel this one lasting for years to come. Love your work, guys. See you later. Thank you.

You can register right now. Take part of the quiz at thehits.co.nz. We could be hooking you up with $500 and some Cadbury Kiwi favourites tomorrow. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's only the 8th of November, but already the Christmas spirit feels like it's upon us. You go to the shopping malls. They've got the Christmas decorations out. Yeah.

When we start to, we do this weird little dance, don't we? The consumers get frustrated at how early the shops have their wares out. But I don't think the shops care, guys. No, you're right. Because every week they're pushing it back. Year after year they're getting earlier. And I don't know why we get ourselves so wound up about it.

If you don't want to experience premature Christmas shopping, then just don't go and buy Christmas stuff. But people are putting the trees up in their homes. That's what we're hearing. Yeah. So we wanted to Have you got yours up? No not yet

No I haven't thought about it Normally I'd take December I'd normally Think about that sort of thing But then you hate Getting rid of the tree At the back end Don't you?

You kind of just Leave it on a berm And then everyone Thought your berm Was the place to go And dump their tree Yeah I know So I had multiple trees

To get rid of So we might call Julie Who's the biggest Christmas fan on the hits. She really is. Like, she'd give Mrs. Claus a run for her money, Julie. If Santa came across Julie and saw what she was packing,

I reckon he might park his sleigh there for the night. You might remember her. She had the very unique ornament to do with Santa last Christmas. Okay. What would you like to hear? Oh, well, you know. We've got, what about Farthing Centre? Hey, all right, all right, why not?

Not too early for Farthing Centre. Oh, hey. Where is he? I feel like I can't say no to you. Oh, there he is. Right, here we go. You better watch out. You better not cry.

You better not pout. I'm telling you why. Oh, my God. It's all been so long. It's all been so long. Who came up with this? I mean, who was like, you know what? Okay, so Julie, that's what she's got.

She's got a flatulent Santa as one of her Christmas ornaments. But under the hats, before we call her as well. Have you already got your Christmas tree up? We want to know who's got their Christmas tree up first. Yeah, who had the earliest? Have you not taken it down from 2021? Because we thought if anyone would have their tree up now, it would be Julie.

So we'll go through to her. And why mate? Hello? Merry Christmas. Oh, Jono and Ben. Merry Christmas. Oh, Jono and Ben. Merry Christmas. Hi, guys. Merry Christmas to you too.

Now, we were talking about people putting up their Christmas trees, getting into the Christmas spirit very early. I was in the mall the weekend. They already had the Christmas decorations up, so I was like, our mate Julie. Well, we thought we'd have a bet, and both of us put forward when we thought Julie would have had her tree up. Now, I was like, our mate Julie. Well, we thought we'd have a bet, and both of us put forward when we thought Julie would have had her tree up.

Now, I'm going to chuck mine out, Ben will chuck his out, and you can tell us who's closest, okay? Okay, okay. I'm going mid-October. Oh, see, I went first in November, so when was it? And you're both wrong, because the tree is not up, but... Not up! Outside, it is glowing. What! But outside it is glowing.

What's that? Outside is glowing. Have you got lights out already? No, I'm charging them. Some of them are solar. So the entire... I've got to ramp up my house. Yeah, so you do have some exterior lights up,

but you haven't put the tree up yet. No, because I can't walk anywhere in my lounge. And we've got an alleyway through my lounge and dining area because I have to take down 25 boxes of household ornaments to bring in 40 boxes of Christmas stuff. Wowee. So at the moment, your house, it's in prep. You're in prep time now.

Boxes everywhere. You can barely walk through the lounge. Wow wee. So at the moment your house, it's in prep. You're in prep time now. Boxes everywhere. You can barely walk through the lounge. Dead right. But I have been playing Christmas music. Now none of you are going to win the prize for telling me when I started playing Christmas music. Okay alright. Chuck one out there.

I'd say September 1st. August. August 15th. June. June. June! Playing one in the car since June, and in the house when my husband gets out of the house to do the gardening, I can quickly put them on. So he's not a fan of the Christmas, well, who is a fan of Christmas music in June, to be honest?

Well, he's not so much of a fan of reindeer and blow-up lights and all sorts of things all over the land floor. He can't even walk around his own house at the moment, the poor guy. Probably preparing a little later than both Ben and me thought you would have. Yeah. But everything's happening. No, not when it comes to lights. And music.

Don't forget about the music. This is the tree, the tree. I can't wait to see the photo this year, Julie, of your abode. It's always a pleasure talking to you. Merry Christmas. Yes, thank you, guys. And we could actually phone you in July and say Merry Christmas and we'd still get a response.

But lovely hearing from you. Yes. All right, 100 the hits. Who has their Christmas tree upper already? How early can we get? Oh, you're not going to play a Christmas song. Oh, wow. Is this too early for this? It probably is, right? Oh, you're not going to play a Christmas song. Oh, well, is this too early for this?

It probably is, right? Oh dear, it is the hits. There is just one thing I need. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I want one ground out with you. Jeez, some feedback

coming in about the song there. Yeah, I think we went too early on a Christmas song. That won't be happening again until December. All right. We thought we'd get into the Christmas spirit because people are putting their trees up already. Yeah, we wanted to go early as tree. That's been placed up listening to the show this morning

on New Zealand's Breakfast. We phoned Julie in Waimati. She's our most Christmassy listener ever. Like, Christmas vomits all over Julie's house that people actually come from Waimati and look through her house and tour around the front yard. She doesn't even have her tree up yet. No, but Harriet from The Office has joined us in the studio.

You've got your tree up. Yes, 28th of October it went up. That's so early, Harriet. That is early. What does your partner Riley think about this? He wasn't very impressed. I told him that it would make me happy and so I kind of guilt tripped him into letting me do it.

He's rather embarrassed when people come around and when it was Halloween he made me shut the curtains and no one could see the lights. Shut the curtains. Hide us from the neighbourhood. You went before Halloween. Yeah, I'm a massive Christmas fan. I love Christmas, but Halloween, give it its time to shine. So you've got your tree out.

Those are a slow drip feed for other ornaments that come out? I've got a couple of toys that have been on display on the fireplace probably since I brought them in May. Since May they've been sitting on the fireplace? Gee whiz, you've gone early. So you're almost at the point where you don't bother taking them down from last year. Well, basically. I'm wondering if I can keep the tree

up. Can you beat Harriet on 800 the Hats? Now, Brooke, you're on. Welcome. How early did you go, Brooke? How early did you go, Brooke? How early did you go? Can you beat Harriet? I started beginning of October. Oh, beginning of October, Harriet.

Wow. Yeah, I've got three trees up now. I can feel the tension between the pair of you two, between Harriet and Brooke. Pretty jealous. Yeah. Feeling that. So you've had three since the beginning of October. Three trees.

Yeah, and I've got, like, Disney Disney table and I've got a snowman table and like the garlands on the ceiling and all that jazz. And as you say, Harry, it makes me happy, so why not? It makes her happy, Harry. Are you being forced to shut curtains as well due to embarrassment? No, he's got into it. He's into it. Okay.

Oh, that's good. You wore him down. Merry Christmas. Yeah, might have to get him to call my boyfriend. That's wonderful. We'll get Amy. So October, early October, can we beat that? Amy joining us from Hamilton.

Amy? Morning. Morning. Kept us high tension there, Amy, at the beginning of that call. How long have you had your tree up for? It's been there since last year. Since last year. We haven't won a laziness or just love Christmas or both?

Mum loves Christmas, but also it was actually a standing joke with her because it's up to the kids and grandkids to get the tree out for her and put it all up. And she spends a lot of time at the beach. She's got a partner who's unwell. And so it's just, oh, we're going to leave it there, Mum. And she's like, no, no, you've got to put it away. And we're like, no, we'll just leave it there till next year. Then it was mid-year Christmas.

She's like, can you put my tree away? And we're like, nah. So it's still there. We're going to change the decorations, change the colour, and that's it. Out of stubbornness, the tree has stuck it out for 12 months, Amy. We have a winner. Congratulations. Thanks.

Now, did Mariah Carey upset you moments ago as well? We're getting a lot of feedback about that. I love it. I love Christmas. Well, that's one that enjoyed Mariah this year, the other. Not even Mariah was enjoying Mariah. She's like, too soon. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Big day in Christchurch today. It is Cup Day. 20,000 people they expect, including Brad and Laura from the afternoon show. Yeah, who are apparently having a champagne breakfast. So we're going to go through now. Mid-breakie. Mid-eggs Benny.

Yeah, we'll find out. Lazza Maguezza. G'day. Jono and Ben. Oh, mid-breakie, mid-eggs Benny. Yeah, we'll find out. What? Laza Magaza. G'day. Where are you right now, Laura? Yeah, what's going on? I'm in a hotel gym. What are you doing? Oh, you're up and at them.

Listen, we thought you'd be at your champagne breakfast. What are we on, the exercise? The cycle? Are we on the treodies? What's happening? Oh, no, we're a weight school here today. Oh, yeah. Pumping iron.

Just chucking it around, you know. Chucking some tin around, as're a weight skill here today. Pump an iron. Just chucking it around. Chucking some tin around, as they say. Yeah, yeah. Question, you're starting very early today. What sort of show are we expecting this afternoon from four? We feel that the strategy of starting early and finishing early is a smart

one, and we've had parents now, we need to be responsible with the way we go about things so we figure if we start early finish early we can still log plenty of sleep and feel relatively okay the following day that's a good theory because everyone does start early i mean i know the cup day uh opens at 12 o'clock today it's all starting i think the first race at 12 o'clock yes so we thought we'd actually start probably two hours earlier than that you know i've done this before I've seen it go bad.

I saw a grown woman walk shoeless into a port-a-loo and walk at it so hard and fast the port-a-loo went with it. Oh! There's some great scenes on offer today, but it is always a fun day. Listen, you go and finish your burpees or whatever you're doing and have a great one. Take care.

See ya.