Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Jono's Accident At The Gym!

Episode Date: March 15, 2023

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Welcome to the John Lennon Podcast, thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Fresh off a show, another big show. You know, athletes, when they get off the field, what do you reckon the rugby teams and the basketball teams and the netball teams do? Are they straight into the changing room shower or are they lingering before a shower? They're not recording a podcast, are they? But I guess you're right. Yeah, they're warmed down, don't they?

Some of the professional teams. When I was playing sport, the warmed down was the last thing I wanted to do. Has anyone in the history of playing sport warmed down?

Yeah, well. We watched some athletes the other day. We were in Mount Smart Stadium, the Warriors. They spent like an hour warming up. Yeah, long time, eh?

And then they keep those little bikes on the side and away they go. It's a crazy amount of warm-up time. Yeah. By the time you've warmed up, it's time to go home. Well, Joe, you're right. You've been like, oh, good training today. We didn't do anything. We just warmed up for an hour.

But that's what they need to do, stretching. That's their job. That's their job. Or should I Google it? How long are you meant to... Oh, this is quite a good game. When you type into Google, when you go, how long are you meant to, and it's got a whole bunch of options of the most searched things.

What do you think the top is? Cook an egg for? Oh. No. Has anything to do with cooking? No. Hygiene. Wash your hands for? No. Has anything to do with cooking? No. Hygiene. Oh.

Wash your hands for? No. Shower for? How long are you meant to brush your teeth for? Oh, brush your teeth. I was thinking put on soap. No. Okay.

Okay, well, Google, before we get to how long. That's a fun little game, isn't it? Two minutes, two times a day. What? According to the ADA, the American Dental Association. Two minutes. So nine out of ten dentists say that? How long? I think all ten have agreed on that. two times a day according to the ADA the American Dental Association two minutes so nine out of ten dentists say that

how long I think all ten have agreed on that for the first time ever in the history of dentists how long are you meant to okay here's the next one how long are you meant

to chew gum for what do you think well it's not I saw Dr Libby the other day saying you shouldn't chew gum which is

because it's tricking your stomach and it's you know thinking your stomach's like oh food I just want food. I love Dr. Libby.

I love Dr. Libby, but she's like, don't put anything in your mouth. She's taking all the fun out of our lives. She's awesome. 10 to 12 minutes. Okay, I'm clicking on it. I say three minutes. You're a big gum chewer too. Yeah, I do like, yeah.

15 minutes. The maximum you should chew your gum. Maximum. Any time over that results in jaw muscle exhaustion. You don't want an exhausted jaw. Joe Harrison has got a few stories about that.

Involving festivals. Now, you're a big chewer. See, when you get gum, you just mow through the whole packet. You just keep adding to the... Airwave after airwave mate you're putting it all in there until you've got like 10 like i'm working with a mr ed the horse or something john of the jaw prior there's your nickname you end up with like a a giant like it's about the

size of a baseball size um chewing gum and you just can't you can barely get your mouth around it but boy oh boy i like adding to it like a snowball okay i'll go i'll go who is i bought who is into google what do you think who is the richest person in the world yes it's it's yeah it's that's in there uh joel with quiz shows once someone's answered correctly you can't come into half but there's a whole lot that drops down who is the richest person in the world who is the richest person in the world? Who is the richest person in the world? Elon Musk. You want me to go into it? Who is Hezbollah? Who's in the top 10?

I'm going to go Bezos. Who is Billie Eilish dating? Who is the oldest person in the world? Who is Banksy? Who is Andrew Tate? Who is the monster on Wednesday? Okay, that's the ones that drop down. So what do you want?

The richest person in the world? I think Elon Musk was. And number one, continues to hold the number one position. And he's worth $190 billion. Bezos. ones that dropped down. So what do you want the richest person in the world? I think Elon Musk was. Number one continues to hold the number one position worth of $190 billion. Bezos. As Musk it says

here but I don't know that. Oh Musk. But then there's real time billionaires there's another article that says there's Bernard

Anolt is number one. Elon Musk second. Oh French guy. Jeff Bezos three. He's the guy who owns Renault? No. The All Blacks sponsor. is number one Elon Musk second Jeff Bezos three Reno no

the All Blacks sponsor what was he AAA no the what's on the Eddie Das

and his family he's got family Louis Vuitton Sephora he owns 70 fashion and cosmetics brands

including Louis Vuitton and Sephora yeah he's hotels jeweler Tiffany & Co he knows a lot 70 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora. Yeah, he's hotels, jeweler Tiffany & Co. He owns a lot, mate. He owns a lot. You name it. Who's the richest person in New Zealand?

Isn't that buddy Graham Hart? John O'Prior. Richest person. Welcome along to the podcast where we just Google stuff. That's quite fun, though. He's listening to Graham Hart, yeah. Live Google, Graham Hart. Paul Sutter, the Graham Hart,

was the 274th richest person in the world as of March, that's pretty good, eh? The top 300. March 2022. Yeah, business hall of fame, Graham Hart. He's got a house in Auckland. I won't say where,

but he's got a house in Auckland and when you go outside it, there's like a strenuous camera operation. I'm sure it's one of many houses he owns as well. But it's like everywhere you move, the camera follows you pretty much. And I don't think I've ever seen so many cameras. Probably rich enough for people to actually be behind the cameras filming. Highest camera people.

Paying for camera operators. Yeah, like Academy Award winning camera people. Cinema photographers, you know. Now, Joel, can I just ask how you know, cinema photographers, you know. Now, Joel, can I just ask how you know the intricate security camera details of New Zealand's richest person? Oh,

someone. And how the cameras will follow you around. My friends used to live in the area of Auckland where he used to live and they're like, oh, there's like a parking store where we're walking around the park.

I'm like, oh, this is Graham Hart's or Graham Hart's here house. And then I was like, oh, have you seen this guy? And I was like,

wow, there's a high tech security operation. I guess, wow, wouldn't you scope. And I was like, wow, there's a high-tech security operation. I guess, wow, wouldn't you? You've got the money to you. Exactly. You want to keep yourself protected. This is interesting. If you Google who spends the least money in New Zealand,

your name comes up, Joel. I think you were second there, wouldn't you, Ben? It's all there. It's all there. Free tickets at work. You do get a lot of free tickets at work, don't you? You do. Now, when was the last time you paid to go to a gig?

Because he's in the pocket of the ticketing department here at work. Fair play to him. Most weekends, I pay for tickets to go to support the local music scene. Who was the last concert? Good question. The actual, you paid to go. Last concert you paid to go to. You haven't made that noise in a long time.

Flume. I went to Flume A couple weeks ago I think I paid for that Well Yeah I got a couple gigs Coming up as well There's a festival

Called Good as Gold I'm going to In two weeks time Paid for that Paid for that mate Straight hold Cold hard cash But that's

I mean If you can You're accessible You're able to go to gigs If you can get free tickets Why wouldn't you It's part of my contract around work. I don't get paid that much, but they've kind of manipulated me

with free concert tickets, free food, free promo T-shirts. All right, enjoy the podcast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I think it is the 15th of March, four years ago today, that the tragic shootings happened in Christchurch, leaving 51 people dead at the mosques. And a new initiative today is kicking happened in Christchurch, leaving 51 people dead at the mosques. And a new initiative today is kicking off in Christchurch called Unity Week.

It's been led by the seven women who lost their loved ones in the tragic attacks. And it's set up to honour and remember the lives lost and to bring more people together, which is an awesome thing. I think Di Henwood, comedian, is one of the speakers going to be there. There's a whole big initiative happening over the week

in Christchurch. Oh, that's fantastic. What a dark day that was in our history books, wasn't it? Jeez, it feels like it's one of those moments you remember where you were as it was all playing out. And it was surreal. It really was surreal. It felt like you were in a horror movie.

Yeah, I remember broadcasting through when we were doing the afternoon show that day and just talking to so many people from Christchurch and no one knew what was going on, any idea and just trying to, you're right. Then those heroic cops that caught the gunman. Remember, they were at a police conference. They weren't even on duty. That's right. So thinking of everyone

affected as we remember it today. Now on a far lighter note, very trivial compared to what we've just been speaking about. But I've just gone into the lavatory and to the cubicle. Aaron, who we work with, dear, dear Aaron, he was there washing. Dear, dear Aaron.

Sweet, sweet, adorable, little cute. Charming, charming little Aaron. He was there washing his hands. He's doing the 20 seconds singing happy birthday. Good, good. If I know dear, dear Aaron like I do, that's something he'd do. Yeah, great hygiene. Great hygiene standards. He's up there with you. Yeah, good. If I know dead there, Aaron, like I do, that's something he'd do. Yeah, great hygiene.

Great hygiene standards. He's up there with you. Yeah, good. With workplace hygiene. But I've walked in, and this is all on me. This is not on sweet, sweet Aaron. I've started a conversation as I'm walking into a cubicle. So I've gone, hey,, blah blah blah. Like, pointless

conversation. Just doesn't matter anything. And he's then feeling the obligation as I'm locked away in this box to continue the conversation. Yeah. Now, it's a fatal mistake. Now, at some point

because I can tell he's done with this. He's sung happy birthday. He's washed his hands. I can hear the paper towels. He's dried. He's just left there standing, talking to me, heading away in this box. Yeah, you've made things awkward, haven't you? And he knows what's going on in there.

Yeah, at what point do you, you know? Yeah. And at one point, one of us needs to use common sense and go, hey, let's regroup later on, on this chat. We can pick this combo up later. And it's probably on me to do that. It's probably on you before you go into it. I think a rule should be like,

if you're going to have a quick conversation before you do, not to continue it on while you go away. I should have waited out there and finished, then gone. And then gone. And I've created this awkward thing where he's just, he's talking to, I thought cubicle chat would be quite a good talk show. Where you just walk into a cube or cube tube or something you call it

and you knock on the one next door, you're like, hello? And they're like, yeah. Well people never want to talk in that situation, do they? But you just slide a microphone under. It's not visual, it's all audio. You don't want to be in. Like, that's your. It's audio.

I'm not part of this. Cube Tube coming soon. Hey, next, a couple in Australia won Lotto, not once, but twice. Twice. On the same Lotto draw. That's next. That is the hits. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, this Saturday, 18th of March, is the big Lotto draw. Raising money for those affected by Cyclone Gabriel, which is cool. It feels like it hasn't had as much publicity for it other than when it was announced by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, right? Feels like the hippo's gone all in on this draw, hasn't he?

Yeah. Really put his cojones on the line. Yeah, but it feels like, get some ads out there. We should be talking about it more because it's obviously raising money for a really, you know, really worthy cause. Does all the money go to those affected by the cyclones?

As far as I know but hey, I haven't... Well, if it doesn't, it does now. I haven't got the spreadsheets. I'm not across it. All I know is raising money towards those affected by it. It's a great initiative. But in Australia,

a New South Wales couple has won a million dollars twice in the lotto draw over there after purchasing tickets without each other's knowledge. So they got into that situation where one of them purchased tickets and then the other one went,

oh, better not forget about the lotto ticket and went and got the same numbers. Oh, so they pick their own numbers. They pick the numbers, they do it every week. There was a week,

a couple of weeks ago, the guy forgot. He goes, oh, can't forget again. The wife will be, you know, so he went off. I'll ball a chain, I'll bust him in shop. That's what he's like. I'm like, mate, you don't need to say this sort of stuff to the media, but he has. And then they... It's 2023, you'll get cancelled. Spend that million dollars on legal fees. And then they didn't realise

until obviously they went to check off the lotto numbers. They're like, oh no, I got the lotto ticket. Oh no, oh I did as well. Went through the same numbers, both won. Then she had a crack at me for buying another lotto ticket.

Oh, that's incredible. But yeah, I guess. Do you stick with the same numbers when you play lotto? No, like I don't play a lotto

too much to be honest. No, I just kind of do the lucky dip thing. Yeah, they always upgrade you. Oh, you want to do five lines of strike?

I don't even know what strike is, but yeah, okay. Do some bonus ball. Yeah, yeah, I'll get a bonus ball. And then you get the bloody super lucky dip. Like, it'd be interesting to know the statistics on Lotto of when you just, you battle a base level ticket. How many times that has won first division compared to your $25 to $30

Father's Day winner, buddy. Hold him, Manaro. Yeah. Should be a scoto if you ask me. That's who they should be doing deals with. Cash and car coming over at 8 o'clock. That's right. Speaking of which, it's getting very very close, I think. I can see

Cash Keeper Joel sweating every time someone makes a guess. I think that's just his long COVID is that what it is but if you think you've worked it out 8 o'clock this morning you could be driving home

with that brand new Shkoda and all the cash in the back The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast It's last night it's brand new on The Hits

it's Morgan Wallen competing in The Voice back in 2014 he said basically I was just reading before they got kicked off The Voice because he wanted to sing country they wanted him to sing pop songs he's like mate I'm a country ar voice Because he wanted to sing country They wanted him to sing pop songs

He's like man I'm a country arse So he started to sing country They got voted off He's like who cares He's basically turned Turned out a huge Huge country career Out of this

The album's massive That song is like One of the biggest songs In the world right now Is he playing at Spark Arena tonight? Yeah tonight Sold out Spark Arena tonight Hey

Spark Arena That's good Sold out Yeah it's pretty awesome eh She was Good on him Yeah it's pretty awesome, eh? She was. Good on him. Yeah, it's pretty cool. It is.

The hits. You've got Jono and Ben, 623. We do something every week called Joining Jobs, where we get someone on the phone, and we find out their profession, and then we see if we can find someone else with the same profession in 60 seconds. They both win prizes if we do. If not, nothing.

I was just looking at the most popular professions here in the world. Dentist, number one. I wouldn't have picked a dentist as the most popular profession. Like a great profession. Is this like with the most amount of people doing it or like, hey, I'd like to do this? No, factoring in salary and the amount of people doing it, it's a combination of the both.

Number two, registered nurse. Oh, yeah, great, yeah. I love it when they say I'm a registered nurse Give me an unregistered one, mate I want a mad dog, spilling all the medication everywhere Mixing up my dosage Knocking over scalpels You want it unregistered

Now we're going to do something a little bit different here today, Ben You're not aware of this We have two people on the phone Different industries But we're going to pit them off against each other and it's the first of their fellow industry workers to call back wins.

We're going to kick it off with our old friend James in Rotorua. Good morning, Morena. Oh, Morena, lads, how are we? We're just all right. Haven't heard from you in a long time. Thanks. Oh, no, mate. I know you fellas are popular. Ships in the night, James. I hope you're are popular. It's hard to get free these days. Ships in the night, James. I hope you're doing well.

Yeah, car boy. Mate, car boy. Now, what do you do, James? Truck driver. Okay, truck driver. In particular, what industry? Timber. Trucking.

Timber. Trucking timber. You want to nail it down to what industry, do you, James? Yeah, let's get specific here. We've got another timber truck driver listening? And then we'll go to the next caller who's in Tauranga. Nigel, you're working.

What do you do? I work in the kiwi fruit industry. Oh, I do love a kiwi fruit. Jeez, it goes straight through you, doesn't it? The old kiwi fruit. Really good. Meant to be good, though, for your digestive system. Laxative effect.

Okay, so we have Nigel and James. You can say hello to each other. Morning, Nig be good, though, for your digestive system. Laxative effect. Okay. So we have Nigel and James. You can say hello to each other. Morning, Nig. Morning, bro. You know, even though they're competitive, they're friendly as well. And it's the first person to call back in 60 seconds. Start the clock. Have we got anyone working in the kiwi fruit industry?

Anyone driving a truck right now? The first person to call back. We have Magic Mike tickets up for grabs, ladies and gentlemen. I don't know why I'm sounding like a horse race commentator. Let's go to the phones. Who have we got? G'day. Is this Aaron?

It is. Now, are you working with James, your truck driver, or are you in the kiwi fruit industry with Nigel? Well, to be honest, right now I'm in all three, all two. I'm a truck driver that's cutting dirt and timber, but also working in the kiwifruit industry over in Hawke's Bay trying to help them clean up. Oh, this is my dream scenario where everyone wins. This is the greatest day in my life where no one walks away a loser. We're going to have to find prizes for everyone.

This is a great day all round. This is the perfect result, Jono. You could not have found a perfect call. All right, well, you may as well have some free flow. We like to call this banter the Waikato River because it's free flowing. Well, it's not free flowing because it's hard. Hand it over to the three of you.

Take it away. Well, I reckon, you know reckon we're all blokes. We ditched the Magic Mike tickets and then we exchanged them for some pink tickets. Oh, okay. Let's not upgrade. Hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You put the free flow in there. I'm building a dam in the river now. Stop the free flow. Hold the line, guys. We'll find something for you. Thank you so much for listening to the show. That was amazing. Everyone wins before 7 o'clock this morning. Megan Puppers joins us to tell us all what we should be watching. Yeah, she's got some great tunes, great shows,

including a return of something that is probably one of the best shows you will watch. It is The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Breakers play tonight. They're taking on the final game of the season. What time? Because in Australia.

9.30 tonight, I think, starts as well. I'll go to the Breakers. You like the idea of watching it, don't you? I do. I'll tell you what I do appreciate. If the Breakers could just reschedule. Looking ahead to the 20. It's in Australia.

2024. Well, yeah, the Australian system as well. Sunday, the Sunday afternoon game's a great time, isn't it? It's sort of five,

six o'clock, perfect Sunday viewing. Have a good luck to the breakers. to a winner. The winner takes all in the championship for this game

because it's two all, so good luck against the Kings tonight. I always like it how it's called Hungry Jacks in Australia, but Burger King here?

Yeah. Weirdo, because apparently there was some little Aussie battler who had a little burger restaurant called Burger King, and then he's like, you can't call that there. They're like, we'll call it Hungry Jacks, mate. They really stuck to his guns on that one, didn't they? He could have got a good payout from the king.

After 7 o'clock on the show, we want to celebrate your special occasion today with a better cup of tea, thanks to Dilmar. Now, if there's a special date going on today, if there's someone's birthday, anniversary, just give us a call or text 4487 and someone will be winning $100 in a Dilmar tea price pack. It's Eva Longoria's birthday today, you know, from Desperate Housewives.

I'm not going to age shame her. Okay. It's not what this show's about, Ben. Okay. But we had the honour of meeting Eva Longoria from The East Bay Housewives. She was over here peddling some spectacles, wasn't she?

She was. Specs savers or something. So we had a chat with her and she was lovely. Your first job, it was in a fast food restaurant. Yeah, Wendy's. Did you think then that you were going to end up being a big Hollywood superstar? No, no. I knew I'd be successful, but I didn't know I would

be in Hollywood. Because even when I was 13, I stole my sister's ID and I went to get a job under her name. One week I was there, I was like, how do I be a manager? I think you committed fraud. Yeah. I did. So yeah, she'll suffer. Out of all the desperate people in the room,

ironically, I was probably the most. Yeah, we were the most desperate, right? Yeah. But someone, and again, it goes back to my constant message on this show, who is taking time out of their precious day to load stuff on the internet? Someone's gone through the interview that we had with her and then just edited together all of her laughs. It wasn't you.

It wasn't me. Oh, wow. So have a listen. Yeah. Right now. In all seriousness, see that. Marry the two of us.

Here you go. A lot of laughing. How many of them were great actors? So how many were legit and how many weren't? You can't tell. Yeah, I know, you can't.

And then I've just mocked someone for taking time out of their day of, you know, editing to give the laughs. Well, then I would listen to her laugh and I was like, wow, she sounds like someone very familiar. One bat. Two. Two bats. Three. Three. Two bats. Three. Three fabulous flyers. See what you've done there?

You've stitched her up. Happy birthday to Eva Longoria. It's your birthday present from Jono. What a present though. You get an edit gag from Jono. We're still thinking about those affected by Cyclone Gabriel. It was a few weeks ago. Some people still dealing with the power just

coming back on, not being able to use their water. And Adam and Megan in the Hawke's Bay, the most affected area, Megan yesterday came up with a poem, beautiful words, to honour those who sadly lost their lives. If you look up at the sky tonight, you might be lucky enough to see

eight of the brightest stars shining strong and proud and free. Eight stars that Mother Nature swept up into her arms and whispered, please don't be afraid. After the storm, there is always the calm. She said, I know that leaving is too hard for you to bear, but I'll remind those that you love that you are always near. You are a part of me now, as I have always been a part of you. You're the sunset basking over Tomato Peak. You're the early morning dew.

You're the wind that guides our sailboats. You're our Hawke's Bay blossom in spring. You're the deep ruby red of our Syrah grapes. You are the joy in everything. So please, when you look up at the sky tonight and shed your many tears, remember the love of those we lost

will forever be right here. They are forever part of history. They are forever part of our beloved Hawke's Bay. Mother Nature chose the beautiful and we miss them every day. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Don't forget, a big teacher's strike tomorrow. I'm sure you're all over it if you're a parent,

but that's really sneaking up on us. But right now. Thank you. It's great to see you. It's great to see you. Good to see you. We're just talking about your over hour long commution to work every morning.

Draining. I'm not used to traffic. This is my, now that I'm doing a new hours, I have to deal with like over an hour of traffic every morning I don't know how people do it it's great for radio

having people in their cars though you know people listening to the radio basically the more that the local councils can screw up roading the better for radio not great for the green party

either but great for radio yeah now what are we watching this week because I enjoy you coming along telling us what shows we should be looking at. Thanks. What are we watching? We're watching Next in Fashion. Welcome back to Next in Fashion.

I just ripped my pants. Now, are you familiar? This is season two of Next in Fashion, and it has a new judge. Okay. So, Gigi Hadid has joined. Hold on. Can I just pull you in here? Ben, Next in Fashion, ringing any bells?

Not familiar with Next in Fashion. I didn't know there was a first series. You're like, okay, blazing over. I'm glad they got a second series. This is on Netflix. Tan France, who is one of the guys from Queer Eye and also Gigi Hadid is the new judge. She took over from Alexa Chung. It is designers.

Like a Project Run Race sort of thing? Right, yeah. They get Donatella Versace to come on and judge. They get the creative director, Olivia Rustang, from Beaumont. You guys are glazed. First one I got. There's a couple of names I'm cherry-picking out here. Jeff Hellenstein from Hellenstein's Brothers, is that right?

Yes, yeah, he makes an appearance. Margaret Glassons, yeah, she's there as well. Gary Kamer, all your greatest designers. They're all there. No, if you like fashion, it's a really good, it's better than Project Runway. Yes, next in fashion, season two on Netflix. Okay.

This is massive, Ted Lasso. I love you guys so very much. On three, one, Fashion, season two on Netflix. Okay. This is massive. Ted Lasso. I love you guys so very much. On three. One, two, three. I love you guys so very much. I was hoping you were going to talk about that. Season three is back this week.

Everyone's very excited, right? If you've never watched it, it is the most wholesome, genuine, sweet, beautiful characters. Everyone loves it. You have to watch it. But yeah, it's coming back this week. I didn't realise that Ted Lasso is a character because it's Jason Sudeikis as the actor. He started out as just like a bit part cameo on ESPN.

Yeah. I think they did some little funny little bits that would play in between the sports games around this sort of character he built up sort of as a football coach. Yeah, and this was how it became to be a show but it's really cool you're right i think i watched it after something else it was quite intense and it was so lovely to get and watch the show as you say that's wholesome and funny it felt like it came in it got us all at a vulnerable moment it

was in the middle of lockdown and covid yeah and everyone's like oh this lovely sweet show so it's hooked us in at a weak point and i I need to know what Nate's up to. Like, if you know, you know. Started out as an intern sort of thing. And now, oh. Too big for his boots, isn't he? So that seems like, yeah, anyway. I don't want to spoil it.

It's a great show, but it's exciting. And is it coming out all at once or is it weekly installments? So unfortunately, we're going to get weekly installments. So you have to drip feed. Have you got one more too, Megan? Yeah, so MH370, The Plane That Disappeared, this is on Netflix. It is a three-episode docu-series.

Planes go up. Planes go down. What planes don't do is just vanish off the face of the earth. Now, it doesn't obviously solve the mystery for you, but there's a lot of conspiracy theories that it delves into. There's a lot of information that you might not have heard about. It's number one in New Zealand TV streaming on Netflix at the moment.

Because there's theories that the pilot had a bit of a vendetta or something. And also the Russians are linked to it recently, right? And then like four months later, another Malaysian airline went down and so it got shot down by the Russians. That's a real mystery. Speaking of mysteries on Netflix as well, I'm watching the One Direction doco.

What's mysterious about that? Well, I haven't got to the place where they kind of disappear as a band as well. But it's really interesting looking back at just the creation of... Who's your favourite? I mean, it's your saucepot for at just the creation of... Who's your favourite? I mean, it's your soft spot for Harry.

Take out what Harry's doing now. I know, but I do sort of have a soft spot for Harry. Yeah, but it is interesting. So that's a fun little doc. I haven't gone all the way

through that because I kind of watch it in installments even though, you know, because it's late at night for me. Do you watch it with your daughters or is it just you? Oh,

no, it was just me, to be honest. It was just me. I was like, I'm on Netflix and I was like, No, it was just me, to be honest. It was just me. I was on Netflix, and I was like, no, it was me. But, hey, I was really enjoying it. The guy who made Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock, he's put it together as well.

Don't try and give it some credibility. I'm enjoying it. It's a closet 1D fan. Who's your favourite member of 1D? Oh, Harry. Always has been. Not just on the bandwagon these days. I'm enjoying it. It's a closet 1D fan. Who's your favourite member of 1D? Oh, Harry. Always has been. Not just on the bandwagon these days.

No one's mentioned the other guy. There's a few other guys. Zayn. Niall. Niall. Niall, Liam. Who's the last one? Zayn, Niall, Liam.

Yeah. Harry. There's five of them. There's five of them. I think the name escapes me at the moment. Louis. Louis. Oh, yeah, Liam. Yeah. Harry. There's a four. Five. There's a five. I think the name escapes me at the moment. Louis. Louis. Oh, yeah, Louis.

How can we forget Louis? I like Louis. Yeah. Thanks for coming in, Megan. No worries. That's Megan Puppers telling us what we should be watching after 7 o'clock, as we mentioned before. Dilmar dates.

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I said it was Eva Longoria's birthday just before 7 o'clock. And we did get a little bit of audio. And she sounds like the count from Sesame Street, Eva Longoria. We interviewed her once. She was a lovely lady from Desperate Housewives and every time she laughed, the whole time I was thinking, this sounds very familiar. One bat.

Two. Two bats. Three. Three fabulous flyers. I feel like it'll be the last time we'll ever get to interview her after that, that's for sure. A 60 years old today, Brett Michaels from the band Poison, who's on many reality TV shows. 60, still looking great, isn't he?

He is looking great. The thing I find, and I'm not saying this is a bad thing, with ageing rock stars, particularly the ones who stick with the long hair. The older they get, the slowly they morph into elderly ladies. Don't they look like everyone's auntie? Have you seen Stephen Tyler from Aerosmith? He looks like my auntie.

Don't I, man? I got to interview Brett Michaels a few years ago, which was pretty cool. At the back, he was on his tour bus out the back of the city. Was it rock and roll? It was rock and roll. What did you have to do to get on the tour bus? Unspeakable things to get on the tour bus. I was like, step aside, everyone else.

I'm getting on there first. Talking about Desperate Housewives, Desperate Ben to get on that tour bus. But you know, there's rumours going around about lots of people and when you're researching people, there's rumours that maybe his hair's not real. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't know, it's his business. But one of his

managers was like, hey, don't bring up the bandana and the hair because you're not allowed, don't talk about that. Because that was, people were saying it was covered up. Covering up, maybe going balding, that was the rumour. I don't even know if it's true. So I was like, people were saying it was covering up, covering up maybe going balding. That was the rumour. I don't even know if it's true. So I was like, oh, hey, I wasn't even going to bring it up anyway.

But the first thing I do when I talk to him, Brett Michaels, is he's like, because I was like, hey, I'd really like to be like you. He's like, oh, you need a bandana. I was like, we're not meant to talk about bandanas. And I'm looking at the media guy, and he's looking at me, I'm like, I didn't bring it up. And he's going off, he's fosking through his trailer

looking for a bandana. Brought one back for me. I didn't look quite as cool on me as I did on him. So hold on, let me get this straight. You're happy not to talk about Brett Michaels' alopecia issues.

That's right, Alan. But then you go all in on, maybe I should have had a clause in my contract. Might have made you a little bit gun shy about mocking me for my baldness. Anyway, maybe it's one of those things

that he thinks everything's fine but everyone's talking behind his back. We're going to say happy 6th birthday today though not just to Brett Michaels to Harvey. Have a wonderful birthday today.

Yeah, Finn Higgins, happy B-Day, bruh. Happy 22nd birthday to Jessica Smith. Lots of love from your family. Yeah, Kevin Stanley,

he's turning 21 years old today. Well done. And happy birthday, Gerard. Hope you have a great day. Now, Tanya's on the phone. There's a special date in your house, Tans. Oh, hang on. Busy morning.

No, no. It's not. Okay, Tanya, you there? Tanya. Hello. Hello. You go. Oh, Tanya.

I was having an answer. How's it going? Yeah, we're doing well. We're doing well in the morning. Busy. Sounds like there's a lot of action going on there. How's it going? Yeah, we're doing well. We're doing well in the morning. Busy. Sounds like there's a lot of action going on there. What are you doing? Oh, well, it's somebody's ninth birthday today.

Do you know what? And she said to me, ring, ring, ring today. Well, yesterday when she was listening to all of the calls. Ring, ring for me. I said, I will when you're nine. And you did. Yeah. Well, can you hand us over to the nine-year-old?

I will. What's her name? She's sitting here. Well, can you hand us over to the nine-year-old? I will. What's her name? She's sitting here. Iris. Iris. Isn't that a pretty name? She's sitting here looking a bit sheepish. Hang on.

Should I put you on speakerphone or not? Yeah, you can do that. Okay. Hello. Hey, Iris. It's Jono and Ben. Happy birthday. Thank you.

Happy birthday to you. Cha-cha-cha. Happy birthday to you. Cha-cha-cha. Happy birthday to you. Cha-cha-cha. Happy birthday, dear Iris. Happy birthday to you. What did you get for your birthday? Haven't opened your presents yet.

Haven't opened them yet. What are you hoping for? I don't know. You're pretty chill. Yeah. Pretty chill. How about, how does $100 sound? Amazing.

It does sound amazing. We'll give you that. That's from Jono and Ben and Dilmati, and we'll give some Dilmati for your mum as well. Thank you. Unless you love chowing down on an English breakfast. A roundabout English breakfast type. Yeah, that's your birthday present from us.

Thank you. No invite to the party? What's going on? I have my party on the 4th of March. Oh, we've missed it. Convenient. Yeah. We had to have it early because March is such a busy month for our family.

My dad is the 5th, Iris is the 15th, mum is the 17th and I'm the 20th. And not one of those were we invited to. I'm so sorry. If you'd answer your phone when I ring for cash and car, maybe I could have invited you. I see how this works. Alright, well, happy birthday

Iris. Have a great day and enjoy spending that $100. Thank you. Sweet, sweet, sweet girl. More sweet children on the air, I say Ben. Now there's a cloud hanging over my life and it'll be hanging over yours too and I'll tell you what it is next.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It is of course the 15th of March today. Four years ago today that the tragic shootings happened in the city of Christchurch at the mosques, left 51 people dead so thinking of everyone affected then and will still be affected now. They're doing this really

awesome thing this week, Unity Week in Christchurch remembering and honouring the lives lost but bringing a whole lot of people together, inspiring talks and trying to unite the community even further after that. It was a wild day, wasn't it? It was. Yeah, it was a Friday afternoon, wasn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, crazy stuff and the poor people who are still living with it. Exactly. Still living with the grief these years later, so it's important to acknowledge it. Hey, on a far lighter note, Ben. Yeah. There's a cloud hanging over my life, I'm sure it's hanging over your life, listening to. 2023, back in the day, the primal fear was getting eaten by animals

and protecting the family. Oh, there's a dinosaur coming to get me or whatever. That was back in the day. Nowadays, it's keeping things charged. Laptops, cell phones, you name it. Now, cars. Cars, yeah. Constant.

Everything's got to be charged all the time. It's a constant plate-spinning exercise, isn't it? You're right. Yeah, yeah. It's a big bug where I look, I've got to plug my phone in, I've got to do this thing. I get anxious looking at other people's phones

when they get their little red bar come up. I want to plug it in. Do you ever let yours get to the red bar? I can't imagine you'd even let it get that status. Occasionally, but I don't like it. I don't. We went away to Palmerston North last week. My phone wasn't charging and I could just see it

going down and down. I was plugging into your phone, plugging into strangers' cables. It wasn't working. It was getting to that vital red stage. Went and bought a cable, 30 metre long phone cable. You bought a long one. I made the same mistake as you. I was like, you won't need three metres. Have you needed it?

Actually, if you are in the South Island this morning, you need a charge. Actually, I'll just chuck it down to you. It can actually reach that far. But that cable wasn't working and it just... Why do we need the stress? Why can't we have phones that are just permanently charged? Laptops that are permanently charged.

And the same port. Well, that's like saying, cars that you don't need to put, you know, you need to, somebody needs to charge it up. I get frustrated too in my household because everyone wants to use the chargers and they move around.

Like I'll plug my phone in, I'll leave my charger there and someone will grab it for an iPad or a phone. So I ended up buying a colour coding system. That's right. You were like, yours is red, yours is green. Yours is this and yours is that. And then that.

It feels like that would have lasted one to two days. It did. I came back and I was like, green is not yours. They're like, I thought I was blue. And I was like, oh. So, yeah, that did work out as well. But I thought I'd cracked it. But I hadn't.

Well, when you do implement a colour coding system you need people playing the game with you you need everyone coming with you on that journey no one took any notice I was like you're red, you're thick where are the colours now? I think one still exists, the other's just been lost lost somewhere

yeah I've got a colour for you, it was a dark day mate it was a dark day out there Hey coming up very shortly What you did at the gym Yes It's Can we talk about this

It's A bit fresh Yeah It's a bit raw I can see Particularly the injury That happened to the other Person who was in the gym

At the time Yeah That's probably still fresh and raw The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Good luck to the breakers tonight To playing the final. It's 2-0 in the series between them and the Kings.

Now, something happened at the gym yesterday. Quite embarrassing and probably a little fresh and raw to talk about. But it's good to strike while the iron's hot in these situations, Ben. I was on the treadmill yesterday and I had fulfilled my 20 minutes of huffing, puffing, wheezing, sweating. And then I pushed stop on the treadmill. Stop. Okay. Stop. Okay, stop. No, I'm not the one that's saying you didn't push stop. I wasn't there. I take your word for it. So I've got off.

I feel like if you're going to get off, you'd probably push stop. But hey, that's just me. Seems like a logical thing to do. With get off, you'd probably push stop. But hey, that's just me. Seems like a logical thing to do. Well, other people saying you didn't push stop. I just want to make it clear that stop was pushed. Okay.

And then I've jumped off the treadmill and you get the wipes. You know, wipe down the gym equipment. One of the core rules, core values of shared gym membership.

Bring a towel. I don't like it if you don't bring a towel. There's a lot of signs up about the towel. Put your weights back too? Yeah, you're right. But then as I am just plucking out the wipes from the dispenser,

I turn around and I see the treadmill has decided to enter cool-down mode. I didn't know treadmills needed to cool down. I'm the one who's done all the hard work. Well maybe you're meant to cool down on the treadmill. Maybe that's a thing together. So as it's in cool down mode I can see the tread still moving. Uh oh. I see another gym goer

walking up to the exact treadmill I've been on. Now there's eight others to choose from. She could have chosen any other treadmill. I don't any other tree now she hops she's i can see it all playing in slow motion as she's putting her foot on to the treadmill i'm going whoa whoa whoa and still moving it just takes her foot out right from underneath her she slams face first onto the the moving treadmill and they're

they're just relentless when you're stuck on them it was just rubbing against her arm and her face and poor thing that's horrible so i ran out of the gym and didn't do anything else you did another 20 minutes cardio no no i went up yeah and oh you'd be like yeah that's but you do there is a part of you going well no one's seen me you But there is a part of you going, well, no one's seen me. You know, there is that part of you. Well, good on you for going over there. But that's what happens. I mean, a lot can go wrong at the gym, you know,

like incidents happen at the gym, gym injuries, you know. Oh, they do, yeah. It's a place you kind of like turn up. Like I used to like wearing performance, the skins, you know, the performance tights you're like what performance are you gonna do but i was like i don't know but i used to wear and but i like wearing the shorts over the top of the performance tights because it's quite you know me and performance tights is not good well if anything you're not performing whenever you once

whenever you once had to operate be a performance in a gym but one day i did turn up to the gym and realize i hadn't put my shorts on over the top of the performance tights. Then I'm just standing there like I'm in spandex about to perform in the battle. You know,

and I'm like, I don't know if I can carry on this. You know, so that was the gym incident for me. Yeah, okay. And there was

a little performance. It was, yeah, a tiny, tiny performance. Working away. That's the main reason I went home. But he had a towel. He had a towel. And that covered things up nicely.

Tiny little flannel. All right. So, I under the hits. 4487. Gym incidents. What's happened at the gym? The most embarrassing situation. Gym juries, we can call them.

Text 44870800, the hits. Ben's just said all that and I've just copied and pasted. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. On your Wednesday morning, tomorrow of course, a big teacher strike going on right around the country. Yes, we're with the teachers. Pay the teachers more. In fact, if Chris Hipson's three times the amount

they're on at the moment. Now we're talking uh gym sedants incidents from the gymnasium yesterday a freak freak accident on the treadmill where i jumped off treadmill monstrous treadmill decided to enter cool down mode as i'm over there getting the wipes fastidiously ready to wipe down the equipment uh fellow gym goer she hops on the treadmill and boom legs taken out right from underneath and it was you just feel so terrible in those situations helped her up obviously uh and she was like it's all right it's right but it wasn't it wasn't all right and i was like could i delete the footage

from the security camera yeah is that a like cancel your membership move country join another gym in australia maybe it is one of those situations. Because I can never see her again. I know you feel terrible. I can talk about her on the radio, though. Yeah. I do remember you falling off a treadmill when I went to LA. Remember?

And I was tired, and I was like, hey, should we have a nap? And I'm like, no, I'm going to push through. I'm going to go to the gym. You're like, all right, I'll come with you. And then you fell asleep mid-run. Because I just saw you go, roop, fly out the other side of the treadmill. I was like, all right, I'll come with you. And then you fell asleep mid-run because I just saw you go, fly out the other side of the treadmill. I was like, what's going on there?

And you're like, yeah, I might have just dosed off mid-run. Well, then clearly when I was going, you probably should have known I was tired. I'll go to the gym with you. Now, we're talking gym students. Kendall, how are you? Good, how are you? Oh, we're doing well. Lovely to have you on.

We're talking gym juries. Now, this didn't actually take place in the gym. No. But it started at the gym. Yeah. What happened? Oh, I had like a bit of a bloated stomach, eating way too much gluten that day. I've had a bloated stomach for about three years.

And I hopped in the car to the gym and realised that I was going to run out of petrol before I got home. So I had to stop and at the petrol station. But I only realised that after I'd gotten out of my car and taken off my pants to be more comfortable because of my bloat. Oh, okay. So you'd taken your pants off to drive home in the car and then forgotten all about it when you got out of the servo?

Oh, no. Luckily, I didn't get out. So how did you, because when you were filling up your car, you've got to go out, you've got to put the bowser in the hole? No, I sat in my car uncomfortably while the attendant inside was watching me very suspiciously. What's this trouserless lady up to? Yeah, and then phoned my husband to come down and help me out

and put petrol in my car because I couldn't get my pants back on. You couldn't get your pants back on? How bloated was your stomach? Well, I was all hot and sweaty from gym, so. Ironically, the biggest workout was trying to get your pants on from the day. Then I had to wait another 10 minutes for him to get down and put the petrol in my car and then go inside and he told the petrol attendant that I'd been sitting in my car

with half my pants on, hoping somebody would put petrol in my car for me. So how long were you sitting on the forecourt? Probably around half an hour. That is brilliant. Well, hey, thank you very much for the advice. I didn't realise taking my pants off was an option for my bloated tummy. Good on you, Kendall. You're going to have a great day. Do I hear kids in the background?

Yes, I have a five-week-old baby. We'll let you get back to your baby, and you have a great day, okay? Thank you so much. You guys too. See ya. Debbie, Debbie, you're on the air. Welcome. Yes, hey. How's life? Oh, fantastic. You know, I handed over a petition to Parliament asking for the electricity sector to be overhauled

because I don't agree with making people on low incomes on low user plans paying $51.75 extra a month in lines charges to fund EV owners to get a 50% discount on night rides. Sorry, I don't agree with that. Well, when I asked how's life, that was the last response I expected back. But I'm glad life's going well, productive. We're talking gym juries. What happened to you at the gym? Okay, so I went to do a handstand and my top fell down.

So your whole top came off at the gym? No, it fell down. Fell down. Oh, because you were upside down. So your T-shirt's down by your wrists? Yes. Jeez, you're in a vulnerable position, aren't you? Yeah.

And what do you do to save that? How do you like, do you have to just flip down, cover up, run away, change your name, move countries? No, no, no, no, no. Just get on with it. Guts it up and get on with it, don't you? Next time you've got your bits move countries? No, no, no, no, no. Just get on with it. Guts it up and get on with it, don't you? Next time you've got your bits out at the gym, Ben. Just keep going on.

Finish your set. No, no, no. Finish your set. I've got a bit more self-respect than you. Finish your set. My dear Debs, finish your set. Topless. Man stands.

Good on you, Debs. Lovely to hear from you. You're going to have a great day. Thank you. Bye. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Check it out. The Hits.

Five words for five pink tickets. Match all five words to see pink live in New Zealand in 2024. Yeah, how good. Five pink tickets could be yours if you match all five words in our game. At the moment, you can catch her in Auckland and in Dunedin next year in March. So let's get to it. It's pretty simple, the game. It works by matching all five words to get to the tickets.

But up until word number four, you can get towards $500. And Rachel, you're in one of the... Hi, good morning, guys. Yeah, good morning. How are you doing? Good morning. I'm great. How are you guys?

We're doing really well. Now, we understand these tickets, they're. How are you doing? Good morning. I'm great. How are you guys? We're doing really well. Now, we understand these tickets, they're not even for you. Well, I would take one, but no, they're for my friend. They're for your friend. How much are you going to charge you for the tickets? Well, nothing if you win them. You can't charge people. If she doesn't know that you're for them.

We can keep this to ourselves. Hey, also, Rachel, I'll tell you what. Before you even get into it, I'm going to chuck in a couple of tickets to something, okay? Okay. To Ben's gun show. Oh, jeez. Nerf guns, water guns. You got them all on display this weekend, don't you, Ben?

That's right. All right, Rachel, you want to send it to the soundproof booth? Yep. Oh, who do I want? I'm thin. Okay. Take those beautiful guns into that booth. We'll lock them in there and we'll get five words out of you, Rach,

and see how we go, all right? Okay. Now, obviously, there's cash up until you make the leap from word four to five with the tickets. Would you be happy walking away with your $500 prize? Ooh. Are we gunning all the way for the tickets, though, are we? Would you be happy walking away with your $500 prize? Oh. Are we gunning all the way for the tickets, though, are we? Um, I'm not sure.

Okay, we'll play it as we go. All right, word number one, buzzy. Fee. Gig, G-I-G. Gig, um, oh, music. Music, gig. Pink is the third one this morning Oh no Pink

Colour Pink colour And your friends will be Not pink but green with envy If you win this prize We'll go to word number four It's sheet. Sheet.

S-H-E-E-T. Bed. Bed, sheet and apprentice coming in at number five. Apprentice. Yeah. Apprentice, tradie. Okay, those are your five words. I asked you a question before we began.

Would you take the cash or the tickets? And how do you feel now? Not confident. That's what we like, being your back with a non-confident Rachel. A non-confident Ben, pleased to meet you. He's always lacking in confidence, so this is the least confident. Let's do it. We can do this.

Let's go. All right. Word one, $25 cash. Buzzy. Buzzy B. One from one. Rachel, we're going to 50 bucks. Yep.

Word two, $50 cash. Gig. G-I-G. Music? Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Almost the concert music. I had concerts.

Yeah, concert music. In my head. But we're not playing with me. We're playing with Ben today. Word number three is worth $100. Are we going to it, Rachel? Yeah, let's go for it. Word three, $100 cash.

Pink. Pink. Tickets. Pink. Pink. Tickets. What is pink? It's a colour, but it's also pink tickets. That's what we're playing for. The groans from Rachel. The groans from Pryor over here.

Don't worry, you can still go along to his gun show, Rachel. Don't forget that. We'll just go through the remaining two words. Sheet. Sheet. Ooh, sheet. Bed. Oh, and apprentice was the fifth word.

Builder? Tradey. You played a good game though, Rach. Awesome. Thanks, guys. Tough words. You guys have a great day in the capital. We appreciate you listening, mate. You keep well. You too. Awesome. Have, guys. Tough words. You're going to have a great day in the capital. We appreciate you listening, mate.

You keep well. You too. Awesome. Have a great day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Special Lotto draw held this Saturday, raising money for those affected by a cyclone recovery. So that's pretty awesome that they're doing that.

The Happy Hipkins Lotto draw. Now, I love a movie. It's one of my favorite things to watch movies. I'm very good at you know knowing the actors and you know what movies i've seen but my wife on the other hand she'll love watching a movie with me but she's not particularly good in remembering there's a lot of movies that you digest over yes yeah and it's probably all on me to be fair but uh but now she goes to this thing that frustrates me because i will take extra care

before we gave a movie going have we seen this have you seen this movie i know i haven't seen it but i'll be happy and i even go to the point of playing the trailer of the movie you're like the director is here stars here the screenplay writers were yeah is this ringing any bells no no i haven't seen it great and it always seems to be it happens not every time we watch a movie but quite often we'll get midway through and then she'll go ah and i'll be like is it a familiar sound please don't say yeah i've seen this you're like yeah so it's taking a long time to you know and i get it sometimes you do watch things you half watch something or whatever.

But I'm like, I've showed you the trailer. We talked about this. It's taken you half a movie before you've realized that you've actually seen this movie. Well, she probably noticed in the first minute, but she's probably felt so bad because you put her through a 10 step process before even turning it on. She used to frustrate me back in the day because we've been together so long that you used to go to the DVD store on a Friday night. You'd go through and you'd look through and it was like looking through and you'd be like, what about this one? Yeah, look at the back.

Yeah. And you'd take it home, you'd put it in, and then it would be halfway through going, oh, I've seen this. The guy ends up doing the thing at the end, yeah. And then it gets me like, well, we're together quite a lot. When are you watching these movies? That's what I'm about to say. when are you watching these movies like what are you watching these movies with like maybe there's stuff going on well listen you're not so clean

when it comes to movie watching well what have i done i don't mean in the style of movie that you're watching but uh you're sneaking popcorn into the movies contraband popcorn into the theater i did try that but i've been told not to do that You also have confessed to me that if you are watching shows together, you'll jump ahead on episodes, then you'll come back to her episode and pretend you haven't seen it. Doing better acting than the actual actors in the show. Oh, I never saw that coming. Well, again, she could act and pretend like she hasn't seen the movie,

rather than say it out loud. And then you go to the movies with me, your work wife. I fall asleep within 20 minutes. Then I wake up in the last 20 minutes and I ask you for the next 24 hours what happened in between those times. Piece it together. It's not a very enjoyable experience for you, is it? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

New Wednesday morning it is. The Hits, you've got Jono and Ben. I said it a couple of times already, but we'll say it again. Good luck to the Breakers tonight. Big game today. Whoever wins this takes home the National Basketball League Association trophy tonight. You got us to do a video for the Breakers. Like, you know, a couple of crap liberties lining up to do it.

Good luck, guys. Good luck. What happened to that? Well, yeah, we sent it to them. Was that off your own bat? Did you send it in? No, no, they got in touch and said, could you guys do a video? And we're like, no worries. And it did it. Was that off your own bat? Did you send it in? No, no, they got in touch and said, could you guys do a video? And we're like, no worries.

And it did it. They said, thanks for that. Haven't seen it being posted on the social media. I mean, Chris Hipkins, Sir Richard Hadley, Graham Henry, they've all been posted. Oh, I can see why we haven't been. Tiny Streets have been posted. I'm like, but maybe.

I mean, there's still time. Maybe they'll even go for the final. Yeah, the big final. Ben's heartfelt message for the breakers. First of all, though. The hits, cash and car. Woo hoo! We've got a brand new Skoda and there is a lot of cash in the back, that we know

but do you know exactly how much cash is in the back? Because if you do you can take home both the cash, all that cash and all that car. Do you know my friend Richard's been following this very closely, he had calculated at the beginning of this whole journey, over 12,000 options available for what the figure could be. And we're slowly narrowing it down. Tanika, we'll get you on from Hastings. How are you?

Good morning. Good, thank you. Very nervous. Now, how's the recovery going after the flooding in your region there, Tanika? All right? Oh, yeah, it's still a big mess everywhere. Yeah, very sad to see. Very sad to see.

Yeah, now, a lot of cash in the boot of this car. What would you do with the money? Oh, well, I'm going over to Holland to see my family after four years not having seen them, so that will help a little bit. All right, chuck on your clogs and head to Holland. Yes. Yep. That'd be awesome. Have you seen clogs and head to Holland. Yes. Have you seen clogs lately?

They're kind of like the Crocs of the Netherlands, aren't they? Yeah, they are. Yeah, I got a pink pair. They look very, you know, I don't want to besmirch the fine tradition of the clog. Very uncomfortable. Wooden shoes. No, they're very comfortable

if you get used to them. If you get used to them. Okay. If you get used to it, you've got to fight through the pain. Now, apparently you've been following along. You've even got a spreadsheet, we hear, of all the guesses. Yes, yep. I've got everything written down, so. Oh, tag us in on that spreadsheet, mate.

And we'll hand you over to Cash Keeper Joel to have you stabbed, Tanika. Can I just say, sorry, Johnno, I don't know what your friend Richard was doing with 12,000 options because there's definitely an infinite amount of numbers at the start that could have been the right one. Oh, I think he's sorry. He might have factored in clues and things that have happened. Oh, OK, OK, OK. What was your guess, Tanika?

$20,407.50. $20,407.50. Yes. It is higher than the one we said yesterday, so you've been following along with higher and lower. Yeah. I'm sorry to tell you though that is not the amount of money in the back of the Škoda I can tell you Tanika though keep going higher, a little bit higher okay thank you you and your clogs go and have a good day Tanika

thanks alright chuck that into the spreadsheet and another chance 11 o'clock jeez we could play that music again what is it, sounds like something from a saw movie yeah i like it i like it a lot things are getting dark and grim on cash and car more chances to play throughout the day thanks to the hits the jonathan ben podcast i'm being bribed at the moment and it happened yesterday it happened the week before as well oscar my son uh he goes to swimming and it's not entirely his jam.

Loves basketball, into basketball. So he's obviously, he's swimming. He can swim. He's just keeping the fitness. We take him swimming and it's always at the end of a long day of school. I'm with him. Are you getting in the water with him?

But you're not. But you're watching. It's sending me Instagram videos of Hasbulla while he's... And kids getting hurt when they're on playgrounds and things. Yeah, no, I'm not getting in the water. So swimming for me is fine. I'm just sitting in a lovely swimming facility for an hour. But he's in the water gutsing it out.

And every time we go there, he's like, what do I have to pay you to turn the car around right now? Fair enough. I'm with him. Is he going to be an Olympic swimmer? He's got no aspirations. No, he can swim, which is great. I think everyone should learn to swim if they can. Yeah.

But it's a funny one. I knew there was corruption and bribery in swimming. I didn't know it was actually from the swimmers paying people not to. I don't want to swim anymore. Because when you think about it, it is probably quite monotonous, isn't it? You're just staring down the bottom of a pool at a black line. Full respect to people that do do it as a career and do that every day. But if it's not your thing that you're going to do, yeah.

But he was offering bribery cash. And he started at $100. He's like, I'll offer you $100 to turn around. And it's gone up. Oh, yesterday as I was taking it, it was $1,500 to turn the car. Take it, take it. But the problem is when kids offer you money,

it's empty. Empty promises, isn't it? It's like, oh, pay for some Robux. Robux, I'll pay you back. No, you won't. No, they're not going to do that? It's like, oh, pay for some Robux. Robux, I'll pay you back. No, you won't. No, they're not going to do that. It's my money anyway. Money you've been in your savings account.

Charges are, oh, I'll put that in there. But I would say, yeah, so $1,500 to the car. What do you think there, Ben? I'll tell you. I'll definitely. Yeah. For $100. Swimming's one of the, you're like,

you can see why athletes resort to drugs to make the sport a bit funner. You know, you're just in a pool, hours. Imagine being an Olympic swimmer. You'd be in there for six hours a day just swimming back and forth. Yeah, but be fit. Fit.

He is cracking the code though. He's like, you know what? When I need a breather, because it's exhausting. Yeah. He's like, I just, I pretend I need to go to the toilet. He's figured out a 60-minute period, you know,

theoretically a bit leaky three times, but better than going in the pool. Maybe that's what the Olympic swimmers should do, halfway through a race. Oh, you know what, Boston? Need a breather. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's the 15th of March.

Of course, today we're thinking about four years ago where the tragic events happened in Christchurch. The shootings at the two mosques, 51 people dead. So thinking of everyone today. Didn't seem like four years ago. Yeah, the family's still going through it. They're doing an awesome thing, Unity Week, a new initiative led by seven women who lost loved ones in the tragedy. We're getting people together, inspiring talks,

trying to bring more of the community together afterwards. So it's awesome that's taking place this week in Christchurch. This country's got a lot of good people. There was only one person doing those horrible things. On a far, far lighter note, someone came over to my house last night. Now,

we had the TV on. The TV was on and we sat down. Old school, bro. I know, it was old school. We don't always have it on, but we had it on. One of those situations. Just enjoying commercials in between your favourite programming. That's right.

And actually, when the commercials came on on the TV, it was kind of, you know, when you have it on, you're kind of watching, but you're also talking, and it's kind of just, it's there. It's company as well. But as the commercials came on, the person who'd come over to my house reached across the couch, sat next to me. On the other side of me was the remote. The remote was just sitting on the couch.

Next to you? Yeah, next to me. Homeowner? Away from them. They showed me, grabbed the remote. I was like, oh, what's going on here? And then changed the channel. And I sort of looked.

Power play. That was such a power play. I was like, that's a confident move, a comfortable, confident move. That's when you're a little too comfortable in someone's house, isn't it? But it's not just being comfortable in someone's house. That's a symbol of control of the household. You've got that in your hand. This person, whoever they are, do you want to mention their name? No, I won't mention their name. They've come over and they've taken full control of the household you've got that in your hand this person whoever they are do

you want to mention their name no i won't miss their name they've come over and they've taken full control of your household i think it's their house now i went out to the bedroom i packed a bag said goodbye to the family and i moved out last night i was like it's no longer my house very powerful play yeah yeah uh and it does throw you off too i mean my dad he's staying for christchurch at the moment uh and it's not so bad. Blood-related people feel they can wrap their hands around a remote. Yeah, there's not too much trouble there. He likes to mute the commercials.

But then still just watch in silence. But it's awkward in that situation, I find. It is. Just leave on the Harvey Norman commercials. Or mute it and then start the conversation. But then you're right. My parents do that. They mute it.

And then we just sit there. Well, no one's talking. Now this is awkward. Now, when have people been a little too comfortable, either with you or in your house? I'm a driveway parker. And it's something I proudly do. Even if I'm coming to your house for the first time,

if you've got a driveway, boom. I'm parking in it. Why? It's a power moment. Making myself at home. Then I'm grabbing your remote. Turning on Crime and Investigation Channel, having a wonderful time. We actually had a plumber.

I wasn't there at the time, but we had a plumber come to our house and he was fixing something in the bathroom and he shut the door. And I got a panic call from my wife like a sos call going i think he's doing in the bathroom what you hope no one would ever do in your bathroom and that even just do you mind if i use the bathroom i guess he's in the east he needs it maybe needed to test it like you test the water oh no that's all working she no she said there was some groaning going on there was he had made himself way too comfortable in the household, which I thought that is when you're really relaxed, isn't it?

The last thing he wants to try, I'm a tradist, too. In your bathroom. Would you ever do that in someone else's house? No, I wouldn't. No, I wouldn't. Unless it was, you know, like you're staying there. On the lawn. Outside.

Yeah, you're right. Okay, so I'm under the hits. 4487. When have you been a little too comfortable? Or situations that other people have been a little bit too comfortable in your house, in your work? We'd love to hear from you. The power moves that people do.

That's next on the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Teachers strike having around the country tomorrow. So hopefully you've organized child care if you're a parent and you need to do that for tomorrow. If not, drop them off at school and hope for the best. Just talking about when people have been a little too comfortable around you,

whether it's in your house or maybe in a conversation. You meet a stranger and they sort of open up to you about their ongoing divorce settlement on the first meeting. Yeah. Until someone texting through on 4487. Also someone saying, I remember my friend came over when I was a teenager. Came over to the house, straight into the pantry. First time they'd been in the house.

Well, that's comfortable, isn't it? That is very comfortable. Very comfortable. Would you go to someone's house and just look in the pantry? No, no. What does the relationship have to be? I was thinking even my mum, but I wouldn't do that now. Maybe coming home when you just moved out of home,

you would maybe come back. I wouldn't just go back up to mum's thing now and eat the thing that she's been trying to keep for about two months in the fridge. The supermarket chicken? I do throw stuff out. Oh, do you go off and clean it out? Yeah, I'm like, get rid of that.

Jenny Boyce does push the boundaries when it comes to expiry dates. Too much. Not even push the boundaries. She's gone years beyond the expiry date. Her brands don't even exist anymore. She's still got things in there. It's like a tepapa in the fridge. Great text through here as well.

Gave out my gate code to my friends. And once it was so they could get into a party, now they invite themselves in. Too comfortable. Too comfortable. There's a reason that you have a gate, and it's to avoid awkwardness with people you can't be arsed seeing. Collectors, census people going, where's your census?

Still time to complete the census. We've got Anna with us. We're talking about people being a little too comfortable. What happened, Anna? Hi. Thank you, guys. How are you. We're talking about people being a little too comfortable. What happened, Anna? Hi. Thank you, guys. How are you? We're doing well.

We're talking about people getting a – are you comfortable at the moment? I'm quite comfortable sitting on the couch. Yeah, being your comfortable. I'm comfortable, yeah. Yeah, everyone's comfortable. Great. And we're talking about people getting a little too comfortable, and it was your ex-partner.

Yeah. Very comfortable with me, I guess. What did they do? He was so comfortable with me that he wasn't too afraid of telling me how much he admired my best friend while we were together. We'd be walking hand in hand and go he'd go, oh gosh, isn't she just gorgeous? Yep. And how are you taking this? I mean I had to agree, she's my best friend, she is gorgeous? I mean, I had to agree.

She's my best friend. She is gorgeous. But man, I don't want to hear that from you. Yeah, and I hear what you're saying. And so what level did it get to? I mean, he'd just be entranced. He wouldn't notice time was passing or if I was walking away. Was he in love with her?

Did he say he was in love with her? Yeah, quite a few times. Yeah, but he said it was okay because it was never going to work out with her. But he's like, just so you know, I love her and I'm sticking with you out of convenience. Yeah. That is very comfortable. It doesn't get much more comfortable than that. How's the relationship going now? Oh, it is not going. I went off.

Good on you, Anna. You have a great day. Thank you. You too. See you, mate.