Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: On Valentine's Day, We Spoke With Our Favourite Elderly Couple To Learn Their Secrets!

Episode Date: February 14, 2022

If you remember Keith and Sally from Kerikeri, you know you're in for a treat. If you don't know them, your earholes will be blessed when you hear us talk to them! They are the cutest and most hilarious couple, so today we asked them how they actually met and how they've kept their marriage alive! We also read out poems to our wives, but there was a catch. Ben had to write the poem Jono would read to his wife, and vice versa. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the podcast. Welcome. Jono and Ben here. 14th of Feb, Valentine's Day, the day of love. You going to be making some mad passionate love tonight, mate? I can't imagine you as a mad passionate love guy. No, they're not really my forte. I play to your strengths. I don't know what my strengths are, but this is not one of them. You know, you do look at some people, like Harry Styles, for example, and you're like, Harry Styles would make love to you. You know, it would be an event. Yes.

With us, you're like, oh, they might peter out. Like most things we do. Fade out on us. Just fade out. Are you broadcasting from home today? I might have to say crystal clear quality on that podcast microphone I love most things we do. Fade out on it. It's fade out. Yeah. How are you broadcasting from home today? I might have to say crystal clear quality on that podcast microphone you're running there, Ben Boyce. Well, thank you.

Thank you. Hopefully it's going all right. Yeah, it's kind of weird waking up the family talking loudly. You don't realize how loudly you talk on radio until you have to do it when other people are around. Every time we broadcast at a cafe, they're like, oh, would you guys shut up? Yeah, we're just trying to have an ex-Benedict here in a work meeting. Hey, welcome along the Hudson's Judo, I've been there, it's pink. You know, yelling obnoxiously in a cafe.

Can we play the game? We played it last time you were broadcasting from home. You grab an item, I'll shut my eyes. Oh, okay. And I have to guess what it is. Ben Boyce is just heading off to his kitchen now. All right, here you go, close your eyes. Oh, okay. And I have to guess what it is. Ben Boyce is just heading off to his kitchen now. Alright, here you go. Close your eyes. Yep.

Ooh, that's a mystery. One go again. Ooh, is that like a tape measure? Yes, well done. It was a tape measure retracting back into its shell. You're very good at this. And finally, here we go. Last one. Those are some keys.

It's one for Alanis Morissette fans. Is it a jagged little pill? No, but all I need is a knife. It's not quite 10,000 spoons, but it was 10 spoons. Alanis got a great deal on spoons. She had a lot of spoons. 10,000 spoons. What do you have an excess of in the cutlery drawer?

For some reason, I have so many forks. Forks outnumber any other piece of cutlery in the drawer for some reason. I'll ask our sister Sienna. What do we have lots of in the cutlery drawer? Here she comes. She's coming back with a verdict right now. What do you Sienna. What do we have lots of in the cutlery drawer? Here she comes. She's coming back with a verdict right now. Yeah, what do you got, Sienna?

We have lots of baby spoons, like little spoons with Dora on them and all of that stuff. Babies? Yeah, spoons. They're all my spoons that I like to eat

my yogurts out of. And you get the airplane. Yeah, you do hold on to that stuff and you don't, like, Sienna's like, it's degrading if I eat it. All of these. Oh, that is a lot of baby spoons.

Frozen. Baby spoons, there's a Dora, there's a Benjamin Bunny, there's a frozen Elsa one. Yeah, you're right. I like taking them. See, if I can't bring a yogurt to work, I take those because I'm like, no one's going to steal these. No one in their right mind, no adult,

would even think of putting that inside their mouth. It's like I carry a Toy Story 4 backpack. But it's great, you know, if you go to a bar, you put it down. It's like, well, no one's really going to steal it because they're going to go, that's got a kid's lunchbox in it. Yeah, they'll be like, who's going to steal a bag off a child? It's a wonderful play. Hey, today on the show we celebrated Valentine's Day.

We spoke to some wonderful people. One lady, their relationship started off as a threesome. Yeah. And are they still together now? And a wonderful story we had as well about a lady who met her partner and they couldn't speak the same language. The language of love is what they spoke. But it was a really romantic tale.

It was. It was. It was almost sickeningly romantic. And we wrote each other poems that we had to read to our wives. And that sort of brought the romance back down to the ground level. Yeah. Have a great day. Enjoy the potty.

Jono and Ben on the hits. She's a big weekend, rough weather, huge amount of COVID cases, protesters continuing outside Parliament. And today, Jono, it's Super Bowl Monday and Valentine's Day. A lot going on, Ben Boyce, and I think we need to address the elephant in the room. Someone's texting 4487,

why does Ben sound like he's in Jeff Bezos' penis rocket travelling to space in a spacesuit? Because you're broadcasting from home today. Yes, I'm waking up the family with a loud, obnoxious talking in the kitchen. Yeah. That's how they like to be woken up. That's right. Ben and I refuse toious talking in the kitchen. Yeah. That's how they like to be woken up. That's right.

Ben and I refuse to work together in the same room now, and so you're going to have to put up with this lacklustre audio quality for the good of our relationship. Exactly. But we're spreading the love today, and I'm going to spread my legs as well. I'm learning how to do the splits. Okay. Okay.

Chris Hopkins would be happy, wouldn't he? Yeah. And we're giving away $100 to every caller that makes it on air today. We thought it was a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and also a great way to buy you some insurance if you've forgotten to get a present. Yeah, I was reading actually earlier this morning, Americans spend over $20 billion on Valentine's Day gifts alone.

$20 billion. It's a massive day. You're not a Valentine's guy, are you? No. I say what everyone says that isn't into Valentine's Day gifts alone, $20 billion. It's a massive day. You're not a Valentine's guy, are you? No. I say what everyone says that isn't into Valentine's Day. It's a commercial day. It's too commercialised. Yeah.

Mind you, he doesn't hold hands in public as well. He only holds hands behind closed doors. And now I won't even be in the same room as you. Yeah. And so your Valentine's gift is what? Waking up your family at an obnoxiously early hour? Yeah. That's just the way they want to be woken same room as you. Yeah. And so what's your Valentine's gift is what waking up your family at an obnoxiously early hour. Yeah.

Yeah. That's just the way they want to be woken up. That's my gift. Yeah. So 0800 the hits. We might as well kick it off now. Hyundai Monday for Valentine's Day. If you want a hundred bucks 0800 the hits and Debbie's come through from the Bombay.

Welcome Deb. Hi. How are you? Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you. You sound better quality than Ben does. You're on a phone. I've been up for a while.

Yeah. All right. Debbie, how long have you been with your partner? About 22 years. Oh, yeah. Still keeping it spicy, are we, Debs? Oh, not too bad. Might be able to take him out for dinner tonight.

That's right. Now, would he buy you a present? Probably not. The That's right. Now, would he buy you a present? Probably not. The love is gone. That's what happens after 22 years, Ben. Or maybe it's commercialised. The love might not be gone. Maybe.

Okay, well, you take that $100. You go out for dinner tonight. Wonderful restaurants in Bombay. Thank you. Yeah, I love your work, Debs. Happy Valentine's to you, too. Oh, I love you, Debbie. You love Debbie.

Yeah, well, her husband's not going to say it. See you, Debs. Have a great day, mate. So that's how it's going to work this morning. Every caller, hundy mundy. Wins $100. Just like that. With plenty more $100 to give away throughout the show,

you've got the hits. It is Jono and Ben. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. 810 COVID cases yesterday. Jesus, it was a bit of a jump up, Jono. Yeah. They've been knocking on the door.

50,000's coming. It's coming. But Michael Baker did say last week 1,000 this week. So, good work, guys. That Omicron's getting out there. Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. All right, time for us to hear some stories about a lady in South America

who swallowed her dining room table. Juliet, explain the news in beats. So I find some stories that sound probably along those lines, kind of quirky stories, beep out a couple of words, and you guys have to guess what the true headline is. So your first story today. Zoo hires Marvin Gaye impersonator to I'm going to say I hired the impersonator to help the animals. Let's get it on. Let's get it on. That's what I'm thinking. I'm thinking he's singing and it's helping

the animals with their mating. I'm going to say Zoo hires Marvin Gaye impersonator to get rid of pesky protesters outside Parliament in New Zealand. Zoo hires Marvin Gaye impersonator to get monkeys in the mood. Hey, Ben. There you go, Ben. There we go. We're going to win.

Which is, you know, is the impersonator. You're like, what do you want to do? So my job is to. Yeah, so literally they hired him. He stood in the enclosure in the UK. This happened at a zoo. He was in a white suit. So he looked really, you know, like he was ready for a performance.

And also confusing people at the same time who don't know who Marvin Gaye is. Yeah, that's true. Who's this guy inside the cage? Yeah. Serenading monkeys. Yeah, so apparently, because it was an endangered monkey species, so they were like, well, let's just try everything we can to... Did it work?

They're yet to find out. Well, they'll come... I don't know how long monkeys are pregnant for, but come... Right, so there's been no pregnancy test just yet. Probably not. No, maybe not. And was everyone standing around watching them? I would assume so.

Yeah. Maybe they should have left them alone. Maybe that would have been better for them. But anyway. Give them some privacy. The next news story. Radio hosts in Ohio break world record with a... I'm going to say for the longest time,

not fake laughing at each other's jokes. I'm going to say radio hosts in Ohio break the world record for not talking over the intros Of everyone's favourite songs for once Radio hosts in Ohio Break world record with a 25 hour and 35 minute Interview

So I popped this one in there because I knew that you guys would be very Intrigued by this You shouldn't have done this because now Ben's going to be like we should do this Yeah I did I saw this actually In the news and I was like And I was going to say we should do this Exactly he's going to be like, we should do this. Yeah, I saw this actually in the news. And I was going to say, we should do this. Exactly. He's going to be on this crusade now. So we're going to have to sit in the studio, Juliet.

Strap yourself in. We're going to have to interview someone. 25 hours of interviewing each other. We could do that, John. Yeah, because that's what the hosts did. I was like, who did they interview for 25 hours? Who would they want to? Like, who would sign up for that?

But it was actually just the hosts interviewing each other. So it would be you guys firing questions at each other. Didn't Shadbolt have that record? He did it on TV. I think it was the longest TV interview they did on like Southland TV or something like that, right? Yeah, Tim Shadbolt did and it looked bleak.

Imagine what it is and it is exactly what it was. Imagine the stuff we'd talk about if we were interviewing each other for 25 hours. You hear the stuff we talk about when we just talk for three minutes in between songs. Yeah, exactly. And there's the news and bits for you this morning. That flew by.

That did. Thank you very much. Coming up very shortly, I'll tell you exactly how much it would cost if you wanted a commercial in today's Super Bowl. It's happening in the US. That's next on The Hits. Scrolling through your feed. Can I just say, out of all the Bens in New Zealand media,

you know, the Ben Hurleys, the Ben Barringtons, Ben Boyce is by far the best at keeping skinny. Come on over, scrolling through your feed. What is a big day today? Valentine's Day and also Super Bowl happening in America where lots of fans will be eating chicken wings, Doritos, drinking Budweiser. The Bengals are facing off against the Los Angeles Rams.

But if you want to go along today, you'll be one of the 70,000 people there. Can I just say you're probably too late to get along. You have to get a flight. You probably obviously have to get probably a COVID test, I imagine, as well, Ben? Yeah, but the cheapest ticket is about $6,600 American and the most expensive around about $100,000 to go along, which is a lot more expensive than the first Super Bowl. Just $6, the tickets for the first Super Bowl.

I mean, they do it well over there, don't they? Like, it's such an event. It's an extravaganza with like a four-day lead. And we have a Super Rugby final. It's just some guy holding some sparklers at halftime. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, if you want an ad during halftime, a halftime spot, it's going to cost you $7 million for a 30-second ad.

But that does get over to like, I think, 111 million people. 2015, Katy Perry performed at halftime to 111 million people. Holy heck. Yeah, well, now she is the biggest, yeah, had the most amount of views. And it was actually Michael Jackson in 1993 that basically saw more people tune in for halftime than not. Because normally that was the time that people would kind of go to the bathroom, kind of not watch the TV. And now, of course, they have these amazing acts. Now, I was just reading an article. They now, of course, they have these amazing acts.

Now, I was just reading an article. They don't get paid. The artists don't get paid. So they do blow like some upwards of $13 million for the performance. But they have a financial windfall from all the streams that come afterwards, don't they? Exactly. So you're right. You've had people like Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, all those people just done it for free, but you're right. They get a real big boost in record sales. But it hasn't always been quite cool artists. It used to start back in the day, they used to have artists from Broadway doing musicals.

And then in 1980, I think it was, they had this Elvis impersonator, an impersonator doing a card trick. I promise you, you're going to find a card trick. So he's singing about his trick. He's singing about his card trick. And that Elvis will be performing at the 2022 Super Rugby Final. We haven't got much better than that.

Blowing the budget on that Elvis, I reckon. Obviously, a few years ago, we all remember Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson, and they had the wardrobe malfunction. And, you know, it was pretty damaging for Janet Jackson. You know, it really sort of hit her career hard, unfortunately. But it also helped create an around-about-way YouTube. So lots of people wanted to see that again. And that was one of the reasons why YouTube basically started and became really successful because of that footage of the halftime show.

People just wanted to see it. Was it a setup? I don't know. And I think still to this day. I was looking into that. Yeah, I was looking into that. And they were like, well, he was meant to rip off something, but they were saying not as far as they kind of ripped off.

It wasn't meant to reveal as much as that. Yeah. She would have been like, thanks, mate. Thanks for getting my breast out on international television. That's always a great day in the office. Today, just quickly, the halftime show features Eminem, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg all performing today. Yeah, I was reading a tweet saying

every 40-year-old white guy is going to be dancing in his lounge with his hat backwards this afternoon. And that is scrolling to your feed. Sorry, that is... Oh yeah, it is scrolling to your feed. That's what we're doing. We're talking Super Bowl. But next, we went babysitting over the weekend, Jono, and

it didn't go well. Yeah. We tried the swing. Apparently she loves the swing. But not today. Not really feeling the swing today. I don't think she's feeling you today. Yeah. That was us trying to do our 28 deeds in 28 days through February. We'll give you the coverage next

of our babysitting efforts. Jono and Ben on the hit. Now, as part of our journey to become more like Simon Barnett, we'll give you the coverage next of our babysitting efforts. Jono and Ben, on the hit. Now, as part of our journey to become more like Simon Barnett, we are embarking on 28 good deeds over 28 days, and I'm feeling more and more like Barnett as every day passes through the month. Ben, I don't know, how about you?

No, you're definitely not like Barnett. You've aged terribly, whereas he hasn't aged for about 30 years. Probably, who am i more like maybe murray deecker that was old murray i hope he's still going well murray deecker lovely guy so uh we're doing 28 good deeds over 28 days we've done a whole raft of things washed cars washed high-rise windows uh washed dogs done a lot lot of washing, haven't we, Ben? Yeah, and this one over the weekend,

I thought, I was quite confident going into this one. I mean, the two of us, we both had two kids, and then producer Bee Humps was like, hey, we would love to go out for lunch. Could you look after Dottie? And I was like, yeah, we could do this. This will be easy. But it wasn't quite as easy as I thought.

No, it's amazing. Like, I too haven't sat on babies for a very long time. So babysitting, it's amazing how quickly you forget to look after miniature human beings. You're like, what the hell am I doing? So, Ben Humphrey, you are in the trenches at the moment. We are. We were looking forward to going out for lunch,

first lunch out, just Caitlin and I. And it didn't quite end as planned. Here's how it started. So you guys are what, you're going out for lunch? Yeah we're going to take off for lunch, you're going to look after our Dotty here. So they've gone for lunch, she loves the swing apparently. Oh no mum and dad will be home soon. Here we go. Here we go. On this one. Hello. Yeah. It seems to be like a wonderful audio representation of the effect that we have on people.

It kind of reminded me, Dottie and our relationship, it's kind of like when we started at the hits. You know, the audience are kind of like, who are these guys? What are they all about? And it sort of takes a while to build up trust and to sort of for them to realise what you're all about.

Yeah. And, you know, we knew that we would win her over, much like we're trying to win over the audience here at The Hits. And so then we took her inside for a bit of a feed. Oh, sorry. Listen, I'm going to call Ben. Yeah, I think we should call Ben, yeah. Then we pulled out. Hey, mate, how's lunch going?

I don't really care. You might have to come home. Please get it taken away and come back now. And then so we made Ben and Caitlin, who hadn't even arrived I think at the restaurant, we made them turn around and come home. So roaring success. Yeah, everything went well. It's all good guys, we'll make our lunch.

So there we go. Look, It was the thought that counted though So I have ticked it off as a good deed Because the thought was there Do we still get paid in that situation? It was a bit awkward on the day to ask You ate the toffee pops out of the pantry What more do you want? Then he came and dropped us both home

To our parents So thank you for that Thank you for that Behem So that was 20 minutes of us Trying to look after a baby and it didn't end as planned but i realized you are in that time in your life bee humps where it's i liken it to home detention and the baby is your ankle bracelet but you know you're allowed you're allowed out to do certain activities but then the ankle brace it'll start beeping, you know, and it's get home.

And that's what you're in the trenches right now. You're on a clock, aren't you? Yeah. A clock for food and naps. Yeah. Well, glad it's not me. Yeah. Today's good deed, of course,

spreading the love with $100 on Hyundai Monday. You could be winning $100 very shortly. It is the hits. Jono and Ben is the hits. Valentine's Day today. And I would say, Jono, one of the most romantic proposals I saw over the weekend on social media outside the Disney Castle in America, this lady had asked someone to film her and her partner just outside the castle.

She revealed a ring. And then he was like, oh, my God, oh, my God. And then he, from his castle. She revealed a ring and then he was like, oh my god, oh my god. And then he, from his pocket, also revealed a ring. He had exactly the same idea at the same place at the same time. They both had rings. Have a listen. Wait, okay.

Are you serious? Are you serious? No way! They double proposed! Oh my God! He had a ring for her! And the real winner that day was Michael Hill Jeweler, who sold two engagement rings.

That was pretty romantic. But I also went, oh, let's have a look online for the most unromantic proposal. And this lady reckons that hers was that a guy came home from work, end of the day work. And he's like, guess what? My mate just got married at the registry today. So this is how he started the conversation with his partner. He's like, apparently you can do it anytime. I had a look into it. Then he pulled up a spreadsheet showing his partner that if they got married, their finances wouldn't

be impacted drastically. He also said, if we signed a prenup, things would be okay if we got divorced. And at the end of it, he was like, well, so what do you reckon? Should we get married? She's like, well, no, you've mentioned prenup, divorce and a spreadsheet. The answer right now is no. And that's how Ben Boyce got to marry his lovely wife Amanda. With spreadsheets and some insurance. Do you know, I actually proposed to Jennifer, and this would probably go down as maybe one of the more unromantic proposals. I put a ring on a piece of Marmite toast, and I gave it to her.

Seriously? High fibre, high choking hazard. Did you actually do that? I did that. Did you actually do that? I did that. Why are you surprised? You've been with me for two years.

Actually, yeah, no, that's so fair. That is actually very fair. I shouldn't be surprised. She's lucky it wasn't sitting on top of a can of Cody's or something. So did the ring get Marmite on it? It was a little smudgy, yeah. It was. Did she like that proposal? It was a little smudgy, yeah. Did she like that proposal? It was unexpected.

It worked. I mean, it worked. It worked. I mean, hey, there was no spreadsheets involved. So was it like, did she, was she like, can you make me a piece of toast? Or you offered to make a piece of toast and you put it on there?

Well, the irony is she doesn't even eat toast. Oh my God. I thought breakfast in bed. Yeah. And then combine it with a romantic gesture. You really went all out for breakfast in bed, too, didn't you? I mean, what says I love you more than a piece of Marmite toast? Yeah, that's so fair.

Yeah, I don't even think, you know, the worst thing was she never even ate the toast. What's that? We've got spy entertainment news up very shortly. Oh, yes. Kevin Hart has spoken to Alan about how he refuses to work out with Mark Wahlberg and The Rock. Ben, I feel like you'll be very interested in this story.

I'll play that audio to you next. Jono and Ben. It is a hits, Jono and Ben, on a day that we found out 810 COVID cases yesterday. Well done New Zealand. New high. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz

It's rubbish day and she's ready to collect the celebrity trash. Juliet, what's happening in entertainment? So Kevin Hart has spoken about how he refuses to work out with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne The Rock Johnson. They're all sort of gym junkies. And Alan kind of asked, well, you've worked with them. Would you like go to the gym together? And he explained this and it made a lot of sense.

What I found is that when I get to work with people that are really dedicated to the gym, we don't work out. We don't even want to. I don't wanna be in your space, I don't need you in mine. And then you'll throw the occasional, like, hey, Kev, maybe we should work out. And I'm very honest, no, I don't want to. Mark was like, we gotta get one in.

I was like, no we don't, I think our relationship is great, and I don't want you to go in there and we try to impress each other and hurt ourselves. That's how it happens. Okay. Okay. I get it. That's why I don't work out with Dwayne either. I don't want to go in there and lift all that mess. All that stupid stuff that he got in there. Who wants to do all that stuff? No.

Listen to how good today is. Today today. We gotta go. We gotta challenge ourselves. No we don't. Do what you do and I'll do what I do. Valid points. Ben Boyce, what you wouldn't give to be burpied on by Dwayne Johnson? To have him bench press you or something. I would love to work out with Dwayne Johnson.

Imagine if he was squatting on you. I couldn't even lift his gym towel. That would be, let alone his weights. Yeah, that's true. How heavy do you think his towel is? It could be wet. And I'm very wet. That's another couple of kgs, aren't you?

And just quickly, you may have seen this over the weekend, but if you didn't, it's brilliant. James Blunt tweeted, he tweeted a news story saying, it said, New Zealand plays Barry Manilow to repel Parliament protesters. And he said, give me a shout if this doesn't work. And this made headlines. Everyone's kind of realising how hilarious James Blunt is on Instagram. Oh, they're doing some good.

I mean, Trevor Mallard's come on and he's done a wonderful boomer move turning the sprinklers on the protesters, much like your granddad when he wanted to hose off the skateboarders around his house, Ben. And then they were playing Baby Shark on repeat as well. Oh my God. That's torture. Actually, is anyone listening at the protests? Get in touch with us.

0800 that's. Just love to talk. Like, what is going on down there? There's a great level of commitment that's shown. 3,000 people were there over the weekend. Yeah. I know. There seems to be no sign of it sort of letting up.

As you say, they're very committed to the cause as well. And, yeah, but I imagine the conditions going through a whole storm over the weekend. I know. That is, I mean, only if they had showed, some of them just showed as much commitment to getting a job as they are to the protest. But we want to talk to someone. 0800 The Hits. We'll try and get you on after seven. And that is Spy Entertainment update for this hour.

For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. The Hits. Jono and Ben. Good morning. It is The Hits Hits, Jono and Ben Good morning, it is The Hits You got Jono and Ben. I need to say happy birthday to Anna Rose, 10 years old today in Hamilton. Great to have you tuned in Anna. She takes every Super Bowl, she's a big Super Bowl fan

takes the day off school and eats buffalo wings and drinks Budweiser I don't actually drink Budweiser but happy birthday She know if she drinks Budweiser, but happy birthday. Sharing a birthday, of course, on Valentine's Day. Doing a little look into the history of Valentine's Day, named after the patron saint, Saint Valentine. But I reckon there was two people named Valentine

that could have been named after. One was a priest who illegally married people in the spirit of love because there was a ban on getting married. But then he was caught and sentenced to death uh that's a fair punishment that was his commitment to love ben we are celebrating valentine's day today we're spreading the love with hundy monday uh every caller that gets on air wins a hundred dollars uh a romantic red rutherford this morning so we wanted to open up the phone lines uh we want you to make us feel worse about our relationship because something has just turned up to work,

which is a wonderful power play from the partner, a ginormous bouquet of flowers. It's a magnificent play, which creates an air of jealousy and anxiety amongst colleagues, doesn't it? It does. I mean, it's lovely. I mean, yeah, it's lovely sending flowers to someone that you love.

But you're right. You're doing it at work. It's a big swinger. It means that everyone's feeling bad because they haven't done it at work. And then the other colleagues have to feign interest and go like, oh, my God. Juliet, do girls like getting flowers at work? Oh, I would feel weird having all the attention on me Oh my God. Juliet, do girls like getting flowers at work? Um, ooh.

I would feel weird having all the attention on me and everyone be like, oh my God, cute. And I'm like, no, no, I'd rather just get it in private if I were, you know? You don't want to be the centre of attention in the office. No, no. But it is a nice gesture, you know? It's the opposite of what every radio announcer is. They want to be the centre of attention.

And they're huge and inconvenient. For the flowers, they've got to lug them back to their car. Yeah, that's very true. You're going to get a lot of admin involved in that, right? Yeah, but that's probably saying from people that are cynical about that, you'll be a lot of people out there that would be like, that would be the best thing ever, getting a big bouquet of flowers. Yeah, well, it's turned up now and there's a lot of eyes

because I guess secretly everyone hopes it's for them. That's so true. I'm hoping they're for me. Deep down I know they're probably not. Well, it might be. They might be for you. They might be for me. Yeah.

That would be lovely because we're not in the same room today. So just one day apart, he's like, I'll say I love you with flowers. So what we want you to do right now, 0800 the hits, give us a call.

4487 on the text. Just make us feel worse about our relationships. Like, are you in the middle of a disgustingly cute, adorable relationship where, Ben, I know your friend, he winds you up, doesn't he? Yeah, like, what's the one thing that the partner does that's just

going to make us go, oh. Because as you say, my mate gets petrol for his wife every weekend she has never filled up their car in their whole relationship nothing says i love you like unleaded petrol well it's the most expensive thing you could get someone on that's for sure uh but he does that all the time she's never once filled up their car and that's his commitment to their relationship that's what he does and it just makes me go oh man you're like don't say this publicly mate you're making me look shocking when was the last time you filled up amanda's car b

i'm probably the person that brings it back and i'm like oh sorry i didn't fill it up it's on me and i didn't put the seat back yeah exactly Oh wait don't do the hits okay Are you in the middle of the most disgustingly loving relationship Come and brag Make us feel worse about ours 4487 on the text if you want to do that It is AJR Bang 713 You're on the hits Jono and Ben

You need to make us feel Self conscious about our relationships now, that's what we're wanting It's Valentine's Day we're celebrating, we're spreading the love Ben Boyce, it's Hundy Mundy, every caller that gets on wins a romantic Red Rutherford, we're saying that to you

Katie Anohopu, welcome how are you? I'm good and how are you guys? Oh we're doing well, you know the most romantic gestures make us vomit in our mouths. Katie, take it away. I woke up this morning to a nice voucher on the bed for a restaurant for us tonight. Oh, nice voucher. Just the thought behind it too just makes me sick, Jono.

Are there any vouchers on your bed, Ben? No. Oh, there was a Repco one, but that was mine. Katie, that is disgusting. Well, now at dinner, too, you can get dessert. We're going to give you $100. Hundie Mundie. Awesome.

Thank you so much. It's so cool. Enjoy it. And when you guys are in a moment of intimacy this evening, you think about us. Oh, I will. Yeah, both of us. No.

Okay, thanks, Katie. Appreciate it. Sarah, happy Valentine's Day to you. Hello. Good morning, guys. How are you going, mate? Really good. Yeah, really good.

Make us feel worse about our relationship, says. My favourite, I had a candle and it it was really little, and it ran out. And my husband looked at the bottom of it, and I was like, oh, what's he doing? And then later, a few days later, he just disappeared. I was like, where's he gone? He was real secretive and didn't tell me. And then I still didn't know for ages. And then I looked in my top drawer, and there was a little candle there that said, love you.

I was like, oh, that's a bit cute. That's disgusting. Just disgusting. He's paying attention. Oh, my God. It's all the things. It makes us look, you know. Yeah, and Ben won't even fill up his wife's car

with diesel or whatever it takes. I put diesel in it. It wasn't a diesel. That was the problem. Sarah, $100 for Hyundai Monday, all yours. Amazing. Thank you, guys. You know what I really do appreciate?

We're talking about this enormous bouquet of flowers that turned up at work just before. Wonderful power move. I do love the 10-page essay on Instagram. Do you like those, Ben? Someone professing their love out there publicly. It's like taking out a full-page ad in The Herald, isn't it? Also the same thing as when,

Happy Mother's Day to the best mother ever. Oh, by the way, Mum, you've got to register to TikTok to see this message. Yeah, it's fine if your mum is on the social media platform, but often they're not. Chances are, yeah, Annie Pryor's not on TikTok. But that's weird. It's better like taking out a notice at the countdown

at the notice board or something. Cherie, welcome. Make us feel uneasy about our relationship. Good morning, guys. Yeah, well, I'd share with you a story about my proposal. It wasn't very romantic. He had been out at the pub drinking, came home, lay on the bed, said, let's get married.

We did get married in a church, but I never ever got, I got the wedding ring, but I never got an engagement ring. Came home from the pub and said, let's get married. Now that's the sort of stuff we're thinking about here. Yeah, that's our sort of level, right, Jono? Yeah. Did you get married? Yeah, in a church. In a church and you're still together?

No. Oh. Why did I ask that question? Why did you ask that question, Jono? Because I wanted to make myself feel better about my relationship. Oh, well, sorry it didn't work out, Cherie. And I instantly regret asking that question You'll get a hundred bucks, alright

to enjoy for yourself I love listening to you guys every morning Oh we love you too Appreciate you taking the time mate Have a great Valentine's Day with that $100, okay? Thank you $5,000 is just 20 minutes away It is the hits you got, Jono and Ben.

The hits. The seventh day of protests. Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remain on Parliament grounds through some terrible, terrible weather over the weekend. A lot of commitment to the cause, Jono. Yeah, and Ben Boyce, now, I don't know, for some reason, you're getting all of our complaints messages sent straight to you now through Facebook Messenger, and you deal with them all. Well, messages sent straight to you now through Facebook Messenger

and you deal with them all. Well I signed up to Messenger for something else and now I get the show's messages on Messenger direct messages. You're upsetting some people Jono for saying that people didn't have jobs there and a lot of them do have jobs Jono. I said some of them showed as much commitment as they do to the

protest, to getting a job that'd be amazing. Because they do and I can understand people are upset with that comment because if you've got a job in a year you'll get upset with that. Well and the good thing is I don't have to deal with the fallout of it. It's going straight into Ben's phone with

Facebook Messenger. Now I know that a lot of them have jobs and I shouldn't have said that. That was a silly thing to say Ben Boyce but we did put a call out to talk to anyone who's actually been at the protests currently at the protests and Craig has come through. Craig thanks for joining us. Thanks.

You're in Foxton mate. Happy Valentine's Day to the dairy farming community in Foxton. Yeah I've got 350 girls here that all think it might be Valentine's Day. Yeah well happy Valentine's Day to the girls. It's great to have you on. Now, Craig, you've been at the protest.

You've been going back and forth to the protest outside Parliament. Yep, sure have. It looks wild. It is a great cause. They're blasting music to try and get rid of the protesters. They've turned the sprinklers on. What music were they trying yesterday to get rid of you all? Oh, we had Baby Shark going.

We had the Macarena going. Titanic going. I saw footage on Instagram and stuff of people dancing away to the Macarena in the rain while the protests were going on. They love it. They're actually emailing in requests now. It sounded like a wonderful party playlist, to be honest. Oh, yeah, they're boogie.

You've had people there for over a week now. Yep. And the commitment is next level. It's been hosing down with rain. The sprinklers have been turned on. Hay. I saw hay being distributed all over the front. Yeah.

And it's come from wide and far. There's been hay all the way from Whangarei, now in Wellington. Whangarei hay, Northland hay, which sometimes is frowned upon by the authorities, Northland hay. But you went and dropped some hay off too, Craig. No, I didn't drop it off, it got picked up. There's convoys heading

down daily, hourly. Trailers heading down hourly. It's all about anti-mandate, right? So what's the hope that this protest is going to bring? What's the outcome that you hope it's going to bring? Freedom for the people. Everybody down there is sick of being told, you have to do this, you have to do that.

There's midwives, there's doctors, there's lawyers, there's everything down there. There's all the people that have lost their jobs because they decide to have a choice not to have the jab for one reason or another. And there's people down there that have had the jab. I'm down there, I've got the jab. I'm fully vaxxed. And so you just, your message, because everyone's got different messages. I mean, there's even Trump supporters

there that you see, but your message is you've played by the rules, but you're just sick of being told what to do now. Yeah. And I'm fighting for my kids because my kids are going to miss out on sport this year because one of my kids cannot get the jab he had a major reaction to his immunizations he's been told by starship you can't give this kid any more jabs he's going to have another stroke he's going to go even more blind than he already is they turn around and said just give it to him and see what happens i think the thing also too that well you, just looking in from the outside in, you can see there's a lot of people frustrated in New Zealand and whether you're with this cause or against it,

whatever, you know, we're all part of New Zealand and that's kind of sad that there's this frustration out there in the community. Yeah, that's right. And I've got friends who work in hospitality and they're sick of being abused. One of them works at their local pub in Foxton and she said, I'm absolutely over being harassed by drunk people

just because I have to ask them for a vaccine pass. Yeah. It's not fair. I'm getting emotional here. No, I get it. Obviously, you've got a personal connection with your children too there, Craig, to this cause. Yeah, it's just not fair.

And there's groups around the country that are making their own mandates up now. Auckland Rugby Union have said any kid that doesn't have a vaccine over the age of five years and three months cannot play rugby union this year. Yeah, it's a sad time, isn't it? It really is. It's sad. You know, that's not fair on the kids.

What about the kids? They didn't ask to get bored into this stupid pandemic. It's the pandemic. It's not the, you know, but they don't need to make stupid rules up for it. I am really impressed with the commitment from these protesters. I mean, they've stuck it out. Is it going to end anytime soon?

Absolutely no way. There is just thousands upon thousands of people behind the scenes making this work. There's bank accounts going. There's donations coming in around the country. They've got bank accounts with tens of thousands of dollars worth of donations in it.

What, for supplies and things? For supplies and things. One guy went down with the card yesterday to Bunnings and spent $4,500 on tents and tarpaulins and pigs. There's businesses getting behind it. It's all gone.

What did you think of Mallard's play, flicking the old sprinklers on, doing the 85-year-old manoeuvre to get pesky people off his lawn? Actually against human rights. If you have a look on the government website and check out human rights, it's classed as torture.

I think I got removed from many teenage parties with that play, the old sprinklers on the lawn. Definitely, but there's kids down there, you know. And the other thing that we need to spare a thought for as well is the maintenance team, the lawn mowing team at Parliament. They would

have been hoping they put in your fake artificial grass there, Ben Boyce. Exactly. The guys have already ordered instant lawn to go back down once the protest is over. We've got a clean up crew ready to go. The minute that the mandates are dropped, they will clear it all up. They will put the new lawn down.

They will tidy it back to what it was. Well, it seems like a very organised protest, doesn't it? It is very organised now. Well, Craig, there is frustration out there, as Ben mentioned, and all the best. Get behind it, guys, please. Please. Bye, my dad. Please.

See you, mate. Are you okay? Yeah, thanks. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. On your Monday morning, happy Valentine's Day to everyone listening right now. Do people actually like Valentine's Day and celebrate, or is it just commercial radio shows? I feel like it is commercial, and Hallmark will make the cards.

It's a big day for us and them. Yeah, well, geez, we froth over Valentine's Day, don't we, here in this industry? Topicality, you know? And April Fool's. No one else cares about April Fool's but the radio industry. We love April Fool's, you're right. But being on Friday, just as we were leaving,

we gave each other a challenge, didn't we? That's right. We thought we'd each write a poem for each other to read to their partner. So I don't know why we decided that we couldn't write our own poems for our own partners. We decided it was better the other way. Now, you know, the rules were no holds barred. It was kind of like Israel Adesanya in the UFC.

Anything goes, apart from blowing raspberries on the guy's stomach, which would be a great tactic in the UFC. Oh, boom. Oh, my God. Or like nestling into his neck. Boom. What is he doing? Oh, he's got him down.

But, yeah, so, Ben, you're going to fire yours through an email now, and I'm about to call Jen my wife are you okay with no holds barred right no holds barred you can go all in I don't care okay I've written some stuff a lot of it's about you there's the email and boy it was I'm punching him

have you got it yeah no I do and wow you really took the no holds barred okay alright so is this what they call poetic justice No, I do. And, wow, you really took the no holds barred. Okay. I did. All right, so is this what they call poetic justice? We're going to go through to Jen now, and I'll read the poem. Hello. Happy Valentine's Day.

Thanks, you too. I've written you a poem. I'm sure you have. Hit the music, Juliet. Jen. Yeah. Jen, Jen, I want this to be clear. I don't want to lose you like I've lost my hair. This Valentine's Day, I truly love you

as much as I truly love getting bad tattoos Would you have still said yes to marrying me if you knew my signature dish was microwaved Kranskis You have stuck with me through thick and thin I'm talking about my guts full of onion dip and Heineken Are you still there? Yes, just I'm talking about my guts, full of onion dip and Heineken. Are you still there? Just.

Ben, are you still there? I feel like an island. Mate, you're doing your bomb. It's your time to shine. Okay. I unromantically repose with a ring on some Marmite toast. I also relentlessly bully my co-host. That's me. I love you so much.

You are all in, even though I'm a grotty bogan. My shirts are from the 90s and never tucked in. And I look like a poor man's Chris Luxon. Jen Jen, you're too good for me. You should have dumped me like they dumped me from TV. I love you.

Wow. Oh, now, a lot of that content wasn't about you. I noticed. Nor our relationship, I noticed. No, no, true. It felt like... It was special, though. Special and unique, though, right, guys?

Yep. Listen, Ben wrote that. I don't know if you could tell. Yeah, I thought maybe someone here had something to do with it. Yeah, yeah. Hey, hey. I ghost read a little bit. Most of it was all inspired by you.

The hair jokes, you know. Yeah. You lay those on pretty thick. So it was just a vehicle to use to have passive-aggressive digs at me. So happy Valentine's Day. Thank you. All right. I love you.

Bye. Bye. Shouldn't say I love you back. No. Ooh, cracks in the relationship. Yeah, my heart is crying. Oh, well, then that's my line. So Ben gets to read one to Amanda that I've written after 8 o'clock.

Oh, no. Thankfully there's a little bit of time between now and then for me to just adjust some lines. Oh, there we go. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone. Don't forget, too, we're giving away $100 to every caller that makes it on air today. Spreading the love. And we're giving away $5,000 next, Ben. Five words for 5K. You're just five words giving away $5,000 next Ben Five words for 5k

you're just five words away from $5,000 It is our game of word association we play every morning at this time on the hits we tell you five words you tell us the first things that pop into your head after those words if your five words match with ours you win $5,000. Let's head to

Grey Mouth Jane how is your mouth in Grey Mouth this morning Very very happy. Let's head to Greymouth. Jane, how is your mouth in Greymouth this morning? Very, very happy. That's a happy mouth. It sounds like a happy mouth. Now, Jane, before we even embark on this $5,000 journey of discovery, we're going to give you $100. We're romancing everyone with Hundy Mundy today for Valentine's Day.

Oh, guys, thank you so much. That's awesome. What a good start. Instead of red roses, we've got red Rutherfords today. Are you going to take someone on a date this afternoon with that money? Well, we'll just have to see. I can't give too much away. No, you can't.

Just don't say where you got the cash from. It's like when you used to buy flowers from a petrol station. No one say a word. Okay, Jane, you've got to send one of us into the soundproof booth. Who's it going to be to match with? Jono, please. All right. A Valentine's Day match with Jono as Jono heads away to the soundproof booth.

What would you spend the money on if you won $5,000, Jane? Oh, pretty boring, mate. It's going to have to be the garden. Oh, okay. Yeah, a little unscaping. Not cheap. No, you're right. It was a pretty boring answer, but a very practical one. I like it. Okay, Jane

here's in the soundproof booth. Your words this morning are all kind of Valentine's themed words, and the first word that producer Bee Humps has come up with is Valentine's. Day. Valentine's Day. Didn't seem like there was any other option for that one. That's a Valentine's. Day. Valentine's Day. Didn't seem like there was any other option for that one.

That's a good one. Date is word number two. D-A-T-E, date. Night. Date night. I've matched 100% with you so far. Kissing is word number three. Kissing.

Booth. Nice. Booth. Nice. Booth. Tinder is word number four. Tinder. Ooh. Can I come back to that one? You can come back to Tinder.

Thank you. And flowers is the final word. F-L-O-W-E-R-S, flowers. Roses. Roses. Roses with an S on the end, okay. And back to Tinder. Oh, wish I knew more about it. Swipe right, swipe left, that's about all I know.

No, I'm thinking swipe, I'm thinking it could be match. Oh, yeah. Let's go for match. Match. Okay, we'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth and we'll find out if he will match all five words with you. Okay, Jane with the happy mouth. Do you know that soundproof booth, speaking of Valentine's Day,

has actually been home to four marriages and three births in this workplace. A lot of liaisons take place in that booth. Well, there you go. All right, Johnny. There's your Christmas card, eh? That's right. All right. The deep clean has happened, and it's time for us to win Jane $5,000.

Let's do it. First word this morning we said to Jane was Valentine's. Day. One from five. Nice work. Good start. Second word is date. Go date night.

Oh, nice. Jane, how are we feeling? Oh, so far so good. Keep going. Okay. Kissing is word number three, Jono. Kissing. Okay, I've got two here.

Lips. Damn it. I had two options. The other one was disease. Kissing disease, which obviously, what did you go for, Jane? Kissing booth. Kissing booth. Oh, I what did you go for, Jane? Kissing booth. Kissing booth. Oh, I'm sorry.

No problem. No worries. Let's see if we would have matched the five. Okay, the next word we would have said was Tinder. Tinder swipe. Oh, match. And flowers was the final word. Yeah, roses. Oh, nice.

You're pretty good. You're pretty compatible. We would have had an okay marriage for about five years and it all would have turned to custard. We would have stayed together

for the kids, Jane, and that's the main thing. I would have been in that booth. Good on you, Jane. Have a great day. No problem. Thanks, guys. Really appreciate it.

No worries. Thanks for playing Another Chance tomorrow morning at 7.45. We've also got plenty more $100 notes Good on you, Jane. Have a great day. No problem. Thanks, guys. Really appreciate it. No worries. Thanks for playing. Another chance tomorrow morning at 7.45. We've also got plenty more $100 notes to give away for Valentine's Day. It is a hundy-mundy Monday morning on the Hats. The Hats. You got the Hats, Jono and Ben.

Hopefully everyone survived that wild weather that hit New Zealand over the weekend. Jeez, it was blowing a gale, wasn't it? I thought it was going to be one of those ones strapped down, battened down the hatches and nothing happened. And it turned out a lot happened. A lot happened. Spy. No what's up. Spy.co.nz

Alright, now to Spy, brought to you by our sponsors Half Truths and Speculation. Juliet, what's happening this hour? So, Rhianna has spoken a bit more about her pregnancy and how hard it was to hide it from her family and speculation. Julia, what's happening this hour? So Rihanna has spoken a bit more about her pregnancy and how hard it was to hide it from her family and friends. She said it was a lot harder to hide it from them than it was the public

because they're around her obviously a lot more and sort of know her habits. Apparently her friends would say, you know, oh, you don't want something to drink? Oh, you're not having a smoke? And they'd notice that she was eating all the things that she wasn't used to eating. So she usually hates sweet food, but then she would crave donuts and cookies, and then

they were kind of, were a little bit confused, so she had to eventually let it all out. Well, yeah, it's almost like she had two options. Either continue smoking, just to keep up the appearances. I don't. You know, just for the baby's sake. Yeah. Or just carry conveniently placed objects in front of your stomach for nine months. Like big handbags.

Handbags or a vase or a moving box. She's always carrying a bicycle or something. There's nothing more awkward, though. I remember with my wife when she was pregnant, when people go, how come you're not drinking? Or how come you're not? No, you're like, you can't. You're at that stage where you're not telling everyone. Right come you're not, no, you're like, oh, you can't, you're at that stage

where you're not telling everyone. Right. You have to kind of come up with those sort of excuses. Yeah, New Zealand, New Zealand, thanks to our binge drinking culture, is probably the worst country

to be pregnant in and try and keep it a secret. How come you're not drinking? Yeah. You're not going to be any fun tonight. I know, it's so true. So true.

Oh God, we need to look at ourselves. Now, the other thing I am really proud of Rihanna with is she's just got that, she's been hiding the baby bump, obviously, for many months. Now it's on full display. Yeah. She's wearing, like, jackets just with the top button done up

and the rest is just her stomach out. She's wearing, she is nailing pregnancy fashion. In the middle of winter, too. Yeah. Like, it's very cold. It's snowing over there in the US. It's a huge day. That's so good.

I mean, I would like that. Can I wander around with my guts out? No, thank you. Just with the top button up? No, thank you. Turn into a trend? No. Please don't.

And Adele went on the Graham Norton show and once again wore that big diamond ring on her wedding finger that I mentioned the other day that she wore to the Brit Awards. And initially we were kind of like, oh, it might have just been bling for the awards, but she wore the exact same ring on the show and he asked her basically if she was engaged.

And I don't know if anyone noticed on Tuesday night when you were sat on the piano singing, microphone in right hand, I thought left hand didn't move as much as normal. It seemed heavier than normal. Is there... As if I would ever tell anyone if i was or wasn't i'm gonna be though isn't it it's very nice i have to say as a casual observer it looks like you are all right okay i'm taking that as a yes so she didn't say yes or no, but if she's wearing it again for a more casual event

like the Graham Norton show... Well, yeah, you never wear the same ring twice is what I've always said. Yeah, exactly. So hopefully, yeah, hopefully she is. I want her to be. Hey, after 8 o'clock, thank you very much, Stu. We are going to talk to, or we think Ben Boyce,

the most gorgeous couple in Aotearoa. Oh, Keith and Sally. Up north, they've been together for many, many years, and how they met is adorable. Oh, they are, yeah. We're going to give them a call. Hopefully they're up and ready to answer the phone, because their love is still alive in their relationship.

Ben and me, dead. The flame, the oxygen's gone from the flame. Not these two. New Zealand's cutest couple, and definitely isn't us, after eight. You're on the Hits. It's cutest couple and definitely isn't us. After 8. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. Monday morning, it is Valentine's Day. Hey, we're going to do a game right now. In regards to your relationship,

how it started and then how it's going. You've seen the memes that go around on Instagram and Facebook of how it started, how it's going. Well, we want to play it with you and your relationship. Yeah, so you would tell us, Juliet, what is your arrangement at the moment? I'm a single pringle.

Okay, well, we couldn't play this game with you then. No, it's fine. I actually would prefer to be single right now than be in a relationship. Yeah, there we go. Well, then I couldn't do an example with Juliet. Okay, Ben, I'll play with you. You tell me how it started.

Oh, well, Amanda and I, we started as workmates, and then you would guess. Oh, I was actually going to guess. Roses are red, violets are blue. Your relationship's in tatters. A little too much information this morning. And now she's over you. I was going to say, we've been married for a long time.

Now she's over you. Okay, so we're going to phone Keith and Sally, who we discovered last year. They live in Northland. An adorable couple, been married for over 50-odd years. And we're going to find out how they started. Hello, Keith speaking. Hello, is that Keith?

It's Keith, that's correct. Well, I should have guessed that because you said, hello, Keith speaking. Guess who it is, Keith? I've got a clue. Do you remember your old mates, Jono and Ben from The Hits? Oh, absolutely. Do you or are you just being polite? You two again, eh?

I've been watching you fellas all the time. How are you, Keith from Kitty Kitty? It's lovely to have you on. Oh, God, it's great. How's things been? We just thought we'd ring up and check in on you and see how things have been. Oh, good.

Can't complain at all. My old son has just come over and said, who is it, who is it? It's the boys. Oh, John Allen Barney. Hello. Hello, boys. Hello.

I always love when you phone Keith and Sally. You think you phone each talk to one person, but you get both at the same time. It's like talking to John Owen Baird. You get both of them. What are you trying to say there? Two for one. It's a great deal. Well, listen, we actually had an ulterior motive for phoning you two

because for Valentine's Day, we were just thinking about the best couple we know in New Zealand, and it's hands down got to be you two, Keith and Sally. Oh, good. What a year old boy. Oh, that's so nice. Just an absolutely wonderful relationship you two have. How many years have you been married?

57 in March. 57 years! Yeah, I'm looking around for the Dolly Bird now. You're looking for a younger version, are you, Keith? What's been the key to... How many years have you been together? Well, we were pen pals. I was in the forces. So you're pen pals in the forces. That's how you guys met? Well, Keith was on active service and I worked in

in a place in Liverpool and they always sent letters in from all the services guys wanting girls to write to them so I wrote to Keith and that's how it started and we wrote for two years he came home the day I met him he asked me to marry him and I said yes and we had our first baby the following December. Wow! What a turnaround! So did you ever actually see an image of each other? Because back then you would have just been writing letters. Nowadays you can take pictures of all sorts of bits and pieces and

send them to someone instantly. Only photos. Just hang on a second because there's somebody at the door and I'll just go and answer the door. We've just got some visitors. All right, okay. You're a busy operation. A lot going on here.

Yes, we've got a relationship on writing, you know. I was in the 40s for a few years, and when I came home, I thought, well, she's the one for me. Oh, that is such a beautiful story. Who's come to visit you, by the way? A lot going on. These are friends of ours from way back. Yeah, story. Who's come to visit you, by the way? A lot going on. These are friends of ours from way back.

Yeah, yeah. Would you like to talk? This is Bob, the voice. John Owen Ben. John Owen Ben. Oh, yeah. Would you like to talk? Would I like to talk? Yeah, just give us a ring.

Hello there. Hello. It's John Owen Ben here. How are you? Yeah, I'm fine. Yeah, a bit to remind us of. Hello there. Hello. It's Jono and Benny. How are you? Yeah, I'm fine. Yeah, a bit of a surprise. I came to have coffee with my mate, and here he is. And now you're on the radio.

I mean, it's, well, what a time to be alive. Yeah, it certainly is. You sound adequately confused. Yeah, yeah. You better talk to him. Hello, it's me again. We just wanted to say Happy Valentine's Day

Oh, thank you very much That's so nice Thank you so much Yeah, excellent And we're going to give you $100 to go out on a saucy date Oh, that's wonderful Keith, maybe you can shout her out for some

resume tears absolutely no doubt about that you guys are awesome lovely to talk to you oh thank you so much guys oh my god my heart mounts listening to them they are adorable so that's how Keith and Sally started 57 years ago with letter writing if you want to

call us now 0800 the hits we're going to play a game how it started then Ben and myself will have to guess call us now, 0800 The Hits, we're going to play a game, how it started, then Ben and myself will have to guess how it's ended. 0800 The Hits is the number. Jono and Ben, breakfast on The Hits. Monday morning, Valentine's Day, and we're playing a wee Valentine's Day game with you guys. $100 to give away.

It's basically you tell us how your relationship started, and then we'll guess how it's basically you tell us how your relationship started, and then we'll guess how it's going. Yeah, we're spreading the love, part of a good deed, to give $100 to every caller that makes it on air this morning. It's a fun little game. And so we're like the relationship experts on Married at First Sight, who are literally the worst relationship experts on the face of the earth.

They haven't got a very good hit record, but they keep getting them back in oh this fun loving recently paroled gang member seems like the ideal match for our 65 year old christian grandmother let's see how it goes this recovering alcoholic will be the perfect partner for this 21 year old party animal i feel like they're just doing it for tv bed yeah Yeah, a lot of it's done for TV, but people keep watching. Okay, so you tell us how it started. We will guess how it finished. We're going to kick things off with you, Alicia. How did it start? Okie dokie.

So it started with my partner asking me to take a photo of him. We were at a lookout, and at this lookout was a really large cannon. So he asked me to take a photo of him with the cannon strategically placed in a particular area. Oh, so he's straddling a cannon. Yeah. Yeah. Love it. Love every part of it so far. So this is how it started with a cannon straddle.. Yeah. Okay, now Ben, we need to figure out how it's ended. You can go first. Well, I reckon it's ended in jail time and some conjugal visits between the two of you.

I'm going to say, ring ring, is that Burger King? I think this relationship is Dunyon rings. I don't reckon you're together with him anymore. Just after that, he actually proposed. I guess you can't help who you fall in love with. And you're still together. Yeah. You're still together with this canon straddling legend.

Yeah, and this is going on, gosh, about 15 years ago now. So, yeah, still together, a couple of kids, et cetera. The canon worked. Literally. Literally. Twice. Did the job. Well, that's how it ended up, Alicia. We're going to give you $100 for Hundy Mundy

spreading the love today for Valentine's Day. It's all yours, you and Cannon. Go and have a great dinner. Thank you very, very much. Good on you. Anonymous on the phone. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, An much. Hi, good on you. Anonymous on the phone. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Anonymous. Hello, hello.

Okay, playing a game of how it started, and Ben and myself will guess how it ended. It started on a night out with my girlfriend. We had a bit too many and ended up meeting this guy and having a three-film with him. What? Yep. ended up meeting this guy and having a three film with him. What a romantic start. Okay. Wow.

I started off with a bang. Literally. Well, two of them by the sound of it. Wow. Are they still together, Jono? I'm going to go, if Beyonce Single Ladies was playing and she goes, put your hands up to all the single ladies,

you'd be putting your hand up. You're no longer with them. No, married a few kids. Oh, wow. You fooled us. Wow. We actually lost contact for that night, didn't see each other, and then a few months went by and we started each other at another event

which there was no connection and then we just started talking from there and then had it off. Well, wee. Yeah. So, kids, let me tell you how Mum and Dad met. Yeah, we don't come on that, sorry. A hundred dollars coming your way so we can speak and love Valentine's Day. Amazing. Good on you. Thank you so much for speak and love Valentine's Day. Amazing.

Good on you. Thank you so much for listening, mate. Have a great day. You too. Coming up next, we've written each other poems for our partners. Jono read his just before 8 o'clock. I have to open an email and read mine next. It is the hits.

You got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. It is Valentine's Day, and we thought we'd help each other out this morning. Right, Jono? Yeah, well we feel like we needed to cover this topical event. It's a must do on the commercial radio calendar, Valentine's Day. And well, you wanted to do it with a comedic spin Ben Boyce, which is, you know, it's fair enough. It's your brand, I understand that.

I'm more of the heartfelt, caring one on the team. Are you? And so we wrote poems for each other that we have to read out to our wives. Now, before eight o'clock, I opened an email as you were dialing through to Jennifer, my wife, and these were words that you wrote for me

to recite to her. Jen, Jen, I want this to be clear. I don't want to lose you like I've lost my hair. Would you have still said yes to marrying me if you knew my signature dish was microwaved Kranskis? Gen Gen, you're too good for me. You should have dumped me

like they dumped me from TV. I love you. Wow. You're wowed it, mate. You're wowed it. That's a wow. That's a great result. A huge assassination on my reputation. So that was some of it, right? It went on for a minute.

Basically, there was no nice words for her. It was just the general takeaway was reminding her she's too good for me. That was nice. That was a positive thing for her. Yeah, well, if I get home and my stuff's sitting on the lawn, well, then the poem's had the right effect. So now it's your turn to call Amanda. Now, I'm going to send you an email. As soon as she answers, I'd like you to open the lawn, well then the poem's had the right effect. So now it's your turn to call Amanda. Now I'm going to send you an email. As soon as she

answers, I'd like you to open the email and then you must start reciting my poem. Now, no holds barred was the rule with this. I'm going all in. I am going all in and I apologise for anything that might be said, okay? You know I don't mean any of it. Good luck.

Are you opening it? Yeah, I'll open it when she... What in the... Amanda speaking. Oh, morning. How you doing? I'm good, thank you. Happy Valentine's Day. Thank you.

I've just got a poem I've written. I'm going to read to you if that's okay for Valentine's Day. A poem? Yeah, a poem,'ve written. I'm going to read to you if that's okay for Valentine's Day. A poem? Yeah, a poem. Very not like you. That's a little out of character. By the way, I'm here as well. I'm just going to open my emails because I've sent it through to my email.

To my lovely love, so kind and sweet, you came into my life and swept me off my feet. Oh, John, is this all nice? What do you mean? I am such a nice guy and respected by many. I love it when you call me your little Benny. Jono, hang on. Sorry, Amanda, this won't make any sense to you,

but Jono, this was meant to be no holds barred. You've written something lovely, which is lovely. It's just my character. It's my nature. But now you look like a better person. Anyway, Amanda, I'll carry on. They say violets are red and roses are blue. There aren't enough minutes in the day to say I love you.

Well, step aside, Shakespeare. It's a wonderful poem. You have my heart forever and ever. You are equal parts beautiful, smart, and clever. Now, do you like this poem, Amanda? It's very nice. Thank you. It's surprisingly nice.

I mean, not that you don't deserve it. This is the poem you deserve, but this is just unexpected. I'm on the trampoline of love and cherish each bounce. I'm secretly in love with you, Denise from Accounts. Okay, there's the gag. There's no Denise from Accounts, by the way. Anyway, up until that last line, that was your poem from me to you.

I don't know about this. You need to do to lie to be honest Touching words, touching words Happy Valentine's Day Happy Valentine's Day Amanda Thank you guys The Hits, Jono and Ben Here on The Hits, Jono and Ben

Valentine's Day and nearly 6 million couples get engaged on Valentine's Day Sickening, isn't it? We spoke to Miriam Valentine's Day and nearly 6 million couples get engaged on Valentine's Day. Sickening, isn't it? We spoke to Miriam. We spoke to Miriam. Do you remember her? And her partner flew her to Eden Park in a helicopter to propose to her.

Oh, it was amazing. He told me we're going to a media event and then we're going to have a date night because we hadn't gone out in so long. And I remember when he picked me up, I was like, oh, my god, I actually can't be bothered going to this media event, can you? He was like, yeah, I know, but let's just go. And I was like, yeah, okay. And landed on Eden Park on the Hello Turf and proposed. I had roses and all sorts. I think it was that he even

gave her a mini as well, too. Her own mini. Gave her a car. Listen, I put a ring on a Marmite toast, piece of Marmite toast. I've been shamed for it all morning. You know, and stories like that just really put me in my place, don't they, when you've got helicopters.

But speaking of helicopters, producer B Humps has come into the studio. You were telling us a story off air about how you unwittingly got involved in a proposal, B Humps. Yeah, I got a phone call one day, and it was a mate who asked if I could give him a hand with a little job. And he said it would take like an hour, and I was like, yeah, no probs.

So anyway, he swung by, picked me up, and he picks me up in his car and there's shovels in the back seat. And I'm sitting there going, oh, my God, are you wanting me to bury a dead body? What on earth is going on? Because I will do it for you. And that's the nice guy that B-Humps is. He will do anything for a wanting me to bury a dead body? What on earth is going on? Because I will do it for you. And that's the nice guy that B-Hubs is. He will do anything for a friend, even bury a body.

Anyway, so we drive out from Wellington, way out the south coast to this beach. And then he tells me that he wants me to dig a trench in the beach saying, will you marry me? So like the size of an SOS signal, I imagine. Yeah, so his intention is that he's going to get his partner into the helicopter and fly over. Oh my gosh. So anyway,

we start digging, both of us, and then he goes, oh look mate, I'm going to have to go, I'm just going to have to leave you to it. This is like lunchtime, and he goes, just make sure you're gone by ten past four. So you're on a race against time.

Because that's when he's going to fly over. So then I'm bloody sitting there digging this trench. Will you marry me? And in the end, I was starting to think of ways that I could shorten it just to like marry me or something. Because it was such hard work, like digging rocks on this beach so it's five hours it was five hours like i literally as i was leaving i i was leaving i saw the chopper flying over like i only just missed i only just got the job done well and so you know spelling mistakes wasn't like will you marry me or anything like that it was a bit wonky but

and i think the letters slowly got smaller as I got more and more disinterested. But the cheek of the guy, like he's getting all these points for this romantic gesture. But you were doing the labour, the slave labour. I was on the end of the shovel.

I was the one that gave blisters all over my hands. And did she say yes? She did, yes, they got married. What a word. Oh, yay. Well, it seems like a pointless challenge they'd make the people doing Celebrity Treasure Island. Spend five hours doing a will you marry me sign.

It was hard yakka. You wouldn't even do that for Caitlin, your own fiancée. No, well, I learned in the dress rehearsal for my mate that, God, it's too much hard work. Hey, coming up very shortly, there was 810 cases of COVID yesterday. What happens when we get to 1,000? It seems like things are going to change.

We'll fill you in shortly. Do we have a party? Do we celebrate? The Hits. Jono and Ben. It is The Hits, Monday morning. Jono and Ben, Valentine's Day. It's just another handy Monday.

We've only even done it once and it's the first time and we're giving away $100 to every caller. Spreading the love for Valentine's Day and Sharon, happy V-Day to you. Hi guys, how are you? Great to have you on, Shaz. Well done, you got $100 for Valentine's Day.

Oh, thanks. Yeah, hey, no worries, that's on us. You've been surprised. Do you want my story? No, that's fine, you just go. I, hey, no worries. That's on us. You've been surprised. Do you want my story? No, that's fine. You just go. I want the story. No, listen, how good is the story? It's amazing.

Okay, she's built it up. We're going to listen to it, Shaz. What's your story? Okay, so when I met my partner, he couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak Spanish. And we met each other and on our first date, I told him to buy a Spanish-English dictionary and we walked around the Mount, the South West date, and we're in the rain with an umbrella

and every time we had to ask each other a question, we had to look up every individual word in the dictionary. Oh, jeez, there must have been a point three days in as you're scrolling through the Webster Spanish English Dictionary, going, this is not worth it. It was 13 years ago, and we got married within four months. Wow. And you couldn't communicate with each other freely?

Well, no, and so every time we spoke, it had to be, we never talked about sort of trivial things. It was like a 12-hour interview. It was like a six-week interview. An interview? A very slow, slow, stilted interview. Because we'd be like, how many kids in your family? You know, where do you come in the family? And what about your parents?

And so every single word had to be, so I'd have to, hang on a minute, and I'd look at us in the secondary, and I couldn't even pronounce it, so I'd have to show them the word. Gee, so I imagine when you had your first argument, you would have gone, I liked it better when you communicated through the dictionary. Do you know what? Do you know what? Do you know what?

When we met and we got married quickly, it's like we've still just met. Oh. Yeah, yeah. It's like we've still just met. Oh. Yeah, yeah. It's like that. We're like teenagers. We're really into each other and, yeah. Well, hola. I recommend it.

Hola to that. It's a lovely story to wrap up the show on. You have yourself a great day, all right? Thanks for sharing. How are you going to send me the money? Oh, don't you worry about that. Don't you worry about that. Because I don't know.

Someone else does it who's more important than me. I appreciate everyone listening to the show and sharing their Valentine's stories. And we'll catch you tomorrow from six.