Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Awkward Tom Cruise Encounter…

Episode Date: November 13, 2025

On today’s show: How Jono ended up trapped in a car with a kid he didn't knoe... Megan’s eye twitch saga: Doctor Google vs ChatGPT – and why she’s blaming the team for stress. Ben confesses to missing the most obvious TV plot twist ever  The Mariah Carey Christmas game heats up! Who’s still in, and who got taken out by their kids? Listener Grant shares his hilariously awkward photo with Mariah Carey  Your most cringe-worthy celebrity encounters – from Tom Cruise in a cable car to a Jack Black “jump hug.” Lotto fever: $55 million must be won! We chat with Lotto’s head of comms about syndicates, champagne rooms, and whether winners ever share the love. Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Here we go, Megan's done the intro, in my style. Who knew if that was me or Megan? I was hard to say. It sounded a lot like me. Oh, welcome to the podcast for you Friday. Master of impressions and dolphins, too. Dolphins and Ben, she can nail.

Yeah, that's a good dolphin and it was a good me as well too. So yeah, welcome to the podcast. Here we go. We're off for a bit of a, you know, one of the roles as a broadcaster is sometimes you do a bit of schmusion. A bit a client schmoozing today So we're going to a schmooze in lunch I've got my smooze and boots on Ready to smooze

I asked him this morning If he got birthday boots Because they're the new dot Well they look like new docks I've had them for like 10 years Ben you were there when I received them 10 years ago I was actually I can't remember why you got given the boots

But you did have boots that were bestowed upon you I remember you saying you're a boots guy now Yeah I've never I like them You actually wear them Yeah you do look like they look great They look like a boots guy Funerals

Weddings, schmoozing, these boots cover it all. Is that why you came back for Friday? Because you knew we had like an hours long schmoozy boozy lunch. Yeah, honestly, taking Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday off, it's a game changer, guys. We should all be doing it. But we say you did the wrong way around. Monday, Friday would be the, you know. You dipped in for work.

You dipped back out way. I guess it still works in some ways. But yeah. But I don't feel like I walked in this morning. I was like I don't feel like I've earned this weekend, you know? Yeah, I got you. You do feel like that when you haven't. Oh, I feel sorry for you.

Good. You should do. Yeah, I know. Well, you can work. I can talk to Matt the boss. He would probably love you to come and make up the weekend if you want, you know. I'm sure there's. Well, we do the best off show Saturday morning, so we'll obviously be here for that.

Yes, exactly. I am happy because you were away for three days and you came back with just another rapper, awkward story. Oh, yeah, so I got trapped in a car with a kid that I didn't know. It sounds so dodgy. I know. It was. But, yeah. There's a story behind her.

It's awkward And you'll hear it right now John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hits It's brand new Toy Story Toy Story 5 Coming out Which are pretty excited about

That one This is the trailer by the way iPads are the evil The evil thing The toys have to encounter as well So that's pretty cool That's the Pixar noise There's a package for you

Ah She's old in excess Yeah That's pretty cool So that's coming out So I'm very excited about that one and hopefully I'll get another backpack. I had a Toy Story 4 backpack.

Yeah. But Megan... Toy Story 4 backpack. If you had a Toy Story 5 backpack, would you replace your adult backpack that you can't have? If it had good pockets inside, then definitely I'll be all about that. How many pockets justifies? No, it needs to be more than just the laptop one.

It needs to be something else so they can put some other stuff in. Additional pockets. So Pixar work on that, please. Yeah, well, that'd be great. They've got a movie to bring out, but apart from that, they can bring out some backpacks. So, Megan, you've been Googling something. Yeah.

Symptoms. I've done the old Dr. Google. Something's been affecting me for all. over a week now, and I was like, oh, but I feel like it's the in-between between needing to go to the doctor and then worrying about if it's, like, serious or not. So I did

actually chat GPT. Now, does chat you, because I know when you Google a lot of stuff, it all roads lead to cancer. Does chat GPT do the same? Does chat GPT actually work it out for you? The AI. I thought it was stopping that now, to give you medical advice. No, it did tell me a brain tremor.

So, there you go. Really? Did it? Yeah. But it did tell me other things. A good, a safe option, because it scares you so much that you actually go to see a real doctor. Yeah, maybe that's planned. Gaslighting you into actually doing what you're meant to do in the first place. So, yeah, for like almost, almost coming up two weeks, my right eye has been twitching non-stop. And brain tumour is on the list, but also stress. And so I'm kind of blaming you two for my eye twitch.

This is not a stressful environment. No, you guys like stressing me out. Oh, it's our fault, is it? But I did, I ran it through chat, GPT, and then I also ran it past producer Troy, the two, like, you know, authorities in my life. Producer Troy, how did he suddenly get to that? You've only been here a couple of months.

Yeah, now you're the head medical advisor at the program. Ben's got some prostate issues we'll get to after 8 o'clock. Yeah, yeah. Thanks, Troy, that'd be great. Troy's like, I've had an eye twitch before. I had a stress-induced twitch at 10. What were you stressed about at 10? 10 years old?

Yeah, 5. it was a rough Yeah, it was like a really sporadic Right eye twitch And it would like cause my eye to wink Fully blink Fully wink the right eye So much so that my teacher

Had to talk to my parents And ask them why I was winking at her constantly You're like, there's creepy kids Just like winking at me No about it Please ask your son to stop propositive This is pushing some legal boundaries But you know, love

Has no boundaries But I love your parents Didn't initially They're like I don't know Why he's doing that They didn't know Yeah

Took me to a doctor And he's stressed What are you stressed about? I don't know Two plus two Yeah I imagine a lot You do look like a guy

That would harbour all that stress And wouldn't burden anyone with it Was this in Grey Mouse This was Rolliston Oh Rolliston Yeah Yeah right It was a stressful year five

Well you go You could be stressed It could be quite likely Well keep us updated with that one is it looking now i can't it is yeah it's not a full-on wink but you know okay I thought you were just hitting on Ben

no that's the other eye I do have prostate that's you so we can just so you know John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits morning you know people say that whole saying I was today years old when I discovered this and often you don't know some of the things and you feel like a bit of an idiot

when those things pop up on the internet people are like oh Florida Flowrider the rapper is Florida you know things like that or CCC for Canterbury you know there are three Kiwis inside the logo things like that you know those things you learn later and you're like oh that's right

that's what those are the logo the logo of Canterbury clothing CCC is it's got Kiwis in it in the middle yeah things like that here you go today is old when that happens have you got tongs at home yeah you know the rubber ends of the tongs oh my god they're Kiwis you were today years old yeah it's better when you see the Kiwis I was always like

why the seas look like that. Yeah, you're right. They're unusual seats. Yeah, you can see why. Wow. I discovered you said the ends of the tongs can come off. The rubber bits. Did you know that?

Yeah, I didn't know that. Yeah. I pulled them off yesterday. I was like, oh. Yeah. I don't know why. What are you talking about? You know, we've got tongs with rubber things on the ends of the grippy bits.

They slide off for cleaning purposes. They can come off as well. Obviously not a game changer, just for me. Oh, that's all right. A big moment of my life yesterday. Well, great. Yeah. I had one of those moments, you know, sometimes when these things happen, you feel like a bit of an idiot.

And I've been watching this series. My wife and I go, you know, we have shows that we watch quite separately, to be honest, because I often fall asleep. We watch at different hours and things like that, and that's cool. She watches her things. I watch mine. I was all the way through, pretty much been watching this show. It's called Chad Powers. You know, it's really good.

Glenn Powell, the actor, he's putting on a disguise, basically, to be a footballer. And he goes back to, like, he's in this, it's almost a little Mrs. Doubt-firey. He's got this disguise on prosthetics. he goes back and he's pretending to be someone else to play football. I get to the end. I'm in the middle of episode six. I've been watching this whole thing and he's playing for a football team called Catfish. There's a catfish mascot and all

this sort of stuff. My wife comes into the room sits down. She goes, what are you watching? I'm like, that's quite good. It's called Chad Powers. I've been watching. I'm always at the last episode. Here we go. She goes, oh, real clever. I'm like, what are you mean? She goes, catfish is the name of the team and he's catfishing everyone. I'm like, oh my God. I'm like, oh yeah.

You know, even I haven't even heard this show And you're just explaining it as you were I was like, oh yeah, he must be catfishing And it's like there's the guy His best friend is like the catfish mascot There's all over the bus They talk about the cat It's screaming at you

And I'm like, how have I not picked up on this I've watched episode six I'm in deep on episode six I'm like yeah, you know I've definitely picked up on that one It's clever, you're right Really clever So there you go

The whole other thing I'm like Tell you what's clever The ends of your tongs Rubber bits They come off me You can enjoy that one, Megan, while you're wearing your Canterbury clothing. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast, The Hits.

It's the Food Fighters, My Hero. It is The Hits Breakfast. John, Ben and Megan, on your Friday, great song. I've just decided you can play that at my funeral. Oh. There goes my funeral. Oh, but now you've made something that's a cool song and now all about you. Megan wanted us to play this about her.

I guess this is about you on your funeral. I'll give you that one. It's her one final act of narcissism. Here is my hero. My coffee gets one. wheeled out, there goes, and I want you all to sing it. Yeah, well, we won't be playing Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas as you, unless you were out of the game, of course, and that was a time,

because 41 days until Christmas, and that's a game where we started early November. And you can play it right now, you can jump on at any time, see how long you can avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Oh, this is the cat version. It has to be her version. As soon as you hear it, you are out of the game. So if you hear it while scrolling social media, almost. I almost got done before I had it on mute.

And I was like, oh my goodness, this person has put up a meme. And the music, you know how you can read the music, the song at the top? It was playing, but I couldn't hear it. Yeah, still cute on mute. She had her for my wife. She's been at school camp for the last three days. End of Camp Talent Show. Came out four times.

Four different performances. You can't walk out. You can't walk out of a kid's performance, you're right? Yeah. Yeah, once it starts, you can't even go, oh! See, you out of the game. But we actually had someone text through to the show. Grant, who listens to the show, that he's met.

Mariah Carey before. How like what was that? We've even seen the photographic evidence. And Grant joins us now. Lovely to have you on, Grant. Yeah, good to be on the show, guys. You've sent us a phone. You sent us saying, I thought you guys might enjoy this.

Now, it's you with Mariah Carey. You look like your wife, your accountant, the IRD, have busted you saying something that you shouldn't have said. They were deer in headlights. What was going on? Oh man, so working for another stadium where we did concerts, we actually had a Mariah Carey show. And I used to get invited to these sort of meet and greet where you can just have a photo with them, basically. So I wouldn't say I've kind of met her and had a discussion as.

But you've touched her, you're physically. Sorry. You've touched her. You're physically like, cut. You look like you've never seen a camera before that. Well, that's the thing is you get one opportunity to get an awesome photo with someone

and there I am standing like a deer in headlut. It's an understatement. She's kind of walking out of the frame too. She's got her back turn to you. I know. There's another person next to her which was my boss on the other side.

There was the deputy city manager of Dubin who was a huge fan of hers. So there was a few of us. So I just cropped the photo with her and I and it looks like she's kind of got her back towards me and I'm staring in some bright lots or something. That's a great photo. It wouldn't have been as good if you both just looked great.

Yeah. Like this is just so hilarious this photo. Can we put this photo up? Yeah, if you text Grant to 4487, I hope that's okay, Grant. You've even got your own... Keywords. You get a bounce bag of this. If Grant's like, I don't want this to go around.

I promise you it's worth it. It's so good. You know what? I'm happy to have a little bit of a laugh at myself, and Troy twisted my arm to put it on. Oh, good on you, Grant. Hey, that's pretty cool. I mean, none of us can say we've met Mariah Carey. Yeah, what's she incredible to watch perform?

Yeah, she was actually very good. Yeah, good show. He's like the photos really rattled you, though, isn't it? What did she say to you? Did you say any words to Mariah Carey? No, I had more words with the person who told me what I can and can do. For like two hours before she came out of her green room to have the photo with us. Oh, you waited two hours?

What kind of things could you not do? Blink. Well, you couldn't really give her a big, fat hug and a kiss on the cheek. Yeah, gotcha. Yeah, fair enough. So that was the main rule. Don't touch her. Hands off.

Hands off and look at the camera and open your eyes. You did. You did be done. Hey, Grant, thank you so much. You're such a great sport. we appreciate it. Are you still in the game, mate? I'm still in the game.

Oh, has to be the song all I want for Christmas, let us know if you're at the game. And actually, have you had an awkward meet and greet with a celebrity? Oh, yeah, we'd love to, if you have been, you can text Grant to 4487. I just want there's so many texts coming through, Grant being pleased to know

that everyone wants to see your horrible photo. Grant's like, great. That's fantastic. Keep the text coming through. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. We wanted to know if you've had a slightly awkward celebrity and count.

If you've been lucky enough to be next to a celebrity, like Grant, who just phoned up before, said he had a real awkward one, and we've sent the photo out there. You can text Grant to 4487 if you want to see it. Him and Mariah Carey. Yeah. It's so good. It looks like it's Photoshop. It does. It does.

It's amazing. He had a little frightened in the photo with Mariah, and probably because he had been told for two hours what he can and can't do around her, so he's probably got that running through his head. I just remember Madeline Sami, who's a wonderful actor, National Treasure. So funny. really is a funny lady i was walking down the road and we're with a mutual colleague so someone she knew and she came and started talking and uh they got talking she'd been doing some DIY home renovations right yeah and so he was like oh you know how the home renno's going she's oh pulling up the bathroom floor and doing this and that and i just tried to chime in with you know you know just saying stuff

liquid nails sally's liquid nails and bunnings and things like that at the end of it she goes oh, you must come over and bring the family over when the Rennos are done, come over for a barbecue. And I was like, oh, that sounds lovely. And she's like, I could be great to see you and your wife. And I was like, yeah, awesome, man. Come, yeah, definitely, let's get in touch. And she's like, bring little Hugo as well.

I'm like, I don't know a little Hugo or even a big Hugo. And then I realized, oh, she was just inviting the person that I was with over for the barbecue. straight away I shook my head I was like Jono that invitation is not really it wasn't for me and I can tell she was probably like this is not directed at you

that's why she said little Hugo yeah exactly I still haven't gone and seen the rentals Gail awkward celebrity encounters what happened when I was doing repair work I did my track America trip and we were in telluride

Colorado and I missed my cable call So I got on the next one So it was myself, a British lady Orpair And so we got in and we sat down And she's like It looks like she was having a spasm

Because she was like pointing her head towards My left And I'm like thinking now What the hell And as I turned around And Tom Cruise was sitting like right next to me You're in a cable cow A Tom Cruise?

Yes Wow And you're like Is she having a stroke? Yeah What did you talk about? Yeah, you've got a couple of minutes to talk. I didn't speak.

I couldn't move. I couldn't. I froze with a funny grin on my face. Your mission impossible was to talk to him, but you couldn't do it. Well, I couldn't. I couldn't. It was like something possessed me. I just sat there.

Tom Cruise was your captive audience for a few minutes. I understand. It's quite overwhelming. Did he say anything? No, he just smiled. You're all just in this cable car, awkwardly smiling. It's so good. Thank you for sharing that with us.

That's incredible. We'll take Nikki real quick. Morning to you, Nikki. How are you? All right, your celebrity encounter. Why was it awkward, Nikki? Oh, tell you what's awkward. Here we go.

Where were you, sorry? Oh, there you got awkward again. Oh, maybe this is the awkward. We're not celebrities, though, so it doesn't count as a celebrity, awkward encounter. Nicky, I tell you what, we'll try and get Nicky back online. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's our first trailer for the new Toy Story 5 out.

It looks pretty cool. I mean, I would say that too. iPads are the bad guys, hey? iPads of the villain, which I thought was quite clever as well. That's coming out. You might get a new Toy Story backpack from the movie company, because he ran in with his Toy Story 3 backpack for a couple of years, didn't you? No, but you're grown-up backpacks now.

No, no, but I do miss my Toy Story backpack. Would you go back, like, if a Toy Story backpack was gifted to you, would you back? Yeah, I definitely roll with that, yeah. Yeah, it'll take pole position. So, listen, we've got Nicky back on. We're just talking about awkward celebrity encounters. Wonderful story about a lady stuck in a cable car with Tom Cruise. No one's any anything for like 10 minutes.

She was in the... Awkward smiles. Yeah, Nikki, morning to you. Hi, so sorry, I was just driving, and it was in a debt, I apologize. That's all right. No one apologises on the show. I was in at last I was in LAX

and I was rushing because I'd spent too long in Vegas and I was going to miss a flight and it was all a bit much and I was holding a whole lot of stuff that's the only way I can put it and I was running and I just you just turned the corner and I'm like I literally kind of just

jumped hugged him if you will like I kind of jumped into and he did oh not the phone again oh hell is we talking about Did she say he did fall or was that the phone? I think Nicky's had a car crash. I hope not.

Nicky. Nicky. This is her Jack Black story. So she must have just collided with Jack Black. Did she collide or she said she'd jump hugged him? Oh my God. Well, we're never going to find out because now she's gone from our lives forever. Nicky, Nicky.

If you were going to do that to anyone, Jack Black. Yeah, he seems like he'd roll with it. I was just thinking actually while we were talking about Tom Cruise, we had an awkward celebrity encounter with Arnie, right? Oh, yeah. What's his last name? Oh, I don't like saying it in case I get cancelled. That wasn't the awkward bit, though.

No, because it was one of those things we went across to interview Arnie about Terminator. You know, legendary actor, incredible. And it was one of those things that went to Australia. It was when we had a TV show. And you start the day going, we got 10 minutes with Arnie. And then things get behind time, but, you know, busy and all that sort of stuff. And then they go, oh, guys, you're down to eight minutes. You're down to five minutes.

Later on the day, you're down to think. And as we walked in the room, they're like, you've got two minutes. That's enough to say hello. We fly to Australia. And then we asked him one question, and he went on about something, like a long answer. We're like, oh, no, this is meant to be a comedy interview. We haven't really gotten to gags going in so far. I can't interrupt, Arnie.

So we had to get to the end of that. And then I decided to chuck out what I thought was a gag. But he'd never met us before. And he didn't realize it was a gag because we'd said nothing funny before that. And so he started to ask him about. Because he had the famous like, I'll be back. Yeah, he's like, do you know when my dad will be back? You know if my dad will be back?

He said he'd be back, but it's been 20-odd years now. My dad. your dad. I hope he's back. Don't talk about your person. I was not, sorry. I just thought he... I only stood there frozen, smiling, most like that Tom Cruise

cable car ride. Not really knowing what you wanted from him in this moment. He's like, I don't know everything about people coming back. It was all he said, and I'm like, yeah, that was meant to be a gag, and that really did not hit. He could see sadness in his eyes for you.

He's like, I hope your father returns one day. No, it's like, my dad actually hasn't left, but I didn't have time to say that. They were a whist down the road. room and then like wow that was worth

did you think this was a therapy session what was that it was worth the carbon footprint why that came over and just like launched into the

how your chance to score yourself $1,000 is happening in the next 15 minutes Jono Ben and Megan the podcast

that getting into the weekend Lotto 55 million must be won it is huge and have you got any deals going on with friends

and family if you won 4487 on the text and we've got the head of Lottos division of communication Will Hine with us on the phone morning.

Morning. Do you come on with the good news telling us where the winners? I'd love to. It really would. I can tell you on Sunday, how about that? Oh, well, that'd be not. 55 million. Is this the biggest ever in Loddick?

Because I know it's been over 50 a couple of times, 50 million? Yep, record breaking us. This is the biggest one ever in our history. In 38 years. I just want one mill, Will. I say it every week. I just want one. You just like siphon one off that.

You can't do that. A lot of aspirations. If I buy more tickets, like if I buy 20 tickets. Does that mean my odds are better than if I buy one? It does, but your odds are still really, really, really, really not strong. And that's what we say to people. It only takes one ticket to win, and the odds still are small even when the jackpot's big. Is it just me? I always feel like they're in the winners are in really obscure sort of location.

Well, they're not obscure if you live there, but, you know, the Narawha here at 4 Square or, you know, really niche little dairies and small rural towns. Well, this year, Auckland's missed out. Auckland, our biggest city, not a single winner in 2025 on Powerball. So every other part of the countries. Maybe. Could be this weekend? Can I ask if you win, Lotto, do you get taxed on the winnings? You don't get taxed.

It's a single lump sum that goes into your account. No tax, just one big payment. Wow, I'm sure the government's looking at this now going. Why have we not? Yeah, that's incredible. It's going to be a frenzy. for a lotto. I loved your line here. I was just reading in the article. Great line from you Will. Play a little dream a lot. Well, what you're purchasing is that dream? You're imagining

for 24, 48 hours, what would I do? Who would I give it to? What are the things I'd buy? And then, you know, comparing notes with family and friends and write the naked skier ad on TV, you know, what are the crazy things I do. And that's really what you're purchasing. Then we come crashing back down to Earth on Sunday. We called it yesterday, Hopium, is what we've ever. buying because I also I was saying that I was going to give everyone on the show a million dollars will

Ben's not giving me anything but are you allowed to I said I do a morning tea I said I do a morning tea for the office. A miserable morning tea I know that would be a good one what would you provide oh great it would lay it on for morning tea but I'm not giving you a mill Megan I don't expect a mill back from you

I've got 55 I can give you a mill anyway well I wanted to know like because you work in Lotto are you allowed to play? I am yeah I mean, the whole system is beyond reproach. You know, all the balls come out of the machine, everyone on TV, everyone can watch it on TV and see how it all unfold. It's transparent.

So we can buy tickets, and I do have a ticket for tomorrow night. I, like everyone else, is already thinking about what I do. So what would you do? Would you give me a meal? I know we've just met. I may as well say that I would, given the chances of winning a solo. Yeah, I'll put on a morning tea. Yeah, morning tea is another.

Well, why not? You can put on morning tea for the office. We'd like that. What happens after you win, though? Someone wins Lotto, what happens? Because they get flown to Auckland. Is that right? Yeah, we look after our winners.

We've got a winner's room in Auckland. There's some champagne there. So we invite people in, we sit them down. And often they're in a state of absolute disbelief. They've had a crazy, you know, a couple of days. Usually they haven't got a lot of sleep. They've been riding the adrenaline roller coaster. They're in a bit of a state.

We sit them down and try and respond. their equilibrium and walk them through their options. And we actually, in that session, we call up their bank. And we know we have a list of private bankers who deal with high wealth individuals. So we call them up and we put them on the phone and connect them up. And then that person starts to put them on the path to using their money wisely and smartly. Does the money go in boom then, straight away, when you deposit it? It's a few hours, yeah, either side of that.

Usually they come in and we get to sign the final forms. and the money comes through. And, you know, that's the bit I'd be waiting for. That's when it would become real for me if I was a winner. I need that bank man on the phone before I had that money in my account. Yeah, that is a wild ride. Do the winners ever give you guys any of the money? Are they like, hey, great transfer.

No, we do offer them biscuits and tea when they come in and often we'll split some biscuits, but that's about it. Oh, well, 55 million must be won. So if someone doesn't claim the big prize, it gets split up for the next closest, though, winners. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. A huge lot of draw must be won 55 million over the weekend. And we wanted to know, have you got agreements already?

Megan, I know you haven't won, and I know it's all hypothetical, but you're giving away a million dollars, like you're giving away morning tea. Now it's all cooked because Brin's in here, so I have to include Brin. Like, Emily, who is filling in next week, producer Grace. You met her, how many times? Like three? And you're like, I'll give you a million. She was here when I said it.

I'm counting seven mill already, she's given away. I've got 55, I think I can spare seven. Family, people you know a lot more. Yeah, I'll give them some too. Oh, geez, yeah. Give it to charity. I'd do that too. Wow, geez.

I said if I ever want a lotto, I'd buy ambulances, so I were going to do that. You'd be one of those people who's like, she's wandering around town pushing a trolley in five years with bare feet, and they'll be like, what happened her? She went mad. But she went mad. They got a good time. She went mad. Now, Bryn, you're doing us. Brin from the night show here are the hits.

I'll give you a Melbourne. Thanks. You don't have to. No, that's why she keeps saying to her as well. And I cleared it with my husband, Andrew, because Ben's like, Andrew won't be for that. You see, that's fine. No one's going to say no to.

Do you not want this money? No, but I just like, 55 is in a crazy amount. I'd like to share it around. Sue me. I'm a nice person until I get it. Until you get it. And then she won. What happened to Megan?

She left. She never came back. She lives in Dubai now. You've got an agreement with someone in the office. I do, Larissa, who will be listening. So I can't really change the agreement. Yeah, so what is it? No, you can't know. Well, we both had a lotto wins this week, actually, on Wednesday.

We both won four lines. So what did you get? Well, just four lines. Four numbers, I think. Oh, you didn't win a prize. No, there was no monetary value on that. Oh, okay. So that's not winning.

No, but we saw that as a sign going, right, well, let's suss out a deal. And so I think we were going to what we're actually hoping for, and this brings our chances down a lot is that we're going to be the only two people in the whole country from the same workplace who wins on the same ticket. There is no logic in this whole thing, its whole journey.

And you're going to split it evenly or just you've got your own tickets? I don't know if we've come up with the terms yet. Okay. Are you sure? Because that's what I heard is that you're going to, you've shaken on it. Well, where is Larissa? He's backing out of her right now.

He's giving us half details. He's a bit murky. Why don't we bring you in here, Brad? Larissa is splitting it. I still owe her $2 from the Melbourne Cup Sweep steak. It sounds like you're going to do a runner on her. Yeah. I'll be running from this entire workplace.

Sounds like they had an arrangement and I don't think he's seeing it through. Heads of people are texting through about syndicates. People saying I've been in syndicate for 20 people for years. That wins get added back to the kitty and given out 12 us in a syndicate for four years now. Yeah, we've got Sarah on. You're in a syndicate, Sarah. Hi, yeah. We've got a syndicate of five teachers.

Okay. split it evenly if you've spat on your hands and shaken? Yeah, yeah, that's the deal. Wow, good. And so if you just, just quietly, you had the ticket. You knew you won. Could you? Well, so my friend Steve actually buys a ticket.

We all just put some money into his bank account each week. How trustworthy Steve. Steve even disappears. I know, yeah. We have joked about if Steve suddenly pops up in like some random country, and we know he's done us dirty Stephen Brin somewhere around the world Yeah

On the run Well listen a lot of faith being put into Steve Yeah I hope Steve's a stand-up guy I'm sure he is Good luck this weekend Have you ever won? We've won small amounts But so far it's just funded some

Drinking Escapades Oh good on you Put it to good use table Thank you so much Sarah I really appreciate it The other thing too Is you need to think about your exit strategy because I don't know if you want everyone knowing you've won lot of in a lot of cases

do you want to just like all of a sudden do you stop replying to emails whatever happens that's also why I'm giving you a mill because then it's hush money you can't ask me for anything else yeah right you give you a mill and you can never ask me for anything more I'd do a slow fade out if I start turning up here with my feet on the desk and sunglasses and meetings you'll be like he's checked out and rolls up in a Lamborghini yeah well that might be a telltale side John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Of course, the All Blacks play England, very early on Sunday morning,

as well as the Soap Ferns playing England as well on the same day. So it would be epic. How you guys going? Oh, she. Great way to tackle the week. I had Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. A twat. Isn't that what you call them?

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? Oh, yeah. Full twat mode. Yeah. Great way. You've kind of opposite of the twat mode. Yeah, because twat is when they work. They do Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

They come to the office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. and they have at home Monday, Friday. I'm a holiday twat. You've done the other way around. You were off Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. It's a great way to manage the week. Turn up for Monday and come back for the fun parts of Friday. Just miss the guts and the hard labour of the middle part.

But we did have a revelation yesterday. We realised that you were quite smart about it because you're like, oh, I'm just going to take some time after family things. And then we realised yesterday was your birthday. Yeah. Well, it's also a great way to avoid having the awkward office morning tea. That's I thought great place. I was like great play

because we're not fans you and I don't fans of the awkward I mean I love the sentiment behind it but it's just an awkward morning tea thing Megan loves it she's like she'll have a three weeks bonanza We had the bloody digital screens out in reception For your birthday That was for my 40th though

Yours is nothing special No it is just old man gets slightly older And uh When you turn 50 we'll put it up there I figured that you know If you're not here for work If you're not here for work for your birthday Then does it count?

Does it, does a year add on, technically? Why do you hate it so much? No, I don't have. Honestly, it's just such a non-event for me now. My son... Because I was like, what did you do? And you... Nothing.

You went to a PlayStation birthday. Yeah, that was a... They had their 30th. You're like a PR event. Damn, PlayStation taking that... They put on a fun party. They did. I would be like, no, I don't want to celebrate anything else other than me.

Well, I like to celebrate corporate success. Yeah. That's been around for 30 years. They're going great. 14 years. younger than me. But no, and to be honest, after the fiasco that we had with Troy's birthday, in the present handing ceremony, I was like, I don't want to put myself through that trauma.

We handed Troy a present, and then Grace said, is there something else that we need to give him? We all went, oh, dear God, no, there is it? And she's like, you know the thing? And we're like, I don't know what that means. And, yeah, so we're messed up on something that we were meant to purchase from. Well, we do have a syndicate, and you do have two presents to open today. I'm extremely heavy Oh thank you Troy

Grace Producer Troy Who wraps these? Did you wrap those Megan? I have a guess I mean you probably don't need to open that one If you just give it a jiggle See if you can get it

See if you can get it by the thing Is that 24 Heineken Yeah 24 hyniquets You also know the amount Just by looking it That's Friday night And I don't want to open these

Is it so beautifully Just even guess what that is With that as well This one Also liquid Is that? Yeah, there go, there go. He doesn't need to open his presents.

For the next morning. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. It's very generous of you. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. We started it just after November. Kicked in our Mariah Carey game. All I want for Christmas is you is the song we need to avoid.

For as long as possible, it's the Mariah version. The only version, if you hear it, you are out of the game, scrolling social media in a store. You can listen to other versions like this death metal. It's a pretty full noise, that one, isn't it? It's good. It's still got a nice sentiment. Yeah. So we wanted to know if you, we love to keep,

want you to keep us updated. Are you still in the game or are you out? 4487. They're dropping like flies, though, aren't they? Really, a lot more than last year. We keep saying, Rhonda, lovely to have you on. Oh, Morena. Morena.

Mora. You in? You out? What are we doing? I'm out, bloody kids. Oh, what happened? Oh, my daughter. She's a little bit blonde.

her little heart. Bloody kids. She comes out, Mom, Mom, look at this Christmas craft we could make. And I thought of half was paying attention. I'm like, that's cool. And then I realized, no.

I know. And it does take that four, you know, five seconds or so of realization of, yeah. Yeah. What? And I'm like, it's got this song on it. Oh, that's right. You're not allowed to listen to that one.

She was just like trying to have a sweet moment with you. Like, here's something we can do together. and you're like, no! Get out of here. Oh, I'm sorry you're out of the game. Yeah, but at least you get to enjoy the song now. You can actually listen to the Mariah Carey song. Anytime you want.

Yeah, well, it's all right. It's my boss's favorite Christmas song, and I've banned her from it. Now I can relax. All right. Well, yeah, now we're Ashley. We've been getting a lot of mileage out of Ashley, who works in the office, her mom got her out. Maybe you've got me out the game. What fucking game?

The Mariah Carey game. I don't even know what you're talking about. about I've got more fucking important things we're going about than fucking dry Kerry what going on

that day Ashley did say in her mother's defence she broke her leg or something so she was on Tramadol Oh poor thing Yeah she had like a car

So that's a lot going on there Yeah well there you go That makes perfect sense You can't be responsible for what you say on Trammies Chase morning to you

Good morning how's going Lovely to have you on Chase You're out Or you're in Nah still in man Still in Oh, yes. Oh, you've gone through another week almost.

Apparently the supermarket was quite a tense time for you. Yeah, well, it was a supermarket in my daughter's soccer game, actually. I was watching the summer soccer on Tuesday night, and they had some, like, music playing over the stereo, and I was like, oh, crap. Like, I hope they don't play that Mariah game. Like, oh, no. Managed to get through the game of 40 minutes.

I was like, sweet. The wife texts me going, can you pick some things up from the supermarket? You know, worries, completely forgetting about it. I walk in, and they had that, let it snow, let it. snow someone and I was like oh no it's a hot spot it's gonna be next it's gonna get me so I literally ran to the produce department grab the potatoes ran down to the frozen veggies park grab the veggies ran to the checkout and I just scandal and got out of there before the song finished I was like you ain't getting me no way it until I got home and I told my wife I think it was only yesterday I said to

you know that mariah Carey song well I'm playing a game with the hits um you know and I can't hear and she just looked at me and I was just like so you can't be feigned at her right No no well It would look like you're doing a snatching grab Yeah exactly But he paid for it

It looked like I was probably stealing or something In the way I was moving It was pretty pretty and pretty quickly Well it was the right It was the right theory chase Someone's just text in saying I got out It's Woolworths and Ferry Springs Rotorua So yeah the supermarket is

Volatile Already a hot spot well done I go to New World quite a bit down the road So I'm keeping a very close eye what they play down there because I'm in any hour, I tell you that much. Good on you, Chase. Thanks for playing, mate.