Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben and producer Tayla have to share...

Episode Date: August 28, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan sees a professional complimenter! We are beefing with indicators We chat to Matt Formston an inspirational blind surfer! The worst adult injuries We got to the match for the cheerleaders... Is texting allowed on the forecourt? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Bend podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. All your live performances. The last couple of weeks I've been doing a little bit of work with my daughter at this event called BandQuest. Now I wish this was around when I was at school. It's kids up to the age of intermediate, it's a primary school intermediate kids. They get their school bands together and they all play two rock songs, covers on stage. It happens around the country. First time witnessing it over the past couple of weeks and it's amazing to see these kids buzzing at the end. And little kids, last night there was

a six and a half year old rocking out. He was singing Blur and Weezer and it was just really, really cool to see and they're just buzzing at the end of it.

It's really cool. And other kids supporting them, getting up, dancing and cheering them on. It's really cool. Yeah, it's lovely when you see kids getting out there and being vulnerable because it's hard to get up on a stage in front of people. Oh, totally. Yeah.

They've got the lights, they've got all the rock moves as well. They're busting out G&R and Zombie from the Cranberries. Amazing. All these great songs as well. Are you like the judge? Do you have to be a bit pitchy? Thankfully, my daughter and I, we're just talking backstage. We're doing backstage interviews, which is great. You get them beforehand, you get them afterwards and things like that.

But there's this old six-and-a-half-year-old who was amazing, just incredible. We're chatting to him and his band, and they've all got merch. They've all got their faces on hoodies, basically. Their own faces. Yeah, their own faces. I'm like, oh, how do I get one of these? These bits of sweet merch

one of the other kids is like well my mum only made four well they didn't really think that they'd shift many units and I was just

bantering and then the six and a half year old was like oh you got roasted bro and everyone was like oh I was like

oh it's just because you said my mum only made four I was like was that a roasting you should be like your mum's making your merch but you know when a six and a half four. I was like, was that a roasting? You should be like, your mum's making your merch.

But you know when a six and a half year old is like, oh wow, was that a roasting? And is it frowned upon to clap back? Yeah, did you? Yeah, no, I don't know that situation. I didn't clap back, but I thought, well, maybe I could. Because you'd win, you'd win that. You know you would.

You sort of have to take it on the chin, don't you, when a six and a half, yeah. You do. And that sucks, because you know you'd be far better at back and forth banding but i was like no stay out of it yeah they were incredible don't bully a child back off yeah and then the organizers walk in just as you're like burning them back being like what's happening here ben they were saying because they go right around the country they had a beat in hamilton the other day and a young kid i think it was about eight or nine was uh they were singing Rage Against the Machine they came out

one of the songs killing in the name of did they do the full version this is the thing it is the organizers got to I don't know how well you know that song but there's a part of the song that says you know multiple to about 30 times in a row and then they're like what's happening it's building up to this they're all watching and then the kid was like hey you I won't do what you told me multiple times I was like oh hey you was a lot more family friendly

than the what Rage Against the Machine do what you told me if you see that funny there's a clip on Instagram that pops up and it was Rage Against the Machine performing live on the BBC

and the BBC had obviously told them hey we're live can you not can you do a hey you I won't do what you told me can you do a

band quest version? He just came He even went harder, like it sounded more cutting and it went over like it went through about 10 times in a row and then just cut, transmission cut and then they were like apologies about that, we had warned them

that we weren't live The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast We must acknowledge today day that's probably been the least favoured in the calendar year. Yeah. His actual birthday. Yeah, I just, yeah. I don't know what it is.

I kind of forget when you get to, as you get older, you kind of like, rather birthdays didn't roll around so fast. It's probably the day. Now, this is coming fresh off Megan Paffer's birthday. Well, there was a day, there was a five-day extravaganza. A week-long extravaganza and a countdown. It was a special birthday, though, wasn't it? Yeah, it was your 40th. Well, there was a day, it was a five-week, a five-day extravaganza. A week-long extravaganza and a countdown. It was a special birthday,

though, wasn't it? Yeah, it was your 40th. Yeah, it was my 40th. Yeah, but, you know, there was lunches, there was things, digital billboards, there was balloons.

There was messages from family, kids, all sorts. You couldn't get a polar opposite approach to the birthday. And I'd rather put the focus on other people, to be honest. And my daughter said to me last night,

she goes, it's your birthday tomorrow. I was like, honestly, I'd forgotten. She's like, man, I'm planning for months my birthday they count down as a kid i'm just like yeah that's cool why why does it when you get older why does it not turn into a celebration well some people do like to celebrate i've never been a huge birthday celebration person you know like it's never been never had a big 21st or anything like that day

yeah and it's great i appreciate every year you get to experience it it's not you know you're a virgo right experience but i don't like i'd rather put like producer taylor there's a baby shower going on and this is going to happen today and and also my birthday it was going to be like a group coffee which harry is lovely the boss to organize rather not have it but anyway we do it anyway and and then she sent an email out yesterday going, cancelled Ben's coffee with the team. I'm like, yes, for the birthday. That was the saddest email I've ever seen. It's like Ben's celebration, birthday celebration, cancelled. Nothing to do with me.

I hadn't said anything. But that was probably the greatest birthday present you could ever get. I was stoked about it. But then it sounds like we're going to merge our two celebrations together. Which I'm not sweet on. So you have a baby shower and a birthday. And I'm already having a baby shower for twins, so technically there should be two baby showers, you know.

And now I've got to share it with this triplet over there. Look, to be honest, you can celebrate your new life and not my old life. No, mate, no. You want to share it? I'm going to be so quiet today. Here you go, birthday boy. Is this the first ever baby shower weird man's birthday

yes what's the connection here what's he got to do with the babies I reckon it's going to be

no disrespect to your birthday I feel like it's going to be 90% baby shower 10% birthday I'm happy for 99.9%

of baby shower you want to share it we'll share it he has one every year. You're only going to do this. Maybe only once.

Maybe only once. I'll tap out of it. Okay? Yeah, it's the right thing to do. Thank you. All right. For you, Taylor, and the babies. For the twins.

I know this is what they want. You're such a hero. Thank you. Thank you. And it's always a bit awkward, too, because I have ordered a stripper for one of the events. Which event? Now you're going to have to share the stripper. Actually, I don't think a stripper's

appropriate for either of those two events. It's not a hints party. You'll wait and see. I'm the stripper. Oh, jeez. It's definitely not appropriate for any event. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. While that song was playing, Megan, you were watching an interview with Adam Sandler talking to Travis

Kelsey, who's a footballer and a relationship with Taylor Swift. He's got a podcast with his brother and Adam Sandler talking to Travis Kelsey, who's a footballer in a relationship with Taylor Swift. He's got a podcast with his brother. New Heights is the name of the podcast. Yeah, and Adam Sandler was on it. He started talking. It was like a three-minute clip of him talking about Taylor Swift and how much she means to his house. And he was like, when you two got together, I was like, yeah!

The whole family high-fives every time you guys look happy. What I found interesting when you were playing it before, because his kids obviously love Taylorlor swift adam sandler's kids yeah and he got to meet taylor swift and stuff hanging with the kids and he was nervous that he was going to screw it up for his kids yeah he was like as a dad he was like oh god i know how much she means to them i don't want to say anything you want to take a back seat yeah dad and that's adam sandler i mean taylor swift's probably going oh my god this is adam sandler because someone asked if he gets nervous when he meets famous people he's like i get nervous when I meet Taylor. Because I don't want to stuff it up because she's so cool.

For my kids. You did that in front of Benson Boone. Oh, yeah. My kids, yeah. They've got a photo with him. And I couldn't get the force. Everyone's like, force the flash. Turn the light on.

So it flashes. And then I couldn't do it. He came over from his hands behind my daughter's. Came over. Within like a millisecondcond he had it sorted, came back to my kids and he was like, Dad things, eh? That's what he says.

You never want to extend the photo taking process. It doesn't need to be longer than it needs to be. I was like, good, it's all good. And everyone's like, oh no, force of flash. I was like, what now? Who cares about force of the flash? Like you'd rather just take a photo in pitch black darkness and deal with the fallout at the back end.

I was fine with it end I was fine with it My kids wouldn't have been But we got a great photo at the end Now Megan you've been to the gym Oh I don't want it to sound like I'm gone This just happened at the gym Now this comes off the back of her on Monday Being complimented at the gym by the instructor

For doing good squats I was also complimented yesterday But I won't go on about that What were you doing yesterday? We were doing, what do they call them? Jumpboards on the Pilates machine Doing a good job of that? Yeah, pointed the toes and everything

Do you think the instructor goes around and gives compliments to everyone? That's what I was thinking They go, keep it up mate, you're doing good No, there was only five in the class yesterday I would have heard I would have heard if there was other compliments. So out of five people, you're the only one who got a compliment on their jump boards. Yes.

And no one else did. No one else got a compliment, the whole class. No. Not even a, that's it, keep it up. You know, like that's for everyone. Not everyone was pointing their toes like I was. Okay. All right.

Anyway, it's unrelated to what I was doing there. She runs a deep squat, Megan. So there was a woman sitting there on the side, like on a seat. There's a little seat there. She was sitting there.

She wasn't in gym clothes. And I'm like, wait, what's happening here? And it turns out there was a guy beside me on a machine. What was his form like? Was he getting complimented?

He looked new. He looked new. But she was there to, they were together and she was popping over every now and then to tell him he was doing things wrong. Oh, to help out? Consulting. Yeah, but

she was also just sitting there watching the whole time in non-gym gear. And I was like, why? Maybe he's brought along his own professional complimenter. He's like, I'll pay you by the hour.'s brought along his own professional complimenter. He's like, I'll pay you by the hour. It definitely seemed like they were a couple. Sometimes it can be a little intimidating walking into a class for the first time.

So maybe you need someone to come along and just... You don't think that she was keeping an eye on him around all the track style pilates? No, no. He would have been like, I've started this class and this bloody narcissistic lady from the radio keeps getting all the compliments. I just want one compliment. She's like, I've done a bit of this. I'll get you up to speak.

You come along, help me get some compliments. Yeah. He didn't get any compliments. I would have heard if he did. He was right beside me. I was the only one who got a compliment. He wasn't pointing his toes. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, car technology is really involved. Like, we're sitting in an era where driverless cars are in San Francisco, causing absolute nuisance. Running people over, riding on footpaths. We're getting there. Yeah, we're not quite there, but we are kind of there in a way. Yeah, San Fran went early. We talked about it the other day. And you can get in Ubers that are driverless, and it's causing some shambles. Yeah. I saw one the other day just in a car park, just, like, San Fran went early. We talked about it the other day and you can get in Ubers that are driverless and it's causing some shambles.

Yeah. I saw one the other day just in a car park just like driving into other cars. Yeah. One day we'll get there and, you know,

we're talking about flying cars. We're just talking... One thing that I have an issue with the car industry and you might experience this too at home if you've got... if there's two cars

in the household. If I drive my wife's car, her indicator's on the different side to my indicator. Why can't, as an industry, if we're bloody talking about driverless cars, they just have a hooey and go, okay, let's just pick,

I don't care what side it is, but let's just pick a side that we put the indicator on. Because then you get them back into your car and you're flicking the other one for about half an hour. I know, and then you're driving down the road and your wipers are going and you're like, oh, yeah, you look like a moron. It's probably someone's turning at you

because you didn't indicate. And I'm like, well, my wipers are going and it's not raining. So clearly I had an issue. Yeah, just look at my wipers. That's the way I want to go. Is it left or right? I'm turning because my wipers are on.

I do like it when you see other people doing that because you know exactly what's happening. You're like, you've been driving down the car. Is that a European-American thing? Yeah, the European cars are on the other side of the road. Yeah, I think that's the way it is. But then American cars are on the other side of the road, right? There's no rhyme or reason.

I'm sure there is a rhyme or reason. And then we drive on one side of the road here, but we have indicators on both sides. So you're right. Let's just agree on one side. This is an old territory, but we'll go over it again. The petrol, where the bloody hole for the petrol thing is. Let's put that on the same side.

Yeah. No, but then we all queue up. Like, that's good because there's always a pump, you know? Like, we're alternating pumps. Hey. Hey. Good point. I take that one back.

I hadn't thought of that before. She is the love of the pumps. Yeah. You're dead right. Have you ever had the moment I had the other day where you drive up and you're on the wrong side. You get out and you're like, oh, it's the wrong side.

And then for some reason I looped around and went to another lane and was on the wrong side again. I'm like, how did I? How did I screw this up twice? Someone's watching you. I came back in the world

and I was like, oh my God, what have I done? No matter how many times you fill up your car, there's always that seed of doubt of like, am I on the right side? There's a little arrow. Yeah, there is that little arrow on cars, isn't there?

But I don't know. I get very confused. It's not enough. Do you know, I saw someone the other day. This was, again, simple. I don't know why I hadn't thought of it. They just reversed back in. Pull out, turn around, reverse back in.

That's smart, isn't it? It is smart. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Paralympics start today, and we're actually joined right now by a former medalist from the Paralympics. He's got a new documentary. It's called The Blind Sea. He's the world's greatest blind surfer. His name is Matt Faunston, and he joins us on the phone right now.

Thanks for having me. Now, can we firstly apologize? We actually meant to have you on the show yesterday. A Zoom muck-up that we said, oh, we don't know what't know what happened zoom's fault well now we've done some investigation we do know what happened jono who i do the show with he's here right now he didn't he didn't admit you into the room it's all on jono boys i uh i'm definitely not not the most technologically savvy person myself and potentially haven't dialed into calls myself so let's uh let's call it a bit of karma yeah you were sitting there for 40 minutes politely.

We said it was like you turning up to my house, me being inside and not answering the door. So apologies, Matt. We got that out of the way. Hey, now the new documentary, The Blind Sea, looks incredible. People don't know your story, which they can learn a lot more about in the documentary. Can you take us back?

Because at age five, you've been living with 3% of your vision. Is that right? I was born with full vision, we believe. So all the photos of me up until about the age of five, I'm looking straight at the camera. And then I was diagnosed with macular dystrophy when I was five. I've lost about 95% of my vision

and then lost about another couple of percent in the last couple of years. So I've got essentially now, I've got 3% left in my good eye, my right eye and about 1% in my bad eye. Like imagine if it's like pouring with rain and 3D windscreen and you can sort of see a few shapes and lines and a bit of colour. That's all I can see out the outsides of my eyes.

And you are a surfer as well, hence the name The Blind Surfer, and a big wave, multiple world champion. How does surfing happen when you can't essentially see what you're doing? As soon as they hear the word blind and then the word surfing they just they can't join those two words together so the film the blind sea it's about i mean it's about my journey i'm a four-time world champion surfer so that's not in big waves it's high performance surfing like on smaller waves um but then i've won a few big wave awards as well and it's sort of different way i approach those two different things as a blind surfer but essentially when I'm in the water my board becomes my cane so once I'm on the way like the

way I get into the waves is different because paddling in smaller waves I get someone talking to me and then we paddle into the wave on big waves I'm getting towed in and the boys blow a whistle when I'm when they want me to when I'm there I've got me in the right spot and I just have to trust and pull the rope and drop down the wave oh my god on the wave it's just feeling with my feet so my front foot basically becomes my cane um and i'm feeling my way across the way so these waves that you so the documentary is about you going to to serve some of the biggest waves in the world like 51 feet or something like that in portugal i mean incredible i mean people talking you know with people with full vision either either death or glory, basically on these waves.

But you do it out there. I mean, how was that? Oh, it's just heaps of fun, to be honest. I think if you're going, the place is called Nazare. It's the biggest wave in the world. It's where all the world records are set in Portugal there. A lot of people have probably seen YouTube or Instagram clips of it. You know, the waves smashing up against the headland there with the fort or the lighthouse on the headland.

That's a pretty iconic sort of spot. It's actually the biggest tourist attraction in portugal now like more people go to portugal to see that wave than they for anything else but um so what happens when you get like dumped from a wave when you you know what happens then like well how how does you connect with uh with everyone else in your team yeah so it's teamwork for any for anyone over there it's teamwork but for me it's obviously on steroids with the team. I actually made, I surfed there for three days in that sort of 50-foot range, which people can't even fathom that.

But it's about, you're driving around, it's about a five-story building. That's how big the wave is. Jesus. So it's a lot of water. But yeah, once you go down, it's just about being calm and then the boys eventually get to me. And you've got to, I mean, the way I trained for that,

I held my i my in training i could hold my breath for my longest breath hold underwater think about what a long time is in your head like have put a time on it five minutes 48 was my longest breath hold so when uh you do go underwater in your dumps do you know which way is up well no one does like when you're getting belted by a wave that much water you know you think about how many swimming pools landing on your head that's you know no one knows which way is up're getting belted by a wave that much water, you know, you think about how many swimming pools landing on your head. That's, you know, no one knows which way is up. So you just got to stay calm and eventually the wave will let you go. And what would you say to people, you know, listening and, you know, because you talk a

lot about, you know, there's no such word as can't really when it comes to things. The human potential is untapped. Like we're all pretty comfortable in our own skins and we're all scared of making big targets because we're scared of failing. And then we're also scared of doing the work, right? Because when you say I'm going to do something big, that requires you doing some work. So, I mean, I think if we all just set bigger tasks and targets and work a bit harder, we can all make the world a better place.

It's a really great way to look at it. So, Ben, are you going to go big wave surfing now in Portugal has that been never surfed before yeah well hey there's no such word as can't I can't you know like

it seems like you're going zero for it to a hundred but hey but also it's not about being reckless I've been surfing for 40 years so you know

you've got to do that's the it's all about doing the work right it's the 20 million hours but maybe instead of going surfing Portugal you could find a way to cure world hunger.

Yeah, that's a bit more achievable. Or some internet surfing. I could do some internet surfing this afternoon, buy some new clothes or anything for anyone. Oh, man, hey, honestly, really inspirational. You probably hear this all the time from people, but really inspirational story, mate, and it's a

must-watch. Thank you so much for coming on, sharing your story, and it's a must watch. Thank you so much for coming on, sharing your story, and just being a wonderful human being. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Wind and rain around the country today. It looks pretty rubbish for most of the country. Thunderstorms are not so good, but it is the countdown. Three sleeps till spring.

What have you got? You've got another countdown. Do you run a spring countdown as well as the daylight savings countdown? Yeah, well, they kind of go hand in hand. But three sleeps till spring. Hang in there. 0800, that's 4487. We'd love to open this up with New Zealand's breakfast today

is adult activity injuries. It's the moment in your life where you realise my body's no longer designed to do this activity. Now, I did mention at the end of the show yesterday, went on a wild sprinting regime uh three o'clock yesterday morning i was like getting up going i'm going sprinting i'm going to become a sprinter well you actually think you're going to become a sprinter or what no no i was just like is this just like oh this would be a good training regime give it a

go i've never done well i hadn't done sprinting since primary school was no good at it then turns out 42 you know i'm 42 now I haven't got any better at it. But it was just like, sprint as fast as you can. So I was like running, I was looking at 14 and a half Ks as the speed, top speed.

My body could not do any, like it's probably three Ks beyond what my body should be doing. Like it was like, please stop. What are you doing to me? You did hear that, right?

He said 3am that he was doing this. Did you warm up beforehand? Up and down the road, yeah. Give me a couple of stretches of the old hammies. I knew you were ready to go. She hasn't sprinted since I came. Not even at a hotel. Like, I'll tell you what I love.

If you stay at a hotel and the corridors, nothing makes you feel like you're running faster than when you run down a corridor. I don't know why it is. Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. Have you ever run down a corridor? Oh, I just love it. I love it.

It's a little bit of a wild thing if someone walks down the corridor. Because all the doors rush past you? Yeah, I know. Maybe that's part of the rush. But yeah, run down a hotel corridor. Exhilarating. Exhilarating. Yeah, that's the only time I sprint these days.

He doesn't get out much. And short too, as well. Just a short little sprint. Oh, but it makes you feel, for some reason, you feel like Noah Lyles at the end of it. Well, do you know, I was like, man, I was running 14 and a half k's. That's fast. Like I say, my body, the heart was like, please, what have I done to you? Stop.

And then I would Google Noah Lyles. When he won that gold, at the peak speed, halfway through, was running at 44 kilometres an hour. 44 k's. Yeah, that's wild. That is insane the human body can go that fast. Only for 100 metres though. I can do 200, he's

200 then he might be. 200 metres. Yeah, as well, isn't he? But yeah, all day yesterday, just like the backs of my legs, like tiny, and as the day went on the pain just went deep inside my booty cheeks, Megan. Like deep, like there is a deep, I've pulled something in both cheeks

are you doing that thing where you have to like aim for the toilet and then fall yeah yeah and just like catch me having to use my

hands to sit down to and I'm like in immense pain 48 hours later and I don't want to bang on about it you know I'm just having to hold on

to this pain well especially because no one else no one made you do it self-inflicted yeah that's the thing you can't really

complain yeah that's okay though because you you got up at 3am and you did some hard work. It's worse when you're an adult and you roll out of bed and you're like, oh, I've tweaked something. How did I sleep in the night? Yeah. And you wake up with a sore neck.

My only job was to lie my head on my pillow. How am I injured? Jo, are you calling for adult activity injuries? Yeah, I have. I've got two injured legs and one injured arm. Oh, great! Not great about the injuries, but great you're here for the phone talk.

I wasn't expecting that. All at once or separately? I was born with clicky hips. And I used to be a caregiver before hoists and stuff. Right. And this girl didn't live with me at the same time, and I took the bruit of it.

Oh, with your clicky hips. Yeah. The physio said they'd never seen anything like it, but it really swelled out. Wow. Gee, you poor bugger. There we go. So did someone fall on you, you're saying? Yeah.

And then the arm injury was on a horse. Did he fall off the horse? No, no. The horse was racing up and down the paddock. The horse I was riding wanted to go too. I was trying to stop it. And it flung its head up in the air and down and got a bursar in the right arm.

Oh, Joe. Joe, you've got to have people stop landing on top of you and horses stop smashing into you. That would be a handy life. I mean, this is probably stuff you all know. We probably knew that beforehand but now you know it

the painful way appreciate your call this morning you look after yourself Joe how are the hips now they're all good I look after myself now

yeah good on you Joe well thank you so much for listening really do appreciate it okay shall I do a bloody I'm talking to you yeah don't you too mate

you too shall we bloody take this one, Ben? Let's see. Okay. Were you phoning for Teddy Swims or were you phoning for adult activity injuries? Teddy Swims. Yeah, get out of here, you filthy animal. Do you reckon Teddy Swims would does he swim? Does Teddy swim?

He could have had an injury while swimming. That would be great for this topic, wouldn't it? You know Bryn Rudkin who hosts the night show Wonderful Teddy Swims joke What's that Teddy just doesn't swim he also surfs She liked it Old mate liked it

You know what I like you too I'm going to put you in the draw for the Teddy Swim You're going to be in the draw with Maddie and PJ to win $1000 Okay Just for that pity laugh I still don't get it you're in the draw for the Teddy Swim. You're going to be in the draw with Maddie and PJ to win $1,000, okay? Oh, thank you. Just for that pity laugh. I still don't get it.

I'm still struggling to get my head around that joke, but that's all right. Teddy swims, but he also surfs. Teddy, yeah, but... It just feels like a statement. Jesus, let's not analyze the comedy. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. Jusia Taylor, who's only got two more days with us before she's got a year off. Not a year off. That makes it sound like you're relaxing. You're having twins. Yeah, I'm going to the Bahamas.

Yeah. A year off. Oh, that sounds nice, doesn't it? Yeah. Definitely not a year off when you've got twins arriving, I'm sure. But you've got a new podcast, The Montoyers, with your husband, Marcelo. I love it. And today, the latest episode of Taylor and Marcelo arguing

is uploaded to iHeartRadio. You guys enjoy it, though. Watching the video of you guys arguing, you're like, he's grinning away. That sounds lovely. Yeah, your relationship is based on. Because this is a clip from, I think, last. Last week.

Yeah, but it's since gone viral. It's a great moment. Because people like to watch other married couples argue, I guess. You've only been married for a couple of, like, two years, but it's like you've been married for 22 years. But we have been together for 10 years. Gotcha. Now, you met, obviously, when you were a cheerleader.

He plays rugby league, plays the Warriors now. So this conversation, this topic of conversation, was interesting for him to bring up, the fact that you met as a cheerleader on the rugby league field. Now, even I was like oh bro he's heading into spicy territory here

I thought yeah have a listen what's the point of cheerleaders what do you mean that's what I'm asking dancing you can't tell me right

I'm not being disrespectful I'm trying to be like I want to say this the nicest way possible right when people go and buy tickets to a game they go to watch the team play right yeah it doesn't sound the ticket here's your ticket to the cheerleading game but

it's part of the game day entertainment check a few pom-poms wave your head left to right guess what i don't care move off the field so we can run the ball how about that no one cares about you from running the ball well that's where all the fans came so you're on the wing people barely see you okay so shut up you're one step away from the action cheerleaders you're the closest player to becoming a cheerleader i'm the sideline so shut up get off so we can run the ball i love it you when you two kick off. I love it when you two, it felt like you were going about 50 and then all of a sudden you ramped up to 100 k's an hour. He knows exactly what buttons to push.

I love it when you're like, damn, I've got a good point and you just, you scream it down. Literally. Yeah. Great example. So what's the point of cheerleaders? To become your wife, Marcello.

Yeah, exactly. You're a big fan. So another episode out today. Today, yeah. More arguing? More about how the twins are going to be cheerleaders now. Oh. I listened to it and I'm like,

who's the poor soul that has to edit this podcast? Oh, I know. Who is it? Our poor producer, Adam, mate. He does not get paid enough for that. He's been in the trenches editing that thing up. He must need to go to therapy After every single recording session I got told off yesterday

Did you? Got told off for using my cell phone On the forecourt Oh Ever been told off for that? Yeah Or by someone at the No just another

Just a bloody Sticky beach Noterist Alright someone That's been debunked I thought so But it's on the signs obviously No it doesn't Does it not anymore? I have you checked Because when I thought so It's on the signs obviously No it doesn't

Does it not anymore? I have you checked Because when I got told off I checked the sign Has anyone ever exploded Sending a text message On the forecourt of a picture Or even looking at an email

On Gmail I'm pretty sure It's been taken off It says to Turn your car off But I don't think There's cell phones On those little signs anymore

Also along the same lines, has anyone ever sent a plane plummeting into the earth by firing off an email mid-flight? Not putting your phone on flight mode. I don't know. Maybe they have, maybe they haven't. What is the deal with that?

Does it interfere with their transmission, their navigational equipment? Well, that's what I said, navigational equipment. And I mean, to be fair, if you want to not interfere, it's probably best. You're probably not going to get reception up there anyway, so it's probably best to do what they say. But if the phone's interfering with the plane's navigational systems...

Then we need to sort out the planes. We really do. We're relying too much on 3G. Yeah. Yeah. One of the things that's more detrimental than the cell phone on the forecourt is the price of petrol on the forecourt.

That's more damaging to me. It's very damaging as well. Yeah, 4487, if you know anything about phones on the forecourt, what does it do? This is the problem with us. We just blindly go along without asking any questions, you know, and that's how you end up in a government-enforced lockdown, okay? Then you and your mates you go to Parliament with tinfoil hats on

just to ask some questions. Sorry, he's in charge of the microphones. Yeah. Then they turn the sprinklers on you. They had a point. They had a point, you know. On nowadays, you know, like they did all this again, there'll be a lot more people, I imagine. I'd be there. I'd pitch up a tent. That's for sure. Put my faeces all over the lawn.

Oh my God. No, I keep saying that. You keep God. That's what they would do. No, I kept saying that. You kept saying that. It was winding everyone up. We're not going to have feces on the lawn in Parliament. I was just saying it. Just for a laugh.

You're still saying it for a laugh. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The torch. We had a torch, just a dolphin torch that we found around the office. We didn't know how amazing the batteries were inside this torch because we put it on towards the end of the Olympics and we're like, when our torch ceremony, when the batteries run out,

you could win $500 by correctly predicting the time when the torch would run out. And it is, without a word of a lie, this thing is still going. It's becoming torturous. Yeah, three weeks later, pretty much now, this thing is still going. We've got reception here at work. There's 24-hour reception security looking after it it's it's incredible yeah uh

so you can you can put an entry in at the hits breakfast on facebook as to uh when you think this torch is is going to run out uh i just don't want us to do a fade out you know a fade out on the competition because that does that there's classic us we'll be like oh we're gonna do this thing it's gonna carry on for two years and then we just slowly fade out, you know? A fade out on the competition because that is this classic us. We'll be like, oh, we're going to do this thing that's going to carry on for two years. And then we just slowly fade out after four weeks. Not this one.

No. We ride this one out. I may have suggested we could just turn it off. No. But these two are like, no, no, no. Got to do it legit.

Keep it going. Ben did a good joke on the both of us. You see, he came in and he was holding the torch to his chest. He's like, guys, it's out. And we're like, what?

And he's like, no, it's still going. And for a split second there, I was like, thank God. I know. I was so relieved. Both of you were relieved. And then I had to go, no, sorry, guys, it's still going. So your chance to win, you can head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook, the Paralympics, of course.

Should we go? Your Paralympics start today, don't we? Yeah. Should we check the torch now? If you want to check it, yeah. Yeah, do you want to go check the torch with Gunja on there, Megan?

Oh, shall I go? You grab my phone, mate. We'll cross live to you half a metre away. And the opening ceremony of the Paralympics on now, you can catch on TV, I think the replay later today,

which will be awesome. We've had a wee bit of an experience in a couple of sports. We've played wheelchair rugby. Frightening. We even played goalball as well uh which is another sport it's blind sort of futsal yeah um everyone has blindfolds on but so everyone's on the same level of uh visually impaired appearance and you just lie down the ball's got a it's quite heavy almost like a

medicine ball it's a medicine ball with a balance side and then you sort of roll that around the court and you have to sort of lie down and stop it and you can hear it coming yeah you're like oh geez my face and a lot of time just straight to the face yeah a lot of balls to the face you're right being amazing though it's really impressive it is now megan live at reception the torch ceremony is it still alive and well with security guard Gunjan. Yeah, hello, Gunjan. How are you? I'm just doing a torch check. Is the torch still alive? Oh, God, it's still going.

Yay, it's still going. It's like when you read those stories about the 122-year-old still going. And you can tell the 122-year-old is like, just make it end. Make it end. The torch is in that mode. I don't know. Does anyone know about batteries? Any way you can speed up the battery?

Like, can we soup the torch up so it's going at double? Probably not, right? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to our friends at Dilmar. They've got a wonderful catchphrase. Do try it. The Hits and Dilmar. Do try it.

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Well, part of our bullying campaign to get people to tune in to the show. Now Gemma nominated her boss Joe. They work in an office together and they don't. Joe doesn't listen to the show while they're working away. So she has been this week and a bit of a spot test. We're coming in like out of the blue.

And checking in to see if they are listening. So yesterday this was after the programme, unexpected, we hit them with a bit of a quiz. Take a listen. Hello, Joe speaking. Hello, is that Joe? Yes, it is.

Hello, Joe speaking. Hello, is that Joe? Yes, it is. Welcome to a is that Joe? Yes it is Welcome to a game show Hosking Or the Hits We have three pieces of audio You have to tell us this week

If they featured on Mike Hosking Or on the Hits With Jono, Ben and Megan This is not the quiz for Friday by the way This is just Jono's Put another pop quiz on you Oh righto Okay Actually I should have on you. Oh, righto. Okay.

Actually, I should have asked you first. Is now a good time? Yeah, Gemma and I are looking at each other horrified at the moment, but yeah. First question.

Was it Hosking or the Hits? Who this week called the last government the most useless collection of buffoons in the modern political age? Was that Jono Ben-Omegan on the Hits

or Mike Hosking? Mike Hosking. I i mean is it just me or are the growing number of reports about the ineptitude of the last government and ever larger indictment on what might be the most useless collection of buffoons in the modern political age well done one from one wonderful vocabulary though doesn't he he does indeed hey on to the next one. Hosking or the hits? Who said after all of the damage the Labour Party did to this country this week? Was that Jono Ben-Omegan or Hosking?

Hosking. Of all the damage the Labour government did to this country, forcing its young people out might historically eventually prove to be the most ruinous thing of all. Two from two. Well done. Well done. Congratulations.

And finally, who referred to the Wellington Mayor, Tory Fano, as Tory let me bugger Wellington Fano? Was that Hosking or the hits? Hosking. Tory let me bugger Wellington Fano. Oh, hey, you've got a good handle on what's happening on our show potentially what's happening on Mike Hosking's show you're just a day away

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We really appreciate all the effort you're going to. What's more annoying, having to listen to our show all week or us calling you during the week on top of it as well? The calls are quite intense. Out of nowhere too, aren't they? Intensity levels. Just like out of nowhere. Good luck tomorrow, 24 hours away from potentially $1,000. Okay? Intensity levels. Just like out of nowhere. Good luck. Tomorrow, 24 hours away from potentially

$1,000. Okay. Peace. Fabulous. We'll find out tomorrow if the prize money's going to be theirs or not. You can register right now if you've got someone that you want to nominate at thehits.co.nz. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Getting towards the end of winter, and Megan's

on a countdown for daylight savings. Ben asked you to come up with how many days for daylight savings? I was going to make it when it was like 30 days to go. So we're 31 days to go. So you've got to come up with 30 great things

about daylight savings. I do have one for today. Did you want me to? Oh, okay, great. It includes, increases productivity because your days are longer. You get more done.

For some reason, it feels like you can get more done in a day when there's more sunshine. Now you've made a rod for your own back. You've got to come up with another setting. I know, I'm done.

That's a really good one, too. Yeah. Strong. That was great. They're going to be desperate when we get down to six to go. But it is Father's Day, of course, first on Sunday. Jono and Ben's Who's Your Father? Yeah, this Father's Day, we want to know who's your father.

You can register now at the hits.co.nz slash Star Wars. We could be calling you back to see if you can identify the dad, the father figure in your life among the three dads. If you get correct, you'll win, Dad, a pretty sweet prize pack, a Star Wars prize pack thanks to Farmers. They've got basically a lightsaber, a Millennium Falcon Lego, and some Star Wars happy socks as well worth over $200. Could have called it who's your – I know Megan likes to call her dad Daddy.

Could have called it who's your Daddy. Who's your Daddy. Ben phoned his father, his Daddy, Kevin Boyce, yesterday, referring to him as Daddy. It was weird for all of us, but anyway. I enjoyed it. Kev called it out pretty early. He was like, Daddy.

That's what we were all thinking, right? Yeah. Hayley, morning to you. How are you? Hello. Good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, we're doing really well.

Lovely to have you on. Have you had a great week so far, Hayley? Yeah, it's been pretty good. Oh, good. What do you do, mate? I'm a nanny. I'm at work right now. A nanny?

Do you want another couple of kids on your roster? I've got a couple. I've got quite enough. Thank you. How many kids do you look after in total? Oh, gosh. Well, four different families. So the most is three at a time, and I bring my son along as well.

Gee, that's busy stuff. Do you know my friend was a nanny in the UK, and she was nanny for a very wealthy British family, and the owner arrived home and found my friend in her closet trying on all her designer clothes. Oh, right. I would have done that too. Yeah, it was her last day nannying. Didn't even get to keep the bloody Prada dress or whatever she was wearing.

Well, what we're going to do right now is I am your father. We have three pieces of audio, three men claiming to be your father. Now, we understand it's the father of your children. Yes, yep. So baby daddy, not my father. Your baby daddy. Father figure, yeah. Yeah. the father of your children. Yes, yep. So, baby daddy, not my father. Your baby daddy. Father figure, yeah.

Yeah. So, Liam's his name. He is one of these. Can you decipher which one? Here is father number one. I am your father. Father number two. I am your father.

And father number three. I am your father. One, two, or three there, Hayley. Definitely number one. Definitely number one. Confident. Okay. One, two or three there, Hayley. Definitely number one. Definitely number one. Confident. Okay. You want to lock in number one? I am your father.

Well, we have Liam on the phone. Were you father one, two or three, Liam? I think I was number one. Liam's not confident. Hayley's confident. You're correct, though. Well done. Yay.

You get yourself a nice... A great little Star Wars pack thanks to Farmers for Father's Day. Awesome. What makes him such a great baby daddy there? Hayley? Oh, he's just on the whip. He'll do whatever I tell him to.

Yeah, no, he's just great. It's so cool to see him with our little boy. And on the whip, that's what you need to be, isn't it? Yeah. I feel like you get the best results out our great father. And on the whip, that's what you need to be, isn't it? Yeah. I feel like you get the best results out of husbands if they're on the whip. I don't know. Well done, you two.

Congratulations, Liam. You have a wonderful Father's Day. Anything you want to be doing Father's Day, Liam, what are your requests? Put them in now. Oh, sleep in would be nice,

but we'll see if the little father lets us sleep in. Oh, yeah, no choice. How old are your kids? He's nearly 18 months. Okay, yeah. That's not happening. I'm sorry.

No, no, it's not. Yeah, true. Happy Father's Day, and I appreciate you both listening to the show. Thanks, guys. Cheers.