Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben and Robert Downey Jr. are hanging on a cruise?!

Episode Date: March 5, 2026

On today’s show:  Ben and Robert Downey Jr. are hanging on a cruise?! Have you ever been mistaken for a celeb? Megan has! Listener gives and amazing hack to zip a dress by yourself Harry Styles drops his new album and we review it Jono jokes about rebranding all local councils as “the effing council.” Callers reveal extreme mooching... parents paying for 28‑year‑olds and even 40‑year‑olds still at home! How Megan made an entire hammerhead‑shark last minute #mumgoals Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to, I don't know how Ben starts these things. He just goes, welcome to the podcast. Welcome to the podcast. We don't have Ben on deck at the moment. He's overseas, actually crazy, sorry.

He does a... It's partying with Robert Danny Jr. On a boat. It's a Disney cruise, so it's sensible family friendly partying. But legitimately, Robert Danny Jr. up. Crazy. Yeah.

You'll hear about it. You'll hear about it in the show. But yeah, very sparing on details on his travel details. So we didn't know where he was going. We knew he was going to... Well, I didn't know he's going to Singapore until the day he was leaving for Singapore. Did you know he was going on a Disney cruise?

No. No. I just find this information out on... Like you do. Why is he so gaugy? I assume he's probably embarrassed about going on the journey because he's been invited over there as a powerful player of the social media game. So he's probably embarrassed about saying,

I'm off on this thing but don't be embarrassed. No, do you know what I think is he gives me so much crap about getting free stuff and being invited and like the free pass, fast pass of Disney. One of the massive bugbears

in your relationship with Ben is you got a free pass to movie world or sorry, fast pass to movie world, gifted and he had to sit in line and wait in the 40 degree heat of the Gold Coast for the roller coast. And so now when he's getting like

an exotic Disney cruise around Singapore with Robbie Downey, Robert Downey Jr. He doesn't want to say anything because he knows exactly what I would say. Well, you got some ammo when he gets back. Don't I? You got some ammo.

Downey Jr., trumps a fast pass. Exactly. Any Downey Jr. Floating on water. Okay. Big dog? On a big cruise ship. I just feel sorry for Downey Jr.

having to, you know, he's like, get me off the ship probably ASAP, I imagine. Yeah. Do you reckon Ben tried to track him down? Downy? Yeah. Yeah, track him down in. Anyway, more on that on the show.

Ben will be back next week. And do you know what's something really interesting to talk about? Oh, yeah, I was talking with a friend last night. It was a crazy story. So do you know how some people take, like, psychedelics for... Fun? Fun and mental health reasons. Oh, yeah, like microdosing and stuff.

Yeah. Yeah. But then there was a story of this guy who's done it, and he's got another girl. He's got a girlfriend here. On earth, but in his head. I thought you meant in this city. No, he's got a good word.

On earth, and then he takes these psychedelics. In his head, he goes to another universe where he has an alien girlfriend. Now, the crazy part of this story is he got his friend to take some of these psychedelics as well. And his friend took the psychedelics. He went to that universe, met, met this guy's alien side chick. And the alien side chick's like, tell him, I'm not happy. he's got a girlfriend on earth. In the real world.

And this is his friend who had not met the alien side chick. How wild is that? Where is this story during the show today? I can bring it on next week. Crazy. So the alien side check not happy. Does the alien side chick have a name? I don't know.

My friend sent me the video of the interview. I'll play it for it next week. Wow. I don't want to poo-poo it because... Yeah, no. I mean, it might be... I've never... I don't know...

You don't know what's going on in other universes. Do you... All sorts of rampant affairs. How much... What does his earth girlfriend think about this? I don't... Gary's trying to keep that quiet for her. Imagine...

Hey, I mean, I've been having an affair. Got a side piece in another universe. With... By the way, she's not too happy about you, and I understand you're probably not too happy about her, so... What would you do? I'd be like, I don't know if I should be like...

I'd stop taking drugs, this is what I'd do. Oh, yeah, true. There's a solution to this rampant into galactic a fear. I reckon I'd still be jealous. Anyway, enjoy the podcast. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. That's Robert Downey Jr. On a boat.

That's Robert Downey. Popping out of the stage. What do you think of the ship? So far. He just popped out from underneath the stage and the American next to Ben. my god. He is the godfather of the new Disney ship.

Apparently each ship has a godfather. Yes, there we go. Now, speaking of famous people, sometimes you run across them and you come into them and there's a lady who runs as a collectibles and sort of antiques shop in the wider-dapa region. She's posted on her Facebook page, Barbara, her name. Yeah.

And she said, it was lovely to have a very special visitor for Barbara. today in the shop but she's posted a photo of Peter Jackson coming in to a look at Nick Nacks and Babs is and trading in a few things We tried to get hold of Babs too but we can't

She's not answering her phone so We have tried I've probably called the poor lady about 42 times over the last 24 hours But the comment section This is where it takes a left turn It says that doesn't look like Peter Someone said are we sure

This is Peter Jackson I'm 99% certain, says James that that is not Peter Jackson. Pleased to see Peter Jackson's looking relaxed and happy. That one believes it. To me, it looks like Peter Jackson to me. It's a great doppelganger. Yeah. Like really good.

If you glanced, you'd be like, sure. But as soon as you zoom in, you realise their faces are a little bit different. I'm pretty sure it's not. Troy, you've set up the text bounce back, haven't you? You've produced it, Troy, set up the text bounce. Just text p. at a 4487, this photo will get bounced back. And you can decide, you just vote to see if Babbs has met Peter Jackson and he walked into

her antique shop. Yeah. Someone said, oh, dad, I didn't know you're in town. Can you have dinner tomorrow night? So I think that means it's not Peter. Also, I think Peter was in California yesterday, so... The timeline doesn't stack up. And so clearly the person who does look like Peter Jackson didn't correct Barbara in the moment?

Well, he's just standing in the shop with his hands in his pockets. I don't know what the context of the photo was. Maybe she papped him. Wait, were they just like, can we get a photo? And he's like, yeah. Yeah. A great doppel gang, though. So, yeah, just text Peter 4487.

We'll get a vote going whether you think Barbara met Peter Jackson. We'll try and get back to Barbara with these results. But have you met someone who thought you met someone? But it wasn't actually them. You had an incident. I had it happened to me. I was in Vegas. And I remember I was going up an escalator.

And someone was like, oh my God. Oh, my God. God. And they were like, Amy! And they thought I was the lead singer of Evanescence, Amy Lee. Were they in Las Vegas at the time, Evanessence? I don't even know. Did you correct them?

I did. I said, I'm not Amy. And they were like, okay, okay. To be fair, it was an eyeliner heavy time for me. Right, so you did in the wheelhouse of Amy Lee. Yeah, I've got the dark hair. And so we met up the top of the escalator and they were like, please, can I have an autograph?

and I'm like, I promise you, I'm not her. I promise you. And you're like, that's the classic thing Amy Lee would do. Yeah, so I had to sign a piece of paper. Does he sign it? Yeah. I didn't know you signed it. And I wrote Amy.

Did you? Well, you don't want to let them down, do you? I'm like, I don't know what its signature is. I don't know how many more times I can tell you I'm not this person. Did you do like try a signature or just write AMY? No, I scribbled Amy like his signature. Get on your way. It's always nice to meet a fan.

Did you end on that? At least if they're happy, you know. That's the main thing. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Have you thought you met someone famous, but they weren't? There's some trouble brewing in small town, New, Otero, and Wairapa. Babs, Barbara, she's got an antique shop.

Very proudly posted a photo on the antique shop Facebook page. What's the name of the page, sorry, Megan? Graytown Widerapa, NZ. And Barbara's like, look who walked into the shop today. Very special guest. Sir Peter Jackson. took a photo of it and I tell you what spitting image of Sir Peter Jackson

however the always positive comment section on the internet questioning whether it is in fact Sir Peter Jackson Are we sure this is Peter Jackson? Someone said I'm 99% certain this is not him and I would say most of the people on here don't think it is him

Yeah well you can text Peter 4487 And you'll get the photo back You can judge for yourself We've got a poll running producer Troy We'll get to the poll results very shortly but I think the majority of hits audience think it is Peter Jackson. Is it because the image is really small on phones? You don't think it is.

You don't think it is. This debate will rage on. But who did you think you met? Marg, welcome. Welcome to you too. Thank you guys. Happy New Year, Mark. Oh, thank you.

It feels like ages ago. But yeah. It does. It really passes you by. Now, Mark, talk to us. Who do you think you met? What famous person? Well, it was a complete opposite, really.

but I had a friend who looked a lot like Sam Neal and I hadn't seen him for a few years and I was working in a rest home and I looked down the corridor and there's two men walking down and I thought, oh there's John. So I waltz up to him and say, hi John, what he?

Oh, oops, sorry. You look like just like somebody I know and turned and walked away. And then I get back down the corridor and one of the other nurses said, what do he say? I said, who? And he said, Sam.

I said, Sam Haines. She's back, Sam Neal. Was Sam Neal confused that you weren't referencing him? I would imagine so. Gidey, John, how are you? He's like, I've been in movies for probably 30 years. No one's even called me John. He was like, is this woman having me on.

That is great. That is great. I'm gathering. I'm gathering. He seems like a lovely, polite gentleman. I'm gathering. He took it with a good name. Well, I just turned and walked away. I can't even remember if he said anything or not, but I think he just, from Rican, he just looked a bit stunned.

He definitely said something behind your back, definitely, 100%. He's probably quite dismayed. He's probably quite dismayed. Why should you didn't ask my autograph, is he? Well, your friend John must be a very handsome gentleman. Well, you have a great day, Mark. Appreciate you listening. Thank you. I tell you, I've done so many autographs as Levi. a neck minute guy. Oh really? So many. When neck minute was, you know, peak peak viral

sensation, people neck minute guy. I'd be like, hey mate. And I didn't have the heart to tell them it wasn't. And they'd be like, say the catchphrase. And I'd kind of halfily go, neck minute. And I could tell they, they were a little disappointed. They're like, this isn't the full performance. Signed many autographs as Levi as well. I talked to a lot about it. But also, when I walk around with you too,

you call Ben all the time John O'all get Ben, yeah You're one and the same Yeah Take it And you respond to both Yeah

Get called a lot of other stuff as well At the Auckland FC A lot of other names Yeah And you even heard those names before Reminding with bankers And all sorts of stuff Marie

Maria Hi How are you Mia I'm good mate I had four stabs at your name And got it Eventually Now Mia

Your partner gets confused constantly for a famous person? Yeah, Carl Cox. Carl Cox. The DJ? Carl Cox was here recently, wasn't he? Yeah, but it wasn't at his most recent set that he did. It was a previous one here.

And Don goes to these things on his own because I don't like crowds. And he's walking along to the bathroom. And there's just like a little entourage of young fans and they're going, Carl, Carl. And he's going, I'm not Carl, I'm not him. But they wouldn't have it.

Same as Megan's Amy Lee incident. They don't want to, yeah. It's the weirdest thing. But he was on stage. He's just like, it goes to me. He's over there. He was doing his set on stage.

And anyway, then security came over and said, Mr. Cox, come with us. And John's going, mate, he's on stage. But anyway, they, they, They escorted him to the bathroom. But, I mean, why did they not think, how come he's out here going to the bathroom

and he's not backstage going to the bus? Why is he using the bloody Battle of Portaloolews? Carl Cox, Man of the People. Terrible for us security. I know, I know. That's nice of security. He got his own little detail to take him to the Port-a-Loo. I know.

Oh, brilliant. That is so good. We'd like to rock that story out now, then. Hey, Mayor, you're going to have a great weekend. Really appreciate you. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits.

I'm going out on a Friday. which you know for us is a hard tall ask because we're a bit tired from the way. Yeah, you're going to be a shell of a human being. Do you know we had to do something last night and it finished late? Got stuck on the motorway. Gridlock traffic, 1130 at night. Oh. Gridlock traffic.

I may as well just drive to work. For the time we're out of this traffic jam. Just keep on going. It'll do well for someone who didn't get much sleep. Now Bridgeton is out. It's in the top 10 on Netflix season four. You don't really strike me as a Bridgety guy. Lost me. You've lost me. What's it about?

It's just a sexy old time show. Oh, right. Do they wear corsets and... Well, actually, I don't think it's a corset era. Is it 1930s? I don't know. Big old dresses. But it's quite sexy. And so there's this masquerade happening tonight in Bridgeton theme to celebrate the release of the show. Oh, so you're going along to this.

It'd be weird if you said no. I've led in with this whole Bridgeton thing. and that's the event I'm not actually going to. And I'm going like all out. Everyone's wearing masks and I got a big dress. Just a dress that I had that I've only ever worn once. But I am going there by myself and meeting my husband because he's already in town. The trouble is this is like a big gown, right?

And it has a zip that I can't really reach. And it is really hard to zip up because it's a full on dress. Get the bloody Uber driver to do it. That's what I was saying. I don't, I'm going to have to go. I was thinking I'd just go in the Uber with it undone. And when I meet my husband there, he can zip me up. Because I don't imagine the Uber driver.

You can't arrive at an event, not zipped. You can't be unzipped walking into a unit. I can't ask the Uber driver. Get the Uber driver. Pay a $5 tip. Do the zip up at the back, thank you. That's so weird. I wonder what the weirdest thing they've ever done.

Do you reckon they've... That would have zipped people. up before? If it was an easy zip, but I have to like hold the top, pull the bottom and then like you have to go over the lining and it's really difficult. Get the neighbour to do it then. How well

do you know your neighbour? The one you were complaining about who chopped down your tree. Oh no, they won't. No, they won't do it. I'm trying to come up with options here. Pauline's going to save Megan. Pauline's going to come through. You're going to zip Megan up, are you, Pauline? Okay.

Done. No No further questions Did you have a tip for me You have a solution Yes I do I do If you've got a wire coat hanger

Because I had to do this And you You squish it Or you know You mangle it And then you get the hook in the zipper And you pull it up behind you Like a wet suit

And you're all done Wow God we are a solutions-based radio program Totally going to help the women Good on you, Pauline I think that it's a wonderful hack Film yourself doing the code hanger hack Yeah

Pauline Thank you Well done you You're welcome It's also You don't have to be embarrassed babe And do the Uber driver thing Yeah that was my only solution

It's not even like in the movies Where they get like the hot guy She's like can you zip me up And they hold their hair And it gently goes up This is like It's a bit of a tug sit show He would have to put his feet against the car

And be like It's not Suck in! Suck in! Yeah. So thank you, Pauline. Oh, well, there go. Not all heroes wear capes, Pauline.

Some of them wear dresses that are done up with coat hangers. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. I love that. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. News today, Harry Stiles' new album comes out.

It's out now. Kiss all the time, disco occasionally. I'm going to forget that every time. It's too long, Harry. Kiss all the time, disco occasionally. And the album literally just dropped. And producer Troy has somehow, through his connections on the dark web, managed to get all of the songs ripped into the system,

and the album was only released like 90 seconds ago. I don't know what witchcraft he's using, but this is one called Coming Up Roses, for example. Have a listen to this. But I'm scared if we're both right, does that mean we're not a line? Okay. Nice, beautiful voice, doesn't he? Have we got any other dancing ones? I feel like it's a bit like ready set go.

That sounds like I'd have a bit of a ready steady go. Sorry. One, two, three times you're on me and suddenly ready, steady go. That's good. Not bad. There's our Shambulik, top level review of Harry Stoll's brand new album, on the flight. Now, I won't bore you with details, but having to just deal with the council at the moment. And every time I'm talking to the person who's liaising with the.

council. I'm always saying, oh, the effing council. All the time. And then the phone rings the other day and my daughter poppy goes, oh, is that the effing council? Your beautiful daughter. What a sweet, sweet poppy. And so this is what we're pitching. This is what I'm pitching. Everyone calls them the effing council anyway. Why don't we just rebrand every council across the land? is the effing council. Get it, you know, put some signage,

you don't have to change the logo, just add the word effing before the council. It's what we all reference them as, move on to happy. Just everyone, no one has anything nice to say about councils. And we need them. And good on the people who work there. But everything is such a ball age.

I know, I know. The effing council, that happens. That's what this is. You know your daughter's calling it that. The effing council. We'll get the word out there. Start spreading a text three four, four, seven, if you think we should go for a name,

change for all councils. But, yeah, again, you need them because they provide many important services. You just remember that next time you're calling them. The Fing Council. Yeah. It's fun to call them that, though, isn't it? I feel like you have a little win. They're like, you keep calling us that.

We'll put your rates up, mate. Yeah, exactly. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. And it is a big day for Harry Stiles fans, because his new album. Kiss all the time, disco occasionally. It's out today. It's out now.

You froth a bit of Stiles, don't you? Love, love Harry Stiles. Harry Stiles. Liam Larson. Okay, they're both standing in a room. They're like, you need to choose one of us. Otherwise, and the one you don't choose is going to lose everything in their life, their career. Oh, their family, their family.

Well, it's just a, it's a rough game. Don't question the format of the game. Well, I'd have to go Liam then, because I can't do that to a Kiwi. Wow, sad to Harry. Harry's lost everything. Family, career. Hair, lost his hair. It's gone as well.

This was our aperture. This was released a few weeks back, right? And the world almost combusted when he released this song. this is the first single and then he performed it at the Brit Awards he's got into dancing with this album but it hasn't if we're honest it hasn't done as well as his other stuff

it's kind of you know as a fan do you like this as much as his other stuff would you go to his concert and be like no new stuff styles don't come in here with your new album this song gets stuck in my head I quite like this song but having just briefly heard the other

songs it's kind of nothing is really like hitting you in the face. Yeah, this is one called Steady, Ready Steady Go. That's a funky wee baseline. You could be able to get your pelvis going back and forth to that. I really thought when it said disco occasionally, I thought it was going to be like a really dancey album.

But it's not. Yeah, a lot of music, again, not a music reviewer. It feels like it could sit in the background of a cafe. Yeah. Yeah. Which is probably not what any artist really wants to hear. Sorry, Harry. I mean, I'm just speaking from the heart.

It's not bad, but it's not like, it's not gripping me. Might be a grower. Might be, not a shower, might be a grower. Yeah. That's what they say. This is one called Carla's song. It's available now on all the streaming services. You know?

It feels like something you're... Yeah. Sipping your coffee. Yeah. Just sort of getting you head around. Well, like Sunday morning vibes. Yeah. If you know.

And it would be boring if he released the same style of music every album. That's true. That's why you've got to have your experimental phases. We're trying to find the silver lining. Just don't play any of the new stuff at your shows. I wonder if all those people who bought really expensive tickets to his constantly like, and he's like, and he's one for my new album. Everyone's like, oh.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Wallace come in here, mate. Sam Wallace from Coast is coming. He's just. Come in here. Sam Wallace, as Drex Projects finishing these two are just banging on about Formula One. Oh, how exciting.

So exciting. I mean, yeah, it's practiced today. Grand Prix on Sunday. It is good time as well because it's in Melbourne. Yeah. You don't have to wake up in the middle of the night. Didn't you go to a Formula One party the other day? No, it's Sunday.

I still hasn't been. No. How do you get an invite to that? I actually don't know, Sam. Is this why he's cut? Do you want an invite to the Formula One party? That's what I was shooting for. Megan, you should take Sam to the Formula One party.

Yeah. Plus one. I do, but my husband is killing. Don't worry about him. No, so who like hates Formula One, but I was like, I felt obliged. No, I felt obliged to ask him. And then he said yes, and I was like, oh. Poor Sam, the sadness in Sam's eyes, he's like, I just want to go to the Formula One party.

Do you know, because I'm not very social. You get invited to things and I don't go to anything, the very thing I want to go to. No one I don't get a call up for. And then you're going, and I just look. Who's hosting this bloody party? Moet. Moet. Oh, Jesus.

Hi. The champagne. Tell you what, Sam, we'll get you there. Okay? Thank you. You have my word. This just became a radio arc for us. Yeah, yeah.

It's got to go to do your other show with Tony Street now, mate. All right. There you go, Sam. Well, it's big Formula One fan. It starts warm up today, is it? It starts today, practice, yeah. Not warm up, practice. Stretch the legs.

And then qualifying tomorrow. Is it in Melbourne? Quality tomorrow and race on Sunday. Well, that's all happening overseas. And Ben hasn't been with us for a couple of days. He's a man of international mystery. We were sort of chucking it out there. Now, is there a second family?

Drug trafficker. We know he's going away because he books it in our calendar. We're like, okay, Ben's going somewhere. But he's so cagey. So cagey on the whole thing. Now, since transpired, he's ended up in Singapore. And on a bloody Disney cruise. Now, I don't know much of the detail,

but I'm trying to piece it together from what little bits I'm seeing on social media. It feels like Disney, Mickey, has launched a, brand spanking new Wacking Great boat Is it the explorer? Disney Explorer It's huge The largest roller coaster

At sea And they got some big Power players In the social media game On board Yeah And I get some advertising out there That's the new world

We live in Isn't it? And the biggest Disney geek In the world Yeah so Ben's over there And Something I've seen On his

Instagram account We should put it up On our Hitchbred for social media Is there in an Auditorium That looks Like it shouldn't be floating

first and foremost. It's huge. And there's a smoke on the stage and it's mystery. And all of a sudden, boom. Out from underneath the stage comes Robert Downey Freaking Jr. Comes flying out like a cult leader, sort of emerging from the smoke from under the stage. Have a listen to this. Who's been sitting next to?

Oh my God. I heard Ben goes. This is Robert Gatty Jr. What do you think of this ship so far? It's Robert Downey Jr. It's Robert Downey Jr. And it was Robert Downey Jr. We'll put that up on the Hits Breakfast Instagram.

But, I mean, you know when you have things to go to? You're like, oh, Megan, you've got to go host the, you know, the sheep of the year awards and Tim Arroo. And you're flying down, and you're like, oh. Do you reckon Downie Jr. is like that having to go to a bloody Disney Cruise? He's flying there and like, God damn bastard to meet Disney Cruise. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if he got helicoptered off. I hope he did for his sake.

Yeah. I mean, the last thing Downey Jr. needs is he's, you know, eating at the buffet breakfast the next morning. And Ben Boyce is like, oh my God, it's Iron Man. That's what we did. Yeah. But that's wild. And another bit of information that we've sort of eked out of this whole thing is apparently cruise ships have godparents.

Yeah. When they're launched. And Iron Man is the godparent of that. So there we go. He's like, why did I sign up to this? Who, Downey Jr. Yes. I thought it could just be a naming rights thing

and then I had to turn up. Yeah, but incredible. No doubt we'll hear more about it when when Ben gets back. But that's Ben, sailing the seven seas with Downey Jr. Who would have thought? I reckon Downey Jr. is I'm not catching gastro on this thing. You fly me off as soon. I fly me on.

I'm flying out of that stage and you put me on a goddamn helicopter and get me off. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Are you still mooching off your parents? And anyway. Yeah, we've got a lovely guy that we meet with a couple of times a week, Craig. He's in Australia's. We meet with him over Zoom.

And he was saying his adult daughter, sort of 26, 27 years old, still on his Uber Eats account. Yeah. And he still, I don't know if he happily pays it, but he's still footing the bill for the Uber Eats delivery. It's 27. That is a great run. I mean, if we could all do it, we would. Absolutely. Like 100%.

Does she order it or does she get him to order it? How does that work? I don't know. I don't know. Can you actually merch on someone else's account? You can. Right. So it's kind of like SkyGo.

It sounds like it's a weekly thing. Yeah. And he's, you can tell Craig's like, the adult, he's like, this is a fully grown adult. I'm now having to pay for Uber Eats, but he's also like the dad on him. Yeah. The dad and him's never not going to be a dad.

Looking after his girl. Yeah. So this is what we do when I open up. New Zealand's. oldest moochers. Maybe you are the person's still mooching off your parents. Maybe you're a parent who's still having to fun a fully developed human being.

Do you know my brother? I think it's because he still lives in Nelson. So he's like with my parents. Whereas I'm like far away. My mum will still go to his house and do his washing. Like not all the time, but she'll buy him grocery. She goes and does like cleans his house.

What does Ray Ray gives you? What does she do for you? Jack all. No. No. No. I say that is she's coming up to help look after my children. She got you a couch or something. Oh, yeah. The window cleaner. The window cleaner. Yeah, Ray Ray looks after you.

Sometimes. Grass is always green amegra. Yeah. Sometimes when they come up, they'll fill up my car with petrol. And I'll be like, oh, don't, don't. You go to, like, try and swipe your card. And you're like, oh, thanks. Oh, please don't.

Oh, it's okay. Yeah, you're kind of hard, Lili. Half-ass effort. Yeah, you don't fully extend the EFOS card with your arm, do you? Okay, so I went home. of the hits. New Zealand's oldest moochers. You can dob yourself in, you can dob your children.

Text 4487, we'd love to get you on shortly. Have we got prizes to give away, producer, Troy? Guess what? No prizes. What you're doing it for is the love and the money can't buy prize of Radio Eater Time. You know? Promote yourself. Do you mooch off Annie and John? What was the thing? I was mooching

for a number of years. I'd say probably deep into the 20s by 25. Yeah. because it's really hard. You start in this industry, and it's probably the same as a lot of industries, this isn't anything special, but radio does a really good job of... Making you do things for free.

Making, yeah, and sort of gaslighting you into thinking you're lucky to be here. And you sort of feel like, I am, I am, yes sir, I am lucky to be here. I was pretty sleeping out of my car in the garage at the rock, working free from like midnight till bloody midnight the next day. I'm just lucky to be here. Lucky to be so, yeah, in that regard,

mom would, she would come in to the radio station and buy me lunch and things to bring me lunch and I was always like, it's so embarrassed that mum would have to turn out and give me lunch, but it was a necessity. Otherwise, I would not eat. I'd be just jacked up. Remember they'd get the BZB party pills and they'd give those away? Those were horrific. They were getting me through my 20s.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. I was talking about the oldest moochers in Altearoa. There's some beauties coming through on the text machine. Yeah, come through, Producer Grace. just talking with producer grace off here she's like she's 24 though she's 24 but um you were just saying to megan megan uh when i grow up i want to be a mum like you because you makes shark costumes for your boy i didn't want to sound sakeu-u-uppy but it's true that is very sweet that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me

you've made a shark costume for basties dress-up day today a hammerhead shark it's on the it's on the hits breakfast story it's really good like i'd like to mock you for it but it's incredible costume work it was like a last minute thing last night because he just he was devastated he wanted to be be a hammerhead shark. Good well. But then I said, you know, you want to be a mother like her? I said, why don't you want to be a dad like me? She said, you're the worst dad ever.

Yep, and I did. Thank you. Facts. Can you make a hammerhead shark costume? No. You see, that's what I mean, John. Exactly. Take them to Kelly Tohens to look at one, no.

Okay, that's good enough. There we go. You have really good parents because you're still mooching off them. But yeah, like I said, you're 24. I'm 24 and I just like, I'm still in my first flat. So I think it's okay. My parents still pay, help me out with me out with me. my car insurance and my health insurance.

Also, because it's like easier to be a family. So I do say, I still mooch off my grandparents flat. You know? That's, yeah, I think you've got, you got some leeway, I'd say, till 25. Yeah, and the best mooching I do is my dad's like an engineer. He's a DIY man. So I call him for everything to do with my car. Anything, I'll just call them up.

And he'll be like, okay, I'll come over. Didn't your car, you were driving on your car, it had zero brakes or something? No, it had zero gas, but it said it had full gas. And I was on the motorway, and I had to pull over. And it was just, it was the worst nightmare. Because I was like, why is my car, oh, I was. I called my dad instantly. Can we all subscribe to your dad's services?

Yeah. Yeah, if you guys want to, I'll give you his number. Are you mooching, Lee? Are you a moocher? I'm not a moacher. Sorry, sorry. I've offended Lee. Apologies, Lee.

That's okay. No, I'm used to a good moacher. My son's a fabulous moacher. How old's your son? 28. Wow, he's still mooching. What are you paying for? car insurance life insurance cell phone

I'm currently heading down to Hawaii Beach for the weekend to meet him for a lovely weekend away and I've got a chili bin full of probably about $300 with a meet at the freezer for him You see you just never stop being a mother Lee Not that I want to ruin it for him but why Lee?

Oh because he's my baby 28 28's pretty late there Lee to be footing the phone bill and the insurance and life insurance bill but And he's an accountant Oh he knows what he's doing He's having a laugh He's having a laugh

He's crunching the numbers Hey well enjoy your weekend in Hawaii Beautiful part of the country Appreciate you listening All right team All right Loma Yes Good to it

Happy New Year Same to you All right You're a moocher Yes My poor boys, I have to look after them. How old are they, Loma? They're 24 and 25.

Okay. Both working. I'm still paying their phone accounts, cause. I bought my one son-a-cord just a few weeks ago. I'm still paying insurance, self-account accounts, petrol cars. I'm going to generalise, and I feel like I can, because I'm married to a South African. South African moms really look after their boys. They do.

They still are babies forever. And they still live. with me. Do you deal with that all the time, Megan? The one with his fiancé. They still live with you. Even one with the fiancé? Yes.

Wow. Loma, geez, you are really, you're dealing with a lot of mootian. There's some high-grade mootian going on there. Hey, you're going to have a great weekend. Appreciate you tuning in. Thank you. There's great text here. I work with the guy, 42 years old.

Never left home. What's that, sorry, Troy? Troy's giving me hand signals. Come in here, Troy. Come in. Hand, sorry. I really can't understand something. He was doing a plane.

A plane. What's happening? Sorry You told me to signal you If the thing next was good to go And that was my signal Oh that was Yeah I actually told you to make the signals

You did Oh sorry mate You did Yeah Get back the curtain Jetstar's good to go next Jetstar's good to go Because Troy's like

Why's Troy being a airplane And I was like Oh that's because I told him To tell us If the Jet Star thing Was good to go next And it's good to go Good signals

Bad signal reading from me there But yeah Someone who's working with a guy In his 40's still at home He's mom Never Left Home He makes his bed She provides as lunches.

Wow. You know, if she's happy to do that and, you know, if all parties are happy, power to you. Apparently, Jetstar, next. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Been having crazy dreams lately. And it's because I think I've had a clear run of this particular topic for the entire year. So I have probably on a nightly basis have reoccurring dreams that I keep getting infringed.

Tickment tickets. Parking tickets. Bus lane tickets, getting caught by bus cameras, pulled over by police for... Yeah. And I wake up in a cold sweat. I'm like, oh no, my clear run of getting infringement tickets is over. And then I'm like, it's all a dream. Which makes me believe something big's coming.

Right. A torrent of tickets is about to land in the inbox here at work, because I get them all said to work. Yeah, if you haven't heard before, you were prolific. And there used to be piles. They'd put a rubber band around the tickets for Jono here in the mailroom. So you're saying this year you haven't got any. No, well, there was one that arrived.

But it was from last year. It was an infringement in December. So that doesn't count. I'm actually really proud of you, given how many you were getting. It was my New Year's resolution to try and get through 12 months without one infringement notice. But these dreams leave me, you know, the subconscious mind is always thinking about something that's going to happen in reality. Yeah. but maybe it's because you're missing it.

I am not missing getting tickets. I'm not missing getting tickets. I'm not missing getting tickets. I would ignore them and then they'd keep sending me threatening notices and I'd ignore those. And you'd go to Bay Corp. Bay Corp and then they go to the district court and all of a sudden, you know, they're wild. Absolutely wild. So a very stressful part of my life.

And I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and just act like a responsible motorist. Paper parking. Don't drive down bloody bus lanes. And you're at speed. Yeah. Maybe you're just like, you're dreaming of the thing that you, like, fear, you know? Because I used to always dream that I'd missed handing in assignments. I still get that.

I've missed, like, handing in. Oh, it's like when you're... But it's like when you're running late for a plane in your dreams, you know? And it's, yeah, always very anxious to wake up in that state. So, and you know the problem is you don't know if you've got a ticket nowadays. No, that's true. It's just bloody turn up. There's no human.

What's happened to the human to human interaction where you could abuse someone in a bloody cricket hat? I literally got one yesterday and I thought, you know, when you go to your car and you look at the window, the wind screen and you're like, yes, I made it, I got away with it. And then that came in the mail yesterday. I was like, I did not get away with it. You've had one. You've had one, okay. All right. Well, I'm clean slate so far.

Three months in, not one infringement ticket. Good on you. And I'm going to continue that. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. And Justin Bieber celebrated his birthday. Geez, what, I reckon he's going to be younger than I think he is. Guess, because it surprised me.

Really? Because you're just, we got to know him at such a young age. I want to say like 28? 32. Oh, wow. He's older than I thought he was. Yeah. Crazy, eh?

Well, he's been with us for a long time. That's the complete opposite of my theory. Just blown out of the water there. Well, happy 32nd, Justin Bieber. Now, Megan, speaking of all things birthdays, your son Bastie, five years old, did a dry run at school years today, which we'll get two later in the show. Yeah. Won't waste that at six past seven, ma'am. But what I did, because today's obviously his last day at day, Kerry.

It starts on Monday. Terrifying. But it just coincided with, you know how they do dress-up days all the time? Yeah. It's been sea week. Giant ballache the old dress-up days. Really something you don't need in your day, is it? We've had such a busy week.

And it happened like out of the blue yesterday. He's like, did you get me a hammerhead shark costume? And we were like, oh my God. Is this the first you've heard of dress-up day? No, but it slipped my mind. Also, it probably rubbed salt in the wound that I got my daughter a mermaid outfit because she was like, you know, I was, mermaid swim under the sea. I was like, she'll love that.

What do those costumes look like? Do they kind of just have to shuffle their feet a lot? Yeah, yeah. She really constricted. I thought she was going to be pissed off that she could walk but she was like, I look great I was like, Shuffle, shuffle, shuffled.

So I ticked for her. But I didn't get, I thought Bastion could just be a pirate. I was like, mate, you've got like an iPad, you've got a pirate hat and one of those little swords.

Yeah, you're just, but you're just giving him, you know, generic ocean based up. I was like, it's your last dress up, you know,

I thought he was going to be kind of too cool for it as well, but he was like, I want to be a hammerhead shark. Niche. I was like, I don't, even think anyone makes those costumes, dude.

Like, where would I have got that phone? Yeah, I haven't seen anything on Timo? Did you? Well, I mean, this was last night. Yeah. And so he was, he was devastated. He was crying and I was like, oh, great, here we go. I'm going to mum hard.

And I got, I had some little, like, felt sheets, colored sheets in the cupboard. I got those out. And I fashioned together the most terrible hammerhead shark. I made it. footage of it I can I see it? So it's got like a picture of a head that I've sewed onto his hat.

Then I've sewed a fin on his back, on his t-shirt. And then I made him a little tail that I sewed onto his shorts. Oh, that's good. Look at the head. We should put that up on the hits breakfast. That's good. As long as everyone's not going to troll me on it. No, no, that's, I was getting ready to mock you.

That's a million times better than anything I'd, mate. But also, when he walks, the tail, swishers. Yeah, is it? It's all blue felt. No, that's legit. He was stoked and I was like, thank God. How long did that take you?

Like two hours? Yeah, God. Two hours that I really didn't have. No one needs arts and crafts later on a Thursday night. That was like 9pm too and I'm like fashioning together. A hammerhead shark costume. Well, happy last daycare day.

Did they do dress up days like that at school? No. Yeah, no, they do. I think there's a big day where you get dressed as a book character. That's huge in Australia, but I know, yeah, I've fallen victim to that previously as well. Yeah. So. God, they're really, really making a punish for us.

I don't have to make this school exciting. Otherwise it's just boring, isn't it for the kids? You've got to juice it up every now and then. Tell you what they do love is they love a can donation too. Oh, okay. Now that's easy. Yeah, just can a spaghetti. Boom, that's what I'm dealing with nowadays.

That's manageable. I love that. That's great.