Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Boyce's Road Cone Scandal...

Episode Date: March 16, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan’s Mysterious Holes... It’s St. Patrick’s Day, so we ask an Irishman if he’s guilty of the Irish Goodbye. Live from Melbourne: Megan’s best friend's F1 review – “I was right where Liam crashed!” Jono’s Bizarre Algorithm... Task Masking: The new trick to get out of doing actual work. When a Celebrity Replies to Your Message: Chappell Roan, Tate McRae, and more!  Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganI nstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See 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 the podcast. On a Monday morning, you're here on the podcast. We're talking about have you messaged celebrities and have they responded back? We've all been called out.

Have we? We have. I've messaged Megan on multiple occasions on Instagram. She's never messaged back. Only lovely things, of course. Still a fan, don't worry. Kiss. And then there wasaged back. Only lovely things, of course. Still a fan. Don't worry. Kiss. And then there was another text that came through going,

there's one time my daughter's made me message John O'Byrne and they never answered. So there you go. Do you know what? I'm trying to reply to people, but they go to like different, it goes to a different inbox. Yeah. Whatever makes you sleep at night.

Hi there, this is Scott. Scott. Now you were texting, and sorry, Scott, John, I've been a Megan here from this. You were just texting about celebrities messaging you back. You've got some big bangers. Yeah, man, well, back in the 80s, so you couldn't, you know, no texting, Instagram, and that

rubbish, so yeah, I had to go old school. So you wrote letters? Yeah, so in the States, when you graduate from high school, you tend to have a big party, so I had loads of extra invitations, so I went to the library, got this address celebrity book, and just started firing them out. There was a book?

They published a book with celebrities' addresses? Yeah, yeah. I don't know if they still make it, but they publish them every year back in the States, yeah. Seems like a huge invasion of privacy. So who did you send letters to? Oh, man, I couldn't even tell you them all. Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Harrison Ford, the White House.

I wanted Bon Jovi to play. So this is all birthday related, like come to the birthday, you can play, you can do this? So, yeah, I got a formal letter back from Reagan in the White House. Dan Aykroyd sent me a set photo from the Great Outdoors. Wow. Saying rule one, have fun. Yeah, and I got your bog standard autographed pictures from Harrison Ford, Chevy Chase, stuff like that.

That's incredible. And so did Bon Jovi and Indy end up playing your graduation party? No, they were double booked. So they blew me off. Yeah. I'm sure they would have if the schedule was free, but that's awesome they replied back. Yeah, their priorities were out of whack.

They should have taken my gig. I'm a big tipper. Oh, Scott, you're a good man. Thank you so much for your call. It was very funny. No worries, man. You guys have a great day. Yeah, you too, you too.

And there's more of those in the podcast. But first up, Ben Boyce and a road cone scandal. Yeah. John O'Bien and megan the podcast the hits i'm sure we've all had this debate before when someone's had your phone and then you're like you're looking for your phone you're like oh you hit my phone last and i know i gave it back to you it can happen with phones it happened with many other things right yeah that situation it's always a thing when you get out of your car you're like okay my phone everyone carries a phone around everywhere yeah and it happened over the weekend backstory filming get my wife but she's very unpaid as a camera person she has to get roped along you know that's the collateral of me doing all these stupid dumb gags online

she doesn't want to be in it to be honest she's like i don't want to I just watch those and I'm like, oh, poor Amanda. She's the unsung hero. She really is. She's not in it. Behind the scenes. She doesn't want to be in it, to be honest. She's like, oh, I don't want to be part of this terrible gag. But she will, to her credit, she'll film these things. So she needs to come along with you. Sometimes she'll put it in slow-mo and, oh, that's a video.

That's a conversation for another day where it's like, accidentally hits slow-mo. Like, that could not have been crafted any more perfectly. It's in slow-mo! Do you start, do you crack off at each other? No. Don't bite the free hand.

No, she is great. She does that, you know. Has she ever, like, accidentally pushed record twice so it looks like she's been recording but she hasn't been? That's happened before

but anyway, most of the time. She's unpaid, she does a great job, she's giving up her weekend filming me dressed as a road cone or something in the weekends surprising my daughters as they came back you know what you married into i said this at the beginning uh so anyway we get to the end of that she's like can you check that yeah basically we filmed the thing and then we we

drove somewhere else after we'd all got back in the car drove somewhere else and then i got out of the car and i was like, oh, my phone. I said, my phone, do you have it? And she's like, no, I gave it back to you. I was like, oh, no, I was in the road coat costume. I didn't have pockets. A normal conversation for us in the weekend. She doesn't come in pockets.

The road costume does not have pockets. She's like, no, I'm pretty sure I gave it back to you. I'm like, I'm pretty sure you didn't. You know, when you're in that stalemate situation. Are you still dressed as a road code? Well, no, at this stage, I still had tights on, but I did like orange tights. But I was out of that. I was out of the novelty road code costume, but just in orange tights.

And it was like, oh, maybe it's still in the car. So we're all looking, you know, it's obviously still in the car. We're looking around for it. And then I was like, oh, should I check the Bluetooth? You know, is it connected? It's still in the car so we're all you know looking you know it's obviously still in the car we're looking around for it and then i was like oh should i check the bluetooth you know is it connected it's connected in the car so it's in the car i'm like can you look down your side of the car amanda she's like it's not there you look down your side we're each sort of thinking the other person's slightly in the wrong then i'm like well let's call it it's ringing can't hear it but it's like oh geez and like, oh, jeez.

And they were all up and about and looking around for it. And do you know what? It was on the roof. I saw it. It was on the roof. We'd driven like five minutes away from the last thing. My side of the roof. Oh, I was about to say, which side?

My side of the roof. And I did the classic, oh, I found it. Oh, well. Here it is. Oh, and it all go on grabbing it and looking down under the seats. Maybe it had fallen down under the seat. Probably me, probably me. But, jeez, I didn't want to admit it was on the roof.

Did you not tell her? No. Oh, I found it. There was a lot going on. Was she like, where was it specifically? Yeah, it was more on my side, down by the door. But I was like, jeez. You were like, sorry, babe. You must have given it back to me. I did say sorry, but I didn't say it was on the roof. But, jeez, it was more on my side, down by the door. But I was like, jeez. You were like, sorry, babe.

You must have given it back to me. I did say sorry, but I didn't say it was on the roof. But jeez, it was on the roof. How did you see it on the roof? I just got up. Stood out of the car looking around. You just stood up and looked. It was on the roof, like right by my door.

Wow. Pretty incredible that it stayed there for five minutes. It must have been that little sucker case. And she still doesn't know.. And she still doesn't know. No, she still doesn't know. But yeah, well,

she knows it was my fault. I just need to call Amanda. Oh, yeah. She's at school now, thankfully. He always does this stuff when she's always here

to win the playground. She's always working hard. School stuff. She's, you know, she's working on a camera technique for the next filming, guys.

Megan's come with a mystery and it's bamboozled all of us This came about on Friday because I wore a t-shirt and I get a little bit self-conscious when I wear this one because it's got holes in the front of it, not purposeful holes and producer Grace was like, oh is that supposed to be there?

Or are they just holes in your shirt? Like 30 little holes around the abdomen. Yeah. In a very specific spot. Yeah. Can I ask a deeply personal question? Yes. Have you grown teeth inside your belly button?

No, but that's what it looks like. It does look like something's nibbled away. And it happens not only to this T-shirt. All of my T-shirts have the same holes, just slightly right of my belly button. I get a few T-shirts like that too, yeah. But there's a few catches because I was like, maybe it's my jeans.

But there's a pyjama shirt that's got it. Oh, really? Because I was thinking maybe it could be along the line of a belt or a button. Well, I don't even own a belt. I did that to one of my T-shirts. It was thanks to the belt. Obviously not on this occasion, but it kind of created a huge window frame for my guts. And I really stuck with that T-shirt for far longer than I should have.

Far too long. Just these guts poking out of a hole. But you don't wear belts? No. Okay, so it's not a belt. I don't even own a belt. It's not a belt. It's happening on your pyjamas as well.

My pyjama T-shirt. It would be the dishwasher. You're happening on your pyjamas as well. My pyjama t-shirt. It would be the dishwasher. You're not chucking your clothes in the dishwasher. I thought about the washing machine. But the problem is it's in the same spot. So if the washing machine was chewing up my clothes, it would move around.

Does it offer good ventilation? No, they're not big enough. It literally looks like a rat has chewed up my shirt. Just little nibbles and that yeah again i'm gonna ask you another question would appreciate deep honesty yep are you sabotaging your own clothing in order to convince your husband andrew that uh online shopping is required to replace these clothes no but i have used it being like oh look poor me i need another shirt i've used it multiple times so it has it works well there's a benefit to it but i'm not doing it on purpose

okay well how about megan right now maybe this has, it works well. There's a benefit to it. But I'm not doing it on purpose. Okay, well how about Megan right now? Maybe this has happened to you, maybe you've got a theory or maybe you know exactly why t-shirts get little holes in the front of it. It seems to be a problem that's happened quite a lot. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Getting to the bottom of a mystery here. Who says this show doesn't close the loop on

mysterious happenings? Megan, please bring us up to speed. My mystery holes in my t-shirts, they appear in the same place. Just to the right of my belly button is a cluster of holes in most of my t-shirts. And I thought it was my jeans. I thought that was the reason. But my pyjama top,

one of my pyjama t-shirts has got it too, which I don't wear outside of the house. Hashtag relatable topic. It's something that's happened to everyone throughout their t-shirt wearing career. Has it? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

It's a common occurrence. A lot of feedback on the text, 4487, and on the phones as well. Tilly, good morning to you. Good morning, guys. Great to have you on. Has this happened to you, these mystery t-shirt holes? Sometimes, yeah. It's just the fabric, probably, but not after a long time

and not in the same place like Megan. All right, so your theory is the fabric. It could be. I was just wondering, Megan, do you have a belly button piercing? No. Well, I do, but there's nothing in it. Have you got a belly button piercing? I took it out.

Everyone had it one stage, right? Because of that reaction, I took it out. They're coming back in fashionable again. They go again cycles and stuff. I feel like everyone probably 10, 15 years ago had one, and now they come back in again. Can you guarantee that if I wore a belly button piercing, if I put it in, you would not bully me?

No, of course not. Like I say, my daughters are like, they're cool again. No, but your daughters are like 15. Yeah, well, after 8 o'clock, Megan re-pierces her belly button. Megan, you're cool, you're cool. Oh, thank you. I once had nipple ones. Did you?

Yeah, that was more stunt purposes on the radio. If I put my belly button one back in, you put your nipple back in. Oh, the nipple was terrible. Oh my god. Is he cool enough, Tilly? Yeah, I think so. Okay, well Tilly, we're going to hook you up with $100 gas petrol service stations. No one likes

Mondays, so you can spend that at gas and fill up your car. Thanks for your call this morning. Oh, I need to, I need to. Thank you so much and good luck with those t-shirts, Megan. Yeah, good on you, good on you and good luck with that image of my nipple being pierced as well, sitting with you for the rest of the day. Rebecca, morning to you.

How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. Getting to the bottom of the mystery holes in the T-shirt. Your theory? My theory. So I have the same issue. I just think it's a standard issue that we all have. It's like the pressure point for when you're, like,

at the kitchen bench and your seatbelt's on. It all rubs in the same place. Good theory. Good theory. That's a really good theory. And it is an issue we've all dealt with

and it's finally someone is shining a light on it. I do spend a lot of time at the kitchen bench. Sitting here right now probably isn't around the midsection of the table. I know, I was just looking

if there's anything on the desk. Yeah, well, Rebecca, you can take your T-shirt and rest against the bench of a gas petrol service station because you've got a hundy for a hundy mundy. Awesome, thank you. Good on you. That's a good theory. That is a great theory.

That could be it. Craig-o, how are you? G'day, mate. How are you? We're doing well, Craig. Apparently, Craig is the most rock solid of all the theories for the mystery holes in your T-shirts. Oh, okay.

Yeah. Well, it happened to me, actually, and I sort of wondered what was going on with my T-shirts. But I was opening my... They're after you, Craig. He's on the run from the law. Don't stop, Craig. Whatever you do, you need to finish this phone call.

Don't let them arrest you before you finish. Oh, God. I used to open all of my beers' screw tops with my T-shirt. That's it, Megan. And that's why they're chasing him now. Yeah. So I noticed all these little holes, and I put it back to the fact that I was opening the bear tops.

She does that every morning, too. Two to three bears, she opens with a T-shirt. That's it. That's it. You're right, Craig. Definitely. That is exactly'll do us every morning too. Two to three beers, she opens with a t-shirt, that's it. That's it. You're right, Craig. Definitely. That is exactly what is happening every morning.

It's your rampant drinking problem. Hey, Craig, I'm going to hook you up with $100. Could be any kind of drink. Could be, you're right. John O'Bien and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. It's Patrick's Day. We love to catch up with our friend of the show, Irish Dave. Top of the morning, Irish Dave.

Top of the morning to you. What specific time is the top of the morning? It is just before 9am. I think normally is when we go for it. Oh, okay. So it is technically top of the morning and it's a big day, St Paddy's Day. We do our annual catch up with Irish Dave. Are you excited?

Where's the excitement levels? Look, I'm not going to lie, I'm a little bit hungover. A panties day on a Monday is a dangerous thing. We kind of do celebrate on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so we'll ease into today. Hold on, it's a four day extravaganza. Yeah, it's good.

Today in New Zealand, but you've got to remember it's tomorrow in Ireland, so this could be a five dayer. We love the history behind it. You're so good at explaining to us the history behind St. Paddy's Day every year. But it's to do with snakes, right? Yeah. So St. Patrick, he's the patron saint of Ireland.

He drove all the snakes out of Ireland. But as we figured out, there mightn't have even been snakes in Ireland. St. Patrick, he's actually a Welsh guy. I think he rocked over and went, hey guys, I've got rid of all your snakes. Cheers. So he bloody did a job on the Irish. He did.

He's a sneaky Welshman. Look, we like him. It's a good excuse for us to get on the piss every year. I wonder if he charged you for the snake removal. I reckon so. Look, at the end of the day, us Irish,

we can take the piss out of the Welsh at the moment with their rugby follies, so we don't mind. So it's celebrated, you know, New Zealand, Ireland, all over the world. Chicago every year, they dye their river green as well. They do dye their river green, yeah. It's celebrated everywhere. If you've got to think about it,

there's 5 million people on the island of Ireland, but there's 70 million Irish around the world. So we're everywhere. We did a thing. The English invaded the world. We infested the world. Tell you what, everyone loves the Irish. And I reckon this is their marketing campaign

because you know the show Love Ireland, but Love Ireland should be their campaign. Oh my God, it's a great marketing campaign. I was thinking of that. You're like, oh, you have Love Island. You can even do Love Island with Irish people as well. There's an idea for you. Are you giving this to Dave?

I don't know. Dave's Irish. He can do something with it. Can I ask a couple of quick things about the Irish just to see? Because people talk about the Irish goodbye, which is basically just leaving without saying goodbye to anyone. Are you guys offended by this? Is this something that happens in Ireland?

I actually saw on it. It was on a billboard yesterday. I was driving and it was like, yeah, if you've ever left the party early and hadn't said it, then it's an Irish goodbye. Now, Ben, you and I are mates and we've drunk together. You know, if I'm in your house, you can't get rid of me. I don't know where that term comes from.

That's true. I'm leaving my own house and Dave's still there. Ben's moved out. It hasn't been over six months. And the leprechaun. Now, what's the story behind the leprechaun? Is it still okay in 2025? You can still, yeah, you can still say about leprechauns.

There's no PC-ness in the leprechaun world yet. Because we were actually having that conversation this morning, the accent. You know, you never know what's safe and what's not safe nowadays. Ben was doing

his Mandarin one earlier today. No, I wasn't. No, I wasn't. Definitely wasn't. No. Megan, Megan almost committed to an Irish one.

Then she pulled herself out of it. I pulled out. I was nervous. No, you can do it. I mean, look, there's some accents you kind of,

in this day and age, you shouldn't pull off, but you can definitely do. I mean, look, there's some accents you kind of, in this day and age, you shouldn't pull off, but you can definitely do the Irish one, especially today. Today you can use it. So everyone can celebrate today, even if they're not Irish, they can get involved in St. Paddy's Day? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, listen to your co-host's name, John O'Prior.

He's Irish, right? John O'Prior. Now, there's not a license to go out drinking at 9 o'prior the formula one started over the weekend the first race in melbourne a lot of kiwis went across for it it's the closest grand prix to home so lots of kiwis went over it was also the launch of leon lawson's full-time driver position he's of course our kiwi in formula one so lots of Kiwis went over. It was also the launch of Liam Lawson's full-time driver position. He's, of course, our Kiwi in Formula One. So lots of people were very excited to see how he went. To be honest, before working with you, I never really gave the Formula One a second thought.

But it's all we hear every day now, isn't it, Ben? Well, it's awesome we've got a Kiwi there. As you say, Liam Lawson, it's awesome. But the conditions were shocking, right? Terrible. There was torrential rain over the weekend, and it came and went and came and went, which is hard for, like, tyres and everything.

But my best friend taunted me over the weekend. She was there among a bunch of other Kiwis sending me back reports. So I thought we'd get her on, we'll wake her up early, and she can give us a report. Good morning, Ellie. Good morning. Is she paying you for this, Ellie, for this professional report? It's my friendship

She definitely will be receiving an invoice Especially because it's blooming early over there You're two hours behind It's two it's two It's not too bad It's 5.30 So firstly going across the F1 I know you're a huge fan

Megan's a huge fan How was it Despite the rain The terrible weather What was the experience like Oh it's incredible It's so much fun. Despite, yeah, all the weather, it's hard not to enjoy it.

Was there any part of your body not saturated? It felt like it was torrential. I was wet just looking at it. No, my socks and my shoes have seen absolutely better days. What do you actually see? I always wonder that when you're sitting on the side, because watching it on TV you've got camera angles and all this, but when they just fly past, however fast

they're going, do you actually see anything? Oh yeah, we saw some crashes in front of us, which was great. Unfortunately it was Liam, but yeah, a lot of gravel, a lot of dirt, a lot of going slow around the corners, a lot of skidding, but they do fly. You just happened to be on a corner that everyone really liked.

But you did see Liam. Exactly. You saw Liam crash out. Did you see him get out of the car? We did, and we cheered. And what was his reaction? Did he look downtrodden? Yeah, he was a bit sad.

He's like, cheering's probably the last thing I need to hear right now. Yeah, thanks, guys. It's a little patronising, to be honest. And so you being obviously a huge Formula One fan, do you get to wander around all the pits, look at the cars and see the drivers? If you pay a lot of money, yes, you can. I stayed around to the end and you can walk on the track at the end of the race. You can get a glimpse of a driver.

So I saw Max, saw George and Lando. Oh, that's cool. The race winner. You did take a selfie with a skid mark on the road. I was like, you can't confirm whose rubber that is. But you were saying that people were like wandering around the track trying to pick up mementos. Yes, they were like scouring the grass looking for pieces of rubber

or anything that belongs to a car. It was like these grown adults. Hands and knees. Bowering in the rain for a small piece of rubber. And some 40-year-old saying, I got it, I got it. And then what? Exactly. Ellie, you took a photo with a skid mark.

Yeah, true. Yeah, that's true, that's true. Celebrities. I'm going to take a look at myself. I saw one of the Spice Girls was there. Mal C was there. Dan Carter, All Black Legion was there. Did you see any of the celebrities roaming about? I saw Ray, and apparently Ray is dating Lewis Hamilton.

Oh! Who's Ray? She's a singer. All these notes, she's like, I saw Max, Lando, Ray. Do you know what I thought when you said Ray? I thought Ray Metcalf who plays Elf Stewart on Home and Away, I was like jeez big banger She performed at the Oscars

Did she perform at the Grammys? She's a big singer You know, you know Flaming mongrel to me mate Lewis Hamilton's new girlfriend I got it Ellie Thank you, thank you And how much did you pay for lunch? You know, it's a once in a lifetime experience

and I'm not sure if I'll ever pay $40 for some pasta and some fries. Oh, wow. Did you get swept up in overpriced merchandise, Ellie? $80 for an umbrella, which served me very well yesterday. She said to me, I'm going to go get a jacket. And I was like, we'll see. She goes, do you know how much those Ferrari jackets are? Yeah. $300. It kept me dry. It kept me dry. Oh, go get a jacket. And I was like, we'll see. She goes, do you know how much those Ferrari jackets are? Yeah.

300. It kept me dry. It kept me dry. Oh, you got a jacket. Did you get any merch for Megan? Because she hates merchandise, will never wear it. But you do love Formula One, so you know. No, I did get a shirt.

I don't know if she's going to want it or not. Well, check it. We're doing merch madness on the show this month. We can put it in part of the loot for merch madness. Yes, pay for that. Yeah, true. She's like, I'm not giving it away. $900 t-shirt. Very expensive.

Oh, Alice, are you doing it again? Absolutely. Absolutely. That's us next year. I've got to take Megan with me next time. Yeah, exactly. Good, because we won't be punished by her talking about it all weekend. All bloody weekend, mate. All weekend. It's not even just the F1. There's the F2 and the F3.

I'm like, oh, God. All right. It started early. It's like, just do the one race that goes all weekend. It's like, just do the race. Hey, I deal with your Warriors, Jack. Yeah, you do, actually. You're right.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. It's St. Paddy's Day today. Oh, happy St. Patrick's Day. I was going to do an accent and then I opted out. You Hits. It's Paddy's Day today. Oh, happy St. Patrick's Day. I was going to do an accent and then I opted out. You can tell. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

We're going to make Irish Dave after 8 o'clock our yearly tradition of talking to him on St. Paddy's Day and finding out the history. Today was snakes and Ireland as well. I've forgotten, so tell me again. Yeah, we'll get to him after 8.30 this morning. When's it going to become problematic to do the Irish accent? I think now. I think we're there.

Oh, really? I reckon. That's why I obbed it out. We'll find out from him. I'm sure he won't mind. Now, I want to pitch a new part to the show, and this can involve all three of us too. It's called The Algorithm.

Okay, then each week we bring something to the show to present to the class that's in our algorithm. Oh, it just pops up. It's been fed to us. Yeah, because, I mean, it really does. It speaks volumes about you, doesn't it? It's like a window to your soul, your algorithm. I know what you're doing.

What's that? You want to play that video, don't you? Yeah, I've clicked on. Why don't you just say you want to play it? Yeah. Because our attention to detail Coming back to this Is probably very low

Well I feel like It's low hanging fruit All we need to do Is find a video a week And we can have a segment That's great And it's just basically Stealing plagiarising

From the internet It doesn't get any easier But this one Is an interesting Account that I've started to I clicked on it once Now I've followed it Because it's really captured my attention.

And it's a guy who clearly he has, you know those thoughts you'd have in the shower? Yeah. Well, he then goes and turns them into animated AI videos with voiceover. Have a listen. If everyone on earth peed into the Grand Canyon, you might think it would fill up in less than a day.

But the Grand Canyon can hold about 1.2 quadrillion gallons, and the average person pees about half a gallon a day. So if all 8 billion people peed at the same time, they'd only add about 4 billion gallons of pee. At that rate, it would take over 800,000 years of constant peeing to fill it up. Isn't that interesting? That's a lot. That is a lot of years. A lot longer than I would have thought to fill it up. Interesting in the video too, he's very detailed with how everyone's contributing.

He's got them all lined up on top of the Grand Canyon, everyone's constant flow in there. And you've got everyone in the world there. Yeah, he hasn't thought about stage fright. and everyone's constant flow in there. And you've got to get everyone in the world there. Yeah, he hasn't thought about stage fright. Stage fright in front of the rest of the world. The whole world is watching. I don't know if I can do it. I was trying to convert 1.2 quadrillion,

but I don't know how to write that into litres. Here's another one from my algorithm. Now, this is the same guy. I don't know how this even happened. The snake had slithered into her mouth and down her throat while she was sleeping in her garden. When she woke up, she felt sick and rushed to the hospital. And during an x-ray, doctors discovered the four-foot snake had lodged itself in her throat. She was sedated while they fed a scope down her throat until they reached the snake and carefully pulled it out.

So is he saying this is true? Yeah, so she's sleeping on her... Pulling herself in a garden. In a garden with her mouth wide open. A snake slides in. Let's keep it classy, shall we, Megan? Okay, let's keep it classy. Family-friendly show, mate.

I really struggle to believe this story. How is she still breathing? Amen. She'd be like... Yeah, true. And she's not waking up as a whole. Yeah, that sounds like there's definitely holes in this story, right? Terrible holes.

The holes were in her mouth, Ben. That's why you should always sleep with your mouth shut in case a snake slides into it. All right, the algorithm. We'll have to bring that back. But next, Merch Madness. If you've got a business and you've got some merch, we'd love to have it. We're going to give it all away at the end of the month. 4487.

You can just text merch to that number. There's a video of it. Of what? That woman. Yeah, he's done videos of everything. Yeah. It was like legit. I watched it get pulled out.

I just watched it get pulled out. Masking. This is probably something you're doing and you didn't know it had a name for it, but it's hiding the fact that you're not working. And some of the examples of this are brilliant. One of them was if you grab your laptop and you walk with purpose really fast around the office, it makes it look like you're going somewhere, you're going to a meeting, you've

got a purpose. You might not have anything to do. Our boss Matt was saying that some companies particularly through COVID could track your mouse on your computer to see if you were actually working because some people would look like they were on the clock but the mouse wasn't moving. So they're at home

pretending to work, right? Some people would look like they were on the clock but the mouse wasn't moving so they're at home work but well pretending to work right but then he said some people would go to the effort of getting a vibratrain and then put the mouse on top of the vibratrain now i'm thinking as you're you know sliding your vibratrain and next to your computer putting a mouse you really have to go is this job for me like i'm going to all this effort so like you know it's probably easier just to do the work. Do the actual work. Tell you what's quite good because we obviously

come in quite early for this job and you leave relatively early but if you pop back, we've had it happen before, you pop back, even if it's to

collect something or to move your car or whatever it is, later in the day, some people think you've been there all day. It's a great, they're like,

oh jeez, look at you, you're still here. And you just go, yeah, that's right. I'm just picking up a parcel Yeah but don't tell them that Just say yeah Just pop back in

Yeah Burning the candle At both ends Boish That's his nickname Around the office Okay 0800 with the hits

What are you doing What tricks and tactics Are you using to pretend That you're busy at work Scheduling an email Is quite good right When you can schedule it So good

I like to schedule them late at night because then everyone's like, whoa, you get up so early and you send that email so late. I'm like, it definitely did. The Larissa who works here, she always sends one Sunday afternoon and I'm like, damn,

she's working her guts out. But then she's like, I just schedule it. Yeah, exactly. Every Sunday we get an email from her updating us with what's happening this week. I'm like, Larissa's never off. What are you doing?

Task masking? What are you doing to pretend you're working? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We learnt about task masking, which is just a fancy way of saying you're skiving off pretending to work,

and there's lots of people doing some very inventive things. Producer Grace, we're going to bring you in right now. You did something when you had to pack down for a theatre show, right? Yes, I'm giving away a big trade secret here, guys. It's a good one. It is a good one.

What you do is you go around asking that you're looking for someone who's just not there. You just walk around going, is Megan here? I have to talk to Megan, guys. I'm just going to go find Megan. Oh, so everyone thinks

you're doing that. Yeah, and then I just did my work. So you just make up a name of someone who wasn't there. Yeah, and I just walk around the theatre for about two hours. Have you seen Megan? Where's Rebecca? Yeah.

Oh, I haven't seen her. Okay. That is great for a mass pack down, isn't it? Yeah. Walk really fast and urgently. Yeah, exactly. You're going to be like, oh, she needs Rebecca real bad. No one questions her.

Only she can sort it out right now, and you're onto it. That's good. I love it. Some really good texts coming through here on 4487. Always have your headset on and it helps having multiple screens. Oh, good. No one interrupts you. They don't know what you're listening to or watching.

You're just gaming. My dad worked at a place for many years. It was like a government department. And for seven years, he said this guy wandered around just holding a screwdriver. Now, he was the IT guy. And so computers were relatively new to the workplace. So no one really knew what was happening. But they would break down, and then they'd send this guy along with a screwdriver. Was that going to fix the computers?

And then two weeks later, Dad would get a message going, hey, that thing's still not fixed. So this went on for seven years. Seven years? Seven years. And because it was so big, you know, it's still not fixed. So this went on for seven years. Seven years? Seven years. And because it was so big, you know, it's one of those departments, one of those companies that no one could really keep a track of what anyone was doing.

Dad sat him down and said, you haven't fixed anything in seven years. Like people would go and send them off to other repair people. And he was like, can I be honest with you? I have no idea what I'm doing. He was job masking. Yeah, wandered around with a screwdriver. Just try that at your work. Wade, morning to you.

How are you this morning, Wade? Good morning, guys. How are you? We're doing well. We're doing well. Task masking. Your trick to look like you're working. Oh, yeah.

It really started today, mate. It's a Monday blues. You already started. What is it? What's the trick? So the trick is just to basically copy all your clients' emails in bulk, email them out, all like marketing stuff to make sure, like, you're working. And you just spam the inbox so they think, you know,

that this guy's on us. He's on it. He's on it. Basically, you're just sitting in your car. You're just sitting in your car You're just sitting in your car Just spamming Mass people At one time Yeah

Okay 100% And then what do you do For the rest of the day Oh Just Just enjoy it Go to the mall

Go to the mall Wait for some replies So we're going to hook you up With a gas petrol service Station voucher You've got $100 To sit in your car with, alright? I'll see you in a second.

There's something you have to do today. Let's take one more. Janine, good morning to you. Morning, team. How's it going? We're doing well. Task masking. What are you doing to pretend that you're working? When I was working on an industrial site, I used to just walk around with a clipboard and a piece of paper and a pen. That's good.

And just yarn to people. You walk around with a clipboard and a piece of paper and a pen. Oh, that's good. And just yarn to people. And walk around like you have purpose? Yeah, yeah, with my hard hat on. Yeah, now you can add Grace's one to it and just be like, have you seen Rebecca? It's perfect. Yeah. I love it.

Absolutely perfect. Good on you, Janine. Well, I'll tell you what's perfect too. Hyundai Monday, thanks to gas, you got a $100 voucher for gas petrol service stations. Oh, yeah. Yeah, good on you. Thank you very much. Good on you, Jan100 voucher for gas petrol service stations. Oh, yeah. Yeah, good on you. Thank you very much.

Good on you, Janine. Really appreciate you phoning through. Great text here. What I do when I can't be bothered having one of those days, I just email back, let's touch base on that later. We'll circle back on this one soon. Do that all day. To every email.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Catch up with her every week. Originallyo, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Catch up with her every week. Originally from Italy, now living in Tauranga. And she's up early on her way to Australia. It's Daniella. Ciao.

Ciao, beautiful people. How are we? Ciao. Ciao. What are you doing in Australia? I'm going for work. Oh, my other passion, so to speak. And I put together as well a little holiday to see

my best friends because I used to live there and I'm going to Gold Coast for conference, for partner and co-conference. We're helping women to deal with hormone problems you know. Don't say it. They don't need any

assistance with anyone they work with. What are we saying? Oh, you're going to say, have you got any tips for us on how we handle Megan's raging hormones? Don't say it. We just talk about her behind her back. That's what we do, Danielle. There you go.

We make the women smile again. That's what I've been doing. And I'm a hormonal coach. So, okay, what's one common thing that you're teaching people? That you need to accept the change, but you don't need to live with the change. You actually can change things that normally change in your body. Just look after what you eat, what you're doing. Perimenopause and menopause and stuff like that?

All right. Yeah, yeah. And it works even with men because, as you know, even if it's not called menopause, even the men deal with this stuff. Menopause. Even in the name. We've got our name associated with it. My husband's got early onset menopause, undiagnosed.

What are the signs? What's he doing right now? General irritability. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's cracks. Facetiousness. Yes. Perfect relationship.

I think in New Zealand it's a little bit of taboo. Like in Italy, We just open mind And up front At 20 We start to educate The women about This is what happened to you Try to cheer all these women

It's exciting Oh that's good on you Good on you We never knew That side of you Yeah I always think I want what you're having

So you always seem so cheery She does You're right And positive Thank you guys And what are you guys up to? I was going to ask you. I was actually just thinking about garlic bread.

Is garlic bread, is it a thing in Italy or have we just made it an Italian thing? It's not. Yeah, let me tell you all about garlic bread very synthetically, okay? Very small story because that's a long story. But when I arrive in Australia, everybody says, oh, Dania, make your garlic bread. And I'm thinking, what are they making? Garlic bread. I don't know what it is.

We love garlic bread. Correct. And it's coming in this roll, typical roll, with this huge amount of butter and all the garlic inside. I love it, by the way. But in Italy, we're so conscious about our breath smell, then we would never do something like that, ever. So you don't even have garlic bread in Italy?

No, we don't. We got something here that is bruschetta, as you know. Oh, bruschetta's good. Yeah? Yes, with a tomato on that toasted bread, and it's got some... See, it said bruschetta, right? Yeah.

Not bruschetta. We say bruschetta. Yeah, that is nice. But yeah, we don't have such garlic bread, said bruschetta, right? Not bruschetta. We say bruschetta. Yeah, that is nice. We don't have such a galley, but even though I need to say that I love it. The equivalent we have over here is the toasted sandwich. Many options. Many options. Ham and cheese.

Or just toast with butter and toppings. Yeah, Marmite. We spend a lot of time, you know, looking up to your cuisine and the things you have in Italy. If there was one thing we're doing in New Zealand that you would take back to Italy, what would it be? Would you be like, they're nailing that over in New Zealand?

I got couple. I need to say, I like how you guys cook the corn. We never cook how you guys do it, like boil it and put a little butter on top. Cook the corn? Yeah. So what are you doing with the corn in Italy? Are you just having it fresh?

No, we just put it on the barbie. Oh, that's good too. We're just chucking in water, the boiled water. I love that. The one thing you're taking back to Italy is our boiled water corn. It's great though, fresh corn. And other things I would bring to Italy, your guys' pie.

I think we should introduce the pies to Italian people. Yeah, like a mince and cheese. Yeah, that's a pie. It's always blown my mind people don't do that. No, nothing in Italy like that. That's what I would bring to them. Oh, we look forward to it. And we look forward to catching up with you next week.

Stay safe and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you, you guys as well. And keep brightening up our day. with you next week. Stay safe, and we'll talk to you soon. Thank you, you guys, as well. And keep brightening up our day. Thank you, guys. Jono, Ben, and Megan. The podcast. The hits. This morning, you know, because you can message celebrities at any stage.

Not necessarily will they see those messages, but you can. It's one of the good things, I guess, in some ways, about social media, and probably a bad thing as well. Yeah, golden era of history, isn't it, where you can bully your favourite or least favourite celebrity straight to their inbox. Or you can say nice things about them.

You don't have to use it for horrible purposes. No, most people use it for nice purposes. Megan, I know you've been harassing poor Liam. Don't say incessantly messaging. Like, I've sent him,

he was tagged in a picture that I put up that we got together. So that ended up being sent to him. This is Liam Lawson, the F1 driver, the Kiwi, who had his first race over the weekend. Yeah, and then I sent him a couple of messages of encouragement, which he's not saying. Incessantly. At least it was positive.

Yeah, well, that's right. Remember that Eminem song, Stan? It's probably those vibes, right? And you wonder why we can't get Liam Lawson on the show. Dear Liam. And so what have you said to him? Read them out. Oh, no. Really?

Well, we've got to. Yeah. We want to know what you've said to your hero. Now, you are a big backer of Liam Lawson, the Formula One driver. Oh, guys, this is so embarrassing. Why is it embarrassing? What did you say to him? If you win the race, I'll show you something else.

Is that sort of thing? Is that what you're saying? I think that's what I meant before we got the seat. I said, Liam, you're probably not very likely to see this, but all the best. I'm so happy you get to live out your dream. That's nice. Just know that we are fully behind you.

The TV will be on in the studio and we'll be screaming. Good luck and make sure you enjoy it. That's great. That's lovely. It's so cringe. I love how you start with, you're probably not going to see this, but I'm going to write this message anyway. I'm just sending this out into the ether just for the internet to read.

You've messaged a few people. Have you messaged your hero Dwayne the Rock Johnson? I have back when I had Twitter as well as a Facebook and he reposted it and put a little message up the top. Didn't was directly, but it was like it was about after I'd interviewed him for a movie and I was like, and he was like, New Zealand, you better

be ready or something, and reposted my thing. I was like, aw. So it was kind of a message back from Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Yeah, that totally counts. More out to us promoting the movie, but pawning his movie, mate. He read it. He read it and forwarded it all

yeah so less about you and more about ticket sales getting the ticket sales but we each did our part in that

you know we'll get producer Grace in here she's had a couple of big bangers 0800 the hits have you messaged a celebrity

and they've actually got back to you Grace your first one which we have spoken about previously demanding cash

from who I've actually completely forgotten his name. Bill Gates. That rich guy, yeah, Bill Gates. Bill Gates. He deemed Bill Gates Microsoft head.

And I think he had just gotten divorced, so I was like, sorry about that. Just the worst time to ask him for money is wife's asking. Yeah, so then I just asked him for some money and no reply, unfortunately. Okay, no reply. Soz about the divorce. But you got one for the Gen Z's that they would like? Yeah, for the Gen Z's,

Tate McRae because she used to be a dancer and I'm a dancer so I followed her since like probably 10 years ago. Yeah. So you messaged Tate McRae?

Yeah, well I commented on one of her and back in 2021 I said, I've been here since the dance days. I'm so proud and she said,

oh my God, hi. So I feel really good about that. Cup full. Cup full. I agree with the Hats. Still waiting to hear back from Gates, though, on that money. Unfortunately. Have you messaged a celebrity? And do you like that text that's just come through?

It's so good, Megan. Someone's text through. Sounds like Megan's trying to line up marriage number three. Don't say that, or we'll never get to talk to them. John O'Bannon and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. trying to line up marriage number three. Don't say that, or we'll never get to talk to him. We're talking about sliding into celebrities' DMs, messaging them, Megan. Been hacking away at Liam Lawson's account.

Excuse me. Apparently he was looking at his phone yesterday when the wet conditions, and that's what happened. That's why he spun into the water. Well, it was encouraging. Your message came through, so what's that? Oh, and then suddenly, you know. I wish he'd seen it. I'm just a pest.

Texting and driving too. No good. I actually messaged Luke Combs. Oh, did you? Did you? It's on scene. He parked his car across. He'd come to New Zealand.

Oh, yeah. And he had a Luke Combs truck. And he had parked it sideways across three horizontal parks. Oh, okay. Vertical parks. I think it was a promotional car, he had his face all over it, didn't he? Yeah, so he's covered three parks and a motorcycle park and I'm just like, hey, next time you're here, remind me to teach you about our parking etiquette here.

So he'll know. Oh, he sounds a little bit neggy, no wonder you didn't party. But yeah, look, he was like, fair enough, probably. When you look at that picture, he's across three. Anyway, we'll go to the phones. Celebrities that have got back to you. Aisha, who was it? Morning, guys.

How are you? Good, mate. Good. Who did you message? She's not super big anymore, but do you remember Pretty Little Liars? Yes, I do. Nicole Kidman? No.

I wish. Wrong TV show. So Shay Mitchell from Pretty Little Liars, she put up a post on Twitter years ago, probably 2015, just saying, where in the world should I visit? Where's the most beautiful place? And, of course, I was like, come to New Zealand. New Zealand!

New Zealand! New Zealand's beautiful. Yeah, and she just says, oh, my God, it's one of the places I've always wanted to go to, so definitely on my list. That's very cool. Yeah, it was. I, oh, my God, it's one of the places I've always wanted to go to, so definitely on my list. That's very cool. Yeah, it was. I was kind of like, whoa.

Yeah, no, that's good. That's a good response. All right, we're going to hook you up with $100 for a gas gift card, all right? Isaac, good morning to you. How are you? Yeah, good. Yourself? Yeah, we're doing well.

Celebrities that have DM'd you back, we've had Tate McRae, the lady from Pretty Little Liars, Big Bangers coming through. This is pre-social media, but I sent a letter to John Rhys-Davies. Oh, who was that? Lord of the Rings. It was Gimli. Lord of the Rings, Gimli.

Yeah. And he sent a letter back with pictures of him and his newborn and a letter response and then a signed picture of Gimli. Wow. He's a lovely guy. We filmed with him. I probably shouldn't say this, and his newborn and a letter response and then a signed picture of Gimli. Wow. That's lovely.

He's a lovely guy. We filmed with him. I probably shouldn't say this, but someone had bought, a brother of one of the people who made the show, was selling something on Trade Me, something to do with timber cutting, and he bought it off them. And he goes, you never guess who we just had. He came and bought the thing off.

We're like, he couldn't give us his details. And he messaged him, and he never thought he'd reply back. He's like, yeah, alright. And he came and helped us out. It was amazing. My grandad did his gardening. That's the only reason why I had contact with him. Everyone's got a connection to this bloke. And why the baby pictures? I think it was

just a general like, hey, this is what's going on in my life. I was like nine or ten and I basically was telling him what was going on in my life. He responded in kind. I don't know if he still is. He's in Indiana Jones movies as well. He's the legend of the

acting game. That's awesome. That's funny. Here's me and my baby. There we go. I felt like those pictures might have been designated for a family letter, but anyway. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Send us all of your small to medium size corporate merchandise for the month of March. Megan, been designated for a family letter but anyway jono ben and megan the podcast the hats end us all of your small to medium size uh corporate merchandise for the month of march uh megan anti-merch campaigner does not like merch i don't like wearing it no so has never purchased merch not even concert merch uh so we're going to make her model all of the merch that we get sent and

then we're going to give it away one big bon bonanza at the end of March. Yeah, now right now, over the weekend, two packages have arrived. One big box, one small package. So do you want to open up the small one first? I'll go with the small one first. Never really thought that this was going to take off. Didn't have much faith in it, but thank you for everyone sending the merch. You can text merch to 4487. It'll bounce back the postal address.

Okay, what have we got here? It looks like it's a little book. Oh, it's a book. It's a children's book. It's a decodable reading book in the pit. A decodable reading book. Okay.

Yeah. Well, you see, we weren't going to judge any merch. Okay. So it's good to have that. It's great. Someone will want it. Yes.

And there's also a huge box. Is it from the author? That book? You do some more research on the book while Megan opens up the second piece of merch. And we'll take all merch. We've said before, we don't hold any morals

when it comes to your merch. We've had Mr. THC send us all of the marijuana-themed merchandise. Beanies, hats. Megan, what is in this big box here? From VI People, staffing recruitment. Okay, great. We love a recruitment agency. Oh, what is in this big box here? From VI People, Staffing Recruitment. Okay, great. We love a recruitment agency.

Oh, that's a big bag. They do. Oh, that's like a little carry bag. A lunch bag. Oh, that's cool. Fancy computer-y bag thing. Tell you what, out of all of the businesses, the recruitment agencies really have got their merch down,

don't they? Yeah, they do, actually. Dudes, this is like a legit... Oh, now who's into merch? No look at this jacket. I mean I wouldn't wear it. Look at it. That would be a very expensive jacket. Yeah that is a nice jacket.

That is good. That's going on for winter. That is really thick. I'd put an 89.90 price tag on that jacket. That is a really nice jacket. We'll put the posts up on social media on our Hits Breakfast Thank you VIP Recruitment Thank you too For the person

It doesn't come with anything It just says book delivery Excuse me You gave me 2XL It's very rude You're not actually Keeping it in the end I'm just

Okay Alright So thanks to the person That sent In the pit as well Looks like a really Educational great Decodable book

Send it all in. USB sticks. Towels with tooth whitening logos all over them. We'll take them all for Merch Madness. Text MERCH to 4487. That's great. Carabiners. Oh, are they?

Yeah. Look at that. With sunscreen on it too. They're handy. Yeah, they're handy. Put those in the bag. Take them around. Oh, they're great.

Nothing makes you look more prepared than having a carabiner and sunscreen dangling off your waistline. Yeah, they're handy. Put those in the bag, take them around. Oh, they're great. Nothing makes you look more prepared than having a carabiner of sunscreen dangling off your waistline. I've got one with hand sanitiser, although sometimes the hand sanitiser falls out of it. That one looks rock solid. I reckon you could, on each loop of your pants, you could have sunscreen, sanitiser, swipe card,

one of those ones with the extension thing. Little action man. Jono, Ben and Megan. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The heads. Right now, the only game that matters is the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Just as much glory on the line. Quiz Queen, Ali, Producer Ali, what are we up to?

All right, this is just question number three. Can I just say, just quickly, you talked about Next from Steve Jobs in one of the questions. That was, yeah, he got ousted from Apple, started Next, I was just looking into that. It did okay, it was quite expensive, but then he was brought back at CEO, and guess who brought Next for $420 million? Apple. So, yeah.

Who had the last laugh there? Exactly, yeah. There you go. Okay, question number three. Which word best describes fealty? Fealty? I'm going to show you how to spell it. F-E-A-L-T-Y.

Fealty. Fealty. Fealty. I've never heard this word before. Is it happiness, loyalty, or encouragement? Fealty. It's Monday morning. This is rough.

We're like three quarters awake. I know. It feels like three quarters awake. I know. Feels like happiness to me. Feels like happiness. Feel tea. He went out on a little more than the first one. Didn't you say loyal tea? Either happiness, loyalty, or encouragement.

Feel tea, loyalty. Okay, well now we've split between the two of you. Well, let's go Megan, because I have no idea what I'm talking about. All right, on that, the little fealty loyalty, if you're rhyming it in a rap song, it would work, but would it work now for an answer? That is correct. Well done.

Well done. Loyalty. Okay, next one. See what it means? Who cares? Yeah, I have no idea. Question number four. What was the first Disney princess movie?

Here I've been. Was it Snow White, Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty? It was Snow White. Snow White. That is correct. Yeah, here we go. Was it Snow White, Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty? Snow White. Snow White. That is correct. Yeah, here we go. So we're getting a new one. Yeah, they are.

This week I think comes out. I saw on the promo it was like our first ever princess. Is it animated? No, no. Live action. Who's playing Snow White? Rachel's... Ziegler.

Ziegler. Oh, yeah. She's pretty good. All right. She was in Gangs of New York. Yeah, she's been in a few things. She was in Gangs of New York. Yeah, she's been in a few things. What was the thing in New York? Spielberg.

Yeah, the Spielberg one. Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah, but I can't think of it right now. Anyway, let's not focus on that, Jono. All right, question number five. What is the chemical symbol for oxygen? Is it O-X, O, or O-S? O-X?

I thought it was just O. You should know this's Producer Grace. Producer Grace, come on in. You can help out. You're part of the team. She's a science-y girl. Is it O? O.

OS? She's got a migraine this morning, Grace, so she's a little bit slow and tender. Producer Grace, you're the science nerd amongst us. I actually failed chemistry. You just came in to tell us that? We waited. Go back out.

We waited. You strolled in. All right. Let's lock in one. Which one would you like? Megan, you were good last time. Come on. Lock in something.

We were thinking O. Oh, let's go O. That is correct. Yes. Okay. Question number six. How many colors are there in a rainbow? Five,

seven or nine? Red and orange and green. Five. What was it?

Oh, what's the song? Maybe it's seven. Yellow and pink and blue,

purple and orange and green. Red and yellow and pink and blue, purple and

orange and green. Seven. Isn't that correct? That is correct. Yeah, purple and orange and green, seven. Isn't that... That is correct. There we go. Well done.

All right, question number seven. Somehow we're here. In what country would you see someone wearing a non-la? I'm just going to show you it because it's got little like apostrophes on it and stuff that might help with like... Little hats. Yeah, little hats, yeah. Is it China, Vietnam or France?

A non-la. Non-la. Vietnam. Okay, yeah. Is it China, Vietnam, or France? Non-la. Non-la. Vietnam. Okay, Vietnam. That is correct. Well done. Okay, question number eight. What is the name of the river that flows through Budapest?

Is it the Alps, the Danube, or the Rhine? Isn't it Danube? Oh, is that how you say it? Yeah. Danube? Yeah, Danube. That's correct. Well done. The Danube? Oh, is that how you say it? Yeah, Danube. That's correct, well done. The Danube. Okay, question nine.

Alright, in which sport would you find a slap shot? Is it basketball, ice hockey or field hockey? That is correct. Oh my god, how are we here? Question number two. We don't deserve this. Okay, which director is known for the Dollars Trilogy starring Clint Eastwood?

Is it Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone, or Giulio Petroni? Sergio, I'm pretty sure. All right, we'll go with Jono, CJ. That's correct. We did it, guys. We did it. No place in doing it, but we got to question 10. Jeez, how did we get there? Jono and megan the podcast the hats on herald daily quiz when we win the country wins

it's basically the war uh quiz queen ellie you've done something today have you oh i straightened it actually thank you yeah thank you very much the old the old GHDs out, did we? You were right, yep. Well done, Jono. Look at you, girl dad. For a guy who doesn't have hair. Yeah, you're doing well here.

Now, Producer Ellie, she comes in and reads out the questions for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. The ruler of Quiztopia, Queen Quiz Ellie. That's me. Quiz Queen, take it away. All right. Question number one. In 1985, Steve Jobs left Apple and founded a new computer company. What was it called?

Was it Next, Altair, or Pixar? And Next is spelt with a capital XT. Steve Jobs left Apple? Yeah. And then retired. Apparently? I don't know. I thought he was there the whole time.

So did I. So we don't know. They needed to find another company and then just came back. Maybe. I don't know. I thought it was there the whole time. So did I. So we don't know. They need to find another company and then just came back. Maybe. I don't know. How's Next spelled? It's Next, but it's just got a capital XT. I don't know if that means anything.

Okay. Well, we've got, thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations, every caller that gets on the air. Making Mondays a bit better this morning. Everyday rewards. You can get a gas as well. But they've got $100 to give away to every caller. So should we just go, oh, $100, that hurts, and someone knows.

Tell us that. Should we use our lifeline and use it with someone on the phone? Can they stay on the line the whole time? Are you saying Pixar, the animation company? Well, I don't know. I don't know whether that was another company that could have been a computer company. We've got a few calls coming through. Okay, let's hit them phones.

Good morning. What's your name few calls coming through. Okay, let's hit them phones. Good morning. What's your name? It's Fiona. Hey! Fiona, you are so helpful in these situations. Every day you seem to text without fail. You're helping us out.

So what is the answer to this? Do you know? Next. Is it next? That is correct, Fiona. Jeez, you have a wide range of knowledge, Fiona. Most of the time it's my husband, I must admit. Oh, well, you're regurgitating.

Well, you've also got $100 worth of gas thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations for Hundy Mundy. That's awesome. Can I just say, though, to Megan, it's all gravy in the Navy. All gravy in the Navy. It's all gravy in the Navy. I like that one. It's a good catchphrase. We do like that catchphrase. You're going to help us out

With that one as well Hey thank you Fiona You have yourself a great day And you guys thanks See you Fiona There we go We used our lifeline On question one

But that's okay That's okay It's alright You got it Okay question number two The term categorical what Was introduced by German philosopher

Immanuel Kant That's Fiona Can we get Fiona So it's either Categorical Oh my goodness Categorical was introduced by German philosopher Immanuel Kant. That's Fiona. Can we get a Fiona? So it's either categorical, oh my goodness, categorical imperative, categorical introspection,

or categorical logic. I understand nothing. I understand 0% of what you're saying. I'm not really getting it. Completely gone over my head. Lean back and yawn. I was like, you lost me. Yeah. So German philosopher Immanuel Kant, he came up really getting it. Completely gone over my head. Lean back and yawn. I was like, you lost me. Yeah.

So German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, he came up with a term. Right. Which was categorical something. So it was either. As I always say, or graving the Navy or categorical. Exactly right. Yeah, exactly right. So it's either categorical imperative, introspection or logic.

Categorical. What's his last name? Kant. It's K-A-N-T. You're focusing on the wrong thing here, man. I just vibe with that more than the question. It's more about his phrase, not his last name. Tell you what we can't do is get the answer to this question.

All right, let's just take a stab in the dark. It feels like the first one. Categorical imperative. Okay, let's go with that one. That is correct, Donna. I'm just yawning. All right, hold there. We're one. That is correct, Jono. You were just yawning for two seconds. All right, hold there.

We're going to come back for the next question. Obviously, Megan, you were glued to the Formula One last night. Liam Lawson, the Kiwi in there. Not the greatest conditions, firstly. Shocking conditions. You know I'm going to defend him. It was raining. He's the only person that's not raced that track before.

It was hard. He did hit the wall. She was glued to the Formula One. They were hard. They couldn't stay glued to the track. It was shocking conditions. Yeah, it was. Yeah, to be fair to him,

not a great, not a great setting for your first official got your own car Formula One race. He set the second fastest lap of the race. Oh, did he?

So there's potential there there's positives yeah and then you're saying after practice and stuff the uh cherry hallowell's uh husband pulled him aside and uh he's the team manager by the way he's not just a fan who spice girl's husband pulled him aside and said you just need to concentrate on your race to be fair he's defending him and he's giving him a lot of support. He's like, don't worry about Max Verstappen, the world champion. Just concentrate on you. Focus on you. Yeah, me focused on him hitting the wall.

No. I was devastated. I waited. You were with me all weekend. I waited all weekend for that race. But you were another, as I think, is it China the next race? I was ready this morning. Sunday.

Hopefully bounce back on that one. It'd be good to kind of get the first race out of the way. All of New Zealand behind them, of course. 23 more races to go. Now, we are very excited about Liam Lawson's season ahead, but also very excited about Hundy Mundy. We have chances for you to win $100 gas vouchers. That's Hundy Mundy with gas petrol service stations.

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So we'll be doing that all morning. But something that we did over the weekend, though, we went to... We were in Wellington over the weekend. Huge weekend in Wellington. Homegrown, the final ever Homegrown was on, which you could just hear blasting around the city. But it looks

so awesome along the waterfront there with all the different stages. So cool. Yeah, it's a great setting. And it's moving next year, right? They haven't seen where it's moving to, but that was last year in Wellington. And also, that aside, the Weekbix Triathlon, which has started to form a bit of a...

Trend? Tradition, yeah. Of holding the triathlons first thing Sunday morning, screaming kids, fever pitch kids, after a huge festival the night before. Yeah, Christchurch Electric Ave was the day after, then Wellington Homegrown, and then Auckland after Synthony in the domain. Jono's favourite thing is to get up on stage and get all the kids to scream for the parents that went to Homegrown and then Auckland after Synthony in the domain. Jono's favourite thing is to get up on stage and get all the kids to scream for the

parents that went to Homegrown. It's an amazing event, the Weeblix Kids Triathlon. Over 500,000 kids over the years have done it around the country. And something else Jono likes to do as well is he rolls up the crowd, the kids, to get them to turn on us. Now we were up there high on top of a container. It was quite

windy. Surprise, surprise in Wellington. But we were like giving away prizes. And not everyone can win. No. You know, there's one prize at each moment and only one person's going to win it. So you were calling out bib numbers.

If people had the bib number, they could put their hand up and they would win the prize. But as soon as the bib number was out, Jono was winding up a redraw and a boo. Have a listen. Today he's starting to boo now.

Boo! No, no. Redraw! Redraw! Redraw! Redraw! Redraw! Redraw!

Redraw! He's encouraging you, mate. No, mate. Tell you what, it's easy to wind the kids up, isn't it? If you're starting to boo now, I didn't hear one boo until you encouraged them. Yeah, exactly. Love rocking up with the kids up, isn't it? Are you starting to boo now? I didn't hear one boo until you encouraged them. Yeah, exactly. Love rocking up with the kids.

And then you just feel sorry for the dusty, homegrown parents who are like, please make this end.