Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Flirts With A Hotel Employee...

Episode Date: September 18, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Ben's bad senior moment! Let's talk about Megan's backup option... Hilarious things you kids can't say! We talk to a Private investigator about infidelity! Where you lost socks might end up Jono's daughter wants a new family! Can we be the first on the Rainbows End Pirate Ship Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better team. Now I had a moment yesterday, just, you know, like I love a to-do list and I, well, you know, I don't love a to-do list, but I do get satisfaction after ticking things off a list. Forgot to tell you too, stumbled across a bit of information. Google has a to-do list function, which spreads across all your devices. Oh, love it. Hey, doing that too.

And updates, like you tick things off and it'll update on multiple devices. Like that would make you. Like getting stuff done. Yesterday I was in one of those zones where I'm like trying to get a lot of stuff done at the time. And I had gone through my list. Okay, I've got to, you know, ring the bank. I've got to do this other thing. And so I rang the bank.

And you put it on hold for an amount of time. You don't get through straight away. How long have you designated to this bank issue? Like I know you like to give it a time frame. I would have loved to have had it knocked off in five to ten minutes. But anyway, I was on hold. I had it on speakerphone. I was doing some other stuff as well.

It was one of my things on my list. And I was like, geez, it's a long time for this bank thing. And I was taking the phone around, doing some other stuff. Finally, 25. You'd listen to all of the middle of lower road New Zealand guitar hits. Yeah. I had a little reminisce about Golden Horse. I was like, Golden Horse maybe tomorrow but then finally

25 minutes later the lady from the bank answered maybe tomorrow she might answer and then she was like can I help you and I'm like yeah

and then honestly I was like I've totally forgotten why I called I bet that happens all the time and then she went oh

and she was like oh was it and then she started bless and she was like oh what's it and then she started bless her she was like what's it about your mortgage I was like no I don't think it was

and then we started playing a bit of a guessing game about what it was and I was like I don't know I had it on my list there was something before but I've just got my brain

in too many other places at the moment I'm like what happened to it on your list did you take it off before you'd done it well no I had well it was called the bank

and I was like oh no details that was part of well I guess I called the bank I could take it off you you'd done it? Well, no, I was called the bank. Oh, no details. Well, I guess I called the bank. I could take it off. You'd combined too many other tasks with the one task you're meant to be doing. I see. It happened to producer Ellie yesterday. Ellie, you know, because she came in mid-show.

She's like, now I don't know why I came in. It does happen, you know? My guess was to do some producing. That was my guess, but we didn't know what exactly She was producing Do you find sometimes And I'm That happens But also with social media

And it does You know sometimes I'll pick up my phone And I'm like Oh okay I need to do this thing on my phone And then I'll get sidetracked On social media

And then I'll be like What was I meant to do on my phone Yeah You pick up your phone And you've got a notification Of some sort And so you clear the notification And you're like

Oh I don't know what I was doing was I calling someone I don't know I simply just meant to check the email from the bank that was it then I was going to

call the bank about the email everything was going to be solved I remember I had to hang up from the lady and I remember later

and I was like oh it's too late now so I put on today's to do list do you know what what's worse is I open the fridge all the time

and then I'm like oh no I don't was I what was I getting out of here it's not old age it's the distractions yeah I open the fridge all the time and then I'm like, oh, no, I don't. Was I? What was I getting out of here? It's not old age. It's the distractions. Yeah.

Yeah. It's people like, oh, I've had a senior moment. But I'm like, well, that seems to be happening to all of us. But then that's maybe what people who have senior moments say. It's simply a distraction. Yeah, exactly. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Frightening statistics that 50% of women,

women have a backup option. So they're happily in a marriage, happily in a relationship, but in the back of their mind, they're like, if this all turns to custard, I know who I'm going to go and pursue. So is this like if the relationship ends

for whatever reason, like, you know, sadly someone passes away or things like that, or just if it doesn't work out? That's what I take it as. It's not like someone, like, you know, sadly someone passes away or things like that, or just if it doesn't work out. That's what I take it as. It's not like someone's like, I've got a guy that I'm thinking of that I want to cheat with. No.

It's like, it sounds more like they have someone that they would if it ended with their partner. So like a second place. Yeah, and does the backup option know they're a backup option? Probably not. I don't know I don't think so It sounds like someone You'd pursue

That you kind of know Yeah And it's nice to know That I could be the War mark back For another bloke Down the track It'd be the entree

Yeah Who admitted to this though I don't know 50% of women Like it must be anonymous Yeah Surely Honestly I don't fit

Into that category Because I always say To my husband You can never leave me because no one else is going to deal with this scenario. Maybe it's like one of those work surveys we have to fill out that are anonymous, but then they reply back with,

great feedback or we're working on it. Thanks for your feedback, Ben. Now, we do fill out anonymous staff surveys. Does the email come to your email? Yeah, the reply comes to your email. It's encrypted. It's encrypted. It says it's encrypted. It's like, yeah, I've got a backup option.

Oh, that's good to know, you know. Survey done by your husband. You're like, ah! All the ladies, you see, they had a backup option. So this is what we want to chuck out there. We're not going to put anyone, you know, throw anyone in the fire and say, oh, I'm in a relationship. Have you got a backup option? But the question is this morning, and we might not not get anyone have you ended up with your backup option so you were in a relationship

in the back of your mind you're like hey if this doesn't work out I will pursue plan b and you're in that plan b option now maybe it wasn't like a high school sweetheart you know like they were like you were together and for whatever reason it didn't happen when you were younger but then you know it's smart too it's like having a spare phone charger, isn't it? You know, if that one plays up, you've got another one you can plug in. I did meet my current husband when I had my last husband. Oh, yeah, I was going to say the timeline. Was he kind of a backup option?

Did you want to talk about the timeline? Maybe he was. Was he? Well, no, no. I've just, we'd met. Okay, let's move on. Okay. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Great topic we've opened up this morning. Is it? Because there are people in the cars now driving with their partners. The stat was 50% of women have a backup in their mind. And I'm like, I reckon 100% of people wouldn't want to admit to it. There's people in the car that are like,

you have a backup? No, I'm the 50% that do not to it. There's people in the car that are like, you have a backup? No, I'm the 50% that do not. Maybe it was in the latest census these figures have squeezed out of those stats. But yeah, 50% of women have a backup option. Now this is not saying there's infidelity, they're not cheating, there's not extramarital affairs

or they're not straying, but they just have this person that they know, maybe at work, a personal trainer or someone that they come across who they would... It'd be a good number two. Who they would pursue. Should number one, I don't know, something happen. And these are people they know, that's not like, hey, Brad Pitt's my backup option.

Yeah. This is real life. Right, gotcha. This is close to home stuff. Now, we have an anonymous caller on. Now, we didn't say, are you currently in a relationship and you have a backup option? We threw it out. Were you in a relationship?

You had a backup option and now you're with? Yeah. Plan B. Maybe you should have been with that person in the first place, I guess, in a lot of regards. Now, anonymous, can we front this by saying thank you so much for coming on and sharing your story? No worries. No worries. How's it going?

Yeah, we're doing well. I thought we were going to be talking to a a lady yeah unfortunately definitely not a lady but uh so yeah the same situation yeah yeah i was in a in a relationship for i suppose five years or so and always had the same person in mind as a backup. Nothing ever did happen as well, you know. Yeah, gotcha, yeah. And then I guess things didn't really work out, and then now I've been with the backup happily, as happily as could be for coming up nine years.

Oh, awesome, awesome. So maybe in the first instance, you should have been with that person, I guess, in a lot of ways, but maybe you had to learn that the hard way. Exactly. You sort of met them both around the same time. One just stayed a good friend and obviously the other ended up getting on the other one. Did your former partner have any suspicions that you had feelings for this lady?

Yes. Ah. They always know. They know. They always know. They know. We always know. And do you want to know about Megan's timeline too with her relationship? No, because I feel like we just brushed over that.

Anonymous is pouring out his life story on the radio. He's not even getting paid for this. He's getting nothing. You need to be vulnerable, Megan. Share your timeline. Timeline. Timeline. We thank you, Anonymous. It's a wonderful story. You need to be vulnerable, Megan. Share your time. Time, line. Time, line. Time, line. We thank you a lot of us.

It's wonderful. Was this the right life decision for you? Definitely, 100%. 100%. I suppose it's impressive what even just a change of person changes the lifestyle. And I didn't really, I suppose, didn't really have much ambition previously. And you just take it along with life and now obviously I don't know

just just inspire each other when you're with the right person that's awesome well you're obviously with the right person I agree is your ex-partner like

I knew it was that bush all along yeah yeah hey well thank you very much the best thing you can do for your ex-partner as well is set her free

yeah true yeah you're right unfortunately I mean I do have kids for your ex-partner as well is set her free. Yeah, true. Yeah, you're right. True. Unfortunately, I mean, I do have kids with the ex-partner, so there is a still communication constant there. Yeah. Well, I hope, listen, what I hope is I hope she's happy with a new person and I'm glad that you're happy.

Yeah. Exactly. Definitely. Well, thank you for sharing your story. Now, Megan. We'll share hers. Hey, Anonymous, can we get a story. Now, Megan. We'll share hers. Okay, anonymous,

can we get a timeline chart from you? Timeline, timeline, timeline, timeline. I told you I met him and I was still wet. It's a mystery.

It's a mystery. Who will know? Who will know the story of Megan? The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This year, now, Megan,

you sent something to our group chat the other day. Very, very funny video because I'm on the lookout for a sock. I've lost a sock right now. We're doing a nationwide sock hunt to try and find the sock and

so far, not great. You've got till Friday. Your wife and man has given you till Friday all the sock has to be thrown out. It's a black one with a four leaf clover. There's pictures. There's wanted posters out there in the street. Head to the Hits Breakfast on social. Although I did get a message just before from a hotel that I stayed in in Tauranga. So we need to call out there in the street. Head to the Hits Breakfast on social. Although I did get a message just before from a hotel that I stayed in, in Tauranga.

So we need to call them back in the next 20 minutes. So maybe, maybe. Maybe she's found it. Maybe it's come through. So we'll do that in the next 20 minutes. Well, yeah, lots of sock banter at the moment. Can I just say after this week we're done with socks? Yeah.

I think so. I don't want to say that every day. My daughter is one and she likes to help me hang out the washing at the moment. So she will pick stuff up. Yeah, it's very cute. She'll pick stuff up, hand it to me. But every time she picks up an item, she has to tell me whose it is and what it is. So she'll be like, mommy's top, daddy's shirt.

She goes around and then if she gets it wrong, I correct her. It's very cute. But there is one particular item that she can't say, and it is the humble sock. So she was picking up socks. And struggling to say it.

This is talking about Andrew, your husband, and his socks. Okay, let's have a listen. And Aya? Daddy cock. Daddy cock. Daddy cock. Daddy cock. Daddy cock. Yeah. Daddy cock.

It feels to me like there's some diction issues there around the letter S. Daddy sock. Can I hear it again? I thought it was pretty good. I thought it was pretty good. Daddy sock. And Aya? Daddy cock.

Daddy cock. Daddy cock. Bastion's trying to help her through it. She really needs to hammer home that consonant, didn't she? That's good though. I like it. I like it. Enthusiasm on her face as she says it because she's like, I am nailing this.

She is not. I get nervous every time we say sock hunt. Let alone that. We couldn't have Iyer on the program. It'd be a nightmare. So what we want to open is 0800-4487. It's a text for New Zealand's breakfast. Kids mispronouncing words.

Happens all the time, doesn't it? Especially under the age of five. We're like, look at you silly kids. You're not nailing this one. Sometimes you don't want to correct them. For years, my daughter Indy, a film named Indiana, we told her her middle name was Copacabana.

Just as like, Indiana Copacabana. And she would go around and say it. Then one day she came up and she goes, that's not my middle name at all. I was like, oh, we thought that, you know, if they get to an age where they work out, it's like, you've been lying to me the whole time. Did she go to kindergarten and tell all the teachers what she, you know, what you're doing with Daddy's sock? Oh, she's folding it.

She's putting it in the drawer. She's putting pegs on it. They'll be like, wow, that sock's being put through the ringer. Hanging it out on the line. What did your kids say? Maybe they were saying something wrong, like sock, like I was as well. Sock was the word, yep. 4487 on the text.

One of my daughters, which was good actually, used to say son of a Mitch. Self-censoring, that's good. Which I was like, great, if any of them keep it that way. That's good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Want to know the words that your kids got wrong or continue to get wrong right now?

Very cute video that we've been playing from your daughter. My daughter, Aya, she was very excited. She just heard herself on the radio, but she was trying to say, Daddy's sock. She wants to hear it again. And Aya. Daddy's sock. Daddy's sock.

Daddy's sock. Yeah. Daddy's sock. Are you holding the thing up? Are you holding the sock up? Yeah. Hopefully you are showing the sock in the video. Yeah.

Okay. You did great, Aya. We didn't see Andrew, your husband, in the video, so I don't know what was going on. I presume he had a sock. There was some sock there. Yeah. You are doing beautifully, Aya.

She's filled out a wonderful eight minutes of radio too, so extra points for you, mate. Now, kids mispronouncing things, that's what we're going to get onto this morning. We'll go to Sarah first. Good morning to you, Sarah. How's life on a Thursday? Oh, it's stunning here in Taupo. Oh, lovely.

Good spot. It's great to have you on, Sarah. Okay, what did they mispronounce? My daughter says welcome wrong. She says you'll come well. Okay, okay. Bit of a mismatch of the syllables. Yeah.

I like that though. Moving the syllables around. Yeah, it's very good. It's a good promise to make, too, isn't it? Hey, good on you, mate. Have a good one. See you, Sarah. Thank you.

You too. I love your work. This is teetering. This is teetering. Okay, Hayley, you're one. See you, Sarah. I love your work. This is teetering. This is teetering. Okay, Hayley, you're on. Good morning, guys. How are you? Great to have you on.

How far can we push this? Hayley, what did they mispronounce these kids? I've got a three-year-old, and he used to say bum-goots instead of gumboots. Oh, bum-goots. And walkie instead of coffee. I don't know how that one is. That's so wrong. Have a walkie in know how that one is. That's so wrong. Have a Wocky in your bum, Goose.

That's very cute. Well, you put them all together, it sounds a bit. Yeah, thanks for your call, Hayley. Appreciate it. Molly, you're on. How are you? Good morning, guys. How are you?

Yeah, good. Just playing with some broadcasting standards this morning. How are you going, Molly? Yeah, great up here up in the bay. It's a beautiful day in the Bay of Islands. Oh, you've seen Ben's mum up there, Jenny voice? Yeah, and I can't say that I've bumped into her on the other side. She made national news.

There was a Kiwi wandering around inside her house. Yeah. Oh, well, we don't get that in our place. Oh, she doesn't normally get that either. You guys have got wallabies too in the news today. Yeah. Oh, really? Pretty exciting.

But what was the word that your kids said wrong? So it's my younger brother mispronounced my older brother's name. And my older brother's called Russell, but my younger brother used to call him asshole. In life, you know, you walk around the supermarket and he's shouting, asshole, asshole. And it got a bit awkward at times. That's very good. That's good. I don't know if Russell has turned into one later in life.

No, I'm sure he hasn't. I'm sure he hasn't. I really appreciate your call. We'll take one more on this. Stacey, the kid's mispronouncing. What was it for you, mate? Yeah, morning. So my two-year-old couldn't pronounce the TH sound or the ST sound.

And one afternoon we were out printing our roses and afterwards he grabbed all the sticks, waltzed into the house and pronounced, Here are my horny dicks. What was he meant to say? We had our whole lounge full of guests and absolute stitches, and we managed to catch it on video. So it was meant to be thorny sticks, was it? Thorny sticks, yes. And he said horny dicks. Okay.

And you're like, and we got it on video. We sure did. Who can find my missing sock? Don't know where it's gone. Much like everyone has around the country, we have socks that go missing. sock. Don't know where it's gone. Much like everyone has around the country. We have socks that go missing. You just don't know where they are. You wait and you keep the other one, a lonely sock, hoping it'll find its partner.

But it doesn't always happen. Really good tip this morning before 7 o'clock. Someone phoned through. His name is Ben as well. He said, check the back of your washing machine. You can actually undo the panel, the back wall. And sometimes the socks flip over the top. During the spin cycle. During the spin cycle.

So yes, they are eating your socks. They always fall down. See, he's found countless socks behind there. So that could be a place you could look tonight. Now yesterday you told me to retrace my steps over the last few months. We've been away for work and stuff. So we rang Hotel Christchurch. We rang another one that I'd

stayed at in Tauranga. That's funny. If I found a sock, I will call you straight away. Can you do us a favour? Of course I can. Can you say, Mamma Mia? Of course I can, Mamma Mia.

Mamma Mia. And the second favour was someone have a look for the sock. If you come back, I promise you I'll buy you one and I'll give you one. I need a kind of brown sock. This is my lucky one. Yeah, so I got a text after we made that call yesterday to the quest in Tauranga. That was Daniela. And I got a text saying, I tried to call you back at the hits number about the sock.

I'm like, oh, has she found the sock? Is the case about to be closed? Oh, Cherie. How are you doing? It's Jono, Ben and Megan from the HITS radio station. I'm very well. How are you? We're doing all right.

Now, I missed a message from Daniella yesterday. We had a wonderful conversation with Daniella. I heard that. She's had phone calls and all sorts from some lady in Gisborne that heard her on the radio. Oh, really? Oh, man. Local superstar. Oh, really? Oh, man, local superstar. Oh, she is. That's what we do.

We just like to give people the opportunity, put them on the platform, start a new career. Who knows what could happen now to Danielle? Absolutely. That beautiful Italian voice. The sky's the limit. She's not working there today. She's been snapped up on a radio station somewhere. Well, she is working today.

I can put her through to you, Jono. Okay. No worries. Okay. Just a minute. Hi, Daniela speaking. Ciao. Ciao.

Ciao. Jono Ben and Megan from The Hits. How are you doing? How I can forget your voice, guys. We hear you. We hear we've turned into a bit of a local celebrity there, Daniela. Oh, well, this morning I received so many calls thanks to you guys. Oh, lots of calls.

Fan mail. Yeah. I had a beautiful lady from Gisborne driving a car, and she said, I made that day. And I said, no, actually, you made my day with this call. She was so cute. Oh, you made our day. Now, you messaged me after our call And I couldn't

It was from a number that was only four digits So I couldn't message you back Oh, sorry That's our quest number For messaging our customers That's why Yeah, gotcha It says, ciao Ben

This is Daniela from the quest I tried to call you back regarding the sock But you didn't answer Mamma mia That's what you said at the end of it Correct I was just worried that you're thinking that I was flirting with you, but actually no, it was work.

You just wanted to clarify you were not being promiscuous. Yeah, just in case, you know, my husband could listen to the radio station in case, you know. Do you know what? Do you know what happened down the aisle? We hung up from your knees like, I reckon she was hitting on me. No, I didn't. Oh, here we go. Here we I reckon she was hitting on me. No, I didn't. Oh, here we go.

Here we go. No, I did not. No, I didn't. But did you – you promised me you'd have a look for the sock in room 215. Now, did you have a look at the brown chair around there, around the floors, the bed? I checked everywhere. And I even checked the footage, Ben. I'm really shocked with you because you're wearing white socks.

How come you're losing a black sock? I was. There is a little bit of trigger there. I'm a little bit confused. I'm just Italian, okay? Stop flirting with me. She checked all the footage. Yeah, correct.

You're wearing white socks all the time and now you're claiming for a black one. What's wrong with you? I'm just going through all the places. Now, I don't remember having them there. I just thought, well, I was ticking off, crossing things off the list. So it's not in the hotel?

No, sorry. I did my job properly. I checked everywhere. I'm so sorry for your lucky socks. No. Anytime you're coming here, make sure that I give you my my vip upgraded okay and maybe cold be in the fridge okay

now maybe she is just said to do a good customer yeah there is not much around and i'm trying to thank you very much for checking for us and now we'll keep looking for the sock thank you guys thank you so much for making our morning so pleasant also. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Apparently a surprise to me. That makes me so – nothing makes me more nervous than when it's like a surprise, even if it's a good surprise.

If you look through the window, you've got a young Gen Zer filming you right now, but that's not a surprise. Hello. Now, welcome in our mystery guest. Now, this is someone from your past, Ben Boyce, and you can only ask them yes or no questions. They've got a paper bag on their head so they can't actually open the door. Come on in, mystery guest.

Jump up to the microphone there. Now, Ben, this is not a Dave Grohl paternity test situation. Okay, okay, good. You can put your child support payments away for the time being. Okay, all right. I was about to give you my double-A bank account details. So you can ask the mystery guest yes or no questions. Okay.

Do we used to go to school together, mystery guest? No. Okay, so we're in a paper bag of the head right now. Paper bag of the head is quite clanny, isn't it? I can see they're laughing. Try and look at the sheet. Got an E-T-shirt on. Do we work together?

No. Oh, jeez. They want something from you. Want something from me? It's something you've owed to them. For years. I owe them? Yeah.

What do I owe someone? Oh, jeez. I don't know. What do I owe someone? If I could refresh your memory, this is just the last experience you've had with this particular person. Only last week. Here we go.

Oh, the Pulse Sport DVD. Yeah! Yes! Take it off the bag. I actually was thinking about that. I was just thinking about that. I said, yeah, oh yeah, I can get you something better than that. And then I was like, oh, we never even follow through.

Hey, nice to see you. Tyler. We've met before, Tyler. Nice to see you. And he's got a Ben hat on. He's a huge fan. And he's always wanted to get, because Ben used to host a show called Pulp Sport. He's got the DVD.

He's always wanted to get it signed. Tyler, we've spoken many times over the years. Yes, I remember you. You were running, you were getting like items from TV shows over the years and running some sort of museum type situation. Yes. Yeah. And you want a signed Pulp Sport DVD for your TV museum.

Yeah. Well, I've actually got. Oh, he's got all, geez, all the three. You were the one person that bought three copies of the DVD. So he's going to get a signed for the museum. What other crazy stuff have you got at this TV museum of yours? The Seven Days set. The set of Seven Days?

Yeah, the original set. I've got, what else have I got? Stuff from, like, you know, Clothes Worn by Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron. Whoa. Have you got Robert De Niro's clothes? Yep.

What have you got of his? Zac Efron's clothes. Yep. I've got a belt that Zac Efron wore. I've got a shirt that Robert De Niro wore in Dirty Grandpa. Wow. Yeah, I've got a whole bunch of stuff. That's really cool.

And you've got three Pulp Sports. Yeah, which feels like it shouldn't be part of that collection. I was going to say, I've got other stuff in my garage I could give you from Pulp. But I'm like, why? Why would anyone want that stuff? I've actually also got some stuff from Jono and Ben at 10. A couple of dresses you guys wore.

It was a black and a yellow dress that I think you guys wore in a promo back in the day. It was a different time. I'll tell you what, I have got a shed. We've got a lot of gear with Jono and Ben written on the back of it. We used to do a lot of skits out and about.

Would you like some of that? Yeah. Yeah. You've got that as well. I will actually follow through. I'll get you a dress and we'll do that. And I heard you still have the cow. I do have the cow, yeah.

Do you want the cow? Well, the cow, yeah. Do you want his car? Do you want to give him his car? The cow's falling apart a little bit. That was when I snuck some beer into a stadium with, and it's falling apart. It's had a hard life, that cow.

Hey, well, Tyler, thanks for coming on. Good guessing, too, Ben. I was actually just thinking about Tyler the last couple of days. But another one of those things you said on the radio you'd never follow through with. Well, now we get to follow through. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Missing a sock, so we thought we tracked down a private investigator. Yeah, and we got a hold of Julia Hartley-Moore, who more focuses on infidelity in relationships. Good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you on. It's lovely to hear your dulcet tones again.

Oh, please. Yes. Have you missed us or you've been privately investigating us on the side? I'm always investigating you guys. You know that. Oh, what have you found? Oh, it's Megan's here. I found a whole pile of socks. Have you found

my socks, Julia? Because, you know, we got in touch with you, you're like, look for my sock, have you found it? I've found more than your sock. Oh, okay. Got some dirty laundry, does he? What is the main reason why people get in touch with you? Let's put socks aside for the moment. What's the main reason people get in touch with you? Let's put socks aside for the moment. What's the main reason people get in touch with you?

Because they know something's wrong. They feel it with every sense of their body, no matter what it is. And they just want someone to confirm it for them. What percentage of people who come to you with an inkling are actually correct? Pretty much 99%. Wow. The reason probably we tend to talk about men more or people assume men play around more, which they don't. Women play around just as much.

We're cleverer. Oh, look, you're onto it. And guys, they are the ones that don't have a plan and that's why they get caught, whereas women tend not to get caught. Gee whiz. The problem is we're dealing with a smarter species, and we cannot compete. Do you know what? I'd like that to go on record because that is actually the truth,

and I think as time goes on, more people will really realize that. And I'm not being disparaging. It is just a fact of the differences between the sexes. That's all. You've caught so many cheaters over the years. What is the common theme, the common reason that people stray from the relationship? I think it's in your DNA because often, and I love the way you say I have been doing this. I run the company.

My investigators are out there doing the catching. You don't get your hands dirty. No, I'm not silly. But I think what it is, we find, I think it's more in your DNA, a bit like people like Tiger Woods. So I have clients that are repeat clients and they might have started, I've been doing this for 30 years now, so they may have started off in their 30s coming to me, but they're still dealing with the same thing 30 years later. And what we find is people get older. If you put up with this and you continually put up with it and you try and forgive and make it work, your partner knows you

can get away with it. Usually at the end, they do leave you for the last one of their flings. They actually do leave you. What do you think about the old adage, once a cheater, always a cheater? I think cheaters can change their spots but it comes down to something really simple. You know, we do a lot of Christmas parties and you see some odd stuff going on.

Yeah. Awkward conversation, not knowing how you're meant to talk to your boss, that sort of stuff. Probably more odd than that, but that's right. That's slightly odd. And the thing is, you know, we had one guy that did do something that he shouldn't have, but what I thought was so good about him is he actually fessed up to his wife

and he said, I totally screwed up. And he told her. Now, that marriage survived and that marriage is fine. It's really good. It actually got stronger because he fessed up she didn't have to find out she didn't have to plead with him to go to counseling he made all the changes himself yeah and that's where you know you have got someone who is going to work it out and not do it again so you've got people obviously that work for you, finding evidence and stuff. What's one thing, one surefire sign someone's straying?

Hiding their phone. I was going to say taking your phone into the toilet, taking your phone everywhere you go, not allowing, you being super protective of your phone or deleting, deleting, deleting. That's pretty much because, hey, look, the old adage, if you've got nothing to hide, you hide nothing. Great adage. What if I'm planning a surprise party or something like that? Oh, there's text coming through. What if that's, you know? much because hey look the old adage if you've got nothing to hide you hide nothing great adage what

if i'm planning a surprise party or something like that oh there's text coming through now what if that's you know but you know what is the thing is you know when there's something right and something wrong you know when there's something wrong in your marriage or in your relationship you instinctively feel it and you just but you'll keep trying to deny it and trying to justify it. And do people go to extreme lengths to hide affairs? Women do. I think they kind of, women just, you always usually get the help of a girlfriend. And that's a great cover because, you know, the girl's night out or the girl's going away to the beach or the girls are doing this.

And it's not the girls at all. It's only one girl. Really? So the girls weekend we need to be a bit more a bit more suspicious of you know as a woman that we we have great friendships deep friendships with our friends i've got a bury my body friend a friend that's going to help me bury your body if i need to one day well there you all we all have those friends yes we do yeah yeah and she told us that the first day she was working with us too. Yeah, kind of put us off a little bit, but anyway. So we might be hiring your services.

My husband keeps wondering why there are these humps in our garden. There's these odd mounds in the garden. And I have been married four times. He's like, I'm trying to mow the lawn. Private investigator. Thank you so much for your time and answering our questions. We really do appreciate it. You guys are welcome.

We'll have more with actually Julia Hartley-Moore on a special podcast we'll put out later today, too, if you want to check that out. Find out why a man was going to the bush and walking 20 minutes. He wasn't having an affair. No, he wasn't, actually. It's on the Hits Breakfast, a special podcast later today. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And now I lost a sock, and I was banging on about it.

We all lose socks from time to time. We keep the one, the single discarded sock that we hope to find the pair. And I told you guys about this and we've gone on a bit of a search for my missing sock. Put up street posters. We've talked about it many times on the radio. Put it on social media. Put notices up at supermarkets, that sort of thing. Phones retraced your steps.

The steps you took in those very socks. Still haven't found it. So if you ever need a matching sock for the... It's kind of black with a four-leaf clover on it. It is quite niche. You don't even know where you got it from. No, no idea. It's been with me for some time, but now I've only got one of them. And your wife has given you, until the end of this week,

a deadline, the D-Day, to find a matching sock. Otherwise, that one's going in the bin. And that's the end of it. But I feel like as soon as you throw it in the bin, you'll find the other one. Yeah, same. So you hold on for hope. It's got in my bag.

I'm taking it around with me everywhere now. It's not at home. Well, it really has captured the imaginations and attention of Aotearoa. And many people texting through with theories as to where the sock could be. Ben joins us on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning. Moreno, good morning, Ben.

How are you? Good morning. Good morning. How are we? Yeah, great to have you on. The nation is behind this search and rescue mission, even coming up with some advice for places for you to look. Oh, for me to look?

Yeah. Now, Ben has a suggestion. Yeah, so in the washing machine, you can always sort of spin to the back of the washing machine, either take the back off or the bottom tray, and when the spin cycle goes, socks and small little garments can actually pop over the edge and actually fall down onto the bottom of the washing machine,

sort of never to be seen again. So you can sort of take the back off and have a look in there because that's where I tend to find most of mine that's is that where they're all going because we always joke that they're being eaten by the washing machine but they literally are yeah so normally if you've got like sort of like a top loader machine yeah there's a small little gap that when it spins they sort of because they're light they sort of fly over the top and you're none the wiser that's you've solved this mystery that has gone on for hundreds of years, even before they had washing machines.

Most of the socks I'm missing are my daughter's, so just little, little ones. So they probably have flown over the top. Very much so. You're probably opening up and having your wardrobe of socks. Okay, well, I'm going to have a look tonight. And then, yeah. How many have you found back there, Ben?

Oh, far too many to count really so do you do you actually have to pull the washing machine out and go to the back of it yeah so you just pull the machine out and then there's a few screws on the back that has a panel on the back of the machine you can sort of just pull that back a little bit and then just down the bottom there's usually a nice little collection okay so you so you're going to have to get Amanda, your wife, to help you, Ben. Yeah, it's not something I can do. You're right. She's more practical than me, Ben, so that's why.

That's what's going to happen. So that'll be based around her availability. I say I'll have a look tonight, but I'll see what she's doing, check her schedule. Good on you, Ben. Really appreciate you getting in touch. No worries. Hey, Nick.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Naomi Osaka confirmed to play at the ASP Classic, which is pretty cool, next year in Auckland. All the details at the hits.co.nz if you want some tickets. But great name to keep playing there. She's won all the big, the US Open, the Wimbledon. Former number one.

Took some time out. Had a baby and also for mental health reasons as well. Took some time out of tennis but it's awesome to see her back and amazing that she's going to be in New Zealand next year. The Williams sisters have played there,

haven't they? Yeah, they have. Coco Goff, I saw her play last year which was incredible. She's now, is she number one now? I don't know if she's

currently number one but she has been number one before. It would be good for you to get across the women's so I see you as a mate. The rankings have changed so far. The WTA, I'm not quite up to speed with that, but hey, you know.

So escalators, you know, they've been around for years, decades, haven't they, escalators? And, you know, generally quite useful. Although I feel like as children the fear of God is put in you in regards to the escalator. Like your parents are like, watch out, you know, your shoelaces get caught, children get sucked to the escalator like your parents like watch out you know your shoelaces get caught children get sucked under the escalator you're actually riding an escalator made up of discarded children that have made mistakes on escalators you know and hygiene reasons everyone's like don't touch the thing oh yeah yeah petrified of the escalator i'm still petrified of them

i did it but i had my shoelace did it did happen to me as a kid the shoelace there and it is very hard to get your shoe out i had to take my shoe off people are almost like it was like a pile up on the motorway you're stuck you can't actually yeah you're like get out of the way i can't i can't i can't you know to take my shoe off and it was all panic mode yeah did you get to hit the emergency stop no no i didn't do that but i kind of pulled my shoelace out and that was kind of a bit ripped but yeah that was a little bit traumatic. I mean, it wasn't like anyone hit you with any force or anything. Everyone could kind of walk around

you, but it was quite slow moving. But it was still a bit panicky. Well, nowadays too, the escalator technology has really escalated, to use a pun. It can, sometimes if no one's on it, it's just running very slow. But then as soon as you hop on it, it speeds up.

Have you noticed that? Oh, I'm gathering to conserve energy, power, whatever. So that threw me yesterday because I did hop on one going down. That wasn't yesterday. That was the day before. Does it matter? Who cares? I like to factually correct the story.

It was actually Monday. When was that? That was not the day before yesterday. That was four days. So I hopped on it, but I was going down, and I went, uh-oh, I don't need to go down. So I did the fatal mistake of trying to turn around and climb back up it as it's retracting down. And there was people behind me, and I could tell they're like, what are you doing, buddy? What are you doing?

And I'm trying to panic, and you lose your your speed and it's kind of very cartoonish, roadrunnerish. And then when I thought about it, because I didn't finally get to the top in a fluster, I was like, I could have just ridden it down,

taken the other one back up. How much more did it add to your day? Not much. Not much. And I can tell the people coming down were thinking the exact same thing. It's not like you can't

There's one right beside it that goes up again. All right, Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible. I'll tell you what, it's quite awkward on escalators. I don't know if you've ever taken a trolley on one. It's not like you can't come back out. There's one right beside it that goes up again. All right, Tom Cruise. Is it impossible? I'll tell you what, it's quite awkward on escalators. I don't know if you've ever taken a trolley on one. I did that the other day.

Oh, they lock. And they lock, which is great for safety, but they just lock and they go slow. When you're the middle person with a trolley, you're like, oh, God. And everyone just wants to get around you. You can't go any faster. You're like, I'm sorry, I can't. You need to lock it kind of to the side, but I was in the middle. I was in the middle, and again.

And then once it's locked, I was like, I can't do anything about this. That is holding up traffic. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A friend of the show in 660 tells a great story about Nelly. When they signed to a record label in 660 in Los Angeles, and they were like, oh the record label said oh someone might come around and watch the game with you later on that night they had an apartment there

and these two guys sort of turned up they're like hey you must be the guys come on in they sort of just walked around the place checked it out checked all the people out and then so hold on whose apartment was it 660 they were like they were staying yeah and they were like oh like two guys might come around oh they would say the guy a guy might come around someone come and watch the game with you the record company And they didn't say who? No. And then apparently two guys turned up and they were like,

oh, these must be the guys. Come on in. They just sort of walked around and looked at the place and then they left. They were like, that's weird. And then like 30 seconds later,

Nellie walked in the door and those two guys waited in the car the whole time for Nellie downstairs. They didn't watch the game? They didn't watch the game and Nellie came in

and watched the game and hung out with them. Did they really? Yeah. Why did Nellie want to watch football with people he didn't know? Well, yeah,

I think the same record label. So it was probably like, hey, you guys get together, we'll get someone. Yeah, and it was a bit of a surprise. I think the manager knew that Nelly was coming around, but the band didn't know.

Did Nelly go by himself? Well, yeah, he just came in by himself, apparently. Did he? He went in by himself to go hang out and watch a game

with a band from New Zealand he didn't know. That is a truly unusual story I know but he could have got the two guys that apparently came and

checked out the place and they just waited in the car they were like yeah all good mate you're all good these guys are fine did they want to

watch the football I don't know apparently not so they sat in the car what did they talk to Nelly about I don't know it would have been like

hey mate I guess the game stuff you know Chris Mack has great stories he does if you do want to take a ride with Nelly, he's going to make you wait in the car while he watches football. Listen, I've been replaced by a Hollywood celebrity in my own family tree.

Wow. Now, it is Māori Language Week, isn't it? Te wiki o te reo Māori. And at school, Poppy, They were given A school project Of doing a Family tree But then Referencing all the members

Of the whānau In Te Reo And Māori And I don't know why But I have a beef With Māori Language Week And it's not like

A caller on Newstalk ZBB Yeah there's probably A few of those Unfortunately They're still around My beef is a little Different

Because this family tree, for whatever reason, only includes famous people. Okay? Now, I've been... So this is Poppy, your daughter. She's just chosen the... Like a new family. New family.

Ideal family. Listen, I can't argue with her. It's a better family to me than I could do. So her granddad, Jack Black. Oh, yeah. Granddad Jack Black. Co-Jack Black Toku. Oh, yeah. Her grandmother, who's married, Jack Black. Oh, yeah. Granddad Jack Black. Ko Jack Black Toku. Her grandmother, who's married to Jack Black.

Yeah. Ko Mariah Taku. Mariah Carey? Mariah Carey. Oh, wow. So they were one side of the family. Is it Mariah or is it grandma? That's her grandma.

Mariah, we're not so good at that. Should we start? Now, on the other side of the family tree, her grandmother is Ko Nikki Takao Kuia. Nikki Minaj. Nikki Minaj. Oh, as a grandma. As a grandma.

Yeah, and now she's married to Ko Adam Taku Koru, Adam Sandler. So Adam Sandler and Nikki Minaj have somehow... Interesting couple. Yeah. Yeah, now we fall down the tree. We go down the tree. Now, her new father, and I can't argue this,

standing in front of a big stack of pancakes is Dwayne The Rock Johnson. So the timeline doesn't quite stack up for Jack Black being Dwayne The Rock Johnson's father. No, I was just thinking that. Yeah, they're probably very similar in age. I'd say probably only a couple of years different, I imagine. Everyone in your life would sub you out for Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Even Ben, he'd sub you out in a second as a co-host. And I would happily sit on the bench for Dwayne The Rock.

I'd be like, mate, you take this. Jack Black, three years older than The Rock, so the timeline definitely doesn't work out. Yeah, right. But then the child of Nicki Minaj and Adam Sandler, which is her new mother, Zendaya. Oh, yeah. Actress Zendaya. So The Rock is married to Zendaya.

I don't know if that's problematic for The Rock. It does sound a little problematic, eh? It's probably not as problematic as Anthony Kiedis' relationship. No. But, yeah, there to get that. Close second. But then, you know, then we get down to the family, the brothers and sisters.

You've got Harry Styles there. Oh, yeah, nice. Maddie. Maddie from Dance Moms, who I think was in the Sears music video. Oh, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. Maddie Ziegler. Maddie Ziegler. Yeah, gotcha.

Olivia Rodrigo's made the cut. Oh, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah. Matty Ziegler. Matty Ziegler. Yeah, gotcha. Olivia Rodrigo's made the cut. Oh, yeah. Great. Wouldn't it be great if you could pick your ideal family like this, wouldn't it? Sabrina Carpenter. She's in there as well. She's got a new brother, Harry Styles, as well. So that's the line-up.

That's the new prior whanau family tree there. It's great. It's a good family. It's a great line. This is fantastic. If you could pick a family, you wouldn't get a better. No, you're right. That's definitely a great family. The gene pool has been very kind to that family. It's a great, like, this is fantastic. If you could pick a family, you wouldn't get a better. No, you're right. That's definitely a

great family. The gene pool has been very kind to that family. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Rambo's End

Pirate Ship, a new version coming back next year. Very excited about this and joining us right now, the Rambo's End

CEO, Susan Moody. Iconic. That is iconic. I'm going to make that my ringtone. It's all you need to do, Susan, isn't it? And you know who you're talking to. How are you guys?

We're doing all right. Very exciting news. Rainbow's End bringing back the iconic Pirate Ship, a new version. Like the America's Cup, they always update their boats. Well, Rainbow's End are doing the same. This one doesn't have foils, but yeah We're so pumped What a time to be alive

Super excited And just feel really privileged to be working on it, to be honest So the original, the OG pirate ship Was around for close to 40 years, is that right? Yeah, she hit 37 And then she was getting a little bit tired, getting a little bit harder to maintain and we made the very difficult decision to take her out.

People have just been asking pretty much every day since she left when she's coming back and if we can bring her back. The new one, does it look the same as old Gertie? I've just named her. Or is it like a fancy new model? It's a fancy new model. Look, if you love the old ship, you're going to love this one. She's a beauty.

So she's got the classic elements of a pirate ship. She sails a crow's nest. She's got some beautiful cladding and has all the authentic features of a pirate ship under sail. So I think the guests are really going to love this one. Did you think about potentially chucking in the old discarded inter-islander in there? That could have saved you some costs. Not safe for the ocean.

I don't know, actually, that's for sure. Is this one manufactured, started to be built in Germany? Is that right? Yeah, that's right. So, look, when we decided to bring her back, we did a full market investigation about how do we do it and how do we do it this time so that she's here for decades and we can keep her going to a high standard.

German engineering, man, you can't beat it. Precision. Got the precision. Now, last time, actually, were the final stages of the old pirate ship, both Megan and us. We rode it for the final time. However, can I play you this audio? Oh, keep it together.

Keep it together, prior. We had a dream to ride it the entire last day. We got there first on the first ride. We're going to ride it all day, and I think it was about five minutes into it, maybe two or three rides in. Jono's like, I can't do this anymore. I'm getting motion sickness. Now, you wouldn't usually associate that with the gentle pirate ship ride. It's a brave person that wants to sit on that ride all day. I tell you, she was notorious for being the most thrown up on ride and my recommendation to people is ride it in the morning before you've eaten three hot dogs.

Okay, well... We did ride it in the morning for like three minutes. Still couldn't handle it. I don't know what the timing is of the new pirate ship, but we'd love to and we can talk about this more, be the first people on there, maybe bring a couple of hits listeners and Jono can ride it for some

redemption, see how long he can last. Oh, look, we would love that. We'd love to welcome you back and we'll definitely keep in touch and you're more than welcome to be the first riders on the ship. In preparation, one of the requirements this time was to make sure there were really good drain holes on the ship so we can wash it down. Oh, man, that's grim. You could help us test that.

And do you have a name for the ship? Because I know people love coming up with boat names as well. Yeah, the ship is called Pacifica. We thought long and hard about it, and that's the last ocean she's sailing through to get home. Oh, that's sweet. Ben was going to come up with a dumb name, and now we've gone, oh, that's actually really nice and heartfelt.

Yeah, I was going to nickname her Helga because she was German built, but that's fine. Or Bodie McBoatface is another one, like, nickname her Helga because she was German-built, but that's fine. Or Bodie McBoatface was another one, right, were those ones? Thank you so much for coming on this morning. Appreciate your time and good luck. Good luck getting that ship over here. Yeah, thanks so much. Have a great day, guys.