Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben get's told he looks tired...

Episode Date: August 7, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Make sure you listen to the end to hear which one of the team is pregnant! Do tide pens work? Siri ruins a movie! The all important torch update... Will this be returned? An expert on batteries! Check out our torch live stream on our socials! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Byrne podcast, hey that's us, brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. The Olympics going on in Paris, we got a silver medal just moments ago, the women's track team pursuit in cycling, just pipped by USA right at the line, but well done to them, amazing effort. And right now we've got, well we had three pole vaulters in the final, and one still remains, Eliza McCartney, but Olivia McTaggart she finished 13th and Imogen Aries finished 12th

in New Zealand amazing to have three in there and now we're watching it's quite stressful because the TV that we're watching it on keeps cutting out

it says it's a smart TV every time it cuts out it says smart TV but it keeps cutting out they put the pole in and lift themselves and then the TV cuts out and you're like

no what's happened what's going on maybe it is smart maybe it's like you don't want to watch this one. This will just make you angry, because you're starting to wish ill luck on Finland and Australia and other countries being.

Yeah, there's someone. Well, now, because we've got Eliza still in there, we're like, don't clear it. Oh, yeah, the Finland lady knocked it off. Good on you, sucked in Finland. So that's what we're doing in the studio at the moment. Actually, Olivia McTaggart, who just dipped out, did a fantastic job. We caught up with her when we were doing a handball marathon,

and we did get into logistics, didn't we? What happens when you're a world pole vaulter, travelling the globe? So how many poles do you take away with you? We take about between eight and ten poles in a four and a half metre long pole bag, tube. So they're not like a tent where they all sort of pack down into each other? Unfortunately not. I wish that was the case. But to be able to actually vault with them, they can't be going upside down.

That's true, actually. Have you ever taken all of your poles to Poland? Oh yeah, good question. That's actually a really funny story because for World Indoors in 2022, we couldn't get my poles from New Zealand to Serbia. And so we ended up buying poles in Poland and getting them driven and paying a guy in cash to be able to get them over to the World Indoors. Wow.

Why did you have to pay him in cash? It was a last-minute situation which we had to get the poles from Poland, which is actually where they were being made. Well, I'm glad they are being made in Poland. Some of them are, yeah. From Polandic actually. So is it obviously like, basically like the pair of shoes, you know your poles other than, you know, this is what you train in so that's why you use it. Yeah, so it's not very common where you would share poles unless yours didn't turn up to the competition

because they're pretty bespoke to you and so yeah, at the end of the day you need to bring your own polls around the whole of Europe and only certain airlines can take them as well. Yeah you must be a nightmare to turn up the airport though his buddy Olivia had her eight polls in her bag. I get so excited when I go to holiday and I can just not take my polls I can just turn up just have shoes and a little carry-on suitcase and that's it. I've never thought about the logistics of it no you seem like you're lucky you don't need to. You're a lovely person, but if we were travelling together, I'd be like, I'll meet you on the other side.

On the other side of customs. However, we get through customs quicker. It's like our little family. They just take us straight through the family line because they don't want to be holding the line through there. So you would be travelling together. There you go, Olivia McTaggart, Olympian. Pole vaulting Olympian. Eliza McCartney's still in the race for gold. We'll keep you up be travelling. There you go, Olivia McTaggart, Olympian, pole vaulting Olympian. Liza McCartney's still in the race for gold.

We'll keep you up to date. Her personal best is 4.94, and they're currently jumping at 4.8. So, fingers crossed. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Tension in the studio yesterday. Ben claimed he lives his life by this Tide stain remover pen that he carries in his pocket. Any stains that appear on his body, on his person, he can remove with this pen.

This magic pen. I said it's helpful. I feel like I've reneged slightly on what I'm saying yesterday, but it does help get the stains out. You usually have to wash it. That's what I'm saying. It's not like it's a miracle thing that... This is where Megan came in. I believe you were saying that you can get any stain out with this pen.

You were like, you carry it with you. You had chocolate on your white shirt at the movies and you were like, it got it out. It got it out. So you're throwing these wild claims out there. He wasn't saying after he washed it on the note. You didn't put that disclaimer in the initial break. Okay. It did sound like the pen got the stain off.

Yeah, it was helpful. It was a miracle pen. And we were like, if you're going to chuck that out there, we need to test it. I need to see it with my own eyes. So she wants to stain your shirt this morning. Yeah, it was helpful. It was a miracle pen. And we were like, if you're going to chuck that out there, we need to test it. I need to see it with my own eyes. So she wants to stain your shirt this morning. Yeah, okay. Well, I don't want to stain it.

I'm just going to chuck some chocolate on it, like you said. Stain it. Yeah, stain it. And then I'll have to bring it in tomorrow. I'll put the pen on and I'll have to wash it and bring it in tomorrow and then we'll see if it's gone. But if you want to wait 24 hours, that's fine. No, so wait, what does the pen do? Because you said when you were at the movie...

You know when you put stain remover on something at home, you spray something or you rub something in, normally you have to leave it for a bit. It doesn't just instantly disappear and then you put it in the wash. I don't remember this

in the initial chat, Tomo. Well, it's like we have to put everything on radio. Let's talk about all the details. You said you were at the cinema and you went to the toilets and the pen got it out. Okay, well here's how...

It was helpful to getting it out. Here's how I think we run this experiment. Okay? In the situation, the chocolate, we rub some M&M's on there, melt some M&M's on.

We use the stain remover pen. You then wash the shirt under the tap and then we get the full result. All right, we're good. We're good. Great.

Next, the results of the Tide test. His magic stick, he's got it out waving it around. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Results of the Tide test. His magic stick. He's got it out waving it around. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Pappas said yesterday after I was claiming the benefits of carrying around a little stain remover pen in my life. I was all chocolate myself in the movies. I said the pen really helped. I can't remember exactly the word for word. I feel like I'm under examination in some sort of trial right now. Or a poking horn. Oh, jeez. They said it helped remove the stain. I don't remember helped being used.

Oh, God, I've got the stains. Anyway. So it's the Tide Magic Pen. Megan's like, we need to do an in-situation test. I want you to smear chocolate all over your clean white T-shirt. Which I did. Which I did. Reluctantly, I did.

During the ad break. Here's a bit of how it went down. So. Which I did. I like the thing I did. During the ad break, here's a bit of how it went down. Sorry, I got this pen I carry around in my bag and I said it's really handy because it's a stain remover pen. Now Megan's saying that it removes

all the stains straight away. I'm like, no, it's helpful to have. You put it on the stain. He went to the bathroom, put the pen on and it got the stain out. But it helped get the stain.

Anyway, so you want me to... Well, there was no help. You want me to eat chocolate right now? Is that all I'm doing? You're going to eat an M&M, dribble some on your shirt.

Go on the side, I'm not a monster. Oh, grim. So that was Ben dribbling a very Right in the middle, right in the middle. I know,

I said he could do it on the side, he dribbled it right on his chest. And then so you rubbed your magic pen all over the side.

Sort of like a twink pen or a vivid or something like that, rubbed it and then I took it out to the bath, to the work basin in the kitchen. It's like a twink, sort of like a twink pen or a vivid or something like that. Rubbed it and then I took it out to the bath. Well, the work basin in the kitchen. Everyone's like, is he living at work?

What's going on? Shirtless as I washed it. Like washed it out and it's done pretty well. Did you use any kind of detergent? No, I just sort of washed it through. It has come out. It has disappeared.

He has a soggy wet t-shirt. He's standing here with no top on at the moment. But that's what the links he was willing to go to to prove the magic qualities of this tied pen. I feel like I've really gone in deep with this pen now. Like I've invested in that and I needed it to work. So it is a magic pen, but disclaimer,

you have to wash it afterwards. The pen alone doesn't get it out. It helps. It's like a stain remover at home. You spray some stuff on, you know. Only he can get rid of and smudge out all of his scandals and stains of those from over the years. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

I went to see a movie last night, a premiere of It Ends With Us, which is based on a book, which everyone seems to have read apart from me, from Colleen Hoover. If you haven't heard the trailer, this is it. We all have an idea of what love can be. I want to see you again. Now you see me.

Special connection you feel. That first kiss. About 15 seconds. That's all it takes. Blake Lively's in it, right? It stars Blake Lively, yeah. And it's about a woman who goes to Boston. She chases her dream of opening a business.

She has a chance meeting with a hot-ass neurosurgeon. And then as they fall in love, she realizes that he's reminding her a lot of her parents' unhealthy relationship. So it's quite serious. I cried a lot. Right. I haven't read the book, but so many people have been asking me what it's like.

I loved it. Okay. But you know how people read the book and they're like, oh, it's not the same. Yeah, gotcha. There was a lot of people there who had read it who said that it was very good. Now, this is a serious movie.

And one of the most poignant, probably after seeing the whole thing, it would be the most serious and poignant part of this movie. Yeah, what happens? There's a serious conversation. And as the people pause, there was obviously something in that that triggered someone's Siri. Oh, so the phone was listening.

Someone's phone. So they pause, and the phone goes, okay, this is what I found online. Oh, no. Is it quite a dark, dark moment, is it? It was a very serious moment in the movie, and Siri's looking up stuff on the internet. I don't know what they'd said that triggered her,

but someone's crying. Maybe it's someone whispering and going, how does this movie end? You don't trust Siri, do you? You've got it switched off. I've got it switched off. He turns off anything to do with any listening. I don't like the thought of the live stream going in the corner

with the torch going on. I'm like, what's that? The sound's off. I'm like, better be off, mate. Okay, this is what I found on the web. But everyone thought it was hilarious. It was a nice way to break the moment. Siri is always listening.

It does worry you about the amount of information that we've just, where's this going? Like, what is, what are they using with this? Yeah, who's collecting all this information? Do you know the other crazy thing is digital billboards. So you're driving to work, right? Yeah. Okay, and you stop at an intersection. Now, the digital billboard has the function to connect to your phone

and figure out what you've been looking at and flash up, for example, if you've been looking at another pair of shoes, Megan, that you secretly ordered behind Andrew's back. That'll flash up on a billboard going, Is that true? Is that true? 100% true. What happens if I'm walking with Andrew and he's like,

why are those shoes up there? So how come Well there's lots of people around But it doesn't say Hey Megan No no But there's Megan's at the lights

I'm at the light There's probably like Yeah it'll just pick It'll pick Yeah obviously it's not going to go through Or it might go through All four people Who are at the front of the lights

And what they've been looking at What if someone's been looking At something dodgy Order This seems to be What you're into at the moment Dear God Public shaming Very specific adult fun toy looking at something dodgy. Hold up. This seems to be what you're into at the moment. Dear God.

Public shaming. Very specific adult fun toy. Yeah, but now Siri has listened to that whole movie. Yeah. Knows exactly what happens, where it ends, you know, the poignant moments in there. Yeah, yeah. Man, this is the world we live in.

Yeah. It's scary times, isn't it? Hey, Siri. Uh-huh? How do I end this radio bit? There's nothing playing. Yeah, no, that's the problem. Siri's even checked out. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, the show has a special announcement. Well, no, I'm not going to show you the show. I'm not going to take any credit for this announcement. It really has nothing to do with you. Nothing, no. I'll remove myself from this announcement. It really has nothing to do with you. Nothing, no. I'll remove myself from the announcement. And Producer Taylor, welcome in. Hey, thank you.

So I'll take you back a few months ago. Do you remember how I was quite sick, had insomnia? Yeah, we spent a whole week of radio on it. We got a doctor on, a sleep expert. Yeah, people offering up medicinal cannabis certificates for you to try and get to sleep. All amazing suggestions, but unfortunately I couldn't explore those suggestions due to one big hurdle of the story.

It was all made up. I was just in my first trimester of pregnancy. That's very exciting. But also, conflicting emotions. We spent a week of radio. At least he told us. Down low he would have thought, thought Hey guys maybe don't do this What else would you guys have talked about

Be grateful I gave you something to talk about for a week Congratulations mate It doesn't stop there It is twins Which is also quite the shock That I was not expecting Because there's none in my family Twin girls coming soon.

Watch this space. Very exciting. Now you've got a brand new podcast out with your husband, Marcelo, and you talk about it this week on the podcast. Yes, yep. The big announcement. If you want to get the podcast as well, you can text Montoya's to 4487 and get the link.

But this is on this week's episode. I think now's a good time to bring up the elephant in the room. Who, Louie? You can say me. I've gained a few. I think now's a good time to bring up the elephant in the room. Who, Louie? You could say me. I've gained a few. I'm not going to lie. But there's a good reason for it. What's going on?

We're pregnant. Yes, sir. Yes, so 20 weeks officially, which is, when you think about it, that's a huge amount of time. That's that, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. Five months. Is it? Five months.

I've only got four left. Can you believe that in four months you're going to be a dad? And if you want his reaction, go to the Montoys. Yeah. We're excited for you guys. It's so awesome. How are you? Because we were talking, Ben was talking behind your back

and he's like, I feel like she's a bit gassy. Is she bloated? What's going on? I went out multiple times with Tay and every time she's like, oh drive, I'm not drinking. I was like, okay. I had no idea. You guys must have known. I'm like, no, maybe we just don't.

We're oblivious to these things. I thought it was very obvious. I did notice a high use of trench coats. You became very trench coat-y. Thank God for winter. Yeah, well, it is winter. How are you feeling, though, with twins? Yeah, it is hard.

The first three months was, I didn't think I'd get through it. I'm crawling to the finish line. But can I just say I'm counting every single day until maternity leave, just going to be honest. Okay, well, that's good to know for us. No, I've been pregnant during breakfast hours and you roll your body out of bed at four. You're like...

The back pain and stuff, just sitting on the chairs for a long amount of time, it just hurts. But I've got a bone to pick with you, Jono, because when I was pregnant... What if I leave me out of this, mate? And you did know about it. This was when I was pregnant. What if I didn't leave me out of this, mate? And you did know about it. This was when I was probably 16 weeks. We had to go down to the viaduct.

And I kept saying, can we please catch an Uber? Can we please catch an Uber? He'd go, we'll just walk, mate. We'll just walk. Well, we were running late. How did he know? Yeah, he knew. So we had to run to go see Teddy Swims in the viaduct.

Jonathan. Well, halfway through I was like, oh no, I'm making a pregnant woman run because we're late for the sleep. But in fairness, you're like, yeah, it's not far. Well, of course I'm going to say it because I'm not going to get an Uber by myself. Then we were trudging up.

And walking everywhere. Like raining in. Then we were trudging up the stairs of the car park and I was like, these are a lot of stairs. I was like, sorry, Tay. And I can hear her going. Like an emphysema patient. I'm sorry.

To be fair, you're just over halfway. And I was bigger than you with one baby. So you're looking great. Very exciting news. And catch it on the podcast, The Montoyas, on iHeartRadio. And you text Montoyas to 4487 if you want to get that link. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Some subparas to 4487 if you want to get that link. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Some subpar commentary from me. What you're about to do is not. I don't think the company would be that pumped if they had to pay a lot of money. They'll be like, what was it? What was the audio? And they play it back. And you go, oh, she's up. Oh, yeah.

What time was it? Oh, 6.16 in the morning. Okay, well, that was worth the $10 million lawsuit. Thanks. So you're all buttoned out of that. But no way related to the olympics right nothing to do with what's going on almost like put a full stop in what we were talking about yeah pause new topic so we've got a torch uh in the studio and we're having a a closing ceremony you know for our torch a particular torch that we've just found around the office it's one of those dolphins sort of yellow torches you

might take camping or sit in the cupboard if there's a power outage at home. We found it around there and we thought, well, why don't we turn it on and see when the batteries run out? Yeah, they're not new batteries, so we don't know how much juice is left in the old girls. But I tuned on overnight. Captivating viewing. It really is on the live stream.

Even though, like, nothing is happening, there's something very comforting about watching nothing happen. Yeah, I had a wee look last night as well. Apparently the live stream cut out for a wee bit, so we had to restart it again, but we have not turned the torch off. Yeah, poor Grace was up for an hour last night restarting. So there's two, I think there's two posts on there.

So if you have guesstimated the time that the torch ran out. Oh, three posts. We've got three posts. It doesn't matter what post you put it on,imated the time that the torts will run out. Oh, three posts. We've got three posts. It doesn't matter what post you put it on. All the answers are still valid. Yeah, that's right. Listen, blame Zuckerberg. It's not us.

We didn't create Facebook. But yes, if you've put an entry in for when you think the time, the battery will run out as you are in the draw. Now, Producer Taylor's coming in. She's been up and down, bobbing and weaving with the live stream. What's been happening this morning, mate? If we compare from the first live stream we did this time yesterday to what the colour is now, there is definitely fading going on.

Oh, okay. Okay, because we wanted that. Would the light shine a little less brighter? But it's still going strong. I would say that's a strong light. Yeah, it is. But if you compare that to that, it's weak as now. You could still play a game of Spotlight with that light.

We could, yeah. $500 is what you could win if you can guess correctly. You can guess as many times as you want. When exactly the torch? What are you thinking? Are you thinking it's the next 24 hours? I reckon we've got three weeks up our sleeve. If anything, it's a great advert for whatever batteries are in there.

We can't take it out and have a look. I don't know what sort of batteries are inside. We haven't actually looked. I reckon it's got, looking at that light now, it's got another 24 hours in it. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I reckon another day. Head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook if you want to guess, and you could be winning $500 in the next 10 minutes.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Having a torch ceremony. We started a torch up yesterday in the studio, the corner of the radio studio. We've got a live stream. It's basically in a little box in the studio so you can see it. It's lit up. We don't know how old the batteries are,

but if you can guess exactly when the torch runs out, then you will win $500 if you do that. It's breakfast on Facebook. 247 euros if you're wondering what the conversion rate is there. And three different posts on there. We must just reiterate, too, if you've just entered the time, on any of the posts, you are in the draw. And we spare a thought and our condolences to the poor person to have to go through all of those.

Is that you, Producer Taylor? Yes, that's me. Thank you. My condolences are with you. Thoughts and feelings. Makes it all of those. Is that you, Producer Taylor? Yes, that's me. Thank you. My condolences are with you. Thoughts and feelings. Makes it all worth it. Now, what's happening with this torch? It feels like some movement over the last couple of minutes. There is some clear dimming.

It's obvious. If you see the shadow on the torch, that's me and Taylor running around being like oh yeah, it's getting dimmer. It's getting dimmer. Well, you're doing it with an Aussie accent too. She understands if you speak just with a Kiwi accent. You don't have to go, stem out for Taylor.

I definitely think it's weakening. I was thinking it had another 24 hours in the old girl. We'll find out. If you think you know, head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook and write down what your prediction's going to be. It's gone a lot longer than I initially thought it was going to because they weren't new batteries.

So I was surprised it did 24 hours, but then when I saw the brightness this morning, it still gets the little torch that can. Yeah. It's giving hope to humanity, this torch. I don't want to oversell it. It's weirdly, you can sit there and watch it. It's quite mesmerising.

Yeah. Yeah, it really is. What did you say it was giving? The Titan vibes. Yeah, like, you know, really sad. But when the Titan submersible went down to the Titanic and they weren't found, news.com put out like an oxygen countdown left of how long they had to breathe.

Okay, that's a comparison. So that's what I'm getting vibes of. Or like doomsday clock. Both very positive comparisons. Yeah, or like eggs hatching. Eggs hatching, that's positive. Let's go with that one. Let's just start with that one.

Three grim ones and then we ended on the nice one. Yeah, just quickly, we want to know, oh, and how did the hits fall for eight, seven? What's the most unusual thing you've ever had stolen? Because my neighbour a couple of days ago was like, did you see anyone take anything from outside our property? This is a guy across the road, a sort of older sort of gentleman.

I was like, oh no, I didn't. He's like, I had a box of stuff. I was sitting out there. I was moving. I'd sort of had it.

He's like, stupidly, I had it outside. And it was like a full of, you know, a couple of things from the kitchen and stuff. And then he was like, also a jar.

He's like, I've got false teeth, but I kept all my original teeth in the jar. Oh, his birth teeth. He's like, someone's taken the teeth. Who would have taken that? I was like, I've got false teeth, but I kept all my original teeth in a jar. Oh, his birth teeth? He's like, someone's taken the teeth. Who would have taken that? I was like, tooth fairy.

It wasn't the time for a joke. He's a prime suspect. It wasn't the time for a joke. Go find the lady with the house made out of teeth. Was it on his doorstep? Yeah, he stood next to it. And he was like, yeah. And someone obviously walked past him.

Yeah, it was stuff from the kitchen. Because you know where stuff outside, you think it's like an organic collection you know people were like oh free anything on the boom prime territory i've told the story a million times my friend was mowing the lawn he just went inside to get some petrol to help fill it up left the mower going on the boom came back out there's someone pushing it into their van oh no the mower was going that's cheeky boom fair game this wasn't quite the boom but i thought very don't leave your family members on there. Very unusual for someone to take, you know,

I guess they probably wouldn't have known there was a jar of teeth, like of adult teeth in there. And what was he, did he want his adult teeth back? Well, I don't, yeah. Well, he saved them all these years. It must have meant something to him. He wanted everything back, I guess, in something, yeah. I don't know why.

I regret throwing out my teeth. Why do I have my teeth? Bring me so much joy Okay 0800 What is the The wildest thing You've had stolen I don't know if it's wild

But it makes me wild In the studio We have A cord with a dongle on it Now the dongle Plugs into the phone And we can load stuff You know

We can rip stuff off Instagram and TikTok And play it on the radio Now this is Apple's fault Because they decided They wanted to mix up the headphone jacks and stuff that you plug in. They're like, oh, we'll do something different. You're like, oh, great.

Now my headphones don't plug in. They know what they're doing. We've got a dongle. Dongle sounds like something your mum would nickname your private parts, doesn't it? But this dongle goes missing at least twice a week. Most commonly asked question, where's the dongle? Where's the dongle? Where's the dongle? They're like gold, the dongles. We've got a couple in our household. They're gold. Who's got the dongle? I like you the dongle? Where's the dongle? Where's the dongle? They're like gold, the dongles. We've got a couple in our household. They're gold.

They go, who's got the dongle? Where's the dongle? I've got the dongle. I learnt you the dongle. You better bring it back. There's some dongle things out there, my friend. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. What's the most unusual thing you've ever had stolen?

Anything stolen from your house there, Megan Pappas? I have had like a burglary. Someone broke in I can't actually remember I think they sold The PlayStation Oh yeah But they go through

All your stuff Do you feel violated? Yeah Yeah Mate there's nothing In my underdrawer Keep out of there Well

Well what? Well what? Well what? Let's just go Donna's calling right now Mate let's hear it Donna Morning Donna

Morning guys How are you? We're doing well Lovely to have you on Now you're a school principal What? Let's just go. Donna's calling right now, mate. Let's hear it, Donna. Moira, Donna. Moira, guys. How are you? We're doing well. Lovely to have you on. Now, you're a school principal and had something unusual stolen. Yes, I am. Someone stole our historic school bell from the playground in the weekend.

Oh, so just this weekend gone. So what school? You're in Christchurch, I understand? Yeah, at Addington Takutatai Masawa in Christchurch, I understand? Yeah, at Addington, Takuratai, Mātua, in Christchurch, yeah. How big's the bell? Oh, it would be a little bit smaller maybe than a basketball and pretty heavy, yes. Okay, so this is gone. How long has the bell been at the school?

Well, we've been around since 1881, and records are showing that bell has been rung way back around that time, and it's been in the playground for as long as many people can remember. Wow. So, 140. I think I remember that bell when I started school. On memories. So, how do the kids still, well, how do they know when to go home, when to start school?

Yeah. We have an electronic bell, you know, for lockdowns and stuff like that. But, I mean, it's just that it's in the playground and the kids ring it to start the day. It's kind of got that nice sound that just fills the whole playground and they go running. It's a big part of our celebrations, and that's the bit I think that hurts the most. Yeah, I can imagine it would be.

Yeah, a long time, 143 years it's been at the school. You'd be ringing it when everyone leaves at the end of the year, like the leavers? Yep. Yeah, it's a rite of passage. They all line up, they all ring the bell, and, you know, haka and everything to send everyone off.

And it's not there. And I know I've got year sixers who are like, hey, I've been waiting, you know, five years, six years to be able to ring this bell. What's going to happen? So we've just got our fingers crossed that all the messaging and the support that we've been having from people across the motu might reach the person and they'd just bring it back. Do we know which bell end took the bell? Any tips?

Yeah, the police reckon you'll get it back? I haven't heard anything from the police. I mean, I know it's not a major thing, but yeah, I've contacted Scrap Metal Yards. They've been amazing. And we actually had an offer last night from Scrap Meadow Yard to loan us a bell that had been taken to them, which isn't our bell. They were beautifully compared photos until we can get a new one. But we're still holding out that night, come back to school maybe after this weekend and be on the doorstep.

That's all we want. Yeah, true. It would be nice, wouldn't it, if someone could just, you know, leave it there. Play on the guilty conscience of the, yeah, good work be nice, wouldn't it, if someone could just, you know, leave it there. Play on the guilty conscience of the, yeah, good work. What are you going to do with a, you know, like, really, what are you going to do with it?

Oh, the things you can do with a bell. I mean, the school obviously do amazing things with it, but what would you do with a bell? Ding, ding, dinner time. Ding, ding, ding, I'm awake. Ding, ding, ding, someone's home. Yeah, it's very versatile.

Yeah, not that I reckon any hits listeners would have taken it, but say that the person who did take it was listening, what would you like to say to them? Look, if you've taken this bell because you needed to get some cash, just come and see us. Look, we're a giving community,

and we would help you. We'd help you with, you know, if you needed groceries, we'd get them. We just want our bell back, and I want to show these kids that people can be forgiving and you can put right your wrongs. What a lovely person you are. I'll be like, I'm coming for you, you son of a bitch. Better person than me.

Good on you, Donna. And everyone loves ringing a bell. Even you see the bell at the Olympics when they get to ring it. It brings a smile to your face. You don't get to ring many bells in your life, but when you do, it's a big opportunity. Yeah, no, exactly right, exactly right.

We want to be able to ring it at the end of the year and at our other celebrations that we have in our remembrance garden. Good on you Donna. Good luck, keep us up to date. I will, definitely. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we found a torch from the office, we put battery, well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we found a torch from the office.

Well, we didn't even change the batteries. The batteries, I don't know how old they are. We put it on yesterday, around about this time and it's been going strong for over 24 hours. Yeah. Now you'll notice too when you head to the Hits Facebook, old Zuckerberg, he cancelled a couple of our live streams, mad dog he is.

There's actually three different posts on the Facebook page. Now, rest assured, if you have entered a time as to when you think the batteries will run out, to win the $500, you're still in the draw no matter what post it's on. Yeah. So $500, if you guessed correctly, you can enter as many times as you want, put a comment when you think the torch is going to run out. Megan, you reckon it's dim slightly? Yeah, I reckon it looks dimmer.

It does feel like it's dimmed. I remember it has been going for over 24 hours. When it starts to dim, does it dim quickly? Does it fall off a cliff quickly? I don't know. Yeah. Sometimes they flicker, right, and you have to bang them. Oh, yeah.

Bite the batteries. I don't know if that's what it is. Bite the batteries. That always gets another couple of hours out of them. I don't know if that's recommended. Let's not bite the batteries this time because we want it to run out. But, you know, we don't know how old the batteries are, but if you can guess correctly, you'll win $500.

It's a great prize. Nothing like the thrill of a semi-legal sweepstake to get the people going. Yeah, great stuff. Now, yesterday, I just want to touch on this quickly. Megan, you were with me in the office. Someone we know walked past. And, you know, you say hi to people as they walk past, and they just said hi.

They said hi back to us, and then they said straight away to me oh you look tired now hi oh you look tired he doesn't like it when people say you look tired no I can understand it could come from a caring place you do look tired you need to get more rest but no there was no care afterwards they kind of dropped it and walked on and I know this person too we know this person i don't feel like it was oh mate you know like i feel it was oh you look tired your bag and whatever and then yeah that's fine i had that sort of relationship with that person but it left me a little bit rattled for the rest of the day every time i'd sort of drive your brand looking tired yeah i didn't know that i didn't know that you should be surprised you're the guy who never stops like this stopping stopping and taking a moment is a sign of weakness to you, isn't it?

You don't want to look weak to other human beings. You're probably right. So you just keep going. Keep going, guys. Keep going. And the collateral of keeping going and going is, you know, people are going to come up to you and say you look tired. I said to Ben, I was like, oh, I hate it when people say that to you.

But also in my mind, I was like, he didn't say it to me. And also in your mind, you're like, he didn't say it to me. Also in your mind, you're like, geez, he looks tired. Were you thinking it? You were thinking it. No, I wasn't thinking it.

You just look like this every day. I always look tired every day, yeah. 40-something, we're going to look tired from now until we're Joe Biden. Things don't get any better. You don't look any less tired. I'm sorry to say. No way. I think you do, as an adult,'m sorry to say. Yeah, I know. No way.

I think you do, as an adult, no matter what age you are, I think whenever you're, even if you have a sleep, you still probably look tired. You still probably feel tired. I don't think that feeling ever goes away. He was forced to have a nap, I think maybe about two years ago. The only time the man's napped, because we were filming something late at night.

Oh, yeah. Our director was like, you need to have a nap. You need to have a nap. It's going to be a late night. So he was forced to nap. And he couldn't. You need to have a nap. It's going to be a late night. So he was forced to nap. And he couldn't. He couldn't nap. Because your mind's going.

He was like, you can't make me to nap. I don't want to nap. I was like, go to your room and have a nap. I tried. I tried. I wish someone would force me to have a nap. No. That sounds like bliss.

What are you doing? You're just lying there thinking about stuff you need to do? Yeah. Pretty much. Exactly. Why am I doing this? Let's get up and get into the stuff. You are like a kid being forced to do the Pretty much, exactly. Why am I doing this? Let's get up and get into this stuff. You are like a kid being forced to do the best things in life,

going to bed, having a shower, and eating. So if people say you look tired, you just go, okay, well, that's it. That's me. I am tired. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Torch ceremony. We're starting to wonder, oh, man,

has this torch got more life in it than we had initially anticipated? We'll get to that shortly. Now, Ben, I know this was an issue you actually raised a few weeks ago on the show, and I'd like to – I'm kind of in the depths of it as well. I looked in the freezer last night. And can I just ask the question, who is responsible for all of the fundraising samosas that are out and about at the moment? If there's a fundraiser, there's a samosa to be sold.

We had one at work just last week. Come to the kitchen, fundraising samosa. Like, samosas everywhere. And in the freezer, we've purchased so many fundraising samosas over the last couple of years, there's not much space for anything else. I'm going to have to start. We do eat them regularly, but not enough.

Need to get on top of the samosa consumption. Whose idea was this? It's genius. Well, they really have tapped into it. You're right. They've tapped into the samosas, and it's was this? It's genius. Well, they really have tapped into it. You're right. They've tapped into the samosas, and it's obviously working. Maybe you should bring them to work, because they sold out during that fundraiser. Oh, did they disappear?

They did fundraise for the priors. Who's this made for? Bring the ones from the freezer. Hair transplant? Oh, yeah. Good charitable cause. Transplant your needs. But yeah, there's some interesting fundraising tactics aren't there

The chocolates are always a good one too It's like here have this chocolate Chocolate comes home people nibble Away at it oh IOU notes Come out Take them home Have you had the fundraising era of your No but we have

It's a little bit different to fundraising but we have These neighbours these young kids that come around like every week, but it's just for them, for coins. And they came over just recently with like a bottle of juice and some cups and they were like, do you want to buy a cup of juice? Oh, what, they're fundraising for themselves? Yeah. And then another time they made one of those,

you remember the little finger things and it's like, what colour would you choose? They'd made ones of those and they were selling them for $2. And there's an obligation from you. You're like, I have to see these people regularly. So I'm gathering you were nice and you purchased them? Yeah. We bought the finger thing but we didn't buy the juice. Oh, you shut

the door open? Wow. I thought that was a bit weird. What do you do? Get out of here, you pesky. My daughter and her friend a few years ago, they were like we're going to sell, I think they must have seen it online, like in America, we're going to sell lemonade out the front. They put some lemons and some things out the front. I was like, no one is going to stop.

There's no one that's going to stop. And then they were like, come out, come out. And like bragging, a couple of patched gang members had stopped, kindly stopped. They gave them 20 bucks. I was like, oh, there we go. Hard-earned money too. Hush my mouth. You should hush your mouth. And I'm like, oh, well, there we go hush my mouth you should hush your mouth

well done what a generous, what a lovely gesture mind you it would have been very sour the lemon homemade lemonade they put sugar in it too much was it I don't know how healthy it was, but anyway, they made it.

Anyway there, so I'm not saying ho back on the samosas, but let's just manage the amount of samosas that we're getting out there. Mix it up. A taco, a fundraising taco. Oh, that sounds good. Pizzas. Yeah, you're right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Hanging by a moment. It's our torch ceremony live streaming at the hits breakfast facebook page uh we've got your run over the run of the mill emergency torch uh for any natural disaster the dolphin i think it's called yeah pretty rock solid torch from what i understand the dolphin yeah um and we don't know how long the batteries have been in the dolphin for but we just turned it on ran the live stream from six o'clock yesterday morning and you can hedge your bets at the hits breakfast facebook page as you went hedge your bets at the It's Breakfast Facebook page as to when you think it's going to run out.

Now, it's still going pretty strong. There have been conversations between Megan and Producer Taylor. Oh, look, it's fading. It's fading. With my eyes, my elderly eyes, it still looks as bright as it did yesterday. So we've discovered the issue there was that when we came in this morning, the lights in the studio were off, and so it looked really bright. And then we turned all the lights on, and now it looks dimmer,

but I think it's probably just the same. It's still good. Now this leads us to our problem. Is this thing ever going to turn off? Yeah, I mean, I know it's been 24 hours, and, you know, it's a long time, but, you know, we're like, well, now we're heading in towards, you know, day two. Of course, tomorrow's day three.

We're going into a weekend. This is something we red-flagged when we had this idea. And then we're like, oh, no, no, it'll be fine. We'll get people to monitor over the weekend. Well, now that doesn't seem the case. We could be here the weekend. Oh, no, absolutely not. Keeping their eye on this torch.

A roster system coming in. The unknown is we don't know how much it's got left in it because we don't know where we started. Because you could go, what's the average lifespan of a full ever-ready battery? You could find that information out and get a ballpark. We don't know. We don't know. So 0800 hits, this is what we need, battery experts.

How long have we got with this thing? Have we bitten off more than we can chew? Are we in too deep? Yeah, well, I'm quite concerned that it might just keep going. It might just keep going. Well, and the thing is, we've started now,

we can't not be here for the end. Someone's going to put in a time at the Hits Breakfast and they're going to want to win. We've got to be there to monitor it. Does anyone work with batteries?

Are you a battery expert, Megan, do you know? No, I did Google how long those torches averagely last for, but then again, we don't know. Like, it's been in there for a while. Yeah, true. But it could last up to 65 hours.

65? Yeah. So we should have started Monday. We should have started Monday. That's what we talked about. Okay. Well, we can't have this thing ending on the weekend. One of us has to be here.

One of us is going to have a very depressing weekend. We need the live stream going at least, because the live stream stops. No one has any idea. This is the greatest advertisement for the dolphin torch. It is. For our emergency kits that we're always planning to make. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

We started something yesterday, our torch ceremony. We put on a dolphin torch we found from the office. It had fresh, fresh well batteries that we think had been used before uh and we put it on yesterday at 27 hours later it is still going we're starting to worry that it's going to keep going into the weekend you can win 500 bucks by heading to the hits breakfast and picking when you think the torch is going to run out i don't want to finger point i do not like finger pointing megan but I'm looking at you right now and I'm pointing my fingers at someone. The mastermind of this idea.

Well, yeah, I just got the idea, but I didn't say that it started on Wednesday and haven't done by Friday. Yeah, okay. I was like, surely it's not going to last more than three days. Both my fingers are pointing at someone right now. Why is your middle finger pointing at me? And we are concerned that this is going to go over to the weekend and the show is just going to have to continue on. You can hedge your bets as to when you think the batteries will run dead at the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. Leticia, we've got Leticia on

from Ever Ready New Zealand. Leticia, great to have you with us. Lovely to be here. Okay, what are we looking at? We are 27 hours into the campaign so far. Is there an end in sight? Will it be done by the weekend? That's our major

concern. I don't think so. I think it's going to keep going. It's going to keep you there. So batteries, they last a long time, don't they? They do, they do. Can you answer this? It does say that they should

last up to 65 hours. Oh. So, yeah, we don't know how old the batteries were when we put them in, so that may play into it, but, yeah. Isn't that three days? What's my maths? Yeah. So maybe it might.

Nearly three days, yeah. We could finish tomorrow. The dolphin, does the dolphin make it last longer? Oh, probably. Yeah, right. Okay. So we're looking maybe a Friday Arvo finish at the end of the torch ceremony. Is there any way you can drain a battery quickly?

Well, we can't touch it now, though, can we? Okay. No. Who made batteries last so long? Well, obviously EverReady. EverReady. Wonderful advert for EverReady so long? Well, obviously Ever Ready. Ever Ready. Wonderful advert for Ever Ready, isn't it? It really is.

Does Ever Ready also back the theory that, you know, you can bite them to get a little bit more life out of them at the end? I don't know if anyone does, right? Yeah, I highly recommend not to do that. Yeah, not to do that. I thought you were going to say, yeah, we highly recommend to bite batteries. That was unusual, but she said not. She said, yeah yeah that makes sense

oh Leticia well thank you so much for your advice and it's probably a good little little bit of a clue for those making their bets

as well yeah