Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Locked His Daughter In The Car! Ended With Alarms!!!I

Episode Date: December 9, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY Is joining a friend in queue jumping the queue? We debate... We continue writing the Kiwiana 'Night Before Christmas" Scott Cam from the Block gives amazing parental advice... Ends in tears! What are your Christmas traditions? I ran at 36 weeks pregnant! Ben is such a girl dad! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is John O'Bien podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast. On a Tuesday morning, great to have you with us. Very shortly you'll hear how I accidentally locked my daughter in the car. She should have got out. She's at the age she can get out, but I think there's just too much going on. There was a lot happening and you wanted her to go into the store. Yeah, she should have just come to the store with me. You should have also took her phone off her. There's a whole lot of things wanted her to go into the store. Yeah, she should have just come to the store with me. She also took her phone off her. There's a whole lot of things that led to this unfortunate moment. A serious year of unfortunate events.

It was basically old school. I remember, I think I stuck peanuts in the cassette player in the car when I was left in the car as a kid. I pick up my kids from daycare. There's two of them. And by the time I get my daughter and my son has gone to the front seat he he turns the indicator on he's made the wing mirrors go in like he does everything and i'm like can you stop because once i turn the car on it's the wipers are going the indicators like yeah it's like he's setting up for a prank or something isn't he it's very impressive

yeah yeah it's one of those things as a kid though that's all you want to do is get the car push the buttons drive the car horn yeah my daughter um my daughter's you know she's getting to the age where she can learn to drive in the next couple years she just can't wait for that i'm like god help everyone on the roads but um but it's exciting you know when you get to that and you know get that independence and you can go away do you remember maybe it's not the case now with automatics but do you remember learning to drive and i was like i will never be able to do all of these things at once i know yeah and then it becomes second nature right yeah i able to do all of these things at once. I know. Yeah. And then it becomes sick of nature, right? Yeah.

I have to push that in and move my hand to the gear stick. Like what? But now, I mean, who drives a manual these days? No, yeah, exactly. Do you ever need to drive a manual? You mustn't do for your license anymore, right? No. They wouldn't have a manual.

I think you have to have like an automatic license, but then they're phasing manuals out anyway. So you'll be fine. Yeah. Anyway, how I locked my daughter in the car accidentally, that's coming up right now. Eris Tour, Taylor Swift's Eris Tour has finished about 150

shows in 21 countries. Incredible. Over two years she's been doing it on and off. Spent about, they reckon, about 484 hours on stage. Wow. 20 straight days. It's like a three-hour show, right? And she's doing it night after night.

And 25 hours spent just singing All Too Well alone. It's the one song. So you think she pretty much sang that for over a day for 24 hours. Wow. Without sleeping all too well. Amazing tour, though. Usually after they do a big tour like this, like Harry Styles did, they kind of go away for a little bit.

Yeah. We might not see her for a while. Maybe she'll married watch some more football games i guess as well to wind some people up by being at the football for some reason i don't know why it really winds people up uh but she's been busy you know and we're all busy i mean we're all busy i mean i'm not probably not as busy as taylor not taylor swift busy but yesterday running around trying to do a few things after you know after school after pick up with the kids and stuff and I guess my kids are at an age now where sometimes they want to come with you and other times they're like hey can we just can we just are you starting to get uncool I'm definitely uncool I'm definitely embracing my own coolness but um yeah they will hang out with me which is

fine but I've kind of like I've really leaned into like well I mean Taylor's having her eras this is my uncle here and I'm enjoying it but teenagers and tweens are scary like when i am around them i'm just like desperately trying to be cool like i don't think i've got what yeah well you yeah as someone else's kids you want to be cool around your kids you're like you just want to embarrass them that's what i'm doing but i'm also trying to we're trying to like and it's probably double standards when i'm on my phone a lot but i'm like trying to take the phones off them. Like yesterday I had to run in to do something in the, in the store, uh,

in the mall area. And I was like, I'm just going to run in, run in maybe five, five minutes, grab something. And Indy, my,

my daughter's like, can I just stay in the car? I'm like, okay, but I'll take your phone off you. I don't want you to like, she doesn't have her phone at school with those new rules. You pick her up and then you take away her phone again.

It's just all right, fine. Cause I thought that would maybe encourage you to come with me. But she's like, no, I'll just sit in the car. So I was like, okay, fine. And so I was only going to be a few minutes. But what I didn't realize, I must have subconsciously, with everything going on, locked the car as I walked away.

Because I came back out five minutes later. I'm like, someone's alarm's going off. And poor Indy sitting in this car with the lights flashing, the alarm's going on. I'm like, how long's that going to be on with the lights flashing, the alarms going on. I'm like, how long's that going to be on? She's like, the whole time. And I couldn't call you because you'd taken the phone. I'm like, oh, what a monster I look like.

I was like, because you must have like. You're not coming with me. Give me your phone and I'll lock you in. She must have set off the alarm whether she opened the door or something went off. And then she was too scared to get out of the car. She was like, everyone just looks at me. I was sitting in the car for five minutes. Like she's stealing it.

I know. Hey, good news. She'll come with you next time. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Or maybe I'll give her a phone next time. You're a monster. I know, exactly.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. From wholesome to a little bit of a whinge. At this time of the year, there's lots of queues happening. You queued up at the post office yesterday. I did. And I wanted to know the etiquette of the queue. So I was queuing up at a cinema and

in front of me was a group of girls. So it's not the one that Tony Street cut in front of you? No. But love to broadcast the Tony Street cut in front of you. To buy the treats. And she was like oh I didn't see you there. I didn't see you anyway. Watch Tony Street if you're out and about. She's like oh I'm lovely, I'm lovely. And she'll cut in front of you to buy the treats and she was like oh i didn't see you there i didn't see anyway watch tiny street she's like oh i'm lovely i'm lovely she'll cut in line yeah yeah um but no there was a group of girls in front of us okay three of them and we were standing the

line wasn't moving and we'd been waiting for ages and then two other girls came along who they knew they came up and they had a chat and they're all like giggling and laughing and I was like, cool, yay, nice that they're together. They weren't going to the same movie. Oh, okay. They were going to different movies. Okay, okay. But they stood with them and they said, oh, we're just going to stand here, is that okay?

And I was like, what are you supposed to say? Because you can't say, no, actually it's not. Can you get back in line? Well, some people will, but it's very awkward if they do. But this happens all the time. Like people join the queue because their friends are there, but they haven't been waiting in the queue.

What's the etiquette with that? But then I'm trying to think about it, but then sometimes there's always the person, usually it's me and the family that are like, I'll just stand in the queue. You guys, there's no point us all being there.

Yeah. So maybe they can go. But say I come along and I'm like, oh, Ben, you're like, you guys are up front of the queue being there yeah so maybe they can go but say I come along and I'm like oh Ben you're like you guys are up the front of the queue

I'm just gonna like how are you oh and now I'm gonna order because I've been yeah that maybe it's a bit weird actually too yeah if you especially if it's another transaction

maybe it's one transaction per the person yeah I'd be like can you get me a beverage yeah on the same transaction yeah then maybe I could do that for you

that's fine yeah but I wouldn't. I'd be like, go and buy your beverage, mate. Thank you. You said that on the radio? That's the real thing. Yeah, I'm like, weird. I was like, just get the beverage.

I'm buying you a drink. Get it fine. But okay, yeah. Can you hold a spot? Well, they're not even holding it intentionally, are they? They're just joining in and just doing it. No, they're just seeing a mate, you do the casual chat, and then you suddenly stay there. But it's cutting in line. It is cutting in line, you're right.

I don't care if you guys are friends. Like, what do you think? Can we get the rules, the etiquette on the text machine, 4487? Because on the flip side, I also think I've done it. Because I don't know what the etiquette is when you're on the back end of it it sucks but then

if you see the opportunity so these are people that haven't intentionally held the spot for them but people come along they're like oh hey oh my friends

I'm just going to join the line and cut in part of the queue okay 4-4-8-7 are you allowed to join it queue jumping is it a thing can you jump in?

The least popular of all the Olympic events, the jumping events. The long jump, the high jump and the queue jump. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. 15? Did you say 15 days till Christmas, Megan? 15 sleeps because it's the 10th today. So not long to go. And we decided yesterday we would try and rewrite a New Zealand version of the night before Christmas, kind of line by line with your help.

And to be honest, I didn't think it was going to fly. Everyone's busy in the mornings. There's a lot going on. But Jesus went off. There were so many poets out there. There were so many great creative texts. But we did have to pick one in the end. It was really hard to pick.

So we set things up with the first line and then we wanted you to rhyme it and wanted to make it a more Kiwi version of the night before Christmas. Yeah. So the first line we've got was, it was the night before Christmas and all through the land, which is what we needed you to rhyme

with. Yeah. Wendy came to the party and this is the line we chose. Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. So good. Night before Christmas and all through the land, Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. So good. Night before Christmas and all for the land, Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. Great start. Okay, so now we've got to throw things out there for the next line.

So the next line we come up with, and we need you to rhyme it. We need your creative essence again today. Cream's on the pav, we're prepping the kai. So you've got options. Skye. Yeah. Dad's on his third beer. Mum's starting to cry. You know, that sort of stuff.

The teenagers are on their devices using all the Wi-Fi. There's a lot of syllables in that one, Ben. Sorry. You know I'm a stickler for the syllables. You're a stickler for syllables. Ben's regretting his new blonde hair dye. You know? Only now.

It's been months. I'm glad you've come to the realization, though. That's good. Those are options not great options okay so the line is creams on the pav we're prepping the kai

then you've got to finish the next line yeah 4487 we're going to throw this out to the text and thanks to the warehouse

because it's the season of dazzling deals dazzling Christmas deals at the warehouse this week we're going to have your chance to win a $50

warehouse voucher each day up for grabs so you can get on those dazzling deals. They're unboxing a new deal every day until the 20th of December. Big savings each day. Today's dazzling deal, Megan, 30% off Barbie and Barbie toys. T's and C's apply.

All right, nice. That's pretty awesome. So every day there's a deal for one day only until closing time. So if you want to win $50 to spend at the warehouse, the line again, Megan? Cream's on the path. We're pre at the warehouse. The line again, Megan? Cream's on the pav. We're prepping the kai. Sun and the moon and the sky. Make sure the syllables work.

Please. Otherwise, Megan's not going to be happy. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On the music world right now, Coldplay just released their new single with Dick Van Dyke. The legendary actor, 99 years. He was celebrating his 99th birthday. And the video's all about that with his family it's really cute actually we should share it on the hits breakfast instagram story as well and they're

still sitting down they're talking together and the video sort of stops between chris martin playing and dick van dyke sort of talking about his life and how he's not really afraid of dying could go any day now but i don't know why it doesn't concern me i I'm not afraid of it. I have that feeling totally against anything intellectual I am that I'm going to be alright. The part I love is until I die Yeah, let me hold you if you cry.

Yeah. So beautiful. Until I die Let me hold you if you cry It's a beautiful song there. Yeah, it made me all teary watching it this morning actually. It was beautiful.

And he's still alive. I was like, get yourself together, Ben. It was before the show. I was like, the guy's still alive. He's all right. It was beautiful. Yeah, it was actually beautiful. I don't know how to handbrake from that.

Just you keep that beautiful Christmas moment that I've given you, that wholesome, lovely moment, and now go and complain about someone cutting in lines. That incommensures your day like, what, 30 seconds? You know, Megan. I'll just think of Dick Van Dyke

in my head, alright? It's very hard to come back from. So when you're in a queue, a big queue that's taken ages, that old classic when someone goes and finds their mate ahead of you and then they just stay there. Technically, that's queue jumping. I wanted to know what the etiquette was.

And someone did call me nitpicky. Yeah, nitpicky. And they said, where's your Christmas spirit or your spirit at any time of the year? Yeah. Okay, if they'd asked maybe. Or like I let people in in cars and stuff. But that just seems unfair. Most people are saying that it's like chronological

right you got to join at the end of the queue um but producer ellie i've got her in because she's very passionate about this yes it's called a queue because you go to the back of it you don't come in and also can i just say the person saying that you're nitpicky and like not in the good spirit the person who cut in is not in very good spirit. You know what I'm saying? They're not very considerate of others, okay? What if that person's 99 years old like Dick Van Dyke? Oh, I can't. It wasn't Dick Van Dyke jumping the line, okay?

They weren't. I led him in. They had lots of time to wait. They did. I think overall in the text, people were saying that you shouldn't do it. Yeah, I feel the same. I find it hard to even do that.

I feel like, look, if there's two people in the line and you're cutting in one with your partner, say, and it's the same transaction like you said, Ben, I think that's fine. But if that line has more than three people in it and you have the audacity to put your foot ahead of mine, I still won't say anything, but I'll be angry. Because then I'm like, how do you work it out? Don't say anything, but inside you're all, I'm f How do you work it out That's the Kiwi way right Don't say anything But inside you're

Oh I'm fuming Do you then go Excuse me Are you guys together And is this the same transaction Because I'm fine then Otherwise No

Don't give a clipboard out Alright are you together Yes Same transaction No Alright we're going to Head to the back there Thank you very much

The hits The Jono and Ben podcast So we're trying to rewrite The night Before Christmas, make it a little bit more Kiwified, a New Zealand version of the song. We started things off yesterday with the first line, then we got you guys to text through options for the second line.

I'm so impressed. It's so difficult to choose a line every day. There's some amazing ones coming through, you're right. So good. The line we need you to rhyme with is, Cream's on the pav, we're prepping the kai. Yeah. So we started yesterday with Night Before Christmas

and all through the land, Dave Dolman was starting to warm up the band. So as you said. Great from Wendy. Yep. Creams on the Pav, we're prepping the kai. So many great texts coming through. Are we going to read that one that's questioning us though? Oh, yes.

We wrote the line, Creams on the Pav, we're prepping the kai. And someone said, who creams the Pav the night before? Good point. Good point. But we put the line out there already. But we might have to change that. We've creamed the Pav. So it's happened.

Something, something, Pav. Yeah. Yeah. We're prepping the Kai. And there's so many great texts coming through. Like a typical bloke, I'm Christmas Eve shopping. Why, oh, why? It's come through too many syllables, but it's good.

Yeah, I'm a stickler for the syllables. We're rocking our jandals. The fan is on high. I like that one. Kids waiting for Santa. Y-O-Y. It's come through too many syllables, but it's good. Yeah, I'm a stickler for the syllables. We're rocking our jandals. The fan is on high. I like that one. Kids waiting for Santa. They look to the sky. Yes. Doing a manu from really up high.

I like the manu from up high. Cows in the cow shed, milk ready to fly. Why is the milk flying? I mean, it's a contender. So gather the family around Harimai. Nice. I'm two wines deep with a glint in my eye. I like that. It's a contender. So gather the family around. Hari Mai, yeah. Nice. I'm two wines deep with a glint in my eye.

Oh, I like that. It's a good one. It was the night before. You were getting in early. The skin was burning. UV index was high. Okay. There's some great ones coming through.

These are just a barrage of texts. We need to decide who wins the warehouse voucher because you could be spending that on the season of dazzling Christmas deals at the warehouse. Today's dazzling deal, 30% off Barbie and Barbie toys. T's and C's apply. Well, we've got Wendy on, and I think we both agree we quite like this one. This is a different Wendy from yesterday. Oh, yes, yes.

It wasn't Wendy again? No, different Wendy. Good morning, Wendy. Good morning. This whole poem's going to be written by Wendy. Yeah. I think you're a pretty good contender for the next line. Okay, so I don't know which one you've suggested. Okay, so the line is, yeah. I think you are a pretty good contender for the next line. Okay, so I don't know which one you've suggested.

Okay, so the line is, Megan. I'll start from the start. It was the night before Christmas and all through the land, Dave Dobbin was starting to warm up the band. Creams on the pav, we're prepping the kai. Doing a manu from really up high. Oh, the manu one. I did like that one.

All right, Wendy, that is it. We'll work again on the creams on the pad, Megan. That's our responsibility. We'll make sure we're adhering to the night before Christmas. We might change that slightly. But, Wendy, well done. You've got $50 to spend at the warehouse. Oh, thank you very much.

Awesome. And you've been part of creating history with the new version of the night before Christmas, New Zealand version. I'm excited, yeah. Who knows where it's going to go tomorrow? I know. It's actually quite fun. It is fun. Thanks, Wendy. We. I'm excited, yeah. Who knows where it's going to go tomorrow? I know. It's actually quite fun. It is fun.

Thanks, Wendy. We appreciate everyone's calls and texts. Scott Cam from The Block. The Block is back on screens, The Block Australia here in New Zealand. Nice to have you in the studio. Thanks for hanging out. Thanks for having me, guys. It's been great to be running around town and talking to everybody.

It's been a long couple of days, but it's been good. You had to do a lot of talking over the last couple of days. I do a lot of talking my whole life. I do voiceovers. I narrate 52 episodes of The Block every year, which takes six months. So you do the narration?

I do the whole narration. Everything, six months. I talk through an hour and 20 minutes of television every night. So this is what, season 20 is it right on the block? You've been on for like 14 seasons or something? I've been on for 18. Oh 18, jeez. So this one's on like an island? It's on an island.

Phillip Island or something? Phillip Island where the racetrack is. It's a terrific island. It's beautiful. But after three months with this lot, the best part about the island was the bridge off. Yeah, right. So you're saying this lot, were they not a good bunch of contestants? Well, no, they are a good bunch of contestants, but there's a couple in there that are causing a little bit of grief.

And you'll work that out pretty quickly. In week four or five, there is a first for the block moment, which even our production crew said, what the hell's going on here? Oh, really? And then that created another series of events, which we all went, what the hell's going on here? Which then culminated in another series of events

in the last three weeks, where we all said, what the hell's going on here? And this has nothing to do with renovations. This is just people. Yeah, right. God, that's a good tease, Scott. Yeah, makes everyone want to watch it. This is just people.

And you must meet some interesting people through your job. We do. And we've had about 190 contestants over 900 episodes. Very iconic in Australia, of course. Do you ever have to buy a beer anywhere? I mean, surely people must buy your beers everywhere you go. Yeah, but they do offer me a beer, but I always say, I'm right, mate, because I never know what's going in that beer.

Just a jog leg at something. I was listening to a little bit of you on Hamish Blake's parenting podcast. Oh, yes. Talking about your kids. And it was really interesting. You were talking about how you are part of your kids' memories, which is something that, you know, like you're creating your kids' memories as a parent.

Yeah, my big favorite saying I made up years ago, I said this on radio many years ago, and that we are living in our children's memories. We're inside them right now. Oh, that's beautiful. That's good, wasn't it? That's right. It's true, isn't it? Oh, that's beautiful. That's right. It's true, isn't it?

Oh, you're making me cry. Because I'm 62 years old and I've got memories, very strong memories of when I was eight years old, right? So my three children, when they're 50, they're going to have memories of when they're eight or nine. So I always made sure that I tried to create good ones

because I was in them yeah that's a beautiful way to sum up parenting yes when you're having a bad moment I'm going to remember that

oh that's nice you are you're so well I got yeah look at that we're like Oprah here that's really beautiful I'm coming over for a hug oh I didn't expect that

lovely it's a really really philosophical way'm coming over for a hug. Oh, I didn't expect that. Lovely. It's a really, really philosophical way to. Yeah, it was a lovely, lovely saying. Thank you. I like spreading that message out so everybody can think. I've got a couple more quick ones for you. Make sure you're there when they look up.

Every kid that does anything in life, they look up to see if you're watching. They dive in a swimming pool and surface and they look up to see if you're watching. So make sure you're there when they look up. That's a good one too. That's a really good one. Jeez, Scotty, you're getting us all teary. Scott Cam, the block.

Scott Cam comes in and makes everyone cry. Scott Cam, lovely to hang out with you. Thank you so much for your time, man. Check out the block. It sounds like a wild ride. It's back again on 3 and 3 now. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Good morning. Good morning. You want a song to start things off. The Error Store. Taylor Swift's Error Store. Done. Finished. Over.

She finished in Vancouver? Yeah, it was Vancouver. Over a couple of years, it's been going for on and off. Just an incredible, incredible show. And just, we'll probably never have anything like it again, unless she does another tour in a few years' time. Yeah. I just saw someone bought $16 tickets to go to her ERAs tour.

If you're wondering how they did that, they were a no-view tickets. So you're pretty much behind the stage on a wraparound arena but they were like totally worth it because of the way the show's done they still were able to see so much and you can hear it and wow it only cost 16 bucks pretty impressive hey yesterday um you know christmas we're on the countdown to christmas now 15 days 15 days not too long to go and i had to go to the post shop which is you, it's a busy time. It's a busy place this time of year, right? Yeah.

And standing in a long queue. And I get it, you know, and everyone's, no one really wants to be there, but everyone's got to go through the admin of sending parcels and stuff, particularly overseas, right? It's so expensive too. Yeah. But this poor, and you feel sorry for the people working really hard. You know, the people on the counter working really hard and this lady

had got a package from the shelf and she'd obviously put the stuff in there and then got up she'd sealed it got up to the counter and it was the wrong package that particular package could not be sent to the country you know when you're standing behind your alarm try not to listen but all I can do is listen to this conversation

because it's getting louder and louder and she's going well you need to you need to put signs up there and the lady was like oh there is a sign but louder. And she's going, well, you need to put signs up there. And the lady was like, oh, there is a sign, but you mustn't have seen it. She's like, you need to put signs. This is just, you know, I'm not, I've sealed this. And it was all, it was really kicking off. And I was like, I felt sorry for the lady.

She'd obviously missed the sign and also felt sorry for the person on the counter. No, you felt for both sides. I did. Did you? I did, you know me. Switzerland, I can see both sides. Yeah, but then this lady was getting more and more fired up

that is ridiculous and i'm like oh she's getting a bit over the top it's ridiculous i mean what's this gonna i'm not paying for this what's it gonna cost me and then and it's quite loud everyone looking looking at it and then the lady behind the counter said oh one dollar and she was oh oh oh one one it's amazing how the air went out of the tyres just then, you know, when you're like. A dollar. She's like, oh. It's going to cost you a dollar.

Oh, it's a dollar. Okay. And then she kind of went, well, that's okay then. I mean, I kind of felt like as a hero I could have been. I could have stepped in and gone, I'll take this one. I'll pay this one for you. It's all right. I'm sure she would have loved that in the moment.

My Christmas, yes. So I was like, so spirit thought for people working hard out there at the moment, and, you know, it's a stressful time. Don't fly off the handle before you need to. I was like, a dollar. I was like, oh, geez. But, yeah, she was feeling a little guilty after that. She's going to slink out of there and not tell anyone.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. So we wanted to know this morning, because I was thinking about, why don't you talk to you about your Christmas traditions that you've run over the years. We've got a couple in our household, but you've got some really cool ones. The one that blew you away was that we opened Christmas presents on Christmas Eve at midnight. That's wild. My husband's family is South African, and my ex-husband's Eastern European. And so we've done it both.

Both families, they both do it. Everything? Like Christmas Eve? Yeah. Well, I guess technically it's Christmas. It's ticked over Christmas, right? It's ticked over to Christmas, yeah. It just seems like...

Young kids. I feel like if you wake kids up, they'll be a little... So we didn't do it last year because we've got a three-year-old and a two-year-old at the moment. So I don't know if we'll do it again this year. But eventually we'll adopt it back and we'll do it at midnight. Midnight? Yeah. It's just the only thing is, so you stay up and you have some drinks and dinner and everything.

And by the time you go to bed, it's like 2 a.m. And then if you've got kids, they wake you up at like 5.30. And then Christmas Day is like, whoa. So that's tough. But it's fun. It drags Christmas out for longer, I think. Because my wife, her family used to be able to choose one present the night before. Oh, okay.

And she tried to introduce that. And now I feel like a monster going, no, it's a Christmas day. We're going to do them on Christmas day because of the excitement of waiting Christmas day. Here's the thing. Here's a tradition you can adopt that will fix that. So we do Christmas boxes, Christmas Eve boxes. So inside is your matching jammies. Oh, that's cute. And it's always a Christmas book and then just will fix that. So we do Christmas boxes, Christmas Eve boxes. So inside is your matching jammies. Oh, that's cute.

And it's always a Christmas book and then just some little treats. So the kids get their Christmas Eve box the night before. Right. But like good luck trying to find Christmas pajamas this year because I've tried

and they're all sold out everywhere. If you've got some Christmas jammies, please let me know where I can get them. And we'd love to also know what your traditions are. Like what things can I adopt? I mean, every year we always watch Elf where I can get them. And we'd love to also know what your traditions are. Like, what things can I adopt? I mean, every year we always watch Elf

and Home Alone. Those are the movies we watch. We do still read the night before Christmas even though the kids are probably like, oh, thanks, I can read this myself now

or something a bit more advanced. But you still kind of do that. Cute. Yeah, yeah. But we'd like to know, oh, Anna, that's a 4487. What are your traditions? You also write notes

and put it in the Christmas tree. Yeah, so every year when we pack up the Christmas tree, we have a book that we write notes to ourself in. So it can be anything, a message to yourself for next year. I just read the one we did for ourself last year, and it said my daughter was just starting to stand, and now she's running around the house yelling at me. But it's just those little things that you forget. It's like a little time capsule.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I podcast i know your christmas traditions i'm guessing his is going to church or is he like you can't take me to church yeah he won't go on his own but he will if you take him to church yeah you're looking to adopt some christmas traditions i think i've got too many to be honest i've got a lot christmas eve boxes we go strawberry picking get a photo every year it's a little book I write and then I pack it away in the Christmas tree box there's lots going on in our house we're trying to well my daughter and he loves Secret Santa too which is quite obvious with us four of us um because I used to you know we do it at work so um yeah so she's adopted a

few years ago and she's like every year we're doing Secret Santa again yeah they get like 10 bucks or 20 bucks we all go to a store and choose something for each other, which is quite fun. Is it Secret Santa where it stays a secret? Well, yeah, it's meant to. It becomes very obvious. Exactly. That's cute, though.

Yeah, it's a nice tradition. But I feel like there's some other ones that we can add to what we're doing this Christmas time. Well, Tanya's got one. Good morning, Tanya from Christchurch. How are you doing this morning? I'm good, thank you. How are you guys?

We're going good. What's the tradition that you do at Christmas? I make Christmas decorations with, well, I started off making with my children and that was when my daughter was five and she's now 42. And now I do my children, my grandchildren. I've got some adopted grandchildren and some nieces and nephews.

So I've been doing it for a very long time. When you say you make Christmas decorations for the tree, what kind of decorations are you making? Well, last year we made door hangers, so just with bells and things like that. And we make Christmas tree decorations. We've done photo frames. It's different every year.

I try and do something new every year so I'm always on Pinterest looking for new ideas. So this year I've got two new ones which I'm a bit wary about trying but I'm going to give it a go with them. I believe in you. Go you. That's cool.

You're Martha Stewart. New Zealand's own Martha Stewart. Without the tax fraud, but yeah. Without the prison time. Actually, maybe you have it. Oh, that's very cool. I like your tradition, though. I like your tradition.

Like the Christmas Eve one. I think that's very cool. I don't know about the wild opening your presents at midnight situation, but anyway. No, I'm not keen on that. I'm normally wrapping stuff at midnight and I never get to be. Each to your own, I guess. Well, thank you for that.

That's a good one to adopt, making decorations. Andrea, good morning. What's your Christmas tradition? We plant Christmas mints every Christmas Eve in a special pot and we place it outside. And by the morning, they turn into magical candy canes. Oh, that's cool. Are we talking like minces and like the...

Mints and cheese pie or... Yeah. Mint. No, mint. Sorry. Oh. Christmas mint. What's that?

Like peppermint. Oh, gosh. Yeah. I see. Not some beef mints. Okay. So the Christmas moon grows the mints into candy canes. Yeah.

Yeah. That's pretty cute That's actually really cool And so next morning Geez they grow quick Don't they The candy canes It's a special Christmas moon They are magic

You know they have plastic Over the top So you know You've got to keep them From all the elements Oh that's very cool I like that one Alright the mints

I'll go I'll whip down to the supermarket And buy 500 grams of mints The thing is With these All of these beans They require effort Yeah they do I don't mind effort I don't mind putting in the effort But yeah And Barbara You've got a really nice one whipped out of the supermarket and buy 500 grams of mints. The thing is with all of these beans, they require effort.

Yeah, they do. I don't mind effort. I don't mind putting in the effort. And, Barbara, you've got a really nice one. What's your tradition? We have fish trips on Christmas Eve. But why? Tell us the reason.

My dad, back in the day, was a haymaker. Yeah. And so we would be cooking meat and making salads on Christmas Eve so we could have cold meat and salad on Christmas Day because we never knew when he was going to get in from working on the farm.

And so dinner the night before would be easier to get fish and chips and so that's become a tradition. It's become a tradition and we've kept it going in his memory he passed in 2007 oh what a beautiful thing to keep going with the family remember him every christmas love that every christmas oh thanks barbara thank you for sharing that i really appreciate that keep keep this coming through these are great traditions four four eight seven on the text and next megan uh speaking of, we've gone from something really wholesome to something not so wholesome.

I know, I'm about to have a winch. We're talking to William Wairoa, who's a social media superstar. He was also on Dancing with the Stars. And he's been running every day for a number of years now, right? Was it 10 years? Yeah, like 10Ks every day. It's pretty incredible. It's not a little run.

And we put it out there a few days ago about what you were doing every day. And we got this text and we never had a chance to call back. So we thought we should call her this morning. We've got Claudia on 0800 The Hits. Claudia, you do something every day. Yes. For about 21 years, I have ran every day either 7.5K or 10K. Ever since I arrived in New Zealand 21 years ago.

You think of all the days that have happened over those 21 years and you haven't skipped one. If I'm going anywhere, we'll be staying somewhere that has like a treadmill or somewhere I can run or run about even actually booking. We're booking to go to Vietnam in April. And my one ask is that we can get somewhere that has a gym. That is, uh, that's really impressive. You also said on your text, even while one ask is that we can get somewhere that has a gym. That's really impressive. You also said on your text, even while pregnant, was that right? Yes. Up to 36 weeks

running, and then I'd walk the last four, I did walking about 8K. Wow. Oh my god, I was huge at 36 weeks, and I could think of nothing worse than lugging my body for a run. Do you find it really good for, I guess, physical health, but also your mental health?

Oh, definitely my mental health, because I reckon I'm quite an excitable person, as a lot of Irish people are. You've just got to calm down that inner leprechaun that's talking in your head. That's it, because I get up at 5 o'clock every morning and do it then, and then before coming into work, so that I can sit at the computer all day and not be hyper. So what about, like, what if it's stormy and it's winter and you wake up at 5 and you can hear the rain battering on your windows? You just, how do you get through that? Well, I've got to actually get out of the bed.

Yeah, yeah. No, I think I've just done it for so long. I've got the alarm set at half four, and then it goes again at five, and then I just get up and then feed the animals and hop on the treadmill. Good on you. I'm still half asleep most of the time, so I can't remember most of it. Yeah, right. You bully yourself into doing it without even realizing it's happening.

Yeah. Smart play. There's some Irish thinking right there. So is there a goal to continue on? Oh, yeah, forever. Like I always do. Like it just keeps you – I think my parents are like that. My parents are in their 80s and they're really fit and they probably look like they're in their 60s.

So I think it just overall just helps you keep young. I reckon 12 more years and then you can say you did it for 33 and a third years. It would be good. Oh, lovely. Do you want me to say that? It's better when you say it. When I say 33 and a third, it doesn't sound quite as good as you. You go on, you say it now.

33 and a third. There you go. I love that. There you go. Oh, well, congratulations. What a great thing you're doing every day. Have you run, like, marathons or anything like that? I've done a few half marathons, but they're not really good for my knees.

So I do five-minute Ks, really. That's what I get on and do. Five minutes? That's hoofing it. Oh, but I did, like, there was one time I was really hungover, and I ran, and I did 5Ks, and it was the fastest run I ever did. Because you just wanted to get it over with? Oh, Claudia, well, good on you.

Running every day for 21 years. Appreciate it. And you're going to have a great day. We won't hold you up for your run. And thank you, guys. I listen to you guys every morning. You're hilarious. Love you.

Oh, we love you too, mate. Thank you so much for listening. You have a you guys every morning. You're hilarious. Love you. We love you too, mate. Thank you so much for listening. You have a great day. Cheers. Bye-bye. See you. It's pretty impressive. It's very impressive.

She's been running it 36 weeks pregnant. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We start our day with it. As I look across to producer Ellie with a lot of monitors in our way. I know. So we've got nine monitors between the two of us right now. Computer monitors. It's my shield.

I'm a bit scared of you Ben, so I've just put them there. I want to know what it's doing to my nether regions, but anyway. You can put tinfoil on it if you want. What, my bits? Yeah. Okay. Oh, lovely. But right now let's see how we go and try to get 10 out of 10 in the New Zealand Herald

Daily Quiz. All right. Today, I've not gone through it first because I didn't have time. Okay. So I'm essentially playing with you in a way. I don't know the answers. So we can't gauge your facial pictures. Oh, no.

He's completely blind today. Not that we do that ever. No. Okay. Question number one. What is the scientific term for bird flu? Is it viral pneumonia, avian influenza, or zoonotic flu? I feel like it's avian. Avian influenza.

I feel like you see that in the news a bit. I'm going to lock in avian. That is correct. Yes. Nice work. I don't know where my ding sound effect is. Ding. Oh, that sounds exactly like it.

I'll do this instead. Nice. Okay, we're on to question two. All right, question number two. Havarti cheese originates from which country? Denmark, Greece, or Switzerland? Don't think it's Greece. Havarti is delicious.

It's quite soft. I'm trying to think if I've ever read the back of a Havarti cheese. Yeah. I don't know if I have. I don't. I wouldn't have thought it would be Greece. I agree. I reckon it's between Denmark and Switzerland.

Swiss cheese is holy. The traditional one. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Do we go Denmark? Oh, yeah. I don't know. Denmark feels here.

Havati. What does that word sound like? Does that sound like it? Is it like Danish or something? Havati? It does sound a little bit, doesn't it? Is it like Danish or something? Havafarti? It does sound a little bit, doesn't it? Are we going to dip out on question time?

Oh, wait. We can go to the text. We can go to the text. Do you want to or do you want to lock in it? No, I think we should. Yeah, because someone right now will be screaming at their radio going, you idiots. Yeah, surely. We all know Havarti cheese.

It is delicious. It is yum, yum, yum, yum. Oh, there's a couple of texts coming in already. What are they saying? So John has said Denmark. Another text has said Danish. And John has been correct before. Yeah, he has. Do you want to look at him?

My gut's saying Denmark too. Okay, Denmark. Let's do it. Thanks, John. That is correct. There we go. Okay, good. Okay, Megan, this one's for you, baby.

Okay. What is the name of Troye Sivan's debut studio album? Was it Blue Neighborhoodhood, Wild or Bloom? You just saw him in concert the other night. Not saying that's the reason why you should know all his back catalogue. I love the digus in here. Bloom is in. You saw him the other night, didn't you?

Did he go, this is the song for my first album? Bloom, I think, is the sophomore album. Right. Okay. I couldn't tell you. I don't know. What's the other one? Wild or Bloom?

Interesting. No one's helping you out. Don't look at the text. No one's helping you out. No one's as big a Troye Sivan fan as you. Producer Grace is not out there either. I just went to a concert. He was my,

one of your girls was my biggest song of 2024. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so you're a fake fan. Yeah. You're going to have to lock it in. You're going to have to lock it in. You're going to have to lock it in. I'm going to need an answer.

It's wrong. Oh, it's wrong. Oh, no, that's awesome. And you're just in your neighborhood. Oh, I didn't know that. And you call yourself a fan of Troye Sivan. Oh, no. Oh, to be honest, Troye Sivan probably didn't even know what the album was, to be honest.

He was like, oh, it's one of those. You know, you forget the stuff you do. I knew Bloom was the sophomore album. Yeah, that was good. Sorry, Troy. Sorry, everyone. He's like, question three. We tip out there on the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. As we get into Christmas, it's a busy time of year, isn't it? It's two weeks tomorrow till Christmas. A lot going on. And I'm getting, you know, because it's times you do get busy. There's a lot of school recitals and end of year things plus work things and, you know, heaps of stuff going on.

And then I was getting frustrated last night because I bought food and I don't want to waste food, you know, these days, you know. So we need to start eating, you know, we need to be there to eat the food because you don't want to just get takeaways when you're out and about all the time. Yeah. So this morning I got up and I made myself, I made all the family salads I was like we make it I was like four o'clock in the morning I'm making like a Caesar salad like boiling eggs and I'm like I sort of had a moment like what am I doing like the effort you put in because Ben makes lunches for everyone and the effort you

put in in the morning is admirable it won't be impressive they'll be like why did you make a Caesar salad it's a weird thing to take to school. And also, what time did you make it? It was pretty much around 4 o'clock in the morning. I'm up there making it. So it's going to last what? It's probably not going to be prime Caesar salad conditions. But I was like, we're not wasting food.

So they'll be, family, enjoy your Caesar salads today. All right? That's for me because we're not wasting food. I'll take a Caesar salad next time you make one. That sounds good. I'll bring it in next time. Yeah, I'll have it for breakfast.