Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben meets Megan's idol! And she's LIVID

Episode Date: January 19, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY Jono is being cyber stalked... By Temu? Dear Megan do I go behind my husbands back and get Botox? Someone in the show is leaving people on read... We need a new show catchphrase... "Don't be a dick till twenty six" We can't believe Jono used this to floss on the show LIVE!!! I've never been on social media Another attempt at the NZ Herald quiz... Jono becomes a treat prankster! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and BenInstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono, Ben and Megan The Podcast The Hits The weekend, Luke Combs played two nights Eden Park, everyone got their country on It was massive, it was a really good vibe Actually went along both nights Both nights, I bought tickets to go on the Friday

And then was lucky enough to get some tickets for the Saturday And it was a really cool vibe, everyone in country hats Looking there, I was looking around the stadium going Is there anyone in the South Island at the moment? There must have been a couple of people babysitting the South Island, I reckon, over the weekend. Yeah. A lot of denim, overdose of denim.

And what I really appreciated about Luke Cone is because, you know, all musicians, when they're on stage, they do the banter in between the songs. And I couldn't understand a word he was saying. And I was like, he reminds me of, do you remember that cartoon, The Hillbillies, and there's paw? Yeah. I don't think. It's quite hard to understand. and I was like he reminds me of do you remember that cartoon The Hillbillies and there's Paul yeah oh yeah it was quite hard to understand I was like

because every now and then you go New Zealand yeah not to like name drop but you know I was sitting close to

Sam Whitelock on the second night All Black Legend and I kept and he for some reason he could understand perfectly what he was saying everything Luke goes

I was like I don't know what he's saying. I turn around and Sam would go, well, he's talking right now about his relationship with Tracy Chapman. Oh, you're like, oh, okay, thank you.

Well, I'm Mary's partner. I guess maybe rugby players and country stars. You speak fluent and heavily. Yeah, I was like, I don't know, maybe there's some sort of crossover there. Mumbling, mumble.

Yeah. It's a beautiful language. He knew a lot, or at least maybe he was just pretending, but he was like my translator for Luke Combspanter. So I loved the weekend, which is very cool. But there was someone else on the second night.

Because we were lucky enough to get invited by Eden Park on the second night to go along to a tent. So it was cool. And we ended up in a place where Liam Lawson, Formula One driver, was. We ended up in a better place. Yeah. I know. Better class of people. We'll never get back there again. And I had a yarn to Liam Lawson, Formula One driver was. We ended up in a better place. Yeah. I know. Better class of people.

We'll never get back there again. And I had a quite, you know, I had a yarn to Liam Lawson. And I know, and all the whole time, he was a lovely guy. Isn't he lovely? He's lovely. See, I've told you this over and over. But he's lovely. It's your dream.

Because if anyone has not listened to the show before, they won't know how big a fan you are of F1 and Liam Lawson. Yeah. Well, he's our Kiwi who's in Formula One this year, so of course I'm like fizzing for that. You even went along to a tiny little car dealership event a few years ago when Liam Lawson

It was a jeweler. It was a what, sorry? It was a jeweler. A jeweler. I don't know why somehow Liam Lawson was tied in with a jeweler and I chewed his ear off for like an hour got a photo and he was lovely. He was lovely. He hasn't recovered since. He is lovely. Did you mention me?

Well, I had a chat, and it was one of those textbook chats because everyone wants to punish him. And he actually came over and talked, and I was like, that's nice. And then I left, and I was like, that went well. You know when sometimes you walk away and you're like, what sort of dickish things did I say? I was like, no, I was okay. I was okay in that situation.

But then I thought about it, and I thought, should i get a photo just to send to you megan and i was like oh i'm gonna do it so i came back and went hey i don't want to be that guy which is what people say when they're going to be that guy yeah and he was that guy yeah i said look we work with megan the show she's a massive fan he's like no i remember her absolutely from our heartfelt chat he said all those things and then i said can i get a photo just i said i'm not going to post it i just want to put absolutely from our heartfelt chat. He said all those things. And then I said, can I get a photo? I said, I'm not going to post it. I just want to put it on our group chat to send to Megan. And he's like, yeah, sweet. No worries.

As soon as I did that, there was about nine other people like, oh, can we get a photo? Can we get a photo? I'm like, oh, God, I've started this whole thing. I don't want to be that guy. And I was that guy. And I sent it away to the group chat. And yeah, and you were very jealous. I don't know whether I was happy that you got a photo.

Because I was like, if you didn't get a photo, I would have been really upset. Because I would have been like, you were very jealous. I don't know whether I was happy that you got a photo, because I was like, if you didn't get a photo, I would have been really upset, because I would have been like, you missed an opportunity. And then you sent me the photo, and I was like, my God, I missed out. But is it weird that I've saved that photo? Have you? There was a whole lot of like, all the texts, straight away the replies are like, what?

No. He looks, and then a whole lot of like, he looks great. Oh, he looks good. He's hotter than, I expect you're talking about me. Were you talking about me or not? Or you guys? He's had a Red Bull blow up. Producer Ellie,

Producer Grace, we're all getting, jumping in on the chat as well. So there you go. She's now photoshopped her face over yours. I did ask Grace if she could do that. Yeah. Just photoshop me into that picture, please.

Bloody old, old mumbling Luke Combs. He missed out on an opportunity with, Fast Carp. Oh yeah. He got to meet. He missed out on an opportunity with Fast Carb. Oh yeah. He got to meet him. Liam Wilson met him beforehand. That's it.

Luke Combs. We should have dedicated this to him. Now, I've spent the last four or five weeks being cyber stalked as I said before and I'm going to say this. If you ever want to make yourself feel wanted then go on to Timuu i'd clicked on an item that i thought was humorous okay it was a it was a trucker cap and it said mayor of titty city and i

thought well this is a funny hat like this i was like i reckon i could pull that hat off and so the problem is that you we know that you're wearing it ironically. I had the same problem because I got this Skibbity Riz Dad tattoo on my calf. And in Australia, I know it's a joke. My kids know it's a joke. But anyone in line at a theme park will be like, Skibbity Riz Dad. You can hear people just whispering. They're like, do you think he's cooler with that?

And I'm like, it's a joke. It's a joke. So that would be the same. Does he think he's the actual Mayor of Tiddys City Yeah Yeah I know what you're saying I know what you're saying So anyway I went

On Teemu I got to the I got to the checkout I was like I'm going to buy this I'm going to buy It's going to be fun People are going to laugh

Okay It's a comedic hat It's tickled me Yeah And then I was Then Better sense got Yeah

Swept over me You can't pick up the kids from school You can't even come to the hits The workplace wouldn't appreciate a mirror of Titty City Tracker Kit Not in 2025 My wife Jen she's going to hate it I'm never going to be allowed to wear it around Where are you going to wear it

So then I pulled out of the purchase Now what this does though is Timu goes hold on He almost purchased a mirror of Titty City Tracker Kit. And he didn't follow through. Maybe he forgot about it. And you get harassed. 40 emails going, hey, your Tracker Hat's still in the checkout, mate.

We'll give you 70% off your Tracker Hat. Just so you know, we've signed you up to a loyalty club, too. You're a big fan of the loyalty club, too. You've received a loyalty reward now. Thanks for your loyalty. Wow. And it's like credit back. Hey, your purchase is now $0. You've received a loyalty reward now. Thanks for your loyalty. Wow. And then it's like credit back. Hey, your purchase is now zero dollars.

It's like, wait, what? And then I was thinking, I was like, Titty City wouldn't actually be that enjoyable. Like, if you're the mayor of Titty City, your sole focus is the bosoms. You're like, what about the bloody rubbish collection? Potholes in the road? You've still got to do all that sort of stuff, mate.

This is very distracting. Your focus has got to be like, you're like the most focused one out of everyone. I've got all these there everywhere. They're trying to get in my face, but I've got a city to run. Anyway, this guy's incredible. He's got the Underground Rail Service sorted.

He's got it all. Be more functional than Auckland. TM Megan. People slide into your DMs, don't they? Underground Rail Service sorted. He's got it all. Be more functional than Auckland. That's for sure. Dear Megan. Dear Megan. People slide into your DMs, don't they? They haven't been sliding in on TikTok from the States over the last 48 hours, Megan. No, they have not.

So yeah, if anyone has an issue in their life, I always get a lot of these and I'm not sure why because I don't think I have great advice. So we put them to the people, people with issues, and you can pass your judgment today. This one says, Dear Megan, I need your advice. I'm keen to get Botox as part of my new year, new me thing. I've saved money for it, but my husband is against it.

He says I don't need it, but I'm not sure he understands how much confidence I would gain. I think I'll get it done anyway, but I'm struggling with how to approach it. What should I do? Just do it. Just do it. It's yours. Stick whatever you want into your face. I think I'll get it done anyway but I'm struggling with how to approach it what should I do? Just do it just do it it's your stick whatever you want into your face it's your face

you put whatever you want into it So would you say do it and not tell your husband? Yeah and then if your husband says have you had Botox he's not going to be able to tell because you're going to have no expression on your face He's not going to be able to tell

I just think look if it's not a money thing like if you're not in a relationship where you share money and you have to like, you know, get permission from each other that you're going to spend a certain amount of money because it's not cheap, then you do you, your body, your choice. I totally get that. I might. Yeah, you do you. It's your body. But then in that instance,

is it a little bit dishonest to go behind it? Because you might go, oh, what ever happened to that Botox thing? Then you give yourself a job. Yeah, but it's not his. A web of lies. Like, is it better just to front foot it and say, hey, I'm going to do it. I understand what you're saying,

but I'm going to do it. I'm not saying she should do it. One minute, you're hiding your Botox. And the next minute, you're trafficking humans around the world. It's a gateway. You're hiding your BBL or something. Yeah, no, that's... and it's a fine line too.

I am no appearance medicine expert, as you can clearly tell by my beaten up withered face. But it's a fine line with Botox between looking natural and then looking like something that would appear in a Wednesday night documentary on television. See, you're thinking of filler. It's different. Oh, am I?

So Botox works by freezing your muscles in your face. That sounds good for you. But filler is putting something into your... So like paralyzing your face, essentially. Essentially, yeah. Filler changes it. So filler's the one people put in their lips to make them bigger or make your cheeks bigger or whatever.

Sorry, so I'm getting confused. And it wears off Botox? Yeah. Yeah. After a while, right? Slowly you get the feeling back in your face. Yeah, slowly the lines come creeping back into your forehead and things like that. Okay, so under the hood, it's 4487 because we need some help right now.

Clearly we don't even know what half the time we're talking about. I'm just making stuff up. Okay, so Megan, the question again? Well, she wants to get Botox. He is against it. She wants to do it regardless. What he doesn't know won't hurt him, right? John O'Bannon Megan.

The podcast. The hits. And there's Botox wanting to be injected into a lady's face. Yeah, so dear Megan, today someone wants to get Botox as part of their new year, new me thing. I've saved money for it. My husband is against it. He says I don't need it. He thinks it would ruin her face.

She wants to do it for her and her confidence. So she's thinking of getting it done and maybe not telling him what he doesn't know doesn't hurt him kind of thing. So do you go behind your partner's back and get Botox? You know, for many years I was being gifted anti-aging cream at Christmas from anonymous family members. Oh no, some more anti-aging cream. Rude. No anti-aging cream last year then.

Maybe they're like, oh well. Lost cause. The cream can't do anymore now. Done all it can. We're texts and calls coming through on this one. Kylie, morning to you. Hi. Happy New Year. Happy, morning to you. Hi. Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to you guys. It's lovely to hear your dulcet tones. Where do you sit on this? Can you go behind your partner's back for Botox? No. Oh, you can't? No, I wouldn't, purely because it just opens up a can of worms, because then once he finds out, he's going to be like,

well, what else hasn't she told me? Yeah, I kind of get what you're saying. I don't think it's his right to say you can't get it, because as Megan said, it's your to be like, well, what else hasn't she told me? Yeah, I kind of get what you're saying. Like, I don't think it's his right to say you can't get it, because as Megan said, it's your body, your choice, but I feel in some ways it's like, hey, I get your opinion, but I'm going to do it. And then your front foot at least. Maybe he can be like, well, I can go and get the breasts

I've always wanted, attached onto my chest or something. You're one for one. Your body, your choice. Yeah. I mean, I guess it's just more, does he understand exactly what it's going like? One of you said that maybe it's just more does he understand exactly what it's going like one of you said that maybe it's fillers so that's what he's thinking about like

has she had that in depth conversation with him and does he understand exactly what Botox is I did see a text someone said take him along to the consult and he can hear his concerns there with the professional and I mean I guess I guess once having it done, you don't need to repeat it.

I mean, why can't do it once? And if it's not for you and it doesn't work and it makes no difference, you know, type thing, then okay, well, it hasn't made that much of a change. You're still the same person. Carry on. Are you a toxer? Do you inject Botox, if you don't mind me asking?

No. No. It's one of those things, though, when you're younger, you're like, why would people do that? And then you get to our age, you're like, oh, absolutely. I can see why everyone does it. You know? I'd rather grow old gracefully.

I'd rather pump that stuff into my face. Whether you do it or not, you can totally see why people do it. You know? I want to end up looking like the Joker from Batman. Thanks for your call, mate. Appreciate it. Christy, you're on. Can you get Botox behind your partner's back or should she sneak around and do it?

I reckon that there's two parts. I think it's nice to be honest and say what she wants to do, but I don't think she has to have agreement from him. So I would tell him and then if he says no, that's fine, I'm still doing it, and you don't have to agree, because we're all adults, and me and my husband don't agree on lots of things. He'll say, I'm going to go out maybe before a birthday party or something, and I'll say

that's a bad idea, but he'll go. And then you'll turn up drunk? You're like, I told you that's a bad idea but he'll go and then you'll turn up drunk you're like I told you that was a bad idea and then he falls asleep at the table and you're like yep I told you that was a bad idea

it does sound like a bad idea but hey you've done that at my sister's 40th yeah but you know we're all adults yeah all adults

you're like it's 11.30 in the morning do you think going to the pub is a good idea now we've got a big event tonight it's a good idea yeah and I get both I don't ask for

permission. No, good on you. I'm going for my Botox, you know, like, you can be an adult.

That's the hardest thing in a relationship, I think, forgetting, like, remembering that you are two different people who sometimes

want two different things. And I bet you ask, I bet you tell him you're going to get Botox the day after he's gone to the pub at 11 o'clock in the

morning. Yeah. Good on you. I appreciate you causing text. Just to summarise at the end here, Megan, what in the morning. Good on you. Appreciate your calls and texts. Just to summarise at the end here, Megan, what's the answer that we're going to give? Apart from the one text that said, do it anyway, he won't notice. They don't even notice when the money's being siphoned. Apart from that text from Kylie, everyone's kind of saying, be honest.

Be honest with him and stand firm to whatever you want to do. Appreciate all your calls and texts and calls this morning. I appreciate that. For 2025, 8. I've got a text and calls this morning. I appreciate that. For 2025, 837, now we're away for a couple of weeks. And Megan, I knew just as you talked about before, you were going to the Gold Coast on your family holiday. Yeah.

And it was a bit of a last minute thing. I had a little job that popped up and we ended up going, the family, we ended up going to the Gold Coast. And I was like looking at your social media when I was over there, I was like, oh, we are here at the exact same time. Now we're going to overlap by, I didn't know how long you were staying for, you know, but I was like, we're overlapping. So I was like, well, I need to reach out because I don't want to get back to work and be like, oh, you went to the Gold Coast.

You didn't tell me. Is that my voice? That's exactly your voice. I was like, is Megan talking there? That's what I was thinking In my head So I did And I thought

Well you know We've got a group WhatsApp Jono don't we? We do And now we're overseas Sometimes phones don't work So well overseas

With numbers And roaming And all that sort of stuff So I messaged Megan And I did I messaged Megan On the WhatsApp On Tuesday 7th of Jan

Message You know What have you said In this message there Ben? That's a long message. Have you had a great Christmas? Enjoying the GC? We're actually here too. A last minute thing. I know you're probably wall to wall with things but if you

have any free windows of time to catch up for a drink one day and it lines up, love to see you sort of thing. Beautiful. Lovely. And that still hasn't been replied back to. Still not. What's the yellow box underneath say? Nothing. That was me. That was me correcting a typo. So I even came back and let her look later and say, oh, has she seen it?

No, but I had made a little typo. So I'll just correct that. So nothing. Left me on scene. Jeez. Nothing at all. But can I just say, over the weekend, we were lucky enough to meet Liam Lawson quickly at Luke Holmes.

And I took a photo of the F1 driver, Liam Lawson, you know, just for Megan. I was like, hey, this will really wind up, Megan. Can I get a photo with you? I sent that. And I was just having a look then at 8.17. At 8.18, Megan replies back on WhatsApp. So she replies back on WhatsApp. The photo hadn't even finished uploading.

And she's already responded. One minute later, a barrage of messages about me meeting her. This other message about me catching up in the Gold Coast still hasn't been replied back to. What date was that? Oh, I'll have to scroll back a little bit. Here we go. That was the Tuesday 7th of Jan.

Okay, alright. So we're almost sitting on a few weeks now. Yeah, three weeks ago. Okay, still no reply. It's too late for a few weeks now. Yeah, three weeks ago. Okay, still no reply. And yeah, I did... It's too late for that catch up now. I was going to say I'm not very good on WhatsApp, but then I've blown myself out of the water. No, I've seen the message.

I've seen the message. I've read your text about Liam Lawson. Yeah. Even when I saw you the other day, you're like, oh, did you? Oh. Nothing asserts dominance in this modern era like leaving someone on scene. Now, what was going through your head when you saw this message? No, I didn't see it.

It says you saw it. It says see. It says see. It says you've seen it. Yeah. I might have seen it when we got back. Oh, right. You can't say I didn't see it in front of him right now.

This is a real power play. No, I'm like, I'm really not good at replying to messages. Oh, but the Liam Lawson photo a minute later. I know. No, I'm like, I'm really not good at replying to messages. Oh, but the Liam Lawson photo a minute later. To be honest, to be fair to Megan, Ben, it was a half-hearted. It was. I could have called. I could have DM'd you on Instagram.

I had my phone. I messaged. I was ticking a box. We're radio. We're self-obsessed radio hosts. We want to look like we're doing the right thing without doing the right thing. Don't turn around and say, I didn't want to see you anyway. I know I would have happily caught up with you, but at the same time, we were busy. But things were on.

I just wanted to not have you go, oh, you're on the Gold Coast. Again, not my voice. He didn't want you to see it. That's why he sent it on WhatsApp. I wanted you to see the Liam Lawson photo. You came straight back straight away, so there you go. Well done. Well, you guys have back straight away, so there you go. Well done. Well, you guys have to have that catch up at some stage.

I've seen you now. No, yeah, we've done it now. But it is a new year, and last year there was a whole survive to 25. That was kind of the catchphrase, right? Yeah, for businesses and I think just generally, just in life, can you survive till 25? And we have.

We're here now, and we had a meeting the other day, and Harriet, our boss, is like, well, I'm here in life. Can you survive till 25? And we have. We're here. We're here now. And we had a meeting the other day, and Harriet, our boss, is like, well, I'm here in 25. I've survived. Is it better? Nothing much has changed. Nothing's changed. We're all here.

I don't feel any richer. The economy doesn't feel any more stable. Cost of living crisis still feels more. It's still crisis-y. Groceries are still expensive. There's been a lot of shocking news that's happened, even in the last 20 days as well. It's not like this year has been a lot better. So.

So. But it was a great, it was a wonderful catchphrase to just pepper into conversations. You'd be like, hey, Megan, how you going? I'm good. I'm surviving till 25. Yeah, good on you. Good on you.

It's tough out there, but apparently things are going to turn around at 25 and it would offer one to two minutes of banter, wouldn't it? We don't have that now. We don't have 2025 survived to 25. What's next year? We've got to have something as a show, as a nation that we can all just chuck into

conversation. And this is what we want to open up now because we're going to start the nation's catchphrase for 2025 and we're going to stick with it. What about, well, i'm alive in 25 yeah moving lips to 26 yeah okay moving lips here we're talking we're getting stuff done saying stuff we're going to be here till 26 avoiding the x to 26 uh eating weep bix we can get that in because you know till 26 yeah it's a good good support yeah i'm likeBix. It's a crime with sticks. Yeah, I like that, you know. Fall asleep to Netflix till 26.

That's something I love to do, so, you know. It's all move to the sticks in 26. Yeah, begging for clicks till 26. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. That's what TikTok's trying to do right now, just trying to reinstate itself. So, your text is 4487.

It's an open, it's a democracy, and we're going to chuck it out there. We'll settle on one. No parking tics to 26. That could be good for me. Let's go over to Joe. No tics for 26. Swipe left on dicks to 26.

You know, you're like, well, you don't want to, you know. You don't want people. You don't want bad people. You're going to swipe left. Let's swipe left, right? Right when you like them, right? I don't know. You're talking to three people that haven't done dating apps.

I haven't done dating apps. I haven't done dating apps. He tried a dating app gag and he unraveled really quickly. He tripped himself up. So, okay, 4487 on the text. Can you help us right now come up with a bit of a saying for the year? Yeah. And this could be not just the show's catchphrase, this could be the nation, the world's catchphrase.

Yeah, it certainly could. And I think it should involve 26. Something's on the horizon. Yeah, it certainly could. And I think it should involve 26. Something's on the horizon. Yeah, so we look forward to. We've survived till 25. What are we doing till 26? There's a couple here. Don't be dicks in 26.

That's good. But what about the rest of this year? Does that mean you can be dicks this year? Don't be dicks till 26. Maybe that's it. Till 26. Pumping hips till 26. Throwing bricks till 26.

I don't know. These are all great things. Great things. Moving off chips till 26 Throwing bricks I don't know These are all great Great say Living off chips Till 26 That's what people did Over summer Can we continue to do that

So we've got the ball rolling No idea is a bad idea I think you've actually Heard all the bad ideas So from now on Only good ideas Text 4487 This year's catchphrase

We'll get it going And whenever anyone Phones up to the radio show How you going mate We'll say Yeah Throwing bricks Till 26 Why are you doing that I don't know We'll get it going. And whenever anyone phones up to the radio show, how you going, mate? We'll say, yeah. Drawing bricks till 26. Why are you doing that?

I don't know. We came up with it as a show. We regret it now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Megan, you saw something two weeks ago, which was disgusting. So you had your first family holiday that you've had.

It's going on a plane with your kids over the break, which is really cool. Yeah, first time. I've been away actually in like six years pre-COVID. So we took a family holiday for a few days to the Goldie. And it was beautiful, lovely warm weather. And we went to a mall one day when it was a little bit dicey. Went to a mall. They get packed. Like this was a little bit dicey. Went to a mall. They get packed.

This was a nice mall too. And it was at the food court where you don't want to see something disgusting. We're all sitting down eating our lunch. I bloody love a food court. Yeah, it's good actually. Because you can all get something different. Yeah, exactly. No one's got their foot nailed to the

floor on any cuisine. Can even mix cuisines up too if you want. Get it all in that tray. But at another table, and it was No one's got their foot nailed to the floor on any cuisine. Yeah. Can even mix cuisines up too if you want. Yeah, you're right. Get it all in that tray. But at another table, and like it was heaving. So every table absolutely packed. And at the table next to us, there was a couple. And nothing was said, but what I assume was her partner nudged her. I hope it was her partner.

Gave his girlfriend a nudge, wife, whatever, and nothing was said. She pulls one of her strands of hair out of her head, hands it to him, and he flosses his teeth with her hair. No. And so because... No, not just doing it in public. At the food court.

Yeah, jeez. I tell you what, it's disgusting. But you just think of the tens of dollars they would be saving in floss over a lifetime with that technique. That's the thing, because no words were spoken. It's obviously something that they do all the time. They do. After he eats, gives her a nudge, she gets the hair floss going. Jeez, nine out of ten dentists probably recommend that one, I would imagine.

Save on floss. Now, I have no hair on my head. I do have hair in certain parts of my body. So I've only got one option. Your chest. Exactly. Pluck your chest hair on that. Oh, Grim.

Would you floss with someone else's hair? No. Desperation. I know you hate things in your teeth. I do hate things. I carry around those little, and you guys know, I've definitely got some in my pocket. So these little flosser placards. Oh, the placards. Those are my car. Those are great. Because I do hate things. I carry around those little, and you guys know, I've definitely got some in my pocket. These little flosser placards. Oh, the placards.

Those are my car. Those are great. Because I do. I hate stuff in my teeth. I catch a lot of stuff, but I carry one of these around. He's placking up a storm. But I wouldn't be asking you for a, no. I wouldn't even use my own hair.

No. Pull a strand out now and I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll floss my teeth with one of your strands of hair. Just for pure radio entertainment right now. There we go. You'd have to have a very... It's going to break.

Yeah, Pantene style hair, don't you? Okay. Wrapping it around my fingers here. Oh, God. There's no part of this that... Oh, you're really going to get in there. Oh, yeah. Does it work?

It snaps. Oh, yes. You've got weak, there. Does it work? It snaps. You've got weak, brittle, lifeless hair. Your hair doesn't work. It's probably in grey. So, I went out with the hits. Four, four, eight, seven. Should we do this? Like, what have you flossed your teeth with?

Surely we can't get anything. I've tried to use my car keys before. Oh, God. I have, but the serrated edges on one of the keys, I tried to hook in on that, but it was too... Oh my God. Yeah. I've worked with someone who used to bite off nails

and use the bitten off part of the nails to floss their teeth. But their nails are not hygienic. None of this is hygienic. This is not working with me being a bit of a jerk. A site you saw two weeks ago in a food court. In a food court in the Goldie, someone nudged their partner after they'd eaten their meal and she pulled out a hair

and he flossed with it. Classic Aussie. In a food court when people were eating. Aussie bogan behaviour. It's what you expect from the Australians, isn't it? There's a lot of swimming togs over there that go right up. Floss-like. Maybe they could be an option in Australia.

Can we talk about the extraordinary number of cheeks on the beach nowadays? Just cheeks everywhere. Normal cheeks, especially in the Gold Coast. Yeah. Those are tiny, like, swimming outfits. That could be a flossing option, right? That could be a flossing option. Yeah.

G'day, mate. Got a bit of a steak caught in my teeth there. You're not going to... Yeah, that's not going to work, is it? Take it on as a 40-something white man. It's hard to know where to look on the beach these days. It's hard to know where to look as a however old white woman. Ambiguously aged white woman.

Yeah, yeah. All right, so 800, that's flossing alternatives. I tell you what, Big Floss won't be wanting us getting this information out there today, will they? Mark, you're on. Hey, how's it going? Yeah, we're doing well, mate. What have you flossed with? Yeah, usually if I'm out somewhere and don't want a sore tongue by the end of it,

I'll snap my toothpick, my chopstick or my fork or wooden fork or spoon and split it up the guts and use the jagged edges that pop out. And that works really well, but it looks a bit crude if you're in a restaurant or something. It does work. Restaurants shouldn't be given wooden cutlery anyway. No, no, but that's a great alternative. Johan's text in here. I don't know if you want to try this, Mark.

A blade of grass. You get the stalky end of grass, and he's doing that daily. I guess it could work. As long as it had been raining, otherwise you got a dog pee on you. Yeah, that's immediately what I thought. A St. Pierre's 10 sushi coffee card. Sorry, loyalty card. Sorry, yeah, that's an option.

That's an option I've used before in desperate times. Have you? Just the corner of that. Just the corner of it. It's better than your partner's hair. He's like bloody Matthew McConaughey with his teeth. He brushes his teeth in his car. I usually take a toothbrush around with me as well.

He's got great dental hygiene. Well, yeah, but I hate food getting stuck in your tooth. Here's another great one. I've used money, a note, to get in there. That would work well, the corner of a note. Although a note is... Isn't that really dirty too? Yeah.

What have people done with that? It feels like that's been in a lot of hands. Lolli wrappers instead of floss have worked out well. Let's go to the phones right now. We've got Dougie. Good morning. Good morning. Flossing alternatives.

What have we got? Oh, no. I was just going to say, when you... I was over in Mexico, and all the kids over in Mexico, when they eat hot food, because obviously the food's real hot, they actually grab their mum's hair and they rub their lips with their mum's hair and that takes the heat away. Oh, I didn't realise that.

It's a thing, yeah. So you go to restaurants and that and you see the kids grabbing their mum's hair and rubbing their lips with it. But then the hair's going to smell and that, and you see the kids grabbing their mum's hair and rubbing their lips or something. But then the hair's going to smell very spicy, isn't it? The mother's taking a hit there. Yeah, yeah, whatever you're into. I suppose bossing with it might be an issue if you don't like whole food. So the hair, I guess the hair en masse, it could be used as a little napkin,

dabbing down any spaghetti bolognese you've got on your chin or anything. All the options you've got, Megan. So many options. I mean, then I'll have, yeah, like spag bol here, but that's okay. I spill my coffee. I get the tea, do my tea on the bench. You can wipe that up. I'm not a moth.

You could market this. You could just start getting people's hair and start, like, making little flannels that people can, like, rub their mouths with at Mexican restaurants. Megan, there's a bit of a splurge in the urinal, mate. Good on you. Thanks, Dougie. Appreciate it.

Awesome, mate. No problem. Big news in America. TikTok has been banned, and a lot of people thought they'd still be able to use the app, just not be able to download it, new customers and stuff like that in America, but it's gone. They go to use it, and a screen pops up saying it's no longer accessible in America, but it does say, there's a little message that President Trump, who's soon to be president again, will be working to hopefully find a solution.

Yeah. President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office tomorrow. Now, they're worried, America's worried that the bloody commies are at it, siphoning all the information, spying on America, because I think if it's a Chinese-owned company, then the government does have the power to access any information of any Chinese company over there. So that's the concern.

Whether they're doing it or not, TikTok is saying no. Is it right though so it's joe biden who signed the law that required the chinese company to sell it to someone in the u.s a u.s company is that okay well like you have to sell it to someone over here i guess it's not i mean he can say that and that's why they've said well no we're not going to do it we're going to shut it down unless you sell it to someone over here. He can say it and they can also say no thanks. He's not interested in exactly what's happened. And I know every country in the world has issues

and New Zealand have, you know, and we're by no means perfect, but it's interesting when you look at a country like America and you look at things like gun control and all that sort of stuff and how quickly they've moved through a ban for TikTok. Like out of all the things, it's like this is the thing they're going to really fast track.

They're going to put their weight behind. You know, TikTok's not actually in China. all the things, it's like, this is the thing they're going to really fast-track. They're going to put their weight behind. You know, TikTok's not actually in China. Can't have... It's Douyin, is the version of, the equivalent of, and there's a conspiracy theory that the Chinese are trying to manipulate

the Western youth by dumbing down the Western youth, and they've created this platform, TikTok. We're all dancing like idiots in sync and, you know, eating foos and swallowing testicles and things from animals for likes, of this platform, TikTok, we're all dancing like idiots in sync and eating foods and swallowing testicles and things from animals for likes, and none of that's in China. All the content that's fed

to the youth in China is of other youth succeeding academically in the sporting world. We're over here, bloody synchronised dancing moon. So they've succeeded? It's a long, long play. Maybe they have. But 4487 on the long, long play. Yeah, well, maybe they have. But 4487 on the text

or 0800 the hats. We want to know someone. I mean, I know there'll be a lot of people listening right now who've never been on TikTok, you know,

and the TikTok's still accessible in New Zealand, but what about social media? Have you never been on social media? No, TikTok in America as of now, 170 million,

did you say, before the show started? 170 million people. In America. All of those influencers and businesses not able to access it. And that's the thing. It's not just people doing silly darts. There's a lot of businesses, a lot of musicians, you know,

have found fame and continue to promote their stuff on TikTok. So it's a really interesting time. E-news. Yeah. All of that can't go on TikTok. How will I be advertised a juice cleanse that'll give me the squits for two months? I'm sure there'll be influencers out there in the world that will. Good, good.

As long as I get my fix there. Now, we wanted to find someone who's never been on social. Camilla, good morning. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Lovely to have you on. Do you know, first caller for 2025.

Tell you what, I'm liking what I'm hearing, Camilla. Yeah, so you'll make me feel weird, actually, that I don't have social media, but I've never had it, and I don't really miss it, I'll tell you. So Facebook, Instagram, any of this, you've never been on it? LinkedIn. I do have LinkedIn. The biggest pain in the ass of them all. So do people show you, like, does anyone in your life go,

hey, you need to watch this video, and they'll show you on a phone or a computer or anything like that? But you're just not even tempted to have your own account? No, no. No, because these people do spend a lot of time on their social media. And, yeah, no, that's not really my thing. But I respect it. What do you do with your photos?

Yeah, maybe I'm not really a photo person have you ever taken pictures on my phone have you ever taken pictures of your food i do yeah just to show my husband because he does control my sugar intake what do you reckon he's running a tight ship you must have a bit more spare time than a lot of people that are on social media myself included so what do you reckon? He's running a tight ship. You must have a bit more spare time than a lot of people that are on social media, myself included. So what do you reckon you do with that time? Well, I read a lot. I study. We go to the gym.

She's becoming a better person. You don't like any of that stuff? She's making her body better, her mind better. You know, I think it's what you should be doing. Well, I'm sitting down for half an hour watching funny gender reveals, okay? I'm loving my life. Well, Camilla, that's really interesting. Good. Listen, to be honest, you're probably

leading a far better life than the rest of us. Have your self-confidence, because you won't experience trolls ever. Yeah, you know, sometimes I do hear some things that are going on on social media, and I do have to ask the odd question, what's that about? And then people just look at me with that face and say, okay.

And then they have to explain the whole thing to me. But, you know, people are used to that already. I've never had it, so they know it. And, yeah, people do respect, which is very nice. And it's your thing now. It's your thing. You've gone too long without it, too. It's a bit like, hey, that's Camilla.

She's not on social. It's a great conversation starter. It's your thing. You've gone too long without it too. It's been like, hey, that's Camilla. She's not on social. It's a great conversation starter. I appreciate your call. I'd love to talk to you again. We'll keep you up to date with what's going on social media. I'll talk to you about Hawk Tour later. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. It is our first official day back on the radio. All back together. And, you know, first day back, you need to get the mandatories out of the way, right? Yeah. How was your holiday? It's always the question everyone always asks, right? To be honest, and I'm just going to lay it out there, people lose me after it was good.

Like, if you go into any more detail than it was good, I'd check out. I'd check it out. How about you guys? We did it just before you and me. We were like, it was good. I think we went into weather. Yeah. And then...

We had a meeting last week. And it was amazing. All of us got together in a room. And we started 10 minutes of weather banter. Like, we talked about the weather here, the weather overseas. Oh, my God. We've just been talking about weather. And it always gets, you know, it's a clangor trope, isn't it?

Using the weather as banter. But, jeez, it pulls you through some. It does. It just pulls you through some great light conversation, doesn't it? But on the summer holidays, that's like most important. What was the weather like? Did you get to sunbathe? You do a lot of daily, oh, a bit windy out there today.

Oh, it looks like the cloud might go away. Hopefully it holds off. It's a question many of us have already asked that question to many people around the country, you know, back to work over the last couple of weeks. How was your holiday? How was Christmas? Goes far. Oh, goes too fast.

Everyone always says that too. Flies by. Oh, goes too fast. Everyone always says that too. Flies by. Oh, goes too fast. Yeah. Oh, 800, that's 4487 on the text. Okay, we'll get it out of the way. Nearly. First cab off the rank.

You call us up. You tell us how the holiday was, but you can't go over three words. Are they allowed to use weather? Yeah, you can use weather. I'm going to start. My holiday, hot and bloated. Okay. Oh, yeah.

Those are my three words. I feel quite bloated. Okay. Oh yeah. Those are my three words. I feel quite bloaty. I need to de-bloat over the next 11 months. You? Three words Megan?

Fun, hot, busy. Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah. Nice. You Ben? I'm going to go random and go

tried Vegemite chips. Oh yeah. They were fries at McDonald's in Australia I tried. Were they good? So yeah.

You get a little sachet with it, and you sprinkle Vegemite sort of sachet. Is it like a powder? Yeah, like a powder on top. And actually, it worked. I didn't think it was going to work. They do.

They have Vegemite shapes, which they work. Along the same sort of lines as that. So, yeah. It makes sense. I don't know why that popped into my head first. I mean, all that time with your family, and you're like, I tried Vegemite chips. Yeah, my family don't compare to Vegemite chips.

Yeah, 0800 the hits, three words, how was your holiday? Or maybe 0800 the hits, is anyone even listening to this right now? Something we tried to do last year and failed many, many times was start our day with getting 10 out of 10 of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Yes, hello, I'm back. We're just early back to read it. Quiz queen, we call it, to read some questions to us as we try and fumble our way to 10 out of 10. As soon as we get one wrong, we're out.

We're out of the game, but we can throw it out to you on the text. Mentally, a lot of us are still on annual leave, so the brain's still on vacation. So this will be a tough one. If we do, what a start to the year. Little seat us on a trajectory. Take it away, Quiz Queen Ellie. All right, question number one.

Marmalade sandwiches are the favourite food of which... Paddington. That's correct. Well shown. This bed has come to slay. You know my wheelhouse is like children's movies. That's all I can help you out with. All right, question number two.

Where was the first Sunglass Hut store opened? Was it Miami, Brisbane, or Hong Kong? Oh, interesting. It's random, eh? Is it an international brand? Is this Sunglass Hut? I always see them at the airport. Yeah.

That and Three Wise Men. I don't know who's in the market for a suit at the airport. Oh, yeah. They're always there. And a Dunkin' Donut. Yeah. Jeez, it sounds like a Miami thing to me. I don't know.

What was the options against? Miami, Brisbane or Hong Kong. Okay, I'm trying to think of who would need sunglasses more. American, Australian or... Miami. They love sunglasses. Cocaine and sunglasses in Miami.

Brisbane's hot over there as well, but yeah, okay. All right, John is coming in hot as he does. Should we go to the text machine? No. Yeah, we can go. You're right, Megan.

We can go to the text machine. That is correct. Oh, it's Miami. Welcome to Miami, Megan. We can go to the text machine. That is correct. Oh, it's Miami. Welcome to Miami. Sunglasses. As Will Smith would say, here's your sunglasses is the next line for that song.

All right, question number three in the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. In which Jane Austen novel adapted movie did Keira Knightley play the lead role? Pride and Prejudice. Yeah, that was the one. Sense and Sensibility or Emma. He's coming on hot again.

You're looking that one in. I think it was, wasn't it? Yeah. This isn't one that I would write. Let's go. Jono seems to know this morning. That's correct. Yeah.

Well done. Look at you at home, secretly watching Pride and Prejudice. Is that Darcy? Is he in Pride and Prejudice as a character? I've never seen it, but I'm pretty sure yes. Yeah. Yeah. I've heard that.

Look at you. I'm playing dumb. I love Pride and Prejudice. All right. question number four The Financial Times Was founded in which city New York London Or Chicago

Wall Street New York Would be my natural Instinct I feel like it's Chicago The Financial No I don't know Yeah

Okay Should we throw it out To the text Yeah Okay Let's do that Okay so 4487 Is our text number

The question again Quiz Queen Producer Ellie The Financial Times Was founded in which city New York London Or Chicago

And is it still around The Financial Times It's a great question I'm not sure Who's reading The Financial Times Financial Times are bleak guys We all know The cost of living.

We're in the middle of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz with quiz queen Eleanor Harwood. Hello. Trying to get 10 out of 10. As soon as we get one wrong answer, we stop. Thanks to the New Zealand Herald for not really letting us do it, but we do it anyway. We do it early so they don't notice.

Exactly. All right, we're up to question number five. And question number five is, what was Mariah Carey's debut single? Was it Someday, Vision of Love, or Hero? Oh, bangers. Oh, bangers. Oh, bangers, yeah.

Let me pull those up while we contemplate. Oh, jeez. Vision of Love. I don't even, do you say Vision of Love? Yeah. I've never even heard of that. Yeah, I can't picture it. I had a vision of love.

That's exactly it. Oh, it should mean it to me. Yeah, that can't picture it. I had a vision of love. That's exactly it. Oh, she meant it to me. Yeah, that one. Come on, it's a banger, man. Now I know it. I'm sorry, I can't. I mean, try and sing Mariah Carey. That's like, Simon Cowell would say, tough song, tough song.

We don't even need Mariah to sing it after that, to be honest. I had a vision of love. Oh, that song. Oh, hey. How do you get it from her and not from me? I had a vision of love. Oh, my God, Ben, that sounded. Oh, hey. How do you get it from her and not from me? Oh, my God. Ben, that sounded nothing like that. Here I feel like it was later.

Yeah. I feel like it was later, but I might be wrong. She had found her feet by then. What was the other one? Someday. Someday. Maybe it was Someday. Oh, no, Someday was Boys to Men, wasn't it?

Oh, that was Some Sweet. Oh, was it Some Sweet Day, maybe? One Sweet Day. One Sweet Day, yeah. Oh, no, sorry. That wasn't the one. That was a banger, too. I day maybe? One sweet day. One sweet day. Oh no sorry that wasn't the one. That was a banger too. I can see why

you thought that I don't know. Someday even in the system. Someday in the system? No which could be a Oh so that okay.

Is that a hint? So let's go But it could be so old wait are you saying it is someday? Yeah let's go someday. Shush Bri you're very loud.

Sorry I'll bring it down. I can't think straight. Should we say that? Should we go someday? Because it's not even in our system, so that means she was just an up-and-coming artist. She hadn't quite made it. Yeah.

Okay, let's go someday. Let's lock it in. We need to do something. Oh, it's Vision of Love. Sing it again, Ben. Sing it again. I had a vision of love. I had a vision of love.

And it was all that you've given to me. That was a good song, but unfortunately it's the wrong answer for us. Can we record your version of it? Oh no, don't give me a second. Yes, you're into Mariah songs. I was trying not to sing this year in 2025 because I'm so terrible at it. Oh, don't do that. No, we're creating a whole album of you this year.

We were talking about theme parks, weren't we? Important stuff, but something I know you like traumatising We're talking about theme parks, weren't we? Important stuff. But something I know you like traumatising your children, Ben. Yeah. Don't you? So, you know, one of the only joys you have as an adult is to cause lifelong scarring to your children. Yeah. And something that I found over the holidays is a wonderful trick to traumatise kids.

We bought some frujus, the ice blocks. Oh, yeah. Okay. We always say it like that. Frujus. We all know frujus, the ice blocks. Oh, yeah. Okay. What do you say like that? Frujus. We all know frujus. Frujus. Ooh.

Ah. Ooh. Ah. Ooh. Ah. That was a great campaign, that one. Very randy commercial, wasn't it? People jumping off a yacht.

But yeah, so I had eaten the last eight or 12 in a box, whatever. I'd had the last one. And you know when you're looking in the freezer and sometimes you're in the mood to discard of the empty box and other times you're like no that box can live in this cold cupboard oh so you just keep the box in the box yeah and then i hear one of the kids hey can we have an ice block and i'm thinking there's none in there but the sick sick animal means like yeah of course go grab it just hear, oh, there's none in here. So the trick I was, leave an empty box of treats in the fridge and then the reveal is there's none in there,

but you know you've had the last one. And it brings you an immense amount of joy. And I'm licking the snot out of that Fruji. That Fruji was very satisfied. That's evil. It's the only, well, you know, you get to that stage. You need to get your own back as parents. That's the thing, you know.

You suddenly become uncool and all of a sudden you're like, well, it's got, you know. All right, and you're paying them back. And then they'll get their own back when they'll refuse to change our nappies when we're 92 years old. You know, it's a cycle. They'll just put your stranger retirement home.