Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben Misses His Daddy...

Episode Date: August 27, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono has another digital debacle... When to use "Sound like a youuu problem" Oasis is officially back! Gen Z will never understand this Weird things your kids have taken to bed! Didn't shower for a week... Ben’s Embracing His Superstitious Side! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. He is coming back to this side of the world, but not coming to New Zealand. I was going to that show. He was coming to Auckland, two shows. Sold out Eden Park two nights, right? And for some reason scheduled or something. He just cancelled everything.

And then was it like two years ago or a year ago? And then suddenly he's doing the shows again, but he's not coming here. Is he going to bloody Australia? He's going to Australia, yeah. Of course he is. Of course he is. I think he cancelled Brizzy though, so everyone's a little bit miffed. Did you watch that weird buddy sex show he did?

I do watch everything The Weeknd does. I love him, but I'm a little bit annoyed. Oh, yeah. Upset. What do you want to say to The Weeknd? You're cross? Disappointed? What are you?

I'm very disappointed. Where are you? Why aren't you coming here? It's weird because sometimes you're like, oh, scheduling things. You're like, oh, maybe it didn't sell that well. But he sold out. Sold out. Within minutes. 90,000 seats would be at Eden Park. So quick. So maybe he just doesn't

need the extra cash. 90,000 people not good enough for you, mate. Welcome along to the show. It's lovely to have you here. Fresh off a bit of a tech scandal yesterday. Yeah, like an interview that we're going to hopefully have later in the week. We had a guy from Australia waiting, I guess. Well, we were trying to get a Zoom link. A Zoom link that we were going to Zoom interview with this person.

And producer Grace, Gen Z, she knows all about the technical stuff. She had it all loaded, ready to go. And she was like, Jono, just keep an eye out for him. Let him into the, you know, basically. She set it up for Jono and she was like, this is all you have to do. Just keep an eye on it. Just keep an eye on it. When he pops up in the Zoom call, just say, accept, let him into the room.

And we were there from 10 to 10. The interview was at 10. Yeah. So for half an hour, like we were like, what is this guy? Where is he? He's still not here? Yeah, like, no, he's still not here, mate. He's still not here.

So we're like, okay, these things happen. He's doing lots of other interviews. We understand all that sort of stuff. And then we get a message, because producer Taylor's away, but she gets a message from his PR person going, are we going to let the guy in? He's been waiting for a long time. He's been sitting there for 40 minutes or so.

And I'm like, what are you talking about? We've had the window open. She'll know gas lit him. 10 to 10. What are you talking about, Taylor? And she's like, okay, I talking about? We've had the window open. She'll know gas lit him. 10 to 10. What are you talking about, Taylor? And she's like, okay, I'll go back to the PR person. Grace then comes in, producer Grace, young Gen Z Grace. She's like, you've just filmed a video, a dumb prank video on Megan.

Yeah, you filmed it. This is you. You filmed it off the computer screen. Because there was a camera on Megan, so I filmed it off the computer screen and then went to Megan, the actual Megan face. IRL. Yeah. And then Grace came in. She's Megan, the actual Megan face. IRL. Yeah. And then Grace came in. She's like, the social video

you just put up literally has old mates ready to be let into the Zoom. Yeah, his name and say will you accept him and you're filming. It has an alert on the computer that you just filmed. It was there right there in front of me. 40 minutes this poor bug has been sitting on there. It's like someone coming to your house

knocking on the door, looking through your window and going, oh, they're home. I can see them. But then you're not coming out to let them in. Yeah, and you're like, oh. And you're walking past the window. I wonder where they are. They said they were going to be here, but not checking the door once, you know?

And then we finally got a hold of him. I was like, mate, I didn't. Because at this stage, I didn't know what had happened. I was like, I don't know what happened there, mate. He's probably going, oh, did you? You moron. I was sitting there waiting to be let in, and you didn't know what had happened. I was like, I don't know what happened there, mate. He's probably going, oh, did you? Are you a moron? I was sitting there waiting to be let in, and you didn't click admit.

God, I need to just come to terms with the fact that I've reached a stage in life, you know, where you make technical mistakes, and young people can mock you. I'm like, great. I just need to be comfortable that I'm there now. That was a pretty basic one, though, wasn't it? I know.

That was just a click accept. Or when someone's giving you instructions for like a technical thing, just like take it in rather than go, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, or go, hey, Grace, I don't know what I'm doing. Just come in. Can you keep an eye on this? That's fun too. It's a real good option.

So apologies to that poor person. Hopefully we're going to have them on the show. Yeah, I think we are. I think we need to, if we talk to them, just go, hey. We can front foot. This is what happened. We can front foot. This is what happened.

I blamed Zoom. You did. I don This is what happened. I blamed Zoom. You did. I don't know what happened, mate. I blamed the internet. It wasn't me, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Father's Day, Sunday's coming up. And Megan, you were having a conversation around the word daddy.

I still have my father in my phone as daddy. And yes, I'm a grown woman, but sometimes if I want something or I need something, I may refer to him as daddy. I'm like, hi, daddy. Right. So we called Wayno yesterday, actually, and you daddied him. But the element of surprise was gone because he was listening to the show. It was live. He played his part, filled the content, did a great job.

Yeah, he seemed very comfortable. He didn't seem to mind. I don't think he minds me calling him that. Would you call anyone else in your life Daddy? Would you call Andrew Daddy? No. No.

No, I find that weird. I find that weird. There's definitely some child issues that, you know, some Daddy issues

that have gone on, eh? Does anyone call you Daddy other than your children? His Netflix account calls him Daddy. Yeah, the Netflix account.

The kids set up for me. And I find that weird that Netflix calls me Daddy, you know? Every movie, it's like, Daddy. A Kevin Hart movie, I'm like, hey Daddy. It kids set up for me. And I find that weird that Netflix calls me Daddy, you know? Every movie, it's like, Daddy. A Kevin Hart movie, I'm like, who, Daddy? It just sounds a bit like sexy, you know? But Megan, you wanted Ben to try this with his daddy, with Kevin.

See how many daddies you can drop before he calls you out. Now, we rang him yesterday. He still teaches after all these years, a relief teacher. And so he was at school teaching, and he answered the phone, and here's how it went down. Hello, Kevin Boyd speaking. Hey, Daddy, how's it going? G'day, how are you?

Good, Daddy. What's going on? Teaching at the moment. Oh, nice. I feel like I've interrupted something, Daddy. No, no. Daddy. That's interesting. It is a bit Daddy. I'm feeling uncomfortable. How are you feeling?

A little uncomfortable? Very good, Benny. It's always good to talk to you, Daddy. Yes, is Johnny there? Yeah, Johnny's here and Maggie's there. We're trying an experiment. To be honest, it was awkward all round. I think you only got three away before he was on to you.

I was like, Daddy. I love Kevin's reaction. Daddy. It was weird for everyone. I'm sorry, Dad. Sorry, Daddy. Good to hear from all of you. And who am I speaking to, please?

Kevin, boys, we've caught him off guard. He's mid-class. What are you teaching at the moment, Kev? No, it's good actually. Thank you. Who's that,

sir? And I said, there are some weird, weird people calling me. It's either someone trying to scam you or us trying to do some radio,

but all right, we'll let you get back to our class, Danny, and we'll talk to you soon. It's actually good to have diversionary tactics. Now he wants to chat.

I'm actually just about to teach about statistics, so what's the odds of actually getting a call from you tomorrow? I think he did say that he hasn't called you much recently. I need to, you know, message, but I haven't called. So there we go. Is that Ben, is it? Oh, okay.

Do you remember him? Well, I've got a photograph of him at the time. I keep trying toarts at him. I'll remind him every day that he needs to call you. We can call him every day on air if you want, Megan. He always calls you for a radio bit though, Kev. All right, Daddy, we're out, we're out. Okay, Betty and Johnny and the lovely, lovely young lady.

This will be the reminder of everyone. Wrap them up, wrap them up, guys. All the best. See you, mate. Thank you. And the best. See you mate. Thank you. The lovely young lady. You're a lovely young lady. You're just doing

the windmill at your dad the whole time. Wind it up, wind it up. Yesterday you were like let's call him live. I'm like no

we can't do that. Is that your first interaction with Kevin Boyce? Yeah but I love him. He's great. He is great. He's hilarious. He's much funnier than I'll ever be.

He's got some great stories. He covers off some ground. He does. He's amazing. I love him to bits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Speaking of things disturbing us, $20 for a block of cheese in a Wellington supermarket is the price. Now, this is tasty.

It's tasty, yeah. Yeah, that's normally one of the more expensive blocks of cheeses and in other supermarkets around the country they are a few dollars cheaper but um in australia same blocks only about 10 bucks why is tasty more expensive i know you don't have to use as much because it's stronger but like it's tasty it's a bit aged for longer is that kind of thing maybe a bit more work goes into it one of the more one of the one of the big things for me is turning me off politics is

when they are running for the beehive of Parliament in a debate, they're always asked, what's the price of a block of cheese? And they're not in touch with the common person if they don't know the answers. $18.37? It's probably the first question they ask the debate moderators. But then you look at the price of this

block of cheese, you're like, what's the cheese? cheese and how much and it varies from supermarket to supermarket yeah let's zero down yeah well you want because i know all cheese prices where are we talking yeah like do you need the politicians to know cheese prices or also what if they don't buy tasty yeah taxes and schooling and roads and stuff yeah that's right but it's good to be across the cheese prices it's filled up what minute 13 of radio of radio for us? Yeah, true. It's helping us this morning. Something that's not helping my relationship at home is something that my wife says.

It started saying, and I know that she's saying it just to wind me up because she gets a reaction every time. Like, I will pour out something, heartfelt stuff about something that I want to confide in her about and then she'll come back with,

sounds like a you problem. I love, i do love sounds like yeah it's a real it's an official passing of the buck of uh with a bit of sass too i haven't done it back to anyone and i really want to but it's all responsibility at the moment as well i love her for that it's like you're like oh and then this thing and i've got to do that and i'll be like oh sounds like a you problem But I And it just kind of Yeah it's like the cool story bro

At the end of when someone Says something really you know Yeah She's not buying any tickets To your pity party No Although I don't use it I used it once when parenting

Oh did you Kids have got to be picked up From swimming Sounds like a you problem Don't you That never lands To your wife Yeah

Sounds like a you problem You're a death wish Yeah it doesn't quite work there's certain areas where you want to road test it at least i don't know if you guys have little sayings and stuff that wind you up but this is one for me at the moment this is definitely one that's does it what sorry you go my ex-husband used to hate cheer up charlie like whenever he was upset I would just really I don't know why that marriage didn't last, but I would get the boot and I'd be like, cheer up, Charlie. I learnt early on in the piece too that saying calm down

in a volatile situation wasn't the right thing. I don't think anyone in the history of anyone being told to calm down, have they calmed down? It's a fun thing to say though, alright, calm down. You're like, what? It's a fun thing to say though, isn't it? All right, calm down. It depends what mood you're in. Like if you're in the mood for,

you're ready to go to war, Chuckie, calm down. Chuckie, calm down. All sounds like a you problem today. Go on, do your thing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We spoke about this yesterday. The rumour's going around that Oasis,

the band, were going to get back together after 15 years of being split. And it looks like it's happening. They're going to do a UK and Ireland tour. 14 dates, which will be huge. Tickets go on sale later in the week. We played an Oasis song yesterday.

We did play Wonderwall yesterday. Sorry, I went mad, dog. Went off the playlist. Replaced, replaced. We're in the moment. We're feeling the vibes. We're talking to Oasis. You said, shall we play Wonderwall? And we're like, hey, it feels only right to reflect on Oasis and play the song.

But it didn't feel only right for our boss, Matt, who's in charge of music because he had scheduled things. We missed out on a Mark Amble song. I replaced Mark Amble. Highest testing song at the moment on the hits, mate. Apologies to Mark Amble. To be fair, we gave him a countdown.

We were like, here's your countdown to Protest 321. He didn't. Yeah, we were live. We're like, you know, speak now or forever hold your peace. And he held his peace till after nine. I do really like that Mark Amble song, but he's not playing 14. He's not getting news for 14 gigs today. You know, that was big news.

He could sell out Wembley. He could. Mark Hamill, but no apologies. I shouldn't have gone. Yeah, in case you were wondering, we did get told off. But that's incredible. And what was that? Was that just a clickbait headline you were saying before the show, Ben, about Oasis's earnings?

It says here that the Gallagher brothers could earn more from their reunion than they did in the entire 90s. What? Four nights at Wembley, which is massive. Then they're going around the UK and Ireland. So, yeah. If you're wondering what it would take for them to put their differences aside, that's what it will take. I love it also, too, because, you know, they famously fell out.

Their brothers didn't talk to each other for a few years and they sort of throw around barbs at each other on social media. You know, the UK bookmakers, they love making bets and odds and everything. Four to one odds of them splitting up before the tour. I'd take that.

I'd take that bet. But they reckon the insurance will be very tight. On that show. On the show. They'll be like, if you're going to do it,

if you guys walk away, you'll be liable for a lot of money personally. Go to one of the early shows. Yeah. I can imagine it'll be a very big stage and they'll be at opposite ends.

That's incredible though. Hopefully they go world tour. Hopefully they enjoy it. They might do. You never know. It'll be amazing. What a show to go. And probably have a whole generation

of fans of children of the parents who are Oasis fans. Yeah. Now they'll be going along. They'll be getting their money as well. It's incredible. I forgot about the song. How good is Champagne Soap and Overs?

They're the bangers, aren't they? Yeah. Yeah, 30 years. Chuck it in, yeah. Oh, sorry, Mark Amble's next story, mate. Day two. Double kick in the guts, Amble. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Yesterday, I brought you noises from the 90s after my daughter Poppy, she was in the car, dialed a fish and chip shop and there was engaged, the engaged signal and she's like, what is this noise? She had never heard

in her 11 years on this earth the engaged signal. Noises from the 90s, she's never heard Oasis probably either, the noises from the 90s. She's never heard

her dad say, you wait in the car, I'm going into the pub and I'll be out in six hours to drive you home. That's noises from the 70s, 80s and 90s, I think, in New Zealand, that one. So yesterday, just noises from the 90s.

That was the first instalment of this docuseries. We kicked things off with Internet Dial-Up, a wonderful noise from the 90s. This was the process to get on to... What was the internet back then? What was it? It was Explorer. Was it Internet Explorer? Yeah.

I love the way you had to dial into it. The way, like, you're like, I'm ready for the internet. I'll give it a call and see if it's ready for me. And it was a 50-50 split as to whether the internet was ready for you back then. Lovely noises. It's horrendous. What is it doing?

I don't know. But here's some more noises from the 90s. That kids will just, Gen Alpha, maybe even Gen Z, will never get to experience. Now, where's Producer Grace? Should we get Producer Grace in here? She's Gen Z. Gen Z. She's 22?

I think she's 23 now. Are you 23? 23. Okay, now Producer Grace, do you know this noise? Okay, now this is something that all of us will be familiar with. Do you know what that is? No clue. No clue. That's horrible.

Yeah, that's horrible. That's a CD. Do you know what a CD is? Yes, I know what a CD is. That's a CD skipping. Music didn't just play all the time. If you got a scratch on your CD, it would skip like that. Is that what would happen?

Yeah. Is that what made them skip? And then you had like a CD, sort of like a portable CD player sometimes. Like a Walkman. And that was just a shambles for skipping as well. Yeah. It said it was shock resistant and you could go running with it. You definitely couldn't.

You couldn't even go walking with it. So this is what happens. Yeah, God. Sometimes you'd have to give it a whack. Yeah, and then you'd go, blow onto your CD and then wipe it on your jersey. Oh my god. From inside

out. Inside out. Okay, do you know what this noise is, Producer Grace? Gets more attentive. Megan, do you know what the noise is? No, do you? No, nose is No do you No no I have no clue Oh Your cassette rewinding

Amen sister Oh yeah Okay Yeah yeah yeah Never heard that in my life Do you know what a cassette is Yes I think I do yes Alright

Yeah no that was And also the VHS Very similar too You'd go to Video Easy United Video Do you know what they are Do you

Were you around When video shops were around I think for like a year. I wasn't really around. That wasn't my generation. I'm sure I used to take my kids to the, you know, they could put a store with them a little bit anyway. And then, you know, you'd rent out like Home Alone

or Garbage Pail Kids, but then someone wouldn't have rerouted the video. Oh, but it had a sticker on it that said Be Kind Rewind. Yeah, that was a huge crime. Noises from the 90s. Oh, there we go. Producer Grace, thank you. I think you're... You did it kind, rewind. Yeah, that was a huge crime. Noises from the 90s. There we go. Producer Grace, thank you. I think you did it right, actually.

You're kind of aware of that sort of stuff. She probably knows them more from sound effects than actual real life. I feel like I know them more from TikTok. You're probably right. And another great noise from the 90s, your parents go outside in the sun, peel off some layers, you'll brown up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I wanted to know if anyone else's children

were going to bed with weird things. Not your usual stuffed toys. Because it seems to be something my children both do. What, like going to bed with a petrol line trimmer or something? Whatever tickles your fancy. It's trial and error for the kids as to what they find is the perfect comfort item.

Yeah. And also, kids, you probably want to have your stuff as your stuff So you're probably like well if I leave it somewhere someone's going to take it in the night Is that it? Maybe that's it Taking some stuff Well it feels like in your case maybe you know your daughter is taking stuff that she doesn't want other people to have Yeah she is obsessed well they're both obsessed with the Disney cards She particularly likes the Anna and Olaf one. She's never watched Frozen.

Oh, great movie. But she really likes that card. I love it. Megan's got a beef with Frozen for some reason. It's just not the best Disney movie. She's a bit whiny. Whiny. Yeah.

There's better Disney movies. Luca, great movie. Turning Red, great. But Frozen. Oh, so what? Turning Red, great, but frozen. Oh, so what? You got ice, bloody. What was the issue? Oh, yeah, ice.

She should make everything frozen. Let it go, let it go. I've heard it. I've heard it. Stop moaning about it, mate. We've all got our flaws. But, yeah, she's taken a fancy to that card in particular. So she needs to go to bed every night with that card.

But she's also started taking books to bed. The other night, we have to do a debrief. Whoever puts her to bed, they're like, okay, so there's a card and there's four books and a doll. So you have to go in later when she's asleep, get rid of all the paraphernalia around her. But I got into bed to read my son a book the other day, jumped in and landed on a truck down the end of the bed that he'd cuddled to sleep. Maybe it's just another storage facility to bed to read my son a book the other day, jumped in and landed on a truck down the end

of the bed that he'd cuddled to sleep. Maybe it's just another storage facility to bed. Just like landmines everywhere. Yeah, another cupboard. But I was just wondering what the comfort thing is for your kid going to bed. It changes all the time. Your nana's G-string, wasn't it, Ben? It wasn't a G-string.

It wasn't a G-string. Oh my God, let's see. I had a petticoat my my nana's petticoat enough weirdo so g-string the g-string of the 60s probably was hey so yeah i did used to take uh i don't know how i got into taking this but i would take uh my nana's petticoat to bed it was aforter. Just like the feel of it, you know, on between my fingers. That was the thing. Oh, look.

Yeah, a bit weird. But anyway, that was me. I'm still a bit weird now. Are you still going to bed with lingerie? I still like to. You like the silky. The silky feel of it, yeah. Is that why it took you so long to give me my undies back that time?

I did. I did take your undies home accidentally. It's always an accident, mate. No one ever thinks it's not an accident. Matt is like, oh, what are you sleeping with these? Sucking his thumb. Okay, so I'm a bit unusual. That's fine.

We've all outed me. That's fine. Maybe it was something you've gone to bed with too. I'm sure there's a lot of adults going, I've gone to bed with a lot of random things, random strangers. I don't know what you do. You can phone up if you want.

But kids, what have your kids, maybe as a kid, what you took to bed with you? 0800 The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You want to know on 0800 The Hits, what does your kids or you as a kid used to take to bed, the unusual item? Yeah, random items you've slept with as a child and random people you've slept with as an adult too.

We can chuck that in the mix as well. We're casting the net far and wide this morning. Rochelle, how's life? Oh, busy with three kids, but that's why. I wouldn't have it any other way. Oh, good on you. Well, life one day won't be as busy. That's what they keep saying.

Oh, I don't know. I'm 35 this year and I still ring my mum every day. Oh, good on you. Sweet. All right, Rochelle. See that, still ring my mum every day. Oh, good on you. Sweet. All right, Rochelle. See that, Ben? People call their parents. I called my dad before.

I called him daddy. Remember? We were just moments ago. Yeah, poor, poor. When was the last time you actually genuinely spoke to Kev? Well, it won't be a long time after that call, we just had. That's for sure. Rochelle, it's great to have you on.

Random items your kids have gone to bed with, or you? My kids have gone to bed With very random items Toys, books, everything But my favourite would be When my middle child was Three and a half He got new motocross boots And he fell asleep wearing them

Which aren't the lightest thing On your face Yeah no big thing Space boots really aren't they Yeah yep Yep so And I've got a whole album Of him asleep with a toy motorbike, Lego, Duplo was another one.

Oh, yeah. Do you try and take the boots off, though? Oh, yes. Society starts judging at a certain age if you start going to bed with items, don't they? But it's cute up until a period, or a period then. Good on you, Rochelle. You're going to have a great day.

Thank you. You guys too. Yeah, appreciate a period then. Hey, good on you, Rochelle. You're going to have a great day. Thank you. You guys too. Yeah, appreciate you listening. Text here, 4487. A cricket bat. Someone's gone to bed with a cricket bat before? You're nodding your head? Oh, yeah.

I've experienced that. We used to go to a few cricket camps when I was younger. I remember one of the guys on the team, he used to take his bat to bed as well. He loved it. He loved that bat. Weird. Yeah. It was just, you know, we bed as well. He loved it. He loved that bat. Weird. Yeah. It was just, you know.

We were into cricket. You spoon it? Was he practicing his batting in bed? I don't know. It was just really just, yeah. Cuddling it. Yeah, just kind of cuddling it. I do remember that.

Okay. Was everyone like, oh, okay. You can't leave it in the bag and no one's going to take it. But anyway, maybe he thought we were going to take it tonight. Maybe for intruders it's quite good, I don't know. Emma, good morning to you. Random items that you've taken to bed as a kid. Good morning.

Yeah, my daughter, when she was about three, we bought some more soft bait, you know, to add into the fishing collection, and my daughter thought it was the cutest thing in the world and insisted that it was now her new toy and she had to take it to bed and sleep with it every night. I'm taking it, it didn't have the hook on it. No, no, we took the hook off, but yet she thought it was the cutest little squishy jelly teddy thing. You know, a little bit of soft bait. Didn't catch.

Caught no fish but one child, that bait. Yeah. Very cute. Does she still go to bed with the soft bait? No, but she still has it in her toy box. And, yeah, she still plays with it. Yeah, that's the simple items, too. Text here, 4387, with the hammers, screwdriver, kids taking a bed, basically a toolbox.

Screwdriver feels like you can get your eye out in the night or anything, doesn't it? Yeah, some of them are pretty. Yeah. Yeah. Honey, morning to you. Morning. Good. Just said good morning, won't do that again.

Random items you've gone to bed with honey? So my child is in bed with a water bottle and she's in undies and she's drinking in bed and the bottle can leak. I'm like, no, not a good idea. Yeah, no, drinking in bed is not a great idea. Life's taken a turn. You just save the

just let them have whatever they need and then after they've gone to sleep you just get everything out. Random items. Random items. Random items. You're taking to bed. Some great texts coming through here. Two on four, four, eight, seven. A lot of tools, which is... Yeah.

Basically, you can essentially just think of everything in Bunnings Warehouse and it's been in a bed. Someone's sister slept with a swim ring around her. Oh, like that floaty thing. Yeah. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Riddler. Yeah, yeah. Producer Taylor's coming. For the Riddler, thanks to Dilmar too, the Dilmar Teaser, where you can win a Dilmar prize pack. Have we still got the voucher too? Yeah, $100 and Dilmar tea hot and cold, the prize pack. Do try it.

Trying to make the world a better tea. Can I ask you a riddle, Producer Taylor? Sure. Okay. A lady gets pregnant. She discovers she's not carrying one but two babies.

When does she officially get over being pregnant? Is there an answer to that? I think we all quite know the answer to that. Last week with you, with us this week, that was a while.

Yeah. How are you feeling? Sick It's like I've run out of room Not an enjoyable experience Like when you leave a buffet and you've just gone Is it like that feeling? Absolutely not Not at all

Just trying to see from my point of view You're like oh I've eaten a bit much Loosen the pants a little bit. Like that sort of thing. Anything like that? No. All right, so you're going to throw out a riddle where, well, Megan's in a riddle era. I am.

I've got a couple, the past couple. Normally the first riddle's for us, but it may not be if we can't get it correct. So let's see how we go. All right. Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother. Yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is lying? Well, it's

easy. Is this the one Patrice Taylor was away the other day? Have you guys done this one? Well, I'm trying to remember the answer. Was this the sexism scandal? Can you go again? So Paul There are different doctors I think it was. I had to do the Riddler one day when you were away and I think

I did this one and Jono couldn't get his head around the fact that it was a female doctor. Oh, yeah. Yes, you're correct in that answer. When did the medical industry make that change? Disgusting. Disgusting. Jonathan Brow. Disgusting.

I hope you've got a man delivering those babies. How dare you. So we got broadened in the sexism scandal on that one. So we did know the answer to that one. We all learned a valuable lesson that day. That woman can be doctors. They're great doctors. That's what John O'Learn.

Okay, so sorry about that one. Sorry to spoil that one. You were to know. I come prepared, mate. Okay, this is one for anyone. I'll enter the hits. Four, four, eight, seven. I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me.

I can only live where there is light, but I die. The light shines on me. Is it like a shadow? Yes. Is it? Yes! Well, there you go. That's the riddle no one wants today.

We'll be back in next week, not with the producer, Taylor. She won't be back, and you'll maybe get a chance to win a prize. Do I win a prize? You can win a prize. I'm going to take then. Kiwis and the showering habits. There's been a new survey that's just come out. Over a thousand Kiwis took part of it.

And just over, just over half, 54% shower once a day. I would have thought it would be more than that. You have multiple showers a day day guy, aren't you? Yeah, well, because I probably, yeah, definitely in the morning and then, you know, always like trying to do some fitness or something in the afternoon when I can't. So, you know, that probably would be twice a day. You don't shower in the morning, which I found interesting, Megan.

No, only at night. Just because I'm in a hurry in the morning. And a lot of people like to get wash off the sins of the day. The dirt. Yeah, yeah, all that stuff as well. Everything you've done during the morning. And a lot of people like to get wash off the sins of the day. Don't they? The dirt. Yeah, yeah. All that stuff as well. Everything you've done during the day. What sinful things have you been doing every day? But that's, yeah,

I would get that. Once a day seems alright. I would have thought more people would have been once a day. Is it the percentage of people who don't shower? Yeah, well that's the thing. There's a few people that shower every couple of days as well. According to a dermatologist in this article I was reading, she said there's no real ideal frequency of the showers, but several times a week is actually fine for your skin, she was saying. You don't have to do it every day, you know, if you're not working.

Yeah, she was like, hey, fine. I get the – You don't have to wash as often as she thinks. She says obviously there's cultural and, you know, society, you know, reinforces different stuff as well. I just like to feel fresh and you know societies you know reinforces different stuff as well I just like to feel fresh you know

I text 4487 a bit of a shower poll here has anyone not showered this week yeah okay Wednesday yeah since

since Monday we'll kick the start line off at Monday anyone not had a shower since Monday 4487 there'll be people out there yeah

yeah I mean you only be what it's Wednesday I mean it's a couple days there'll be a hard South Islander somewhere who's bathed in the blood of some animal that they've sacrificed with their bare hands. You know, wouldn't have showered for three days.

No, you're probably right. You're probably right. What's the longest time you've gone without one? Oh, it'll be when you go, like, school camp and things like that. Yeah, a couple of days, maybe. Yeah, like, up to a week and stuff and go on camp, probably. New Year's, for me, all hygiene standards out the window over the New Year's period. But sometimes you're swimming in the ocean.

Sometimes you're like, oh, that's good enough, isn't it? That's what I think. Yeah, but then you do wake up in a bed of sand and sticky, salty skin. But I'm with you, Pete. You're going to chlorine pool, you're bloody in the ocean. You're getting your daily shower in. Anyone not showered this week, we'll set the the ocean. You're getting your daily shower in. Anyone not showered this week, we'll set the bar at 4487.

Give us a text. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I fought on the side of the netball courts and was talking to a fellow parent. And she's fine for me to talk about this too, by the way. Got some consent. You have to do that nowadays with radio stories, don't you? Just make sure everyone's fine. It's for the best.

Or you just change their name. But then I'm like, well, just a simple name change. If they hear it, they're like, well, that's exactly my story, but you've just called me Gina. It's clearly me, you're right. But yeah, this is an interesting thing that I saw her doing on the way to the court. So she was actively avoiding

stepping on the lines of the netball court. You know, the white lines. Yeah. And it's a superstition. Right. And it dates back childhood trauma I'm picking or something from your step on a crack, marry a rat. Yeah.

I do remember a step on the crack, marry a rat situation. Did you go to a few rat weddings? I feel like I owed a few rat weddings, yeah. Yeah. But she doesn't step on cracks either. Still. Still. I think she's 42, 43 years old.

Did she get consent for you to say that? No, I didn't feel that at all. Are you just guessing or did you go, hey, how old are you? Yeah. Now she's going to be more offended by this. She's like, I'm 36. And you're like yeah 42 yeah should have done

some detail checking on that one but it does feel like she's 30 plus she's too old for this to be affecting her life day to day

because it just cracks everywhere she's got a huge crack problem yeah I mean let's just look out behind you Megan

the tiles behind it you know she wouldn't step on the yeah she'd have to go on the thick part of the tile it takes a lot of concentration just from walking.

It's a big cloud hanging over your day. Yeah. Isn't it? I know Producer Taylor. She's very superstitious, Producer Taylor. Her Italian heritage too. She won't, what, three o'clock in the morning, is Taylor next door? She comes for you.

Yeah. Oh, no, poor Taylor's got twins on the way. She's getting her in here quickly. She's like, is it worth it? You're like, probably not, Taylor, to be honest. But yeah, it's three o'clock in the morning. She's like, that is the devil's hour. Never be awake at three o'clock in the morning.

Are you superstitious? Not really. I open up umbrellas inside and I try to make my own. Well, no, because when we got set, didn't we have an umbrella in the studio? Taylor was so scared about it. And I was like, oh, no, I make my own luck. But then I always have bad luck. Maybe it's not my daughter.

I broke a mirror and she was like, how's that seven years? I was like, geez, it seems like a lot of bad luck. That's just for breaking a mirror. And I was like, I don't know. But, you know, I try and avoid these. Yeah, obviously breaking mirrors is hard to avoid. Will you walk under a ladder?

Oh, no. If I, no. That just seems like a stupid thing to do. If I had to, but I'd rather not. You know, like I feel like I'm not fully superstitious, but if I can avoid doing the thing, then of course. Why not? Well, that's no surprise.

I mean, there's a man who won't even plug his cell phone to charge next to his head when he's sleeping. Even like my parents, when they went overseas for their OE many, many years ago, when they were together, they had a little cork with a coin in it. It was like a good luck thing they decided. Then they burdened me with it. Now I can't throw it out. Have you still got it?

Yeah, it's still in my bag. I carry it everywhere. Does it follow you everywhere? Yeah. And I was like, well, just because they're like, this is good luck. Because when I went on my travels, they were like, take this. And now I'm like, oh, now who am I giving it? Wait for my kids to burden that with it one day. When you to the usa did it go with you yeah i just because i was

like well i should i should take it because that's i love it he's like i'm not very superstitious but i take this weird cork with a coin and it's everywhere i go yeah i put two extra coins yeah but yeah but it's somewhat oh what i'm not too superstitious but if i got the option to take the cork or not take the cork? I'm taking the cork. Even the guy at the airport, because he went through my bag, he's like, what's that? I'm like, it's like a good luck thing or something. He goes, oh, whatever, mate.

Did the good luck cork have you trapped in Florida for seven days? Yeah, you're right. Maybe it didn't bring me any good luck. Maybe I should have left that cork at home. Okay, I'll wait on to that. This is what we want to open up. Text 24487. Are you an adult

And are you superstitious Of anything Yeah Does it actually Ruin your life Yeah And do you feel like You've had more luck

Less luck Alright By abiding by these superstitions Chucking options out there The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Superstitions that you have As an adult

Do you still carry them on Someone wouldn't step on The lines or the cracks At the netball court That Jono was hanging out with? Yeah. Painted lines just won't let their feet cross over a joining of one tile to the next.

Lucky she wasn't playing netball. Yeah, it'd be a nightmare, wouldn't it? Absolute nightmare. Ben claimed he wasn't overly superstitious, but then just rattled off a list of about 10 things. It's in the back. You've got a lucky cork. Well, yeah, my parents burdened me with it.

Now I carry it around. I thought the cork would be a little bigger. Bigger cork. It's kind of a short and stumpy cork. It's a little cork. I'll tie a little cork with a couple of coins in the end. Anyway, randomly, I'll carry that around when I travel and stuff. Does the cork get bigger when you fly?

Does it expand in the air with the cabin pressure? I don't know what we're talking about now anymore. You don't know where you can stick this cork, do you? Now, Producer Taylor, we've managed to get you in here. Sorry, Producer Taylor's got twins on the way. Every time we get you up, I'm like, it's not worth it. It's not. We're bringing you all the way in the other room.

We've got a pregnancy bean bag next to us the bean bag comfy for you uh no it's very hard it's better than the chair though yeah yeah uh so yeah pulling off the bean bag for this worth it i don't know we'll see what am i in for no i'm kidding you're superstitious you're crazy superstitious yeah yeah like i'm one of those people that weirdly touches the plane before they board the flight. Oh, yeah, I did that too. Yeah, I don't know.

What is it? Like do we think it's going to save us? A friend got me into that too. A friend, Jeremy, he's like, you always touch the plane when you go into the sky. I was like, okay, well, now I need to do it. Absolutely, because every time you've done it, you've survived. So the one time you don't do it, you'll go down.

I'll be like, damn it, I didn't touch the plane. I have never touched the plane and I'm still here too. Yes, but we've got the burden. It's because we're doing it every flight that we're on with you. and I'm still here too we're doing every flight you're doing God's work you're putting it in my head now get away you've got the option of not touching or touching of course you're going to touch it

what is it a gentle caress of the door just a little tap sometimes I'll be like have a good flight yeah exactly it's weird talk to it. Sometimes I'll be like, yeah. Yeah, you could do it. Have a good flight, mate. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's weird. No, not superstitious. Yeah, maybe I really am.

I definitely am. Morel for the plane. Let's go to Sharon. How are you? How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. Very superstitious? Well, yeah,

raised in a superstitious family. Yeah. And that's where it kicks in, right? Childhood. Yep, childhood trauma, absolutely, yeah. raised in a superstitious family. Yeah. And that's where it kicks in, right? Childhood. Yep. Childhood trauma, absolutely. Yeah. What do you do?

So we were always taught never split a post. Never split a post. Yep. So if you're walking down the street and there's a pole or a post or anything like that, you have to, you never split it. You have to go the same side. Oh, so two people. It's an argument.

Gotcha. So if someone goes one way, you need to go the same way. Yep. You can't go different ways. You can't split it. You have to go the same side. Oh, so two people. Gotcha. So if someone goes one way, you need to go the same way. Yep, you can't go different ways. You can't split it. You have to go the same way. Okay, I've never heard that one. Okay, splitting a post. What happens if you do?

It causes an argument. Has it caused arguments? Well, yeah, it causes arguments if someone does it deliberately. Or if you tell them that they have to go the same way as you're going And they don't do it Then that does cause an argument Geez your family went in deep didn't they Now it's another one I'm going to have to do

These are all things I'm going to have to do now Someone's text insurance Do you know about this the evil eye I'm terrified of the evil eye I believe that's the Greek blue eye If you give it away You always do it with tattoos like that. The blue evil eye.

Yeah. I think you have to take it everywhere. Is it like a good luck charm? I used to go out with a guy, and he would wonder why I wouldn't kiss him. It's because he had a tattoo of an evil eye. Oh. Oh. See, I'm really confused if it's good luck or bad luck, the evil eye.

Well, bad luck for this guy. He didn't get any bloody smooching. No smooching. He wasn't smooching up anything. Because he had the evil eye. I appreciate it. Chris, you're on. Good morning. a lie. and they do it now. But my dad, he's a shocker. He's superstitious about everything. But he always said if you're gifting someone or if you give someone a knife, a pocket knife or something as a present, the person has to give you a coin,

otherwise it will cut your friendship. Oh, okay. How many knives do you buy for people? Oh, I don't know. I remember getting a pocket knife for my birthday when I was a little fella and then I had to go and find a bloody coin to give to Dad. Yeah, right.

I think it's just a big have to get money out of it. Get some money back. I love it. I've never received a gift knife before, but Ben, I'd love a gift knife this Christmas. Can you buy the whole show knives? Show knives. Get some coins in return.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Trying to convert people to listen to the show. Much like Dilmar's famous catchphrase, do try it. We want people to try the show. And thanks to Dilmar, if you listen throughout the week, you nominate someone who will listen. And they go through a quiz on a Friday and they get five out of five. You will split $1,000 between you and get a Dilmar tea prize pack.

Dilmar trying to make the world a better tea. Do try it. It hits and Dilmar, do try it. Yes, Gemma has nominated her boss Joe this week and they have to listen to the show for the entire week at the end. We'll ask them five questions. If they get all five right, they win the $1,000.

Now, like the Inland Revenue, we can come at you any time. Surprise spot checks. Like Ben, you got a tax like the Inland Revenue, we can come at you any time. Surprise spot checks. Like, Ben, you got a tax audit the other day that you're trying to work your way through. And so yesterday I had a very complex plan that I would assume the role, because I'm a master of disguise, of a chameleon of voices, assume the role is a manager from the opposition radio station. Oh, okay.

Now, what you'll hear through this pre-recorded phone call is some censoring of opposition radio station. Oh, okay. Now, what you'll hear through this pre-recorded phone call is some censoring of that radio station because that filth, you don't need to be exposed to that on the hits. You don't need to hear that. All right, so every time you hear a beep, it's another radio station. It's another radio station.

So we phoned Jo to just see what she was listening to. Okay. Hello, Jo speaking. Hello, is that Joe? Yes, it is. It's Michael here. Hi, Michael. How are you?

How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Good, thank you very much. I'm calling from... FM. FM or The Hits? FM.

Right, okay. Just wondering, what would we have to do to make you listen to us for the week? You have me on. Let's talk turkey. Yeah, because I don't think it's Michael, is it? It's Michael. What happened to the voice you put on at the start? Yeah, you really dropped character.

Jono's dropped character so quickly too. What would Michael at F***ing FM have to do to make you listen? What would he have to pay you, some hush money? Oh, it's going to have to be a trip to Hawaii or something like that. Because it sounds like you're pretty happy with the station you're listening to this week, right? Yeah, no, I'm trying to listen real hard because I'm a bit worried about Friday. Yes, right.

It's not a burden, though, in your life, though. You're loving it, though, right? Yeah, no, it's good. Yeah. Well, what's been your favourite part so far? Of that station. Just asking for Michael from F*** FM. Yeah, we always like to know about the opposition, right?

I don't know who Michael F***ing FM is. Never heard of that before, eh? Your current provider that you're listening to, does it exceed more F***ing FM? Oh, most definitely. Oh, just a banter, you know. I love a good bit of banter between you guys. Us?

Who, you guys? Okay, hey, thank you for being part of the survey from Michael. Anonymous. You keep listening to that station, it sounds like they're doing a very good job. Much better than we're doing over here. Hey, just edit this so it sounds good, alright?

What do you mean? You're as confused as we are, that's fine. We're all quite confused. Jono was like like roll with me on this one guys um we we tried to roll with it he he backed out of it midway through and then trying to keep her let's try to keep you listening no forget about this call happened and we'll look forward to talking to you later in the week yeah no we're taking notes we've got a list of notes that's awesome is it sounds scary like review notes or what sort of notes?

We're also doing our homework at night by re-listening to it. I've been given my task at night. I have to re-listen to your show at night. Oh, wow. I'm so sorry. This really has become a burden on your life. Sorry. And I'm even drinking Dilmar tea for God's sake.

Dude's right. You've tried it. I love it. All right. Well, we'd better get back to more f***ing homework over here. Have a good one. Okay. Bye.