Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben's surprise marriage...

Episode Date: July 30, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono witnessed a three-point turn DISASTER Someone wants credit New Zealand's most important award!J ono's most embarrassing moment Do you open your eyes during hair washing! Megans awkward interaction Does pay it forward work? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is John O'Bien podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. I was on a kontiki with Amanda. We were going around America. And this is what we'd actually just got engaged, but we weren't married. And I've been making these jokes on the kontiki because we're going through a Vegas. We're going to get married in Vegas, guys, with all our new friends on the kontiki.

And so we weren't meant to go to that chapel. We were going somewhere else. And I was like, yeah. And so we went, we weren't meant to go to that chapel. We were going somewhere else. And the bus stopped outside. The guy who was in charge of the Contiki ran inside, came back out. And he was like, hey, guess what, guys? We've got a bit of time.

I've just gone inside. There's a wedding about to happen, but they've said you can come watch. We're like, oh, great. So we all get off the bus. Elvis comes out, sings in the chapel. And we're like, great. And he's like, could Amanda and Ben come up?

And we're like, what? What, us? He's like, come on up. And Amanda's looking at me like, you didn't organize this, did you? I'm like, no, I didn't. I had nothing to do with it. And I had the fear in my eyes. I was like, what the hell?

And he started doing the ceremony. I'm like, is this it? Is this our wedding? And then he obviously noticed that I was looking very fearful. And he whispered to me, he's like, this is not a real wedding. We just picked two people at random. But obviously, they've really stitched you up here. And I was like, oh, okay.

And after that I relaxed and sang Hound Dog with Elvis and all sorts. See the fear in another man's eyes. So we had a fake wedding in Vegas at the chapel before the injury. I love how Ben's so worried about offending people, he won't even stop them from marrying him. I was like, I guess I should sing Hound Dog, I guess. Amanda's looking at me like, what have you organised? I guess I'm married now.

What a gorgeous place. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I saw yesterday a lot of car content I feel like I'm bringing to the show this week. Just waiting for someone who, you know, I forget. Well, this is why I probably could never reset my driver's licence. What's the manoeuvre when you're kind of blocking the road, you're across both lanes, but you're turning and you're trying to turn in a different, is that a three-pointer?

I want to say 3.2. What, like you're trying to turn around from one side of the road to the other, is that what you're saying? Yeah. Yeah, like, yeah, 3.2. Boom, boom, boom, yeah. So I was waiting for someone to execute a three-point turn.

Now this is not your sweet spot, is it? Making maneuvers and making... Especially when people are turn. Now, this is not your sweet spot, is it? Making manoeuvres. Especially when people are waiting. The pressure. Parking outside a cafe. Parallel parking. Don't even. He'll park 10km away rather than parallel park in front of people.

I mean, maybe that could be an Olympic sport. Parallel parking in front of a stadium. I'm a great parallel parker. First time, every time. See, I bet the pressure would get to me on that one. 64,000 people watching great parallel parker. First time, every time. The pressure would get to me on that one. 64,000 people watching you parallel park. But then I watched this poor person do a three-point turn, and then I could feel that they could feel the pressure.

And then they put their foot down, but they were still in reverse and went slamming into a brick wall. No! So much the wall shook. And I'm like, oh oh i would have thought me i would have been laughing in that situation but i felt sorry for them just felt like really messed up their boot like crunched their boot right up and then the embarrassment too as as the driver we've all made mistakes driving and you just want to just let's just leave just get out here and i

was like i i was pulled down the way i was like are you okay and And you just want to just, let's just leave. Just get out of here. And I was like, I pulled down the window. I was like, are you okay? And they didn't want to hear from me. They were like, please don't just pretend you didn't see what happened as they were getting out of the car. They got out of the car and they're like, oh, not today. Not today. There's no good day for that.

No, it's never convenient. Saturday maybe because you've got a bit of admin time if you've got the weekends. I've done that in the car park downstairs. I reversed so fast into someone else's car because i didn't even see it someone was coming and they were waiting for me so i was like quick slammed it into reverse put my foot down and slammed into a car in the car park in front of a carload of people so i was like i can't even do a hit and run i have to see these people tomorrow. All right. I respect everyone who's ran their cars into brick walls. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, as a parent, you've got very young kids, so you probably don't get the credit from them. As much as when they get a bit older, they can start thanking you for stuff, and it's nice. I mean, you do it for love, but it is still nice to go, hey, thanks for dropping me off here, or thanks for doing this thing. Yeah, I can't wait for that. Because at the moment, it's a lot of mean, you do it for love but it is still nice to go, hey, thanks for dropping me off here or thanks for doing this thing. Yeah,

I can't wait for that because at the moment it's a lot of take, take, take. Yeah, yeah. So it is a moment,

you know. It's a one way street. It's one of those things. Thanks for changing my nappies. Yeah, you don't get that, right? I thank you when you change mine.

Exactly. It's the polite thing to do. So it is, you know, as my kids get older, they're very, very good about, you know,

thanking me but my daughter, Sienna, bought a white baseball cap now a few a few months ago and I'm like what and I keep saying to her white looks cool but white risky it's not gonna say white especially you could you know if sunscreen runs off your forehead it turns yellow turns that whiter and off like your pillow yeah so this has been like a running sort of thing with us every time she wears it every time she's got it on I'm like look

look risky you're gonna touch it with dirty hands you're gonna get thing against your sunscreen running sort of thing with us. Every time she wears it, every time she's got it on, I'm like, oh, oh, risky. You're going to touch it with dirty hands. You're going to get, think it gets your sunscreen. Things are going to get into it. Yeah. Whatever oils are coming off your head, whatever the inside,

it's going to, you know, so I've been keeping a close eye on that. I bet she loves that. Yeah, I'm like, oh, the hat again. Oh,

good luck with that. So, yeah. That's what you want as you're walking out the door. Yeah. It looks cool, but I'm like, oh,

risky, wouldn't have gone there Seed of doubt as she heads out with her outfit But what I noticed a few days ago is The inside of her hat and like you say Jono Was sunscreens whatever The inside was getting quite dirty Were you checking the inside of the hat? But it was out

And I had a look at it It was out It was out like on the hallway and I was like, oh, the hat. And I was like, oh, inside, outside was looking okay, but inside was looking a bit murky. Looked like the bloody French River. Yeah, exactly.

Like the Seine. So I was like, you know what? I'll give it a bit of a clean. So I was like, cleaned it. And I was pretty happy. Got some stain remover on it, soaked it, whatever. And by the time she came home from school, I didn't see it, but I was like, it, soaked it, whatever. And by the time she came home from school, I didn't see it.

But I was like, oh, mate, it looks amazing. It looks good. And I waited for her to maybe bring up the fact to be like, oh, the hat looks good. A few days passed, nothing. Until the next time she's wearing it. And I was like, oh, the hat. Have you noticed anything about the hat? She's like, yeah, yeah, the inside.

I'm like, here we go. She's like, my sweat must have cleaned it. It's what she said because it was getting quite dirty. But I looked at it this morning. I was like, my sweat must have cleaned it. Is what she said because it was getting quite dirty but I looked at it this morning and I was like, oh, it's real clean. My sweat is like bleach. It's got cleaning properties inside it.

No, that was me. She was like, no you didn't. I said, don't, I cleaned it and she won't now give me credit for this. All I want is a little bit of credit

for no credit at all. Well, thankfully, you host a radio show so you can give yourself credit to a wide audience. I want a little bit of credit. Thanks to Clean It Out, but she's adamant that her sweat,

for some reason, is clean the hat. Do you want to know a hat hack? What's that? You put them in a dishwasher. Really? I saw it on TikTok, and it works a treat. I've put all my hats in the dishwasher. So what about all the food bits in her white hat?

No, surely the dishwasher is good. You don't put it in with the dirty plates. So you just give it a run. But what about the brim? You put it on the tray bit or, you know, where it holds the plates and things. You can put half a dozen hats in a time, put it in with dishwashing powder.

They come out like brand new, still in the same shape. Have you done the one you're wearing? Yeah, three times. Wow. Put them in the dishwasher. Do it tonight, okay? One thing you do tonight. Don't do the white one.

Go home and put your caps in the dishwasher and feed back tomorrow. All right. Sounds good. Change my life. Better living, everyone. Next. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

New Zealand's Oscars were on last night. The Pie of the Year Awards. Jeez, we love the Pie of the Year Awards, don't we? The Poskers. I'm trying to think of a good... What was... Oh, no, it's too early for a pun. Too early for a pun.

But yeah, every year, they get judged by a panel of experts. What makes you a pie expert, though? Just being a Kiwi? Drive an 18-wheeler truck. Yeah, eating a lot of pies. It's something that seems pretty unique to New Zealand, too. You know, making pies in pastry.

Were they in America? You just came back from America. Not that I saw. You know, they have things like pumpkin pie and things like that and apple pie and stuff, but not putting meat and cheese and things like that in a pie. It's something that makes you proud to be a Kiwi, right? Well, you do wonder what our cuisine is. It's the pie.

It does seem to be. It's New Zealand sushi. I know that my... Even we tried to put bacon and egg, like what we put in a pie, in sushi. I know. And chicken and all sorts. Yeah, I know my brother-in-law here lives in America. Every time he comes back, just wants a pie.

Just wants a pie. You know, it's one of those things. And so last night, the Pie of the Year Awards were on. North Canterbury baker Arlene Thompson. Sorry, Arlene Thompson from the Rangiora Bakery. She won. How did they drag the whole evening out? Is it just one winner or is there like categories?

Categories. And then she won the supreme winner for a slow cooked Sumatra style beef pie as well. They make some inventive stuff with the pies. Do you love me a tandoori chicken pie as well? It's a fusion of multiple cuisines. Taking a risk there. But should we call the Rangiora Bakery? Because the good thing about bakers is they'll be up.

Up early. They start like 2 o'clock, don't they? Good morning, Artisan Kev. Neil speaking. G'day, Neil. Jeez, you'd be on cloud nine. That's the most emotion you're going to get out of Neil. It's Jono, Ben and Megan here from the Hits Breakfast Show

I'll just pass you over to the manager No worries, it's all go at the bakery this morning Certainly is, I'll just pass you over to Anna Thank you Neil Hi there, how are you? Anna, talk to us Emotions, feelings? Pretty amazing

Pretty exciting Yeah, it's awesome Did you have any idea that you guys And Arlen Thompson was going to win last night? We had an inkling Because we thought their pies Were pretty amazing They were, yeah

Do you go around tasting the enemy pies? Just getting a taste of the competition? The competitor, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, sometimes. What does this mean? Like, what does it actually mean for your business? I imagine a lot more foot traffic now.

Oh, yes, yes, yes. It's pretty huge. It's, yeah. It also means early morning phone calls from us pestering you as well, doesn't it? Yeah, kind of expecting that, yes. And do you get one of those certificates you can put on the front of the shop? Oh, yeah, yeah. We'll get big medals and things, which looks very exciting.

I do have an issue. Just make sure you don't leave it up. Like, if you don't win next year or the following year, I'm sure you will, but don't leave it up for too long. I have a fish and chip shop down the road who still has a sign emblazoned on the window. You've got to get the most out of it. This one's chip of the year 2003. Wow.

Still won't do it again, though. It's like, what happened the rest of the time? I know. So what makes the pie so good? Like, it's a what? It's a matcha-style beef? It's the flavours. Yeah, absolutely.

It's got really extensive flavours. Have you been told to up the quota of Sumatra beef pies today? Oh, absolutely. Yep. Of course, it's quite short notice that you get to, yeah, which pie is going to be the best one. So, yeah, it's a bit of a rush. So the first time a South Island baker has won the award too. Oh, that's awesome.

Yeah, so that's huge. Well, you guys needed to win something this year. The Crusaders weren't doing anything, were they? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Let's not go there. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, I was just in fact. Yeah.

Hey, well, congratulations. And is it true they say you always must blow on the pie? Is that one of the things we're still doing? Absolutely. Okay, good. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Such a long build-up to that moment. Yeah.

You do think about the 100-meter sprints where, like, that's done in around about 10 seconds. 10 seconds, yeah. Even the sevens game is really quick. Yeah, all that build-up, four years of just building up to that, all the trainings. We see them in the bright lights of the olympics but all those you know bleaks probably getting up early in the morning trainings all those things they've been doing for

four years have you had moments in your life where you're like really building up and you're really excited then you're like it's all over in 10 seconds have you had to quite often actually yeah not so much celebrating for me at the end of those Once a month Oh we're not trying to get a good time Oh you want a marathon I'll be training for a sprint Peak performance athlete World record But Megan we overheard an interesting conversation

You were having in the office yesterday Yes I mean the girls were saying If you could click your fingers and be Olympic level at which sport, like, what would you choose? So you're instantly good at Olympics? Instantly, you can, you know, no training required

because that's the hard part. And do you look like the athletes that compete in the Olympics? So suddenly you go from... Suddenly you are that athlete. So, of course, like, all the girls went for, like, who's got a really good body.

But I also thought. Who does? Let's rank them. Let's body shame them. Via sport, from worst to best. Sumo wrestling. We landed on skateboarding because, A, like, you're really, like, toned, but also you're having fun.

And then you've got a cool trick as well that you can show everyone. Because if you're doing, like, tramp've got a cool trick as well that you can show everyone because if you're doing like trampolining or like swimming you don't always have a pool on hand horse riding you're not gonna have a horse in the office but you've got a skateboard that you can show people tricks one time that person brought their bloody horse to the office but you can't show them on social media they'll be like look at me you know yeah true but true okay i just instantly went to like what i could show off with okay so you wanted to have the best body. And have the best body. Although they wouldn't be as ripped as some of the other athletes, right?

Yeah. You wouldn't have to be. I mean, you could be if you wanted to be. Yeah. I have a question. Am I doing this for millions and millions of dollars? Or just the kudos? No, just the kudos.

I'll be LeBron James, thank you very much, at the Olympics. No, you can't pick a person. You had to pick a sport. Oh, right. I'll be a guy just like LeBron James Thank you very much No you can't pick a person You had to pick a sport I'll be a guy just like LeBron James Producer Taylor do you have better thoughts on this Yes Shooting I reckon I don't think you're the last person who needs a gun in their hand An Italian with a gun in their hand

It's through your genes It's your DNA That's just such a good skill to have in general. Oh, my God. Life, sport professionally. If anyone angers me, I'm just like, don't go too far. I'm already scared of you to start over. No, you can't match me with a gun.

Pretty sure you've got a hit man in your family, don't you? I do. I do. Yeah, you'd be good. You'd be fantastic. What about you, Ben? Oh, but jeez. It's a really, really tough one, isn't it?

Before, I was talking about the under 51 uh boxing i thought under 51 kilograms he's found a weight class lighter than he is so you get punched in the face yeah no i reckon sprinter intensity all that 10 seconds your job the day's work you're like it starts now and i'm done you're just going for the thing that's over quickly yeah there's a trend in your life. That'd be great. How was work? You're like, you're going to work?

You're like, I'm done. I'm done, mate. I'm done. I think there's some training involved. Yeah, I'm sure there is. Plus, he'd be the only white guy in the lineup too. Who's this guy? Who's this skinny white fella? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

You pitched a really interesting hypothetical situation. Let's be honest. The best days are behind us. You've had your 40th. And none of us are ever going to make the Olympics. So all we can do is hypothetically dream if we were there. We were all joking yesterday in the office. If we could click our fingers and be great at whatever sport we chose at the Olympics,

what would you choose? And for what reason? We've all become experts too, what I love. You're sitting on the couch, you're eating whatever, you're like, didn't get the dismount on that. You know, like I said, what am I doing? I didn't land that. Thanks, Guy was still bringing the chips in his belly button.

I know, exactly. But we're all experts and things, we have no point in being experts. But this is, the purpose is this, we're suddenly good at something. I feel like the most obtainable one, like if you weren't going to go, oh, because I'd love to do pole vaulting.

I'd love pole vaulting, I wouldn't want the... It's an odd choice, why? Because it looks badass when you're doing it but the problem is the painful training that it takes to probably get to that point. A lot of poles going in bits that you don't, you know, when a pole goes in bits, you're like, oh, that's when it goes bad, it goes bad.

But I think the most obtainable one would be the walking. You know how they walk like they've lost a coin down their underpants, sort of sliding side to side? I feel like that's one that you could do. You could walk. They walk so fast, though. They're pretty much running.

You've been training for your whole life. Since you were two years old, you've been walking. Okay, but this is what? If instantly you're good at something, you're in the Olympics, you've got the same physique, you're right, what would it be? Oh, 100, the hits, 4, 4, 8, 7. Good morning. Claire, how are you?

Hi, I'm very well, thank you. Yeah, what are you doing right now, mate? I am setting up a classroom at my school, Mount Albert Grammar. Oh, you're Mount Albert Grammar. Nice. Very good sporting school. Sonny Bill Williams, Mount Albert Grammar, wasn't he? Sonny Bill, Cheryl, was he one of ours?

Yes, he was. Yep, Sonny Bill, he was one of ours. Yeah. All right, so if you were instantly, suddenly your Olympic athlete, what would you like to be? I think I'd like to be a 14-year-old skateboarding prodigy. Same, I chose skateboarding too. There's an 11-year-old too.

Wow. It's incredible, right? For the young. Normally, you know, as a teacher, normally you're probably going, get off your skateboard, but now you're like, you know, suddenly you'd be amazing, wouldn't you? Actually, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Are you choosing it because you want to be 14 years old or because you want the skills? Yeah, well, you know, like, I mean, I'm nearly 50, and I tried skating in the 80ss and I never got past an Ollie. That's good. Ollie's good. That's good. A 50-year-old high school teacher wanting to become a 14-year-old skateboarding prodigy.

I love every part of this. Appreciate your call. Have a great day. You too. Thanks very much. Thanks, Claire. Great text here. If I could be anything at the Olympics, I'd be that weird, unusual blue chap from the

opening ceremony with his testicles out. Now, Daryl phoned us up Monday, wasn't it? We kind of got into a weird tangent about the best karaoke song. Daryl had a bit of a suggestion. Mate, I was thinking tequila. Well, there's only one word, isn't there? Is he going to start singing?

Not yet? No? We'll all time it, Daryl. Wait for the first tequila, baby. I do like that. It's a Gary song. No, not yet. No? Daryl's still there.

He's still there. Here we go. Here we go. Coming. Tequila. Tequila. So that was a fun little moment. And then you decided to extend it the pair of you

By road testing Yeah we wanted to see if it was the best Karaoke song ever For some reason we decided that you were the best person to do this I had no say in this matter So we organised It seems like you were the right person Sitting in a meeting and like oh when Jono's up there

Hold on First port of call let's decide We did decide Jono's up there. When Jono was up, hold on, hold on. First port of call, let's decide as a group. We did decide. Yeah, we did. Megan and I went, Jono's up there. It was good. And we're glad Jono was up there because we had about 30 people. So we sort of have a stage area in the middle of work.

There's a whole lot of other businesses here. There were people not from our work as well. We said, come down. There's going to be a great karaoke performance. They were all there waiting. They had no idea what was about to happen. It was a cold, hostile environment. The 10 a.m were all there waiting. They had no idea what was about to happen. It was a cold, hostile environment. The 10am Tuesday

work crowd. With zero alcohol. Taylor Swift would have struggled out there. 10am on a Tuesday morning. Yeah, you're probably right. No, probably not. But yeah, so I was on stage. You didn't want to be associated with it. We could watch through, not in the same room, right

Megan? We were in the next room over, we could watch through the window. Like a little glass window, yeah. Packed house, 30 plus people. All you could tell wanting to clear emails, head to meetings, go to appointments. And I just had to stand up there for, it felt like 12 years. Music started, oh God. It's awkward when we're cutting. How long is this?

The instrumental goes on for so long. God, this is awkward. So that was the beginning? Yeah. It was us just watching. Why do you say, God, it's awkward? You're not up there. It was awkward.

It was just awkward. Do you know when you're watching and you're like, oh God, this is awkward. You know when you watch your friend make a fool of themselves and you just want to save them? Yeah, but we didn't. No. No, we stayed up there. No, you didn't. You know when you watch your friend make a fool of themselves and you just want to save them? Yeah, but we didn't. No. No, we stayed out there.

No, you didn't. You did the opposite. You just kept filming. Yeah, so you're up there, tequila, very long instrumental, but we're building up to the big lyrical part. You better not miss the tequila bar. Tequila. Oh, he's got a clap.

He's got a clap. And now it goes back to the instrumental. Sing along if you know the rules. And we actually followed through the entire song. Yeah. Healer. Wow. So what did you think?

It was awful. It was awful. So would you do it again? Like, if you went to karaoke, because I know, Megan, you're a good singer, but John and I and myself, we're not great singers. Would you do it again? Like if you went to karaoke, because I know Megan, you're a good singer, but Jono and myself, we're not great singers. Would you do it again? Because it does seem like a fun song to do because there's not much singing, but then also quite awkward.

I felt we didn't road test it in the correct environment. Oh, do you want to do it again? Well, there we go. Tequila, is it the best karaoke song ever? Or will you be the judge? Well, it is. Not when Jono sings it. Yeah, if you've got a lot of tequila pumping through your veins,

it's the ideal song. The hits, the Jono sings it. Yeah, if you've got a lot of tequila pumping through your veins, it's the ideal song. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just a tale that came back from an appointment a couple of days ago and you explained what you did. Now, tell everyone. Right, so I was due for my routine hair appointment. I go every three months because I am not a natural blonde, but I'm trying to be blonde, so you know the roots need to get done.

Looks great. Thank you. And my beautiful hairdresser, Kimberly at OL know, the roots need to get done. Looks great. Thank you. And my beautiful hairdresser, Kimberly at OLAP, just give her a shout-out because she's amazing, she listens to the show. She took me to the basin to wash my hair. And I don't know if you guys... Oh, don't look at me.

Jono, you especially. I love how she included you, though. Mate, I am sitting here quietly trying to Google Spice Girls merch. Don't. Listen to me. Give her some jobs. $800 million, just so you know. She's trying to include you.

Well, don't. You know. There's some hair on the sides you could get shampooed. Have you ever had a, like, we should get you one. There we go. We're talking about layering things up. After the show, we're going to take you at some stage. Get your hair.

Get a, Kimberly, I'm sure we'll give you a hair wash. It won't take long. It won't take long. It won't take long. I'm just sitting here. I'm just sitting here listening to your story. Try it, mate.

I've got a sword. Will it still lather if there's nothing there? We'll find out. We'll do that in the next couple of days, all right? All right.

$800 million merch sales. Wow. Keep working your merch, yep. When you go to the base in Jono to get your hair washed, what happens there? They shampoo,

condition, put a toner, and then they do like a massage bit. They massage your head. It's amazing. I would not have experienced this because I have no hair. Yeah.

Nothing. You're missing out. That is the best part. It is, it is. But this is where my dilemma comes in. So I don't know whether to shut my eyes or keep them open during the massage part of the hair wash. Because it's like, she's not a masseuse.

So I shouldn't really even be enjoying this. They're doing it for your enjoyment, right? While they wait for the conditioner and the toner to work. I imagine part enjoyment and part also they have to get rid of some of the stuff that's in the hair, right? Yes, all the dirt especially. So you think with eyes closed it looks like you're... I'm enjoying it. Yeah, right.

Isn't that a compliment to them that you're enjoying it? But like, ew. I agree. Listen, to be fair, all of my favourite moments in life, the moments I've enjoyed the most, my eyes have been closed. Oh, I take it as an eyes open kind of guy. Eyes closed. All of my favourite moments, you think back, they've all been closed.

But the alternative is you're staring them dead in the eyes. Okay, I get that. Yeah, that's weird. That's weirder for me. You're looking straight at them. Well, I'm not like gasping at her. I'm keeping my eyes open and looking straight ahead, which is what I did for this whole time.

But I was like, I wonder if she's looking at me going, why is her eyes open? Is she enjoying this? She looks like she's in pain. Could you make any noises? You never would make it. No noises. No.

Ramping up with some noises. Just asking. Just asking. Okay, I don't know what the protocol is. Why would they make noises? So you believe that if your eyes shut, it looks like you're fantasizing over this head massage. Yeah, and I'm enjoying it way too much. It should be like, okay, calm down.

Open your eyes. Let's keep it professional. It does always weird me out when people have a mouthful of food and they shut their eyes and they're like, mmm. Yes, exactly. You know, you could do that eyes open. It does change the tone of the environment. I agree. Thank you.

Okay, well, let's find out. Oh, Andrew, the hits, 4487. So we want to know, in this situation, maybe you are a hairdresser as well. Maybe you, what do you prefer? What do you prefer? Someone staring at you creepy-like or shutting their eyes like they're enjoying it?

The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On the phones, eyes open or shut when you go to the hairdresser and you're getting your hair washed. What happens? Do you, when you go to, where did you get your blondes done? Was that professionally or what was that?

A friend of mine did that. So she sort of, she would wash it, but I put my head face first into a bathtub. You know, and then put it over, you know, so that was a different situation. That was like face first into a bathtub. You know, and then put it over, you know. He wasn't getting a head massage. That was a different situation. That was like head first in the bathtub. That was purely just to rinse the stuff out.

That wasn't our life. It was like a mafia drowning. Yeah, pretty much. It wasn't our... She wouldn't have known if my eyes were closed or not. Would she pull your head up and be like, tell us where the money is? Yeah, I'd be like, I'll never tell you.

That's what happened. And then I came out with a blonde hair. Yeah, so that was that situation as well. Completely different. Eyes open, eyes shut. We'll get tell you. That's what happened. And then I came out with blonde hair. Yeah, so that was that situation as well. Completely different. Eyes open, eyes shut. We'll get producer Taylor in because she's the one who's brought this to the show this morning. Came from an appointment. Hairdresser shampooing the head.

She thinks it's weird if you shut your eyes. Let's get Janine on. Welcome. Hi. Great to have you on. Janine representing the industry this morning. The hairdressing industry. Yes.

What's your thoughts on this? Eyes open, eyes shut as you're looking over someone's face and you're massaging their head. Eyes shut. It's really, really creepy when the client's eyes are open. As a hairdresser, you feel rushed because it makes you feel like you're not doing a good enough massage and the client's not enjoying it. Okay, so you want the eyes shut. Yeah. Eyes shut, but don't vocalise anything because when you start going, then that's just even more creepy.

No, I did say that. Stop your groaning. Have people started going, Yes. Oh, Taylor's got her head in her hands. Yeah, so eye shut puts too much pressure on Janine and her massage. Yes. When your eyes are open.

When your eyes are open, she's like. She's staring at her doing her job. Yeah. Right. She wants your eye shut. You feel rushed. Feel rushed? You don't even feel rushed.

Is this for the whole duration of the shampoo, condition, and massage bit, or just the massage bit? Just the massage bit. Okay. There you go. See, there's a loophole here. Why don't you just put a chuck of towel over their face or something so you don't have to look at them?

Eye mask. Eye mask. Oh, yeah. It kind of works. It wouldn't matter, would it? You're right. No moaning? No moaning.

What if you fall asleep and start snoring? That may or may not have happened to me. Have you? I've had clients that have fallen asleep. Is it a compliment though? Yeah, it is a compliment. Unless you're telling a riveting story then. It's really not.

You've lost it. Do you know those mall massage places and you chuck your head in that weird face hole on the table and you can't help but think how many faces head in that weird face hole on the table and you can't help but think how many faces have been in this face hole i fell asleep during one and i woke up janine and there was a bungee cord of saliva dangling down to the floor at the bottom a lake of my saliva i don't know how long i've been asleep for it was and i was trying to go to suck it to suck the cord back up

You should be banned from ever leaving your house Both of them I've been groaning at the hairdresser I just asked a question I'm sorry Janine You didn't need to be there for that Janine You're going to have a wonderful day Massaging people's heads Janine

You too, thank you, bye bye Listen to be fair to you, Taylor, it's split 50-50 on the text 4487. A lot of people saying, eyes open, I'm normally gossiping. Yep. Can't do that. Shut.

Eyes open, it makes it weird if they're shut. So people agree with you. Yeah, there you go. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I feel like there's someone in this building that I need to apologise to, but I don't know who it is. So I... We'll just do it on the radio and hopefully it gets this will be my apology yeah I I'm really awkward when I

uh talk to new people or strangers like I get really caught up and I get flustered and I often don't know what to say um but there was a guy who was walking through the same door as me so I was like I'm gonna do like reverse chivalry. I'm going to hold the door open for him. So the big heavy door, I held it open for him. And he was grateful. He said, thank you. And as this guy walked through, I was like all flustered

because I was like, oh, I did a good thing. And I get it all in my head about it. And I went to say, I often say, oh, you're okay. Or like not a problem. I ended up saying to the guy, you're a problem. And I had a moment where I was like, what did I just say? To talk through the conversation, you open the door, he says what? He says, thank you.

And you say, you're a problem. And I was like, oh my God, I held the door open. Is that all the direction? I'm just thinking if I'm him. It's like when you say like great and good and it's like good, I was going to say you're okay. Like you're okay or like not a problem. But I said, you're a problem.

And he kind of walked off. And I was like, I just told a guy in our building that he's a problem. Oh, God. He's probably handing in his resignation now. Is he a problem? Well, is he problematic? Well, that's, yeah. I know.

He's probably like, what do people know about me? Oh, geez, you know? I know. And I just, I kind of was like, did I say that? I had that moment where I was like, do I stop him and do I awkwardly explain? He just kind of walked off. And then I was like, maybe he didn't hear me. You have those moments.

Often when you're an autopilot, I find as well, sometimes if someone's like, taxi to the airport, they have a good flight. You're like, you too. And then you walk out and you're like, what did I just say there? Hi, Ben. And you're like, I'm good, thanks.

You're like, oh, no, don't ask. I had an interesting moment. When was it? Last week where I bumped into a gentleman in the street and he decided to go sort of post Malone tattoos on the face and everything, done the full commitment to tattoos. And he came up to me and he said, oh, you know, we used to listen to you guys in prison.

All right. Love your work. And then I responded back with, no, I love your work. Now, I don't know what work, what his line of work was and how it landed him in prison. Oh, yeah. But you just reciprocated. I'm sure he did it to the best of his ability. But you don't know what to, I don't know what else to say in that situation.

Oh, no. Maybe love your work wasn't quite it. Yeah, maybe. We don't know what to I don't know what else to say in that situation Maybe love your work wasn't quite it We don't know what the work was Maybe next time find out what the work is And then clarify it But it does The other one too is when You ask someone

Or you say hello to someone They say hello and you respond You volley back a good thanks Immediately Good thanks hasn't been asked They don't care hello and you respond, you volley back a good thanks. Yeah. Immediately. Yeah, I know. Good thanks hasn't been asked. They don't care. No.

No one cares how you're doing. And that's how automatic that response is and how knee-jerk it is, isn't it? As soon as you say good thanks. Yeah, well, if that guy can hear me, I'm sorry. You're not a problem. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I really appreciate it. I have an issue with the, well, I didn't have an issue with the pay it forward system until it was brought to my attention.

So, you know, some businesses now, and the example I'll be using is from a petrol station. You go to the counter and if you're paying for petrol, you're asked, would you like to pay it forward? You know, being that, I don't want to mansplain paying it forward. But can you mansplain the petrol station scenario? Because I've never had that happen in a petrol station. No, neither. Oh, you've never had it happen? Not in a petrol station, either.

We must be at different petrol stations. I don't want to name and shame the petrol station. So what do they do? Well, they go, oh, would you like to pay it forward for, you know, another customer? Oh. And I was like. I've never had that. I've never been asked that in a petrol station.

Kind of like, no, I've paid it enough for my own. Yeah. Can I pay it now just for myself instead of paying it forward? But yeah, I've obviously been the narcissistic radio announcer. I looked around to see who was watching this interaction. And there was someone behind me. And I said, okay, yeah, I'll pay it forward. $10.

Oh, so you get to choose. Okay, cool. Yeah, you get to choose the dog. $10. That might give him petrol prices, get them off the forecourt. $10 worth of petrol. And then as I've paid it forward, the gentleman behind me, he's got an issue with it. He's like, why does he have to pay it forward to the guy behind the counter?

He's like, you are a multinational, multibillion dollar petrol station. Why don't you just pay it forward? We're already paying you. Why don't you pay it forward for the customer? Or give us a discount on petrol. He also looked like the type of guy who had a problem with government mandated lockdowns too. He looked like one of those.

But I was like, damn right, brother. And I was like, can we undo that trail? We couldn't undo the transaction. I'd already done it. It's really interesting because, like, what's to say the petrol station don't tell the next person they paid it forward? I was just about to say. I've never walked up to a counter and someone's gone, hey, old numbnuts paid it forward for you. It'll take 10 bucks off your forward. I was just about to say, I've never walked up to a counter and someone's gone, I've never heard that before. Hey, old numbnuts paid it forward for you.

It'll take 10 bucks off your petrol. Has that ever happened to anyone? It's just giving, you're giving them a nice little tip, a little bonus to the petrol station, potentially, I don't know. Our cafe that we used to have, we had a thing called suspended coffees.

So people, if they wanted to, we never asked them, but if they wanted to, they could buy a suspended coffee and it got stuck up on the wall. And then if anyone in our little coffee community ever had like a terrible day or, you know, like something, maybe they dropped their coffee. Anything bad happens in anyone's life, then they get gifted a suspended coffee from someone who's bought one.

That is a lovely gesture. But it all sits up there so everyone can see that's how many there are. And people like opt into it. We never asked. But you'd be amazed how many people would do it oh shocker day today here we go

grab that on the fly red watery eyes oh yeah it's a nightmare out there mate she's just a real shocker but anyway thanks for the coffee that's great

anyway I don't know who this guy was so I appreciate him going into bat for me so did you still pay the 10 bucks well I'd already done it and then he raised

the issue after the transaction and you can tell the guy behind the counter was like, oh, bro, I don't get paid enough to make up an answer for you, mate.

It's just the pay it forward. Has anyone actually received the pay it forward? A lot of people would have paid it forward. Oh, yeah. Is it a scam from the industry?

Maybe it is, all right. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Incredible watching the Black Fern Sevens win New Zealand's first medal and it was a gold against Canada. And Cherie Kinnear is in the stadium from the New Zealand Herald.

Bonjour. Bonjour from Paris. Oh, and a great result for New Zealand. You were at the game as our Rugby Sevens, the Wahine, won gold. I know. How good was that? I am still here at Stade de France. The crowd was absolutely electric

And just such an incredible result for our women's side back-to-back Olympic champs and our first medal in a gold Like what a way to start You feel like it was always decent but then Having so that pressure. Yeah, I think we all had really high hopes for the Black Ferns heavens They're always so dominant and they looked in really good form today, but you're right, anything can happen and after the first half of the game when

Canada were a little bit ahead we were like, oh, okay and we got a yellow card and I was like, what's going to happen here? But amazing. I looked around at some of the other New Zealand media and they were all so calm. They're like, nah, nah, they've got this, they've got this. I was probably a bit more nervous than them,

but amazing to see them on it. The stadium, we're having a look on the TV screens over here. It just seems enormous. I mean, how many people are in the stadium? I believe there were around 65,000 fans here for the final. It is a massive stadium. And you can imagine just the noise of the crowd when everyone's cheering on that final whistle. We're watching vision of them now heading up to onto the podium

are you are you watching this as we're speaking? I'm kind I can kind of see it I'm just around the back I was trying to get to a bit more of a quiet space for you guys because when I say the crowd is loud it is very very loud. I feel like you should probably be there watching this right now. We're taking you away from your job. I can see, I can kind of like peek it a little bit through one of the doors You should get out of the toilet and go and watch this historic moment You're talking to Jono Ben-Omega

and you're like oh jeez. Have you spoken to any of the the Black Ferns? I haven't yet I will be speaking to them very very soon but I did speak to Sarah Heddeny after the semifinal and she was already tears then just to how special this was and what it meant to her.

So I can only imagine her and the team now with a gold medal around their necks just going to be such an emotional and incredible evening for them. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The issue is officially the Hits doesn't have official rights, official coverage of the Olympics. No, we don't have reporters on the scene like Sky Sport or New Zealand Herald, things like that. We can tap in, we can talk to these people, but we're not like the official people.

We're not getting sent over. They're not sending Jono, Ben and Megan over there to cover it, are they? No. So we have to create our own coverage. And this involves calling random people throughout the country and throwing them live onto what they believe is a live sports talk show. And here's how it goes. Hello, Sue speaking.

Oh, Sue. Listen, it's just LeJohn James calling from Talkie Talk Radio here. Oh, yeah. I'll just put you through for your interview. Interview is there. The biggest names in sport. Oh, I have been loving the sporting action of late. It's been so good.

So good. So much sport going on. We cross live now to Paris Souf. Our reporter on the ground there in Paris. How's things over there, Sue? Are you there, Sue? In Paris? Yeah, in Paris.

How is it? You're on the ground over there. What are you seeing? Not a lot, actually. I'm looking out my lounge window in Hamilton. Is it a suburb over there, is it, Sue?

No, it's in New Zealand. Now, you've been speaking directly with the athletes. What have they been saying to you, Sue? Um, I think you've got the wrong number. Is that what they're saying? This is Sue Finan. Yeah. Our reporter at the Games.

Um, no. Well, you're on the radio now, live there, Sue. Yeah, no, I thought that. Hold there a second. We'll be back shortly, Sue. We'll just sort this out. Hold there a second, okay? Hi, Sue. Sorry, it's John James here. What? Listen, I'm just going to put you back on. OK?

Hi Sue, sorry, it's John James here. I'm just going to put you back on. Can you just pretend you're over there? I don't even know what Paris looks like. That's fine, just make it up. We're meant to be live right now with a correspondent over in Paris. No, I don't.

I'll just hand you back over. Just pretend you're in Paris. There's a lot going on at the moment. I think we've lost our line to Paris just momentarily. But is she back? Sue! Yes. Come on.

Bonjour. Yeah. Bonjour. Yeah, the streets of Paris. I mean, what's going on? You look pretty busy, Olympics. Yep, and the village, the scenes, the atmosphere. Describe it for us there, Sue.

Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Plenty of Kiwis. Yeah, yeah. And, you know, we're such a small country of five million, so, hey, good luck to all the ones that are over here. What have you been eating over there, Sue? Not a lot. But even the French eat.

Croissants? Have you been eating cro cross odds, Sue? Yeah, yeah, that's right. Beef ta-ta. I know, but frogs, like, Sue, it's John O'Byrne and Megan here from the Hats. We're not live. Oh, Sue!

You're a champion, but going along for so long with us and trying to help us out. No gold medals coming my way. We really put you on the spot. What a trooper, though. We put you on the spot right there, didn't you? Yeah, I rushed in from out of the garden.

Oh, Sue. These boys, Sue, honestly. We're going to hook you up with a prize. You're lovely. Thank you very much. Sue, you're an amazing correspondent. I think we'll keep crossing to you throughout the games. Thank you, Sue.

Get back to the garden. Thank you, Sue. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In Paris, Sheree Kinnear from the New Zealand Herald. Bonjour. Bonjour from Paris. And a great result for New Zealand. You were at the game as our Rugby Sevens, the Wahine, won gold.

I know. How good was that? The crowd was absolutely electric. And just such an incredible result for our women's side, back-to-back Olympic champions and our first medal in a gold. Like, what a way to start. The stadium, we're having a look on the TV screens over here. It just seems enormous.

I mean, how many people are in the stadium? I believe there were around 65,000 fans here for the final. It is a massive stadium and you can imagine just the noise of the crowd when you know everyone's cheering on that final whistle. We're watching vision of them now heading up onto the podium. Are you watching this as we're speaking? I can kind of see it. I'm just around the back. I was trying to get to a bit more of a quiet space for you guys because when I say the crowd is loud it is very very loud. I feel like you should probably be there watching this right now. We're taking you away from your job see i can kind of like peek it a little bit through

one of the doors you should get out of the toilet and go and watch this historic moment you're talking to john oberon megan you're like oh geez hey i'm so a lot of amazing athletic performances over there at the olympics but from yourself as well i mean how much sleep are you running on you were messaging me yesterday about this radio interview, and then I was like, hang on, what time is it for you? Yeah, you don't get a lot of sleep when you're covering the Olympics, but it's one of those things that you know what you're signing up for, but it's such an incredible event to cover,

so it kind of balances itself out. But I was definitely a little bit relieved this morning when I woke up. My alarm went off at about 6 a.m., and I was getting ready for the triathlon, and then I found out it was postponed, and I was like fantastic so I rolled over for another couple hours so sort of a little bit relieved for that. Well let's talk about the triathlon because obviously the water conditions in the River Seine, there was rain in the weekend and that meant the things great words like E. coli have been bandied around at the moment they're not sure if they're going to swim in it. You went down yesterday and took some water out of it to have a look at it.

I did. I went to investigate myself for what the scent was looking like. When I put it in a bottle, it definitely didn't look as icky as it does sort of on the surface because it was quite brown and there was a lot of sediment. I saw a shoe floating down, some plastic bottles. It's definitely not in the best nick. Yeah, I mean, last night the triathlon was still set to go. Organisers were really optimistic and I was like, okay, we'll see.

Then sure enough this morning, nope, water's quality, not up to standard, postponed till tomorrow. And the interesting thing is on August 2nd is the last date they can postpone it to. And if the send's still not up to standard, it changes. It's going to become a, I think it starts with a run bike and then a run, so they have to ditch

the swimming altogether. Oh, really? Now what stringent testing did you do on the water? Was it the taste test? You know what though, when I put that bottle away, I had to make real conscious note to chuck the water out because I had a moment where I thought, make real conscious note to put like chuck the water out because I had a moment where I thought I'm gonna reach for this and probably accidentally

drink it we should you should bring it back here and we'll use it in the radio stuff doing Russian Russian roulette work on the name I do feel for the triathletes I think even if they do manage to do the swim we're saying that the pollution levels were too high today. So if they're good tomorrow, they must just be good enough, which means they're still not ideal. What's going to change over 24 hours that's going to make it much better to swim in, you know?

It still feels like the same pollution is going to be in there. Have we seen the mayor since she went for a swim in there? You know what? I haven't heard anything from the mare. She's on a drip. She's on a heavy drip. Apparently the levels weren't actually very good, apparently, on the day that she swam.

They went back and they're like, oh, actually, we may have not measured that correctly. Maybe they need to take the approach that my mum Annie Pryor does when she's swimming head above. You know how all mothers swim head above water? Yeah. I saw an athlete on TikTok. I think she's from the US.

She was making a joke about she had some duct tape that she taped over her mouth. She was preparing for the triathlon. Do you know the Kiwi Kids triathlon, when we went to that, they couldn't do the swim part because all the sewage had gone into the ocean. So it's happening all over the world. We've ruined

water. Well done us. So what next for you? Obviously, it's getting late in the night there. Things are wrapping up for today. But what's happening over the next couple of days? Yeah, things wrapping up here. I've still got a few hours ahead of me with all the aftermath of this incredible gold medal.

But with tomorrow's action, tonight, New Zealand time, hopefully that means triathlon goes ahead. There's also some rowing and some sailing. And then if you look ahead to the next few days later on in the week we're going to start seeing the athletics which I know a lot of people are really excited about well Sheree have you spoken to any of the uh the the Black Ferns I haven't yet um I will be speaking to them very very soon but I did speak to Sarah Heddeny after the semi-final when she was already tears then just how special this was

and what it meant to her. So I can only imagine her and the team now with a gold medal around their necks, just going to be such an emotional and incredible evening for them. Well, they haven't got their medals yet, so we'll let you out of the toilet. Go and watch it, and good luck. Awesome. Thanks, guys.