Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Did Megan Or Ben Get Out Of The Mariah Game At The Santa Parade?

Episode Date: November 24, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: The funniest out to the Mariah game! The trick "guess my age" question... Bluey kicked us off stage! Our phone a friend NZ Herald FAIL We get a magician to help us with our party tricks! How Megan reinjured her hand... Dear Megan: I don't want to sound like I'm nagging but... 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. Hello, welcome to the podcast on a Monday morning. We're a big show today, including getting into the high drama and our Mariah Carey game that we have going on at the moment. We've been talking about this, you would have heard it on the podcast, you just have to see how long you can avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas.

So did you hear it, you're out of the game? Yeah, you guys have done brilliantly well, exceptionally well. I hung in there over a weekend, as you'll hear, at the Santa Parade, the Farmers Santa Parade, which was peak Christmas. Like, that was peak Christmas. It was. Wasn't it a wonderful, wholesome event, isn't it? It was lovely.

Do you know those floats? They just, they go and sit in a shed for 12 months a year, and they come out one day of the year. I always wanted to do, and we talked about this before, and it's probably a logistical nightmare, but wouldn't it be cool one year for a small town to win a smaller version, but of the Farmer's Santa Parade? So we take

them all, it'd probably have to be driving distance from wherever, but you drive them through and you have a small town, you have like a version of the Santa Parade. Wouldn't that be cool? Yeah, it does sound logistical at night. Yeah, it does. In my head, I'm like, I didn't want a small version.

I want everything. I want the big balloons. I want everything. But I'm just going, hey, I'm not the person that would have to organise it. The organiser, Pam, I was talking to, she's like they come

with their own police, like a president with their own police escort. All the floats. Oh, really? They get police escorted through the streets to the start of the parade.

So if you can organise a police escort to somewhere in the South Island, Ben. Yeah, that's amazing the people you do run into. There was someone, her husband built, I was talking to a lady, her husband built most of the floats as well too, which is pretty cool. He's been doing it for like 50 years. Maybe we can take one, why don't we just hire a flatbed truck? I'll drive the truck through town, chuck some bloody kids on the back,

have a wave the parade i think most little towns kind of do that anyway the rotary club get out there and they do that i was just thinking bringing some of the big you know the big city like big city ideas to small town new zealand showbiz razzmatazz i don't want it down here mate all right enjoy the podcast, which starts with high drama and our Mariah Carey game. And now we've been playing a fun little game.

We've been banging on about it and so many people playing it as well. The Mariah Carey game, seeing how long you can avoid. Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas. As soon as you hear it, no matter where you are, in a shop, on social media,

you are out of the game. And people, we were at the Santa Parade yesterday. People had signs saying, I'm out. We thought you could do T-shirts, couldn't you, next year? I'm thinking of next year already. Bigger and better next year. Have some merch.

Reversible ones. I'm in the game and then you flip it over and I'm out of the game. Please don't play me Mariah. Please don't feed me. That's probably better actually. That's good. We'll get to that next year. We've got merch on the horizon. See how big this thing isiah. Please don't feed me. Oh, that's probably better, actually. Yeah. That's good. We'll get to that next year. That's next year.

We've got merch on the horizon. See how big this thing's getting. Well, we say that. You know, we'll see. Budget's tight, mate. I hope it is. Yeah, it is tight. It's tight out there.

You're right. But yesterday, you two are still in the game. I'm out. But you went into the eye of the storm in the Santa Parade. The whole day, Ben's like, oh, we're going to get out. We're going to get out. I was like, don't be pessimistic. Yeah. Manifest it. We're going to get out. I was like, don't be pessimistic.

Manifest it. We're still in. I was fully behind you, and so I wanted you to survive the day. I came along with a full open-faced helmet for you, Megan. Very soundproof race helmet. And Ben, we gaffer taped its pillow around your head, around your ears, and put earmuffs on top of the pillow. I looked like I'd had a head injury or something. You look like you hated Christmas.

You're like, I don't want to hear any of this. And I look like I was scared of falling off the float. So we did that walking to the float. Then we're on the float. We're like, hey, we just got to take this off. Because one, we look stupid. And then two, because you just got to roll with it. You ran the ghoulish.

So we'll bring you some blow-by-blow coverage of the Santa Parade yesterday. Did they make it through? You'll find out in about 20 minutes time. But Friday, geez, that was an exciting day. We get a message in the afternoon on our group chat. Matty McLean, who's playing the game as well, very competitive Matty from Matty and PJ in the afternoon, he is out of the game.

He won Celebrity Treasure Island, didn't he? And he said, you know, afterwards I was like, I really let my competitiveness get away on me on television. Yeah, so he wants to win this game, and there's been a listener, a fan of, you Yeah, so he wants to win this game. And there's been a listener, a fan of, you know, we're a fan of hers. She said, hey, I'm trying to get Maddie out.

I don't know why. Tasha's her name. We don't know why. We spoke to her. She said, I'm trying to get Maddie out. She'd set up burner accounts. She'd done all sorts of stuff like that on Instagram. We're like, we love everything about this. And on Friday, she got through.

She made up a story for their phone a topic they're like oh we'll get her on air and then when she got on air she played All I Want for Christmas now we're beeped out the music obviously because we're still in the game and you probably are still in the game as well but here's the moment but Matty he took it well Let's go to Tasha on 0800

the Hits what's your claim to fame You are kidding me You are kidding me! You are kidding me! Producer Sarah here. We vetted that call. Tasha! That wasn't, I've just pulled her down. That wasn't planned.

She told a great story about her claim to fame. She told a great story about her claim to fame. Tasha! The veins are popping in his neck. Tasha! The video is hilarious He was All sorts of names Have been thrown out And PJ had to remind him

Hey it's a 14 year old girl And it's a fun game It's a fun Christmas game And it does really better He was like Block her Block her from this day Block her number

I know it's a bit late For Kiwi Bank New Zealander Of the year But I think we should Put her up for it next year That's such a great You are kidding me You are kidding me! You are kidding me!

340 on Friday afternoon, I get a text from Matty, which I can't even read out on air. He was fuming. Just remind him, it's a 14-year-old girl. And it's a game! It's a fun game. You are kidding me! For no prize.

You are kidding me! No prize prize. You are kidding me! No prize at all. There's nothing. That's how competitive he is. Celebrity Treasure Island, money for charity, great. He just wants to win. Winning is enough for him. The glory is enough.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Trying to avoid listening. Megan, you and I, well, as of the weekend, it was still in the game, the Mariah Carey game. So many people messaging through as well, playing the game, either letting us know they're still in or still out. Someone got caught. Five of them, family trip away overseas, Singapore duty-free shop.

Oh, that'll get you. Messaged over the weekend. Changi Airport. Changi Airport. One of the great airports, Changi. Great airport. Yeah. Tell you what, you go to many airports.

I wouldn't get in a Changi hole there. It was just a great airport. But obviously playing Mariah Carey go to many airports. I wouldn't get in a changy hole there. It was just a great airport. But obviously playing Mariah Carey on full blast, all I want for Christmas. The game is to try and avoid hearing it for as long as possible. And Megan and Ben, yeah, still in the game. Some very impressive, considering Maddie McLean was sabotaged on Friday. Out of the gate, Tash, she's been trying to get him for some reason.

She's made a vendetta Against him Phoned up on an Unrelated topic And then just started Blasting the song Down the phone line To Maddie And here was his reaction

You are kidding me You are kidding me We're going to get Some mileage out of that today You know Just a rational Measured response Right

You know To a game With no prize Nothing No glory really So Megan Yourself and I You know We had to go Unprofessional measured response, right? To a game with no prize. Nothing. No glory, really. So, Megan, yourself and I, you know, we had to go as part of the hits team. We were on the float for the Santa Parade, the Farmers Santa Parade, with so many people, so many floats, and also had to host the after party.

So we knew we were walking into the hotbed of Christmas yesterday. Yeah. Now, because there was a debate last week about what song should be on the float. It was going to be All I Want for Christmas On the hits float And the bosses here were like Well you're going to the Santa Parade

You're going to hear it Yeah And we were So they Yeah they put on Mariah's the float But we got it changed Got it changed To Bruce Springsteen

Santa Claus is Coming to Town And I just recorded Jeez we had this blasting This was like Air bleedingly loud Listen town and I just recorded, jeez we had this blasting. This was like air bleedingly loud. Listen. It was just pounding into people's faces as the float was coming past. You know it's like when you can feel it

in your body. Yeah. People waving back. It's all great. People filming and waving us. You're like, this is great. Who's going to watch this back? I don't know. The whole time Ben's behind me going, there's hours of footage. No one's ever going to watch. No one's ever going to watch that. It was so wholesome. It was so lovely to this is great. Who's going to watch this back? I don't know. The whole time, Ben's behind me going, there's hours of footage no one's ever going to watch. No one's ever going to watch that. It was so wholesome. It was so lovely to be part of.

Everyone's smiling faces, everyone getting into it. It was great. And here is a bit of a montage. Did Ben and Megan get caught out? Have a listen. All right. Pre-parade, Megan has a safety helmet, a full-face safety helmet on her head.

I look like I'm scared of falling off. You do, you look very safety first. And I've gaffer taped a pillow around Ben's head and ears, and he's got earmuffs over the top of that pillow. I vaguely hear a little bit of what you're saying, and it looks like I hate Christmas, guys. Everyone's like, what's up with that guy? He looks like a Grinch.

You are getting many looks. It looks like you're scared of loud noises, and that he could bite at any moment if he's frightened. I think I'm just going to run the gauntlet. I think, Megan. Yeah, we're just going to do it. See what happens. We're getting shunted on the float now, team.

I'm going to do it. The float beside us just started, and thank God it's not Mariah. It's almost Carney-like, isn't it? And we're here with Maddie McLean, who was savagely eliminated. Savagely! From the competition on Friday. You must feel like there's a weight lifted off your shoulders. Manny McLean who was savagely eliminated. Savagely! From the competition on Friday. You must feel like there's a weight lifted off your shoulders.

Well, as a man who loves Mariah as much as I do, the fact that I can do this Pulp Parade unencumbered by the fear of hearing her is very, very liberating. I feel great. You and me, Jono, we're free. We're free! God, it feels good. Are you anxious? I'm horribly anxious. Every time I hear a a tune I'm like, what is that?

The music has started at the parade. Other floats have Christmas songs. Not Mariah so far. Just got off the float and we have not heard Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas yet. I really thought someone was going to be holding up a speaker but it didn't happen. Part one done. Gotta go to the after party. Megan, we're at the after party for Santa Parade. The dance is going on, Christmas song. They've still got another couple of songs to do.

Are we gonna hear Mariah Carey? Hey, we did not hear Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas. We are walking back from the Santa Parade. Right past some shops, but thank god we changed our float song. We're still on the game, we're still doing it, it's almost December. So there you go, You made it through. There we go. We got there.

No take backs. No take two. You're still on the game. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I love chatting to people. Yesterday I got to chat to a few people.

That's what you just. Me and Ben just look at each other like, don't, yeah. Found myself in some interesting conversations yesterday at the Santa Parade. Hundreds of thousands of people I could talk to. You know, so many conversations. You really do meet some interesting characters, don't you, at events like that. They probably go away saying the same thing about you. It's like the most endearing quality about you.

But it's also, for Ben and I, one of the most annoying. Yeah, and I'm sure for the people. Because you'll talk, and you love talking to people, and it's very sweet. But you met this lovely lady, Sally. Now, Sally, I don't know how we got here, but she chucks out quite early in the piece, how old do you think I am?

Terrifying question. Terrifying question. Always undershoot it. Yeah. Yeah, because you never want to offend them, and it's such a balance isn't it and so i did i did that thing i started like 16 she started way low yeah she's like you're taking the piss yeah she's an adult right yeah she's a fully grown adult uh and then slowly work up and you're like oh 21. 22, no. And then I'm like, this is going to take ages. So then I leapt up to 30.

She's like, no. And I'm like, higher or lower? She's like, higher. And I'm like, 31. She's like, no. Eventually we got there, 34. All right. And you saw Sally.

Yeah. She asked me, I thought she was like, yes, my age. She's like, how old do you think I am? Did you just go 34? I should have actually. No, I went 21. And then she's like, guess my age. She's like, how old do you think I am? Did you just go 34? I should have actually. No, I went 21. And then she's like, higher. She comes to me and I'm like, Sally, you're 34.

And then I'm like, I can't get it. I can't get it. You tell me. She can't, yeah. It's a good game to play with people, though, isn't it? If you didn't know our ages, Megan, what would you guess? What would you guess? I've just come in and I'm like, guess my age.

It's hard to tell with adults. I feel like everyone gets to a certain age and then you just kind of feel like they could be. Some people could be in their 20s, some people could be in their 30s, some people could be in their 30s, some people could be in their 40s. And am I going by your demeanour and the way you tot around and get lost, or just by looks? I've just walked in the room. Hey, Megan, how old do you think I am? 40.

Higher. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Long till Christmas now. We're really getting into the Christmas spirit. The shops and malls and everywhere around the country. It was the Farmers Santa Parade yesterday. Just an amazing turnout. Just so incredible.

So many people. Hundreds. Felt like 100,000 people. It was without a word of a lie. Just on the streets, everyone waving, having such a great time. Such a good smile. And you're like, this is what it's all about. That's why I love Christmas.

Because nothing beats the feeling that Christmas brings, like the festive spirit. People filming us, we're one of the floats. I'm like, I keep saying to you, Megan, no one's going to be watching this footage back. No one's going to sit back and watch this footage. But it was great. I mean, other stuff, I mean, there were some big bangers in there.

You know, there was Bluey, there was Santa, there was all sorts of people as part of the Santa parade. You know, the big balloons, they're incredible as well. I just honestly find it the most interesting exercise, a parade. You know, it's basically just a traffic jam everyone's really happy about. Yeah. But you're, like, moving at five kilometres an hour, and these people are probably one and a half, two metres away from you

on the side of the footpath. You're waving at them. They're waving back. They're waving back. This is a very strange interaction we're having here. Hello. Hello. On any other day.

That wouldn't happen on any other day. We were quite worried about hearing the Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas song because we're still into the game. We'll find out after 8 o'clock this morning if we're still in. But we need to talk about a couple of things that happened in Santa's after party. I know we talk about after parties and that's where things take a turn. And they did. Nothing good happens after midnight. Well, it turns out nothing good happens

after two o'clock in the afternoon as well. We don't know priors there. Because we got to host, you know, which is a great honour. The Farmer Santa Parade after party, there's a whole lot of great acts that come on stage in the area. There's lots of great stalls and activities.

And it's a really fun thing to do afterwards. But, you know, firstly, we had a bit of a scandal with Bluey. Now, Bluey, the lovable dog that we all love as well, we were introducing the big headline act was Bluey. Yeah, Bluey. They'd come out and, you know, hundreds and hundreds of kids frothing to see Bluey. Like chanting and cheering. Bluey, Bluey.

And it's quite a tight turnaround from the parade and getting everything done. And so we're about to introduce Bluey and I hear side of stage, Bluey, it's not ready yet. So I'm like, okay, we're going to need to keep filling. As MCs, we're going to need to keep filling. The three of us, we're getting the crowd frothed up. They're chanting Bluey.

But they're getting to the point where they're like, we've said Bluey on repeat so many times, they're fading out of enthusiasm, aren't they? And once you've gone to like a full-on chant, what's next? We filled, we filled. And then I looked to the side as well, and I was like, oh, I can see Bluey come out with a whole lot of people. There's Bluey, there's Bingo, they're all there.

And I'm like, great, we can see it. We can walk it up now. Please welcome Bluey. And then they stopped. I'm like, oh, they've stopped. What's going on? Yeah. And then Ben and

me are on stage. Megan, you've disappeared from the stage. No, at this point, I saw Bluey's people at the side doing the neck

thing. And I thought, like, hand over the neck. And I was like, what are they, are they meaning Bluey, like, not

ready? So I was like, we carry on for a bit. And then I was like, what are you saying? And they're like,

you need to get off the stage. Yeah, because Bluey had a big intro with music, which we didn't know. And then in the end, we got Bluey you saying and they're like you need to get off the stage yeah because Bluey had a big intro with music which we didn't know and then in the end we got Bluey

on the side of the stage telling us to get off Bluey Bluey with the little arms the little arms like doing the waving off like you two get off the stage

get off my stage I've got a routine and the microphone I ended up being like can you get off the stage please so we finally got off we got Bluey there

that was great and then we're all a little bit worried. Well, Larissa was from our promo team about a T-shirt gun, you know? High velocity T-shirt gun. We're going to fire up some socks, some T-shirts. And we're like, who wants to fire it off? It's got like a whole gas thing that gets connected to it. Yeah, it's a little bit scary.

I was a bit tentative of it. It goes up to 300 PSI. I don't even know what PSI is. And then someone's like, oh, Jono will do it. So you've got the safety thing. You're there. Okay, briefing. Comes out on stage and then he notices someone dressed as a Grinch. Not part of... He was doing a great job,

the Grinch. Don't get me wrong. It's very entertaining. But I don't think it was any official part of it. And you were like, let's get the Grinch up on stage. And Megan's like, why? Why is he doing this? What is going on? And you did. I was like, has the Grinch got any accreditation? No. Grinch, we, has the Grinch got any accreditation? No.

Grinch, we had to get Grinch past security. Finally got him up on stage. They went against their bit of judgment and let him through. And then you're like, let's get the Grinch to fire the t-shirt gun out. All the health and safety

worried about people in the audience. You got the safety and then he's doing a little routine dancing around. He's waving the gun around in our faces. Oh my goodness,

this is going to go horribly wrong. I had the clipboard in front of my face. I was crouched down. And then the Grinch decided to do a trick shot. This is going to be a new story as well. I was like, the Grinch is going to fire a team of hypes. Why did you give the Grinch the gun?

I don't know. Twice, though. Twice. And I give it back to you. And you're like, let's get the rich dinner again. We'll crank it up. Ben and I were literally like, no, don't know. I mean, afterwards,

I was like, there was a high chance he was going to fire a high-velocity T-shirt in a kid's face. Yes, exactly. Why do you realise that after the fact?

Yeah, I know. Thankfully, the Grinch, he came through. He did come through. A real showman. He came through, but jeez, it was a hairy moment.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And it's time to start the day like we like to do with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Now, remember Friday, we ended the week on we like to do with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Now remember Friday, we ended the week on a 10 out of 10 last week. I know, we clocked it.

Still sitting in the crop dust of that magnificent win. So feeling confident, although producer Ellie, the quiz queen, says a little bit difficult this morning. Yeah, a couple of them. Why would they do that on a Monday? I know, it's rude. Here's us into the week, New Zealand Herald daily quiz.co.nz Okay, here we go. The first question in today's

New Zealand Herald quiz. Alright. What element is commonly used in the filaments of light bulbs? Is it aluminium, copper or tungsten? It's usually like a copper colour, eh? But I don't know if aluminium... As soon as

you mention elements, you lost as you mentioned elements you lost me yeah you lost me producer grace loves her science stuff you do come in producer grace you can help us out here

she's like Bill Nye the science guy and she's she loves it you love science eh it's very unique for a 22 year old girl yeah

I'm actually 23 23 year old girl producer grace do you have any idea what were the elements again Were you not listening To the show you saw Aluminium

Copper or tungsten Is the element Commonly used In the filaments Of light bulbs I was thinking copper What's a filament Of a light bulb

Okay That's where I'm getting lost What's a filament There are little Copper wires Aren't there It's the little Wires that like

Light up Copper Okay Yeah I would Okay Put it in Put it in There are little copper wires, aren't there? It's the little wires that light up. Copper. Okay. Yeah, I would. Okay, put it in. Put it in. Put it in. Donna's very confident.

Very confident. That's incorrect. Tungsten? Is it tungsten? Yeah. What is tungsten? I don't know. Oh, because there's tungsten lights.

I've heard about tungsten lights, but I wasn't confident enough to do it. Yeah. Yeah, now I actually need the answer. I'm not allowed to play. It's just you. We brought you in to play. Tungsten was the third one. But I wasn't confident enough.

I have heard the term tungsten lights. Oh, good on you. But I was like, pop a white salmon. Oh, yeah, whatever. It's usually on here. Whenever I come in with any confidence, blind confidence, and I don't know the answer, please stop me. Sometimes you do know the answer and you come in the same.

It's hard to tell whether you actually know it, bluffing or not. Well, there we go. That was tough. Out of interest, what was the next question? The next question was, what is the most spoken language in the world by the number of native speakers, Mandarin, Spanish, or Hindi? Hindi.

Very confident once again. Is this his confidence again? Should I stop him? Should I stop him? Is this a stop me situation? Oh, I mean, maybe a little bit of a hop there. A bit of a stop sign. Spanish.

You say it so confident too. You're like, you know the answer. Yeah, I thought it would be Mandarin. That is correct. Yeah, well done Megan. Well done. So we would have got out there too. So that was a shocking start to the week.

Apologies. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Learn a party trick. Yeah, hit a Christmas party season. We want to wow the officers of Aotearoa with our party trick, don't we? That's right. A lot of people phoning through.

Guy can blow smoke out of his ear. Hole in his eardrum. Lady who can do backflips. Two backflips in a row the double jointed people as well some very talented people out there

lady can do a car alarm noise it's pretty impressive so you want to enlist the help of a professional here now we're going to go through to an

Australian musician musician magician he might be a musician as well he might be a hero he could be multitasking

Costantino hopefully he'll answer his phone. He's in the country at the moment. Hello, it's Cos speaking. Oh, hey, Costantino. It's Jono, Ben and Megan from the Hits Radio Station in New Zealand. How's it going? I'm good.

How are you guys? Cosi, cosi, cosi. Oi, oi, oi. Hey, look, we've been lucky enough to have you on our show a couple of times over the years. You're amazing. You're in New Zealand right now, Christchurch this weekend. I'm getting all the tour details in, Dunedin, Wellington, New Plymouth, Auckland. You're buttering him up with his tour details.

Exactly. You are. Go to your website for more information as well. I'm pretty sure he knows his tour details. Just trying to get it across because we have a wee bit of a favour to ask you. Yes, what's that? Well, you see, I was at a party the other night. Someone was doing a wonderful card trick,

like a party trick. Everyone was crowded around. They were the life of the party. It was great, but I had a real sense of jealousy that I wasn't that life of the party. He wasn't the main character. And I can't do a party trick. And John, I can't do a party trick either.

Megan, you can do one with a cherry. I can tie a cherry stalk with my tongue. That's about it. It's a seasonal. Don't act impressed. You've got to do it in season, though. Like, if there's no cherries around, you can't do it. It's not a 12 months of the year trick.

It's a seasonal. So we wanted to know, is there any chance you could, because we know you're amazing at tricks, teach us something that we could maybe display at parties, a party trick? Of course. Of course. I love you guys. I do.

I do. And we go back a long way. I would love to be able to show you a trick. Yeah. I mean, I'm here. I'm in New Zealand. So, I mean, I can come in. I can come in this afternoon and show you guys.

Oh, wow. You know what I'll do? I can perform it for you. You can see if you like the trick, and if you like it, then I'll teach you the secret, the method to the trick. I feel like we've just really put you on the spot here. Have you got a trick that you could teach

absolute imbeciles? I do, I do, I do. Look, we can do it in a different way. In other words, I'll just show you the method, and then you guys can figure out the best way to do it together, to do it together, to perform it. So you're not a problem at all.

I love it how he didn't debate that we were imbeciles. He's like, yes, I do have that. He knows us. Just for you. He's met us many times over the years, and he knows that. What was the first trick that you ever learned? I learned to vanish a coin. Not very impressive, because all kids can make money disappear, right?

Yeah. No, I do have that party trick, actually. I'm very good at that. Oh, there you go She's got it depleting her credit card online So what sort of trick Are we going to potentially learn? Is it to do with cards, coins?

I think cards because it's very easy to bring A packet of playing cards Or you can just borrow a packet of playing cards Whatever it might be Do you want to see a magic trick? Yes, I do Oh, to see a magic trick? Yes I do Okay, goodbye Oh he's disappeared

He's gone, he's gone, but hold on He's back, he's back Where did he go? I'll make him disappear again He's gone, there's no sort of hang up sort of noise though He's back Oh wow, but you know what, with that kind of magic you don't even need me

Look at that, he's off, he's on, he's back Cozzy oh wow but you know what with that kind of magic you don't even need me it was off he was on he was there he wasn't well we look forward to seeing you this afternoon don't forget you can see Costino as he heads

around the country in his greatest hits tour Christchurch this weekend Dunedin Wellington New Plymouth and Auckland can't wait to catch up

and learn our trick see you soon guys the hits the Jono and Ben podcast again we need to talk about your arm because you came into work today. You had surgery on your arm a couple of weeks ago, and now you're back in some sort of cast bandage situation.

My little strapped wrist brace. Yeah. So yesterday, we had a big day. We did the Santa parade and everything. And at the end of the day, I went out for dinner with my best friend for her birthday today. Happy birthday, Ali. Happy birthday, Ellie. Happy birthday, Ellie.

How old is Ellie? Let's try and guess Ellie's age. 21. No. You got it. She's 21. And so we actually went to my favorite restaurant. And this is nothing against the restaurant.

But if you know Lillian, she's a cute wee place. Always full of people. It's always busy. And so we turned up yesterday. It was packed. It was packed, but we made a reservation, so there was a table for us. It was right when I walked in the door, there is a little step down. Uh-oh.

Uh-oh. Not in front of a packed restaurant, please. Did you? No. This place is like, people are dressed, there's, you know, people are dressed nice. This is your sort of place. It's not pumping with music. Like, there's not a lot happening, just people talking.

And I missed the step down. Oh, no. Oh, no. And I fell flat. I fell flat. On your face? Like, the only thing that, I had my handbag and my phone in one hand, in my good hand, right?

And I fell flat on my face and had my bad hand take my phone. Oh, no, Megan. And you should have heard the thud. Like, it wasn't even like a do-do-do. It was like a bang. The whole restaurant went quiet. Like, went quiet. I put my head down and I looked down, and I was thinking,

that did not just happen. I looked up, and I was like, it would have been better if people laughed. Yeah. Did you get an ooh? Anyone do ooh? It was silence. Oh, nothing. It was almost like everyone was like, is the old duck all right?

No sound effects. She's had a fall. It's just a crawl out like, is the old duck all right? No sound effects. She's had a fall. She's had a fall. It's just a crawl out of the restaurant situation, isn't it? Everyone was staring. So I just looked up and I was like, I'm all right. I'm all right. And so you regathered?

You had dinner there? I was in so much pain. We had dinner. I was so embarrassed. But do you know what? A couple of people had tripped as well. Just like little oops-a-daisy, but no one fell flat on their face. Mate, and now you're back in a pretty intense sort of wrist wrap.

And I've reopened the little cut from the surgery, like split it open. I had to pretend it didn't hurt. Yeah, that's the worst thing too. And I was in so much pain. He fell down five flights of stairs in front of people didn't Oh the Warriors.

And then I got up and miraculously I still had my drinks and food and it was okay and I was like great. And then I went to step again and slipped down the next lot.

It was like out of a sitcom and it was like and then my wife was like just keep walking and she knew I was embarrassed. We've just got to leave.

Our seats were there. We never came back to that. End me now. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah throw it got to leave. Our seats were there. We never came back to that. End me now. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, throw it out to the text machine. I tell you what, a lot of feedback. Have we gone too early? Yeah, it's not even December.

Too early for Christmas songs. Gone too early guys. Definitely gone too early. Hey team, you've gone too early. Yeah, all the text pretty much said we've gone too early. Megan, you're saying... Excuse me, it is the 25th of November. It is one month until Christmas. That's a really good point you raised there. Like, we're factoring in the end of November, but when you're like, a month's worth of Christmas

songs, that's palatable. Yeah. How come the supermarkets are allowed to, but we're not? That's a great Christmas song. They go early. I would say December the 1st. Plus, in Neil's text, Neil texted in to say, you can't have gone early on Christmas when you were at the Santa Parade

yesterday. Oh, good point. Great point. Official start line. But anyway, all these texts that are coming in, no one's answering the phone. No one wants to stand by it. No one wants to stand by the comments. Let's do this. Dear Megan. Welcome to Dear Megan. Now someone slid into your DMs

again, Megan. This is an interesting one. And fitting for this time of the year, someone writes, Dear Megan. Now someone slid into your DMs again, Megan. This is an interesting one. And fitting for this time of the year, someone writes, Dear Megan, I'm part of a community group that I really enjoy, think fun events, shared hobbies, and a good group vibe. But there is a catch. I've somehow ended up as the go-to person for organising everything. That happens. Yeah, it does.

Everyone seems happy to join in and have fun, but when it comes to helping out, they suddenly disappear. I'm starting to feel like I'm doing all the work while everyone else reaps the benefits. How do I get the group to help me without sounding like I'm nagging or ruining the fun?

Well, here's my solution. A text message to the group chat going, Oi, you lazy bozos. I'm doing literally everything here. Help, please. Would you do that, though? No. I feel like I would.

I'd be like, oh. Yeah, you would. Yeah, I'd see you. You'd be like, oh. I'd just be like, Oi, do you guys want to help me out this year? Otherwise, I'm just going to pull pin and I'm not going to do it. No, I really appreciate those.

Those people are the lifeblood of the community. People who are like, they'll get in there and they'll organise stuff. You notice when your kids start at school, Megan, there are those very special people, I'm not one of them, that will really, they'll get those fundraisers going. All I can offer is

tell you what, the lifeblood of a radio host at a school is they're pretty happy to have you there in the beginning because they're like, oh, we've got someone who can, you know, hawk off raffles at a fair in a microphone. Then the novelty wears off about year two or three. Oh right, yeah. And then by the end of your five year cycle, no one wants to hear

from you. They're looking forward to getting in. So when you start at a new school, the excitement's there again for the first couple of years. Yeah, yeah. But there is always one person that ends up doing majority of the work. I'd definitely be one of the people that's like, oh, I'm keen to come along. But I'm no good at organising stuff like that. Are you one of these people?

Are you helping out in the PTA, mate? Oh, I'm not doing – no, I'm not PTA. I'm not joining the PTA and stuff. But I do like – particularly at home, I do feel like I do 99% of the organising. It's my thing. Do you maybe think that's because they don't want to do all the activities? Yeah, probably. Yeah, that's probably it as well.

So I guess I get where this person's coming from in a lot of ways. But it is hard. But then also the personality traits of these people are they have to do it because they can't trust anyone else to do it. Yeah, you're right. Sometimes that might be the case. Also, I get the vibe that they're too nice to say anything whereas I would just be like, just

help me out. Yeah, okay. Are you one of these people? Are you in this position? Are you organising everything in the group? The social group? The school group? Whatever group it is. The work group. Doing God's work. And no one else is helping you. What's your advice? How can she get people to help her? Maybe make some sort of spreadsheet, maybe?

He loves a spreadsheet. No, some sort of spreadsheet, maybe? He loves a spreadsheet. No, I love a spreadsheet. And I'm like, I don't know if this person would have a spreadsheet. But then go, hey, I've just allocated some things where you put your name next to some things you can help me out with. Ben does organise this show. He does a good job. We flounder.

Do you know one year in December, he sent me a to-do list for the following year. He's like, here's all the stuff we need to do next year. Big old to-do list. I love a list. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In the middle of today's there, Megan, the dilemma posed to you, Megan. So this person is part of a community group that they really enjoy.

So they're organizing all the hobbies and events and things that they do. There's a good group vibe. But everyone seems happy to join in and have fun. when it comes to helping out they disappear so they want to know how do they get the group to help them out without sounding like they're nagging or ruining the fun yeah made a rod for their own back really haven't they laid the foundations uh what are your famous saying that's uh when i first met you you said don't get good at something you don't get good at what you don't want to do yeah i'm get good at what you don't want to do. Yeah, I'm going to put that on your tombstone.

Thank you. It's how I live my life. Who's kidding? You're definitely not dying before me, but don't get good at something you don't want to do. And then this is what this lady has obviously done. And, like, people probably think she's happy to do it. I think she should just front foot it and be like,

hey, I need some help. Mind you, she's volunteering. She should just walk off the job. Yeah. She needs that. Warren, what's your advice? So do a pre-Christmas secret Santa. Get them all to put their names in with a number

and pull one out and go, guess what? You're doing the event. Oh, nice. Lure them in. Oh, yeah. And assign jobs to everyone. They'll be like, this is the worst secret sander name handout in history. Yeah, they think they're getting something out of it.

And yeah, they're getting a task. Are you a helper, Warren? Are you a volunteer? I normally organize most things, but I throw people in to help me. Yeah, right. So that's your trick. Because people don't want to help. They don't.

I'm a people. And I don't like help. I don't want to help. They don't. I'm a people and I don't like help. I don't want help. Why would you? When that sounds like work and reaping the reward sounds like fun. Yeah, but people that reap the rewards without help, I feel like you haven't contributed towards it. But if someone asked me, I would help. But you could offer too.

I know, but I'm not going to. So you need to be asked and then you'll help. Yeah. That's the thing. But you do create a whole other full-time job for yourself, don't you, Warren?. So you need to be asked and then you'll help. Yeah. That's the thing. But you do create like a whole other full-time job for yourself, don't you, Warren? Like what are you organising at the moment? I've got house rentals on.

I've got projects on. I've got family arriving from overseas. Good Lord. So you kind of just plan and then there's work. Yeah. So you just plan things and then see who's available and rope them in. Yeah, great. You and Ben need to have a shared spreadsheet.

You guys will be getting stuff done all year long. Exactly. I appreciate your call, Warren. And on the text machine, what are they saying? There's a great text here that says you need to delegate and be specific. Please help allows people to ignore the request, but giving specific jobs works better. That's a good tip. Yeah.

You can tell them I just need you to do this. And then like that to me, if someone said that to me, I'd do it. I might say I specifically don't want to do that specific job. Hey, good on you. Thank you so much for your calls and texts. So it's in favour of, what's the final advice? Speaking up, delegate and ask for help. Or just pull

the pin. You don't have to do it. Get on with your life. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I've been trying to avoid Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas, as many of you have been doing as well with our Christmas game. It's a fun game to play. You can start right now. It's fine.

Just see how long you can last. Try not to hear Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Now, you, Megan, and Maddie McLean, the only three staff still in the game. And Maddie McLean, fiercely competitive Friday afternoon. Drama, high-f fuel drama is Tash, who's made it her life mission to get Maddie out of this game for some reason. Love this. I think this is the radio moment of the year for me.

He keeps going, what have I done to this woman? So Tash set up fake burner accounts on social media, trying to lure Maddie in with the videos that had that as the soundtrack. She clever plan on Friday, phoned up on an unrelated matter, made up a story, a fun radio story. Then as soon as she got on air, boom, blasts Mariah down the phone. Now, this is censored for those still in the game. Let's go to Tasha on 0800 The Hits.

What's your claim to fame? You are kidding me! You are kidding me! You are kidding me! Can we pause it? Producer Sarah here, we vetted that call. Tasha! I was just going to say, Producer Sarah is my favourite bit. She comes on very flustered, also thinking with Maddie's rage, going, oh God.

I'm going to have to deal with the fallout of this. Maddie's rage is not faked. No. This is what he's like. So Sarah's in panic mode. Producer panic mode. Yeah. I've just he's like. So Sarah's in panic mode. Producer panic mode. Yeah. I've just pulled her down.

That wasn't planned. She told a great story about her claim to fame. She told a great story about her claim to fame. She told a great story. She told a great story. Tasha at the end

is my favourite. Tasha! Tasha is a legend. We love it. We love it so much. You are kidding me! We wanted to get a hold of Tasha to hook her up for a prize

because for whatever reason, she's eliminated our strongest competitor from the game. And I love it. She hasn't come for me. Has she come for you? She hasn't come for me yet. Maybe she'll turn her attention on us. That's fine.

That's fine too. If it happens, it happens. Do your darndest, Tasha. Now, Donna, you were listening to this in real time. How was it for you? Oh, I was half asleep on the couch having a cat nap and just kind of made it out in my half-dazed sleeping effort. And then my daughter, I didn't really know if I'd heard it or not,

and my daughter came and said, did you hear it? And I went, oh, my gosh, yes, I did. It's meant to be a safe space, wasn't it, the hits? Yes, absolutely. I didn't expect to hear a safe space, wasn't it, the hits? Yes, absolutely. I didn't expect to hear it in the afternoon. You are kidding me! I hope your reaction was a little bit more reasonable than Maddie McLean's. I don't know, being woken up to that would have been terrifying.

Oh, I appreciate you playing the game. It's a lot of fun. We decided we need to do this annually. We're still going on. Yeah, we're talking upgrading it to merch next year. We're talking a live concert from Mariah Carey. It's all happening. Big plans for this game.

Now, three weeks you guys have been gone. That's pretty good. That's pretty good. It's really impressive, actually. Also because Maddie was hard into it, but I keep forgetting that I'm even playing. Yeah, I go to the mall and I'm like, what am I doing here?

But so far, so good. Well, Donna, it's been a pleasure. Well, I'm to the mall and I'm like, what am I doing here? But so far so good. Well, Donna, it's been a pleasure. Well, I'm quite lucky because I live in Nelson, so we don't really have any malls here. And whenever we do have to go shopping, I send the kids in. Yeah. That's a good plan. Yeah, well, we'll be back.

Donna, you'll be back next year? Yes, definitely. I would love you to... Let us know if you're in or you're out. We'll continue on this week, and when everyone's out of the game we'll play Mariah Carey but next The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast CJ Snake, Justin Bieber at 7.29. On your Monday

morning the All Blacks had a win over the weekend. It was a bit of a messy game that one but they won against Italy and the Auckland FC. I love when you get like they still won and we're like they didn't win by enough. Bit of a messy game. Yeah, well,

it's a bit of a messy game. I don't think they'll be particularly happy with that. Of course, Scott Robertson now even resorted to a vape on the sidelines. Yeah, he was huffing

on a vape half time. When's a win? Yeah, great that they won, but you know, yeah. Stressed out, Ben's not happy. I love a stressed out vaping coach.

And then the Auckland FC USA. Yeah, they had their fourth win. Four wins from four games, which is just an incredible start to their A-League. Did we figure out, so no one's ever scored a goal against them? Against them, yeah. And the four games they played, the competition games. And unbeaten. Someone scored a goal, but they overturned the goal.

Yeah, so you couldn't script A better start For a club Pretty incredible Now On Friday We'd learnt that Well Ben You don't have a party trick I don't have a party trick

Megan you have something That you can do Which is very impressive Yeah Tie a cherry stalk With my tongue That's a great skill That is a good party trick

When you watch it You're like This isn't gonna How is this gonna happen But she manages to do it. Your issue is it's a seasonal trick. Yeah. It works well when there's cherries on hand.

It's good at Christmas party time because cherries are at Christmas. Yeah, so probably we're okay for a party trick of sorts. But we thought, well, maybe I'll witness someone doing a magic trick the other night. And I was like, oh, that was really cool. And everyone crowded around, pulled off a magic trick. I was like, that's a great party trick. Yeah. So what we pulled off a magic trick. I was like, that's a great party trick. Yeah, so what we want to learn, we want to learn a party trick. The show party trick.

You guys phoned through with a few on Friday morning. So I can actually, I'm double jointed in my fingers and my son is also double jointed in his thumbs. So we do that together. But then my other children can make clovers with their tongues. I do animal impersonations. Oh! Chicken.

I do a handstand while drinking a beer. Oh, that's good! A handstand beer. Yeah. Now, if you ever wondered if I should bring back New Zealand's Got Talent, I think that's proof right there. Yes, we do. Yes, exactly.

We still have talent. Yeah. So, 0800HITS, what's your party trick? We're going to try and learn one ahead of Christmas party season. Is this Jeff, is it? Yeah, it is. How are you, Jeff? Pretty good, mate. It's a great day up here in Northland. Oh, beautiful. It's always a great day.

Jeff sounds like he's got some stories to tell. Now, you can do a party trick with your ear. What is that, Jeff? I burst my eardrum in the early 80s when I was at uni, and I was compensating one day, and I noticed the pressure would come out my ear. So after that, it was just a small step to fill my lungs with smoke, hold my nose, and I could push smoke out my ear.

You could put smoke out your ears. Wow. Yeah, yeah. I can't anymore because the ear's You could put smoke out your ears? Wow. Yeah, yeah. I can't anymore because the ear's fixed up, but it was a lot of fun when I was down in Parmy in the 80s. Oh, Parmy in the 80s sounds like a fun time. So you would inhale cigarette smoke and then hold your mouth shut

and kind of put pressure in your ears and it would come out there. Yeah. Hold your nose, block your nose really tight with your fingers and then when you compensate when you're diving, you build up the pressure, try and push the air out, and it'll come out my ear. Well, Jeff, okay, there we go.

All we need to do is burst an eardrum, and one of us can have that party trick. Oh, Jeff, I appreciate your call this morning. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, the movie Wicked, which, as you said, Jono, Megan, and myself will be banging on about it. It's in cinemas right now. It's the story of the Wicked Witch which, as you said, John O'Meagan and myself will be banging on about it. It's in cinemas right now. It's the story of the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz

before Dorothy arrived in Oz. It's a Broadway musical, one of the most successful of all time. They've turned it into a movie. And here's some of the trailer. You're green. I am. Welcome, you students, to Shiz University. Miss Elphaba, you can room with Miss Galinda. I am Welcome new students To Shears University Miss Elphaba

You can room with Miss Galinda Don't be afraid I'm not afraid So it's got Ariana Grande And who's the other wonderful actor? Cynthia Erivo And she's getting high praise Both of them absolutely killed it

Both are incredible What really amazes me about Movies like this, and technology, we've got such amazing technology these days, and you just watch something and you're like, oh, that would be AI or that would be CGI special effects. And there is obviously parts of it that are is. But reading this morning, the opening scenes

and there's all the tulips, there's fields and fields of tulips. I'm like, okay, clearly this is all AI. No. The director was like, fields of tulips but okay clearly this is all ai no the director was like i want tulips planted and this is in england and nine million of them nine million it seems like a wild demand we can do it all that's what i'm like i'm like surely this has got to be a the ones close to you but like if they're really far away not gonna be able to tell i'm like yeah exactly and i'm like poor soul had to plant nine million tulips yeah like the guy who was the production designer was like the director was like i need color i want a rainbow let's go find

a tulip farmer like oh okay so there and just out of england they planted nine million tulips they built oz well they built the university every like the train and stuff as well they built the university and the train and stuff as well they built, yeah everything, they're in like a whole world well obviously they've ramped things up from safety, health and safety wise, the original, the original we were talking about that the other day actually when you were away it's just crazy, hey

asbestos, the tin man, god he got paint poisoning didn't he, the witch got actually burnt and ended up in hospital who got replaced, was it the tin man because he was sick, he's got paint poisoning, didn't he? The witch got actually burnt and ended up in hospital. Who got replaced? Was it the tin man? Yeah, he was like... Because he was sick. He's got lead poisoning.

I don't care, mate. Show must go on. We need to film. Didn't they have garlands jacked up on amphetamines? Put a bit more pepper in his step as well. We need more out of this kid. We're not getting enough out of it. And she got slapped the other day.

She was laughing, giggling at something that was funny. The director came up and just slapped her. Like wild times. She was laughing, giggling at something that was funny and the director came up and just slapped her. It's like wild times. She's nine million tulips. Those child laws of PC madness. PC madness.

PC madness. You can't put kids on amphetamines now to get results. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Friday, sales are all starting already

ahead of this Friday where all the sales will be all over the country, all over the world. And then you've got Cyber Monday, don't you? Yeah. I think it's December. Yeah, it might be.

Yeah, it's December 2nd. Yeah. If you pay full price for anything, you're a schmuck, really, aren't you? Last year, I was like, I missed both sales. I was like, why am I in the mall paying full RRP for this when everything was on sale just a week ago? It is a great time to kick off your Christmas shopping. Although I did hear on another radio station you do need to be careful. There are sales going on.

Sometimes the sales are not as good as sales have been previously. They say Black Friday and they're still on sale, but they're not quite as good as the lady was looking for. They're not allowed to, but sometimes they hike the prices just before so that when they bring it back down for Black Friday, it looks like a good deal. So maybe do your research before you're like, oh, yeah. Yeah, keep an eye on things that you want. It's not to say things aren't on sale, but yeah, there was a lady who was talking about it, and she was like,

oh, a month ago it was a lot cheaper than the Black Friday sale. Yeah. So, yeah. Do your research. Thank you to whoever that lady was on the other radio station. Why are you listening to her on the other radio station? Well, because it's a safe, you know,

all I want for Christmas, you can't go to too many music stations these days. Oh, it was on a talk station. It was on a talk station, yeah. Now, we are heading into, obviously, Christmas and summer and barbecue season. And obviously, the internet's decided, you know what this guy likes? He likes barbecues. So I keep getting a lot of barbecue content for some reason.

Are you watching the barbecue videos? Yeah. I'm loving them. And I've got a new favourite human being. Okay, now this guy is so passionate about barbecues. He's from the southern states of America and

he's got this massive backyard barbecue set up where he's got a tray on this massive tank that he puts chicken, all chicken, and he lowers the tray into the bubbling or boiling oil and fries the chicken and boy he is so passionate he is so passionate have a listen to this man they can't do it like this right there

cook to perfection now we call this the premium fire right here look at them beans right there look at them beans right there look at that right there he keeps going look at that right there look at that right there look at that right there. Look at that right there. He keeps going, look at that right there. Is he like slapping the chicken? Yeah, he's like displaying his weirs too. And he's also cooking a pot of beans. But he keeps saying, look at that right there. But he manages to say it as one word.

Look at it right there. We gonna walk around here? We got some tomahawk steaks hanging. We even got some dungeness crabs right here. Look at that right there. Look at that right there. Look at that. Big boy right there. Look at that right there.

Look at that right there. Look at that right there. He keeps saying, look at that right there. I'm like, I'm looking. I am looking at the video. I can see it. Look at that. Who do you know doing it like this?

But he's very passionate about his barbecues. And if you want to see an impressive barbecue, you should see his one. Ben, you're not like your jumbuck that you bought and you got mocked for. No, I've got a much, much nicer one now because I got mocked out of that one. Did you get mocked? Well, it was a temporary one. It was a temporary one, but yeah. His wife sent him to get a barbecue and he came back with just your stock standard one that I've got as well.

And then he got mocked by his friends and family. I did, yeah. I got another nicer one a year or two ago, but my wife wanted the colour. She chose it because it had a nice blue lid. I was like, does it matter? And then the guy was going to give us the one already set up in a different colour, and I was like, great, I don't have

to install it. And it was cheaper, and she's like, no, I really want that blue lid. I was like, how often do we see the lid of this thing? Anyway, so we ended up with a barbecue with a blue lid. You got the blue lid barbecue, yeah. Okay. Could have got the display model for cheaper.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now a little game that we were playing. It wasn't a sporting game over the weekend, but I don't know why someone bounced. We got like a lads chat, and this is the extent of how laddy our lads chat is. Someone's like, name foods that have a Z in it. Ooh, okay.

And they say, see if you can get to 10 foods that have a Z in it. Ooh, okay. And they say, see if you can get to 10 foods that have a Z or a Z, however you want to say it, in the name somewhere. It can start with Z. It could also have a Z within it. That's a fun game. Zucchini comes straight to mind. Zucchini was one we got as well.

Yes. Top of mind. Okay, that's it, one. You're on home stretch. And you can 4487 on the text if you want to get involved as well. 10 foods that... Pizza. We got to 10.

What's that? Pizza. Pizza. Well done. Great. Fusilli is a pasta. Is it Z or S? I'll put a question mark on that.

What else has got a Z in it? Jeez, this is tough. Cheese. Yeah, I was like, D's nuts, but that didn't count. Lad's chat, eh? That was the most laddy thing of that. The lads chat was like, name foods that have Z in it. We all got quite involved.

And then I was, yeah, I was probably the most laddy with that, just as a gag. Calzoni. Calzoni is a good one. Calzoni. Oh, jeez, I'm out. Food with Z in it. Yeah, there's a few obvious.

4487 on the text, have you got any? Yeah. I went home to the Hitch, you can call as well. 4487 on the text. Have you got any? Yeah. 0800 a hit. She can call as well. Is this replacing the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz today? We can get to the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz next if we want to. I just thought it was a fun little... It's just a bit of a filler quiz.

Yeah. How many have we got so far? Four? Three or four. Maybe the one you were... But do you know if it's an S or a Z? Oh, let me check. Let me check.

That's a pasta. Few silly pasta. It's an S. Okay. So we've got three. Surely there's more. Oh, there is more. There's a pasta. Fusilli pasta. It's an S. Okay. So we've got three. Surely there's more. Oh, there is more. There's some obvious ones.

How many did you get in your chat? Well, yeah. Not me personally, but we got 10. We got to 10 of them. I think over 12 actually in the end. So yeah, there's a few around the Chorizo. Oh! Chorizo.

I'll throw it out there as well. Roasted zebra? Yeah, roasted zebra. Something you'd have like quite salty. There's like a snack. Oh! Terenzo. I'll throw it out there as well. Roasted zebra. Yeah, roasted zebra. Something you'd have, like, quite salty. There's, like, a snack as well. Americans love it. Oh, pretzel.

Yeah, there we go. Mozzarella, someone's texted. Mozzarella. Yeah. Tzatziki. Tzatziki. Yeah, Tzatziki. Yeah.

I love it. I love that sauce so much. What do you call it? Tzatziki, but I never know how to pronounce it. Yeah. I love that. It's a Greek sauce. Oh, I love it. I love that sauce so much. What do you call it? Tzatziki, but I never know how to pronounce it. Yeah. It's a Greek sauce. Oh, I love it, but I can never say it. I'm not entirely sure how to say it either. Someone's texting Orzo.

Orzo pasta. Yeah, Orzo pasta. Gorgonzola cheese. Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola. Oh, we didn't have Gorgonzola. That's a good one. That's a fresh one coming through.

All right, there's a couple in the nut family as well too. Brazilian. Yeah, Brazil nuts. coming through. All right. There's a couple in the nut family as well, too. Brazilian. Yeah. Brazil nuts. Brazil nuts. Yeah. Yeah. Is there another one in the nut family?

There's another one in the nut family as well. Pistachio. Now, come through, Producer Ellie. She's mouthing something from the producer's booth there. What's the suggestion you've got there? I hope you haven't seen this yet. Hazelnut? No.

Hazelnut. Hazelnut. There you go from the nut family as well. Yeah. Gazpacho. Oh, jeez. We didn't have that one. That's a good No, it's the hazelnut. There you go from the nut family as well. Gazpacho. Oh, jeez, we didn't have that one.

That's a good one. What's gazpacho? It's Spanish? Yeah, it's a cold soup or something, is it? Yes, it's the

tomato cold soup. I only know that from The Simpsons because Lisa makes it when she's vegetarian. Another text here for 487.

Thank you very much for schnitzel. Oh, yeah, schnitzel. Yes, we had that. I think we've probably got close to a 10 yeah well done guys it was a fun game

yeah there we go so there you go once you start thinking about it there is more but it's quite hard to do this is the most texts we've had at quarter past six

for a long time thank you it was probably the most involved our lads chat has ever been like I was out to dinner with my wife

I was like oh this is fun more enjoyable than the date I'm on I'm like not normally involved in the lads chat and I was like this is fun more enjoyable than the date I'm on I'm like not normally involved in the lads chat and I was like

this is great this is great there we go your wife's like can you get off your phone hold that thought Amanda texting the lads I'm like

oh food's got Z in it oh this is good schnitzel that's a weird thing what do you think the lads are talking about well they're actually talking about

really it's quite lame but a lot of fun