Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Email Etiquette

Episode Date: June 5, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY What "how do you know her" really means When you hope they don't pick up... We chat to our new entertainment reporter! Manifesting Megan stole from a supermarket! Can Jono pull off a tracksuit? Check us out! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Bien podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts in tastes that Kiwis love. Something before it was probably worst nightmare situation from a rest home. Megan, you started thinking about all sorts of scenarios. When you said worst nightmare, I was like, did everyone have gastro at the rest home while engaging in some kind of group pleasure situation? Mass heart attacks, COVID strain ripping through the... These are all worse nightmare situations. So maybe they're worse than this one.

But a lady at 9.44 in the morning got pronounced dead. A couple of people came to pronounce her dead, which is sad, but I guess it does happen in the rest home. They moved her body, put her in the hearse, take her to the funeral home, stuff like that. And it wasn't until they got her there, two and a half hours later, someone was like, uh-oh, she's breathing. She was just sleeping.

So a lot of people got like this. A lot of people through that whole process of getting it. Did no one check her pulse? She obviously didn't wake up. Maybe she was that dead asleep that she was like, oh, she's gone. R.I.P. All right. Someone move her into someone someone else into her room.

Probably someone on the end of the room, eh? I hope that hasn't happened before. And they've got further down the track, if you know what I'm saying. We've done all the paperwork now. Was it time just to slip away? It's really hard to. It's easier just to take it back. Once a few months.

So at what point did she wake up? Was she in the. Yeah yeah was she at the funeral home oh that's confronting it's like a like a little trial run i guess in some ways you get to test drive you're like this is what's going to be like and then you get to go back and she have a sense of humor about it well yeah i don't actually know as much as you can you hope that she was just at the stage where you're like, well, that was your outing for the day. I hope you had a good one.

But worst nightmare stuff. I would hate to be buried alive. It would just be like a... We were going to do a radio competition of that, weren't we? Back in the wild days where there weren't health and safety, where you put a listener in a glass coffin and little GoPros in it and bury them alive. I think Mr Beast did a similar thing recently.

Oh, did he? Yeah. On social media. For days and days in a glass. Oh, he was living in there for days. Yeah, for quite some time. Oh. Yeah.

No, thank you. Yeah. Have you watched that Ryan Reynolds movie? Is it just called Buried or something? Where he's, yeah. And he gets buried in that little coffin. No. No.

Didn't he get PTSD or something from shooting that as well? Just being in that tight space? Old people, though, actually, back to the original story, when they are sleeping, they do look deceased. Have you seen an old person sleeping? Mouth open, just, oh. I look like they were not sleeping. But then if you're like 90, you're like, oh, well, that must be.

Yeah, time's up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Queensland won the first game of State of Origin against New South Wales. There you go. I got that out. But they did have someone send off in the first eight minutes. Brutal tackle on poor Rhys Walsh. It was quite confronting, wasn't it?

It was quite confronting to watch. Sports chat for you. Yeah, pretty average sports chat, to be honest. I've got to bluff my way through it with Ben. I pick up on what Ben's saying and just try and continue on what he said. Who do you support? Oh, New South Wales for many years. So, yeah, they haven't been that good the last couple of years.

But once you stick your team, you stick with your team. That's it, through good and bad. Laurie Daly. Yeah. Who was New South Wales? Some references. Yeah, here we go. Menzies.

Yeah. Now, Megan doesn't understand what we're saying right now. No. You know, probably how we feel the same when you say some other things and other females say some stuff that we maybe don't understand. And this is another episode of Femme Glitch as we decipher. Very complex, multi-layered female language. Now, I mentioned yesterday what we potentially could be tackling today

for FemGlish, and I said it to you, and you were like, oh, that was your reaction. Oh, so, okay, you're in a social setting. A third-party female comes up, starts having a conversation with us. We're friendly, you know? We're not going to be rude. No.

You know, that third-party female leaves the conversation and we hear, how do you know her? Can I say it properly? How do you know her? Yeah, it's light. How do you know her? It's light. It's lovely and light.

It's light. It's breezy. I don't mean anything by it. But does it mean, is it light and meaning? Like it comes across like a genuine intrigue. Oh, how do you know her? To us. Oh, you want to know how I know her?

How do you know her? What's. Oh, you want to know how I know her? How do you know her? What's the right way to answer that question? As casually as possible. Oh, I can't even really remember. I don't even know. What? Because generally it means like, what do you think of her?

How come you were so friendly? Like, what's the background here? Oh, so we're giving an evaluation on... Is this third party female to you Is there some sort of Is there some sort of threat I should be aware of here Oh really

Do you guys have history Yeah Is it like you know In the wild Has she come along And tried to spray all over your area I guess so yeah And you're silently

Nothing said But there's a tension between you Because I'm not a jealous Like possessive person. So it's delivered like, oh, how do you know her? Okay. And so we just go, oh, okay, remember the name. That's us playing a game as well.

But in the background it's like, I went to the dangers of you. I'll be careful. What if I'm like, bloody hell, we patched about four years ago at the office Christmas party. Haven't seen her for ages. Looking great. That could be the honest thing you could say. Now, what if someone is in that situation and they're like, uh-oh.

But then you need to say. What I love about my wife Amanda, she's pretty straight up. She doesn't say, we don't really play the games, which is really good. She doesn't play these sort of things. I had an instance, and I was telling you guys about it, where we caught up with some people that used to work with her and her husband and I was trying to describe to Amanda I was like, you met her before?

Amanda's like, describe. And I'm like, oh, she's got straight hair. That's right. She's got blonde hair and Amanda's just like,

is she pretty? She's pretty, isn't she? Because she's dancing around it. Yeah, I guess she is, you know, but it was just like,

yeah, well, I'm trying to like, oh, make up a little thing. She's got eyes, nose with two nostrils. Two feet.

Everything seems like in the right place. Yeah. Very symmetrical person. Just straight up about it. You know, which I was like, yeah, I guess you're right. But it wasn't like we were, you just got married and all sorts of stuff. Some people might find her attractive. Not me though.

Not me. I can't even remember where I know her from actually. So that's all we need. Downplaying is the instance, is it? Yeah. Okay. We're downplaying, putting everything at ease. This happened to us at the gym literally a couple of days ago. This very attractive girl went up to my husband and was like,

oh my God, I haven't seen you for ages. I was like, I don't recognise this person. I don't think it's a mutual friend. I'm like looking back and forth, looking back and forth, waiting for him to introduce me. It didn't happen. And afterwards I was like, how do you know her? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

A couple of shoppers in Kaimart and Tauranga are surprised to hear some soft moaning over the loudspeakers. It was what you think it was. It was, but no one's sure exactly how it happened, whether it was some sort of prank or whether someone had connected somehow to the loudspeakers in the store. Oh, Jessie from the office sent this the other day. Yeah, it's on the Herald this morning.

It's made of the Herald. Yeah, mainstream news. Surely it's a prank. Well, yeah, you think sent this the other day. Yeah, it's on the Herald. It's made of the Herald. Yeah, mainstream news. Surely it's a prank. Well, yeah, you think so. Like, surely. Otherwise you're like, I can't hear that. What's it connected to? Oh, dear God, it's connected to the shop speakers.

The old Bluetooth does, can really stitch you up on the odd occasion. It keeps trying. Bluetooth is a try. Every now and again you're like, no. And then it goes back and you're like, all right, I'll try and get this publicly out for you. Like, no, no, it's good. It's persistent. Yeah. Cuffs up. You're like, all right, I'll try and get this publicly out for you. You're like, no, no, it's good. It's persistent.

Yeah. Cuffs up. We used to work with a girl at the Edge. Oh, yeah. She was in her bedroom watching some content and couldn't figure out why the sound wasn't working on her laptop. And it was connected to the flat communal speaker in the main living room where everyone else was.

Yeah. Very unfortunate situation. Yeah, it is. Bluetooth. Now, Femglish, we're trying to get to the bottom of the female language. Today's topic, how do you know her? I feel like you're always bringing these things to me, but you already know what the answer is.

You already know the undertone with, how do you know her? I guess it's just for insurance. You're backing up what we claim It is what you think it is There's a little bit of jealousy Maybe involved there We want to know where we know this person How do you know her? What's the history?

Have you touched her? Have you thought about touching her? Who is this flirty trollop? These are the undertones of that question You said it Yeah Okay And you've just said

if you can cancel it out, diffuse the situation, keep the environment neutral by saying, I don't know, I can't remember who, this is weird. But that feels like

that's got to catch up here on some stage. Yeah. Especially if you are good friends. You know, like one of those situations where you're like, I can't remember.

And then you'll be like, you guys worked together for like 20 years. You're like, oh yeah, that's right you know. I love your sound effects. Jen always records

too when she asks a question and I don't know, I don't want to answer it or don't know how to answer it. I go eh. You do. It gives you a little bit more thinking time. It does. It buys you a little bit of real estate. What's that? So guilty. Oh no. It gives, doesn't it? Buys you a little bit of real estate. What's that? So healthy. Oh, no.

It gives you a lot more time. It does. It gives you a tendency to get buff for the old age. You know what I said? The longer you can draw that little process out, get the back part of the brain working. You're right on the back foot to start off with.

Yeah, a bit of multitasking. We're going to get Chelsea on. Now, Chelsea, completely different take on this. You don't actually ask, how do you know her? No, when girls come up to my husband in public,

which happens often, I know his past. He was a bit of a ladies' man, so he usually talks to them, kind of walks back a bit awkward, and I turn to him and say, you've slept with her, haven't you? And his reply usually is, awkward, and I turn to him and say, you've slept with her, haven't you?

And if a fly usually is, yeah, and I didn't call her back either. Oh, bit of a pantsy. How many people did he sleep with? He's like, you got me, you got me. You're the one he called back, so. Yeah. Yeah, well, you go, but yeah. So I don't even bother asking how do you know her,

because I usually know the answer. Yeah, all right. You don't want to know the answer. Have you asked for his number? My husband's number? Yeah. Yeah, I have. He said he's way above, like, in the triple digits.

Wow. That's an improvement. Well, then a lot of people will be coming up to him and saying hello. Good on you, Chels. Have a good one. Thank you. You too. Have you asked the number?

Yeah, we know each other's numbers Yeah right, you asked the number? No interest to me whatsoever I can't remember if I asked the number I don't know if I asked, I think we just know It just was discussed I just had one, locked her down No one else will ever do this with me again

Also he was probably lying anyway The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast A lot of us don't like answering the phone If we don't know the number right? never do this with me again. Also, he was probably lying anyway, so. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. A lot of us don't like answering the phone if we don't know the number, right? No. Megan? I hate it.

Yeah, I'm the same as you. I just won't. But every now and again, I will, and it feels a little like, what's this going to be? And the other day, it was my kids trying to prank me, and I regretted it.

They placed some stuff up YouTube, actually. It was actually some really good prank. It was like someone had ordered takeaways, and they're like, you've given me this number, and the regretted it. They placed some stuff off YouTube actually. It's actually some really good prank. It was like someone I'd ordered takeaways and they're like, you've given me this number and the food's waiting. I'm like,

I thought it was a prank and it was a prank. Did you fall for it? Well, there was a part of me that was like, this is the kids and then the same time

I'm like, well, maybe I have ordered something. So is it like a voice that they're playing down the phone? very clever. But something else

I saw on social media, Lewis Davis is his name, very funny New Zealand creator and he had a little fictitious game show on his on one of his social posts it was like a million dollars you got to make one call but the person can't answer if they answer you don't get a million dollars so you need to pick a person pick everyone pick me yeah so i was like who would that what are you guys who would that that person be? You can call someone from your contacts. Yeah. And they can't answer.

If they answer, you wouldn't win the million. I don't have a million dollars, but let's just have it as a fun little game right now we play. Well, the jeopardy's gone immediately because we don't have the mil. Okay. Well, sorry. Budgets are tight. There's a cost of living crisis at the moment. Sorry I couldn't bring

a million dollars for this one break. I feel like we'd need to talk to the bosses here. We'd need to run a big promotion. You wouldn't just suddenly go, hey guys, we're giving away a million dollars.

Here's how the game works. But you don't get to play it when the announcers get to play it. Now, okay, a couple of questions. Can I come through from private? Because that will dictate

on who I choose. Oh no, it's got to be the number that doesn't come through as private. Because private people aren't going to answer. I have to plug my phone and make a call. They have to say that it's from you. Yeah, from you and a million dollars if they don't answer.

I reckon both Maddie and PJ from the afternoon show are pretty terrible at getting back to you. But you're calling from your phone, so PJ will have your number. I don't call anyone. I've never called, I don't call anyone. I've never called them in my life. So either she's going to answer being like,

my God, what's happened? Or she'll just be like, I don't want to talk to you on the phone. For a million dollars that I don't have, but for a million dollars,

PJ. I love how he keeps sticking out his head, which I don't have. A million dollars, which is not real. A million dollars. You want to lock in PJ

right now. I think everyone in my family will answer. Because again, I never call anyone, so they'll answer. A million dollars. You want to lock in PJ right now? I think everyone like in my family will answer. The million dollar call. Because again, I never call anyone so they'll answer. I don't have.

You're going to call PJ. Let's go with PJ. I'm locking in PJ. Million bucks that he doesn't have. This is for the million. Don't answer. She'll be busy.

She's a mum. Great. Then she won't answer. This is the time that you don't want someone to answer. I don't know why. Who's Police Jonathan Evans? Why have you got Police Jonathan Evans?

That was a long time ago. Someone stole all my mail, was trying to steal my identity. Oh, wow. So I had that police officer's... Hey, mate, you've got your time. This is my game show. Stolen from Lewis Davis, all right? Thank you, Lewis.

Ahead, just one up from Police Jonathan Evans. Stop going through my phone. Here is PJ Harding For a million dollars Oh it's ringing The only thing you can wish for Is she's in the morning rush with kids I think you've won a million dollars

I think you might have You've got it Hang on Hi, are you pretty totally fine? Obviously I'm not here in one She's going to text me later and be like Oh Obviously, I'm not here in five minutes. She's going to text me later and be like, oh my God, I'm so sorry, what's happened?

Okay, Ben, who are you going to call for a million fictional dollars? Oh, well, jeez. Just remember this, Jono, if this game ever comes up in real life, me and Ben have got your back. Yeah, right, actually. Like, if one of you guys called me from a thing, I might go, oh, okay.

Jeez, sorry. What? What do you want? Yeah, better take this. Guy Williams Sorry. What? What do you want? Yeah, I'm going to take this. Guy Williams for the answer? Can we get Guy Williams? Let's just try Guy Williams. Let's try Guy Williams.

All right, here we go. Oh, God, it's ringing. Does he like you or is he going to be like, oh. No, we're going to be fine. You think. G'day, mate. Oh, hey, it's Jono. Jono Baird as you know and Megan here We're playing a little game

Like we were hoping someone wouldn't answer For a fictitious million dollars but you answered So I appreciate it, it actually means a lot I'm stoked to get a call from you mate It's only a radio bit though mate I tried to tell him that you'd I tried to tell him you you'd ignore his call. Guy, when was the last time he called you not for a radio bit?

Don't answer that, Guy. Don't answer that. Oh, great catching up. He's having a tough day. All I want is a friend. Oh, mate. Unfortunately, you don't have one now. Love your work, mate.

See you, mate. nice to talk to you guys good chatting good chatting I feel like I need to call it back now but now it's going to be

disingenuous you should be like oh hey mate how's your take on it you don't care you know

I do care I do care about his day oh well hey the bad news is you didn't win your fake million bucks. No. The good news is Guy Williams will answer your call.

Oh, there we go. We might try that one again. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Most of us send emails every day. Some of us send a lot, like myself. And I feel like there's one thing we all do, and you feel obligated to do it. Well, I do at least.

And if you're the as you you can't just get to an email just get straight to the point because we all know why there's a reason why you you're emailing people normally is you feel like you need to do hello jono hello megan one in there hope this email finds you well i fill a line or hey i hope everything's all good with you feel like you have to do this line that they never respond back to amen brother you know yeah can we all collectively agree between the three of us you don't you don't have to do because i feel like it's rude if you just go nah just hit straight into it babes well i feel like it'd be nice to but for some reason you have to go hi i hope this email finds you well yeah and of course

it's going to find them well you've got their email address emails to the internet is not down like i hope you're all good house things or something just to kind of lighten it before Yeah. And of course it's going to find them well. You've got their email address, emails to the internet is not down. Yeah, well, like, I hope you're all good, how's things or something, just to kind of lighten it before you get to the point of the email. So often I write the email and I have to go back and be like,

oh, I didn't write it. I'll be like, oh, how are you? I hope you had a good weekend. I go back and write it because I always forget and I'm just like straight into it. How good is it? Friday or something.

That's when you get back from holidays in January. How was your holiday? No one cares. No one get back from holidays in January, how was your holiday? No one cares. No one. It's harsh, but it's a fact of life. Because I haven't been on one and I don't care how yours was.

So can we all collectively agree that we can just do that? Yeah. Especially to me, don't worry about it. Or if you're like, how are you? Don't care.

Here's what I really want. You know? So you cover it off and give your response and your feelings. Because you know when you read an email like that, you're like,

oh yeah, yeah, yeah. You're not like, oh, they really response and your feelings. Because you know when you read an email like that, you're like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're not like, oh, they really hope I'm well. You know? They're like, no, no, it's just for the content. It's so nice. We all do it. Also saying hope you're well is not asking if you're well. They're just chucking it out there.

They don't want your response. Hope you're well. If not, I don't know. Please don't tell me either way. Do you want me to go into detail of all the bleak stuff that's happening in my life? No, you don't. You just want to let me answer to the meat of the email. I'll tell you what I do love too is when it starts with,

as per my last email. We love all that. It's a passive-aggressive shiz going on right there. You haven't answered. How are you doing? I said, hope you're well. As per my last email. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

We've got a brand new entertainment reporter to tell us all the things happening in the entertainment world. Nicole Ryan is her name. All right, we're going live from the Big Apple to the Rotten Apples of New Zealand radio. Nicole, welcome. What's going on, guys? Tell us about yourself because this is the first time chatting to you. We really appreciate you coming on and talking about what's happening in America. You work in radio in America?

Yes, I work on Sirius XM on Hits 1. Our show is The Morning Mashup, and we do breakfast radio just like you guys. I do all the entertainment reporting, and gosh, we've been doing this for, I don't want to date myself, maybe 18 years. Doing a show for 18 years. Yeah, I mean, I basically started doing it right out of college.

Can you tell us, does life get any less bleak having to wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning? No. No, okay. And everybody always says to me, like, oh, you must be used to it by now. I'm like, no, I have a freaking mini tantrum every morning when the alarm rings.

Like, I have to convince myself that this is the life that I want and I will get up and I will go outside even though the sun has not come up yet. Positive affirmation, yeah. Driving in in silence, I'm always like, name five good things about what you're about to do. And that's all that pulls me through.

How are things in America? Because obviously there's a massive election coming up later in the year. Trump, Biden. It's wild. They're a country so big, so many people. You've got these two. I don't want to age shame anyone,

but these people, they're a little bit older. I mean, let's call it speed of speed. We have really crappy options. They both kind of suck. They're both not ideal. One is like senile and one's like a sociopath. So they're both really not good. And then the sociopath was just convicted of some felonies.

So I'm pretty sure you can't even work at McDonald's if you have a felony, let alone be the president. But clearly, maybe we'll change that. Is there like a third option? Like we only hear about two options. I'm going with Taylor Swift. I feel like at this point, Taylor Swift, I mean, I feel like we all kind of agree that she could bring us all together. She could fix the world.

Now, and you've been doing your job for 18 years. You must have come across Trump. Yeah, he's been up it serious. I've never interviewed him. But yeah, he was up there when he was promoting his reality shows and you know running around saying you're fired but yeah like i mean he just used to be like this cool rich business guy that yeah you'd see at parties or at events and um you didn't really think too much of him he was just a rich dude and then when i heard that he was running for president i was like no he's not this is bs There's no way this is true.

And I ended up eating my words because it was quite true. He's very good at turning stuff around. You know, like for a lot of people, a controversy like this, being convicted would be the end. You'd be off and canceled. But for some reason, it feels like he'll make this kind of work and even get more popular out of it. Right. Yeah, because he kind of appeals to the everyday moron, and we have a lot of those in the US. And he says things that people wouldn't normally say,

and I think some people kind of like that. He's not super presidential. And also, he's good at just talking in circles. He just says a lot of words, and then you're just like, oh, yeah, okay. Oh, yeah, that sounds good. Yeah. So, I mean, he's got a lot of people fooled.

He'd make the perfect radio host, wouldn't he? Just saying some words. Hopefully, they make sense sounds good. Yeah. So, I mean, he's got a lot of people fooled. He'd make the perfect radio host, wouldn't he? Just saying some words. Hopefully they make sense somewhere along the line. And the other thing I wanted to ask you, too, about Donald Trump, no one's really worried about the fact that he's clearly cheated on his wife. How's Melania feeling about all of this? I don't know. She doesn't speak.

She's sort of, I mean, she might be like a wax figure or Weekend at Bernie's. I'm not sure she's even still with us. It's very bizarre. I do feel bad for her. She's very stoic, but she literally is like a frozen woman that just kind of is there. And I don't think she wants to be there, but doesn't really have a choice. She's, I mean, as every day passes, she's a day closer to the big payout, I guess. Maybe.

You have to hope that that's what's going to happen. You have to hope that she's going to get a large sum of money and then run away and sail off into the sunset and live happily ever after. It was all worth it in the end. Do you reckon that's a prediction for us? You know, like the early stages, a lot can change over the next couple of months,

but who do you see, like who could take this out? I have a bad feeling it's going to be Trump, even though, I feel like, even though like that's scary, I just have the feeling that ever since he got convicted, more and more people are like, no, this was wrong. Like they want to prove it wrong. And that somehow he's going to end up in office and I'm moving to another country. Can I come move there?

Come do the show with us. Yeah, we'll fill out the immigration forms for you, mate. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Last night, 43 million lotto powerball, not one, which means they think it's going to

jackpot, roll over to $50 million on Saturday night, which is up there with the highest it's ever been, the most amount of money.

And if it's not one on Saturday, well, it has to be one. It's split between the next possible divisions. So, Megan, you were pretty confident yesterday you were manifesting that the one you guys got so sick of me talking about it but i go

down to like nitty-gritty details of what i do with that money it's just i'm just hopeful you know i feel like you left your manifestation run a little too late because you were doing it on the day of the draw alongside 1.4 other million Kiwis who are probably also manifesting, therefore cancelling out the power of your manifestation. But my manifesting rolls on from week to week. Like it's still continuing until Saturday, every time it jackpots. All right, so your manifestation has been like the lot of jackpot. It just keeps jackpotting until you win.

It just wanted to get to 50 mil for me, you know? So when you are manifesting, what is this process? So I'm not trying i don't take it too seriously but it's where like i guess a lot of people you had a spreadsheet of things that you were going to do with the money in the first week but a lot of people use it manifesting is just like throwing it out to the universe right it's like setting a goal out there you're putting it on paper it's like people who write down goals on paper because they feel like then it will come true yeah right warren buffett the famous businessman has the 525 people who write down goals on paper because they feel like then it will come true. Yeah, right.

Warren Buffett, the famous businessman, has the 5-25 rule. You write down your 25 goals you want to achieve over life and you circle the five most important and you just focus on those. Yeah. See, people write too many goals and you kind of dilute what you're wanting to achieve. So maybe your goal of lotto, that could just be your one. The one focus you've got is win first. It has absolutely taken over my life. But is it goal of lotto, that could just be your one. The one focus you've got is win first.

It has absolutely taken over my life. But is it out of your hands too? I guess that's the problem, right? As far as the goal goes, but you could manifest it maybe. Manifest it. Yeah. I think that's the difference.

Whereas like anything, you know, like work related or something you can actually affect if you can manifest it. And why, guys, it's 2024. Why does it have to be called

manifesting i know i don't know why gender neutral festing you know non-binary festing we can all fest woman manifesting yeah i don't know it's just like setting goals i guess but you it's a good dreaming stuff you know and thinking about dreaming big it was that book the secret remember that for a while that was kind while? That was the secret of The Secret. Spoiler alert. It was just basically what you're saying is putting something out there to the universe and hopefully come back. But then there was, like everything, people start going,

what about people that are sick? What about people that are lost? You're like, oh, yeah, okay. We're not talking about sick people, mate. And I guess there are people that bad things do happen, but it's nice to have that positive outlook. I think Conor McGregor always goes on about that book, The UFC Fighter, The Secret.

He said his sister handed him this book, and for years he was like, oh, and she was like, have you read the book? Have you read the book? Because it's not a very big book. It's little. Yeah, it is The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. And he said, as soon as I read it, it changed his life completely. He could just see what he wanted to achieve,

where he wanted to be. He could see it in his head and he's like, I'm going to get there. There's no way I won't. And producer Taylor's in there. So is this it, producer Taylor? Is this what you helped and dreamed? Did you manifest working with Jono and Ben? Like early in the morning, coming to work. No, obviously I haven't been a big believer for a while.

But no, so I was referred to it when I just finished high school because I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Read it and I was like, oh, my God, I'm actually in control of everything. Oh, my God. So after I read it, I got my gig at the Bulldogs as a cheerleader. Then met my now husband and became my dream life. I didn't see it ending in New Zealand. Manifested a marriage with a league player.

Yeah, and there was actually one time, because the book encourages you to, if you don't believe, manifest really small things. So I said, I want to win VIP at my favourite club this weekend in Trinidad. Right? No, this is a true story. Fusions.

Fusions, with a Z at the end. And all I was like, I just want to win that, and then I'll be a believer for life. And literally on the Friday afternoon, I got a Facebook notification saying I had won the VIP booth. What did that require you? You got a booth. I got a booth. I got free alcohol the whole night.

I got to bring friends in as well. The moral is dream big. Have you met the hits? The Jono and Ben podcast. We're manifesting. Yeah. Is it a thing? Does it work? The Jono and Ben podcast. We're manifesting. Yeah. Is it a thing? Does it work?

Producer Taylor swears by it. She manifested her way into the VIP section of Fusions in Cronulla. Got a booth and alcohol for the evening. I mean, Jesus, that's not an example of manifesting at its finest. I don't know what. Your peeps. Your peeps. Everyone's dreams are different.

They are. They are. And Megan, you tried to manifest First Division last night on Lotto. Spoiler alert. Didn't win it. So someone's come through here on the text 4487. Listen, I have manifested. I've used a mantra as well, which is I tell myself I have more money than I need.

I cannot help but attract a lot of money into my life. Within four weeks of doing this, I won $300 from the hits, $600 in Lotto, and then another $1,300 in Lotto. Oh, wow. I have more money than I need. I have more money than I need.

That's good. That's what happens. Kim joins us now. Kim, now you did some manifesting, or your husband did some manifesting, or did you manifest as a family? Yeah, I think it's more me. He's not into it. Oh, you're into it.

Okay, you manifested. What did you manifest? I manifested that I would have more time with my husband and that we'd have more time as a family. Right. Was he tied up with work, was he? Oh, yeah. He was working at least like 12-hour shifts every day

and five days a week, sometimes six days a week, and then he'd just come home and he'd just be smashed from it so he wouldn't be able to spend much time. Right, yeah, fair enough. It's a long day at work. So you were manifesting, please, universe, let me have more time with my husband. Did that happen? That happened?

It definitely happened. I mean, that happened just before COVID. Did he stop working or something? He did. He did. He just went, oh, I can't do this anymore. I'm done. I'm done with work.

And he switched to uni instead. All right. So you got to spend a lot more time. So this is before COVID. So we're talking a good few years. You've had quality time together. How has it been? Is everything you hoped and dreamed it was?

I would love to say 100% yes Let's be honest You're in a safe space here Are you sick of him? If I'm being honest I would say it's probably about a 50% yes, happy? Yeah, right So does your husband This is great, I'd never want to go back to work

No I think the goal was to sort of just So does your husband, is your husband like, this is great. I'd never want to go back to work. No, I think the goal was to sort of just set us up in a better trajectory for a thing that he loves to do. Oh, great. That's good. That's a good goal. Yeah. So like, it's been great in the sense that he's been home with us a lot more. We've had a lot more family time and things.

We've been able to do things together. But it's been a lot more. We've had a lot more family time and things. We've been able to do things together, but it's been a lot harder financially. It's been a lot harder figuring out how we live together now that he's gone. Are you manifesting him back into those 12-hour shifts, are you? Yeah, I probably

should. Oh, that's brilliant. Well, hey, listen, I'm glad you're spending more quality family time together. Hopefully the rest of it will sort itself out. It'll sort itself out. I believe in it. I'm manifesting the hell out of it. I'm manifesting it.

We appreciate you, Cole. Have a great day, Kim. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. $50 million on Saturday is what they reckon. Must win, $50 million. Crazy. Yesterday I spent the day with my son and

we went for a little supermarket trip and we were looking, he really wanted butter chicken for dinner so I was like, do you know what? I am not making it from scratch. You'll be pleased to know. Wow, good. I was looking at like jars of butter chicken because I couldn't be bothered.

The problem with your cuisine in your household and its magnificent cuisine is you're setting the bar way too high for those kids. How old's Bestie? He's three. I'd like butter chicken tonight, thank you, mummy. Butter chicken. Mad from scratch. I was like, okay, wild.

So yeah, we went and looked in the jar section. So he was looking and he, glass jars, right? He's picking out different things and i was like don't touch them they're glass they'll break i don't know how many times i've said that in my life to him and he pulls out a sweet and sour sauce and it smashes on the ground in the supermarket that's a runaway situation would you would you run away uh no no no no you probably can't no you can't glass there as well yeah like i i don't think I've ever smashed anything in the supermarket before. And there was a supermarket worker behind us.

I was like, oh, no. I thought you had to, like, go and pay for it. Pretty good, actually, if it's an accidental thing, right? Yeah. Well, it seemed to be in my experience. So she was like, don't worry. It wasn't an accident. Your son picked it up and threw it on the ground.

Yeah, essentially. He was, like, smashed. And so she was like, don't worry. I'll get someone to go get some towels and stuff. And I was like, don't worry. But it was an accident. Your son picked it up and threw it on the ground. Yeah, essentially. He was like, smash. And so she was like, don't worry. I'll get someone to go get some towels and stuff. And I was like, okay, so I'll clean it up. And so they went and got towels. And then this nice man was like, it's okay. I'm cleaning it up.

And then I was like, okay, do I just go to the counter and like pay for it? He was like, no, no, no, don't worry about it. I was like, wait, so if I had like stolen it. It's a little different if you steal it. But like you smash it. You don't have to pay for it. I was like, wait, so if I had stolen it, it's... It's a little different if you steal it. But you smash it. You don't have to pay for it. Do you know a friend of mine, well, speaking of stealing,

and there's a lot of it, it costs a living. A lot of people are just running out of the supermarkets with goods and not paying for them. They have security guards there. And my friend was at the supermarket, saw someone literally walk out the door with a trolley load of shopping. And the security guard tried to stop them, couldn really stop them the guy's like why you beat the hell out of him the security guard's like we're not allowed to do anything and then he was like

what are you doing here what's the point of being a security guard if you can't stop anyone from what are you supposed to just be like don't do that in the hopes that they're like oh okay and if they don't there's times too where people actually have citizens have held people and they've called the police like we've got this person here they want they're like, oh, okay. And then if they don't. There's times, too, where people actually have, citizens have held people and they've called the police, like, we've got this person here, they want, they're like, oh, you've got to let them go. Really? Yeah.

What happened to citizens arrest? Is that not a thing? Feels like it's a made up thing, doesn't it? Yeah, man. Feels like it's a good one for Batman, you know, the Batman movies. Or maybe in the movies, you're right. You feel like there's people who should be able to do something, particularly the security guards.

Yeah, that's what I would have thought. But then, like, they can't touch them, right, because that's assault. A security guard can't arrest someone. No, but can you hold them there until the police come, surely? But technically, I don't know, is that assault if they're struggling? You know what I do appreciate the supermarket? The bloody, those mad dog shoppers who buy stuff and then realise they don't really want it

and then leave it on the convey about, you know, just on the edge. Oh, yeah. Or putting it underneath is a little trick as well, right? You're like, oh, I don't really need this. I'll put it underneath, yeah. Can't do it. Have you done that? I can't do it.

No, I don't load stuff. Just follow through. You just follow through? Yeah. Oh, now and again I have to go. You don't want to leave it anywhere. Where do you leave it? What do you mean you put it underneath?

Oh, like next to the chocolate bars or something like that you just let it bend down and go you're like some sliced ham we're not like sliced ham we're like oh maybe I don't need all this

it's when you get to the counter and you see everything start racking up you're like oh maybe I don't need all these things do I need this speaking of racking up

a rack of lamb I'll just put that next behind me so you sort of put it down secretly you're like oh just put it down you know like

something you need the hits the Jono and Ben podcast I was just saying I saw an amazing photo Put that next behind you. So you sort of put it down secretly. You're like, oh, just put it down. You know, like. Something you do. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I was just saying, I saw an amazing photo on the internet, Ben. I was just showing you and Megan. A real photo too, not Photoshop. Not Photoshop.

Had Kid Rock, Chris Rock. The comedian, yeah. And Dwayne the Rock Johnson. The Rock. And they're all sitting there. And the comment says, I'm no geologist, but this is quite an interesting rock formation. I love it how Dwayne and Chris Rock don't look entirely comfortable being a screen photo of Kid Rock.

Smile away, boys. I'd love to know what the conversation was about. Now, Megan, you are the show fashionista. You shake your head when we say that, but you are. By default, you're the most fashionable person on the show. I'm not saying much, but you are. Today you've come in a lovely coat made out of

Yeti pubic hair. It's a very maroon coat. I love it. I do love it. You love Queensland winning the St. Arosia last night. You've got to wear something maroon this morning. Go the maroons! I don't even know which team that is. Yesterday I went into a shop

and there was a gentleman behind the counter full tracksuit oh nice jeez you've got to have confidence to wear a full tracksuit

you know the tops and bottoms either I've got to be a member of the mafia or a professional athlete on your way to training it's more and more

common these days a full tracksuit yeah it almost feels sad to split up a tracksuit. You're like, oh, if you've got the full set, wear it all at once. Particularly people with hoodies

and track pants. Matching stuff as leisure wear. It feels like it's a done thing. It is the look that just screams put me on coach, doesn't it?

I'm ready to play. And I said, hey man, you're pulling off that full tracksuit. You can pull off a full tracksuit. I was like,

I'd come into work in a full tracksuit and people would make a thing of it i don't know if i would yeah grace british grace is nodding she's like yeah i'd make a thing of it yeah i don't i don't believe in pulling things off though because people are always like oh i can't pull that off i'm like all it requires is you putting it on just put it on a rocket yeah that's what my mates here wear some what i think without their stuff he says just wear it just wear it chuck Just wear it.

Put your shoulders back, chuck it on. If you like it, put it on. Who cares? Is there anything I couldn't pull off? Producer Grace is laughing. Maybe a fur coat? Okay, I could pull off a fur coat. Like a Macklemore sort of style fur coat.

Yeah. I can tell you, I can think of a thousand things I could pull off. I could pull off anything mate but there you go full tracksuit there'll be me next week do it please

yeah go on yeah go on do it I'll get your reaction I'll get your reaction yeah won't be to my face