Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Fathers Day Didn't Go To Plan

Episode Date: September 1, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Weekend Recap Torch Update Jono's Internet Outrage Our 69th Caller Dear Megan What did your kids break? 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. On The Hits, now Megan, we were on the countdown last week to what you said was spring on the 1st of September yesterday. It's what lots of people say is spring, at least you're going by the equinox or some scientific thing like that. I got really lost in a deep dive yesterday. At least you're going off science, isn't that all we can go off?

Yeah, science still says the 23rd of September is technically when spring kicks in. But I quite like your theory because it makes you feel better to say it's spring already, right? Yeah, and it's like then it's just the first of each month when it changes, what is it, like six times a year. Yeah, it seems clearer because last year the equinox or whatever they talk about was the 21st. See, it changes. You just never know. Felt good yesterday. That's what I do know.

Felt driving around like, here we go. We are here. Right around the country today, there's lots of people hitting 20 degrees and more. We are here. Well, according to science. Oh, shut up. Just wanted to rain on my beret today. There's an article.

Here you go. Breaking news. It says it's still winter. There's an article. Here you go. Breaking news. It says it's still winter. That's the headline I'm reading from the spot. That's just the miserable mainstream media trying to force feed us fake news. What happened to the dog, Ben? Friday we left you. Your dog had swallowed a pink bandage and you had been told by the veterinarian that the family needed to be on 24-hour dog watch of your dog's bum. Yeah. You basically binge watched your dog's bum. Yeah.

You basically binge-watched your dog's butt for how long? Yeah, well, all weekend and nothing. Nothing substantial or anything like that. Like, yeah, movements have passed, but nothing. Because a highlighter, hot pink bandage, you definitely know. And so, so far, so good, I guess. Is that good, though? I don't know.

Or does that mean it's going to be tangled up in the air somewhere? Yeah, I don't know. Because he had a bit of a sore on his leg, and it had been bandaged up. And the last photo you showed, Megan, of me, of your dog, he had like a blue plate around his head. Did you serve cheese and crackers on that plate? Yeah, well, this is kind of like the cone of shame that the dogs often wear. So this is kind of a new version know, the cone of shame that the dogs often wear. So this is like a new version of that.

He looks like Saturn. Basically, we'd call him Saturn. He looks like he's got the ring around. He's a planet, you know. But it's actually like when he lies down, it's like a little pillow for him. So I'm like, oh, that's quite cute. Maybe he's getting quite...

It's very wide. Like, it feels like it's about a metre wide. How does he navigate through the doors? No, not great. Not great, to be honest. But, yeah, so nothing has passed through at the moment, so I'll keep you, I know everyone will be waiting for updates on the dog's bowel movements, but I'll get you updated this week on that.

This is riveting. We're, like, waiting for a dog poo, and we're waiting for a torch to go out. Oh, that's right. Yeah, we must check on the torch next, our torch ceremony, which we kicked off at the end of the Olympics. Do you remember the Olympics? Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, we must check on the torch next. Our torch ceremony, which we kicked off at the end of the Olympics. Do you remember the Olympics? Yeah. Yeah, that's when we turned a torch on.

The dolphin. And it's still been going strong. There's a sweepstakes. 500 bucks up for grabs if you can guess when the torch battery's going to run out. Is it still going? I felt like last week it was starting to lose its shine. Just a little bit.

It did look dimmer. I reckon. Okay, next. Let's check in with the torch. If you want to head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook and put in. And when you think it could run out, maybe you just say, like now, we could find out next if you could win $500. It is the Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

A great weekend of sport over the weekend. The Paralympics were on, of course. We got a couple more medals overnight, which is great to see. The Warriors' final game of the year. Sean Johnson's last game, and what a comeback. The Warriors winning that one. Huge win over his old club too, wasn't it? Yeah.

Didn't save the Sharks. They did a wonderful haka at the end of the game. It was the Sharks and the Warriors for Sean Johnson. Pretty emotional scenes, actually. Great that he could end on a win. Absolutely. Stick around again. Stick around.

You're still playing great. Stay. Speaking of the Paralympics, did you see them play table tennis? I saw a bloke playing table tennis with the bat in his mouth. Really? Insane. Insane pace.

We were just watching the wheelchair basketball this morning. It's just incredible how they can navigate a court on wheelchairs and also be dribbling the ball and shooting it. It's just incredible how they can navigate a court on wheelchairs and also be dribbling the ball and shooting it. It's amazing skills. The athleticism is incredible. We did wheelchair basketball once.

Have you played that? Oh, wheelchair rugby we did. Oh, wheelchair rugby, sorry, not basketball. It looks quite aggressive. Oh, yeah, they just, yeah. Smash into each other. Yeah, fly out of your chair from time to time. Oh, Lord.

When we were getting strapped up, they're talking to you, they're like, bro, we've got nothing to lose.pped up, they're talking to you, they're like, bro, we've got nothing to lose. That's what they say to you and you're like, well, I do. Oh, shh. Don't make me lose stuff. It's a fun sport,

but yeah, they call it murder ball or something, don't they? That's right. And they're a bit like the New Zealand teams, I think one of the best in the world.

Yeah, it has been, yeah. I feel like I just want to keep my hands tucked in and everything like, tucked in. Those thoughts are running through our ears. Yeah. But speaking of sports, we need to find out of our torch.

The game that we'll be playing with the torch that we put on towards the end of the Olympics. And we want to find out if it's still going. What, almost three weeks? It'll be three weeks on Wednesday. Yeah. That this torch has been going non-stop. You can win $500 if the torch has run out of battery. Do you want to make a call, Gunjan, or do you want to cross to Gunjan? Is he there? Yeah. That this torch has been going non-stop. You can win $500 if the torch has run out of battery. Are we?

Do you want to make a call, Gunjan, or do you want to cross to Gunjan? Is he there? Is he there? No, it's not. Every morning you ask me that, and there's a pole in my way. Yeah, no, he is there. Sorry. Can he see us?

Yeah. Are you waving at him? Has he got the torch? What's the torch doing, Gunjan? He's holding it up. He's holding it up. He's holding it up. Oh, God. He's still going.

The swords are still going. Still going. Good morning, Gunjan. Lovely to see your beautiful face this morning. We're waving through. He's probably about 20 metres away. He dipped under the desk, pulled it out, and yeah, it's still shining. Flashed it in our eyes.

It is. You said it was fading and dipping last week. It doesn't look like it is anymore. It is not. It's not. From this angle flashed it in our eyes. It is. You said it was fading and dipping last week. It doesn't look like it is anymore. It is not. It's not. From this angle, it is brighter than ever. Whose idea was this? Ben's.

Yeah, it was actually. It was. It was a great idea. I did not. No one foresaw it going this long. No. I think a couple of people did. The text did.

Yeah. Not even the battery people, Dolphin or Ever Ready are like, mate, we've never seen anything like this. I said, why are we turning them off? Why don't we just leave torches on the whole time so they're ready for action? Didn't the Ever Ready person say about three weeks? Yeah, I think they did. Yeah, well, this has been almost three weeks.

It'll be three weeks on Wednesday. Yeah, okay. Head to the Hits Breakfast on Facebook, and if you want to predict when this damn torch runs out of battery. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We like to do this on a Monday, look at the internet over the weekend and find out what's causing outrage. A very easily outraged place, the internet, isn't it?

So we each get a headline, and then we have to try and figure it out. Do you mind if I kick things off? Yeah, go for it. The internet is outraged over a boss Oh yeah Now there's many things that a boss could do that could outrage the internet What do you think it sits in? Which category?

It's not some sort of HR issue is it? Could be taken to HR If I was the victim of what this boss was doing I'd be making complaints Oh really? Okay But then also in the same breath the boss technically Is allowed to do what they're doing Okay It just seems

A little pedantic So they're not touching them Yeah I'm not going to bring a touching story I don't know Boss getting all fiddly It's you True actually

Next week I might bring a bloody Handsy story to the Okay Well that would be Causing outrage Justifiably so Normally the outrage is not as justified as we might think.

I don't know, what is a boss? What could a boss be doing? Making them work overtime? Well, you're in the ballpark. You're in the ballpark. But not making them work overtime. Shall I tell you? Yeah.

Okay, the employee has been leaving at 4.59pm. They finished the workday at 5pm. So the boss has collected the one minutes. The boss has added up all their time over a month-long period and sent them an email of the exact minutes that they have left the office. Some being 4.58, some being 4.59. One day, they leave really early at 4.57 p.m., and the boss is like, this is unacceptable.

Person posted it to Reddit. Guess what they're saying in the comments section, mate? What, you should be there till 5 o'clock? That's what technically they should be doing. Yeah. No, but they're not happy. They're outraged at the boss. Yeah.

Oh, so they're angry at the boss on that. But then the boss is... Oh, they're right. And if you add up all those minutes over a 12-month period, you could end up with 15 minutes. Yeah, I'm sure once or twice is fine, but if this person's consistently doing it... Is it a situation where the person's closing up a shop?

No, they... Oh, well, then stuff the boss. No, that's stupid. That's right today. Let's leave before nine o'clock. Let's walk out and see what happens. It's hard for us to leave this job early when we're only here for three hours a day anyway. That's true.

Like six to nine. We're hardly out here in the cold face. All right, I'm going to bring one to you. ASAP Rocky. He's receiving backlash at the moment. Why? Because he's not doing things as soon as possible. He's been out partying.

He's leaving at 4.57. He's getting out partying He's sleeping at 457 He's getting out of there ASAP Has he been out partying? No, it's to do with Taylor Swift What? It's to do with Taylor Swift Oh, he's throwing some shade Taylor Swift's way

It feels like in a roundabout way Maybe he has or he hasn't He's got a new song and the song is called Taylor Swift. But Swift is spelled S-W-I-F. Like if you got a personalized plate and you couldn't get it. Damn it, someone's taking the one I want. And the two lines of the song are about Taylor Swift. The rest isn't.

But everyone's saying backlash because they're saying you're just trying to trade off her name to get attention. I mean, I'm talking about right now just trying to trade off her name to get attention well i mean i'm talking about right now we would be you're trading off your name yeah that's why i left the tea off because now they can't be you can't get angry about it so swifties are causing backlash they're like mate you're just doing this so you get publicity for your song uh and he's like exactly you're doing everything i wanted you to do great story of the weekend actually speaking of asap rocky uh to do with oasis uhasis Liam Gallagher thought his name was WhatsApp Ricky when he met him

he kept calling him he kept calling him WhatsApp Ricky to his face apparently WhatsApp Ricky it's like ASAP Rocky for some reason

I can see how he's got there WhatsApp Ricky not even WhatsApp Ricky it was just like WhatsApp Ricky it's not what your parents would call ASAP Rocky who's that artist you're into WhatsApp Ricky It was just like WhatsApp Ricky It's not what your parents Would call ASAP Rocky

Who's that artist You're into WhatsApp Ricky WhatsApp Ricky And well WhatsApp Ricky Is quite a good WhatsApp name too I quite like that name as well

Group chat And that's caused The gut rage Well we'll come back To Megan's You got some outrage We'll give you that next Okay great

To do with a cucumber As well Why is that causing Outrage We'll find out next On The Hits The Hits The Jono and Ben podcast.

All Blacks had a tough loss in South Africa over the weekend. Very close game, that one. A controversial try given to South Africa that many people are saying shouldn't have been a try. Twentymofather and all last night. Rugby mad, he is. He said they played really well, though, the All Blacks. Yeah, it was a close game. Got another game next week, I understand.

I think, yeah, Sunday again, New Zealand time. You don't want to fly all the way to South Africa just for one, do you? She's a trip. It's a long way to go, you're right. You're married to a South African. Have you ever been there? He won't go back. Really?

Why? He said it was scary. When did he leave? When did Andrew leave South Africa? He was eight, so it probably was quite scary as a child. But they had bars on their windows and stuff. Oh, wow. Yeah.

It is, yeah, it's another way of life over there isn't it? We spoke to a South African a couple of years ago on the show who was like, I was there when it sort of turned violent and they can see many similarities with what's happening in New Zealand at the moment. Oh don't say that. That's what they said.

They said gun violence started to get more and more common and stabbings and attacks and it grows and grows and grows. All the ram raid stories and stuff. Cherry stuff on a Monday morning for me, I'm sorry. Want to bring the vibes down. So he won't go back to South Africa? No, because I want to go and do safaris

and it looks beautiful. Cape Town looks beautiful. Amazing looking places. You're like, I want to see the cast of The Lion King and he won't leave you. Now we're just talking about outrage over the weekend on the internet.

We love to get a headline and then try and work out why there's outrage and this is to do with cucumbers. Yeah. This is about a viral trend a TikToker

do you want to try and guess? Yeah. Who did a trend about a cucumber? What's the outrage? The outrage is that I feel like the cucumber is the most redundant

thing on the food pyramid. I love a cucumber. It's tasteless. What is the outrage? The outrage is that I feel like the cucumber is the most redundant thing on the food pyramid I love a cucumber Tasteless What is the flavour of a cucumber? I would smash a cucumber by itself Would you? Yeah Just nothing added to it

You don't need anything added by that Too much I have it most days in my lunchbox Do you? I love it Apologies Slander Sorry for cucumber

You can also put some hummus or something. You can dip it in that, but you don't need to. There's too much there. There's too much flavour. But there is that thing going viral, right, when people are slicing it up and putting it in some sort of... You've nailed it. That's the recipe.

I don't know exactly what it is, but I've seen people slice it up almost like a soy sauce or something. I'm not sure exactly what it is. I haven't delved deep into the trend. So the outrage has to do with the trend you're talking about. There is a chef, and his name is Logan, and he does everyday cucumber recipes. Jono.

He's not going to sell me. He doesn't want any day. He says sometimes you need to eat a whole cucumber, and I'm going to show you how to do it. And then he does another recipe with a cucumber. This one is sliced with a mandolin. So everyone's seeing how fast they sliced with a mandolin. So everyone's like seeing how fast they can do the mandolin slicing and

one Australian influencer has sliced her hand like a tomato and gone to the emergency room. Well that's not on Logan. No. So she's like saying there needs to be a warning on these trains. You can really hurt yourself. And everyone's like, where do you think the outrage comes in? Well hopefully

it's because you know like you use your own common sense and go, well, hey, if I can't do this fast, then maybe I shouldn't do it fast. The internet has outraged this idiot because she didn't put the safety guard on it. So she ripped it out of the box and completely sliced her hand open because she didn't put the safety guard on. So, you know, if you're going to attempt that trend, make sure you're doing it safely. Do you know what one of the most enjoyable trends I watched was Kylie Jenner

when she had luscious plump lips and everyone was like, do the Kylie Jenner challenge and you'd put your lips in like a jar? Was it a jar? Yeah, it was like a jar.

And you'd suck. And it wasn't good for your lips because they'd come out plump. You'd seal the jar tight so there was no, you know, just sort of expand like

they were in a flight, like an airplane. Liam, who's producing next story, he's nodding. Did you do the Kylie Jenner lip

trend? You did? Come on here. Did you? Did you? People would do it and you wouldn't realise it was kind

of like semi-permanent. I mean, it would fade. It would last a while, right? Yeah, right. I'm so tempted to make Jono do it.

I saw some poor girl and her lips just looked like they'd been stung by a thousand bees. Did you do this, Liam? Yeah, we actually had to get an email sent to the whole school being like, everyone needs to stop doing this because it came out. We were all in canteen buying the bottles of juices and then sticking our lips in. It's like year nine. And then they had to send out an email being like, because some girl in New Zealand's lips popped. I don't know if i don't remember this and then they were like everyone needs to stop doing this

asap but yes little year nine liam who was playing rugby was walking around with his plumped lips taking on like boys high and you see this Jesus, you guys got some good lips. Is his lips done? Because he looks good. Did it actually hurt? I'm at the bottom of a ruck. It actually did hurt. Oh, okay. So don't do it. It's like a tingly feeling. You just want to kiss those lips.

It's not a nine-year-old boy's lips. After seven o'clock, we've got something very exciting. Brian Adams coming to New Zealand, and you could be winning a double pass. We'll tell you how after seven o'clock on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Very exciting news. We announced that last week Brian Adams coming back to New Zealand. Two concerts, Auckland and Christchurch.

We got your chance to win a double pass with this. Make it a summer of 69 and win your way to see Brian Adams live. Be Caller 69 to win a double pass. 0800 the hits caller 69 so happy at Hurts Tour coming to New Zealand 2025

going to be playing Christchurch in Auckland in February next year frontiertouring.com is where you can get all the details general ticket sales start on Wednesday

this week and you're right Jono caller 69 is what we're going to do so we're going to rattle through as many calls as possible producer Grace taking over from Producer Tata,

who's not here anymore because she's... And the first assignment is to clear 69 callers. It seems like an administration nightmare for you, Grace. Apologies for this one. Yeah, you better. So the phone's already going. Should we rattle through a couple here, shall we? Yeah.

Oh, sorry, mate. You're caller number one. Oh, they've gone. Sorry, you're caller number two. This is great radio. It's going so well. Sorry, mate. You're caller number three.

All right. Call back again, though. You can get calling back. So until we get to caller 69, there we go. We've already cleared three off for you, Princess Grace. And I also thought this week,

wouldn't it be nice to have Brian Adams on the show? Yeah. What do you think,, wouldn't it be nice to have Brian Adams on the show? Yeah. What do you think, guys? It would be lovely to have Brian Adams on the show. Well, we also need to. We've been saying, give him a certificate that we printed

because he won the Hits Best Song Ever a few weeks ago on this free radio show. For Summer of 69. Yeah, for this song right here. He won. No one's told him. No one's sent him an email. You voted for him to win.

He probably doesn't know that. So what do you reckon, Producer Grace? Do you reckon you're going to get tracked down Brian Adams this week? Her face. Firstly, do you know who Brian Adams is?

Not really. She's like, sounds like my friend's dad. Very much sounds like a made up name. You guys are just trying to prank me. This is what happens. A dad or an old science teacher explaining to a GNZ

who Brian Adams is. Do you know that song, Summer of 69? Oh, my love. One of the best days of his life. One of the best songs ever as voted by the hits audience. No, I don't know it.

Get out of here and answer some phones. Were your parents even alive when this came out? Yes, they were. Oh, they were. All right, so classic show. Okay, so if you can, find out who Brian Adams is first

and then try and track him down. First people search, who is Brian Adams? Will we get him on this week? I'll be amazed if you do it, but see if you can do it this week. Oh, Raywood. Hi. You call a four, babe. Okay, thank you.

All right, call back. Smoking hot radio there from Jono. We've got a few more to get through. Keep calling. All right, under the. Smoking hot radio there from Jono. We've got a few more to get through. Keep calling. Oh, I heard the hits. We've got to go to Brian Adams. In either Christchurch or Auckland, Caller 69, the call's coming through. It's hosier.

It's too sweet. It is the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Going to try and find the caller number 69 to celebrate Brian Adams coming to New Zealand in his iconic tune, The Summer of 69. He'll be here next February. Jeez, bloody, Raewyn, you're relentless.

Raewyn, you're back on. Yes. Mate, your caller number, what are you? 56. 56, Raewyn. Oh, almost there. So quickly call back. Quickly call back.

You might get it there next. Keep the calls coming through. They've been taken in the room there with Producer Liam and Producer Grace. So we'll get to 69 very surely, it seems. Now, you're saying you had a Father's Day meal nightmare yesterday, Megan. I did. I wanted to make my husband breakfast. That's our tradition on Mother's Day and Father's Day is we make it like a nice breakfast for each other.

You know what? I just looked on your Instagram before. Beautiful looking pancakes there. Even with a smudge of the sauce along the side, you know how you smudge it along the plate? Look like a blood smear along the plate there. I was going to show you that picture because that's not what I intended to make.

Oh, okay. So when you're making pancakes, are you getting one of those bottles, you fill it up with water, you shake it up? No. You know she's not doing that. I do love those.

Flour, sugar, egg. Convenient, those bottles. Those old milk bottles. Put it in warm water is my trick, though. You put it in warm water because then the thing mixes up better. That is actually genius because you can never, you're like banging that bottle. That's my little tip for that one.

But I know you'll be making it from scratch. I was. But I've got two, I've got a three-year-old and one-year-old so i was like this isn't gonna go it's not gonna be smooth sailing because were they helping you in theory i thought the three-year-old would help me they fought they yelled they were hanging off me it was a disaster i had prepped the night before to make souffle pancakes those Those are those big fluffy ones, right? Of course you did. I had prepped it all out.

I'd prepped it all out. I'd weighed everything out. I had it ready to go. I'd made everything that I could, and I was like, it'll be simple. I'll put it all together. Those souffle pancakes went flat. I burnt the bottom of them. I can't even remember the last time I burnt something.

And my kids were screaming to the point where Andrew finally wakes up to screaming kids. And I'm yelling, just get me some space. Get me some space. I prepped these souffle pancakes last night. And he comes out and he was like, is everything all right? You okay? And I was like, please take them away from me. So he takes the kids outside. Bastion's like, I just want to help you. And I was like, please take them away from me. So he takes the kids outside.

Bastion's like, I just want to help you. And I'm screaming, I get outside. I just need some space. And then finally, like I was crying. I tipped out all the pancakes

and I started again. I was like, I just wanted it to be perfect. Use the shake bottle, mate. And then I made basic pancakes. I'll get your shake bottle next time I'm at the supermarket. And my husband finally comes creeping in after half an hour with the kids,

and he was like, you okay now? And I was like, happy Father's Day. Looking at the photo, you wouldn't have known any of the drama had taken place. Instagram versus reality. Reality was not. They do look great. At least you didn't overreact. That's good.

No, yeah. He walked in. I was screaming and crying. The kids are yelling. At least you didn't overreact. That's good. No, yeah. I was like, he walked in. I was screaming and crying. The kids are yelling. And I was like, take them outside. Jeez, man. We'll just whip down a Macca's and get the pancakes. I'm sure there's some hotcakes.

He should have. He loves those. They've got hash browns too, yeah. We'll keep the callers coming through. Caller number 69. We're pretty close. I think we're almost about to hit the 60s. So keep coming through next. Someone will want to double pass to Brian Adams on that.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, Brian Adams coming to New Zealand next year in February. Christchurch and Auckland. So happy it hurts to tour, and we've got a double pass to give away right now. Get all the details at frontiertouring.com, though.

69. Caller number 69, we're after. Renee. Oh my god. Hello.com though. Yeah. 69. Caller number 69 we're after. Renee. Oh my God. Hello. Good morning. Your caller 67. No. So close.

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Tony. Tony. Bro, you're 68. Of course I am. You're like, classic Tony. Always. Oh, Tony. No, this is good luck, Tony.

It means like something good's going to happen in your day today. I hope so. Come on. We'll send you out some hell pizza, Tony. Oh, pizza sounds better. Yeah, good on you. Better than Bryan Adams tickets, that's right. And we're going to head to Nartia.

Ben. Hello. Guess what number caller you are. Please tell me I'm 69. You're caller number 69. Well done. You are going to see Bryan Adams. Oh, legend.

Double pass? Either you two, Christchurch or Auckland. Where would you like to go? Auckland, please. There you go. That's how that game works. Is that coming back all week? Please tell me not.

I don't think so. Hey, boy, show some of your people are listening. Yeah. Jeez. Great. We'll enjoy Brian Adams being next. Dear Megan, what's happening this week? Well,

yeah, this is a conundrum. Someone's taken off their wedding ring. Is that even a good idea? I'm not sure. We'll find out next on Hits. The Hits,

the Jono and Ben podcast. Dear Megan. Now, someone has slid into your DMs again. This one's to do with a wedding ring, Megan.

Yeah. So, this is from the husband's to do with a wedding ring, Megan. Yeah. So this is from the husband, anonymous, of course. Hey, team. I have a DM, Megan, for you. My wife takes off her wedding ring when she goes to work. It's not a secret. I know she does it, but it makes me pretty uncomfortable.

She works in a sales job, and she thinks she gets further if people don't know she's married. Wow, okay. I guess she's being flirty or something, and she reckons gets further if people don't know she's married. Wow, okay. I guess she's being flirty or something and she reckons it works to her advantage. Don't get me wrong, she earns good money and I obviously benefit from that, but I feel really uncomfortable with her flirting and acting single. I don't actually think she would ever cheat on me, but it just makes me feel pretty S-word to be honest. And I think she is talented enough to not rely on that.

What do you guys think? Taking your wedding ring off. Wow. Does it actually work in the sales game? Bit of flirting. Show a bit of leg. I don't think. If you're doing the flirting thing, does the wedding ring even matter?

Like, I don't know. Oh, right. I guess you seem more obtainable if it's not there. It seems quite okay. Yeah. Obviously, they're cool with it, their relationship. Well, he doesn't seem cool with it. Well, yeah, I guess.

He knows it's happening. He knows it's happening, yeah. Yeah, I mean, she's not hiding it. Oh, the things I'd do if I could come to work and pretend to be not married. Probably nothing, to be honest. I don't think it'd be any advantage to someone like me. I'd be like, oh, they'd be surprised I am? You're married?

Oh, really? Someone actually spends their time with you. What would you do? Okay, put yourself in this situation. That's the thing. I always, in any argument, in any situation, you always flip it and see how you would feel if that was happening.

So if your partner's taking their ring off and going to work flirting, how does that make you feel? It would make me feel rubbish. What are you doing? Mind you, you said when you had a cafe, Andrew was front of house. He's a good looking guy. He's out there bloody sex sells paninis. That's what they say in the cafe

game. So let's say you're at the cafe, he's taking his ring off. He still had his ring on. He's like, take it off because it's great. We get more money coming through the cafe. Sell more coffees. Yeah, no, it kind of did happen because I'd walk in and he'd always be like chatting up the ladies. They'd all be giggling and laughing. And he was like, then they buy more coffees and they hang around for longer and they buy more.

I'm like, I'm not. What were you? We out the back of the kitchen. That's the reality of why I was there so often. I'm like peering through the thing. I'm like, what are you thing. What are you doing? Who are they? The dishes master.

The dishes. Okay, so what do you say, dear Megan? I just think flip it. And I don't think it's okay. Okay. I don't think it's okay. But then he's like, you've got to factor in the income. She's clearly the breadwinner in the household.

He also says I think she's talented enough not to rely on that. Okay. What advice? Can you actually make her put on her wedding ring? Can he do this? Or is that being controlling? Oh, yeah, true. Okay.

I went under the hits. Four, four, eight, seven. Not everyone wears a wedding ring, but that's just actively taking it off for advantage. Yeah. Which is interesting, right? Yeah. Okay. I went under the hits.

Four, four, eight, seven. You've heard from me. Sorry, I turned your mic off. That's right. You brought me up, mate. I don't have anything more to say. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Dear Megan.

Someone else has slid into your DMs, Megan. Interesting dilemma involving a wedding ring. Just to quickly recap. So the husband has written to us, pretty uncomfortable, that his wife works in a sales job. She takes off her ring to go to work and I guess acts all flirty because she says it makes her get more sales.

If she doesn't have her wedding ring on, she can be all flirty. Yeah. So he's kind of torn because she brings home a substantial amount of money. Which he said he benefits from. The majority of the income of the household. He probably trusts her.

You just don't trust the other grubby cretins out there. You know, with their hairy chests and gold medallions. Do you? You don't trust them. That's probably his issue. Yeah. So can he make her put a wedding ring on? And does a wedding ring actually stop anyone? Well that's interesting you say that because there's some Facebook

comments. One from Tane and said, oh, should I have said his name? Yeah, well, yeah, go on. Personally, I believe a man is more interested in a female

if she's wearing a wedding ring. More of a challenge. Okay. Is that it? I don't know. I don't know. You're the male here.

I don't really know about that. I wouldn't say that. Do people even necessarily like look at that? I don't think so. I don't. If someone's like, if there's that. Do people even necessarily, like, look at that? I don't think so. I don't... If someone's like, if there's mutual flirting going on,

it's not like you're like, hang on a second, let me see if there's a ring there. You know, like... Well, maybe if you're single, though, and you're flirting with someone who's, you know... Yeah. You're like, what are my obstacles here? Yeah, that's quite a big obstacle for a lot of people.

A lot of people were saying... Not for turning, this is a thrilling challenge. A lot of people were saying if the for turning. This is a thrilling challenge. A lot of people were saying if the shoe was on the other foot, big red flag here from Holly. Take your wedding ring off and say you're going to flirt at work and see how she feels about it. That's how I feel. Okay.

All right. Well, let's go to the calls. She's like, you're in a call centre, mate. No one can see your wedding ring. We'll take it off. Just so you know, I'm not wearing a wedding ring. Great. Are you interested in Arbonne products?

G'day, Cathy. How are you this morning? Oh, do I need to push that? Sorry, Cathy, I needed to push a button. I didn't push the button, mate. Now we're here. Good morning, Cathy. Okay, good morning.

How are you? Good. Now, you are in a high-profile sales role. What's your stance on this? Well, I had my diamond fall out of my wedding, so it was sent in for repairs. Right. And as I was calling on my clients, they would notice it, and it was like a total different person on the other side. I work predominantly in the mail industry.

I'm always very, very professional, but the sales came in twice as much, even more than ever. And I'm the most loyal person. I'm actually having my 35th wedding anniversary today. Oh, congratulations. Thanks. And it is like a light switch goes off. So it's not necessarily her.

She's working what she's got. So you didn't have a ring on. You weren't even necessarily flirting. Absolutely not. Because that's not my personality. Look, she would be a, normally if you're in a sales role, quite a vibrant, confident person in any case.

So you've got to take that into account. And if that ring is not there, it doesn't mean anything's going to happen. It's just, it is, I was gobsmacked actually, as we still talk about it to this day, how my record sales went through the roof that month. You're like, ma'am, a monthly target's doubled.

No ring. And so what, after that, did you pull any slow months where you're like, I might slip the ring off on the 10th and see how we go? No, no, no. Never like that. It was never that way intended or anything

like that. But it is like life's switch went off. Interesting. Yeah. And it's like, oh, there's an opportunity. Oh God, you're going to have to spend a lot of money before you even get to talk to me properly.

There you go. That's from the sales industry of money before you even get to talk to me properly. There you go. That's from the sales industry. Thanks. It's a new twist if you take, like if you're not flirting. And Paula, we'll take you quickly. Your thoughts on not wearing a wedding ring to get ahead with sales.

Oh, look, I just, I've been in a sales role before in a male-dominated industry. And I think as long as you're, it's going to sound a bit shallow, a good-looking woman with a bit ofdominated industry, and I think as long as you're, it's going to sound a bit shallow, a good-looking woman with a bit of charisma and personality, they don't really care about the wedding ring. It's not an issue.

Okay. I don't think so. Right, right. And so what would you say? Would you be for or against this lady taking her ring off to get ahead? Oh, totally against. And it's not even about getting ahead.

It's disrespectful to her husband and degrading for her, if you ask me. There you go. Just quickly to recap because we need to give an answer. So I would say most people are saying it's disrespectful. If the shoe was on the other foot, which is what I think, how would you feel? Pretty rubbish. We're talking about rings, not shoes.

Now you make it real confusing. You're confusing me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. not shoes now you make it a little confusing you're confusing me now the hits the Jono and Ben podcast now yesterday I for Father's Day was walking into the supermarket

and got a well not a I won't say accosted just approached approached by a gentleman yeah and he's like

have you got a cigarette and I said no but you know I was honoured that he thought I looked badass enough to carry cigarettes I was like no I don't was honoured That he thought I looked badass enough To carry cigarettes I was like

No I don't have a cigarette Then he followed Directly up with Well have you got a lighter Okay Which I thought Was an unusual Follow up question

Given the first one I hadn't Delivered on Yeah Which led me to assume That he He must have had A cigarette to light

Oh yeah Yeah You're right Or was he just Going to take your lighter And wait And then hope for Another cigarette person To come along I don't know He must have had a cigarette to light? Oh, yeah. Yeah. You're right. Or was he just going to take your lighter and wait? And then hope for another cigarette person to come along? I don't know. I don't know.

Maybe he was felt like a very disorganized smoker to me. So you look like a smoker even after you said you didn't have a cigarette too. Exactly. He's like, well, maybe you're an arsonist. Have you got a lighter? Well, that's true. Or a professional birthday cake lighter. But no, I couldn't deliver on the lighter as well.

And then he's like, well, have you got any change? So he's basically just trying to guess what I've got in my pockets. It would have been better to just be like, empty your pockets. What's in there? I kind of got to that stage where I was like, hey, do you want to have a look in there? See if there's anything of interest. I only had some gum, I think, in there. I got asked for a charger a while ago. Out on the street? Yeah.

That was when we used to park across a few blocks away from where we do now from work. That was sort of 4.45 in the morning? Yeah. It's like, do you have a charger? And I didn't. But then I was like, well, how does it work if I do? What was the next question? Do I hand it over or do we go inside and plug it in and wait?

Do you wait while it charges? Yeah, I didn't know the situation there. And did you – you didn't know what phone they had? No, true. We didn't get to that. But I honestly didn't have a charger, so we didn't get that far. But very unusual. I was like, oh.

I guess when you need a charger, you need a charger. Yeah. You do. But – You're right. But where are you plugging into? It seemed like anyway one of every human's worst nightmares

though isn't it being approached by a stranger on the street god what do you want from me yeah don't you find that sometimes with a clipboard when someone comes up with a clipboard you're like what's this going to be tell you what's going to be 100% pain in the ass mate the hits

the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits and Dilma, do try it. Monica Birch, your friend, workplace, whoever, to listen to our show on The Hits and also drink Dilma tea after all they're saying is do try it and there's a $1,000 challenge on the line each week. Yes, and I think we've just phoned someone who wants to nominate a family member to listen to the program.

Nadia Gibbs is on the phone with us now. Gibbo. Gibbo. Who, sorry? Who's Gibbo? Are you Gibbo? I'm Nadia Gibbs. I don't have a nickname Gibbo, though.

Are you Gibbo? Do people call you Gibbo? No, nobody calls me that. Can I call you Gibbo? Sure. Sorry about Jono. He I call you Gibbo? Sure. Sorry about Jono. He's trying to give everyone a nickname. Straight away, you can't just give people a nickname.

Also, you can tell she doesn't want to be called Gibbo. No, she's too polite. I mean, yeah, I thought you were confusing me with someone else. You don't sound like a Gibbo. Can't say anyone's ever called me that, but, I mean, hey, it could be a new thing. Well, Gibbo, you entered to win $1,000. I did, yes.

Now, someone in your life doesn't listen to this program? Probably you after being called Gibbo. Yes, yep. Who is it? It's my mum. Okay, your mum. All right. So if she listens to the show, we're going to set her a challenge,

and then she answers questions at the end of the week. You'll split $1,000 in a Dilmati price back. How hard do you think it's going to be to convince her to listen to the show? Yeah, no, I think she could be convinced. Is she a gibbo as well? No, she's not. She's got a different last name. What's your last name?

Poe, but it's spelled P-O-U. So she used to get called, you know, in school, Poe, which is a bit... Okay, don't do that, Jono. You're better than that, Jono. Well, I'm not, but I won't reference it here, because Mary-Anne Poe joins us on the phone now. Hello! Can you hear me? I can hear you. Can you hear me?

Oh, great. Yes. Now, loud and clear, Mary. You're coming through in crystal clear Dolby Digital surround sound right now, Mary-Anne. Excellent. All the way from West Auckland. Oh, I love it. Would you like a nickname?

First question. Would I like a nickname? It's a weird one. Can I choose it or do you do? I do. It's on me. We've got Gibbo on the phone. You'll know Gibbo.

Don't call her Gibbo. Gibbo, she knows Gibbo. Can I just introduce ourselves properly? We're Jono, Ben and Megan. We're from the Hits Radio Station. Now, we've got a challenge for you, okay? Yes. Okay, go.

You've got to listen to our show. It runs Monday to Friday on the Hits Radio Station. And then at the end of the week, we'll ask you a quiz based on what happened over the week. If you answer five out of five, and you're still with us all week, you'll get $1,000 to split between you and your daughter and a Dilmati price back. How's that sound? Hey, that's great.

Except what happens when I'm out and away from a radio? Deal with it, mate. That's the jeopardy. There's a podcast as well. It goes out on iHeartRadio. You can catch up on if you need to. Marion, if you don't mind me prying too much into your personal life. No, go ahead.

I'm an open book, actually. You're an open book? Okay. Well, what is stimulating you audio-wise at the moment that's not this show? Yeah, what are you listening to? Oh, my goodness. The first thing that jumped into my mind was Chris Isaac. Oh, Chris Isaac.

Now you're talking. But it was his big number one. He never wanted to fall in love, did he? Wicked game. Wicked game? What about anything from this decade? If I could get Chris Isaac on, I'd be happy. Maybe that could be my throwback song on Thursday. If you could get Chris Isaac on. Yep, that's it.

Throwback song. We'll use that one, you and I. Tell you what, I really love Eminem and Rihanna. You love the way you lie. Yep, I love that one. Okay, that one's probably more achievable to get that on. But anyway, it's good to know. I like a Chris Isaac song too.

Yeah, I know. And who would have thought I would have liked Eminem, but when he came out, I was very impressed with his lyrics. Oh, here it is. Here's one for you. What a voice. Here's one for you, Marianne. Yeah, it's a good day.

It's been a minute, it's a good day. What does he say here? I don't know. Sing along, Marianne, if you know the words. Oh, do you want me to sing? Okay, hang on a minute. I'll just clear my throat. No, I want to fall in love.

That was beautiful. That was beautiful. Okay, so will you take the challenge to listen to our show throughout the week? Sure thing. Oh, I love it. Oh, beautiful. That was beautiful. Okay. So will you take the challenge to listen to our show throughout the week? Sure thing. Oh, I love it. Beautiful. I'll get a radio in every house that I visit. How's that? Amazing.

That's wonderful. And Nadia? Yes. She's like, I'll answer to Nadia. I finally found a break in her talking. Nadia's like, I've been here the whole time. Is there anything you'd like to add? Would you like to sing along with Chris Isaac as well?

Oh no I'm good thanks Okay fair enough Well it sounds like we're going to have a great fun week Getting to know you guys more Thank you so much for taking up the challenge We're talking expensive kid breakages After a vase was smashed accidentally at a museum overseas by a kid which was worth thousands

of dollars and was thousands of years old as well. Four year old child and you sympathise too. They went into a blowing glass shop. You know how people blow glass and turn it into beautiful things? I remember the kids were like three and under five.

Tell you what, nothing makes a blowing glass shop owner more nervous than a couple of under fives walking into the store. Yeah, touching and picking things up. He's like, put it down, put it down, no touching, no touching. Very on edge, very panicky. Kate, good morning. How are you? Morning.

How are you? We're doing well, mate. Most amount of kid damage caused? Yeah. I'd been to a wedding the night before and had bobby pins in my hair. And I had a two and a four-year-old, two boys. And it was really quiet. I was having coffee in the other room.

And then I went into the garage and they had my bobby pins. And they were scraping their names into my car. No. Why is it quiet? Why is it quiet? What's going on? Yeah, so I had sort of their names in my car for a year and finally got it fixed and it was, all the panels had to

be all redone. Oh no. At least there was no mistaking whose car it was. Exactly. You're right. It's Brandon. I love your call. We're going to get you some help.

Hold the line there. Producer Liam, you've come into the studio. Did you cause an immense amount of damage as a child? Well, the problem is I wasn't a child, but we're going to act like I was a child. Okay. It definitely didn't happen only a couple of years ago, but I came out of university day one in the radio industry,

and the boss said, can you please go fill up the car? And I was certain he said put diesel in the car. Uh-oh. It was a petrol car. I then had to drive it about, I would say maybe like an hour. I made it about a quarter of the way, and the thing blew. Like, it just blew an engine. Oh, really?

Oh, so it actually went for a bit? Yeah, it did. Well, I guess it had. It would have mixed, you know. So you put it in And you drove off Not knowing La la la la la Exactly

It's quite funny You ask me this Because I had to sit With a tow truckie For you know 60 minutes To get back to home base And he just told me

Everything and Yeah He's like mate You are in for a world Of pain 100% So I guess the bill Was not a nice bill

When you bought A brand new Toyota Highlander. I remember the same sort of thing. There was a young promo person at our old company. They drove in under the garage and they had something on the roof or something? It was like a mobile billboard that you tow around, but they'd forgotten about the mobile billboard behind it and just went to drive in,

and then that got stuck wedged in the garage. No one could get in or out. It was stuck there. I think he pretty much just opened the car door, walked out, and didn't stop walking. He was like, I'm not coming back. What happened to that guy? Morning, Dominique. How are you?

Good, thank you. Great to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. Most amount of kid damage? So my kid decided to break a series of five TVs from about the age of two to five. How many TVs? Five. Shit. Was it a different way of breaking each one?

What's that, sorry? Was it a different way of breaking each one? It was pretty much just throwing stuff. One was a knuckle bone. He had a knuckle bone and like a Pokemon card in his hand and went to throw the Pokemon card but through the knuckle bone. One was a Barbie. I don't even know what the other ones were. A Barbie penetrated the TV?

Yeah, he threw things pretty hard. Well, I tell you what, no one was winning out of that more than Harvey Norman. Poor Dominic. Five TVs. He got upgrades every time, so that was good. Yeah, good way to upgrade your TV, right? Yeah. Poor Dominic. Five TVs. I got upgrades every time, so that was good. Yeah. What a trick. Yeah, good way to upgrade your TV, right? Yeah.

We'll keep this coming through. 4487 on the text or 0800 the hits, the most amount of kid breakages. And your chance to win thanks to Kiwi Mobile before 9 o'clock on the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The hits. $20,000 bounty. Ed Sheeran is the artist today that's gone missing with the $20,000 bounty. Ed Sheeran is the artist today that's gone missing

with the $1,000 reward. If you can find his song or songs between now and 4 o'clock, 0800 that's. G'day there, Emily. How's Christchurch for you this morning? Good morning, guys. It's really good. It's actually really sunny and blowing a gale.

Oh, sunny and blowing a gale. Two of the finest pieces of weather you can ask for. But you're in the draw. You heard Ed Sheeran. You're in the draw for a grand. What a great way to start your week. Oh, my God. That would be so amazing.

I've got my fingers and toes crossed. What would you put your $1,000 towards there, Emily? It would have to go to my never-ending children. This is always something to pay for for them. They never end, those two. They never do. Well, have your kids caused any amount, a huge amount of damage to you, Emily?

A damage? Yeah. Maybe to the credit card, yes. Yeah, well, that's true. That's all we're talking about this morning. Well, Emily, good luck. Maddy and PJ, hopefully pull your name out this afternoon after four o'clock, okay? Amazing, well that's true. That's what we're talking about this morning. Well Emily, good luck. Maddy and PJ, hopefully pull your name out this afternoon after four o'clock, okay?

Amazing, thank you. Alright, listen out for Ed Sheeran getting the draw for that one. Yes, most amount of kid damage on 0800 The Hits. Steph, good morning to you. How are you, mate? Good morning. Hey, good morning. Lovely to have you on. Most amount of kid damage. So,

we went to Trumbin Wildlife over in Aussie, you know, when I was quite a lot younger. I love it. You can walk into the enclosure and all the kangaroos are bouncing around. You feel very vulnerable surrounded by sort of... And we did the night tour, so everything was really dark. And my dad thought it was hilarious to constantly all night pick up a stick or a leaf and kind of open it and go,

oh, it's a spider. So I was jumping around left, right and centre. You know, he finally did it in the souvenir shop. One last time he'd found a rubber snake. So, you know, it sprung out at me. I knocked over an entire door of magnets and everything and the guys were like, oh, it's okay, it's okay, it's just magnets. Well, there was a guy that had been watching

what my dad had done all night long and decided to do exactly the same thing to his life, except she knocked over an entire cabinet of crystals. So crystals, plates,

platters, cups, souvenirs. And it was thousands of dollars. Oh, gosh. Did they make him pay for it? I'm not sure because I was only about 14 at the time. It was about through spinal surgery, so it was my reward of lying two years on my back. I don't know because we kind of just hurried along quickly,

got back on the bus and went, we just didn't pretend that wasn't us. Okay, let's get out of here because I love it how that guy's like, hey, he's on to something. He's got a good prank going on there. Yeah, he literally got the same snake and everything and walked up to her and went, oh, it's Daddy. Brilliant.

And you just heard this crash of sound. He's in so much trouble. From the shop and his wife. It was a quiet car ride home. Unnecessary to her. Steph, appreciate your call. Have a great home. Unnecessary too. Steph, appreciate your call. Have a great day. Awesome.

Thank you. I'm an activities person. I do like activities. Yeah. And much of my family's discussed sometimes, but I book in something. I'm like, we're going to do it as a family. We're going to do this.

Itinerary guy. He's always got something happening. What does a relaxing weekend look like for you? When was your last weekend? I don't know. I don't know what it is. Have you ever had a weekend where you've just been at home? No.

No. I mean, I have hours and stuff at home, but not the full... I mean, yeah. He's packing more into his day than the Prime Minister, this guy. I like to... But that's how I...

I do like things to look forward to and I enjoy, you know, family time. Because sometimes I feel like you're at home, you're not actually connecting as well as you should. People are on devices, people are doing whatever. Right, right. So I've got jobs to do. I'm like, cool, we're going to go out as a family.

So I got kind of swept up, I think, in the Olympics a little bit, and I booked in like a one-hour kayaking for the family. And the family were like, in winter? In winter? Why did you go to the one, Widow? No, it was just out in the ocean kayaking. Oh, ocean kayaking. You hire it for an hour, you go to the one Widow no it was just out in the ocean kayaking you hire it for an hour

you go out like that and I booked it in and the family are like great but maybe we could have done it in summer I'm like it doesn't matter it'll be beautiful

we'll be out there on the harbour and they're a little bit tentative to get to start off with I can feel the tension no absolutely not

anything worse kayaking in the middle of winter I'm all keen for the first day of spring, but wait for summer. And this is the thing. And as we woke up that morning, it wasn't great. The weather wasn't great. And I could feel the tension.

Let's go kayaking. It'll be great, guys. It'll be great. We'll get down there. And as we got down there and parked the car, I was like, oh, the weather is coming. It's not looking great. Shopping conditions? And it's not looking amazing.

It's not looking that bad. But I wanted the family to be happy. And I was like, well, it's cold. Someone started moaning about being cold already. I'm like, all right, sweet. I was like, I'll get you something to keep you warm. I saw a tourist shop selling stuff for tourists. And I was like, sweet.

I'll go in there. That was the closest shop. Do you have beanies? Do you have gloves? I'm like, yep, they do. Great. And then the price of those things. Yeah, it's a tourist shop.

I know. Tell you what, for some reason they're always hocking off sheepskin rugs. Have you ever bought a sheepskin rug in New Zealand? No. But we're palming them off to the tourists for some reason. And overpriced beanies and gloves. But I was like, I'm in too deep now. I'm in too deep.

I don't want the family to be moaning about being cold out there. So I'm not even going to tell you what I paid for beanies and gloves that no one is ever going to wear again. Do they still moan? Yeah, they still moan. Was there silver fern beanie merchandise? Exactly. So we went out there and we had, I mean, it was fine,

but it was not quite the vibe that I was hoping for. It's because it needs to be summer. That's very much a summer activity. I learned that. I learned that. I just looked looked I was inspired by Dave Lisa Carrington all this stuff

the Olympics and all that let's get out there let's have a paddle it looks fun yeah out of 10 on the fun scale it would have been better

in summer in summer it would have been a good 8 or 9 but in winter well as it gets to spring not great I'm not going to give you

the two that you want whoever's running the kayak shop is like we made a sail we made a sail. We made a sail. We've been in any old winter. They're actually doing it.