Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Gen Zs Are Taking Offense To This Thing We Use Every Day...

Episode Date: March 12, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast on, what are we, Thursday? Thursday today? It does feel good waking up on a Thursday morning, although tense scenes in the studio. Don't go back there. Don't go back there.

I don't want to get involved in it. To be honest, I'm not that passionate about it. I don't want to talk about it anymore. Megan's very passionate about Megan Markle. I like the lady. I think she's great. And I feel very sorry for all the people that throw slander her way. I just said I agreed with, I heard a point and I agree with,

and now don't bring it back up again. You agree with the point that Piers Morgan said. And I was like, I disagree with that point. And it's fine. And people can disagree. But you very, very aggressively doesn't agree with it. Because it's not right. I understand that. I don't want to go back there.

It's just factually incorrect was my issue. You'll hear about what they're disagreeing about when we talk to Nicole. Well, we don't delve as much into it as we could have off the back of that, but hey, it's fine. Man of the day doesn't affect my life at all, really. Other than the fact that Megan's very upset about it.

But because it's a woman being bullied for being a woman and doing nothing. That's why. That's a good point. I don't want to talk about it anymore. No, I definitely don't want to talk about it anymore. I'd have the same point if it was Harry, though. But yeah, but anyway, that's fine. It's not because she's a woman.

But it is Harry. Harry does have the same last name. Yeah. Anyway. Harry did the same thing. Anyway. Anyway, you'll hear it because we talked to Nicole in New York about what this is all about.

We'll bring it up to her. It was a good podcast intro, though. Enjoy. Oh, we kick things off. With more arguing. Have a listen to this. Between generations. Have a listen.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Starting a new portion of the show. Really looking forward to this over the coming weeks. What's offending the Gen Z community this week? He answers everything. He answers everything.

But right now we're going to zero it out with something that seems very small in the grand scheme of things. But Producer Grace, Gen Z, producer grace, this is something that we just realised that a lot of us are doing that's winding you up. It's absolutely winding us up. It's a terrible thing to do. Now, can I say, anyone who's said it before over the age of sort of 35 would be doing this innocently, not even knowing the repercussions, the fallout of what's happening.

Yeah, you're using it properly. I do have to agree. Me and Megan were bantering. You are using it properly, but there is another connotation associated with it. Okay, you're using it properly. I do have to agree. Me and Megan were bantering. You are using it properly, but there is another connotation associated with it. Okay, so what is it? So it's the ellipses, just like that. The dot, dot, dot.

You guys use it that it's like leading on to something else. It's like an unfinished thought or like a continuation of a sentence. For me, it's like you're saying something sarcastically. Like you're being like, oh yeah, well, dot, dot, dot. So is it the ultimate F you when it comes to emailing? Yeah, definitely in emails it's not good. I'm using it all the time because I'm going, these are some things that could be examples of dot, dot, dot,

and then bullet points are coming up. It's like that's leading on to something else. When did these rules change and how come no one's told us? It's been like that my whole life, so I don't know. Well, so italics is sarcasm. You put it in a thing, yeah. Yeah, I think so too. You put everything on the side,

you're like, oh, that's what I always thought was being something sarcastic. You're like, oh. The thing is that we've grown up with the actual meaning of the ellipses and I use it as much as I would overuse exclamation marks. I use it all the time

and now we've just found out that the Gen Zs are like, you're trying to think some sarcastic B. Maybe afterwards you can put in brackets, not sarcastic. Not sarcastic. That would actually help a lot. And we'd be like, oh, the old people way. Does it really hurt your feelings? It actually does.

Because we spoke, there was a team of young people in here. And they're all like, oh, that's the worst. It's like you may as well just end our relationship there and then. Yes. Just three full stops. So should we use no punctuation or any? I'd actually prefer no punctuation, just cash as. Megan was saying a punctuation after just a word is also quite offensive as well.

One word. Once you have one word. What, like, so thanks full stop? Oh, that's aggressive. Is it? Yeah, apparently. That's so aggressive. No, you wouldn't normally, like, I wouldn't normally use What, like, so, thanks, full stop. You said thanks, full stop. Oh, that's aggressive. Is it? Yeah, apparently. That's so aggressive. No, you wouldn't normally, like, I wouldn't normally use it, like, obviously.

But I can see when you sent me a text the other day as an example, I was like, oh, maybe it does make a difference. Yeah, or okay, dot, like, full stop. And you're like, yeah, that's overly aggressive. Or like at the end of an email, thanks, full stop. It's like, really? What did I do to you? Because I fang off a lot of emails just in all caps just

blatant shouting as well does that offend the gen z community i prefer that than the dot dot dots really because i know it's probably an accident i think that's a millennial thing you're yelling at us yeah i find that offensive producer ellie you're agreeing and nodding with all of this yeah so i'm a younger millennial i'm 32 32. And I find the dot, dot, dot to be quite patronising. Like, it feels like you're talking down to me in a way. Really? What if there's a list on afterwards?

Because I don't even use it if there's a list. Okay, that's fine, I think. There's a bulletproof list coming through. Here's some things we could do. Dot, dot, dot. And leading into that. I think it's more when it's either in a text to someone

or it's like a casual email and we're not talking about like work-related stuff. If we're just having a conversation, you go, mm, dot, dot, dot. I'm like, oh my God.

I just love the text machine too. Everyone's just trolling you now with dot, dot, dots. There are so many dot, dot, dots going through. I've got a message for the Gen Zs. Dot, dot, dot. Yeah, that's great. That's always why we're being sarcastic. Dot, dot, dot.

That's good. Apparently there's a difference between like writing the letter O-K, like O and K, and O-K-A-Y. Oh, yeah. Apparently if you do O and K, that's saying you want to burn someone's house down. Yeah, exactly. You've taken the time, you know, to write O-K with an A-Y. I get that.

There's a whole other world out there, guys. Exactly. And we're going to learn about it over the next few weeks. I'm going to dot, dot, dot you all the time. Yeah, and feel free to dot, dot, dot on 4487 as well. We'll find out what's offending you. Pardon up, Gen Z, dot, dot, dot. John O'Bannon Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Having a bit of a debate here between the generations in the studio and Producer Grace and some of the people in the office, I'm not just putting this all on you, Producer Grace. Thank you. I've had issue with people using dot, dot, dot in correspondence, work emails, thinking it's sarcasm.

It is. Not thinking, it is sarcasm. Like it's the ultimate slap in the face of the... It's not sarcasm. It's not. It's the way you're interpreting it. Is it? I feel like maybe it could be sarcasm if there's no further things afterwards.

Like if I just said at the end, Grace, dot, dot, dot, then I'd be like, oh be sarcasm if there's no further things afterwards. Like if I just said at the end, Grace, dot, dot, dot, then I'd be like, oh, okay, maybe that's – Yeah, see? I would be like – I can see how you're saying it, but – No, I would be like, what? What's coming next? Did you forget to put an attachment on or something?

Where's the rest of it? Yeah. What you have done, though, in bringing this to the forefront of radio is now a lot of older people are going to be putting dot, dots on emails just on purpose they're already doing it on the text machine just to troll the gen z as it works for a seven amy uh welcome to the show it's lovely to have you on good morning a high school english teacher amy yes where do you sit on the dot dot dots um i'm sorry gen z you've got it wrong okay so explain your your thoughts so an ellipsis is for if you're like um quoting some text or if you're writing like a thought process of like a

character or something and like they miss out a word so you put like the dot dot dot to sort of show what they've omitted or it's to lead into like a piece of thought which is sort of unsaid. So, yeah, it's nothing to do with sarcasm. It's to do with punctuation and making the sentence make sense. But, but, but, when we're doing like text and stuff, people don't use proper grammar. We use like emojis and stuff. You know what I mean?

We don't use proper grammar. So use emojis and stuff. You know what I mean? We don't use proper grammar. So it's expected. Absolutely, and that's something we're seeing in the classroom. So New Zealand's literacy rates are actually quite concerning and falling quite considerably. And one of the big things that is part of that is writing accurately,

including just basic punctuation. And capital letters. My daughter, sometimes she's like, why don't you use capitals? And she's like, oh, it looks better. It's absolutely phenomenal that we are basically having to remind 15-year-olds how to use capital letters. Has it gone that bad?

She's like, it looks better without the capitals. I'm like, yeah, I don't care what it looks like. Aesthetically. Give me, if it's a capital thing, give it the capitals. This is giving me a conniption. Wow. Yeah, there's the new level one, well, in year 10, they now set literacy standards, which is a prerequisite for gaining level one.

And there's a reading and writing standard. And writing, they have to write accurately, including spelling and punctuation and grammar. And a lot of kids are failing it first time around because they just, they're losing the ability to write accurately. Grace said off here, she's like, it's evolution. I was like, no, I think the language stays the same. But words change the meaning. Well, some things can change.

Come on. But it's all, someone's just texting and going, well, we're using it correctly. It's how it's being interpreted. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Not necessarily the alpha quiz, we're using it correctly. It's how it's being interpreted. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Not necessarily the alpha quiz, but just helping my kids.

Now they've got to an age now where both of them are now just at high school with mass homework. Oh, God. You thought your homeworking was done. Yeah. Yeah, then it rears its ugly head, doesn't it? Like, I feel like back in school I wasn't terrible at it. It's just you're so out of, you're kind of out of practice with a lot of that

stuff. Yeah. And formulas and things like It's just you're so out of, you're kind of out of practice with a lot of that stuff. And formulas and things like that. And you're having to Google. I'm calling because my wife's a teacher, which is great, but she works, you know, obviously quite late into the evening. So I'm trying to help on a lot of that stuff. So I'm calling my dad, who's a principal. It's not a short conversation with him.

No, he loves to chat, doesn't he? And then I'm trying to explain equations over the phone, which is difficult. Sometimes chat GPT is quite good, but then you can't always work it out. I tell you what, I'm not exaggerating this for radio, and it might not come as any surprise to anyone, but all the homework, completely over my head,

and there is nothing more humbling. I'm glad it doesn't surprise anyone. But there is nothing more humbling as an adult and the father of a child when you realise that your kids knowledge surpassed yours now

yeah you've got street smarts babes yeah well do I I always get parking tickets out on the street yeah

so my son would kick my arse in an exam he honestly would so would my daughter but I guess with practice I feel like give me a year I'd be fine I'd be back in it I'd'll be back here give me the the schooling that they'd have

in the experience i'll be match fit i'll be back into it looking forward to it it's really tough so what i did the other day is i i've got one of my daughters i was like you can get extra tutoring i was like well maybe we can get extra tutoring and so she went along to that and she said it was really really helpful one-on-one stuff as well. But also I was like, what was your favorite thing about it? She was like, oh, they gave me two jelly beans. Yes. I was like, I could spend the money I paid on chewing it and buy you bags of jelly beans. What did you expect her to say her favorite part was learning that?

Well, I thought it was the accomplishment of learning the mass equation. She's like, and if you do it fast, you get to pay one minute on this game. And I'm like, hey, I'm not paying this money for you to do this. I'm not reneging my parental duties. Paying good money. But she said it actually is really, really helpful. So that's something you can do. A lot of it you're like, when he's doing trigonometry,

I'm sure the teacher's going 29 out of 30 of these kids in these classes are never going to design or build a bridge. There's going to be no need. There's always kids in the class that are like, I'm never going to use this in my life. And they're right. Some might though. Some might.

The majority, they won't. And the other thing that annoys me about them is I get caught up on the wrong part of the thing where they're like, Johnny's got 32 watermelons. And all I'm thinking is, why has this's got 32 watermelons and all i'm thinking is what why has this guy got 32 yeah how is someone like wait stop i need to ask him his backstory any area of your life have you had 32 watermelons yeah is he selling it to super fan of lamborghini yeah i'll have one and so well if you want and you've got a baby in australia Ben and Megan The Podcast The Hits Fan of Lamborghini Yep

I have one And you've got a baby And you want a stroller You can buy Lamborghini have now got Limited edition strollers Now they're only making 500 of them

And they'll cost you $10,000 But the Italian supercar maker Has made 500 strollers And they're probably To be honest They probably will sell out, right? I know, but then you'll be pushing your pram through the bloody park,

and people will be like, you won't go, you know. And then they grow out of it, and you're like, try and sell it on Trade Me. Mind you, it's probably one that would hold it, you know, even with baby vomit and bits of crushed up bars and chews and things, it probably would still sell for $10. Lamborghini, baby stroller, there you go. Well, Maddy McLean, who's the host of the afternoon show alongside PJ, just a bit of a backstory.

We were coming here for the last week or so, and there's been this not even half-finished, I would say quarter-finished set of drawers, flat-packed drawers. It's an attempt to start, it looked like. So he brought this in. It's something that he's doing for his personal life at home. He needed to assemble it, and he's like, well, I'll do it while I'm doing radio. And for a week, it sort of sat in the same state, didn't it? So we called him out on social media and he responded.

Left the drawers unfinished in the corner. So we weren't entirely surprised to see a video with a bit of a warning this morning issued by Jono, Ben and Megan, who have since worked very hard on the flatback drawers. Can we confirm that they have been finished? I've been very hard at work all afternoon, before the show, during the show, in the ad break, in the songs. The drawers are complete!

Hey! He's done it! He finished it, and they looked fantastic. To Manny's credit, they did a bang-up job. We said that because they were taking out quite a lot of the studio. We're like, if they're not made by the end of the show today, we're going to give them away tomorrow on the show. Oh, he could have taken them home. That sounded right.

When he assembled the drawers, because they were quite high, I was like, how on earth is he going to fit this in his car to take it home? Yeah, they're gone. I don't know how he got them home. That sounded right. But when he assembled the drawers, because they were quite high, I was like, how on earth is he going to fit this in his car to take it home? Yeah, they're gone. I don't know how he got them home. They're gone. Yeah, all done. So well done, Matty. Well done, Matty.

Credit where credit's due. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. I wanted to talk about someone we all remember, probably. Monica Lewinsky. Except for the Gen Zs, but dot, dot, dot. I did.

I did have to. She knew. Grace, our producer, knew her name. There's more to come on that one. Dot But dot dot dot I did I did have to She knew Grace our producer Knew her name There's more to come On that one Dot dot dot Grace Producer Grace

She is Death staring Death staring Through the window She might have just Flipped me off as well I'll explain Because I

While producer Grace Knew her name She didn't know The whole story So Monica Lewinsky She was a 22 year old Intern She got into a

Sexual relationship With Bill Clinton. Went from 95 to 97. Yeah, he was the president. He was the president of the United States. She was 22 he was 49 and then she confided in a fellow staffer who then recorded them and turned them in. Crazy.

She was, yeah, so they did something in the Oval Office, didn't they? That's right. She was, yeah, like she was a lot of jokes made about her. Yeah. Throughout the time, she was put in songs and she was, yeah. Think about now. It was a real moment.

Social media bullying before social media bullying had been invented. Yeah. It was, yeah. When you say she's 20, a 22-year-old. I didn't even figure out my life by then. At 22, she was completely hung out to dry because the White House and Bill Clinton of course denied it. Bill Clinton famously said this

I want you to listen to me I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman Miss Lewinsky. Turns out he did He was impeached he was charged with perjury but then everything kind of got dropped

His impeachment charges and everything So now she is 51 years old And she's spoken about it over her life But she has done a podcast She's been on Call Her Daddy Which some people might know A big famous podcast She's also doing her own called Reclaiming

By Monica But it's not until you listen to her speak now That you realise Oh we did this woman dirty. So this was before we had gaslighting. This was before we had fat shaming. It was, yeah. It's in hindsight when you look back on that stuff.

Back then we were like, this is character building, you know? The abuse of power, because obviously she was a 22-year-old intern. He's a 49-year-old president of the United States of America, most powerful man in the free world. It would have been a little more unsettling if the story was involving Joe Biden. So she spoke about it right from the day where the feds tapped her on the shoulder and they threatened her. There was a sting operation that happened in a shopping mall.

And then I was up in, there was a Ritz-Carlton attached to the shopping mall. And I was in the hotel room, really realizing that what felt like my life was over. Certainly my life was going to change and that I was threatened with jail and essentially told if I didn't cooperate and wear a wire, that I would go to jail for 27 years. Wow. She was going to go to jail. She's just an intern out of college. And this is the most powerful man in the world.

I don't even understand what she got into jail for. So it obviously became worldwide news straight away. And this is the moment she realized that her life was never going to be the same. I remember seeing my name above the fold and the investigation and looking down the hall and seeing the exact same newspaper outside everybody else's door. It was shocking. It was terrifying. And I didn't actually know how to process anything. So she's in her hallway as a 24-year-old at this time,

and she sees her face on every newspaper outside all of the rooms. Crazy. She wasn't looking for money. She wasn't looking for blackmail. She just confided in someone. She didn't bring it to the media. When you think about that, all that stuff. Yeah.

She said she loved him. She believed that she loved him. What a nice. Oh, poor lady. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Month of March and we're doing merch madness all through March.

If you want to send us your business's merchandise, 4487, you just text merch and we'll send you back all the details. Megan, there's a package arrived. Yeah, not only are we stimulating the local economy, but also stimulating the local postal services as well with this. I do love getting a package. It's very exciting. It's like a corporate-themed Christmas every day here at work at the moment. What's been your favourite piece of merch you've received thus far, Megan? Those coffee cups.

Who were they from? And they have a little button that you push. Oh, is that TAA Transport? Logistics. Great, great takeaway. What do you call them? Coffee mugs. Yeah, takeaway coffee cups.

Yeah, they send you a good high as truckers, t-shirt as well as a little lunch bag holders. Some great merch. I'm all about that. So now you've got another package you're about to open right now. This is a squishy one. It's not a box. I dare say there's no coffee cups in here.

Oh, my God. Text merch to 4487. Megan, not a fan of merch. Megan's going to model the merch towards the end of the month and we're going to give it all away. Yeah. One day of madness. What is it? Wait, wait. I'm not going to tell you. I the end of the month and we're going to give it all away. Yeah. One day of madness. What is it?

Wait, wait. I'm not going to tell you. I'll show you the t-shirt. Is that a t-shirt? No. Oh, it's Mr. THC. A cannabis supplier. And we did say we hold no morals

when it comes to merch. You said that. You said that. Wow, there's a lot of stuff in here. Oh, there's a t-shirt. It just says Mr. THC. We need to clarify for the record, Mr. THC hasn't sent us any of his actual products. Oh, there's a T-shirt. It just says Mr. THC on it. We need to clarify for the record, Mr. THC hasn't sent us any of his actual products.

Well, that's why I'm here. Have we got all through the bag yet? Have we not? Chilled Mr. THC T-shirt. Thank you so much, Mr. THC. There's a pink beanie. I did say I want pink merch. Oh, that's cute.

Oh, that's cool. Thanks for that. It doesn't work as well over your headphones, but that's all right. You look like a tinny house dealer. Thank you. Oh, thank's cool. Thanks for that. It doesn't work as well over your headphones, but that's all right. You look like a tinny house dealer. Thank you. Oh, thank you so much. There's a white version of the T as well and a white beanie.

Thank you very much, Mr. THC, for all your THC needs. Lots of key rings. We're giving that TLC at the end of the month. I mean, Megan. That's wonderful. Now, I've done something, and I don't know. I think I'm going to regret it instantly. You've got in our combined run sheet a musical,

some musical number? Yeah. It's an appeal song. Yeah. No, I thought I'd do it in a song, sort of like a, you know how they do song appeals for donations and things like that?

Yeah. I don't know. I thought I'd go live with it. What do you think? Are you going to sing it? Oh, you're singing it? Yeah. No, please.

I was hoping you'd AI'd it or something. No. There's good AI technology out there. Let me get my popcorn. I'm here for this. Nothing quite like a middle-aged white guy trying to rap. High risk and low reward. Hit it.

You reckon? Yes, absolutely. Either do it or don't do it, but at two minutes 40 in the chat, you get to do it. Oh, good. Okay. Here we go. It's Dr. J. Hello, everyone.

We're on the search. Through the month of March, we want your merch. We want caps, T-shirts, balls, and socks. It's Dr. J. Bucket hats from a real estate branch Branded jackets that are three sizes big Or contraception that's shaped like a pig Logo lip balm from a dentist crew And a milking apron from a vet clinic too Two mouse pads and a clock that ticks Hi-vis shirts and USB sticks A thermostat cut from a chicken plucker

A trucking hat that says mother trucker Corporate swag, some branded fits. Megan's gonna wear it then you can win. It's merch madness, we're stacking it high. If it's got the logo,

we ain't questioning why. Megan's gonna model your clothes from work, then we give it away. Complimentary merch. Oh, nice. You actually got it. You did well.

You did well. Wait, what's the line about the contraception shaped as a pig? I don't know. It had to rhyme with three sizes big there. Yeah, you walked it. There was no real mess ups in that one, too. I was waiting the whole time.

I was like, I'm going to be a bloke. I didn't even breathe once. How does Eminem not breathe when he's rapping? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Take the dog to the vet. Yesterday just was a few little things.

Oh, you don't have pet insurance. No, I don't have pet insurance No I don't have pet insurance No I did Don't get me started on that Don't get me started I know I was just poking the bear What do you always say about pet insurance? Read the fine print You're not covered for everything

He's saying it so casually Can I give a shout out to travel insurance actually Because for a while we got caught over Not for a while But for a while I've shout out to travel insurance, actually? Because for a while, you know, we got caught over, not for a while, but for a while been saying about travel insurance not coming through when we were stuck over in America with that whole IT crisis, the world, and they weren't sure what they were going to pay. And then they looked at it and they said, oh, we can't pay for all of you. I'll just pay for the adults.

And they only paid a little bit. I was like, oh, that's a bit stink. Well, all of a sudden out of the blue, we just got this thing going, hey, we've now had another look at it with no correspondence from us. And now you're covered. You're covered, fully covered.

Put the money in the account. So it's really good. So yeah. Yeah, but how many months later? I know, it was, he's trying to give the big ups to the insurance apps. I know, I'm trying to poke him again.

Not quick enough. Yeah. But I was like, oh, that was nice. That was nice. Unexpected, because wherever they send it back, you're like, oh, I guess it's not. That's what they were going for.

But six months he's been having little jibes and digs at the insurance industry, but now he's... Anyway, I was at the vet yesterday without my pet insurance. And my wife had seen a little lump on the dog. Oh, God. And for me to show the vet, she was like, can you take a photo so you know exactly where it is on the dog? So I had to show the vet and she was like can you take a photo so you know exactly where it is on the dog so i had to show the vet and then i thought that's a really unusual

thing just to have on your photo stream like a little bit sort of like yeah you don't know where it's from or is it part of your body by like white hairs yeah and for context wise for the vet it wasn't unusual for him to see it and then he found it located on the dog and stuff like that but i was just thinking we must all have you know everyone pretty much everyone listening right now it's got a smartphone got a phone what is the most random photo that you have in your photo street the worst thing is is when you're like hey let me show you this photo and you open up and you're like oh yeah it's looking through and you're swiping and then you're like oh yeah yeah i've got one of those that's just a photo of my husband when he had sores on his face.

Because over COVID you had to send a lot of pictures to doctors too because you could have to do the things over Zoom and stuff. And I have a mole just right up the top of my thigh, just sort of in a really precarious position. And I had to photograph it. Some big cropping going on there as well to make sure that there weren't any extra parts involved. It's still on my – I scrolled through last night, it's still there. Yeah, often, I mean, you do

go through now and again and clean up, but you probably don't delete photos as good, you know, as regularly as you should, right? No. I take a lot of photos of handbrakes, just to make sure I put my handbrake on, just for my own peace of mind. Switches be switched off from time to time. Light switches, irons. I do try

and delete those, but now and again I'll go back through looking for an old photo, but there's another couple of great ones of mind. Switches being switched off from time to time. Light switches. Lions. I do try and delete those, but now and again I'll go back through and look for it on photo. But there's another couple of great ones of switches. There's the oven switch off. There's a plug off. There's a handbrake that I put on somewhere. But you can reminisce. You can be like, I remember when I turned that off.

I don't remember where I was where I put the handbrake on, but I do have a great photo of it. There's a textbook turning off of the oven do you turn the oven off at the wall dear? oh no but not every day or anything like that

he's not a monster what days do you just decide to turn the oven off on the wall? Monday, Wednesday, Friday usually when we go away for our luck

if we go away sporadically I will though so that really winds my wife up when she goes to turn the oven on to do something on a Tuesday

you're going to get caught out because a friend of mine does that as well. Every time they go away, turns off the oven at the wall, but then accidentally turned off the fridge. When they got back, everything was just flooding. So when you go away, is there nothing on in your house apart from the fridge? Oh, the fridge. There's a couple of things. I'm getting better.

I'm getting better at it. It was a while. I would really get carried away. You weren't here when he took the iron in the car with him. Oh, yeah, I was talking about the iron in the car because I'd switched it off and then thought, oh, I wasn't sure. So I'll take it with me.

So it came in the car with him. Okay. It wore a seatbelt, though. Okay, it's all good. It's like photos of power switches off, handbrakes, you know, strange, interestingly placed moulds. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Just talking about the most random thing that you have a photo of in your photo stream after I had to show photos of a wee potential sore on the dog's back to the vet. A couple of shots I got. First one, the dog looking like, why are you taking this photo? Another one a bit more close up. Good lighting? Good lighting?

Yeah, it's all right. Yeah, they reckon it's just like a benign little cyst or something. They get those moles when they get older, just like humans. Yeah, they reckon it's just like a benign little cyst or something. They get those moles when they get older, just like humans. Yeah, exactly. But it was a nice thing to go because you're quite fluffy, so I didn't know where to locate it, so I took a photo. I've got so many, clogging up my photo stream, so many just accidental screenshots.

You know, like screenshots and a lot of up-double-chin shots I've got as well have just left me looking at the phone They're always flattering, aren't they? You forget, it's like when you open the front cam And you're like, oh, God, isn't that what I look like? Good little pieces of evidence for like SVU chin unit Let's get, should we go to Anna? Yeah, why not?

Anna, good morning Morning Great to have you on, Anna How's your morning going? Oh good, I'm just on my way to work. Oh, well thank you for taking time to partake in the show. What have you got clogging up the photo stream? Well, I have lots of random stuff like that,

but I actually have my son's tonsils on my phone. You know, you're not the only one on the text machine. Multiple tonsil photos as well. Is there something quite photographic about the tonsils once they're removed? No, no. It's because they're not. They're really ugly. But when you go to hospital to have them out, they ask you if you want your body parts

returned. And my son was 10 at the time and I hadn't I prepped him really well for surgery, but I hadn't told him about that because I thought I don't want any tonsils at home. Thanks. You know, cluttering up the house. What do you do with them though? They're just going to go in the bin after you show everyone.

Gross everyone out. You never want your tonsils cluttering up the house. And you can't just throw body parts out in your random red bin. Oh, you can't. Yeah, no. Don't do that. There is a process. But yeah, so I said, so the nurse checked him in and said, oh, do you want tonsils back? And he said, oh, yes, please. And I went, no, you don't.. There is a process. But yeah, so I said, so the nurse checked him in and said,

oh, do you want tonsils back? And he said, oh, yes, please. And I went, no, you don't. No, you don't. And because I work there, I said, oh, could you just please send me a photo of them? Oh, there you go. So the next best thing is he can keep looking at his tonsils

whenever he needs to see them. Absolutely. Oh, that's very funny, Anna. Someone's got tonsils in the freezer. They've just texted her. Why? That's my placentive. Yeah, I've got mine in my freezer. Again, I don't know why. Clogils in the freezer. They've just texted her. Why? That's more placentive. Yeah, I've got mine in my freezer.

Again, I don't know why. Clogging up the freezer. Hey, good on you, Anna. Have a good one. Appreciate it. Another medical one. This is Lynn. Morena to you, Lynn.

Good morning. Great to have you on. What's on your photo stream? It's my heart valves. I had a replacement heart valve surgery six months ago. And like Anna, I didn't want to keep it, but I wanted to see what they removed. So I got the surgeon to actually take a photo and send it to me after I woke up. Oh, wow.

During the operation, they took a photo. Yeah. I'm not going to lie. I kind of want to see that. Yeah, it's the intrigue. I couldn't send it to you, but, you know, it looks like a prehistoric beak. And I had an aorta replacement as well because, of course,

it got bulbous and I don't think I'll eat shell pasta for some time. Okay. Why don't you send it to us and text 4487 if everyone wants to see Lynn's heart valve. I think those are right with Lynn. Is it okay, Lynn, if we show your heart valve? Yeah, I don't think anybody knows me.

Okay, great. And we can put Lynn's heart valve up on the Hits Breakfast Insta. We'll see how that goes. Might get some bloody good insights there. Good on you. We'll put you on hold

and we'll get to your address there, Lynn. Thank you so much. Michael, good morning to you. Yeah, morning. How's it going? Yeah, great. Do you want to see

Lynn's heart valve? No, I think I'll give that one a miss. No, fair enough. Each to their own. That's why we're checking it out to the vote. I only vote that matters is Lynn's. She's all right with that. It feels very intimate.

Yeah, it does. I feel like maybe we'll keep that for another day. Yeah, a couple of great votes coming in. Love to see the heart valve, guys. What have you got on your photo stream, Michael? Now, this one was during COVID. The vet, similar to you, the vet needed

to know where some spots were. We had spots on our spoodle that needed removing and they were about six, so we put post-it notes on and took photos with little arrows. Three or four pictures with post-it notes

pointing to where the spot's at. Oh, like on the dog. There you go. That's almost like an art creation, isn't it? It is. Post-its by the spots

on your spoodle. Yeah, it's like the banana taped at all. He looks very confused in the picture. I'm sure he does. He's sitting there with all these post-it notes.

What does it say? I appreciate it so good. Thank you so much. Keep this coming through. 4487. Someone's got photos of their husband's vasectomy procedure. Oh, I want to see that too.

Jono wants to put that one up on Instagram as well. Yeah. Text 4487 to who wants to see Lynn's heart bell. Get involved. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The ads. It's time for our What's Donald Trump Up To today piece.

There's big tariffs he's putting on at the moment that are causing a lot of volatility in the financial markets over the USA. They reckon the Kiwi savers are going to go down quite substantially. Here we go, economics chat from Joe and Ben. But also yesterday, obviously he's tight with Elon Musk from Tesla. Tesla sales have been going down. Now, not because of terrorists, because of Elon's support of Trump. A lot of people are boycotting it.

People are spray painting Teslas and things. So he had a big display of Tesla cars outside the White House. And he was getting in it, looking. It was like he was shopping for a car and supporting Elon as well. He had it into a car yard. He talked about how he was going to buy one. He was like, everyone needs to buy a Tesla now. And this is unusual, what he was going to buy the car with, the red one.

Have a listen. Elon, would you take a personal check from the president? I do it the old way. I give checks. I like a check. And I don't want a discount. He would give me a discount. So he bought checks.

He still uses checks. He's so much to unpack. He talked about, he goes, I don't like that whole thing Where money in your account I like checks Like the old fashioned way Do they still even have checks? Obviously they do

I'm guessing And then also he said He wouldn't give I mean he'd give me a discount But I don't want a discount That's definitely angling For a discount He doesn't need a discount

He'd give me a discount He's like Can you knock five grand off this? I don't want a discount So he sat in the red car He was quite impressed by that Text 4487 Can you still use checks

Are you still using a checkbook You can't use them in New Zealand Have we stopped them We've stopped them yeah In America maybe you can I'll do some googling But he got in the car And this is something else

Shots fired at Biden For no reason About Have a listen This is really amazing Do you think Biden Could get into that car I don't think so What amazing. Do you think Biden could get into that car? Do you think Biden could get into that car?

Oh my God, let it go, mate. He's gone. He's like, mate, I've got nothing to do with this. Buying a Tesla. Do you think he could get into this car? Like even just hop into the car? Like it's like, oh, he probably could. You're just bullying an elderly man at this point.

You really couldn't write this stuff. Turning the front lawn of the White House into a car yard, a Tesla car yard. Genius stuff. Well, speaking of large collections of things, we did get into a discussion yesterday about clearing out the estate. There's a new theory. What is it? The Swedish tasteful death?

Death cleaning. Death clean. The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning. Yeah, so that is basically if you're nearing the end of life, you go through your own possessions and you chuck stuff out and donate it or whatever. So your family don't have to clean up all your rubbish. There were some great and really interesting calls and texts yesterday of things that people have cleared out and have found.

When we were cleaning out the waterbed and pulled out the drawers, we found a jewellery box that had very expensive japanese pills and it was going to give them to his wife and we found out later that he had divorced and so he never gave him to his wife you know it's cleaning out uh our nana's my nana's place and there was like some preserve of some sport oh it's black liquid by that time. Oh, jams from the war. So 0800 The Hits, have you cleaned out an estate? What did you find? Did you manage to find hidden treasures and money?

Eminem, he got into it early. He did the Swedish death clean, didn't he? Getting rid of the stuff in the closet. He cleaned that out. Maybe he's left the rest of the stuff to his kids. Hayley? I was waiting to hear what he found, but I get it now. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. But we are talking about we're clearing out the estate this morning. You know, Swedish death cleaning is a thing. It sounds like a hot yoga pose, doesn't it? It does. But it's the art of cleaning up yourself, your house, before you pass away so you don't leave it to your family.

Okay, what's one item that you value the most? One material item that you would hand on to a family member and go, you pass this on to the generations of voices and puppets to come. It would probably be my engagement ring. Is that all you want to say? Yeah, no, that's fine. But I can't pass that on while I'm still living, right? You're going to pry it off my cold dead finger.

You can't pass it on your crippling dead finger. Yeah, that'd be nice. Oh, yeah, you can have that. That's a tough one. I mean, it's a material thing. I mean, I spend every year, I make a photo album, like a book, like a whole book. Do you? I get it printed any time we go on a holiday, I make a book.

Where do you put all the books? And that's all on the shelf. So I've got one every year a book where do you put all the books and that's all on the shelf so I've got one every year of the kids you know every year and it's all photos but I've only got one copy of those and obviously we've got those photos digitally

but I was like it'd be nice to grab those if anything was happening yeah that's good fire purely for the admin from the admin point of view I spent a long time

making these books every year getting them printed out how many are there now there must be like 15 yeah there's 15 yeah 15 could have taken all those

in a fire plus also if we'd done a couple of holidays so probably 20 books wow that's a great thing to do you need a duffel bag yeah exactly

but we've got two kids at the end they'll be burdened with these books they'll be like oh you take one I'll take the other it'll be weird

but anyway maybe bury them with me but it's good for the end but when they show their kids and their kids are like half interested. Whenever I show old photos of Jen and me before the kids are around, they're like, oh, this has got the kids in it, so at least they're engaged.

They're engaged. So clearing out the estate, what did you find? Now, Fiona, you've just finished clearing out an estate. God, so I thought this old lady wasn't going to sell and we really wanted to buy this property. And she wouldn't even negotiate. So we put a couple of offers in and then I said, oh, we'll just sweeten the deal.

We'll say, we'll clear away your stuff. Because it seems like a really simple idea. Anyway, she took the bait and we we bought the property, and oh, my God. Now, fortunately, my partner's a plumber and gasser, and we've got a digger, and he dug this, like, Olympic-sized swimming pool hole, and we've put in 46 trailer loads, plus all the big stuff. 46, did you say? Yeah, yeah, it was just nuts.

So the whole house was just packed from floor to ceiling? Yeah, and it's a little house, but there's a big shed, and then there's a loft in the shed. And there were tea chairs full of receipts from the 70s, and like for $1.20 stuff, and it just kept giving. And we were like, oh, my God. How long did it take you? It's taken us five months.

Oh, my gosh. And so we're waiting for the fire ban to go, and then we'll burn it and then bury it. So we did find one cool thing. And then she sent me a letter. She sent me a letter. She goes, I think I might have left you a little bit of a mess. Oh, my Lord.

Did you what? That was why they understand. But I did find a gold ring buried underneath some filing cabinets in the little office. And it had some engraving in it. And we gave it. We went back to the original owner. And they'd been there 50 years. And, yeah, it was her late husband's wedding ring.

And they'd lost it. And, yeah, she was really stoked. She had a wee cheer about that. Good on you. There we go. Sort of like a... Make up for the 36 trailer loads of rubbish. I haven't seen the movie.

Who returns the ring to the rightful owner? Frodo, yeah. Yeah, you Frodo'd it. Yeah, yeah. It was a Frodo moment, yeah. Yeah, good on you. Hey, well, I'm glad you've managed to get that monkey off your back now. Oh, yeah.

It was huge. 46 trailers and five months of labour clearing out the estate. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. All right. Armed with a light arsenal of general knowledge

and a heavy amount of guesswork, it's John O'Bannon Megan trying the New Zealand Herald's daily quiz with quiz queen producer Ellie in a lovely tie-dye combo today. The shorts and top. Thank you. It's actually a one-piece.

Is it? Yeah, it's just a big old one-piece. It's like a little play suit. Yeah, a little play suit. Do appreciate a tie-dye combo today. The shorts and top. Thank you. It's actually a one-piece. Is it? Yeah, it's just a big old one-piece. It's like a little play suit. Yeah, a little play suit. Do appreciate a tie-dye. Thank you. Suits you. How are we faring today?

You've done a run through, a dry run? I have. It's dicey. I think it's half and half. You know what I'm saying? Mind you, yesterday we got to eight. Like you said, we didn't deserve to. There were some toughies up the top.

You do surprise me sometimes. So let's go. Question number one. Which Australian brand has the official slogan, Spirit of Australia? Is it Qantas? Nice, Ben. Well done, Ben. That is correct.

All right, question number two. In what country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940? Was it England, Mexico, or Russia? He was Russian. I'm going to say he was assassinated in Russia Or Mexico Or he could have been in England at the time I think he could have been vacationing

I don't know what you're saying Have you heard of this guy? Trotsky's Russian, isn't he? I don't know, you tell me Yeah, I think so Well, I mean, he's certainly not Mexican Okay, so you're locking in Russia Okay, you're locking in Russia.

Okay, you're locking in... He's been assassinated in Russia. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. Wait, what were the options? So in what country was Leon Trotsky assassinated in 1940? Russia's definitely wrong, but... Russia, Mexico, England. Well, your facial's definitely wrong.

Maybe it's Mexico. Maybe it was Mexico from memory. It's definitely wrong. Why would it be Mexico? Isn't that during... Well, it could also be the UK. The end of the war or something? 1930s.

I think it was the start of World War II. Do you want to go to the lifelines straight away? Yeah, let's go to the lifelines. Okay. Trotsky. Yeah, so Leon Trotsky was assassinated in 1940 in what country? England, Mexico or Russia? Maybe he was a spy and he was overseas on a bit of a job, a bit of a gig.

Trotsky. That's such a terrible name. I'm going to say... Fiona says Mexico. Fiona hasn't let us down too much in the past. But then someone else says England. Let's such a terrible name. I'm going to say... Fiona says Mexico. Fiona hasn't let us down too much in the past. But then someone else says England. Let's go with Fiona. She's always right. It's Mexico. Well done.

Thank you, Fiona. I also thought Russia too when I did this before, so you're not alone. Number three, US actor Hal Linden starred in the lead role of what 1970s cop TV show? Was it The Rockford Files, Barney Miller, or Kojak?

I have heard of none of those. Why did we lose our lifeline on Trotsky? There's nothing pointing me in any direction. Did you say Hal? Hal. Like H-A-L. US actor Hal Linden. Oh, Hal. Sorry, yeah.

Starred in the lead role of what? 1970s cop TV show. Good Lord. Yeah. The Rockford Files, Barney Miller or Kojak? Was it Kojak? I don't know. Go with Kojak. Okay, Kojak.

Go with Kojak. I don't know. We were going in blind. Yeah, we are. We have to. That is incorrect. Hard luck. That one sucks.

What was it? It was The Rockford Files. Again, that means nothing to me. No, neither. Hard luck. That one sucked. What was it? It was the Rockford Files. Again, that means nothing to me. Hard luck, guys. Jesus, depressing. You did all right? No, we didn't. We get to three.

We'll use our lifeline of questions. To patronise us, Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I know, Megan, you came from another radio show where they love facts. They do them every day. Do you miss the facts? Would you like more facts from us?

I read one just before. I wasn't searching for facts or anything. It just came up on my Instagram feed. So we go fact of the moment, moment, moment. Fact of the moment, moment, moment, moment. Oh, that's triggering. But Australia is so big as a country that Melbourne is closer to Antarctica than Melbourne

is closer to Darwin in the same country. Crazy, eh? Wait, wait, wait. One more time, one more time. So Melbourne is closer to Antarctica than it is to Darwin. Given the space of the land. The size of, yeah, the size of Australia. Australia is a monster, eh?

It's a huge, I mean, you forget how big that country is. You need one of those things where you take Australia and you stick it somewhere else

on Europe. Yeah. Move it around. It's a great idea. Keep the same size.

Just to go wow it takes up all of these countries. If anyone's got any

spare time this morning could you please do that for us and maybe chuck it

somewhere over Europe. put it up on social. Yeah. Do it like a

scale. Grace, she's looking shaking her head, she could do it. I mean if you're listening, can someone we'll put it up on social Yeah Do it like a scale You want to put Jesus Grace She's looking shaking her head She could do it I mean if you're listening If you can Can someone just bloody do it

Chuck Australia on another country So we can go Wow Tell you what Shocking start to this morning This morning I don't know if this is just me But the bedside table

Slowly over time Just becomes You build it up like a Jenga pile It's a junk drawer It is Yeah but even on top as well like multiple half drunk glasses of water that i've used empty deodorant cans you know it just slowly starts to pile up over time there's not much real estate to be honest left on on the tabletop i mind this morning woke up boom knocked it oh clank dong dong ding dong dong spat water

spilling everywhere. Nightmare. Absolute nightmare. Do you have a whole bunch of random items in your bedside drawer? I don't have a drawer. What do you have? I just got a tabletop. We got little, they're quite cool. Amanda bought them, my wife.

They're almost like little sports lockers. So we have a little pink, a light pink little sports locker each. Right. And so it's quite good because, yeah, so I kind of, mine got nothing on top, but I just keep everything inside. Oh, that's a good idea. It's so I kind of, mine got nothing on top, but I just keep everything inside. Oh, that's a good idea. It's a little bit messy underneath, but I'm not a fan of glasses because every time Amanda would bring a tea or a glass,

you knock it off, you're right. You do. I did it this morning. Jen's just got lip balms and potions and like 42 of them all sitting on top. Sorry, I was just having a look. So many people have done it already online. Oh, the Australian thing? Europe and Australia.

It takes up a lot of countries. France, Spain, Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Poland, Italy. They all go into Australia? They all go into Australia, like a whole lot of Europe. And there's even spare space. You could chuck a North Korea or Japan. Yeah, sorry. I just thought people have done it multiple times.

We should put that one up on social media. Yeah, we'll put that one up. So if you had started the Australia project that we just set, please, just stop. Don't waste your time now. Someone else has done the heavy lifting on that one. John O'Bannon Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Now we are in the middle of merch madness. Literally nearly halfway through merch madness. You can send us your corporate merch. Megan's going to model it. Then we're going to give it away on the last day of march uh no business too small no business too dodgy that's what we're saying well we will do if you've got like a cheeky little drop shipping situation going on we'll wear one of your hoodies maybe you're a hard-working uh

member of a clandestine laboratory then you've got a merch piece of merch send that to us as well uh just text merch 4487 we'll bounce back the address. But along these lines, we just wanted to get into what collections you've got. Yeah, well, a lot of people have merchandise and then they make it and collect that sort of merch, right? Yeah, we spoke to someone from Southland. It was about three weeks ago she phoned through. And she's got a Taylor Swift, basically a Taylor Swift museum in her house.

I have a birdhouse that Taylor Swift made and signed in 2007 for a charity auction. I've got a spare bedroom that is a Taylor Swift bedroom. Oh, have you got a museum? With all memorabilia she's purchased online, signed bits and pieces. So all Taylor Swift merch. The whole room is full of it. That's crazy. An actual birdhouse.

Yeah, Taylor Swift did one. Made it. It's like a thing they do overseas, I guess, for charity. And she's got the one that Taylor made and signed. How's your Funko Pop collection going? Because you got deep into all those Funko. I couldn't really go away. Those little toys and their figurines of people

and I really could. I mean, there's stores around. You'll see pop stops and pop stores and stuff around the place and I'm like, I really could get carried away. Be honest, the other day when you sent me a picture of one, were you buying one? I went in to have a look because I was waiting for one of my kids. They were taking ages in a

woman's clothing store and I was like, I'll go across the road to the pop store and then I was almost going to buy one and I went in to have a look because I was waiting for one of my kids. They were taking ages in a woman's clothing store. And I was like, I'll go across the road to the pop store. And then I was almost going to buy one. And I went, no. My happy place. Yeah, so I'll take one for you because I thought your son, Bessie, loves Freddie Mercury. I saw there was one in there.

There was a little Freddie Mercury pop vinyl. I was like, you can get him started on it, mate. You can get him started. Are you into the dozens now? Oh, no, I wouldn't. I'd probably have maybe 12 of them, I guess. They're being capped. Yeah, I've been ca capped What one were you

Wanting to buy the other day Oh I get caught up In the NBA ones I guess How many LeBron James Ones have you got Just two How many Dwayne

You've got like Four Dwayne Johnson Ones as well I try and get the kids Into them too So I'm like I'll buy them for the kids But it didn't work

I mean they like them But I like them more than them You're not allowed to No one's letting your Wings on that one, are they? No, no, exactly. OK, so 800 of the hits. What collections have you got? I mean, yesterday someone phoned through

about their Hot Wheels collection. They've got 1,300 Hot Wheels hanging up. Now, are these still in the box or out of the box, or how do you keep them? There's about 850 probably still in the box, and then the rest are all open in cabinets and stuff. You love your Hot Wheels more than you love your children? You don't have to answer

that, Rhys. Depends on the day. On some days, yeah, exactly. So Rhys with 1300 Hot Wheels and what I love about you and Rhys is, you know, fully grown men, paying your taxes, paying your mortgages, but you've still got that little inner nine-year-old inside of you, don't you?

Exactly. If you ever wonder what a nine-year-old looks like with adult responsibilities, you can look at Rhys and Ben. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We are getting caught up in merch madness. If you've got some merchandise for your business that you want us to talk about and get Megan to

wear and we can give it all away at the end of the month, you can text MERCH to 4487 on the text. You do end up just having worked in this industry for far too long, probably, to be honest, in most people's eyes, but you end up collecting. It's like a dumping ground for corporate merch, isn't it, radio, at times? Yes.

I've got so many promotional T-shirts at home, so many radio station T-shirts, T-shirt history of every brand we have spread ourselves round on, Ben. And you end up, without a lie, I'd say probably 50 t-shirts. 50 t-shirts from this game. Somehow I don't have any.

She hates merch, that's why. Maybe as soon as I leave a station, I'm like, chuck it out. Burn it. Your last one, you held a bit of a burning effigy, didn't you? Speaking of collections, too, I remember growing up with a friend's mum. She had a huge Coke, Coca-Cola merch collection. Really?

Oh, the whole house. Wow. And ironically, she didn't get high on her own supply. She didn't drink up. I don't drink. It's just like the merch. It was scented candles candles old vintage cars wall hanging mirrors lots of coke mirrors all over the place yeah a lot of people collect those coke

glasses eh the like glass yeah that you drink yeah you know the distinctive old school looking glasses yeah i wiped myself with coca-cola toilet. Are you joking? No. Honestly, it was amazing. It was incredible to see. I tell you, once you start, that Coke can be very addictive once you open Pandora's box. Annette, how are you? Thank you.

Great to have you on, Annette. Where are you calling from this morning? Taru. Taru. Lovely. And what are you collecting? Key rings. Oh, key rings. And what are you collecting? Key rings. Oh, key rings.

How many have you got of those? About over 50. And do you have them, I guess you wouldn't have over 50 keys, would you? So you've just got key rings in what? Into like a... Like in a big bundle. Oh, yeah? When does it turn out from, you know, you've just got a few key rings

and you go, oh, I may as well turn this into a collection now. What number? I think about five. Five? Anything over five, you've started a collection. It's probably one of those things when we travel,

my wife and I went through, you know, we went backpacking through Europe and America and stuff like that. We didn't have a lot of room, only one bag and so we'd start collecting fridge magnets.

Every place, every country we'd go, we'd get a fridge magnet which was a nice thing because that can, small and put in the bag but now our fridge doesn't it's not magnetized for some reason you're not going to make this one it doesn't the magnets just slide off so they're just sitting there they're like oh that's a shame they're quite a washing machine oh i suppose i could do that

put them on the car yeah they just don't work with the fridge for some reason is that how it started any did were you collecting them when you went places? Yeah, friends go overseas and they would bring them back, you know, when they bring gifts back in. Yeah, you fall into that category. We've spoken of it before where they're like, oh, I tell you, who loves a key ring? Annette.

And so then you're just burdened with all these key rings. Yeah, and it was for Janix as well. Oh, yeah. Magnets and rings. Yes. You're the one to call. Hey, you have a great day, Annette. Oh, yeah. Magnets and rings. Yes. You're the one to call. You have a great day, Annette. Appreciate it. Thank you.

You too. My mum collects chickens randomly, like ornamental. But now I'm thinking about it. I think she said it once. And everyone's like, I'll buy her a chicken clock. I'll buy her like a chicken wind chime. Like she's got literally chickens. And you'll see something somewhere and you'll go, oh, Ray Ray would love this.

She'd love that. How many chicken bits of memorabilia do you have? Paraphernalia, so much. Really? She's got ornaments in the garden. But I'm like, I don't remember the last time she was like, yes, get me a chicken something. So I think it's just gone. She's become that person.

Yeah. And let's get Martin on. And welcome. How are you? All right. And you guys? We're doing well Martin on. And welcome. How are you? All right. And you guys? We're doing well, Marty. Your collections.

Tell us the number of what you have. You know what I'm trying to say. You pick it up from here, Martin. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I used to collect Jack Daniels as a hobby, single barrel. Okay. I had about 120 different type of single barrel bottles. Oh, 120.

And they all look the same. Wow. Yeah, yep, yep. I collect whiskey too, but... They all look the same, but they've got different numbers and barrel numbers, so it's quite unique. That's quite unique.

And they go for a lot of money. So, yeah. Did you drink it all? You said you used to have it. Where is it now, Martin? So, when we moved over to South Africa, I couldn't bring it over, so I never drank it or anything

So I gave about half of them To my father-in-law Because he's got a collection Over two and a half thousand Different types of whisky Wow, far out On the shelf and on display And the rest are sold to

Big collectors in South Africa Jeez It's a community of collectors Well I imagine doing that Through customs as well With all your alcohol are sold to big collectors in South Africa. Jeez. It's a commodity of collectors, yeah. Well, I imagine doing that through customs as well with all your alcohol. Just a little bit over the two-bottle limit there, Marty.