Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono hits peak embarrassment...

Episode Date: May 29, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY We try Channing Tatum's favourite sandwich What does the budget mean?! How you can help period poverty Ben hates lists now! Banning number plates These are some crazy cravings... Can you figure out the riddle? Check us out! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Pretty sad news. Smith & Coey's, the two stores in Auckland, the department stores, after being around for 144 years, 1880 they opened. Unfortunately, they're going to be closing up next year. Very sad, yeah. It's a common theme, though, isn't it, with department stores,

not only here in New Zealand, too? Around the world, yeah. Very sad stuff. Now, i just said three minutes ago worst thing that could happen to any human ever and megan has had great joy uh during that song of listing off a long list of atrocities that are happening in the world that could probably be worse than that is it worse than this is it worse than this i'm like well no okay so maybe i oversold it yeah it's not the worst thing but you know it's up there top five definitely top. Okay, so I'm walking across the road. Yesterday, they've got a cafe across the road.

We sometimes get a coffee or whatever after the show. And there's another person from the radio station. They work upstairs. They're across the road. They're outside the cafe. And they're waving at me. And it's enthusiastic. I'm like, the energy level's quite a lot for a stormy Wednesday morning.

Right. I'm happy to see you. You would give a loved one who's returned from war, maybe when you're picking up your kid first day at school, waving at the school gate. So I'm like, well, I've got to match this. I've got to match back. So I'm waving back too.

And then from behind me I hear, oh, I feel sad for you. And I turn around. And that wave was not aimed at me. Yeah, it was aimed at someone else. I didn't even know the lady it was aimed at. She just goes, I feel sad for you. She called you out. She called me out, which was glorious of her. Impeccable timing.

I've been in both situations where I've been the one thinking that someone's waving at me, but also the waver when someone else, and you feel like, oh, I'll give you a wave, like a pretty wave too. I've been the one thinking that someone's waving at me, but also the waver when someone else, and you feel like, oh, I'll give you a wave, like a pizzy wave too. I can wave at you too. Oh, yeah, here's a wave for you. You're like, oh, well, you're waved now. Here's a wave for you too. So it wasn't at you, but it's.

I tried to do my hair that I remember, but I had no hair. You're trying to do all sorts of things. And then the worst thing was, in line at the cafe, it was a big line, I was stuck next to them And there was just silence For about a minute and a half And then all of a sudden She goes

Hey remember that time Remember that time I waved at you And you thought it was for you But it wasn't for you Good times Good times The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast

Justin Bieber Having a baby with Hayley Bieber And she just revealed on her Instagram That she's got, well what? I guess not a really unusual craving but I would have thought the combination together was a little unusual. Her craving at the moment, she had a pickle

covered in egg salad topped off with a splash of hot sauce. Oh, couldn't do hot sauce when I was pregnant. All together. Horrendous heartburn. What happens when you're pregnant? Does your stomach for nine months just enter let's give it a go mode it's just hormones i think throw everything out of whack so like you just like give me the lollies or let me get those chips into toilet water or do anything your wife amanda had a crazy one yeah she was she really wanted uh like we'd have

gherkins or you know pickles in the fridge but she didn't necessarily want to eat the gherkins or the pickles, just wanted the juice. The pickle juice. The brine that was with it, you know. She'd just be like, I just want to open it and drink it. I'm like, oh, you're probably fine. Go for it. Some people say it's like if your body is, like, craving, like, salt or.

Yeah, like Marmite was another one that she loved. I smeared Marmite, like, thick on, like, cruscuts. And to the point now where I'm like, oh, yuck. But it was like thick. What happens to the poor high and dry gherkins at the end? Are they just left like stranded whales in the jar? Sitting there not floating around? They need that green piece.

They're like, get back out of the water, guys. They're not so good. I was talking to a friend over the weekend who's got a couple of kids. And she was saying she had chalk. Chalk was one and she was like i never ate it but she was like so hard to resist she were like the kids would have you know chalk and stuff like that and she's like i just want to eat the chalk so like if you crave inedible items that's like a thing called uh pika and you can develop it when you're pregnant so you you might like chalk or paint chips or washing powder. Sand was another one.

Someone's mum was sand. They're like, mum, did you eat sand? Mum's like, sure. No, I didn't. Or like mud. Chalk, don't they give that to people to sober up? What? To soak up?

I don't know. I feel like you've been taking some. So why have you got some in your car? Eat a packet of chalk before you go and soak it all up. So 800-THATS, we want to open up your cravings, the craving line this morning. You can text 24487. The crazier, the better.

There was a lady in Whanganui. I thought we'd spoken to her on the hits, but it was a previous radio station. She was eating washing powder, like Purcell, like spoonfuls of Purcell. I don't know. Hopefully she's still with us.

Yeah. If you know her, the wonderful lady in Whanganui. I don't think that's recommended. That's not good for you. She was like, I just couldn't help it. I just like,

I had to eat it. Wow. Maybe that's why they put those warnings on the packet. I'm like, what idiots are eating washing powder?

There you go. The fancy stuff, like the little tablets with the Powerball thing in it? I don't know if she was quite that far. Spoonfuls of it. And she would try the, like she said, different variants, they've got different flavours.

She'd been across the buffet of washing powders. You've been through this. Your hormones are taking over. You can't help it, right? Yeah, yeah. I smash back so much kiwi fruit to the point where I was waking in the night and eating like three kiwi fruit.

And I could give or take kiwi fruit on any other day but when I was pregnant I was like give that to me Boy you must have been regular Your kiwi fruit was the only Maybe that's why I needed it The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast We're looking for the more unusual

pregnancy cravings for food or sometimes not even food that you had There's so many great messages on our Facebook page. A lady who's currently pregnant sniffing cat biscuits. She's like, I don't eat them but just when I feed the cats

I'm like, jeez, I need another hit. There's a few people texting in about sniffing. So someone used to sniff flowery washing powder so much so they carried

a Ziploc bag of it in her handbag so she could get a hit. Just to have a huff. And then afterwards was like, blech. Paige said, silage? Silage like blech. Paige said silage.

Silage. She loved the smell of silage. And someone sniffed petrol. Petrol's nice though. I can get the allure of petrol. Natasha, your friend was the washing powder snorter. Yeah, she could say that. Yeah, she had this craving for

like smelly, flower smelling washing powder and she'd actually put some in a little Ziploc bag inside her handbag, so wherever she was out and about or wherever, she could just whip it out and have a good sniff.

Never ate it though? No, no, she just needed the smell and stuff. Can I just say, a whole lot of white powder in a Ziploc bag? I don't know about you, but it's washing powder, it's washing powder. Sure, it's washing powder. But you won't get it. Oh, that's incredible.

Thank you so much for the call. Some crazy combinations as well on Facebook. Chilli filly and pineapple on crackers. That sounds quite nice. Black pudding with vinegar and fish fingers. This is all together. Salted vinegar chips dipped in chocolate ice cream I reckon I could get behind that Taking gherkins and ice cream on toast

And Becky says cheese And I have a dairy allergy Fighting through that one Maybe it's your body preparing you For the next 18 years of stress Saying if you can handle this You can handle drinking petrol And sniff Saying, if you can handle this, if you can handle drinking petrol and sniffing washing powder,

you can handle any of this. This has come through from Kelly. Boysenberry trumpets and muscles together. Oh, that's got to be among the weirdest. That's yuck. It's like flats in Dunedin, eh? Just putting stuff together. Barb, you're on.

You're pregnancy craving. Barb, what was it? Marina, well, nothing like those revolting ones. Yeah, right. I really loved peanut butter and pickled onions, and I had a two-litre jar of pickled onions, and I never ate peanut butter before I was pregnant. And then I'd just get the pickled onion and smear it with peanut butter

and just eat a whole pink round, you know, the dark brown ones. Yes, I know the ones. And I remember one day I was pulling them out of the fridge in a hurry and I dropped it and the whole jar smashed on the kitchen floor and I sat down and cried and then picked up the pickled onions that ate them. That's the floor. As you're crying on the floor. Yeah, that's a low point. There's a note here that you also ate them. That's the floor. As you're crying on the floor. Yeah, that's a low point.

There's a note here that you also ate candles. Yeah, but that was when I was a teenager. You're getting all high and mighty about these other people. You're a candle eater. You're right. When we went tramping, I think it was about the texture, I'm not sure, but candles were great. But I just found out that I was low at vitamin B12,

so maybe, I don't know. You're right. Megan, you said that before, right? Might be deficiencies, yeah. Yeah. I was like, you need to hit the candles. Hit the candles. My husband frequently says I'm deficient.

Well, Barb, lovely to hear from you again, mate. And actually, she wasn't pregnant, but we spoke to a British lady in London. Her age, Bricks. Patricia, or Patrice was her name. Have a listen to her. It started when I was a kid. You know, some children, you know, have bad habits. Peacock, you know, you can eat different things like carpet and soap and that sort of thing.

Oh, you know, your classic childhood snacks. Maybe a bit of sand from time to time or something like that. And you just thought you'd start eating a bit of brick. Yeah. My auntie and uncle, when they were kids, you know, sometimes you get wet and tear in the wall. So they stuck their fingers in there and licked it. And then my grandma told me about it. You know, it was a family conversation.

And I decided to take a steps over and try it out myself. And then I couldn't stop. And then I was digging chunks out the walls. Really? And damaging my grandmother's walls. You're literally eating her out of house and home. Yep, I've heard it all. I'm shitting bricks.

Am I allowed to say that? Well, you have, but it was better coming from you than us. There we go. Thank you so much for your amazing calls and texts. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There was not one last night, so it's jackpotted for Saturday night. Over $30 million could be won. But right now we're about to enjoy a sandwich that Channing Tatum enjoys.

A Channing Tatum sandwich. Now I did have a Brad Peta pit once and that was delicious. So hopefully the Channing Tatum sandwich lives up to that. How did you find out the recipe for this, Megan? So you know, there are so many interviews and someone asked him, what is the components of a perfect sandwich?

Because you know, you run out of questions. They definitely did. You want to ask things that no one's ever asked before. He probably hasn't been asked that before. what is the components of a perfect sandwich? Because, you know, you run out of questions. They definitely did. You want to ask things that no one's ever asked before. He probably hasn't been asked that before. We wouldn't be talking about it if it was just like, did you like doing the movie or something? Yeah.

And I think they expected something maybe a bit more healthy or a bit more simple. Because he's ripped. Yeah. But he said, you need to get ready because it's very complicated. A Channing Tatum sandwich sounds like an initiation at Otago University. Now, I had to go to a place in Auckland that is called Martha's Backyard. This is a place that does imported goods because this is American stuff. Oh, it's great.

It's great. It's got all the American stuff that you know from a lot of TikTok, from movies, you know, Pop-Tarts, all those sorts of things. You could adapt this to be New Zealand-fied, but I wanted to do it legit to how Channing Tatum has it. Thank you for doing this. This is a real commitment. So it's white bread.

Some would say too much commitment. Oh, that's good. Yeah. Two slices of white bread. Well, you didn't have the white bread, John. I had to provide that. No. I don't know the last time I've actually even eaten white bread.

That's my level of commitment to the Channing Tatum sandwich. He's been eating it for a while. I eat super thick, super white all day. And it probably explains a lot about my makeup. I am super thick and super white, so take it away. So white bread, chuck on some peanut butter. Pretty standard at the moment. Then he gets some grape jelly, which is like grape jam.

Okay, that sounds good so far. Very sugary. So I went and got legit American grape jelly. You could use strawberry jam maybe. Just any kind grape jam. Okay. That sounds good so far. It's very sugary. So I went and got legit American grape jelly. You could use strawberry jam maybe. Yeah. Just any kind of jam. Peanut butter and jelly is like the American thing they always talk about, right?

Now, he said to put a lot on. PB&J, they say. An obscene amount of this stuff. Okay. I can tell Ben's going, where's the lettuce? Where's the avocado? This again, he's ripped

and this is what he's eating, right? So the third component and the last component in this sandwich is Cheetos. So you could use twisties,

I guess. Yeah. Slam on the Cheetos. So you've got actual Cheetos. Yeah. And then you're

going to try it, okay? Okay. Nasty. Wow. And super unhealthy. All right,

who's going first? Okay, I can try it. I can try I can try first Cut it in half You got enough Oh jeez okay princess Well then we can both try it

We'll probably just pick it up And bite it Alright princess Sorry for asking Did you want us to go Lady and the Tramp on the sandwich Yes please actually Are you going to have some

I did cut a little Oh this is one of those things I don't know If you want to have some You have some You're perfect the way you are Alright Alright there you go Should I have the sandwich Megan You're perfect the way you are But of those things if you want to have some you have some of you're perfect the way you are all right all right there you go should i have the sandwich you're perfect the

way you are but eat the sandwich if you want okay cheetos grape jelly peanut butter on white bread the perfect sandwich according to channing tatum he definitely brainstormed this after a bong it does feel like that i mean it kind of it's it's nice i mean i probably would like it more without the cheetos but the cheetos are good they're good but you're right it does feel like yeah you put some stuff together you know if there was a student master chef show this is probably be winning that's yuck That's so yuck Alright Well She's a lady Who makes soup

From scratch Yeah Exactly Raises the chickens Then puts them In chicken soup You can eat it Peanut butter and jam

Would probably be A bit better But hey He's chucked some Cheetos in there And now we're eating it The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast

It's a wonderful organisation Called the Period Place They're trying to tackle Period poverty And get more products Out there And really doing a big drive At the moment To tell us more As Danica Reville Good morning called The Period Place. They're trying to tackle period poverty and get more products out there and really doing a big drive at the moment. Tell us more.

It's Danica Revell. Good morning. Great to have you on. Thank you very much. I was just thinking this morning, I remember when you two had your first show together, you boys and your TV show and all that sort of stuff, and I thought,

shit, I've been in New Zealand a few years now. We're very old men. We've been hanging around a while. I thought you were going to burn us for being old. But anyway. Now, Danica, we were just having a debate off here. Danica, Danica, Danica, Catherine, what do you want to be called? Danica.

Danica. Well, Danica, you're from the period place. You set up, were you a co-founder of it in 2019? Yeah. Yeah. Are you amazed how much it has grown? Yes and no. Sometimes I'm annoyed that it hasn't grown enough and we don't have like long-term sustainable

funding. And then other times I look back and I go, oh, come on, mate. Like you've had two kids, you know, taking a little Instagram idea that you and your mate had and, you know, turned it into a nationwide charity and, you know. You actually had a great idea, and you acted on it while bringing two humans into the world. So I think you're all right. So the period place, if you don't know it,

they provide period products, because there is a period poverty issue in New Zealand. That's how we got started. So we learned about how systemic and how serious period poverty was in New Zealand, and I was like, now bugger off. And just got angry about it. And I'm still angry about it every single day.

But I imagine that, you know, like with COVID, you know, the cost of living, things are tougher out there than they were before. Exactly. It's gotten worse. It's gotten bigger. You know, period products are one of the first things to go off the shopping list. You can't eat a tampon. Yeah.

So when you're trying to figure out how to get through the week, you're going to look at what's going to keep you alive. And unfortunately, using rags or socks or staying at home because you've got to use tissues, you've got to make the right choices for yourself and for your family. And food always comes first. So, yeah, we've got this amazing new partnership with New Zealand Food Network, which got stood up during COVID

and they have a nationwide distribution model and it is just phenomenal. A lot of people are like periods and food, you know, how are they related? But when you look at what New Zealand Food Network deliver, they deliver essentials for people to get through the day, get through the week, and that includes period products, that includes food, but that includes toothbrushes and toothpaste and things that you get in a supermarket. So it's actually quite a natural

partnership. So that's what I was going to ask you is how can people help? Can we donate money or do you just donate products to you guys? There's a few things that we do at the period place. We talk about our mahi under three pillars, conversation, education, access. So we smash menstrual stigma, we advocate for education and we provide it where we can. We're doing that at the moment with a campaign called 123 Periods and all we're doing is asking people

to just have a chat about periods because menstrual literacy and talking about periods is as easy as talking about your ABCs and your 123s. You can jump onto our website and our social media. You mentioned the government. Do they come to the party at all? It depends what type of party you like. I'd like one with plentiful supply of period-related products.

Yeah, so we actually don't get any government funding. We never have. We just are really good at having yarns with them. So a lot of people think we do get financially supported by them, but we don't. And, you know, the government, the last government, stood up the period products in schools program, which is awesome. And the new government have extended it by a year.

So we're waiting a little bit with bated breath for the budget to come out next year to see if it's actually going to be funded properly again for three years. But I think they could be doing a hell of a lot more. You know, you don't go to work with a giant roll of toilet paper under your arm and a hand dryer under the other arm because, you know, it's taken care of because it's a health issue. But, you know, I'm probably not ever not going to be angry about it.

So as long as I'm angry, I guess I'll keep channeling that frustration into the work and for my team. Appreciate you, Danica, especially on behalf of all those people who are affected directly by period poverty. Appreciate you heaps and all the work that you're doing. We do this every week. Producer Tata tries to stump us and she does stump us pretty easily, but often she won't stump you with a riddle. If you can work it out, you'll win a Dilmar hot and cold tea price pack and $100. Is the Riddler any way related to the Diddler?

I hope not. Hopefully no blood relative? No, not that at all. You're clear of that? Okay, now, Producer Taylor, take it away. You usually come with two riddles. One for us. Well, today I've just got one because you guys haven't been getting any of it and we never

get to the second one. If you know it, 0800 the Hats or 4487 on the text. Okay, a man stands on one side of a river. His dog is on the other. The man calls his dog who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it? I actually think I might know it.

Say it again. No, say it again. How did the dog do it? No, I don't know. I thought I had it. I thought they were on the same side. Was something to do with the dog's name? It's quite easy. No, nothing to do with the dog's name. I was like, is the dog's name River? But then you read it back

and I was like, no, it's not. Crosses a river without a canoe, no plank of wood. No method of transportation. It really drives me nuts when the phones are full. And they're not on the same wood. No method of transportation. That really drives me nuts when the phones are like full. Are they on the same side? Yeah, I know. This is quite easy.

Can I just say, I asked producer Grace this one last week and she got it within two seconds. She has that brain though. She always gets them. Can you just, sorry, please, just a third time for the geriatric on the show. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog is on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without the use of a boat or a bridge.

How did the dog do it? Is there no water in the river? No, there's water, but you're on the right path. Okay, let's go to the front. Because if we don't get up there, we can't get back. Crosses a river. It's not a river river. What does that mean?

Just take a call. Tammy, you're on from Hamilton. Welcome. Oh, put us out of our misery. What's the answer? The answer is the Riverwoods Horizon. Yes. How old are you?

Oh, my God. How old are you? How old are you, Tammy? i'm 11. hang up on him you're very smart tammy 11 year old i'm not going to ask if you worked it out on the spot because i don't need to know that okay so you're going to get a hundred dollars in a dilma hot don't do my tea hot and cold tea price pack wow thank, thank you. You're very welcome. Did you know that before, Tammy? No.

You just figured it out? Yeah. I said there was no water. It was close. You were close. But still not the right answer. The next generation, eh? Pretty smart.

Thank you very much. Pleasure. Damn, the Riddler. Makes me angry. We heard it three times, you read it slower each time. Loose, nothing.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Budget day, two o'clock today, the budget comes out and hopefully there's a bit of a relief for all Kiwis at the moment.

That's what we're hoping, right? Yeah, but I'm keeping my expectations low. I don't want to be disappointed. Then that was a light dusting of the budget. We can get into it now.

We can tackle more if you want. Can we? Well, probably not. Call Liz Bluff and see what he comes up with. I had all that information earlier about the cover pages, what the traditions are. No, that was the presentation of the budget, not the nitty gritty. Not the economics. You used to get a haircut

and, oh, mate used to have a pie. I did. Because I thought that would be the stuff that people want to hear when, you know, like it's like half the time it's like politics. You just want to know how it's going to save us money. Well, hopefully that's going to happen, right? I hope it'll happen this afternoon.

But right now we need to get to this. That went from a light dusting to a deep dive, guys. We need to get to this. It's Femglish. Welcome to Femglish. I keep saying it this it's femglish uh welcome to femglish i'm gonna keep saying it like there's an introduction there isn't an introduction uh femglish is uh helping us all understand uh the complex female the nuances of the female language and ben and i just sort of wrapping our head around it uh what i've figured out over the

four weeks we've been doing fememglish is what is said. That's not what we mean. I mean the exact opposite. Yeah. Yeah. That seems to be the common theme. And look, I'll give you that. We could be more direct.

That comes out every week too. We definitely could be more direct, but I feel like it's been said enough now that you should know what we mean. So we were having a conversation yesterday. We were having a bit of a meeting and we had a bit of a conversation afterwards. And this is an example of F femblish came up right and this was one where I think the male was often being direct and you didn't want to be direct this was kind of almost like the opposite so this was Harriet our boss yeah Harriet our boss she said uh to her wonderful partner Riley she said should

I go to the gym today yeah in the evening she evenings you're like, or should I have this chocolate? So that puts Riley in a position of like, what do you want me to say? And so Megan, in this position, those two options as an example are offered up. Yeah, be very careful. Because he would be like, you go to the gym, encouraging, you know?

Encouraging to go to the gym, but is that the answer that you want? No. I want you to say, you are perfect the way you are. Please just stay in bed with me and cuddle. And eat chocolate. It's up to you, baby.

You look incredible as you are. I don't think you need to go today. But what happens if you want to encourage her? She'll be like, I want to go to the gym. And you're like, you're not going. You need that little person to spur you on. No, we never want you to encourage us. Unless there's a predetermined thing where you're like, if I ever, and I want you to encourage us okay unless there's a predetermined thing where

you're like if i ever and i i need you to encourage me unless that's said right so what if you're like and like oh should i have some chocolate yeah you want some chocolate babe hit the chocolate is always the answer to that what if you go you probably could go to the look on your face as you say that, so you already know what we're having to do. Yeah, exactly. What if you think of that?

I'll try that one, okay? You know the answer to that. And the chocolate one. So, should I have dessert? Should I have chocolate? Again, you're throwing in an alcohol. If you want it,

go and have it. We don't care. This is the same as if I ask you, do you want dessert? Should we get a dessert? Do you want ice cream? And you say no.

But my husband's always like, oh, no, but you have one. I'm like, I'm not having an ice cream now. Why? Because I needed teamwork. I needed you to justify me having an ice cream. But why do I need to? I don't want to be. I did this for the life of a Thomas.

I don't want dessert. I'm fine. I don't want to be hoeing into the junk food by myself. I need the crowd to do it. So I have to pretend that I want the dessert? It's like the girls on this show. If one of us is eating lollies, we're all eating lollies, you know? We all have to eat the lollies.

You go down together. So crazy. Very confused. Okay, maybe you've got more to add to this episode of Femme Glacier. 800 The Hits. Have you found yourself in this position? And you've maybe answered in the incorrect way. When the option has been thrown out last week,

we got to the bottom of do what you want. Guy phoned up. He's like, all right, I'll do what I want. He went out and he went missing for 24 hours. Returned and they had a big family dinner and he's asleep on the table. Now I think they're divorced. Yeah, they are divorced. That marriage ended.

Yeah, okay. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A bit of a delay in getting to work for a few centres around the country. There's protests going on today. Yes, the Te Pātai Māori supported protest is going all over the country at the moment. And basically it's around the fact that Māoridom has been critical of moves from the government to remove. Mention of the Treaty of Waitangi from some legislation, disestablish, de-establish the Māori Health Authority,

repel the smoke-free laws, and the ACT Party's bid to redefine the treaty's principles. So that's why they're out and about today, and a lot of Māori employees have been encouraged to take the day off work to sort of signify how important they are to the workforce and the economy. Exactly. So I hope there's some sort of resolution after today.

You'd hope so. I just love when people protest. I think it's awesome. You're a big protester. She gets out for any protest. Boobs on bikes. She was there. Remember boobs on bikes?

What was that protest for? No, I think it was. It was a parade, wasn't it? It was advertising the expo or something. That's right, we had the sex boat. Yeah. That was a wild time for New Zealand, wasn't it? It was advertising the expo or something. That's right, we had the sex boat. Yeah. That was a wild time for New Zealand, wasn't it? Wasn't it?

Yeah. Just down the middle of the road, kids there having a great time. It was like Santa Parade for bosoms. Yeah, in a lot of ways. Now we're trying to get to the bottom of another episode of another edition of Femglish, where we try and decipher the female language. Now, it's not a particular one phrase A particular phrase today

But it's just sort of a general theme of like We're asked a question, should I go to the gym? Should I have dessert? Should I have this chocolate cake? We don't know how to answer Feels like a very leading question I think the connotation's already there I don't feel like going to the gym, so agree with me I want to eat this chocolate, so agree with me

Give me permission To not go to the gym and to eat the chocolate You don't feel like going to the gym, so agree with me. I want to eat this chocolate, so agree with me. Give me permission to not go to the gym and to eat the chocolate. You don't want encouragement? Generally, no. Okay, alright. You won't be like, yeah, go to the gym, you can do it. Go the safe route, and then if she's like, no, you should be encouraging me, then encourage. You can bloody flip into David Goggins if you wanted

to, and encourage the heck out of you. You've got a bit of a system happening at the moment, very topical. So generally, I would say that to my husband, like, just say stay at home, stay at home. But I've given him permission. If I cop out, he's like, go. You've got a goal.

You should go. He's allowed to encourage me at the moment. Go to the gym. So he's in the safe space. He's in a safe zone. Will he know when that safe space has ended? Yeah, there's an event. After the event, stop.

Okay, all right. Erica, you want to add more to this dilemma this morning for Femglish. ended. Yeah, there's an event. After the event, stop. Okay, all right. Erica, you want to add more to this dilemma this morning for Femglish. Welcome. Hi, guys. Yeah, what are your thoughts? Well, you know,

it's the thing when we go to work and we're all talking about, oh, hi, today's the diet plan, da, da, da, da, da, da, and then, you know, at the end of the day, we are like, okay, this is the, you know,

first day, or probably the last day. Let's just start eating a lot of sugar and then that day never comes when you go into the diet plan

okay today's the last day one more sugar one more sugar but nothing it never comes yeah okay today's the last day

I'm going to eat the sugar the diet will start tomorrow and then what do we say to that you go okay good on ya good stick to that diet you do

you have that sugar you're perfect the way you are babe you don you good stick to that diet you do you have that sugar what a perfect the way you are babe you don't need to do that diet just eat the chocolate sweeter thanks bye thank you thank you thanks erica uh well there you go that's another episode of uh femlish uh again leaving more more confused than when we arrived yeah speaking i just think generally telling your partner to go to the gym, it's not going to end too well. You're just perfect the way you are, Megan. Yeah.

Thank you. Oh, well, great answer. You're perfect the way you are, Ben. Thank you. But I know that's – I know he's like, see? Is he? Yes, he is. We think you're perfect, Ben.

We think you're perfect the way you are. Oh, God. Mind you, a couple of hours on the treadmill wouldn't go us straight. Yeah, there you go. Some weight. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. One of the most iconic buildings in Auckland. It's been around since 1880.

Wow. 144 years. Smith & Coey's. I actually went to the grand opening. For a second I was like, what? Did the live broadcast? It's really sad. It's closing down at the start of next year.

So it seems like it's a little bit of a trend for big department stores to sort of end. Kikordi and Staines in Wellington, that closed down a couple of years ago. Thankfully, Ballantyne's and Christchurch are still hanging in there. Was that H.J. Smith and Invercargill? Yeah, there were a lot of them around. Now it seems, unfortunately, like they're going. I mean, it's basically survived through two world wars,

two severe depressions in the world. Pandemic. And then, yeah, well, it seems like the last five years, by all accounts, as reading about it, has really been sort of the end of it. A combination of a whole lot of stuff from COVID, people working at home, also the Auckland's central city, if you've ever been close to that, is a nightmare at the moment.

It's a mess. It's the Wild West, man. You can't drive cars down there. There's a lot of crime. You can get a lot of mess, though. Yeah. There's a lot going on. People are still working from home,

a lot of construction going on, and the cost of living as well. So all those factors, and unfortunately it means that after 144 years, they're going to be closing down their two stores. Very sad. And is it like over 200 staff? Yeah, 250 staff. Some have worked there for 30 to 40 years, they're going to be closing down their two stores. Very sad. And there's like over 200 staff. Yeah, 250 staff.

Some have worked there for 30 to 40 years. Wow. Which is really, really sad. It's the most amazing place at Christmas time. I don't know if you've ever been lucky enough to go along. Every year. The Santa Grotto is incredible. The outdoor window display that they have every Christmas changes up.

And it seems like it's a real shame that these iconic things just kind of are going. Well, the guy, Tony Coey, he's obviously the family. It's a family business. He's the chairman of the board. Just devastated. Wouldn't you be? You would. 144 years, you have to shut down the family business.

And none of it's doing. No. It's not like he's made bad business decisions. It's just the world we live in nowadays. Yeah, also malls, he was saying in the article, is a big you know another reason as well that people just you know you go free parking you go to the mall as everything is kind of there so unfortunately the centers of towns and cities around the country not quite as popular as they were the hits the jonah and ben podcast one thing i admire i don't know if you guys ever think about this probably not but i've seen people

do it a lot lately is when they're having a conversation to you and then they list off stuff. And sometimes they'll go, there are three things or three reasons why. And you're like, whoa, this person's going for a list. They're putting more pressure on themselves. I'm always really impressed by that. How many items do you need in a conversation

to justify a well-rounded list, do you think? Is it three? I feel like you need three yeah yeah but then i feel like i would say well it's three things and i'd get to like the third and be like i don't have a third one you know yeah you're really banking on having three things the guy who came around to fix the incinerator that my daughter broke the other day he was like he did the one where he goes you know he was talking about something and goes well hey this and i was like oh he's got you start with the name you're like an alphabetic like yo this guy's got to go through the alphabet how far is he going to go he's definitely going to get to like oh he's got could we start with an A he's got an alphabetic list you're like yo this guy's gotta go

through the alphabet how far's he gotta go he's definitely gotta get to C he's definitely gotta get to C I think he got to D or something and I was like oh

there's a lot of things that can you know harm the encyclopedia like A and I was like oh okay where's he going but you know

he's done that list before you know you don't just add Libet list you gotta come prepared what were some of the things oh just like a lot of it was basic stuff, to be honest.

But I was just, I was more impressed by the fact that he started like, eh? Don't put concrete down there. Are you allowed to put eggshells down there? I didn't actually ask him that. Because some people do and some people don't. He put avocado stones. Yeah, he puts whole avocado stones down his wall. The gurgler munches them, gobbles them up.

But banana skins are apparently, they're Achilles heel. I feel like avocado stones are... I feel like that's a bit much. Oh, the whole house is rocking. But it's doing its job. Yeah. I'll tell you who loves a list, the fitness industry or the health industry. Enhances moods, increases metabolism.

You know, they're far... I can't even finish the list. They do and you're like, I don't understand anything you just said but you just listed you've got to list I always say yeah you know my bugbear

with people making speeches when they start listing off names because you know that they're going to forget someone you know unless they have it written down people go I'd like to thank such and such

and then someone afterwards is like well you didn't thank me you know so don't do a list that's my rule have you listed as a parent when you're getting angry

at the kids? They're like, your rooms are a bloody mess. And they're like, why? The beds aren't made. There's clothes on the floor and you can't think of a thing

when you're like, the remote control's upside down in the lounge. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now the budget, the government's announcing its budget.

At 2pm today, it's going to come out today and with the cost of living, I guess we're probably a bit more interested in the budget than ever before, right? Tax cuts, what are we looking at? That's what they're promising, tax cuts.

So I guess, well, that was what they promised when they got elected, right? But not everyone's guaranteed a tax cut, right? It's going to be like certain groups or? They're calling this one the more boring budget I was reading before because in the past when Labour. I can't remember an exciting budget. Yeah, true. But then when Labour would have the budget in the past,

Grant Robertson would show everyone the budget and they'd have like a pretty title page and some pictures and stuff on it, like beaches or families. This time, just font. Just font. They haven't put any copy and paste image from Google Images? No, no clip art. Nothing.

But then in 2019 when Grant Robertson did it, and it was like the budget for New Zealand, the mum and daughter that he used, apparently they'd moved to Australia. They'd left. For a better life in Aussie. Yeah, so maybe that's why things can backfire. Also tradition on Budget Day, as far as, you know,

like in the past, the people that announced the budget have done traditional things like Jacinda Ardern would buy Grant Robertson a new tie. He would then eat a cheese roll from Southland. Bill English would eat a pie. Stephen Joyce would get a haircut every day on Budget Day. Didn't Chris Hipkins, did he ever do the budget or was he just a sausage roll enthusiast? I think he just loved a sausage roll and a Coke Zero, right?

We rained sausage rolls down on that poor man. And Nicola Willis, who will be announcing the budget today, her tradition, it seems, is her daughter baked some chocolate chip cookies. And she's going to be sharing that with the Prime Minister. There's a lot of eating around the budget. Yeah. You know something's incredibly boring when they're having to smoke screen it with, what are the traditions on budget day?

Well, to be honest, that was the bits I found the most interesting. Like, I can go into all the other, the top part of the article, but I was like, you know, you can save that for Mike Hosking as well. I just, whatever they do, just bring interest rates down and make the groceries cheaper, please. Yeah. And government-funded hair transplants. That's all we want.

That's all the show is asking for. Sneak something in addition to the bill right at the last minute. There are going to be a few protests on today, which could cause a few disruptions to traffic to Bati Mare. They're going to be descending on Parliament, but it sounds like it's going to be in cities around the country as well. So that could cause a bit of congestion on the roads this morning as well as that happens around the country. Yeah, well there we go.

The budget, all action today and tomorrow, your review of the budget we're getting ready. A deep dive into the hotline. You could call the hotline, couldn't you? An 0800 budget hotline if you had any questions. Yeah. I don't know if that's still a thing now. They're cutting down

resources I think. The person was probably like, I used to be a phone sex operator. Now I'm discussing how to... Let me break you down for you. There you go. Oh, tell me more, tell me more. You'll have to pay 99 cents. You're like, damn it.

Why are we getting those tax cuts? How long was that tax cut? We'll find out.