Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono Uses Producers Ellie's Portable Bidet!!!

Episode Date: January 23, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY We get an expert on to end Megan's neighbour drama! Ben sings the hardest song ever! We reveals Megan's high school love Ben is on Australian TV!!! We chat to Benson Boone Jono gets caught buying baby oil... Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John O, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits. Welcome to the podcast. The end of our first full week back and we've been told to make this quick. Alright, so that's it. Producer Ellie, Ben likes to call her the fun sponge. Hello there. She's come in to say make this podcast intro quick. You've got a lot of stuff for us to do. I gave you some sponges before Christmas. Have you used those yet? I have actually been using them. It's really helpful because I ran out and I was like,

oh, Ben's given me four sponges. Did you use two sponges? Yes, I did. Because she's a fun sponge. She's a fun sponge. Have you been having fun with those sponges? I have actually.

It's been very helpful, thank you. I thought you would. I saw them and thought of you. Well, sponge is not the only product in producer Ellie's life because you're about to hear what she's purchased online. It's so weird.

Have a listen. Now, producer Ellie's joining us right now in studio because you've made a purchase. Are you regretting this purchase? Look, it arrived yesterday. This was perfect timing. So I don't regret it yet. I haven't actually used it yet. So I can't say whether it's doing its job, but I'm quite proud of the purchase.

And I think that I might influence people listening right now, potentially. Or I might deter people from listening right now. I'm not sure. Okay, right. So it was an online impulse purchase. The problem with online shopping nowadays is, you know, a few years ago you had to put your address in, put your details in. Now it's just a bloody double pump on the side of the phone. I know. And when you save stuff in your cart,

at a weak moment, like when you get a little tipsy, or if you're feeling sensitive, you can just double click and then you're like, oh, I've done it now. Done. Walk away.

And then you're like, oh God, why did I do that? Why did I do it? Immediately on that second click, you're like, no! I shouldn't have. But then you don't do it and then they email you like, John, I was talking about it But then you don't do it, and then they email you,

like Johnna was talking about the other day, going, hey, it's still good. Relentless. Timu's still emailing me about that cat. Oh, yes. Can you tell us how much it was first? So it was only, including shipping, it was about $45. So I haven't, you know, blown the bank. But to be fair, in this cost of living, $45 is still quite a lot to spend.

It wasn't a need to have. It was a want to have. I like to stay clean in all areas of my body at all times. Now, working in the radio in the morning, I often have to do the number two at work. And I'm not happy about it. So I'll just reveal. I've just got it in my pants here.

Is it like a mini water blaster? It is. It's a portable bidet. Guys, look at this. Look at this. You take it off. Can I just say, it doesn't look portable bidet Guys Look at this Look at this You take it off It doesn't Can I just say It doesn't look very bidet like

No It's wet Ellie Oh yeah Sorry I peed on it No I did put water on it before Because I was trying to make it work I realised It's shaped like

Yeah you're right It's shaped like a space rocket It is Batteries weren't included unfortunately So I can't give you a demo right now Is it a bidet? Are you sure it's a bidet? Oh, yeah, it is.

Look at this. It's got an extension. So now it looks like an electric toothbrush. Something's extended out of it. She's folded it out, and I'm gathering that's the little water spout, is it? Look at the degrees of angles here, guys. I can get both areas, depending.

We fill it up with water, and then it's high and low. High and low setting, depending on how hard you want to go. Okay, so you'd bring that into the bathroom with you and it's already gone. And so I guess you just sort of put her under there and then blast her up. Under a carriage? Have you used it? Yeah! I haven't because I didn't realise I needed batteries. Can I debut it?

Do you want to? Do you have batteries on you? Do you want to go use it? Is that a shareable thing? Do you want to use it? Yeah is it a shareable thing? I mean I haven't used it yet so if you'd like to use the pool today first. You're not inserting it inside you. No no no. I know I was going to get a little hose off. thing. I mean, I haven't used it yet, so if you'd like to use the portable bidet first. You're not inserting it inside you. No, no, no.

It's got a bit of a little hose off. The shape of it. If you walked into the bathroom here with that in your hand. I know. How am I going to do this at work? Alright guys, just off to the loo. It's futuristic. We'll put a photo up on the Hits Breakfast Instagram account right now. Just so people can see exactly what we're talking about. Can I just say that for $45 delivered, an absolute

bargain, a portable bidet. Thank you John. He wanted to do a thing called happy bidet and if it was your bidet we'd give you a bidet. We should do that.

It's your bidet. Well we could do it with that one because the other ones are quite expensive. Yeah quite large and expensive. You have to like

put them in your house and exactly. So no I was quite stoked with this one. What do you guys think? That is the weirdest thing. I'm quite stoked actually. You do you. Thank? That is the weirdest thing. I'm quite stoked, actually. You do you. Thank you so much.

You could keep that in your bathroom, but you've taken it out. It's portable. Yeah, that's why it's good. All packed up in its case. Every time we see you pick that up now, we're like, oh no way, she's good. Is that the show bidet? Do we have a show one? Keep it in the middle here? Sometimes you think

everything's invented. We've invented everything. And then you see Ali come in with a portable bidet slash adult toy. Okay, well, tell us the stuff. Okay, maybe you can influence us like Producer Ali. Maybe you bought something recently or maybe you can say, oh, that was a shocking purchase as well. Yeah. You've spent some money recently on something.

What was it? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. Producer Ali has purchased something from the internet. It's like a... It's a portable bidet, but it does... It could be confused for another product that you might buy at

Peaches and Cream. Potentially, right. It's that sort of shape. It could also be confused for another product that you buy at Farmers. It could be a toothbrush. It does be a toothbrush. A little bit like a portable toothbrush. One person on the text said it sounds like you bought a flosser, a water flosser.

For your teeth? Yeah, because they're a thing, right? So like wrong end. Yeah, they're a thing, eh? Yeah. Or it could be a two-in-one job. So you do your... I dare say, oh yeah. Your bid one job So you do I dare say Your bidet and then you do your teeth

It feels like you want to have two in that situation You don't want to get them mixed up I think the sprayer is We're just going to insert the batteries And give it a live road test You asked if you could test it out I'd love to, I've never used one So I'd be more than willing to volunteer.

James, morning to you. Morning. Regrettable purchases. Well, it's not really a regrettable purchase yet, but I'm a big Lego collector, and I just got me on top of the wife, and I want the expensive ones. They're like $800.

So I bought a cheap knockoff from AliExpress and it turned up at my house and it's in about 15 bags and some of the bags have got holes in it. So I'm worried that when I go to build it, there's going to be pieces missing. Right, so you've been banned from buying legitimate Lego. Yes.

Too expensive. So you have to buy knockoff Lego from... Well, I spent $1,200 over Christmas when I was only spent $3,000. And then I bought another set on the sly without even knowing when it turned up. Oh, my God. James, I love you. Well, you need to let us know how it goes, all right, if this piece is missing. Yeah, I will.

Okay, and see how it is. I want to see how it... But I also want to see how this flosser slash bidet thing goes, Jono. Yeah, this is live radio at its finest, James. I hope you're really relishing in it because at the moment, the team is just assembling the bidet. Megan, have we connected up to the tie line? I'm going to go to the lavatory and road test this.

Test this. Oh, there you go. Oh, there you go. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay, so Jono's going off to try. I don't know. I mean, he's just really very trusting and generous to let you use it, right?

It doesn't seem like something you'd want to share. No. And he's the first. He's debuting this, too. So, I mean, okay, so Jono's going to rush around outside the studio. This is live radio. Now, excuse me, I must apologise. I don't have headphones, so I can't hear you talking back.

So I'm just going to completely raw dog this piece. Okay, great. Okay, I'll be doing live running commentary as I'm entering the gentleman's bathroom. Okay, hopefully no one else, is anyone else in there? And I'm going to pick cubicle number three. Hopefully you can still hear me. Someone hasn't fully, someone hasn't fully finished that job there. I don't know why you're even flushing. And so down come the trousers now. This is so weird. I'm gathering, I just pushed the, oh yeah,

okay, all right, yep, so I'm pushing the high button. In it goes. In it goes. Does it go in? Does it go in? It doesn't go in. Oh, oh. Okay.

Oh. Oh. It doesn't go in. Wow. Okay, very refreshing. I would say it's a lot of dripping going on at the moment. But if you would want a report back, my undercarriage has never felt cleaner. It feels like a freshly water-blasted fence right now. 10 out of 10 review.

I'll write a positive comment under the product on Teemu. Back to you in the studio. Why is he doing me grunting? We're grunting and huffing. Also, I heard him say it's in now. I know. I was really worried about that. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hit. The wild ride at the moment. Jono went out to use the portable bidet in the bathroom. He hasn't come back. Because we were worried he said he was inserting it, which you're just not supposed to do. It's supposed to just be a spray.

He came out of the bathroom. We saw him through the window. Then he ran back in. So things... Does someone need to go and check on Jono? Some sort of ACC claim is going to be going on. But yesterday, Megan, a lot of texts came through, something you talked about,

about your neighbours and you and a fruit tree. So I planted fruit trees in my backyard and I've just noticed that my neighbours have cut down, hacked at, branches that have gone into their yard, which fruit trees, you're supposed to prune them at a certain time of the year.

You're not supposed to hack at them. There's a special place you cut them and then you dab them with stuff so they don't get like an infection and stuff. So you were like upset about it. A lot of texts came through, some people saying the neighbours well within their rights to be doing this

And we wanted to find out actually a bit more About who's right and who's wrong in this situation And we've got Abby Who's a friend of the show Abby from Consumer NZ Good morning Abby, how are you? Good morning, I'm good thanks, how are you? We're good now

Thank you so much for talking to us We always love having you on Now in this instance Megan's upset with her neighbours But have they done anything wrong yeah well so be honest i'm so sorry megan oh no well no okay so it's actually it sounds like it's a bit of a complicated situation so we've got um your neighbor has chopped back um that your tree on their side, they're entitled to do that. Absolutely.

You are entitled to trim back the tree to your boundary. But you can't damage the tree. You can't poison it. You can't hack at the roots. And if you have damaged your neighbor's tree, then you could potentially be held liable for the costs of that. But overall, golden rule today is that your tree is your responsibility. So Mika should lop it off before it gets over there.

So here's the thing. I didn't know the branches had gone over there. So my argument is they could have given me a heads up and I would have done it myself properly. Yes. Yeah, I think. It wouldn't be nice, but you didn't legally have to, I think is what Abby's trying to say,

but she's too afraid to say it to you. She's afraid she's going to get scolded by Karen. Now there's a plum tree, isn't it? There's a plum tree and an apricot tree. You've got plums growing in that tree over your neighbour's fence. I'll give you that much. Yeah, so that was the other thing. People have told me that the plums and the branches that have gone over on their side are still my property.

Is that right? Exactly. And also, your property is all the trimming and sort of green waste that your neighbour has also cut. So technically, your neighbour needs to put all of that green waste and anything that's fallen off, like the fruit or the flowers, back onto your property. That's going to seem like a move that's going to roll in my letterbox. I love that this is the actual law and it got down to these points and how niggly and petty were two neighbours that they were going back and forth that they had to stipulate that you had to drop apples

that had landed on your thing back to the original owner. Because on the Consumer NZ website, there is a section called tree problems. Yeah, that is one of the most popular hats on our... Really? Is it? Yeah, people is one of the most popular hats on our... Really? Is it? Yeah, people are very emotional about trees and especially other people's trees.

You raised such a good point. You should absolutely have a chat with your neighbour first because as you said, you didn't know and your neighbour also probably doesn't know that all of the green waste is actually yours. Can she sue for emotional damage caused by the tree trimming? And lost plums.

I guess if you really can't reach an agreement, there's always mediation. Yeah, okay. But do you really want to go into mediation? We're taking this to the top, Abby. Exactly. It could be quite awkward because you do live next to your neighbour and you want to have a good time. Well, it's a tale

That has gripped the nation Yeah Thank you so much Everyone's not on my side And calling me a Karen So Yeah Hey Abby

I just tried a bidet For the first time too A bidet Mmm You can put that On the Consumer NZ website You were gone For a very long time

Yeah a long time You rushed out of the bathroom And rushed back in So we don't want to know Exactly what What's happening He doesn't have a grid On his head Let me just tell you High moisture content for a very long time. You rushed out of the bathroom and rushed back in. So we don't want to know exactly what... He doesn't have a grid on his head.

Let me just tell you, high moisture content down there, but I'm feeling incredibly clean, Abby. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Because the nominations

have been announced for the Academy Awards. I kind of look at it and as usual, I'm like, I've heard of a small percentage of those movies. Yeah, there's a list

of pretentious films you'll never watch and if you do watch. No, don't say that. They're not all pretentious. Best picture, I was like, have you heard of that? Have you heard of that? Chuck them out there. And Laura, The Brutalist, Complete Unknown, Concave.

You have heard of these. I've heard of Complete Unknown is the Bob Dylan movie. So when you break it down, I'm like, okay, I've heard of that. June, part two, I was like, yeah,'t have heard of that. June, part two. I was like, yeah, I have heard of that. Amelia Perez has been nominated for a lot. This is Selena Gomez movie. Haven't seen it.

Didn't know about it. Zoe Saldana. I'm still here. Nickel Boys, The Substance and Wicked. Now, Wicked, I do know of. What about, you know. The trouble is a lot of those haven't yet been released here. So often we don't know about them until afterwards.

Fast and Furious. No. Snubbed again, mate. Snubbed again. Trouble is a lot of those haven't yet been released here, so often we don't know about them until afterwards. Fast and Furious? No. Snubbed again, mate. Snubbed again. Nutty Professor 12? Gladiator 2 got snubbed. Everyone's like, wait, what?

Wicked is the one that we all know. Exactly. And, of course, Cynthia, who plays Elphaba. She's been nominated for Best Actress. Ariana's been nominated for Best Supporting Actress as well. So 10 nominations for Wicked. And as I said to you guys the other day, it's been the soundtrack of my summer. Kids just love it.

I've seen the movie a couple of times. I went to the sing-along version of the movie as well. Did you sing along? Did you feel safety in numbers in that environment? No, I didn't. Sing along to this. Do it now. I'll start it again. Here we go. So if you're here now. Okay, I'll start it again. Okay, here we go.

So if you're going to find me, look to the western skies. Keep going, acapella, please. No one told me that. No, everyone deserves the chance to fly. Why don't we do that game? They do it on the edge. We'll start the song

and they're all good singers and then you've got to try and match it up. Oh, no. I don't have timing as well. Here we go. Ready? So then you've got to try and match it up. I don't have timing as well. Here we go. Ready? And the fire

leapt to the western skies as someone told me everyone deserves a chance to fly. I took quite, damn it, he's really good. Dan who does it on the edge

is very good at it. He's got great timing. Yeah, I've got no time. I rushed through because I can't sing. You're like, get this over with. Get this over and done with. I'm like, anything I can't do. But I got mocked yesterday because we were listening to the Wicked soundtrack and I was trying to

concentrate on where I was going. And I did what every parent does. Turn the radio down. You turn the music down. Because why do you need to turn it down to concentrate? I can't see where I'm going when it's loud. And I'll Google it later it's science science science supports me for this one apparently your brain can't like you can multitask you can do things but you can't actually focus on one thing at the same time and so you by having the radio on and your brains it's basically scatter brains

yourself so i was like hey look i had the the actual scientific evidence that it will help you out. As soon as you go to like Parallel Park or something, you're like, oh God, this is so loud. I know. It is. But I can drive while eating McDonald's, drinking drinks, drive with my knees and listen to the radio. But you're probably not doing a good job of any.

That's the problem. Oh, right. I can do it. You can do it. But if you really wanted to do a good job of eating or driving, probably the driving is more important than the eating. But what about when you slow down and go to park? Yeah, no, I absolutely turn it down every time.

I can't do it without silence. I know. So there you go. My kids will go, why are you doing this? And now I know science has backed it up. But congratulations to all those movies that I'll never see at the Oscars. Take us out, Ben. Find me. Look at the Oscars. Take us out, Ben. Find me.

Look to the western skies. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats. Now, Bridget Jones, very famous diary author. Yeah. Isn't Bridget. So someone from another radio station handed us Megan Pappas, her diary from what age were you?

I think I was about 13 for this one. Wonderful diary that you've got. Early teens. No, I haven't seen it, but Jono managed to take some photos of it and some of the writings in it. And yesterday he read out one. We all enjoyed reflecting. Well, I don't know if you enjoyed it, Megan, but you laughed along.

Yeah, it was an unfortunate defecation incident involving some roller skates. Yeah, I roller skated down our hill. I picked up some speed, swung on a lamppost and hit my tailbone. We'd like to thank the people who did hand us this sensitive information today. Yeah, thank you for that. We have another musing from

Megan Pappas now. This starts with, today I might have found the one. I've been at the kart track. Hey, what's the kart track? So my brother used to do kart racing. Go karts. Which is how Liam Lawson started. Is your brother like Liam Lawson?

Nah, he sucks. I've been at the kart track watching Justin. He was useless by the way and crashed out. He finished fourth. That was your brother. Yeah, he finished fourth in another race. So there you go, just having a bit of a dig At Justin's results There in the diary

Not necessarily The diary doesn't care No Did Justin have fun Did he enjoy it Did he you know Make some friends Those are the things

That are important No I didn't care I feel like this diary Is just a therapy session For your sibling trauma And I always imagine I was talking to someone So I guess it kind of

Is like a therapist It goes on to say But I was so glad It went so well Because I saw the most Beautiful boy I've ever seen in my life. Ryan. At least that's what Justin thinks his name is. They are in the same race.

Did he do better than Justin that day? No, I don't remember. Probably everyone else did by the sounds of it. So it sounds like we're 80% confident it's a Ryan. Yeah. Okay. Anyway, you know me. I kept walking past him

smiling and laughing. Justin nearly ruined it because he asked me what I was laughing at just as I walked past him. Oh, Justin, he's always getting in there. The diary does know you.

You know me. So I spent all day trying to get his attention. Anyway, I'm going to write him a letter and I'm going to get Justin to hand it to him tomorrow. Oh my God,

I remember writing this letter. Writing letters. I was saying that to the kids the other day. That was a letter and I'm going to get Justin to hand it to him tomorrow. Oh my God, I remember writing this letter. Writing letters, I was saying that to the kids the other day. That was a thing and it's not a thing obviously anymore. You'd write a letter. Now, embarrassingly, you hand that over to someone who... Can I just say you're putting a lot of faith in brother Justin here? I know. You're a lot of trust.

Okay, here's how the letter goes. Oh God. Have you got the letter in there? So did you write the letter on a letter and then rewrote the letter in the diary? Yeah because I felt like the diary needed to know clearly Dear Ryan I hope that's your name Sorry if it's not

But it totally suits you Well if it's not his name He's going to feel a little self conscious Isn't he? Maybe I should have been a Ryan He'd be like I'm Ryan Where does this confidence come from? Do you want me to go to births, deaths and marriages

To change it to Ryan for you? I think you're so cute. Your smile makes me melt. And I know, I know you smiled at me too. We've got a stage five clinger here, guys. Yeah, I'm worried if I'm Ryan. I'm going to the social after the races. Will you be there too?

You might be the cutest boy I've ever seen. Oh, God. And I would love to find out about more of what's behind that beautiful face can we can we leave it there is it more can we can we leave it there yeah and then we'll find out on monday how this ends all right how's that sound i'd love to do that because i would love to know more but i don't know how this ends wouldn't you say i want to find out more about what's behind that beautiful smile not that beautiful face yeah i don't want to find out more about what's behind that beautiful smile, not that beautiful face? Yeah, I don't want to find out more about what's behind the smile. There's no explanation.

Yeah. What happens with Megan at the cart track? Does she go to the social with Ryan? This is like a short story. Spoiler alert, I didn't end up with Ryan long term. No, like I'm with my husband. Oh, I see. You're right, actually.

Ben, oh, spoiler. Spoiler alert. I haven't gone up to that part yet. We're going to season one of Ryan and Meg. What if Ryan's real name, which you didn't know was Andrew, you see all these things are in my head. It may not have worked out, but okay, we'll find out on Monday. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Listen to the show. Lives in Australia now. A lot of New Zealanders fleeing the country, aren't they? For a better life. Yeah. Better life. Cost of living in Australia.

And they said, oh, hey, thought you might enjoy this. And it was a link of Ben on Australian television, Megan. Is this what you were doing yesterday? Yeah, it was an interview that came through with me and my daughters, Indy and Sienna. Yeah, because for some reason, well, I've been embracing the fact that saying Gen Z sayings, a cool slang, really gets a reaction out of my daughters. I really don't know what I'm saying, but I know it gets a good reaction.

You've embraced it so much. You've got the tattoo on your calf muscle. That not everyone understands if they see that it's meant to be a joke. When I was in Australia, it was like, skivvity riz sigma dex. You can hear people like just gossiping about you in the line. That's so good.

Looking at your calf. Yeah, but yesterday I was, yeah, lucky enough out of the blue the Today Show which is like their breakfast TV show

in Australia. They said we'd like to talk to you about it. Daggy dad is what they said. Was that the scrolling thing along the bottom

of the screen? Daggy dad. That's alright,, I embrace it. You're not daggy. I'm definitely daggy. I thought dags were the little bits that hang off the back of the shoe. Yeah, they think they are as well, but you're a bit of a daggy. I guess that was a, I don't know.

I didn't take it. What are you calling me? This is Simba Ben on the Today Show with his daughters in Australia. One Kiwi bloke has taken it to a whole new level, embarrassing his daughter by using gen zed slaying in public can i say hey hey besties we are ready to slay everything is stigma and skivity no cap you both look busting in that drip i'm ready to bring the rules i'm sorry i'm sorry keep going ben all, Benny, you are the goat of embarrassing your kids.

There's no one better in the entire world. Girls, how does it feel to have a dad who's so bloody cool? Embarrassing. It's so embarrassing. I don't know if he'd be cool. I think he's quite uncool. He's the opposite of cool, I think. You do reach that stage in your parenting career where you realise

you're not cool anymore, but you get such a great reaction. Sorry, anymore? You're burned by my daughter anymore. She's right, and I never was cool to start with, but you embrace it. Now, can I play you this bit? Because I feel like you've been kicked out of Australia like a 501 deportee after you had a crack at the house. Oh, well, yeah, apparently he's a good sport.

Carl Stefanovic, he was in New Zealand. I asked someone before, and I was like, well, yeah, apparently he's a good sport, Carl Stefanovic. He was in New Zealand. I asked someone before, and I was like, Bree from ZDM, I saw her. I was like, Carl, is he a good sport? Yeah, he's a good sport. So I thought I'd mock him, you know.

Bit of banter. Bit of banter. Have a listen. I'll be teaming up with my daughters. I mean, it's probably what you've done, Carl. You team up with someone younger, more talented, you know, female, and it's really helped your career.

So I'm trying to do the same. Hey, bro, there's no need to get nasty. He's got the roots, let me tell you. Maybe he wasn't into the banter. Maybe he was like, and you've never been in before. Maybe you weren't on those banter tunes. He's like, well, who is this guy?

He's come out of nowhere. Is that what you've done this year? Yeah, that's why I'm teaming up with someone, you know, younger, but, you know, female. Oh, you mean you? Yeah. Oh, okay. Younger.

Oh, hey, bro. Don't need to get nasty. Yeah, no, good to see you. It was a real honour to be on that show. Yeah, out of the blue, really, to be honest. Yeah, there we go. It's the last time you'll see Ben on Australian television. Probably.

If Stefanovic's going to need to do this. It's only one and done. You'll never work in this town again. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Had a really embarrassing shopping incident yesterday. We did something that requires a solo bottle of baby oil, Ben.

Oh yeah, yeah. And I thought, okay, well what I'll do is I'll just nip into the... Don't go into any more details. It's not important to... Wait, you guys were going to get baby oil together? No, just me. No, it was just him. That's all we're going to do together. And that's all the details you need to know.

Yeah, you don't need to know any further. If you're going to take that to a strange place, that's on you, all right? Yeah. We know what we're doing. We're not ashamed. I'm not here to yuck your yum. Whatever you're into. So I went into the supermarket and, you supermarket and found my bottle of baby oil.

That's what I wanted. And then I get very self-conscious. I'm like, now I'm just wandering around the supermarket. All I've come in here for is a solo bottle of baby oil. Did you get, you need like a padder item? A padder. That's where my head went to. So I'm like, okay, well, I'm going to buy an item

that I'm going to use so I was like well I'll get a couple of Heine so I got some Heineken's I did and I'm not thinking of piecing it together at the moment but I'm like

maybe I can hide the baby oil behind the Heineken's anyway so waiting in line now you've bought alcohol that means someone's going to have to come across too

like if you bought something that wasn't alcohol you would have been like in our self-service way you go. All this stuff would have been great to have you there actually on this baby world mission. Now you've got something that's directly, you've got it no matter where you go. And also, they're just piecing together a good time, you know?

So I'm at the self-service checkout. Then from behind me, I'm like, g'day mate. Muzza. This guy Muzza we met at a client function last year. Bit of a hard case. bit of a hard case. And I'm thinking, oh, Muzza, the whole time, holding this baby oil in this Heineken. And I'm like, Muzza's one of these people, he's like, he's going to notice.

And halfway through the conversation, he's like, where are you heading with that? Where are you heading with that? And there's no amount of over-explaining. Ben's house. Do some filming? Yeah, filming too. with that. And there's no amount of over explaining that you're just going to work at a Ben's house. Do some filming. Yeah,

filming too. Filming doesn't sound good either. Minimum evidence. No amount of over explaining. So now I'm just left with,

I've got it here actually, now I'm just left with a bottle of Johnson's baby oil. Now the problem is in my life, I have no babies that I need to oil.

So, and you know, oiling other people's babies, it'll be frowned upon. Jono, Ben and Megan, the problem is, in my life, I have no babies that I need to oil. So, and, you know, oiling other people's babies, it'll be frowned upon. Jono, Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Yeah, today, very exciting, Megan, right? So excited to see him tonight. Benson Boone in the country, Spark Arena, pretty much sold out

from what I can gather, and before he came to New Zealand, we were lucky enough to catch up with him. What up, boys? What up, Benson? I like it. You've come with a lot of energy. Nice to talk to you. Hey lucky enough to catch up with him. What up, boys? What up, Benson? I like it. You've come with a lot of energy. Nice to talk to you. Hey, nice to talk to you guys.

Now, I'm always interested to know what room we're in here. Where are we in Benson's house? I'm just in, I just call it the room. I've got like a little air mattress in here instead of a couch because my couch broke. I got it at Ikea, and apparently Ikea, you can't do backflips on their couches. Oh, a backflip. So hold on, mate.

You're a bloody international superstar. You've got an airbed for a couch? Yeah. You're saying all the right things here. You said you did a backflip, but now you're a diver through high school. Is that still something you can do quite well? Yeah, I do backflips literally probably every day at least once. Can we see one?

Don't make him do one. He's broken a couch. No, here we go. We're going to see a backflip. Let's go, mate. Oh, jeez. This could end horribly wrong. Why have you made him do this? Here we go. Benson! Benson! Keefer, we've got a fan behind you. This is all like a literal fan in the ceiling.

Let's go, buddy. Oh! Oh! Wow! Listen, we have interviewed a lot of people and none of them have done backflips for us. That is incredible. First one. That's amazing. Well, Benson, I was reading Frontier Touring. We got the press release.

They say they're pumped to have you coming to New Zealand. Are you pumped? I am absolutely beyond pumped. I actually have two of my best friends there right now. They've been telling me to dream. I really hope I can stay there. Oh, listen, we can sneak you into the country, mate. You don't need a work visa.

We'll keep you here. You can stay out. You can sleep on my earpiece. Oh, that's honestly probably better than this. It feels like we're getting to know you here in New Zealand and looking into what you've done. You've already achieved so much, but one of the big things you went on American Idol,

Katy Perry was like, this guy could win the competition. And then you decided, not for me. Why was that? You know, when I was on the show, and don't get me wrong, like I had a blast on the show. Everyone was great the judges were great producers all of it but you know I kind of felt like everyone that was there it was like a big dream of theirs to be there and to me I had only been singing for a year it wasn't really

necessarily like my biggest goal to be a singer and so I just kind of didn't know if I was there for the right reasons so I stepped away from the show so that I could figure that out on my own. And if I was going to be a musician, then I would just break myself as an artist instead of taking a step in a direction that I'm unsure of. That is a big call to make. It definitely was very scary to step away and like, I didn't know what I wanted to do

and how it was going to work and if it was going to work. But after I stepped away, I guess destiny took its course and Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons reached out to me the week after and he was like, hey, I would love to write music with you

and see kind of what your vibe is so you should come to Vegas and write. And I was like... Did you believe that at first that that's the guy from Imagine Dragons reaching out to you and going hey i i could not believe it and he has so many hits it is unbelievable like imagine dragons is huge but he is the nicest human being ever like he truly cares about everyone and just like makes you feel like you're the most important person in the world and it's a great feeling to be in his presence so i'm i'm so glad that he reached out we're talking

to benson boone he's coming to new zealand uh playing at the churning fork it's going to be awesome now i don't know if you've heard of mills and boone they write sort of adult uh you know erotic fiction and so i wanted to play a quick game you're quite young it was it was kind of the closest thing to pornography we had. We had to read porn. Back in our day, mate. So what I wanted to do, I wanted to read out a line. You tell me if it's from Benson Boone, yourself, from a song,

or from Mills and Boone, from a novel, okay? Here we go. All right. Our bodies, our bodies interlaced, so delicately placed. That's me. That's you. That's you. I was going to pick it was from the erotic novel.

Work of art. Work of art. Benson Boone. Okay. Anything you desire, I'm ready, willing and able, as the host pipe said to the fire. Is that Benson Boone or Mills and Boone? That's Mills.

That's Mills and Boone. Champagne Mills and Boone. That's the sort of stuff that gets me hot and steamy. Okay. It's dark. It's cold. If my hand is not the one you're meant to hold That's Benson Boone That's Benson Boone

It's good you can remember the lyrics you've written Take it out of context You know, you could be writing for a Milsim Boone I know, when you said the first one It took me a little bit, I was like Oh, that's a sexy line You're a sexy guy Oh Benson mate, it's been very fun hanging out with you.

You seem like such a great dude. Good luck for everything and well done on all the success so far. We can't wait to see you in New Zealand. Thank you so much, Jono and Ben. I can't wait to be there and I'll have to update you how my trip was. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Heading into the weekend, some parts of the country are lucky enough to have a long weekend. We wanted to know which island is having the best of the North. Who's having the best weekend? Oh, and we like to catch up with Connor from The Hits in Canterbury and Hayley from The Hits in Wellington. Might I say I've missed you both like a couple of colleagues I hardly see anyway. Lovely to hear. So many weekends been since we've last spoken. I'd like you blow by blow to take us through every single one of your weekends.

What about every day of the holiday? I've got my list here. Yeah, no, please, please. We'll get into it. Hayley, we'll kick things off with you in the north. What is happening? A lot of people on a long weekend this weekend. Yes, yes.

And we've got Auckland Anniversary Weekend, which brings with us the Auckland Regatta at Waitematahaba on Monday. The Regatta. Regatta. Have some camembert at the Regatta. Put your gata on at the Regatta. Yes, having some champagne and oysters on the waterfront.

The Regatta. Love it. But it is a historic event, and it's going to be, hopefully, some good weather for it. And there's every kind of racing vessel. There's yachts, dragon boats, tugboats, and even dinghies, which I feel like are the absolute underdog of boats. Well, absolutely.

A dinghy has no chance against those other boats, but good on it for getting out. Is Joyce, your mother-in-law, still involved? Yeah, there's a big tugboat race on Monday as well. Joyce Boyce. Yeah, she's like, make sure that people know to get the ferries and stuff everywhere and keep away all the other boats as well. Joyce wanted to get that out there.

Oh, yeah, because they're not tugboats once they start. They're not stopping. They're tugging. So take care out on the water. And anything else happening in the north there, Hayley? Well, in the capital in Wellington, Te Papa have a brand new Vivienne Westwood and jewellery exhibition. So yeah, this is cool.

And it's 550 pieces of jewellery on display. And it kind of tells the story of the brand of Vivienne Westwood and how she started at like a tiny little market stall in London in the 70s. So you'd love it, Megan. Yeah, that sounds up my alley. Can tell by your sound effects.

She's a little bit punky and like when it gets the grain, you know. Okay. Doesn't make her attitude. Fashion and tugboats happening in the north. Yeah. All right, Connor, what's happening in the south? Well, I think Christchurch being New Zealand's best-kept secret

is out, shells and guys. It's the weekend where Christchurch steals all the North Island sports teams. Starting tonight, the Breakers are in town in Christchurch steals all the North Island sports teams. Starting tonight, the Breakers are in town in Christchurch against the Brisbane Bullets, who are not a very good team, so hopefully that's a win for the Breakers tonight. And then tomorrow... I hope they're not listening.

No pressure. No pressure on the Breakers or the Brisbane Bullets. Sorry, yeah. More pressure on the Bullets, please. And then tomorrow at Apollo Project Stadium, first time in a while, the Wellington Phoenix are in town as well, taking on the defending champs from last year, the Central Coast Mariners. So that'll be a nasty guess.

You guys not have your own teams or something? I'm just joking. Megan, I thought you meant to be on my side. I mean, come on. And Nelson having a public holiday as well, Megan, your hometown. Top of the South, got a long weekend. Forget him. Yeah, boy.

Okay, so we have a choice of heavy sport content, taking on fashion and... Fashion and boats. And regattas. And regattas. What are you going to lock in there, Megan? Oh, don't leave it with me. All right, I'll give it to the regattas then.

I was going to give it to the South. I can give it to Hayley in the north Alright Oh joy Yeah I'm unlawfully happy Bloody more nepotism Than the Trump administration

John O'Bannon Megan The podcast The hits I bumped into a mate yesterday Just down the road From my house That is really not important details So I pulled over

Had a chat with him again not an important detail right yeah uh but he was we're just talking about i was like oh you got uh duane the rock johnson's merch on he's under armor the brand he's got merch you know featuring a whole bunch of inspirational slogans and catchphrases isn't it uh you know hardest worker in the room do you have any of that merch ben? I don't know I have two Dwayne the Rock Johnson t-shirts But no Not anything It's

But it's all Yeah It's fitness clothing You know That you'd wear To the gym No excuses Just results

And things like that And he The back story He's like I have to confess something about this Last year October He was like

Thought I'd join the gym. And by his own admission, he's like, I'm a cuddly frame, is what he described himself as. And I thought I'd join the gym and shred for Christmas. And he's like, but then, you know, life, work functions, and it was less gymming and just more drinking and social life. That's the worst time to shred.

Like from November till about end of Jan. Yeah, I don't even know why he tried to. So he's like, to be honest, I went to the gym twice. Still paying the subs for it, but hasn't gone back since. But he's got the merch. He's got the gear. So he got three different t-shirts online. He's like, first I'll get the merch, then I'll go to the gym.

And he's like, but the problem now is I don't have a gym body But I'm wearing Dwayne Leroy Johnson's Fitness merch But can you wear it ironically? Well this is what he's saying Because he's gone to work in it He wore it to work

And they all mock him They're like Oh that's mean Someone can definitely smell What The Rock's been cooking Is it a deep fried lasagna? And they've been changing the slogans To hardest worker in the room can definitely smell what the rock's been cooking is it a deep fried lasagna and things like and they've been changing the slogans to hardest worker in the room to like hardest eater in the room or

something that's me so he's a bit self-conscious at the moment but just some classic body shaming banter there without a word of lie just reminded me i almost bought a singlet in the gold coast when we were there and i thought i'd wear it ironically and said i flexed and it was a singlet and the so i flexed and the sleeves fell off. And I was like, I should get this. And Amanda's like, why? And I was like, because it's funny. And she's like, but I don't want to be critical.

But you know, you don't. And I was like, that's the joke. And she's like, I don't know if everyone's going to think it's a joke. I flexed and the sleeves fell off. That is so good. No one's wearing that seriously. No. I don't know

I was like that's in the that's in the same category as when I was going to buy the Mayor of Titty City trucker cap no one would see

the irony if it was all my hair I know I was like she'll be she's like I don't know if everyone will get the joke I was like

really why is he wearing that should have got it should have got it yeah I know you regret that I do I kind of regret it always regret things

you don't buy Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hat. A couple of days ago, we were talking about the cat that ended up flying three times. The cat's fine, but it ended up going to Australia and back and then Australia again. You know, multiple times, three times throughout the day. It was accidental.

They forgot about the cat being on the plane. Your first question was, do the cat's owners get the air points? Who gets those air points? Producer Grace was concerned that it got fed. I was like, did it get air points? An upgrade, next flow. Do they have to get like a ticket? Because then they would get air points, right?

Well, maybe they would. Maybe the cat flew over economy, came back premium economy, then went back business. Just kept upgrading itself. So impressive. We started talking about impress us with your pet stories. And I don't know if this is, I guess in some ways it So impressive. We started talking about impress us with your pet stories. And I don't know if this is, I guess in some ways it's impressive. Dogs, we talk about dogs just being anything.

They'll give anything really a go at trying to eat, right? We've had my dogs try many things over the year in my car. Inside the car, there's things that's been chewed, all sorts of stuff. They start off eating rocks, don't they? And they kind of slowly navigate their way through the food pyramid so my dog just picked up a tomato off the floor last night he went not for me i'll give it a nudge i'll give a nudge yeah but as soon as my dog's not many things he won't try and eat like if it's dropped on the floor in front of him he'll be like i'll give it a go um but i was walking the dog yesterday i had my ear pods in and you probably know where

this is going and i was walking the dog along listening to you you got me under the audio book um we were talking about yesterday mel mel robbins yeah mel robbins audio book yeah yeah so i was listening to that as i went away and for some reason my ear pods the let them theory let them let them let them let them let them it's more than they heard you say let them, but the whole thing's about let them. Is it quite a good listen? Yeah, yeah, it's been a good listen. But the AirPods don't always stick in my ears as well. And as I was walking along with the dog,

my AirPod fell out in front of the dog as we were walking. And I went to grab him. The dog just went, oh. Here's a treat. Anything, you know. And I was just like, oh. I mean, I was listening to a book that should have said, let them. I'm going to let them.

Let them eat it. Let them eat it. Let them. Let them. But I was like, well, these ear pods are quite expensive and I don't want to go have to take them to the vet and then get it induced and all that. So I was like, well, hey, well, the dog let me get inside his mouth and try and grab it out.

And he did. He did. You were fishing around for your ear pod in his mouth. And I got the ear pod out. Thank God. Otherwise you'd get him out of his poo. I haven't walked it. and he did. He did. You were fishing around for your ear pod in his mouth. And I got the ear pod out. Thank God. Otherwise you'd get him out of his poo. I haven't walked,

yeah exactly. So I was sort of like my hand halfway into his mouth as I was trying to get it out and I hadn't quite swallowed it down but I managed to fish it out. I would have loved if he had swallowed it.

Because I wanted to know if it would pass through his digestive and still work on the other side. And you put your ear up to his stomach and all you're hearing is, let them, let them, let them.

The dog's got some real good motivational stuff. That's the most inspirational dog I've ever come across. How you can live your life. The dog's like, let them, let them. It's a pretty incredible story. I thought for the dog, it could have got to worse. I know your dog's eaten stuff in the past and you've ended up at the vet and you had to get vomit induced and stuff like that, right?

My dog sucks he's not impressive although he does speak like and because I taught him sign language apologies if you are Megan's dog

are you listening Leo my dog sucks I taught no because I taught him weird sign language so I just like I click my fingers

together like that and he speaks because I was like he's going to be a Hollywood superstar so I need to stand behind the camera and do sign language

jeez you had big dreams for this dog. Now he sucks. Yeah, he's failed them all. According to you. Not my words. Leo, not my words. I love you. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hats. Talking about impressing us with your pet stories after a cat flew multiple times across the Tasman one day. Well, let's not focus on that. Let's focus on your dog swallowing an ear pod. Yeah, and also I got it back. That's the miracle.

That's the miracle for me. Without having to put your hand inside the dog. Yeah, I almost did. And it still works. Yeah, it does work. I've kind of tried to sanitize. Anyway, I'm working my way back into the ear situation for it. Impress us with your pets, Jodie.

What have you got? Yeah, so we had a cat turn up at our place in Martin that was from Auckland. So we impressed her. How did that work? Because I was just Googling. That's a six-hour drive. So how does that?

Yeah. So we saw that we've got a black cat, and then this other black cat was here. But we actually thought it was ours for, you know, a few days. Oh, geez, I love that cat. And we were like, oh, okay, well, you know, it's really random that it's not as friendly. And then we were like, no, that's actually not ours because ours is on the couch.

And we looked on Facebook, and I saw this cat, and I was like, oh, I think that's the cat. And I messaged these people, and I was like, oh, I think that's the cat. And I messaged these people and I was like, oh, look, there's this cat here. I know it's really random, like it's just a random black cat. But I wonder, have you found your cat? Because I had gone listening about three weeks earlier. And they were like, yeah, but we think it's in Otaki because they had traveled in their camper. With the cat. Ah.

That makes sense. Yeah, but they had stopped at the campground in Martin, but they were sure it got out at Otaki because they couldn't find it here. I would say risky manoeuvre taking a cat on a camping holiday. I know, right? Really mad. So we sort of messaged them and tried getting videos because obviously not being our cat, it wasn't as friendly.

And we couldn't catch it. And I'd message them and they actually came down without any confirmation that it was sort of the ear cat Marmite. And then they parked here and got here about 12 o'clock at night and parked their camper and it jumped straight in within about three quarters of an hour. He's like where have you guys been? Yeah oh that's incredible what a great story Jodie

that's an impressive pet story really do appreciate your call thank you so much joining us on the phone now he actually works for a dog walking company called Fetch his name is Andy good morning Andy Andy lovely to have you on the show mate Fetch. His name is Andy. Good morning, Andy.

Andy? Good morning. Lovely to have you on the show, mate. We're talking miracle pet stories. What have you got? Well, I'm a professional dog walker. We walk over a thousand dogs a week. Wow. Can you name them all, please? That is incredible. Not really. I can name most of the staff. Well, it's probably more important to know the staff states.

Yeah, we see a lot of funny things. Oh, my God. Like last week, we had a guy run out of the bush on the beach, completely nude, running to the sea with all the dogs just ran in after him and amazing time wow last year we had a guy completely tripping out in the park with us thinking they were all mystical creatures where are you walking these dogs through rhythm and vines or what's going on we see everything going on. So how many dogs, you've got a thousand dogs altogether,

but how many would you walk by yourself? We'd walk seven to eight in the urban walks in a pack situation and then out on the sort of west coast beaches, we can walk up to 10 to 12. For one person, that feels like too much dog the dog to human ratio way off there yeah but you've uh your kids go to school and you've got a teacher that looks after 30 kids i don't know how they do that that's a good point yeah right because it wasn't there was news this week uh maybe saying that they could only walk up to six dogs at a time

that would obviously affect your business if that came in. Yeah, it wouldn't be good at all. It would really stop us walking, extinguish the dog walking quite considerably and also punish well-meaning, sensible dog owners who understand the importance of having their dogs kind of walked off leads, trained, socialised. They are just, they are beautiful creatures, dogs, though, aren't they?

Oh, they are. Yeah. And, I mean, you own a dog? Yes, I do. Yeah, I was anti it. I've been putting the family off for about 10 years, and then we got one. You know what it does to a family, having a dog?

You know, it makes for a much happier family. Kids absolutely love it. They learn how to be better people. A lot of empathy. Unconditional love. Pets keep kids healthy, make them go for good walks. And the bonding with siblings is great as well. Mine likes to humble me at the end of the day when I go home and it's pooed on the floor.

So it's keeping us grounded. It's bonding, Megan. That's bonding. It's grounding me. If I wasn't here, you wouldn't have to pick up my stools. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hat.

Yesterday, Christopher Luxton had his State of the Nation speech in New Zealand and a huge part of it to talk about how New Zealand needs more concerts. Eden Park sits empty because of council event rules. The council has actually increased the limit, but I think they should seriously consider abolishing it. We need a lot less snow and we need a lot more yes. Yeah, he was all annoyed that New Zealanders were leaving New Zealand to go and watch concerts in Australia and pumping up their economy, which is fair enough.

Bring them over here. That's right. Pump our own economy. It seems a strange rule, but I don't live around the neighbourhood of Eden Park, but it seems a strange rule to have a stadium and then go, no, no, we're not going to have that many concerts there. Yeah, but you moved in by a stadium.

That's what I mean. Surely you knew that. Sam's been there for a while, right? Please don't be party poopers well the Takaha the Christchurch stadium is going to be amazing as well

so that's going to be another great venue for the South Island and it's right in town which is awesome you know so great just walking distance

do you know when we were in Christchurch doing a broadcast I was out just bloody running at like three o'clock in the morning there was a guy welding

welding on the stadium 24 hour a day operation wow three in the morning that's impressive I was like what are you doing he's probably looking down what are you doing let's not judge There's a guy welding. Welding on the stadium. 24 hour a day operation. Wow. Three in the morning. That's impressive. So what are you doing up? He's probably looking down. What are you doing up?

Let's not judge. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz is how we like to start our day. We try and get 10 out of 10. Haven't got there this week. It's Queen Ellie. Yeah. Hello there. And with another music t-shirt.

Freddie Mercury yesterday. The Beatles today. Yes, yes. I do love music. Yeah. You like your icons. I do. Yes, yes. I do love music. You like your icons. I do. I am an icon myself.

You are. You're an iconic. An icon in the quiz game. Thank you. All right. Well, I'm not going to lie. This quiz here looks a bit hard. Okay.

No. I'm just going to preface that. But I think, you know. It's Friday. You guys are smart. You'll be fine. We like to do 10 out of 10 Fridays. Yeah, okay. I reckon, yeah, let's go.

All right. Question number one. That's what we call them. Question number one. Who is currently the most followed politician on Instagram? Is it Narendra Modi? He'd be the... Donald Trump?

Or Emmanuel Macron? The French. It'd be Trump. Surely. Trump would... I was having an argument. Didn't people try and unfollow him this week? That's why he's the most followed now.

He forces his account on everyone. Yeah. Are we talking Donald Trump's account or the president of the United States account? Well, all I'm reading here is just Donald Trump. So I'm not sure. So maybe it's not that one. Yeah. I'm not sure.

And the one that's not Emmanuel Macron? Narendra Modi? Modi? I don't know where they're from, sorry. India. India, right. Yeah, I could. Okay.

I was on the verge. But a lot of people live in India. Over a billion. Yeah, and do they have social media? Well, you would say India then. Yeah. Wouldn't you? Yeah, they don't have TikTok in India.

I know, but that's not. Yeah, let's go India. So they're probably on Instagram? Yeah, okay, let's go Modi. That is correct. Yeah, here we Let's go Modi. That is correct. Well done. Well done. Teetering on a racism scandal. Pulled it back.

Got the answer right. Alright, question number two. Which New Zealand university has the highest student enrolment? Is it University of Auckland, University of Otago, or Victoria University of Wellington? Wow, that is a good question.

Great question. Great question. I want to know the answer to this, but I don't know the answer. Okay, let's chuck a lifeline out there. Are you at one of the universities? Maybe you are one of the lecturers at the university. The chancellor of the university is probably not listening to this show. No, I don't think so.

If you are, by chance you've stumbled across it from RNZ, please text 4487. Okay, we're going to use our lifelines straight away. The university with the most? Higher student enrolment. Is it Auckland, Otago or Victoria, which is in Wellington? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Long weekend for some on Monday. Yes, Taupo North. Yes. And I think it's Nelson too, isn't it? Oh, really? Nelson. Nelson too.

Yes. Auckland and Nelson. Taupo North me. Sorry, I went Taupo North you. Top of the South. Thank you. Taupo North me. We're in the middle of today's New Zealand Hero Daily Quiz to try to get 10 out of 10.

Taupo North me. All right. the next question. All right, question number three. What is the most widely spoken language in South Africa? Is it Afrikaans, Zulu, or English? Now, I'm going to go over to you, Megan, on this one, because it's your husband, you know. Loves a bit of the Bill Tong, Megan Pappas.

So, when my husband came to New Zealand, he only spoke Afrikaans. Really? But I don't know if it's the most common. How old was he when he came to New Zealand? Eight. Right. Wow. He went to school and didn't speak any English.

He's got a wonderful grasp of the language now. Which is why he speaks a little bit funny and he says some phrasings wrong because he's just kind of learned at school. Oh, really? Oh, bless him. Jesus. And he's a lot younger, so probably not as many years to learn it. He had to have a stab, eh?

Maybe when he's in his... Don't you take one off me! Maybe he's in his 30s and 40s. You know, he'll be better grasped with the language. He's in his 30s, Ben. Everyone likes to think he's perpetually 19. Anyway. So a lot of them speak Afrika Everyone likes to think he's perpetually 19. Anyway. Let's go with Afrikaans.

So a lot of them speak Afrikaans. Okay, let's go with that. Okay, that's your answer? Yeah. Or is it just English? It's actually Zulu. Oh! Yeah!

Because I think maybe, like, they do speak a lot of Afrikaans there, but maybe more of the, like, Upper Africa or Upper South Africa might. Taupo North. I don Africa might. Topol North. I don't know. Sorry. I'm sorry. We dipped out. We get a lot of South African listeners too,

you know. Sorry. We're sorry. There are a lot of people screaming at the radio. I think that's, I love you. Please tell me that wasn't there. I hope so.