Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono's been spotted on the news

Episode Date: June 25, 2025

On today’s show: Ben brings in his favorite game, Yahtzee, and we ask: what’s the oldest game or activity you still play? Ben catches his daughter on his new security camera face planting  Is Ben's daughter more famous than him? Megan had a quick nap in her car before work — and her own snoring woke her up! We chat about the earliest and latest times people eat dinner, after Ben starts doing 5 PM dinners like Megan Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Bannon Megan podcast. Thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast. I've been starting the podcast by looking at some of the messages that come through. Cause sometimes you're in the show and it's awesome people text, but then messages come through later and you miss them.

Someone said, I was talking and you'll hear it on the podcast about how I was referred to as Sienna's dad. And that's not in a school sense. This was in a work related sense. You know, sometimes you turn up, you know, you meet a friend of theirs or whatever and you're like, oh, hi, I'm Sienna's dad or Andy's dad. You might recognise me from such shows as Pop Sport. John O'Bernett 10. Well, this was like, no, no, the daughter thought I was, she's Sienna's dad. So that's me now. Someone said I used to work at a company for 16 years.

My son started working there, was initially the promo boy. He was known as Rachel's son. Then one day I became Riley's mum and knew it was time to leave. Oh. So you know, yeah. Ouch. I was here first. It happens as well.

Also, if we're looking at correspondence, I tried to teach you how to play Yahtzee today. You'll hear that on the show. You weren't a huge fan, even though you almost miraculously got a Yahtzee on your first ever go. It's just because I didn't care. Maybe that on the show. You weren't a huge fan, even though you almost miraculously got a Yahtzee on your first ever go. It's just because I didn't care. Maybe that's the thing. It's just rolling dice. It's pretty boring.

We put a message out there on our social media, put a little video of me trying to teach you how to play your facials, which I didn't realise at the time. Not impressed. Not impressed by that. But then my cousin Anna got in touch and she messaged me saying, Megan shouldn't play with the biggest Yahtzee cheater in the world. So I'm still getting to see, still not believing, not believing the fact that I've got this. It's written, because all of you write in the box, the Yahtzee box, high scores and everything. Like there's things written in there dated back to 78, which is pretty cool. I know, it's wild how long they've had that game in the family.

But didn't someone write in there that you are a cheater or something? Yeah, exactly. It was like, Ben, Yahtzee Champ, whoop, you do it. Because I think I was baiting the family to Yahtzee Champ. And it was like, yeah, so anyway, I played by myself, which I understand, because no one wanted to play with me, probably like you, Megan. Aw. You're like, I don't want to play this stupid kid once, but Yahtzee again.

That's ring true. And then I got a really good score. And then everyone's like, oh, I don't want to play this stupid kid once about Yahtzee again. That's ring true. And then I got a really good score and then everyone's like, oh I don't believe it. And so yeah, it's okay. And I understand how that would have looked on the surface like a bit of a lie. So anyway, I was- I'm sorry no one wanted to play with you. It's all right. It's fine.

It's fine. They still don't. I was going to say you want to come out and play some Yahtzee? No. Oh okay. Oh fine. Well I'll come to your house. We can use one of your three toilets.

No. Don't be jealous of my three toilets. No, it's your three toilet, Megan, we call it. Not sure what. It's just more to clean, Ben. There's nothing to be jealous about. Well, yeah, it must be very nice. But anyway, we start things off with what my wife refuses to do. And Jono, he's a big fan of it. He got caught out doing it on the news Have a listen

Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast The Hats. My wife's a school teacher and she does a wonderful job every afternoon of being there puts on the reflective You know vest and she goes out there with a megaphone and she's kind of like the road warden monitor for the school Yeah, so making sure that everyone and it's really good to do around schools, everyone crosses with the signs out, everyone, you know, parents like me just want to park the car and go just whoop across the road. So I can just whoop across the road, do I need to go at the crossing? But she's making sure, she's on the megaphone, she's like, you go over there, you wait there,

she's really good at bossing everyone around. She's so good, because even when you go for walks and stuff, she's picking up rubbish. I know, I know, she's a much better person than I am. I wasn't going to say that. So she does a wonderful job doing this and she's called me out. When my kids went to the same school a couple of years ago she called me out on the megaphone and she was like, you can't be crossing here. Public shaming of that. She told you off. Oh jeez. Megaphone telling off. I know. So I had to cross at the crossing. So because she does this and she takes great

pride in it, it means that we're never away anywhere else going across the road in the weekends. I'll be like, oh, we can just cross now. And she's like, no, no, I can't. I can't be seen to be. She takes it very, very seriously. I am the wooden. What if one of the kids sees her jaywalking? There could be a parent out there, there could be something. She's like, no, I cannot cross the road unless it's the time to cross the road. And sometimes I'm like, there's no cars coming. We could just do it.

She's like, no, I'm not going to cross the road because this is her thing, like a badge of honour. And so yeah, so it's frustrating me at the moment, but then I get it where she's coming from, right? Because in some parts of the world, that's called jaywalking. It's illegal. We're just having a look now. It's in Auckland.

It's technically it's illegal to jaywalk in Auckland. So you're trying to make your wife break the law. Yeah. Well, now that I know that, maybe I'll just, maybe I won't be doing it either as well. I shan't break the law for you, Ben. Jon, I got done. I was just showing you the footage.

Stephen Sharp did a story on it a while ago and it happened outside work here and Jono was walking across the road. There's a video of it we've just watched. We'll put it up on the hitspreak for story. He's just sauntering across the road at his glacial pace. You're like, he looks like a teenage dirtbag. He does.

He's got his cap on. His baggy jeans. He's like walking across the road. But he said that's got his cap on. He's in baggy jeans. He's like walking across the road. So gorgular. But he said that he got across the road and it was like, it was a guy filming. He was like, oh, what are you filming for? And they said, oh, we're just doing a little sting on people jaywalking. And he went, haha, funny, thinking they were joking.

And then later that night found out he was on- Did he have to give permission? Well, I guess in some ways he was like, oh yeah, sweet, that was probably him in public going, haha, funny, that was probably him in public, going, oh funny. Thinking they were making a joke and off he went. But no, he's part of the montage of Kiwis every day are breaking the law. So maybe I should have paid more attention to that.

Also the speed at which he crosses the road is so funny. If you're jaywalking, you kind of get across quick, but he's like, la la la. He's not in a rush at all. Never. So there you go, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'll shut my mouth on that one as well. No jaywalking, kind of get across quick but he's like la la la la la. He's not in a rush at all. Never. So there you go, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I'll shut my mouth on that one as well. No Jaywalking, it's illegal.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hats. Yesterday you got fed an ad for something on your social media. You want to hear it don't you? Yeah, it was for seniors right? At first you were like, oh this sounds good, Mahjong, a game. You know, Chinese game.

It's like an app, a game app for you. And I was like, oh, fun. And then it really threw some shade at you. Have a listen. Vigor Mahjong, designed for seniors. Big font, large tile, easy on the eyes. Ninety one point five percent of seniors play Vigarmajong to get better sleep. So great.

And I was having a laugh at that. I was enjoying it. And then we were recording for our podcast. You can get our podcast every day on iHeartRadio. And I was saying about how from time to time, it was a big family game. We used to play Yahtzee. And you're like, what's Yahtzee? I was like, I've got my Nana and grandpa's Yahtzee container they've sadly passed away now but it was one of the things that I was

given from the family was the Yahtzee. It's a relic that's been handed down. It's like taped together, it's faded. Everyone in the family that got a good score got to write their name inside the box as well. There's a bit of shade being thrown at me because I claimed when I was playing by myself. That's more exciting than the actual game because some of those I written in 1978. Yeah, like my dad's written in there like he got a good score 329 in 1978. So that's it's game's been around a while. So and I was just trying to teach you before how to play Yahtzee and you were you're not interested. You were like oh whatever you almost got a Yahtzee on your first go which is I was very excited. I'm like this doesn't happen and you're like, you're not interested. You were like, oh, whatever. You almost got a Yahtzee on your first go, which is, I was very excited.

I'm like, this doesn't happen. And you're like, I don't know, I don't know. I've never played it before. It may happen, it may not happen. You just keep rolling the dice to get a score. Yeah, and then you mark it off the list. But anyway, I was a lot more into it than you were. Same as when I tried- There's better games.

I try and get my family into it as well now, and not my family family that used to play it, my recent family, my wife and kids, and they're like, oh, Yahtzee. Because like I say, there's better games. We've come a long way. But I'm a big fan of Yahtzee, and I feel like I maybe like you and your mahjong.

I didn't play it. Maybe I'm into an activity that's for an older age group, but that's fine, I'm into it. So that's what we wanted to know this morning, is there an activity or a game that you're into that maybe you do that maybe would be considered a little before your time, but you're like, no, I like it. Do you watch Coronation Street while you play your yawn?

I don't, I don't watch Coro. My wife loves puzzles, she loves a puzzle, and again- Oh no, puzzles are for any age. Yeah, like puzzles you can do at every age, but just a big puzzle that takes over the table for months. I bought her a little puzzle containers that you can put away your little pieces on so it can stack away, but hasn't quite used those yet.

I was like, oh, these will be good. You can put your little colors in and then it gets off the table and you can sort them all out. But anyway, that hasn't been used yet, but she's into her puzzles. She loves her puzzles. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Jono, Ben she's into her puzzles. She loves her puzzles. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The Hats. We're talking about the game or activity that you're into. Maybe a little before your time, maybe it would be considered to be for an older age group. You like me and you like Yahtzee and you're like, I like Yahtzee. I like games. Board games, my grandparents got me into a lot of games.

My mum's usually into games and now as a family, or even my wife and I sometimes we'll sit around having drinks and play, board games. My grandparents got me into a lot of games. My mum's usually into games and now as a family, or even my wife and I sometimes will sit around having drinks and play a board game. Yeah, we do that. Our friend group play board games on Friday nights, sometimes with a few drinks. It's good fun. Maybe that's what the kids these days need,

get off the TikTok. Devices, yeah. Play some of these old board games. Actually do something together, which is actually quite nice. And we wanted to know, 4487 or 0800, the hits, the games you're into. Rummy Cub, have you played Rummy Cub before?

No. Is it a card game? No, well, it's kind of matching these little tiles and stuff, it's actually really good. Again, my grandparents got me into it as well, but someone said my Nan used to play it, and I got into it, and as a kid I would ask other kids if they would play it, then no idea what I was talking about.

But it's a great game, Rabby Cub. Yeah, that's so cute playing it with you Nan. Someone's saying about Bingo? Oh they're 34 years old and they go play Bingo with the oldies every week. Oh that's pretty cool. That sounds like a good time actually. So 0800 The Hits, we've got Carol.

Good morning Carol. Good morning. What are you into that is a bit before your time? Scrabble. Oh Scrabble, Carol. Good morning. What are you into that is a bit before your time? Scrabble. Oh, Scrabble. Yeah, it's a fun game, Scrabble. Yeah, I try to get my kids to play with it, play it with me when I'm down in Christchurch, but they're not really that interested in it.

But my mum and I used to play it quite a bit. Do you sometimes put rude words out there, Carol? Or no? Or not? No, because I know that I'll get a slap if I do. Someone's texted and said that they like to play Scrabble but their wife doesn't because they know too many tricky words so maybe we can look you up as friends. Wasn't there a Scrabble app that people were doing? Was it like friends with Scrabble? Oh, was it not like... Scrabble friends? Oh no.

Yes, no, you're right. There was that, right. Well, maybe we need to connect some Scrabble friends. We're going to connect you with some Dilma T. Thanks so much. Very cool this morning, Carol. Have a great day. And we've got, is it 2Fits? Good morning.

Hi. Hi. What do you like to play? My mum's 1980 Nintendo. It's got like a Donald Duck fire outer game and like a Space Invaders. Space Invaders! It still works. Yeah. That's pretty cool. Space Invaders was a lot of fun back in the day. What is it like now? Because obviously as a kid you can see games, like Roblox and Fortnite.

What's Space Invaders like? I don't really play the other ones, but yeah, it's just good because it's so simple. It's not that hard. That's what we liked back in the day. Simple games, not that hard. Just moving a little spaceship back and forth, avoiding those little blocks that came down.

Yeah, that's a great game. That's a great game. Hey, appreciate your call. We're gonna hook your family up with some Dilmati and hopefully you can open up and get a trip to Sri Lanka. I will take one more, should we Megan? Dean, good morning.

What's the thing you're doing that's before your time? Good morning, well it's not before my time. It's been around for a long time, but I play Contract Bridge. And that's the ultimate card game I was told when I was younger. We used to play a lot of 500 and can after and I got the opportunity to learn it about 35 years ago. And I was one of the youngest there then and I'm still one of the youngest players probably.

It's the best game, best card game ever. So you go along every weekend players? Yeah, absolutely. Oh, that's cool. So is it like a bingo night? There's heaps of people there playing. Nah, well, it was, I always thought you had to be really old and really intelligent. And no, you don't.

You're just going to have to. You're like, I'm neither of those things. No, but it's a great game for your mind and keeping up with numbers. I always was told it's like legal table talk when you're playing cards. So it really is a good game. A lot of small towns have bridge clubs. Bridge clubs? Oh cool. Yeah, yeah. They play at the club. Megan's really good with numbers, you are. So maybe this is what you need, Megan. Yeah.

This is maybe what you need. Maybe it's what you need to get better with numbers. Oh yeah, you're right actually. Maybe I'll come join you Dean for a night. I love board games. This sounds like a lot of the card games. Sounds like a lot of fun, we're going to hook you up. Yeah, it's really good. Hook you up. Thank you very much. No worries mate, we've got some Dill Marti coming your way, remember that golden ticket,

the second one still needs to be found. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. It was another couple of people that we met for the first time and one of them was like oh I'm going up and doing photos, she was telling her family about how she was going up and doing photos with us. She was like, oh, Jono, Ben and Megan from the Hits.

And they were like, oh, who are these? Who are these people? What am I getting? Not everyone knows. And she was like, oh, Ben will be there. He did TV show, Jono and Ben. The daughter was like, apparently, no idea. She was like, okay, I don't know Jono.

I wish I get the TV. And then she showed a video. She's like, oh, S't know John. And which I get, you know, the team, you know? And then she showed a video and she's like, oh, Sienna's dad. And I was like, am I now suddenly, that's my daughter, Sienna. Obviously she's got, we do a podcast together, she does social media bits and pieces. I'm like, am I suddenly Sienna?

Is that me now? Is that me and Sienna's dad? It has happened where we've been now and people have come up and said, can I get a photo? Ben lines up and they actually want a photo of Sienna and they pass you the phone. Oh I know, they're nothing more humbling than that. Oh I love it. It's my favourite.

You're like, oh okay, I see how this is going to work now. So I've taken a few photos, really, you know, like, and I've tried doing my best, you know, like at like the Gen Z's, but inside I'm like, oh no, I'm now, so that's me now. I'm seeing his dad. Seeing his dad. Yeah. They'll be like, oh I used to have some TV radio stuff, but not anymore. Yeah, let me show you on my phone.

I used to do this thing where I'd pretend to be. So I've suddenly slipped into, oh no, I've suddenly slipped into seeing his dad. So that's me now. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hits. We'd love to know this morning on 800 The Hits, the weird words that your parents use.

Cause if you've heard my mum on the show, bless her, she's quite a character. Yes, she is. And growing up, I had a lot of like, she used to say a lot of rhymes and like a lot of strange words we used to call slippers, dipper dots. Is that just a word she made up?

I don't know. We just always called them, or Dippies for short, go get your Dippies on. It's cold. Dippadobs. I like that. Sounds like something from the Teletubbies or something. Yeah, it's cute. She used to say mush for face. I googled it. That's a British one, so there's probably a few people that use mush. Your mush. Something on your mush. I googled it, that's a British one, so there's probably a few people that use mush. Y'mush. Something on y'mush. Something on y'mush. Shush y'mush.

She had so many strange words. One that's ruined me is peachy. Okay. You've got no inclination what that could be. No, well no. Because now anytime anyone says it's a peachy colour or it's a peachy flavour Someone talk about behinds like your bottom might be a bit peachy Like it's like the emoji for... is that or are we talking more front?

Oh really? Why was she doing that for the front? I don't know but she's ruined that colour and everything for me Yeah, yeah, so she had words for everything and it's traumatised me to this day. Weird words your parents use. I wrote 100 of the hits, 4, 4, 8, 7. Windy Pop was one for Mum. She, you know, if you're past wind. Farts, yeah.

Yeah, if you know, it was a windy pop. It was a nice way of saying it as well. I think a lot of people do have the cute words for your bits and pieces. If I was a bit smelly, it was oops-a-dinky. Dad would say Mr. Stinky. But he'd just say oops-a-dy it was, Oop-suh-dinky. Dad would say Mr. Stinky. Yeah, yeah. But he'd just say, Oop-suh-dinky.

You're a bit Oop-suh-dinky. You'd be like, Oh geez, I am a bit smelly. Do you still say that? Oop-suh-dinky. Yeah, yeah. It was like a little bit of a code he had about you.

Like, Oh, Oop-suh-dinky. You're like, Oh geez, should put 200 and on this morning. Sorry about that. I love that. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The Podcast. The Hats. We've got about the words that your parents use. They're probably still stuck in your head now. Your mush, your mum was one for your face, wasn't it? Yeah, for her face. Dippidops was slippers, where you just call them like dippies now.

I still say dippies sometimes. Go put your dippies on. That's good. I like that. Text coming through. I've been a little whippersnapper all my life. Oh, cute. A little whippersnapper.

Mum used to say hogwash. That's a load of hogwash, something I still use today. I've been a little whipper snapper all my life. Aw, cute. A little whipper snapper. Mum used to say hogwash. That's a load of hogwash, something I still use today. Yeah. We've got Deidre on 0800thits. Deidre, good morning. What's your interesting word? Was it your parents?

Hey, ours is a more recent one. My daughter, when she couldn't say vitamin C, she'd call them an Alamino CP. So now they're just an Alamino CP. Alamino CP. I like that. For everyone. Alamino CP. When the kids can't quite nail it when they're young and cute and you're like, we'll just keep rolling with that. That's very cool. I love that.

Alamino CP. Spaghetti's one that kids always struggle with. Biscuiti and all sorts of stuff. Now we call it Biscuiti at home. My kids say Cucabumba and I kind of like, I kind of prefer Cucabumba. Cucabumba was quite cool. Yeah. Thanks Deirdre. I appreciate it. We'll send you out some Dilma tea. Rachel, good morning. Who is- Good morning.

Hi. Who's saying weird things in your life? My husband's parents call the TV Dicky Dido. Sorry, just missed that. I don't know what it means, where it's from, but yeah, so pass me the Dicky Dido. The Dicky, is it what? What? The remote is a Dicky Dido. Yeah, a TV remote.

A Dicky Dido. You don't want to shorten that, do you? If you come around and you're like, pass me the Dick, you'll be like, what? Sorry, TV. You know, there's a Dicky Dido. That's what I want to shorten that, do you? If you come around and you're like, pass me the dick, you'll be like, what? Sorry. You know, that's on Dicky Dino. That's what I want to change the channel, the chases on. I want to adopt these. Yeah, the Dicky Dino.

You have no idea where it's come from? No, I have no idea. Put your Dippy Dops on and go get the Dicky Dino. I like it. We're going to send you out some Dilbaa tea. Open up that box though when you get it because there could be that golden ticket inside, get you a luxury trip to Sri Lanka. Let's take one more Megan.

Kira, good morning. This is a very interesting one. Who started this? This is by my sister-in-law, so not my parents, but fun fact first, that first caller, Deirdre, that was actually my sister and I thought she was about to rat out my parents. What? Your sister? Oh my goodness.

It was my sister. Wow. OK, so you're going to be listening and she's going to love this. You can vouch for the first story then? It was a true story? Well, yeah. I guess.

You're like, I've heard that before. Yeah. Funny. Yeah, this one is a running joke. It's from my sister-in-law. This is actually something she called in the girls downstairs parts. And she's actually a registered nurse, so it's even funnier. It was called a cozy.

A cozy? Oh. No. See, this is the same problem I have with my mum using peachy. Because it's a word that other people would use and not realise that you've got another meaning for it, right? What if they're like, here's a cosy B&B or something, you're like, oh, no thank you. This hat's cosy or something, you know?

Cosy chair. Cosy jumper. Or cosy cafe, there's a lot of cosy cafes around. So, oh yeah, when you see that, you'll be like, is that the sort of cafe that I want to go to at eight o'clock on a Thursday morning? Oh, I love it. We're going to send you out some Dilma tea. You can share that with your sister as well.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Talking about words your parents use. Still a few more great texts coming through. Dingle for dressing gown. Oh, that's cute. Oh, that's cute.

Dingle sounds like something else, part of the male anatomy, doesn't it? Yeah, it does. Slip slips for slippers. Your mom had what for slippers again? Dippidops. So you put your dingle and your dippidops on and then you get, what do they call the remote?

Oh, Dicky-Doodle. Dicky-Doodle. Dicky-Doodle. Yeah, I've already forgotten it. I was like, I'm gonna use that. But it's a, the Dicky-Doo. Yeah, and a flung dung is something that someone else's mom would say if she couldn't think of a word. The flung dung. Well, I'm going to use that. But it's a, yeah. And a flung dung is something that someone else's mom would say if she couldn't think

of a word. The flung dung. I like it. Could you say that if you couldn't think of the person's name? You're like, oh no, flung dung. Oh, flung dung over there as well. Now actually, speaking of things that people call you, I don't know if you noticed this the other day, but we had this, that photo shoot.

The photo shoot that we talked about where they gave me that ball the handball Because I didn't know what to do with my hands I threw I threw it when they said they're like get rid of the ball And so I threw it to Larissa who works here at the hits But unfortunately, I was way off target and about a meter off target bounced and it hit The photographer that we just meet the female the female photographer, in the cozy. Good use of a callback. Right in the cozy.

And I was like, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. And she's like, it's fine, it's fine. But you know, I felt really bad about it. And yeah, unfortunate one of those things. She had an expensive camera. You threw it back hard too. Yeah. She keeled over. I wasn't aiming for that.

I was not aiming for that at all. It was just a mistimed, it was shocking. Jono, Ben and Megan. It's a podcast. The Hats. Now I talked yesterday about how we finally got a security system, like just a camera that's on the front door. It wasn't very expensive.

It seems to be quite good technology these days. It's quite cheap, right? You see all the time, it feels like everyone in America's got one. And sometimes they're voice activated and then you can pull up images on your phone when anything happens. is quite cheap, right? You see all the time, it feels like everyone in America's got one and sometimes their voice activated and then you can pull up images on your phone when anything happens. Yeah, so I get a little alert, even the dog on the front doorstep, but if someone comes over or things like that, I get a little bit of alert. I saw my wife was kind of doing a weird form of flirting when she'd get alert on her phone.

I'd go home in the afternoon, she'd be like, oh, nice mustache or nice warrior's jacket or something. Creepy. It's a bit creepy, eh? Yeah. It makes you go, oh, okay. It's good though, because when you get a knock at the door now, can you check who's there? I probably can too.

Can you be like, oh, I'm not going to answer that. I haven't done that. Sometimes I send the kids down too. I'm like, just go down and say dad's in the shower. Yeah, good. But yesterday my daughter, Sienna, she said she was on her way to school and she's like, oh you'll never guess what happened. I fell over as I left the house and had my shoes on.

I came out and I fell. She had a fall. She had a fall. She face planted and she was laughing about it. And I said, oh look, I'd give anything to see that. And then I went, oh my goodness, I can see this. And I showed you yesterday, didn't I? It was so comical.

It was really comical and she was laughing about it. It was a pretty big fall too. Yeah. You know, for someone who's 15 years old, that was a really, you know, she didn't have her shoes on properly and as you know, she was just sort of hadn't done them up. Did she fall down like steps? She did some steps and then sort of face planted as well. But yeah, she's okay. She's fine.

But I was like, well, this security camera is just paying for itself. Like that's for me to be able. But I was like, well, this security camera is just paid for itself. For me to be able to witness that was a great moment. So one of those occasions, I'm glad I had the security camera for that. Already paid dividends, like a weekend. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Now there's probably like, and I know there's probably many things that I would wear. I mean, I brought up my costumes the other day and Megan is like oh they gave you instant... No you brought in some of your inflatable costumes that have an inbuilt fan yeah so when you're standing close to me and you just hear this...

I'm like you're purring at me Megan? You're like no, you're just like... You got the act from my costume so I say this knowing that I probably have many, many things that I do and wear that give my partner Amanda the yak and make her go, maybe they shouldn't wear that. But Amanda, she's got like me, she wears some glasses, she from time, not all the time, not all the time, I like saying not all the time, but just for time to time. And she's got a nice pair of glasses, but the handle had broken. So she texts me one day from the chemist and she's like, nice pair of glasses but the handle had broken. So she texts me one day from the chemist and she's like, what do you think of these glasses? And it was

just from where the boomers go and get their glasses, they just go in and buy a cheap pair of glasses. I'm like, yeah, sweet, they'll be good. In the meantime, that's all good. And then I've noticed that she will just put them on when we're out and about. And I'll be like, no, I thought these were the at home glasses. Are they ugly? Well, they're not the, you know what they're like, they're a lot like the $12 rack and glasses. You know, you get what you pay for in that situation.

She's got nice glasses that are cost a bit more. And I'm like, I thought these were at home glasses. And she's like, oh, they probably were, but I don't mind. She's like, I don't care. I'm putting them on briefly. I want to see this thing and then I'll take them off. And I'm like, oh, geez. And so this has been the item for me

that I would be like, maybe don't wear it. I'm like, you look like, you look like, you know, my dad checking like something like the lotto numbers in the paper or something like that. You know one of those moments where they just sort of put it on, you know, you wear it half down your nose and never look? I'm like, this is the item for me that if I could probably

make it go missing, it would be that. My favourite line is when like your partner would be like, well, who are you trying to impress? Like who am I trying to impress? I'm like, still me. Still you, yeah exactly. It's like I still, you know, need to be attracted to you. Yeah, I mean Andrew is a very, very fashionable guy.

He wasn't when I met him, just for the record. Oh really? Just for the record, but no he's a pretty styley guy. He is styley, yeah. And I've never told him this, so I'm really, I hope he's not listening, but there's a- Oh my god, is that work? not listening, but there's a pair of shorts that I really don't like.

They're white shorts. Like who has white shorts? White shorts, especially they're not togs or anything. And it's because you can see that like they see me see through so you can see the pockets hanging down. Oh right, so they're quite see through. Yeah. And like you can see the pockets hanging down. Oh right, so they're quite see through. Yeah, and like you can see his undies sometimes. Like if he's wearing the one type of undies,

you're like, they're not good. What, do you have them no undies underneath or not? No, always undies, thank you, always undies. But these shorts, I just, I can't do it. They need to go missing. I did accidentally throw out my ex-husband's, he had like a bright green Kermit jersey. Oh really?

That went missing. Oh actually, yeah I feel like some of my stuff's gone missing from time to time. I'm like, what happened to that T-shirt? I don't know. I don't know, I'm like pretty sure that was still around. I'm pretty good with my stuff. So anyway, oh Andrew that's 4487,

one item of your partners that you would like, you know, if you could, to go missing. They wear out in public and you're like, maybe not. To be fair, he's probably got a list of things he doesn't like me wearing. Homeless. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats.

What's the item of clothing you'd like to maybe go missing? If it's your partner wearing, we got a text saying, my partner had some ratty old grandpa tartan slippers. He's had it for years, and yes, he's worn them out in public, even to the movies once. No! Another text saying,

a good friend of mine had some shorts that were ugly, and I told her if she wore them in public, I would destroy them. Had dinner at hers one night, she was wearing them and had been out in public. I asked where her scissors were and cut them off her while she was cooking dinner. That's a favour. Shorts are a theme though because my husband's got a pair of white

shorts I'm not a fan of and also star it's your partner's shorts that get you. Yes oh my gosh I hope he's not listening. He's got a really ugly pair of like small tight league shorts that he wears with jandals and I just really want to burn them. Are they a specific team or anything like that? You know like Warriors? I'm going to get so much hate for this but I don't know much about rugby. I have no idea. What colour are they Star? I wouldn't know either. They're white and blue. Oh okay okay. Because I've always wanted the Warriors, like I've seen guys wearing them on the beach and I'm like, oh, that looks cool. I like the look of the leg shorts.

Then I put them on and I look like I'm wearing- Like chicken legs. Yeah, like parachute. Like chicken leg- The legandos. Toothpicks and parachutes or something. And then I put them back. The thing that gets me about the leg shorts is that guys wouldn't wear any other shorts

that look like that. But because they're those specific type of leg shorts, they're like, yes, I'll wear those with my jandies. That's right. Well, I hope he's not listening, so we're going to hook you up with some Dilma tea and hopefully you'll unlock. Well, if you get the golden ticket, you've got a luxury trip to Sri Lanka and you'll wear shorts there, right? Yeah, he can wear his shorts there. I'm sure he'll love that. Do we have someone else? Yeah, I think we do. I think this is Andy or Andrew wear his shorts there. I'm sure he'll love that. Do we have someone else? Yeah, I think we do. I think it's Andy or Andrew joining us.

Andy, hi! Hello! Aww, you've stitched me up. It's Megan's husband, Andrew. How are you doing? Oh, good. I'm just listening about these shorts that you don't like of mine. Megan was hoping you weren't going to be listening right now. So these white shorts. Because she hasn't obviously mentioned this before. No she hasn't, but as far as I know, she likes my legs however they come.

They don't do your legs justice. Why are they different to any other shorts? They're see-through babe, you can see like the pockets in your undies. Yeah but I wear white underwear. It's not good. It's like window shopping Megan. You're like, look at these. He shouldn't be window shopping.

He shouldn't be putting it out there. It's just a little taste of what's become though. I'm just warming you up. Yeah, I'm sure he's got great legs. I want to see him in those shorts, you know? Yeah, they're great. Very fashionable guy. Do you love all my clothes?

No, absolutely not. Oh, okay. Let's not get into that. I can very confidently say that. So you've got a couple of t-shirts, right, that have holes in the front. Oh, yes. So you will continue to wear them. And I'm just like, how about we just get rid of that t-shirt? Like, it's not even special. It's window shopping. I'm just giving you a little taster of what's to come. Well played, well played. And I appreciate your call. I'm sorry you had to listen to that.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. This morning, we've spoken a lot this week about how we're feeling a bit old and this probably isn't going to help my cause. But this morning when I drove to work, uh, to be fair, my daughter was up in the night. So it's been a busy night and I got to work quite early, weirdly. Yeah. So I was like, I'll just sit in my car for a second and decompress. Yeah.

Just have a moment to yourself. That's fine. I did. I did. But I reclined my seat. I'm like, I'm just going to sit here for a second. The only reason I woke up is because I snored. I snored so loud.

Did you go back to sleep? I did, in the car park downstairs. You had a car sleep. I did, I've done it once before at a supermarket, in the car park, which is probably worse. This was in, you know, like a covered car park. But if anyone from work had walked past, they would have been like, is she dead?

What has happened to her? Do I need to alert the security? Ben? Oh wow, so you have, okay, a sleep in the carpark? I did and I didn't see an alarm. I didn't intend to sleep but I had a wee sleep at like 5am and I woke myself up snoring. What? Yeah, like if we got in and we'd be like 6 o'clock show up, we'd be like, where's me?

Like, would you have answered? You're fine, might have woken you up if it rang, right? Well, it's on silent. So probably not. I would have just slept in the car downstairs. One simple way of doing like Jono, he's got a car pillow. Like he's got a pillow he takes around. So he sits and he falls asleep in the car all the time.

But I don't even need the pillow. As soon as I like semi reclined, at the movie it's like dark and like you recline your seats and I'm like, oh no, I've paid for this. I can't sleep. If anything, you bring it back to the old seats, the old seats. Uncomfortable, sit me upright. Yeah, that's right. Don't make it so dark. So you can fidget the whole time.

I don't need reclining seats in the movies. You're right. Yeah. Oh, so Megan, we'll see how you go. I made it. Well, thank you can fidget the whole time. I don't need reclining seats in the movies, you're right. Yeah. Oh, so Megan, we'll see how you go. I made it. Well, thank you for staying awake for the show. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats.

Before, who has the earliest or the latest dinner? We had a few after school activities yesterday. Two daughters had to go out and do different things. So we ended up, I ended up making dinner. I was like, well, we need to make dinner before they go out. Between 4.30 and five o'clock. And I was like, man, this is early. This feels like afternoon tea time.

But afterwards I was like, oh, it's actually quite good. It's actually quite good to have early because you didn't feel like you were going to bed full. Yeah, I do this every day. We have dinner at five o'clock and sometimes it does end up being in the four o'clock. You've got very young kids though, eh? Yeah.

So we, I grew up, we all had dinner around the dinner table together. So I'm always like, we should have dinner together. I don't feel like I want to feed them and then eat later. So we're just used to eating now at five o'clock and you're right, it's good because you go to bed and you're not too full. The trouble is if you stay up too late, which generally we don't do because we get up early, if you

start too late you start to get hungry again and you're like, I need a 9.30 snack. That's why we're eating junk food instead of full beds. But you have a nice cup of Dilma tea. Yeah, true. Our schedule's a bit different. We're not working a 9 to 5. My wife would get home often after 5, 6 o'clock, so it doesn't always work like that. But I was like, man, this is, I said food was ready for it, it was a game changer. I was like, ready to go. I was like, done that dinner.

You're ready for your rest home life. It does feel a little like we're going to put on the chase, eh? And just like, and then watch a little bit of Chiro and then that's about it. Bedtime. Yeah, so earliest or latest dinner, someone's texted her and said 7pm normally, depends on what we're doing. Last night was 8 o'clock. So that's, you know, that's...

Well, that feels very, that's like me getting ready for bed at 8 o'clock. It's very late for me. Your bedtime parade as you call it. I think I've got someone on our 100 of the hits who may be the same as us, Megan. Martin, good morning. Good morning. Now, Martin, what time do you have dinner? We're typically at five o'clock. I'm with you guys. You know, by the time that the kids get

back from school and we're running around trying to organize for activities and stuff like that, kind of works out at five o'clock. But yesterday I was in sync with you. I think I started at 4.30 and we actually sat down together at five o'clock. Yeah, because if you've got after-school activities and stuff, one of the girls, my daughter's with babysitting and things like that, it was like, you've got, it was a good window to get dinner in. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. There'll be people though that work at nine to five and they're like, we're just finishing work at that time. I know, exactly, exactly. You're sitting down eating dinner. I remember like probably five, six years ago, it'd be like eight, nine o'clock sometimes, you know? Oh, yeah.

Yeah, so yeah, well, Martin, I think we're, I mean, maybe we need to it'd be like eight, nine o'clock sometimes. You know? Yeah. So yeah, well, Martin, I think we're, I mean, maybe we need to- We've converted Ben, Martin. Yeah. Good. I feel like maybe I need to enroll in a Ryman or some sort of rest home around the country.