Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan's Genius Shocks Us

Episode Date: October 7, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Ben's convinced the Disney calendar is lying Cottage cheese bread.... Slay or nay Daniella gives our socks a great reviews! Can you fall asleep during a shared tv show Ben gets caught sneaking home! Travis Kelce is taking over Ben's life... His wife is done! Have we ever done this? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast for a Tuesday. Another fun show with you, Megan, today. Enjoyed it today. Yeah, good time. Shared a lot, like shared about crying in a very random spot yesterday. Crying in the bank.

Probably not for the reason you might think. Cost a living crisis. You're like, what's up with this guy? He's crying in the bank. And you'll hear about that on the podcast as well. You brought in, it was actually lovely. Lovely. And I did enjoy it as well.

I feel like you're lying. But very seedy. Can I say seedy? You can. And when I say seedy, it doesn't mean what you'd normally think. No. Oh, that guy's seedy. Well, no, this particular food was seedy.

But it was lovely. Delicious and healthy. I am in my cottage cheese era, making everything from cottage cheese. But you'll hear that on the show. I thought you were just going to be putting lots of cottage cheese on the CD apparatus. But yes, you made it. It was very impressive as well. Thank you.

But next, we need to talk about something that really wound me up this morning. About these dates throughout the year. And I felt like they were making it up, but maybe they're not. That's next on the podcast. All a blast, spring and winter roaring back. That's not great news for you, Tuesday. No, it's not what we need. We always talked about it. We just said Tuesday was a bit of a nothing day, Megan.

Well, it's because Monday you go into it, you've had a rest over the weekend, and you're like, right, let's hit the week. And then Tuesday you're like, oh, no. Oh, no. How soon's the weekend? It's too far away. Yeah, Tuesday, one of those days. Well, actually, speaking of the weeks and, you know, things like that,

I've got a calendar. Now, this shouldn't surprise you that in my household, we have a few Disney things that haven't been purchased by my wife, been purchased by me. I've got a clock in the lounge with Mickey Mouse hands. I'm so surprised that's allowed to be in the lounge. Yeah, Amanda's just, like, waiting for the day it breaks down or falls off or something like that, you know.

And there's a few other Disney things, bits and pieces around the house. Because I love Disney. My wife will tolerate it. And that's about it. And I've got a Disney calendar, which is in our little bathroom. So I brought it in right now. And I haven't really looked too closely at it other than just looking at the days of the week normally. It's a Mickey Mouse calendar.

Yeah. Disney 2024 calendar. But I just started looking closely at the months and some of the days because there's very small print on there. And it started to kind of wire me up this morning. Now, obviously, there's New Year's Day, there's days, you know, of Valentine's Day. But then I'm going to read some of them.

I've written them down. So January 22nd, hot sauce day. Now, okay, January 24th, compliment day. I'm like, are these... Oh, I can get amongst that. If they made these up, there's opposite day on January 25th Backwards day on January 31st Did they make these up? Napping day, March 11th Could you Google some of these and see if they're actual things

So napping day is March 11th Napping day, well it says March 10th here Wear pyjamas to work day, April 16th. That's not a thing. No. It feels like that's a gag that I'd turn up to work and be like, hey guys, I'm here. And everyone would be like, what are you doing? April 16th.

Wear pyjamas to work day. Is it? It's a thing. Is it a thing? April 30th. Honesty day. Oh no, we don't need that. We don't know.

Honesty day is April 30th. So these are actual days that exist. Okay, surely not this one. May 3rd, No Pants Day. Oh, well, good luck with that. I mean, Donald Duck's pushing for that one in the Disney calendar, but everyone else is like, uh. What day did you say it was?

May the 3rd, No Pants Day? Yep. Is it? It's a legit thing. There's a Caps Lock Day? Caps Lock day. That's Jono all the time. Yeah, that's Jono's every email we ever send.

October 22nd. Yeah. Oh my goodness. And November 4th, use your common sense day. My daughter was born on caps lock day. She's here! Yeah, it was like, stop shouting at me. You're like, no, it's what you need to do on the day.

Also, I take it all back. Mickey Mouse, the Mickey Mouse calendar. Why is there a day for caps lock? Why is there a day for no pants? What does it say under the description of caps lock day? Does it say what you need to do? Caps lock day is a bizarre yet ironic occasion aimed at mocking serial users of capital letters. Oh, so it's kind of like mocking. It's literally Jono's day.

Oh, we should celebrate it with Jono next. We should. Yeah, next, what are we like mocking. It's literally Jono's Day. Oh, we should celebrate it with Jono next. We should. Yeah, next, what are we? It's a Tuesday in a couple of weeks. Okay, we'll all get into Caps Lock Day on the show. Well, I take it all back. It was winding me up this morning and they've obviously done their research.

Oh, it's an official thing. These are official days on the calendar that we'll be celebrating. I know there's a lot of controversy over Waitangi Day and things like that in New Zealand. Maybe we should be celebrating Caps Lock Day together. Petition for another public holiday, Caps Lock Day. That's right.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Something we wanted to try right now, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Now, it pops up at the New Zealand Herald website every day. You need to try it. My friends are obsessed with it. They try and get 10 out of 10 every day. And I've never really dipped my toes in too much of this.

Neither have I. But I was thinking, but as a show, with you guys listening right now, why don't we try and play it and see if we can get 10 out of 10? Okay, so we aren't going against each other. We can do it together. No. No, Producer Ellie is in. Good morning.

Hello, good morning. Good morning. You're going to be quiz master. You're going to ask the questions. I am. We haven't looked at this, and you can help us out on the text machine or call us as well. We'll see how we go.

See if we can get 10 out of 10 this morning. If not, maybe we'll try it again tomorrow. Is that hard? Yeah. There's a couple that I was like Are we going to look like idiots? It's multi-choice.

So you've got, you know, one in three chance of getting it right. Okay. So should we, right? I reckon. Okay. Okay, we ready for the first question?

Yes. Okay, question number one. What is the only letter that doesn't appear in any US state name? X, Q, or Z? Oh, God. Arizona, so it's not Z. Yeah, good. Is that a state?

Yeah. I think so. Yeah, yeah. You sounded really smart, and then you said something that questioned how smart you are. So just go with it. I was like, wow, that's a good one. Because Texas. Oh, Texas, yeah.

Are we going to lock you in there? We're going to lock you in, yeah. That is correct. Oh, Megan, good start. Good work. All right, I was trying to get on the text machine as well, if you can help us out with any of these, if you know. All right, number two.

Which artists collaborated on the song something just like this was it david getter and coldplay the chain smokers and coldplay or calvin hudders and court player no it's number two number two right chain smokers coldplay we play it on the hits you're locking it in confident with that one there we go that is correct okay two for two all right question number three it's all over we get something wrong though oh it's just hard and fast we'll say for us it is okay not wrong on the new zealand herald There we go. That is correct. Yes, two for two. All right, question number three. It's all over. We get something wrong, though. Oh, it's just hard and fast. We'll say for us it is. Not normally on the New Zealand Herald.

All right. Which British royal family member recently announced her second pregnancy? Was it A, Princess Eugenie? No, B, Princess Beatrice? Or C, Zara Tindall? Beatrice. Lucky and Beatrice. She's lucky and she's going hard. I'm going with you, Megan.

You seem confident on that one. That is correct. Great. Three out of three. She's locking in and she's going hard. I'm going with you, Megan. You seem confident on that one. That is correct. Great. Three out of three. Nice work. All right. Question number four. Which creature has the most teeth?

Is it a snail, a shark, or a crocodile? Oh, God. Sharks have three layers, don't they? They're three lots deep. You're actually really, you're surprisingly so. You're so surprised that you've got some brain. I think the crocodile was just one row.

That's how I should come on the show, with the brains. Yeah, you're finally seeing a value. I believe sharks have three rows of teeth. Really?

A nightmare to floss, wouldn't it be? But then is snails a trick question? Do they have teeth? Okay. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

And we're in the middle of the New Zealand Herald quiz. We're trying to get 10 out of 10 this morning, Megan. And we've got, are we up to question four? We've got three out of three, and we're up to question four. Once we get one wrong, we're going to stop. Okay. And the question producer Ellie was? The question was, which animal has the most teeth? Is it snail, shark, or crocodile? Now, Megan, you came through with some great knowledge that sharks had like three sets of teeth. Three rows of teeth, I think. I think. But then why is snail in there?

And a lot of texts have come through, 4487, this morning for snail. Someone said, snails have up to 20,000 teeth. I may have been told lies, though, and they did the little emoji with the sweat dripping down the head. So maybe the answer for the creature with the most teeth is snail. Snails have 14,000 teeth. So a lot of text through

for snail. What kind of teeth are they? I don't know. It's slimy and you'd put it on your hand and it feels like slime. Gummy, eh? Like granddad

at the retirement home with the false teeth out. It feels like that sort of thing. Yeah, yeah. But are we going to go with the majority sees snail? I feel like we need to. I feel like we do. I know your shark fact was great,

but I feel like everyone's saying snail, so let's lock in snail. Locking in snail. That is correct. Oh, yay. Thank you very much for help. Did it give details? No, that's it.

No, okay, no. Sorry, no further information on that. We're not allowed to Google either, so you just tell us next. So we're on to question number five? Yeah, question number five. What is the scientific term for a brain freeze? Is it A, sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, B, cranial syncope, or C, cerebral hypothermia?

Sorry about my pronunciation there, but what are we going to go with? Oh, God. Okay. So the only thing- They've all got brain stuff in them. Cerebral is like brain, right? Yeah. Crane, obviously, yeah. And then the end of whatever the first one was was brain stuff in them. Cerebral is like brain, right? Yeah, crane obviously, yeah.

And then the end of whatever the first one was was brain stuff. Yeah. You sounded really smart before. Now when you say brain stuff, you don't sound quite as smart. I don't know. I think A or B. Okay, 4487. Let's have a quick text if you think you know.

I really want you to repeat those again, but you didn't do a great job the first time. I did not. The sphenopelatine ganglioneuralgia. Neurology? Yeah, brain stuff. Nice. Cranial syncope. Cranio is the brain?

Yeah, cranium. Nice. And cerebral hypothermia. Okay, the first text to come through is come through for A. So I reckon we lock an A. We can lock an A. Let's not overthink it. Let's lock an A.

That is correct. Yeah. Thank you very much. Nice. All right. What percentage of the human brain is water? Is it 50, 25, or 75%? 50.

25. I don't know. Ben, you do one. Oh, jeez. Where's your brain at? I think it would be more than 25 because then you'd be like, whoa, that's that much? Is it 50? Are we locking it in?

Are we going to lock in 50? Yeah, I reckon we're going to. Okay, let's go lock in 50. Are you going to lock in 50%? It's 75%. Oh! Yeah. Three quarters of your brain is water.

Yeah, weird, eh? How many did we get right? Six. So, yeah, you got five out of five. I mean, obviously we could keep playing if we were normal punters

at the New Zealand Hero but that's not the way we decided it worked we got five

and then we bailed out I thought we'd do better than that we can

come back tomorrow tomorrow we're going to try again tomorrow let's see

if we can get a ten out of ten with your help thank you to be fair

you helped us out with a couple I don't think Ben got any out

of ten I helped you get that last one wrong. You've been getting into cottage cheese a lot lately. So you have an algorithm on social media, right? And some people, it's dogs. Some people like babies. Mine has turned into making everything out of cottage cheese. Are you making this, again, by scratch? yeah like you're making your own cottage cheese no no no no I'm not making my

cottage cheese I'm buying tubs and tubs from the supermarket okay but I have found recipes for cheesecakes for fudge for chocolate mousse like you can make anything out of cottage cheese and my husband is like please don't please stop making stuff out of cottage cheese I can't remember the last time I had it I do remember my mum was probably like the 90s or whatever really getting into it I think it was some sort of Weight Watchers I know did your mum make cottage cheese on rye vita crackers oh yeah and make you dip carrots and stuff into it I was like I just rather have the carrot without the cottage cheese yeah like yeah but here's my thing.

It's not that great on its own, but you can make all kinds of things. So my favorite thing, which I've made a few times, and I have brought in for you to try, honest opinions only, is my cottage cheese bread. So you've made this bread? Yeah. This is the second or third time I've made it. Producer Ellie and Producer Grace are in tomorrow now because if we're going to die, we all die together.

It's the pact we made on the show. And because my husband's always like, please don't do this anymore. It actually looks good. The bread looks really good. It does. I'm quite impressed so far. The bread is made, what, from cottage cheese?

It is. It's got eggs, cottage cheese, some baking powder, and just a heap of seeds. I thought you were going to be like putting it on top of the bread. Oh, no, no, no. It's got the cottage cheese in it. Have you got a bread maker or is this done in the oven no it's done in the oven oh oh my god you guys are very easy you just brought in this bread just to brag about how you can make bread right yeah look at it it does look really good we'll put a photo at the hits breakfast on our instagram as well um, so I've buttered the pieces. You've each got a piece.

Oh no, Sarah, you haven't got a piece. Well, no. She's sitting on something. Yeah. The years of radio pranks have left me very suspicious. No. Or it's like, this is where we're at these days on the hits. We're just trying something that someone else thinks is delightful.

You know what? No. This is just because my husband's like, do not make any more cottage cheese stuff. So Andrew's not really a fan of this. Not a huge fan. And not a huge fan of like the cheesecake made of cottage cheese. I'm going to buy it right now.

It has been toasted and like Vogel's and stuff it takes about 15 minutes in the toaster. And it has been sitting here a little bit cold for a while like it's not warm anymore. I did toast it a while ago. Just so you know, we're not tasting it, it's heat. No, no. I know Ali, you like your toast after the while ago Just so you know We're not tasting it It's heat No I know Ally

You toast after the show Each day You know me too well Ben She has white bread With peanut butter though Yeah You really And the peanut butter too

Just your stock standard Peanut butter Nothing fancy Yeah mate So what are you thinking Right now Does it get a pass It's very grainy

It's like Not a bad thing It is very grainy You alright Oh guys No no But it pass? It's very grainy. It's like, not a bad thing. It is very grainy, right? Oh, guys. No, no, but it's nice. It's nice. No, it's nice. It's moist.

Is that what it does? The cottage cheese keeps it moist? Yeah, okay. I really felt like there was going to be more of a glowing review. And producer Grace is like choking. There's so many Cs. Okay, fine. I'll put the recipe.

Not yum. On our Instagram. You can try it yourself. But birds would love it. There's a lot of Cs. Okay, fine. I'll put the recipe on our Instagram. You can try it yourself. Birds would love it. There's a lot of like this. Okay. Should I have brought in the cheesecake? No, it's really good. I'm going to keep trying these cottage cheese recipes until you like them.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Daniela, she works at a hotel reception in Tauranga. We stumbled across her a few weeks ago, and we love talking to her every week. I love her Italian accent and her vibe. She's great, and she joins us right now. Good morning, Daniela. Hello, Megan. What a nice, beautiful voice this morning you have.

Ciao. Daniela, nice to talk to you. Oh, Jono is there. Oh, no. Sorry, Megan. He's back. Oh, no. It's just me.

It's Ben and Megan. No, Jono. It's Ben. Sorry, Ben. I cannot even recognize your voice. No, it's all right. It's Ben and Megan. No, Jono. It's Ben. Sorry, Ben. I cannot even recognize your voice. No, it's alright. We sound one and the same. It's fine. It's nasally. It's annoying. It's a terrible accent, but it's fine. It's fine.

It's nice to hear your voice. Nice to see your voice. Then, how, did you enjoy the holiday? Yeah, actually, do you know what? I went, like, I spent two nights at Mount Maunganui over the weekend. I knew that. You knew that? Someone told me, and I'm very disappointed you didn't come and say hi to me.

And here was the dilemma. I was like, well, firstly, I was like, do I go into Tairanga and do I see Daniela? And then I was like, well, is that a bit weird if I'm like, hey, family, we need to go see Daniela? Maybe, yes. Yeah, if you're telling your wife. Keep the peace of the family, you know, keep the peace in the family. Good on you.

Because last time I spoke to you, you're like, are you flirting with me? You sit in and I was like, oh, geez, if I turn up and the family are like, I'm not going and it's just me, you'd be like, oh, he's definitely flirting with me. Yeah, or you don't tell them and then they find out later that you went to go and see her. There's no good way of doing it.

No. You know what? Because we're such beautiful people, we need to keep the peace in both families Then you did the right thing Okay good Good today Well you know what I didn't miss you that much

Because I received the socks guys They're so cute Yes they are Have you worn them yet? Do you want me to be honest? No Because

I washed them first I'm one of these clean freaks, you know. I need to wash things before I wear it. Beautiful purr sole as well, by the way. They smell delicious. That's right. Now, we want to know this morning, because we've only got a few more pairs left,

and we wanted to know from people where, you know, we want to give them to people that are going to wear them to cool things or take them somewhere or do something with them while wearing the socks. What's something that you're going to do? Like, going to walk up mount monganui in the socks you know what i was thinking because i'm 40 and not 20 anymore and all these millennium got these socks on top of the leggings they look ridiculous i think i will wear my nice uh black tight and go to the gym with your socks guys and actually make my world co-worker do a video on me wearing the millennium socks on top of my leggings okay okay okay so that's where daniella is going to take them so you're going to take our socks to the gym you happy with that megan

well i feel like you can do better but we'll start with the gym, Daniela. Wait, Megan, you just asked me, darling, and all you desire become reality. You just tell me, okay? Are you going on holiday anywhere? Are you going on a plane somewhere anytime soon? I just come back from a month in Italy. They're not quite yet. Well, next time you go back to Italy, it would be great to take our socks.

We'll get a photo of you wearing our socks somewhere. That would be good for the socks. Not for me, though. People will look at me like a weirdo. Yeah, they're right. They're great for the socks, not so good for you. Lovely to talk to you. We'll talk to you next week.

Nice to talk with you. And I hope to see you in reality one day, guys. We do. We need to. We all need the show. We need to come down. We need to stay at the Quest because you work there. We need to do something. Yeah, we should at the Quest because you work there. We need to do something.

Yeah, we should do that. Anyway, a real catch up, you know, like, oh, something you've never done in your life. You know, your quids are going on. Meet Jono, Ben and Megan in reality. That's my take. Oh, okay. You need a better dream. No, that's just my walking dream.

Thanks, Daniela. Have a lovely day. Have a lovely's just my walking dream. Thanks, Daniela. Have a lovely day. Have a lovely day, guys. Ciao. You're awesome, Daniela. She's got a pair of our socks. Obviously, we're only got a couple more to give away, right? Yeah, we've only got a few. So we want to make sure they go to

the right place. So where would you wear our socks? If we gave you a pair, the ones that come with a spare, the Jono, Ben and Megan socks, there's three of them that come together. Where would you wear them? Would you take them overseas? Would you run a marathon in them? Disneyland! Oh, wouldn't it be great to take our socks? Maybe the dream. Okay. The Hits, the Jono

and Ben podcast. Now we've brought out some Jono, Ben and Megan socks. They've got the Hits on one side, the white socks, and on the reverse side, there's one that says Jono, one that says Ben, and one that says Megan. You can wear them as a pair. Any two names go together. But if you lose one, the beauty of these socks is you've got a spare.

It's a pair with a spare. And we wanted to know, because we've only got a few more of these limited edition socks to give away. We wanted to give them away to people that were going to take them places and do some cool stuff with them. Basically, we want to see our socks in a cool location. We want photographic evidence that they went somewhere cool. There's lots of really, really cool texts coming through, texts and calls right now. So I think we can go to those.

Norm, where would you take our socks? Good morning. Hey, morning, guys. They're going to be my lucky socks if we go to Vegas. Oh. When are you going to Las Vegas? 28th this month. Oh, okay.

So they could be winning you big at the casino, potentially? Winning really big, hopefully. So we live and hope, yeah. Okay, well, I feel like... Yeah, there needs to be photographic evidence, though. Okay, we're going to send you some socks. Hopefully we don't let you down. Hopefully they're your lucky socks.

Norm, get a... No pressure, no pressure. That's on us, isn't it? Get a picture of the socks by the sphere. Oh, the sphere. We can go, oh, well, we can go better than that probably. We'll do the casino or something. Norm's like, mate, you're taking away the casino.

It's like, I can do the casino or the casino, something. Norm's like, mate, you're taking away from the casino. It's like, I can do the casino or the casino, Megan. Don't talk about fountains or spheres or anything like that. No, we're going there for a serious money. Okay. Okay, Norm, well, good luck. Hopefully, good luck for you. Hopefully, our socks don't let you down. We're going to send you out one of the last pairs.

Yeah, great, guys. See you, mate. Appreciate it. All right. Michelle, where would you take our socks? Good morning. Good morning, definitely guys. I'm off to Finland in February next year

and I'm going ice fishing and I'm going to the Santa Village and the Arctic Circle and hopefully to see the Northern Lights. So definitely I'd love a pair of socks. They're actually quite, for white socks, they were actually a lot warmer than I thought they were going to be.

They're quite the game. Yeah, so they'll actually go quite well in those conditions. I've been told it could be as low as minus 30, a high of minus 15. A high of minus 15? Yeah. Jeez. That looks incredible. That whole centre village in Finland looks amazing.

It's amazing. And finally getting over there, we had an exchange student. She came to New Zealand when she was 17 and stayed with us for a year. And she's been, she's now 45 and it's now my

turn to go over there. I'm a lot older than that, to go over there and she's going to repay the visit and show me around. Oh, that's awesome. Well, all right. Well, you can take a pair of our socks over there. Awesome. I'll definitely take a photo.

Oh, we'd love to see that. Yeah, well, any of us. Northern lights? Okay. Santa Village, anything. Anything, a photo with our socks would be incredible. Okay, definitely. Let's go one more just quickly, eh, Megan? All right, Kira, good morning. Where would you take our socks would be incredible. Okay, definitely. Let's go one more just quickly, Megan.

All right, Kira, good morning. Where would you take our socks? Morning. Well, we're actually also going to Las Vegas, but I'm hoping they're going to bring luck to the Warriors because we're going to go watch the Warriors next February. You should see Ben's face. I know.

This is my dream to go to the Warriors in Las Vegas. You're getting to do that. Now, this is probably as close as I'm going to get is taking the socks over. The Ben socks can go rather than Ben. Okay, we'll give a pair to you, but you have to promise me that one of the socks you wear to the game is the Ben one, all right?

Just so I can feel like I was there. Oh, my God, now don't do it. Just leave it on Megan. And then he never went. That's a good gag if you do. All right, how cool is that? Who's going over with you? My husband and the two teenagers, two kids.

That would be incredible. Have you been to Las Vegas before? No, no, I haven't. So it's pretty exciting. What a time to go. Oh, well, if we do get over there, which we probably won't, we'll have to hang out. But that sounds incredible.

We're going to send you our socks. Awesome. Thanks, guys. No worries. Keep this coming. 34487, where would you take our socks? So we're pretty much down to the last couple of pairs. But I was impressed by those places, guys. No worries. Keep this coming. 34487, where would you take our socks? And we're pretty much down to the last couple of pairs. But I was impressed by those places, Megan.

Finland? Vegas? Yeah, it's better than where we're going. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In the middle of school holidays at the moment. Yesterday we tried something very risky before 7 o'clock. Don't we, Megan? We did.

It was a terrible idea to wake up your wife, who then had to wake up your daughter. Yeah, poor producer Ellie. Neither were happy about it. I had to call Amanda, my wife, because I said the night before, I said, oh, hey, I'm going to call you in the morning. My wife said, oh, yeah, okay. And then when she got the call, she sounded very tired.

And it wasn't even the joke that was meant to be on her. It was to wake up my teenage daughter, Sienna, who's on holiday right now. We're like, let's wake her up. And here here's what happened we woke her up live on the radio my eyes weren't open what's on the podcast this week here's your plug oh yeah who's the guest um i don't remember we had dame lisa carrington last week didn't we, on the When I Grow Up podcast. That was good. What was your favorite thing about that chat? Metal. Metal.

Yeah, so that was just before 7 o'clock yesterday morning. And then after the show, we were doing some more work here at the radio station. And I got a message from my daughter, very, very confused. And so I thought we should call her. So here's what happened when we called her back yesterday hello hi sienna now you just you just had a question i just thought i should get megan on here as well what was your question you wanted to ask um did you call me this morning now what do we say to that megan i just woke up i was just like i feel like i heard your guys voices maybe you're listening to the radio subconsciously. Were you dreaming

about us? Yeah. I don't know. I just woke up and I just remembered like, I don't know. Was it a good dream or a bad dream? I don't remember dreaming. I just remember just being

really tired. And then you guys asked me a bunch of questions. Yeah, you don't remember dreaming. I just remember, like, just being, like, really tired. And, like, I mean, you guys asked me a bunch of questions. Yeah, you don't remember. This might jog your memory. My eyes won't open. What's on the podcast this week? Here's your plug. Oh, yeah, who's the guest?

Oh, I'm so good. Don't post that. What's that? I sound like I'm dying. You do. You were a great chat, to be honest. You were a great chat. I've had better chat from you.

You're a lot better on the podcast than we do together. But, yeah. Yeah, that was your time to plug the podcast. And you were like, I don't know. I was like, Dame Lisa Carrington was on last week. What do you remember? And you're like, middles. And that was it. That's so bad.

Yeah, well, hey, it's all on you. You never know when we could be calling. Oh, well, hey, it's all on you. You never know when we could be calling. Oh, well, don't call me. I'll never pick up again. But also, you know who your dad is. Like, you should be used to these shenanigans by now. Yeah, but I was hoping that you might have called me at an appropriate hour. I'm not going to call you after 10.

The show's finished by then. All right, have a great day Bye The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Because I want to know If I'm in the right or not We have some shows

Like I imagine most couples If you're listening right now You've got some shows That you like to watch by yourself And other shows that become The combined show Emily in Paris Is my solo show

Oh yeah And we're watching the Menendez What is that called Oh Monsters on Netflix. It's supposed to be really good. It is, but there's a lot of courtroom scenes, which I'm like, oh. Yeah, because we get up early in the morning,

and probably you do right now listening as well, and so my wife and I will, you know, often we'll go to bed and watch something on Netflix or Disney Plus or something like that, and we'll find a show. Now, I'm actually quite stoked. I kind of got – it was a show that I was watching. I thought it was my show.

Yeah. And then she kind of got into it. I like when that happens. I know. Because then you have someone to talk to. This is exciting. I didn't think you'd be into it. I didn't think you'd be into it.

And it was The Receiver, the NFL, the football show. She kind of got into that. I know. Where do you watch that? I watch it in bed. I go watch it in bed. No, like on what? On Netflix.

Yeah. On Netflix. It's like a show. We like we have different algorithms babes i've never seen that no and it's quite good the personalities in american football are pretty incredible and so i watched it i thought my wife won't be interested but you know she actually found it quite interesting um but the other night she's like you have watched we have watched the same episode like seven times now. You keep falling asleep in the same episode. I'm like, I'm trying because I keep going back to the place I remember on the combined show. And she's like, no, you know. And so yesterday I went to go back to that. And she's like, oh, no, I'm ahead.

I'm ahead of that. And I'm like, what? She's like, well, you fell asleep the other night. And I just, I carried on. I was like, I couldn't wait for you any longer. So 4487, like, do you have to wait for the other person? Not necessarily even if they fall asleep. Like, can you watch it without that person?

No. Or is that your show? And then you've got to stop it and watch something else. It defeats the purpose of having a show together if one person is going to get impatient. That's what I thought. That's why you have your solo shows. Yeah. So if you'd gone to sleep, she can turn that off and watch her show. What's your solo show? What's it going to be? Yeah. That's what I thought. That's why you have your solo shows. Yeah. So if you'd gone to sleep,

she can turn that off and watch her show. Watch your solo show, what's it going to be? Yeah. That's what I thought as well. But she's like, well, no, I'm into this. Why should I wait for you? So 4487 on the text. Yeah, so for you right now,

it is the Menendez show, is it? Menendez. So I have fallen asleep a lot. But yeah, on Friday night, Fridays, because you've had a whole week of getting up early yeah and so we watched it and i just i it was only 10 minutes and i heard this smash on the space bar we were watching on my laptop and i woke up and he was like well 10 minutes in we might as well go

to bed then oh is this angie pittle yeah pass aggressive he's like you don't lie down you're getting comfortable sit up and so you don't go to sleep. And I was like, but I just want to snuggle in. He's like, don't snuggle in. Sit up. But I don't think he's got a solo show at the moment. I did one year, like, it was probably a couple of years ago that I got quite engrossed into a show that we were watching, Amanda and I. And she wasn't home.

I think she was away. And I was like, I'm just going to watch it. I'm just going to watch a little bit more. Because I couldn't. I needed to know. And then I was like, oh, God, I can't tell her. And I felt like it was like almost like a cheating situation. It is.

And then when she came back, we watched the episode. Did you lie? I had to do like an acting job of going, oh, this is the spot we're up to. And oh, my goodness, how did this happen? Have you ever done a thing where like, you're like, oh, I reckon he's the bad guy. I could have looked really smart actually. She's like, whoa, I reckon he's the bad guy. I could have looked really smart, actually. She's like, whoa, how did you call that?

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, right, billboards are back around the place. Some of them are very controversial. I mean, I guess that was the idea behind them, right? Yeah. I wondered how they would go in this day and age. Well, not to be controversial, but to poke fun and have a laugh

and not always be so PC. I mean, there's probably ones they probably can't go as far as they used to go. Yeah. But it's, you know. But I've seen one that made me go, oh, really?

Oh, okay. There was one on the way to work this morning, which was just like, they'd never work in 2024 or something. And then it was like, yeah, right. So that was quite a nice little one. And everyone's talking about them again.

Exactly. Yeah. So well done for Tui. Huge brand, particularly around the Wairarapa, where I'm from. You know, Tui, people love their Tui there. Do they? Mungatunaka, you know, where it was brewed. I don't think it is still brewed there.

Oh, no. Yeah, no, but I think it's still got like a tourist shop and stuff that you can head along to. Actually, speaking of advertising, I went to the bank yesterday and had to wait in the queue. And at the ANZ Bank, they had the screens playing ads while you're waiting. So you're just kind of watching that. I don't know the last time I physically went to a bank.

To be honest, I don't know either. But I was like waiting in line. It would be 2020, I reckon. Yeah. But there was quite a lot of people in the bank. There was quite a long queue. There's obviously people like me that had to go into the bank. And the ad played and it was the guy who you know his dad was like an

Indian cricket supporter and then he was a black cap you know you're ones you've seen on tv and he loved New Zealand and he wanted to play for New Zealand you know and then finally there's that wonderful moment at the end of the ad so it got quite gross standing there in the queue where the dad who's an Indian cricket supporter his son makes the team for New Zealand and and he finally comes out, and he's wearing a black cap's top. And it's quite emotional. He's like, look. And I started getting teary-eyed in the bank just as I got to the front of the counter. The lady's like, you're up next.

And I'm like, having to pull myself together. And I'm like, why am I getting so emotional with this? Have you not seen that ad before? I had seen the ad before. That's the thing. I don't know why. I'd seen the ad probably. That's the thing. I don't know why. I'd seen the ad probably countless times, but I got quite emotional at the backstory.

Maybe I was in the bank and thinking about high interest rates or something. You were a captive audience. You're concentrating, thinking about what you're about to deal with. Kind of felt like, I don't know if you ever watch a movie on a plane from time to time. No, that's the thing. Is that actually a thing? The altitude affects you, I swear, because I've cried so much and then you watch it again

on land and you're like, oh, what was I doing? Yeah. Yeah. Why was it? Yeah, it feels like it's a thing. I swear the altitude, because the altitude affects you when you have alcohol, right? Yeah. It's like one in the ground is worth two in the sky or something like that.

So then the same thing is- Same in the bank. And I wonder as well you know because it's quite enclosed you're watching it it's right in your ears you know i don't know but it feels like that and now the bank i'm like jeez i've cried what did the teller say when you got to it well i like one of those situations where i think she knew something was going on but didn't know what i mean she probably I was, she'd have no idea I was crying at the ANZ ad behind her. No, I've had a rough day.

Nothing to do with that. This guy's having bad days here at the bank. Things aren't going well financially. And I'm, no, I'm crying at the ANZ ad. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Daniela, she works at a hotel reception in Tauranga. We stumbled across her a few weeks ago, and we love talking to her every week.

I love her Italian accent and her vibe. She's great and she joins us right now. Good morning, Daniela. Hello, Megan. What a nice, beautiful voice this morning you have. Ciao. Daniela, nice to talk to you. Oh, Jono is there.

Oh, no. Sorry, Megan. He's back. Oh, no. It's just me. It's Ben and Megan. No, Jono. It's Ben.

Sorry, Ben. I cannot even recognize your voice. No, it's all right. We sound one and the same. It's fine. It's no johnny it's ben sorry ben i cannot even recognize your voice no it's all right we sound one and the same it's fine it's nasally it's annoying it's a terrible accent but it's fine that's fine it's nice to hear your voice nice to see you what then how did you enjoy the holiday uh yeah oh actually do you know what i went uh like i spent two nights at mount monganui um over the weekend that you knew that. You knew that? Someone told me, and I'm very disappointed you didn't come and say hi to me. And here was the dilemma.

I was like, well, firstly, I was like, do I go into Tairanga and do I see Daniela? And then I was like, well, is that a bit weird if I'm like, hey, family, we need to go see Daniela? Maybe, yes. Yeah, if you're telling your wife. It's a good piece of the family, you know, keep the peace in the family. Good on you. Because last time I spoke to you, you're like, are you flirting with me? You sit in and I was like, oh, geez, if I turn up

and the family are like, I'm not going and it's just me, you'd be like, oh, he's definitely flirting with me. Yeah, or you don't tell them and then they find out later that you went to go and see her. There's no good way of doing it. No. You know what? Because we're such beautiful people,

we need to keep the peace in both our families. Then you did the right thing. Okay, good. Good to know. Well, you know what? Because we're such beautiful people, we need to keep the peace in both families. Then you did the right thing. Okay, good. Good today. Well, you know what? I didn't miss you that much because I received your socks, guys. They're so cute. Yes, they are.

Have you worn them yet? Do you want me to be honest? No, because I washed them first. I'm one of these clean freaks, you know? I need to wash things before I wear it. Beautiful pearl sole as well, by the way. They smell delicious. That's right.

Now, we want to know this morning, because we've only got a few more pairs left, and we wanted to know from people where, you know, we want to give them to people that are going to wear them to cool things or take them somewhere or do something with them while wearing the socks. What's something that you're going to do? Like, are you going to walk up Mount Whanganui in the socks? You know what I was thinking?

Because I'm 40 and not 20 anymore, and all these millennials got these socks on top of the leggings, they look ridiculous. I think I will wear my nice black tights and go to the gym with your socks, guys, and actually make my co-worker do a video of me wearing the Millennium socks on top of my leggings. Okay, okay.

The Millennial socks. Okay, so that's where Daniela's going to take them. She's going to take our socks to the gym. You happy with that, Megan? Well, I feel like you can do better, but we'll start with the gym, Daniela. Yeah. Why, Megan, you just ask me, darling,

and all your desire become reality. You just tell me, okay? Are you going on holiday anywhere? Are you going on a plane somewhere anytime soon? I just come back from a month in Italy. They're not quite yet. Well, next time you go back to Italy, it would be great to take our socks.

We'll get a photo of you wearing our socks somewhere. That would be good for the socks. Not for me, though. People will look at me like a weirdo. Yeah, they're right. They're great for the socks, not so good for you. Lovely to talk to you. We'll talk to you next week.

Nice to talk with you. And I hope to see you in reality one day, guys. We do. We need to. We all need the show. We need to come down. We need to stay at the Quest because you work there. We need to do something, yeah.

Yeah, we should do that. But anyway, a real catch up you know like oh something you never done in your life you know your quids are going on yeah meet the johnno ben and megan in reality that's my take oh okay you need a better dream no that's just my walking dream. Thanks, Daniela. Have a lovely day. Have a lovely day, guys. Ciao. Ciao. You're awesome, Daniela.

She's got a pair of our socks. Obviously, we only got a couple more to give away, right? Yeah, we've only got a few. So we want to make sure they go to the right place. So where would you wear our socks? If we gave you a pair, the ones that come with a spare, the Jono, Ben and Megan socks, there's three of them that come together. Where would you wear them? Would you

take them overseas? Would you run a marathon in them? Disneyland. Oh, wouldn't it be great to take our socks? Maybe the dream. Okay. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now we've brought out some Jono, Ben and Megan socks. They've got the Hits on one side, the white socks. And on the reverse side, there's one that says Jono, one that says Ben, and one that says Megan. You can wear them as a pair. Any two names go together. But if you lose one, the beauty of these socks is you've got a spare. It's a pair with a spare. And we wanted to know, because we've only got a few more of these limited edition socks to give away.

We wanted to give them away to people that were going to take them places and do some cool stuff with them. Basically, we want to see our socks in a cool location. We want photographic evidence that they went somewhere cool. There's lots of really, really cool texts coming through, texting calls right now. So I think we can go to those. Norm, where would you take our socks? Good morning.

Hey, morning, guys. They're going to be my lucky socks if we go to Vegas. Oh. When are you going to Las Vegas? 28th this month Oh okay So they could be They could be winning you big

At the casino potentially Winning really big hopefully So we live and hope Okay well I feel like Yeah Yeah there needs to be photographic evidence though Okay we're going to send you some socks Hopefully we don't let you down

Hopefully they're your lucky socks. Norm, get a... No pressure, no pressure. That's on us, isn't it? Get a picture of the socks by the sphere. Oh, the sphere? We can go, oh, well, we can go better than that probably. We'll do the casino or something.

Norm's like, mate, you're taking him away from the casino. It's like, I can do the casino or the casino, Megan. Don't talk about fountains or spheres or anything like that. No, we're going there for a serious money. Okay. Okay, normal. Good luck. Hopefully they're good luck for you.

Hopefully our socks don't let you down. We're going to send you out one of the last pairs. Yeah, great, guys. See you, mate. Appreciate it. All right. Michelle, where would you take our socks? Good morning.

Good morning. Definitely, guys. I take our socks? Good morning. Good morning. Definitely, guys. I'm off to Finland in February next year, and I'm going ice fishing, and I'm going to the Santa Village. Oh, no way. The Arctic Circle, and hopefully to see the Northern Lights. So definitely, I'd love a pair of socks. They're actually quite, for white socks,

they were actually a lot warmer than I thought they were going to be. They're quite the game. Yeah, so they'll actually go quite well in those conditions. I've been told it could be as low as minus 30, a high of minus 15. A high of minus 15? Yes. Jeez. That looks incredible.

That whole centre village in Finland looks amazing. It is. It's amazing. And finally getting over there, we had an exchange student. She came to New Zealand when she was 17 and stayed with us for a year. And she's now 45, and it's now my turn to go over there. I'm a lot older than that, to go over there, and she's going to repay the visit

and show me around. Oh, that's awesome. Well, alright, well you can take a pair of our socks over there. Awesome, I'll definitely take a photo. Oh, we'd love to see photos. Yeah, well any of it. Northern lights? Okay. Santa Village, anything. Anything, a photo with our socks would be incredible. Okay, definitely.

Let's go one more just quickly, eh Megan? Alright, Kira, good morning. Where would you take our socks? Morning. Well, we're actually also going to Las Vegas, but I'm hoping they're going to bring luck to the Warriors because we're going to go watch the Warriors in February. You should see Ben's face.

I know. This is my dream to go to the Warriors in Las Vegas. You're getting to do that. Now, this is probably as close as I'm going to get is taking the socks over. The Ben socks can go rather than Ben. Okay, we'll give a pair to you, but you have to promise me that one of the socks you wear to the game is the Ben one, all right?

Just so I can feel like I was there. Oh my God, now don't do it. Just leave it on Megan. And then he never went. That's a good gag if you do. All right, how cool is that? Who's going over with you? My husband and the two teenagers.

Two kids. That would be incredible. Have you been to Las Vegas before? that? Who's going over with you? My husband and the two teenagers. That would be incredible. Have you been to Las Vegas before? No, no, I haven't, so it's pretty exciting. What a time to go. Oh, well, if we do get over there, which we probably won't, we'll have to hang out, but that sounds incredible. We're going to send you our socks. Awesome. Thanks, guys. No worries. Keep this coming. 34487,

where would you take our socks? We're pretty much down to the last couple of pairs. But I was impressed by those places, Megan. Finland, Vegas, yeah, it's better than where we're going any time. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The polar blast coming back to New Zealand. I know you're already on the summer train, Megan. I know, and daylight saving, it's lighter in the evening.

But then spring's always like leads you into a false sense of security. Yeah, so a little bit of rough weather over the next couple of days for school holidays. It's It's It's It's It's It's It's It's

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It's It's It's on where everyone is at all times and little pictures on a map yeah and it is quite handy when the kids you know by you know where they're at school if they've gone somewhere like that they're on the bus things like that but for a while I resisted going on to it I don't know why I just was like what are you hiding no I just felt like what I was like the point of it's not to track me right no one's worried about where I'm going it's more about what's tracking where the kids are going and stuff I know but the know, but the resistance is weird. It's like you're hiding something. That's what my wife said. So I was like, all right, I'll go on the app. I've already been caught out once because I came home from the gym

and I had a little 10 minutes just sitting in the car just to get some thoughts. Have you done a driveway sit? Yeah. Oh, God, I do those all the time. Driveway sit. And then my wife's like, oh, I've been home for a bit. I'm like, no. And then she's like, yeah, it popped up on the live 360.

So it's already caught me out once before um but over not this weekend but the weekend before um both my daughters were away one was at musical theater camp the other was on a sleepover and you know we had a night out without the kids yeah so man and my wife and I we went to a friend's place then other friends invited us out and we're like oh, this is nice. We don't have any set time we need to be home. Yeah, amazing. So we got home probably closer to midnight, you know, which is, you know, it's kind of late. That's big for us because we get up really early. It's kind of late.

But then I get a message from my daughter, Indy, the next morning. A screenshot of my Life360. And it's just like Ben arrived home 11.57 and all she wrote was exposed. Like I've been and I'm like what the hell is exposed?

Where were you? Yeah. She's not even at home and she wants to know what were you doing? I know it's like already so this is my problem but why do I need

to be tracked? Yeah like how comfortable are you with a fan who knows everywhere you're going? I'm not thinking that anything dodgy is going on. No, me and my best friend had it. So every time I'd drive near her work, she would be like, why are you at my work?

But me and my husband never had it, and I was kind of okay with that for the same reason. So if I like lingered at home and did the driveway sit, or, you know, like if I was maybe at the mall and I shouldn't have been, which tends to happen, you know, like if I was anywhere, not like cheating or anything, but anywhere that I shouldn't be for longer than I should be. You don't want people knowing about it.

The driveway sit is one of my favorite sits. And now I can't do the driveway sit. You get home and you're like, I just need a moment. Just a moment. Gather my thoughts. And now I've been exposed by my family. So I bought something at home and it's been in the house for, I'll say, three or four days in the lounge. Okay.

And I thought by now my wife would have noticed it. I would have got a reaction. She hasn't said anything? She hasn't said anything. And I do think that if she'd seen it it i would have got a reaction she hasn't said anything hasn't said anything and i do think that if she'd seen it she would have got a reaction okay so i'm i'm trying not to get too into these funko pop vinyl you know the little miniature figurines of famous people yeah i've got a few of them at home i really could get my my obsession for them really could get out of hand so i've i've tried to reign it in but i've got a few basketballers i've got a few of them at home. I really could get my obsession for them really could get out of hand. So I've tried to reign it in, but I've got a few basketballers. I've got a Dwayne the Rock Johnson one.

I've got a Bart Simpson one. And I've got a little shelf in the lounge, one shelf that I'm allowed to keep my stuff on. Sometimes it spreads out over a couple of shelves, but that's a conversation for another day. And I saw online a Travis Kelsey one. Travis Kelsey Funko Pop. I'm kind of keen to see what this looks like.

And I thought that, you know, he's just a little figurine. He's got a little helmet. He's standing on a little bit of grass. I'm showing you a video right now. You take them out of the box. I do take them out of the box. And they're not collector's editions if you do, but I've done it now.

So I've got my little collection of Funko Pop figurines. And I was taking a little video each day. one travis kelsey's in the house put them on the shelf waiting for my wife's reaction nothing happened day two nothing happened here's day three and i'm like well it hasn't happened this hasn't happened so far she hasn't noticed okay but should we call her we can call her the problem being i'm not home it'll probably end up in the bit. Do you think she would be upset? Well, a little bit. She'd be like, oh, you've got to stop. You've got to rein it in.

How much are they worth out of? They're only around about $25. It's not a crazy amount of money. It's not like I've spent thousands on it. No, but when you've got a whole shelf full of them looking at you, it's hundreds of dollars. And I thought, you know, Travis Kelsey, I know you're a big fan of Travis Kelsey. I love him.

What are you talking about? You're coming around to him slowly. Yeah. I almost wore it for you, but I thought, well, and maybe I could say it was for Megan if she's not happy. All right, let's call her. Okay. Hello, Megan speaking. Hey. How are you doing? You all're right it's me good morning good morning and

megan's here as well now oh no you sound happy and cheery and this is probably not gonna end with you being happy and cheery oh yeah because i wondered if you'd noticed something in the lounge that's been there for a few days? Oh, God. I hate this game. I always play it. I do always play it. I actually don't know why you're pointing it out to me. No, I shouldn't have. I thought it would be a funny radio bit.

What actually, as I said before, I'd be filming it. Is that new? What's that? Is that new? That little plastic thing. What's the little plastic thing? The player, the AFL player.

It is so. When did you get that? AFL player. The NFL player. Oh yeah. Travis Kelsey.

I got us a Travis Kelsey pop, Funko Pop. You've got an obsession. I haven't. I said to

Megan I'll be raining it in but I just saw this one when I was buying. When did you get that? Well, I was buying you some birthday presents last week, and then I saw that, and I was like, oh, I could get this for me, and it arrived at the same time. You're getting props now for buying me a birthday present. You got yourself that as well.

I did. You're fired. So what are the chances that will be in the recycling when I get home? No, I'm going to hide it somewhere. I like that better. If you find it, you get to keep it. Don't hide it. Megan's always not sure about the relationship between Travis Kelsey

and Taylor Swift in real life, but hey, you know. If he proposes to her, then you can have it on the shelf. Then it comes out of hiding. All right, really. I've really invested in their relationship. All right, Amanda. Well, lovely to talk to you. Bye.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Very exciting. The Never Have You Ever Tour on The Hits. We are heading around the country as a show and we want to make some people's dreams, big or small, come true. Things that they've never done and they're prepared to do. It can be small. Like producer Grace has never had tomato sauce. And that they've never done and they're prepared to do. It can be small.

Like Producer Grace has never had tomato sauce. And that's not a dream of hers to try. As much as we keep saying, just try some tomato sauce. How hard can it be? Just dip your finger in. You're not allergic. Nothing's going to happen. You've drank tomato juice.

It feels like... It's the next step. We'll get to that next week. We'll work on that. Producer Grace may be dipping her fingers literally into tomato sauce next week. We'll see on that. Jesus Grace may be dipping her fingers literally into the tomato sauce next week. We'll see. But right now we've got Ellie joins us. Is that Ellie?

That's Kim. Oh, Kim, sorry. Good morning, Kim. Morning, team. How you doing? Now, you've requested something potentially next week that you want to do for the first time. I've never had a tattoo. Right.

I've been contemplating it for years I turned 50 this year and a couple of years ago my dad passed away and this tattoo is sort of a remembrance of him he used to have a nickname for me

he used to call me Lovebug and so I've got this design of a ladybug that's sort of with a heart on it in my mind. And I've never had it done and my bestie has been nagging me to do it. She's got a couple of tats and she's like, come on, you've got to do it. And I've never had one. I feel like you've turned 50, you know, it's a milestone. This is your moment. Do you know whereabouts on your body you'd turned 50, you know, it's a milestone. This is your moment. Do you know whereabouts on your body you'd get it, Kim?

On my wrist. Okay. I thought you might say forehead or something. Then I would be like wanting to talk to you. Because coming from someone that's got some great tattoos. Did you say great? I have got some, hang on, there's some that I really like and go meaningful and I love.

And then there's some other ones that I go meaningful and i love and then some other ones that i'm like hey i probably wouldn't get that again so i like and hearing your lovely story and the reasons behind it i feel like 100 you won't regret this because it's got so much meaning towards it it does have a lot of means to me yeah on her wrist what's the pain level like on there it's yeah it's someone who's got a lot of interest. It's okay. It's funny. Sometimes the areas that you think are going to be low are fine. It's a little bit sensitive, but hey, it's okay.

Okay. I feel like you can handle it. Would you like us to be there? Could we make this happen next week? Oh, my goodness. I'm sure. Could I bring my bestie with me? Yeah, of course.

Absolutely. She's the one that's been encouraging me to get this done. Absolutely. Like if we organised someone, not some sort of back alley dingy sort of like a proper legitimate shop. Just like you, Ben, or not Jono especially. I'd trust Megan a bit more. Yeah, no, we're not going to like, it's not Jono or me doing it or anything like that. Like a proper legitimate person who knows exactly what they're doing.

Would you do it next week? Yes. Oh, okay. Well, there we go. Let's make it happen, Kim. person who knows exactly what they're doing, would you do it next week? Yes. Let's make it happen. Let's get this tattoo a tribute to your dad and your friend can be there. Let's organise it. Thanks guys, that's so special. It's going to be very special if we

are part of that next week. We'll get Ellie to talk to you behind the scenes and see if we can make that happen. But thank you so much for being involved. Thanks guys. Thanks for the time and much for being involved. Thanks, guys. Thanks for the time. Thanks for selecting me. That's all right. Hey, that's very cool.

So that's how it can work next week. But right now, Megan, you want to know if people can stump us, things that we've never done. You're asking people to come up with things that they've never done, and we are on tour next week. So maybe along the way we should be doing things that we've never done. Like, have you ever given a tattoo? No.

Oh, no, maybe not Kim. Maybe me. Maybe on me. Oh, no, maybe not Kim. Maybe me. Maybe on me. I would definitely do that. Yeah. But, obviously, we've been around for a while. We work in a weird industry where you end up doing lots of silly things.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're going on tour next week with Jono, the Never Have You Ever tour. On The Hits. You're celebrating, we made you take a bus for the first time a couple of weeks ago and in the end you really enjoyed it and we thought, why not travel around the country, help some people achieve some things,

tick some items off their bucket list, big or small, and do things for the first time. There might just be things you've just never gotten around to doing that everyone else does all the time, like going on a bus. Yeah. But in our careers, Ben, we have been around for a while, and in TV and radio, you end up doing silly things. Lots of silly.

Lots of stunts and lots of things. So I thought it would be interesting to see if people could find things that we haven't done, and maybe we could do them along the road as well. Lots of texts coming through, and we've got a few calls to get to. Claire, good morning. How are you? Good, good. Do you have something?

Is it specifically for Ben or myself that you want to ask? Ben. Oh, yeah. Okay, what is it? Always makes me nervous. Have you ever bathed in milk before? Bathed in milk before? Claire Patra.

Oh, I'm trying to think of all the random things. I've done a milk run where I had to drink a litre of milk every kilometre, and that ended just in projectile stuff coming out. No, I don't think I've ever bathed in milk. Have you done this before? Yeah, I have, years ago. Okay. Whereabouts in the country are you located?

I'm in Rotorua, but I was in Tauranga at the time. And this is... No, she did it for the radio to win a Valentine's dinner out. Oh, so it's not something people do. Like, it's like... This is a stupid radio thing again. Yeah.

But how did you... But I've done it, though. You've done it. Yeah, you have. But that's like what Cleopatra used to do, right? Like, how did you feel at the end of it?

How was your skin? Oh, it was pretty gross because they wanted me to grab milk, but I just grabbed milk powder because I'm a cheapskate. And it all, like, coagulated and stuff. Oh, it's pretty gross because they wanted me to grab milk, but I just grabbed milk powder because I'm a cheapskate and it all like coagulated and stuff. Oh, no.

And it was seeping to your pores and stuff too. Yeah. I don't think that's what Cleopatra did. She always smelled a little milky, Cleopatra, didn't she? Yeah. A little off milk. Okay. Well, that's something we could be doing next week, Megan, maybe.

It could be quite expensive to fill up a bath of milk. These days, that's a good one. We haven't done that before. We'll find your price. You've found something you haven't done, Claire. We've be quite expensive to fill up a bath of milk. These days, that's a good one. We haven't done that before. We'll find your price. You've found something that isn't unclear. We've got some hell pizza for you. Awesome, thank you. Abseiling on the text I've abseiled.

You've abseiled? I have abseiled, yeah, before. That's quite scary. Megan, do you have something that you want to ask Ben or myself that we've ever done? Ben. Oh, yeah. What's it all about me?

I get more about Megan. No, it's fine. It's more fun when we're Oh, yeah. What's it all about me? I get more about Megan. No, it's fine. It's more fun when we talk about Megan. What is it? I remember a few years ago at a festival, Jono either tattooed you on the butt or you tattooed Jono on the butt. I cannot remember. Yeah, no, Jono's tattooed me on the butt.

Yeah. Yes. So now you can turn around and tattoo him. You're right. I've never tattooed Jono on the butt. You're right. We also have can turn around and tattoo him. I have. You're right. I've never tattooed Jono on the butt. You're right. We also have a special relationship. We do.

And there's definitely, Jono didn't even spell his name like the N is backwards too. It's like, mate, you've got to go. Yeah, or something. And it was so funny. And then you were like, oh, I can't get this removed or something. And then I think you ended up getting it removed. I can't remember. No, what I did is I booked in to get removed and then they found out about it.

And then he came in there and secretly put more on my backside. Yeah, I'm pretty sure he did a stick man. Yeah, yeah. It's all in there as well. It's all...

Megan's a big fan. Well, we are, as we heard before, we're taking Kim to the tattoo parlour potentially. So we'll be there. Happening next week as well. We appreciate it.

We'll find a prize for you as well. Driven a truck, Megan. I have, I've parallel parked an 18-wheeler truck before. Oh. Again, that was for radio. That's pretty impressive. Melanie, last one.

Do you have something for us? Is it for me or Ben? For both of you. Has any of you, either of you, ever ridden a horse on the beach? I think I have. A paddock eye up north. I've done that. Yeah, the horse trekking through there.

I have. Yeah, it's north. I've done that. Yeah, the horse trekking through there. I have. Yeah, it's beautiful. Not on the beach. That sounds delightful. I love riding horses, but I've never done one on the beach. Well, we have a fantastic beach down here at Matatau that you can go for a ride on. Oh, very nice. I always feel like at any stage the horse is, you know, like Megan,

it's a volatile relationship. At any stage, you can get rid of me. The horse can smell your fear. If you're being all anxious and weary of it, it's going to throw you off. Maybe I'll say, just relax, just relax. I'm not a relaxed person. No, I've got horses and it doesn't matter what sort of house, what sort of a rider you are, they'll just keep on walking

and just keep on going. That's what Ben needs. Okay, well, it sounds like a fun thing we could be doing as well. We appreciate it as well. Thanks, Melanie. Plenty more text coming through. Ben, have you ever done a cheerleading fly? I don't know.

Is that where they chuck you in the air? I've cheerleaded before. Of course you have. But again, for random things. Not a good cheerleader as well. Donated blood. I have done that. I always mean to

and I will but I haven't done it yet. Someone said you've been naked on a glacier. Yeah. No, I think you've nailed it. Something I've never done.

I definitely haven't. I don't have a huge desire to do that as well. A lot of jumping out of planes which is not something that I'm that keen on to be honest. Done a lot of crazy stuff before

but that just grew. Jumped off a bridge attached to a rope but not jumped off out of a plane.