Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megans husband calls her WHAT?!

Episode Date: June 23, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY Stuck for 24 hours during our honeymoon! Prince William has moves! Do you remember the sick bay? Our boomer complaints Ben's wife has got some card skills! Beefing with fundraising 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. It's a short week this week, so that's a good feeling if things are a little tough just after 6 o'clock on a Monday morning. Friday is Matariki, which is very cool. Oh, of course, Māori New Year, great. This has been a good month for short weeks too. What did we have a couple of weeks ago? Was it King's? Oh yeah, King's birthday.

Yeah, it was good to have. Right, you kind of need it Through these winter months Weekend How was everyone's weekend? It was good Very uneventful Actually just yesterday

I had a nothing day Oh really? Just pottering around the house Can't remember the last time Yeah I had one of those too Do you get lots of jobs done though? So many

Yeah Yeah you just kind of just But that's fine I'm happy just lingering around Doing stuff Yeah I feel like today The house is in great order. Yeah.

And then it unravels over a number of weeks, you know. How about you guys? A very busy weekend. My daughter was doing her performances at Musical Theatre, Joseph, with the National Youth Theatre. So I saw that a couple of times, which is awesome to see her do her thing. But I had a moment, and we talked about this on the radio before, but I've never got your thoughts on it.

So it was awesome to see her on stage. It was great. You know, it was really cool. But I had a moment where we talked about this on the radio before but i've never got your thoughts on it um so it's awesome to see you on stage it was great you know it was really cool but i had a moment where we were sitting right in the middle and sort of arriving you have to walk through everyone to get your seats excuse me sorry sorry sorry sorry people lovely you know stand up and they kind of move their legs away but you're like which way do you go like do you go bum first or crotch first i always feel like it's far more polite to have your ass in someone's face than the front parts. That's what I did too, but then midway through I was like, am I doing this the right way or not?

Were you bum first? I was bum first. Seems quite intimate face first, doesn't it? I always think if you fall over, you're going to face plant them, so it's better to sit on, I don't know, sit on their knee? What do you do when you are the person that's sitting down do you like to get up and get in the space yeah i like to find people that just sort of move their legs this way you know it's like they're half-heartedly doing it but it really is it's just as all i've kind of moved my legs why

can't you just turn up on time like the rest of us? Remember we were on a flight back on a work trip, and a guy had taken your seat, and it was an aisle seat. Oh, yeah, because we were both sitting behind each other. And I think as we booked in, the lady was like, I've given you both aisle seats. And we're like, great, one behind each other, Jono and I. So we knew going ahead, we were the same number. The aisle legroom, yeah.

And so you sat in your seat, great. And then I was like, oh, there's a guy sitting in mine. And he would not budge. Ben was like, oh, there's a guy sitting in mine. And he would not budge. He was like, Ben was like, oh, I think this is my seat. And he's like, that's not how I read it. And I was like, oh, no, because that's A, and that's A. He goes, no, that's not how I read it. And what do you do to that?

What do you do to that? Oh, let me get the flight attendant. And that's pretty much saying I'm going to get mum. Mum! Well, I didn't. I just did the Kiwi thing. And then would he move at all? No.

He didn't even get up to let him in the middle. And then I had to clamber over. That's a lot of hostility from a stranger. And I just sit next to him. A long flight, too. Just like, this is all, man. He wouldn't even move when you had to go to the toilet. Not how I read it.

What a great response. What a dick. What's this game that's gone awry? This is a silly little game that we've been teaching you about at work, Jono. So, like, in conversation, someone will say anything. Like, that's a cute pair of jeans. And we're like, you're a cute pair of jeans. You are.

I say that in response to lots of things. Like, I don't know. You're a microphone. You are. I say that in response to lots of things. Like, I don't know. You're a microphone. You are. Pass the microphone. You're a microphone. It's just a stupid thing. And so me and my husband have been doing it a lot at home,

except he might have learned his lesson because we switched the pillows out. We finally changed the pillows in our house to nice, big, thick, new ones. Meant to do it every six months, apparently. Wash them. Meant to changed the pillows in our house to nice, big, thick, new ones. Meant to do that every six months, apparently. Wash them. Probably don't do them enough, right? Yeah.

The pillows were so nasty. They were like yellow. Yellow, yeah. I was outing myself. It was gross. There's a whole Instagram fad, wasn't there? Post your boyfriend's yellow stained pillow. Oh, really?

Yeah, just all the grease from your head that's been. Well, mine was probably worse because I fake tan as well. So it was like, ew, like nasty so we changed them and i was like man these pillows are heavy and straight away instinctively he turns around and goes you're heavy and his face oh no he said it and was like because that game i've done that game before it can backfire those situations when you're not thinking about it yeah you're a pillow yeah you're you're yeah but you said situations when you're not thinking. Because you don't even think about it. You're a pillow. Yeah, but you said heavy, so you're heavy. But you can just like, he took a deep breath, his eyes widened. He was like, obviously, I didn't mean that.

I didn't mean that. I'm like, wait, what? You're hoping that they didn't hear it as well. You can try and gloss over it. Hey, what's going on over here? This is me needing the pillow. This is a stupid game. Yeah, but I'd that they didn't hear it as well. You can try and gloss over it. Hey, what's going on over here? Does this mean I need the pillow? Is this a stupid game? Yeah, but I'd let them off the hook,

but I banked it for when I need something in the vault. You just don't think sometimes, do you? Particularly in those moments. Like over the weekend, I went to hug Jen, but then I ended up giving her a bro shake, and she's like, did you just bro shake me? I was like, yeah, I did. I did. It was the full, yeah.

But I was actually going for a hug. I did a brain fake. Nailed the bro shake though. It's not often a white guy nails a bro shake. Yeah, it's like when you answer the phone to your partner and you're like, hey mate. You called Amanda bro once didn't you? Just again, not thinking. She's like, bro.

Did you just bro me? Yeah there's no coming back from a bro The hits The Jono and Ben podcast The Inter-Islander You would have seen this in the news 24 hours It sort of ran aground

Fortunately not too many passengers on there But there was There was 50 people And a lot of cargo on there And they spent the whole night Out there in the harbour Have we got the Inter-Islander theme song? Cruising on the Inter-Islander theme song Cruising on the Inter

Islander This was a great ad. This is when the Inter-Islander was reliable. They were like, we can advertise the fact that this is going to make it for me to be. I had earlier this morning what I claimed was exclusive audio of the Inter-Islander running aground in the ocean and it confused

me because it started with whistles and I thought it was rugby commentary but this was the audio from the inter-islander the boats are coming back for us hold on just a little bit longer jack there's a jack here we go yeah why was there a rugby referee on the Titanic? It sounds like rugby referees. I think it was the whistles getting for help. But yes, the Ender Island are 24 hours.

So the people stayed on there. Overnight, 24 hours. Well, I guess, you know. There was enough sammies and pies and stuff. Well, John, you had tuna. Was it salmon or tuna? It was salmon, yeah. It was all Saturday morning. He was on the phone, oh, it's a salmon officer.

It's cargo though. Yeah. Yeah. Underneath. It was like a salmon meal. Like a big box of salmon he was sharing with everyone. No, no,

it was work related. At what point are they allowed to go rummage through all the cargo and they're like, we're stuck, we can go help ourselves.

Well, if you're on there, I'd say for 12 hours or more, that's fair game to go downstairs. Yeah, I'd be like, we're going, we can go help ourselves. Well, if you're on there, I'd say for 12 hours or more, that's fair game to go downstairs. Yeah, I'd be like, we're going to die here. I'm starving. Guys, I found a container of salmon. Everyone tuck in. So, 0800, this is what we want to chuck open.

Please join New Zealand's Breakfast 4487. Where have you spent 24 hours? Whether you've been locked in one location, whether you've been trapped on a plane 24 hours. Some of them sit on the tarmac for a crazy amount of time, don't they? Have you ever been trapped out at sea on a boat like the Inter-Islander for 24 hours? The whole time on the Inter-Islander, I'd be like, we're on the ground, why don't we just jump off?

The ground is just there. Someone chuck over a rope ladder and we can get on with our night. Very good point, actually. We're right there. We're right on the ground. You're literally right on the ground. Why don't we just out anyway? Not for me to figure out. The H point, actually. You're right. We're right there. We're running around. You're literally running around. What did we just say? Oh, anyway.

Not for me to figure out. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We were stuck on the Inter-Island Ferry over the weekend, 24 hours, trapped when it kind of ran aground. So we wanted to know, on 0800 The Hits, 4487, where have you been stuck? Yeah, Jo, you're on. Welcome. Morning, guys.

How are you? Where was it, mate? Skytower lift. It was a're on. Welcome. Morning, guys. How are you? Where was it, mate? Skytower lift. It was a service lift. Oh, okay. Not the nice lift with all the windows and all the razzmatazz. How long were you in there for? Three hours.

That's a long time in a very small space. How high up were you stuck? We were between level 51 and 56. 51 and 56. I suppose you couldn't see out, though. No, no. I could feel the altitude in my bones, I reckon. And you don't know when you're going to get freed.

That's the thing. Yeah, but it was funny because because I had tourists with me, because I was working the service lift. I was a tour guide up in the Sky Tower, and the service lift can only go to the highest level, the top reservation level. And, yeah, it was so funny. I was on camera, and our security in that

were talking to us through the intercom and we were asked if there was anything that the Americans wanted and they said, we would love to have a pizza delivered, thanks. There's all stuff we want. Can we get it to you right now? They asked if there's anything they wanted. Yeah, you're right. There's all stuff we want. Can we get it to you right now? Try their larky, I guess.

They asked if there's anything they wanted. Yeah, you're right. I said you can have the base. Once the door's open, you can have the toppings. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. I'm glad you got out safe. Anything you want right now? Yeah, if you could get us out of here,

that would be the ideal thing. Erin, welcome. Where were you stuck? Hi. I was stuck on an airplane with my family. Yeah, we'd just flown from New Zealand to Los Angeles on the way to the UK. And it was like, as you know, a 12-hour flight. And then they told us when we landed, oh, there's a bit of a delay.

There's something, we can't get into the airport. So no one knew what was going on. We actually had an iPad. And so we were trying to search on the iPad to see what was going on. And then we read something about some shootings in the airport. Oh, jeez. Yeah. So it was when, do you remember the L.A. shootings in Los Angeles? Yeah. So it was when, do you remember the LA shootings in Los Angeles?

Yeah. So it was for that. And so, yeah, then we had to stay on the plane for about another, about six hours. We had three very young children. Wow. Who were very grumpy. And, of course, after a flight like that, there's no food left on the plane. So the stewardesses were going around handing out peanuts for six hours.

Little bags of peanuts. Individual peanuts or bags of peanuts? Individual ones, but, you know, you don't get many in them. No, not in those little bags. Wow, wee. And six hours trapped on a plane on the Tarmac is a long time, but it's probably better than the other option being inside. That's true.

Yeah. We actually thought that. Yeah, definitely. But once we eventually did get inside, it was another four hour wait for customs and then another four hour wait to get a taxi. So we didn't actually end up getting to our hotel. It was about 12 hours late and we were actually supposed to be going to disney world so we kind of missed that as well geez what a bloody dream run you guys had yeah the hits the jonathan ben podcast into the ferry over the weekend to ran aground had a steering problem and 24 hours is out there in the ocean uh 50 passengers on board were stuck overnight. So the steering stop, was it a very slow, like

whoa! Like, you know, when you're in a dinghy or something, you slide onto the beach. It's the most New Zealand boat crash you could ever think of, too. Not too dramatic, it's a little bit inconvenient, but humble. We're going to go to the phones. Where have you been

stuck? It's a telephone number. Who have we got stuck? Oh, wait, hold on. That's a telephone number. Who have we got on the phone? Sorry, Grace. Wendy. Wendy. Hi, guys. So my husband and I, on the last night of our honeymoon,

were stuck on a Thai aircraft carrier, like a Navy ship. So we were in Thailand in Koh Tao for our honeymoon, and basically there was some torrential rain for about seven days. So it was a bit of a washout. And everyone was stranded on the island. There was no way off because you could only get there by boat. So the Navy sent a Thai aircraft carrier to basically evacuate a thousand people off the island. And yeah, so we spent that last night of our honeymoon sleeping on cardboard boxes, surrounded by

Navy helicopters. It was quite the adventure. Romantic, just what you had pictured for your honeymoon. Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally, totally right. And the only way, the funny thing was the only way onto the aircraft carrier was to go out in a little speedboat and then we had to

climb up rope nets to board the aircraft carrier. Wow, Annie got you a cruise as well for your honeymoon. They laid it all on, didn't they? What a guy. And we were on there with 1,000 other people. Yeah, sleeping on cardboard boxes, whatever you could find, just to make yourself a bit more comfortable. So, yeah, we spent about 12 hours overnight,

and then they dropped us off at the Thai. But I must admit, the service on the, you know, they fed us. They were amazing. The Thai Navy, second to none. Amazing. What did they serve for dinner? Oh, gosh, it was rice and something else. I can't quite remember.

It was rice and some meat dish, I think. Oh, well, and tell them, did you, did the wedding night, did the honeymoon? Mate, there are a thousand people there. Some cardboard boxes. There's none of that shenanigans. You know, round up. Hey, good on you, Weenie.

Go and have a great day. Really appreciate your call. Yeah, no worries. Thanks, guys. Alan, you're on. Welcome. Where were you stuck? Yeah, hi.

Morning. Yeah, I was stuck on a train going from Paris town to Avignon in the bottom of France. A cold spell had come in from over Russia and all the lines had frozen up so they couldn't make connection on the electric trains. Oh, jeez. Yeah, yeah. We were there for like 24 hours. Oh, damn.

Yeah, yeah. That's a long time. And I imagine you run out of your light banter with your fellow passengers pretty early on in the piece, damn. Yeah. That's a long time. And I imagine you run out of your light banter with your fellow passengers pretty early on in the piece, Alan. Yeah, for sure, for sure. And they leave the lights on all night so you couldn't really get to sleep. Did you make any lifelong friends on that train? No, no, not at all.

Just people you really wanted to get away from. Do they send, like like emergency services and stuff? Red Cross came and gave us a stale sandwich and a little bottle of water. Good on them. They're like, well, what other options you got, buddy? Well, you actually went to the stale sandwich shop just so you could feel the pain.

There was a fresh sandwich shop, but no, no, no. Hey, good on you. I really appreciate it. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Taylor Swift in the UK kicked off her first concert in London. And Prince William and his family were along there, which is pretty cool. Selfies taken with Taylor and Travis afterwards, which is pretty cool.

I saw the selfie, yeah. Did you see him dancing? No. Oh, that's really cool. We'll put him on a Hits Breakfast Instagram story at the moment. He's dancing to this song. And, you know, you imagine he was caught in the crowd dancing. And you imagine, you know, he's a dad.

He's celebrating his 42nd birthday. Maybe he'd be dancing a little awkwardly. He's a white dude. Is he doing like a little shuffle? He is going for it. Is he? It's really, really cool to see him go for it. Like he's actually shaking it off.

And he's actually going hard. And I'm like, this is actually really, really cool. Like he's actually, he's shaking it off and he's actually going, he's going hard. And I'm like, this is actually really, really cool. Like he's not being reserved. He's not being like an awkward white dude at a concert. He's actually having a lot of fun.

And I'm like, that's pretty cool. That's quite relatable. You really just got to commit to it, don't you? That's the key. Yeah. Commit.

It's just great. When you half-heartedly do it, that's when things start to unravel. But he didn't know he was on camera. I mean, I guess the whole way people would have been filming him. But he's really, he's shaking it off.

So I'm like, that's pretty cool. Was he down in the GAs? No, no, no, he wasn't in the GAs. He's shaking it off in the corporate box. Yeah, I don't think he's mingling out in the GAs waiting for long queues to get, you know. Geez, they've made some cute kids, those two, haven't they? Yeah, they're having a great time. Yeah.

As well, it's pretty cool. How many nights is she doing in London? She'll be there for like two months you would imagine probably you know I think this tour is the never ending tour

but it is actually it's going to end at some stage I think she's just announced at the end of the year or something enough's enough

it feels like she'd be going on tour for like years and years eight shows at Wembley 90,000 seat stadium times eight can't do the maths in my head jeez that's a lot of people she's entertaining At Wembley, 90,000 seat stadium times eight.

Can't do the maths in my head. Jeez. That's a lot of people she's entertaining. Yeah. 720,000? Let's do the maths. Yeah, 720,000. Nearly a million people in London. Well, no, you've rounded it up quite a lot.

Media, mate. Three quarters of a million. Nearly three quarters of a million. Did I say nearly a million? Clickbait it. Yeah. That's impressive. The hits. Nearly three quarters of a million. To say nearly a million, clickbait it. That's impressive. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It was William, Prince William, getting down to shaking it off at the Taylor Swift concert with his family. He wasn't just doing a shuffle. He was like, he was, you know, at risk of putting his neck out. He was going so hard. I know he was really getting into it. Put it on the Hits Breakfast Instagram story if you want to check it out. But yeah, good on him. Yeah, good on him.

Eight nights at Wembley Stadium. Is he going to be there? He might be. I thought he'd be there. Big fan. Had a selfie with her and everything, didn't he? 90,000 seat stadium times eight. You wonder if that situation, you know, because they're both two of the biggest stars in the

world. Yeah, most famous people in the world, I guess. You know, Prince William and Taylor Swift. Do you reckon they go, oh, that's, oh, that's, you know, Taylor Swift's going, oh, that's Prince William. He's going,, Prince William and Taylor Swift. Do you reckon they go, oh, that's... Taylor Swift's going, oh, that's Prince William. He's going, oh, that's Taylor Swift. Do you reckon they get sort of bit starstruck? Well, she doesn't put many selfies up of people on her Instagram,

but she did of him. Yeah. Because you imagine, like, all the stars go to her show. No one gets a selfie, but Prince William does. She's taken that selfie. She's got that look in her eye of like, this is going to blow up, baby. It's the first one. It's the first picture of Travis Kelsey, I think,

she's put on her Instagram. Oh, is it? So it's like a relationship launch. It's official. You still got your bee in the bonnet about Kelsey? No. Bit of a party frat boy, in your opinion. I think I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Good on you. He's a hard one to win over, Megan. He's taken some time. Ben, I know you were just talking about the school fundraiser before too And listen no one obviously Wants to come on and peddle their fundraising Maybe they're doing fine with their fundraising Maybe it's just you struggling

Probably school did a good one too They're like mate we need some new sports equipment The kids are playing with a netball That I think Kate Shepard was playing with back in the day They're like here's a website Anything you can do, fantastic You know just leave're like, here's a website, anything you can do, fantastic. You know, just leave it like that. That's a great way to fundraise.

It probably doesn't result in much money. Has anyone done anything? We did, actually. We did, yeah. But it was all there if I wanted to. But you've got what? You've got chocolate, samosas, but you haven't brought any in here.

Oh, I can bring it in. I know. No, no one likes the office pest. No, coming in with their like, hey, come and buy some, you know. That puts pressure on the colleagues there too. Now, if you came in here with samosas, I'd feel obliged to buy five samosas. That's good because in my mind that's like guilt-free chocolate because it was like I was giving you money for a fundraiser.

I'll bring you a box. But I had to go to the school sickbay the other day too, speaking of all things scholastic. And I'll tell you what, the very distinctive odour of the school sickbay of disinfectant and maybe some sort of vomit, twisties vomit, but really, really, really hits the nostrils. But one thing I'd like to point out is nothing has changed in the blanket department.

It's like the school sickbay signed up years ago, a deal with the devil, the blanket, those scratchy grey, you know, the dark grey sort of blankets. They're still running those. On just like giant planks of flat wood, probably the most uncomfortable bed you'll see. Well, you don't want the kids to get too comfy. You don't want them there for an hour.

You know, you want them to get back into school. Also, it sees some things, like you say, like blood needs to be easily washable, unsustainable. I always loved it because in primary school, the receptionist doubled up as the sick bay monitor too. And then you just lie there and you're like, listen to all the principal's conversations,

you know, in the hallway. Oh yeah, Sandy Sandy you let loose at the office drinks on Friday but yeah nothing has changed about the humble sick babe and it was always

just like what have you done oh I've broken my leg I think chuck an ice pack on it mate the hits the Jono and

Ben podcast I know your young person boomer complaints oh thank you there you go not to do with your one just

want to know that in general you're still in your 30s enjoy your 30s yeah boomer complaints. Oh, thank you. There you go. Not to do with your one, just want to know that in general. You're still in your 30s? Enjoy your 30s. Yeah, yeah. And this is surrounding the movie theatre, and I back you 110% here, Megan. It's nothing to do with how much the tickets cost,

although it's very expensive. But I went to the cinema recently, and it wasn't even the actual movie. The trailer for Wicked, you know, that new movie with Ariana Grande coming out, was so loud it was thumping in my chest. It gave me a fright when it came on. And it made my ears tingle.

And you, out of all of us here at radio, you have your headphones up so loud. My headphones sound like speakers. They do. Yeah, you know it's loud when a deaf radio announcer is complaining about how loud it is. You're like, well, it must be really loud. I was like, just,

I couldn't even concentrate on what was happening. I was like, this is so loud. You do wonder, because obviously they put the movies on, but I don't imagine they come in and go, check it and go, oh, no, that's good. You imagine they just turn it on back, you know, adjust the levels.

They need someone there adjusting it to the set oh there's a car crash coming up bang there was an explosion just turn that down a touch I'm with you Megan

but like do they have a standard so like you go to see like a romcom and then do they keep that level for like a Mad Max movie where it's like

I don't know maybe someone from the movie industry front up text 4487 you're making my eyes water text 4487 if you're making my eyes water.

You text 4487. If you're in the movie industry, what do you do with this volume? But that's not where we're heading, though. After this full-blown assault on Megan's eardrums. And you do feel like an old person complaining about the level of noise. Oh, it's so loud. You know, this is one step away from my dad complaining about how loud the commercials are on TV. No, but they definitely make those louder, right?

To stand out. Let's not go down there. I'm going to say one, then I'll get one in. I love going to concerts, but let's just start them on time. If they're going to come out, let's say the time they're going to come out and come out and be on time. Is it that hard? Yeah, because they sometimes can run

30 minutes late. I'm sure they'd like to get it done earlier. Often it's the artist, isn't it? Is it that hard? Yeah. Because they sometimes can run 30 minutes late. Oh, yeah. On a weeknight when you get up early. No, I mean, I'm sure they'd like to get it done earlier, you know? No, but often it's the artist, isn't it? Yeah, it's the artist. They don't even get first thing for work, do they? No. They're on a pretty malleable schedule. Is it too hard to actually come on at like 7 o'clock as opposed to 9 o'clock?

I mean, you know, is it really? Yeah. I agree with that. Okay. Oh, 800 of the hits. Your young person Boomer complaint Let's get these on

You can text 24487 There'll be no judgement here Can I chuck one out there? Yeah go on We've gone password mad Oh password Too many passwords Yeah

I have three pages Three documents of passwords Because I don't trust The keychain Do you want us to save Your password? No never So I've got them all stored on a convenient document on my desktop.

And then it needs like a number and like an exclamation mark and a capital. 100%. And it's like sometimes it's like, would you like our security safe password? Which is like Egyptian holographics. No one's going to remember that. And then you feel like you're decoding a nuclear bomb or something every time you do it. And you type it in. It's like, not strong enough.

Not strong enough. How much stronger do you need it to be? Now, Boomer. Young person Boomer complains. Megan Pappas come in. Now, might we front foot this? The very hard of hearing, Megan Pappas. Well, not hard of hearing.

Just your headphones. My headphones are very loud. They're like little speakers. Well, not hard of hearing, just your headphones. My headphones are very loud. They're like little speakers. Yeah, so loud. When you take them off, you take them off, it's like you've got surround sound in the studio. So that's the sort of hearing that we're dealing with here.

You've got to complain about the movies. That when you go there, it's so loud. Some of those trailers are like making my body shake. My eyes water. So if you're finding them loud, imagine what the person with the loud. Surely everyone's like, oh, it's too loud. They are quite loud. And also, imagine what the person with the... Surely everyone's like, oh, it's too loud. They are quite loud. And also,

can I add on, the movies are too long now. I know. Remember when Titanic was like, whoa, what's that? Two and a half hours or something? Now it feels like the norm is two and a half hours, three hours. Sometimes you're like, oh, great. I love going to the movies, but just a little. Edit a little bit. And Ben likes a quick movie too.

You'd be like, yeah, you could edit out that scene, could lose that storyline, yeah. That's right. Someone has actually just texted in who works in a movie theatre. They see Dolby. Dolby who does the Dolby Digital Surround sound. They recommend the sound level to be set at what is referred to as fader level 7. Cinemas know that audiences often

find this way too loud, so then we set it down to 5 or 6. I don't know what any of this means. But in response because the the volume is being turned down by the movie theaters the filmmakers

then turn up the sound level on their films so then that can result in the final sound being ear piercingly loud see

they need someone to come in at the start of the movie and go everyone alright how's the loudness volume do you want me to go back and turn it down

a little bit that's good you know maybe none of those. A bit of a thumbs up. Maybe it'll be a job for you on the weekend, Smeagol. So your young person boomer complaint. Let's get these on this morning. Hayley, Hayley, you're on.

Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning. How are you? We're doing really well. Well, no judgment here, but feel free to complain. Well, I just think we should just have a broad rule over Aotearoa that if there is a green light, we do not be courteous and let others in.

We just need to go. Yeah, right. Stop trying to be a nice guy on the road. Ben Boyce would be doing that, wouldn't you? But the worst thing is if you do that and then someone's like, oh, you're letting me in now? Shall I go? You're like, oh, any minute.

Like, go! Yeah, I know what you're saying. If you're going to do it, be swift about it. I'm with you, Hayley. The road rules are there for a reason, aren't they? Yes, that's right. And that's where road rage comes from because everyone's got somewhere to be. Yeah, you're right.

Don't let people in on greens. Don't be courteous. Okay, that's right. You know, we were behind someone. The light phasing went green. I was in Ben's car. He was behind the person. It went green. Then behind someone. The light phasing went green. I was in Ben's car. He was behind the person. Went green.

Then went through the whole phasing to red. He didn't honk once. He just sat behind the person. Some people are so quick on a honk. Even just like a... They come out aggressive though. If you try and do a little... Then you got all toey because I leaned over and honked the horn.

So let's get Janinda or Jacinda. Or Janida. Hello? Hello, how are you? Hi, sorry. How are you doing? Yeah, good. Listen, I can't read.

What is your name? Tanisha. Tanisha. Janita. Janita. I can't listen either. Maybe you need to turn the movie off I'm supposed to be the deaf one

Janita or whatever you want to be called What's your booming complaint mate? Speakers in public Just wear your headphones Oh yeah The loudspeakers It's like someone also that takes a call On speakerphone

In public As well You're like Just That's the worst And you eyeball them Like what are you doing My dad when he comes

To stay Or take I'm like I don't need to listen To this Just have It's your conversation That's a big power play

Isn't it Answering your phone On speaker So you're just Wanting people To just use Their earbuds I am

The speakers On the cell phones Tend to not sound super great. But then if you're doing it with an actual speaker, like on the bus or whatever, then you're a conscious bumhole. People do it on the bus.

You know it. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The sport over the weekend, the Blues, big congratulations to them taking out the Super Rugby Pacific Final. Warriors, not so good over the weekend, the Blues, big congratulations to them taking out the Super Rugby

Pacific Final. Warriors, not so good over the weekend. Wild game. Producer Grace's first time watching a Warriors game. Don't ever watch another one, Grace.

Bad luck. She was an omen. This was like probably the worst, up there with one of their worst losses ever in the history of the Warriors. You know,

it was tough. It was tough to watch. Anyway, back on the wagon next week. That's right, this weekend. That's what it's like when roller coaster rolling up in the gold coast too where they rather had some roller coasters at the theme parks and roller coasters on the field yeah uh actually was watching the warriors at a mate's place over the weekend and we kind of got

midway through that second half we're like hey let's just step away keep it on the background but let's just step away we're gonna focus your energy in other in other areas and they had like a cool little sort of like a card table set up that you can roll out on top of like almost like a casino card table set up you can roll out onto a table and so we're like hey should we play something should we play like blackjack or something like that then not for any money just for like chips and stuff and my wife hadn't really played it before so we were trying to explain the rules you'd be able to play blackjack wouldn't you yeah trying to get you know as close to 21 yeah yeah trying to get as close to 21 as you can to beat

the dealer yeah hit me or you can decide to pass on it and so my wife uh very early on got 20 on her first thing two you know two basically two tens to pitch a card in a 10 and it's just like 20 and you know you're trying to get not 21 but not over 21 or go bust and we're like great it's a great position to be in stay there stay she's like hit me oh oh oh oh and we're like and everyone on the table is like hey i don't know don't want to tell you what to do when there's no money and a new player they're like devil make it there's only one card the ace is the one card because it can be either 11 or one so we're like there's only one card that you can get out of the rest of the deck the odds of you getting an ace

very slim anything else should, you'll go bust. And she's like, no, hit me. Hit me. She's like, thanks for the advice. Hit me. I know. I won't take none of that on board. We're all sitting around and going, why are you doing this?

What is going on? Why are you on another card? You're on 20. Just say that. And she's like, hit me. I love it. Ace, without a word of a lie, an ace came up in the next card. She's like, yep.

See you. I'm like, this does not happen. Fortune favors the bold, baby. Ace Without a word of a lie And Ace came up With the next card She's like yep See here you go I'm like this This does not happen Fortune favors the bold baby This is like We'll go to the casino And play it a million times It would never happen

Like this again If you'd just gone To the casino to do that It's the thing We had no money on it It was just It was like But then the conversation

Would have been a lot more tense Before we had No don't I know No hit me She's like hit me I was like jeez It was like the greatest moment, but for no money at all, that it would ever happen.

The chances of that happening again, very, very unlikely. Do you find that, though, when you play people with like poker or blackjack, they've never played before, they have like beginner's luck because you're just so bold. You're like, don't do that. You're in a good position. They're like, nah, it's all good. And it's not, you know, actual money. And they clean up.

Yeah. So there we go. The greatest sporting moment of the weekend. Might have been the Blues. It might have been my wife at Blackjack. She made no money, but fluked a card somehow. Hey, next on this show. The Hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Now you are in the deep, dark, deep, dark fundraising trenches at the moment, my friend. Yeah, now I'm all for, you know, school fundraisers. But at the moment, Indy, one of my daughters, three fundraisers on the go, like three at once. And I feel like that's maybe it's a bit too much. You're juggling through, and it's a giant, the chocolates come home and it's a giant box of burden.

Yeah, because we've got samosas for Ames. She's playing in an Ames netball tournament. Great. Then we've got the chocolates one, the chocolate blocks for books. And then there's Jumping June. I'm like, what's this about? She's like, I don't know, but it's –

Got a fundraise for it. Got a fundraise for something. The chocolate's a great play, I find, because they send the kids home with a box. To be honest, they probably know that the family's going to buy most of it. The parents are just going to eat. Yeah. And the kids keep going.

They have friends over. They're like, can we get a chocolate? I'm like, have you got cash? They're like, no, we'll write it down on the thing at the end and then more oh these people want chocolates now

I'm like I'm just going to end up buying most of this box damn right damn right and so I always find there's always this the odd

every now and then the most unusual flavoured chocolate like coconut rough and kale and peppermint flavoured chocolate it's a great scan

for the chocolate my friend's in exactly the same position at the moment and he's like trying to peddle chocolate around the neighbourhood he's a great scam for the chocolate industry. My friend's in exactly the same position at the moment. And he's trying to peddle chocolate around the neighborhood. He's like, I just want the school to go, how much are you making on this box of chocolates?

Okay, 12 bucks? I'll give you 12 bucks. It saved the stress and agony. That's a good theory. I sent her out there with her friends the other day out in the street. They were, you know, I was like, go out and sell it to the neighborhood as well. And so they came back

and they pretty much sold most of the box, which was cool. But they did say there was one house they there was someone playing flute they're playing flute they're like great someone's home as soon as they knocked on the door the flute stopped they kept knocking on the door keep knocking on the door no okay and then they left and as they left the flute started again i can just imagine the floutist just like deadly death on the floor they're like how long do we keep knocking? Don't move, don't breathe, do not breathe.

I hate it when you've got the TV going and someone knocks on the door, you're like, oh, damn. You're in pain, you're in pain to all the people in the neighbourhood. I can just imagine them with the flute still at their mouth, just holding their breath. Stay still, stay still, stay still. Noise, that is great. 0800 the hits. Why don't we give people the chance

right now, if you have been lumped with two or three fundraisers, they're just hanging fundraising samosas, lumpia samosa. Not when you've got to peddle 30 of them. Yeah, well yeah, are you doing it right now? What are you fundraising? Or have you been involved in it? I mean, some parents get dunk tanked in all sorts, don't they, for fundraisers.

You can promote your fundraiser right now. Try and shift some units. You've got the radio at your dispense. Give us a call 0800, that's the telephone number. Do you want to put the fun back into fundraising? But I'm not sure if we are, but yeah.