Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Octopus on a plane?

Episode Date: October 29, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Ben is back with another Halloween scare victim Jono has a traffic issue he'd like to discuss  Ben may be the only person to have ordered Octopus on a plane Megan's son Basty has a wishlist ahead of his first international trip When did social media marketing trap you? Can you guess the song? Ben still can't! It's Halloween so Producer Ellie brings a Halloween movie quiz 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, on a Wednesday, the day before Halloween, and we start things off with a bit of a Halloween scare for you, first thing in the morning, Megan. Yeah, I knew it was coming, so I don't know why it was so scary, but I expected you to almost be here when I got to work. Yeah, I did think about it, I contemplated it.

I'm not entirely sure what to, because you're parking in a different car park from us. I don't want to. And he was like, I'm not overly committed to this. Well, there's other opportunities. It's not like, oh, well, you get one shot to scare Megan. There's other chances.

There are. I get here just before five and all the lights were off. That would have been a good place, a good time to do it. I was on edge, but you did manage to get me. Yeah.

Shout out to all the, I know the serial murderers out there. They're running some hours, aren't they? They actually have to say, early bird catches the worm in that game. It does often happen at dark now. It does. Early morning, do they set their alarm and they're like, right. And then no doubt they go into their nine to fivers during the day.

That'd be awesome. I need to change that Sabrina Carpenter song. I'm working late and I'm a serial killer. Other than the jobs you can work late at. Anyway, enjoy the podcast. And here is the frightening moment for Megan this morning. It's Halloween tomorrow. That's really snuck up on us, isn't it?

Very exciting. Exciting day for me. Megan, you're just excited to get it out of the way because on the 1st of November, you put your Christmas tree up. It's out of respect of Halloween that I pause until I'm like, get all that costume rubbish out of the way. Oh, mate, it's great. It's a great time of year.

No, it's fine. Respect it deserves. Now, Ben had pre-warned us last week. He's like, hey, I've got a plethora of costumes that I'm going to use this week to give you both frights. I was on high alert today. You got me yesterday unaware as I was running terribly late for work. You were standing by for about 23 minutes waiting.

Just as a sort of crazy looking clown. And today, again, on a high alert, I walked in. Tony Street came up, said good morning. I said, ripped her off. I thought, good mask, Ben. Ripped a good Tony Street mask. Tried to peel her face off. It was actual Tony Street.

Actually, Tony Street. But no, because it peel her face off. It was actual Tony Street. It was actual Tony Street. But no, because it wasn't my turn today. No, it was. Megan, look, I even gave you a little heads up. I was like, how would it be if I gave you a fright in the morning? Yeah, so I was aware of it and I was prepared for it. When I walked in, it was dark. All the lights were off and reception everywhere

and I was like, oh my God, here we go. And nothing happened. And then I went into a little studio and I was like, here we God, here we go. And nothing happened. And then I went into a little studio and I was like, here we go. I was waiting. I was just constantly waiting. Are you saying that out loud to yourself? Yeah, no, out loud. And I was like, don't get it right. You're alright. It's just Ben.

And so I was in the studio. I thought you were going to come into the studio and then Ali, producer Ali's like, can you come and voice something for us? And I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, because we were waiting outside for you for ages and we're like, we need to get you out because I've got no phone memory. It's like I'm going to run out of space. I had the phone recording for like four minutes. I was like, Ellie's terrible.

Like for someone who's a great actor, a terrible actor when she was like cracking up before she went in. I'm like, why are you laughing about this? She's like, I just can't do this. I can't lie. I can't lie. You know? I'm also just so gullible. I was on high alert all morning. And then she's like, can we do some voicing? I was like, yeah, of course. I can't lie. I can't lie. You know? I'm also just so gullible. I was on high alert all morning and then she's like,

can we do some voicing? I was like, yeah, of course. So you walked out. Happy Halloween, Megan. Happy Halloween. Oh, my God. Morning. I think I'm going to go to bed now.

Oh, my God. I'm sick. I've had to children. There's a lot going on there. So I was waiting outside in a sort of scream costume, Grim Reaper, and you thought you peed yourself just a little bit. Yeah. My blood isn't what it was.

You did front foot that yesterday. Yeah, you red flagged that. You said, hey, it's not as, you know, it doesn't have the strength that you used to have. Did it? Because I did suggest maybe wearing some tenor pads today. Just in case. Did you say my advice?

No, I didn't. No. I didn't. But also that costume, you wore the scream mask. Those movies scared, they were probably the last movies that I watched, last scary movies. They scared the crap out of me. It's the worst possible choice for you. Well, it was great.

We'll put that footage up on the Hits Breakfast on our Instagram story as well. Two more days. Two more days to go. Yeah. It's the worst possible choice for you. Well, it was great. We'll put that footage up on the Hits Breakfast on our Instagram story as well. Two more days. Two more days to go. Yeah, it's almost done, mate. Then you can get your Christmas tree up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Encountered something yesterday,

and this is a common occurrence on New Zealand roads. Hey, it's 100% or front foot, 100% legal manoeuvre. But I think it should be 100% illegal, okay? Oh, you're thinking something should be illegal on the race. You am damn right. I fell victim yesterday. You know when you're at an intersection? Yeah.

You're turning right, okay? On the inside of you, there's enough gap between the footpath and you for another car to squeeze in, take a cheeky left, okay? Yeah. You're turning right and this car squeezes in. Now, my issue is I've been sitting at the intersection I'm looking both ways Yeah

You know For my gap to go Someone comes in Van Mini truck Completely They're doing a left 100% legal

Yeah right But blocks your view Ah yeah And the last thing you see is like Oh there might be a little gap there Then they come in And block you Yeah

Thus stopping you from exiting. Now, underneath your breath, you're like, you're saying stuff to yourself. It's not a wind down the window, pull the fingers and make, you know, a symbol at them. Well, no, because many think they're helping to keep the flow of the traffic going in some ways. They're not backing up behind you, you know.

If they can squeeze in there, that's, I'm all for it, but I know what you mean. Are you a squeezer? Do you feel a little bit guilty when you're off-squeezed? No, I feel like if there's enough room, people should because it keeps the flow of the traffic going. Yeah, I don't want to wait because you have to pass through two lanes and I just need to pass through one.

If you're the person, if you want to turn left and you're waiting between you, you put yourself in that other car's position, you're going to be like, oh, mate's trying to go right and I'm going to just, I just need a left. That's all you'd be doing. It's only because you're the one trying to go across two lanes of traffic.

Damn right. Selfish driver. And I also get wound up too when there's not an acknowledgement. You've been very generous. You've let someone merge in and there's no acknowledgement fingering. You know, there's no fingers that have come off the steering wheel. Just two fingers. You do indicators now.

Yeah, hazards. Cheeky, yeah, hazards. Two blinks of come off the steering wheel. Just two fingers. You do indicators now. Yeah, the hazards. Cheeky, yeah, hazards. Two blinks of the hazards makes you feel like a million dollars. You're like, you are welcome. Yeah. You feel good doing it and you feel good receiving it. You should just do it because you're like a nice person and then when they don't acknowledge you, you're like,

ah, stop you, I shouldn't have let you in. The hazards really get, we tried, we did a bit of a social test on the road to see, because, you know, put your hazards on, you can park anywhere. That's the theory. We were parking on the middle of roundabouts. We drove into a mall. Put your hazards on.

Through the front doors. Terrors caught. A little bit of a game was going on. Had a very interesting interaction with Graham. He's sure Graham Henry, who just by pure chance, coincidence, was outside a cafe. And I drove up onto the footpath with the hazards on. He's sitting there looking, having a pretty intense meeting. I think he was having quite a big meeting.

There was another former coach and stuff. They were having quite a big meeting. And we came up with cameras. We weren't filming for them, but it looked like we'd come on up. We parked on the footpath with the hazards on, with cameras out. He came over and was like, what's going on there? What are you filming? What's going on?

It was an obnoxious park though, wasn't it? Jeez. And then we were like, oh, we're filming this hazard thing. Nothing to do. He goes, oh, nothing to do with us. All right. Then he went back to his meeting. So, yeah.

So, your Graham Henry impression. Nothing to do with us. He's a bit like that, Graham. Graham Henry. What car were you driving? Just like a Mazda or something. Because if you get like some sort of utility vehicle, like a ute and put your hazards on, that is

go anywhere. I always wonder can I park in a loading zone? Who can park in loading zones? It's like couriers and delivery people. It's not some ute. I'm just asking. You should probably know that. It definitely sounds like you've done it.

Now we wanted to play a little bit of music trivia right now. Well, to start with a song, we get songs, stripped back songs, and we try and guess what the songs were. It's very hard. Megan, you're actually quite good at it. Thanks. You just get the bass,

and then we add instruments to it every time we can't guess it until we pretty much get given the song. Ben, you've self, this is on your own self-admission, you like to sit on the sidelines, spectate in the game, smile and nod. Well, I'd like to get involved. I thought you were trying, are you? I'd like to get involved, but I haven't to be honest, none of them have really I'm just like, oh, it sounds similar to

I feel like even when you play the song later, I'm like, oh, yeah, I guess it kind of sounds like it. Well, to be fair, we had one from the 60s yesterday. 1968, yeah. The Rolling Stones? Yeah, that was a... I didn't even know the name of that song. Producer Ellie, you've come in today, you're hosting this game, Bandle. Hello. It's called

the hottest music game at 6.17am on a Wednesday. Wednesday morning. Good luck to us. This is the drums of the song. Any clues? It's reasonably modern is what I would say. I would say it's like within the last 10 years.

Sounds Imagine Dragons-y. Can you get this off the drum beat, Ben? No. We'll add the bass in. Okay, here we go. I feel like I'm part of a high school musical or something like that. It feels like the cheer team's about to come out. Yeah.

It's a solo artist. Isn't it? I don't know the stream numbers, sorry, but it'd be millions. I'm going to go out there and say it's millions, if not billions. Is it The Weeknd? No. Here's a guitar. I love each year

and in love with the shape of it. Yeah, there you go. Nice. Again, I got this. Damn. But if it had that I would have got it. But it's all right.

It's not pointy. Yeah. If it had the I'm in love with the shape of it I would have got it. It probably doesn't help that any of us are overly musical. If it had the, I'm in love with the shape of, it would have got it. I believe in that, yeah. It probably doesn't help that any of us are overly musical. I mean, the closest thing we have

is Megan procreated with a musician. Yeah. Didn't you? That's our only connection to a musician. Okay, here's the second one, the drums only, or drums and bass, apologies. Clues, Ellie?

Producer Ellie? This one's a bit older But not old old It's a millennial Anthem Is what I would say It's a band Is it like

Fall Out Boy Or something No Lincoln Park I breathe myself Oh my god Nice Jeez

How did you get that Yeah I don't know That was great Nice. Jeez. How did you get that? Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. Hello, man. Yeah. Yeah. That was great.

That was right in my wheelhouse. Yeah, well done. Nice work. Nice work. What else was in your wheelhouse back then? My Chemical Romance. Oh, yes. Blake Parade.

Yeah, that was a good one. That was in my emo phase. Great album, too. Jared Leto, big fan? Yeah. Yeah. That's 30 Seconds to Mars. Oh, he's... Jared Wade?

Jared Leto as well. That's the name. He was going so well with Musical Bander, wasn't he? He was nailing the Musical Bander. Well, there you go. Bandle back tomorrow morning. And I will just watch and smile politely for another day. I much, much enjoyed the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

I felt like I was more involved in that. This is so hard. Every day. You listening right now, 4487, have you got a single one? Have you got a single one? Because I haven't got a single one. And that's okay. That's okay.

Well, it doesn't feel okay. You want to go back to the Herald quiz? I do. I felt like we were all getting involved in that. I love that you're the one being like, it's okay, Ben. It's okay. It's okay. I can sit here and smile politely. Something I did do this morning nice and early was give you a bit of a surprise, Megan.

Yeah. I kind of like was preparing myself, but I wasn't prepared in the end. Yeah, what happened? You might have peed yourself just a little bit. The Jono and Ben Podcast. I mentioned something before about someone did something on a plane a few days ago in America

and it's got the internet talking and it's to do with something that a person ate. Did someone film it? They did film it. They didn't put the person's face on there. They just put their hands and what they were eating on there, and it's gone viral on TikTok as well. Shout out to those heroes who secretly film that stuff.

That's awkward too because you're holding a camera just below your chest height. You have to sneakily do it as well because you never want to be caught by the person you're filming. No. Because that makes for awkward conversation. It's such a Gen Z sort of caption as well. It's like, oh, my God, bruh. Oh, hell nah, man. That's all a Gen Z sort of caption as well. It's like, oh my god, bruh, oh hell nah, man.

That's all they wrote in the caption. So what do you think they were eating for this person to say? I reckon some reheated fish. Fish. Tuna. Tuna. Can of tuna. Oh my god, bruh. Along all flights. So the person sitting next to this

lady opened up, yeah, like a little can of tuna and then started... I mean, I love a can of tuna, but not in that environment. Nor the work communal kitchen reheating up a fish-based dish from the night before. It's not good. Yeah, so they reckon it should be...

It's not a crime. I mean, it's not illegal what they're doing, but a lot of people are thinking it should be illegal, eating tuna in that sort of situation. It should just be like unwritten rules because we're all in that confined space for so long. I've never sat on a plane and go, you know what, I could go a can of tuna right now.

Maybe they're trying to be healthy. Yeah, healthy. Bit of protein on the go. And some flights don't actually give you food as well. I mean, it wouldn't bother you. In America. You don't eat. But, yeah, you know, like sometimes, yeah.

What's the flight from L.A. to New. But yeah, you know, like sometimes, yeah. What's the flight from LA to New York? Six hours. Yeah, six, eight hours. I was on that one time and they don't give you anything. Yeah, sometimes you have to bring your own food or you can buy it off the, you know, whatever prices there is off that. So I guess bringing along stuff, but tuna is an interesting choice. I've always wondered the people who have to like open the door on those long haul flights.

When they open the door, do they, like... Apparently it's a nightmare. Apparently it really was. It's like fashion farts. Compressed air, just, like, stale and mouldy, especially, like, on an 18-hour flight. Yuck. Imagine that.

The smell that must come out is yuck. Yeah, well, people, you know, I mean, you're in your own space, but your tuna's maybe not recommended. I remember my wife's auntie, well people, you know, I mean, you're in your own space, but yeah, tuna's maybe not recommended. I remember my wife's auntie, Auntie Sally, we were travelling for, we saw her in Canada and she was like, I'll pack you some sandwiches and I went to open those up on the plane. I thought it was lovely. And they were like fish,

sorry, they were egg, they were egg and mayo. But when you opened it up, it was like, whoa, okay, these are, I mean, smart sandwiches. You had plain octopus on your china. I did actually, whoa. Okay, these are, I mean. Bart sandwiches. Yeah, yeah. You had plain octopus on your china. I did actually, yeah. Breakfast octopus. They served us octopus as well, yeah.

Did you have a choice? Was it like octopus or eggs? Well, I might have, but there was a language barrier. So I was just like, yeah, yeah. And then I opened it up and I was like, oh, it's octopus. Maybe they went back and they're like, someone's ordered the octopus. We sold one. That was me.

You're like, I'll just, you know what? Been sitting on here for six months. Did you eat it? Yeah, I ate it. Yeah, it was fun. Was it soup with like eggs or? Yeah, I can't actually remember. Octopus omelette?

Oh, that's quite tentacly. Then didn't you say that whole plane got up and did Tai Chi? Yeah, so I was watching a movie and then the screens went off. And you're like, what's going on? And then Tai Chi came on. And it was all on your screen and then everyone started doing it

you put your arms out and it was actually quite a nice relaxing sort of way to get into the day help digest your octopus exactly the hits

the Jono and Ben podcast it's Halloween tomorrow very excited about that so are my kids it's very hard to get a full pumpkin though in the supermarket have you tried carving a crown pumpkin too? it's very hard to get a full pumpkin, though, in the supermarket. Is it? Have you tried carving a crown pumpkin, too?

It's very difficult. So is there different ones in America? Those ones in America, the orange ones, I'm pretty sure you don't eat them. They're all, like, stringy and weird. Yeah, like, I was asking the lady yesterday, I was like, I want a pumpkin. She said, oh, it's sliced. I might want to make a jack-o'-lantern but she's like We've got a grey complexion

to the pumpkins over here don't we? And they're proud one and they're so thick and hard to carve Yes Not worth the admin No maybe I could start

a wee side hustle about Halloween pumpkins Ben's pumpkins which yeah Ben's pumpkins Yeah How long does it take to grow pumpkins?

I'll look into it guys you carry on with your quiz So it is Halloween and producer Ellie has come in a little bit flustered, claiming she's got a game to play. We're a little uncertain if she's actually got the goods to back it up. No, I don't sound prepared, but I am. I'm just, it's all a game. I am very prepared.

No, I've got... The more you say you're prepared, the less prepared I feel you are. I'm digging a hole. Okay, I'll just start the quiz. So what I've done is we've found five movie quotes in audio form from Halloween movies and you three as a team just have to guess the movie. And if you're listening, you can text in if you know the answer. If these guys are struggling, feel free to text in.

But it's just a fun game. See if we can identify the Halloween movie. It's just a fun game. Just a fun game. Just a fun cheeky little game. Does it require music? I mean, you could if you want, although the audio, you know, it might ruin the vibe of the – it's up to you.

Oh. Oh. Yeah, okay. All right. Oh, he's gone music. Okay, here's the first movie. It's showtime. Oh, that's a scary movie, isn't it?

Oh, no. But it was spoofing. It was spoofing. Oh, that's a scary movie, isn't it? Oh, no. But, um... But, scream. It was spoofing. It was spoofing. Oh, yes, yeah. Is it scream? Scream?

No. It's a spoof. Which I always feel like... No, sorry. I'm saying that scary movie spoofed this movie. Oh, yeah. It's showtime. It's showtime.

It sounds like that Ghostface guy. Yeah. Yeah, I don't think it is. Oh, is it the guy with the white mask? And he's got a boring look in his ear. Is it Jason or Mike Myers? Mike Myers. He doesn't talk, Mike Myers.

I know what you did last summer. It's showtime. No, nothing there? It's not Freddy, Nightmare on Elm Street. No, now I'm getting confused. Dylan? Is it the guy with the white mask that Ben scared me with this morning? Do you want a clue?

Yeah. They just released a sequel, like, this month, last month. Oh, Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Thank you. Thank you, Dylan. There we go. That was shocking

Is this how you saw This playing out Ellie? No I mean I don't even know What the answer was either So clearly I'm not prepared You said you were prepared But anyway

Here's the next one Twist the bones And bend the back Heated a cup of Demonicum Turn him Of his baby Heated a cup of

Demonicum Witches The witches Or is it Hocus Pocus? Yeah. Yeah, the one. Yeah, it was that one. Nice, Megan.

Well done. Movie number three. Hey, Georgie. Oh, no. Stop. It. It. It.

Oh, yes. The scary clown that lives in the gutters. Yeah. Nice, Megan. What are these? For someone who says, I've never watched any scary movies, she knows a lot of them. He's haunted me for years. That's creepy.

I was scared of drains. Sorry. Oh, no. Here was movie number four. I see you shiver with anticipation. Rocky Horror. Oh, yeah, Rocky Horror. Nice, Megan.

Nice. You're on fire. Yeah. Final movie. A lot of people get me confused for the guy for the Rocky Horror. Nice, Megan. Yeah, nice. You're on fire. Yeah. Final movie. A lot of people get me confused for the guy for the Rocky Horror. The statue in Hamilton. Yeah. It's one of Jono, but it's not.

Yeah. You could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster. Ghostbusters. Nice, Ben. He's got one. He's got one. Nice work, guys. I think we know what your Halloween costume is now, Jono.

The Rocky Horror Picture School. He's got that old groove from Spickle and Me. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Over the weekend, you know, we're heading into summer, but there was a huge amount of snowfall over the weekend in the South Islands. One of the biggest snowfalls in October in 20 years and some were calling for

Mount Hutt to be reopened because there was so much snow. Wow. They were like, we wanted this during ski season. Everyone's like, oh, we shut off the email, we turned down, yeah. Locked up the gates. I know, they were like, open it up again, but they haven't quite done that. We've got Nicole in New York, our correspondent. She works for a radio station over there in New York

City. She's with us in five minutes. Now, one thing that does give me great fear is because, like, every time their email reminder pops or the calendar reminder pops up for Nicole, it's got Nicole X Jono Ben and Megan. Now, the X obviously means collaboration with, doesn't it? Now, for me, as a 42-year-old white man, I don't feel the confidence levels yet to just type X as a collab.

Have you done that, Ben? No. No. Do you notice some people are doing that on email? Yeah, but I've never done it myself. Have you got the confidence? No. No, I feel like I need to let that bed in

for a couple of years until I have the backing to pull that off on an email title. You know, Ben X Megan X Jono. No. That's kind of like Ben X Jono. No, it's not. That's kind of like Ben featuring Jono. Feat. Feat Jono.

It took me a few years to get the confidence to stop saying www. for websites. Then I kind of eased into it. So I went www. Then I went dub, dub, dub. And then I just started saying the website name. And that was a good day. It's amazing how long it took for a lot of people to stop saying that.

You're like, well, how do I know where to go? It was a waste of www. I used to write ads at the time where that was, you know, it was people coming out of the air, all the ads, you're like, you don't need to say www. I used to voice the ads and be like, www. Oh, my God. And then, yeah yeah obviously the full website

you know it took us a while to just click onto that didn't it so yeah don't get me wrong I would love to be able to type

Colab X maybe you should just do it and see what happens no because I'll get mocked because once I once I did a sign off on my email

and I wrote JP for Johnny Pryor okay and then he mocked me he's like oh he went oh, he went, oh, JP. He said, okay, JP.

It wasn't that sort of tone, you know. Justice of the peace. Yeah, so now I can't even do that. I can't even do my initials as a sign-off. Can't do it. Let alone putting an X in there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're going to head live to a friend of ours

who hosts a radio show over in New York. She's one of our top three favourite things from New York. It's Nicole Ryan. Welcome. Wait a minute. Top three? Wait a minute. What are the other things that you love in New York?

I should have known you'd ask this. Statue of Liberty. Yeah, it's pretty good. Times Square. Then Nicole. Okay. I mean, I would hope that I'd be at least first or second, but it's okay, I'll take third. That's pretty good standing. We'll squeeze you in between the statue and Times Square. Then Nicole. Okay. I mean, I would hope that I'd be at least first or second, but it's okay, I'll take third.

That's pretty good standing. We'll squeeze you in between the statue and Times Square. Number two. Nice. Yeah, you know. Nice. Now, Nicole, it's been a year. Can't believe it.

Since Matthew Perry's death. I actually had to fact check the article. It doesn't feel like a year. Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I don't know if you guys saw, but his mom did come out and talked about, you know, talking to him on the phone right before he passed away. And again, it's easy to say this after the fact, but I feel like a mother's intuition is real.

And she did say she had this feeling that it was there was something final about it, that that she almost knew something was not OK and that something was going to happen, which is very eerie and very sad. What's happened since? I know there was a drug dealer who was potentially going to be on trial. Is anything developed on that front? The ketamine queen, I suppose, is going to trial. Yes, I believe she is. And obviously she's in trouble for way more than that. That just sort of opened up the can of worms that was, you know,

all of the trouble that she was making and all of the drug dealing she was doing. But yeah, I mean, I think the trial's set. I'm not sure for when. But yeah, I mean, I think the trial's set. I'm not sure for when, but yeah, she is definitely in some sort of trouble. It's just about how much trouble she's going to be in. I cannot believe that's been a year. I know. And like

all of the cast of Friends seems like they, I feel like they did an okay job of not talking too much, like not making it a spectacle because, you know, the internet does that on their own. Dealt with it in their own way and mourned in their own way and shared some funny, like, you know,

beautiful stories throughout this year and sort of leaned on each other. But I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that they weren't all coming out and doing like a special or a big interview because it just was like, there was no place for that. It was unnecessary and they needed to do it on their own. Halloween this week.

Now it's getting bigger and bigger in New Zealand. It feels like we've really embraced it over probably the last 10, 15 years. But in America, it just seems like you're at next level Halloween. Yeah, people do not mess around here. I mean, the movies that are coming out are making people vomit and pass out. The decoration, I mean, have you guys heard about the Terrifier? It's like insane. People are in our theatres are vomiting

and passing out. That's what you want to do when you go to the theatre. Oh wait, did you say the third one? Are we up to number three? I believe this is the third one, yeah. What's making people vomit and pass out in the movie? I have never seen it, but what I'm told, it is very graphic torture.

It's the clan. He does a massacre, and just when they think they're safe, in number three, he comes back. Of course he does. They always come back. How do you, because you're in an apartment, obviously, as many people are in the city,

is there door-to-door trick-or-treating or not? So, yes, what you do if you're in an apartment building is you, like, at the front desk, like, in a reception area, there's, like, a clipboard, and you can sign up if you want to participate because you can't have people just willy-nilly knocking on everyone's door if they're not vibing with the trick-or-treating.

So we have to bring our own kids out, so we just usually leave a whole bowl of candy out, which is very dangerous for like the one jerk who's going to get it all. But that's all we do. Now, I know Grimace has a bit of a return at the moment on social media.

We've just got the Grimace shakes in New Zealand, which were a massive thing in TikTok and social media, McDonald's. But what is Grimace's connection with the baseball team, the New York Mets?

I honestly don't fully know because they have Mr. Met. So that's normally their mascot. But I feel like Grimace just like showed up at one of the games and then was always there. And as they were doing better and better this season, he became like their good luck charm a little bit. So Grimace was at every single game. What is he?

What is Grimace? A blob. What is he? He's just a fat purple blob. I don't really know. I mean, you look at the whole cast of the McDonald's lineup, it's pretty clear what everyone is apart from him. He's a taste bud. I wondered why you were quiet for so long. Yeah.

Okay. He's a taste bud. He's a taste bud, an enormous taste bud. Okay. All right. There you go. Learn something new every day. They came out of their brainstorm going, no idea's a bad idea.

They're like, did we just commission a giant taste bud costume? Everyone will know what it is, right? Yeah, I think so. Well, Nicole, it's always great catching up with you, and we'll look forward to doing it again next week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben, you look preoccupied. You're on the phone.

You're dealing with stuff going on at the moment. It's very hard to run family admin stuff when things are going on, and you're running a radio show at the same time. Can we combine the two? No. Can we sort out the admin on air? Send me something for on air. Oh, okay.

Yeah, that'll work. I hope it is. Is everything okay? Yeah, we're just sorting some stuff out. If you need it, go sort it if you need to. That's all right. It's very hard to sort things out in a Mark Ambor song. The song's very inconveniently short these days.

I'm like, just write another verse on that one, mate. Got some stuff going on here. Now, Megan, you're heading, you've got a big family trip

coming up, don't you, Christmas? Yeah, we are actually going on our first wee holiday. We're going to go away to the Gold Coast for a couple of days.

Oh, Gold Coast. Yeah, it'll be a first plane trip for my youngest. Really? First one that my son remembers, probably. Yeah, it'll be a first plane trip for my youngest Really? First one that my son remembers probably Yeah, so it's going to be a torture of three hours potentially Yeah

Because you don't know if your youngest has never been on the plane No Whole new environment Three years New sensation Notoriously just not tolerant of anything Right But, so if anyone's got any tips for taking young kids on a plane,

please hit me, hit me with those. I've always, I've publicly said, and I'll put my good name behind it as well, tranquilizers. We tranquilize the kids before the flight. You know, nothing serious. Just knock them out for, you go, how long is your flight? Okay, well, they need this much to be out for six hours. Boom, they wake up fresh as a daisy.

Nothing serious, but you're knocking them out. All done under control. The airline runs it. You know, the airline. When they're handing out the cookies and stuff. It would be great for adults as well, wouldn't it? Yeah, can you tranquilise me? Five hours, wake up, oh, I'm in Los Angeles.

Yeah. So we are at the moment trying to prep them a little bit and be like, we've got a little map and we've got a little countdown just for fun. And I said to him yesterday, my son, who is three, what would you like to do while we're there? You can choose anything. And he said to me, not wear my seatbelt.

Not wear a seatbelt? Not wear my seatbelt. Okay. Well, I'm pretty sure, I don't know the international what happens over in Australia, but I'm pretty sure they still abide by seatbelt laws. Yeah. So that's the thing. So out of all the things you can do on the Gold Coast, we're talking theme parks, pools,

all that sort of stuff. So then we had a big chat about why seatbelts are important. So I asked him again, I was like, you know, like, what can you do? Dream big. What do you want to do on your holiday? I suppose he's probably spent a large part of his life constricted by seatbelts. Buckled up. He's like, unleash the shackles.

Looking at the outside world, just going, I want to head out there. But yeah, this was his dream. What else do you want to do? Anything you choose. Is he inside the airplane? He's inside the airplane? Yeah. Whoa. Yeah inside the airplane? Yeah. Whoa.

Yeah. Anything else? Yeah. Strawberry? He wants strawberry? Yeah. And then it turned to just a list of food. Dream big, little fella.

You know what? After listening to that, I reckon you could save some money and not go to the Gold Coast. Not or a seatbelt. Strawberries. Eat on an airplane. You can take him down to the bloody pack and save the time the Gold Coast. Not wear a seatbelt, strawberries, or eat on an airplane. You can take him down to the bloody packing site when you have the time of his life.

It's not like he's really deprived. Put him in a trolley with all the food he wants to get. No seatbelts in the trolley. Mummy, could I please have a strawberry for once in my life? Take him to Topo and, you know, there's a plain McDonald's. You know, you could eat in the plane, you know. There's alternatives. You could save yourself a butt-ton of cash here, Megan.

Monopoly Dunedin. It's just been released this week. A new version of the game with all the attractions. You can work your way around some of the landmarks like Baldwin Street, Alarnac Castle, and Castle Street. It also makes an appearance. Do you get to burn a couch at any point? Yeah.

That should be one of the game tokens, eh? Like a burning couch. I feel like they've been branded badly with burning couches in Dunedin. Are they still burning the couches there? Are they university students? Or maybe they've moved past it. I feel like this younger generation are far more mature than we were. I think you're right, actually.

Growing up. They're not drinking as much either, are they? No, no. Growing up. They're not drinking as much either, are they? No, no. Two silly things. We did spend some time on Castle Street and that was a real eye-opener. It really was. You know, you go into some of those places

and you're like, jeez, the older I've become, the more I enjoy my creature comforts. I was standing in a, remember I was standing in a patch of lawn and then some kid was like, oh, we wouldn't stand in there, mate. That's our vomit pit.

Oh, God. And you can win that on Monopoly. You can win that streak. You can win that vomit pit. How much is that streak worth? You'd think it'd be one of the lower end of the things, but anyway. Bit of a Dora opera. It's an experience.

It's an experience. Everyone that seems to live there loves it at that time of their lives. You may have noticed the usually calm and demure demeanour of Ben Boyce. Not with us this week. A bit rattled, weren't you? I don't think I'm normally calm, actually, to be honest with you guys. I kind of like this Ben. What's that?

He's a little bit frazzled. A little bit off the cuff. Yeah, a lot going on at the moment. A lot going on at the moment. He's got some admin going on in the back, in the back scenes. And I don't have my laptop. Now, you know, for this job, it's pretty essential having a computer to do stuff on, you know? And

a drink bottle from my daughter's bag leaked through the laptop. I took it in to get fixed. Went in yesterday because I hadn't heard and I was like, hey, guys. Were you trying to be chill? Did you just pop up and go, hey? Hey, guys. Just wondering, you know, if there's any updates.

And they were like, yeah. You know when they take a little wind breath at the start? They're like, yeah. They wondering, you know, if there's any updates. And they were like, yeah. You know when they take a little wind breath at the start? They're like, yeah. They're like, hey, look, I think it's, you know, it's, I don't know. But basically it's. The motherboard. The motherboard is not good. Yeah.

But they said one more thing I want to try before it's a motherboard replacement. And the motherboard means things are basically mothered. A mother effing giant bill. Yeah. So there's one more thing beforehand. If not, it's basically a reset, put a thing in and, yeah. So at the moment, I'm still without laptop. I've got Producer Ali's work one,

which doesn't work at home for some reason. But thank you, Producer Ali. Lovely gesture. Carry that around. Not heavy at all in the bag, but anyway. This is the sound of a race car in the red. We're not talking about kid damage because obviously a kid inflicted laptop injury. And yesterday, a torrent of calls coming through.

Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well. Now we're talking about kids causing a bit of damage. What happened to you? So after the last school holidays, I've got a rather large plumber's bill. Uh-oh, what happened? So the kids

waited until I was in the shower and decided that they'd make a TikTok of what could go down the waste disposal. Oh, good. That is a good TikTok. What sort of interesting items were they testing out there? Janine? Okay, so the plumber pulled out water balloons, slime. Oh, jeez.

A tennis ball. A tennis ball. Transformers were coming through. Yeah. It was all ghosts. This is, as we said, a torrent of calls and feedback. We thought we could do round two on this. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

We're talking kid damage to make me feel a little better after my laptop has been destroyed by a leaky drink bottle from a school bag. Now, do your children know the magnitude of inconveniences being caused? The damage? Oh, no. First day, because it was a parent-teacher only day, it was okay because I got my daughter seeing his laptop. I was like, cool, I'll borrow that. And then I'm like, oh, can I keep borrowing that? She's like, no, I need it. And I'm like, oh, this is what I'm feeling all the time. So, yeah.

I reckon the general rule should be if a child ruins something, the adult is allowed to mentally torment them. Just once. Just like one, like, just tell them they're adopted or something. Right. Not like deep scarring, but something that'll rattle them just for a little bit.

Just for a little bit. I feel like there has been definite passive aggressiveness from you. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah, definitely. But we all did stuff, you know, and it was total. It was total. We've all done stuff. It was a total accident.

It wasn't like, hey, when I was younger, apparently I put peanuts in the CD player at home. And that didn't go so well. Why? I don't know. It made sense at the time. Yeah. It looked hungry, the CD player at home. And that didn't go so well. Why? I don't know. It made sense at the time. It looked hungry, the CD player. Yeah. It was like a mouse.

Turns out it had a nut allergy. Yeah, it's allergic to nuts. So, yeah, we had some great calls, as we said, coming through yesterday. Hearing aids were still quite expensive and you had to make moulds for your ear. And she decided, bugger it. Took it out and flushed them down the toilet.

And I drove my car through their garage, which crashed into the back of my mum's car, which pushed my mum's car forward into their fridge, completely destroyed that, and the fridge went into the wall. Oh! Oh, my God! And again, at that age, you don't have to deal with insurance, you don't have to deal with the fallout of the damage that you've caused.

So 0800 the hits, kid damage. Round two, we're going for it. Kat, good morning. Good morning. It's good to have you on. Thanks for being here. This was your child who ruined your life? Oh, my gosh.

My four-year-old son was playing in our upstairs bathroom and had figured out, because I don't leave the plugs in there, that if he put the flannel in the sink, he could kill the sink up. Unfortunately, he left the tap running while we went out for a few hours. Oh, no. For a few hours. Yeah, downstairs, and it was raining through the light fittings and down the wall.

Oh, no. Oh, raining. You never want the house to be raining inside. Oh, my God. The ultimate leaker. You're like, oh, it's a little bit, a lot of moisture in here. What's going on? Oh, God.

So what happened? So we ended up having to replace all of the floorboarding, all the floorboards down on the first floor of the house. All the jib on the sides of the walls up the stairwell all had to come off and get repainted. Bathroom cabinet vanity had to be replaced. It was more

than $18,000. Oh! Now this revenge plot needs to be a long play. You need to wait till your son's in his first home. Come on over as a senile grandparent. Put a flannel on the sink. Come on over as a senile grandparent. Put a flannel in the seats. This is a 20 year play, alright Kat?

Oh Kat. Absolutely. Thank you for sharing that story for you with us, taking you back to that horrible day. Appreciate it. Appreciate it, alright. Great texts have come through. My youngest son had been quiet for a while, went to investigate. It's always a thing when they're quiet, isn't it?

You're like, what's going on? Found him in the car with a pair of scissors. He'd cut all the seatbelts, rendering the car unwarrantable and illegal to drive. I had no insurance, no way to replace them. So we ended up selling the car for a couple hundred dollars. Monster move too. That must be quite hard to cut through. I mean, your son wanted no seatbelts.

Maybe it's a real bugaboo for kids. They're like, no, restraints. You might want to check the back of your car, Mia. Tina, good morning to you. How are you? Good, thanks. Lovely to have you on the show this morning, Tina. Kid damage, what happened?

Yep, so we came home and my four-year-old son and his friend had got the leftover bucket from painting the windowsills and decided to clean my car and the garage door. And, yeah, he even went to the extreme of getting the broom and putting that in so that he could reach the top of the windows. He does a thorough job. Good ingenuity from him. You know what, this will reach higher.

Can I ask, what was a four-year-old alone at home with paint and a broom? Yeah, it was pretty awesome. Yeah, pretty awesome. But probably not their job What colour What was the colour scheme Well the car was white And the paint was white

Oh yeah Except All the black grill Everything was Really high quality White In the window So yeah

It was pretty awesome Oh that's great Well your misery is Our entertainment this morning Really appreciate you Phoning through to the show, Tina. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ten questions, 60 seconds,

and all the answers start with the same letter. The Hits Alpha Quiz. You could be 60 seconds richer in just 60 seconds. Well, $1,000 richer in 60 seconds. That's a better way to say it. It's the Alpha Quiz. Every answer starts with the same letter. You know how it works, so let's get to it. If anything, you lose 60 seconds if you don't win. It's just like Lotto, except without the millions and millions of dollars. Marcella, how are you in Christchurch? I'm great, thank you. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. Lovely

Irish accents we detect there. What was that? Say it again. Have I detected an Irish accent? Are you Irish? Am I? No. No, I'm American, but don't hold that against me. Oh, jeez.

You're Irish from there. Yeah, I went too early is my problem. Yeah. Well, if you could do the remainder of the call in an Irish accent. You don't have to do that. Oh, to be sure, to be sure. Now, every morning, Megan gives it 100% to try and win you $1,000. Sometimes she gives it 60%, but what are you feeling like today, Megan?

I feel like it's a good 95 today. All right. All right, so I'll give you your letter, Marcella. It is K for, I was going to say cat. Kmart. Got it. K for, I was going to say cat. Kmart. Got it. K for Kmart. All right.

60 seconds, 10 questions, you got $1,000. Easy as that, Marcella. Let's get into it. Who is known for the hit song Hot and Cold? Oh, cat. Who is Kylie Jenner's full sister? Chloe. Kiwi high jumper who won gold at the Paris Olympics is Hamish Hu.

Oh, oh God, pass. What is the name for a furnace or oven for burning, baking or drying? Oh, kiln. What is the name of the Australian native bird known for its loud laughing call? Kookaburra. What is a traditional Japanese fighting style that uses striking techniques using various body parts? Cucumber. Oh, kung fu. Tail.

Mono. Kilimanjaro. Kiwi. Who is known for the song mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro. What is the name of the flightless but famous in New Zealand? Kiwi. Who is known for the song Hot and Cold? Oh, I don't know. You're hot and you're cold. Yes, you are. And you're out.

Oh, you did very well. Katy Perry. Katy Perry. There you go. You got there in the end. You can tell it was on the tip of your tongue, Marcella. Great effort. You pulled it out.

Personally, I thought it would have sounded better in an Irish accent, but hey, that's just personal preference. I can't pull it out when I'm nervous. No, you did really well. Okay, let's go back through the answers and see exactly how well you did. Who sang Hot and Cold? You got it. You got there in the end.

Katy Perry, yeah. Who is Kylie Jenner's full sister? No, we're looking for Kendall on that one. You said Chloe. Chloe, yeah. Kee-Kai Jumper, who won gold at the Paris Olympics, is Hamish. Kerr, you passed on that. It's Hamish Kerr.

Oh, sorry, Hamish. Yeah. What is the name of the furnace used for baking or drying? Well done, Kel. What is the name of the Australian native bird known for its loud laughing call? Kookaburra. What is a traditional Japanese fighting style? Yeah, I'm going to give you this one.

Kung Fu. Oh, no. Well, I've just Googled, actually. So the Japanese one was Karate. Oh, boo. You said Kung Fu, which the origins of just Googled was China. Oh, okay. Okay, all right.

So, okay, all right. What vegetable is known for its leafy greens? Kale, correct. What is the traditional garment worn in Japan? Kimono. What is the highest mountain in Africa?

Kilimanjaro. And what is the name of the flightless bird famous in New Zealand? Kiwi. You said really well towards the end there. Unfortunately,

the first couple kind of stumped you. That's all good. Hey, thanks, guys. Hey, nice to know us. What's on the cards today, Marcella? Oh, yeah,

just going to work. Another day at work. What do you do? What do you do in Christchurch? Oh, I'm a vet. I always wonder, I always wonder, if I have any serious health issues and I want to save some big cash,

could I get a heart transplant from a vet? You know, I often say to people, if they don't get what they want with the human health sector they should just go to a vet. Yeah, right. Half the price and triple the risk. Give it a go anyway.

Give it a go. That's what you want from your heart surgeon. Lovely talking to you today. You have a great day in Christchurch. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now moments ago you just said I was embroiled in an unintentional racism scandal last night. So go to a local eatery quite regularly, once a fortnight sort of situation, and I've formed a bit of banter, bond,

with the wonderful person who serves behind the counter there. Her name's May, and she's from Shanghai. Now I know you're going, why is that important to the story, Boona? Why does her country of origin matter, Boona? Yeah, it sounds like something my parents would start telling a story, you're like, this is not important to the story. And sometimes when they whisper the race to them, they kind of go, and they were Asian.

You know when they whisper for some reason? So they know they shouldn't be doing it. But anyway, this detail is important to the story, might I say. So I walk in and I see May behind the counter. G'day, May, How are you, mate? And I get a blank stare and she's like, I'm not May.

And I'm like, uh-oh. This is not good. I said, oh, you look like May. And as I'm saying that, I'm like, oh no, shouldn't have said that. And she fires back with, oh, I see. Bit of casual racism. And she's like, just because we're Asian, we don't all look the same. Now, at this point

in time, as a 42-year-old white man in 2024, time stands still. You know, there's people watching. They've seen the interaction. This is the worst thing that could happen to me in 2020. The only thing worse would be like, hey, mate,

how was that ditty party 10 years ago? So I'm sitting there, and it was probably only three seconds of silence, but it felt like three hours. And then she breaks character, and she's like, ah, just taking the... It's her twin sister. Oh.

And then May comes out from behind the corner, and she's like, oh, she does it all the time. Don't worry. She's up from Wellington. She's helping out at the restaurant. Oh, so was it all the time. Don't worry. She's up from Wellington. She's helping out at the restaurant. Oh, so was it? I thought it was going to be a twin.

Identical twins. God, I'm so relieved for you. Mate, you're relieved for me. You're relieved. Imagine how I felt. I'm like, no, you really look like me. I appreciated the gag after the fact. Up until that point, I was like, man,

I just want to put my face in that deep fryer. Make it end. That's a good gag for her. Great gag. Great gag. Well, in her defense, she wasn't lying. She wasn't lying.

No, she was like, I'm not May. So really it was. But she did look like I didn't mean it. So maybe it wasn't a gag. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It's nice to have a bit of a short week this week after a long weekend and over the weekend. You know, we played a few games, talked about that yesterday. We went away. But someone proposed a question and they were like the billion dollar question. And we had a bit of a debate after this.

And I wanted to ask you this question, Megan Jono. Can I ask a question first? Is the billion dollars, is it a bank transfer that you're offering up or is it a coming in hard cash? Okay, so no real money is going to take place right now. So hypothetical, purely hypothetical. If I came to you with a situation

and I said to you right now, Megan Jono, I could each give you $1 million right now. That's yours. You take that away. Yeah.

Or we flip a coin and this is for a billion. You guess correctly, you walk away with a billion dollars. You don't guess correctly, you get nothing. Do we both have to come to an agreement? No, no,

it's just individually. I know straight away. What would you do? So, Jono, individually, would you take the million? Now, the guaranteed million, a million dollars, I'm going to... I'm a very generous guy. How have you come into this cash? Don't ask, no questions asked. It's legitimate cash.

The less I know, the better. I've got so much cash here right now Cost of living? What cost of living? Is this money laundering? No, things are great for me Things are great for me and my business But I've got a million dollars right now I'll give that to you Or we'll flip a coin for a billion

You remind me of that Mr Beast guy Off YouTube Yeah, yeah What would you do? Because I answered And then we got into a debate And then I changed my answer. So I was just curious to know what you'd do.

I feel like we're on the same wavelength, Megan. I'd flip the coin and then if I won the money, I'd give her some of the cash. Okay, so okay. Is that what you'd do? No. Hold on. Hold on.

Okay, let's just say for the sake of this, you don't know about each other's dealings. You can't work together. What were you thinking? No, I'd take the million. You'd take the million? Straight away. Let's see if I win, I'll still give you a bill.

Okay, well, yeah. No, see, I'm thinking of like, I quite like my life. I don't want to get a billion dollars and turn into a douche. I do. I just want to pay off my mortgage. I think that would make me quite happy. Guaranteed pay off your mortgage. I was the same as you.

I was like, okay, I'll definitely take a million dollars. And then, so what are you going to do, Jono? I'm going to go for the bill. I'm going to go for the bill. But then they talked about it, and then they were like, a billion dollars, that's the life change. That's like $1,000 million. That's so much money.

A million dollars is a lot of money, but at the same time, a billion dollars, you could do, think of all the things you could do. That's world changing. I'll build you a new house on But at the same time Billion dollars You can do Think of all the things you can do That's world changing I'll build you a new house On top of your house Billion dollars You two can flip the coin Yeah

I'm going to stick with my mill Okay Out of interest Have you got a coin? Yeah I have got a coin Oh do you? Okay that's right now So Megan

Okay so you've taken the million I've taken the million Taken the million That's okay I've paid off my mortgage I can't take it away I can't take it away A lot of people can't pay off

Their mortgage with a million bucks. Yeah. So I'm risking nothing here. So Megan, firstly, we'll go with you. Okay, so you've got a million dollars. This is for what could have happened. Okay. Cool.

Oh, I have to say tails. Well done. Well done. With the heads. Actually, no, we're not well done, actually, because you would have got a billion dollars. Yeah, she got correct. So you actually would have got a billion dollars,

but you walk away with a million, so that's fine. But she won the billion. She would have won the billion, but she didn't. What do I get? Okay, well, what would you do? Kids, first of all, can you just imagine if Jono had a billion dollars? Stuff I'd do. Everyone gives Elon billion dollars? Stuff I'd do. Everyone gives Elon Musk crap.

Stuff I'd do. I'll give this over to you, Megan. You've got to catch the coin, all right? Here you go. Heads. Okay, heads. This is for your billion dollars. If not, you get nothing.

You've turned down a million. Ian's tails. I ain't life a bitch. I ain't life a son of a... Hey, well, hey. I took a gamble. You did. You did. And if it paid off, you would have been great. I ain't life a son of a... Hey, well, hey, yeah. I took a gamble. You did, you did. And if it paid off, you would have been great.

I'm mortgage free and you are... I have another question. Megan, can I borrow some money? No. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, it feels like if you look at anything, you click on, you make the mistake on clicking on everything, suddenly you get ads pushed to you,

push notifications of all these ads. They pop up all through your Facebook, your Instagram, whatever you're looking at. But sometimes you just talk about it and then your phone, it's not listening though. But how does it know that I was just talking about that? It is relentless, yeah. The social media ads are like a real-life salesperson

who would come and knock on your door in the morning and go, oh, you're still not interested? Okay, all right, and then come back in the afternoon and be like, changed your mind yet? They just keep going, keep pestering you until you're given, until you cave. Producer Ali, has this happened to one of your parents? Yes, it has, it has.

My dear mother, she is a Gen X, just to give some context. She's not a boomer, but she's a Gen X. And she's pretty good on the social media and stuff. She's not bad. But we went to her house the other day and she goes, oh, guys, I bought this really cool thing. And I was like, oh, yeah, what is it?

She pulls out the selfie stick and she's stoked with it. And I was like, wait, when did you what? And she was like, oh, I saw an ad. You're about 20 years too late for that. But that's okay. I know. I saw an ad on Instagram and I clicked it and I bought it. And I was like, okay.

And I could just tell the quality was awful. It looked like you could snap it. It's pink. So she loves it. It's pink. She I was like, okay. And I could just tell the quality was awful. It looked like you could snap it. It's pink. So she loves it. It's pink. She's like, no, no, it's great. It's six in one Bluetooth.

And I'm like, can I feel it? And just even feeling it, my sister and I were like, oh, no. Has she used it in public? She's actually just flying to Australia at the moment. She's taken it with her. I can't wait for those photos. She's really proud. And she's standing by this purchase.

However, my sister and I are going, oh, mum, like next time, don't just click an ad. Ask us if you want to buy some tech. Ask us. But she stands by it. She spent 50 New Zealand dollars on this. It would be, I reckon you could buy it like. 10 bucks.

Yeah, like usually. So my poor mum. She, again, like I say, she's standing by it. She's standing by it. She's not giving them. Nah. They get a good photo of the old selfie sticks. It's the problem how you look with the selfie stick is the issue.

It's like a GoPro on your head. Great shots. You know, just the look of the GoPro on your head. It does. What is amazing, though, and I find it weird, you'll look at something maybe on a laptop and then you'll check your phone out later and whatever you're looking at, you know, like they'll push ads from that company or that place onto your phone.

Because you can get the web on your laptop and your phone. Yeah, but it's like, no, but they know, you know, they've connected. It's like your computer's just got your phone going. It's not that hard to work out. It's not that hard to work out. It's your Google account. But then there's the level up. I've said it before, the digital billboards.

So if you're at an intersection, the digital billboard can pick up your phone and start firing an ad at you now at the intersection. Are you actually serious? Yeah, apparently. Apparently the next phase of marketing is we're all going to have these things called agents online. So Ben's agent would be he likes hand sanitizer. And so, for example, if they've figured that out

and there's a special on at the supermarket for hand sanitizer, they'll be like, hey, Ben, you should buy this. It's half price this week. And you just tick it, boom, the supermarket's got its agent, talks to your agent, hand sanitizer turns up at your house. He's like, great, hand sanitizer with a drop of a hat. Because I clicked on like a Simpsons watch, yeah, for me, and my warehouse popped up as like something I didn't even follow on Instagram.

And I was like, oh, this is cool. And look at it. And then I was like, oh, maybe, you know, it's a little pricey for me. Not childish? Just more pricey? It was like $700 Australian dollars or something. Oh, whoa. For this particular one.

There was ones, cheaper ones. For a Simpsons watch? Yeah, Simpsons watch. Swatch looks, yeah. And I was like, this is cool. And they was like, my wife's not going to be

that happy if I spend seven to eight hundred Australian dollars. So I was like, I'll leave it. I'll leave it. But it just keeps popping up without a word of a lie.

Every day it pops up onto my Instagram. It's like, I was like, maybe as a joke I'll buy it for you for Christmas, but you can get stuff.

You can buy it for me as a joke. If you had a billion dollars from before, you could have bought it for me. Okay, let's open this up on 0800, the hits. What has the internet bullied you into buying? Yeah.

And I'd love to know if you stand by it, though, as well. Like, if it looks, you're getting shit from other people, but you're like, no, no, I stand by this like my mother. Or otherwise, if you've given it, and it's also been kind of shit. Like, Producer Grace, she bought a handbag online turns out it was a miniature oh the perspective

always gets you too yes it's so cheap the hits the Jono and Ben podcast Halloween's tomorrow actually very excited about that

it's 8.27 are you being bullied into purchasing products online after just clicking innocently clicking out of pure interest window shopping on the internet what you've been bullied into purchasing products online after just clicking innocently clicking out of pure interest window shopping

on the internet what you've been bullied into buying I remember that flammable highly flammable synthetic cowboy shirt that I purchased

oh yeah and we gave it away didn't we hopefully whoever won that hasn't been standing next to any open flames

yeah and also I bought a Winnie Blues like a Winfield Blues, like a Winfield Blues cap with a flap. Like a back flap. That I clicked on once and I was like, oh that looks comical. And then just could not, relentless.

Boom, boom, boom. Every time I went on the internet. Now I've got it. Do you wear it all the time? I've seen you wear it to work. I'll wear it tomorrow. Okay, can't wait. And I'm prepared to be bullied. Oh, your pro cigarette starts. Interesting. But also

worried, I like worried with the flap on the back about skin cancer. Just on the back of your neck, specifically. Lung cancer, not an issue. No, it's skin cancer. So what have you been bullied into buying on the internet? Let's get Kylie on. Good morning. Morning.

What was it for you, mate? So it is getting very, well, we have decided we are going to purchase this item. But basically what has happened is my partner and I were having a discussion about possibly travelling to Southeast Asia, either Thailand or Vietnam, maybe even Cambodia. And we've been looking at these deals and stuff online, just on your normal travel agent site. And then all of a sudden, he sends me a screenshot yesterday, and he's logged in at work, and he's like, they're listening to me.

Like, the internet's listening to us. Because he's like, I have never logged in and done anything personal on the work computer, and there's this ad of Vietnam on sale at the moment. Wow, Ed is listening. And they totally are and he's like, I've never ever done, I've always browsed on my phone whenever we've been chatting. I know. But then you're going to buy them anyway, so kind of helpful.

Yeah. I did fall prey to an ad on Facebook, like you guys did, where I bought those, there was like this car window washing, a little sponge thing with some, yeah, I fell prey to that. I haven't seen these. They sound great. It turns out the sponge is the size of a $2 coin. Yeah, yeah, and it doesn't work.

It doesn't keep the water off or anything. Like, you know, it says it's like one of those, like, Rain-X type things, and it doesn't work, It doesn't keep the water off or anything. Like, you know, it says it's like one of those, like, Rain-X type things, and it doesn't work, and now I'm stuck with four of them. Well, Kylie, enjoy Vietnam. That's all we can say. You have a great day, mate. Appreciate you phoning through to the show.

Let's get Brooke on. How are you? Good morning, team. How are you? We're going good. How about you? What did you fall victim from buying on the internet? It was actually my very good friend.

He was in the market for a pump that could pump all the water out of his pool. And all of a sudden these ads came up for it. And he found one that he thought was really, really quite cheap. So he ordered it, waited four weeks for it to get to his front door. When it arrived, he was like, what the hell have I ordered? Because the box was extremely small, and it turned out that he paid a hell of a lot of money for a pool pump that turned out to be a fish tank. Oh, sorry, I didn't get the end of that. It was a pump for a what? A fish tank.

A fish tank. I thought he had ordered a pump for another part of the anatomy. But yeah, well, if you've got no, yeah. I can see how it happens because it's hard to get perspective on the pictures. Appreciate your call, Brooke. That's really good. Oh, and I hung up on. Oh, way to end that, Johnny. Way to fade out on that topic.

That was a good one, too. There's a text come through 4487 Another reason not to let your wife Use your phone to Google things The amount of waxing offers I now get on my Facebook feed Is ridiculous

I'm starting to even consider it Scotty Good morning to you What have you been bullied Into buying online? Well I haven't fallen for it yet But I'll give you With all these ads

It doesn't really pay To let your wife Use your Google on your phone. Oh, you just want to text her about getting the waxing office coming through. Yeah, exactly. I'm pretty tempted to use it now. I was going to say, you've never looked at it and been like,

hmm, what's up with the cheeky leg wax? It's definitely tempting. I don't know what to do with it. I'll learn the hard way. It's targeted for you, you know. There's only one way to make amends Scotty You have a good one, thanks for your call, appreciate it Cheers guys

We stumbled across a wonderful Italian listener who manages the Quest Hotel in Tauranga Daniela, and we're going to talk to her every week now and next she's got some lost items she wants to retrieve back to their rightful owners from the hotel.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We stumbled across Daniela, who works at The Quest in Tauranga, where I was looking for a lost sock

after I'd stayed there and she's very entertaining. She's great to talk to. And good morning, Daniela. Buongiorno. Buongiorno. What was that? Happy Tuesday. Sorry, morning, Daniela. Buongiorno. Buongiorno. What was that?

Happy Tuesday. Sorry, I tried to... You do a good job of rolling the tongue. Buongiorno. My tongue stalls there. I'm sorry. Sorry, Daniela. That's okay. I forgive you. How are you? Very good. And you guys? Good. You had a lovely long weekend?

I was here working. I mean, the manager, are you the manager there, the big dog? Yes, yes. The quest on the quest. Oh, that's awkward, moment of silence. That was meant to be the quest of the quest, and you're like, yeah, whatever, mate. I think it was supposed to be a pun,

and maybe he was expecting a laugh. Like the best of the best, the quest of the quest. Now, Daniela, have you got lots of lost and found at the hotel? I think it depends. Some days, yes, I do. I mean, whatever you can imagine, yes, will be found in the room. Because we want to play a bit of a game with you, okay? So you can pull an item out of the lost box and we want to play a bit of a game with you, okay? So you can pull an item out of the

lost box, and we want to play lost and found. So if anyone has stayed at the quest, Tauranga, you just name the item. And then the dream would be that they hear this and call up and retrieve the item. Ooh, that would be good. It would be. What have we got? Let's have a little rifle through

the lost box there. Now, at the moment I need to be honest with you because, you know, I got just one item as all the other guests claimed their items and we returned to them. Oh, that's good. So they're 100% record. Case closed. Can I give away the date that was founded or not?

Yeah, of course. We want to get this person. Yeah. Okay, good. Then it was founded on the 19th of October. Do I need to say the room number? No, that's too much, eh? Well, you can say the room number.

I guess they're not living there. Yeah, good. Two or three is the room number, and we found a brown jumper. Okay. Oh, what sort of jumper? What sort of jumper? It's an Everlast. Oh, Everlast.

Oh, yeah. Brand, yeah. Okay. And a white sign. Then if someone lost it, please contact me at... You know... I don't know how you do it in Italy. Google it.

The quest in Taranga Central. Just Google it. Well, you know, yeah. I mean, the quest number's out there. I don't know why you suddenly got shy about getting that out. I was not sure if I could give it away. Well, it's out there. It's not like your personal number.

I did like da-da-da-da-da, though. Yeah, it was very Italian. Yeah, okay. So, all right. So, if you stayed at the quest, we're talking 19th of October. You lost a brown jersey with Everlast written on it. They can call us, too. Oh, 800 the hits.

Oh, here you go. That's cute. They can call you and me. Fantastic. the hits. Oh, here you go. That's cute. They can call you and me. Yeah. I'm going to try it. Maybe every time we speak to you, we can ask you a question from the quest, okay? Here's a quest. Pineapple on pizza. It's an old thing that we've debated lots, but you're from Italy.

So I want to know from you, what's your thought? I try pineapple on the pizza here. Yeah. And I don't mind, but not ever mention Italy. They will kill you. So don't mention Italy. Okay. I would have thought so. It'd be sacrilege. Yeah. You like, because you guys just do

your bloody stock standard sort of margaritas, don't you? Correct. Oh, yeah. Very simple. We try to keep simple. You're right. What about meat lovers? Oh, dear. No, you're just killing me again. Twice today. What about a butter chicken pizza? Oh, no. What, you're just killing me again. Twice today. It's just a few minutes. What about a butter chicken pizza? Oh, no.

It's a chicken pizza. Who's put a butter chicken on pizza? I've seen a butter chicken pizza. Yeah, legit. No, simple is the best. Remember, guys. Simple. We've really taken the concept of the pizza and run with it over here.

Correct, yeah. Oh, Danielle, I always love catching up with you. We'll hopefully do it again next week. Yeah, I will text you if someone calls me for the jumper and I will update you, okay? And what was that number again? Da-da-da-da-da. Mamma mia.

Mamma mia. Thanks, Daniela. Ciao, guys. Have a lovely day. You too.