Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: This will get you're blood boiling!

Episode Date: August 21, 2024

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This is John O'Bien podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. A story that's going around on the internet today, and I said before, it's probably worst nightmare stuff for a male. Happened to a guy in Thailand. Now it's monsoon season over there and something that they do, and he did this, is when they go to the bathroom and sit down on the bathroom, you flush first. And just in case any reptiles or anything are in this sort of sewerage system can come up from a monsoon. Yeah, happens regularly.

So he's gone to sit down on the toilet. He's flushed first though. He's flushed. He's filled the protocol. Ticked that box. Sat down on the toilet. Thinks it's a safe space. And suddenly feels an excruciating pain in his testicle area. And looks down and there is a python latched onto his testicles.

On his dangly bits. Oh my gosh. Swinging off. Oh my gosh. Trouser snake. Literally. So it didn't like tag and release. It's still holding on.

It's holding on for dead. So he's getting up and it's dangling around and it's swinging around. And so he's like, what have I got here? I go, what have I got to defend myself? Toilet brush. Starts whacking it off with the toilet brush. And eventually the snake lets go of its grip

and let's just say, you don't need to know what happened to the snake, but let's just say the man is now okay. He ended up going to hospital, but he's okay. Not poisonous too. No. okay. Not poisonous too. No. Thankfully.

Not poisonous. No. He also documented it on social media somewhere. Legend. All for the hits. The scene doesn't look great, but he was grabbing the python, the snake one, not his, one of his hands as well. And yeah, he had to basically go over.

It looks a very grim scene, but they had to go get the neighbor from next door to drive him to the hospital oh no that's one of those scenes you don't really want to walk in what's that movie something about mary when he zips his uh and they have to call the emergency services exactly one of those uh yeah so uh much uh respect and condolences to that to that poor man resting up this morning but uh what's the worst place do you think you could be bitten by a snake, by a python? Probably.

Probably there? Up the jacksie. Yeah. I was always scared of going to like long drops when you go to camp and stuff because I was like a spider's going to bite my butt. Something could happen in one of those. We used to work at the Rock Radio Station. Remember that? Dunk who worked there.

Oh, yeah. It'd been a work function, went to the bathroom and he slipped while going to the bathroom at the urinal and banged his head yeah quite badly on the floor rendered himself unconscious another guy from the rock came in and went oh geez he's unconscious lying there with his with his little python out as well he's like rang 111 and got someone to help and then he was like well i should do do the friendly thing and help my friend out. Not have ambulances arrive while he's got his thing

sticking out of his chest. So he got his cell phone and then he just sort of pushed it. Nudged it in. Pushed it back in for him and zipped up his fly. He didn't want to nudge it. No, he didn't want to nudge it with the corner of the cell phone. He was like, I don't know what my options are here. But that is great thinking on the spot too,

like knocking out a snake with a toilet brush. You'd hope that you would have that thought pattern or thought process if you're in that situation and using your cell phone to poke it back in. I just would have gone a finger and dink, dink, dink. What would you have done? How would you have got that thing back in there? Yeah, well, I think your cell phone's quite a good way.

I probably would have said it was you. Probably just, you know, used my hand. But then you know when I'm waking up, when I'm waking up what are you doing unconscious how did this happen

you're like well mate why is your hand there in between your two fingers holding it

boss harriet just text through boss harriet has come into the mix here with

polly jemima fun fact PJ has no middle name no middle name. No middle name? Why is she PJ then? Well, she wasn't allowed Polly because there was another prolific Polly in the radio industry.

There was a bit of Polly at the time. But I don't know where the J came from. Jemima was a joke, apparently. That was a gag. There you go. I fell for it. Well, yeah. What happens?

People hear the story, they don't hear the retraction later, and then they go around believing it. Yeah, right. There you go. Where did the J come from anyway? Yeah, they were just like, you have to be PJ. That happens often on radio. You know what?

We were going to do something else here, but I'm going to call PJ. Call PJ. Find out where the J is. Yeah. Have you got Polly's number there? Has anyone got her number? I cockily said I'm going to call her like I have her number. You pulled out your phone like you had her number. I'm not going to read it out on the radio, Jono. I'm going to call her like I have her number. You're pulling out your phone like you have her number.

I'm not going to read it out on the radio, Jono. I'm going to read it out to you. Plug the phone in. We're going to get some answers on. Well, I feel like we've got answers. Oh, you want answers? But where's the J going to it? Oh, okay. That's what I want to know.

Plug your phone in there, Megan. You know radio, they always make people change their names for some reason. There was a Clint issue at the Edge too, wasn't there? That's right. For some reason, they thought no one could get their head around that two people could be called the same reason. There was a Clint issue at the edge too, wasn't there? For some reason they thought no one could get their head around that two people could be called the same name. Randall, yeah, and there's two Megans. One has to be Meg. I got Megan.

Going live through to PJ Harding here. What is she trying to hide from us? She's not going to answer because she never answers my calls. Well, this is coming from your number too, isn't it? Hello, Polly speaking. Polly, that is your real name. Is that your real name?

Is this McClug? That's not McClug. That's not McClug. Excuse me, it's Jono Ben. Jono Ben. And your friend Megan. This is so embarrassing. I thought it was just one of those like pre-survey chats.

Hey, look. I'll just pull her down there for a second. Probably a poignant time that we tell you you're on air at the moment. Oh, what are we? Have you ever wondered if PJ has that energy off air as well? She does. This is what she's like all the time. Oh, my God, that's so embarrassing.

Off air, off air. Thought it was one of the big bosses. Bosses obviously call you up to do some sort of phone-related survey, ask you questions about how you're finding Maddie and things like that. I understand. I understand how this works. Dude, it's 8.30. We're still working.

Guys, at least give me the heads up of unknown number. Whenever it's from the radio, it's unknown number. This was an 021 number. Excuse me, it's my cell phone number. This is all on Jono. This is all on Jono. Jesus. Listen, yeah, there should have been some comments previous to this.

I admit that. Why do you not have my number in your phone? I just wanted to know, why don't you have a middle name, and what does the J stand for in PJ? Oh, my gosh. So, I had to change my name to the radio back in the day, because my name's Polly, and there was another well-known Polly on the radio, so I had to come up with a nickname. And J stands for Josephine, my grandmother

who I was very close with. PJ. So I don't have a middle name. Oh, there we go. So no middle name. So Polly and then Harding is your name. That's it. And J was a shout out to your grandmother. And finally we got results. Yes, she was a legend. She was a rally car driver. Oh, was she? Oh my

God, amazing. Well, she tells us that. We don't know all of the truth. I feel like she just made that up. I feel like we could have gone with Maddie and Polly on the hits. I know, but then it would be a whole rebrand and I'd just have to change tapes. It was just too much admin. Well, we've pulled back the curtain on this call.

Many fronts. Maybe too much, some would say. You're in so much trouble. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I think Jennifer Lopez looked like she's filed for divorce. We knew it was happening, but the papers had been filed. Yeah.

From Ben Affleck. Dissolution of marriage. That's a really good thing with Ben. Where was that? Oh, he was talking to Kevin Hart, Ben Affleck. And he was talking about his time in the movie industry. And he said they did Good Will Hunting and that sort of propelled him and Matt Damon. They wrote that, didn't they? Yeah,'t they yeah that propelled them into hollywood

superstardom and then he said you know i had a string of movies that were absolutely flops right complete flops and everyone who was his friend when they had goodwill hunting and stuff in the industry he would call they wouldn't answer his calls he couldn't get hold of anyone and he's like it was at that point that I made the decision that this is just a job. These are just transactions. I've got something that they want from time to time, and they've got something that I want. And that's how he's treated the industry ever since. It's transactions, not his friendships.

Because he's like, I thought these people were my friends, and it just let him down. Not Matt, though. Him and Matt are still tight, right? Him and Matt are still tight, yeah. Sorry, I don't know why I went on let them down. Not Matt though. Him and Matt are still tight, right? Him and Matt are still tight. Yeah. Sorry, I don't know why I went on that weird tangent. It was unnecessary. Now the alphabet song.

We all learnt it at school. We're talking A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Yeah, it's all how we all got to learn the alphabet. Don't go beyond Jack. You can tell he's on his high horse already.

Oh look, something that's creeping in now. It started across that these are the ideas that started overseas. American ideas that are starting to creep away. That that's creeping in now. It started across. These are the ideas that started overseas, American ideas, that are starting to creep away. That have creeped in here, just like Halloween. Big city US ideas bringing their big town ideas down here.

I don't know if I'm ready for a change in the alphabet song. Now, the problem I think they're having with the alphabet song is the run together. It's in the middle. It's the great run. We all know it, the L-M-N-O-P. It's a great run. L-M-N-O-P, and you've got to get through it quickly. L-M-N-O-P. It's a great run. L-M-N-O-P. And you've got to get through it quickly.

L-M-N-O-P. Keep your beat going. You get through a whole lot of letters. It's great like that. But apparently it's too quick. It sounds like a word to children. So instead of recognising that it's L-M-N-O-P, kids are saying L-M-N-O-P. Again, but I'm with Ben.

The Alphabet Song has done us well for thousands of years. It doesn't mean that the remix can't be better. We also thought asbestos was pretty cool too. For a number of years. Maybe there is a better way. I want to be stuck in my ways. A lady on TikTok in America showing us how they are learning in schools now overseas. And this, I imagine, will be coming to New Zealand soon.

Have a listen. They have changed the alphabet. They took out L-M-N-O-P. It is no longer a letter. So this changed the alphabet. They took out LMNOP. It is no longer a letter. So this is how they sing it now in school. Ready? Cookie Monster? A, B, C, D, E, F, G Love it.

H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Lost me now. Now I never will forget. What?

How to sing the alphabet. Look, I don't mind now I never will forget how I sing it, but you can add that on to the old version that Dennis brought. You're not only pausing, you're just changing the whole rhythm. No, but I like it because it stays steady the whole time. The one that we've got in the middle. Ben's a traditionalist. In the middle of the current one, it goes,

Alamina P in the middle. It's like, wait, what? I know we've got a New Zealand band that we've named after that. Yeah, Alamina P. But it's better. It's spaced out. It's steady I don't like it

Ben sounds like one of those boomers who got upset when they changed the name of the Land Transport Safety Authority I don't know what it means What is Waka Kotahi?

Never heard or don't understand not on my watch and women they're allowed to have a say in the workplace are they? What is Waka Kotahi?

No okay so I'm all fine with Waka Kotahi? No, okay. So I'm all fine with Waka Kotahi. I don't mind about that. Thank you. But I do mind about the alphabet song, Weejay. I just don't. It's messing with me right now. I'm with the new version. I don't like that. Let me pee in the middle. Listen, we're not going to

do these two. Mum and Dad are fighting. This is the first time you've heard it, Jono. We debated this yesterday. What are your thoughts? What's your thoughts? Honest thoughts. And you can go, I don't care if you go with Megan. That's fine. Listen, you're not going to like it. Either of you aren't going to like me. I'm completely indifferent.

The song hasn't played much of a role in my life for the last 35 years. They want to remix it for the kids. Fair play. Whatever you say, you've got a kid, though. What would you be teaching your kid? He does have kids. Oh, you mean like a new one? Yeah, a new one.

I hope your kids know the alphabet now at what age, 11 and 14. I hope they do. Well, I learned it in January. Obviously passed on the wisdom. I'll teach the old school one only because that's the one I know. Because my children go, Do you like the new version, 4487? Are we under the hits?

I'm going new. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The alphabet song. Feels like it's been revamped, remixed, remastered, cut up and destroyed by DJ Severe, whatever they say back in the day on those albums. Can I just say, and the whole time I've been working with you two,

I've never heard Ben hold such a strong opinion about something. That's true. He's putting his foot down. Israel, Palestine he won't dive into. The alphabet song, no? Stay out of most things. Stay out of most things. But this one, I just felt like it wasn't broken.

It wasn't broken. We all need the alphabet. What we're saying is the L-M-N-O-P gets run together in schools, and children don't realise that it's individual letters. Do you want me to play the new version again? So everyone listening, if you've just joined the show. This is what's been coming. It's coming through.

It's coming through. It's coming from America. Big ideas in America. And it's sweeping its way across the world. We're going to have lockdowns from the alphabet song. They have changed the alphabet. They took out L-M-N-O-P. It is no longer a letter.

So this is how they sing it now in school. Ready? Cookie Monster? A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N. That's where it starts to throw you. Listen to it. Now the kid who's been learning it in school, he screws it up with his mom. Have a listen.

And weirdly his name's Cookie Monster. She's like, sing it, Cookie Monster. Here we go. O, P, Q, R, S, T. He does lose his mum. Have a listen. And weirdly his name is Cookie Monster. She's like, sing it Cookie Monster. Here we go. OPQ RST He does lose his way. He does, you're right. He's still learning Ben. He loses his way. He's a child. He would lose his way in the old version.

Forensic investigation of the audio here. We'll continue on. UVW XYZ Now I never will forget. Then they mix this up too. How to sing the alphabet. I don't mind the end of it.

I mean. I like that it's in groups and it's a perfect pattern rather than in the middle being like. What dumb kids weren't getting the LMNOP weren't separate letters? My child. Which one? Say that to Bastion.

Which one, Bastion? I like being Bastion, but Bastion's a fan too. He's a fan, you don't want to lose Bastion. We have many fans. No, he's the only one. Tell him that John O'Benn said that. No, no. We've got some calls coming through as well.

Maybe I'm in the wrong, maybe I'm in the wrong. The text machine is really fired up. 4487. I agree with Ben. It doesn't flow. It's horrible. I think it flows better. Don't change what's broken.

Another text. I lost what it was after Q. Singing the alphabet song. Anyway, let's go to the phones. Chrissy, you're on. Hi there. Mind your Ps and Qs if you would, Chrissy, if you're passionate about the topic.

Do we like the new version of the alphabet song? No, no way. No, I agree with Ben. The problem is we do sound like a bunch of moaning old people. We do. I wasn't going to say it. See my Megan, eh? Yeah, Megan sounds progressive and fresh.

She's like Kamala. Normally we're all for progressive ideas, but this one I'm just like, oh, it doesn't feel like we're going too far. It's the alphabet song. Is it the rhythm that throws you, Chrissy, or what? God forbid we split out the letters. What do you like about it, Chrissy?

Is it the rhythm? Just that it doesn't flow, because the L-M-N-O-P, it flows. It's a great part of the song. You remixed the middle of L-M-N-O-P, it flows. It's a great part of the song. You remix the middle of L-M-N-O-P. Wait, and then we get back to a nice pace. You know, this one's fully paced out. Whoever was the OG writer of the alphabet was like,

damn, I've got to cram in L-M-N-O-P. I've really got to speed through these. So maybe someone's come along and fixed it. I think Jono's swaying to the news side To be fair Jono's just happy to chuck some callers on here Have a bit of banter He's just happy to be here Although I will say on the text

He's just happy to be here That makes you Trump, sweetheart I'm not being Trump If it's come from the US, we'll turn it into US politics But on the text 4487, Ben, 97% of the audience with you. Yeah, hey. Yeah, lock it in, Megan. Lock it in.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The artists are going to be playing at the Democratic Convention today, the big political rally over there in America. This is like a three-day music festival, isn't it? It is. John Legend's playing tomorrow. It is massive. Celebrity's there. It's a packed stadium, too. isn't it? It's John Legend's playing tomorrow It is massive, celebrities there Packed stadium too

Do they sell tickets to it or do you just turn up to it? They had Lil Jon there yesterday It looked like a concert You know when we have an election like the Labour Party Just hire out the local RSA And we're happy with that Michelle Obama I saw her speaking on stage yesterday Like she could become president

I reckon she easily could wander into the White House She her speaking on stage yesterday. Like, she could become president. I reckon she easily could wander into the White House. She was up on stage talking. God, what a hell of a reaction. Did a bit of a roast on Trump. Who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs? No, Michelle!

She's the one person you would love to interview, above all others, right Megan? I adore that woman, yeah. She's awesome one person you would love to interview, above all others, right, Megan? I adore that woman, yeah. She's awesome. One day, we can hope. Went to the Humble Corner Dairy last night, and what I love about the dairy is, you know, it's got its top-tier products.

The products actually go to the dairy for your milk, your lollies, chips, if you're feeling adventurous. But sitting beneath that is a layer of products which I like to call the slightly dusty products. You're like, why is this in here? But it feels like someone from the dairy has been sent down to the supermarket to just grab a whole bunch of random items to either fill out space. Because in the freezer, do you notice in the freezer,

and you look down to the bottom of the freezer, there's always a Sarah Lee Danish. It looks like it's been sitting there. a long time since the cold war yeah like it's probably i've never seen a danish have frostbite and hypothermia but that danish has it just on the chance that someone might come on wanting a date who's even gone you know what i need a danish i'm going to go to the dairy it's also like 15 bucks but you know if you're desperate when everything else is closed. My dairy's still got old school pornography. Oh, right. Yeah.

What is it? How do you know that? Because I've seen the magazine. Yeah. You mentioned something like this, and then radio tries to throw you under the bus. Well, I've never seen it. Yeah, same with me. You've never been to my dairy.

I don't know why you keep going to the dairy. I'm just going to whip down and get a Danish gin. Why are you go for it Alan But I was said to get About two months ago We were out of crushed garlic She's like go in the evening It was after sort of 8 o'clock at night

And you walk into the dairy And you're like there is I'd say this is a 90-10 split As to whether they're going to have crushed garlic It's one of those items That you're like oh yeah well give it a bash Sometimes they pull the No didn't have, didn't have it. But she was like, wait there a second, goes out the back, returns with a single clove of garlic.

She's like, you could crush this right now. And it becomes crushed garlic. But then it fell in that another category, which they just make up a price. We were like, okay, this random clover garlic you pulled out which was sitting somewhere how much and she's like you could tell she lifted her eyes up to the ceiling was like hmm 370. i just came up with three dollars i thought she was giving it to you initially oh no no she's she's on the hustle yeah right yeah and i don't know why why it was sitting on a shelf. Same with the Danish. Yeah, yeah, there you go.

You're back again, buying it. And other stuff in the magazine section we won't talk about. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Post Malone's got back to it. He started in country, didn't he? Yeah. And he's gone back.

He's got quite an amazing voice, eh? It feels like this is the guy that he is. Yeah. When you see him dressed up in cowboy boots and jeans. He likes jorts at the moment. Jeans shorts. So he's crazy, isn't it, the music game? Because he started out essentially as a hip-hop artist.

Yeah. Segway, now he's having his country era. I know. You can do whatever you want, can't you, really? Everyone's in eras. Megan's in a riddle era, she said yesterday, where she thinks she can come up, she can solve riddles. I got one of the riddles yesterday. You're in a riddle era? That's a riddle era she said yesterday where she thinks she can come up she can solve riddles I got one of the riddles

yesterday you're in a riddle era that's a riddle era like nearly one or two riddles doesn't make it an era I think yes it does I've done like two in a row that's

now kids you know as your kids get older you'll discover this Megan they become very quickly smarter than you they you know particularly when

embracing technology all those things you suddenly feel like you try to keep a handle on it, but things slowly start to slip away. I feel like thanks to the internet, they are 10 times smarter than I was at their age. Yeah.

They just know more about the world and what's happening. Exactly, yeah. But my world at that age was mastered. You know, now the world is the world. You don't need more world than mastered, but you did discover more. Maybe you do. But yeah, over the weekend, I was walking with my daughter Sienna and just walking down the street, You don't need more world than Masterman, but you did discover more. Maybe you do.

But yeah, over the weekend, I was walking with my daughter, Sienna, and just walking down the street and just past a traffic light. And then I looked over as we sort of stopped because we were about to cross. And she was doing what they do these days, you know, the classic peace signs, tongue out, you know, posing like she was for a photo. Which you have an issue with because you're like, you're going to look back on those tongue out piece photos regretfully. Yeah, like everyone.

You don't need to do it with everyone. Mix up your poses. That's fine. Have you done a tongue dangling out photo? I try to do it just to take the piss out of them. I've got lots of those. What, tongues out? Tongue out, piece out. Tongue side, sort of piece out.

Yeah, they do that. That's fine. But she was doing this in the middle of the street, about to cross the road, looking up towards the traffic light. I was like, what are you doing? What's going on? She's like, says on the sign, red light camera. So I'm posing for the red light camera.

She's doing a selfie for the red light camera. At the actual red light in the traffic lights. I was like, oh. She's like, I'm just giving them some good shots. Well, firstly, that's not really how it works because pop in the car and i'll run through the red light then we'll get a photo yeah it's like the red light does as far as i know doesn't come through the actual red light the camera it's more about people running the red lights and she's oh okay and it's one of those rare moments as a parent you're like oh i actually told her just because the word says

camera doesn't like cctv footage you don't need a tongue out piece for you there are cameras everywhere yeah there's no part of your life there's not a camera steering you don't realize that though right it would be so much easier to get away with stuff in the 80s there's all this stuff we would get away with yeah no cameras or they're just like you just almost wander down the street expecting to be captured in some form yeah don't you well you look at like things that dare i say you know sort of court cases and things like that and they you know they've got footage of people everywhere everywhere you're like oh you're like oh damn i wish i knew this before i uh ramrated that dairy and i sure and the red light camera is a good one

too we have one down the road from our house which is the, and they stand out very suspicious looking van with a camera in the book. Oh, where they do the actual camera. Yeah. And some vigilante, some Kiwi hero every day would put like a bed sheet over the back of the book. Cause there was no one in the van.

That's doing one for the community. Quite genius. Really? The hits, the Jonah and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor's got a brand new podcast. The Montoyas, really. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor's got a brand new podcast, The Montoyas.

Yeah. Come on in, Producer Taylor. We'll have a little chat about the podcast. It drops every Thursday on iHeartRadio. It's going very well. I had an issue

with the poster, four and a half star review on the poster of The Montoyas podcast and I said to Taylor, well, if she had the option of giving herself, because the stars

were on there, Megan, before the show had started. Not accredited to anyone. No, but so if she had the option of giving herself, because the stars were on there, Megan, before the show had started. Not accredited to anyone either. No, but so if she had the option of giving herself a star ranking, she settled on four and a half, not five. So like, it's like, who said four and a half? We don't know, but someone. She didn't want to oversell it. It wasn't me. Yeah, she didn't want to oversell it.

So I guess four and a half seems a little more realistic, you know? You don't want to claim it's perfect, you know? Pretty much perfect. Thank you. But something's a little off. Yeah. Just half a point off.

Yeah. Now, Taylor, there's a part of the show this week which is dropping today. What's this about? This is literally just the opener of the podcast. Okay. Yeah. All right, have a listen. You look good.

You've got a haircut. Thank you. You smell really nice too. It's the big occasion. Because we're filming our podcast. Oh, okay. And the other week you told me that I looked ugly. Wow, who's putting words into mouths now?

I'm just using your techniques. I didn't say you look ugly. I would never say that because I don't think that. I think you're gorgeous. I think you're a beautiful specimen, which is why I chose you to procreate with. Well, you said something down the lines of I was looking scruffy. Well, can I just say you're the first person to point out when I haven't shaved my leg,

and you're the first person to point out when my hair looks like shit. So how does it feel to get a bit of your own medicine? You know what I got out of this little start here? Yeah, what? Is that we're both using a bit of our own technique. Is that part of the show or is that just off air? It does feel like every time I listen to it, I'm like, am I meant to be hearing this?

Is this what they wanted to hear? It's you and your husband, Marcello. Yeah, that's just literally how this week starts. Just bickering. Was it last episode he said you to respect yourself and stop looking like a slob? I was like, oh, dude. That's your relationship, though.

It is, yeah. You've got to have broad shoulders in La Montoya household. Yeah, you do. And I just can't wait until a couple of babies get thrown into the mix. Yeah, because pregnant with twins. Speaking of broad shoulders, you say you've got to have broad shoulders to cop what you're saying at home. But what people are saying to you since you've been pregnant that's been a bit of an eye

literally and i never would have thought that people are so comfortable to comment on a female's body especially when they're pregnant but let me tell you broad shoulders i was like oh god what am i saying to be honest i was like oh you're saying broad shoulders it's only because you said it then i was like oh no now i'm saying she's saying broad shoulders, Erica. It's only because you said it, then I was like, oh, no, now I'm saying she's got broad shoulders. Yeah, honestly, you name it. I've had it said to me. Even the other day in the office, someone goes, oh, God, you're definitely showing now.

And I said, oh, that's nice. That's what every female wants to hear from a male. Is there not something you should say to a pregnant woman? No. I got the whole, like, oh, how far along are you? And I'll be like I don't know Five months And they're like Oh I thought you were ready to pop It's like wow

Thank you Well hey guys To be fair You decided to go and get pregnant Like why do we have to walk on eggshells around you Just don't comment on our body It's not a lot to ask How about I say

Jesus mate Have you lost more hair You do Everyone does Yeah but you're not hormonal So it's fine I take it on the chin I take it on my big forehead

Can I ask Has anyone like Wanted to touch your tummy? Mate Everyone Everyone Strangers When I'm just walking

They just approach the stomach It's like a magnet at the moment And some people don't ask Now the problem with that is Is that to you It still feels like your stomach Yeah So it still feels like your stomach. Yeah. So it still feels like a stranger is touching your tummy.

Yeah, that's your stomach. You just think, oh, it's a little human now. It's like, no, all my skin is there. It feels like you're touching me as a stranger. There was someone around here at work who did it. Yeah. I hit them up about it too. Did you?

What did you say? They were mortified. No. They were. I was like, oh, I hear you touch. Yeah. And she's like, what? why did you get involved are you my union or something why are you says the guy that made me run six kilometers when he knew i was pregnant as well she's not letting that one go so we need to decide right now. We need basically things to avoid around pregnant people.

What was said to you? Apparently making them run six kilometres. That was the hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Wanted to create a list of things not to do around a pregnant person because producer Taylor is pregnant with twins and is experiencing a whole lot of these things for the first time. And if some of these things sound pretty straightforward to you,

you'd be surprised. It's obviously not for everyone. No, no, you're right. Because a lot of people, even when I was pregnant, were coming up and touching your belly. You need to just remember it still feels like someone's body. Yeah. So it still feels like you're just touching my stomach.

Feels like that's a no-go zone. I understand that. How about asking how dilated you are? Hopefully none. Hopefully not at all. Mate, when I know I'm dilated you'll be the first call I make. Flip over a text. Chuck it on the show WhatsApp

group. Yeah. Nine centimetres, guys. He won't be messaging you at that point. Do you know, speaking of the show WhatsApp group, obviously you decided to do this topic yesterday on what speaking of the show WhatsApp group, obviously you decided to do this topic yesterday on, you know,

what you shouldn't say to pregnant people and you put a message on Facebook. And jeez, I caught up with last night the chat on the WhatsApp group from Taylor,

producer Grace and Megan, just reacting to Facebook comments. Oh my God! Spelled G-A-W-D. Yeah. Just an overdose of emojis

and shock. Shock and shocking. How would you say that to a pregnant person? Shock and things that people would say. Megan, have you got some of those? We do. So we've got, I don't want to, I've got some on Facebook and I've got some on the text, but we'll take the callers first.

Okay. Jenny, you're on. Welcome. Hi. And what we shouldn't say to pregnant people, Jenbo. So this was my first baby, so I was quite self-conscious. I was in the supermarket. I remember exactly where I was.

It traumatised me so much. I was very big. I carried out front. Megan's probably the only one that won't understand that. And this man in his 50s, 60s, and I tell you, it's always older men, said, whoa, you're so huge. And I turned around and he said, you must be having twins. And I said, no.

And then he asked that question, you know, when are you due? And I said, oh, a few months. And he said, whoa, you must be having twins. Yeah, you must be having twins. And yeah, but I mean, looking back on it, it did look like I have a massive beach ball. But, like, you just don't. Don't say that.

No woman ever wants to be called huge. No. Jenny, did you say, excuse me, sir, what's your bloody excuse? At least I've got something in me. Well, I'll tell you one thing. No one ever touched my tummy because I gave them the evils any time they tried. Good on you. I think the general rule is it's still someone's body.

So if you wouldn't say it when they weren't pregnant, don't say it when they are. Because you're even more self-conscious. I'll tell you one more quick thing that happened. So I had my baby four hours later standing outside with my baby, four hours old, in the capsule. My husband was getting the cat and another older man came up to me and said, whoa, you had a baby. And I was like, yeah, four hours old. And he said, and you're having another one.

And I was like, A, that's impossible. And then he corrected himself, oh, your stomach hasn't gone down. And I was like, what? Stop talking. Please stop talking now. Oh, my God. I'm sorry. I was just trying to make banter.

O from two there. I appreciate your call. There's so many of these. We're going to have to keep these going. One more quickly. Katie, you're on. Welcome. Hi.

Yeah. Great to have you with us. What you shouldn't say to pregnant people. Okay. So, again, this is my first as well. I was super, super, super sick, like spewing around 12 times a day. And yeah, but I still gained 30 kgs. Whoa! Oh, sorry. You shut up.

I know, I was huge. Anyway, so I was super sick and I had to go to the hospital and whatever to get fluids and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I went back to work and someone was like, oh, have you tried not thinking about it? Like, it's probably just in your head. That's a good theory. Oh, if you guys try that crap with me when I'm looking bad next to you. Just pretend it's not happening.

It's all on your head Walk it off We're just talking about What producer Taylor's Carrying twins at the moment And just what you shouldn't say To pregnant people Megan you've been pregnant before

I have I completely heard most of these To be honest On the Facebook page Someone said Was it planned Was something they got asked A lot Like none of your business How about when I ask Do you know who the father is Is that to be honest. On the Facebook page someone said, was it planned? Was something they got asked a lot?

Like, none of your business. How about when I ask do you know who the father is? Is that inappropriate? I'm feeling my way through this. We've got Virginia on the phone. What did someone say to you when you were pregnant, Virginia? So, this is a shocker. I've come from an Italian

family and I said to my mother, you make sure you don't bring heaps of Italians into the hospital. Have you got that rule too, Taylor? Yes. It's a zero Italian policy. That's why I moved to New Zealand. I had the baby, and then I had a C-section,

and little Marco's born, and all excited, and then she comes in with all these Italians You know, they're dressed in black and their scarves on and one of them turns around and says Oh my god, Rosetta, I don't think she had the baby. You still look a bit effect Oh my god And you're like, excuse me random Italian, who are you? And she's like, oh this is Gina, she runs the pizzeria She's like, mamma mia

Yeah, I was going to say, hey, why don't you shave your moustache off, mum? Oh, my God. Virginia, you and Taylor need to hang out. And I'm like, I don't want any food. I don't want any food. Give me back. Virginia, you and Taylor need to hang out. Yeah. We've got a lot of trauma we can relate to. Oh, that's very funny. Thanks for your call, Virginia.

You appreciate it. Thanks. See you. Great text here, 4487. Talking to things you shouldn't say to pregnant people. I was carrying twins, much like producer Taylor. These two old guys. Why is it always two old guys?

Two old guys looked in the pram, saw the twins, and said, that must have been a great night. Oh, my God. Was that you? Does it make it any greater? Another great one here. I was pregnant and I was working in a large, male-dominated, heavy manufacturing company.

The guys in general were very good, except for the older, again, older guys, who said, now you're in this position, you should realise you've taken up a man's job. So time to go. Oh, dear. God. Old school. Oh, yeah, definitely old school. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, a sparing thought for Ken, the swan today.

Been living in the Christchurch Swan Lake for about 10 years. Lost his long-term partner last year, the swan. Barbie. Well, it could have been Barbie. Unfortunately, Samantha was the name of... What did they call her? Samantha? Who's Samantha? Samantha was the long-term partner of the swan. Does Barbie know? Well, I don't think

it's a doll. It's a swan. And now Ken goes around looking, like making calls, looking for inter-loc local cafes around Christchurch, looking for a new mate as well. Back on the, I guess you could bird Tinder or whatever. Yeah. She's going to be dead long. He's moving on pretty quickly.

Maybe he's looking for her, though, rather than looking for a mate. I don't know. But yeah, shout out to Ken. Lonely singles. Lonely singles in your area. The swan is one of them. Now, Megan, speaking of lonely things, there's a lonely phone case that's turned singles in your area. The swan is one of them. Now, Megan, speaking of lonely things, there's a lonely phone case that's turned up in your mailbox.

Yes, I got a courier pack. It was pretty nondescript. And inside, I opened it because the phone number on the front, when I messaged them, they said, no, it's not mine. And it's not Jackie, who it was addressed to. And that was the number, and it was associated with the name Jackie. So I was like, is it drugs? No, it was a Samsung phone case.

A blue one with a little sunset and a panda. Can I say though, because we are looking for this person, but you've really removed all traces. You've thrown out the package. You're like, I text the number, but deleted. She's miraculously deleted the number

from your phone. Who goes through and deletes text messages they've sent? Because I've run out of storage space on my phone. And I heard those two and delete text messages they've sent. Because I've run out of storage space on my phone, so I had to delete text and delete photos. You feel like you really want to get your hands on this package. You're like, bring in the package. Oh, no, I've thrown it out.

What about the number? Oh, no, I've deleted that. To be fair, I wasn't going to do anything, but I told you about it, and you're like, bring it in. We'll see if we can find the person. No, you're like, damn it, I really wanted that. And I threw out the package.

There's a bright, bubbly phone case, isn't it? Too much happiness for me. So if Jackie is listening, come and collect it. She was. She paid good money for this. Yeah. And what's protecting her phone? Many questions.

Why is the panda on a bicycle? Yeah. The panda's also got a cell phone that he's looking at. Yeah, the panda's got a bike and a cell phone and is biking in the nighttime, is it? It does look like that. Cute little picture. Sun, the panda's got a bike and a cell phone and is biking in the night time. It does look like that. Cute little picture. Sunset.

We'll put it up. It is up on the Hits Breakfast on Instagram and Facebook if you want to see it, if you are, Jackie. But we wanted to know on 100 of the Hits, what's turned up at your house that wasn't for you, that you didn't order? Because you hear these stories all the time, like yours. Yeah, and what do you do if you try and get in touch with them

and they say, no, it's not me? My wife lost a hat at a theme park overseas many years ago and she sent a message by email and said, hey, I lost a hat. It's an LA hat like that. They sent one and the post had just arrived. It wasn't her hat though. A replacement lost a hat. It was another hat and it was more sort of suited to me than to her.

But every time I go to wear it, I'm like, I feel like, oh. It's that free lost of hat hat. I try to contact them, it's not a'm like, I feel like, oh, I'm trying to contact them. It's not a hat. They're just like, oh, just take the hat. They're like, it's a hat,

mate. It's got LA on it. I'm like, it wasn't the hat. They'd done their bit. They'd said over a hat. Don't worry, the person's probably got another hat

that's got LA on it now. I know, but every time I put it on, I'm like, whose hat is this? I feel weird putting on another person's hat too. It's got all their head gunk on it, all their head juice.

I've washed it and everything, but I'm like, I don't know now. It feels like their hat's cursed. My friend was having a hen's do and her big thing was no strippers oh yeah i do not want a stripper demanded it and so everyone at the venue they were like okay no strippers it is it is what it is then all of a sudden at the door it's a police officer but it's not a working constable Oh so is that Oh okay

So it's a stripper cop And she's like Who ordered this Who ordered the stripper cop No one at the party Had ordered the stripper cop But her friend Who was away in Dunedin

At the time He was like This will be classic So sent over A male stripper And he was rolling around On the ground And trying to get

Trying to get the floor Pregnant And humping And grinding But then they He took off his top and they were like, oh dear God, he's severely sunburned. A sunburned stripper. And so almost to the point where his back was bubbling with skin.

Oh, the poor man. So midway pelvis thrusting, they're like, buddy, we need to get you some aloe vera gel. Oh, sexy, you're peeling. I can rub that on, that'd be part of the routine. He rubbed aloe vera gel on his back.bed sexy you're peeling I can rub that on that'd be part of the routine they rubbed aloe vera gel on his back and he's like

he's like I should probably go now and they're like yeah and then they saw him lonely by himself sitting on a children's swing in the poor stripper cop in the park

across the road waiting for a taxi or an Uber to turn up and he was just like swinging there by himself so that's something that was ordered

that wasn't for them the hits the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, me and Ken, you were talking about a dilemma when it comes to people showing up unannounced at your house. This surprised me when I stay with my parents.

They have people knock on their door. First of all, that's terrifying. Because usually when people knock on your door, you don't generally want them there. They're trying to sell you something or ask you questions so they have people like just come over unannounced like friends knocking on their door hi out of the blue want to come in for a coffee and a chat yeah that's that's i feel like you get through life and there's a period there 20 to 30 year period you're like i don't want any you, anything coming in out of the blue and ruining my routine. The knock on the door

makes you hide. Yeah. I did that once. I've done that too. In an apartment we lived in and it had frosted glass on the door and I went,

and ducked. I ducked and froze. And then the person could obviously see my body in the sort of, I went like, you know, when hedgehogs freeze

in the middle of the road and they see a car coming and then the gentleman behind the thing was like, I'm just going to leave a pamphlet for you and then the gentleman behind the thing was like, I'm just going to leave a pamphlet for you just at the door. I was like, okay.

I've crawled behind like a couch once and then I realised they could see my shadow at the door. It happens. My daughter was selling chocolates around the neighbourhood

and someone was playing trumpet. They stopped playing trumpet and they knocked and then as they left they could hear trumpets start again. She should have just gone, I can hear you

no one wants anyone turning up uninvited unless you're retired and over the age of sort of 65 although I do feel like you've got everyone's probably got

that one friend that for some reason they are okay with it you probably feel like I know a friend that I drop around they'll be fine but most of the other time

I'm definitely not that friend like you know people drop I'm like what what's going on what do you want and the friends left that stayed for like an hour having that friend. I'm like, what? What's going on? What do you want? And the friends left. They'd stayed for like an hour having a coffee.

And I was like, what if you had plans? And mum's like, oh, no, I did have things I needed to do. But, you know, they just came over for a visit. I've got plenty of time to do that stuff tomorrow. Jenny Boyce, Ben's mother, she has slept her way through New Zealand. People's houses. Sorry? Stayed at many houses.

And she's always got people staying as well like always moulded this is such and such he's from Argentina this is something it's like a house he's you know

it's so many people why do you have a Russian seaman staying with us for Christmas and then they drop in on other people it's lovely

it's lovely how does it make you feel though when you're there at Christmas time and there's the United Nations of backpackers staying in the mountains well you do at Christmas time you kind of get reminded of what you know like a lot of these time these people

are away from their families and stuff so it is a beautiful thing to be hanging out with people other times you're like who's this person why are they here yeah well they like join you around the christmas day yeah it's a lovely thing my mom's's very generous. But then she'll drop off, call in for a cup of tea, stay the night at someone's house. Someone she hasn't talked to in years. She'll just drop in or give them a text and then I'll stay the night.

That is worst nightmare stuff for me. Yeah, I know. Me too. Horrific. I feel like it's the boomer generation. It is a little bit. I don't understand it. Don't knock on my door.

You're not coming in. Your parents are obviously boomers and naturists too. Yeah. What happens if they open the door and they're in naturist mode? Yeah, I don't know. I don't think it's ever happened. It would only happen in the summer if they were sunbathing on the deck and they were nudie rudie, but I don't think it's ever happened.

But if you were chill about it, it wouldn't matter, right? I think I've had Like my husband I think Andrew came around One time And I was like Oh guys you have to Put some pants on

How did you pre-warn them Yeah Well no He arrived And I was like You need to put pants on Oh right And all the glory

They're like quite comfy And I don't think Andrew cared too much But I was like Just for me Put pants on Today Was this the debut meeting?

No, no, no, no. They were fully clothed debut meeting. That's a weird way to start, isn't it? Just a little bit. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Tonight on 3, and you can catch it on 3 now as well. A new series of Double Park. Double Park's the comedy show?

Yeah, it's a very good show. Kiwi show. Have a listen to the trailer, would you? Matt is my partner, and we're having babies at the same time together. Do you feed each other? Like, do you swap or do you just feed your own one? They're both our babies, so we feed both of them. I know.

But you're more of the mask one, though, right? Sorry? Like you're the dad. Uh, well, I'm the mum'm the mom yes does uh the wonderful madeline sami the very funny madeline sami and antonia prebble uh who's been acting on our screens for years antonia and so you had a bit you're like let's come in with a different angle for this double parked interview it's called double park because there's two babies well yeah but i was like well how about we do the interview interview while double parked in the back of the

hits car i can see how you ended up there. A busy street, conduct the interview, and basically the interview stopped when someone tooted. So it was a precious situation for everyone. Here's how it went. We took Antonia out to the street. You were driving the hits car, Jono. Here's how it went down. Antonia Preble, double parked.

And we've got an idea right now. We're going to do the interview while double parked. Jono's driving. I also have 85 demerits too, which that's not a lie i do so if this risks my other 15 demerits i'm banned from driving for three months okay but that's the what i'm willing to risk for you okay so you're going to drive around the block and we're going to double park somewhere just briefly i put the hazards on but we'll do it as long as the interview will take as long until we get a two from someone okay so i guess we have to talk fast.

Yeah, so tell us about the show. Okay, oh my gosh. Okay, so if people watch season one, they would know that it is about a lesbian couple, played by me and Madeline Sami, who both accidentally get pregnant at the same time. And then, so the first series follows their pregnancies. At the end of the series, they have their babies.

And season two follows their journey of new motherhood from when the babies are newborns to about four months old. So nothing to do with a Wilson car park or a parking situation. See what we've done here. All right, so, Jono, you're about to pull over. You really missed the brief on the synopsis of the show. Yeah, I'm so sorry to tell you it's not about cars. Parking.

Nothing really makes me more nervous than parallel parking in front of a lot of people it's not about parking i know but that is a nerve-wracking experience it is i think we should talk about that for quite a long time how nerve-wracking it is to parallel park okay but right now it's gonna be nerve-wracking because we are about to be double parked here we go yeah we're on a narrow street too like we are on a narrow street this is gonna be interesting yeah this is causing trouble. And guess what? We're in a hits car with our faces on the side.

So I didn't think of that. Sorry, you were going to say. You had to cast babies when they weren't even born. Yes, we had cast babies when they weren't even born. So we obviously needed two babies because Madeline and I both have, our characters both have babies. Yeah, so it was put out to New Zealand to to see if anyone would want to their babies to be used and apparently there were hundreds of replies of of families wanting their babies to be used one of them because we needed newborns like brand brand

new newborns because we meet them on the day they're born and so one of the babies was cast while still in utero because the due date worked quite well for the dates we're just going off the headshots of like like, the scan. Oh, no, someone's walking close to the car, but we're okay. The car's beeping. The car's beeping, no one else. Oh, no, the council just came past. Oh, with their ticketing tank. Oh, no, the hits are going to get a ticket.

You're a mother in real life, obviously, as well. Do you find that, you know, because your kids are a little bit older than being babies now, do you find you kind of almost forget? It's funny, it's not that long ago for you, really. Yeah, that's so true. It is very much kind of the mists of those early days because you're so exhausted and, you know, so sort of vulnerable

and stressed out trying to work out how... Oh! We got two! We got two! I'm sorry, I don't want to hear the end of that question. Double parked out in Hilton on 3 and 3 now. I'll be how vulnerable and stressed out Antonio was. You'll never know. You'll never know.

You can catch Double Parked on 3 and 3 now from tonight.