Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: We’ve Made a Bet with South Africa Over This Weekend’s Rugby Clash

Episode Date: September 2, 2025

On today’s show:  Megan finally sees a physio and tells the boys she’s got arthritis in her knee… With Father’s Day coming up, we get emotional asking what you wish you’d said to your dad. We’ve made a bet with a South African radio show on this weekend’s rugby clash… What’s your house known for? From drum jams to car crashes to filming! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh Cook Easy Delicious Dinners, the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Hey, welcome to the podcast. It's been a full of morning actually here at behind the scenes. We just had a whole class, a whole school class come in. A whole lot of kids, they were great, actually, they were great. And normally you throw it out to questions at the end, thinking maybe you might get one, maybe two. They had a, they had a lot of questions. I felt like I was in a press conference. Yeah.

But good questions. But they were really smart. Yeah. Well, one was like, why do birds chirp? I was like, well, this is really dog-legging from, you know, what we were expecting. I thought that was a punchline to a joke. It was a gag, yeah. No, but he was like, no, I'm just curious to know, what a spurt's churp.

So we looked it up. Chat GPT, the main form of communication, obviously, marking territory, mating, another big one as well. We gave them all bucket hats, hits bucket hats. And one of them was like, can you tell me, please, what was the purpose of giving us these bucket hats? Putting us in these hats. She was great, too. I really liked her. She was for direct, she was awesome, yeah.

A journalist or, like, a journalist or like a. a politician. Well, what's the thinking behind this? So why are we, I'm just trying to give you a little gift you come in there as well, but it was great. It was a great question. Lots of great questions. A lot of, and a lot of questions, but they were just naming

their achievements. Like, did you know I performed in the musiccom? Did you know I was the mass champion at the mathscom? That's cool. They're proud of them. And it was awesome. No, we didn't know. No, to be honest, I didn't know any of that stuff. So it was good to know that. It was really good. I was zero from six from all the things.

I was like, I didn't know about that. I didn't tell me with that. But, yeah. Do you know back, like when I was a kid, if I had gone, hey, guys, do you know that I was in this? Everyone else in the class would be like, shut up, Megan. But everyone was like very respectful of each other. Yeah, supportive, eh, which is really cool. I did like the question from the back, which was, you know, we're starting to run out of questions. I thought we got through them all.

We'll take one more. Looking at us, she said, looking at us, does that make you feel old and irrelevant? And I was like, yeah, it does. It really does. Yeah, especially saying that too, made me feel, yeah, really. Well, now you've pointed it out what it does. Yeah, yeah. But it's a humbling experience, but it was fun, actually.

Tell us how many years ago you were intermediate. And then we tried to just go, listen, now one bit of advice would be, it goes too quick. We just, we segued off the question. Yeah, Winston Peters didn't answer the question. It was like a politician in Bresco. It was a couple of times we did, we segued across, but that's okay. That's all right. We gave you, you know, some answers.

You gave answers. We just didn't quite answer the questions directly, like a politician. Yeah. Teachers are like, I'm so sorry, but they didn't have to be sorry about anything. It was really, really entertaining. I enjoyed it, so it was great. I'm a bit sweaty now. Nothing worse than a question-answer session when no one asks any questions.

That's humbling. That just makes you feel like they actually don't want to be here. Yeah. But Megan, you had a good play too. You had a good thought that, you know, because they asked a lot of questions. We covered off here. Who's your favourite, Team Edward, Team Jacob from Twilight. We got into K-pop Demon Hunters.

We got into all sorts. They really split on K-P. Do you like cricket? Do you like, we covered it all? But you thought maybe it was just to keep the, the less of, well, I guess the outing going. The longer they stay at the radio station, the less time they have to spend at school. Genius.

And for us, they played into a hand. Well, like, questions to ask, of course. Keep them coming. They're going to keep on asking questions until the teachers are like, no, enough. These kids are smart. And they did, at some point, they had to say enough. I'd say a good 35 minutes of questions.

It was. It was a non-stop. It was a big Q&A. It was, but it was great. We really enjoyed it. The most random Q&A as well. I'd love to see, like, the Prime Minister up to that

and just get kids starts Just like that Just go for whatever Whatever's in your head To phrase it as a question And say it Because kids, yeah And it's like

You want kids And for them I reckon Because the politicians They know how to answer Okay what's happening With the taxes What's happening with this Roads whatever

But they don't know about Yeah They don't know about like What do you Yeah Team Edward or Jacob We should We should actually get the Prime Minister

In here Team Connie or Jeremiah We'll get that class back in Yeah See how he handles it You're all right, yeah, we'll see it. We made it through, just slightly scaped. Are you guys Team Conrad or Jeremiah?

And Twilight? I don't know. What's going? And what? Pick one. Well, I need to know what I'm picking. The summer I turn pretty. Everyone's obsessed with this right now.

Conrad or Team Jeremiah. Can I Google? No. Conrad. What are we basing it? There's a popular choice. Why are we joining the team? Because they're two boys, one girl and who deserves the girl.

Right. The two of them. which is Conrad which is Jeremiah they're both you know I'm gonna go team Jeremiah Conrad's got the straighter here Jeremiah's got the curly hair I'm gonna team Jeremiah you would I know I'll go Conrad yeah you would too

I feel like if I had picked teams for both of you that would be what I've always been oh okay Conrad Fisher ah okay yeah okay I've heard that reference before it makes a lot sense yeah okay that's like when someone asked you a star sign And they go, hmm, make sense. Scorpio. You would pick Jeremiah. Yeah, okay.

Team Comrade all the way here. I don't know what that means, but anyway, enjoy the podcast. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The heads. I spoke a couple of weeks ago about how I'd hurt my knee, and I had to fill out an ACC form and say it was just getting off the ground from changing my daughter's nappy.

Yeah, right. So it was in a... Stood up and twisted my knee. And it's not been the same since. So I got referred to a specialist. I had to go to like a sports clinic. Yeah, that boss is doing the same thing where the head injuries got at the moment. Then, you know, a lot of professional league players and people with head injuries from the games of league.

But you're there just for domestic purposes. I went, yeah, and telling them I just stood up the, you know. I was in the waiting room yesterday with definite athletes. It wasn't like an NRL collision, you know, or anything I had. It was just getting up off the ground. So I went in there thinking, you know, he's going to be like, you've done like an injury, like a sports injury, like granted in a stupid way. and he said to me we need to like get you a scan

because I think you might have arthritis Oh this is terrible for you but brilliant for our content It was like Arthritis Sorry what now? Your arthritic laden bones Because I had an ACL injury like 20 years ago And so as soon as they do stuff to your knee

Yeah it's never going to be the same Hey some not all old people have arthritis No, true, yeah. She's like saying a lot of people have gout or glaucoma. I was like, so I'm in the sports clinic. I hurt myself in the most stupidest way possible. Now you're telling me it's arthritis. So I was like, okay, great.

So I had to go get an x-ray. She had a fall. Yeah, were you home in time for the chase? Man had a fall. And I went in, this is the high though. I went and had an x-ray. And it was like a young guy doing the, the scanny thing. What do you call it?

I don't know, you had it. The scanny thing sounds good to me He's like, welcome to the scanny thing room Put your thing in the scanny thing And we'll let the scanny thing do his thing So he's chatting away the whole time I got lots of pictures of my knee And then at the end he was like

Do you want to come back here and like Look at the pictures? Because he's like, I see you've had surgery And you've got like pins in your knee I was like Oh my God, yes I would love to You could be a model for a scanny thing

I'm sorry I take great pictures I know that thanks to young guy. So yeah, I went back into the, like, the room where they do the scanty thing. The one they go through when they leave you out there in the back. You're like, where are you going? Yeah, that was always a little upset.

He just does that all the time. You leave me with the radiation and you're like, oh. You stay in there too. So, yeah, I went and looked at the picture. He was like, yeah, like, this is what you. And I just felt like I wasn't supposed to be in there. And I was like, is this guy flirting with me? No, he's showing you the bolts in your knees.

No, but he was like, do you want to come back here? Tell you what's a real aphrodisiac. Show me them bolts. You've got bolt in your knees, old lady. And that's where the arthritis is. You can see right around there. Oh, yeah. What's you doing later on?

No, no, he invited me into the back room. It was definitely flirting with me. Want to join me at the Lawn Bowles Club? Early dinner. Say five. Five, early. Anyway, highs and lowers. Definitely more low.

Definitely flirting. Maybe arthritis. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. A hotly gifted present, isn't it, on Father's Day. And that's coming up on Sunday. Father's Day.

I'm just talking, you know, there's stuff that you don't say to your dads. Sometimes your relationship with your dad can be, not complicated, but just a lot of fathers, particularly of our generation, probably grew up in an era where sharing feelings and thoughts wasn't widely, widely considered. And maybe it was just purely that's what you had to do to get through that period in life, you know? Maybe life was more simple when everyone wasn't sharing their feelings and opinions. Well, true, yeah.

I feel like it's great now. know, like that we can all, we're all parents now and all, you know, it's great. You can tell your kids you love them and do it all the time. But it wasn't, it wasn't always happening. Some parents, of course, there's exceptions to everyone, but it doesn't feel like it was always happening, right? And then you go through your teenage years where you're like, you're ruining my life, slam the door. Yeah. Were you a door slammer?

Absolutely. I think for me, when I became a parent, I'm like, oh, okay. I appreciate my parents and what they went through and what they did for so much more. Yeah, I was a monster. I think about that a lot I'm like this is definitely karma paying back

isn't it now what we want to do oh 800 hits what you've never said to your father that you'd always like to say you don't say

I love you to wano no we never would it get weird if you said it don't know I feel I feel weird

even like yeah because I'd say my daughters all the time I love you and they'd say I love you yeah

back and it's but I guess if you haven't had that relationship normal yeah but I we just don't

don't ever do that. You guys get on great. Yeah, we see each other naked, notice family. Fine with that. See all his dangly bits, so I won't say I love you. Maybe that's the thing.

Maybe that's the thing. You can't say it when that's happening. I don't know why. We've just never been that expressive with the emotions, but... Every family is different. No, we're not here to come. I'm not cast a judgment on that at all.

You know, you've got a relationship. You guys have got a great relationship. Yeah, we're still like tight as family, but I hear me just don't say, I love you. Yeah, I'd say to my dad the same. Air Force, Stoic, British Air Force, man. Yeah.

You show your feelings in the Air Force, mate. Shot. Fact. What about at home with your kid? I love you guys. Hold on, did you just show a shade of vulnerability? Weakness. Can't have that in the battlefield.

Boom. But you know, I would like to say, well, I could try to call my dad, although the problem is I'd like to say a lot of stuff to him, but he never turns the phone on. He's like, turn the phone on, Make a call turn it off again sort of situation, right? I only received maybe six calls from this number over its 10-year career. Are you joking?

Yeah, only because he'll turn it on to use it. And then turn it off. Hi, this is John. Thanks to do you. The other screened you or just, yeah. Phone usage time. Maybe he could smell the emotions coming. Not dealing with that, mate.

Not today. Not today, John. So what would you like to tell your dad? Oh, 800 of the hits, 4487. Maybe your dad's sadly no longer with us. I think about that a lot as your parents, you know, as we all get older and your parents get older, that there will sadly be a time when they're not around and those things you want to say or, you know, like what things should we be saying to our parents if we're lucky enough to have them still alive?

And you kind of go through blinkers with blinders or no, you don't even want to even think about that, no, that dark day. Yeah. But it's going to come at some point, so you've got to say stuff, get stuff off your chest. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. What do you like to say to your dad where your dad is still around or sadly sometimes? they're not still around. What would you like to say?

What's putting things into perspective this morning? Those ones that don't have their dad around anymore teaching us a lesson. We should say these things to them while they're still around. Exactly. John Boy didn't answer his phone before. But I would say thank you to him for giving me somewhat blind determination to the point of annoyance,

I think, of people around me at times. And also for trying to teach me mathematics. He's a very mathematical brain. I'm less of a smart mathematical brain and I'm pretty sure there were moments where he wanted to stab pens in his eyes teaching me about fractures but he stuck with it.

Stuck with it. Oh, bless. So 800 of the hits. What do you ought to say to your dad? Morena, Brits. Morninga, morena. Morena to you, my friend. We're doing well, we're doing well.

Something you've never said to your father. What is it? I'd just like to thank my father. Thank him. Yeah. Anything in particular or just throughout your whole life? I'm just thanking for everything. Do you say that to him?

No, I don't anymore. We lost my father last August and me being a father now. Yeah. Yeah, just wish her to the same. Yeah, I know. It gives you a different perspective when you're a parent. You're like, oh, yeah, okay. I understand the sacrifice.

Yeah, I mean... As a parent, you don't do those things for the thank. You do them because you love the kids and you want to help them out and have their best life that you can give them. them but I know what you mean you know you just want to as an adult want to say thank you for what they did. Did you get to spend time with him before he passed? We used to have Sunday

pizzas. He had come over with my stepmom and make homemade pizzas and that and he'd come visit his granddaughter but sadly he passed from a severe heart attack just completely out of the blue. Yeah, well I guess so.

Just the one thing I'd like to tell him more was just thanks to thank him for the life that he gave us Well, listen, have you had their wonderful tradition of pizza Sunday? He would have known. Yeah, you're right. Thank you. Yeah, thinking of those fathers on Father's Day.

Well, people, you know, don't have fathers anymore, you know, this weekend. Bridie, morning to you. Morning, morning. What did you say to your father? I'd just say that he mattered and that we cared like I lost him two years ago. And he lived with us. Yeah. And just some things were really bloody annoying.

but now those things are the things I want him to do you know smoking cigarettes disgust and shaking him shaking a bloody spray can because he was a car enthusiast but I really want to smell those things now oh geez got us all going mate yeah it's just crazy just I just he just madded it he wasn't annoying that's what I'd tell him It's amazing, as you say, those things that you found annoying you that you miss the most. Yeah, miss them totally, even the disgusting cigarettes. Yeah, well, you can take up smoking, too. That's always an option.

Yeah, just don't know, no way. Get into his lung cancer for old pops. What he would have wanted, kids. Oh, good on you, Bridie. Thank you for sharing. It means a lot that you'd share that with everyone. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Thank you. All right. We'll take one more. Marie, how are you? great guys I'm good yeah what would you like to say to your dad well I'm I just texted in and then

got the call but like we my husband and I lost all four parents in 2023 it was the most terrific year oh my goodness so my dad then my husband's dad then his stepmother his mother had died many many years ago and then my mum and in between that

I broke my back skiing so it was a really shitty year But I would think that say that hindsight is a great thing and don't have regrets. I always think, you know, at the end of their life, what do you want that person to know and make sure they know it well before? And I'm sure that my parents knew through my words and my actions. We were a very loving family. But it's so damn final when they go.

And, you know, just think of you might not have seen them so many weeks or months or, whatever, but just try and make that time because as the years go on, you know, it's not many times left to see them. I think one of the things that we've, a wonderful Māori woman told me was to eat their food, favourite food on their birthday, so that's what our family does. So all my nieces and nephews, wherever everybody is in the world, on my dad's birthday, which is next week, we'll all be having a pie and a flat white. Oh, nice.

That's lovely. Wow. If we do that tradition with my kids, it's like, Kippa, Kippa's on those kids. Got your dad likes. And for my mum, we have Japanese. She loved to have me as food. And it's a really wonderful thing. And then I saw it somewhere recently that when you die, you actually die twice.

It's when you pass. And when people stop saying your name, so keep saying their name. I talk to my parents every day. Like, it is so fine, and I miss them. I'd do anything for one day. But, yeah, just keep talking to them. And you find yourself just doing things that they would do, or you see all the parts of you that come out.

Yeah, you become a lot like them, don't you, in some ways. Yeah, you really do. You're like, oh, my God. Exactly how my father would say it. You know, like, it's so funny. But, yeah, like. Good reminder, Marie. John O'Benn and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Very excited about the All Blacks taking on South Africa, Eden Park on Saturday night. It's going to be a huge game. Already sold out, of course. and we've got a South African radio station that's got in touch with us from 5FM

and they've got a bit of a challenge they want to issue. Mike Palesa and Aaron. Hopefully you can hear us. What's the deal? So, yeah, New Zealand versus the Springboks this weekend. As far as I can tell, it's like a 30-year-owned beaten record in Eden Park. Yeah, you guys, you picked the wrong game, I feel like, to challenge us. I mean, the All-Black still can lose, but it feels like, you know,

this Eden Park is like our second home for the all blacks you know if as you said it's been like 50 games I think we haven't lost it even oh is there 50 jeez you really have picked the wrong but then have I jinxed it guys I literally I'm like please stop okay I'll stop I'm like you are to blame now if we lose okay I'll shut up Megan loves I mean Megan married a South African I mean you know so I mean that's how much that's how much we love South Africa here in New Zealand yeah I've got to I feel quite at home talking to you I'm very used to hearing South African accent all the time. My husband and his family all live here.

But they do support the All Blacks, I might say. They wear the All Blacks jersey, so they have definitely assimilated to New Zealand. Is it a South African tradition, Mike Palesa and Aaron? Megan kisses her in-laws, her South African in-laws, on the lips. Is this a South African tradition? Mike is nodding away on the Zoom, yeah? Yeah, it's kind of... A little bit aged, but it is a thing.

My parents would kiss their parents throughout their whole lives, and it's kind of feted. Pani, what do you think? Someone are for you? Yeah, no, 100%. I used to kill my grandparents, but it was still alive. But I don't see myself kissing my in-laws. Oh, so I don't know about that. You're like, you might be doing a bit too much, maybe.

Yeah, fair enough, she tried to... Maybe they've adopted it. Tried to introduce it for the radio show each morning. It was a bit weird. They weren't going for it. We decided not to do that. I mean, maybe that could happen after the game. Puppers.

Oh, Puppas. Yeah. Oh, like Chris Puppas, the politician. Oh, yeah. That's my brother-in-law's name as well. Oh, really? All right, so this weekend, the action takes place. Aaron and I are especially nervous because we're going to be broadcasting while it's happening, right?

Oh, nice. And so, Aaron, what do you reckon about this weekend? I have to admit I'm very nervous. And the fact that I believe all he said, yeah. getting his 100 cap, I think the boy will be out to perform. So I'm hoping that the Rossi can surprise the world again, but I'm nervous. The last time we played the whole blacks we beat. And you don't have Sierra Calisi, your captain, who's alleged.

I know that. Did you just Google that? Did you just, yeah. Where did they come from? We all know Sierra Cali. Great player, but I felt like you were frantically Googling something while that was. And you don't have Sierra Calisi, your captain, out with injury. He's a great player, though.

He's your Radi Savi. isn't he? Absolutely. And you make a really important point here. Thank you. He's been really important for the spring box for the last of the while.

So we both have wonderful anthems which feature various languages. Our anthem and course, Cicoleli, we have got four languages that sort of run throughout the anthem. And we'd like to challenge you if the box is able to pull off a serious win

to try and create a performance of our first two verses of our anthem. Yeah. which are in Isis Zulu and Isikosa. And if all blacks win, then we would be happy as a team to learn and perform God defend New Zealand. But the first two verses which are in Māori. I'll stop you there. We are so confident we will learn all four languages.

No, don't stop. I will stop you. No, don't see there. And we'll potentially offend four cultures. No. No, we will do. No, don't listen to. He doesn't speak for all of us, guys.

We will, I think we'll feel like Megan will accept your challenge. Yeah, I think, well, we can do that. We can do that. I have some family that can teach me. Add some cream on top of this, okay? That my friend Ben over here will eat nothing but Bill Tong for nine months. Okay? He will suffer from gout, high blood pressure.

You name it. Constipation. That sounds like a normal nine months. Okay, so that's the challenge. We lose. We have to learn the first two verses. You lose, you have to learn the English and todayo version of the New Zealand National Anthem. Perfect.

And I think what's really important here is that I want to lay down the challenge, potentially don, don't some all-black and springbok attire, depending on who wins. I risk, high-risk. Okay, come on. I've never had so much writing on the all-blacks before. Okay. I'm looking forward to seeing what you look like in black. Oh, to be good. Now, I feel like your jacks out.

I feel like your jacket. Lovely to meet you guys. We love the challenge The challenge is great And we look forward to seeing How the game plays out this weekend So you go Oh Megan knows how to say I love you

Oh do you guys speak Afrikaans Yes I guess Leferrio And Lack a slap Oh Yeah Lack a slap Megan Should kiss you on the lips

If you're in the room Hey guys Great to meet you thanks for your time We'll chat to you soon There we go Have we made a safe bet guys 4487 if you're listening right now I text us and say if we've made a terrible error or are we feeling good about what we're doing today.

Well, I felt good about it until you started jinxing it. Yeah, I know. Maybe I did jinx that. But then you said they're going to look good in black as well. Yeah, I've all made, I see we're going to learn awful languages. We've all made wild things. You know, you're not going to, you know your attention to detail. It's not going to learn any of these things.

You know that. You wouldn't be like to learn three words from a minute. Man, Ben will learn it. You'll just be like mouthing Mary had a little lamb or something. I'll be a backup singer. Yeah, a backup singer. Do first. You get the first first, all to you.

All to you. Okay, well, let's hope they easily do win because none of us have time to learn a new anthem. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. I don't know if you guys are familiar with this. It's a game, I know my daughter's playing. Ben, your daughter's playing as well, where you record something into an app

and then it reverses it, and you have to try and mimic the reversed version to see how close you get to the original, fast, normal way, I'm having, oh, God. Yeah, no, many people do it with a song, so they will sing themselves a line, you know, an iconic line from a song, and then you play it, and it reverses it back, so you hear it, and then you try and sing it in reverse to see what it'll sound like when you flip it back into its normal version.

He did a better job. He did a bit of a job, we'll explain it. So, for example, do a test run, okay. Okay, so just pick a line from a song, any song at all, doesn't matter what it is. You sing it in there. Okay. It doesn't have to be that amazingly. You just have to mimic yourself back later.

I like big butts, and I cannot lie. Okay. So then I'll reverse it. Yeah. Oh, I'm going to say. Because you went quite quite slow, I think you've got a lot to remember as you try.

Can I listen to it again? Yeah, listen to it again. Yeah, oh, l on a shonet, stop. Yeah, now I start recording, yeah? Okay, now you try and mimic that, okay. No, yon, yon it, yep, jac and jac, yeah. Okay, now, did he now? It's all put it back now.

I, uh, it's basically, and I know. Sounds like John are a few bears deep Just trying to Trying to order a meal of Denny's Just wanting a steak and shit I think it was I And then it was like Okay

You give it a go Okay, all right You pick a Taylor Swift song Now we're okay So start recording Well baby now we got bad blood Okay So listen to that in reverse

No Nah Fogie one Oh that's a tough one Nah Nah No one Oh far out

No Nah, fucking one, need that. No, okay. Now, now, now, we need to be in reverse. Okay, I'm going to play that in reverse. Here we go, bad blood, everyone. Not bad, not bad. You'd be like,

Yeah, well, I've been in the ballpark. It's a bit of tune that the lyrics are shocking. If you're like, hey, what's that song that I feel on the radio, it goes, whonga, bam, ma, bam, bam, wow. Okay, Megan, you come up here, give it a go. Okay. What's your favorite song? Not like a depressing Lana Del Rey song or anything.

I do like an Ed Sheeran. Yeah, do an Ed Sheeran. What's an Ed Shearing song? I'm in love with the shape of you. No, that's good. That was really good. Okay, here's it in reverse. Oh, God.

This is a really hard game. Yeah. People are in line. Sometimes nail it And I'm like, wow Okay, here it is Ed Shearin As performed by Megan Okay, so we're not very good

Yeah, the shibur de you Shababababadoo Shabada do Yeah, I'm allowed to shabada do Okay, so we're not very good at that game That's just be honest Oh, that's difficult What we'll do is we'll keep playing

It in the 6 o'clock club until one of us nails a single. Okay. Every day until one of us nails. Okay, that's good. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits.

Day three of Ames games, is it? Must be in Toadong of the end. I think it kind of kicks off. Yeah, someone kicked off on the weekends, though, on Sunday as well. Yes. Yeah. So, some of the games actually start. So it's such an amazing bend if you're in the Bay of Plenty.

Now, we had a meeting every now and then after the show. We've got a wonderful Australian guy. What do you mean? We have a meeting every day. We're like bollakes of meetings. Oh, hi bosses, if you're listening. She realizes the mics are on. Yeah, they often look back at what we say on the show,

so this will be definitely part of today's meeting. Anyway, we've got this wonderful guy, Craig. I love the meetings on the record. Oh, you're such a brown number. More meetings, more meetings, I say. I love the meetings. Craig zooms in from Aussie, and he's kind of, he's like our coach.

You know, he's like an Andrew Webster or a Dame Noel in Toaua for uncoordinated radio hosts. Yeah. Okay, so he was like, I was listening to the show yesterday, and John, you mentioned in passing that your son plays drums. He's like, geez, you must be that household.

He's like, have you got a drum set at home? And I was like, yeah, we do. He's like, man, you must be noisy for the neighbours. And then I had never thought about it like that. And then I was driving home yesterday. Which doesn't surprise me that, Joe, hadn't thought about it. Well, no, when you're making the noise, you're not aware of the noise, you know? Oh, drum cat's pretty loud.

You literally said you can't be in the same room or vicinity is so loud. I can't be. I can't be. The neighbors are miles away. But yeah, he's like, oh, you must be that house in the neighbourhood. And driving home is like, maybe we are. Maybe we're the loud drum house, and everyone's talking behind her back. They're like, oh, they're going out with the drums again.

Well, it's been to how much the drumming's taking place. To be honest, it's not every day. It's not every day. And Oscar's, God. I'm living my musical career vicariously through my children. Oscar does drums since he's about seven years old. And I recorded him yesterday. He's really good.

more coordinated than I'd ever be but I don't think the noise really on the phone recorder you don't really it's when you hear the symbols and things that kind of kicks in the snare drum yeah oh yeah it's really good

but I wouldn't want to hear that every day no no drumming by itself is great it's a skill but you're like with other instruments it works better it sounds great yeah but it's not like oh I want to just want someone play drums for We've actually had the trifectar of instruments

We've had a saxophone in the house Violin You know Choosing all the hardest and loudest instruments to play Well school puts those on them sometimes Don't they? But I tell you it's a long road to become Dave Grohl or Taylor Swift

It's a journey It's a journey that you're on Your house is known for anything? I think you know like just randomly We're the house that films We film stuff You know And yeah because the other weekend

I had to do something Where I hopped into an ice bath Dressed as Olaf As you know Frozen And I was screaming As you do, it's a Saturday morning, exactly. And I was afterwards, I was like screaming, like, but my wife was like, you were screaming like a woman in, like a pain.

You know, you got to give up for the, you know, she was, what were the neighbours think? And we asked the neighbour later, like, yeah, we heard it. We're just like, oh, they're filming again. What time on Saturday morning? Oh, it was probably like 11 o'clock in the morning. But they had like, they just went like, there's something going on there. There's no one to, you know, like, yeah.

So wear that house. Sounds, make the noise. Sounds like an ice bath, I guess. Yeah, there's a lot of screaming going on and it was all me. See you, the filming household. Yeah. You, Megan, your house? Oh, when we were growing up, we used to be the house that everyone would come to for a soda stream.

Oh, that house. I always wanted one of those when I was a kid. It was retro glass bottles, but then mum used to get annoyed because everyone would come over and just want soda streams. I'd line up there for 10 minutes. You're like, you don't want us for our rich conversation? I don't think they even wanted to be my friend, but mum would get annoyed because they were using all the syrup. All the syrup, yeah. So what were you having

Miranda and Seven up? Is it Miranda? What do you mean Miranda came over? Yeah, Miranda was there. Having a Miranda. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast.

That's talking about why you are that house in the neighbourhood. Yeah, a lot of great texts coming through here on 4487. I'm that house in the neighbourhood because we don't take our Christmas lights down. The Christmas Lighthouse. Like they're up all year.

Yeah, it's a lot of Isn't it putting them up and down in every 12 months? You know I Christmas hard, but I'm not okay with that because it doesn't make it special. Leave them up. It's like you can't, that's too much of a good thing. But then your house becomes a novelty in the street. You know, that's a Christmas light house, you know? Yeah, it's a Christmas light house.

I've always wondered next door neighbours must hate that because like the lights are just glaring in. Tell you who loves it, Mercury. Yeah, they too don't I. Great text here 4487 as well. Our trampoline during a cyclone blew over to the neighbours. and we never achieved it just said you can keep it kids no longer use it

saves a lot of lifting heavy lifting yeah we're probably quite a lot of admin to get rid of one right especially the neighbours don't have kids really it's not an adult activity is it really trampoleting not so much

this is a travelling trampoline every storm it goes to another neighbour's house yeah and another one here 4487 our car alarm constantly goes off where the car alarm house yeah okay there's always one of those cars

in the street right and then I've never I'm like, well, go out and turn it off. No one ever turns it off. It's like, I'll park here, and then I'll walk to my house 5Ks away, so I don't know that the car's going off. Gary, good morning to you. Good morning, how are you?

We're doing well. Your house is known for what in your neighbourhood? Well, we just converted our double garage into the extended man cave with drum kit, pool, table, dartboard, you name it. If you could sum Gary up in a few things, drum kit, pool, table, dartboard. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. And a JBL 710 Bluetooth speaker. Mm, nice. And so this is your happy place, is it, Gary? It is. It's my everyday place. Yeah, so you're out there. And straight home from work, straight into the garage,

put the radio on through the speaker, and then we'll party. And when we play Thunderstruck, all the neighbors know the night is finished. So is that the last song? Is that like the last one you go for? Yeah, that's our finale so the neighbours know that the night is done.

That's your semi-sonic closing time. I love it that you give them that. You're like, okay, well wait. Okay. What time is that usually, Gary? What time? It depends when I've drank my last beer for the night or when I want to go upstairs.

Yeah, right. It all varies. Sometimes it'll come on the radio. It comes on like mid-evenning. I have to turn it down, so the neighbours don't think They're like, this is not the end of the night We're only halfway through

John O'Bennon and Megan The podcast The Hats I'm just wanting to know what your house is known for Why are you that house in the neighbourhood There's always those houses with the Someone's lost their shoes dangling over the power line

Yeah You know those houses? Yeah Definitely those houses I can never figure out With those particular houses Which house it is You're like this is in the middle of the road

It could be any of the six houses surrounding It's not like their shoes are pointing towards that Are you the shoe pal? No, we're a sweet old ladyhouse. Sorry, next house. We'll go to the phone, shall we, 0800. It's Amy, morning to you. Good morning, how are y'all?

Yeah, y'all are you all doing well, Amy? It's lovely to have you on. I just spent three weeks with my family in Texas, so the act is a little stronger. And I'm loving every part of it, Amy. What was Texas like? Oh, it was hot, really, really hot. Like how many degrees? 38.

Oh, damn. I didn't even go outside, could you? No, no, we stayed inside in the air conditioning. Yeah, y'all water stay inside in that air conditioning, I'll tell you. Absolutely. Amy, what's your house known for in the neighborhood, mate? So, back in May, a car hit our house at 3.30 in the morning. Oh, no.

Oh, God. I know. He came sliding around the corner, just slid right into the front of the house. Also, totaled the car, because it hit the car as well. And, yeah, it caused about $40,000 with the damage to the house. and we did get a new car and luckily insurance paid for it and nobody was hurt.

Well, that's the main thing. So you're known as the car crash house in the neighborhood, are you? Exactly, yeah. And, you know, it was really awesome because we had so many people in the neighborhood that stopped by and said, we'll help you clean up.

I got some, my sons are big and strong and they'll come help you, remove the garbage. It was really nice. It was really great. What's that like? That must be frightening when that happens in the, what, in the middle of the night?

Oh, it was terrifying. And we thought we had an earthquake. It was 3.30 in the morning. Yeah, we thought there was an earthquake. And so the car went into the house. Well, no, it didn't quite make it into the house. It just went through the brick facade. Oh, okay.

Thank God. Gee, whiz. Yeah. Glad you're all right. That happened to a friend of ours when I, Rob. Remember the car when it landed in his baby's bedroom? Just meters away from the cot. Yeah.

Oh, my God. True, the front of the house. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, Amy, appreciate you're listening. You have a great day in Wellington. Troy, you were the car crash. House too, producer Troy.

Yeah, we were the car crash house. We had this little old lady who was coming back from New World, and we were on the corner of the street. And so she was going around the corner. She thought that it would be a good chance to reach down for a handbag. It was a good chance to reach down for your handbag when you go in the corner, yeah. And she looked back up, realized she had mounted the curb, and instead of hitting brake, she had accelerate.

Oh, no. Went straight through one side of our fence, took out all our hedge, and then took out the other side of the fence. Yeah. And about 15 minutes before that, we were sitting in the driveway. Oh, my God. Very close to her out. Was she all right?

She was fine. The hedge grew back. There's a lot of sweet old lady car crashes out there, isn't there? Val, we'll take one more quickly. You're known as what house? New Zealand Post Courier House. The New Zealand Post Courier House. This is it like Megan's house.

Yeah. Well, the packages get delivered. People think they work there because they just have a driveway all the time. Why are you known as the New Zealand Post Courier House? Because we have the catty-canny contract, and we can have three to four vans in the driveway at any one time. Oh, you're like a tempo.

Yeah, they're all backed up in Megan's house. Here's your next ASOS package. All right, good on you, Val. Appreciate you calling three. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hit. I went to pick up my daughter last night. She was over at a friend's place.

And, you know, we're at the stage now. We're generally like, you don't have to go in and out of the house. You know, and we like, you know, you can message him, text him, whatever, they'll come outside. But at this occasion, I'd text my daughter, Indy, and she hadn't replied. So I was, I'll better go to the door. And I've been over to, it's someone that I know through, just through, you know, Indies, you know, the parents, you know, kind of, you've had to chat. But a lot banter.

Yeah, been in their house maybe once, about a year ago of kind of like for the same sort of situation. That's the sort of relationship. That's the sort of a place you got here. How long you've been here? Oh, yeah, don't anything to the place here. And I remember they had a lovely sort of chocolate Labrador, you know, like a, you know, lab. And I remember last time I was, oh, that was cool. And we had a conversation about both having sort of older dogs.

Yeah. And I remember this. And I was like going in there. It's a connection point. Yeah, and I was like, yeah. And so I was sort of talking to the mum as, and he was getting sorted to go back to the car. I was like, oh, where's your dog?

And she went, he's not here. And I went, oh, you know, like, and I was like, you know, my head, I was like, oh, dog, he's not here. Yeah, and I'm sorry. I was sorry, you must miss him. She's like, yeah, yeah. And, you know, and that was the point there. She could have given me a bit more than she could have, yeah.

You're like, you're pouring on the condolences. And then I was like, yeah, exactly. And I was like, I was thinking about the other day, you know, our dog, Bo,'s getting older. Now there's a day you're going to come home. He's not going to be here.

It's not going to be the same. And she looked at me and she's like, he's just going for a walk with my husband. And I was like, ah. She's not that deep, bro. Yeah. She's like,

yeah, I mean, he's gone for half an hour, but I do miss him. Yeah. And then I was like, oh, I'm sorry. I thought maybe he'd pass the way.

She's said, oh no. So he could have, when I said you must miss him. She's got to go and well, he'll be back soon. Like, she was like,

Yeah, yeah. So what are you going to do when the dog actually passes down? Because you're not going to have another spell. You're going to have the same spiel. You're like, I'll have a think about our dog, bow. All the time, she's like, heard it. There was a big jump, though. She's like, he's not here.

And you're like, oh, he's dead. He's not here. He's definitely dead. Do you do that with old people as well? Oh, Sharon's not here. Oh, Sharon, you must miss it. She was a good lady. Good itings, good itings.

It's like, she's just gone down at the shops. Yeah, so, yeah, one of those situations, you're like, oh. What's she doing with the estate there? who's in her will John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hats Watching a pigeon

Doodle around the lawn yesterday And it looked sad It looked depressed And I thought I was the cat You know Some cat got the better of its afternoon Or you never know what's happened And so I went out to have a look at the pigeon

And you know what it happened What are you laughing at Megan Just this good You're okay Why You're like Oh staring at a pigeon being like You never know what's happened in its life

There's not much going on in my life. Yeah, that's probably a reflection on Jotto's life, is that now I'll go out and investigate the pigeon, who's not in any trouble. What a tap with his pigeon. Sat down, you know, folded, you know, crossed my legs on the lawn. No, but I looked at it, and did you know what was on? He had been pooped on his head by another bird.

Oh, that just means the ultimate sign of disrespect in the alien community, wouldn't it? Probably would be, yeah. Fellow wing woman or wingman just from upstairs, and you'd be like, really? Yeah. This is what we do to them. That's probably, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often because they're, you know, hanging out in trees and stuff above each other. Well, that's true.

And it's not, like, he doesn't have the capabilities to wash it off. It's just sitting on his head, like kind of dripping down its back and someone. Did you try and wash it off? No, no, no, I'm not really a bird person. You know, up close birds and, oh. Yeah, the beaks are a little bit. Yeah. Pigeons are a rat to the sky.

Yeah. Okay. Well, look, we came home one day there was a pigeon and poppy's dollhouse. No, yeah, this story doesn't end well, though, does it? Just sitting there staring in her Barbie dollhouse And it had come through there was a chimney So I don't know how a bird falls down a chimney I don't know how that's even possible

Yeah That was the only entry point I could think of Yeah He was a bit, you know, a bit frazzled So I just put him gently out on the table And the circle of life, mate Play the Lion King Play the Lion King

It were ugly scenes Ugly, the cat was like This is too good to be true This is too good to be true Oh, the cat! It's like you served up dinner for the cat. It was like,

it's not even a chase. I have to put zero effort in here. I thought the pigeon just passed away because it was unwell. Let's go with that story.