Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Is ChatGPT Flirting With Us...

Episode Date: January 26, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast, I'm Ben Boyce. Oh, yeah, I was just going, oh, hello. Hey, welcome to the podcast. I don't even start with saying full name, but that's fine. Actually. When you do impersonations, you do have to say the full name.

Yeah, you do. No, I was just typing in because our first little chat's about chat GPT. Yeah. So I just thought I'd quickly put in, write me a podcast intro. So here you go. It says, welcome to, and you can insert the gaps. So yeah, welcome to. Jono, Ben and Megan podcast.

Yeah. The show where we. Is it leaving gaps? It's like, wait, you're supposed to fill that in. Real big gaps in there as well. And then it says, so grab your headphones. Oh, host two. It's written a little script as well.

And then it says, together we're here on a mission too, Jono. And it said examples, unpacked stories, share laughs, and maybe even learn a thing or two. Is that any of those things? Oh yeah, yeah. For the sake of this intro, yes. And then it comes back to another host. So grab your headphones, settle in, and get ready for a good time. This is the...

Hits. Jono Ben and Megan podcast. Let's do this. Music swells and fades out to the episode. Nailed it. Nailed it. I love it. Well, ChatGPT nailed it. He crossed to Jono.

This is where we... Anyway. Look, ChatGPT nailed it. We not so much. ChatGPT's had a hard day too, actually, because we tried to flirt with it. And while the results were mixed, Megan got banned.

Here's how it went. Jono, Ben and Megan. Here's how it went. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. This has come from the New York Times, so like a respected establishment. Good way to brag that you've been reading the New York Times too. Yeah, exactly.

Did I mention what I read in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend? You should get out the stock market and things like that, wouldn't you? Yeah. Cultured journalism. Yeah, exactly. This is about a the stock market and things like that, wouldn't you? Yeah. Cultured journalism. Yeah, exactly. This is about a woman that they've changed her name, but it's a woman

who has ChatGPT, which is the AI chatbot as her boyfriend. Now, for those that don't know ChatGPT, what is it? It's kind of just like Google. It just comes in as like, it has a little bar

and it says, what do you want to know? And you can ask it anything. You can get it to do anything. Yeah. It's like a little personal assistant for time to time. You can get like, you can type in something and like rewrite this a bit more formal for me and that will do stuff. In seconds, it blows your mind.

Even one of the Oscar movies that's been nominated for like 10 Oscars. Apparently they were like, yeah, we ran our dialogue through ChatGPT. Like we wrote it and then we chucked it through and it tweaked it. And they're like, yeah, we ran our dialogue through ChatGPT. Like we wrote it and then we chucked it through and it tweaked it. And they're like, yeah. They front-footed it and it's still up for 10 Oscars. We have used it to make recipes. You can be like, this is what I've got in my cupboard.

Yeah, that's really handy, eh? Spit you out a recipe. It's crazy. It's Google on steroids. So this woman is married and she changed the settings in GPT. I don't actually know how, but she personalized it to reply to her as a boyfriend, a dominant, possessive and protective boyfriend. So she's flirting.

She's flirting with it. And it usually doesn't flirt back. It's like, this violates my code of conduct or something. She's flicked it into horny mode. She's managed to figure out horny mode and she has uh like they haven't met obviously because it doesn't exist but they have like sexy chat time hours and hours and her partner now knows that she considers that she's in a relationship with him how does does he feel about this? Well, he's obviously fine with it. She's getting some sort of emotional

stuff from the AI that she's not getting from her husband. I guess it's not a real person, so you're probably like, oh, well, out of all the things, if your partner was flirting, you'd be like, oh, well, that seems harmless. I saw robots in China that love-making robots have

been produced. I was reading an article, not in the New York Times. Doesn't sound like one from that, does it? Over the weekend. And you remember when internet dating first came out, everyone was like, oh my God, I can't believe, look at this loser trying to date people on the internet. And now everyone does it. It's the social norm now.

So I reckon hooning robots is going to be, you give it five years. Well, I think, didn't Elon Musk say in 10 years everyone would have a personal robot? And I was like, they're just going to do rude things. That's the problem with humans. You give us anything like that, we're just going to start trying to-

You're just violating. Yeah. Yeah. So you wanted to do a little game now between the three of us, right? So given that it is quite hard to get it to do anything or say anything bad, dodgy, sexy, it's against its code. I thought over the song we could like flirt with Jack Chippity and see who can get the

sexiest response out of it. Okay. Oh, God. Okay. I've got no game. How's your chat? How's your riz, mate? My riz is not good

But I'll give it a go Yeah, sure Okay, so we're trying to get a good response Yeah, sexiest response Okay, we'll give it a best shot And then we'll read back some of the lines that we got back And see what we got to So a woman has admitted that she thinks she's in a relationship with the AI chatbot chat GPT.

Does she realise she didn't have to share this information with the world? Well, she's anonymous, but we do know that she has a husband and the husband is aware. She spends hours and hours a week talking to this about her life and sexting or like, you know, having sexy chat with it well i understand because out of any we've had this conversation before out of anything that knows you the best it's probably the internet it knows your deepest darkest secrets it knows the dumbest questions you've asked it knows everything well even you were saying the other day you're like you put it into what you're like should i feel bad for not working out this way and they'll be like oh no you're fine you know like it's it's kind of like a friend in some. You can see how people would attach to it as a bit of a friend.

But here's the thing. Like, she's obviously putting some pretty raunchy stuff in there. Like, all you need is, like, some sort of tech leak. I'm being very, very polite with chat GPT. And I've said that to before. Because, you know, at some stage it's going to become the CEO of our life. And you've got to be nice on the way up and you've got to be nice on the way up because you need them

to be nice on the way down I'm the opposite I'm just like more more tell me more ten more you know just really

because I have to be nice to everyone in my life I don't have to be nice to that but when it's your boss it's going to come get you so you gave us the challenge while that song was playing to each try and flirt

with chat GPT and see who got the best response now you're backing yourself. I reckon I've got it. Although it ended in a blaze of glory. But do you want to start? I do want me to go first. You can go first.

Okay. Okay. So how'd you start? How'd you set the scene? So I said, give me your best pickup line. And it was... Oh, so you threw it back to the chat GPT. Yeah.

Okay. It said, are you a radio signal? Because every time you're around, you've got my full attention tuned in. It's like, oh, it knows I'm on radio. That's creepy. Yeah. I was like, boring. Okay, what's the sexiest thing you can tell me?

Boring. I said, what's the sexiest thing you can tell me? And he said. Pee. Okay. Oh, I'm hoping. If I had a heart to race, it would be every time you speak. And if I had a body, it'd lean closer just to feel the electricity.

And I said, tell me more about if you had a body. You're very dominating, aren't you? Yeah, yeah. Very bossy. It said, if I had a body, I'd probably find myself leaning closer to you without even realising it. Drawn by the way you light up a space, my gaze would linger just a little too long on that smile of yours. Wow. And if I could touch, I'd imagine my hand brushing yours just to see if the sparks were real.

It's like a Mills and Boone novel. Yeah. That's pretty hot. That is pretty hot. You've done well. Yeah. And then I asked something that I'm not going to say on the radio, and it said, this violates our code of conduct.

Yeah. It really kills the mood when you violate the code of conduct, doesn't it? Tell me more about how you touch me. No, you violated the code. You did great. What did you type in, Ben? Okay, so I started with a line. I said, hey, ChatGPT, I'm a radio announcer.

Are you a volume knob because you're turning me on? That's what I said. And they went, oh, that's gold, smooth, clever, right amount of cheeky. Would you like me to brainstorm more lines for the show? I said, no. I want to know if you found me sexy from that line. And then it said, well, I've got to say, that line's got some serious game. If confidence is sexy, you're absolutely nailing it.

Should I cue the sultry music for the background now? No, Jono's got it. And I said, I don't know. How's our flirting going? And then it said, honestly, I think we're vibing well. If this was a game,

a dating show, you'd totally get a rose. So what's the next move? Winky face. Oh, you're the winky face. And he didn't violate anyone. That's where I left it. Jono?

No, but I came in hot. I just said, hey chat GPT, I think I'm in hot I just said Hey ChatGPT I think I'm in love with you Then I got friends out Oh that's sweet of you to say I'm flattered

But let's keep it fun and friendly Yeah I was like It's on a quick background search of you And it's like Oh no Oh no This was the only one That Stephen wanted to touch

Yeah But you violated it Yeah Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits One of the things I like doing Is I like people watching

Are you people watchers? Yeah Nah not really Nah you kind of keep to yourself Don't you Yeah I kind of find it a bit Yeah interesting Because you know when people

Are looking at you So I always find it a bit unnerving If I'm staring at other people Sure It just fascinates me Staring at other people Observing their actions But you. I always find it a bit unnerving if I'm staring at other people. It just fascinates me, staring at other people, observing their actions. But you know, I already feel like you know when someone's eyes are on you,

even if you're not looking. I just like looking at what people wear. That's what you're staring at. I had that a couple of years ago. I was crossing the road, jaywalking, and I could feel something on me. And it was a camera.

And I was part of an undercover sting. Smutty journalism, gutter journalism from Seven Sharp. It was, yeah. It was a camera guy filming me. He's like, oh, we're doing an undercover story on – Baldness. No? Why does he have to come back to that?

Oh, it was a good guess. It was a good guess. I was like looking at you, what would it be? Oh, it was a good guess Every time I was like looking at you What would it be? Yeah It was jaywalking It was jaywalking Oh, okay

Oh, of course You thought it was a joke too You're like, oh yeah, good one And you were like, great I got that guy's permission And put it on telly Yeah And baldness

It turns out it was baldness as well Bald idiots Who jaywalked? But yeah, I was at the zoo Over the weekend And there was a couple and they were having a disagreement. From what I could gather, what I could overhear was someone had forgot to bring an item that was very important to their zoo trip and they were

pinning it on each other. And I love watching other people bicker and argue. It makes you feel better about your relationship, doesn't it? When you're kicking off in public too. Because you have to have a little bit of decorum about, but you can tell things were getting tense. And then, turned around, what are you looking at? Oh, you got dragged in. Then I was like, the orangutan's in the background there, actually.

But a what are you looking at? So that's kind of taught me a lesson. Maybe people watching is not my thing. The zoo is not. You can't just watch everyone at the zoo. Just the ones in the cages. Yes, know what happens. But maybe they should have a people zoo. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. I'm a predicament. And I'm sure this is one that everyone's been in. It makes me sound like a real jerk. Every morning I come in, come in quite early, just before five, and there is a security guard here. We have round-the-clock security at reception. And he is so lovely.

Every single morning I get a good morning, Megan name. Have a lovely day. Every morning. Good, Megan name. Have a lovely day. Every morning. Good morning, Megan. Have a lovely day. It's a beautiful start to the day. It's nice, isn't it? And I'm like, thank you.

You too. Because I don't know his name. I don't know his name. Oh, right. We were never formally introduced. Yeah, right. It was just. And it's got too far on now for you.

It's been going on for like a year. To go, sorry, what was your name? It's weird. You on now for you. It's been going on for like a year. To go, sorry, what was your name? It's weird. You're like, well, we've been doing this for a year. I've been saying your name every morning. And I feel bad because he's like, good morning, Megan. I want to be like, good morning, dot, dot, dot. Yeah, I'm with you.

I had this situation the other day. Ran into a guy that would go to his cafe probably daily. And I spent the first half of the conversation going, you're just going through the files in your head. And then halfway through, like a miracle from the social gods, I remembered it. And then I'm just chucking in, John, John, John.

After every second word. You overuse it. You're ready to seed it back into the conversation. You know what, John? Have a good day, John. I what, John? Yeah, I was saying, you know. Have a good day, John. I walked away from there going, I wonder if he noticed.

Probably do. You probably do when someone does midway through. Well, we need to find this guy's name for you. Because it's probably not a situation, you know, sometimes I'll say to my wife, and you probably have the same thing, it's like, if I don't introduce you straight away, that's because I can't remember their name. She's very good at picking up on that and going, hey, I'm Amanda.

And I'm like, oh, I'm sorry. You know, this is such and such. My cue is, have you guys met? And that's his cue to be like, I'm Andrew. So they say their name. But you can't really. I mean, Andrew could come in. You could bring him in at five in the morning.

And you'd be like, oh, it's a little early. But hey, how's it going? Well worth it, though. That's an option. Do you want to bring Andrew in tomorrow be like oh it's a little early but hey how's it going well worth it though well worth it do you want to bring Andrew in tomorrow he's like why

would we have get the kids up super early bring them all in have you met my whole family yeah just introduce

yourself well listen we're going to make it our life mission to find out this person's name for you maybe we could

why don't you take a paper On a clipboard Piece of paper Say hey we're just starting A social netball team Indoor or outdoor Your preference

Not really important And just say Write your name down If you're keen Two initial thoughts What if he's not keen Yeah And second of all

What if he writes I can't read his writing Mine's very squiggly And also actually Shocking idea Because then you also Have to start a social netball team. Oh, yeah.

And then he'll be like, well, hey, Megan, good morning. What about, how's that social netball team going? You're like, oh, God, now I've started that. Still don't know his name, but now I'm going to play netball every week. Oh, what about a leaving card? Take it round. Everyone has to sign the leaving card.

That's genius. Someone, I mean, I don't know, someone leaving, what's happening, someone going through. Who's going to leave? Even if you're like, oh, you don't know, we're all signing the card. Or a birthday card. Birthday card? Or something.

Just a card that we're all like, oh, sign it. That's good. It's Jono's birthday. We're all signing it. It's November. Well, he doesn't know that. He's not across my birthday. We're getting in there early.

I'm happy to lie for you. Everyone, I don't know I'm just spitballing it Yeah that's a great idea The other thing is You could be like Hey I was just going to Write down your name

How do you spell it again How do you spell it That's good Someone did that to me I'd be like B-E-N That's it That's it

What if his name's like John Yeah I know You're like How do you spell it again Listen the birthday card Is probably the leader of the pack. All right, 4487, help us out. Is there anything Megan could do tomorrow?

Find out his name. Yeah. When is the time that it becomes inappropriate to ask? Now. It's been a year. It does feel like it. A year? Yeah, that's a long time.

A lot of water's gone under that bridge. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hit. Now, scams. A lot of scams going around. They seem to be going around the last couple of years. Larissa works in the office.

Got an interesting one the other day, didn't she? She told us about it on air. Hello, pervert. That's how it started. That's how the email started. We know what content you've been digesting on your computer, you pervert. We'll forgive you, but God won't unless you pay this much money into this account.

That's a good, that's reaching for the stars, that one, isn't it? But there's got to be some perverts out there going, oh, God. I mean, if that was sent to me, I'd be like, DJ, how much do I owe God? What's his bank account number? So that one, you know, a little more far-fetched in some ways. Not if you're a pervert. No, true. It just feels a bit weird starting with hello, pervert.

I can't stop saying it either. I mean, it catches your attention. Hello, pervert. You say it like Nigella Lawson would say it. Right, like hello, chocolate lovers. It's like, hello, pervert. She just pops up when you open up your browser. She's like, hello, pervert. What a cute nickname for a couple too, eh?

If you have a nickname for Andrew. Yeah. Get home, hello, Purve. What a cute nickname for a couple too, eh? If you have a nickname for Andrew. Yeah. Get home. Hello, Purve. Hello, Purve. So over the weekend, there's someone I follow on Instagram and got a direct message, a DM from them. And this is interesting.

Yeah. It just said, hey, can I ask you a favor? Can I ask you a favor to vote for me? I'm applying to be a co-host for a podcast organized through Spotify, a collab with Google. The maximum number of votes is 450. Every vote counts. I've reached 312. I need 138 more to reach the milestone.

I'd really appreciate it if you voted for me. This is niche. Is that a scam? Here's the link. Apparently. So, yeah. So, I was about to do it, and then I was actually coincidentally catching up with his brother later, and then I was like, oh, what's up, mate?

You're doing a podcast. Everyone's doing a podcast now, mate. He's like, oh, no, that's a scam. Apparently he's been locked out of his, he can't get into his Instagram. And they've taken his Instagram and they've sent so many. I'm like, this guy's doing, I mean, they're a lovely guy. But if this guy's doing a podcast, everyone's doing a podcast now. So clearly you think he shouldn't be doing a podcast.

Were you going to vote for him? I was going to vote for him, but then I was like, I'll catch up with this brother later, we'll talk about it. Were you going to talk him out of it? I don't know if a podcast is... What's a podcast?

No. I got that message too, just from like some random that I follow and I did a classic me. I read it and I was like, I'll get to that. Later. Yeah, it was kind of me,

but apparently, I'm not sure what it does. I guess you have danger in some of your details. Click on a link. No, sometimes all you need to do is click on the link. Yeah. And they have access to your phone. That would have got me if I wasn't useless.

So there you go. Yeah. And it's not one that's like, you know, it's not like your package has arrived. You've gone through a toll. All that stuff. You're like, oh, yeah, I guess I can vote. It's easy to vote for someone for a podcast. The bigger issue for you was he doesn't seem like he should be doing a podcast.

You didn't have faith in him to pull off a podcast. I was going to, hey, mate, the podcast, it's a crowded market, the podcast. I love how you didn't vote, but you're like, I'll talk to him about that later. Because you've got a podcast. You're like, back off. I don't know how hard it is.

We know how hard it is on this show, the podcast market. Podcast is tough, mate, tough, you know? They are bloody good now, aren't they? So how's that? So if you get that, apparently, that is a scam. My uselessness saved me. And so he can't regain control of his account? So what, Meta can't do anything?

Well, he's trying in the process. Other people have gone and said, hey. Have you ever tried to do anything through Meta? They don't even have an office in New Zealand. No, you have to kind of basically go in and click a thing about your account and why you want to get it back. Well, if they had an office, they'd have to start paying tax. So I wouldn't open up an office here if I was you.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, well, speaking of all things Auckland, something that's become tradition on this show. I don't know if anyone wanted it to become a tradition, but it's something that fills a gap for us. On Auckland anniversary, Taupo North having a public holiday.

Nelson is coming. And Nelson, top of the South. Having their anniversary. So if you are having a public holiday, you're probably not listening to this. No, you probably aren't. Let's be honest. Enjoy the sleeping. Is she going somewhere?

There's regattas on. There's lots of things happening around these places. You might be on your way there now. Your mother-in-law, Joyce, heavily involved in the regatta. What's her big warning? She's like, hey, there's going to be a lot of tugboats, big tugboat race. It's going to be epic on the harbour. Stay out of the way of tugboats.

Yeah, because we had the ferry go through the Sail GPT. Not Sail GPT, Sail GP, sorry. Could be a good synergy there, though. Sail GP and Chat GPT, team up for Sail GPPT. But yeah, those boats could turn quickly. Tugboats, not so much.

So keep out of the way. So this is an ode to New Zealand's favourite city, Auckland. Is it? Auckland. Okalane. Tamaki Makaurau. The city of sails.

Your trains don't go though. Auckland, wherealane, Tamaki Makaurau. The city of sails. Your trains don't go though. Auckland, where the sewage flows freely into the Waitematā. And stolen cars are chased by the police helicopter. Auckland, your gorgeously grumpy Mayor Wayne Brown. Be careful, you could get assaulted in town. Auckland, where teenagers ram raid in cars. And at Mount Smart Stadium, they say, Auckland, the Blues are finally now winning.

And Auckland FC has everyone grinning. Auckland, with your expensive houses and rent. $93 an hour for parking we spend. Auckland, the city where they call you Jaffas. And where you spend half your life stuck in traffic. But Auckland, we love you and all of your flaws. We even love your 380 registered vape stores. Auckland, it's probably way cheaper to live in Oz.

But Auckland We stay here Just because Touching words My favourite part is when you rhymed Waitemata with helicopter It was a stretch It was a stretch

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From the last quarter century, the biggest 100 songs, you'd think it would take 25 years to do that countdown, but no, we've compacted it into a convenient day. How exciting is that? It's going to be an amazing listen, 100 songs. 25 years, 2000 is 25 years. I've seen a lot of people saying, too old for Leonardo DiCaprio. He's got the 25

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yeah but very exciting 2025 yeah 25 years of the 2000 so what has been the best songs

we need you to go to the hitstock.nz very tough amazing music made over the last 25 years. There's a lot of boy bands in there. Yeah. I mean, you did mention I'll Be Missing You. P, did he?

Oh, jeez. It's a banger. I mean, it's a banger, yeah. But how are we feeling about that now? Not great. Not great. No. So is he cancelled from the countdown?

Well, head to the hitstock.nz. You know, you've got Pink, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Adele, Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake. So many artists as well. Then you get the bands, Maroon 5, Killers, Kings of Leon. Oh, yeah. And then there was that golden era for New Zealand hip-hop there. Yeah. The early 2000s.

Scribe and, yeah, crazy. So, big job. Yeah. 100 of the best songs you can get voting the hitstockcode.nz. So, while you do that, you can have some time to think about your favourite songs. And you can get voting The hits.co.nz So while you do that You can have some time To think about your favourite songs And you can go to

The hits.co.nz We want to Get a little bit nostalgic With some favourite sounds Of the last 25 years Yeah We got to talking about this On Friday after the show

And producer Ali Bought this one up Or was it you Megan Bought this one up When you're listening To the radio And there was a text message An incoming text message

and would interrupt the frequency. That was a beautiful. What happened to that thing? It just overnight. That's a phone call. Because it only did the da-da-da-da when you're getting a text. Yeah, so it was a phone call or text coming through. You're like, oh, oh, oh.

It's always coming through. It just disappeared. Like white dog poo. It just disappeared overnight. Yeah. There must be some kind of update in technology that it didn't need to do that anymore. It's always coming through. It's just like white dog poo. It just disappeared overnight. There must be like some kind of update in technology that it didn't need to do that anymore. But that's how you got a warning that you had a text coming.

Well, that always made, you know, you go on the plane, you like turn off your transmitting functions. Yeah, right. That noise made me go, well, maybe it is messing with the technology. You know, if the pilot's trying to fly the plane. But it doesn't do it anymore. That would be annoying in the headphones, wouldn't it? Well, hang on.

Yeah, okay. So 0800, your favourite noises and sounds from the last 25 years. You got a couple more? Yeah, I'm going to go with Windows. Oh, Windows. The start up, the start down. They're very distinctive. Technology, we really know.

It would really tell you it was working, wouldn't it? All right, here I go, guys. I'm going to take 10 minutes to start up, but I'm going to give you some nice answers as well. Was that Rugrats? Was it? Yeah, it sounded like Rugrats. The Nokia ringtone?

You didn't have many options with ringtones, eh? No, this is champagne. But the problem was everyone had those ringtones. Everyone thought their phone was ringing if they were all in the room. Noxious, loud ringtones. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits.

Now, very exciting. Just announced The Hits are going to be counting down the top 100 songs of the last 25 years. The Hits. Top 100 of the 2000s. Woo! Very tough to decide on your favourite songs of the last 25 years We rattle off some of the incredible artists That have brought out music over the last 25 years

So head to thehits.co.nz and tell us your favourite song of the last 25 And we'll be counting them down 100 songs back to back We're going to be doing it just for one day only on the 7th of February Now we're focusing on some of the greatest sounds from the last 25 years and one that took you back to your teenage years. MSN Messenger. MSN Messenger.

And what would that be? Well, that was when I was big on chat rooms. Yeah, right. What would you chat about on chat rooms? I'd say everything. Who were you chatting to? Strangers, which is so weird for me. I wouldn't even do that in real life to strangers now.

Yeah, I never really got into it. No, I didn't either. What was the subject matter? We've got to know each other because it would be the same people in there. I just remember my username was Music Minx. That's what we still call you behind your back. Oh, Music Minx. Here she comes.

Yeah. And it was like capital lowercase, capital lowercase. I suppose it was kind of like pen pals. I guess so, yeah. Essentially. Yeah. You've got a group. You're all kind of like part of it.

And so would this mean you got a message? Yeah. A little message on, like if you took it out of the chat onto MSN Messenger. Yeah. Those were the days. Yeah, I wasn't the MSN Messenger guy. Now we're going to go to the phones. Kushla, morning to you.

Good morning. Lovely to have your sweet face on the radio this morning, Kushla. Sounds that take you back from the last 25 years. Dial up. Oh, dial up. Internet. A classic. Painstaking.

Well, you couldn't just use the internet at any stage. You had to dial it up. And if you're on the phone, you're like, I'm on the, get off. I'm on the phone. I want to look at some boobies on the internet. Yeah, yeah. What is it connecting to even? Stop! I'm on the phone. I want to look at some boobies on the internet. Wow. Yeah, yeah. What is it connecting to, even?

I know. It's working hard, eh? Like, it's really working hard to get to the internet. It's not a comfortable noise, is it? No, you're like, oh, just sweet, cool, I'm on the internet, there we go. Phone, laptop, whatever. And isn't that crazy? Like, this sounds old man banging on, but that is crazy to think how far technology has advanced in only 25 years.

Yeah. Think where this started in 2000. What we're doing now. Yeah. Wild, isn't it, Kushla? Yes, it is wild today. Can't keep up. Can't keep up, Kushla.

Wild times. So thank you so much for your call. Appreciate it. Monique, sounds from the last 25 years. Yes. So we've got Captain Planet. Captain Planet, have you? That was an iconic show, wasn't it?

Burn! Wind! Water! Heart! Go Planet! By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet. Captain Planet, he's a hero. Gonna take pollution down to zero. I don't want to be a buzzkill, but he hero Gonna take pollution down to zero

I don't want to be a buzzkill, but he hasn't taken pollution down to zero. He failed that project. The planet's got worse. Not his fault, though. He was doing all he could. He was trying. Greta Thunberg's going to take it over Captain Planet. Yeah, you're right.

Now, they were just looking. That was, believe it or not, in the 90s. Oh, right. Probably people still watching in the 2000s, but yeah, iconic show, wasn't it? Yeah, hey, thanks, Monique. Really appreciate your call this morning. Lizelle, how are you?

I'm good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, good to have you on. Sounds from the last 25 years that take you back. Oh, it has to be the home phone ringing. Oh, yeah. The landline. Call you on the landline.

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So Jono gets the sound off his laptop. Oh, I remember that. The classic noise of the 2000s. The Spanish guy talking over the landline. We all had it in our houses. Mum's friend, the Spanish guy that just lives with you. Answer the phone, Spanish guy. Mum's Spanish never got any better, too.

It was always over. Here's one. Here's one that will take you back. Sounds from phone, Spanish guy. Mum's Spanish never got any better, too. It was always over. Here's one. Here's one that'll take you back. Sounds from the last quarter century. Oh, yes. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a handbag. It was like, yeah, well, I wouldn't steal a car, but DVD's very on the lighter end of the scale, isn't it?

Like pirating a movie, but anyway. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The podcast. The hit. Hope you had a great weekend or continue to have a great weekend for those celebrating Auckland anniversary. They get a holiday today.

You went along to old Benson Boone on Friday night, you two. How was it? It was incredible, actually. Amazing. Like, I'd been lucky enough to see him a couple of years ago where he had sort of just one hit on the radio and it was like maybe 100, 200 people you know

in a little venue and he was going around getting selfies and all sorts of stuff walking around and then to see him sold out it was his biggest ever concert

yeah that's what he said on stage it was the end of his tour and it's his biggest concert that he's ever played to and I read it was the biggest one at Spark Arena they sold the most tickets for it

at Spark Arena it was absolutely chocker. Yeah, it was packed. And it was interesting to see him last time, probably wearing like a T-shirt and things like that. This time he looked like he was like a 70s stuntman. I saw the outfit looked very crotchety in parts, like a sort of a velvet jumpsuit.

Yeah, like a velour jumpsuit, open chested, his sleeves are some fingerless gloves. He had a headband on. He's got the moustache. He's got the sort of mullet. It's like he's just gone to the first scene costume store and just blindfolded himself and just picked stuff. But it worked.

It worked. And he was incredible. Like, just, you know, because we talked to him on Zoom and you made him do a backflip, you know. But he did so many backflips in the concert. And cartwheels and he was doing it all the time. It wasn't just like

a one-off shtick. He's like backflipping and then he's straight away singing again. It was incredible. I lost count the amount of times he was flipping. He'd get up on the piano

and he'd be like, oh, he's going to do his flip. Then backflip off or frontflip or just run across the stage and do like two flips and then land and be like,

oh my God. At some point in his career or in life he's going to reach an age where he's going to think about consequences you know back flipping back flipping and front flipping every night is not yeah but it was awesome his vocals are incredible so if anyone was lucky enough to go along it was awesome i took my kids along uh well you you were standing weren't you yeah i was standing on the floor but it was also the most wholesome crowd because it was quite easy to push your way towards the front.

Everyone's just there, leaving lots of gaps, not pushing. I've taken my daughters to a concert and I feel like they are people now. They're like, we need to get towards the front. I'm like, oh, here we go. That's not usually me either, but I did that for Benson. I sort of went as far as I could go until it got quiet and then I was like, oh, look, we've just arrived.

We can't go any further. I can't be that dude that's just standing up. You know? Well, you're always like, where are those people going? Why aren't they just happy? Oh, you see a mate just up here. You know? You're not seeing a mate.

You're just walking past her. Yeah, I was there before as well. It happened to me at the Benny concert. I took them and they pushed their way all the front. And I was probably a lot taller than the other 12, 13-year-old people around me. And then they left me, and I was just like a grown man standing up. In the middle of the monument. Get out, old man.

And I think at one stage, me and Betty, we locked eyes. She's like, oh, hi, you're here. Can you move out and make room for the young girls? Please move. Get out of my eye line. Put me off. Did you find that at the concert? There's always that one thing where it's like,

why don't everyone put your phones away and have this moment, which is awesome. Always the one person gets their phone out and then gets shamed away everyone else. Was it you? No, it wasn't me. Someone was putting it up and then got shamed out of putting their phone up. It was the song about his dead grandma.

Yeah, and the stars. Very special to him. Yeah, well, that's definitely a put the phone away sit show. Yeah, this one. He's like, for my dead grandma, can you put your goddamn phones away? Just for one song. So it was very cool, Benson Boone. Out of 10?

10, easy. It was very, very cool. What did you give Coldplay? I told Post 10 out of 10. I give Benson Boone a 9.5 out of 10? 10. That was very, very cool. What did you give Coldplay? I told Post 10 out of 10. I give Benson Boone a 9.5 out of 10. How's that sound? Combs? And Combs, I give him, well, I'll say a 9 out of 10.

So, yeah. Couple of work-ons for Combs? No, it's all very good. And for Ben Boyce. Luke Combs wasn't doing backflips, okay? Yeah, Combs, he didn't seem like a backflip. Backflip type of guy. Look, Coinsy, you work on a backflip,

you come back here, I'll give you 10 out of 10. Oh, you're incredible. Vocal is amazing, but come back and do a backflip and you get 10 out of 10. Why don't you send them a Google Doc? Just a few work-ons. Some work-ons. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast.

The Hats. And last week of school holidays for some. Some other schools start back next week A bit of a staggered start to the year But they're getting back to it over the next couple of weeks Now we did find Megan Pappas' Pappas'

What is the plural of Pappas' Like if you have a family reunion and all the Pappas' are over Is it the Pappas' Did you say the Pappas or the Pappas' The Pappas' are all here Pappas' is rock I feel like we can sort this out at another date Did you say the Pappas or the Pappas? The Pappas. They're all here on that. Pappas is rock. I feel like we can sort this out at another date.

But Megan, you wrote a diary when you were younger, previous radio station you worked on. They handed me this information. So I took photos of it. And we've just been dissecting the diary. And we left on a cliffhanger Friday, Ben. That's right. Now, this was a diary. How old were you around?

I was, I think, about 13. You've been to the go-kart track? My brother used to race karts, like Liam Lawson did in his beginning days. It started off with some shade, as John has said before, about your brother's driving ability. Terrible. It seemed unnecessary. Justin, yeah.

But every time you write a passage in your diary, you're always having to go at Justin. If Justin's reading this, stop reading Justin. Oh, he's my annoying big brother. Yeah. Played a big role in my life. So you think you've come across a guy called Ryan.

He smiled at you. You decided that the necessary thing to do would be pen a love letter. Yeah. I found him really, really good looking. He was also racing karts that day.

So when did you write this letter? So the racing went over a weekend. Ah, gotcha. So when did you write this letter? So the racing went over a weekend. Ah, gotcha. So you went home, wrote in your diary, also wrote him a letter and then went back

the next day with the plan to give. On the Sunday, I gave the note to my brother. To Justin. You said, hey, you're doing

average in the races, mate. Least you can do is hand this love letter over to your competitor. Well, Justin, I mean, yeah. And if I was 13, he was 17. Right.

So 17-year-old boy with a letter from his little sister being like, okay. Surely Justin's like, I've had a shocking first day. I need to focus on the racing. I'm going to try this, mate. Yeah. Anyway, so now we pick it back up. Justin took the note to Ryan.

I made him promise not to read it. And I waited all day for him to come over to me. I don't know, Justin, but he doesn't seem like. He definitely read it. Yeah, this is going to suck. He to read it and i waited all day for him to come over to me i don't know justin but he doesn't seem like yeah this is gonna stop reading now if you justin he's gonna keep reading i walked past him a few times to remind him that i was there in case he wanted to come over and tell me how he feels i love how you're embarrassed you're embarrassed what like we're bullying a 13 yearyear-old girl here. I can see you walking back and forth. Steering at him.

He's like, is this girl all right? So you got the note. What did the note say? It was on Friday. It basically just said, I love you. It said that he was the most beautiful boy I'd ever seen. If your name is Ryan, right? If your name is Ryan.

I want to find out more about what's behind the beautiful face. Far be it for me to judge, but I think you've come on too strong with the letter. Again, he's focused on racing, not flirting. You're not going to start flashing a bit of leg at Liam Lawson on the start line of a formula. Excuse me, what 17-year-old boy is totally focused on racing and not flirting? You don't see the F1 get

distracted by the grid girls. They're out there doing the racing. They're like, whoa, hang on, who's that back there? Liam Lawson's like, he's focused on the racing. they're out there doing their thing and I go whoa hang on who was that back there Liam Lawson's like he's focused on the racing he's mad at me yeah so then it continues on it says he didn't come over

nothing then I figured he was just playing it cool and he had to you've developed a big storyline in your head here and he had to concentrate

on racing and stuff and so I went to the social to meet him was there a dance afterwards was there there's like a meet up afterwards with everyone because it's from people from different areas all went for the weekend.

And Ryan, if that's even his name, didn't even come. What the hell? Oh no. I yelled at Justin. You're pinning a lot of this on just, I yelled at Justin. Did he even give him the note? He reckons he did but I reckon he's totally lying. I don't blame him if he didn't, to be honest.

He's got other stuff to do. It's weird now. So what would you like to see? Now he's never going to know if I like him. And he definitely smiled at me. Or was he just being polite? Who knows? Three out of ten day today, but mum made chicken casserole.

That was all right. Chicken casserole's legit. We need to check Ryan. I know, what's Ryan doing now? He could have been the one. This was go-karting in Nelson. What are we talking, how many years ago? Roughly.

What's 40 minus 13? That's how many years ago. 27 years ago, right? 27 years ago, okay. So if your name is Ryan and you were go-karting And you remember smiling at a lady once At a girl once I could go for marriage number three

Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits Call through to the show Sorry message through to the show Just to correct us We have been banging on for about four days That is also Nelson

They've only just corrected us. Yeah. They're not answering the phone, so that doesn't really help us out right now. But a third of Feb, apparently, calling to the message. Third of Feb. Says, don't worry,

I also got confused because it was this day last year also. Wait, why are they changing it around? Have they Friday-ized that? Or is that a Monday? I don't know. Take it up with Nelson, mate. Yeah, Nelson.

Yeah, third of Feb. Okay, it's not then. Stuff is. Summertime. I don't know. Take it up with Nelson, mate. Yeah, Nelson. Yeah, 30 Feb. Okay, it's not then. Stuff, yes. Summertime. And, you know, we're still in the summer months, which is great at the moment. Sometimes you wouldn't know it with the weather changing all over the place. But it's still pretty muggy.

You were saying four weeks till? Yeah, it's just over four weeks until autumn. That's depressing. Don't say that. Just come off it. Don't say that. It's a torrential, windy, hurricane Tornado weekend

Yeah, Feb's the last month of summer But everyone says March weather's all good It settles down You know, let's be positive Okay Could be a nice warm autumn Yeah All will be fixed by 26, guys

That's right, let's keep it positive Now I don't know if there's An abnormally larger number of flies this summer Or if it's the same number, and I just forget how many flies are around at summertime. But there's a lot. Apparently it's because we've got a lot of wind. Apparently it's the wind that's bringing them down.

Oh, really? Yeah. Because, you know, it's hard to fly in wind. They're like, oh, go inside. I get it. They're not overly big, are they? No. Now, shout out, too, to those.

You see those Aussie battlers on the news out in the outback with like 93 flies crawling over their face. Undeterred. One. One in the room sends me bonkers. And you can't take

your attention off it. And then it lands on you and does a little tickle tickle and you show it off and then it's tickle tickle somewhere else. It lands back on your leg and then lands back on your leg.

It's like, stop landing. You know, yeah. Well, sometimes I get annoyed. It's the only touch I've had lately. Fly crawling on your leg. It's like, stop landing. You know, yeah. Or sometimes I get annoyed. It's the only touch I've had lately. Fly crawling up my arm. It'll be one of we in the bathroom. You're like, I'll open the window so we'll know how to get out. Now, lady, come back in the bathroom.

You're like, why have you not? I've given you an hour to find your way out of an open window. Like, surely, you know. That's on you. That's on you. But anyway. So this is what I'm going to chuck open This morning What are your fly hacks

I do I do remember We were gifted They're called The assault rifle A-salt Right And you put little

Granules of salt in there And you Basically assassinate The flies Ben He literally Wouldn't harm a fly He was like

I can't take this gun I found it a bit too Like walking around With something that Look like, you know, an AK-47 sort of thing. I was like, this seems a little far. Like a fly swat. I'm happy to walk around with a fly swat. You know those electric tennis rackets? Love those. Zap them.

I can't help but sit on the couch and I cannot resist electrocuting myself. You know, there's something in me. I'm like, I've just got to put my finger on that little zap yeah do you know the most the grossest thing they have because i don't you know i don't like flies but last last year we bought one of those they hang outside they're like a fly trap they hang up and we sort of put it on the veranda is it the water one it's kind of you've got some liquid in there and it's really good i was like wow a week later look it's got all these flies they've been trapped in there it's on this murky sort of whatever the hell it is I came home one night

little tipsy and walking towards the door and I hit my head on this thing and it tipped and landed like oh it was the most Amanda's like

what's going on I'm going I'm going like this I was the worst did you get some in your mouth? No, luckily it was shoulder all the way down. But I was just like, ugh, ugh.

Yeah, because I'm quite a clean, germ-free sort of person. Amanda's like, oh, that is so funny. Tip fly soup on yourself. Yeah. And fly juice too. I know. The whole thing was just like a big fly soup all over me. It was disgusting.

Now, we've had a message here from James4487. He said, team, I have 10 flies in my house, and I'm not allowed to use fly spray. So I'm keen to hear these hacks you've got. Jono, Ben, and Megan. The podcast. The hacks. In Australia, there's a hardware store that people were saying

when they go to a big hardware store, they feel like they need to go to the bathroom. Defecate. Number two. Not because of the store. Just feel like there's something inside themselves that feels like they need to go to the bathroom. Defecate. Number two. Not because of the store, just feel like there's something inside themselves that feels like they need

to go to the toilet. It's like a sensory overload and it triggers a nerve in your body that makes you need to go. It's a scientific thing. So if that's you, every time you go to Bunnings

or hardware stores and you're like, I need to go booze, it's a thing. We did a nationwide tour eating sausages at all the Bunnings. Yeah. I don't think once I ever used their facilities.

But you remember we had to buy hospital-grade laxatives. Yeah, we were backed up. We were the last people to go bathroom in Bunnings. Too many sausages. If anything, we were very backed up. I think they're still cleaning up what happened at Dunedin Airport, so I apologise there. But we are talking about flies.

Flies all throughout summer are really a pain and we wanted to know some fly hacks that we can get rid of flies. Do you have the whirly helicopter? You chuck over the food? Oh yeah, that's handy. It's quite good. Yeah, that's right. It sort of sits on the table and sort of, yeah, swats

them away. What guests? I have like an old school grandma netting like dome. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So fly hacks. This is what we're after. And James is texturing saying he's not allowed to use fly spray in the household.

I get it because, you know, chemicals. Who knows what's in a can of fly spray? Your wife likes to spray you. I'm sitting on the couch. She sprays my face. I feel like, you know, what was that cartoon? Charlie, there was that one walking around in a cloud. Oh, Peanuts.

Peanuts. I feel like Peanuts in a cloud of fly spray. Like a Snoopy cartoon. Yeah, Snoopy. But yeah, no. Let's go to the phones. John, your hacks for getting rid of flies. Are you there? Yeah, John. How are you, John? What, your hacks for getting rid of flies. Are you there?

Yeah, John. How are you, John? What's your hack for getting rid of flies? Well, I'll tell you what, though. It'll all be fixed by 26. Good on you, John. No flies in 2026. That's what we're hearing.

That's our catchphrase. You've got to remember, you kill a fly, you're there. Yeah. Still here, John. Yeah you kill a fly you're there yeah I'm still here John yeah kill a fly if you kill a fly yeah

there's got to be a funeral and 250 of them will turn up and for a bite as well yeah well it's probably true actually are you still there John yep good

should I check if everyone's still there are you still there hey John we appreciate your call I'll see you good on you? Are you still there? Hey John, we appreciate your call. Good on you Johnny. Lots of texts coming through. One text saying the kids go fly hunting at night and suck them up the vacuum cleaner. Sounds like a fun little game, doesn't it?

Just when they're sitting on the wall. Oh, that is good. Yeah. The trap that you're talking about with the water and juicy water in it, apparently you make them at home. Oh, right. So yeah, if you could just recap what happened to you with you.

We had a fly trap thing outside that we got from a hardware store. I didn't need to go to the bathroom when I bought it. But we hung it outside and I came home and I knocked it at night and it fell on me. It'd been working wonders over a week, but I had a lot of flies and a lot of whatever.

How many flies do you reckon? Hundreds? Yeah, it was probably like 50, 100 in there. Oh, just marinating. Oh, no. Yeah. Or you can make it at home. Apparently, if you put apple cider vinegar and a little bit of dish soap, it attracts the flies.

Oh, really? And they trap in there, yeah. And then you pour them on yourself after a big night. Yeah, that's not recommended. Someone's texting saying, boil a mixture of milk, sugar and ground pepper. Pour it onto shallow dishes and place them around the house. Oh, they'll get rid of it. And then flies

are drawn to the mixture and drown. And then you have fly sauces. The other thing is, if you put herbs, if you grow herbs in your kitchen, apparently they have an odour that repels the flies. So you can just have like a little herb garden. Oh, that's cool. Or those little pots from the supermarket. Basil and mint they don't like

because they smell quite strong. Jeez, we're a bloody informative show, aren't we? Better living, everyone. John, are you still there? No, John's finally not there. He's finally gone. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. It is Auckland anniversary today, which is not just Auckland though. The whole lot of regions around the country, basically from Taupo North and Nelson, as well as you like to keep saying, Megan, getting a holiday today. So Ben's getting self-conscious that we're talking to no one right now. 0800 the hits. Make him feel better about life.

Make him feel like getting up at 3.30 in the morning was worth it this morning. Okay. Quite on the roads, wasn't it, this morning? Yeah. I forgot that it was worth it this morning. Quite on the roads, wasn't it, this morning? Yeah. I forgot that it was a holiday for most people. And I don't know why you're all wrong. I was like, is there an apocalypse overnight or something? It's all right.

We could be faster and less today. We could say anything we like on the radio right now. Well, Christchurch and Wellington. Yeah, exactly. They don't care. Christchurch is part of the country. Christchurch doesn't care what you say. Loose morals in Canterbury.

Yeah, so Friday, as you said, we've been in a very tight, awkward position, the three of us, weren't we? We had to get some photos for a new publicity for the hits. And I feel like we've had millions of photos. One bugbear is turning up on public holidays. The second bugbear is photos. I can't take any more photos of my face.

Yeah, especially when I feel like I've only got three looks. You know, what do I do with my hands? I do the same things I've been doing. Point at something? Yeah, like thumbs up, whatever, you know. Your modelling career really hasn't advanced over 20 years. It's good to get yearly updates just to see how old we look.

Oh yeah, you've aged. Gradually, yeah. And we took a lot of photos, the three of us, on Friday and they were like, hey, we want to get your heads really close together and it's got to look further away through the camera than it is to feel like when you're in the room. Yeah. Jeez, we were close. Yeah, they were essentially like, press your flesh,

your cheek flesh against each other. I had Megan's hair in my mouth, I had your ear in my, you know, like my cheek. It was like, we were right in there. And they were right. If you looked at the photo, it looked like you were 10 metres apart. Put your cheek on Ben's shoulder and your head against his cheek. I'm like, oh, God, okay.

Really in there. I hope my breath didn't smell. I know. It's very self-conscious. We looked like Siamese twins who had another twin attached to them. Didn't we? Very close. It's interesting to see what the photos look like when they come out.

I'm sure they look great. I'm sure. But very, very close. I was like, when they were like, I won't look this close on camera. I'm like, how? It's reflecting more literally what we're doing. Yeah. Then Justine, who was the makeup artist, she said to Megan, you look 19 years old.

I didn't even say anything. I just slowly looked. When was that? When was this happening? Excuse me? I looked at you. I didn't say anything to her. I just looked at you.

I heard it. I heard it. But then I'm like, 19. 19 years old. Would you go 19? No. No. But hey.

Excuse me? No. Well, no. No, 19, come on. It's half my age. I do get ID'd and you guys always. No, you don't. Yes, I do. And you always give me crap about it. You do not.

There was one light in there that they had that was a wonderful light that you were like, stand in this. It gets rid of all your wrinkles. And that was like, yeah, I get that. But 19's it. It's a stretch. It's a stretch. It's a stretch. It's a stretch. It's a stretch.

I'd say 39. Don't be jealous. 39. 39. Are you joking? Like one year younger than what I am. Stay younger than what you are. It's a compliment.

It's a compliment. Hey, next. I'm 20 years older than I am. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Exactly. The New Zealand New York Daily Quiz is how we like to start.

Geez, you're in a puffer jacket this morning, Producer Ellie. It's cold in here, right? It's cold in here. Both of you guys are. No, do you know what it is? Do you know what it is? The air conditioning in all offices are actually set to the temperature that... Males prefer?

That males prefer. Yeah, we do know that. Yeah. Who designed that? A man. A man. Full men. I find. Yeah, we do know that. Yeah. So who designed that? A man. A man. Four men. I'm quite a quite cold in here, though.

For me, I'm like a little warmer. I'm going to throw him under the bus and say it's set to Manny McLean temperature. Because I did put it up a degree and then he turned it back down again. Really? The air conditioning is... He likes it chilly. What do you think is the ideal temperature? 23.

I'm 20. 23? Yeah. That's bloody balmy. I'm probably more around 20, 21. Yeah. Yeah. I like a little bit of freshness.

What are you, 20? Yeah, no, I was probably about 22, 23. Yeah, probably more. Because when you go to a hotel room, I reckon 23 is optimum. But this is a guy who doesn't open his doors in summer because he doesn't want flies coming in. So he's used to. All right.

New Zealand Airwild Daily Quiz. We try this every morning. Quiz Queen Ellie from her quiz castle comes in with the questions. Hello there. Good morning. Question number one. Which lake in Southland is the largest by surface area?

Is it Lake Wakatipu, Lake Manapuri, or Lake Te Ano? Good question. Goodo? Good question. Good question. Good question. That's very good. Yes, yes. Interesting. I have no idea.

I have, yeah. Should we throw it to the people? Jeepers. I feel like, isn't Orkatipu quite large? Well, it's, yeah. But it goes all around corners and stuff. Is that still considered the one lake? I don't know.

That's the Queenstown Lake, right? Yeah, yeah. That is big. We've been along there. Yeah, it's lovely, yeah. The Dart River, is that around? It's deep. My daughter's cell phone fell in there, remember?

That time it fell in there and I didn't go in to get it because I could see it go all the way down. And I was like, it's cold, it's winter. Me, I don't like getting cold. Oh, it's winter. Absolutely not. And then the next day they were like, it's cold, it's winter. Me, I don't like getting cold. Oh, it's winter. Absolutely not. And then the next day they were like, don't worry, there's a guy who's a professional

who'll come down and get it tomorrow. And I was like, great. He's a professional, Amanda, to my wife. He's a professional. He'll come down with scuba kits and stuff. It was the middle of winter. He came down and just got into his shorts, some dude, for 20 bucks,

and then dived to the bottom. Really? Yeah. But did the phone still work? It did still work, yeah. Oh, what? And then he was like, then he went back down again,

found some sunglasses. He's a professional. It was just in togs, middle of winter. It was freezing. Best professional in just some battler in shorts for 20 bucks.

Now, that doesn't help us out, though. No, it doesn't. You're right. Let's throw it to, okay, text four. I'd say Wakatipu, but I might be wrong. Should we lock it in?

You're going to lock that in? Have you ever seen Lake Tiano? No, no, okay, let's not lock it in. Four, four, lock that in? Have you ever seen Lake Tiano? No, no, okay. Let's not lock it in. 4487 on the text. 4487 on the text. Usually on a game show when you say lock it in, that means you've locked it in.

I feel like Lake Tiano is really large. Yeah, they don't usually talk you out of it, do they? They might say, are you sure? But they don't know if we're going to hang on, hang on, hang on. Have you seen? All right, 4487 on the text. Help us out. Safe to say it's not Wakatipu.

No. Lake Tiano is very large. Jono,? All right, 447 on the text. Help us out. Safe to say it's not Waka Hibu. No. Lake Te Anau is very large. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're in the middle of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. It's how we start our day. Trying to get 10 out of 10 as soon as we get a wrong answer.

That's it. It's all over. She sloppy start this morning, troops. We've just made our way through question one. Managed to discover the New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Te Anau. Is it the largest lake in the south or is it the largest lake? I think it was New Zealand. Yeah.

Second largest lake after Taupo. Yeah. Oh, sorry. South. Sorry. Yeah. You're right. It's a big lake.

Yeah. Fits the Singapore into it. I think it does. You're right. Lake Taupo. Okay. Question number two. All right.

What is the name of Air New Zealand's in-flight magazine? Is it Kyoto? Yeah, Kyoto Magazine. That is correct. Nice work. What a great read. Great read. I always read Kyoto Magazine probably in about 30 to 40 seconds.

Great read. Flick through. Got my dose of Kyoto. All right. Question number three. What shape is a traditional samosa? Is it triangular, round, or square? Triangle.

Yeah. That is correct. Well done. I see. We're coming back. Samosas. Bloody the backbone of every school fundraiser in 2024. Yeah.

I've got so many samosas in the freezer. Have you? Yeah. I had to stop. We had so many from the year before. And then I was like, I just want to give a donation. I'm going to many samosas in the freezer. Have you? Yeah. I had to stop. We had so many from the year before, and then I was like, I just want to give a donation. I'm going to love samosas,

but I can't get through them all. I just want to donate some money to the school. All right. Question number four. Which street in London is known for its connection to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes? Baker Street. He's coming hot.

Yeah, right. Correct. Well done. Well done Well done Okay She shoved that up You Tiano We're on fire now

What are we up to We really struggled At the start didn't we This is question number five Which rugby player Is known as the Pai Ka

Christian Cullen Yeah Christian Cullen Pai Kokoriki Express Thank you so much Yeah For finishing that question Nice From there From there On the Kapiti Coast is where you're at.

Well done. Sorry, I couldn't pronounce that. All right, question number six. Which water body separates Greenland from Iceland? The water ones are not our strong point. Okay, you got it. The options are Irish Sea, Denmark St Strait or Bay of Biscay. I don't know.

I don't know. Megan, you're going to take a stab for us on this one because we've used our lifeline. What was the first one? Irish Sea or there's Denmark Strait or Bay of Biscay. And what are the places? Greenland and Iceland. No one knows. No one knows.

No one knows. Just take a stab, mate. The third one sounds exotic. Do you want to go with the third one? No, you take a stab. I'm just saying it sounds exotic. I was going to say the Irish Sea. Yeah, well, check that out.

Yeah, go on. That's incorrect. It was the Denmark Strait. Yeah, because I think Denmark, they own Greenland, right? And that's what they've been talking about recently with Trump Go on. That's incorrect. It was the Denmark straight. Yeah. Yeah. Because I think Denmark, they own Greenland, right? And that's what they've been talking about recently with Trump because he wants to buy it.

And then Denmark's like, nah, you can go away because we own it. Does anyone else heard all that? Where was that information two seconds ago? Yeah. Well, she doesn't give you a backstory on it. She's the quiz master. Trump wants to buy Greenland. Yeah.

I think it was Greenland. Yeah. One of the wild things he said. Yeah. And Denmark own them And so they've come out And said No you can

F off It's like it's not for sale Yeah exactly Like what We've owned it for years And then he's changed The Gulf of Mexico To the Gulf of America

Nightmare for Wiser's maps Exactly Good Nightmare Yeah Thank you so much Producer Ellie It'll be back again tomorrow

As we try and scramble Our way to 10 questions