Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Jono Refused To Go Out With Megan!

Episode Date: March 11, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan's asked the boys to a show with them, and they have very different answers...  Who's broken guitar was in Ben's garden? Jono's fight to take down old billboards Jokes everyone makes about your job "you've got a face for radio... Never wanna see you again...Another sh*tty day" and so many more! Why was Megan laughing when Ben injured himself?! What did you find when you cleaned out the estate? Stick around to the end to see our attempt at the NZ Herald Quiz!Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast. We're going to keep this intro short today. We've got a lot of stuff, a lot of admin to get to. We've had the Fun Sponge producer come in and be like, keep it tight. Keep it tight. There's a lot of things to do for us in the next 30 minutes.

A lot of things for you to do to enjoy the podcast. Yeah, that's right. Starting with me inviting you guys to something. Well, I got a no from both of you, but very different. Yeah, so have a listen. Yeah. Jono, Ben's right. Starting with me inviting you guys to something. Well, I got a no from both of you, but very different. Yeah, so have a listen. We thought, between me and producer Grace and Ellie, we thought it would be funny initially. I had an event to go to.

It's like a cabaret show. But I needed someone to go with me and we thought it would be funny to ask Jono but then I was like, let's ask them individually. I invited you both, separately. You did quite well too. You bamboozled me when I came in. You're like, what are you doing tonight?

I was thinking because I was dressed in a collared shirt. He thought I was giving compliments about his outfit. It was quite a natural lead into it. Yeah. It was good delivery. You're right.

Yeah, but you don't receive any more frightening question on a Tuesday, do you? What are you doing tonight? I wasn't frightened by it too frightening.

This is, we'll play Ben first. What are you doing tonight? Hey. Yeah. What is that? I got invited to this cabaret show. Oh. What time does it start? 6.30. What is that? I got invited to this cabaret show. Oh. What

time does it start? 6.30. I see what, because I meant to have a parent meet and greet, but I don't know if that's happening or not. Are you going there, Ju? No. I don't have anyone to go with. Oh, I'll let you know. I'll let you know. The door is open. Yeah, because I did have a parent meet and greet until 6.30 last night. They were at the kids' school, but then it was after that. And, you know, I had been to a show a couple of weeks ago that I was like, didn't know anything about, wasn't sure about, and I came out of it. It was called Six, and I was like, that was amazing. It was incredible.

It shows what happens when you just throw yourself out there into other things. So I was like, that was in my mind. He's a yes guy. I was like, oh, maybe this might be cool. You know, we could go, yeah. And to be honest, we cut that down a bit. Ben was like, oh, yeah. You can make it work. Yeah, I can make it. Yeah,, we could go, yeah. And to be honest, we cut that down a bit. Ben was like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I can make it work.

Yeah, I can make it, yeah. Maybe I'll text you later. And then cornered Jono by himself and asked if you could go with me. Called me off guard again. No frightening question. More frightening question than me to receive

during the weekday. What are you doing tonight? Jono, do you want to come to a cabaret show tonight? No. What do you doing tonight? Jono, do you want to come to a cabaret show tonight? No. What do you mean? To a cabaret show?

Yeah. I don't have interest in going to a cabaret show. Are you going to a cabaret show? Yeah. With who? You. I need someone to go with. Oh, I can't be f***ing in a cabaret show.

This is honest. This is honest. This is honest. You know, it's the thing. Sometimes people are and are and they don't tell you what they mean. So you... I feel like I've reached that stage in life where you just got to be.

You got to be honest. I don't want to be like Kanye don't care what people think of me honest. Maybe sort of a Mike Hosking level of people where I don't care what people think of me honest. I've never respected an answer so much. Yeah, that's fine. No.

Well, because then it puts you in a position where you've dragged me along and I'm like, oh, I'm just coming out of politeness. I've loved it. No, I don't want to go. It wasn't much to do with you. I'd say 60% the night. Okay, so then tonight. Tuesday night.

Tonight. You don't know what you're going to, but Megan wants to invite you tonight. You don't know what you're going to, but it's night. So no, we'll take the cabaret out of it. Take the cabaret out of it? No, it's just Megan asking you. Do you want to go somewhere tonight? But it's just a night after the night you just asked me about.

So this is probably going to be 50% the night now. Okay, so what night's good? Friday? There you go. Oh, no, Friday's the end of the week. Monday. Monday's the start of the week Monday's the worst night Saturday

No Saturday's just in the middle of the weekend So it's It's more about you Megan It's 100% about you Yeah it sounds like it Yeah Okay

Let's just say Every night of the week's problematic I'm sorry Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits. I would say yesterday, really unusual. My wife sends a photo to, you know,

we've got a little family group chat going on. She's like, is this anybody's? And it could only really be one person. So it was a black guitar that had been in half, smashed in half in our garden. In our garden, it was quite like like, far over the fence too. Like an acoustic guitar? Yeah, like an acoustic guitar.

It was, like, snapped in half over the, you know, and, yeah. So someone had, I don't know what the backstory is. Someone frustrated at their guitar playing ability and thrown it over the fence. The Foo Fighters weren't playing a concert next door and they, you know, had to go smash the guitars. Yeah. That's the most annoying thing is you don't know the story.

I don't know the backstory of this. It's black guitars and half of that. Now my daughter Indy is the only one that plays guitar in the house. She does have a black guitar and to her credit

we went all together at times. She was like, she replied to the group text going, yeah, that's me. A little frustrated in my guitar playing. And then I got home and I was like, was that you? She goes, no, I was doing a joke.

But she didn't say it was a joke. I was like, well, you really need to clarify that because we paid a couple of bucks for it. We spent our course-related costs on that guitar. That's what you don't think about when rock stars smash guitars. No. They have spent their course-related costs on them. Someone has.

It costs a lot of money. I mean, you can get cheap ones ones but they're not still that high they're not like 10 bucks or anything someone's looking at the spreadsheet of that band going well there we go

there's some bloody another couple of grand down the tube it's a very unusual thing like it's probably the oddest thing that we've had just in the garden

big ticket item to leave behind in someone's garden like going home from guitar lessons like I used to get frustrated you're not good at it and just smash the guitar going home and just lessons? Like I used to get frustrated. You're not good at it. Going home and just being like, no, I've had enough.

Maybe a walk home, smash the guitar. Chuck it up the fence. Mum and dad don't even know. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. And I thought, we'll throw it out there. What's the most random thing that you've found in your yard? So many great texts and calls coming through on this one. Yeah, we'll get to Pam. How are you this

morning, Pam? Very good. Very good. Lovely through on this one. Yeah, we'll get to Pam. How are you this morning, Pam? Very good, very good. Lovely to have you on. Now, you awoke to find what in your backyard, Pam? Well, in the front yard, some police. And we thought, what on earth is going on? And they had found, we lived on Main Road in Otahu, and they had found a stash of money in our front garden.

So one of the detectives came up to me and said, is this your money? And of course I said, yes. Of course, I'm always leaving my money hidden away inside the pot plants. Stashed inside the plants. But it was from a robbery down where the Mad Butcher used to be down on Mungaree Road. Oh, yeah, I know the one.

We're really zeroing in on the location here. Love it. Yeah. Well, it was from down there somewhere. Yeah. Yeah, well it was from down there somewhere And they'd obviously come up past our place And just thought somebody's following them So they stashed it in the garden, probably coming back for it So come back later

Well it's on my property now, finders keepers That's what I said to him, but I didn't find it, he did Good police work too, too good for you, Pam. Who would have thought looking in a garden for the cash? Good on that cop. Well done, Pam. Yeah, yeah. So that was our little fun for the morning.

Well, you're right. There's so many great texts coming through of other things that people have found. I found something as appendix, like the body part. Are they sure it wasn't like a placenta? Do you know how people dig those in the garden? A fake thumb while mowing the lawns. A car. We've got a very big property,

and we're clearing some bush at the back of the house, and we found a full car. A car that was just there. A full car. A car. Like an actual proper car. Like a toy car. A full-size car.

And then someone's found some human excrements too. A big pile of it, they said as well. They annoyed someone. Like that Jurassic Park scene. Just a human excrement. How do you know it's... Oh, well, you do know it. Yeah, well...

Yeah, no. You probably do know. Deep down, you know. It's generally down sort of state highway one And the big state highways and byways throughout the country Is there's billboards Protest billboards That sort of are dotted up in random locations

Yelling at us in all caps messaging about Some political issue that was resolved years ago Are you talking about billboards that are just kind of like on people's property and stuff? Yeah. So like I drove past, I literally drove past one the other day and it said, make Ardoon go away. I was like, well, she did.

She made herself go away. Is she in America still? Yeah. I guess probably those things, you're right. People probably, I don't know if they get permission from the person who put it up there. They put it up there and then they probably go, I'll never go back.

The admin are taking it back down. Well, that's the thing, you've got so much passion putting the thing up, take it down. Unless you wanted to bring it back to the billboard then you're like, make it go away again is another option and I have seen a lot of the stop three waters. Stop three, I even they did stop three waters.

I didn't really understand what three waters was. No, neither did I. I was like, haven't we just got one type of water? They've stopped talking about it at least, right? So anyway, they stopped that. And then there was an end government mandated lockdowns. I've seen one of those. Again, they did.

Problem solved. Your billboard worked. Got to take them. There's a few anti-vax ones around. Where are you driving? Yeah, where are you driving? Well, this isn't just like down one highway bombarded with like

oh wow unborn children on a very angry street unborn children are part of the family end lockdowns make Ardoon go away I think it's his property

he's got them all out in the front it's about my messages you know just take them down guys you've solved the issue we don't need to get the messaging out there now

they're dated billboards Jono, Ben and You've solved the issue. We don't need to get the messaging out there now. They're dated billboards. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats. Merch madness. That's something we have decided to do through the month of March. If you've got some merchandise for your business that you want us to promote, you want Megan to wear.

She's not a big fan of merch, but that's all right. She'll wear it this once and then we'll give it away and there's another box that's just arrived. Is it workplace bullying or is it promotion? You decide. Yeah, I love how you said we decided to do. I think you guys decided. We did.

So if you've got a piece of merch that's got, you know, any of your company's slogans on it, you can fire them through. We've actually had a text here from a Kay West who's got a bit of leftover stock from a few controversial t-shirts he printed last month. He's just wondering what's the postal address there? I won't be wearing that. All right, Megan, there's a box in the studio. What's inside that?

It's just arrived. You can text MERCH to 44872 to get the address. It says it's from TAA Logistics. I don't know what that means. So far, we've got some merch from the Morrinsville Veterinary Clinic. We've got a cow milking apron. We've got some geeks on wheels. What's this?

Logistics. I love a ribbon. I've tied it up with a ribbon. What is TAA? TAA Logistics 2009. Oh, this is a towel. Oh, that's handy. Great.

It's a chic black towel. I quite like that. Yeah, well, don't like it too much because we're going to have to give it away, Megan. There's lots of boxes. This says Swiss Peak on it. Swiss make fancy stuff. You can text merch to 4487 if you want the address to send all your corporate clothing to. TAA travels to the destination of your choice within New Zealand's beautiful North and South Islands.

Trucks take stuff around the country. Oh, I see. Like trucking logistics. Okay. Freighting logistics. That's great. They've got some good merch, like high quality, you know, drink cups. Oh, there you go.

Bottles. Drink bottles. Look at this. This is a very nice chic black keep cup for your coffee. It's got a little click for you to open your... Oh, now who's into merch? I'm kind of just... You know...

Oh, now we've got the hivers. Oh, here we go. It's the trucker top. There we go with the hivers, stripes, TAA. Oh, we'll check it up on the Hits Breakfast. That's a bit of you, Megan. We're going to put you on that. So yeah, Tex Merch, 4487.

We got some great stuff yesterday from Geeks on Wheels, the tech company. They sent us a T-shirt that said, have you tried turning it off and on again? Yeah, which is a great joke, right? It's probably the one joke when someone's in IT it's like Have you turned it off and turned it back on again There must be those industries where Every day they hear the same

One liner Yeah like even in radio when you say you work in radio People often go Face for radio exactly that's the one You've got a face for radio And at the instance I'm like yeah you're right I do I do have a face for radio i imagine retail too when someone goes out to buy an item of clothing and the price tag's accidentally

fallen off must be free must be free or like when you go to buy a lotto ticket is this the winning ticket yeah okay you worked at a cafe oh my god for many years if you ever asked anyone if they wanted sugar oh no I'm sweet enough. And you're like, huh. Does it bit your soul every time someone says, oh no, I'm sweet enough? I'm sweet enough. And you have to act like it's the first time you've ever heard it.

You said you've said that before. I have said it before. Yeah, yeah. But it's a go-to. You don't feel good after saying it. Like that came out my mouth. But as the consumer, as the customer You think this is the first time anyone's ever heard this

We wanted to know in your line of work What's the one joke that everyone makes There's some great ones coming through Yeah there is on 4487 I work In the septic tank industry Clearing them out and everyone says, that must be a shit job

the amount of times they've heard it's a good gag, it's a great gag and it's something that we would say oh because you think of it, you go yeah and then you're like, oh they must hear it all the time and they do Sharina, the zingers in your line of work, what are they?

Sharina The zingers in your line of work What are they? Sharina Shana Hi Sorry, that was all your fault That's all your fault for having the name Shana, okay? It literally looks like Shana I've had that problem all my life No, that's a Jono problem

Well then you should answer If you've had that problem your whole life Just politely answer Shana It's radio No, you say her name right. She's had it all her life. Don't make me look like a fool. That's all right.

The worst one was Shane, so that's fine. All right, Shana. What are the zingers in your line of work? Yeah, I'm a meter reader, and I get, oh, so you must hate dogs. Yeah, that's what I wanted to say. You must hate the dogs. Do you hate the dogs? I love dogs. Yeah. That's what I wanted to say. You must hate the dogs. Do you hate the dogs? I love dogs.

I absolutely love dogs. It's my best part of my job. But do they all love you is the ish? Most of them, yes. Oh, that's good. This poor person, Shana. I've only had a couple of houses where I wouldn't go on

because of the type of dog and it's not type of dog, it's the way they're brought up. Yes, yeah it's the owner. How can the meter readers just turn up? How can you just turn up at the door? No announcement, you're just there. Because that's when we get our jobs. Yeah.

What do you want them to do, like book in a time with you? Can you imagine doing that with everyone? Yeah, and they'll be like, oh, I'm not home on this time. Yeah. We do our best to contact people when we can, if we get enough of notice. You don't need to pander to him. We get a job in the morning and, yeah.

Good on you, Shana. Keep pandering, mate. Keep pandering. Love your work. Have a great day.. Keep pandering. Love your work. Have a great day. Great talking with you. Great text here. I work at Specsavers.

You can guarantee what we hear every day. Should have gone to Specsavers. Oh, yeah. We did it to someone before at 8 o'clock. Novus, right? Shows you crack. Someone said they sell implants, hips and knees, but when they sell implants, men always ask for an extension.

Rowena, good morning to you. Hi. Zingers in your line of work, Rowena. What are you hearing every day? Oh, not so much zingers, but I'm an accountant, so literally you'll be up with somebody every single time when they're buying something completely personal completely non-business related

they'll look at you and say this is tax deductible Do you also get that when people transfer money to their friends bank accounts and they put a silly reference like something that's embarrassing, does that pop up from time to time? It's actually it always makes me smile, I mean you can imagine

being an accountant, there's not so many opportunities to laugh at things that you see but it always makes me smile. I mean, you can imagine being an accountant, there's not so many opportunities to laugh at things that you see, but it always makes me smile. Yeah, where you're like, new boobies or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's just a text write-off, and you have to talk to your accountant about the money that someone paid you. Well, you put the reference as new boobies, so. Hey, good on you, Rowena.

Really appreciate your call. We'll take one more, keep these coming through Very funny, great text here on 4487 I'm a teacher, and the first thing people say is, oh you guys are always on holiday And they are! John O'Ben and Megan

The podcast You're very excited about this weekend and the Formula 1 is back I'll try not to go on about it, but yeah, Formula 1 the Melbourne Grand Prix just over the ditch is happening this weekend, me again. The Formula One is back. I'll try not to go on about it, but yeah, Formula One, the Melbourne Grand Prix just over the ditch is happening this weekend and it's exciting

because Liam Lawson, our Kiwi boy, is going to be in his own car racing for Red Bull. Not having to borrow any, hey man, can I borrow your car just to go down the road? This is all designed for him.

Yeah, it's got his number on it, number 30. Is Melbourne always the first one off the, is it? Yeah. This is huge, eh? This is really huge. It is. It Is Melbourne always the first one off the, is it? Yeah. This is huge, eh? This is really huge. It is.

It's very exciting. So there's a lot of pressure on him, a lot of stress. It would probably be quite hard for him to get to sleep at night, I imagine. Yeah. So he did a little video. They do lots of weird social media videos for his racing crew, but he was asked what he listens to when he goes to sleep. This is one of my most played songs songs and it's literally just rain because i sleep to it i've just got like top

songs rain so all that calms them down i can see how rain would calm you down yeah yeah it depends how loud it is we get a bit little On YouTube this is 17 hours of rain Someone's dedicated their time To putting this on the internet What a hero they are It's like white noise right Yeah When you go to sleep and there's rain on the roof

I thought he'd be listening to Woo Woo That'd probably stress him out though, wouldn't it? Yeah. But my friend, she listens to murder podcasts.

You know, like investigative murder stories. Which feels like they would get into your dreams somehow, right? That should not be relaxing. I do wonder that, because yeah, Jen watches,

my wife, she watches like, Love Island, for example. She watches it and then leaves it on the laptop overnight so it's playing and I feel like I have subliminally digested seasons of Love Island without ever actually opening my eyes

and watching the show. She's definitely having sexy dreams. Not you. Well, I tell you what, the hunk snoring next to her and dribbling. Nothing. They've got nothing on me, those ones on the screen. Yeah. All right, so we want to know this morning on 0800 THE HITS or 4487 if you want to text us,

what do you go to sleep to? What's something that helps you go to sleep? Are you including, like, teddy bears? Some people still have, like, you know, cuddly toys. At 6.37 in the morning, I'll take anything. Yeah. If someone's got a teddy bear that they sleep with and they're willing to come on the radio and be mocked for it, then call us.

0800 4487. Yeah, maybe you're into white noise. Maybe you've got to have the TV on. Maybe it's radio. I know my mother-in-law, Joyce, whenever she stays, she loves news talks. Oh, not you. No.

Overnight. Overnight, mate. Overnight talk back. But she's asleep. Yeah, she's asleep. Yeah. Yeah, not you. No. Overnight. Overnight, mate. Overnight talkback. But she's asleep. Yeah, she's asleep. Yeah. Yeah, she's asleep. There's a lot of

negative subliminal messages going on there. They kind of button off a bit overnight, don't they? Yeah, a bit lighter the overnight show. All sorts of wild

stuff throughout the night. I rub honey on my bloody bunion. Yeah, that's all I've got. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Jim Lawson,

Formula One driver This isn't one of my most played songs And it's literally just rain Sound effect of rain Because I sleep to it I've just got like top songs, rain For a relaxing moment I guess you do it

Yeah Well now what do you do Ben Because you're not much of a relaxer No I do love I do struggle when I haven't got something on Like I always watch something. So it kind of gives my brain something to focus on rather than thinking about other stuff. But then it frustrates my wife because sometimes we have shows we'll watch together.

And she's like, you've fallen asleep. We've watched this episode like five times now. You should go ahead. Yeah, I hear everything go quiet. And then I'm like, oh, what did you turn it off for? And she's like, you're asleep. Now I go headphones. I just put my ear pods on and watch something on my laptop.

So then I don't have to. I can watch it my own time and then go, oh, jeez, I need to go back about three episodes. I love it as humans we get so defensive when someone accuses us of being asleep. No, I'm not. Well, that's my point. I'm trying to go to sleep. Let's get to the phones. Georgia, you're on.

Good morning. Hi, morning. Why do you morning We're doing well, Georgia Where are you calling from? I'm in Auckland You're heading to work this morning? Yeah, unfortunately You can hear that you're dead inside But that's fine

What are you sleeping to, Georgia? I sleep to Friends every night On Netflix That's a great show to watch. It's so good, very comforting. Yeah, it's kind of relaxing. You can pick it up again. You don't have to worry about too much of the plot lines.

It's a great show. How much are you actually getting through before you fall asleep? Like, does the song finish? I think probably a good episode, depending on the night. Sometimes a couple if I'm struggling to sleep. How many times over do you think you've watched the entire series of Friends?

People just put it on loop. I've tried to keep count. I'd say it's a good at least 10 or 11 times by now I've watched all the series. So would you watch the episode, would you get through one a night or depending on how tired you are? I'd say probably about one a night, but depending on how much I'm struggling to get to sleep, yeah.

That's great. Is there one episode that comes on and you're like, no, not that one? No, I watch all of them. All of them are great. Wow, 236 Friends episodes in total. Times that by 10,

you've watched 2,360 episodes of Friends. Sounds about right. That is bloody impressive, Georgia. Really appreciate your call. Go and have a great day. See you, guys. See you, mate. Oh, hug up on you there.

Kerry, good morning to you. Good morning. What are you sleeping to, Kerry? Are you listening? Are you watching Friends? No, I watch Mysteries at the Museum. Oh, Mysteries at the Museum. Sounds niche.

Every night. Put the timer on so it's on for a couple of hours. What is Mysteries at the Museum? How many Mysteries are they having at the Museum? It looks like. How many series are there? It's just a doco and it just keeps going. Oh, yeah.

22 seasons. I'm having a look. 278 episodes. Oh. Yep. Isn't that on during the daytime? Like daytime. It is on during the day, but I watch it on demand.

Oh, my God. It's such a niche show. Travel Channel, which features museum artifacts and their unusual, mysterious origins. Yes, this dude. And a bit of a crash just above her bedroom. Her dog also starts it. It's shot like it's soft pornography. It is kind of soft.

Do you find that you're learning stuff? Oh, absolutely. Like what? Have you got a fact, your go-to fact that you've learned? Oh, I love the Cleopatra, the Egyptian, the Cleopatra. Oh, it's just wonderful.

Oh, that's good. I didn't think so. I thought that would be mysteries at the museum. Who left their car at the car park? Who didn't pay the donation when we said we'd like a donation on the entry? Someone spilled a muffin on the T-Rex. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Text and calls coming through. And Mel, you're a ripper. You've just woken up from a wonderful night sleeping and listening to what? Serial killer podcasts. You're not alone though because there's been lots of news stories about why women like to listen to true crime to fall asleep. The one I've found is he's just got a really soothing voice

but I do watch a lot of serial killer documentaries and stuff as well so I do enjoy them. That is one of the reasons a really soothing voice. But I do watch a lot of serial killer documentaries and stuff as well. So I do enjoy them. That is one of the reasons, the soothing voice. Less about the content. Yeah, right. So you could listen to a lighter, lighter podcast with the nice voice. And then when they eventually got there, Tony saw several mannequins in various poses around the water.

He's got a voice. Good voice. Some of them were sitting in chairs. Others laying on towels as if sunbathing. It was weird. I could listen to this guy. The context is a little weird. I feel lonely here. They keep me company.

That's great, Mel. You have a great day. He offered Tony a cocktail, but he refused, not wanting to drink anything. We could play this for the next three hours. Our ratings would go through the roof. Daryl, how are you?

Good, thanks. How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing well, buddy. It's lovely to have you on first thing on a Wednesday. What are you sleeping to, Daz? So I have special victim's unit normally on the TV.

That's a hell of a show, SVU. They cover some pretty dark crimes, don't they? Yeah, there's either that or I watch criminal programs on Channel 71. Oh, I love crime and investigation. Yeah, I either watch that or special victims unit. I don't know, for some reason it puts me to sleep like a baby. And do you find it gets into your dreams at all? Do you have sort of like aggressive dreams because of it?

No, I don't actually. No, I don't dream at all. That's good to know. Have you watched so much crime and investigation you think you could get away with a crime, Daryl? Probably. Yeah, Iaryl? Probably. Yeah, I say the same thing. You learn a lot.

It's like basically a university of how to get away with stuff. Oh, my God. Daryl, lovely to hear from you, and you're going to have a great day. Cheers. You have a good day too, guys. See you, mate. Bex, you're on. Good morning.

Good morning. Lovely to have you on. We're just talking about what you sleep to, Bex. I have a select few chiropractors that I follow on Instagram, and I watch back cracking videos on repeat. Okay, we've got some. Oh, there we go. Just kind of relax your chest for me.

I guess every time they get a crack, you're like, oh. Yeah. One more, one more. Look up the magic hug. The magic hug. The magic hug. Okay. That sounds ideal.

And so is this you every night? No, not every night. I think just if I'm like, if my brain's going and I need to just chill out before I go to sleep. That's something satisfying. Yeah, right. Have you got back issues? Do you go and see a chiropractor? I don't have back issues per se, but I enjoy going to the chiropractor,

so I think probably it's a bit of that. Association. It always looks like they're just on the verge of paralyzing someone. Especially when they do that neck twisting thing. Yeah, someone's saying chess videos coming through on YouTube as well, which I imagine would probably be the same thing, right? Chess. The neck one's my favorite.

The neck one, where he's snapping necks. Here we go. He's doing one now. Here we go. Okay. Come up like this. Watch your shoulder drop. Let your head.

Oh, my God. That's a big crack. Come up like this. And? Let your shoulder drop. Let your head drop. Oh, my God, no. That's a big crack, dude. That's a big crack. I'm listening to this absolutely cringing now. Yeah, I've been wincing my way through that one. All right, I appreciate you, Cole. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. I wanted to know this morning, what's the one joke everyone makes in your line of work? Yeah, there's some fantastic texts coming through here. The Hits. at the dad's face. That's something my dad would say about me. He's like, what are you going to do with this? Spruce this thing up. Can you polish this? How long have we got? Brittany, you're on the radio. Wow. Hello. What a life achievement.

Good to have you on, Britt. Yeah, yeah. Now, what line of work are you in? I am in administration at the moment, but I used to be in retail. Oh, you'd get zingers chucked across the counter at you all day long. Oh, you'd get all sorts, absolute all sorts. But a personal favorite, and it's one that I bet you're all guilty of doing as well,

is when you go out somewhere and you go up and it doesn't have a price tag or anything on it, and they're trying to search for it, and then you come back with the joke, oh, it must be free. It must be free. It must be free. It's rock solid content, Ellen. What was that, sorry? I said it's rock solid gear. It does feel like it's something you need to say, but you probably, how many times a

day would you hear that? Yeah, numerous, numerous times, and then you always get that awkward giggle because you know that it's such a dry joke. Like, why? Of course it's not free. Now, since you're out of the retail game, have you been guilty of saying it yourself now? I have, yes. I said it a couple of weeks ago.

And I regretted it. And then I even said to the guy, I was like, I'm so sorry, that was the stupidest joke. It's just because you're standing there awkwardly. It's kind of like time filler. I think that's exactly what it is. But as soon as you say it, you're like, oh, no. Oh, I hate myself.

And when you go out, you're always saying, just these, please, or just these things. You're like, what? Of course. Yeah, but you just have to say it, right? Yeah. But also, on the other side of things, when we were inside the changing rooms, Guy, our mate, had a problem with this. You'd be trying stuff on, and then you'd knock on the door and go,

is everything okay in there? And I'd just hang up on him. That's all I had to do. I had one job, just keep the caller on the radio. And I missed it. Because then you're like, well yeah, I'm just trying on some pants. How bad do you think it is in this changing room? Sam, you're a paramedic.

Yeah. And? And the joke is We dropped them off at hospital And I'd love to see you guys But no offence Never want to see you again Yeah you would get that a lot

You would get that a lot Good on you Thank you for your hard work too Yeah Sam? Thanks Have you brought anyone back to life this week? Not this week.

I always think it's hard. You see people in their most vulnerable moments and you drop them off and then you're like, well, I hope they made it. You never find out. Yeah, true, actually. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. It is something that we think about.

It's just a constant chase up on. Constant cliffhangers. Well, you breathed some life into this dead old radio show this morning, Sam. Really appreciate it. My husband's a funeral director on 4487. Killer job. Oh, no. No, it was along the same lines.

Bet you're dying to get to work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You need a sick day. Looks like you've been coughing all day. The funeral game's got a whole bunch of them, don't they? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

We wanted to know this morning, what's the one joke that everyone makes when you tell them your line of work? Yeah, Jason with us on 0800 The Hits. What do you do, Jase? Oh, I used to fit tyres for about 20 years. Okay, tyre fitter. And what was the common zinger?

Oh, mate, it was always, all the air's gone to the top. Oh, so if it's a flat tyre, people are like, oh, the ears at the top. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty much every day. Okay, let's just do it. Oh, that's quite funny. Bit of role play, okay, Jason?

I'll say the line and you give us your reaction, because you do have to politely laugh. It's a paying customer, okay? Oh, mate, I don't know what's happening here. It looks like all the ears gone to the top. Yeah, yeah, it looks like it has, mate. It's probably just stuck there. Oh, nice.

You've got a little return. Yeah, that's not bad. That's not bad. Because you need to act like you've heard it for the first time, don't you? Well, of course. And then you get a bit cringy, and then you don't really know what to say after that. And then you give them, oh, yeah, I'll give you a 15-minute time frame and come back and get it. Someone also texts in their mechanic changes tyres

and people say that looks like a wheelie good job. Have you had that? That sounds like something I'd say. Have you had wheelie good job before? Have you had two tyres? Yeah, I have, mate, yeah. Or you look tired could be a good one. You look tired, yeah, look tired.

Oh, that was polite. It was polite, you're right. Good on you, Jase. Have a good one. Too good, thanks, mate. It was polite, you're right. Good on you, Jase. Have a good one. Very good. Thanks, guys. Chanel, welcome to the show. It's lovely to have you on, Morena.

You work in a pet store. What is the common zinger, the common joke? Well, we often hear people say things like, so if I buy some budgie seed, will I grow a budgie? Oh, God, these are just dad jokes, aren't they? That's good, that's good. That's such a bad joke. That's great material. How many times do you think you've heard that one?

From a lot of kids actually. Probably maybe 10 or so. You just sort of cringe and look the other way. Oh, you don't even give it a polite laugh. No, no. I try and be nice. Yeah, good on you. You got it. You're in the customer service game, don't you?

I'm glad this is like therapy for everyone, though, this morning. Appreciate your call. Have a good day. You too. Thanks, guys. Bye. Kirstie, good morning to you. Morena, how are you guys?

Yeah, Morena. What do you do, Kirst? I'm a gastroenterologist. So we do the gastroscopies and colonoscopies. Oh, you'd have some... Put the camera up at the bottom. You'd have some beauties. So what's the one common joke?

Yeah, so they have a bit of sedation and then they really let loose and then they're in hysterics thinking it's the first time we've heard these jokes. So it's always like, oh, another shitty day. Do you deal with crap every day? 18 holes a day has got a different meaning for you. It's a hole in one. Exactly, hole in one. Exactly, hole in one.

More shit, different day. They're in hysterics. We hear it every day. We're like, yeah. You could take that show on tour. It's good stuff. They'd love that in the regions, I tell you. Jez, you must have seen a lot of stuff in your time.

Well, just the same. I see so much. Yeah, you would. The same spot, really. Same spot, yeah. How many of them do you reckon you've seen over your career? Oh, God, heaps. So we do, like, usually at least often about 10 a day. Wow.

So it depends how many scopelets you have yet. So, like, you might do 50 a week, you know, every week and if your career is like 40 years or so. Do you ever bump into people and

you're like, oh yeah, you could probably recognise them by their um... Yeah. I step aside the same two every

day. Oh, hey, hey, hey. Have you heard that one before? No. Actually, that's a new one. Oh, hey, hey, hey. Have you heard that one before? No. Actually, that's a new one.

Oh, yeah. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Uh, funny situation occurred yesterday after the show. Ben Boyce ducked down to pick up a sandwich from his lunchbox.

Yeah, I was trying to put my lunchbox under the desk because we had visitors after the show yesterday. Trying to tidy up. Yeah, trying to keep the, you to keep the studio looking nice. And all of a sudden we hear, big bang, big bang. And I was looking at my computer at the time,

Megan starts, first reaction, hysterical laughter. Which I understand. Look, I'm not offended by that. You know, like some people might be, but I understand that it's a natural reaction for a lot of people to laugh at others' misfortune. Why? It's so bad. So what happened to you? I was actually not as bad. I think maybe the noise was

I mean, it did give me a little bit of a taste. It was a comical thud. On his head. He smashed his head against the desk. As I came up and misjudged where to put my head as I came out of there. Yeah, but Megan, you're still laughing about it. I don't know why it's so funny. I think it's a

comical thud. You've reached that crossroads in the relationship, which many couples get to, where when your partner injures themselves, you've got two options. To show concern and compassion, or just start hysterically rejoicing in laughter. Through my laughter

I did ask if you were okay. He did. But I think the laughter kind of took away that. You've got two seconds to go, are you okay? Once they say yes, then you start laughing. But it's usually the other way around though, eh? People laugh and then go, oh, it's a bit serious. This person hasn't moved.

They're lifeless on the ground. I shouldn't have laughed. My uncle always used to say to me, you shouldn't laugh at other people's misfortunes. I think it's a real problem of mine. I really find it hard not to laugh when you see someone walk into a glass door and the glass hasn't smashed

and they haven't severed serious arteries. I could see straight away he was fine. He hadn't severed an artery. Try and make yourself feel better. The worst thing is when you do something like that in public. I mean, I did it around you guys and that's fine, but when you do it in public

and you actually do hurt yourself, but you can't let off. Oh yeah, you try and walk it off. Everyone's like, you okay? You're like,

oh. Your bone's sticking out. No, I'm good. Just watching this footage actually this morning of a lady in Peru and she got out of a taxi with her dog.

She had a dog. But she fell into a manhole. Now, the manhole was covered. She just walked over it and it kind of just like flipped, flipped. It's like a turnstile. Yeah, like a turnstile.

And she went straight down there. The dog. Oh my God, is she okay? I think she's okay. Don't ask now. You ask first. I just told you the steps. Is she okay?

The dog, she's still holding the lead of the dog and the dog didn't get sucked down with her. But it sort of stayed up there. The dog, she's still holding the lead of the dog and the dog didn't get sucked down with her. But it sort of stayed up there. The dog's just

sitting there like, what the heck's just going on? Oh my God, I need to see that video. Yeah, we'll put it up on the Hits Breakfast

port lady, but she's all good. They got a ladder and stuff and they got her out, but yeah. Thank God. Well,

you know, don't say thank you on your, no part of you is worrying at all for this thing. No, you can't.

She's in Peru, you don't have to meet her. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I want to talk about the gentle art of Swedish death cleaning. This is a bit of a trend. It started as a book and now it's a TV show and a lot of people are talking about it.

What the idea is, is that as you get older, you do a death clean before you pass away and leave it to all your family. Oh, that's a great idea. Yeah, it seems like a good idea, right? It's kind of like living minimal and making sure you don't leave a ton of trash in your house. And also you get to decide where things go too. You're not putting it in other people's hands. Because sometimes people are like, well, I don't know what the sentimental value of this thing was or anything like that. You said that yesterday in relation to your family.

Isn't it best to give it to someone and see them experience it? My mum's like, oh, you can have these earrings and then you can pass them on to Aya. It's like, why don't you give them to people now and you can hand them to them, see the joy, explain the meaning behind it. And then she doesn't wear them. Because she wants you to deal with the admin. You must reach a certain age in life Where you're like Oh well

I don't have to deal with all my stuff now That can become someone else's problem That must be a really relieving period in life And I guess some people might find it quite confronting You know Having to do the death clean And you don't want to think about that You're like

I'm just going to enjoy all my stuff Until I die And someone else can do it But I kind of like the idea of passing things on While you're like, I'm just going to enjoy all my stuff until I die and someone else can do it. But I kind of like the idea of passing things on while you're alive and they're alive. And not burdening other people with all your stuff. Yeah, think about that with your garage.

A lot of costumes, definitely. Someone's going to have to hit deal there. But maybe you can hand them out to people in your life. Here's an ATM machine. What was your life? That sort of thing. That'd be lovely you'd have a garage full of costumes that

my wife has never been able to park a car in if you want to know the backstory about that yeah so have you cleaned out an estate what have you found because some people

hide cash in their mattresses and teapots oh that's the dream my mum has found a cake a wedding cake which would have been

about 50 years old and it was somewhat intact in my grandma's house somewhat intact like I don't think you'd eat it but like the sugar and I think it was

a fruitcake so it probably had alcohol in it it had kind of just like preserved itself okay that's a good find but I think we can level up from a cake

so friends of mine that they found they were clearing out their grandparents place and they found basically a little safe that was built into the thing and $80,000. Was it like old money? Just cash.

I guess some of it might have been old. I don't know. I didn't really know. But they just had cash. They obviously didn't trust the banking system. No, I know. And they had a safe under like carpet down in the basement. I wouldn't even know about this.

I reckon that a lot of people would find just instruction manuals. You know how you keep every instruction manual for everything you buy from like a VHS from 1982. Now, great, the internet has probably got rid of that for a while.

You're right. I'd had a clear file of instruction manuals. Batteries, single batteries in containers, Tupperware containers. Boxes of things, whether the toaster came in.

Yeah. John, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I don't know if you've had to clear out someone's estate, get rid of some of the stuff there, what you've discovered, or what you're leaving to burden your family with after you're gone. Barb, Barb, Barb.

How are you, Barb, all right? Morena, guys. Morena to you, Barb. Lovely to hear your wonderful voice again. What did you clear out from the estate? We bought a house that was a deceased estate, so we had to clean out all the manky furniture. When we were cleaning out the waterbed and pulled out the drawers,

we found a jewellery box that had very expensive Japanese pearls in it. How much were they worth? Well, I don't know. They had a letter in them and he was going to give them to his wife and we found out later that he had divorced and so he never gave them to his wife.

So, through the real estate agent, we managed to track down his granddaughter and give the pearls to her. Oh, good. I was just thinking you took them. No. I was like, that's your payment for having to clean out their house.

But no, you gave them back. I definitely would have done that too. I wonder if she would have left them if she knew there was a pearl necklace waiting for her under the bed. Well, given the state of the house, I'd say yes. Thanks, Mark. Have a great day. Nice to hear your voice.

Rhys, morning to you. What did you clear out from the estate? Hey, morning. Lovely to have you on, Rhys. Oh, no, we understand it's you. You're worried about what people are going to have to clear out of yours. Yeah, exactly. I'm worried they're not going to look after them as well as I've looked after them when I go.

So you've got 1,300 of something, 1,300 of something in your garage. What is it? I've got 1,300 Hot Wheels hanging up. Oh, and are these still in the box or out of the box, or how do you keep them? There's about 850 probably still in the box,

and then the rest are all open in cabinets and stuff. I saw a vending machine at the mall the other day, a Hot Wheels vending machine. You can buy them from vending machines. That's all I had in it. Yeah, I went over to Aussie a couple of months ago and I've seen them, but I don't like those because you've got to buy the crappy ones at the front

to get to the good ones at the back. Ah, is that what we're saying? Your vending machine will always get you in the Hot Wheels game. What's the hottest of your Hot Wheels? Your favourite one? Oh, probably the, oh, it'd have to be a Corolla.

Corolla. Have you got children, Rhys? Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. They're not going to look up. Do you love your Hot Wheels more than you love your children? You don't have to answer that, Rhys. Depends on the day. On some days, yeah, exactly.

Yeah, yeah. Good on you the day. On some days, yeah, exactly. Good on you, mate. That's incredible. Speaking of collections, I've got an ever-growing Lego collection, which is going to get out of control by the time I'm gone. That's from James, my dad's 80. Another text here. He's hunted his whole life.

20 deer heads hanging on the wall. What am I supposed to do with these when he goes? The text reads, we've got Amanda with us. What are you doing? Heading to work. I work for Novus Glass. Oh, show us your cracks. That's the one. You're the glass then. Yeah, exactly. Not you.

No cracks appearing in Amanda. She's rock solid. Now, what did you find in the estate, Amanda? Oh, I tell you. It was when I was cleaning out my nana's place. 40 years they were in that house. We went to clean out the kitchen, and there was like some preserve of some sports up in the top. We asked what that was all about.

I don't know. They've been in there since before we moved in, 40 years. It was black liquid by that time. Oh, jams from, like, the war. Yeah. Couldn't identify what those preserves were. My God. That is one of those.

We lived next door to a lady who was a hoarder. She could have been on a documentary. She was a hoarder. And, have been on a documentary. She was a hoarder. And again, she wouldn't throw anything out. So we watched her son come over with a skip bin. He would put stuff in the bin. Then when he went to get more stuff, she would climb into the bin and take it out of the bin.

Oh. Oh, God. Well, 15 skip bins later, we cleared the house. 15? Wow. That's it. You have to take it. We were saying yesterday,

you have to take a week of annual leave off. I did. Yeah. To be honest, that was true. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We start our day with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

Now, there's the old thing. There we go. It is an emotional rollercoaster, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz every day with Quiz Queen. Producer Ellie. And yesterday, pretty good start from the team. Eight out of ten. Yes, was it? Yeah.

You did right. Yeah, but it was probably quite good we dipped out because that second chat we were having was going on way too long. So let's get to the questions right now in the hope that we get to ten. I love that you're still trying to keep the show on the road, Ben. Good on you. Our boss Matt is like, you can't go three times on the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We can't come back to it for a third time. Okay, Ben. Good on you. Our boss Matt is like, you can't go three times on the New Zealand Hero Daily Quiz.

We can't come back to it for a third time. Okay, all right. Question number one. Can't tell us what to do. No, we can't. He technically can. Out of all the people, he can tell us what to do. Why has he got the final say?

Well, he's our boss. That's why. All right, question number one. Who won the NBA MVP award in 2021, 2022, and 2024? Surely it was LeBron. Was it Joel Embiid? Was it Nikola Jokic or

Giannis Antetokounmpo? Ante-combo. Ante-combo. Giannis. I'll show you the name. This is a big question. Maybe Giannis? I reckon that Nikola Jokic is what I'm heading towards. That is correct.

Well done. Well done, Ben. Yes. All right, question number two. We're moving on, moving on. Which is the only Nobel Prize category that is not awarded by Sweden? Is it physics, literature, or peace? Oi.

Yeah. Oi. Does the Nobel Prize all come out of the same country I don't know Or is it spread over different countries That's saying there's one that is not Awarded by Sweden So all the rest are

Physics, literature or peace That's peaceful Literature Out of all the Is it the same Sweden Or the Swiss are neutral Aren't they I thought physics and peace

Were The same You know what I think I think none of us Know the answer to this No Are we chucking it out Lifelining it

Yeah Lifelining it Peace is the old dog You know Like the original Okay So if you think you know Help us out right now so the

question is which which is the only nobel prize category that is not awarded by sweden is it physics literature or peace uh we'll get straight away we've got a piece come through thanks fiona fiona let's lock it in that is correct fiona well done thank you fiona all right question number three how many piano style keys does a standard piano accordion have? Is it 31, 88 or 41? Oh, accordion. 31, 88 or 41. I would lean towards, looking at an accordion,

do they do a couple of layers? They've got a bottom layer and a top layer? I'd say so. You might say 80? The 80 one? No facials, Ellie. Standard keys. Is that black and white?

Maybe 30. Maybe 30. I was thinking 40. It's saying, how many piano style keys does a standard piano accordion have? So it's not saying standard keys. It's just saying a normal piano accordion. This is a tough question to answer this morning. How wide are they? Like that? And then how big is a tough question How wide are they?

Like that? And then how big is a key? You imagine you can get quite a few on there Do you want to lock in 40? Lock in 40 mate 41 yeah? That is correct Alright question number 4

Which is Julia Roberts highest grossing film worldwide? Pretty Woman That is correct I was like just wait a second. Well done. Okay, what is the only Julia Roberts film I know? You're no queenie if you're... Now, Ben, we're at three minutes 50.

What would you like to do? Yeah, let's get a question to carry over to the next. All right, I'm going to leave you with this one. Number five, what is the Bundestag in Germany? Is it the highest court, the central bank, or the federal parliament? Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast

How are we feeling about parliament? It sounds parliamentary We'll go with you on that one, I don't know That is correct Oh that's great Well we're still here somehow Question number six How many main islands make up Japan?

Is it three, four, or five? Never been there. Ben, you've been. I've been there, but I've only been to the main island. Three, four, or five. I never knew there was more than one. So that's a revelation. It's kind of probably like New Zealand.

Oh, well, you know. Yeah, yeah, true. We've got a couple scattered around, some we forget about. Shout out Stewart Island. I honestly don't know. Would you say four? We're just going for the middle option? Well, sometimes that's the best one.

You know, I did that in exams. I used to do multi-choice and I'd just change A, B, C, D, A, B, and I'd just go back. No, no. Well, this time it has. That's correct. Well done. All right this time it has. That's correct. Well done. All right, question number seven.

How? How we got here, you're right. What is the oldest Warner Brothers theme park? Is it Warner Brothers Movie World Australia, Park Warner Madrid, Spain, or Warner Brothers World Abu Dhabi, United Abra... The UAE, it's just relatively new in terms...

You'd think it was pretty new, right? And Australia would... What was the other one? Spain. Yeah, in Spain. It's called Park Warner Madrid. How long has the Warner Brothers been in the Gold Coast? It's like the oldest one.

One of those ones. Yeah. And this is a place special in your heart being where you were. Hollywood on the Gold Coast. This is where I buy my passes. Megan gets gifted, but anyway. She gets gifted fast passes. And you were rejected twice for two family holidays there.

Yeah, exactly, yeah. Well, I went there when I was like 10. So that was like 10 years ago. Yeah, so it's been around for over 20, you know, 20-odd years or so. But then how long has Spain... I don't know anything about the Spanish one. So I don't know. It's a guess.

But why would they start one in Australia first? Why would they start one in Spain first? Spain just feels like it's got old historical stuff, doesn't it? It does have old historical stuff, you're right. I don't know. Should we lock in Spain? Yeah, go on. I'm locking in Australia.

No. That is incorrect. Is Australia? Australia. Yeah. You guys. Yeah. No, you had the fast pass, Megan.

I read it somewhere in the VIP area. You weren't allowed.