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Episode Date: February 19, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Why did Jono drive on the wrong side of the road?! Wild wedding stories - her "dead mum" showed up! The most dramatic alpha quiz we've ever had! Shopping fails! Ben's shopping fails... He brought toddler sizes! Ben vs. Laura Daniels – Who loves Palmy more? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: 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 today. It's lovely to have you on. Thank you, it's lovely to be here. We're just doing a bit of a post-match analysis of the show today. Gave away $1,000 on the Alpha Quiz. Is that in the podcast? Oh, we should check it in the podcast. Oh yeah, we should check it. We do the Alpha Quiz every morning. I know we don't normally do it, but I'm looking at Producer Grace through the studio. She's shaking her head like, oh, this is extra work for me. And I

apologise, Producer Grace, but it was a big dramatic moment from the show where we didn't know if we were going to give away $1,000 or not. We learned a lot about the currency of Sweden. Sweden. Yeah. You know what that look was? That was a Gen Z looking at a Generation Xer saying, I've done the

work already. I'm like, yeah, not going to loop back around, mate. Didn't want to, yeah, I've done the work already. I'm like, yeah. Not going to loop back around, mate. Didn't want to. Yeah, but anyway. Just circle back. Circle back. But yeah, no, it was a huge win and a bit contentious too.

Well, it wasn't contentious. It was just we were very confused about the naming and the pronunciation of the Swedish currency. Yeah. Which he delivered on big time. And we're going to kick things off with my white privilege. Now is it white privilege or white impatience? What do you call this? White privilege. White man ego. That's how you

drive too because you've overtaken me and like tooted before. Correct I have. I'm like oh my god that's Jono. You thought that was an aggressive toot. That was a friendly toot. No that was an aggressive toot. I knew it was me in your white car. You overtook me and then you went in front of me into an exit lane. I was like, wow, that's white man ego driving.

I was saying, hey, Megan, down the motorway. I don't road rage on the motorway at 100 k's an hour. Just think about your toot. You need to be like a... This is what we've discussed before. They need variations of the horn oh my god

why don't they make a friendly toot yeah the toot you have the friendly option and you have the more aggressive option the warning one yeah because the one

when you're at an intersection the car in front hasn't gone you just want to give them a beep beep just like a little hey you might be doing other stuff

how do we need to pitch this toot and there's nothing when you have missed it you know and someone's like yeah you're like alright

you know that's always the thing everyone says. All right, you know. All right, I'm looking at my phone while we've stopped. Don't we all? Not moving anywhere, but yes. Scrolling through Instagram. Shouldn't be. Not going to do that, you know.

Probably am. Anyway, so have a listen to this. Yeah, and you be the judge. Jono, Ben and a listen to this. Yeah, and you'll be the judge. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Last weekend of summer coming up, which is a little depressing. But, hey, Dublin Airport, apparently they've had 10 days without any sunshine for 10 days in a row.

So it could be worse. How have you zeroed in on that? Oh, there's just a thing. Summing up, they've never had that many consecutive days without sunshine. Oh, in Dublin? In Ireland, Dublin before. Oh, well, there you go. So, yeah, it became a news story.

So, yeah, 10 days in a row, no sun. The west coast of the South Island is like, hey, mate, it's just a normal fortnight here. Listen, I had a really interesting experience last night. Overnight, they're doing, like, roadworks near our house, so they're resealing the road. And hey, these people are bloody doing great work. What a front footer by saying that.

But does it feel like there's roadworks everywhere at the moment? To be honest, I'm not a road expert, but I'm like, this road was pretty decent. There was no potholes in it. I've seen some shocking roads in my time, but this one, it was pretty rock solid. But anyway, they've decided to reseal it. And they're doing it overnight, which is great. Not affecting traffic and day-to-day workings as well. But what it does do is it really clogs up the nighttime traffic.

Yeah. So all the side streets are shut. Well, not shut, but kind of all traffic's going one way. So I tried to go down one side street, but I'm going against the traffic. I'm like weaving in and out of cars, being that one single car going against all the other cars. So I'm just needing to go, I'm needing to go just around the corner, just around the corner of my house.

And it said residents only. And I'm like, well, I'm a resident. Right, yeah. And I can tell all the other motorists are like, buddy, what are you doing? You know, it's when you see the old person driving down the wrong way of the motorway. Oh my God.

Joe Biden, are you all right in there? Then I get stopped by a guy in orange vest. He's like, you can't come down here. I'm like, I'm like 30 metres, just around the corner. Can I drive on the footpath or something? He's like, no, you can't drive on the footpath. I was like, can I drive over that person's

lawn? Because I could actually cut through a person's front yard to just get to me. He's like, no, you're going to have to go around the other way. I was sitting in traffic about I'd say 75 metres from my house. Gridlock traffic for 45 minutes. And it got to a point, well, you know my impatience and erratic driving, Ben. I couldn't handle it anymore.

Because I was like, I can just park my car here and walk home. You can't park your car. You've got cones, so you can't park. So I'm just stuck there. And jeez, I tell you what. So I then reversed out and I drove down the wrong side of the road. I've got like people in orange things waving at me going, stop, stop, stop. Yeah, because you're driving down the wrong side of the road.

I put my hazards on. The arrogance of. The white man arrogance. Absolutely. How dare I wait 45 minutes, although everyone else is also waiting. Well, they're not living like 30 metres away. It doesn't matter. They're transit.

Anyway, I was like, what are you doing? The rules don't apply to me. No, they don't living like 30 metres away. It doesn't matter. They're in transit. Anyway, the guy's like, what are you doing? The rules don't apply to me. No, they don't. This is my street. This is middle-aged white man privilege at its finest. Anyway, I was like, I'm just around the corner. And the guy's like, oh, are you? I was like, yeah.

He's like, well, of course you can drive down there. So it was a good ending. It's 45 minutes of pointless sitting in traffic, driving down the wrong side of the road It's also not pointless You know what they're doing They're fixing the road But the road was fine in the first place

It says you Structurally Because they're wrong with the road People are driving up and down Next time I'll get them to loop you in on the plans They probably did I think most of those plans you can find out about They probably dropped a letter in your email box They probably did. I think most of those plans you can find out about. They probably dropped a letter

in your email box. They probably did. You're right. And emails. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. No one likes being told off

in public, especially by someone you don't know. And that's what happened to me yesterday. And as an adult. I know. You don't know what to do

when you're being told off. And it sits with you for about an hour or two afterwards. Still sitting with me. This happened yesterday after the kids went to bed. You know, like when you have toddlers and you get them to bed,

sometimes it's a real event. And once you put them down, you're like, oh, thank God. I need a treat. Also, my husband's not very well at the moment. So he was like, go to the dairy and get us an ice cream. Nice. I was like, what do you want? Be specific.

Did you say it like that? Yeah. What do you want be specific did you say it like that yeah what do you want be specific no I just wanted to go there get it and like okay so anyway he didn't give me he was like send me a photo I was like I'll FaceTime you he's like just send me a photo

I get to the dairy they have like to their credit they have multiple fridges running with ice blocks. And so I had to take four pictures to show all the fridges. FaceTime would have been easier. You're right. It would have been. So I'm standing there taking pictures of

the chillers, multiple pictures. And that's when the dairy owner comes over and is like, are you okay? And I was like, yeah, I'm just, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good. I'm just taking photos of the ice blocks to send to my husband. He thinks you're an undercover agent from another dairy. I don't know what he thought. Yeah, or you're working for Tip Top or something like that.

You're looking for prices or, you know. Yeah, and then he was like, are you planning on buying any? Fair enough, fair enough. He's like this weird lady who just takes photos of the deep freeze. He was taking ages to like, he was obviously zooming in on the pictures being like, oh, do I want this one? Do I want, I know. Thank you.

And so meanwhile, I'm getting. I might just grab it. Get what you get. You can't complain. That's why I said beforehand, be specific. And so he's taking ages. Meanwhile, I'm getting told off for taking pictures of the chiller and asked if I'm actually going to buy anything.

Well, you've got so many options. You've got paddle pops. You've got so many options. You've got paddle pops. You've got cornettos. You've got trumpets. I was like, do you want a fruity vibe? Do you want an icy vibe? Do you want like chocolate? Like, come on.

So it ended up he put in an order for like two. So I had to buy three ice blocks by myself looking like I was going to move the three ice blocks. Was the dairy owner happy when eventually you made a purchase? Yeah, well, he was a bit icy as well. Like the ice blocks. I don't know what he thought I was doing. I'm like, I always do that in clothing shops as well. I take photos of clothes and I'm like, do you like this?

I send it to friends and my husband. Are you not allowed to do that? No, you do that in glasses too, don't you? I don't take any photos, no. In glasses? I don't take any photos in glasses. Are you in there by yourself? No.

You know, she got me glasses. No. My kids do that they'll be at the changing room sending me pictures of them you know with their stuff and go I like their top fitted

or get me another size so now they're all right but you're not taking photos no I definitely not and the changing room no no no and it's not happening my daughter's like

I'll come into the changing room just so you can see what this top looks like you're not allowed to go into the changing room I was like I have no into the changing room Just so you can see What this top looks like You're not allowed to go Into the changing room I was like I have no need To shoplift a crop top

I don't think that's what it's here These guts don't need to be exposed Yeah I don't think they're worried About you doing that No John O'Bien and Megan The podcast The hits

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To get a lope. All thanks to Tourism Fiji. It would be an amazing time for you if you've been engaged, you want to get married, for whatever reason it hasn't happened, you can register right now at the hitstock.nz. Yeah. A pretty exciting time, isn't it? And over 150 entries so far.

So get in there. We'll be making the draw in the next couple of days. But there's probably a good reason that a lot of people want to elope. And it's all they want to avoid drama at the wedding. They can be the epicenter of drama, can't they, weddings? I've had two and both of them. The second time I was like, I'm not going to have drama. There was drama. But the first time second time I was like, I'm not going to have drama. There was drama.

Right. But the first time around, it was like just all go. There was so many things. Some I can't mention on the radio, but there were people demanding to have children there when we were like blanket rule, no kids. To make children there or bring children. To bring children.

So we made an exception for some people to bring children and they ran amok. Right. They were loud and they were running around and we were like, this is why we didn't want kids there. They're like the drunk guests at 11 o'clock at night, but they're like that through the whole process, aren't they? Yeah.

There was one particular table that got very raucous and had too much to drink. So during the speeches there was some, how do I put it nicely? Some feeding of the garden. Oh, really? Oh, okay. I didn't know where you were going with that. I mean, that would have been about like 7.30.

Oh, really? So they got a bit hard too early, really. It was my workmates table. I was like, guys, guys. Don't invite radio people to somewhere free with free food and drink. Yeah. So I remember a story that a friend of ours,

he went to a wedding in the Gold Coast. Oh, nice. And he did assume and everyone assumed that the groomsman was on some sort of assistance because he was profusely sweating while licking his lips, telling everyone how much he loved them all. Stroking faces, rubbing, you know, if you look over and you see your groomsman rubbing the carpet with his hands and patting the tablecloth. Seeing them home kind of situation.

Yeah, bench them for the speeches. But a lot of guys, they don't read the room. No, in speeches, you're right. You're like, there's a huge difference between, you know, a fishing boat and a wiener. Yeah, it's not a bossy day. Noteding. Yeah. It's not a 20, a Boston Daily. Not a 21st. 21st speech. This is not the time for a 21st speech.

It's classier than that. But some guys, you're right. It's like the attempt at humour might get a few laughs from one or two tables and then a lot of cringing and awkwardness from a lot of other tables. There might be grandparents there. Exactly. Probably parents there. Yeah.

Yeah. I think there should be a law passed by Parliament where if the bride looks over and she sees the groom sort of rubbing faces and sweating, she's legally allowed to hand him a speech she's pre-prepared. And he has to read that by law and not deviate from there. Men are just a lesser species. So wild weddings is what we want to know. The wildest thing you've seen at a wedding.

Maybe it was your wedding. Maybe you've been in attendance and you've just gone, oh my goodness, what is going on? It's great if it's not your wedding.

Imagine if I did say some fisticuffs. I reckon fisticuffs have happened at the wedding. One of the most unusual things I saw at a wedding was when the celebrant asked,

will you take this for the wedding? Most people leave that out now, don't they? And it was just a long pause. Like, honestly, it went on. And it felt like, you know when something says, and you're like, this is taking so long, why isn't there an answer?

Eventually it was an answer. But it was apparently some little dare that the mates had all had. It's to see how long the first wedding in the group, they had to wait two seconds. Next one, four seconds. The wedding I was at was 12 seconds. I was oh my god you're not gonna answer this question because i had no idea what this deal was going on sounds like they were actually waiting for a particular

person to say something it was so awkward jono ben and megan the podcast that we could be sending you to fiji to get married at married at first flight it's all thanks to tourism fiji if you want to register you can do so at the hitstock code on nz uh just talking wild weddings though because i guess you're going to avoid all the wild antics of your stock standard wedding if you're eloping you know you probably just have to deal with some sunburnt people watching you get married and taking photos of you for their photo stream but uh great text here on four four eight seven wild wedding i do not want to go on here uh my wild wedding was to my ex yes he uh is now married to my best friend he got so drunk he was doing the electric eel on the dance floor my husband's sister was doing the deed in the garden

with her partner oh jeez uh and uh there were lots of breasts out in the photo booth i wouldn't change a thing about it. Great day. Great day. Tina, good morning to you. Wild weddings. Morning. Lovely to have you on.

What happened? In my late teens, I was asked to be a bridesmaid at a cousin's wedding. And I didn't know this person very well. We hadn't really spent a lot of time. But it was a wedding, right? So I was like, yeah, I'll be a bridesmaid for you can't say no to that really can you who says no to being a bridesmaid yeah yeah so I was like absolutely and it was quite a swanky wedding everything was silk and roses and jaguars and all of that type of thing and the day just went on as

normal and we got to towards the end of the reception and we're just sitting there and people started dancing. And what I heard was that somebody had whispered something to the groom about the bride. And the next minute, this almighty fight broke out on the dance floor. And I had no idea what was going on. I was like, what is actually happening? And everyone was quite posh. And then there was this huge fisticuffs

and teen policing came. And yeah, it was pretty wild. So people were very injured. And unsurprisingly, yeah, yeah. So unsurprisingly, the wedding was over. Like the marriage was over in about nine months. And like any good family, nobody talked about it. It just got swept under the carpet.

You're like, what is the tea on this? Wow. Yeah, so it was like nobody said what had actually happened or what was said or why it ended. We just heard that it was ended and it ended. And I was like, oh, I felt sorry for her and stuff. And then fast forward about, I don't know, maybe two years later and I'm standing in the pack and save line,

and I thought, oh, I'll have a look in the woman's weekly. And there he was, the guy that she had married. And he was getting married to a celebrity. And I think I actually said out loud at the time, oh, no. Because, yeah, we were thinking, gosh, this guy's pretty shady. Yeah, so he got married to a celebrity. Oh, I love these people. Let's not say them on the radio radio because they could get us in trouble.

That's wild. I tell you what, it's a great wedding when the police are invited, isn't it, at the end of the night? I know. Yeah, I was pretty stunned. And, yeah, and so then obviously if you go on Google or go onto Wiki about this relationship, it didn't last very long either. Oh, jeez. Surprisingly, so, yeah.

Oh, well, thank you. Thank you for sharing, Tina. But this is where the bar has been set for wild weddings. Police, celebrities, silk. It had it all. Yeah, yeah. It was fancy, and it just turned to custard. I still have no idea what even happened.

I was like a fly on the wall stunned. And, yeah, no one's ever breathed a word about what was said, but I'd love to know. Classic Kiwi way, suppress those emotions. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We're talking wild things that happened at your wedding.

You'll avoid all those if you get married at first flight. Thanks to Tourism Fiji. You can register right now at the hitstock.co.nz. Yeah. Everything just seems funnier when it takes place at a wedding. Higher stakes, maybe. You know how much planning and effort and money has gone into that one day. You're right.

Great text here. We went to a wedding and they cut the cake with a dirty chainsaw. Cake literally went everywhere all over the venue. No one got to eat any cake. I was involved in a chainsaw wedding cake scandal, remember? Cake literally went everywhere all over the venue. No one got to eat any cake. Oh, jeez. I was involved in a chainsaw wedding cake scandal, remember? The Edge. They went through a period where they were doing a whole bunch of weddings.

The problem is they started with genuine weddings, didn't they? And it was lovely. But then, you know, radio, you have to keep upping yourself. And this had reached to the point when we were there that they were like, all right, we need to cut the cake with a chainsaw. We need to put the bride and groom on rollerblades they'd really gone high concept and they said has anyone got a chainsaw

and I said yeah you can borrow my chainsaw and they went and picked it up from Jennifer my wife even she was handing the chainsaw over going is this a good idea and I was part of an HR investigation after that turns out giving chainsaws to listeners getting married to cut cakes on rollerblades not a great idea

someone could have called that out in the brainstorm room Shelley good morning Turns out giving chainsaws to listeners, getting married, to cut cakes on rollerblades. Not a great idea. No. Someone could have called that out in the brainstorm room. Shelley, good morning. Good morning. Wildest thing you've seen at a wedding. Wild weddings this morning. Yes. What happened?

So my sister was the bridesmaid. We had a water slide at our wedding. It was at a campground and she went down in her bridesmaid dress, which was pretty cool. But then, not to be outdone, my father-in-law decided to get out there and go down stark naked in front of his 80-year-old mother. Is this like mid-wedding? Is this before the nuptial? It was the end, right?

So the band's out, you know, the band has been playing. There's been a few drinks flowing. So, you know, just one of those fun events and a great memory for everyone. Oh, it's kind of cool in a way.

I mean, you always got to, you know, and later on in the night it gets very appealing, doesn't it, a water slide? Yes, yes. But very unforgiving too

with water slides when you're naked. You're seeing angles on that body Dare I ask, which way did he go? Was he lying down or was he face up? What was going on? No, face up Everything on display

Because you got your legs up by your knees Oh that is wild That's good, I love it That's pretty, have a great day, Shelley. You too. Thanks. Good morning, Roz. Hello.

Wild weddings. What happened? Well, we went to Waiheke Island for a wedding. And one, the bride's dead mother happened to be there. What? Wait, what? The dead mother? Did you say dead mother?

She kept saying to everyone that her mother had died. Right. But her mother was at the wedding. But obviously alive. It's a wedding miracle. Yeah. There was also no food at all. So somebody had to go and buy the kids all potato chips and for their drink so they could

actually have something to eat. Well, mind you, ferries are expensive, aren't they, to get over to an island so I can see why there would be no food? Well, she lived on Waiheke Island. Oh, okay, so maybe it wasn't expensive. We travelled to Waiheke Island for the wedding. So what did the reception consist of? Nothing. Nothing at all?

Nothing at all. Was there a cake? Nope. So would you get anything to drink, like a water or anything? Nope. Nope. Had to buy our own. Wow.

Mind you, when your dead mother shows up, that would throw you. That would throw the organisation out, wouldn't it? Oh, yeah. That threw it out all right. Yeah. Especially when someone went up to a mother and said, God, you're looking wonderful for a dead lady. Oh, my God.

Someone just had to stir the pot, eh? Oh, I appreciate that. There we go. No food and someone coming back from the dead. Thank you, Ros. Yep. Okay. Bye.

And we'll just end wild weddings on this text. Megan, do you want to read it out? This is, again, just men as a species. We're just a little lower, aren't we? My husband was also under assistance at a friend's wedding a few years ago. He sprayed the bridesmaid with champagne, set fire

to our table, and made up false telegrams that got read out at the speeches. I was heavily pregnant at the time and had people giving me their condolences on the behaviour of my husband. That's a wake up the next morning for him going, oh, it was a good night last night.

She's just glaring at him. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. There's a huge asteroid which could level a city as got slightly higher odds of hitting the earth in 2032. Still very slim. Yeah, it's gone up from 1% to 3% chance.

My daughter was in on this. She was like, I've just been reading on the BBC. I was like, why are you reading the BBC? There's an asteroid coming. Then we did a bit further digging. And yeah, I'm like, it's probably landing in the water. We've got so much water on Earth. It's the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting.

Isn't it about the size of the Statue of Liberty? I'm not entirely sure. A little burn up in the atmosphere. Yeah, that's not to say it won't hit something else. That was the plot line to the Simpsons movie, I think. If not, we'll send Bruce Willis up there. 10 questions, 60 seconds, and all the answers start with the same letter. The Hits Alpha Quiz.

In just 60 seconds, you can win $1,000. Every answer starts with the same letter. The Hits Alpha Quiz. In just 60 seconds, you can win $1,000. Every answer starts with the same letter each morning. That's why we call it the Alpha Quiz. You can pass and come back if there's time, but you can only take your first answer. Rand, $1,000 sound good to you, Uday? Oh, it sure does. Lovely. Do you know Saddam Hussein's eldest son was Uday, wasn't it?

Oh, yes. Yes, I was reminded about that. Are we talking to Saddam Hussein's eldest son? That would be... No, I wouldn't need $1,000. No, true. Financially pretty stable, I imagine, the Husseins. Uday, have you played long in your car before?

Yes, for about four years. Oh, you've been playing for four years. Have you ever struck 10 out of 10? In the car, yes, I have called before and a Harry Potter question tripped me up. Okay,

well, hopefully there's no Harry Potter questions this morning. We're going to throw it over to Megan. Good luck. Thank you. All right, Uday, your letter this morning is K for Kilo. So you guys are impressed that I know the phonetic alphabet? You never say anything. No, because I don't know what the phonetic alphabet is. So I could be just making it up.

K for Kilo. Uday, you ready? Yes. Here we go. What is the surname of Celebrity Sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe? Kardashian. In what animated film does Jack Black voice a character called Poe? Kung Fu Panda.

Which cereal company invented Corn Flakes? Kellogg's. Uma Thurman plays the bride in which film series? Kill Bill. The name of David Hasselhoff's talking car in Knight Rider? Kit. What does the K stand for in the fast food chain KFC? Kale Bell Kit Kentucky Crown Kings of Leon.

German? It's Kia. New Zealanders are known as what? Kiwis. We got an answer for everyone. All ten. Wowee. We might have had a slight... With time to spare. It's time to spare.

Now we need to go back. Uday, that was a rock solid game, baby. You'd be proud with that outing. Oh yeah, I am. Thank you. Yeah, you did really well. Very calm, cool, collected. We'll rattle through the answers, see if you got 10 out of 10.

See if you get the $1,000. Here we go. Oh, I've lost it. I've lost it. First question. Here we go. What is the surname of celebrity sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe? Oh,,000. Here we go. Oh, I've lost it. First question. Here we go. What is the surname of celebrity sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloe? Oh, well done.

That was Kardashian. In what animated film does Jack Black voice a character called Poe? Kung Fu Panda. Which cereal company invented Corn Flakes? Kellogg's. Uma Thurman plays the bride in which film series? Kill Bill. You're impressive.

The name of David Hasselhoff's talking car in Knight Rider? Kit. What does the K stand for in the fast food chain KFC? What is the currency of Sweden? Now, that's where I just brought Producer Ellie in to say. The answer that we got was... Crown. Sorry.

What did you say? I said crown. I pronounced it the same. Yeah, crown. Crown. Yeah. Yeah. It appears to me that it's actually the corner. Oh. Yeah. It appears to me that it's actually the Kona.

Oh. So close. That's why I wanted to bring you in just in case I got something wrong there, but K-O-N-A. Yeah. I haven't even heard of this. It's a Krona. What did he say?

Korn. Yeah. Krona. He said Krona. Yeah, Krona, like that. Yeah, he said Krona, and now he's adding an A at the end of it. Well, it is Krona Crona Like that Yeah you said Crona And now he's adding a A At the end of it

Well it is Crona It is Crona Oh okay Yes Oh that's a dicey one eh Why don't you go back on a replay or something And then you've got the rest of them Kings and Leon

You've got Kia as well And you've also got Kiwis as well So we'll look No I tell you what Let's take it to the match officials. Yeah, I'll go and have a little listen, eh? And we'll take it to our bosses as well. We'll get the adjudicators. We'll listen to that.

Uday could have won $1,000, or we could busily disappoint him. Again, like the Harry Potter question last time. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We need to get some dramatic music, because we have had some high drama in the Alpha Quiz this morning.

Welcome back, Uday. Lovely to have you on. Thank you. A beautiful outing from Uday. It was. Stunning. With time to spare. Yeah, you got an answer for all 10 questions.

And to be honest with you, it's caused quite a flap behind the scenes. Calls and texts coming through. Why you said a word? Yeah. So we're looking for the currency, the Swedish currency. Now this is the answer that Uday gave. What is the

currency of Sweden? A crown. A crown. He said a crown. Crown. Crown. Now we have the Swedish nation is getting behind you here. Swedish correspondent. Avi, welcome.

Morning. Sorry, I'm on speaker as I'm driving. That's all right. We can hear you. We can hear you. Loud and clear. Now, what do on speaker as I'm driving. That's all right. We can hear you. Loud and clear. Now, what do you want to say about this? I used to live in Sweden, and I was actually there last year.

In my experience, it's called Krona or Krona, but the colloquial term, what people refer to it is crowns. Have you used the colloquial term, Uday? I would also say that it's in the translation. A lot of people coming through on the text. It's the English translation of krona. Well, my best friend at work was a Swedish girl named Kajsa, and that's how she used to pronounce it, so that's what I went for.

Oh, now, Avi, if you were in our position, now, bearing in mind things are tough in media at the moment, money's tight. Avi, would you give Uday the $1,000? 100%. 100%. Here's the thing. The question doesn't say what is the English or, you know, we didn't define which pronunciation we wanted. You're right.

You're right. So we could have had a clearer question. So crown is not wrong. If you want to get technical, if you talk to a Swedish person, you say, what is it? They say 10 crowns. 10 crowns. Okay. I'm going to make a call. If you want to get technical, if you talk to a Swedish person, you say, what does it say? King Kronz. King Kronz.

Okay. I'm going to make a call. The $1,000 is yours. You've won $1,000. Hey, yes. Thank you. Thank you. You've done it.

You bamboozled us. You got us on a technicality. We had Swedish people phoning through, texting through. You've got yourself $ a technicality. We have Swedish people phoning through, texting through. You've got yourself $1,000. Congratulations. Tackar, Sweden. Thank you. Lots of people.

So many people have texted through as well saying that you were correct on that one. So well done. Congratulations. 10 out of 10. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. My family thanks you, my sons especially, because I make them call you every morning. I'm like, oh, you wake up, time to call.

We appreciate it. Well, congratulations. Thank you so much. You've got a lot of support on the text machine too, Uday. A lot of people backing you. So you go and have a – Thank you, New Zealand. Thank you, New Zealand. Thank you, New Zealand community.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. That's something that I'm you, European community. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. That's something that I'm sure all of us like to do is buy stuff online from time to time. And it doesn't always work out. You mentioned before I bought some outfits. We're going to get married in Fiji for myself and my groomsmen.

Looked great in the picture. Turned up and they were like oversized pajamas. Looked like, you know, just white linen, but just horrible. He went linen pant, linen jacket. He wanted to be like a Caucasian boys to men. Yeah. It was like the Backstreet Boys, basically. And they turned out, they were terrible.

They were terrible. So I should have looked at that. And I should have done it yesterday. Do you know, did you put it in the Salvation Army bin? Yeah, I did. There'll be a group of people out there sleeping on the street, but looking magnificent. They look great. Like as a team.

They're linen. Four of them looking great. Someone could have done their couches, reupholstered the couches with them. No, a couple of weeks ago, I ordered something online. I needed some sunglasses for a little thing I was about to film

with some orange. I was like, orange sunglasses, that's what I need. And I ordered it online. Looked at the picture. Everything looked great. Everything was great. It was cheap too,

like it wasn't much. Have you gone to Timu? Yes, it was one of those sites like that. Yeah. And it arrived and I was like too you know like it wasn't much have you gone timu uh yeah yes it was one of those sites like that yeah and it arrived and i was like oh and here you go and i was like oh the box is oh my god it's tiny and then here you go we've got them here right now here are the first glasses they are toddlers glasses i was like oh yeah when i first I was like Oh the box is very small Very small

Did you go back And look at the listing And was it obvious No no to be honest I haven't I just was like Oh well I really Screwed that up

And in the picture There was no No one was wearing them Or anything like that It was just They should put them In a toddler Or a very small adult

Yeah because they are They're a toddler They're for you like For one of your I don't know Should we give them away now Yeah we can are. They're a toddler. They'll be your, like, for one of your, I don't know. Should we give them away now? Yeah, we can. If you've got a, like, what do you reckon?

What age would like these? It's probably, like, a three, four-year-old. Yeah. Okay. If you like these, they're orange around the outside with the glasses. Bright pastel orange. Yeah. Great summer vibes.

Definitely for someone with a small face or with a toddler. Little Has Buller. Do you know Has Buller? Yeah. He'd fit those. Cute little fella. Oh, 800, that's okay. If you want these toddler orange sunglasses.

Very tiny, very cute little glasses. How much were they? They were only a couple of dollars, to be fair. They weren't much. It wasn't like, oh, but still annoying when you're like, you're waiting for a bit. You're like, oh, they've arrived. And then you're like, very small box.

I had the same thing with a Winfield Blues hat, but the hat had a flap, like it was like, you know, one of the SunSmart hats, and I was just like, the hypocrisy of this hat. On the front, it's advertising lung cancer. On the back, they're a bit concerned about skin cancer.

It makes no sense to me. All right, we're giving away toddler sunglasses. Melanie. Hello, how are you? Are these for you? These orange toddler sunglasses? They're for my grandson.

I reckon he'd poo, and I reckon he would look really cute. He would look great. They would look great. My face is too fat and big for this, that's for sure. So, yeah, these are great. You can have these. No worries. Wonderful.

Thank you very much. Don't ask the lenders to do much. Just make sure your grandson shuts his eyes. It might burn his retinas. I don't know. There's no such... Yeah, you're right, actually. Who knows?

Who knows? Who knows? There were a couple of dollars, but anyway, giving those away. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Oh, jeez. Tell you what, there's nothing worse on the social spectrum when you've had a... You've crafted...

Well-crafted conversation with someone. You've had a textbook goodbye. You've said everything you need to say to that person in that moment. And you say goodbye. I know what you're going to say. What's that? And you walk away the same way? it happened to me yesterday it's so awkward oh gosh in the air so we had a conversation outside work and i was like this is great really good conversation all right see you later mate i turned to walk and then they turned to it same way and not just the same

way they were going to the car park. So this is two blocks away. It's a couple of minutes walk. We've wrapped up the conversation. I can't say, I've said the best goodbye I could say. But then we've got to start new conversations. To get you through to that. Did you address it like

oh, we're walking the same way. No, no. I don't have that sort of relationship. They're kind of a management. You know when you talk to anyone from management, you're kind of nervous around them and a bit jumpy. And yeah, that's heartbreaking when you discover you're walking the same way. Did you actually walk together or did you have awkward space?

No, we walked together. Yeah. And there was two light crossings too. Two light crossings. You've got to fill in banter as well. Yeah. It's the supermarket. It's the same thing as well, right?

When you bump into someone at the start, you have a conversation, and then you see them at every aisle afterwards, and then you kind of have to, ah. You do. You make noise. Because you've said everything. Again, you smile and acknowledge, but you're like, we're not going back to a conversation.

It's an encore that no one wants. Yeah, so just be careful of that. It's almost worth just walking in the opposite direction. Yeah, we can do that. You're right. almost worth just walking in the opposite direction. Yeah. Yeah, we can do that. You're right. As soon as you see they're going that way, you pause and be like, oh, I just need to go to the bathroom or something to delay you. Just be wary of that out there in the streets today,

team. Yesterday we got talking about your toe, Megan. Yeah, I hit a doorway with my toe. It'll be gone, but never forgotten that toe. Mainly because we'll keep banging on about it. But what do the doctors say?

What do the medical team say? I didn't go. You did go there. Yesterday I was like, it is broken. Today it seems a little better. Yeah, yeah. So you just bumped it and we're talking about that. Don't say just bumped it. I like cleaned it up on the doorframe.

And you know how that knocks you to the floor I won't have you downplaying it Thoughts and prayers But yeah yesterday we did get into Lamest injuries and sheesh the phone's Opened up I had my big toe broken in two places when a dog jumped on my foot I went to visit a friend

I tripped over a wire And I hit the only ceramic pot plant My friend had and broke the the only ceramic pot part my friend had and broke the scaphoid bone in my hand. Daisy, what happened? I was sleepwalking at night, walked across the bedroom floor doing something, God knows what. And you know those plastic washing baskets with the little holes?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I must have either walked into it or kicked it, but it sliced the back of my toe. Yes, I was about five or six, and I was chasing my brother around the Garam Peres place playing tag. He jumped over one bit of the garden, I jumped over the next, and there was a bamboo stake sticking up that hooked my manhood, well, boyhood at the time, and, yeah, tore the sack open.

Oh, my God! Good Lord! No! Oh, my gosh! Well, I don't even have one and I'm like... Now what happens from that point on? Are you rushed to A&E?

You'd be in just a lot of shock too right? I was on a holiday down in a small town down south near Te Anau and so the only place I was local was actually a vet and so my mum and grandma took me along there and the vet nurse sewed my... The vet nurse.

Good on the vet nurse. It's like, this is not my job description, but I'm going to do it anyway. Also, neutered you at the same time. Hopefully not. So there we go. Some great calls yesterday. Guys, they're still making me cross my legs. That's a hard listen.

That's a tough listen. But Hannah joins us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. We're just talking lame injuries, and I think your one could take the cake. I reckon it could, eh? What happened? What did you do?

It's so stupid. I don't even get a cool story out of it. I was literally just walking down the hallway and bent down to pick up my dog's toy and went full force, stood up into the doorknob and confessed myself. Oh my God. It can happen. Well, I guess it can happen.

It can happen to the best of us. Yeah, it's so stupid, honestly. I went to the doctors and she was like, no, just tell everyone you've bought a bear. Come up with a cooler story. I literally feel like a bit of a knob, I guess, if that sort of thing happens. Do you remember anything happening afterwards?

I just remember sitting on the couch holding an ice pack. It was just me and the dog home, so he was just like, what are you doing? Well, if you picked up your bloody toys, this wouldn't have happened. Exactly. I was like, you should have just cleaned up after yourself. Dog's like, I will take this to my grave.

Don't you worry. Oh, and so what does it feel like? I don't think I've ever been concussed. What does it feel like? It's like a massive headache. You feel nauseous, sensitive to light, pretty clumsy as a kid. So it's not my first time hitting my head, but first time concussing myself. And I don't even get a cool story out of it.

At least you get to retell it on the radio. I don't know get a cool story out of it. At least you get to retell it on the radio. I don't know if that's any consolation. Okay, thank you. She's like, it's not. It's not, no, but at least the whole of New Zealand

knows now that I concussed myself with a doorknob. Have a great day, Hannah. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Next episode of Jono's new TV show, Vince is on three,

8.30 tonight On 3 and on 3 now Yeah And we're live You just breathed yourself Made on live TV You're done Vince Vince

Vince Vince Vince Sorry I didn't get your name You make me laugh lady On tonight 8.30 If you have patience And like linear television On 3 or Sorry I didn't get your name. You make me laugh, lady. On tonight, 8.30, if you have patience and like linear television on 3 or streaming on 3now.co.nz and one of the characters on the show and someone who we used to work with for many years,

Laura Daniels with us in the studio. Good morning. Good morning. Laura feels like a sort of a sister. You were going to say assistant. I was like, a sister wife. A sister wife. Or maybe a daughter we adopted.

Yeah, done your OE, done some better stuff, you know. Reluctantly come back to visit from time to time, that sort of thing. That's it. I'm just coming in to see if I can do my laundry and if you guys can cook me dinner. But it's lovely to have you on here, Laura. And you play a character on the show called Bethanae. Bethanae, yes. From the twisted mind of John O'Prior.

Well, Laura, she's like a fame-hungry influencer. Yeah, and my character on the show is... So you kind of, from what I understand, you're kind of keeping a bit of a secret. What are you like on the show? What are you kind of form an understanding, you're kind of keeping a bit of a secret. What are you like on the show? What are you like keeping secrets in real life? Yeah, pretty good, pretty good. I can be a lockbox if you tell me it's a secret

and sometimes people forget to tell me something's a secret, in which case I'll tell everyone. Sounds like Jono. Don't tell anyone. Megan tells me she has to reiterate three times. And then he starts telling the story on air. And I'm like, yeah.

I don't know who told me that. You're like, Megan told you that. I want to play it because, Laura, you're from Palmerston North. Correct. That's where you're born and bred. Yep. And Ben Boyce was an unofficial ambassador for Palmerston North. Yeah.

Oh, wow. I went down and did a weekend with the family, which was doing something for social media, showing how good the place was. And we got stuck down there because I think there was like a cyclone coming through. So we ended up living there

for pretty much a week. And I, you know, greatest time, greatest time of my life, you know. You're off the pay packet now, mate.

Cinched with any sarcasm? No, I actually really enjoyed it. We did it. You get a key to the city. Okay, we'll play a game. One from one from each of you,

like a game of tennis. Name one positive thing about Palmy until you run out. Okay. Oh, I'll start, I'll play a game. One from one from each of you, like a game of tennis. Name one positive thing about Palmy until you run out. Okay. I'll start. I'll start. It took me like a fraction of the time to go to work in the morning. Like I drive and I was there. No matter where you go, it takes 10 minutes to get there.

Okay, that's a positive. Good. That was Ben's one. You have to have a new one. I need a new one. Oh, the Lido Aquatic Centre. The slides. The slides. That was awesome. That was your one, but that was also really good as well. I need a new one. Oh, the Lido Aquatic Centre. The slides. The slides.

The slides. Awesome. That was your one, but that was also really good as well. You were a lifeguard there. I was a lifeguard there. That was one of my first proper jobs. Have you ever made a lotion at the herb farm? Yes, I have.

And they do incredible French toast. Okay. I love how you're piggybacking on each other. This is cute. Have you had a flaming cocktail? I think it's like Little Savannah or something. Oh, yeah. Little Savannah. Yes. Yeah. That you had a flaming cocktail? I think it's like Little Savannah or something. Oh, yeah. Little Savannah.

Yeah, that's it. That's actually a fancy one. Hashtag gifted. Yeah. But it was nice. I had a great time. You can get anywhere in 10 minutes.

Tommy. That was good. That was actually really good. That was a good sell. Very talented musician and singer. Now we're going to play a bit of a game. Can you remember the next line from? Now these are some songs that you've sung in the past.

Oh, no. Okay, you have to try and remember the next line. Okay, here's the first one. Funga Matau Funga Matau Funga Matau Funga Matau You went to Funga Matau and you had to create a song about it and there's not much to play with.

I think we shot that in a day. You guys gave us a car and we went down and I believe one of the lyrics is It's got a roundabout and another roundabout It's got a roundabout and another roundabout it's got a third roundabout a total of four roundabouts so that's kind of

where we go with that I go to Funga Matara a lot and they still sing that song it's their unofficial anthem hell yeah okay here's the next one Laura Daniel finishing her song

goodbye forever I'm John Owen yeah show got chopped we had to get the chop to make 20 more seasons of the block epic anthem you made on the last episode yeah yeah you think these would like i do actually look back at some old jono and ben sketches and um you know when they pop up on the last episode. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You'd think these would, like, I do actually look back at some old Jono and Ben sketches and, you know, when they pop up on the YouTube and I'll have no recollection of making them.

However, songs and the song parodies are permanently ingrained into my head. If I go into a Taylor Swift concert, you can only hear the, like, Jono and Ben parodies. Oh, Laura Daniel, very talented. Always love seeing you, mate. And congratulations on all your success. Congratulations on your success. She's thinking, but. Oh, Laura Daniel, very talented. Always love seeing you, mate. And congratulations on all your success. Congratulations on your success.

I'm pretty excited for Vince to come out. Yeah, we'll see how it goes. Yeah, you're in it. Yeah, I am. I am. I think it's going to be very funny. This is the most coy thing ever. Jono's got a TV show and you're like, yeah, it's happening.

And you're like, yeah, you're in it. It's like, bye. It's New Zealand. Yeah, like, yeah, you're in it. It's New Zealand. It's an awesome show. It's going to be incredible. And that is the main reason I'm back. To promo Vince. Come back from the UK. And to do my laundry and for you guys to buy me dinner. And go to the gym. Laura Daniel,

the next episode of Vince on 3, 8.30 tonight. Spot the code word pop up during the show. Listen tomorrow to this radio show for our cuticle, and you could win $500 cash. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz is what we like to do first thing

when we're not quite awake. See if we can get 10 out of 10. Producer Ali is the only one that's seen the quiz this morning. Yes, hello. We've had a bit of a, not a tumultuous week, but we've hit the high highs and the low lows this week. Two wins in a row.

We really bottomed out yesterday, which is good, because I mean, I was thinking about it driving home yesterday. People don't want to listen to us answering all the questions correctly, do they? No, no. You know, they don't want to think that we're flawless geniuses, so sometimes we just lose on purpose. Oh, okay, mate. To make us seem a little more approachable.

Yes. Yeah, okay, first question all right what is the lightest element in the periodic table is it lithium hydrogen or helium sorry what she added three syllables to the word that's correct though Don't eat the way I said it Alright, question number two Sounds like everyone's auntie after about four wines I swear I'm drinking coffee Alright, who won the album of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards? Beyonce

That is correct Don't worry guys, sit back, relax We will You can't talk properly but you've got two answers correct. They all say. All right, which city was the first to host the Olympic Games in Australia? Sydney, Melbourne, or Brisbane? It was Sydney.

Melbourne. Or Brisbane. Olympic Games. Sydney was 2000. Yeah, but have they hosted it before that? I don't know. The first to host the Olympic Games. Yeah, I only remember Sydney

My mind only takes me back to Sydney Yeah Was there another No there was one in Melbourne Wasn't Oh no I don't know Well because Melbourne does have All those wonderful stadiums

Were they built for For an Olympic For an Olympic Games I'm sure there was one in Melbourne Olympic Stadium Melbourne Is it with the Storm Playing Melbourne Storm Or have I just made that up

Oh god We can go to the Lifeline Okay We can go to the Lifeline. Okay. We can go to the Lifeline. 4-4-8-7. Okay. No facial snags, Sally. Sorry.

All right. So we go to the Lifeline right now. Yeah. 4-4-8-7. Okay. The Olympics, the first Olympics held. Someone's saying Melbourne. John is.

Oh, John. John knows his stuff. John knows his stuff. John and Megan are correct. Yeah. Well done. Nice work. Now, what year was that? You keep asking. I'll just do correct. Yeah, well done. Nice work. Now, what year was that?

You keep asking. I'll just do some research. Okay, yeah, thank you. I haven't done the old backstory on it. But question number four is, what is the name of the young girl in Pixar's Inside Out series? Yes, that is correct. That's my kids' one of their favourites, Inside Out.

It's a great movie. 1956, the Melbourne Victoria Australian Summer Games. There you go. All right. Musée Matisse, dedicated to the works of Henri Matisse, is located in which French city? Lyon? Lyon?

Lyon? Paris or Nice? Oh, sorry. I understand nothing. Nothing I'm going to say. Is it a piece of art? I guess so. It says Musée Matisse. Yeah, right. It's spelled like that. Mat I can just see. Is it a piece of art? I guess so. It says Musee Matisse.

Yeah, right. It's spelled like that. Matisse, the artist. Dedicated to the works of Henry Matisse is located in which city? So I'm guessing it must be some sort of

tribute. Or Paris is the Louvre, so I don't know. Yeah. What? Well, that's, yeah, I mean, it's all just guess

we're using our lifeline. A massive art museum, right? It's Leon. It's Leon. That's incorrect. Oh, okay. Oh, I get what you mean. It was embarrassing.

And there it is, the Giselle and Harold Daily Quiz. Over and done with. Oh, it was a quick one today. Everything I said was wrong today. Everything. Everything.