Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Megan Told The Boys To Pash Their Wives!

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast. On a Wednesday, before we get into it, Megan's brought in some figs for someone else in the office, which is fine. I'm not angling it trying to get some figs

because I don't think I would appreciate them like this other person's going to make some fig jam out of them. Yeah, she said she always asks for fruit from people so she can make jams. I was like, well, I've got a fig tree. So I'll bring you some figs. What are figs? I don't think I've ever had a fig.

Here you go. Do you want to try one? Yeah, how do you eat it? Well, you can eat the whole thing or you can peel it. So I can eat it as it like this? Right. Yeah, that's off my tree. Okay.

Picked fresh yesterday. Oh, yeah. I expected more. They're quite like jammy. I'm trying to think of what you could liken it to Yeah I didn't realise you could eat them like that Yeah I haven't had a lot of experience around figs Peachy

Peachy and sort of you know I think it's like jammy I tried to find a real squishy one for you It's almost like water balloon texture Yeah Straight from the tree last night guys I tried to find a real squishy one for you. It is quite squishy. It's almost like water balloon texture. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of... Straight from the tree last night, guys. Oh, yeah.

It's very similar to a feijoa sort of family. Yeah, right. We always talk about this. There are some heroes who have taken the hit on finding what fruit we can eat and what we can't. We've lost many good people over history. They don't particularly look like something you'd... No, you wouldn't look at that and go, I'm going to try that and see if...

Especially now you're bitten into it. You're like, oh, it looks like... Oh, that looks dangerous. And then they wouldn't know immediately what the effects were going to be. No. They'd start hallucinating in three hours or they'd be frothing at the mouth in 12 hours.

You have a real gamble over the years. Real gamble. So thank you. But yeah, no, it's not bad. No. Do you reckon it's better in jam form? I quite like them fresh Okay

And you eat them like this? Yeah Or I put them on a pizza I'm making a quiche today I'm doing it in a quiche With some blue cheese I mean Would you go back?

Would you name in your top ten fruits Ben? No I'd eat it again But you wouldn't name it in my top ten fruits I Ben. No. I'd eat it again, but you wouldn't name it in my top ten fruits. I mean, that's a sought after list. I just, I literally grew trees of fruits that were really expensive. Passion fruit. Did you grow this one?

Yes. It's from my tree. Did you plant the tree? I did tell you that several times. Oh, I don't know. You say a lot of stuff. I thought you moved into this place and the property just had trees. No, I planted all of the trees.

Passion fruit, there's a lime tree, there's a fig tree, apricot. Can you bring in some passion fruit? Love me a passion fruit. You've just missed a season. What else have you got to say? I've got plums and apricot. I'm getting into the plums as well. Only if they're firm.

Firm plums. Hard plums. Can you bring in some hard plums? Two hard plums tomorrow, please. We'll give them a review on the podcast. All right. Speaking of passion fruit, well, passion at least. Yeah, listen to this.

John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Seeing this online and I immediately thought of you guys. It's the one thing that you can do. It's like a bedtime habit that will bring back the honeymoon phase in your relationship we all know there's a honeymoon you're assuming the honeymoon phase is over in our relationships i know it is we are humming both of us are you humming mate love machines that's great then you don't need this advice but i still want to hear it just out of interest

so there's one thing that you can do and a person has tried this and said that it absolutely works. This is apparently something that therapists will tell you if you go and you're trying to spice up your marriage. One thing you can do. To get back to the honeymoon phase, is it sleep with another person in your bed? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Is it cheesy? It's not cheesy,

but you guys are not going to want to do it. Okay. What is it? Every day, instead of giving your partner like a peck, you make out with your partner. Okay. Every single day.

So full pash mode. Yeah, full pash. Full pash mode. You know, like, okay, any stage of the day, obviously. It does say bedtimes better. Right. So when you're going to bed.

Yeah, I mean, you don't want to start doing it in the lounge in front of the kids, do you? Yeah. So you know that stuff. Yeah. Once you start, I know you can't stop, mate. It's a landslide. And it's weird. You get to a point in your relationship where you just don't really do that anymore.

You don't Pash, no. When was the last time you Pashed? You Pashed and gave it a good old sesh. When was it? I don't want to tell you. Okay, so this is apparently meant to work. Yes. So therapists are like, it takes you back to like butterflies in the stomach

and you have a kind of like intimacy that doesn't necessarily have to be like all the way. Do you know what I mean? It's kind of like, you know, through your teen years, years early 20s you don't care where your passion who sees your passion you know you're just passion up a storm some point you do stop your passion career don't you i wonder if it's the same these days though because there's phones phones are a lot more regular i reckon phones would stop a lot of the public displays of affection that you know maybe you're back in the day you're like oh well people you know got nothing else to do but now people film people film everything

and put everything online oh you mean from that yeah so you're doing it in public now look at these guys 20 years ago oh I don't care so yeah

well good care then you and Andrew pass and we'll put it online tomorrow tomorrow we'll film for a social video Megan and Andrew passion at the

at the city mission but like we would peck in public. Yeah. And you do a peck goodbye, you know? Are you guys pecking every day? Yeah, I peck. I'm a pecker. Also with phones too, I think a lot of romance would have died.

You just send a picture of your precious parts, don't you? And that's foreplay. But even in bed, you're on your phone. Like by yourselves. Okay, we'll give it a go. And that's foreplay. But even like in bed, you're on your phone. Yeah. Like by yourselves. Okay, well, give it a go. Hey, maybe 4487, maybe you are doing this every night. And how healthy is your relationship?

Are you on a honeymoon period? Are you going to try it? Because then would you get sick of pashing? That's what the novelty of pashing would wear off. Yeah. Wouldn't it? It would become like, oh, yeah. Just somebody to tick off my to-do list. You know, it would be.

Oh, that's to-do list. All right, done that. How long, this to-do list. I haven't done that today. How long does this have to go on for? How long does this end for? You know what that is? Three minutes of pashing. Yeah. It would be.

Walk the dog. Go to the gym. Pash my wife. I don't need another thing to do. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yesterday I did something and thankfully I was alone

because it's one of those moments where you do this and you're like, I'm glad there was no audience to watch this situation. Like the other day, Ben, when you hit your head on the desk and Megan started laughing. Her first reaction was laughter. She's still laughing about it. Look at her.

He just bent down to get his lunchbox in you. Came back up, wha-bang. This is funny though. Such a hearty whack. was laughter. Yeah, she's still laughing about it. Look at that. He just bent down to get his lunchbox in you. Yeah. Came back up, wha-bang! Yeah. This is funny though. Such a hearty whack. Yeah, it was a hearty whack.

And then you asked, are you okay, after you were laughing. Yeah, big laughter, then pause, are you okay? Are you okay? Gotta flip that. Gotta be the other way around.

Yeah. But you say I did something where I was putting some clothes on the clothesline, bent down, and clotheslined myself. Clotheslined myself. I'm laughing because I know you're okay.

Don't try and make it better. Are you okay? So you know we've got the fold-out clothesline. Oh, the fold-out one, yeah. It's got the wire thing. Then you go down. Gee, what does that catch you by surprise? When you're not expecting something to happen, it throws you.

And I know now, hey, I can enjoy it. I know why you're laughing. Because if I watched someone else do it and it was on YouTube, I'd be laughing too. Yeah. But there are those moments where you do injure yourself and you think, what are the top five most comical ways to injure yourself? Has someone done the research on this?

And thankfully, the internet's a thing. I have. I think I'm great. I'd like you to try and guess what some of the big bangers are. Thankfully, the clothesline's made the top five. It's five. Clotheslining yourself. Nice.

Yeah, made the top five. Just like general slipping over on ice or like slipping down steps. Yeah, I'll give that to you. Walking down stairs, missing a step, and falling down the stairs. Someone will go, how was your trip? That's always a good one. Yeah. That's number four on the list.

You did that at a sold-out Mount Smart Stadium, didn't you? Yeah, I fell down two flights of stairs. Yeah. What else would be there? Were you okay at the end of that? I damaged a lot of pride that day, that's for sure. Megan was in the grandstand that day. She was just laughing.

She went to ask if you're okay. Hitting your head. Well, yeah, that would have to be in there. No. Well, I'll give that to you because this kind of falls in the same category. Walking into a glass door. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's embarrassing.

It's good for the surprise factor again because you see someone walking towards you and then all of a sudden they're stopped by an invisible force field. Extra points for the face grease left on the glass. That's only for people with clean windows. Don't know if you get this one, but the old step on a rake and it flies, the handle flies into your face. Very comical. Yeah, I don't know if it actually happened outside of cartoons and stuff, but it does.

Do you know Oscar tried it when he was five? He saw it on a cartoon, veryable And he went outside And boy oh boy It came back Smacked him straight In the middle of the face The next one Burning your mouth With hot food

Oh yeah When you watch someone Trying to handle it Because they're trying To pretend like it's Not as bad as it is You roll it around With a

You burn off three days With the taste buds as well And what's Oh no that's five. I just gave you five. What more do you want? What more do you want? The five comical ways to do yourself.

Well, thank you. That's what we got in five. I should have given it a better end. Four would have been probably enough in hindsight. Well, you got five. We gave you one bonus one, free of charge. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. We have Merch Madness. It's the 19th of March and we're collecting all your corporate merch. No judgement. We will accept all merch from any business, small to medium sized New Zealand business. Ben, we're stimulating the economy. Some businesses we won't.

I won't take Kanye West merch anymore. He has tried to send us some excess stock but we do have some morals but basically if you've got something you'd tried to send us some excess stock, but we do have some morals. But basically, if you've got something you'd like to send us, Megan's going to model us all. She hates merch. She hates small business.

She hates supporting. I don't hate small business. I don't need to wear the T-shirt. Just spices it. Just support business. Now, another box has arrived in the studio. We're going to open it up really quickly. I do know what this one is because it's emblazoned on the box.

This is Eden Orchards. Right, okay. The cherry juice place. Oh, wow. I actually have some in the studio. We're going to open up really quickly. I do know what this one is because it's emblazoned on the box. This is Eden Orchards. Right, okay. The cherry juice place which I actually have some of my precious. Don't have ever tried cherry juice? Don't mind me a cherry.

Yeah, the cherries. Love a cherry. Yeah, cherries are great. Oh look, that's a cherry bucket hat. Great, two of them. Does that make you cherry? Look, we haven't had

any shot glasses yet. Ooh, a cherry shot glass. Apparently a shot of cherry juice is good to help you sleep. And sleep. Sleep mask. Sleep mask. That, a cherry shot glass. Because apparently a shot of cherry juice is good to help you sleep. And sleep masks. Sleep masks. That's good. Great merch.

Sometimes I feel some businesses look at the merch options and go, we'll take one of everything. That's padded. Look at that. That's a nice one. And do you know what? That would leave space for your mascara. That's a quality sleep mask.

I appreciate that. Yeah. Okay. And please tell me there's bottles of cherry juice in there. There is. Okay. So, well, thank you for that. We'll chuck some up on social media and give that away at the end of the month.

But we want to talk about regrettable merch that you've maybe purchased. You've been on holiday. You've been to maybe a theme park. Maybe you've been to a concert. Whatever it is, you can buy merch and produce it. Ali, you've done just this. Yes. So, in 2023, my partner and I, we were lucky enough to go to Mexico for the Formula One Grand Prix.

And it was awesome. We were so excited. We were fresh off the plane. So we just got to Mexico. So didn't know much about it. Went up to the merch tent. We're like, oh, my gosh, we're going to buy actual Red Bull merch at an actual Grand Prix. Oh, my gosh.

So we were really hyped up about it. And then we chose a hat, a Lando Norris hat and also a Red Bull Sergio Perez shirt because it was his home Grand Prix and then they were like oh that's 5,000 pesos and we were like oh mean, that's sweet as that's only like 200 bucks I think even to me 5,000 pesos sounds

like a lot of money even when you do the translating only a couple hundred dollars for all that. That's what we were thinking. And so we swipe our card through and take the merch away. And then I go into our bank account. Turns out, guys, there's Mexican pesos and there's normal pesos. We were thinking it was pesos.

It was actually Mexican pesos. So we spent $750. On a hat and a t-shirt. Yup. Oh my gosh. God. Much regret. Like, love the merch, but not that much.

I thought it was going to be counterfeit or something, but no. It was real, but it was so expensive. How can they have Mexican pesos and normal pesos? That feels like it's very misleading. I know. To be fair, we should have done our research properly. We were really just too excited. So yeah, I regret it because it was so much money.

Do you reckon they saw you coming and were're like no like oh this is definitely a normal peso transaction boys that's like a 500 t-shirt and a 250 hat yeah crazy do you wear them not really oh my god do you still have them yeah we do yeah so if you went to f1 you'd wear it yes i probably wear it there but again, that's hard to get to. You should wear it when you're watching it at home. It's true. Put it on. That is the thing. A lot of the times, not all the time, but a lot of the times you do get swept up in merch madness.

You do. At the location, it fits in. You blend in with the merch. You take it off site, you take it into the wild, and you never wear it again. You've just got to roll with it. All right, but anyway, some people do regret it, and that's what we want to hear this morning. Jono, Ben and Megan. The it. All right. But anyway, some people do regret it, and that's what we want to hear this morning. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. When have you regretted purchasing merchandise? We're getting caught up in merch madness this month. Megan, not a big fan of merch. You can send us your merch. Just text merch to 4487. We'll bounce back the address. Any business.

If your uncle's got a car wash and a vape store, we'll take it. Megan will model it, and then we're giving it all away at the end of March. We've got a whole bunch of merch. Great merch coming through. And a wide spectrum of merch, too. Shotglasses, sleep masks that we've just got this morning. Jackets, umbrellas, hivers, vests. Tramble mugs, all sorts.

Yeah, you name it. Did you say meth? No, I didn't say meth. Did I say meth? I don't know how you name it. Did you say meth? No, I didn't say meth. Did I say meth? I didn't say meth. Have you got meth? You know, you're a hard-working meth start-up business? We'll have a time.

It has to be branded, though. It has to be branded. Branded, yeah. If you're on the line at non-branded. Equal parts meth and merch production, we'll take it. But Ben, you've recruited a couple of uh merch purchases over there you're a big fan of it i do like yeah and i do wear it like to wear a lot of my merch you know and it brings back memories or supporting you know teams and things like that you know like

i do get you know swept up in it i know i get swept up in it but i do a lot of the times you know really continue to wear it you do yeah um but yeah back at school uh there was a cd single uh of back in the day big fan of space jam the movie the original movie oh do we have to play it don't do we have to play i believe everyone knows i believe i can fly ah kelly everyone knows what a horrible monster he is now but back then you didn't know those things and it was a beautiful song it was a great movie and i went to sounds music store in master. I don't think Sounds exists around the country anymore. No. And when you bought the CD single for like $9.95, you got a free pair of sunglasses.

And they were fine sunglasses, and they had R. Kelly on the side of the sunglasses. Okay, so you got into the sunglass game. Well, yeah, you got free sunglasses with $9.95. Was that single CD $9.95? It was $9.95. I remember that one. CD single. Was that single CD $9.95? It was $9.95. I remember that one. So you're buying one song and then you get

like a bonus track. A bonus track as well. I can't remember what the bonus track was. For $10. Yeah, it was $10. But I got sunglasses as well. I don't know if it was more

than what it would normally be but hey. That is a bargain. Back in the day we bought a CD single and glasses. Do you still have those R. Kelly glasses?

No, no. I definitely don't. I wouldn't be wearing them now. You look through those lenses and your morals become... Yeah, very questionable. That's for sure. So yeah, regrettable.

Regrettable. I mean, it wasn't like screaming R. Kelly, but at the same time... Yeah, you're like, still a bit of an R. Kelly merch. I mean, that would happen all the time. People would go to concerts and text here,

4487, I bought an $80 hoodie from a Chris Brown concert years ago. Well people still love Chris Brown you know but some people don't you know. Yeah. It happens I actually remember I went to one of those festivals ages ago and it was kind of one of those festivals where you know kind of families but children

running around in bare feet and dream catchers and I bought a Bob Marley t-shirt. Now I got home and I washed the Bob Marley t-shirt. Now, I got home and I washed the Bob Marley t-shirt and it shrunk into a crop top. Wear it. Yeah, I could bring it.

And it was just got like, Bob's always going, don't worry about a thing. But I was very worried about my belly button, my big hairy guts being exposed. I think I even washed it again and it kind of shrunk into the size of a poop tube. So that was a regrettable purchase. Wear it. I'll bring it in. I'll washed it again and it kind of shrunk into the size of a boob tube. So that was a regrettable purchase. I'll bring it in.

I'll bring it in. I think I've got it somewhere. I think it's in a container in the attic. Chrissy, good morning. Good morning. Congratulations, you've won a Bob Marley boob tube. What was the regrettable merch that you purchased? I went to the stage show

called Dracula's. Oh yeah, the one on the Gold Coast. It's got a little rollercoaster-y type ride through the haunted part or something. I love Dracula's. No, it was in New Zealand here and it was just on stage at the Opera House and there's lots of singing and

silliness. I didn't know what to expect. Little skits and things. I spent nearly $100 on two T-shirts for my daughter and myself. And I just found it really corny and silly and gutted. I wear the T-shirt now to bed as a nightie. Yeah, I know. It's one of those ones where you swipe the Air Force car through and you put your pin in and you're like, no!

Hey, it's coming back. Dracula's is coming back this year, apparently. So you just got to see it. Wear it until you come back. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. And with us in the studio, Producer Grace.

Am I your favourite Gen Z? Yeah, you are. In the room at the moment. My kids, yeah. Yeah, I was going to say, your kids are Gen Z. That's so funny. We're in the same age group. Our kids, yeah.

There's the Alpha Gen Z. You've got Alpha kids. That's scary, bro. You're scary. Producer Grace comes in and she's the spokesperson for Gen Z and it's kind of like David Seymour going to Waitangi. She knows she's going to be met with a hostile reaction from the audience,

given our ages, but she does it anyway. So thank you for taking the hit. Last week, the big issue that was affecting Gen Zs was us putting dot, dot, dots at the end of sentences on emails, also known as the ellipses. Ellipses, yeah. Ellipses. For me, it's like you're saying something sarcastically. Like it feels like you're talking down to me.

Mmm, dot, dot, dot. I'm like, oh, wait, wait. I just love the text machine too. Everyone's just trolling you now with dot, dot, dots. There are so many dot, dot, dots going through. I've got a message for the Gen Zs. Dot, dot, dot. Yeah, that's great.

That's what we're putting. We're being sarcastic. Dot, dot, dot. Let's go. And since then, just every day, hey sarcastic. Dot, dot, dot. Let's go. And since then, just every day. Hey, Grace, dot, dot, dot. Been popping up on 4487. Keep those coming through on the text.

Yeah, okay. So that was last week. Let's move on from last week. This week is something that I feel like we've all done, you know, in this particular age group that we're in. Megan, right? Yes. What am I particularly doing that you don't like, Grace? So I actually came in.

I was wearing a bolero, like a black, it goes on your arms and it goes behind your back. It's like a little shrug. Just the sleeves. Just the sleeves. A top that is just sleeves. Yeah. It's really cute.

Okay. And then Megan goes, I used to wear that back in my day. And I'm like. With the attitude? With that much attitude? No. That much attitude. And I'm like, my biggest thing is, what am I meant to do with that much attitude no that much attitude and I'm like my biggest thing is what am I meant to do

with that information cool like cool I used to work in retail and I used to get it about five times a day what am I meant to say I think you're coming

at it the wrong way I think it's like a Monday well if she is saying it like that then you get the attitude but if not maybe it's a bonding

sort of thing I'm trying to relate to you being like hey I used to be cool too. Like we used to wear those. But it just seems a bit. She wants you to know she died on a hill of ugly fashion just so you could reap the rewards now. And wear it again.

It doesn't come off like that. Like I just, what am I meant to reply with? I feel like a lot of us say, I remember that the first time. People know fashion is 20 year trend. You guys were wearing trends back then. I was wearing that the first time around. People know fashion is 20 year trend. You guys were wearing trends back then. I was wearing that the first time around. I remember when Crocs were ugly the first time. What do

you want me to say in return? What do you want me to do? Just go, hey, thank you for pioneering. You did nothing. Dying on a hill. You just wore clothes. Ugly fashion. So you can wear them ironically in 2025. It's not ironically. It's a trend. wear them ironically in 2025. It's not ironically. It's a trend. It's just coming back.

It's a cycle. And your baggy jeans. If anything. We used to wear baggy jeans. Yeah, baggy cargo pants with wallets attached to chains. Maybe not the wallets with chains, but they might come back. But the big baggy jeans and cargo pants. But they're comfy. Who wears skinny jeans?

That's gross. Yeah, I get told all the time by my daughters, my jeans are too skinny. Yeah, they're like, mm-hmm. Yeah. Great text here, 4487. Grace, I get told all the time when my daughter's like, my jeans are too skinny. Yeah, they're like, mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah. Great text here, 4487, Grace, I used to talk like that back in my day,

someone's just saying. So they're listening to the way you deliver words now. Again, what do they want me to do with that information? I guess it's probably a thing of like, hey, don't think you're doing anything new. We've travelled down this path.

Like we know that though. See, that is quite high and mighty though. That's high and mighty. Yeah, thank you. I don't intend it like that i just remember that yeah that's fine you know but you're right i just used to wear a lot of boleros that was like my staple and i see that tuna and i was like oh see i used to be cool like we can relate i wear the same stuff and she's like i'm not gonna relate and either i'm gonna be honest it either

comes off as high and mighty or maybe just a little bit desperate. Oh, okay. If anything, it's a cultural appropriation from your generation. Oh, shut up. Because it was part of fashion and pop culture back in the day. Now you're stealing it from us. Also, we had lime green. Mel B from the Spice Girls made lime green. That's Charlie XCX's name, mate. But guys, she doesn't own the colour.

It's a colour. This is a conversation that could carry on, but I'm going to put a pin in it. We're going to come back to it. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Every night, eh? Yeah.

Must be very nice. Must be very nice. Hey, so, look, I love gum. I carry around, often carry around gum in my pockets. Yeah. Something like that. But I noticed that getting rid of gum once you use it sometimes can be a bit of a problem.

You don't ever swallow it. I've done that many times over the years, but because I'm like, I just don't want to keep doing it. I'd rather not. I have done it, but I don't. You don't want to create a sticky sack in your stomach. I get it. Yeah. And I don't want to avoid it.

If I can, I'll avoid it. And I don't want to be one of these people that just throw it out into, you know, like into a bush outside somewhere or whatever it is as well. I want to put it in a rubbish bin or something like that or put it into a piece of paper like you saw me do probably on the flight. I put it inside my ticket. I was like, that's risky business and into your pocket. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, that's fine. Although one time on a flight, they came back around because they needed to see, the lady needed to see my ticket again. Oh, grim. I had to give her the ticket. They had gum in it. She opened it up for me. She's like, oh, I'm sorry. I had gum in it she opened it up for me she's like I'm like sorry I put gum in it so I probably shouldn't do that either. Did you say that

before or after she had opened it up? Yeah so I got I don't know it's got gum in it she goes that'll be fine but anyway yesterday I had to go in somewhere a little fancy a little office to get some papers that I was meant to pick up from reception that we were meant to sign for something. So I went in there and as I walked in there, I was chewing gum and I was like, oh, that's not really a good look. Not a professional. A nice professional environment.

Hi, good morning. And I looked around for a bin. There wasn't a bin on the way in and I kind of did have nothing in my pocket. I didn't have no airline ticket in my pockets to put the gum in. So I went, well, maybe I could just put it, slip it

gently into my back oh you roared it just because they just put it gently because i'm not going to be sitting down i'm going to go in there and then when i come out i can just slip it back out and get rid of it but when i get back to the car so that's what i did so this was very optimistic yeah just in the back pocket went to reception i was like oh they're forms here she said oh sorry they're not there right now. Just take a seat. I was like, oh, it's okay. I'll just stand.

I'll just stand. Is it just you and the receptionist? Yeah. I'll just stand. It's all right. Been sitting all morning. You know what it's like? You know, she's like, oh, it's all good.

So I'm just sort of hovering around. It's the first time anyone's refused to sit. And then I was like, the person I was meant to see came out. And he went, I'm just sort of hovering around. It's the first time anyone's refused to sit. And then I was like, the person I was meant to see came out. And he went, I'm very sorry that these forms weren't there. Come through this little office area. Have a seat. And he did. And he sat behind a little table and chairs.

He's like, have a seat. I'm like, oh, God. And I can't just hover if it's the two of us in a little meeting room. I'm like, sit down. And you know what? You're sitting down. you're like, oh. Yeah. You sit down gingerly.

As soon as you sit down and you're like, oh, there you go. I'm sitting down on the gum, which is now stuck inside my pocket. It's kind of got some of it out, but it's caught in there. I can feel it right now on the back of my jeans. So, yeah. You know what you can do? And it's only one of the very few life hacks I know. You put them in the freezer.

Freezer, yeah. Oh, what? Jeans in the freezer? Yeah, freeze the gum. Freeze it and then you can pick it off. Okay. I know, you put them in the freezer. Freezer, yeah. Jeans in the freezer? Yeah, freeze the gum. Freeze it and then you can pick it off. I'll do that tonight. It hardens up. Yeah, tell us how it works.

I can't fully put my hands in my back pocket right now, but there you go. Apparently peanut butter works too. The oil from the peanut butter gets rid of it. Okay. Then you've got peanut butter pants. Yeah, then you've got dogs sniffing your crotch. All right, I'll try tonight. I'll put my jeans in the freezer and see if that works.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hit. Yeah, I had to go to a funeral. And such an interesting experience, isn't it, going to a funeral? Because people say, where are you going? And then you say, I'm off to a funeral. And that really stubs them.

There's no human who knows what the right thing is to say in that moment. No, you're right. A lot of people go, have a good time and then you can see the instant regret in their eyes. Someone said the other day it was, I hope it goes as well as it can under the circumstances. I thought that was quite a nice thing. Oh, that's quite nice.

That's a cover. Yeah, that's quite nice because it's like, where are they going with this? And then they kind of saved it. You had a good one too that I was going to steal. I said, I hope it's a nice celebration of life. It's a good cover too. Yeah. And then I asked you if you were getting changed.

Yeah, because I had a grey hoodie on and some jeans. I did look a little disheveled. I didn't look funeral ready. You're right. Yeah, yeah, true. People wouldn't have thought you were going. Like maybe if you're in a suit and you're off, they would have thought something's going on.

But you're just, yeah. No, it wasn't. She was like, am I getting changed? She said, are you wearing that? With a tone, with a tone to it as well. But I said it was, I hope it was a nice celebration of life. Yeah, you did. I'm not going to wear a hoodie to a funeral.

I was just checking. So what happened with that, this is what we're going to chuck open. What is the most awkward thing you've said to someone at a funeral? Or you've heard at a funeral? Because it can just be you're kind of walking on eggshells environment. It can be. There's a lot of emotions and you don't know how to navigate everyone.

My grandma made a great joke in hindsight. And looking back on it now, we just buried my grandfather. We're standing at the gravesite. Her husband. Her husband. I'm standing next to her. We're quite teary, obviously. A lot of emotions. Someone came up. They up they were again trying to engage in a conversation a little bit awkward trying to find the right words and they were like he was he was so down to earth and then she came back with well he's really down to earth now he is now i was

almost high-fived her for the joke that's a a zinger, Grandma. It's like you're perfectly set up for this. The guy's still warm. He's very down-to-earth now or something. So that was very good. Okay, the most awkward things you've heard at funerals. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Talking about the awkward things you've said or heard at a funeral. Shannon, it's great to have you on the show this morning. Hello, hello. Was it you? Was it something you overheard? So it was me when I was really young. So I wanted to go see the open casket but

my mum said no and I said oh please, all I can see is this big nose and our family is really known for having really big noses. That's our thing. Yeah, my granddad was mortified, but everyone else around us was cracking up. Well, everyone else calls, they run behind their back,

they're like, oh, they're the big nose family, so they probably liked her being acknowledged, Shannon. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it was a good thing. But in the same funeral, my brother saw everyone putting one flower in at a time and he thought it would be a waste of time to put the whole basket in. The whole basket. Just be quicker.

Yeah, that's great. Hey, thanks for your call, mate. Appreciate it. Remember that story someone phoned up that they were carrying the coffin? Oh, yeah. And she was doing it with her brothers or something and it and quite heavier than you think when you're doing that and uh her dress caught on the pew the little hook on the edge of the um the seating in the church you can't you can't really stop or let go and it's a roll ripped her her dress clean off and so she was walking down

in her knickers just yeah How do you communicate to like five other people on the other side of the coffin? Stop, stop, stop. Oh, we've got Rach on the phone. The awkward thing at the funeral. It was actually my mum's funeral, which was pretty tough as you can imagine.

At the morning tea thing, afternoon tea, I can't even remember, about ten years ago, I was chatting with a lady and she decided to start talking to me about how her son was having a really hard time. He lived in the same town as I did and maybe if I had a chance I could pop past and have a coffee with him. Oh, she's trying to hook you up with the son at your mum's funeral? Yeah. Pimping out her son.

Sorry, your son's having a hard time. I just lost my mum. Yeah. Yeah, totally. Totally. I was just dumbfounded. I was just like, some people have no perspective, do they? No.

But two, she's probably trying to talk about something other than. Yeah, true. You know what? I reckon a safe bet is always, they were a good person. Even if they weren't a good person, just say they were a good person. I just totally ignored it. I just went, oh, that's really different. You know, I'm sad that your son's having a hard time

and maybe I can catch up with him at some point. I just walked away and I was just standing there for about five minutes going, did that actually just happen? Wow. Because you heard of people being hit on at funerals. But having a mum pimp out the sun too That's a new one Thank you so much for your call, really do appreciate it

Let's get Carly on this morning Most awkward thing you've heard at a funeral, Carly I'd have to take ownership on this Because it was myself What did you do? I've got a bit of dark humour Which can either silence a room Or get killed by your mother Either way Oh, what did you do? You know, yeah, I've got a bit of dark humor, which, you know, can either silence a room or get killed by your mother, either way.

It was actually, so my nana and dad passed away with about a week, 10 days of each other. You know, just to keep it in the family, keep it nice and close. Basically, at my dad's funeral, I flipped out that maybe we should get a buy one, get one free. Just trying to get a bargain on it. Not bad. Well, you know, it's expensive. I was like, surely we get a discount.

Were you pitching this to the funeral director at the funeral? Yeah. Did they consider what you wanted? Yeah, no, it didn't go down well. It went down with some people really funny, not so much on the directors, I think, because they kind of saw my

justification. It's around about $18,000. Oh my god! No wonder you're trying to get a two-for-one bargain. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty pricey, especially that's kind of bare bones. You're kind of like, can we top and tail them in the... John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Saying the news, very highly unprofessional. I don't think in all her years of broadcasting, Hilary Barry has ever missed a news bulletin because she was lying on the floor. No, stretching. Stretching. Has Hilary Barry done a 100kg leg press? This is what Megan's claiming.

Yesterday she bench, sorry, squatted 100kg. I did. It's because I was showing off to my husband. I was like, 100kgs, look at this, look at this. Enormous amount of weight. 100kg. Yeah, but now I'm paying for it. I've hurt my back. Yeah, hurt your back.

So you're on the ground all morning doing those things with your legs to one side and the arms to the other side. Now, I tell you what, when you do hurt a part of your body, you realise how much all parts of your body are so integral to making your work. It really, your lower back's no good. But you were lucky not to be

injured the other day, too, at the gym. Yeah, well, I, this just sounds like I want everyone to know that I've been gymming. We get at your gym, alright. Your bench press 100kg is okay. My leg press. Oh, leg press 100kg, sorry. Oh, you go to the sauna in the gym, put it on Instagram.

Oh, okay. Last night, have a look. That infrared sauna's not in my house by the way, for all those people wondering. She's at the gym because she goes to the gym. She honestly wouldn't know it. Something happened when I was... Hey, Megan, what are you doing after work today?

I'm going to the gym. Okay, oh, cool. Yeah, nice, nice. I went to the gym, guys. Oh, did you go to the gym? Did you go to the gym? And I was on the treadmill. And I love it because that's where I watch my Netflix.

So I was engrossed in a show on Netflix, Drive to Survive. And I was fully focused, going hard out on the treadmill. At the gym. At the gym. At the gym. And it stops dead. It's not a slowdown. It stops dead.

And I almost face plant the front. Oh, so it goes from like 100 to zero. Boom. Instantly. Why? But I didn't have the clip on. You know, there's like an emergency clip. If that pops out, it stops dead from like 100 to zero. Boom. Instantly. Why? I didn't have the clip on. You know, there's like an emergency clip. If that pops out, it stops dead.

It was like that. But I looked down and the same thing happens to everyone in my row. We all almost headbutt the treadmill because the power's gone out. So that means all the cardio, all of those machines, everything, the lights go out. All the gyms in darkness. Everything just stops. Everything stops. The music stops out. Oh, the gym's in darkness. Everything just stops. It's dark. Everything stops. The music

stops and it's so awkward. A lot of people have headphones but as soon as you take your headphones off and there's silence in the gym, you suddenly realise how awkward it is. There's a lot of grunting. Yeah, huffing. It's like, whoa, the music masks

a lot. And also we're in darkness. It was so weird. Yeah. You don't realize how an environment like that is held together by noise distraction until there's no noise in there. You're dead right. So when did the power go out for you? What were you doing?

What were you in the middle of? Boom. The power stops working. You can text 4487. Should we open up this? This one? Yeah. Let's do that.

Oh, 100 of the hits. Did you want to brag about being at the gym and the power went out? Or was it somewhere else where the power just stopped? If you were up like the Sky Tower and the power went out, is that the lift? Well, we can phone the Sky Tower and ask. I imagine they've got generators that would kick in, right? Oh, you're true. Yeah, those places.

I remember I was doing overnights. I used to do mid-dawns when I first started radio, midnight till six. And the power went out like three in the morning at the radio station. Usually they've got a generator that kicks into gear. Yeah. But it didn't kick into gear. Oh.

So, but the station was still on air somehow. And I was just laying on the carpet in darkness going, just waiting for sunlight. But just also thinking, is this how it ends? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Guys, I went to the gym yesterday.

The power went out when I was on the treadmill, and it's a scary moment because you're going forward, and what's underneath you stops. Forward momentum nearly head-butted the front of the treadmill. It does attach you by surprise, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it does. Do you know how many people have probably been running on that treadmill

and just begging for it to stop? Yeah, true. The treadmill made that call for you. I know, and the power didn't come back on, so I was like, oh, well. Yeah, someone, there's a hot bang looking after you there. Thank you. The gym gods. Someone was praying to the gym gods there, wasn't it?

Jasmine, morning to you. Hi. Great to have you on, Jazz. With the power going out there at unfortunate times, what were you doing? So I had just arrived on an island in Greece. Must be nice. Must be nice.

It was quite a while ago, but yeah. So I was partying on the dance floor, just drinking away. Yeah, drinking away. And then all of a sudden, yeah, the power went out. And I was just like, what? Oh, in the middle of a nightclub? Yeah, yeah, in a nightclub, yeah. So, yeah, we all kind of looked around and I was just like, what?

I'm just getting going. What's worse, though, the power going off, so that's like darkness, or when the lights come on on a dance floor. Yeah. Never want to see a nightclub with the lights on. Do you know actually, Jasmine, Ben and me, remember we were in Wellington for work and one of the guys we were working with, we were like, oh, we'll go to this nightclub.

So we went out after dinner and we were leaving the nightclub. How long ago was that? Prime. Our work trips are different now prime Jono and Ben territory we had a bit of life in us

but we were leaving the nightclub and walking down the stairs and he monstrous act found the power box boom

turned it off to the whole bar like and all you heard was oh and then just ran and everyone came

and we were standing there and people came out was that you guys and we were like Was it us? No one could find the Because no one could find

The switch in there So they were just all in there Those poor people Probably still stuck In their nightclub I think Yeah A great text Funny

Yeah no it was funny Well not when we were Getting blamed for it But it was a great prank Good on you Jasmine Have a good one Great text coming through Well not a great text

At the time We were living In a rural property. We had a power cut as my son was running the bath. Then we went away for the weekend. We weren't aware when we came home, the home was fully flooded because the water and power came back on. He'd left the tap on and the plug in.

Whole house flooded. Antonia, moreno to you. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well. We understand the power went out. Now, tell me, do you go to the gym as well? Yeah.

Yeah, okay. A lot, yeah. You're at the gym too? Nice. You see Megan there? Tell us. I go every day too. Okay, so what happened at the gym with the power going off?

So I was on the Stairmaster. I was going 12, no hands, humble back. 12, no hands, Stairmaster, baby. I am impressed. Good Lord. Yeah, thank you. But yeah, now the power just completely just stopped. The lights went off, plunged into darkness,

and everything just stopped. And obviously going on the Stairmaster relatively fast with no hands and all of a sudden just stopping underneath you is pretty scary. Did you come flying off? No, thankfully I caught myself but I very definitely could have flown off. Also those are really high when you're up the top of those.

Yeah, absolutely. Also if someone goes to the gym every day can Megan squat 100 kilograms? No, leg press Of course I need you to film this next time you're at the gym Which will probably be today

She's put it back out though The Quiz Queen returns to her throne Your merry maiden Producer Grace did a good job filling in yesterday Hello, yes I'm sure she did maiden, Producer Grace, did a good job filling in yesterday, Quiz Queen Ali. Hello. Yes, I'm sure she did. Yeah, no, she did well. But we didn't get 10 out of 10 unlike we did on Monday, which, to be

honest, it was not... It was a hollow victory, wasn't it? We guessed our way to victory. You know when you look at people in life and you're like, they don't deserve that. We were those people on Monday. We shouldn't have been there. Yeah. But alright, let's go. You've had a dry run today? I have.

I got four. So, yeah. But I feel like you guys could- What's your usual average when you do it by yourself? It's between four and eight. It's quite a wide range, really, to be honest. But there's three of your brains, so I feel like you can do it. Question number one, the Herald Daily Quiz.

All right. Sorry, she's loading air. Just a pad for time there. Just Wi-Fi issues she's loading air. Just a pad for time there. Just Wi-Fi issues. That's fine. We'll pad for time. Got it. Okay.

When is International Women's Day celebrated? Is it May 1st, April 7th, or March 8th? It would have been March 8th. That is correct, Jono. Nice work. Just had it, didn't we? It was Saturday this year. When is International Men's Day?

There is actually an International Men's Day, right? Yeah, there sure is. That's the little Saturday this year. When is International Men's Day? There is actually an International Men's Day, right? Yeah, there sure is. That's the way the people go, when's International Men's Day? And then there actually is. There actually is. It's every day. Exactly, Jono. You said it, not me.

All right, question number two. In which Russian city can you find St. Basil's Cathedral? Is it Moscow, St. Petersburg, or Sochi? All great cities. Moscow, St. Petersburg, or Sochi. What is the name of the... St. Basil's Cathedral. Is this going to be our lifeline on question two?

What do you reckon? Otherwise, we're probably guessing, aren't we? Yeah. Basil's. Yeah. Listenils. Yeah. Listen, I don't know. I'm feeling Moscow or St. Petersburg. One of those two.

Okay, 4487. You are now our lifeline. 4487 on the text, if anyone knows. Fiona's normally pretty good. James is pretty good. Yeah, too. Some of our quiz team regulars. Quiz team, aka the only two people listening.

Fiona's come through already. She said Moscow. Is it Moscow? That is correct. Nice. Have you seen the Russian parliamentary buildings? Yeah, it's quite cool, eh? It's like a Disneyland looking thing.

Yeah, it's amazing. A lot of fun stuff going on inside those buildings. All right, question number three. Where is the Tomorrowland Music Festival held each year? Is it Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ibiza, Spain, or Boom, Belgium? It's Belgium, isn't it? Correct, Jono. Nice.

Well done. I only know that because former young producer Joel was desperate to get over there, remember? Yeah. And it's all we heard about every day. It's like, I've got to get tickets to Tomorrowland. It is the most incredible looking festival. It does. Like a Disneyland festival.

It'd be a, what do you say, sensory overload. Oh yeah, absolutely. Too much going on. For sure. All right, question number four. How many Oscars did Anora win at the Academy Awards earlier this month? Was it three, five or seven? I didn't even know Anora won Oscars.

It was the big one, right? Oh, right. Who's in Anora? Mikey. Mikey. Mikey acting pants. Good old Mikey. clean up yeah oh right who's in Anora Mikey Mikey Mikey acting pants she's the

she's the chick who won best actress I can't remember her last name she won best actress they won obviously best movie right

best picture yeah and then I don't know director I think I feel like seven okay what you just named three

and you're leaving seven no but I feel like they wait what was the options it was more named three and you've linked to seven. No, but I feel like they... Wait, what was the options? It was more than three. Three, five or seven. Seven's a lot.

Seven is a huge amount. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Midway through the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz as we do every morning. The only consistent thing in our lives, isn't it, this quiz? It's there for us every day. Can't think of anything else, that is.

All right. We're up to question number four. All right. We'll wind for us every day. Can't think of anything else, that is. Alright, we're up to question number four. Alright, we'll wind it up. Alright, question number four. We asked, how many Oscars did Anora win at the Academy Awards earlier this month? You locked in five.

That is correct. Well done. Thank you very much, Megan. You guys said five, actually. We pulled you back just a little actually. You did pull her back. No, you went seven and we pulled you back just a little bit. That was a group effort. We could think of three and then anyway, but we'll move on.

All right, question number five. What was the name of the AI chatbot which caused hundreds of billions of dollars being wiped off big tech shares? Was it DeepSeek, DeepThink, or DeepLook? When did this happen? I don't know. This feels like a big news story. It does, eh? An AI chatbot that caused hundreds of millions of dollars of shares to be.

Yeah, billions. Billions of dollars. Oh, billions. Okay. What did the chatbot do with the. I'm not sure, actually. We need more information about that. Yeah, there's a background.

Well, regardless, We'll research after We lock in the answer Yeah Like the chatbot's thinking right Yeah I don't know I'm going in blind here Deep think Deep sink

Seek Yeah Haven't become familiar With all of those Fun chatbot names And what's the other one Deep Look

It would be think Or look You're in think Okay Let's go think We need something So let's go think That We need something, so let's go think. That is incorrect.

It was deep seek. Okay. Yeah. We're going to do some research here. Deep dive into deep seek. Live research. Yes. Deep seek.

It's going to sink us all. What did it do? Okay. The deep seek scandal. When was it for starters? Yeah. What was it to do with? Shears. Yeah. What was it to do with? Shares.

Yeah. So it was to do with shares. It was only founded in May 2023, which is interesting. So the scandal was obviously quite recent then. I guess it was. Yeah. Okay. Deep Seekers, a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in 2023.

Privately owned. Sorry, I'm just going through stuff here. Stock market is telling us that it was cheap, one source. So the AI was basically getting people to sell stocks that they shouldn't have been selling. But in a good way for the people? In a bad way for the stock market. Okay.

I'm gathering. Oh, that's interesting. And that's just me just reading the first three lines of a new story.