Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Someone Thought Ben And Megan Were Dating...

Episode Date: March 2, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan and Ben are clearly spending way too much time together! Jono’s embracing his boomer status with something he did in Fiji… When was the last time your kid humbled you? The girl explained the laws of the women’s restroom. "We ended up eating their ashes!?" Nicole is live from Vegas—how did her first experience as a Warriors supporter go? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & Megan Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast. It's on a Monday as we hear a little bit of sound effects from Megan drinking. It sounded like a drug thing. Can we listen to you drink? Oh, I was just, I was blinded by the-

Oh, you're blind? Okay. So you've got like a straw. It's my iced coffee drink that I nurse throughout the show. I haven't quite finished it. That's what she'd like you to think. All she sees is a big bucket and a bottle with the bottom cut off. Have you got one of those straw brushes for those things?

Because that's one that obviously you can use again and again, right? I do. I do have one of those straw brushes. You need one of those if you've got one of those metallic straws because they pick up quite a lot of mould. How does Donald Trump feel about metal straws? Because he doesn't like paper ones. Metal ones are good. I like metal straws because they do they pick up quite a lot of mould how does Donald Trump feel about metal straws because he doesn't like paper ones

metal ones are good yeah I like metal straws but you said Nano Girl says they get riddled well yeah a lot of drink bottles

can do as well too she was saying how you know particularly some of the ones she's like some of the fancier brands sometimes if you can't actually

get in and clean around them they'll just yeah sometimes I like to do like bleach mix. Then the kids are like, all the water bottles taste like bleach. I'm like, damn right.

Better than mold, isn't it? I don't know. Isn't it just good for your immunity? Like, it's not killing me, is it? I'm not a scientist. I don't know. You do you. When was it last in the world?

Because producer Taylor, who used to work on the show, she never washed her bottle. Yes. And she just thought the black, there were black bits that she was drinking. She also brushes her teeth once a day, if she remembers. She was like, I thought the black bits were just part of the bottle. What bottle comes with black bits? Hey, we start off the podcast today with, well, someone accused the two of us, Megan, of something, right?

Yeah. And we both got defensive. And we both had the same comeback at the same time. Exactly, same time. Have a listen. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

So Christy and George, two police officers from Rotorua over to Elope in Fiji. We dropped them off. They had their wedding. It was wonderful. And they had their honeymoon as well. It was really great to be part of thanks to Tourism Fiji. Fall was them off. They had their wedding. It was wonderful. And they had their honeymoon as well. It was really great to be part of thanks to Tourism Fiji. Four was a big day, though. How were you confused for a couple?

Oh, yeah. So afterwards, we went up after they got them married. And they were like, you need to come up the hotel, the lovely Outrigger Hotel. We need to go upstairs. We're going to have an after-wedding drink type thing. And so we went up and we were sitting there. And the guy who was, yeah, they were wonderful people. Friendliest people on earth. I think we've lost. We try to be the friendliest people but we're not we're kind of a bit passive aggressive and i think you were on the phone so it was megan

and myself just sitting down and the guy was talking away to us as he was giving up the drinks and he went we were sitting on separate chairs it wasn't as if we were like on a love seat together i guess we're sitting together the two of us us, and the guy went, oh, are you two a couple? To the two of us. It was a pause. A pause. And without like planning it, we both were at the exact same time. I was like, she wishes.

He wishes. And then we're like, oh, my goodness. We've just like come back with exactly the same comeback. They're a bickering couple sitting on different couches. We were next to each other. We bicker like a married couple. So she wishes. He wishes.

And I was like, wow. Did he appreciate the comedy? Yeah, I think so. I think he was like, oh, sorry. We said it at the same time, yeah. And he was like, oh, sorry, my mistake. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. I got mocked by you for being a boomer at the airport for getting some money up. Some Fiji. You kept saying before we left, we're going to get cash out? And we're like, no. FJD. Both of us said no.

And then at the airport, I'm going to get cash out. We're like, okay, do what you need to do. I got out FJD and they're like, what are you? How old are you, boomer? I did look like I didn't have trust in the modern day banking system. And no one would take the cash. No, no one takes cash. It's all cashless.

We were at this bar and John was like, it's on me. I've got cash. Rock's up there and they're like, what's that? Oh no, we don't. Cash. This is your local currency. They're like, what's your room number? We don't take cash.

Yeah. So anyway. Did you actually spend it? Yeah. I ended up spending it. Gave a few tips to people. Go buy yourself something nice, that sort of thing. But then on the plane, one thing I noticed then,

you're either, I feel like you're either a person who suffers from blocked ears as the plane's descending or not. You know, there's two groups

and the ones that do suffer, like the only technique for me that works is kind of unlocking my jaw like a python about to swallow an antelope. Yawning, yawning sometimes.

Yeah. And you're kind of, everyone, you look around the plane and it looks like they're trying to scream but no noise is comingope. Yawning, yawning sometimes. And you're kind of, everyone, you look around the plane, it looks like they're trying to scream but no noise is coming out. They go, ah. Because I guess, does the lolly system work? I don't know.

Sucking on the lolly. I don't know if it does. Yeah, I don't know. Only that's the only technique I've found that works for me is just trying to open your mouth as wide as possible. And, jeez, oh, the relief. I do the hold the nose in the. Oh, yes. You do that. the nose in the oh yes you do that

yeah that's quite a good one that can be quite a hard crack though yeah when it suddenly pops open you're like oh that's doing some lasting damage to my ears but yeah there's no sometimes but every time you are descending you have the blocked ears there's always that moment where you're like is this is this me for the rest of life am i just gonna be muffled some people do right some people get it for a few days afterwards. A few days? Yeah, yeah.

Sometimes when there's like a rowdy baby, I don't unblock them. I just let them stay blocked. It's a natural earmuff. Do you? Yeah. And then what,

block them at the luggage carousel or unblock them at the luggage carousel? Unblock them when you land. You're like, oh my God. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The podcast.

The hits. It's about being humbled by your kids. And that's a nice way of saying that they've offended you because they just say whatever they want to. And they don't care either. They have no regrets. They don't understand. Yeah, they haven't quite got that part of that.

My son's just started doing this to everyone. It's at that stage where he'll open up to someone and I'm like, oh God, what's he going to say? And so i've had to apologize a few times people be like oh i'm sorry um but he did it to me at the weekend i was sitting on the couch and he said to me can you can you move your big bum he's like you've got a big bum move over and i was like excuse me that big bum grew you and birthed you. He came out of that, well, not out of that, but, you know, sort of in the region. I guess in his defence, I mean, he's small.

He's small. Everyone's got a big bum. You were going to say your bum's bigger than his, and you'd be right. Yeah, no, but it is, you know. On the scale, he's looking at butts, and he's like, these, these are most of them. He's four years old, right? Yeah, and also I was sitting where he wanted to sit. I's like, he's four years old, right? And also I was sitting where he wanted to sit.

I was like, you could have just said, excuse me. You just say, excuse me, buddy. You don't have to make comments on people's bodies. Ben says it to you in the meetings too. He's like, all right, big bum, over you get. Move your big bum. So that's what we wanted to know this morning. When you've been humbled, we're calling it humbled.

The most offensive thing a child said to you. When they see you naked and then they make comment. It's like, you know, there could be a saggy boob comment, all kinds of things. It's like, you wait till you get to my age, mate. Didn't he ever crack at you for being too damp? You just worked and he wouldn't hug you. He refused to hug you because your moisture content was too high. Hey, he's very honest, isn't he?

Too honest. Like Trump with Zel very honest, isn't he? Too honest. Like Trump with Zelensky, isn't he? He doesn't care who hears it, he's just going to say it. Don't have the cards right now. With us, you start having clean cards. Right now, you're a clean card. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Have you been humbled by your kids, particularly at a younger age? They've got no filters. Hashtag no filter. That doesn't mean they're always right. So when they say move your big bum, it's just relative to him, right? Absolutely. Because he's looking around the world and all those gluteuses are a lot bigger than his. Move your big bum, mum.

Yeah. I remember a kid once going, why is his nose so big and red to me? Yeah. It really makes you feel self-conscious. Almost like tapping on the ultimate mean girl play. Is that red? No, not at the moment because that kid bullied me out of... You powder your nose every morning.

Powder my nose. Cover it up. All right, when kids humbled you. Alex, you're on the radio. Can you believe it? Morning. Morning. Morning. Dream come true.

Sorry? It's a dream come true for you, Alex. It is a dream come true, especially when I'm talking about, you know, when your kids say the greatest things to you. What happened to you? Well, there's been more than one occasion, but one that I can remember is when I was at my sister's with the kids and they were like to me in front of her as well. They're just like, is that right?

And I'm like, yeah. And they're like, has he got a baby in her belly? And I'm like, uh, no. And as a parent, you feel responsible when the kids say that too. You created the problem. Yeah. But, you know, they just say this too. You created the problem. Yeah. But, you know, they just say this and I'm like, no, no, there's my baby in her belly.

And I think it was because, I don't know. Yeah, I know. I remember I was out with Oscar was like three and we just bumped into a guy who had had a stroke. So half his face was paralyzed. And he's like, why is your face had a stroke, so half his face was paralyzed. And he's like, why is your face half asleep? Why is half your face asleep? Anyway, the guy was lovely.

You know, most people are fine with it. Other people take it to the radio and turn it into a radio topic. You know, each to their own. And, like, you know, I'm at home, and they say this one to me all the time. They constantly push on my belly. My belly. You know, baby fat.

Your back from having kids. And they constantly push on it. And I'm just like, you've got a squishy belly, Mama. And I'm like. Oh, cool. Thanks, guys. Yeah, it's because you didn't tidy your room. Tell them you left.

In 15 years' time, they'd be cancelled for that behaviour. Right now, it's accepted. Great text here. I was getting dressed in my room. Had a G-string on. And I was looking for clothes. My three-year-old walked in and proceeded to try and pull the bit of string out from

underneath because he said, your bum's too big. Bum's hungry. Eating your underpants. And so he pulled out the little underbit there. Which is lovely. Helpful.bit there, which is lovely. Helpful.

I mean, it's helpful. It is helpful. Again, there's an age limit to when you can get away with that behaviour. Yeah, you're not getting away with that now, Jono. Another great text here. I was walking out

and getting out of the shower and my daughter came up to me and said, I can't wait until I get as saggy as you. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats.

Summer. We're officially into autumn. It was a good summer, though. It was a good summer looking back on this one. Out of all the summers you've had. Yeah, it was pretty good. What the weather was. Where would you rank it?

Well, it depends where you are in the country. Cantab's feel a bit. Yeah, it was a bit colder. Yeah. They said they haven't had much of a summer. Okay. Was it in your top 10 summers been of your life? I guess so, it could be, yeah.

Talking this top 10, okay. Oh, 800 of the hits, we're going to move on, but jeez, the texts keep flooding in on this topic. I don't know if I can read this text out. I'll try, I'll censor on the fly. Kids' brutal honesty. I came out of the bathroom without doing up my black bodysuit, so they do up, you know, kind of at the crotch, guys, if you don't know.

I was getting changed again shortly, so I didn't bother. But my then five-year-old grandson collapsed laughing, literally holding his sides and said, Gran, that's supposed to be on your bits, on your F word. Dropped an F bomb. He's supposed to have done that up. Very helpful, I guess. Oh, my Lord.

That's the telephone number, Natasha. Good morning. The brutal honesty of kids bruising your ego. Yeah, it wasn't actually my ego. It was his nana's ego. We were visiting at the time, and he was only four years old back then, and he walked up to his nana and had a very closed look, and he was only four years old back then and he walked up

to his nana and had a very closed look and he went, oh my god nana you've got worms on your forehead. Worms? Mortified worms. Like wrinkles? Basically yeah, we explained to him, oh no no no, they're not worms, they're wrinkles

and then he looked at her again and he said, oh, my God, Nana, you are so old. I do remember one of my kids doing the same thing to one of their grandparents saying, why have you got stripes on your face? And I'm like, what? And then it was the wrinkles as well. I think I'm heading into worm territory.

I'm getting worms. I know. Poor Nana, double whammy. Yeah, how did she take it? I think she got up and made herself a cup of tea. Booked in some Botox. Cried a single tear into a cup of tea. Thanks so much for your call.

Really appreciate it. You have a great day. You too. See you. Sarah, we'll get you on. Kids humbling you with their honesty. What was it? Yeah, I was driving in town in Christchurch and daydreaming

and looked at the wrong lights ahead of me, and it was actually a red light I went through. And next minute, the undercover cops were right next to me, pulled me over, so I pull over, and I was like, oh, the kids were distracting me, and my youngest was like, oh, the kids were distracting me and my youngest was like, no, you weren't, mum. They are too honest, eh? Have you ever tried to go through a place

when they're like under five, when they're older and they're like, no, I'm not under five, I'm six. Oh yeah, sure. Lie. Trying to get you in for free. You told me not to lie. Yeah, good on you, Sarah.

You've got to back your mum, you know, in the times like this. Have my back, guys. Did the cop acknowledge that there was some truth, honesty coming out from the back seat? Yeah, but the worst thing is, like, you've got bald tyres, your red Joe's out, and your warrant's out.

Yeah, there's no... The red Joe's are just like, yeah, we're just going to, like, stab you on the red light. We won't worry about anything else. Yeah, the kids have been distracting me for a year now. Yeah. John O'Bannon Megan.

The podcast. The hits. On today, the Academy Awards, 1pm New Zealand time. Two musical movies up for Best Picture as well with Wicked and Amelia Perez. What are you backing there, Ben? Oh, look, I don't know. I don't know.

I've only seen Wicked. That's probably about the only Oscar nominated movie I've seen. If Timothee Chalamet wins, I think he's the youngest to win Best Actor. Right, okay.

Another guy won when he was 29 but he's a younger 29. Oh, okay. He's tipped to win though. Gotcha. Does Barry Batler care about the Oscars?

Probably not, really. Yeah. I always wondered that. Shut up, Barry Butler. These people work their asses off. They're great. But a lot of the movies, I mean, Wicked.

They're pretty dresses. Who cares? Text 4487, Barry Butler. Do you care about the Oscars? What they care about, though, is the bathrooms. Now, Megan, you went into the men's bathroom last week. I mean, this is things that, you know. Everyday things, everyday problems.

Yeah, the toilets got switched at my gym. So the women had to go to the men's and the men had to go to the women's. So I got an insight into, they're very different. I thought they would be the same. No. We also got to witness the urinals. We welcomed you. Welcomed you into, it's like a Sultan's Palace, isn't it, in there?

An emporium of peace. Yeah. So you got to ask questions to Jon John and myself last week about the bathrooms. And etiquette, you know, where people stand when things are happening and what goes on

and do you look each other in the eyes, do you talk? Those sorts of things. So we've got the producer, Ellie, producer Grace and Megan in right now.

We get to ask some questions back to you about the female bathrooms, the women's bathrooms. I want to know why you go, often go in groups, in pairs. That's always a question.

We even do that at work. After the show, we go as a collective. I was going to say, is it just a night out thing? But you also do that in the workplace. You go together. Is there any reason why or does it vary depending on what's going on? I think it's just a gut feeling that we have to. I don't know how else to explain it.

Maybe safety numbers? Do you talk when you talk in the stalls and stuff like that as well as while you're washing hands? I think it's a social thing. Yeah. Because when we're at a night out, often it'll be a good debrief time. Oh, yeah. That's so true.

One of the friendliest places in the world is the girls' bathrooms on a night out. Babe, oh my gosh, you're so hot. Don't let him tell you that. Oh my God, let me adjust your lipstick. Oh, you look so good. Can I borrow your lipstick? Yes. Oh my God, I look so good. Because you take stuff in so good. Can I borrow your lipstick? Yes. Oh my God,

it looks so good. You take stuff in there. I minimise what I want to take in there. I don't really, but you guys seem to take, you know, you'd often,

paraphernalia. You pick up a bag and go into the bathroom with your stuff. You might need sanitary products. You definitely need to reapply your makeup,

your lippy. Yeah. And then we have a debrief with whoever we're with. Is it clean in there? Is it cleaner you've experienced both now I'd say it would be cleaner

it's way cleaner than your guys yeah I don't know what we're doing it's like an uncontrollable hose like a garden hose you know and you're just you're not holding it

it's just the lines so the lines are always longer if you go to events in the women's bathrooms is that because obviously you know

it's more of a social thing? Well, you get the splash and dash aspect of the urinal. We all have to sit in the cubicle, plus we're all lining up for the sink and applying our lipstick and chatting. How many selfies are taken in there? So many. A lot of selfies.

And 0.5s. Also, yeah, ours is nicer generally, so we hang out in there for a little bit. See, I would never get my phone out to take a photo in the bathroom. Its also yeah ours is nicer generally so we hang out in there for a little bit see I would never get my phone out to take a photo in the bathroom it would be like

frowned upon if you took a photo in the bathroom because there's willies out yeah it's not a selfie sort of thing you'd probably get

punched in the face without a word of light you'd probably get punched in the face and you're not having like debrief chats so it's your time out room it's your wee set room

yeah I like that do you ever ask this question but are you hovering like a ninja over the bathroom stores or are you? I am.

Okay. Yeah, no, yeah. My quads, they get real strong from that actually. Not me. I couldn't, I can't do it.

I just sit. Or sometimes you do the toilet paper liner but I can't hold that strength. I'm just not that bothered with my butt. Are you talking cubicle through cubicle to cubicle? Yeah, sometimes, yep.

Really? Yep. Interesting. Might as well. Yeah. Might as well. You're in there for a while. Through tinkle noises and everything.

Really? Yeah. Do you do that to cover over the tinkle noises? Is that why you have the dialogue? Maybe, maybe, yeah. That's really interesting. Do you take your little water blaster in there, Ellie? I sure do.

I did it just before. Did you see me go? I tuck it into my bar and then I walked in. Ellie's got a portable water blaster. Yeah, a little bidet thing. Really great. A portable bidet, yeah. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. You mentioned something in passing, a story that happened to your friend. And we had some huge feedback on this that we couldn't get to. Yeah, so he came home. His dad had passed away after he'd been ill for a couple of years and his dad had originally from the UK.

So he'd come back from the UK, my friend, to pick up his ashes and the plan was to take his dad's ashes back home to scatter them there. It's not a courier situation, is it? It's not like, could you chuck that on a DHL? I mean, I guess you could in some ways, but it feels...

When we were flying to Fiji, it has on the arrivals document, are you carrying human remains? It did actually, I saw that.

Yeah. Why do they want to know that? Are you allowed? Are they going to take it off you? Well, I guess there's

certain places you can and can't scatter ashes, so it's probably, you know, something you can't bring into country. Like water bottles, like just tip it

in the bin here, can't take it on board. It's not what he imagined. Over 30 mils. Over 30 mils. I had to check out my bloody chafing cream. Are you your skin removal? Hair removal cream.

I've got to keep the chafing cream. Because you talked about this before we left. I've got this in my bag. And then you left it in your bag. That's a huge thing. Is he going to take it out before he goes to the airport? Well, the answer is no. All the hair I wanted to remove in F bag, a random item. And then you left it in your bag. I'm like, that's a huge thing. Is he going to take it out before he goes to the airport? Well, the answer is no. All the hair I wanted to remove in Fiji, I couldn't.

He said, my friend came back to get his dad's ashes to take him over to the UK. He got as far as Singapore, where he stayed with some other friends at their apartment. They had kids, and the kids got into his bag and didn't know really what, well, I guess they had no idea what they were getting into, but they tipped the ashes, his dad's ashes,

all around the room. The spare bedroom. Yeah, the spare bedroom. He's trying, he's a hands and knees situation, trying to get it back into the... Did they get the Dyson on top of it? Yeah, they did. And they tried to clear it.

They did, and you see that we cleared out the vacuum cleaner first. Okay, so it wasn't mixed with all that dog hair and M&Ms. But you're never fully clearing out a vacuum cleaner, are you? And anyway, they sucked up his dad's ashes and then had to put it back in. Put a Lego as well.

Yeah, all that sort of stuff there. So now dad is 70% ashes and 30% cheesels. And partially on a floor in Singapore. Yeah, exactly. So he's spread out throughout the world. Vacuuming up your dad. I know. You don't have to be the lowest moment of your life.

Sorry, Dad. That's what he said. He was just like the whole time going, sorry, Dad. Sorry, Dad. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Talking about Ashes.

The story's gone wrong this morning on 100 The Hitch. Warren Wozza. How are you? Good morning, guys. How are you guys? Good. Happy Monday, Warren. What happened to the ashes?

I'll put it in a long story short. Family queued over back in South Africa. My two brothers arguing over my dad's ashes. So the brother that had the ashes said, well, bugger you, and put a box of barbecue ashes into a box and gave it to my brother and my brother thought that he was getting

dad's ashes. Oh no. And then he kept the real ashes. Yes, and he kept the real ashes and I think until today

the other one does not know that he has just got a box of barbecue ashes in his cupboard. I guess why would you like, no harm,

no foul. And let's hope he doesn't listen to our podcast. Then you tip him out and see some newspaper clippings. A little bit of steak left over. A little bit of steak and some chicken bones or something. Oh, that's great for one brother, terrible for the other. Thank you so much, Warren. Appreciate it.

No worries. You guys have a good day. You too. Leanne, what happened to the ashes? Well, we were up spreading it at a lovely spot in Taronga on a riverside and released the ashes. I need to turn around and find my nephews stripping their gears off so they could have a swim.

And they came up covered in their grandmother's ashes. Oh, did you chuck your mother's ashes into the river? Yes. Not officially, obviously. We didn't obviously do that because that would be really not okay. Right, of course. We did it, but we didn't do it, if you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah.

Hypothetically, yeah. Hypothetically, if we'd have done that, then that would have been what would have happened. Well, yeah, of course. Of course. That didn't happen though, right? That didn't happen. No, no, no. Hypothetically, when they came back up, did they know what was all over them?

Yeah, and they ran screaming off into the trees. Hypothetically, they would have. They would have if they had known, but they didn't because it didn't happen, right? Yeah, hypothetically. They hypothetically then were terrified of ghosts following them around. Oh, of course. That's true. It was a good thing it didn't happen then. She'd be like, don't be terrified, ghosts following him around. Oh, of course. That's true. It was a good thing it didn't happen then.

She'd be like, don't be terrified, it's his grandma. No, no, if you knew their grandmother, you'd be terrified. Now, what did it look like? If you could imagine Stiggers the Dump just coming up, looking like they'd just been blasted with ash from a fire, that's pretty much it. Oh my lord. That Welsh coal mining child is the

least 1800s. Oh my gosh. Oh, that is a great story. Hey, thank you so much. I mean, it would have been a great story if it had happened. Absolutely, yeah. But because it didn't, it's just a great imagination, right? You're amazing. Great call. Have a great day. No worries, you too. See you, mate. Because it didn't, it's just a great imagination, right? You're amazing.

Great call. Have a great day. No worries, you too. See you, mate. Lindsay, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. How are you?

Great. We're talking Ashes stories. What happened? Oh, I was living in London and my granny died. They were living in South Africa at the time and I was working in London. So I went home to visit my dad at Christmas and he passed over this plastic bag that had this dust, grey dust and bits in it, sort of like little bits of bone. And he said to me, this is half the bag. I scattered Granny's ashes

around her grapefruit tree in the garden and can you take this back to England with you so that the family on that side can have a memorial service? And I said, no, you can't split granny in two. We'll have to maybe just scatter the rest of her under the tree. So eventually he agreed, and we went outside, and he potted around watering the garden, and I spread the ashes around the tree, and the ducks, they ran over,

and they gobbled up all these bigger pieces of granny. And then the following Christmas, I was telling my dad's girlfriend at the time the story in front of him and he said, oh, and those ducks were delicious. Oh my goodness! What a circle of life! You won't have to see the funny side, I think. Wow, that was how Granny wanted to go out. Absolutely.

No, she had a good send-off. A great send-off. Unusual but good. Yeah, there we go. Oh, that's incredible. Well, she lives inside all of you. That's the beauty. Anyway, well, thanks for signing and have a good day.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Anyway well thanks for signing And have a good day The Warriors started their NRL season With a big game on the world stage In Las Vegas as the NRL took League to America And we've been catching up with Nicole Who's an American correspondent She hosts a radio show over there in Vegas She got to see the Warriors play

Unfortunately they lost How are you feeling, Nicole? I'm all right. I mean, I've been more rested, but I'm okay. You're alive. Okay, so firstly, apologies. You got the full Warriors experience. Yeah, a lot of hype, and unfortunately, it didn't quite happen yesterday. I mean, a lot of hype. I thought we were favored. I thought I was going to be a champion, and alas. Next week, next week. You're on board for next week. Don't you worry about that.

Welcome to the Warriors roller coaster. I do have to tell you guys that I saw more Warriors fans than any team in Vegas. I mean, my whole hotel was filled with Warriors fans all day, every day. It was insane. Yeah, a lot of Kiwis went over there, a lot of Warriors fans. Not Ben. No, no, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. So let's just leave that game over there.

Let's not talk about it again. Yeah, I agree. We were coincidentally at the airport for another reason, and we kept seeing all the fans dressed up, ready to go, and Ben, they just kept going, Ben, are you coming? Are you coming over? And it looked like, you know, a lonely child packed for a school trip,

but just watching the bus drive away without him. You know, you guys were giving me crap because you wanted to come and your boss wasn't having it. You were in Fiji and you didn't invite me to that. That's true. So what did you think of the NRL? What did you think of League? Your first time seeing it live, what did you think?

I know you're a big fan of the thighs of the players. I mean, what were they like up close? The thighs up close and personal were unlike anything I've ever seen in my life. And it was very fun. Like, I've seen games before, but it's so fast and it's so intense and it's so aggressive. I honestly don't know how everybody doesn't leave with, like, concussions every time they play.

They are animals, and I am here for it. Are you there now for another few days? Has Vegas chewed you up and spat you out, Nicole? One million percent. Literally, I'm crawling to the airport. Like day three, I was like, I've got to get out of here. I told you guys this before. I left.

I have no voice. Listen to me. I have to be on the radio. It's not sustainable for longer than two or three days. It's just unbelievable. I'm melting. Well, that's, I mean, while you were there, you look like you had a huge week.

You had, you know, players come in to talk to your radio show. You had Katie Perry, is that right? You had Katie Perry come join you? Yes, Katie Perry came. David Blaine came. We got a chance to hang out with some Sharks players. I saw Dallin was on your show too. Dallin Watanee Zalizniak.

Yeah, we had Dallin. He said he had like 40 to 50 family members that flew over to come be part of this event and he wasn't even playing because he busted his wrist. He is a lovely guy. What do you think of his mullet? I was literally going to start to say that. What is with the mullet over there?

So many players had them and then they had like ball boys and, what is with the mullet over there? It's like, so many players had them and then they had like ball boys and all these little kids had mullets. It's like, there's not a worse look in my mind. I know, I agree. Isn't Dallin the one who has it for his daughter though?

Yeah, he pulls it off. He looks great. I'm not a fan of the mullet, but he grew his curls because his daughter was self-conscious about her curls. So it's a beautiful story. Okay, he's the one exception.

He's also one of the sweetest human beings I've ever met. He was just a love. Now we're definitely in our mullet era here in New Zealand at the moment. I imagine a lot of mullet fans as well. Yeah, yeah. It was weird, and they're not all like, not that there is a good mullet, but I feel like every mullet I saw was a different shape

and a different size, and some people look like they just cut their hair themselves. It's just a very bizarre array every mullet I saw was like a different shape and a different size. And some people look like they just like cut their hair themselves. Like this is a very bizarre array of mullets. We've taken a huge creative license with the mullet, haven't we, over here at the moment. So overall, out of 10, what would you rate the game? Oh, the game? I would give it like a nine. I loved it.

Like, I mean, I watched a few games and I definitely am hoping that this continues and that it gets bigger over here and that they keep doing this event. It was just a great, great time and the sport's amazing and the men are hot. There's really nothing else you could ask for. Also, I totally just said about the guys. The girls

were amazing. Did you see Australia? The girls' Australia team? They won by 90 points or something. Yeah, it was like they made history. I mean, they just dominated these girls. I felt bad for England, but they were unbelievable to watch. That was really cool. So do you think America got on board?

It definitely had a good amount of people from your neck of the woods, but there was a good amount of NFL players that were there. There were some NBA players, and they were watching in awe. But a lot of them seemed like they loved it. And yeah, there were definitely Americans there. It was unbelievable. Oh, well, I'm glad you had a wonderful time there, Nicole. And so do you fly out, do you, today?

I'm leaving for the airport in like an hour and a half. What I also appreciate about Vegas is if you haven't lost all your money in the casinos, there's still got a few cheeky little pokey machines at the airport as you're leaving as well. I know, and I always see people at those airport casinos. It's hysterical. That's the last ditch effort. You know, I can claw it all back here at the airport. One more time.

One more time. I'm going to win this time. Oh, Abel, thank you so much for getting up and talking to us, and I'm glad you had a great week. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Brianna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney, four or five seconds.

I was listening to that song over the weekend because it played on the radio, and I was like, what's this Paul McCartney in there? And you listen to the chorus and you can't hear him sing. And so I did some Googling online, and this is Paul McCartney in there and you're like you listen to the chorus and you can't hear him sing and so I did some googling online and this is Paul McCartney talking about recording the song with Kanye West in the studio they were there for like 24 hours together just sort of messing around so at the end of the two days I didn't even know if we'd have written anything together I knew we messed around but I just thought well I don't know so I left it for about a month and then this record arrived and it's got Rihanna on it

so I wait a minute we didn't work with Rihanna and I can't hear where I am so I rang them up I said am I on this record they said yeah yeah you were playing the guitar all the way through

and what we'd done was we sped it up. So there you go. Yeah, so the original was a lot slower. Kanye stripped Paul McCartney's vocals out. None of it at all. And then got Rihanna in. But he still credited it on the song. Yeah.

And then sped it up and got Rihanna in. So there you go. And I saw him in the video. He's in the video. He's in the video. Yeah. He played guitar. He's just strumming that little strum.

One of the most famous singers of all time for the Beatles and stuff just you know who sung on it but you've taken him out and you've left him in the background. Is there anything more Kanye?

Exactly. I love how he's like got to the end of the 24 Hours and he's like I don't know what we did there. Did we make anything? He said it was yeah. So we came back

we're speaking of 24 Hours of Blistering 24 Hours we went to Fiji of course George and Christy we've been following their journey our police officers from Rotorua they've been engaged for a few years for a multitude of reasons, had never quite got

to getting married and so we were like hey do you want a lope thanks to Tourism Fiji and then we surprised them on Friday morning after the show, didn't we? We did we took them to get their suits, the dress Thursday, yeah, and then straight from there to the airport, that was the surprise. Yeah, so they were get their suits, their dress. It was Thursday morning, sorry. Thursday, yeah. And then straight from there to the airport. That was the surprise.

Yeah, so they were in their suits and dresses on the plane on Fiji Airways and arrived. We all arrived looking a little, you know, greasy. You get greasy when you travel, don't you? Like a greasy sheen. The humidity hit us. Yeah, got there. We got on a helicopter ride that was chasing, you know, trying to avoid a weather storm that was coming through. We got there

and in the end it was a beautiful wedding. They had the rooftop looking out to the Riga Fiji Hotel. So Christy's standing at the door. George's turned around. Tears are flowing, Megan. She looks beautiful.

She's very emotional, understandably. Tears of joy streaming down her face as she's walked in by two Fijian warriors into this beautiful chapel on top of the hill, 360 degree view. This is special. Dogs, do you take Christy to be your loveful, well-wired wife, to love and respect her, be honest with her through life, whatever may come, so you can happily share your life together? I do. Christine, do you take George to be your loveful, well-wired husband, to love and respect him, be honest with him through life, whatever may come, so you can happily share your life together. I do.

Since it is your intention to get married, please face each other as you say your vows. I love how you embrace my weirdness. You laugh at my really bad jokes and you eat all the pickles from my burgers. You always know how to care and look after me, especially when I'm hungry or tired. Whether it's feeding me or wrapping me up in your arms, you know exactly what to do and I appreciate you so much for it. Thank you for cheering me on through all my crazy ideas, like entering insane contests. Who knew that my wild entry would win us this incredible fairy tale winning accompanied by these absolute legends.

Together we can take on anything. Partners in solving crime and in love ready for every adventure I love you George and like yesterday and the day before I choose to love you today and every day to come knowing that with you every moment will be an adventure worth starting

we started as best friends nine years ago now we've come all this way I just want to say I love you. And I promise to look after you and protect you. And hopefully be a good husband. Sorry, my vows. They are short, sharp and sweet. Just like you.

So, I love you. I love you too. Thank you so much. For the first time ever, Miss Byron, Miss Israel! Woo! Woo!

Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Buller! A lot of bullers, a lot of chahoos.

Getting in the mix. That was awesome. It was such a special thing to be part of. So, yeah, thanks to Christy and George for letting us take them on that amazing journey. And thanks to Tourism Fiji. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Especially autumn. And the last weekend of summer over the weekend. Megan, you're nodding away. You love your countdowns to daylight savings. I think it's six weeks. But it was a banger. It was a banger over the last to me and you're nodding away you love your countdowns to daylight savings i think it's six weeks but it was a banger it was a banger of a last weekend of summer you're like if you're going to remember summer by any weekend that was a good one to go out on no that's the first summer or first weekend of autumn oh right no yeah true it was actually you're right well if you're going to remember awesome by any weekend it was the weekend just

being uh we got home late friday night and uh i bit hungry, so I got home and I made two ham rolls. And I took them up to bed and I ate one ham roll. Then I fell asleep. Three o'clock in the morning, what I had done is I left the plate with the ham roll on top of my chest. And the ham roll had rolled, lived up to its name, rolled off the plate. And I woke up and it was just staring me in the face. Now, this is what I want to chuck open. Oh, 800, the hits.

Funniest thing you've woken up next to. Because, and then I was like, oh, there's a ham roll. I ate it, obviously. At 3 a.m. Yum. It was, but it was a little bit of a crime scene. There was mustard sort of smeared on the sheets and things like that. There's a bit of explaining to do in the morning.

You're a big fan of eating in bed, aren't you, Megan? Well, like, not at 3 a.m. in the morning. No, no. You know, like, eat and then, like, clean up and then go to sleep. Oh, no, it's the first time I've done it, probably in years. Can't remember the last time I ate in bed. Can I float something? This is why you don't.

Maybe you should, like, eat during the day. You wouldn't be so hungry. Yeah, we all ate at the airport, didn't we? We all did it. You refused to. Had the plane food? That was nice. And then maybe you should get some more sleep, we all ate at the airport, didn't we? We all did it. You refused to. Had the plane food. That was nice. And then maybe you should get some more sleep

and not get up at like ungodly hour and do some exercise. You know, eating and sleeping during the day. That's right. A lot of people do. We'll bring marriage. Just running the complete opposite regime for no reason.

So 800 of the hits. Okay. What have you woken up next to in bed? The funniest thing. Ben Boyce doesn't count. But I have, like, back in a flat we used to live in when we had a cat, my wife and I were just staying in a flat. Another cat would often come in to the house.

It would often just help itself to the cat's food. And I woke up one morning stroking what I thought was our cat in bed and it was the other cat. It just really made itself at home. Your cat's just staring at you in the doorway. Yeah. What is this? I was like,

this is a really gutsy cat too. Come in, through the cat door, eat food, and then just, yeah, end up lying on the bed. They give zero craps,

cats, don't they? Yeah. They're the Donald Trump of the animal world. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. What have you woken up to? Funniest thing you've woken up to? After I woke up to a ham roll, a sort of a deconstructed ham roll that I fell asleep with on my chest. Reconstructed it and ate it 3.23 in the morning. And mustard's a nightmare to get out of white sheets,

I'll tell you that for free. Have you guys woken up with anything crazy, Megan? I have woken up to someone weighing wearing a pot plant next to me. Oh, wow, okay. They thought it was the toilet. Yeah, that was interesting. I did that before years and years ago. It was Jen's birthday and I woke up and I peed on her presents.

Oh, that was a bad day. I can imagine. My parents were staying as well and dad was like dad was like you're a grown man you know the story why are you not shocked yeah no i don't know the story yeah sorry yeah i don't that was sad it doesn't even resemble a toilet like at least i know and of all things on the presents i, I just, yeah, I still feel terrible. I honestly do feel terrible. Did you ruin any of them? Oh, yeah, they were soaked in...

Gee, good morning to you. Good morning, guys. How are you guys doing? I regret sharing that story, Gee. You think less of me now, don't you, Gee? No, no, no. Things happen. Things happen.

You're a prolific wit, what we've found out. Finally, my family was as understanding as Gee. A lot of urine stories have been pinging on things over the years. Yeah, no. Things happen. Things happen. You're a prolific wit, we've found out. Finally, my family was as understanding as G. A lot of urine stories have been paying on things over the years. Yeah, right. Paying on friends from trees

and stuff. What did you wake up next to, G? I woke up to my speaker being stolen. I fell asleep on the beach. I was being intoxicated from a party. So I went to the beach

and fell asleep on the beach with the music going and I kind of just woke up with it just being quiet, speaker gone. I was like, oh, no way. Somebody just came

and just picked it up off my chest while I was asleep. Oh, so you were asleep on the beach with music cranking with a speaker on your chest and then woke up, no speaker, nothing.

I was down on the beach at the time. It was probably like five o'clock in the morning. So I was like, oh yeah, I was going down to the beach the last couple of days there before I fly back to morning. So I was like, yeah, I'll just go down to the beach. It was the last couple of days there before I fly back to NZ. So I was like, oh, yeah, let's go to the beach.

I never let it crash there. And yeah, and I just bought the speaker too. And someone stole a speaker from a sleeping man. Are you sure they stole it? You said it was 5 a.m. Maybe they picked it off your chest and threw it in the ocean and were like, shut up. Must have been too loud for the ocean, I guess. Are you sure you even went

to sleep with a speaker on your chest? Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. She's the queen of our hearts and the queen of the quiz,

Producer Ellie. Oh, thank you. What a lovely, lovely introduction. How was your weekend, mate? It was lovely, thank you. How was the rest of Fiji, team? I saw you had a little swim.

It was nice, actually. We got a couple of hours in the afternoon after all the work was done. Megan and her boss, Matt Anderson, put on zero sunscreen. Did you?

Zero. Because I was under an umbrella. Oh mate. It's not Fiji. Yeah, anyway. It bounces off the water. So we got on the plane later that afternoon

and we were like roasted. You look like you've been skiing in a way because you had the white outline of your glasses and then the red face. Thank you. you've been skiing in a way because you had the white outline of your glasses and then the red face. Thank you. Do you know when anyone gets sunburned,

they always go, I'm usually so good with it. I hope I put it on all the time. I know, that was me. All right, the New Zealand Heron down the coast. Here we go. All right, question number one. Which former Beatle voiced Thomas the Tank Engine?

Ringo Starr. Correct. Well done. Woo. One for one. Yes. All right. Question number two.

What is the title of Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular podcast? Is it The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, Science Friday, or Star Talk? Jeez. My son loves this guy. Star Talk. What was the first one? The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. I think it's that.

Are you looking through to Producer Grace? No. I think it's that. I think it's The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. Producer Grace, who's very science-y, is shaking her head. Oh, she's saying, let's go with my first answer. Let's bring Grace in, shall we? Well, do we not need to?

Are we looking at your first answer? Yeah, the number three. Number three, Star Talk. That is correct. Well done. Well done. I'm not listening to me. All right.

What does the Japanese word hibachi translate to? Is it flame grill, fire bowl, or iron plate? Hibachi. Hibachi. Hibachi. Flame. No, we're going to have to throw it out there, aren't we? Yeah, this might be where we use our lifeline.

Okay, so anyone listening right now? Were you just going flame? If you say things high pitched and slow, it makes it sound like you're thinking. 4487 on the text, 0800 the hits if you can help us out. You are our lifeline. The question again, producer Ellie? What does the Japanese word hibachi translate to? Is it flame grill, fire bowl, or

iron plate? So flame bowl wasn't even an answer. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Welcome back. Quiz Queen Producer Ellie left on a bit of a Japanese cuisine cliffhanger if you will. Yes we were.

The question was what does the Japanese word hibachi translate to? And the options were flame grill, fire bowl or iron plate. On the text machine, fire bowl.

A few answers have come through on the text machine but fire bowl seems to be the most popular so should we lock it in? Yeah. That is correct. Well done.

Thank you very much to everyone that helped us out there. One of the greatest cuisines in the world. I agree. I love Japanese food. According to the 2023 census, what region in New Zealand has the highest proportion of residents of Maori descent?

Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, or Wellington? Gisborne was the first one that popped into my mind. Wouldn't have thought Wellington. That is correct. Okay, good. Great. Okay, well, if you can go through that, dissect it, we'll just take it. Good.

All right, number five. In Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair's songs from the front lawn, what Auckland beach is mentioned in the song Andy? Is it Mission Bay, Pointe Chevre Beach or Takapuna Beach? Pointe Chevre, he lives there. Okay. Let's take it. It's incorrect.

It was Takapuna. Oh. Well, if he blurted out the last one You were like straight away Yep So you've got to go with that one And that is it The New General Daily Quiz