Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why you should ALWAYS check your uber details!

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

On Today’s Show: Ben’s mate copped some stick for wearing a Pink Shirt — on the wrong day. Why Megan is BULLYING he kid! The wild reason you should always double-check your Uber. Jono took a private call... right in front of a listener. Awkward. Ben finally gets to say, “I told you so” — and yes, it involves a parking fine. We chat with listener Courtney, just back from Sri Lanka, about what the boys absolutely have to do if they ever go. And… is this the best email sign-off ever? Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  Facebook: The Hits breakfast with Jono Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the Jono, Ben and Megan podcast. Thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners that everyone will love. Welcome. Oh, you can do the welcome. I won't throw a spanner in the works. No, Megan, you do it. You do the welcome to the podcast. Welcome to the podcast. It's lovely to have you with us. What do you usually say for your Friday? But you could be listening to this anytime. Yeah, I shouldn't really date stamp it, as they say, right? But we've been talking today about your email sign-off, and I think we've got the best one right now.

Yeah, what your email sign-off says about you. You tell us your sign-off. We've been trying to figure out what job you do. Ben, good morning to you. Hey, bro. Good to have you on, bro. All right, very casual to begin with. I'm getting casual vibes.

I can only imagine what your sign-off would be. Yeah, it's Chur Cuzz. Chur Cuzz. I have put a Chur on something, but not to everyone. You're Chur'd. Not a Chur Cuzz or anything, but I've put a Chur on something. I don't know if you can get away with a Chur. No, maybe not.

You're not cool enough for a Chur. I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark here. Corporate banking, is that your line of work there, Ben? Not anymore, no. Not anymore. Too many chair cusses there, isn't it? Lost too many clients. What do you do?

Do you do it for all emails or just mates? Just my work emails. Oh, really? What's your work, if you don't mind me asking? Refrigeration, air conditioning. So you do this with clients as well? your work if you don't mind me asking refrigeration air conditioning clients as well yeah I have a couple times but not allowed to anymore no I can see why they stamped down on that yeah but you still might not say my air cons broken

can you come fix it there's a light flashing. I need your help. Anything you can do there, Ben? Churkas. Churkas. Okay. I don't know if he's coming or not. Appreciate your call, mate. Sure, man.

Enjoy the podcast. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. So there's Pink Shirt Day today, which is an awesome day. Anti-bullying, celebrating diversity, promoting kindness, encouraging communities to be safe and inclusive. So a really great thing. Great to see a lot of people wearing pink around the building today.

And I'm sure around New Zealand. Started in 2007, two students basically organised a protest to help their classmate who was bullied for wearing pink. So they all in Canada, they all decided to wear pink to support their classmate. Oh, that's a lovely thing to do. And you know, you can wear pink on other days as well. It's not just...

No, you're right. Ben, you had your salmon era, didn't you? Unfortunately, his salmon era also coincided with our era at the Rock Radio Station. I love pink. I love wearing pink. You look great in salmon, you do. I love pink. I love wearing pink. You look great in salmon. You do.

I love pink. Pink or a salmon or something like that. It's a good colour to wear. They weren't ready for salmon over there, though, were they? No, not at the Rock for some reason. It's just so weird to hate on the colour. It is weird to hate on the colour. Any shade of black, welcomed with open arms.

You try and bring salmon into the equation. Well, it's great to see it all going around the country. And my mate, who works in the corporate world, so this is suit and tie sort of office. Surely they love like a salmon shirt, button-up shirt. Yeah, well, they were like, we're going to do pink shirt day. And I've been talking about it at the office, and that's one day you don't have to wear a tie to work

and stuff or tie in a suit where you normally would. But he messed it up, and he came last Friday. He thought that was pink t-shirt day. Oh, he pinked it up a week. So he had pink t-shirt on for work that day and everyone was in corporate attire. He didn't have any corporate attire. Standing out like a flamingo.

That's fine. You can wear the bullying shirt anytime. Well, that's right. Yeah, but he got... Please don't tell me you got bullied. He didn't get bullied, but people started mocking him for the fact that he forgot the date.

He was like, this is against what this day stands for. Was he upset about the mocking? He was like, this day's about kindness. And it was all done in a fun way, of course, but at the same time he was like, well, I definitely didn't have a tie for any business meetings

and everyone else was in suits and ties and he's just in a pink shirt. Everyone's like, why are you today? He's like, yeah, I got out a week early. But anyway, it's great to get a run up. Yeah, at least he gets to wear the T-shirt twice. You usually only get one day out of the year. Yeah, so it's a really great thing.

It's great to see schools around the country as well celebrating Pink Shirt Day. So make sure you're getting them behind it today. It's not too late. Probably people are now getting ready. You don't have to wear the official T-shirts. We can get them. But if you want to get changed, you can get to that. Put a pink shirt on.

If you don't have a pink shirt, just put a white T get them but if you want to get changed put a pink shirt on if you don't have a pink shirt just put a white t-shirt in the wash with red socks and start your Friday my son my kids are doing it at their daycare but I had to explain

to him yesterday what bullying was he's like wait why do we do it for bullying and I was like I don't know if I really want

to explain it to him if he hasn't experienced it yet that's great did you give him his first bully I was like this is what it is role play it to him if he hasn't experienced it yet. That's great. Did you give him his first bully? I was like, this is what it is. Call yourself a toddler.

You know when mummy belittles you and yells at you? Yeah, it's bullying. No. You've got little Spiderman underpants. Yeah, you like that? Oh jeez. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Anti-bullying day today. Is it World Anti-Bullying

Day today or we just celebrate Pink Shirt Day in Aotearoa? Well, they do celebrate it around the world, right? But yeah, it started off, I think, in Canada originally. But yeah, I think it's May the 4th World Anti-Bullying Day. Today is just for us. Different time zones. I get it. I getBullying Day. Oh, right. So today's just for us.

Oh, different time zones. I get it. I get it. I understand. Now, here's a crazy story our boss Matt was saying about his friend. This is in Sydney. So Ubers, a lot of people catch Ubers and ride shares and cabs and whatnot. And Priuses seem to be the vehicle of choice for those drivers.

Don't they? The old Prius. It's really loyal. Occasionally you'll get like a fancy one. Yeah. You're like, oh la la. Jeez, they must pump out the bloody Priuses. Toyota, eh? Yeah.

There must be thousands of them out there. Anyway, so his friend's walking, he's ordered an Uber and he's walking out of wherever he is. And he's just looking down. He's on his phone as we all are nowadays. Not present. He just sees a Prius. He just, without even thinking, just opens the door, jumps into the back.

My mate's done that before too. And there was a family seat in the back. He thought it was the Uber. And it was just a private car. Yes, a private car with a family seat. And he's like, well, your fault for owning a Prius. This is what you get. He would have terrified them. He's like, not my Uber.

Anyway, so they're driving along and it's sort of a couple of minutes and then he gets a ding from an Uber driver and it says, I'm here. Where are you? And he's like, uh-oh, I'm not in the Uber I'm meant to be in. And he doesn't make a scene, but he looks up and the driver is giving very shifty sort of eyes in the rear vision mirror. And there's just silence. So at this point, you're freaking out, right?

Is he going to take me for my organs? What's happening here? So he doesn't do anything. And then they pull up to an intersection where there's a red light. And boom, just opens the door and runs out. But as he's opening the door, the guy's trying to lock the door. Oh, my God. Again, who knows what he was going to do with him.

Wear his skin. That's what I like to think. But crazy, isn't it? You've got to really pay attention out there. But the press is frightening enough as they are already silent and creepy. Yeah, they're so quiet. Creeping around the roads. And you do wonder that, too, when you do cross the roads. A lot of people wearing ear pods and things like that. You're like, quiet. Creeping around the roads. And you do wonder that too when you do cross the roads. A lot of people wearing ear pods and things like that.

You're like, how quiet cars are. Yeah. It'd be a good prank to actually own a Prius and then you driving and then when they get a fright, you also get a fright too. Ah! Ah! What are you doing in there? So yeah, just pay attention this weekend if you're catching ride share.

That's a good safety measure. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. At the chemist last night. And by the way, can I say, can I play this for you too? Very, very loud birds at the chemist. Really loud.

No, this is going in at focus. Pariah focus. Focus on the chemist. I'm going to put you back here. We'll get the birds later. Okay. All right. Okay.

Oh, wait. Wait. Don't distract her, Megan. You're part of the problem. Yeah, I'm going to pull you back here. We'll get the birds later. Okay, all right. Wait, don't distract me. You're part of the problem. Yeah, I'm part of the problem. Focus on your chemist story. What's going on? Yeah, that's what I was going to say. That's all I'm getting. So I'm in the chemist, and my phone rings, and it's the bank.

And she's like, hey, this is Melissa from the bank. I'm like, yeah, whatever, lady. Here's my credit card number. How much do you want me to deposit? And she's like, no, no is Melissa from the bank. I'm like, yeah, whatever, lady. Here's my credit card number. How much do you want me to deposit? And she's like, no, no, it's actually the bank. And I was thinking, in that industry, they must be having a hard time convincing people of who they are. Yeah, because you're right.

You feel like it was a scam every time they called up. Anyway, they've got a system now. She's like, no, it really is me. You can go onto your app, back and forth for about two minutes. Go onto the app, and there was a notification going, are you on a call at the moment with the bank? And you go, yes. And she's like, see?

Well, she wasn't like that. She was very professional, to be honest. But she's like, I'm ringing to tell you that your FPOS card has been used in a skimming machine. And they're fleecing money out of all these cards in this account. Now, as this phone call's happening, there's a lot of details that I'm needing to hand over. Now, I'm in the chemist.

It's a busy chemist. The birds are chirping, Ben. You heard the birds. Yeah, there they go. Why are there birds in the chemist? In the chemist. Well, they're outside the chemist, but they're noisy. Very loud.

Anyway, that was distracting me. And then, so I'm on this phone call, and then this guy comes up. Good mullet. Hiver's vest. Work boots. He's like, good day, man. I'm like, oh, hello like oh hello mate you know i've literally got the phone to my ear he's like man we used to listen to wind up your wife on the radio i was like oh yeah good mate and she's like who's who's wife and i'm like no no sorry i'm just someone's here and he's like remember that time you said that that lady's cat

had died and i was like she's like who's cat's died? And I was like, no cat's died. She's like, I need your mother's maiden name. Oh yeah, that's Slattery. So it was a very stressful situation, a lot going on. This guy trying to relive a past era of prank calls, highlights of prank calls.

He's like, you guys should do it again. And I'm like, yeah, no, I'm just trying to find anyone. So the long story short, the card was skimmed

and I've got a new FBOS card. Which, like, do we need to give you an apology because you said recently you thought you were being like scammed you thought someone was to like take your money turns out it was Pizza Hut and then also you've been... PH Holdings. You've been tapping your FBOS card and money's been coming out. And I've been swiping it so I swipe it in a few shops they swipe it now this is

usually put your pin in with the F-Pos. Everyone knows how they work. Yeah. But on three or four occasions, they're like, no, it's all good. I haven't put the pin in. They're like, don't worry. The transaction's gone through. And he's punished many tellers.

Oh, no. Talking about it. No one cares. No one cares. No, it's one of those things that's big for you, but for anyone else, you're like, oh, yeah. Tell you who did care. The guy at the bank yesterday.

I was like, if anyone. Yeah, that's probably someone you should. Next time ring the bank. We'll give you the bank number. He was like, that should not be yesterday. I was like, if anyone. Yeah, that's probably someone you should. Next time ring the bank, we'll give you the bank number. He was like, that should not be happening. I was like, well, it is. He cared. Vindicated. Thank you, Megan.

John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hit. Don't bully me when I launch into this chat, please. The problem is the core of this show is light bullying. It's not bullying, though. It's not. There's a difference.

It's banter. Yeah, it's banter. I was trying to explain that to my kids the other day, because what's the thing? And there is a fine line, obviously, because you want to have some fun with your mates, but you can overstep that. But the intention is not there to make anyone feel bad on the show. And we've given each other permission for a ribbing. You can give each other a ribbing.

With the intention of having a laugh, and it's reciprocal. But obviously, when it's not reciprocal, that's when it can kind of fall into that bullying category. You know what you signed up for with the radio. That's right. And you know your friends well enough. And sometimes they can overstep though. And that's when sometimes a conversation can happen

and it's not usually intended to go that way. Yeah. Okay. That being said. This week I have already mentioned that I've gotten into ironing. I blew up my iron because I got too heavy. Haven't got a new one yet. She's ironing sheets, which seems like one of the world's most pointless exercises.

But when you put them on the bed, they're all like beautiful and crisp, like when you bought them. Can I ask you a question? What? Where have you stored the bodies? Where are they? Did that sound like a menacing laugh um yeah and stuff this afternoon you're not looking forward to ironing underpants or sheets no because i blew

up my iron i've got a new toy this was given to me by my mom because she's quite pedantic and i've always thought this about her but i'm i'm turning it on my mom you always do that's what you do you slowly transform into your parents and then you look at your kids and I think there's a comedian who does a bit on it and says the things that really annoy you about your children is basically you. Yeah, yeah.

So this isn't a sponsorship or anything. My mum gave this to me but it's a Karcher window cleaner. And so basically you wet your windows and then it's like a squeegee that your parents have in the shower. You run it down and it vacuums up the water. It vacuums it up and it leaves your windows looking so spiffy.

Is it a steam sit show? No, because you just wet it. You wet the windows and you give them a wee wipe and then you vacuum up the water. Wow. For someone that sounds like it's not an ad. It sounds like we're part of an ad then, but anyway. Coincidentally, they're on special at Bunnings this weekend. $49.99.

It's so much fun, and it's so easy. I went round and did my whole house, and then as soon as anyone touches, I've got toddlers, if they touch the window, I'm like, oh, get out the. Yeah, that is pedantic. But I understand how you can get into your routine the window. I'm like, oh, get out the... That is pedantic. But I understand how you can get into your routine and into your head about that sort of stuff. Because once you do, that's what I find.

Once I try a new bit of cleaning, I'm like, oh, now I can't not. I can't ignore that now. Once you notice it too, like streaks on the window, your eyes will be drawn towards it. Pandora's box. It does just sound like I need to get a life. I'm aware.

Let's help Megan out this morning. What's the thing you're most pedantic about when it comes to cleaning? What is the thing that you really like? I feel like everyone's got their thing that they like too. You know? Like you like vacuuming. Oh yeah, I love vacuuming. I can't stand vacuuming.

Yeah, no, that's my thing. And I'll vacuum anything. I'll vacuum the ceiling, the wall, the driveway, the windows. I vacuum the windows. I vacuum my house and I'll window you. I'll do your window. I'll vacuum the ceiling, the wall, the driveway, the windows. I vacuum the windows. You vacuum my house and I'll window your, I'll do your window. I love surfaces for me.

I just love, like, cluster on surfaces annoys me. So if you can get them off there, it feels like, it looks cleaner. Autumn,

you know, the studio, I just try and I just go, okay, no, but I'd love to clean the scissors. But when are you going to start with the studio?

I know, and it's not my stuff. So I'm like, okay, you know. He does it, you know, every three months or so,

he'll kick out. I'm like, we can put it, but anyway, I'm like, no, cool, and I can let it go. But internally, I'm like okay you know he does it you know every three months or so he'll kick out i'm like we can put it but anyway i'm like no cool and i can let it go uh but internally i'm like jesus this is a mess guys yeah but what he does is he checks all in the cupboard just don't open the camera yeah that's right my wife gets annoyed and she's like where's that bill i never paid i mean i'd be in the cupboard somewhere in a pile somewhere away yeah because you left it out for four days jono ben and megan the podcast the hats hits. Meggo. Meggo? Megan. Meggo. Meggo. Just been doing a bit of sponsored content there for Karcher. No, it wasn't

sponsored. SponCon. I wish it was. She got a free window vac from her mum, Ray Ray. It's also, yeah, called a gift. A free one from Ray Ray. Also known as a present when it's given from family member to family member. Yeah, she gifted me one of those window

vacs. And it's not like, it could be any brand, but I specifically have the Karcher one. But I'm obsessed. It's the greatest wee gadget. It does a great job, but it's also really fun. You just vacuum up the water with it. I will be invoicing Karcher for the last seven minutes of radio too, just so the company knows.

We'll be following that up. But, you know, we went to go, what's the most pedantic thing you do when you're cleaning? A couple of texts came through, alphabeticising spices and having cans facing the same way. But to be honest, there's been a flood of texts and messages about products, product endorsements,

your favourite gadgets. So you've got to pivot in radio, don't you? That's right. You've got to do what the people want, Ben. Yeah, so what's your favourite gadget that maybe is hashtag not sponsored? Nick, you're coming on for Gadget Chat. Well, maybe not. Maybe not. Nick?

Hi. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? Yeah, good. Welcome to Gadget Chat. Nice. Nice.

What's your favourite gadget? The old water flosser. Oh, have you got one of those? I've seen these around. Are they good? Well, yeah. I actually bought it for my daughter first.

Yeah, I think they're kind of like a little mini water blaster for your teeth, aren't they? They are. They are. Is it a novelty, though? Are we feeling like the dental industry has run out of stuff to invent?

We had normal toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes. They're just pushing boundaries? Well, she's got the old braces, so we wanted to get something to get in and get around and get things out. So you've got some waterfalls. And you're putting your good name to them, Nick? Would you endorse them? Oh, yes. Yeah, I'd hunt around, though, although we did the old teamy thing.

Oh, okay. All right. Ben's a big flosser. You've got those little, like... Plackers. Yeah. Plackers. They're called plackers, little things that you carry around in your pocket to help you.

Yeah, I just get food stuck in my teeth. The trouble is, like, can you take your water floss, like, can you bring it to work and just floss it? Yeah, true. You can't really. Yeah, every time I say placker, I feel like we're going to be taken to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. But, yeah, the dental industry, I reckon they have a laugh sometimes.

The amount of toothpastes that are on offer. Oh, yeah. Whitening toothpaste. Didn't you talk to a dentist or something and they were like, eh? Don't work. Nah, they don't work. I mean, they work to a certain level, but yeah, they're not going to actually whiten your teeth as much as you think.

There's honestly dozens of them when you look in the chemist. Charlotte, welcome to Gadget Chat. Morning. Okay, what are you endorsing, Charlotte? I'm with Megan on the correction. Oh, have you got one? On the window cleaner. Yes.

Do you do it all the time? It's fun, right? It is. It is actually really fun. It's really satisfying because it's so easy to get a quick result. We need to get out more. We have really hit a certain stage in our careers where we're talking about cleaning windows on the radio.

We all have a window we can clean. Yeah, it's true. Actually, you're right. This is the most tedious job usually. Everyone's like, use a newspaper. But this is like making it easy and fun. Again, 22-year-old broadcasting Ben. If you're like, one day you're going to be talking about window cleaning.

Yeah, but if I knew it was going to maybe make it quicker, you know. So I'm like, yeah, sweet. You know, it's like getting it done and getting it, you know. It's okay. Yeah, thanks for your call, Charlotte. Really appreciate it. Have a great weekend, mate. Have a great day next

Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast the hits every time I hear that song it transports me back to the Pamula Return Services Association oh yeah

the RSA we dressed Stan we entered Stan Walker into a karaoke comp in disguise in disguise and he had long hair and like a bandana around

and he came a fake nose and stuff yeah and the disguise was it was pretty decent. It was passable. I think he had glasses. Not all of the rings were. And he got up on stage and he sang really badly at the start.

And everyone was like, boo. They really did like it. Did they boo him? Yeah, it was like, there's a chuck a chuck in his face. They were like, oh, get him off. He was all mumbly and stuff. And they were like, get him off, get him off. And then he just kicked into it and bought the house down.

Bought the house down. How did everyone do a gear change? Well, they did, but the savages were bullying. I was about to bottle Sam Walker, but now they really got into the swing of things. We should put the video up on the hits breakfast. Yeah, that's right. I've had a week of real, a week of theatre this week, guys. Every night this week, theatre.

And I cheated on my daughter's theatre production last night to see another one. You went to last night as well. Just got the play that goes wrong. It's a real slapstick. It's the name. There's bits of set falling all over, fire extinguishers. Things are falling apart. And you suddenly

go, what if my daughter was like, Indy, who was with me, she was like, what if there is actually a fire? We wouldn't know as an audience. You don't know what's part of the show and what's not. Well, I was just the logistics of making everything fall down at the right time. And, yeah. Hard to make a catastrophe look natural.

Yeah. Because part of the set falls down. And if that happened at the wrong time, it would squish one of them. But you kind of, yeah, you're right. It's a really good point from Indy, too. It's like, there's a fire. Everyone go. Everyone's like, classic.

Classic. It is going wrong. There is a fire on everyone go, everyone's like, classic, this is classic, it is going wrong. There is a fire on stage and then a fire extinguisher comes out. She's like, what if this is a real fire? Very good point right now. I don't know how that works. But we were parking last night beforehand, my wife and I and my daughter Andy and we were parking and, you know, at night time stuff and the car park we're parking, jeez, parking is expensive.

It is. So I don't pay for it. Yeah, well, I went in there and the car park we parked, geez, parking is expensive. Oh yeah. So I don't pay for it. Yeah. And I went in there and this car park we parked in was like, you give you one free hour, first hour free,

I'm like, great. Or you can pay, I was like, well, get what's the two hours? $7.50. So suddenly it jumps from free

to $7.50 for two hours. I was like, $7.50? Yeah. That's not too bad in the scheme of inner city parking. But I was like, it's really jumped up from here,

have a free hour to now I want to charge lure you in and then I was like oh it's 7.50 and then I said to my wife I was like well should I should I pay for more

because it'll be longer she's like it's a weeknight there's no way and she's like this is bold one thing I know about the parking industry

is they are lenient she's like you pay for two hours there's no way they will come and I was like what you sure

because I'm one of these people. I'm like, I'd rather pay whatever it is, another $7 or whatever, just to go. At least it's done. She's like, there is no way. And I'm like, okay, okay. I'll listen to my wife. Yeah, my wife.

And then I got back there. You guess what's on the windshield? A parking ticket. A parking ticket. How much? $55. $55? Even though I'd paid for parking.

Whoa. And I was maybe half an hour after. Only half an hour after. But doesn't it jump up? I see where she's coming from. Because I think it went from $750. We paid like $22. Did you?

I think the next level up was like $22. Oh, so you're saying car park? Yeah. Jeez. And I was like, yeah. And you know when you're in the right and you want to just go see, but you're like, no. What did she say? Well, not much to be honest. She was like, I can't believe it. Oh no, not a week though. Did you miss Michelle Obama? When they go low, you go high. That doesn't normally

happen all the week. I'm like, well, just did it. Here it is in Ticket Hall. I trusted you and you were wrong I always wonder with the hour free parking If you on like the 58th minute Run out of the theatre Take your car out of the car park Drive back in Do you kick over a new fresh hour?

Put it in another car spot That's a good one 4487 if you actually know the rules to that one I mean Absolute pain in the ass Yeah but Could be a way Could be a loophole

Cheat that system Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast. The hits. We're going to Sri Lanka next week. The show's going to be broadcasting from Sri Lanka, thanks to Dilmar. And it does seem like a bit of a sham, us going over there just to drop off some golden teabag tickets into some Dilmar packets. Because if you buy the packet with the golden ticket in, you win the trip to Sri Lanka.

You get to experience the holiday you're designing next week. Yeah, we've got two trips to give away, which is pretty exciting. So we want to make it the best trip that you could win. And we had someone that text through yesterday. We need to get them on the phone right now. Yeah, Courtney. Just been to Sri Lanka. Good morning.

Good morning. How are you? Or as they say in Sri Lanka. Yeah, yeah. So I've just got back. Is that what they say? Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's good.

I'll write that one down. Yeah, yeah, definitely. No, I just got back from... Is that what they say? Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's good. I'll write that one down. Yeah, yeah, definitely. No, I just got back and I wanted to let you know how amazing it is and wanted to give you a few ideas. Oh, that's awesome. We do need some ideas for building this trip that someone could win. So what sort of things did you experience? So we went on a couple of safaris, for heaps of elephants, including baby elephants.

It was so beautiful. Went swimming with turtles down by the coast, down on the coast. Got to see baby turtles in a hatchery where they're protected before they're released into the wild. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, and then everyone wants to talk cricket. Oh, great. I love it. I love and then everyone wants to talk cricket. Oh, great. I love it. I love it already.

These are your people. What's your enthusiasm for cricket, Courtney? I love a bit of cricket. Oh, good. I was pretty happy chatting. They love Chris Cairns. They love Daniel Vittori. And Shane Warne helped rebuild a whole bunch of the coast

after it was destroyed by a tsunami. Really? He warned it? Yeah. He's an idol over there. They love him. But, yeah, you'll have a great time, and whoever wins is super, super lucky. I'm very jealous.

What's one thing we should bring? I actually didn't buy a lot. I just really enjoyed chatting to the locals and enjoying the food and relaxing and not being in the cold of New Zealand. Someone said that they are famous for their crockery, that it is stunning and world class. Oh, okay. They do?

I don't know. I didn't actually see any of that. Maybe I was too busy having a few cocktails by the pool. What is crockery? I'm not sure. Is that like plates and stuff? Yeah, plates and mugs and stuff of that. Maybe I was too busy having a few cocktails by the pool. What is crockery? I'm not sure. Is that like plates and stuff? Yeah, plates and mugs and stuff like that. Oh, great. I mean, well, I'm sure you ate some food on some nice crockery.

I did indeed. It didn't stand out? No, the crockery did not stand out, but the food was great. I was going to say, what's one thing you really enjoyed eating? Good curry over there? Yeah, amazing curry. And for breakfast, they have these things called hoppers,

which are like a crepe with an egg in the bottom. And they're a bit weird to explain, but they're really, really nice. Hoppers. So give them a go. Okay. Did you see a Burger King over there? I did see Burger King, but McDonald's were closed down because there was an instance of really bad food poisoning,

so they basically marched McDonald's out of the country. Oh, really? Wow. I can still get my Whopper, though. Beautiful food over there. You don't eat Burger King. Yeah, you get to wait one week until you come back and enjoy it. BK chicken.

Oh, hey, listen, I'm so glad you had a great one. What took you over there? A plane? Well, yes, two planes, actually. But we were celebrating my husband's 40th birthday. Oh, nice. Well, thank you so much for sharing with us. It's amazing.

Very excited about it all. Yeah, well, enjoy. And good luck to everyone trying to find those golden teabags. Yeah, we'll continue. Designing the holiday, which sounds like code for us just picking places we want to go on holiday but it's gonna be great yeah so that's a little workaround john o'bannon megan the podcast that's email something that we all use uh every day uh it's been a it's been a real game changer i find in particular you love an email i find it because it's quite clear you can

be quite clear about something you know Sometimes when you talk through something, you have a tendency to waffle. People don't listen. You walk away from there and you're like, what did we agree on there? What did we settle on? It's a game changer. It's a game changer for me. You've been email for such a long time. It's been a game changer. A game changer since you were

12. Can people even remember the game before email? What game were you playing? What game were you playing before email? The game I we playing? Yeah, what game were you playing before email? Oh, mate, the game I was playing has changed with email, that's for sure. You know, one thing that annoys me, though, is at the end of an email, and I don't want this to come across offensive, but when I get a nah mehi.

Now, I always get a nah. I love a nah mehi. Oh, it's great. I don't like it, though, when I get a nah mihi after a disastrous email. And I always get a nah mihi from, like, Inland Revenue. Hey, by the way, remember you owe us all this money that you haven't paid?

Nah mihi. Yeah, we're a good email. Nah mihi? Yeah. Hey, you got overdue parking tickets that ended up in the court system. Now we've tripled them. Nah mihi. Yeah. Nah, me.

Yeah. Nah, me. Or like from work, someone being like, you haven't done this or that. Nah, me. Just a friendly reminder that you haven't. Nah, me. But what's your email sign-off? I guess it says a lot about a person, right?

And it can say a lot about what the job you do. We actually found this lady on social media. Now, she was talking through all the different options and what sort of person you might be. She started with best. Have a listen. Best is kind of bad bitch energy. Best is like when you tell an ex,

wishing you the best. Best is the girl who blacked out at the happy hour last night but woke up at 6 a.m. for a Pilates class. People who use best don't need you. You need them. Up next is warm regards. I feel like this is a warm hug from my grandmother on a Christmas night. I'm being enveloped in your love. Warm regards is maternal. I feel like I should respond. I love you. The next is cheers. Cheers,

like we're grabbing a drink. Cheers, you're the fun one of the group. I see cheers. I'm like, okay, I'm closing my laptop. Sent from iPhone, you are the CEO of a company. You don't give a flying F. Sent from iPhone is what I aspire to be. You're early in your career ripping sent from iPhone, you're on your way right to the top. I do like sent from iPhone. That is good.

That is like you got no care in the world deal with sent from iPhone. So we want to play a bit of a game. Okay, you phone us up. You tell us what email sign off you use and we'll try and figure out your role. Okay, you phone us up. You tell us what email sign-off you use, and we'll try and figure out your role. What do you use then if you don't like? I get a little bit self-conscious about this one because I always go, thanks a lot.

But thanks a lot can be read, thanks a lot. That sounds patronising, thanks a lot to me. Sometimes, yeah. Especially again, a bad email, you're like, thanks a lot. Best always rattles me too. Best what? Best wishes? to me. Sometimes, yeah. Especially again, a bad email, you're like, thanks a lot, you know? Best, best always rattles me too. Best what?

Best wishes? Just follow up with the second word. When I was younger, I used to write lots of love for professional ones and everything and then I was like,

oh, I probably shouldn't write that anymore. I had a kind regards period there, but that went really bad with a terrible autocorrect one time.

Oh, okay. Oh, okay. Wow, okay. I think you can figure out what word. I think so. Jeez, that's terrible. And I've never written that before. Why did all of a sudden Siri think that it was? Sure.

No doubt. Well, so you tell us what you sign off your email. We'll try and guess what sort of job, profession you do. Oh, 100 of the hits. If we don't now, have we got Mission Impossible tickets? Yeah, we've got a Mission Impossible double pass to the new movie. It looks epic. Tom Cruise doing amazing stunts again.

It's in cinemas tomorrow. He'd be a sent from iPhone guy. He would be a sent from iPhone, yeah. Okay, you tell us. Your mission to tell us what your email sign-off is, and we'll try and guess it next on the hit. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. House. Just trying to play a game where you tell us what your email sign-off is and we'll try and guess it next on that. Jono, Ben and Megan. The Podcast. The Hit. House. Just trying to play a game where you tell us what your email sign-off is and we'll try and figure out what you do for a job or what position you are in the company. Kindest is coming through a bit as well.

Along the same lines as Best. Oh yeah, Kindest. That's nice. I like that one. What do you normally do? Well, I used to write lots of kindness. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah. I like that one. Kindness. What do you normally do? Well, I used to write lots of love. Yeah, that's very,

yeah. I thought that was nice. I was like, no one is going to begrudge lots of love. It depends if you know the person though. No, but I would send it to everyone.

So if you go like writing to the council like John I did the other day, but the traffic lights fail, you're like, lots of love, Megan. Yeah. Would you?

I've changed it now. I can see why. I used to call everyone babes. Did you have your babes era? Yeah. I've kind of moved on. I just write thanks now. Cheers is a standard one for me.

Cheers. But I do write a kiss still every now and then. Okay. All right. Not to you guys. No. We saw each other last night out of work and we were like, do we hug? What happened? What did you do? We hugged. We did hug, yeah. Did you kiss? Just because we go around. No, we got to kiss. We saw each other last night out of work and we were like, do we hug? What happened?

We hugged. We did hug, yeah. Did you kiss? Just because we go around. No, we didn't kiss. No, we haven't got to that stage yet. Our significant other's still there. We should have kissed.

All right, we need to know right now what your email sign-off is and we'll try and guess your profession. Let's get Han on. Morning to you. Hello. Hello. Yuhan. Yeah, mate. How are you?

Yeah lovely to have you on Okay What's your email sign off We'll try and guess your gig Okay Depending on Who I'm writing it to But it's

Thank you for your assistance Now I put that in the same category as Thanks in advance Which is You're going to do this Whether you like it or not Thanks in advance Really puts people in the corner Thanks in advance, which is you're going to do this whether you like it or not. That's a good one. Yeah, I like that.

Thanks in advance really puts people in the corner. Thanks in advance, you're like, damn it, I can't. I can't come back from that. It does feel like forceful, like do it or I will be upset. Yeah. Thanks for your assistance. Are you? I'm going to go middle management.

I wish. Okay. What do you do? What's your job? Middle management. I wish. What do you do? What's your job? Let's just say it involves circles. Let's just say. You build roundabouts. I don't know. Circles?

I don't know, but not really. What is it? You're very mysterious. You sound like a supervillain at the moment. Are you going to tell us? Let's just say. I'm a truck driver driving around in circles from one place to the next. Ah, he's a truck driver.

There we go. Beautiful, Val. There we go. Thanks. Thank you. Best wishes. And thanks in advance. Appreciate that, mate. And high quota of South Africans on the radio this morning. Good morning, Janae. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well. Lovely to have you on the show on a Friday, Janae. Good morning. How are you guys? We're doing well. Lovely to have you on the show on a Friday,

Janae. You tell us your email sign-off. We'll try and figure out what your position is in the corporate world. So, my email sign-off is kind regards and then my name. Okay, kind regards, Janae. I reckon... That's quite professional. Yeah.

Janae, I'm getting sales manager. That's what I'm getting. That's the vibe I'm getting sales manager. That's what I'm getting. That's the vibe I'm getting. Definite office vibes. Nowhere close. Oh, really? What do you do?

He's a hit man. The body's been taken care of. Kind regards. Your little issue has been sorted. Yep. What do you do? Warranty specialist. Warranty specialist. Warranty specialist for a company that sells trucks and buses.

Oh, well, no. Kind regards would suit your... Yeah, I get that. All right. Well, we were not even close for that one. Out of interest, what am I getting a bus for nowadays? Oh, well, to travel people around. To transport a bunch of people.

The bus services here in Auckland. Sorry, I mean in terms of, I know what the function of a bus is. But like in terms of a price range. Oh, that's how I interpreted your question too. They're quite expensive, mate. Yeah. They're quite expensive. Are they? Hundreds of thousands?

Hundreds of thousands, mate. There we go. He's like, you wouldn't. I can email you. Kind regards. You can't afford a bus. Kind regards. Jene.

Jene. Good on you, Jene. Remember, guys, I'm the one that says warranty, yay or nay. So you're the warrant guy. Yeah. Gotcha. All right, we're going to hook you up with a double pass to Mission Impossible. Thanks so much for your call.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Next America's we're going to hook you up with a double pass to Mission Impossible. Thanks so much for your call. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Next America's Cup is going to be held in Italy, just announced, which is pretty cool. It's a shame it's not going to be in New Zealand, but you understand how those things work, right? Yeah.

The Italians, they've got Lunarossa, don't they? Yeah, that's right. Their team. I remember going, seeing, when I was travelling many years ago, when it was in Valencia in Spain, I travelled through the America's Cup, and they had a little pop-up loaded hog bar in the America's Cup, kind of like a, yeah, it was weird,

like a little throwback to the New Zealand Viaduct, which was kind of rad. And the crate she sat on was for Marston. I'm going to take a photo of Marston. And I was like, well, that's a weird photo to take. Did they ship all that stuff over there? I don't know, unless they printed all that stuff over. But yeah, it was a random thing they had. I think about halfway through that trip

they would have gone, I don't think this is worth it. No, exactly. The algorithm. We like to do this once a week. Deep dive into our algorithms today. Taking a look at my disturbing algorithm. I've been sending you a lot of stuff recently, Megan. How have you been finding that content?

It's a wild ride, Jono's algorithm. But it's always good stuff. A lot of P. Diddy coverage I'm sending you a lot of stuff recently, Megan. How have you been finding that content? It's a wild ride, Jono's algorithm. But it's always good stuff. A lot of P. Diddy coverage I'm sending you at the moment, none of which will broadcast. It's very grim. It's horrible, eh? It is so grim. I actually feel sorry for her, Cassie, having to relive it,

but also his kids, family, having to hear all this. She's got a husband as well, too, Cassie, now as well. His three daughters walked out of the court. I don't blame them. Oh, it's horrible. Family Having to hear all this She's got a husband as well To Cassian now as well It's just everyone involved His three daughters Walked out of the court I don't blame them Oh it's horrible And it's going to live

On the internet forever too She's got a baby on the way Yeah Yeah and anyway We won't deep dive into that now But this popped up In my algorithm And I found this

Really interesting It's from our mate Zach D Films Who makes a whole lot Of reenactments Of true life Real life events He ate bats and washed

them down with his own urine to survive you see the retired olympian was running a marathon when a massive sandstorm hit unable to see he became completely lost and for the next nine and a half days he wandered the desert dehydrated and barely Finally, he caught sight of some goats in the distance, and when he followed them, he reached a settlement of nomads. He was rushed to the hospital, and even though he'd lost 35 pounds, he made a full recovery, going on to run the marathon another 10 times.

What a story of survival! Bats and urine! There's probably Dunedin students out there surviving on bats and urine I'm pretty sure you can go nine days without food I don't know if nine days is enough for me to start eating bats When are you turning to eating bats? Like what day?

Day 15 How long do you think you would actually survive? If you were trapped out in the wild On your own Not long to be honest me personally I think I'd turn feral pretty quick actually would you

you'd have to though you'd just have to you'd never know what instincts would kick in I've got a bit of mongrel in me I reckon you'd be chowing down on a bat

brought up with the bogans yeah no I wouldn't eat the bats yeah but there we go and obviously you hadn't heard how COVID started so that wasn't an issue for him

but then went back to the marathon ten times wow that's pretty impressive