Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Will Jono & Ben Send Megan Over The Edge?

Episode Date: May 25, 2025

On today’s show: Why was Ben filming in a teen clothing store? I wet myself in a store and my mum didn't care! Megan is furious about people spoiling the F1... so the boys test her patience. How did Jono and Ben go exploring in Singapore on no sleep? A bar where you chuck your food on the ground?! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast. I noticed Megan. Is that a new drink bottle you've bought there? Jonathan Pryor, this has been in front of you for months. Has it? It sits right there by you. Oh, I've not noticed that. It's a nice one. Porkin. Pokin. She's the drink bottle industry. Wowee, there's some big ones. They're everywhere, aren't they?

Yeah, a lot of drink bottles. Some I think are having a laugh. You know, some of the ones were like, this drink was $189. Oh, yeah. Some fancy ones. I don't know if it was a media beat up, but I saw a news article that said that women were breaking their toes because dropping these heavy as bottles on their toes because the stainless steel sort of metallic ones seem to be a lot more popular they're right they're quite heavy yeah yeah lugging around like liters and liters of water some of them hold like a couple

of liters don't they and they're dropping on your on your little toe would hurt you're right what was this was it hugh grant who was like why we we're around taps all the time yeah he's like getting my kids to cut off water. Yeah, he was moaning about it, wasn't he? He was carted around with you. Make sure they're cut of water. Make sure they've got water here. I think about him all the time when I carry this.

You know, Taylor, producer Taylor, who worked on the show last year, she's moved back to Australia, but she would bring a metallic drink bottle in every day. And she was like, what's all this black stuff? It was mould. She was drinking mould. I was like, when did you ever wash that?

You do have to be careful. Even when you wash some of them, because some of them with the straws and stuff, you're getting inside those. I literally detached it all last night and gave it a good scrub. Yeah, good on you. You've got to do it. I'd even reckon a bleaching. A bleaching?

Yeah. Taylor was so grim, though. She brushed her teeth sporadically. She did brush her teeth as well i was like talking about skincare and she was like i don't put anything i put water on my face the italian way man oh school italian she'll age beautifully well here is the podcast for today which starts with me having a bit of an embarrassing uh time at a teenage clothing store. Have a listen. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. From a week in Sri Lanka. Of course, you can look out for our faces on the Dilmar boxes. They bet us home. They're already starting to get into the stores around the country. If you find the golden teabag ticket, you could win a trip. Well, you will win. There's only two of them, and you win two trips.

0800 THE HITS. You can give us a call, and you can win that trip to Sri Lanka. Life changing, wasn't it? Really incredible. I'll remember that trip forever, at least until I start to decline with dementia or something. But up until that point, I won't forget that. Some amazing, amazing sights

throughout Sri Lanka and then we spent a day in Singapore on the way home, a bit of a stopover and we're like, we could spend it at a pretty incredible airport, like just a huge airport. But we're like, we could spend it at a pretty incredible airport, like just a huge airport. But we're like, no, we've got like 14, 15 hours, let's go into the city. Never been in there before and that was really cool as well. 40 degrees though.

It was hot. It was hot, sticky, humid. Very sticky, sticky, sticky, sticky. Were you wearing your golden suits? No, we're tired though. I think we need to burn those. I took them in to, yesterday when I got back, I was like, well, they really need a dry cleaning or a wash. Took it to a laundry mat. And I looked inside and said, can't wash, can't dry clean.

I was like, what do you do? Must throw in landfill. Please burn. Please burn. Yeah, so I don't know what to do. No one was working harder than those suits, I tell you what. Yeah, but we had a little bit of time. And we all thought, let's get a gift.

Families can come home as well. So I was like, I'd like to get something for my daughters we're in the middle of singapore and i was trying to think at this stage now where my kids are teenagers that i second guess a lot of the stuff i'm like is this something they want is this not i don't want to just waste money on something they're never going to use yeah and then i thought by my phone i was like what's the store that they always bang on about and we've been to visit family in America, traipsing all around America to find the store. Brandy Melville. All the teenage girls love Brandy Melville. I get there and I'm like, what's the difference with this and H&M and Glasses?

I don't know. But anyway, this is the store that they used to go to. So you found Brandy Melville? So I looked it up and I was like, oh, there's one about like 800 meters up the road. I'm like, cool. And then in 40 degree heat, I was walking up the road to that. So sweaty 40-something man walks into Brandy Melville. Brandy Melville.

And it's a store. A teen store, is it? Well, yeah, pretty much. Yeah, teens aimed at that generation. It's all over TikTok and social media. If there's a teenager listening right now, they'll be like, oh, it's all great stuff. It's all stuff you want.

And I get in there, it's overwhelming. So you're out of demo. You're out of demo. You're out of demo. You're out of your, yeah. Do they have like music pumping? Pumping music. Just really pumping music.

And we're like, where do I start? You know, the one good thing and good or bad thing is like there's only one size of each thing. They've got lots of different size stuff,

but it's only one. So I could never get the wrong size. So you basically go, if you like that top, oh, it fits me, sweet, or it doesn't fit you,

then you can only, you can buy it. It feels like they're missing out on a huge number of sales with that system yeah but yeah but this is the way it works like so i was never like getting it i was either getting the wrong size or not it's like i couldn't get any other options but i was looking around for a bit i was like this is just i don't know where to start so i was like i'll facetime it worked out i'll facetime my daughters so i started facetime they answered i'm like i'm brandy melville they're like So I started FaceTime. They answered. I'm like, I'm in Brandy Melville. They're like, oh, this is exciting. Show us what you got.

I'm like going around, but I couldn't hear that well because the music's pumping. So I kept having to put the FaceTime to my ear. And they kept going, stop putting it to your ear. You look like a boomer. I'm like, I can't hear you. I can't hear what you're saying. I've done that too at Pack and Save. They're like, oh, all I can see is your ear hole.

I was like, well, I i can't hear my ear hole so i just be walking around the store walking around with it on like a live stream and then they go stop stop stop go back what's it what's it stop don't you move what's that what's the straps like what's the color and i'm walking around the store and then at some stage a lady comes over and goes excuse me are you filming in the store? You sweaty old man. Sweaty man with carrots. And I'm like, I'm not a live stream to your daughter. She's like, ah, that happens quite often. The people will do that. That's okay. Just please stay away from the changing room area.

Teenagers in the changing room. I'm not going to go through the changing room area. Oh, they wanted to see the inside of the changing room as well. Out of coincidence. Yeah. Wouldn't read about it. So I ended up getting a couple of things, which worked out okay in the end,

I think, when they got home. But geez, it was a really harrowing experience. Scarred me. Scarred me. That's why he'll never be allowed back inside. Brandy Melville. Brandy Melville. His face will be on the wall.

I need some retail therapy, basically. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yeah, had an embarrassing experience inside a store in Singapore. So we wanted to know the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you. Well, we must reflect too.

You were FaceTiming your teenagers in a teenage clothes shop and you were asked, Sir, are you filming? You're very sweaty. You're a 40-something man. And not your first incident though because you were overseas once and you were buying something for his wife Amanda. Yeah, and I went up to the lady because I was trying to get sizing and don't want to get it wrong because you can't change it. I went up to someone. I was like, she worked at the store.

And I went, oh, hi. I'm buying this for my wife. I just wonder if you could try it on. I feel like you're about as similar. And as she sort of put it on, I just. It's so weird, Ben. It was weird, too. Well, it's a big question to lob at someone you first met.

You don't have the same dimensions as my wife. Can you remove your top? I know. And put this top on. No, it was the top over the top. Oh, okay. Because it's the removing clothing. Yeah, no, it was no removal clothing.

This is research purposes only. And I'll just stand here and watch while you do it. I might just film a little bit, too. It was a zip-up top over the top. So she didn't take anything off. But still, at the same time, I went, that was weird. Firstly, weird. And it felt like I was trying to pick at the same time I went, that was weird. Firstly weird and it felt like I was trying to pick her up or something.

It was like a weird way to, anyway. So I never would do that again. So would you walk in and would you like, when this period of your life in your shopping career, would you like scan the floor and go, oh, look for the same measurements as your wife and then zero and I'll see. She did come over, the lady came over and she said, are you struggling? I said

with sizing and then, yeah. Oh, she worked there? She worked there, yeah. It wasn't just said You're struggling I said with sizing And then yeah She worked there She worked there Yeah it wasn't just Some random lady I came up with I go hey Excuse me doll

But still a bit weird Yeah so the most Embarrassing thing That's ever happened To you in the store So many great calls And texts coming through Ah yeah

Let's go to Susan In Wellington Best caller We'll give a double pass To One Republic Yes I was about to say One Direction. They're no longer a thing.

Susan, morning to you. Good morning, the Hits. How are you? We're doing well, Susan. Listen to your vibes. Great energy. What happened to you in a shop? Retail therapy will help you out.

Yeah, I'm going to need some therapy. So I was first in shopping with my mum, and we were in Kmart, which is obviously a great shop to shop at. And you know when mums are on a mission and they're like, we're going in, we're getting stuff and you've just got to deal with it. So that was one of those days. So we're in the changing rooms trying some clothes on and I said to mum,

I need to go toilet. And she was like, just hold on, we won't do that long. And I was like, okay, yeah, yeah. And she kind of kept trying to get his clothes on and then I was like, I can feel it, you know? You know when you feel it? And she was like, just hold on, you're 15, come on girl. I was like, I can feel it, you know, you know when you feel it? And she was like, just hold on, like, you're 15, come on girl. I was like, yeah, yeah. And then all of a sudden I was like, I can feel it and I could just feel it dripping

down my leg and I was like, mum, I'm like, mum, I've weaned myself. And then, because all my clothes are wet, she then had to go buy some Kmart clothes and I had to put those on and then I had to carry my wet, wee clothes out of the shop. It makes me cringe telling you this right now. Well, I mean, perfect location if you were going to do it, right? Yeah. Solution, yeah. So that's a good call.

Not good. Okay, well, that's the start of it so far. She could get in the one. Jeremy, most horrific thing that happened to you in a shop, Jeremy? Hey, guys. So I'm Chinese, and my son was convinced. He asked me if he was half white because I don't speak Chinese. So I had to diplomatically explain and convince him that I am Chinese.

And this is in the middle of a store? Yeah. People listening in and looking at you? They were pretending that they couldn't hear. Yeah, okay, not bad, not bad. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. What did you

need therapy for after some retail therapy, the most embarrassing situation that happened to you in the store? You were just saying while that song was playing, you got stuck in a dress. Yeah, so you know sometimes you're like, oh, put it I'll try something on and you realize it's too small for you but it's already on and sometimes getting a dress up over your shoulders it goes on easier than you get it off I was literally in a changing room for half an hour and I started sweating and I was like I just don't want to have to ask them to. And my undies, it's stuck at my shoulders.

So you're from your chest down, you're vulnerable. Yeah. You just got your ride and it's jammed there. What did you do? So it was like an off-the-shoulder dress situation because I had taken my bra off. So you had them out too. And they were squished.

So that's why they say, is everything okay in there? I was like, yeah, that's your reason. They went past and I was like sweating and I was like, yeah. I'm like, what do you think is going to happen? Yeah, I'm just trying to get some power. So there you go. That's why it is. I literally had to tip over and just like jump and it came off.

I was not getting them in there to help me. So what happened to you in the store? We got those One Republic tickets to our favorite call. Yeah, now wants to remain anonymous hello hello good morning great to have you on uh what most horrific thing that happened to you in a shop this is retail therapy uh so my waters broke as we got to a sign shop where my daughter was due to a a what shop? A signage shop. A signage shop. And I imagine the signage industry not ready for this. No. So my husband had got ahead of me because I was slow being so pregnant at that point in time.

And as soon as I got out of the car, I realised that something was leaking. Oh no. So I did this awkward waddle into the reception and went, hey, we've got to go. Something's happening. And so as you're walking, is it like... Leaving a trail. Yeah. Oh, I don't know. You're like, I didn't want to look down.

I'm like, trying to stop it from dripping. Later on, you're responsible for one of those yellow slippery floor signs that somebody had to bring back at some stage. Oh, the floor's a bit slippery. And you just know that you're an ongoing story in that workplace too? Yeah. Yeah, if they noticed

I kind of tried not to let them see, but they probably did. That is really good. Hey, well I appreciate you sharing this morning. Hold there, you could be in for those One Republic tickets. Let's get Gemma on the phone welcome hello how are you we're doing well uh store trauma what happened um i was about 13

maybe 14 and we'd gone to disney world as a family and i had a three-year-old sister who was in the push chair we went into no you know those really big um disney stores where you have to buy all the things and um we were leaving the store and we got pulled over by security and my three-year-old sister had been pinching everything off the low shelf and we got threatened to be thrown out of Disney World. Oh! She shoved it all underneath her in the pram. Oh, my God.

The happiest place on earth threatened to trespass you. She was really happy. I guess for a kid, you're walking around, you're like, oh, take that, take that. They're not thinking about paying it for it on the way out. Imagine what Mickey does in the back rooms, eh? Back rooms of those people. We appreciate you, Cool Gemma. Thank you.

Listen, the votes have come in. And when I say the votes, just one of us is gone. I'm going to give it to the lady whose water's broken the signage shop. So many good anonymous. Just make sure they don't break it, the One Republic concert. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Huge weekend of sport. So huge. We've already talked about it. We missed out some of the sport as well. Not just the rugby with the Chiefs, a huge win. We had the Warriors had a loss. We had the Auckland FC sadly out of the competition. The Black Ferns had such a great game.

They smashed the US over the weekend, which was awesome. And now, in Monaco, the Formula One. Megan, if you have been listening to the show, huge Formula One fan. In particular, huge Liam Lawson fan. Even writes underneath all of his Instagram posts. I've reined that in. He had a cowboy hat on once and she said, go ride that thing.

Ride that thing. No, he said, I'm getting back on the horse this weekend. Oh, that's right. And I said, ride that thing. Yeah.

And you always call him Al Liam. Al Liam as well. He is Al Liam. He's our only Kiwi in Formula One. I mean, we're proud of him, but you're like his mum,

his unofficial mum. Oh, sister. She's loyal. She's loyal. Very old sister. It's awesome. We all want him to do well. What were the parents doing? A big age gap in between kids. That could an official mum. Oh, sister. She's loyal. She's loyal. Very old sister. It's awesome. We all want him to do well. What were the parents doing?

A big age gap in between kids. It could be his mum. It could be. Oh, God. In some provinces, you would be. So it's fair to say, everyone knows, if you know me, you know I love Formula One, right? So at the weekend, we're in Monaco, so all of these races are in the middle of the night. Just by the way, no spoilers, because I haven't watched the end of the race anyway.

There's currently a replay happening. So there's probably a lot of people in my boat. But I didn't watch it. And I don't have Sky, so I have to mooch off other people's accounts. Oh, you're a moocher. Ben's family moochers off his streaming accounts. Yeah, they often do that. I'm on to my third account.

I mooch off three different families. Do you? Professional moochers. I was trying to watch third account. I mooch off three different families. Do you? Professional moocher. I was trying to watch the qualifying at the weekend, and that's when one of the people I was mooching off jumped on, and it kicks you off. So I was like, okay, I'll have to watch a replay. And an hour later, my phone starts pinging,

and I'm like, oh, no, oh, no. Are there results? There's results coming in. So I had to ignore. But I was on my laptop and a preview comes from our boss saying, this is not a spoiler because it was for qualifying.

We could be in the points here. And I was like, ugh, stop. He doesn't know you're a mooching scenario. My best friend texts me exactly the results. My dad texts me. I was like, guys. There's a solution.

Pay for Sky. No, absolutely not. You can just get it for a month. My husband has got absolutely no interest. They're not locking you in like long term. He's got no interest in Formula 1. And you guys, the group chat for our radio show, I didn't even read that. I was like, here,

you take my phone. You're in charge of all my messages. So he's going, no, there's nothing on your group. It's just about work. Do you want to read it? I was like, no. He's like a personal assistant. I'll take this today. Okay.

So the race has been undone. It's been undone. Now, we do need to get the results, or we'll send you out of the room. No, why don't we play a game? We'll just go to the phones and see if anyone... Are you here to spoil the Formula One? Hello?

Hello? Hello, have you seen the Formula One? No. No, there you go. Game of Russian roulette. I'll tell you what you do. Text in something, 4487 to us, but it has to be wrong. Text in something ridiculous that could have happened and we'll just mess with Megan all morning.

Can you believe Liam Lawson on lap 78 merged. Didn't merge like a zip, Ben. No, no, he should have merged like a zip. He was. Didn't abide by the three-second rule. No, he also didn't indicate at one point to the whole thing. Liam Lawson reversed around the whole track in reverse. But if you actually, Megan, look away right now.

Look away right now. Yes. But Liam Lawson acclaimed his best ever result. That's what actually happened. He got eighth. He got some points which is great but text through right now

4487 we won't mention it again some things that didn't happen just to mess with Megan and we'll read them out to Megan over the course of the morning the more ridiculous the better John O'Ben and Megan

the podcast the hits I want to step out of line in Singapore I know but it was beautiful yeah we hopped off the plane jumped in an Uber

the guys listening to Singapore FM early Saturday morning I know. It was beautiful. Yeah, we hopped off the plane, jumped in an Uber. The guys listening to Singapore FM, early Saturday morning, and have a listen to what was playing on the radio. We're in an Uber, a New Zealand song. I don't know. Do you like Bikurunga? Do you like Bikurunga? Do you like Bikurunga? I have no idea.

Sorry, sir. To be honest, we even played this song for about 10 years. That's a great song. It's a great song. That's a great song. Good song? Good song? Yes, nice. You make sure you pay Bikurunga her royalties, all right?

How was that? Great song. When you're singing the Uber and then you're like, hang on, there's a Kiwi song. It's the most nostalgic and patriotic Uber ride I've ever been on. Sometimes it happens when you're overseas

and you hear something and it just takes you back. You're like, oh my God, the New Zealand. You can cling on to anything distinctly Kiwi. I heard Savage

at a club in Las Vegas. Oh my God, there's Savage playing. And I stood next to me and he was like, yeah, cool, cool bro. He wasn't excited but I was excited.

Hey, I'm from New Zealand. I'm from New Zealand. It's New Zealand. He's like, yeah like yeah cool cool bro you know like he wasn't excited but I was excited I'm from New Zealand that's from New Zealand he's like yeah yeah cool man then we were in another Uber ride back to the airport and we're going

past the stadium because Lady Gaga played there on Saturday night she was playing four I think it was four concerts over the week

yeah wow and his wife actually went along have a listen William lovely to meet you and sorry you were trying to teach me how to slide the seat back and forth before exactly And his wife actually went along. Have a listen. William, lovely to meet you.

Sorry, you were trying to teach me how to slide the seat back and forth before. Exactly. And I couldn't do it. Yep, you can't do it. You lost all your senses. Now, William, we're driving past the stadium where Lady Gaga is playing tonight. Yep, yes, it is. How many people does it fit?

Previously, I think it was like 50 thousands is this your third show this week no i think was the fourth fourth show was the fourth that should be the last one and your wife went along yep what was her review of the concert amazing yeah yeah a lot of people actually dress up, seem like Lady Gaga. And have you heard, because you said Taylor Swift performed in there as well. And you're also saying Taylor Swift sat in this very van. No, she had a concert there, but she wasn't in my car. Oh, okay. Because my car is too small.

Oh, right, I thought you were driving around in this van. I'm in the back, I'm in the back, so I can't really chip in. What do you know about New Zealand? Koala bear? Koala bear? Yeah, near enough. Near enough. We'll take it. We would love to own

the koala bear to be honest. There you go. Koala bear. Wouldn't this country be better with koala bears? Yeah, it feels like something else. We'd embrace a koala bear,

wouldn't we? Another cute little animal that doesn't kill you maybe they should bring them over here we don't have as many bushfires it might be alright here

eucalyptus trees we don't have as many of those but I'm sure they'll adapt they'll find something to nibble on out there rubbish

got loads of rubbish out there so it was actually really cool wonderful place Singapore if you get the chance to go there it's just incredible

and speaking of Formula 1 we drove down down the road with Formula 1 trackers. Megan would be loving it. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Winter week in Sri Lanka. Back, thanks to Dilmar. And you could win yourself a trip to Sri Lanka following some of the things that we did.

Look out for our faces on tea boxes in supermarkets already. They bid us home. Find the golden teabag ticket. No, that's a sticking point for me. Megan's like, you delivered the golden tickets in day one. We did it. And you're like, come home. And we're like, no, we want to see some Australian.

Also, you could have put the golden tickets in once the boxes arrived in New Zealand. There's many things we could have done. We could have sent them via courier over there as well. You had to escort the tickets. They could have probably printed them out over that over there as well. You had to escort the tickets. They could have probably printed them out over that side of the world. It's true. It was completely unnecessary that we went over there. But anyway, on the way back, we spent the day in Singapore on Saturday.

And beautiful, beautifully clean place. I didn't see one bit of graffiti. Chewing gum's illegal over there, isn't it? I think it is. You were chewing chewing gum on stage. I was like, oh, that's not, you're not meant to chew chewing gum in Singapore. Oh, really?

Because, you know, people drop it on the street. I was wondering why you were getting all anxious. I was like, have some chewing gum, mate. Normally I'm a big fan of chewing gum, but I'm pretty sure it's illegal over there. Oh, well, I just chucked it on the footpath, so I figured it was okay. Anyway, I went to this bar.

Raffles is the name of this hotel. It's a famous, very famous bar. Everyone was like, you've got to go to this bar. Raffles is the name of this hotel. It's a very famous bar. Everyone was like, you've got to go to this bar. And they have big bags of cashew nuts on the tables. Is it cashew nuts? Yeah, the cashews. And then you break the shell and you chuck them on the floor. So you walk in and it's like the decor is very sophisticated,

like 1930s traveller sort of decor. But then you look at the floor and it's got the floor of like a Castle Street flat. Just shells everywhere. I think it's peanuts, Jono. Cashews don't have shells. Oh, peanuts. Oh, sorry. Peanuts. I was like, how are they having bags of cashews? Yeah, so you get this

massive bag of peanuts and then it's part of it. You just throw all the shells on the floor and everyone does it. At first it feels a little wrong. You know, you're like, this feels like this is just making a heck of a mess and we spoke to mohan the other waiter what we're eating peanuts and we're throwing it on the floor where does this come from actually the peanut the last time our bar is before the bar the malaysian people they make a plantation here actually the culture now making it like uh our one of the culture now so this is the thing you just chuck your peanuts on the floor, the peanut shelf.

It's a culture, we cannot do anything actually. It's a culture, you can't change it. Who has to clean it up? So every night we clean everything actually. You clean everything every night, it gets cleaned? It just takes one hour. One hour? Listen to this.

Yeah. They are all over the floor, so do you get a vacuum cleaner or? Just vacuum and a sweep. Vacuum, sweep, it takes one hour to clean up if you added up all the hours every day that you've vacuumed up peanut shells on the floor over a year only one time he said okay like uh 11 p.m 11 p.m 12 p.m yeah you just want one at the end of the day yeah that's a lot of love it's one hour so you go yeah just 365 hours Of cleaning up

Peanut shells In that bar He's not working Every shift So let's say He probably does 200 hours 200 hours

Of just vacuuming Up peanut shells It's kind of cool Like it was cool Like it was a cool place To go People go along It's the place

If you ever heard The drink The Singapore Sling That's where they invented it From that place Is it? Cool So you can go along there

Have a drink And then you Have your peanuts They give it to you Throw it on the floor can go along there, have a drink, and then you have your peanuts. They give it to you, throw it on the floor, and you just – if you had a nut allergy, I wouldn't recommend going along. Nightmare. Probably not the place for you, but anyone else, a great place to go along. Does it have a warning on the door?

No. It's not New Zealand, mate. May contain peanuts. No, true, actually. You just come on in. You're like, ooh. You should have. This has traces of nuts.

That should be the name of the bar. Tr traces of nuts. That should have been the bar. Traces of nuts. Yeah. Or deez nuts. Deez nuts. Okay, so we wanted to know, and I'll read the hits. Have a think.

Could we hear in New Zealand or overseas, the bar that had the most unique thing? The bar had what? You went to a bar and you're like, oh my God, this is the coolest thing or this is the most unusual thing. You had a place. In Amsterdam, yeah.

I think the name literally translated to like mum or mother um and you go in and the walls the ceiling everywhere there's even picture frames are covered in pictures of people's mums and I'm pretty sure you can take along a picture and they'll stick it up for you so it's just covered in all these like women because the menu was um like what a mum would cook. Oh, it was mum food. Passed down over centuries. That's very cool.

Nice little gimmick. I remember going to a bar here in New Zealand and you walked in. There were two separate entries to the bar. There were toilet, you know, female, male entry. But then you walked in and you're like, oh, we're all in the same room. Oh, I like it. Okay. And you're like, oh, okay. It threw you same room. And you're like, oh, okay.

It threw you. It was the point of the doors, the initial segregation. They felt very redundant to the whole process. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The text coming through for the most unusual thing you've seen at the bar. The bar

had what? There was a place, according to this text on K Road in Auckland that had a toilet and when you flushed it, There was a place, according to this text on K Road in Auckland, that had a toilet. And when you flushed it, there was a fish tank that half emptied next to it and then filled back up again. So the fish would keep going up and down. Yeah. It'd be like a roller coaster for them.

They'd have emotion sickness. It was called the fish flush. I feel like now maybe that's been stopped for some sort of... Surely it's just taking the water out and putting it back in because it would mess with the pH, you know? Yeah, you're right, mate. Just high tide, low tide.

Very regular high tide, low tide. But then probably a consistent tide Monday to, say, Thursday. But Friday and Saturday nights it's just up and down. And there's another bar that comes through

where everyone drinks out of teacups. You order something and all you get is teacups. Like cocktails and everything. Yeah, cocktails and teacups. It makes it feel a little bit fancy. But not big enough. You order something And all you get is teacups Which is kind of cool Like cocktails and everything Yeah cocktails and teacups It's kind of cool Makes it feel a little bit fancy

But not big enough Yeah true Aren't they cheap Yeah keep coming through 4387 The greatest gimmick at a bar The bar had What

Now Yeah we returned from Sri Lanka Last week So we're flying out Friday night Weren't we Departing midnight Friday night

And then Ben's like Hey I've just We've been playing cricket All week Megan Didn't we You heardarting midnight Friday night. And then Ben's like, hey, we've been playing cricket all week, Megan. Didn't we? You heard it. Every day. Every day.

Every day we play cricket. And he's like, I've just organised one last game of cricket. Two hours before we're about to leave. Did you bring back that cricket bat? No, I gave it away to a kid at the school. Because I borrowed it off the ACC, the Alternate Commentary Collective, because I could fit it inside my suitcase. And the condition from the ACC was like

take it but I don't want to see it back give it away to someone so we went to a school went to a school lovely so we're playing cricket with the kids it was awesome at the end of it this kid was picking out the bat

and using it I was like you can have it but a little bit of a language breakdown he was like do you want it? yep and then he kept coming up to me and trying to give a bat I was like no you take it

and he kept doing it so we had a moment but it was nice to walk away and have him you know take the bat we have him very had a moment but it was nice to walk away and have him you know take the bat we had him very confused holding a bat

it was nice it wasn't quite the touching moment we had imagined we had to get the teacher to translate so he could keep the bat we were expecting hugs and tears

it was just clouded in confusion but anyway yes one last game one last game of cricket on the beach organise some cricketers to play some beach cricket

it's very so we're on the beach in Negombo which is a beautiful beachside town. What's that ocean? Is that the Indian Ocean? Yeah that's the Indian Ocean. We're looking out to the Indian Ocean, the sun's blazing in, we've got rustic looking big old dinghies and we're about to play beach cricket. Yeah that's right, I thought we didn't get quite enough cricket in. I mean we have played every day. Like it's literally two hours till our flight but ben's decided to squeeze in more beach now you're from uh which cricket club i'm from nikambu cricket club and then dilma sponsors your club as well do they yeah yeah jono's got a sri lanka cricket top on yeah i saw that very tight it's like a crop top it's because we've eaten so much the last few days.

I'm told you'll give an original. An original? Yeah, I'm also playing first class cricket. Oh, you play first class cricket? You can search me on Google. I'm Umesh Lakshan. Oh, are you? Do you play for Sri Lanka?

No, I'm not playing for Sri Lanka, but I play provincial level and first class club. Oh, that's awesome. Well, you're way too good for us. Why are you wasting your time? Now, you were saying you tried to come to New Zealand. Yeah. But we didn't give you a visa.

Oh, but they asking some money, but we can't afford that because I have BSE, I have all qualifications, but they asking some money money. I can live there without struggle so I can't avoid that. I can do some work or I can earn but they don't give some visa. And I'm sure you would work very hard over there. Probably a lot harder than me.

But what we can do is I can smuggle you in. We're leaving in two hours. Say goodbye to your family, baby. So now I have a fully grown Sri Lankan cricket man living in my household. He's a good cricketer too. He was really good.

He's a first class cricketer. Wow. Yeah, he was. Way too good for our beach cricket game, but it was great they came along. He was like, just to bring happy memories. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Here we go Guess who's back Back again Yes Quiz Queen Ali Ali's back Joined us back

For the New Zealand Herald Daily quiz last week Didn't do so well And I blame us Being in I blame the people of Sri Lanka Yeah that'll be it For taking our mind off it

International time zones Jet lag You name it Yeah But we're back We're back Yeah but it is the middle of the night Technically for you guys, so.

Now? Yeah. And Ben, like, it's great you're here, but you look a bit pale. Yeah, as I said, 30% hair, guys. Yeah, 30%. Like hair, physically hair, but mentally 30%. That's all we need. It's good, it's good evidence for this.

Question number one, Ellie. Alright, which vitamin helps in blood clotting and is crucial for bone metabolism? Is it vitamin D, vitamin K, or vitamin E? Ooh, blood flow. I didn't even know there was a vitamin E. E is skin. Oh, is it? Okay.

E is skin. I didn't even know there was a vitamin K. What's K? D is what you get from the sun. Sun. But that could help with blood flow. Could. Could. K, what does K do? D is what you get from the sun But that could help with blood flow Could What does K do?

Have you heard of it? Could it be blood clotting and bone metabolism I wonder Maybe Let's go K We've done something for the other two That is correct This quiz queen always leads us in the right direction It's great

It was a process of elimination. Yeah, you did well. You did well. All right. Number two, which of these concepts refers to the Taoist, Taoist as in like T-A-O-I-S-T, notion of non-being or emptiness? Is it woo, chi, or qui, Q-I, however you'd say that? So it's obviously.

Chi? Yeah, sorry. It's not in my... Which of the concepts refers to the Taoist notion of not being non-evident? It's Wu, Chi, or Kui. Yeah. Yeah. Okie dokie. Not my language, sorry.

If anyone's familiar with, I think this is a lifeline, 4487, text us, come on Aotearoa, team of five million and whatnot. Read it again, sorry, Producer Eileen. Okay, which of these concepts refers to the Taoist notion of non-being or emptiness? Is it woo, is it chi, or is it ki with a Q? Okay, we've had one text come through straight away saying woo. All right, you want to lock that one in? I have two texts for woo.

Yeah, let's lock it in. That is correct. Well done. Thank you very much. All right, let's lock it in. That is correct. Well done. Thank you very much. All right, let's take a question to the break. Okay. Who is known as the Tiger Woods of poker and has won 10 WSOP bracelets? Is it Eric Seidel, Phil Ivey, or Carlos Mortensen?

I've heard of none of those people. Not a poker watcher. I pointed to John. I felt like you would know this weird. I've only seen the ads. They all wear the speed dealers From the petrol station When they're playing poker

So you can't see their eyes Isn't there like a famous Phil? Phil Ivey feels like I know that name Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hats New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz This is how we start our day

Each morning And we're up to question number three With Quiz Queen producer Ellie Hello Alright so the question was Who is known as the Tiger Woods of poker and has won 10 WSOP bracelets? Is it Eric Seidel, Phil Ivey, or Carlos Mortensen?

Now, yeah, I'd put this on Ben, because I know he watches an enormous, consumes an enormous amount of ESPN, and you would have seen an ad pop up, surely. Well, yeah, Phil Ivey was the only name out of that that I went, oh, maybe Phil Ivey. But then you said darts, and I was like, oh, maybe he's a dance player. I feel like Phil stuck out to me too, but then I've never watched a poker game.

Let's go Phil Ivey. That is correct. Well done. That's great. Geez, they turn anything to pretty intense coverage on ESPN, don't they? I saw ironing. They do like on ESPN 8 or something. Oh my god. Ironing champs.

Really? Yeah. I could do that. You know, I've got into my ironing. Nice. I'm not going to say anything about your house. I could get into that. We'll send you off. New Zealand's number one ironer. Alright, question number four. What is the most common type of aneurysm?

Brain. Is it an aortic aneurysm common type of aneurysm? Brain Is it an aortic aneurysm A brain aneurysm Or a peripheral artery aneurysm I'd say brain Yeah What would you guys say? Well you seem pretty confident with that

It's just the one that you hear about all the time Yeah So then I'd go But are those artery ones Are they like heart attacks? And they just don't use the fancy name? They call that a heart attack, don't they? Not an aneurysm.

Don't know. Let's go with brain. Doctors and nurses driving to work right now or driving home from a shift screaming at the radio. Yeah, right. Okay, brain, you're confident? That is incorrect. Yeah, it was aortic aneurysm.

And is that considered a heart attack? I don't know, actually. It's a good question. Who's going to quickly Google that one? Aortic aneurysm. Good luck spelling that. Yeah, that's a bit of fun, eh? A lot of vowels and...

Otherwise known as a... It's either like an aortic aneurysm or a bulge or a ballooning of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Didn't say anything about a heart attack. Oh, okay. Yeah, no, it just leads to severe internal bleeding. Oh, God. Grim.

Something grim for your Monday morning. Abdominal aortic aneurysm and AAA. That is your New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz for another day dipped out around about question number four, did we say? Question four.