Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: You are such a good dad!

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Holly Jean Brooker on teenagers and phones Ben got trapped! Megan has a chanced with Elon musk... Wayde Egan from the Warriors Jonos Gen Z jean hack The yummiest shapes flavour! Chris from Six60s new segment! Check us out! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Of course bad weather heading from south to north throughout the country. It looked particularly bad on the west coast. Thankfully the rain seems to have moved on, but not without a bit of carnage along the way. So thinking of everyone in that region. Feel the wind building up, can't you?

Yeah. It was a nightmare in Wellington yesterday, and then it all of a sudden turned beautiful. Oh right. Yeah. There's gale force winds in store for Wellington today, so.

It's come back to being rubbish again. Or maybe it's just another weekday in Wellington. It might be a good day in Wellington. You know how they talk about the good day? Can't beat Wellington

on a good day. Can't beat it. This is it today. Hey, yesterday, well, last night actually, I went to the gym and it was just slowly trying to get back in there

because, you know. Oh, after your injury. And very, very, you know, very slow tentative stages. It's amazing how quickly you can lose fitness. Yeah. You take a week off. A week off and then you go back and you're like. Well, it's been obviously a few weeks that I haven't been able to go.

But anyway, beside the point, it was after staffed hours. You know how gyms have the staff hours. And so what happened is when I went to leave and went to swipe out, it didn't work. It didn't work. The doors would not open. And there's no one on reception to go, hey. And then someone else came up and they tried to swipe out.

No, it didn't work. You're locked inside the gym. Was this a tactic from the gym? And so I was like, oh, no. Maybe someone's on a camera going, this guy could spend a little bit longer in here so i went back for like five more minutes and waited because you're like i'm not gonna wait by the door the whole time wait until someone else you have to wait someone else

to come in to exit i was like well geez the poor people that are gonna be here after hours that's like dwayne johnson's erotic dream being locked inside a gymnasium in a gym for 24 hours don't they have we're at the same gym, I think, and don't they have those tags on the wall that you're supposed to take if you are like a high-risk person? So like if you're exercising, you can push the button? Oh, push the button, yeah. Why don't you just push the button to one of those?

That's a good idea. Help me, I can't get out. Can't get out of the gym, I'm trapped. But then all these emergency services come and you're like, oh, I just can't get out. Just want an exit. I'm not in any emergency. Maybe that and you're like, oh, I just can't get out. I'm not in any emergency. But I was like, maybe that's the tactic for the gyms,

just to keep you in. Yeah. You know? Yeah. You did do a workout. You worked out how to get out of the gym. And you had to wait for other people to come in. Yeah.

Well, that's the biggest workout, isn't it? 24 hours somewhere. My daughter was saying yesterday, actually, speaking of that, because we had to pick up something at the mall. She's like, I'd love to be trapped in the mall for 24 hours. I was like, well, you know, just to be able to go anywhere and as a kid i guess that would be kind of cool if the shops are open if the shops are all right yeah did you tell her they're not and all the roller doors come down probably just some security guy called barry wandering around yeah you're not allowed to go help yourself do anything like that but i guess as a kid that would be cool

yeah yeah i reckon the novelty would be gone in 15 20 minutes once you've done a lap of it you're like oh nothing's open no if you could grab stuff it'd be fine right sleep in the display bed

maybe for the night I think sleeping in Kmart would be the best getting stuck in Kmart you name it you name it

they've got it we had a dream like every time Warehouse or Kmart come to the sales team and they're like oh can we do on-air promos

we're like yeah we'll live in a Kmart for 24 hours. They've never said yes. They don't want us living there. You don't want two strange middle-aged men sleeping in the bedding department. All the customers wandering around,

brushing their teeth, having showers. Well, Kmart's particularly because that's open 24 hours sometimes. We're house at least. You could probably have people who are not there. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Sad news in the media industry yesterday with a confirmation that News Hub at 3 and the likes of Fair Go and Sunday at TVNZ will no longer be around. And I know it's sad in any industry, you know, when job losses happen. But, you know, it really hit home yesterday when Mike McRoberts and Samantha Hayes on 3 News had to report about their own job losses live to the nation. It's the end of the news as we know it. In a meeting with staff this morning,

Three's owners, Warner Brothers Discovery, confirmed the closure of our news service, News Hub, with the loss of nearly 300 jobs and more than half of them from the news team. Not many jobs where you have to do that. No, I know. Announce your own job loss publicly on television. I know.

And how professional they were because they are ultimately professionals. Yeah. And I suppose if there's any silver lining, they probably had five weeks to, it was probably inevitable. And they probably, you know, there was a couple of the wonderful hosts from the AM show who popped out. Lloyd Burr, Mel Chan-Green popped out to our handball thing last week. And both of them were like, it's kind of a foregone conclusion.

So you've probably had time, I guess, mentally to adjust to it. Maybe get some plans in place. But then you go 300 people. I know. Not many jobs in media nowadays. They're probably going to have to look for new careers, a lot of them. Yeah. So yeah, really, really sad. And as I say, it's sad when it happens to every industry. media nowadays they're probably going to have to look for new careers a lot of them yeah so yeah really really sad

and as I say it's sad when it happens to every industry and I know there's a lot of industries right around the country hurting right now

so but thinking of everyone because it's horrible and 68 people at TVNZ as well yesterday Fairgo closing down

Sunday good times yeah so yeah really really thinking of everyone this morning it's a horrible horrible thing to go through

hey coming up next kids kids, cell phones. It seems to be a hot topic in my household at the moment. Well, yeah, your daughter's very hot because Luxo, he's come on in with his national agenda and he's banning cell phones in schools and it's not going down well with Siena boys. He's got himself a nickname too, hasn't he? Yeah, well, that's all for my daughter.

She's just like, what other kids are calling him. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Sad news in the media industry yesterday with a confirmation that News Hub at 3 and the likes of Fairgo and Sunday at TVNZ will no longer be around. And I know it's sad

in any industry, you know, when job losses happen. But, you know, you really hit home yesterday when Mike McRoberts and Samantha Hayes on 3 News had to report about their own job losses live to the nation. It's the end of the news as we know it. In a meeting with staff this morning, Three's owners, Warner Brothers Discovery,

confirmed the closure of our news service, News Hub, with the loss of nearly 300 jobs and more than half of them from the news team. Not many jobs where you have to do that. No, I know. An out-of-your-own job lost publicly on television. I know. And how professional they were, because they are ultimately professionals.

Yeah. And I suppose if there's any silver lining, they probably had five weeks to, it was probably inevitable. And they probably, you know, there was a couple of The wonderful hosts From the AM show Who popped out Lloyd Burr Mel Chan Green Popped out to a handball thing

Last week And both of them were like It's kind of a foregone conclusion So you've probably had time I guess mentally To adjust to it Maybe get some plans in place Yeah

But then you go 300 people I know Not many jobs in media nowadays Yeah They're probably going to have to look For new careers A lot of them. Yeah.

So, yeah, really, really sad. And as I say, it's sad when it happens to every industry. And I know there's a lot of industries right around the country hurting right now. So, but thinking of everyone because it's horrible. And 68 people at TVNZ as well yesterday. Fair Go closing down Sunday. Yeah. Good times.

Yeah. So, yeah, really, really thinking of everyone this morning. It's a horrible, horrible thing to go through. Hey, coming up next, kids, cell phones. It seems to be a hot topic in my household at the moment. Well, yeah, your daughter's very hot because Luxo, he's come on in with his national agenda and he's banning cell phones in schools

and it's not going down well with Siena boys. He's got himself a nickname too, hasn't he? Yeah, well, that's all for my daughter. She's just like, what other kids are calling him? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono's internet wormhole. Yeah, every now and then get lost on the internet, and this one actually had a bit of purpose, Ben,

because Megan publicly stated that she has an insatiable desire to... Well, technically I privately stated to you two, and you took it public on the radio. To hook up, marry, and create babies with Elon Musk. I just said I found him attractive. So I figured that it was only our duty, our responsibility, to learn a bit more about the guy. If he turns up to a Hits Christmas party,

we'll have some light banter with him. Yeah, okay. Yeah, fair enough. I don't think he does light banter. You know, like I think he's a little bit awkward. Intense banter, you imagine? Yeah. It would be intense.

Now, you're often married, of course, so it's complicated, but that's your issue to worry about. Right now, let's find out a bit more about that. I feel like you just want a free trip to space. Yeah, there's that. That comes with it. I mentioned the other day that Tony Stark from The Avengers was completely based on Elon Musk.

Robert Downey spent two weeks with him. And how cool is that character? Pretty cool. Yeah, that's a cool character. Yeah, pretty cool. Do you know he's, I don't know this, but he is actually the richest person in the world. Is he? I thought Bezos was, yeah. 200 billion.

Oh, that has nothing to do with my attraction, by the way. Even if he was worth $2, you'd still love Elon Musk, wouldn't you? Yeah. Is it the money? I don't know. I i don't know it might be the power it might be the power of money probably adds a certain yes but it does yeah yeah um he named his son zayla this is if you have kids with him he's going to name the kids interesting names isn't he

xavier's named after the bald bloke in the wheelchair from the x-men oh yeah yeah dr yeah dr xavier was it i always thought i was born for that role uh mate his mum have you seen his mum she is isn't she a model or she was a model and she's so well spoken she would be like the best mother-in-law she is the oldest person ever to feature uh in sports illustrated swimsuit cover model she She's a babe. Really? Yeah. She's a babe. She's also a representative for the CoverGirl brand

as well, makeup. So your kids are going to have hot kids. Well, when they grow up they're going to be hot. The kids,

when they're kids they can't be hot, obviously. Doesn't take a salary at Tesla. All right. He's like a big old tax dodge. Yeah,

true. So I guess he's got money from All the wealth's based on the stocks And the ownership of the companies Alright He's still got money coming in I mean he's not waiting for you The fortnightly payday

Yeah Tesla He bought a James Bond car For a million dollars at an auction Wow Doesn't drive it He was bullied at high school Elon Musk.

Right. It's because he's a big noob. Oh, yeah. But look at him now. No, the jokes on everyone that, you know. Yeah. I know. Where are the bullies now, eh?

Yeah, well, you always wonder about that, eh? The people that pick on the cool people at high school don't always turn out to be the cool people later in life. Yeah. Or successful people. I was saying that to our son at the moment. I was like, they're going to have their time now? Yeah.

He's not being picked on, is he? No, no, but we all knew people who were really cool at school. And that lasts till early 20s. And then people get jobs and move on with life. But they're kind of still stuck in that vibe a lot of the time, aren't they? The people that turn back, the year after school come back and they've got a car and they're hanging out With the kids from school Yeah

This guy's got a car He's cool He's just got a car Why's he coming back To school then Like surely he should Go and hang out With cool older people

Yeah And finally This one doesn't bode well For you He's been married Three times Two for you though He's just trying

To find the right one Same And it'll be your third with him and fourth you know so yeah the downside is he did marry a lady

she was a British actress Tallulah Riley then they broke up divorced then he remarried her so he'll give you a second chance right okay

it's good to know the hits the Jono and Ben podcast you know getting the right words are crucial for telling a story, any good story. And it's funny when someone gets the word wrong and it's quite critical. Just the one word can change the whole story.

Producer Taylor's good at it too. Sometimes she just slips a couple of words up and then we all look at each other and we're like, is this one where we inform her about it? And then we're like, no. Sometimes it's quite enjoyable when the other person, when they get a word wrong. It happens to all of us, I get it. But it is quite funny in that moment.

My friend actually went, he went to hospital and he had to get an operation and he was telling us about it. It was quite a few of us sitting around the table all kind of listening to his story, you know, his story about going to the hospital and how serious it was. And then he's okay now, obviously,

but he screwed up one crucial word as he was telling it he said oh the doctor came in and instead of um saying the doctor sedated me he said the doctor seduced me and he didn't really quite realize that he'd kind of said the word in his head he must have been thinking he'd said the right word he's like and i kind of lost it a little bit i go how was that the seducing seduc he was like, oh, it was quick. I was asleep before I knew it. It was all these things he was saying afterwards really added to the whole seducing.

And everyone around the table was silently mocking him. Yeah, then he got seduced by the doctor. Does he have a partner? Yeah. Does your partner know? Yeah, then he got seduced by the slumber dog. It seemed like a wonderful experience to him. But it does, it just really changed the story.

What went from quite a serious story to a little bit of mockery. Oh, yeah, I was in a WhatsApp group once too. Same thing. Well, this was an autocorrect fail. One word here that screwed up the whole story. Yeah, so this guy, one of the dads at school, his wife, went into anaphylactic shock in like a cafe or something. She must have eaten some peanuts or something

whatever happened and one of the other dads messaged oh listen how's Janine I hope she's okay and he replied back yeah I had to inject her with an epic penis and we're all I'm smiling

rate yourself exactly and the other guy said back he's like oh really I didn't know that I'm smiling Rate yourself Exactly Yeah Is that what she calls it? Then the other guy Sent back He's like Oh really I didn't know that

Fixed anaphylactic shock I'll give it a go sometime And then he went Ha ha ha I meant Epic penis In capitals Okay we got it mate

Again What I'm directing Back through And he's like I get it Yeah yeah You're showing off And then eventually

He screamed Epi pen He had to inject It with the epi pen One word again Changes the whole Meaning of the story The hits

The Jono and Ben podcast Nasty weather Hitting the country Particularly in the south Yesterday seems to be Making its way up north And the west coast In particular

Was in the firing line But thankfully It seems like The worst of it has passed Megan's just Asked producer Grace To remind her to go to the bathroom after this. I don't know if that's in your job description, Producer Grace. I've needed to go for like an hour and a half, but I keep forgetting. I just realised it was one of Grace's duties either,

so if you're going to remind me to go to the bathroom, I go quite frequently given my old age. We have to go in between songs, and if you don't leave yourself enough time. Anyway. You didn't bang yourself for two minutes 30 minutes of titanium. No, absolutely not. Maybe we should just keep talking for like 30 minutes right now. Just see how long Megan can last.

Yesterday, so I get laser hair removal pretty much from my eyebrows down. So my legs, my underarms and my other areas. Smooth as a baby seal. Sure. That's what we demanded, Ben. my underarms and my other areas. Smooth as a baby seal. Sure. That's what we demanded, Ben. Anyone who works here, they need to be smooth. Ben's quite smooth too.

Yeah, very smooth chest, Ben. Oh, chest. I was like looking at his face. He's got like a beard. Yeah, okay. Do you get hair removal on your chest? No, I don't actually. You've just got a naturally smooth chest.

It's gorgeous. I haven't got the puberty yet, I think is the problem. Puberty. Does it hurt, laser hair removal? It used to back in the day. They do like a cold breeze on you at the same time. So it's like a hot rubber band flick is kind of what it feels like.

And each hair is individually lasered or they do like clumps. They do like a patch and the light will get to the hair follicles. And it won't grow back? Yeah, essentially. I clumps. They do like a patch and the light will get to the hair follicles. And it won't grow back. Yeah, essentially. I mean, unless you have like a dramatic hormone change, then it can grow back. Yeah, right.

So how often would you, well, but you're doing it kind of regularly. Yeah, so you have to do like a series of laser treatments for it to go away completely. Yeah, gotcha. So I'm doing my legs, which is groundbreaking. It's just because then I don't have to like shave them all the time. Oh, Gillette won't want to hear this, mate. Yeah. So I had it booked in my calendar, laser, in my phone yesterday.

So I went to the appointment, and it was a new lady, and I'm always like, oh, man. Because you've got to show your bits to another stranger. It means probably nothing to them, but every time you're like, oh, it's a new person. It's a new person. Do you prep it? Well, they give you wipes and stuff.

So if you, yeah. So you can make sure you don't have sweaty pits. So you feel comfortable. Yeah. Yeah. So I was like, first of all, I was like, oh, I'm going to make small talk with a new person. I'm not good at small talk anyway. So I was like, you're right.

Get over it. Breathe. You'll be fine. So I walked into the room and she was like, okay. It was a new room too. I was like, oh, okay, cool. Were you at the laser place? I was at the laser place.

You were a new person taking your clothes off? And yeah, I... This is a chart of accountants. She was like, did the usual, okay, yeah, just hop up on the beat, make yourself comfortable. And she popped out for a second so I started to get undressed, took my pants off, and she comes back in and she's

like, um, you, am I confused? And I was like, what do you, what do you mean? She was like, no, you're having laser on your face today, and I was I was presenting naked. I was was getting naked and she's like oh no you can get your pants on today you're like no i prefer to have everything off when i get my

face done no this is what i do when i meet new people i just get undressed i was like oh my god no no she would be like well well, at least she said something. Otherwise, she'd be like, this lady is unusual. She said, don't be embarrassed because she's had a guy do that before. Oh, do you know? He got completely naked. And she was like, you've booked in for a facial. She did say, make yourself comfortable.

Maybe that's your comfortable place. Maybe that's how you're, you know. Now, if you've ever wondered why Ben's so smooth. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Olympics later on this year, and athletics is the first sport to offer prize money, as you heard Megan talking about that in the news. So if you win a gold in one of the athletic sports,

you get about $50,000. $84,000. Yeah, so $50,000 American, which equates to about $84,000 New Zealand dollars. The Olympic Committee pays that. I don't know. I think it's, yeah, Athletics. The Athletics Commission.

Oh, wow. I've said we'll put prize money up, which is Athletics. The Athletics Commission. The Athletics Commission. Oh, wow. I've said we'll put prize money up, which is pretty cool. That's great. Well, let's run a little bit faster, would you? Yeah, and other sports in the Olympics are going to be like, oh, what? We don't get paid if we get goals. Yeah, so interesting times. Yeah, what about archery?

Yeah. All those fun ones. The internet, I love it. Don't get me wrong. It's got some really great points, but also I've got some negative points, like TikTok videos that my wife gets seen and she stumbled across this mother who's done a parody song about how the house holds run

and how the dad reaps a lot of glory and praise for doing really not much. Justified right? have a listen. I did the cooking and the cleaning and the groceries and the laundry, fed the cat and the dog, and someone stole my coffee. Bought a gift for your mother that you probably won't like. Paid a bill, wiped her butt, broke up a couple fights. Then I just about lost my mind, because we both took the kids to the park. And someone said to you,

you are such a good dad. You are such a good dad. I woke at 5 a.m. Screaming in the hallway There was barf in the bed So another load of laundry Our kid was crying So we talked about our feelings You were sleeping

But then you got up And your mom came over And she said You are such a good dad You are such a good dad you are such a good dad, such a good dad I did the bedtime story very clever

but the problem is now whenever I do anything anything around the household cleaning dishes, well the whole family you are such a good dad I love that. With sarcasm. No.

If I'm being completely honest, dads can reap a lot of praise for doing the most mundane of tasks. Yeah. Like picking up your children from dance. Oh, you're such a good dad. And I'm thinking, what's the other option? The kid finds its way home by itself. And it's not that you're not a good dad. It's just that where's mum's praise?

Yeah, you're right. Particularly in those early years, you know, when the mums are doing a lot. I felt like that song was speaking to you, Megan. Yeah, Megan. Oh, did you see my eye twitching? You're like nodding along with everything. You're like, oh yeah, I've done that, done that, done that.

Again, not that my husband's a bad dad. He's a great dad. But he also loves to do the thing where if he does chores, he'll list them out as if he wants a medal for each one. It's always good to let people know they're right. And I'm like, babes, who do you think does that job when you don't?

It's not the kids. So should we reward some good dads? Yeah, we should. Because the bar for dad praise, external dad praise, is set a lot lower than the bar for mum praise. Yeah. Yeah, right. Let's go with the essence of the song, okay,

and just say a minimal thing. Let's go off the top of your head. A minimal thing that Andrew's done, and I'm not saying he's a bad dad, but a minimal thing he's done that we can give him praise for right now. Filled up the water bottles and put them in the fridge. You are such a good dad. Such a good dad.

Yeah, so that's how it works. Oh, under the hits, 4487. You just give us a call right now and you can tell us the minimal thing that the dad has done. And we'll praise him. They deserve it. Oh, don't they? Put it on a pedestal. They need the medal.

Like the Olympics, we might even pay them. Yeah, $84,000 New Zealand dollars for a gold medal. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Celebrate the minimal achievements that dads sometimes get celebrated for when they're such a good dad. You are such a good dad. Not to say there's not a lot of great dads out there as well, but we just from time to time, dads, as you said before,

Jono, get praise for things that probably they shouldn't get praise for. And they should. Yeah, I believe they should as well. I mean, I love it nothing better. Sometimes I'm folding the washing, and then one of the kids' mothers will come around to pick up their friends, you know, from the thing. Oh, look at you. And they've just caught you doing the one chore you did that day. Yeah.

Yeah, love that. Sometimes when I know they're coming over, I bring out the washing just to do it. All right, Nicola, welcome to You Are Such a Good Dad. Take it away. Well, hello, everyone. Yeah, my partner, he's amazing. He is a really good dad. He looked after our twins when they were six months old for 18 months

while I went back to work because it was too hard basket for me. And he does great things. Like, he takes them to school and picks them up. But he does work from home. So, you know, he's there. But then he'll go to golf for like eight hours. I mean, golf takes, what, three? And then five in the pub.

Nicola, what's his name? Dino. And then apparently he comes home, right? And the kids are pretty excited to see him? Yeah, they're like, oh, Dad. You know, they've been doing my head in all day and arguing and fighting and I've had to put, like, break

up the fights and deal with the whinging and moaning and yeah. But no, he's pretty good. And Dino strolls in from golf and the kids tell him, you are such a good dad. Such a good dad. Come on kids, let's have a wrestle, you know, they love it. Great stuff. Such a good dad. Night bears deep. Yeah.

Come on, kids. Let's have a wrestle. You know, they love it. Great stuff. Prime dadding there. Good work, Nicola. Thank you. Let's get Tammy on.

Welcome to You Are Such a Good Dad. Take it away, Tammy. Oh, hi there. Sorry. Okay, so my husband, Rowan, he works really, really hard. He's normally out of the house by 5.30 in the morning and only back after 6. But every now and again, he will make the bed and carry the washing basket up the stairs. You are such a good dad. Such a good dad.

He takes the basket up the stairs. Up the stairs. Oh, wow. That's up. That's the hardest direction to take the basket. Does he fold the washing once it's up there? No, he just dumps it in the spare room. No, but he took it up there.

The Hits is such a lovely audience. I love the fact that we are kind of taking the mickey, but they always give a backstory to actually how good the husbands are or the dads are. Now we've got a dad nominating himself for You Are Such a Good Dad. Ben, welcome to You Are Such a Good Dad. Sing your own praises Ben Well the wife did the dishes The

Sort of the kids lunch out Put all the washing on I sat on the couch watching TV and folded the towels You are such a good dad Such a good dad You folded that washing I bet you folded it real good Ben Probably not up to the wife standards

But we tried. Hey, Ben, I'm just looking. Entries are still open for the Nobel Peace Prize as well, mate. New Zealander of the year, is it? New Zealander of Kiwi Bank New Zealander of the year. Here we go. We can't leave the games in my head now. You have a great day.

We appreciate you playing along. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Chris McWant to come on here and pitch a radio segment to us? Yeah, he's got an idea for us. I might try and call him after 8 o'clock this morning. He's got an idea of what to do. It's a regular segment.

Yeah, he's provided more content for this show than I have over the years, Chris Mack. We'll see you, Chris Mack, for 660. He answers his phone after 8. Went and bought some jeans about six weeks ago now. A long time ago. And behind the counter, there was some trendy Gen Z gene peddler. And she said to me, she said, you know what? I'll give you one bit of advice.

Do not wash these. Yeah. And I was like, do not wash them at all. She's like, if you do, maybe once every 12 months. She's like, I guarantee these genes will look and feel like brand new if you don't wash them. And I'd heard these wild jean rumors over the years. I was like, okay, I'll give it a go. I hardly ever wash my legs anyway, so why not?

It's so true. Yeah, you don't do. You don't really focus on your legs in the shower. The water runs down them. I haven't. And she is dead right. They look and feel brand new. If you ignore the mayonnaise and barbecue sauce stains.

That's the problem I'm worried about is the stains or the sweat or the things or whatever, you know. Great bit of advice. How long has it been? Six weeks. And I would do it with every pair of jeans I wear now. Do you wear them out? Do I wear them out? Yeah, because that wouldn't say anything.

Well, they go outside on my legs every now and then. Well, are you meant to wear them out? Isn't that what Levi Strauss said? You put them in the freezer. Right. Put them in the freezer. Don't look at me like that. And what do you have for how long? You put them in a bag in the freezer for like, the freezer. Don't look at me like that. And what do you have for how long?

You put them in a bag in the freezer for like, I don't know, a few days to a week. And it's supposed to like kill germs and like freshen them up, I think. Tell you what, it's a game changer. If you don't mind your jeans being in the freezer for seven days. You probably carry around a new COVID strain with you everywhere you go. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just been giving away some money,

thanks to Arnott Shapes and getting into a bit of a debate that's been raging on our Facebook page, the best flavoured shape. Yeah, well,

we started in the studio, didn't we? Very, very different flavours. Chicken crimpy? No. I like barbecue. OG barbecue.

Oh, barbecue's OG. Yeah, that's really good. Yeah, and then they've created a whole bunch of exotic international flavors as well, which have come into the mix. And you're currently eating the sour cream one. So I have always been cheese and bacon girl.

But can I tell you, this is the first time I've tried the new, what are they, fully loaded Wicked Sweet Chili? Sweet Chili, yeah. Man. I used to love chicken crimpy. I still do before that, but after trying that yesterday, I was like, oh, that's probably my favourite. John refuses to try it.

This is my favourite. Well, I don't want to take away from my favourite barbecue shapes. Oh, yeah, they look good. I have never met anyone who has cheese and bacon as their favourite shapes. Oh, there's a lot of people. Okay, rude. Yeah. I wouldn't judge you on your chicken crimpy.

Pizza. Nacho cheese is coming up a lot of people. Okay, rude. Yeah. I wouldn't judge you on your chicken crimpy. Pizza? Nacho cheese is coming up a lot on our Facebook page. 0800THEHITS. We're going to do a poll because at the moment on Facebook, if you do vote for your favourite shapes, you can win every single flavour of them. There's a prize pack. Gemma, you're on.

Hello. Okay, 0800THEHITS. Nominate your favourite shapes, flavour. Well, I feel a bit silly because my favourite shapes flavour growing up was pizza shape, and now it would be the sweet chilli one. Amen. They're so good, but when you guys said name your favourite shape, I think I was in a driving dip,

and I thought you just meant my favourite shape, which is a circle. It's a good shape too. We can do that. You're like, jeez, those guys have really run out of ideas of their favourite shapes. I hope that you have one. They sound desperate. I'm going to help them out. It's a really good shape

because it's porofita and it's just a never-ending, continuous side. It just holds everything. It's a good shape. What about a rectangle?. You're right, it's a good shape. What about a rectangle? I think if it was sweet chilli flavoured, it'd be even better. A sweet chilli flavoured shape, yeah.

I love that you came on to pitch to us the circle. Have we got a sub-poll? Yeah. Sub-poll of actually your favourite actual shape. Okay, let's go to Casey. Do you know what, on the other Facebook page, after you said cheese and bacon was not, I reckon it's the most popular one on the Facebook page.

Is it winning? Yeah, I reckon a lot of people were looking through the comments and said cheese and bacon. Oh, shut my mouth. Yeah. After I put some barbecue shapes in it. People have written shapes on it and asked for the sachets of it, like just to sprinkle on other stuff. I don't know if they've got them, but hey.

Casey coming in. Favorite shapes flavor, Casey? The garlic bread. The new fully loaded ones. The garlic bread flavor. Oh, I haven't tried that one. Why do we not have any of those in here? There's some very sensual, exotic flavours coming through.

And your favourite actual shape too, sub-pole. Triangle, square. Definitely barbecue. Oh, no, but isn't like a rhombus or a rectangle. Triangle. Oh, my God. Hicks again. Go circle.

Circle. That's a popular one. Leading the poll at the moment. All right, Jason, favourite shape? Favourite shape? Vegemite. Vegemite. Oh, Vegemite.

She's not got a lot of flavours. Absolutely delicious. Throw away the bread. Get rid of the bread. Get rid of the bread and just have Vegemite shapes? Vegemite shapes all the way. Okay, Jason, and your favourite actual shape? Dough digger. Circle. Circle. all the way. Okay, Jason, and your favourite actual shape? Dodec Hadron.

Circle. Oh, circle. Easy, the most popular of all the actual shapes. Three from three for the circle. Give it a Vegemite a crack. All right, we will do.

Jason, thank you so much for your vote. You can head to the Hicks Preference on Facebook and place your vote. And also a little underneath too,

just whether you like squares, triangles or whatever. That would be nice. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. They're on tour at the moment on their grassroots tour, starting in the very far north at the moment. And joining us, a friend of the show, Chris Mack from 660.

Normally bass player, now playing the drums. How are you doing? Friend of the show. You know I love to hear it. You know I love to hear it. You love it, you love it. That's all I want. He wants to be a friend of the show. You're eternally a friend of the show. You know I love to hear it. You know I love to hear it. You love it, you love it. That's all I want. He wants to be a friend of the show. You're eternally a friend of our show.

I was saying earlier, you've provided more content for the show than I have over the years. You are quite lazy. We talk about it often. Yeah, incredible. Now, were you in Ahipata and there were just horses roaming the suburban neighbourhoods? Yeah, we were driving back from somewhere to Coe, I think. And yeah, just driving down the road and there was so many horses.

I had to explain to Jai what a horse was because he's pretty thick. You know you've reached the beautiful part of New Zealand when horses are aimlessly wandering around a neighbourhood. Yeah, no, it's beautiful here. Absolutely beautiful.

Mind you, the weather here has turned. So it's time for us to hightail it out of here. We're going to Openoni today, and we're going to stay at the Openoni Hotel, which I am just so excited about. Because you're going to be meeting some really grassroots people along the way. How many shoeys have you had to do, and how much weed have you been offered?

Well, I haven't done any, but I have been offered quite a bit of weed from people in the band. Oh, well, Chris, we've got you on. Friend of the show, of course, Chris Mack for 660. But you wanted to pitch a segment. You mentioned this to me the other day. What's the segment? Go away.

It's like Shark Tank. Over to you. Okay, so I'm pitching it to you live on air. What happens normally is we'll be sitting around, we'll have a couple of drinks, and then I'll inevitably punish Ben and the rest of my friends with some kind of trivia question. Occasionally, I get it wrong, and I get debunked, but today, there's none of that. I've got a solid bit of trivia for you. This is Chris Mack question hour.

That's what he wants to punch as a segment. The other day, can I just say, because I don't know what your question is today, but you asked what is Grimace from McDonald's. That's right. Which threw me. I was like, what is Grimace? There was two options online. I couldn't get either of them.

He's an eggplant. No. He was the original eggplant. That's why he's no longer in the McDonald's team. Before a weird dodgy. Famous McDonald's eggplant. That they use in their menu. Really threw me that one.

Now, one of the answers was, Chris? He's actually a taste bud. A taste bud? Yeah, which is bizarre. Also, a milkshake is the other option as well, too. So he embodies a milkshake. I did better at eggplant. Yeah, I like your one.

All right, but today's question, Chris? Okay, today's question. Are you ready for this, guys? Are you ready? Are you strapped in? I think so. You've called it Chris Mack question hour, but we've only got 10 minutes left of the show.

Okay, Chris Mack question 10 minutes. Okay. It's not quite as catchy, honestly, but I'll go with it. Your question today, if you're ready, is in 1992, or otherwise known by people our age, I swear it was just 10 years ago, which American politician was included in the Wrestling Hall of Fame? In 1992, which American politician was included in the Wrestling Hall of Fame? What do we think?

Jeez. Now, if you know, oh, Andrew, the Hutzel 4487 on the text. Was he a wrestler or he made a cameo? I can confirm. Look, I don't know what kind of game shows you watch. I know. They don't do this on The Chase, do they? Hang on, Bradley Walsh.

Am I a politician? Do you mean he was once a president? I'm saying, what are you doing, guys? I want help. You don't get follow-ups from Dave Jones. Okay, it is called Chris Mack question time, although you can't question Chris Mack. I'm going to go Ronald Reagan.

Jason Dunn can put up with this. I feel like Reagan might be a good choice. Should we lock in Reagan? Arnold Schwarzenegger. Okay, both solid guesses. Am I giving the answer here? I don't know. Trina's phone through through Trina, welcome to Chris Mack question 10 minutes

Oh, hello I think we've hung up on Chris Mack too Oh, wow I can't believe it So you give your answer and we won't know if it's right or not You tell us the answer, what are you thinking? I'm thinking an egg-clad cross-human I work at McDonald's.

Oh, okay. We've got to... You've gone back to what is Grimace. I think that was just a here's what the vibe of the show is. We're still stuck on that one. Chris? Yeah, sorry.

I got lost off the line. I got bumped off the line there for a second. I don't want to say... We've turned this into an absolute shambles, but Trina's phoned up, and guess what? She's got the answer to her question. The Grimace one, which is not the one you're watching. No, we're off the Grimace one.

We're off the Grimace one. We've done the Grimace one. No. What's your answer for Grimace, Trina? He's an egg-farted human. Egg-farted human, there we go. Now, Kieran's phoned up. Kieran's also phoned up, Chris Mack.

Kieran, we'll put you on with Chris. Kieran? Hey, how you going? What do you reckon? Donald Trump, what up? Donald Trump, was that the answer, Chris? Donald Trump, I think, is a great guess, but it is not the answer. Oh, okay.

We need the answer for Chris back. Question 10 minutes. What is the final answer? We didn't get it. Okay, you want it now? Yeah. The answer is, now here's the thing. Everyone went straight to WWE, didn't you?

That's where your brain went. But I'm actually talking about old school grapple wrestling, and Abraham Lincoln was an incredible wrestler. Really? He was an insanely good wrestler. He only ever lost one wrestling bout in his life. I guess it's all those big hats maybe helped. I don't know.

Abraham Lincoln in the Wrestling Hall of Fame, Chris Mack question time, is a winner. It'll be back. It better be back. I've got nothing else to do. We've got a tour that you're on at the winner. It'll be back. It better be back. I've got nothing else to do. Well, you've got a tour that you're on at the moment. Yeah, definitely not on tour. Yeah, Chris Mack, always a friend of the show.

Always love catching up. Enjoy the rest of the tour, and we'll hopefully talk to you soon with another question. Oh, absolutely, guys. Love you guys.