Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: The Genius Way Ben's Daughter Gets Out Of Reading Books

Episode Date: March 14, 2022

Kids are much smarter than we give them credit for, and Sienna got Ben goooood when he wanted her to read a bit more. We also spoke about Petrol Station Panic Stations, about the times something went wrong for you at the petrol pump. Finally, we want to start our own bucket list! We want to complete a bunch of cool things before the end of the year, so we spoke to our oldest listener Lizzie, who is 103, about all the wonderful things she's achieved in her life. Enjoy the show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's with the Jono and Ben podcast. Kia ora, 15th of March. Ben, great to have you here. Now, usually your daily ritual is you like to finish the show, you like to go outside, just regather your thoughts, get a coffee. Get a bit of fresh air because we've been stuck in a room for, you know, I mean, not stuck in a room, it's air conditioned. It's a lovely room.

We haven't been held hostage. No, but you're right. But after being here since about 5 o'clock in the morning, gets to about 9 o'clock, you know, it's nice to get a quick bit of fresh air. Yeah. Well, I mean, if you started work at 8, this would be your lunchtime.

Yeah. Wouldn't it? Yeah. But I've noticed you haven't done that today. And you mentioned something you said cost a living. Yeah. Cost a living. You're factoring in the daily coffee costs.

Well, yeah, it's one of those things I do think about. But I do enjoy it, you know. Like, it's kind of like, what things do kind of like, I don't feel like I go out and blow a lot of money on a lot of things. No. I mean, you cured your meth addiction, didn't you? Saved you a few hundy. But you've also, you're trying to turn the tide a little bit. You're like, oh no, I'm good, guys. You go get your coffee. I don't know why this happened. When your wife was working, you were off getting two coffees prior every day. Now you're like, he's...

But now I've had... He's like, I'll get a coffee. Now I'm getting the whip signal. That wasn't from me. Ben Humphrey just did the whip signal. It would be his worst nightmare if he was caught doing the whip signal. That wasn't me doing that.

That wasn't me doing that. But you know what I have found is I've ramped an extra shot into the coffee. So I'm having two double shotters before I'm even at work. Right. Quad shots. I'm running on... Oh, so you have basically four shots.

Four shots of coffee before you come into work. So I'm running at optimum capacity by the time I'm here. Yeah, gotcha. I find if I go beyond that, I start to feel sick. Yeah, right. You know, you get that sickly, you could vomit at any stage. Yeah, it's a lot. Sometimes I see you have six coffees a day.

Me? Yeah, well, yeah, I do have a few coffees sometimes. You can't say no to a coffee. That is a weak point. I don't really. It is a weak point. It is a weak point because I'll go, like, in the morning I'll have, like, a single shot or whatever, you know, I have two single shots or whatever.

But, so, no, I'm not quadding. Just, you know. You're not quadding. And then maybe I'll get a coffee and then someone else will go, oh, get a coffee, do you want it? And I'm like, yeah, yeah, okay. He's like, oh, I

should have had some. I'm like, okay then. I know, it's hard to say no to a coffee. It's the basis of addiction right there. Well, I'm not going out and buying 30

coffees a day or anything like that. It's just that someone's like, hey, what a coffee. But then you're also trying to make it better in your own head.

You're always like, well, I don't have many vices. Yeah. But this is my one thing. That's what he always like, well, I don't have many vices. Yeah. But this is my one thing. That's what he always says. This is my one thing. This is my one thing.

Yeah, as I'm having a cigarette. No, no. Oh, fun times. But anyway, cost of living. We're going to talk to an expert tomorrow, Tony Alexander, economist. He's got me thinking about the cost of living. But then the coffee's cheaper now. We've got a work option.

So it's good. We do. $3.50, which is great. Or $3 if you bring a keep cup, which I just remembered I didn't bring today. But I did yesterday. So I'm on every one or two days hit rate on that. It's hard being environmentally friendly, isn't it? It takes a lot of effort.

It takes a bit more thought, which is good. I know I'm trying to get that thought. Yeah, but I go home and wash it. And I put it in, you know, wash and wash it I didn't bring it today Why don't you just leave it in the kitchen here I feel like it's gonna go Yeah a communal kitchen Everything's fair game

We don't have a locker as such I feel like it's just gonna go Hey we had an enjoyable show today Spoke to a 103 year old Lizzie She is amazing, eh? She's so sharp, eh? So onto it. Cracking gags and all sorts.

Yeah, does what you say, keep your mind active is her big tip. Yeah, because we're starting a bucket list, Ben. Yeah. And it's to achieve things before Christmas. And we're going to compile it with the help of you. And we started with Lizzie, who's had 103 years on this earth and what she thinks we need for a fulfilled life. That's on the podcast. Have a great day. Ben's

going to get a coffee. Okay. It's Jono and Ben but FYI Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits. How's everyone this morning? Doing alright. How are you? You know doing well on a Tuesday. Bloody tired actually for some reason., you do get up an hour before everyone else does. Yeah, doesn't help. Doesn't help things. But you notice some days you've got the same schedule. You could turn up on a Thursday feeling like a million bucks, and then Tuesday you feel, you know?

Juliet went to bed at 7.30 last night. Did she? Well, not asleep at 7.30. I took myself to bed in red until I fell asleep at 8.30. It was like I've never had that before. I'm not even much of a reader. I was just trying to be a good human being and just read. I call that yawn porn.

If I could phone a line and they're just like, I'm so tired, so I've gone to bed at 5.30. Slept for 12 hours. Hey, a lot of lip service around this MRI scan that I had yesterday. Yeah, you went off to do that. I haven't asked you because I thought I'd ask you on the radio because I wanted to hear for the first time. You tried to make me feel at ease yesterday going into an MRI machine, which is essentially a super powered, it looks like a spaceship. It's a super powered x-ray

machine. Yeah. You lie in there, you don't have a lot of space. And a lot of people say they got quite claustrophobic doing it before. Yeah. And you put some calls on here yesterday. You lie in there, you don't have a lot of space, and a lot of people say they got quite claustrophobic doing it before. Yeah, and you put some calls on here yesterday, you're like, I want to make you feel at ease. There was people pushing panic buttons, people taking diazepam, sedatives, a guy who's so tight in there his nose was touching the roof he couldn't move. and so this really put me on like I don't think about stuff but I really, in the first time ever in history I was actually a little hesitant about going into this, so you go in and you put on a gown, you know like a sort of a nightie

that my mum Annie Pryor would wear I want to wear nighties, free flowing Homer Simpson did it for a while didn't he I see why he did very comfortable, and then you sort of sit in a booth uh stressing and you can hear this machine in the uh in the other room yeah and you fill out a form uh and it's basically just a giant checklist of of everything uh have you had any drugs have

you thought about taking drugs what was the filthiest thing you've seen on the internet? Just all this stuff. What a legitimate one. You had to confess whether you had a penile implant. Really? And you'd be like, oh, is now the time? It's outrageous. And he's like, is this necessary?

Oh, not now. Okay. And I was like, is this necessary? Oh, not now. Okay. And I was like, oh, I didn't even know they were an option. Maybe it's on another floor on the way out. Because I'll swing by there on the way out. You're like, can I? Yeah. They're going to say everything anyway.

You're like, do you think I could maybe? Because I'd be like walking and I'd be like, do you really need to know this? Is this necessary? They're like, no, we just like to know. It's good to know. It's got nothing to do with the MRI. You're right.

They can put anything on those medical forms. And you'd be like, oh, I guess they need to know this. So anyway, I went in. In all honesty, it was fine. It was fine. And your prediction was you're going to be in there for 20 minutes and you're going to doze off. Yeah.

And I dozed off. Oh, yeah, since you stopped talking. That's the thing. You stop talking more than a minute, you go to sleep. It is very loud. They put earplugs in and then headphones over the top of you and it's just a wah, wah, and you hear, there's a voice in your head, this scan will be four minutes.

Oh, wow. And you basically lie on a flat bed, which sort of moves you into this cubicle. I felt like the inside stuffing in a burrito or something. Right, yeah. And, yeah, you just sort of lay there for 20 minutes, get scanned, worry about that you've admitted having a pain in the butt,

and then get on with your day. Get on with your day. Get back out there, guys. Scrolling through your feed. All right, let's hit you with all the latest news and information that we've quickly rustled together over the last two and a half minutes. Ben. A lot of talk about the cost of living,

particularly with the petrol prices soaring thanks to the war going on in the Ukraine. And the government, Jacinda Ardern, she refused to say it was a crisis, a cost of living crisis. And all we wanted her to say was, say the word crisis. And all the reporters wanted her to say was, say the word crisis. Well, they got their win yesterday, have a listen to this, and have a listen to how smug they were on the news last night. So is it a crisis?

I wouldn't describe it that way. There is an impact that people are feeling, undeniably, but I would not describe it in that way. The Prime Minister finally dropping the C-bomb today. This represents a crisis for many families, absolutely. Conceding it is crisis time. It's taken you so long to admit we have a cost of living crisis. I've always acknowledged that families have been experiencing pain as a result of the changes to the cost of living.

Finally, finally, she said it was a crisis. Finally we got the crisis. And my life's complete now. Yeah. So a 25% cut to petrol taxes were announced yesterday and road user charges. So about 25 cents a litre, I think, is what we're going to save now at the pump. And halving of the public transport costs as well. So this is for three months.

It may continue longer, but at this stage, just for three months. Oh, well, good on them for doing something. They also said on the news, you know, this isn't the government's problem, but everyone looks to the government to solve it. You know, the petrol companies dictate the price of petrol. Well, that's the thing. They've now taken their tax down on them, but it doesn't necessarily mean the petrol stations all need to drop their price by that amount.

They are mobile last night were the first ones to go early and they've gone and dropped their prices already before it was sort of kicked in today, which is awesome of them. But yeah, but the petrol stations can still kind of dictate where they want to put their price. Oh, so they're like, oh, that's nice you're taking your tax down, we're not changing the price.

Is it still on them? I mean, yeah, they could still. I mean, I think they all will now because obviously no one would go there knowing that, you know, the government's taking some of their money

out of it. Hey, nice tax press conference. We're not changing anything, mate. We still want to make money. Do you know what's cheeky is the fact that, you know, how everyone was panic purchasing the petrol,

filling up the cars before it hits $3 a litre. Oh my God, oh my God. And now it's even cheaper. Now everyone's got a full tank on their expensive price. Well, true, on Friday it was massive queues outside petrol stations. And poor petrol stations, all they're trying to do is just ruin the environment

and then there's all these electric cars coming and taking business away from them. They're going to make as much money as they can at the moment. The poor ciggy industry. The ciggy industry. I feel sorry for the cigarette industry. They're just getting out there trying to, you know, get young people into lung cancer and stuff. And then they just, they're shut behind a cupboard

now. Can't even see them advertised. The odds are stacked against them. It's a good thing. Now, I started watching a movie last night and I found myself crying at the end, Ben. You know it's not anything like The Notebook which

was a tearjerker as well, don't get me wrong. It was Sing To. I saw that over the weekend as well. It was really emotional at the end. Bono of all people is in Sing To and he plays a recluse lion who hasn't sung in years.

You just need to play again. No, I can't. I haven't even heard one of my songs in over 15 years. Yeah, spoiler alert, they try and convince him to play again. And spoiler alert, he plays again. It's actually a really, really good movie. I really enjoyed it. I watched it with the kids over the weekend.

I found myself tearing up as well because he's deciding whether he goes back on stage Because he's lost his wife And all his songs he wrote were about his wife And it's also a great way for U2 to annoy a whole new generation as well too I kind of watched that and I was like Virtue have got such a bad rap They have They've got some amazing, amazing songs They do

And incredible I was like, when do we get to the stage The world started hating on U2 Remember when all they tried to do was give us a free song on Apple? Yeah. And we all turned on them. It was like a free album and you're thinking, like, stop giving me that.

I can't delete it from the thing. You're like, we're just trying to give you free music. Normally you'd pay for this. It's like, what is the world? Like, why do we get... Mind you, that was pre-pandemic. We didn't have anything else to worry about. Yeah, so he comes out at the end,

sings one of his songs with Scarlett Johansson, who's the other voice. She's the porcupine. So then this this happens and i've got tears in my eyes and i'm like i'm crying over an animated porcupine and bono playing an animated lion oh it happens though i can not cry more during kids movies than most other movies and then there's something about it just gets you they do a good job like if a cartoon can make you cry you can tell they've written a good movie yeah it happens it happens heaps. One of my ones where I cried in the movie theatre too,

sobbing was trolls. They got caught in this little, they got caught in a pot and the trolls got caught in there. And then Justin Simplake starts singing this and it was like. Oh, that was a nice one. And you're publicly sobbing too.

Although movie theatre, good conditions. Dark, you know, there's some recovery time there during the credits. Yeah, it's not a Saturday morning where the lights are all on in the house or something like that. Yeah, it's hard to do it in the house because then the kids are like, why are you looking at the wall? Don't look at me, kids.

You don't want to see Dad like this. Toy Story 3 was another one. That's another big one as well. When they almost got into the furnace together. And then at the end, Andy, who was the kid, decided he didn't want the toys. Because he'd grown up and he handed them on. And that was a real emotional moment. You think you can take care of him for me?

He gives away his toys. Booty bars and stuff. Because he'd gotten into an adult. And you kind of realise the whole life had moved on do you cry during cartoons Julia? yes and the one that

takes the cake for me is the movie Up when it's the montage scene of him and his wife passes away they do it right at the start they get you in the

first minute it's so sad I've never been so sad I'm tearing up thinking about it right now and I haven't seen it in years

it's the saddest moment of any movie. There's something that people talk about the other day, something when you watch movies on a plane. Remember when we used to go on planes? We used to watch movies on planes. But it's something more about, apparently more people cry on planes watching movies. I don't know why it is,

but I guess maybe it's just in that environment where you've got the headphones on, you're really engaged in the movie. They're saying it's a thing. More people cry during movies than planes. Especially during the Air New Zealand safety videos. Those ones are really emotional. They get to you.

All them feels. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz Alright, let's slap you across the chops with some famous fodder. Juliette? So the Critics' Choice Awards

and the BAFTAs were on yesterday and it was a big day for New Zealanders. So basically the Critics' Choice Awards honour the most popular fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, whereas the BAFTAs just honour movies traditionally British and also international. Now I know critics. They don't like to say many things are choice,

so they would have struggled to hold this awards ceremony every year. Yes. And Jane Campion, or as you like to call her, Jonathan, Jane Champion, was quite literally a champion yesterday. She is amazing. She is very good. She is literally a champion. She won Best Director and Best Film for Power of the Dog at the BAFTAs,

and then she also won Best Director and Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards. So she basically took out the two top awards. So this bodes well potentially for the Oscars too coming up in March I think. How good. Cheese, I have never talked about a movie so much that I'll probably never see. I know. It's on Netflix.

It's on Netflix. It's actually interesting because when the Oscars and things like this come up, you hear of all these movies that you haven't really seen. But then I think a few years ago I was like, okay, I'll watch Parasite because that won all the awards. And I was like, it must be good. And I'm not usually one that watches those sorts of movies.

Academy Award winning movies. And I was like, man, I should actually sit down and make an effort to watch these movies that win all these awards because you kind of don't really give them a chance. Was it worth it? Yes, Parasite was so good. It was actually so good. Was it as good as Fast and Furious 8? It was pretty good.

It is interesting though how those big blockbuster movies aren't ever part of the Oscars. I know. Maybe they should be in some ways. Not saying they'd win Best Script for Fast and Furious but there are some amazing things that happen in those movies. Yeah, exactly. Like they flew a car into space.

The best scene of flying a car into space goes to Vin Diesel. And Kiwi actress Melanie Linsky, she started her career acting in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. She's also recently been in Don't Look Up, which you might have seen. She was Leonardo DiCaprio's wife in that movie. She won Best Actress in a Drama Series for Yellow Jacket, and she's become a fan favourite among everyone

who was watching the awards because of her speech. It was very funny and very Kiwi. I really wasn't expecting this. I'm going to be really bad at this speech. Oh, my gosh. All my wonderful friends who I got to work alongside, thank you. I feel like I'm going to faint, but I hope I don't. Gosh, thank you. Showtime and E1. I have the greatest agent in the world, Rhonda Price. She believes in me. She's made

about zero dollars from me for a long time now. So thank you for encouraging me to make good choices. It's true. Sorry. Sorry, Rhonda. Please wrap it up. Yes, exactly. Yes. I know.

She is good. She's still got a very thot New Zealand accent. She does. When you watch movies like Don't Look Up and she's doing an amazing job with the American accent.

I kind of forgot that she was a Kiwi when I was watching that movie. Yeah, she's very good. I wasn't expecting this. She's from New Plymouth. Yeah, she is. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I think she was like maybe 16 or 18 when she was in Heavenly Creatures, which was the movie that made her famous. She's incredible. Yeah, very good, very good. And that is your Spy Update for this hour. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits.

Yesterday, the government finally announced some reprieve for the rising tax, well, petrol prices, sorry. 25% cut to petrol taxes and road user charges, about 25 cents a litre, and half of public transport costs as well. Well, good on them for doing something too. And finally, Jacinda said the word crisis as well. Everyone wanted that for a long time, right? Huge win for New Zealand media on that one.

Just say crisis as well. Seven days they've been haranguing her to say the word crisis. You can say it, but it's not going to change anything. You can call it what you want. Imagine if she just, like, taunted them. Christmas. We wanted to open up the phones. Petrol station Panic stations

Because you know It's an environment Where everyone needs to go to At some point in their life And it's like marriage counselling It can either go really well Or it can be an absolute catastrophe Yeah it can go wrong

I always get I don't know if you experience The same thing Sometimes I'll have An absolute blinder With the thing When you lift the handle up and you click it,

so it just holds on its own. Oh, sometimes it won't click. Sometimes it won't click. Why is it not clicking? I know. And then you awkwardly just stand there holding it like you're meant to be doing that. And everyone knows,

oh, the clicker's not working. Julie, your mum had a petrol station panic station. Oh my gosh, she did. It was when I was quite young and I just have this vague memory of me sitting in the car and she had just finished filling up the car with petrol. And I think as she took it out of the, you know,

whatever you call that thing, she was going to put it back and it must have like twisted and she must have accidentally pulled the little trigger thing again and petrol came out as she was putting it back and it squirted into her eye. Oh my gosh. Unleaded eyeballs.

That's like the scene from Zoolander. And I just remember looking out of the car in the back seat and mum was just screaming and she had to run into the petrol station into the bathroom and wash it out with water. And the petrol station people who were working there were like, oh my gosh, panicking. It was literally panic stations. She got petrol in her eye.

There is nothing those petrol attendants haven't seen, has there? Now the calls are coming through thick and fast already. Diane? Hi. Petrol stations, panic stations, what happened? Well my husband said, would I mind taking his ute

in to get filled up? And he said, but don't muck around because it is low on petrol. So off I go. And three, two k's away from the petrol station, it starts to run out. And I'm thinking it's getting slower and slower. What am I going to do? And I remember him saying once, just swerve backwards and forwards and it'll slosh the pets all around and you'll get a bit further so I did this and unbeknown to me there was

a police car about three rows back and the next minute the siren's going and it's pulled me over. He's swerving everywhere. And it's such a feeble excuse as well when they ask you oh I heard you can keep the petrol sloshing around the petrol tank. You know, whatever.

So I said to him, I'm running out of petrol and I think I could see from under his mask that he was absolutely cracking up. So he followed me to the petrol station. He was very nice about it and he believed me. Oh, he believed you and that's how you got away with drink driving that day?

Yeah, yeah. I tried a bit more often. Yeah, and so does it work, sloshing it side to side? I wouldn't know because I managed to get a bit further but I still was, you know, you could tell that the car was getting less and less but I was always going to wonder whether I was going to, but I did get there, so maybe it does. It's exhilarating driving with the petrol light on, isn't it? It really gets the old heart going, doesn't it?

You got really stressed about, we drove an electric car. Remember how stressed you got about it, Jono? Oh, yeah. You were very concerned about plugging it in, but it was like, it's kind of like petrol. It's like you've got to, at some stage, you've got to fill it back up. Yeah, it was. It was really winding me up, and I was like,

we're going to give this thing half a day to charge. It only took like 10 minutes. It didn't take that long, you're right. Hey, thanks, Diane. No problem. Bye. We actually had one of those incidents too, Ben. Remember, I was driving, and we were going from Hamilton.

We were going to Tokoroa, yeah. I was stressing out because the petrol light was on for a large part of the trip. And you were like, we were literally at a petrol station in Hamilton before we left. I think you'd gone to the bathroom to go. Exactly. One of those exact situations. And I didn't fill the car up.

I emptied me, but didn't fill the car up. And I could tell you were like, we were just there. We were just there. He wasn't saying, it was like, you know, a couple driving in silence. No words need to be said. Shout out to all the unpaid Uber drivers dropping the kids off in P car traffic. Jono and Ben on The Hits. One year, no rent, no mortgage.

What? The Hits. Live free. With oneroof.co.nz. Yeah, in the drawer, it's the final week to have your chance to win your rent. Sorry, your mortgage. What am I saying? You're doing well, Kingo.

Yeah, your rental mortgage. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, I paid for an entire year. Yeah, you did. I said it correctly and then I contradicted myself. We're talking so much about petrol. Yeah, that's what we love. We love the unconfident hosts.

So that's what we provide here. A level of we don't know what we're doing. Brett, you're on from Christchurch. Morena, how are you? I'm good, thanks. Now you can win whatever Ben was talking about there. Rent or mortgage paid for an entire year. I was 100% correct.

Rent for an entire year would be fantastic. Oh, mate, wouldn't it? That money, what would it go towards, the spare money that you don't have to use? House deposit, that's what we're saving towards at the moment. Oh, good on you. Well, you know how dentists, they're always recommending things, aren't they? Well, nine out of ten dentists recommend living free as opposed to paying for it. I don't know what the tenth one was thinking, but anyway, that's the recommendation from the dental industry and from the hits too, mate, you're in the drawer. Awesome, thank you so much. All the best, my friend, thank you so

much for listening. Of course we're talking about petrol prices as well this morning aren't we? Yeah, petrol stations, panic stations. Oh yeah. Kendall, welcome to the show this morning, petrol stations, panic stations. What happened? I went to gym and got quite sweaty and my pants were hurting my tummy a little bit. I had a bit of a bloated belly. I get that as well. I get sweaty and bloated. I know what you mean. I took off my pants and I was just going to drive straight home

until I realised my petrol light was on. I had about 20km to get home and only 10km left in my petrol tank. So you've got no trousers on at this point? Yeah. Okay. And I was too sweaty to get my pants back on. I couldn't get them up over my bottom. Yeah, right. Okay, so you're in your driver's seat trying to slide my pants back on. I couldn't get them up over my bottom. So you're in your driver's seat

trying to slide your trousers back on to pay for the petrol. And I couldn't. I couldn't even get out to put the petrol in my car because I couldn't get my pants back on. So I thought maybe if I wrap my gym towel around me, I could at least pay for it from my phone. And just for my convenience, the app wouldn't work for me

to pay for my petrol on my phone. So I couldn't get out of my car. You're caught with your pants down at the petrol station. Yeah. So I tried to phone my partner and it took him about 20 minutes to come down and help me to put petrol in my car. All while the petrol or like the attendant inside the store was watching me just awkwardly sitting in my car. Didn't offer any help. Oh, for half an hour you're just sitting by the pump?

Yeah. Waiting for your partner. So your partner, what a true gentleman, came down and did it for you. Yeah, eventually, but then he went inside and told the attendant inside what had happened. And then I'd been sitting there without my pants on the whole time. Oh, that is very funny, Kendall. Yeah, he still makes fun of me for it to this day. Mind you, they would see all sorts of petrol stations.

I know, 100%. You know, it's one of those locations that, you know, all facets of society has to go to at some point. So they would see all... Have you ever been into a petrol station toilet? Yes, yeah. Yeah, that wouldn't be your happy place Ben No, no

But I often cover up for you Because you go in there And you don't buy an item I'm like at least buy something That's it Kendall I say I need to go to the loo So I pull into a petrol station Then he gets the guilt

That I'm using their toilet Without buying anything So I go and buy stuff Yes, 100% I feel like that as well Stuff I don't need I just go and buy Yeah

Good on you Kendall You have a great day And keep your trousers on, eh? Thanks so much, guys. Scrolling through your feed. He puts the bully into bulletin when he bullies me in the work garage every day for my lunch money. Here's my friend Ben

Boyce. Elon Musk is the founder of Tesla. You'll know him, of course. He's got a wealth, I reckon, about $451 billion. $451 billion. So he's one of the richest people in the world. But despite that, he at times lives below the poverty line. Now, Grimes is his sort of off-again, on-again partner.

They've got a child together and stuff. She was saying that she was staying at his house. They were living together and found out that her side of the bed, the mattress had a hole in it. And he's like, oh, well, let's get you one from your house and get it moved over rather than she's like you're elon musk yeah she said she was eating peanut butter straight for about eight days in a row uh you know like he's very he can be very frugal and she's like hey i need you know i need more than this nutrition and stuff more than peanut butter eight days a row with bread it's great I don't know it's just a jar of peanut butter

yeah so yeah because last year he lived out he's got SpaceX in Texas and he lived in a box that was $73,000 that's right he lived out there

very very basic sort of box he was living in out there as well she reckons Grimes reckons their house they're living in in LA was about $40,000 all it was worth

$40,000 she's like the neighbours can film us they can see see us, there's no security. Was it like a suburban house? Yeah, like, yeah. She was very unusual. So very frugal in some regards. Why?

But maybe in some ways that's why he's so rich. I was watching a podcast with Joe Rogan, where I get all of my information from. Right. And he was telling Joe Rogan that he doesn't believe in possessions. He believes possessions weigh you down. Yeah, he got rid of a whole lot, I think. He's living very minimalist.

Yeah, it's about the ability to enjoy less in life sometimes, you know? That's what someone says when they've got billions of dollars. He also said over the last couple of days that he would fight Putin as well. He's put that on Twitter as well. More like a celebrity boxing match.

The winner gets Ukraine, which I think that's his... Yeah, so out there. But yeah, he's a very out there sort of individual, isn't he, Elon Musk? But obviously very clever in what he does business-wise. Now, Ben Boyce, I know you are publicly proud, tight-arse, aren't you? Yeah, but not to the extent of like if a mattress had a hole in it, I'd feel like I'd go, you know. Amanda has two jars of peanut butter.

But you've even got a layer of security on your wallet with the Velcro strap. It just provides that layer of protection. But here is a list of celebrities who are also very tight. Ed Sheeran, apparently famously tight. He's still got his student bank account with a limit of $1,000 or something. Really? Well, he doesn't often fly private jets and stuff. For that reason, he's like,

if I gave you $100,000, I heard him say that, I'll give you $100,000, but you've got to fly an economy with everyone else. You're like, well, sweet, I'll take $100,000. That's what he'd save, right? What I'd save on, you know, on not paying for a private jet.

He gives himself a monthly allowance of $1,000. But also he's got 27 properties worth $57 million. He's got a good effect on that. He's got a football team. He's doing all right, ain't he, Sherrod? He's doing well. Elon Musk came in at number three on the tightest person list. And also Matthew McConaughey, who lives out of a caravan.

Wow. Well, you feel like you see him always brushing his teeth with his shirt off and roaming the street and stuff, don't you? So yeah, that's really interesting Yeah, so he lives in a caravan park with an Airstream trailer They can also drive around to tell a story He's like a boomer who clogs up the roads When you pull up behind a caravan you're like

Oh God, this is going to be a pain in the arse I haven't seen the tour Rated M for mildly amusing Jono and Ben on the hits Thanks for hanging out with us on New Zealand's Breakfast We bloody appreciate it $5,000 coming up very shortly But Ben, we have been For probably Four or five weeks now

Just parking out on the street Now I know you're on the same boat as me But I haven't paid for any parking tickets for a long time Because for a while there We would get ticket, but then it kind of went into lockdowns and they weren't going around ticketing. And then we were like, now we're like, are we in that sweet spot still? I haven't seen anyone holding a, with a bum bag, holding a, what looks like an ATM machine ticketing cars for weeks. So I feel like we've been getting away with it. Just parking anywhere you want with no repercussions.

That was until yesterday. When we were crossing the road and I said, what's that? And you went, what is that? And it was a car sent from the future, like some sort of futuristic parking ticketing machine sent from the future to make all of our lives a giant pain in the butt. It's got cameras on it. Oh, no. And so I don't think they've got parking wardens now.

They've just got this car that drives around. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. License plate, bang. Go back half an hour later. Bang, bang, bang, bang. Yes. Just ruthlessly. And then we're going to get like 900 tickets in the mail.

I was worried that was going to happen. I think it's going to happen. Because they do that. I know those cars drive around the sort of residential streets where it's a max 120 zone. But if you're a resident, you can get a permit and it's fine. Those cars drive around there. But I didn't realize, usually they just like chalk you

and then 20 minutes later they might bring a cricket hat. And you can't abuse a car with the cameras on it. Oh, that's so annoying. I like abusing the people in the cricket hats. Those blue cricket, oh, what are you doing? Get a better job. What, are you just ruining people's lives and days? Oh, the poor parking water.

But they've really changed the game, though, haven't they? That's so annoying. Yeah, I mean, the council have obviously had a bit of a brainstorm, a bit of a think tank and gone, how can we make people's lives more miserable? I know, let's have a parking ticket tank that just parades around the streets. They don't even have to do any heavy lifting. There's no work.

Well, it's work driving around, but I wouldn't want the confrontation. If I was in that job, it would be horrible. You would love that car. Oh, yeah, I'd be like it. Look at me ticketing these cars. With no conflict. Because you know when you get ticket yeah, I'd be like it. Me ticketing these cars. With no conflict. Because you know when you get ticketed, you are in the wrong.

Like, I know, like, after the show, I'm in the wrong. I know. But for some reason, you get overly defensive about it. It's just so annoying and unnecessary. Yeah. Oh. It's the only mail, I mean, it's the only mail I get sent here, isn't it? I don't get any fan mail.

No, you do. Just tickets. They're my only fans. They're the biggest big fans of you. They'll, oh, I love your don't get any fan mail. No, you do. Just tickets. Mr. Council or the big fans of you, they'll all love your work, John O'Brien. A little chat about the parking waters was great. Five words

for 5k. You're just five words away from $5,000. It is our Game of Words Association. Five grand on the line if you match all five words with our five words. We're just like a giant cash piñata. Come and smack us and release the goodies, Alicia. Oh, sorry, Ashley.

Apologies. How are you? Hi, I'm good, thank you. How are you? 14 years old, your whole life ahead of you. Yeah. Where are you going this morning? You off to school?

Yeah. Who's driving you? No, that's Mum. Oh, Mum. It's a team effort between you and Mum today on the game? Yes, it is. Alright, now, Ashley and Mum, can you just, we'll just do a little rehearsal,

a run through, let's just pretend you've won $5,000. What would your reaction be? Here we go. You've won $5,000! Yay! I'm going to need more than that. We'll see. They haven't actually won it. It's hard to fake that sort of stuff.

And that was a dress rehearsal. When it comes to the main act, I want a bit more, okay? Okay. Ashley, who are you going to send into the Soundproof booth this morning to match words with, mate? Ben, please. Ben, whereabouts are you, Ashley? In New Zealand? Auckland.

Want to give your school a shout out? Hi to all the friends at Howitt College. Howitt College. Shout out to Howitt College. I always loved listening to shout outs when I was a kid growing up. You used to do shout outs on the radio, didn't you, Juliet? Oh, yeah, absolutely. I was one of those punishers that called up all the time. Can I was a kid growing up. You used to do shout-outs on the radio, didn't you, Juliet? Oh, yeah, absolutely. I was one of those punishers that called up all the time.

Can I get a request, please? Just a baby! Yep. All right, Ashley, let's win you five grand, eh? Yep. Jesus, $5,000 is an obscene amount of money for a 14-year-old, but here we go. First word, Ashley, that comes into your head when I say jet.

Plane. Yeah. Mortgage. House. Beautiful. Nice. Wasabi. Sushi. Sushi, beautiful. You're doing good words. Yeah. Thank you. Streak. Is that streak? Streak, yeah, S-T-R-E-A-K, streak. Oh, streak, winning. Winning. Winning streak, beautiful. I think you could be on one here. And fairy was the fifth word for you, Ash.

Pardon? Fairy. As in F-E-r-r-y uh f-a-i-r-y sorry a lot of spelling words today tooth did you say tooth fairy Going with the tooth fairy. Those are really good answers, Ash. What do you want to be when you're older, mate? I don't know. A range of stuff, but probably like a vet. A range of stuff and a vet on the side.

Yeah. All righty. Ashley, let's see if we can put $5,000 towards you doing a range of stuff. Are you ready? Yeah. Ben Boyce has exploded out of the booth and ready to match words with you. First word, Ben, that comes into your head when I say jet. Is Ashley a fan of accommodation by the airport? Or is she a fan of the airport?

Let's just say she's not quite au fait with the managed isolation situation. A plane. Well done. Jet park. That goes back to a normal hotel now, which is great for the jet park. Mortgage, word number two. House. Wasabi.

Sushi? Ooh, Ashley. Yes. Talk to me, Ash. This is nerve-wracking. Oh, it is. Okay, word number four. Streak.

Nude. Why would a 14 year old say nude? Streak I see what you mean This is the first thing that pops into my head, I'm sorry Ashley, what did you go? Winning A wholesome winning Sorry, I should have gone more wholesome

I'm sorry, this is the first thing that popped into my head And the fifth word was fairy. Tooth. Ashley, it was so close. Mate. The winning streak. Listen, Ashley, you sound like someone who loves Will Smith. Do you want a Will Smith book?

Sure, why not? She's like, who's that? Chris Mubb. And we'll give you some Hell Pizza as well. I'm so sorry, guys. Do you want a Will Smith book? Sure, why not? She's like, who's that? That's Mum. Yeah. And we'll give you some Hell Pizza as well. I'm so sorry, guys. You don't get much closer than that. That's awesome.

Thank you so much. You guys played an amazing game. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your time. You're awesome. Another chance tomorrow morning, same time, same place. Spy on the way. Spy.

Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Now to the CEO of the GOSS, Juliette. what's up. Spy.co.nz. Now to the CEO of the GOSS, Juliette. What's happening in Spy, mate? So the latest public figure

to contract COVID is Obama. He tweeted yesterday that he has had a scratchy throat for a couple of days but is feeling fine otherwise. Michelle has tested negative

so far but they're vaccinated and boosted and they said that's the main thing. And if anything, hopefully they can encourage more people to get vaccinated if they haven't done so. That's the thing. A lot of people do experience those symptoms, but never test positive.

Yes. And it's probably the change of season here as well. There's probably a whole other cold just coming. Yeah, there is. You're right. There's people that have been off work testing themselves every day and they're like, I don't have COVID. Yeah. I heard someone had the Omniflu.

So they had the flu and Omicron. At the same time, like some sort of combo. That is rough. Combo manoeuvre. So there you go. Look out for the Omniflu coming soon. And more updates on the Kanye West and Pete Davidson saga. So you may have seen the leaked text yesterday between Pete and Kanye where Pete was basically taunting Kanye, no doubt about it.

He sent him a photo of him lying in bed saying that he was in bed with your wife, Kim. And obviously Kanye, that would absolutely wind Kanye up like nothing else. I felt like Pete Davidson probably felt bad after doing that because then the remaining texts were, hey, I've got mental health struggles as well. I know you're going through them. You need help. So he was actually saying, let's talk.

Stop some jokes being said on Saturday Night Live because he's in this corner and things like that. But yeah, right. And he's like, let's meet in my hotel. Talk. Yeah. And Kanye has been posting quite a few videos onto his Instagram and then deleting them afterwards. But one of the videos was addressing those texts. The boyfriend texts me, antagonizing me, bragging about being in bed with my wife.

I thought publicly for a year and a half I've been dragged and how she's not my wife. She don't have a last name. And now he texting me talking and bra've been dragged and how she's not my wife she don't have a last name and now he texted me talking and bragging about how he's in bed with my wife and i'm like well who's watching my children if he's texting me bragging about being in bed with my wife she's what an age we live in where uh you know we can watch blow by blow a celebrity divorce spat happening right on our phones. Yeah, I'm finding it really sad. I'm at the point now where I'm finding the whole situation is really sad.

I feel for Kanye, I feel for Kim and Pete, I feel for the kids most of all. Having all this play out so publicly. I've been through a divorce with parents before. It's a horrible thing for a kid to go through, let alone have it blown up all over the world's media and have this happening and this happening. That's a horrible thing for a kid to go through, let alone have it blown up all over the world's media and have this happening and this happening. You know, that's a horrible thing for kids to go through. So I'm really, really feeling like

I'm kind of done and over with it now. But it's just big news that everyone's talking about. But at the same time, it's their business and I wish they'd just kind of sort it out. It needs to happen in private, doesn't it? Totally. I mean, you wouldn't have wanted Kevin and Jenny on Instagram back in the day.

I just think, imagine that. Yeah, totally doesn't. Totally. I mean, you wouldn't have wanted Kevin and Jenny on Instagram back in the day. I just think, imagine that. Yeah, totally. And on the subject of Pete Davidson, quite literally, we did mention a few days ago that there was rumours that he was going to be going up to space. Kanye's bought him a ticket. He's leaving Earth. So that has actually been confirmed.

He is. He's definitely going. It's the 23rd of March next week. He's an honorary member, which means that he doesn't have to pay to go up. All of the other people who are in the rocket with him have to pay probably millions of dollars to go up. And Pete is, he's just a meme.

Like, how has he shot to fame so quickly? And now he's going up to space. This is outrageous. I mean, he's gone from zero to 100. From just being a comedian to space. I mean, it's really, things have 100, you know, from just being a comedian to space. I mean, it's really, things have happened. He's had a good few months. We had a guest on the show last week who's left a lasting impact on both of us being boys.

It was Marco. We spoke to a guy called Marco. He's now a schoolteacher here in New Zealand. But an amazing life this guy's led. I had just broken up with my longtime girlfriend and ended up in Taiwan. I wanted to become a monk, and then I kind of got asked to leave. And then so I ended up in Thailand, long, long story. Ended up getting a job at a university as a lecturer.

And then one of my first students, her father was the boss of this rescue service, ambulance service. And she invited me to go out with him, and I did. And then I ended up just loving it so much. After about 10 years of training and things like that, I ended up founding my own ambulance service. So he started this free ambulance service in Bangkok. He was shot at multiple times.

He was sitting next to people who got shot. And then he turned into a celebrity in Thailand. So you became a bit of a celebrity over there. Yeah, well, I ended up in this car. Mercedes had run over a few people, and two of them were trapped under the car. They were screaming in agony because of the pain. So I managed to get a group of bystanders,

convince them that we could lift this car and we did it. And we got these people out from under the car. And there happened to be a reporter there at the time who documented it all with his camera. And the next day I was on the front page of the news. And then after that it snowballed into this huge media blitz on me documented it all with his camera. And the next day I was on the front page of the news. And then after that it snowballed into this huge media blitz on me. And so I was on TV shows and newspapers and just everything.

And now he's back here in New Zealand. That's crazy, eh? Now, I haven't lifted many cars off people, but I imagine you look like a bloody legend when you do it, right? You want to be on the news doing that that's incredible uh so this has made us re-evaluate us yeah uh we need to do more with our life Ben that's the statement yeah and so we have both decided that uh along with your help we will compile a bucket list of items that need to be achieved before December. Now I feel like Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson in that movie. The bucket list.

Which one would I be? I don't want to say either of them to be honest. You should be you. You can be you. No, make a decision. Who are you? Who am I in this situation? Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson. No one's anyone. We're just

creating our own bucket list of things that we need to achieve before the end of the year would you like to bury your head in a bucket right now yeah

well tell you what without a word of a lie my handle broke off my bucket at home so can I put a bucket in the bucket list or is that too far yeah no

it's always annoying when it does that too it does yeah because you're like how do you you've got a sort of hole of boiling water in there

I know so that's in my bucket list to get a new bucket. And what we're doing here is we're setting the bar low. These are achievable things. But we want your text, 4487. But actual big things that we could try and do as a show. Yeah, like make the news. Yeah, that's good.

A world record maybe. I don't know. Invent a product. Yeah. Go to space with Skeet from Instagram. Yeah, All those things Yeah we could All your suggestions

4487 Love to hear from you This morning Yeah next we're going to talk We thought we'd start This wonderful journey Of discovery with Lizzie

Who we have spoken to Previously 103 years old Lizzie Oh my god So she's led such a life What do we need to achieve Before we turn 103

I look 103 Yeah Yeah Yeah Don't agree with that Oh okay So she's led such a life. What do we need to achieve before we turn 103? I look 103? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't agree with that. Oh, okay. That's when you come in and go, no, you don't, mate. No.

Yeah. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Just announced we're going to do a bucket list between now and December. You're going to help us compile it, 4487. I'm saying that like I'm making you do it. Sorry. You don't have to. The choice is yours.

I'm not your boss. But if you want to contribute, your contribution will be greatly appreciated. So we're going to do this between now and December and we thought we'd kick this whole thing off with someone who else would know better how to live a fulfilled life. It's our favourite

listener, Lizzie, 103 years old. How are you? I'm okay. It's Jono and Ben. Yeah, that's right. Are you coming? No, we want to talk to you right now on the radio, right now over the phone. I have to go everywhere with a

walker, and I've got a nice place, nice house, and a nice view, and I've got one, two, three, I've got three chairs for people to sit on. Oh, we'd love to come and visit, but we got one, two, three I've got three chairs for people to sit on. Oh we'd love to come and visit but we're at

We need to come and see you one day. We would love to come and see you one day. I'm not here Wednesday, I get my hair done. Oh you get your hair done? Otherwise I'm here all day. What sort of hair do you get done? Do you get a bit of a dye, rinse job? Oh I usually have a friend take me to the hair all day. What sort of hair do you get done? Do you get a bit of a dye, rinse job? Oh, I

usually have a friend take me to the hairdresser just down the road. Oh, get your hair did. And I have perms and colour and all that. Oh, awesome. I still have a colour, yeah. Oh, nice. Nice. Well, you're doing

better than me, Lizzie. Yeah, Jono hasn't got any hair, Lizzie. You'll be surprised, I think, if you see me. Now, Lizzie, you and your three chairs, we must come and visit you one day. Okay. So you won't be here today? Not today, because we're on the radio now. Oh.

Now, we wanted to talk to you because you're 103. Well, we wanted to know, because we're writing a list. Have you heard of a bucket list? What are the things that you are most proud of doing in your life? Oh, well, I had a lovely mum and dad. Oh, yeah, that's the first one. And I had two brothers. And I've got one son.

He lives down in Otago. Oh, yeah. He's 76. Your son's 76? We've been here 76 years because he was only three months old. When you came to New Zealand? Wow. What do you think's been your greatest achievement in life?

Well, I won a scholarship when I was 11. That's awesome. I went to a fancy school. Oh, okay. One of those, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And what else did I do? That's awesome.

I worked at Barker and Pollock. Barker and Pollock. That was like a department store, wasn't it? That's right, yeah. They sold fabrics, and I used to work there. I ended up as bridal consultant. Oh, so you made all the wedding dresses. I didn't make them.

I just draped them around the person so that they can see what they look like. Oh, you're a fabric draper. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, right. Yeah. I tried to be Mrs. Pollock, but I missed out. Cheddar, he snapped him up, eh? Good evening.

You are so awesome. And so what do you think the one thing is that people need to do in life? Oh, keep your mind occupied. Oh, keep your mind ticking over. Yeah. Do you do like Sudoku or crosswords or Wordle or anything like that? No, no. I do Wordfind.

Oh, right. That keeps you active? Somebody bought me four books. Four books. A lot of words to find. No, I do that all day. Oh, good on you. I don't know if Lizzie's doing word or be.

Because I can't walk around much. I think you'll be surprised if you saw me. People say I don't look my age. Oh, we saw a photo of you. You don't look a day over 102. No, you actually look very young. You do look amazing. Oh, yeah, I know, yeah.

And on Wednesday you look good too because you get your hair done, don't you? I know, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm careful when I go to bed on a Wednesday night, yeah. You don't want to mess that hair up. I don't want to sit up all night. Lizzie, it's nice to talk to you, and hopefully one day we can meet you. Yeah, I hope so too, yeah. Yeah, you're awesome.

Okay, dear. Take care. See you, Lizzie. Yeah, okay. Love you, dear. Bye. Love you. Bye.

There's a story making news. Just right around the world, a U.S. teacher was fired for reading a New Zealand storybook to his students. The book is called I Need a New Bum. Oh, I have. So I've read this one to see because the bum's got a crack in it, so it needs replacing. It's called I Need a New Butt in America. But he joins us right now. Toby Price, good morning.

How are you? Hey, how are you doing today? We're doing all right. Thank you so much for your time. We really appreciate it. No, thank you for having me and giving me a chance to come on and tell our story. Thank you. Jeez, we're doing anything to smoke screen from our pandemic news here in New Zealand.

So your butt crack story is really taking over the headlines here, Toby. It's not your butt crack, by the way. No, no. No, no. No, I don't get it's not that famous no but you have made international news particularly in New Zealand because it involves the New Zealand book if people haven't caught up with the news what exactly happened it was read across America week you know in celebration of

Dr. Seuss I was asked to read to a group of second graders actually I was asked to set up a zoom where another principal could read to a group of second graders. Actually, I was asked to set up a Zoom where another principal could read to a group of second graders. That principal forgot, and I was asked to fill in. I grabbed a book that I had nearby, and I read it to them. They seemed to love it. They were telling me on the way to lunch how much they really enjoyed the story. I was called to the principal's office and then sent to the superintendent's office. I was put on administrative leave. They, for lack of a better word, they kind of let me have it. You know, they just had butt and fart in it, and it has bulletproof butt.

Is this the kind of thing you find funny? And I said, before I came in here, yes. That following Thursday, they called me back to the district office and let me know that I was terminated. So you lost your job. Reading this book showed poor professional judgment. So 20, like, is it 20 years you've been teaching before and, and all of a sudden you lose your job over this book?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. So are you taking them to court? Well, there is, um, yes, he started to go fund me to try to afford, you know, attorney and attorney's fees. And there's an appeal on the 21st. I'm not sure what's going to come of the appeal. It could be just to reverse their decision.

Similar appeals in this district have not gone well for the person appealing. I think that the hearing on the 21st may just be like the first step. Did a parent make the complaint? Did a student make a complaint? Or just the fact that Superintendent Did a parent make the complaint? Did a student make a complaint? Or did the superintendent, Gary Chalmers, get involved? That's what we think happened, because afterwards, no one would really admit that. We think a teacher told the principal about the story, and then the principal

told the superintendent. It was a knocking. To my knowledge, at the time, we had no parent complaints. So where to from here? Do you actually see a chance of getting your job back, or are you going to have to look for a new gig? You know, I would love to have it back, but I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't scared to go back, and I drank the wrong type of soda, and this time they tried to fire me again.

I mean, it's a little nerve-wracking do you know why that um because in new zealand the book's called i need a new bum and in america it's called i need need a new butt same book with them do you know why that is um i don't know i guess it's because you know they just changed it to what what we call it here um yeah they don't use we don't use bum to you know talk about our backside here and i guess because we need a new butt. And there's so many other books, you know, Wonky Donkey, Dyer's Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants. All those books have similar content, and they're so widely accepted. I'm not sure why this one kind of got underneath someone's skin.

Mind you, a bum can be a derogatory term for a homeless person in America, too. Yeah, so maybe that's better time. That's true. Maybe that's true. And so the annoying thing for you is you're all doing it to fill in. Someone else is meant

to be reading. Yeah. Yeah, that is kind of the case. You know, it wasn't my gig. I was just filling in. So yeah, that part kind of stings a little. I'm not going to lie.

Yeah, well, I was reading that you were obviously very upset by it afterwards. It must have been, yeah, sort of heartbreaking to have this happen to you. Definitely. You know, it's not just what I do, yeah, sort of heartbreaking to have this happen to you. Definitely.

It's not just what I do. It's become part of who I am. And I have three kids. My two oldest have autism. It's my job to take care of them. And when I walked out of there that day, it was all I could do. I kept texting my wife saying,

I just got to get out of here because they're not going to see me cry. They don't get to. And once I got in the car, then I was allowed to get upset. Oh, you poor bugger. 20 years teaching and then this happens. Well, listen, I really hope that the appeal goes your way.

If not, I'm sure there'll be many schools that will pick you up, Toby. I appreciate that. Thank you very, very much. Thank you for having me on. And if not, you can just move to New Zealand. Yeah, yeah. There it is. There it is.

And you know what? That may be the plan. That's one of our most popular and successful books in New Zealand. Which is saying a lot about our country.

Nah, that's okay. Great stuff. Great stuff. You keep safe over there and good luck, Toby. All right. Well, I appreciate it, y'all. Thank you again

for having me on. Y'all have a great day. I feel like we just spoke to Ted Lasso. You don't sound like that. Warning when you have discussions and you and you say things in the moment then you say things you wish you could have said later and sometimes you don't have a good argument to come up with in those moments yeah oh well like like someone says something sarky to you and you come you think of the comeback as you're driving home yeah or even yeah or justification for something you're like

why didn't i say that i'm not a good arguer in the moment i'm not a good arguer i'm not good at debating in the moment but yeah post geez come why don't you settle on this i'll come back to you in 15 let me formulate a game plan do some prep for this argument but my daughter had a great response it wasn't really an argument we're having but it was a great response and i was like why didn't i think of something like that in that moment this was a great example so um we were talking to my daughters about you know that they like they love reading which is a really great thing to do but um one of my daughters indeed she's taking it to a whole nother level at the moment like she's prolific she's just reading a book or two you know within a couple of days wow like she forget about me reading to her i'm like i'm i'm i'm slowing things down you know

at night she'd much rather just go ahead and power on through she must be like that world's fastest reader we played the audio yeah so she uh yeah she's incredible my other daughter you know she loves reading as well but she you know she loves some you know playing roblox or watching a show things like that and we're having discussion the other day saying hey why don't you get back into your reading some more uh you know you do some more reading did you like what because your sister's out reading you well just saying you know it's really good to see it's really good to be encouraging that sort of thing she's like i've done heaps of reading we're like what she said i did an hour of reading last night i'm like really did you what'd you read she goes well

i was watching netflix but i put, I turned the subtitles on. For a whole hour, I was reading. I'm like, that's a genius play. And a great, a great argument to bring up as well, because the subtitles too,

I noticed, my viewing experience isn't the same without the subtitles on. I actually really enjoy it. You're saying. Have you got used to, like, I feel like a lot of people, like,

shame you if you had the subtitles on, but I love it. I love it. Who ever thought you'd be reading the television? We're all reading every night. We're doing constant reading. But it is, yeah, I'm the same. I love it now too.

I'm like, because you don't miss anything. You don't go, what was, what was that? You know, like your plot lines, you take it all in. It's great. It feels like a very old person thing to enjoy, but I'm liking the captions. Keep them coming. Keep the captions on.

Yeah, so you're actually speaking of your daughter, Indy, just to talk about her level of intelligence. Ben, we had to do a thing the other day, and Ben needed 500, 600 jelly beans counted, and he gave this project to her, and she locked herself in the room for how many hours? Oh, yeah, it was a good hour. She came through

the little thing she's like there's 514 jelly beans in there she counted them all I've got the yeah and one by one she counted them and she even had a

fastidious list where she would cross off with the sticks you know how you do one two three oh the tallies the tallies you know

you go one two three four and then you put the line the diagonal line through as well wow she counted it all up she's going to cut it all up. She's going to be like a genius.

I mean, she's already a genius. She loved it, yeah. I'm surprised she's not dropping you off at work and picking you back up. Actually, she's here right now. I better go, guys. How does she got John on bed? Scrolling through your feed. He's cruising for a bruising and rolling for a scrolling.

Ben Boyce, these are all the topical events that have happened overnight. Yes, sir. The government has finally budged to help bring down the cost of living, particularly petrol prices. Dramatic 25% cut, so 25 cents a litre. We're going to save now at the pump, which is a good thing.

And they're halving the public transport fares. For three months? Yeah, for three months. They're hoping that these things will go on a bit longer, but at the moment they're just for three months. And you were saying, which I didn't realise, this doesn't necessarily mean that the big players in the petty game are going to bring down their prices,

because the government's taken down their tax, and the petrol stations are like, well, that's nice of you. This is the price. But I think they have all taken down the prices somewhat. But it'd be interesting to see if you could do the maths, whether that's equivalent to what the percentage the government has taken out. But Mobile were the first, even last night before it actually kicked in, to take down their prices.

And Jacinda Ardern yesterday finally said it was a crisis. And the media have been wanting her to say it for ages, say it's a cost of living crisis. And she finally did yesterday. Here's her on the news. The Prime Minister finally dropping the C-bomb today. This represents a crisis for many families. Absolutely.

Conceding it is crisis time. It's taken you so long to admit we have a cost of living crisis. I've always acknowledged that families have been experiencing pain as a result of the changes to the cost of living. Seven days, it wasn't that long for her to admit that there's a cost of living crisis. And Lewis Hamilton, you call, he's one of the world's best drivers. Not like you, Jono. We found out last week you're one of the world's worst drivers.

Well, I failed a driver's license test. And I ran over some road codes. So if that makes me a bad driver, then yes, I am. But he's announced that he's going to be changing his name. He's going to have a hyphenated name by the sounds of it now, bringing in his mother's maiden name as well, La Balesta. So that's awesome that he's doing that. He's going to have to get a new Formula One driver's license.

Oh, yeah, he will have to get his driver's license. I imagine changing your name, and it probably happens with a lot of marriages, would be... You don't think about the consequences. The amount of things that your name is attached to. Yeah. Emails, bank accounts, insurance policies.

I can just keep listing stuff if I keep this tone of voice. Well, that's kind of his argument as well. He's saying he doesn't understand why when people get married, some people lose their last name and they lose that family name. And he wants to continue to have his mum's name continue, which is awesome. Good on them. And, jeez, you don't know how long it took us to figure out

how to pronounce La Balesta. Yeah. And we went deep. We had like four different versions of it. La Balesta. We had all the options until we Googled it and got the... Well, because he didn't actually say it. It was quoted on a video of saying it.

So we had to kind of read his... But I think hopefully we got it right. We gave it our best attempt. La balastia? There's many options. But we got there in the end, and we didn't linger on it too long on here either. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946.