Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: The Man Who Hasn't Been To The Dentist Since 1980...

Episode Date: March 12, 2023

When was the last time you went to the dentist! A lady who works with honey but is deadly allergic to Bees... Ben's friend had a big muckup... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kia ora, welcome. This is the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Appreciate your support. And coming on board, the Jono and Ben Express. What an express it has been. Just chugging down the track, isn't it? For another week. If you were a mode of transport, what would you like to be? Pick one mode of transport. What I'd like to be as far as like, this is like Thomas the Tank Engine.

Yeah, you can pick any mode, any mode of transport. I wouldn't mind being like a private plane or something. Yeah, that'd be cool. Private planes are

nice, aren't they? Get to see the world. Yeah, nice. Get to burn some fossil fuels. Oh, true. What would you be, Producer Joel?

Mode of transport. I don't know. you're very tall maybe like a uh double-decker bus yeah double-decker bus yeah yeah what would you uh let's see helicopter i'd be a lot for far over here a little bit erratic over there this way this way you know the place yeah that would be anything could go off the rails at any time i love it you're flicking through the paper there what What's catching your eye? Oh, no, I was just having a little look through. Obviously, the Academy Awards are on today, Oscars, which should be great.

Pick one page of the paper. We both need to pick a page of the paper. Okay. And we have to read the article. Jeepers. Okay. All right. Oh, okay.

Here we go. Okay, well, you go first. Do you like the star signs? I do. Talk to me. What are you? Okay You're a

I'm a Virgo I'm a Virgo Okay go I've been Have we got like emotional music Or something Yeah yeah yeah This is Virgo

I've been a cloud A river And the air Says Thick naan You have also taken many forms in this lifetime. What was thick?

I'm gathering thick naan as a person. Naan bread. You have also taken many forms in this lifetime and you will benefit from reflecting on a few of them today. Give yourself credit for how far you've come. Jesus. It's always so narrow, doesn't it?

But you can read into it. Where are you, Joel? What are you? Taurus. The way things are is how they've always been. Shit, man. Keep going. I'm really getting to you

I know If it's a tiny step even just head to your desired location They're wrapping it up like the Oscars I actually

got on the page of the Daily Quiz Do you want a question from the Daily Quiz? Yeah go for it Okay The Sinister Six are a group of villains

that typically team up against what superhero? Batman? No but You up against what superhero? Batman? No, but you do know the superhero? The Sinister Six? Spider-Man, apparently. I didn't know that as well. Oh, yeah.

Who's Spider-Man's mortal enemies? Green Goblin? The Sinister Six, obviously. Green Goblin, yeah, was one of the... Jamie Foxx played a character as well. Was it? Oh, no. Yeah. Let's have a look here. The Sinister Six. Green Goblin yeah was one of the the Jamie Foxx played a character as well was it Risical oh no yeah

let's have a look here the Sinister there was the guy with the big long arms things as well too yeah

here we go list of the Sinister six members the Gobby he's in there Doctor Octopus yeah yeah yeah yeah

Kraven the Hunter never heard of Kraven Doctor Octopus is what. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kraven the Hunter. Never heard of Kraven. Doctor Octopus is what I was thinking of. Mysterio. Oh, Mysterio, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sandman. Oh, Sandman's in one of the movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Vulture. No, I don't know Vulture. That's six, I think. You've got a lot of enemies. Peter Parker, isn't he? He does, but they need better branding because they're all coming under the Sinister Six umbrella. We don't know who they are as people. We really need to get to know them a bit better, isn't he? He does, but they need better branding because they're all coming under the Sinister Six umbrella. We don't know who they are as people.

We really need to get to know them a bit better, don't we? Individuals, yeah. What was your highlight of the weekend? You did a lot of stuff. I was busy, actually. You were busy. We were in Palmerston North Saturday, then Sunday you're commentating cricket,

Sunday night you're at basketball. It was a busy weekend. It was good, though. A lot going on. Breakers was good. It was really good to see the Breakers go. A full stadium and the Breakers win. And, you know, so it goes into game five now,

which is a shame for a New Zealand that's back in Sydney. But that was fun. Where were you sitting? Sort of mid-section. Where were the other bandwagons who jump on in the finals in the last game of the year? I paid for tickets. I went along.

I wasn't trying to. I'm just sure they don't mind bandwagon jumping. I don't think they shouldn't mind because that's I mean that's what biggest crowd ever at a basketball game in New Zealand

as well I've been many times the breakers of the year haven't been yes I haven't been this year I've been this year mate but I squeezed it

into my busy weekend and bought a ticket as well just so Joel could mock you for jumping on a bandwagon yeah mate what about yourself

highlight of the weekend? Yeah. Probably Palmy. Palmy was fun. Yeah, it was fun. Yeah, we were all games. I'll tell you what. Can we give a shout out here?

I meant to say this on the radio. We did it before. Palmy. Who you're in the pocket of in general. I'm in the pocket of Palmy. Yes, I do love Palmy. But hey, did Palmy not win you over? Did it not get a place in your heart after the weekend

did it not make you feel like everywhere you went John O'Byrne hey love you go find it have you ever had so many I mean I know

some of it we paid people to have selfies because we're dressed as cows but the whole time I just thought you were trying to

put on a show for me you're like another paid actor another paid actor if someone would come up to us. No, like, yeah.

And you're like, you feel like a king here. That's what you said to me. Treat me like a king. Well, and speaking of the king, you remember going to the king, Burger King? Burger King, yes.

We did. So we went after the sports awards. We went there at midnight. Closed, mate. And they're outside. They're packing up. It's closed. And they're hooking us.

They're like, hey, Giorno and Ben, we'll open it back up for you. We like no no no you don't have to do that but they did what burgers will cook you they reopened the king jono pride number one customer they turned on the deep fries thank you so much that was that was lovely though you didn't need to do that so it was lovely because we were like oh honestly it's fine you don't have to reopen it but uh open the store if you did it would be awesome and they did and they did yeah this is who we are by the way so instagram you can follow us here as well but if you didn't know who we are yeah yeah bk chickens bro bk chicken

with cheese it was good it was good so yeah so they opened it back up for you so palmy hey mate you're starting it you're all coming around to palmy now hey hey me and mike west he's got a thing going on but i'm coming for you, West. You hear that? No, I'm not. I'm just coming in. But I do enjoy Parmy and enjoy the podcast.

Does your family know you're moving to Parmy? Well, mate, we're breaking up. Sorry, they treat me better down here. They do. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Big weekend, wasn't it?

Right around the country. Yeah, there was a lot of stuff going on, multiple concerts going on. We were at the rural games. Tough word to say, rural, wasn't it? Rural, country. Yeah, there was a lot of stuff going on. Multiple concerts going on. We were at the rural games. Tough word to say, rural. Rural, yeah.

The Palmerston North, that was a fun time, wasn't it? We were dressed as cows. We were the cash cows and Ben, your love of costumes that really,

you know, sort of in that blazing midday sun. They weren't very breathable those cow costumes. We were the sweatiest cows in the paddock, weren't we?

You're right. So we even got to take part in the cow pat, which in actual meant cow pat throw, which seemed a bit weird for us dressed as cows to be throwing cow pats. It would be like us throwing our own excrement right now against the wall. Yeah. I'd lock you up, mate. It would be crazy stuff.

Fun couple of days, wasn't it, down there. Although we went to a really cool function, the Rural Sports Awards of the year, and you kept making jokes about Three Waters. You're like, we're here from the left to tell you about the benefits of Three Waters. Now, to be honest, I think you and I, we know nothing about Three Waters.

I don't even know what it is. But everyone was like, oh, bleh. Yeah, we got on stage. You kept it through multiple times. Hostile environment. Hostile environment. Hostile environment. And you knew I was going to chuck it out there too. And you were like, please don't.

I could tell you were thinking, please don't. Kept doing it though too. Kept doing it. But then we had one person come up to us at some stage who was obviously pro it. Go on, keep going. Keep the good word out there. I'm like, oh, to be honest, it was just a terrible joke

that Jono had done. We don't know either way. You know, even if it's the pros or cons, political stuff is not really our thing. We don't know either way. You know, the benefits, the pros, the cons. Political stuff is not really our thing. I don't even know what it is. I just know it winds up the rules. And boy, it did wonderful things inside that function. But that was a very fun night.

That was awesome, mate. That was some very inspirational. Yeah, it was. Yeah. Producer Joel, what sort of mad stuff did you get up to, mate? Nothing, man. Just watched the Warriors. Absolutely robbed by the refs. Classic. Yeah, it was. I think we were getting breakers last night. They got up. sort of mad stuff did you get up to mate? Nothing man just watched the Warriors absolutely robbed

by the refs classic yeah it was we got breakers last night as well which was awesome went along to the breakers

as well you know I had a great time but you know you're getting old when you sit there at the breakers and go

they had the Backstreet Boys here sold out last night wow what a turnaround you start thinking about that when you're there the logistics the logistics of like putting in the seats

putting in the floor all that sort of stuff they'd have to do in a very quick short turnaround You start thinking about that when you're there. The logistics. The logistics of like putting in the seats, putting in the floor, all that sort of stuff. They'd have to do it a very quick, you know, short turnaround for, you know, AS Park Arena. You know, so I was like, yeah, you know you're sitting here going, but you start thinking about the logistics. Yeah.

Like if you went to the Backstreet Boys as well, you're like, how are they going to have a basketball game here soon? Exactly. You know, that's all you'd be thinking about. You wouldn't even be enjoying I Want It That Way or wondering who you are, how you are, what are the... As long as you love me.

As long as you love me. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Today is the Oscars, the Academy Awards taking place in Los Angeles about one o'clock

New Zealand time. You can watch it on TVNZ2. Today, I think, on TVNZ On Demand as well. You can catch it up on TVNZ Plus. Sorry, it think on TVNZ On Demand as well. You can catch it up on TVNZ Plus. Sorry, it's recording. So many options. Yeah.

So many options. But all you really want to see is who's going to slap who in the face, let's be honest. Will Smith's been for 10 years. He's been for 10 years. From attending the ceremony. But you think it's going to be one of those things like WWE, he's going to come out of nowhere.

He said, oh, I'm banned. He's going to come out. Can you smell? Oh, he's back'm bad. He's going to come out of nowhere. Can you smell? And everyone's like, oh, he's bad. He's slapping everyone. Slapping. You get a slap. He rips his shirt off.

He's like, oh, out of nowhere. That'd be good. That'd be great high drama, wouldn't it, if they bring him out like that. Like a wrestling event. Love it. This year, because we're going to talk to uh nt our hollywood insider just before seven o'clock uh but we're going to get into the gift bags with a crazy amount of product in the gift bags up to a 125

000 us dollars these gift bags are worth a nine,000, three-night stay at a luxurious lighthouse. So this is what all the celebrities who attend get, a lighthouse. A luxurious lighthouse in Italy. Okay. I imagine the Italians would be having pretty luxury-laden lighthouses. A one-square-metre plot of land in Australia valued at $50. So, right, they get land in Australia. I can't build a high-rise apartment block on a...

So it's really just kind of a good publicity, this stuff, isn't it? $12,000 arm liposuction. You get your arms liposucked, mate. Your weaselly little arms, that can do with the liposucking. If anything, I need pumping up the arms. Oh, this is good. A private hair restoration consultation with a leading hair transplant surgeon. This is legit.

Fair. Valued at $7,000. And $10,000 worth of procedures, including Botox, laser, some stuff, chemical peels. But the prop that the fiddly bit for the schlebs is, given the tax system over there, the gift bag's a taxable income. So if they decide to use them, they're going to have to pay on tax day. You know, if, I don't know, Tom Cruise has got a luscious full head of hair from our mate with his hair restoration, he's going to have to pay big tax on that. So I guess it's a whole bunch of stuff.

They're probably not going to use it. He'll sit in their wallet for a year eventually it'll expire. Are we getting wrapped up on the Oscars music are we? It's like the

entertainment book. Have you ever been bullied into buying an entertainment book? Yeah by the kids at school. 12% off this restaurant.

Sorry music's starting mate you've got to wrap things up. The Oscars today will be on at one o'clock. You can catch Enty later this hour where he'll tell you more

about what to expect. And as the hits, you've got John Ombed. The hits, the John O and Ben podcast. Monday, we say it every Monday, sometimes it can be the toughest day for a bit of motivation. So that's why we like to motivate you. Get into the week with a bit of motivation, playing some inspiring audio, but also talking about some inspiring stories. It's just another motivational Monday. but also talking about some inspiring stories.

Yeah, we're like a semi-legal energy drink from Thailand, giving you a pep in your step, some energy. And we do like to look at some heartwarming stories, Ben, some inspiring stories before we get into the quote. Found a lovely story here, a school in Texas. They had a janitor, 81 years old. And the students were like, mate, you should be enjoying your retirement at 81 years old. And he's like, I can't retire. My rent's just gone up.

So he couldn't afford his rent. He just had to keep working so he could pay to live where he lived in the apartment. And so then the students, Ben, started a GoFundMe page. They just wanted to get $10,000 to begin with. Yeah. They ended up getting quarter of a million dollars. Wow. $250K.

The old codger can retire. That's awesome. Mind you, they were probably like, God, he's not much of a cleaner. He can lightly dust some stuff. He's not really getting the elbow grease in there, eh, 81. Oh, get old mate to fix it. Oh, will we? But that was a lovely heart.

It's a lovely heart. And I ripped the heart out of it, so I shouldn't have done that. You did. It's not what Motivational Monday is all about. Hey, I want to chuck one out there. New Zealand sprinter Zoe Hobbs, she's incredible. She's just awesome. And she smashed the New Zealand record over the weekend in Australia too.

Have a listen. Have a look at Hobbs. Hobbs is in a hurry here. Lewis running quickly. Hobbs down to the line. 10.99. 10.99. The wind is plus 0.5.

Amazing. Under 11 seconds. The first Kiwi female to ever run under 11 seconds. 10.97 is what the official time was. That is incredible. Well done, Zoe. She's amazing. But there's the best commentary there.

He's like, Hobbs is in a hurry. Well, you'd hope so. She's in a 100-meter race, mate. Hobbs in a hurry. She's not really taking her time. She's not going to be signing autographs on the way through or anything And we like to end Monday Motivational Monday with

Something inspiring, a little bit of audio That you can take with you for the day and the week A quote that has helped me Immeasurably And it's from a book called The Horse, The Boy, The Fox and The Mole And one of my favourite quotes out of the whole book Is a boy and a horse Are in the woods And a boy says to the horse I can't see a way

through and the horse says can you see your next step and a boy says yeah and a horse says then just take that Wow all of the time we look at the goal we look at the future we look at the end game we look at how long a journey is and we feel overwhelmed yeah instead of that just go right i'm not going to worry about that because that that will come with each step you will get closer to that so i don't need to worry about how far away it is all i need to focus on right now is my next step here we go bloody good bloody wise horse horse has done a psychology course no questions asked about why the boy's talking to a horse.

I know. The horse had great advice. Great advice. Yeah, one step at a time. That's right. Just love all the music and everything they put behind those. Yeah. And then there's always one person, one random voice going, wow.

Like they've just cracked the key to life. That's pretty cool. Wow. Good luck with your Monday today. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one.

Exposing scandals. She's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. It was a script.

No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. He's the backbone of the show where we have no backbones. NT is with us live from Hollywood on the day of the Oscars. And you've actually been NT. No.

I've been to the outside of the Oscars. I've been to Oscar parties. I've never been to the Oscars. It's a very, very tough ticket because the building is very, very small. Oh, okay. Well, you've been outside the Oscars. That's what I was meaning to say. Outside the Oscars. What's it like outside the Oscars? The outside, what I'm saying is for the whole week and a half leading up to it, it's really interesting when you're living in LA because they are setting up for it.

And generally you see news people and everybody getting set up on red carpets and stuff, and the after parties are great. The after parties are better than the awards. It's not like, you know, the SAG Awards or the Golden Globes where everybody's sitting around having a meal and getting drunk. It's not like that because it's basically just theater style seating. And it's a very small theater, which makes it very, very hard to get a ticket. Because by the time you have all the nominees and there's, you know, 40 categories or something like that, and there's, you know, two or three people for each category except for like actors and stuff,

it adds up pretty quick when you add up the plus ones and stuff. So it's really, unless you know somebody who's actually a nominee or something like that it can be really hard to to get into the oscars excuse my ignorance who's hosting jimmy kimmel oh is it jimmy kimmel he's has he done it before oh yeah because it makes sense because he literally is 20 feet from where he tapes his show from the oscars you, the theater is on one side of the street, and the opposite side of the street is where Jimmy Kimmel tapes, and it's where the Disney theater is. Okay, what are your predictions?

Who's going to win? Oh, God. I mean, I think that probably Everything Everywhere All at Once will win. I don't think it was the best movie of the year, but at some point it just starts to get so much momentum and the final oscars balloting started on march 2nd and ends march 7th so by now everything everywhere all at once has done all these awards and has won and so people are like okay i got my final ballot who should i vote for and especially because the sags were last week

where it won and very good i guess we should vote for everything everywhere along the way. I think probably All Quiet on the Western Front was the best movie of the year. But as for Oscars, it's also up for international picture. So people go, you know what, we can give them the award for that. And for best picture, we'll do something else. If it wasn't up for the international picture, I think it might have a better chance. If you went by what everybody saw in the movies, then you'd have to give it to Top Gun Maverick. But that's the other thing is, you know, there's 10 nominees or something like that. It just gets so divided that it doesn't

take much to win. So everything, everywhere, all at once, even though it's probably, well, it's not the best movie, it's going gonna win just because it just needs a 20 or 30 percent of the vote and it'll win what does it do for a career a movie does it earn the movie more money do more people go and see it does the actor get more gigs because they win an oscar okay as far as actor getting more gigs an actor will sometimes get bonuses and things especially if it's a smaller movie because there's a limited amount of a budget. Something like The Whale, where Brendan Fraser's nominated. If it's not a huge budget, they'll say,

well, you know, we can only afford you, Brendan, to pay you this much, but if you get nominated for an Oscar, we'll throw in like a half a million dollar bonus. So they'll do things like that. Now, back in the olden days before streaming, you know, if it wins the Oscar for Best Picture, then the next week, all of a sudden, it could probably be like number five or number six

at the box office. Because all of a sudden, people go, well, I should go see this movie. They all get the extravagant gift bags too, don't they? And sometimes they're like, oh, we've given them a double pass to a lodge in New Zealand, you know, an exotic lodge. Do they ever come to the exotic lodge?

Or is it like a voucher? They're like, damn it, that expired. Well, for a while, okay, it used to be the biggest things in the whole world. It was ridiculous. Like, let's give the richest people in Hollywood, like, a $10,000, $20,000 gift bag because, you know, they need it. And then the tax law changed, so it wasn't going to be like deductible or anything. So then the Oscar stopped for a while. And then everybody goes, Oh my gosh, why are you

giving these rich people 20 or $30,000 for the stuff to go? Okay. You know what? We're going to stop. We're not going to do that anymore. It's going to be very nominal. And then complain. They're like, how come you're not giving us all this good stuff anymore? So then, so then, you know, they, they caved and now you know these it's it's ridiculous and then no they do not use it they give most of it away yeah because i've never seen like oh kate winslet got a you know a double pass to a hotel in new zealand i've never seen kate winslet turn up and use her double plus you like plus when you see a celebrity that rich turn up with a voucher you're probably like mate mate. Yeah, true.

NT, thank you for your insight. Really appreciate your time. You go and have a wonderful day, mate. Hey, you guys. Have a great week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 708 on your Monday morning. What if we just fall? What if we just... 708 on your Monday morning. It is Pink Trust Fall.

You can win five tickets to Pink in about 40 minutes' time when we play our game Five Words. Five Pink tickets. It's going to be incredible. So you could be winning that very shortly. I don't even know five people. I'd have to take the three of you. You've got your family, mate.

You're pretending you don't know them you. You've got your family, mate. You're pretending you don't know them now. I could take six people in total. Met someone yesterday who hasn't been to the dentist in seven years. Jeez, that must be saving a lot of money.

But at the same time, you do sort of wonder how their oral hygiene is, right? Yeah, I mean, they say they floss daily. They brush their teeth. They keep it up. Well, that's what everyone says to their dentist. Oh, you're flossing daily?

Yeah, but are you? It's like when you see the doctor says, how much are you drinking every week? Yeah. But then producer Joel, I mentioned this. I thought this was incredible. But you're pretty much the same. Yeah, I think I've only been one time since I left school in 2017, so one time in the last five and a bit years.

Jeez, you wonder why we keep a two-metre distance. It's okay, man. I brush my teeth once every few days. When was the last time you went? I go quite regularly, yeah. You do? You've got a wonderful mouth. Thank you.

You're not so bad yourself. It's not the cheapest, the dentist, but, you know, I feel like you need to go see it and keep on top of that, right? Yeah. thank you you're not so bad yourself um but it's not the cheapest the dentist but you know i feel like you need to go see it and get you keep on top of that right yeah it's i mean it's the only environment where you're comfortable having someone fluttering their fingers around inside your mouth isn't it any other situation you'd be they're very good to what i appreciate about the dentists is they they love to keep the conversation going even when you're your mouth's wide open and they still you know you're like you know and they're like oh yeah that's good great that works going all right

you know they seem to know exactly what you're saying yeah because you're talking from your throat aren't you yeah uh and they cheese they really jaw your uh your mouth open why your mouth open don't they do you get the old they put over like a latex a latex blanket over your mouth too oh no i haven't had the little latex blanket yeah what's that you pay extra for a latex blanket over your mouth too. Oh, no, I haven't had the little latex blanket. Yeah. What's that? You pay extra for the latex mouth blanket, my friend. Oh, that sounds nice.

But yeah, we wanted to check this open. Oh, no, 800, the hits this morning. We do this. You've been sentenced. You've just got to complete the sentence. It's been dot, dot, dot years since I've been to the dentist. No English people can enter this competition. No British people.

Oh, right. Stereotyping. They've got horrible oral hygiene. Okay, so yeah, 0800 the hits, 4487. How long has it been since you've been to the dentist? Do we want to have these horrifying calls? Well, these people would be very rich. I mean, they'd be living in vulnerable clifftop houses, wouldn't they?

They would have saved so much money from not going to the dentist. 0800 The Hits, you can give us a call. You can text 24487. Can we beat seven years? Something tells me we can. I reckon we can. We'll do that next. Have you never, ever been to a dentist?

Oh, stop it. Surely there's something. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It was a big weekend right around the country. Everything from the Royal Games, Polyfest, the Backstreet Boys, Snoop Ben podcast. It was a big weekend right around the country. Everything from the Royal Games, Polyfest, the Backstreet Boys, Snoop Dogg. It was huge. But right now we're on to it.

That was the weekend. We're moved on, right? We're a show that likes to look forward, Ben, to the future. With some solid content this morning. You've been sentenced. You complete the sentence. It's been dot, dot, dot years

since I went to see the dentist. Met someone yesterday. Seven years. That's a long time. That's a remarkable amount of time. And looking at their mouth, smelling it. I put my nose in there just to. And it wasn't too bad.

It wasn't too, you know, halitosis-y. We used to work with a dentist as well, didn't we? A comedian and a dentist as well. The two don't usually go hand in hand. No, but he was very funny, but also would give us a lot of oral hygiene tips. Remember he drew diagrams. He came on the radio once

when we worked at the Rock radio station. He was horrified by some of the callers, people that were using their hair as floss. Yeah. Bogan Mullins. Oh, I can't pay for floss, so I just use my hair. He was like, I can't be bothered paying for floss.

Which, you know, it's a good alternative, isn't it not an option for me no well that's true you could pluck a couple out there and give it a go maybe we should do it on instagram yeah give it a go yeah uh let's get erica on welcome how are you good thanks how are you yeah good it's been dot dot dot years since you went to the dentist it's been 10 years since i went to the dentist? It's been 10 years since I went to the dentist. 10 years? How many teeth are we talking through right now? All of them. Full mouth.

Why? Why? Because it's expensive. I will admit, over the last year I've been saying, I need to go to the dentist. It's almost as good as I've been saying I need to go to the dentist it's almost as good

as going it's getting harder to go it is yeah well you're dead right though it's expensive

it is expensive but it does feel like something you should try and stay on top of but obviously you haven't so it'll be interesting

to know what they say when you turn up after 10 years yeah I've been wondering that too to be fair over the last 12 months they feel fine they look fine say when you turn up after 10 years? Yeah, I've been wondering that. And they'll be like, ooh. To be fair, the last 12 months. They feel fine.

They look fine. Yeah, good. They sound fine. I can't, you know, they're sounding top notch to me through the radio right now, Erica. Well, you go and look after your mouth. Have a great day. You know. Yeah, you would have saved a lot of money too, Erica, not going to the dentist as well.

Let's get Nick on from Christchurch. It's been how many years since you went to the dentist nick um 27 oh okay wow yeah um no i've just in general had good dental hygiene habit and i don't even have a filling in my mouth so yeah well could you have been to the dentist to give them a chance to put one in? Maybe it was all those lollies I never ate. I don't know. Hey, we'd love to chuck some of that. No, no, no, mate.

I've got to continue on. And so, do you think you should go? Well, I don't have any major issues going on or any pains or anything. Like toothaches. So, it's never really been on the priority list. I don't have any major issues going on or any pains or anything like toothpicks. So it's never really been on the priority list. Well, this is not what the dental industry wants to hear right now. Nine out of ten dentists not recommending Nick's regime.

But thank you very much, Martin. Now, you didn't think we could beat 27 years. No, surely not. Martin, come through from Whangarei. It's been how many years since you went to the dentist? The last time I went to the dentist was 1980. 1980. Well, that's a while ago. It was 40-something years ago. How many teeth have you lost, Martin? Most of them now. You're sounding a little gummy. Yeah yeah there's not many of them left and do you think you should like do you regret not going to the dentist or you're like no no

save some money oh i just never really thought about it you know never wanted to go. Never wanted to go? Didn't have any issues with me teeth. Well. Pull them out every now and again. You have to pull them out every now and again. No, yeah. Do you pull them out yourself, do you, Martin? Yeah, I just pull them out. With what, your hands?

With that. A pair of pliers. Oh, shit. Martin, wow. Far out. What a legend. Usually pretty bloody loose by then, anyway. This has been amazing.

Oh, Martin, you wouldn't get a more Kiwi battler than Martin and Fung, are they? Love it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, Jono and Ben. Congratulations to the Breakers who have made it into, well, they're already in the finals, have made it to all in the big final series against the Kings.

The big game is on Wednesday night this week. Exhilarating game last night, wasn't it? Watching it on telly, you went along. It was epic, epic to see them take it out to a huge crowd. Biggest crowd of basketball ever in New Zealand, which is cool. That's great. Well, go the Breakers and go basketball. Thanks, Jono. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilmar.

Yeah, thanks to our mates at Dilmar Tea. You can celebrate a special day and we reward people with a $100 prize pack and, well, one lucky person with a $100 prize pack and a Dilmar pack as well. Do you know if you were born on May 13th the day today you were likely conceived March 13 March 13 sorry uh you were likely conceived on August the 20th oh right it's always nice to acknowledge when your parents may have been fornicating yeah good to think about that isn't it as you mentioned earlier apple pie day today fruittail Day and Hummus Day. Yeah.

Which feels like there's a day, I mean, I love hummus. You do love hummus. Would you dedicate an international day to it? I don't think it needs its own day. I don't think Apple Pie needs its own day. Every day is Hummus Day in the boys' household. Yeah. Fraser, the TV show, ended in 2004.

That's a long time ago, actually. Yeah. Happy birthday to our Pats. Robert Pattinson. Pat on the back to him because he's celebrating his birthday. He was born in 1986, the guy from Twilight. Yes. Stevie Wonder as well.

Born in 1950. Happy birthday to Stevie Wonder today. Stephen Colbert, the US talk show host. He was born in 1964. And, of course, Taranaki's anniversary day today, as we mentioned before today. So enjoy a holiday if you're in that region this morning. And must acknowledge, too, Jim Jones,

American cult leader. Deadly cult leader. Happy birthday to him. I don't know who that is. You won't let me acknowledge Stalin. No. You won't let me acknowledge all these people at birthdays as well, just because they're monsters.

Okay, well, people close to the home, people that I want to acknowledge, shout out from Nick to his mum, Barbara. 65th birthday today, so happy birthday, Barbara. Good on you, well done. Big happy birthday to, oh God, I lost my place there. Sorry, Sarah and Brendan having a two-year anniversary. Got married during lockdown. Oh, wow.

And happy second-year anniversary to Grace and Alex Rowland-Jones this morning. Now we're going to go through to Joe, who's going to be today's winner for the $100 pack in the Dilmar tea, celebrating an anniversary. Hello. Joe or Mark? I'm going to have a guess.

I'm going to have a guess. Okay, well, you didn't even get me to play the game. Oh, man. I'm going to have a guess. I'm going to have a guess. Okay, well, you didn't even let me play the game. I'm going to lock in Mark. Well, you're wrong. Joe, good morning, Joe. It's John or Ben from the Hats. Hi. Now, you've got an important day today.

What's going on? It's our 32nd anniversary of going out. And also on Friday, it's my birthday. We've been married 27 years. Oh, congratulations. Oh, so you mark the date that you started dating. Yeah, we do. I do.

Yeah, well, that's your problem. You're chucking too many dates out there, Jo. Yeah, well, I only get one present. No, that's fine. But it's hard for Mark to remember all these things. Well, no, he remembers. Oh, you're funny. It sounds like he doesn't have a choice.

Yeah. Well, for your date of acknowledging the date you started dating, we are going to give you $100 in a Dilmar pack. Oh, that's fantastic. Thank you. You're very welcome. You can spend that on whatever you're doing on this anniversary that feels like... Oh, guess what? Nothing.

Rightfully so. It's a watery anniversary. Yeah, you had your anniversary a couple of days ago. But anyway, you can spend that on something else, another date night. Oh, cheers. Maybe we can acknowledge this moment right here next year. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

The day you won the Dilma date smart pack. That's wonderful. What's so great about Mark? Describe him in three words. He can do anything. Like if something's broken, he can fix it. He's always been there. He's always had my back. He's a been there. He's always had my back.

He's a great man. He's a great father, great husband. He's the best thing that ever happened to me. Oh, that's lovely. A bit more than three words. You definitely blew out your three-word limit. I've got tears in my eyes. You gave yourself a three-word limit.

You went way over it. But those are touching words but they are lovely so once she started doing the three words she's like I can't nail it in three words

I can't do it he's too special you're awesome well thank you so much for listening to the show and enjoy that $100 in the Dilmar tea prize pack

okay thank you the hits the Jono and Ben podcast it is the hits Jono and Ben on your Monday the 13th of March. Now

we just celebrated Dilmar dates, a little thing we like to do each day and we gave shout outs to people celebrities are having their birthday we reflected on what sort of day it was around the world and then we had a text come through, someone who's a big fan of Robert Pattinson from Twilight. We acknowledge

Robert's birthday today, happy birthday our Pats. Yeah and they said hey Robert Pattinson's birthday is not the 13's birthday today. Happy birthday, Pats. Yeah, and they said, hey, Robert Pattinson's birthday is not the 13th of March. It's the 13th of May. I'm like, oh, okay. But we gave him a birthday shout out. And we also said happy birthday to Stevie Wonder. Fraser, we said, ended on the 13th of March in 2004. We said it was apple pie day, fruit cocktail day, hummus day.

I even acknowledged Jim Jones, American cult leader. Yeah. Deadly cult leader. Earlier in the show, we gave shout outs to hits that were on this day as well, you know. And then we went through and went, oh, okay. Now, I don't want to point fingers and blame and stuff, but somebody had put some stuff down on our sheet saying that today was the day all these things were happening. But in fact, no.

May. May. May. So he's passive aggressively trying to say that this is all me. I should have fact checked. I should have fact checked. It is. And yeah, I might have acknowledged May 13th.

So none of that. It's not Rob Pattinson's birthday today. It's not Stevie Wonder's birthday today. It's not Stephen Colbert's today. It's not the day Frasier ended. It's not the co-leader's birthday either. No, no, it's not. It's not Rob Pattinson's birthday today. It's not Stevie Wonder's birthday today. It's not Stephen Colbert's today. It's not the day Frasier ended. It's not the Coal Leader's birthday either. No, no, it's not. It's not Apple Pie Day.

It's not Fruit Cocktail Day. It's not Hummus Day. All that is coming up in a few months in May. Well, at least we can remember it then, May 30. I think we're going to have the same conversation in May 30. Well, oh, wow, today. Oh, but then I'm looking at the birthdays today. Adam Clayton, the bassist from U2. Oh, yeah. I spiced it up, today. But then I'm looking at the birthdays today. Adam Clayton, the bassist from U2.

Oh, yeah. I spiced it up, mate. March 13 is far less exciting than May 13. That's what I found. So, listen, apologies. You don't come here for details, do you? It's not a show known for details. And to be honest, if we just moved on, no one would know.

99% of people go, oh, you know, buddy, our pet's birthday today. It's not. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Get out. The Hits. Five words for five pink tickets. Match all five words to see pink live in New Zealand in 2024. So rudely, rudely cut you off there because this is far more exciting

than whatever it is you had to say about the Oscars mate. I had some rich banter Have you ever seen, don't care mate, the Pink Summer Carnival World Tour coming to New Zealand where you've got your chance to win five five tickets to Pink that's five tickets to Pink when we play

five words at the moment so the money will go up like usual and then when you get to $500, if you get that far, you'll make the call. Do you want to play for five pink tickets, or do you want to take your $500? The Samba Carnival Tour for Pink is going to be in Dunedin and Auckland happening March next year. Oh, we were there over the weekend.

Palmerston North, Michelle, come on down. Hello. How are you? Did we meet in Palmerston North? No, come on down. Hello. How are you? Did we meet in Palmerston North? No, I don't think we did. I had quite a quiet weekend at home. Well, you could have come and seen us. Could have come and seen us.

That's fine, Michelle. I saw your photos that you'd been there after you'd been there. I was like, oh, no. A little bit more convincing things, Michelle. Oh, no. Oh, no. I could have, but I didn't. You waited until we left, and then, yeah, I see.

It seemed like a convenient excuse, but anyway. And, Michelle, your cash or pink tickets, wonderful prize up for grabs. You do need to match five words with one of us, though. Who are you going to send away to do some solitary confinement in the soundproof booth? Jono. Okay. He'll head away there.

Of course, we had a winner on Friday for our game five words. Jono is inside the soundproof booth? Jono. Okay. He'll head away there. Of course, we had a winner on Friday for our Game 5 words. Jono is inside the soundproof booth right now, Michelle. So what pops into your head when I say left? Right. Left, right. Nerf. N-E-R-F. Nerf is the second word.

Gun. Nerf gun. We're matching 100% at the moment, you and me, Michelle. Academy. Academyf gun. We're matching 100% at the moment, you and me, Michelle. Academy. Academy. Awards. Awards with an S, yep. Website is word number four.

Website. Internet. Internet. And pod. P-O-D. Pod is the last word this morning. Pod. Cast. Podcast. Internet. And pod, P-O-D, pod is the last word this morning. Pod. Cast.

Podcast, yeah. Hey, I think you and I, in my head, I match up pretty well with you, but we'll find out how Jono goes. We'll get him out of the soundproof booth and we'll see how we go. Now, if you win these pink tickets, I don't want to see them turning up on some online auction site where you've conveniently double booked yourself and you've got another event on, okay? Okay, I got you.

But you can sell them to me in an alleyway. Alright, let's get it done. Word one, $25 cash. A $25 word I said to Michelle, left. Left? Right? Yeah, that would be right.

So well done, Michelle. I'm presuming you want to go through for $50, risk it all? Yes, please. Let's go. Word two, $50 cash. Nerf, N-E-R-F. Nerf gun. Yes.

Jeez, those Nerf bullets, they're the bane of my life. The dog eats them and then they come out the back end. Oh, jeez. Loves Nerf bullets. and they love Nerf bullets. Loves eating Nerf bullets. All right, Michelle, do you want to risk it all for $100? Yes, please. Word three, $100 cash.

Academy. Academy. Award. Oh, no. What? Awards. Oh, Michelle. Academy Award, I guess. Yeah, award, no. What? Awards. Oh, Michelle. Academy Award, I guess.

Yeah, award, awards. I'm sorry, mate. Ah, gaffer. You were thinking along the same lines. Let's quickly roll through the last couple. Website. What did I say? Website.

Internet. Ah, don't tell me. Pod. Pod. Cast. Oh. Pod. Cast. Oh! Michelle! One letter.

Oh, no, you're going to have to ring back and play again. I know you're a speech language therapist. Is there any language you'd like to use now? Let's not use that live on the radio. I'm so sorry, Michelle. It means someone else has a chance tomorrow morning to play for those five pink tickets. Doesn't get any closer. Jeez.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thursday, a lot of schools are going on strike, teachers going on strike around the country, primary and secondary schools. Yep. Well, they were demanding more pay, are they? Yeah. Fair enough. Which seems fair enough at the moment.

So I imagine a lot of parents around the country having to try and work out what's going to happen on Thursday all of a sudden, right? Leave them in the car, in the car park. Yeah. That's always a great option we find, don't we? Well. Go to the casino, get upstairs for an hour or two. Don't do that. But, you know, it's terrible that these doctors, nurses, teachers, firefighters,

people who really do deserve to get paid fairly for what they do, considering the contribution they make to society, Benny. Yeah, you're right. I mean, you look at what is this? I know. What is this we're doing? I know, exactly. Like really in the grand scheme of, you know.

Yeah, you're right. You're right. So, yeah, all the best to them this week. I know that probably the last thing they want to do is not be there you know to but you know having to take those drastic steps yeah my mate actually he's a university teacher and um he's a lecturer there and uh he told me a story he's like it's an embarrassing story so please don't use my name or where i work because obviously i feel really bad about this but it's just one of those things when you say a saying and then you're like oh god this has turned out really bad okay well let's hear John's

story from Otago University it's not John from Otago University something he says he says he'll use from time to time he has these little catchphrases he'll use in his you know I imagine like all sort of teachers around the country we use and one of them he says is you know the old classic from our childhood you would have said it like oh what's wrong with your legs you know if someone asked you to do something that's one of the things that you will reply you probably already know where this is potentially going yeah your legs painted on yeah yeah he has painted on your eyes for christmas all those sort of things are things that back in the day he used to say and so because he said a lot of the kids will uh you know well well, they'll use him to basically run errands.

They'll be like, oh, you're going past the office there. Can you take this in? You know, that sort of thing in the class. And we're like, well, what's wrong with your legs sort of thing? You can take it away. And he got to the end of a lecture. Please tell me this is going where I think it's going. He got to the end of a lecture the other day.

He was like, he ran out of dismiss. He was looking down at his computer doing some stuff while everyone was leaving. And then someone went, oh, hang on. Can you just take this book? He was looking down at his computer doing some stuff while everyone was leaving. And then someone went, oh, hang on. Can you just take this book? Can you take this book up the top, back to the top of the lecture theater? Because I've taken someone's book by mistake. He didn't even look up.

Just said, Bob, what's wrong with your legs? And then he heard, I'm in a wheelchair. And looked up. And he was like, oh, no. And it was someone who had been in this class for a wheelchair. And looked up and he was like, oh, no. And it was someone who, you know, had been in this class for a while and was pretty good about it. You know, the fact that he's like, he'd heard him say it before and realised it wasn't something that he meant it. But when you look up.

But imagine if he doubled down on it. He's like, yeah, exactly. What's wrong with your legs? Oh, God. You get up there and do it. He's like, oh, I am so sorry. It was just mortified. That's not the funny side of it, fortunately.

And I mean, now that student has a lifetime worth of deliveries owed to him from your friend. I'll drop anything off. Whatever you want. I'll wheel you anywhere. What do you want to do? I'll take it. Take it anywhere. Take it anywhere.

So yeah, just be, yeah. Anyway, you know, the sayings you use, you don't even think they can backfire. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Epic weekend right around the country, the rural games. We were there in Palmerston North. There was Snoop Dogg, Backstreet Boys, My Chemical Romance, The Breakers last night they won. So, yeah, pretty epic weekend.

Zoe Hobbs too, she smashed a bloody record for sprinting. Huge, almost too much going on in our cash and car. We could spread that out over six months, that news. Yeah, cash and car back this morning. And there was Cash Keeper Joel, pretty big clue on Friday. Yeah, there was a clue. I can read it out now as well if you want. You can head over to the iHeartRadio NZ page on Facebook

and Instagram and check it out. But there's an iconic location in Dunedin. It's a photo of that. And you say, minus 200 gives you two more of my digits every clue we're both like oh I have no idea what that means all right so if someone does tell us how much loot is in the boots we'll head to Auckland Brenda you are on New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? Brenda. Yep.

How's it going, mate? I'm good. How are you guys? Yeah, now, we're doing really well. I had a dream last night that it was one this week. Ooh. Well, fingers crossed for this morning's 8 o'clock game. Yeah, you've got an adorable Scottish accent there, Brenda.

It's not. It's a Yorkshire accent, actually. It's not Scottish, but don't worry. I get that all the time. Just say racist and then... That'll take the air out of the conversation. Brenda, what do you do for a job? I'm a healthcare assistant in an urgent care clinic. Yeah.

I do like wounds and plasters, casts and things like that. I do like your accent, it's good. It is great, I love that Scottish accent. What is the grimmest thing you've seen in your job? Oh, jeez. Well, I used to work down at the youth prison doing the same thing. So yeah, just in a gunshot wound were a pretty good one. Oh, jeez. Yeah, you poor thing. So yeah, just in a gunshot wound were a pretty good one.

Yes! Yeah, you poor thing. Well, Liz, you keep up the great work. You keep up the great work and we're going to hand you over to Producer Joel to have a guess how much money is in the boot of the Škoda. Okay, thank you. How much money do you reckon is in the back of the Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo, Brenda? Yep, so I think there

is $20,460.25. It looks like you've been following the clue. Did you get the clue on Friday? Yep. Yeah, by the looks of things, you have been following along with the clue. Please don't, you're making me nervous. $20,460.25

Yep I'm sorry Brenda That is not the amount of money In the back of the Shkoda However I can say though That the total amount of money Is lower than your guess

Okay Jeez he bloody revels in it I know He's like smiling as he's like Come on mate Poor Scottish Brenda You're dragging out The prize reveal

Hey Brenda you go and keep up the great work Alright Thanks guys The hits the Jono and Ben podcast Oscars taking place today about 1 o'clock New Zealand time you can catch all the action From the Academy Awards. Now, there are these age-old debates when it comes to relationships

that couples face throughout their careers, how to stack the dishwasher properly. Which way does the toilet roll face? Yeah, true. Is that a big one? Those are big debates. What's an appropriate number of Heinekens to have on a Tuesday night? You know, the age-old debates.

But one thing that Jay, gem of a wife and me where we can't agree on is the appropriate temperature. Particularly in the car. Right. She runs very cold. She likes a hot 24, 25 degree temperature in the car. Right.

Whereas I'm down, as low as it can go. Blast that arctic cold air on me. And we can't when travelling together there's no happy medium yeah you need one of those cars which I don't have

but I think there is cars that can do separate you know separate ones so you can blast out that and they can have the other one and you'd be happy

with your arctic temperatures although in the middle surely there's where that kind of merges and makes the car it becomes a weird hybrid of hot and cold air.

Yeah. I, yeah, because I went out to pick something up. She was waiting in the car, got back in, and then about 10 minutes into the drive, I was feeling quite sweaty. You know, when you get a sweat on, when you're anxious, like when we asked producer Joel to do something, he says, no dramas. It makes me very sweaty and anxious. And she'd snuck up to to 24 without even acknowledge you know

she had a smile on her face i imagine those are snoozy conditions for you too i mean you don't want me sleepy at the wheel no so i would say going with you in a car maybe it does need to be quite arctic cold and i like it blowing hard i like it you know at home every door and windows open to the point where there's like a wind gust through the household. You like that? Yeah, blows all the certificates and stuff off the fridge, the magnets and things. But I've done some research. Right.

And I've discovered what is the ideal temperature for every human being. Now, you can have a stab. It's probably running. Our building's air con is actually. Run out of Australia. Australia. We've got the bloody Aussies running our air con The cons are running our air con

Yeah But yeah that's actually a true story For some reason we went to try and turn up the air con the other day And they're like nah can't do that mate run out of Australia You're going to have to call Australia Which makes perfect sense that you'd have your air con run out of Australia Seems to make no sense at all to me So what are you talking about?

You're talking Celsius? Yeah, degrees Celsius. What's the perfect temperature? I'll go 21. 21. Okay, you can text 4487. I've done some in-depth research. Am I higher or lower?

Now, what are you, air temperature Jono? What is it, higher or lower? I would say you- There's a big clue on the Hits Instagram breakfast. Yeah, you're getting, if we're going to play a game of hot and cold, you're getting warm. Ooh. The ideal temperature, and we'll reveal it next and solve this age-old debate.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. As Kiwi as yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. Jono and Ben. Yeah, nah. On the Hits.

What is the right temperature? Did you want to know? 22 degrees. 22 degrees? The official right temperature. And well done to all those people who text in, you win absolutely nothing. But thank you for participating.

Not quite as cool as cash and car, which will be back at 11 o'clock this morning. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. And thanks so much to Dilmar T, who have jumped on board our show at the moment. Dilmar's tea hand-picked and packed at the source to lock in freshness.

That's the Dilmar difference. Yeah, do try it. We're in Palmerston North. We were there for the Royal Games over the weekend, which was awesome. And we're giving away a hot cuppa in the cafe, Cafe Cuba. Yeah, and we spoke to the barista afterwards because Chanel is her name and obviously making what she makes

every morning and a very interesting fact about her job, have a listen with Chanel who's been doing a wonderful job all morning of baristering baristerising yeah making coffee but you don't drink coffee. No I don't drink it but I make a good coffee. Is that because you make so much of it or you're just not a coffee person? Just don't like the taste of it. There's a lot of irony, there's a lot of irony Chanel. Yep, just by the look of it, the look of the shot, timing of the shot, texture and everything. So that's how you know it's a good coffee. I guess you're not going to try everyone's coffee. But how did you know at the first that you were making good coffees?

Good compliments from customers. How much would I have to pay you to have a coffee? Oh no. $50,000. Oh maybe for $50,000. Doesn't matter mate We're Dilmar tea anyway, mate. We're Dilmar tea all day. At least the sip counts, but I could not drink a whole coffee. We just gave you some Dilmar tea as well. Yeah, it was beautiful. Thank you. Do try it. Yes, definitely.

There you go, Chanel. Crazy. And, you know, employing the first rule of narcotics, Diggling. Never get high on your own supply. I am, well, true. Interesting that you can make coffee the devil's drink compared to tea

yes exactly challenged us to have a tea in the morning Satan's tar they call coffee I think but she doesn't even drink it she's never drunk it it's really impressive so what you want to open up this morning on 0800 THE HITS 4487

what are you not participating in? we'll hand out some non-participation awards. So you're thinking in particular maybe your job is doing something but maybe you're not. Maybe not for you which is fine. You can still work in that job. You could drive home in silence. I do drive home in silence. You don't listen to the radio.

That's the prime time. Radio is built on the backbone of radio. You've got to get your kids into it otherwise they won't. I listen to the radio in my head. But it would be like Chloe Swarbrick from the Green Party sending out one message and going home

and driving a big old dirty diesel truck lighting coal to keep herself warm maybe you work at KFC but you don't eat chicken

maybe you're a butcher and you're a vegetarian I don't know how many more scenarios I can chuck out it's not my phone a topic. 100 The Hits, 4487. We'll see if we can find some Dilmar packs to give away as well

for our favourite callers. Next on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. After a big weekend, you mentioned before, Backstreet Boys, Snoop Dogg, My Chemical Romance, just some of the many, many events right around the country. Too many events. It was.

It was a lot going on, wasn't it? Spread out the events, guys. But right now on the many, many events right around the country. Too many events. It was. There was a lot going on, wasn't there? Spread out the events, guys. Yeah. But right now on the phone, we're talking to people for non-participation awards. Are you in a line of work and you don't actually engage off-premises in what you're dealing? Like Colonel Sanders, if he came out and said, chicken's not for me. Yeah. Oh, well.

Yeah, you are. I've been peddling that for me. Oh, well. Yeah, you are. You've been peddling that for hundreds of years, Colonel. We'll get Leon. Welcome. How are you in Auckland? All right? Yeah, I'm good. I was a keg driver.

You were a what? Sorry, a keg driver? Yes. You know the beer kegs? Oh, yeah. I used to deliver those around all the pubs, and I don't drink beer. Well, that's probably a good thing. Because if you had that temptation on the back of your truck every day.

Yeah. Yeah. No, I never liked it. I tried it once, didn't like it, so I never tried it again. But you're happy delivering it. Yeah. That's interesting, Lee. Hey, thank you very much.

What do they get? I feel like if you worked for a beer company, that's all they'd give you for Christmas, free beer. I was actually working for a wholesaler that did other stuff, and the beer kegs were part of their inventory. Well, I tell you what, you were part of our inventory. Okay, we love you, Lee. Thank you.

Thank you. You didn't know how to take that, did you? I just threw him a little bit, but that's all right. Good on you, Lee. Have a great day. Thank you. We'll go to Amber. How are you in Christchurch, Amber? Alright?

Yeah, I'm good, thanks. How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing really well. It's great to have you on. What are you not engaging in? Non-participation? Well, it's actually my dad, but he's a milkman, so he delivers milk, and he is a vegan. That's interesting, too, because

what turned him vegan? He was already lactose intolerant And then he had some medical issues So he just decided to stop eating meat too Oh well good on him There you go I don't think milk agrees with me Sometimes we sit in here after the show

If we've had a milky hot drink And all of our stomachs are going Why? It's because you don't eat though Your stomach's just crying out for food But I think it's the milk too Yeah good on you Amber Appreciate your time all of our stomachs are going, wow. It's because you don't eat, though. Your stomach's just crying out for food. But I think it's the milk, too. Yeah.

Yeah, good on you, Amber. Appreciate your time. You go and look after yourself in Christchurch. Yeah, I will do. Thank you. Someone's texting. 4487, I work for a credit card company, and I've never owned a credit card.

Wow. Interesting. Olivia, you're on. Welcome. Hi. What are your non-participation awards for? I have a bee allergy and I had a summer job in a honey shop. You're kind of getting a win over the bees though, aren't you?

You know, once you're peddling their wares. Well, my main job was ice cream mating, but I had everyone asking me, oh, what's this honey taste like? And the reaction when I said if I knew, I'd be dead. Oh, so you can't actually eat the honey? So the company that I was working for sell nectarine honey, which has got bee venom added into this particular honey. So, yeah, I can't eat that honey.

What happens if you get stung? Do you die? I'm anaphylactic, yes. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez. Yeah, my mum's a beekeeper there, so I kind of just got the summer job. But I used to go and look at the bee displays, everything, and just not actually eat the honey.

There we go. Well, thank you very much, Olivia. That's wonderful. Another text here, 4487. I inseminate cows, but I'm a vegan. Oh, okay. You don't know how to take that either. No, no.

Like when I said I love you to leave. Yeah, I don't know how to. Oh, okay, yeah. How much insemination banter do you want at 8.30? Maybe we'll just get moving on.