Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: What Is Your Wacky Sandwich Combo?

Episode Date: March 27, 2023

We talk weird sandwich flavours Lavar Ball the father of 3 NBA players is on! Ben is nervous! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome, this is the Jono and Ben podcast, thanks to Challenge Petrol Service Stations. Fresh off the show, we kicked into a topic that really captured the hearts and imaginations of Aotearoa. Yeah, didn't we just? Shocking sandwich combinations, and they're still rolling through on the text machine here, 4487. Sardines and maple syrup and bread. Sardines and maple syrup and bread sardines and maple syrup oh it's the it is the combo i know we asked for shocking combinations but it is things that shouldn't work together and i think maybe they don't but people are saying they do that's what this text was all about i

mean how low does your life get where you're like i'm gonna have to try maple syrup with sardines yeah yeah it feels like we've come home at 3am. We've come home at 3am. Or it's a radio prank. Yeah. One of the two. But yeah, some other ones that I'm just looking through here on the text machine. Another one here too. Another maple syrup. Maple syrup seems like a very popular condiment to accompany other flavours.

Maple syrup and lettuce. Sugar and... Yeah. Accompanied with a little bit of health. Now we had some uh really really shocking ones uh you'll hear today on the podcast uh when it comes to sandwiches they just keep rolling through didn't they they do yeah uh just going through the text machine here sorry as we uh live scroll here uh another got golden syrup and tomato tomatoes sandwiches golden syrup so the thicker

oh yeah that kind of would work, I guess. Jelly. We're going to talk to a lady who puts jelly, not the jelly, but jelly crystals as an accompaniment in a sandwich as well. What's the most adventurous sandwich you've had? Okay, we're not going to beat those. No. If you're going to make a beautiful Ben Boy sandwich today, how are you going to impress me? Well, I'd just impress it. Well, I'm

probably would just be some sort of whether it's some sort of like chicken or something like that, maybe with some lettuce and tomatoes, some cheese, maybe a bit of mayo, maybe a little bit of relish in there as well. Are you putting in some bacon for me? I could put bacon and chicken

or I could put just the bacon in there. But don't say, oh, avocado, put bacon in there, or bacon and chicken, or I could put just the bacon in there, you know? But not say, oh, avocado, put that in there, you know? Oh, yes. Don't have to have the meat in there, though. Sometimes it's just like the without meat sandwiches. Oh, well, that's not impressive. Okay. Well, I'm just trying to impress you.

I'm demanding more meat, so you're saying don't have the meat. No, I'm just saying I'll give you some options. What would you like? I used to go to this sandwich shop, and they were adorable. There was this lovely elderly couple. You might have been there, too. I know the one you're talking about and they were so sweet

they were in this mall but their pricing was all off it was like three dollars all sandwiches any sandwiches unlimited filling and it was like a subway but they would fill

it all up in front of you it was like three bucks and you'd go in there and people were just taking it I would I was like all the meats

ham, chicken, bacon chuck it all in there yeah scrambled eggs whatever they had all sorts whatever people would just be like I would. I would. I was like, all the meats. Ham, chicken, bacon, chuck it all in there. Yeah. Scrambled eggs, whatever. They had all sorts. Creeped, whatever. People would just be like. And the poor lady would go to Countdown every morning and pick up this, like, literally

buy them at retail price, the bread, all the ingredients. And everyone would just come in there and just, that sandwich shop didn't last long. But, jeez, it was amazing what it did. Yes. Well, sorry. they were a beautiful couple that's all I wanted to say why don't you ran them out of town their business

screwed the mum and pop shop out of business didn't you just so you got the sandwich combinations today on the podcast as well as Harry Styles he's passionate with someone and it's all been seen all over the internet we talked to our Hollywood insider about that today on the podcast the hits the Jono and Ben podcast we've got Jono and Ben daylight saving Oh, and it's all been seen all over the internet. We talked to our Hollywood insider about that today on the podcast.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We've got Jono and Ben. Daylight savings. This weekend, the sun's taking a little longer to get up in the morning. It's a little darker now. Fewer daylight hours, longer nights, and the clocks, of course, go back this weekend.

Feel a little bit of pinch in the air. Yeah. Don't you? Just a little pinch. I've got shorts on, but I'm feeling these white pasty legs of mine. I can feel the elements. You're still riding with shorts, aren't you? Yeah, I am. pinch. I've got shorts on, but I'm feeling these white pasty legs of mine. They can feel the elements. You're still riding with shorts, aren't you? Yeah, I am.

I don't know why. I'm not really. Producer Joel, actually, if we can bring you, and I know we don't like to usually, tarnishes this good show, doesn't he? I know, exactly. But you shorts all year round. I'll be going, yeah, no jeans 2023 this year. Some people are like that, don't they?

They can really ride it out. Yeah. There's some hardened people in the South. Totally. Yeah, definitely. Jandals and shorts in the middle of July. Yeah. Wild stuff.

Hey, I went to buy a bag for my son. He's a school bag. Jeez, they lug around a lot of books. Yeah, I know. Honestly, it's about 15 kgs worth of weight hanging off their back. Yeah, you pick up sometimes the kids' bags, you go, wow. And sometimes they've got a laptop or a Chromebook in there as well. And, oh, lunch boxes, drink bottles, a back. Yeah, you pick up sometimes the kids' bags, you're like, wow, you know, and sometimes they've got a laptop or a Chromebook in there as well, and oh, lunchboxes, drink bottles, a lot, eh? Yeah.

It feels like at least five to seven kgs heavier than when I was at school. Yeah. Anyway, this bag, the strap had ripped, so I had to go get a new bag, but I went into the bag shop, and the wonderful assistant behind the counter, she, we went through with the transaction,

and she was like, would you like a bag for your bag? And we both sat there and went, hmm, this is an interesting proposition here. Because generally, I guess you wouldn't need it, but if it is a gift or something, you know, if not for you, maybe you feel like you should put a bag inside. I could tell she was questioning, do you need a bag for a bag? Yeah.

And we both, we banded about it for a little bit. And I was like, well, it seems like a waste of a bag. Yeah. Because I can just put this thing on my back. You can to carry it around, can't you? So we both just, we collectively decided, listen, there's no point of putting a bag inside another bag to walk out of a shop. No, but yeah.

But I guess it's one of those things that they probably have to have bags for their bags, wouldn't they? Yeah, there are things in life where you're like, I go to Bunnings and I'm like, well, did Bunnings have to go to Bunnings to build this Bunnings? Ooh, cheers, you're getting deep on a Tuesday from me there. Is that too deep? Yeah, well, it's quite deep. I love it how Bunnings go to a Bunnings to build a Bunnings,

you're like, too deep for me, mate. Well, the first Bunnings, I mean, how Bunnings go to a Bunnings to build a Bunnings. You're not too deep for me, mate. Well, the first Bunnings. I mean, how did that happen then? They must have had to go to Mitre T Mega. I bet they did. That's for sure. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Really interesting debate going on in the States at the moment

because a Florida principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained about their sixth graders learning about the Statue of David. principal has been forced to resign after a parent complained about their sixth graders learning about the statue of David. They're looking at art and all of a sudden the famous Michelangelo statue, which is obviously, everything's all out there. A parent has complained the principal's lost his job over it. Some other parents have said, hey, it'd be nice to know in future if they were saying it's pornographic material. So interesting, eh? I mean, it's a real fascinating

debate. I really feel sorry for David. Well, yeah. You know, in terms of he wasn't, the conditions maybe the air con was on when Michelangelo was chiseling away there. And I mean, no one knows apart from Michelangelo and David.

Right? So David could go, can we chuck a couple of extra centimetres on? And I mean, no one knows apart from Michelangelo and David, right? So David could go, can we chuck a couple of extra centimetres on? No one's going to know Michelangelo. Yeah, when he came to have a look, he goes, yeah, I've done it. And look, you'd be like, oh, Mikey, Mikey. I thought, you've got to help me out. He's like, yeah, I was helping you out. Mate, can we just, just a bit, yeah.

And I'm sure David David was probably like oh my mate Mike just wants to chisel me he's you know he's an up and coming artist yeah no worries I'm sure he didn't realise how important it was

going to be this statue throughout history yeah and how many people would see yeah no one's going to see it it'll be fine and now he's like

what still going still what people still coming imagine having your finest imagine having going through your photo stream, me just picking a random photo of you with everything out, okay? And then that would live in museums.

Why do I have that in my photo stream? I don't think you can go through my, you know, I don't have a single photo like that. I definitely am. I'm very similar to David, that's for sure. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I reckon tonight's going to be the coldest night of the year so far. Minus one tonight in Alexandra, which is going to be very, very cold.

Well, that's how the months work. The seasons work, Ben. And we had a great summer, didn't we? That's the main thing. We felt fully satisfied. Yeah, nah, yeah. Fun game we play where Producer Joel grabs three moments from a particular year and we have to

try and figure out what the year is and if we don't do it correctly we bring the greatest of shame upon our families don't we been yes we can we get home we can't look them in the eyes they're like i heard that thing you got the year wrong now joel harrison been spending at least three minutes preparing this we are we drew another big one we drew another big one and you guys should get this this is back in your your whippersnapper your prime days all right uh it was when eminem dusty old withered days now back in the yeah back in the yeah the record days but um eminem released uh lose yourself in this year great movie eight mile right yeah okay okay so that wasn't his first album though was it Great movie, 8 Mile, right?

Yeah Okay, okay So that wasn't his first album though, was it? No This is like two or three Yeah Okay, yep Okay Also, Spider-Man came out that year

He saved my life twice And I've never even seen his face Is this original the OG Spider-Man? I don't know, but it was It was Spider-Man 1 it was called. Yeah, Tobey Maguire. That was it. Okay, I'm teetering at this stage around 2010-y.

Around 2010. Okay, what else have we got? Kiwi, almost legend, you'd say Julian Dennison was born in this year. So I'm 15. Right. And it's R16 in New Zealand. So who's he talking to there? He's talking to Jimmy Kimmel.

And he's 15 there. Is that just to throw us off? 2013. 2013. He was born in 2013, you think? I'm going to say. Well, Julian was born. Are you saying.

I said that this is the year that Julian Denison was born. Not that he was on Jimmy Kimmel. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. So lose yourself. Spider-Man. Julian Denison was born.

Another one for you, Kelly Clarkson won American Idol. Jeez, okay. So, I reckon, let's see. I'm going to go 2000 and... Julian Dennison. I'm trying to work back how old he is now. Yeah, I was just going to say... I was saying he'd be 24 now.

Yeah. He's 24. Julian Dennison. say. I was going to say he'd be 24 now. Yeah. He's 24. Junior Denison. Yeah. Yeah. Is he? Is he not? Well, it feels like he's been around for a while, but I think he started very young.

He's pretty young. I think he's. Oh. Well, you can't. Yeah. I can't say how old he is. I'm going to go. 2001.

2001? 2006. 2006. I'll give you one last clue It's the year the Vodafone Warriors Made it to the grand final And lost as well 2009

2009? I don't know the history of the Warriors You were at the game Ben Boyce I'm pretty sure Oh 2000 What? Was that 2002?

People are listening to the screaming At the radio right now 2002 2002 is correct. Well done. But I like, Producer Joel takes a very high and mighty angle of this. He's like,

oh, scoffing away. He's like, mate, you're the only one who knows the answer. Come on, mate. Everyone knows that.

Jeez. Okay, next. A little shocking at that. I don't know if we'll be back, to be honest. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. honest. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's The Hits, the Jono and Ben, 6.34 on your Tuesday.

He's the CEO of Sports Apparel Company, Big Baller Brand. He's here in New Zealand. He's running basketball camps in Wellington, Auckland. There's pop-up shops. There's a three-on-three tournament. There's a whole lot more happening to promote Big Baller Brand while he's in the country. He's a very-on-three tournament. There's a whole lot more happening to promote Big Baller brand while he's in the country. He's a very successful sports person himself, and all three of his sons have played in the NBA, which is incredible.

He joins us in the studio right now. LeVar Ball, great to have you here. Hey, thank you, man. It's good to be here. Jeez, we got you up early, haven't we? No, man. I didn't go to sleep. I stay up.

Do you? You look like one of those people who works really hard, doesn't get any sleep, is always on. Well, it's just who I am, man. I ain't going to say I work hard. It's just what I do. Now, you've got three sons in the NBA. Yes.

What does it take? What's the commitment? I say the commitment is just backing your kids, regardless of what they're doing. So, you know, I had them. That's what I do with them. Well, what was it like growing up? You know, because obviously you helped, you know, train them.

You played a lot of basketball in the backyard, I would imagine. What was it like? What was those? It's just super fun. Yeah. Like I said, anytime you can invest in your kids, it's not like work or training like that. It's just, you know, something we did.

And I had fun doing it. You must be proud to see all your sons. That's what people say, man, but I've been proud when they came out the womb. It ain't like they got successful in the NBA. I'm like, man, I'm really proud of y'all. I've been proud since they was born, man. It ain't never changed. Oh, very cool.

And you come over to New Zealand right now. A big baller brand as well. Tell us about that because some people on the hits may not have heard the brand. Right, right. The big baller brand is over here, man. Like I people on the the hits may not may not have heard the brand right the big baller brand is over here man like i said i want to be one of the biggest brands in the world the only way you could do that is be global so we over here we just came from australia and now we're over here in new zealand came to the we went to the warriors the league the league game what was that like yes man it was wild man you're like where's the pads and helmets yeah yeah man yeah. Man, that's crazy.

Hey, them bad boys. If I ever played that game, I'd never be tackled because I wouldn't hold that ball. Oh, man. No pads. Oh, my God. I met a guy the other day. I guess he played in the league a while back. Man, I've never seen a neck that big on the league.

Yeah, they got big necks. You're right. Man, their necks is huge. And a lot of neck tattoos as well in there. Yeah, man. They look like a leg on his shoulder. Good Lord. Now, getting into the NBA, how difficult is it?

Man, I think it's so difficult. But when people look at me, it looks easy because I've got three boys. You're talking about trying to get a job, and there's only 450 of those in the world. Wow. And, you know, three of my boys. That's incredible. People be's only 450 of those in the world. And you know, three of them are boys. That's incredible. So people would be like, man, this thing is easy. I guess you could just, let's go to the NBA. Shoot.

Was it basketball every day for the boys growing up? No, they played all sports. They played a little baseball. They played a little football. What made them really follow basketball, like I said, for me picking my wife, they was going to do that. They played football very good at that, but I let them play flag football, no contact stuff.

But then the baseball, they said, nah, it's too boring. If you're not hitting the pitching, it's not good. It's like cricket. I like cricket, yeah. Maybe don't watch cricket. If you think baseball's boring, cricket's a whole nother. Cricket can sometimes take five days. They have games that take five days.

Five days? Yeah. And then they end up in a draw. Oh no, I definitely want to... Oh no. Yeah, yeah. A big waste of your life. What's your advice to,

if there's young people listening, I know a lot of parents have kids playing basketball, what's your advice for them to succeed in the sport? For them to succeed in the sport, I feel that it has to be a pride thing and it can't be like work to them. It's just got to be something that they do because it's so difficult.

You know, everybody's not going pro. And what you can't do is put the carriage in front of that horse. You got to do one thing at a time. It's not like my boys got to the NBA and was special. It was special when they was little. Like the Leagues leagues we played in, Mello was in kindergarten,

Jello was second grade, Lonzo was third grade. And we were playing seventh and eighth graders. So these guys are 13, 14 years old. Wow. That's the type of thing. It's just like people are, some of these kids I see that are 10 and 11.

And I'm like, Mello was playing at 11 years old, 17U, the highest division, platinum. Really? At that age? At 11. Wow. And Lonzo was only 14.

So he's 11 years old and he's playing 17? Yes. Wow. That's what I'm saying. You got to do stuff like that to have a chance to go pro. That dude,

you got to be that dude early. Yeah, right. What if you're not that dude like me and you're already past that stage? Is there any hope for us? Not NBA, but just in life in general. I'm definitely not the big baller brand.

I'm more small baller brand. Hey, you guys got to be big ballers. Y'all got me on here. Come on, man. Y'all big ballers, man. We got the same company, baby. We got a couple of small balls in right there. Depending on the temperature of the room, it depends on what.

Right now it's room temperature. That's all right. Now, there's some training camps here as well. You've got Wellington, Auckland, which is really cool. You know some kids. That's great, man. Like I said, I love that type of atmosphere. And any time you can get in an environment where kids are smiling

and having a good time, that's just me I love that type of situation. So if people want to get along to it, where can they go LeVar? They go to theballiverse.com and register man so it's going to be a good thing, just head over there and shoot, it is what it is, come on down. Congratulations on

all of your success and the family's success as well and thanks for coming down to New Zealand. Man, I appreciate you guys, man. And thank you guys for having me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben, celebrate your special date with Dilma. I really enjoy doing this every day on the show where we give shout-outs to people who are celebrating a special day

and also look at why today is important. Yeah, and today, the 28th of March, Little Pampered Dog Day, Ben, where you can acknowledge all the little pampered dogs, the ones carried around in handbags, taken to beauty salons. There's a day for everything, isn't there? Dressed up like Disney characters. What's the most pampering thing you do to your dog? I mean, your dog, Bo, goes to doggy daycare.

And gets a groom. Gets a school report every year. Yeah, he does. So that's probably the most pamper he gets a medal for the photo he's never bought the medal home

I feel like it's the same medal for all the dogs the dogs aren't winning a medal maybe for the loudest barker or the most frisky

but yeah he's quite frisky isn't he he can be frisky he's a fertile guy Milo my dog just massaged all the time

I just find myself just massaging the dog if I got massaged as much as that I just find myself just massaging the dog. If I got massaged as much as that, jeez, I'd be a relaxed human being. Also today, we must acknowledge Lizzo's birthday. 1988, Lizzo was born. Yeah, coming to New Zealand in just a few months' time,

which is going to be incredible. Did you know she dropped out of college and she was a bit lost in life? She didn't know what direction she wanted to go in. So she took a vow of silence. Really? For three months. Wow. And apparently put a huge strain on her relationship with her mother.

I could imagine. I was like, why is Lizzo not talking to me? Yeah. But yeah, Lizzo, legend. Love her. Let's head to the iPod. Apple iPod released on this day as well. Now, Ben, you were very nervous at the best of times.

But when your iPod was taken at a party and plugged in. Oh, yeah, someone's got an iPod, we'll put it on and be like, oh, not my iPod, because it's just such a wide range of stuff. And, you know, it was before you had kids and you couldn't blame the music on the kids. That's when I was a Wiggles fan, and, you know, they're like, you don't have kids. All your deepest, darkest secrets were exposed at a party

when your iPod songs played out. Happy birthday, though, today to people close to the home. To Murphy, Dirty, today, happy birthday. Micah, it's your fifth birthday. You know that. Micah Layden, happy, oh, starting school. Big day, Micah. How cool is that?

Congratulations to Tina and Daryl. Their college sweethearts are now married for 25 years. Oh, well done, Rose. Although in those situations, do you wonder if both of them are like, hmm, wonder what else is out there? No, not at all. Happily married 25 years.

Rose, it's your birthday. Rose Green, happy birthday. She's in Greymouth. And happy fifth birthday. Another fifth birthday this morning to Logan. Have a fantastic last day of kindy today. Love, Mum, Dad, Zach and Mason. Now with Dilmar Dates, we also like to tee someone up on the phone, don't we?

Who's been teed up today? Maz, our mate Maz from Pawanui. Welcome. Hello, guys. Where the footpaths are red and we understand it's your wedding anniversary today. It is, 31 years. Now, are you college sweethearts? No, no. It is. 31 years. No, no.

He was on his way in England from New Zealand, and that's how we met. He brought me back with him. We were together for a couple of years in England, and he said, give me two years in New Zealand. If you don't like it, we'll go back. But by that time, we got married and had two kids. Yeah, and you're like, can't be bothered now. Stuck here in this hellhole.

Well, Mez, happy wedding anniversary to you and John. We're going to give you $100 in a Dilmar Teef price pack. Oh, thank you so much. It's been my day. It's always lovely to hear from you, Mez. You run a shop or something, don't you, in Pawanui? I work in Super Value. I've told you, you and Ben, when you come down, you've got to come and taste my burgers.

I'll give you one each free. Oh, we'll come to Super Value and taste Maz's burgers. That's a guarantee. It's lovely to have you listening in. You go and have a wonderful wedding anniversary, Maz. Thank you very, very, very much. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben with your daylight savings.

This weekend's taken a little longer to get up in the morning, isn't it, as well? And if you're probably doing the same, probably got school lunches, all your lunches to be made. Yeah, do you? Because we were talking about this in the office yesterday, school lunches. Do you contribute in any way to the packing of the school lunches? Do the kids do it, or what's going on there? Yeah, well, to be honest um i used to used to be my thing when we used to work in the afternoons but now the kids are getting a little older and the times i have off they

much rather me stay out of it yeah the times i get involved they're like dad no this is not they know what they like they do it there so i just feel like i'm messing up everyone's system i still do it but i i just do it so it makes me feel like I'm contributing to the household. I chuck a couple of muesli bars in their chip packages. Same thing, though. Every night you chuck in the wrong item. Yeah, they're like, just leave it to us. So I'm like, great, great.

It's great. So they do their own thing. I remember my mum, you know, she would be a stock standard. Mum, I want cheese most days. Or she'd like fancy things up with like chippy sandwich. Every now and again you get that. You'd be like, ooh, this is flash. did mum want cheese most days or she'd like fancy things up with like chippy sandwich or like every now and again you get that you'd be like oh yeah this is flash the uh the the thing is what mums and i've discovered it too now that uh i'm i'm in the role of lunch too is when your kids say oh

yeah i quite like that jeez i tell you what you put it in every day every day until they grow sick of it five days a week, relentless. And they're like, no more. And I also, the other thing I like to do is just put in like healthy stuff so I look like a good parent to the other kids in the playground. Maybe the memo will get back to their parents. Oh, you know, they're putting in celery sticks and things like that. The celery sticks come back. They don't get enjoyed.

Oh, man, give them to me, man. I'll eat all your celery sticks. Give them a tub of hummus and celery sticks and he'll show you a good time. Exactly. As we mentioned, we were talking about this yesterday in the office and Niamh popped up who works for the hits in the office. Niamh, welcome to the studio. How are you?

I'm doing great. How are you guys? Yeah, good. It's lovely to have you in here. You mentioned that you would go to school with a controversial sandwich. Yeah, I definitely would. What was it? I would have mustard, just mustard in a sandwich.

So white bread, American mustard, topped off white bread. Wowee. So is that the mustard with the little seed things in it or is that the mustard with the yellowy, pasty looking thing? The yellowy, pasty one, think when you go to get a bunning snag. Yeah, hot dog, sausage, that sort of thing, right? You would always feel like something was missing.

Yeah. I mean, I was a very content kid, I loved it. Like every day you'd have a mustard sandwich. Yeah, sometimes I'd spice it up and put some luncheon in there. The old luncheon. Luncheon meat, you don't want to think about that too much, do you?

As a kid you didn't think about it. Don't start thinking about it now. I feel like if we can eat chicken nuggets, then surely luncheons. Yeah, you're probably right. And it came in quite a disturbing dog roll. Oh right, the round sort of, yeah, gotcha. I loved it though. A lot of it. Is it ham?

I remember it being ham and chicken, I think. I don't know whether those two should merge like that. All your favourite animals blended into one. I reckon it's a very little edible thing. It's probably okay for vegetarians today. Mystery lunches. Luncheon and tomato sauce. That was a staple as well.

That was my sister's go-to. So she'd have her tomato sauce and I'd have my mustard sandwiches. So she would just have tomato sauce? Sometimes, yeah. You were really the condiment kids, weren't you? I was. Your shocking sammies. Shock us with your sammy ingredients.

Controversial sandwiches you're putting in your lunchbox, mate. Put in lunchboxes of your loved ones. Yeah, what are the wild sandwiches that you're making or enjoying? We'd love to hear from you as we talk about some crazy combinations. Shocking sandwich combinations. Yeah, we got into this this morning. And I'll tell you what, Ben, it's probably the most popular topic we've ever done in our illustrious career.

You look back over our illustrious career, we've done some none firing quite like this one a lot of feedback on the luncheon too uh the luncheon which i like to call the dog roll for humans well yeah we don't i don't think about too much did you know it's got multiple names across australia and new zealand it's called devon it's that's the type of meat that it's called but in this you know it's called Devon. That's the type of meat that it's called. But it's called Pelloni in Western Australia, Belgium in some parts of South Australia, Devon in Victoria. We call it the humble luncheon. You really do have to be suspicious of something

that has to have so many aliases, don't you? So shocking sandwich combinations this morning. Tracy, we'll get you on. Welcome to the show. It was your nana who used to make you what? Shocking sandwich combinations this morning. Tracy, we'll get you on. Welcome to the show. It was your nana who used to make you what? Lettuce and sugar sandwiches. Oh, lettuce and sugar.

Oh, that's a heck of a combination. Just something good and then something sweet all in one. Something sweet, yeah. And lettuce and Vegemite as well is quite nice. Oh, yeah, that's fine. Yeah, that's fine. Lettuce and sugar feel like two flavour combinations you don't need. Get a bit more sugar into your diet.

How old and senile was your nana when she was making your lettuce and sugar semis? Young and senile. Young and senile. Well, that's great. And I tell you what, that generation, they knew how to ration, didn't they? They did. Yep. Yep. Even if it meant sprinkling sugar on lettuce.

That's incredible. Something from getting scurvy or probably something. So that's good. Susan, your shocking sandwich combination. What have you got for us in Wellington, Susan? Tuna, mashed potato, cheese and onion in the toasty pie machine. Oh, you're turning it into a toasted sandwich. Yeah, don't eat it raw.

Yuck. Yeah, you lost me until you said toasted, and then I was like, oh, no, I'm back with you now. That's all right. You can put anything in a toasted sandwich. That's right, you can. I mean, this tastes a lot better. You're right.

And so this is frowned upon by your friends? Do they look at you weirdly? Well, you don't make it in the staff room because it smells. You're not prepared for bringing in fish and heating it up in the microwave, don't you? No, that's disgusting. Now we talk behind his back, don't you worry. Hey, Susan, thank you for your call. Appreciate it this morning.

Awesome, thanks. John with us. Welcome. Welcome. Ben and Jono, how are you? Oh, we're doing well. It's lovely to have you on the show. Now, talk to us.

This is, I tell you what, this is a combination out of left field. Okay. So it's mayonnaise, banana, ham, and cheese. All luncheon, depending on what's on the fridge. Say that again? So it's mayonnaise. Yeah. Banana.

Banana. Banana. Yeah. Cheese, luncheon, or ham, depending on what I've got on the fridge with mayonnaise. Oh, so banana and a ham. How did you end up here? Yeah. What?

I don't know. I was in the fridge. I was looking around. I thought, hey, I'll give this a go. I liked it, and I've stuck with it ever since. Experimentally. Okay, right. But even in that instance, I'd be like, oh, just the luncheon would be fine

and a bit of mayonnaise. Yeah, like banana. Banana is quite good. Banana and peanut butter I've had, you know, that's fine. But to go banana with a sort of meat accompaniment, I don't know. You really are pushing some boundaries there. But maybe you've stumbled across something. No, that's very right.

I don't forget the slice of cheese as well. Oh, sorry. It's pivotal. What does it taste like? So you've got the meat and then you've got the cheese and then the banana sort of gives it a sort of a funny texture taste. You'll have to try it and you'll have to find out. John, you are pushing boundaries when it comes to the sandwich game.

Well, that's only one of them that I have, but I won't tell you the other one. Oh, what's the other ones you've got? Oh, the other one's Marmite Jam and Peanut Butter. That's quite interesting. Oh, it is. You're real. So Jam and Peanut Butter. It sounds like you're just trying to prank yourself with your sandwich tastings.

Well, you've got to get something good. You've got to have some fun during the day, don't you? Marmite jam peanut butter. Well, it was a marmite peanut butter and jam sandwich, and I thought, eh, I'll take some marmite in there as well. Why not? Now, babe, are you just forcing yourself into liking these? No, I actually do like them, and my wife does not understand it.

Well, we love you, John. You're going to have a great day. Okay, I actually do like them and my wife can't. My wife does not understand it. Well, we love you, John. You're going to have a great day. Okay, I will. Thank you very much. The Hits, the John O' and Ben podcast. The tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians.

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He joins us every week with the filthiest gossip. We have to undergo a deep clean, don't we, after each time we talk to him. NT, come on down. Yeah, you know, guys lined up for your chemical showers, and you'll be feeling much better. You know, I was on hold with you guys, and so I was listening to your commercials, and it's so different than American radio commercials.

A lot of hair loss commercials, a lot of premature commercials. You can have pills to aid that, and a lot of carpet. You know, I listened to like four. There was one car commercial, which you could never go any commercial break on a radio station without hearing a car commercial. So you should get your salespeople on that. You know what I noticed about America?

Just lawyers, lawyers advertising everything. Oh, yeah. Have you been rear-ended? Oh, save you. You know, have you been done over by your employer? Oh, so the place injury, I'm your guy, that sort of thing. It's everywhere rear-ended? Oh, save you. You know, have you been done over by your employer? Oh, so the- Workplace injury, I'm your guy, that sort of thing. It's everywhere, even on billboards, right?

The billboard industry in America would go out of business if there was not a personal injury lawyer. So what happens? Let's say I get injured at work in America. What happens then? What can I do? Well, it depends. Like, if you're at work, it depends what state you are.

There's workers' compensation laws where you're entitled to something. Or a slip and fall like at a business. You know, if you're in the supermarket and you fall, then you get to sue the supermarket for however many things. It's exactly what's kind of going on in a roundabout way with the Gwyneth Paltrow skiing trial. So I could walk into a supermarket. I could trip over, do it on purpose, and sue them for millions of dollars. You could sue them for your injuries,

plus pain and suffering, plus emotional distress, plus all this kind of stuff. Now, you're only going to get away with it a few times before somebody realizes that you've been suing, because there's not that many insurance companies. They call it a slip and fall. You go, you slip, you fall, you get injured, you should get paid.

The Gwyneth Paltrow. You mentioned Gwyneth Paltaltrow she's in a bit of a court case at the moment I it's something to do with something that happened on a skiing holiday someone was like it's the whitest trial ever uh what's going on this but it is gripping because it's on tv and then she has to take the stand she took the stand last Friday in this ski accident. Basically, a man alleges that he was skiing down a hill and he had stopped and then Gwyneth smacked into him, knocked him to the ground, broke his ribs, gave him a concussion, and instead of checking on him, skied away and didn't have a care in the world. And all she wanted to do, she was a huge Hollywood star. Now, Gwyneth will say that she was stopped and that he skied into her and knocked her to the ground.

But he's suing her for $300,000 for his pain and suffering. She countersued for a dollar. I just, she gives off very, I really don't care about being here and all of your beneath me vibes. So I see what you mean by the whitest troll ever. Not only the snow, but also the activities they're participating in. Oh, and I think there was something, and I might be incorrect, but someone was like, stop me now from enjoying camembert. There was some cheese reference as well that someone had put on it

that was mentioned in the trial. And someone was like, this is the whitest thing ever. A ski thing, white people with cheese. Anyway. And all they needed to do was sail away on a yacht and then... This is the Coldplay who she used to be with, didn't she? Yeah, the whitest band in the world. NT, quickly before we go, Harry Styles.

Late night pass session with actress and supermodel Emily Ratajkowski. Behind a van in Tokyo, some little cretin was filming them from a distance. Oh, yeah. What's going on? Well, this is what's interesting, because Harry is on tour in Japan, and Emily Ratajkowski was there for her own personal reasons. Emily has famously been seen the last few months with, say, Pete Davidson, Eric Andre, now Harry Styles. She has said on her podcast that she just wants to casually date. I don't know if you guys have watched the video.

To me, it looked like two 13-year-olds who were drunk trying to make out for the first time and trying to figure out which parts go where. Oh, it was a messy canoodle. I watched it last night. I was reviewing it. Messy canoodle. They both lost control of that pash. Yeah, and if you see Harry, you can see, like, out of the corner of his eye, he can see that somebody is filming it.

And so the whole time, his, like, mouth and face are kind of turned a little bit to the side because he's watching. Meanwhile, Emily is just like, no, no, we've got to make out, we've got to make out, we've got to make out, which leads me to believe that perhaps she knew that the camera was there. She is not shy. She is not shy about making sure that people know exactly who she's with and what she's doing.

So she was making a face in one direction towards the camera. Another rumor that's going to shock you about Harry Styles, got a wig. No, whatever. Don't start. You're on this mission. You're looking around. You're like, all these people got wigs. He's got a wig, Auntie.

It's okay if you've got no hair, mate. You don't have to shame everyone else. It's a out there all right is this going to be like a weekly thing whoever you have hair envy for we're gonna we're gonna talk about that that's what i mean he's like oh harry's got great hair all right andy that we'll leave you on that you have a great week my friend and next week i'll make some defamatory comments about who's got wigs the hits the jonathan ben podcast now over the weekend there was a big concert uh in west I'll make some defamatory comments about who's got wigs. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, over the weekend, there was a big concert in West Auckland to raise money for those affected by Cyclone Gabriel.

Maranga rise up Aotearoa. And guess who showed up? Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa showed up. He's in the country right now. I think he's filming a series for Apple TV+. And, geez, he's everywhere. We must be inviting him to everything. I mean, I invited him to my son's birthday.

He didn't turn up, unfortunately. But we are extending a lot of invites to Marmol. And it's awesome. He's turning up. Yeah. Like, I went and watched, like, a club rugby match the other day. And I'm like, Marmol, you probably don't have to. It's lovely you're saying yes to it.

But what the problem is, you're making a rod for your own back. Now we feel that we can invite you to anything and you'll turn up. He's too generous. And something else that shows his generosity, he was on stage as well. And guess what he gave? The shirt literally off his own back. He took off his shirt and people went wild. I mean, and as you would too.

If you want to lose 15 minutes out of your day, check out his Instagram. At the fundraiser, he did this. I took my shirt off at the children's hospital fundraiser. I was escorted out by security. He was like, it's for charity. I'm like, mate, can you put your, whatever that is, those saggy things, just cover them up. It's making the kids scared.

More worried. Good on Jason Momoa, eh? Yeah, good on him. Was the shirt for charity? Or did he just throw it out? It was all for charity, mate. Well, I mean, that's the best donation you can give anyone is pictorials. Stripping for charity.

Love it. Your next five words. If you want to win a whole lot of cash, but if you want to play all the way to the fifth word, we've got petrol vouchers. And before I declutter, Ben Boyce, I've got a game that is going to make you incredibly nervous. Now you're nervous. Oh, God.

Now, you're nervous, you're anxious at the best of times. This is a new segment called Jono's Found Something on the Internet to Make Ben Nervous. Oh, it's not Jason Momoa shirtless, is it? It definitely doesn't sound like that sort of game. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits. Five words with challenge. Match five words to win five $500 Challenge gift cards. Yeah, if you want to play and try and match words with us,

you can win cash up to $500, and then for the final word, you can get five times 500 Challenge fuel vouchers. Oh, free petrol. Now, we were just thirsting over Jason Marmore, shirtless Jason Marmore. Was he on the phone? Took his...

No, but we have someone who works with him on the movie set, but then you've kind of, you've gone, is he on the phone? And now I've gone, no, but someone who works with him, you seem a little disappointed. Her name's Gloria. Welcome from CUNY. Hi, how are you? Good. You've got Jason around there. You want to chuck him on and see if we can play five words? You work on set with him

filming his project at the moment. Lovely man. He seems genuine. Oh, no, he is. No, he is. He's really down to earth. Yeah.

Yeah, he's just part of everyone else, you know, part of the team there. Oh, that's awesome. Is he over us? Because we are inviting him to a lot of stuff. Is he fairly obligated

to turn up to every event that we invite him to? Well, I wouldn't know. I don't really know. But, I mean, you know, just listening to the radio, he's been out and about everywhere. It's awesome, eh? It's so cool. It's so cool.

Well, tell him there's two desperate radio hosts who will talk to him any day. Anywhere, any time. You've got our number. All right, Gloria, let's try and win you some cash and or petrol. Either of the two, depending on how you go. Who do you want to send into the soundproof booth? Jono, please. Alrighty. Alright, we had a winner yesterday.

We matched up and we gave away all our pink tickets. So today, it's Challenge Petrol Service Station vouchers. Thanks to Challenge for putting the service back into service stations. Alright, Gloria, here is your first word. Teddy. Teddy. Who? Teddy. T-E-D is your first word. Teddy. Teddy. Who?

Teddy. T-E-D-D-Y. Teddy. Oh, Teddy. Yeah, Teddy. Beer. Beer. Maple.

M-A-P-L-E. Maple. Oh, shit. Maple. I was just going to say tree then. Maple tree. Maple syrup. Maple tree. Oh just going to say tree then. Maple tree. Maple syrup. Maple tree. Oh, that's some good options.

Maple syrup. Maple syrup. That's probably what I was thinking too. Knife. Knife is the third word. Knife. Knife. Yeah. K-N-I-F-E. Oh, knife. Yeah. Sorry.

That's all right. Knife and fork. Fork. Frisbee. Frisbee is word for? Frisbee. Can I come back to that one? Yeah, sure you can.

And spread. It's S-P-R-E-A-D, spread. One of Chris Hipkins' favourite words. Spread. Yeah. Spread. What are you putting on as a spread, maybe? Kind of need an answer, sorry.

Butter. Butter's a good spread. It's perfect. And frisbee uh frisbee tough one frisbee disc flop frisbee i don't know i think a beach when i think of it i would like a beach yeah if that's what's pops in your head maybe it'll be the same as what jono will say we're gonna have to grab him out of the soundproof booth. Okay. Let's see how we go, trying to match up five words.

Truth, Gloria. I thought you forgot about me in there, mate. Oh, there's some tricky words. There are some real tricky words. There's some tricky words in there. I was like, am I ever going to see my family again? All right. Let's rip into it.

$25 word. Word one, $25 cash. I said Gloria Teddy. What did she say back? If I know Gloria like I do beer. That one, $25 cash. I said Gloria Teddy. What did she say back? If I know Gloria like I do beer. That's right. All right, that's $25. Gloria, how do we feel about risking it for $50?

Oh, yeah. No, let's risk it. Okay. Word two, $50 cash. Maple syrup. Oh, we're on fire. I'm not even thinking straight away. It's just a reaction at the moment.

Gloria, how are you feeling? Yeah, not too bad. Another one? Oh, yeah, sure. Word three, $100 cash. And the words of DJ Khaled. Another one. We're the best.

Knife is the third word. Knife. Knife, fork. Yeah. Gloria. All right, Gloria. $100. This is where things got a little shaky, if I can be honest.

So do you want to take the $100 or do you want to risk it for $500? Oh, shit. Frisbee Beach. Frisbee. Yeah, let's go. Let's go for it. Okay. All right, here we go.

Word four, $500 cash. Frisbee is the word. Frisbee. here we go. Word four, $500 cash. Frisbee is the word. Frisbee. I'll go... Flop? Is it frisbee or frosbee? Yeah, it's a very hard one. Frisbee, we struggled on.

That was a hard one, eh? Where did you go? What did Jono say? He said flop. You said frisbee beach. Oh, but then she said it on the radio too. She kind of mumbled it away. I was hoping you wouldn't pick up on that.

And I didn't. And it was an absolute flop. I'm sorry, Gloria. What was the fifth word? Final word was spread. Legs. Hey, you know what? I wanted to say that, but I thought I better not.

And then the host goes on there. Lowers the tone. Oh, Gloria, you have a great day with our good mate, Jason Momoa. You do a good job, you guys. Love listening to you. Love your work. All right, back again tomorrow. Next game, it's going to make me nervous.

Yeah, probably the most controversial thing we've ever done, Ben. And next, it's for you and you alone, Ben Boyce. It is the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Now. What sort of rays are the plugs emitting? I'm nervous. Now I take photos of the handbrake on in my

car. Don't even get me started on whether I left the iron on or not. I turn my phone off at night. I just don't know what it's doing. Makes me nervous. Yeah, but what if we run out of hand sanitizer I'm nervous Now Ben Boyce He's the most nervous radio announcer in the game

In the market We love it And more nervous than me at a hair growing tournament Now I thought I'd start something new Where I find stuff off the internet To play to you To make you nervous Okay

Just a bit of a background if you join the show ben's worst nightmare is you know offending anyone like being asked your opinion on something is it's not my thing yeah not a happy place but uh i feel like the more that we let you become accustomed to spicy content you might become a bit more comfortable i don't know this is instantly making me uncomfortable now this is i don't. No, this is instantly making me uncomfortable. Now, this is... I don't even know what this is and I don't even like it. Well, it's from the BBC. Have you heard of the BBC? Yeah, okay.

A respected broadcasting corporation. They are, you're right. Okay, and then they have done a story on a poor lady. I'll play you the beginning. This is actually not that funny. Three and a half years ago ago she was rushed into hospital with a migraine which left her with a voice she didn't recognize

her initial response upon hearing how she used to sound from a bank telephone recording good afternoon thank you for calling was too long for her old accent to return yeah i'm not actually bringing about my policy though and i'm waiting for a quote do you still want my policy number so it's a caian British lady, okay? She's gone to hospital with a migraine. And she's... I said horrible. Yeah, it's terrible.

And then she's come out with something called... Sarah has been diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome. The condition has only 150 known cases worldwide. So, Sarah... No, no. No, instantly, no. Instantly, no. No. I mean, it's horrible. This is obviously a true news story. It's terrible. I feel sorry for Sarah.

So, Sarah's gone on the order of British... I know what you're trying to do here and I'm not playing your game. It's on you. It's on you. I'm not... We all want to hear Sarah's voice now, don't we? We all want to hear So she's gone and had a medical event

Went in as a British person Caucasian British person But you know it's going to be something that But it is an actual medical thing That you've got here I'm not here mocking You're not here mocking anyone's cultures Or anything like that

I'm not even trying to mock the lady at all No, I'm just trying to make you at peace with being nervous. Okay, let's hear Sarah's voice. I have not actually heard my voice in a conversation for nearly three years now. Okay, all right. I know it's me, but I feel like I want to say, oh, she make a good speak. It's horrible that this lady is having to deal with what she's having to go through. But like that, not me no more.

Terrible. It is terrible. What do you want me to do? What do you want me to do? What do you want from me now? It's all on you. I'm lost my hands on it. Okay, it's on you.

Are you nervous? Are you okay now? No, not great No I don't feel any better for playing that But any better for the story as well too From the poor lady Poor Sarah

Yeah, exactly Are you got any more? There's another one Thank you, as I said before Hanging out with us You can book your COVID booster for both the variants from Saturday, but only for over 30s as well. Are there new variants out there?

Well, I think it's to cover kind of like the flu jab, you know? It covers the... Yeah, that's a smart thing to do. I drove past yesterday, a tent. Remember the testing stations where you go and line up for nine hours in your car? That's still battling away. Still going. It's still there, so maybe if you want to go and just get a rod up your nose you can do that for old time's sake yeah just to bring back great memories now um youtube it saves it saved my marriage and credibility uh on saturday because i have i kind of have a false sense of practicality Like I feel that a lot of my friends are builders, plumbers, electricians and stuff

And I feel like I've seen them do enough stuff over the years That I can pretend like I know what I'm doing Right When it comes to being practical around the house I've got a toolbox I don't know why Just when someone better comes over They're like, have you got one of those?

I was like, it's in the toolbox, you know That's just purely for show and display. Gotcha. But Jen, who's my wife, she said, oh, my battery on the car is flat. I'm like, well, I'll change it. She's like, no, I'll take it to a medic. I was like, no, I know how to change batteries.

And I used to have a very old car from 1975. You did, yeah. I'd change the battery. The battery would run out on that every 10 minutes. I'd change that all the time. She's like, but that didn't have electrics in it. I changed the battery. The battery would run out on that every 10 minutes. Changed that all the time. She's like, but that didn't have electrics in it. I was like, don't worry. If you can change one battery, you can change them all.

So I went down there, and I popped open Urbana. I was like, dear God, where's the battery? You can't. They keep batteries hidden away now. Oh, whereabouts? And so then I had to secretly in the back YouTube how to change a battery on a 2015 vehicle. They keep them in the bloody boot nowadays.

They're hiding away in the boot. Who knew? Oh, yeah. But then this friendly Aussie bogan has done a step-by-step instructional video on how to change the battery. You have to remove panels from the boot unscrew this unscrew that do that hook up that blow by blow i'm like thank you you mulleted aussie legend and i then came back about 45 minutes later probably a lot longer than it needed to be

said it's all done looked like an absolute hero and it's all working i think so she seems. She seems to be getting to and from where she needs to go. Oh, that's good. But the thing is, she doesn't know that I secretly, my hidden shame of YouTubing it. She just thinks I've got the skills. It's the one time I've looked decent in my life. She probably knows, to be honest. She probably knows that you'd have to have a little help,

but that's good. You did it. You came through on YouTube. It's just a treasure trove of great stuff, and there's some shocking stuff. Yeah. Most of the shocking stuff we've put up there, to be honest, but 0800 the hits.

We want to check this open at 4487 on the text. What have you taught yourself on YouTube? Can you now conduct open-heart surgery? I'm sure there's a lesson. There probably is. There probably is, actually. Can you amputate your own leg and so on another one? Can you

build a house? What have you taught yourself from the University of YouTube? You can text us 4487 or call New Zealand's Breakfast on 0800 The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. What have you taught yourself to do from YouTube? A simple task of just changing a car battery in a car that is beyond

the years of 1970s., did it over the weekend and this comes off a bad track record of practical stuff I've put holes in walls trying to hang pictures with hammers dangling from a roof with a water blaster cutting down a tree with a chainsaw that landed on our fence, bad history

but I've had a win guys you did, you had Jen, my wife, she has no idea that I YouTubed it, so thank you. And my question is, because we do learn a lot of stuff from YouTube, when can we start putting it on our resume? What's that? YouTube. I don't know how to do this because I went to the University of YouTube.

Oh, look. Surely you've learned the skill. Well, if you're looking for a new job and you want to put that on there, then where do you go? Let's get Bianca on the phone. Welcome, Bianca. What did you teach yourself from YouTube? Hi. I

was tramping and I was going around Tongariro National Park area. I was on the trail, but I fell over and cut my leg on one of the rocks quite badly. And I ended up having service and I searched up on YouTube

how to do stitches, and I stitched up my leg with a sewing kit. By yourself, just from watching YouTube? Yeah, so I stitched it up and then put a layer of dark tape over it and then tramped back to the information centre and then ended up booking in to go to, went back to Tauranga and then booked in to go to the doctors about four days later. And was the doctor like, this is some class work here, textbook stuff? He said it was a bit rough, but...

You're like, I was in the middle of the bush. My first time doing it. Yeah, but he left it in. Oh, wow, you stitched your own leg. That's incredible. Appreciate your call. That's beautiful, Bianca. Well, there you go.

An amateur surgeon. And we were just joking. Wonder if you can teach yourself how to do open-heart surgery. You can actually watch a triple bypass being conducted on YouTube. So if you pick up all the right tips,

someone's text in here. Over COVID, I taught myself how to make the best burgers from YouTube. I now sell 400 burgers a week. It's my new job. Wow. Making and selling burgers.

Let's go to the phones on 0800 The Hits. Amber, how are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Oh, it couldn't be better, Ben. I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Now, what did you teach yourself from YouTube?

How to crochet baby hats. How to crochet baby hats. Do you know a lot of babies that need hats? I know a few but when my daughter was in NICU I thought it was kind of a need for extra for them and so

I decided to teach myself how to crochet and donate them. So you donated them to the hospital? Yes. That's awesome. So youled, you YouTubed it You learned how to do it And then you made a whole lot Yep, that's how I did it

How long does it take to make a little baby hat? It depends because I've got four kids So it can take maybe roughly about 20 minutes You're prolific Yeah, it's quite quick You're bloody churning out more baby hats In a little Chinese sweatshop Hey, hey, hey

That is quick time That is quick timing. That is quick timing. You're right, John. Just give those kids a run for their money in those factories. Oh, jeez. Oh, what a lovely thing you're doing. Oh, thank you. Can you make John a little hat for his little bald head?

Exactly. Yeah, maybe so I look like a little gnome or something. Yeah. Yeah. He gets a bit cold in winter. Yeah, I do I look like a little gnome or something. Yeah. Yeah. He gets a bit cold in winter. Yeah, I do. I know. Hey, well, listen, anything to cover up this disgusting noggin.

Thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it. And you keep up the good work. What a lovely thing you're doing. Thank you very much. John, welcome. How are you? Yeah, not too bad, mate.

You? Yeah, doing well. Doing well. What did you teach yourself off YouTube, buddy? Taught myself how to share. Like you had something and then someone else wanted it, and you're like, all right, you'd have half, that sort of thing? Or oversharing too much information?

Guys, I went to the doctor. No, it's share a sheep, is it? Share a sheep, yeah, nothing that personal. We'd like you to share it with us now. That's good. That might be a different phone call Okay so you've never obviously done it before? I've been crutching for years

But I've never actually shown I managed to avoid that subject like the plague And so it's just like a giant free university isn't it? Yeah pretty much It's the only one I can afford anyway Yeah and so once you'd watched the video The how to shear a sheep. No, it took me a few goes.

The first few, they looked like someone had had a go at them with a weed whacker. Yeah, but you got it down to a fine art. Oh, you're getting there slowly. Well, that's impressive. How to shear a sheep. Learning how to do that on your sheep. I had to teach myself how to tie a tie.

You did for many years, didn't you, off YouTube? It's amazing what's on there. There's so many things on there. Oh, it's just crazy, isn't it? There's a lot of stuff they could probably delete too. Yeah, yeah, true. Good on you, John. Appreciate your time.

No worries, mate. You have fun. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Lewis Capaldi, Pointless. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, 8.28. A bit of a cold morning, a bit of a cold snap hitting the country for the next couple of days as it feels like, well, daylight savings this weekend, so goodbye summer.

Yeah. Now, Ben, you've had something weighing on your mind since last Thursday, was it? Well, we went to Kevin Hart the other night. Of course, we were trying to hang out for Kevin Hart to try and get a photo with him and I went along to the concert afterwards. Spoiler alert, we didn't get a photo with Kevin Hart. We didn't, no. He did drive past us in a van and that was as close as we got.

Yeah. And we think it was him in the van. The windows were black. Yeah, we yelled out lots. We think it was him, but we didn't quite get him. But I went to the concert afterwards, and it was a very busy situation in the bathrooms, as it is, you know, at those sort of events. And it was a bit of a rushed situation, and I was like, well, I'll give my hands a decent

wash, but as I was sort of there's only one of those air dryer oh the air blades yeah what do the do the air blades do any good because all I just feel like

is I'm getting other people's hand juice all over my face yeah no I feel like even though I wash my hands really well I didn't really dry them that well because it was a queue

and I've kind of and I went out there and I'm kind of trying to wipe them on my t-shirt and stuff right so your hands are very moist at this stage yeah no one likes moist hands because it was a cue, and I went out there, and I'm kind of trying to wipe them on my T-shirt and stuff. So your hands are very moist at this stage. No one likes moist hands for some reason, do you? And that's normally the moment where you run into someone,

and that's what I did. And in the past, I've gone, they usually put out their hand, I've gone to shake their hand, and they always look at you weirdly because your hands are all wet. Then you're having to explain. You're like, sorry, I've just been in the toilet. And then that leaves me with more questions than answers. You're like, well, is this a result of washing or is this a result of other activities?

Yeah, I know. So this occasion I ran into a friend of ours who works for another radio station, the Rock Radio Station, Andrew Mulligan, on Crowd Goes Wild. So I was like, great, I'm at a stage where I can hug him. So I hugged him. It was good.

I was like, great, I don't have to do the awkward hand shaking thing. But then he went, oh, have you met such and such and such and such? And I went, no, I haven't. And then in my head, I was like, don't shake their hands. Don't shake their hands. So I just stood there with my hands against my side like I was in the army or something. Did you just say, no, I haven't, and just stare at them with your hands

where it's at? And I'm not interested in meeting them either. I was like, great to meet you guys. And I was trying to overcompensate really smiling, but I definitely didn't put my hands forward. And then afterwards I walked away going, what sort of weird interaction was that from me? I just, I don't know.

It didn't feel right. It was a lose-lose though for you. You know, you put your hands out, their first engagement with you was sloppy hands. They could hydrate a small village. Yeah, exactly. The other option is you don't shake their hand. That was the joy, wasn't it, of the COVID era?

Yeah. We didn't have to. You're right. So now I feel like I've made things awkward, and I don't know. Can we call Andrew? He's probably on here right now, but hopefully he'll answer. Andrew Mulligan. And see if we can talk this through.

Call from your phone. Hey, bro. Hey, how's it going? It's Pryor. Boy, Smulligan. What's up? How are you? Look, I've got just a quick question.

Like the other night, saw you on the way to Kevin Hart. It was great. Caught up with you. A whole group of people from the Rock Radio Station. Some I didn't know. Some I did know. But I'd just come out of the bathroom. I had very wet hands.

I'd washed my hands. I felt awkward. You know when you shake someone's hand and you're like, oh, my hands are a bit slimy, so I hugged you and then I didn't shake someone's hand and then I walked away going, oh, is that weird because I didn't shake because my hands are – I feel like I just had a blowout. It's all we talked about during Kevin Hart.

I thought it would be. And did you know what? To make matters even worse, he dried his hands on the back of your shirt when he hugged you. Somebody said, hey, did an eight-year-old just give you a pat on the back? He's a fully grown boy. I was the only one tidier than Kevin Hart, I think, at Kevin Hart. So there you go.

Your name is mud around the station now. Unsociable, won't engage, won't shake hands. Yeah, I know. We all thought Ben Boyce probably was the nicest guy in all of radio. It's all changed for us now. We couldn't believe his attitude. Damn it. It's a conundrum for him because, yeah, he's a lovely guy.

But the problem is his hand hygiene is a big issue for him. So shaking other people's hands and lots of them. Well, in these unprecedented times, hand hygiene is totally respected. I love that sweet period when no one was shaking hands. I was like, oh, this is great. This is great. In precedented times, even. I love your work

and sorry to make things awkward. It's always awkward when we catch up, man. I appreciate it. I don't know if I feel any better now, but at least I got to the end of that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Hits is sending you to see pink in London. Hyde Park, how incredible would this be? We've got flights, we've got accommodation, we've got spending money, and of course we've got pink. And you just need to make a promise to Ben that you'll play hide and seek in Hyde Park. Those are the only Ts and Cs.

I'm sure there's a whole bunch at the station who got attached, but those are only ours. Let's welcome Andrina. Sorry, how are you? Good, thank you. I got all anxious about your name. I almost said Adriana, and then I said that. Everyone always does.

Andrina, it's lovely to have you on. Now, Pink, you've seen her every single time she's come to New Zealand. Often, yes. And she wouldn't even know that you've come to see her every single time. Thank you. We've got a shocking phone line here, Andrena. Now, with the T's and C's, do we cut her? Do we ruthlessly cut Andrena off? Oh, God, she's on the air right now.

Andrena, can you come back with us? Can we revive this call, resuscitate you? Can you hear me? Oh, just. Mate, I tell you what, you're on tenterhooks. You mess up one more time, you're gone, okay? Okay. All right, there's a song.

You need to tell us what pink song it is. Have a listen. Oh. Have you still with us, Andrena, the name of the song? Pardon me? I can't hear you. Oh, jeez. Pardon?

I can't hear her. I'm sorry. What's the answer? Walk me home? No, still can't hear her. We can hear her perfectly at the end there. After a while. Well, it took a while.

Hey, well done. You're in the Geordie Sea Peak in Hyde Park just because you scraped through. Your phone was a bit watery. Yeah, I update my phone. I'm really sorry, guys. That's all right. Don't apologise. It's probably the best quality thing we've done

on this radio programme today. You're going to have a great day, Adrena, and good luck for the pink draw, all right, mate? Thank you so much. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Some of the strange combinations of sandwiches people enjoy for their lunch or maybe even made for school. Yeah, luncheon too, been a popular one.

Luncheon, we've learnt, has nine different aliases across Australia and New Zealand. A lot of people in New Zealand calling it luncheon. Belgium and Southland, but they call that in South Australia too. Why is this mystery meat, which is made up of, apparently, according to the research, three to four different types of pork? Are they inventing new types of pork? New animals, maybe. I don't know.

But anyway, luncheon. It's a staple in the New Zealand lunchbox, isn't it? And some great sandwich combinations coming through this morning. Some shocking ones coming through, too. Lettuce and sugar, a popular one. A lot of sweet stuff with savoury stuff slid in between two bits of bread. Linda's with us on 0800 The Hits.

How are you? I love jelly crystal sandwiches. We had them as kids and I actually don't mind them still. So hold on, the crystals that you pour and then you put the water in and you put them in the fridge, you just put the crystal parts in a sandwich?

Just the crystal part. It was nice and crunchy, was sweet, had a bit of that artificial fruit flavour. Nothing quite like the artificial sugars. They're beautiful. It's got a fairy bread-esque in a way, isn't it? But with some jelly crystals. Okay.

Just jelly crystals. That's the bread. I don't think I'm ready for this jelly, but the words of Beyonce. Lindy was. Don't knock it until you try it. You're right. Okay. I definitely won't be trying it, but thank you.

I'm curious. We run a breakfast club. We're here at school running breakfast club, and some of the combos these kids put on there is like, whew. Listen, you can't get high and mighty with your jelly crystal sandwich and start judging other sandwiches, Lindy. Yeah, for sure. You keep up the good work, okay?

All righty. Have a good one. We'll go to the Wired Upper. Debbie, you're on. Shocking sandwiches. What have you got for us? It's peanut butter, raisins, grated carrot, And alfalfa sprouts What's wrong with just slapping a bit of ham

And some mustard and mayo in a sandwich Maybe I'm boring, maybe I'm doing the missionary of sandwiches Yeah well that sounds Talk me through that one again So alfalfa sprouts Peanut butter, raisins And grated carrot Now was this like a slow

Like you kept adding to the sandwich or you just chucked them all on at once one day? I'm not sure how that combination come about. I made it for my daughter and I think it was what she wanted and it just come together and it's something that I've eaten ever since. You're going to have a great day mate. Okay. Catherine, how are you? Good, how are you? Yeah, we're doing well. It's lovely to have you on. Shock us with your sandwich combo. I don't know if it's shocking.

I think it's pretty tasty. It's a little bit of Vegemite, some smooth peanut butter, beetroot, homemade is better because it's vinegary, and some chicken chips. Even though you're delivering it like it's every day, everyone goes about it. I'm the weird one. You're like, oh.

Okay, again, how did we land on this combination? I was a kid and I couldn't decide what to have one day. Should I have like, you know, Vegemite and beetroot or Vegemite and chips? But then I kind of felt like peanut butter too. So I just kind of put them all in and it actually turned out quite surprisingly good. I'd like to challenge you to try it.

And then you were like, should I have a bowl of chicken chips? No, I'll chuck them in as well. I just chucked them in and said, well, because, you know, Vegemite and chips are good so I figured that, you know, maybe they'd go with other things.

Well, Catherine, like many have been saying, don't knock it until you've tried it. Yeah, you're right. I'd like to say that I actually haven't had that again in many, many years but there was a patch of time there I did have it quite often. Yeah, no, to say that I actually haven't had that again in many, many years, but there was a patch of time there I did have it quite often. Yeah, I can see why you haven't had it in many, many years,

but it's lovely to have you on. You have a great day. Thanks, guys. And some more texts coming through here just as we've been speaking. Cold spaghetti with banana and bread rolls. That's from the Wiggles. Marmite and chive sandwiches. Another one here coming through.

Luncheon. Team that up with some cream cheese. Haven't had enough there? Chuck some hot chips in there as well. Wow. Tell you what, the humble sandwich is versatile. It's a lot more versatile than I ever imagined.