Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: What's Ben Nervous About Today?

Episode Date: August 17, 2021

In a new segment we introduced recently, we delve into the brain of Ben Boyce and uncover the things that he's nervous about. He's always operating at Alert Level 4, and today his anxiousness comes from shopping mall changing rooms! We also spoke about how JLo deleted all pictures of ARod off her social media which sparked a conversation about whether it's ok to still have photos of your ex on social media (or even around your house), especially if you've got a new partner. All that and more on today's poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Owen Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of John Owen Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John Owen Ben podcast. Hey, welcome along to the podcast. It's the 17th of August.

John Owen Ben here. Lovely to have your ears dedicated to the podcast. It's the 17th of August. John, I'm Ben here. Lovely to have your ears dedicated to this podcast. You know, your ears could be dedicated to many other podcasts around the world. And there is a lot of them. There's no shortage of podcasts. Joe Rogan, he's got a pretty good podcast, doesn't he? He is. Conan O'Brien.

What's that? No, no, no, no, no. Yeah, it's really good. The arm cheeks. He is. Conan O'Brien. What's that? Zac Efron. No, no, no, no. Yeah, it's really good. The arm cheeks. Yeah, I was going to say Zac Efron. Dax. Not Zac. Yeah.

Zac Efron also would have a wonderful podcast if he did. If he chose to. He's got a wonderful documentary on Netflix, Zac Efron. But that's not what we're talking about. We're talking about podcasts. It doesn't know. Really, these things don't matter we just ramble

and meander now I've got a lovely text I want to call producer Juliet I'll call her on the speaker lovely text about producer Juliet

that I thought we should tell her about okay so you can text us too anytime 4487 or you can text us anytime

we're not necessarily going to read it anytime no if you text us outside the hours of the show chances are we won't read it at all so i'll just call juliet she never helps are you happy that i'm calling you outside of show hours yes yeah i always feel like you answer the phone you're like what does dad want now

yeah you can't get the sound working on this i No, I think I know what you want this time. What's that? Is that to film? No. He can't get the sound working on the video call. He just can't. How do I get the sound working? There's a picture, but he can't. We're in the studio.

Where are you? I'm coming. Come on in. Now, this is producer Juliette. Wonderful, Jude. Got a great text that I thought I'd read her out. I'm going to read your text out, Juliet. Was I on the podcast?

You were on the podcast. Hello, podcast people. What were you doing out in the office, mate? Oh, I was just doing the PECON survey. Oh, good on you. These are surveys that come through. Staff surveys. And you should do them, yeah.

Yeah. I asked you guys if you had ever done them before. I did the one because Todd, our boss, was like, please do this for me. And so I was like, man. And even he pleaded to do it, and John, I still didn't do it. He's like, please, it'll only take a couple of minutes, please do this for me, it would mean a lot. And you still didn't do it. Then afterwards

he's like, did everyone do it? And you're like, oh no, I didn't. I should have lied and said I did. I've never done a staff survey, previous company or this company, and it's not that I'm just... I wouldn't expect you to... You're not the type of guy that I would pick to do surveys, eh? Listen, I was happy at our previous company,

and I'm happy here. I mean, why do you want to listen to me bitch and moan about stuff? You know? Who do you rank? Do you rank the bosses and things? No, you rank, like, different aspects of the company. Like, about, you know, the business strategies and stuff. And I was like, well, to be fair, I don't really, I'm not smart enough to know what

the business strategies are. Say all the things now that you want to say. All right, shall I have a go? No. Yeah, no, I mean, it is good that companies do this, though. Don't get me wrong. I just don't participate in them. It's like the general election.

It's great they have one. I just don't vote. No. I know, I wanted to get you in because we received a lovely text about you, Juliet. About me? It says, Morning. Producer Juliet, love listening to you on the show.

You're just so happy all of the time. Love it. Was that to 4487? Yeah. 4487. Oh, that's so nice. Isn't that lovely? Thank you.

Thank you, kind person. Listen, I've made a lot of rogue calls on this podcast intro. Shall we do one more? Oh, gosh. See what this person actually wants to say. What are you've made a lot of rogue calls on this podcast intro. Shall we do one more? Oh, gosh. See what this person actually wants to say. What are you going to call now? How long is this? Why don't we just get into the podcast?

We've got stuff we need to do. Do you not feel like you've had enough radio content after the end of the show? You're like, I've got to do more, guys. Jono never stops talking. That's why. Like, mate, I've checked out. I'm looking at Instagram.

I checked out pretty much when you rang Julia and I was like, that's interesting. So fair. That is so fair. Now they're not going to answer. No.

We'll leave a message. Okay. Okay. You can leave a message. Some people don't have a message system on their phones. Really? Yeah.

As in, so it just goes, you have reached 021. Yeah. Just keep ringing. Yeah, I guess eventually it must just stop, yeah, but I guess you don't set up a voicemail. But does your phone keep ringing in your pocket? Well, hopefully it gets to a point that... Mate, you clearly don't want

this phone. Yeah. I'm not gonna, you know, so this is nice, because when do you get around to clearing your messages? Yeah, never, never. Anyway, this is a really long way of telling you you got a nice text, and I'll read it out to you. Thank you very much. I enjoy it. That's lovely.

Have a great day. What's the raise of the plug submitting? 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. It makes me nervous.

Yeah, but what if we run out of hand sanitizer? I'm nervous. So nervous. Yes, our dear friend Ben Boyce, he's always operating at alert level four. He's permanently in the mindset of panic buying toilet paper. That's the kind of guy I don't, but I could at any stage, right? Yeah, so he's

always anxiously waiting for that 1pm press conference. His whole life is run on edge. I get a bit nervous about stuff. I'm overthinking about stuff, you know. Whether it's nervous laughter, nervous banter. Yeah, exactly. Just put the word nervous in front of any activity and that's how Ben's running. What have we got today?

Well, today, changing rooms. Changing rooms at your department stores. It's a nerve-wracking thing. Often shopping because I... No, it's a nerve-wracking thing i often shopping because no it's not can i just put this out there it's not i don't mean to be a nervous experience i find i find it's a nervous experience because i do enjoy shopping i do and like i do like going to the ball and this week in particular one of my daughters is like we're going to go shopping because she needs a few things which is fine i enjoy that part of that but when it comes to the

changing room etiquette around the changing room particularly as a male shopping with you know females i find that very nerve-wracking you know because you want to you don't want to go in there because obviously there's other people getting changed so it's kind of weird so you kind of lurk you feel like you're lurking outside the changing rooms right yeah like at first and then you're like well normally your go-to is bringing your phone up in that situation, like just to look at something on the phone. But then do you want to be the guy lurking with a phone outside the changing rooms?

So that gets in my head as well. So then you kind of just. So what do you end up doing? Well, you're awkwardly sort of just looking around. And then you don't want to, you want to, and yeah, in the case of my daughter, when you're shopping, you want to see what they're, you know, you want to, you don't want to just buy something.

How was that? I don't know. You want to see it. So you're kind of having to wait but also look but not look and it makes me nervous. So what is the problem? What I like to do is I like to not know what room they're in and I just peer over the top.

Are you in there? Are you in there? The good thing, I love it when they change the room. I've mentioned this before when they're like, are you okay in there? Yeah, when they do that there it's such an odd question yeah yeah no i've put my pant legs over my head can you help call saint john's are you okay they always ask you that like and i always think it might be taking too long like

is everyone is he shoplifting but i'm always feel like i'm quite quick in that situation but you're right they're like are you okay there you're're like, oh, God, have I been ages? Sometimes they provide a couch to sit on outside the – so, you know, people are expected to wait there, Ben. But sometimes there's no – and what in that situation there? It's quite a nerve-wracking experience when you're like – and you're sort of like, seeing it, seeing it. You're sort of yelling towards your child and they're like,

please answer, please answer. Because they don't answer. And she's like, get away, weird man. He's following me. Oh, don't. That would make him extra nervous. Next time, if Sienna's listening, Sienna, next time you're in the changing room, just say, who's that guy?

Someone get the perv away. Piss. No. Oh, now I'm like. Now we've made it more nervous Online shopping it is My mum would make me get changed in the store She wouldn't make me Because she was always like

The changing rooms are full Or it's too far away She'd just go She'd make me get changed Trousers She's like get it on here You're like mum I can't Mum I'm 18

People from the school race Just oh like, oh, they're not looking. And they're definitely looking. And you're having to get your, you know, it's like, yeah. Mind you, you get changed anywhere nowadays. I've seen you get changed on Queen Street. As a teenager, you're like, mum. Nothing, honestly,

there is nothing worse than going shopping with your mum as a teenager. I loved it. Oh, for guys, though. For guys. Yeah, true. Just like a mum. Oh, we need a new pair of the ass.

Mum. And she's trying to make a day of it. She's trying to make it like a lovely mother-son experience, and you're just like, oh, end me now. Jono and Ben, the hits. Lasting lover, it is the hits. Jono and Ben, tell you who aren't Lasting Lovers. She couldn't have come up with a better song there.

I mean, the commercial radio gods were shining down upon you, just the NBN boys. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, no longer Lasting Lovers, are they? As she's moved on, you know, she's back with Ben Affleck, which I think the world, it's pretty kind of cool longer lasting lovers are they as she's moved on uh you know she's back with ben affleck which i think the world uh it pretty it's pretty kind of it's kind of cool because they were together you know many many years ago so they're back together now yeah so j-lo was with a rod and a rod did some dastardly things with his rod a rod for his own back didn't he and uh he put his rod in a place

where it shouldn't have been is that what happened? Yeah, I'm pretty sure there were some claims. I didn't follow it as closely as you did. We were quite invested in that relationship. I was, and I'm heartbroken. Mainly because I just loved that she was J-Lo and he was A-Rod. Like, if that's not a reason to stay together. Our cool names, you know? True.

That's the basis of any good relationship, is have a cool name and you'll last forever. Jono and Ben, rolls off the tongue. We'll be around forever baby definitely uh but there's they're calling it a savage display from jennifer lopez overnight juliet what's happened uh she's deleted all photos from her instagram of a rod and unfollowed him on instagram yeah that's a j-lo blow right there she's really hurt his feelings cancelled him from her history This is cancel culture at its finest Deleted any traces of him

From social media I kind of understand that I kind of understand that Maybe they're not following Maybe that's an extra thing Not following him as well I kind of feel like you're in a new relationship Maybe you know

Have you ever unfollowed anyone or deleted anyone from your account? Oh, I laugh off. Are you down again? Oh, I'd unfollow someone. Yeah, right. Do they know if you've unfollowed them? But not that often. It doesn't get a notification.

You don't get a notification. Oh, then it's not alerted. If you're sneaky and you search, then you can find out easy. Do you reckon A-Rod knows that J-Lo's unfollowed? Oh, he probably does now because everyone's talking about it. He might not have. Shh, let's just keep it a secret from him. He'd be like, what? I don't want to hurt his feelings.

Yeah, he's probably lost on top of someone somewhere. He might not have come out of the, what am I talking about? I don't know. Shut up. Sometimes I'm like, why are you still talking? But, you know, give us a break. We've been talking

for three, yeah, too much. Yeah, too much talking. Sometimes you know, give us a break. We've been talking for three years. Too much. Yeah, too much talking. Sometimes you peter out around about eight. We really have. But it does bode a very interesting question, not just for social media, I guess, in a house. You might have pictures up of your ex. Is it okay to have photographic evidence of your ex-partner,

whether it be on social media or, you know, in physical form in a photo frame on a wall or whatever in your photo. I'm not saying you need to erase them from that. You don't have to erase them from your life. It just probably feels like that's a sign you've moved on to someone else, you know, by doing that, you know, by taking the photos away. But if

they're from months and months ago, I mean, Ben Affleck's going to have to do some pretty good hiding to avoid the fact that they were together. Oh, yeah. In photograph form. Yeah. You could Google search it.

You're right. But if she's got pictures up of them in the house, he'd be a bit like, wouldn't he? Wouldn't he be like, you know? So if Amanda was from a previous relationship. Yeah. And she had photos of her ex-partner. Still afterwards to get up and like over and dig out. He'd be like, okay.

After 10 years of marriage. I just love the shot. It's a great shot. You're like over and dig out. You'll be like, okay, I just love the shot. It's a great shot. You're like, yeah, he looks great, but. Would you ask her to take it down? Yeah. Especially now. Something I've been meaning to say for like 10 years. That's fun, huh?

No, it's a great shot. You both look great. You look very happy, but maybe take it down. Could you take it down? Yeah, it was weird Is that making it insecure Maybe it is No I won't say anything

I'll just pretend I broke the frame Playing Kicking them all Around the house Especially because You moved into the house And she put them up

She went and got a printer To set it up Oh okay We needed a frame Up there I thought it was a good photo Yeah well it's a great photo Do you want one of us

No no okay That's fine It's quite big So what are we asking you Is it okay Is it okay to have photos Of your ex up Yeah

Around the house I imagine you know It becomes a whole other conversation When there's kids involved Yes But you can call us right now 0800 the hits. 4487.

Maybe this has happened to you. Maybe you're a Ben Boyce and you've been silently living in anger that your wife's got a photo of her ex up on the hallway. We'll find out. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. Just like family.

The family members you're ashamed of. It's pink just like fire. It is the hits. Jono and Ben. 842. Now, Jennifer Lopez has made a bit of a move in a new relationship. She's decided to delete A-Rod from basically not follow him and delete all the photos on her social media of their previous relationship because now she's in a new relationship with Ben Affleck.

Who looks after the administration of that, too? They had a long, fruitful engagement for many years. There'd be many photos too. Someone was tasked with that arduous job of deleting all the photos with A-Rod. Well, she could have also employed Photoshop and put Ben Affleck's face on his. True.

So that's always an option, Photoshop. Or a crop situation, repost with a crop, you know, so he's out of there but she's still in there if it's a nice photo. Or do that thing where you get a knife and just try and scratch their face off. Could have been another option too. But interesting conversation around X. Photographic evidence of your previous relationship. Is it okay to keep it up there on your social media or even in your household

when you've moved on with a new partner? 0800 the hits. Ben Boyce has been secretly living with the anger of his wife Amanda. He doesn't have anything else. A giant wall hanging, floor-to-ceiling wall hanging of her ex-partner. He hasn't raised the issue in over a decade.

But let's go to Roxy. Tauranga, how's that this morning, Roxy? Morning. How you doing? We're doing well, buddy. Lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. Can you have photos of your ex around? Absolutely not.

You know, some people can pull off the post-friendship thing with exes, but I am like a no, they're done and dusted, put them in the box and put them away type thing. Yeah, not literally, not the body. No, no, not the body. I didn't quite go that far. No, I mean, I can see that point. But if there were kids involved, Roxy,

did you have kids with a previous partner? That's a different story, but this one's not actually about my ex. It's actually about my husband's ex, and he was in a long-term relationship that ended terribly. And his mother, so my mother-in-law, bless her pretty little heart, in a rage, went through the family portraits on her family house wall and cut her face out of it.

Oh, jeez. There's that mysterious figure with no face? Yeah, yeah, exactly. And I think there was this one from his sister's wedding, actually, and she's gone and stuck one of those big yellow smiley faces. Oh, Roxy, great call this morning. You go and have a good Tuesday. Yeah, you guys too.

Appreciate it. We'll head to Rotorua. Donna, you're on the air. Photos of the ex. Can they linger round? Absolutely. Oh, really? Polar opposite to Roxy's call.

Have you been through this? Yeah, I have. I've been with my husband now for nearly 18 years. My ex-husband and I were married for 16. We've got three adult children and between us 11 grandchildren. My ex-husband was the best man to my husband at our wedding. No, what? Your ex-husband was the best man at your new wedding?

Yeah. What? Yep. And it's quite funny, though, because not all of my husband's um extended family knew that this man was my ex-husband until one of my sons got up and gave a speech and said mum you look beautiful and dad you look really handsome and you were best man so everyone sort of looked and like oh no but it was fine um and i set him up with my best friend and they've been married, they married a month before me and my husband got married

so he's in wedding photos in our house but we also have, we're raising two of our grandchildren and they're in photos in their room because they're part of their life and we are the best friends with them So you and your new husband are

best friends with your ex-husband and him now married to your best friend? Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And it works. We've got three adult sons and 11 grandkids together. So it works that we are friends. They currently live in Australia, but before they moved, every weekend we're at their house

having a few drinkies playing pool on a Saturday night with the boys, with their partners, and my ex-husband, his wife and my husband. It works. Well, how cool is that? That's very cool. If you can do it, why wouldn't you do it? Yeah.

Yeah, it works for us, and it is very unusual, but it does work for us because we made it work because of our sons and our grandchildren, you know, being involved in all they like. Hey, good on you. I mean, the other option is go around and cut his face out of all the photos in the household. No, no. Well, my husband's not a

jealous man. Oh, that's awesome. But however, had he been married before and had an ex-wife and a photo frame, I probably wouldn't have liked that. Hey, good on you, Donna. You go and have a great day. Really appreciate your call. Thank you. You too.

Yeah, there we go. Some interesting calls there, Benjamin. Yeah, very good. Your thoughts? Oh, they're very mature. Very mature. Like, what they do in that relationship, particularly with the kids involved, I think is awesome. So there you go.

Hey, there we go. Another champagne John and Ben phone a topic there. Yeah. We'll tie a bow around that. We'll carry on. Let's move on with the show. Send that off to the World Radio Awards, Jude. It is the hits.

You've got Jono and Ben. Sreana, you're on the hits. Jono and Ben. Wild weather in the Wellington region this morning. I think you'd be all guys down there. And a passenger train

has derailed off the tracks. I think from what I look at, what it says, I think everyone's okay. But it's kind of scary stuff going on. Like Kokoriki, I think. Yeah., but it's kind of scary stuff going on. Traffic's had a standstill as well.

How do you get a train back on the tracks? You'd probably have to crane it, wouldn't you? I don't know why I'm asking you. You don't look like the type of guy who would have any experience with T's. I'm not Marcus Lush. That's a question for Marcus. He loves trains. He did a whole documentary on trains, didn't he? It was a good show, that train one. He loves it. But yeah, I don't know. i don't know i don't know

yeah i guess you're right yeah again i regret asking you i watched a little bit of thomas the tank engine back in the day but i never saw the controller all sorted out i never saw the fat controller now i don't know if he could be workplace bullying unless he came out with the name he's like call me that you know but you're right otherwise you'd be like no don't fat shame the controller yeah and that were they calling it to his face or behind his back? Oh, yeah. The train's all. It's probably worse, isn't it?

Yeah. Definitely. Take that to HR. I'll tell you what had happened yesterday. A really, really embarrassing moment in my life. And I don't know if this has happened to you before, but where we park our car is across the road. And it's quite a busy, you know, quite a busy place.

There's lots going on. You've got to get lifts. There's about four lifts there. And it's always busy. It's always quite hard to find. It's the casino. Yeah. place. There's lots going on and you've got to get lifts. There's about four lifts there and it's always busy. It's always quite hard to find. It's the casino. Yeah, it's always busy. I don't know why you're dotting around the factory. You're like, this is a mysterious, busy place that he goes to.

All right. Oh, it's so busy, this place. If only you knew how busy it was. Okay, it's a casino. It's busy. Anyway, so there's quite a lot of people in the lift and they just kind of got in and i was like oh the lift is going down that's a lift that i want to get into and so i was the last one

running towards it you know when you're the last one and everyone's watching and no one really helps you out in that situation no they want to go yeah they were like oh mate we've waited here you can wait there's another one coming this is how lifts work and this mysterious busy building we're in and no one presses the little button do they the little button to kind of you know what i like doing in that situation because i'll do anything to make me look like a great guy and nothing makes you look like more of a legend than sticking your arm out out the door you're putting your arm in harm's way to go hey you get in here yeah you know and everyone everyone really appreciates just a simple arm out except for the people in the lift

who are like, oh, you hold this down. But I was running towards the lift, I was like, I'll get there, I'll get there. And as I got there, the lift doors are closing

and I went bang, straight into the lift doors. And there's no more humbling experience, is there? Well, now, did you make it into the lift? Well, yeah, but- Oh, then you had to be inside.

But that was the worst thing. I was like, I should have just backed out of it at the end and gone, no, this is not for me. But yeah, then you were bang and everyone's, I should have just backed out of it then and gone, no, this is not for me. But yeah, then you were bang and everyone's like looking like, is he okay? And you're like, well, I'm not. I'm clearly not, but I'm going to shake it off.

And I'm going to stand in the lift with you all as we go down all 10 levels. I should have got in. In that situation, do you not just get in? You just back out? No, you bang your head. You look at them like a possum in headlights and you back out. And then the door is shut. Because then all they want to do is laugh, Ben.

And you're not letting them laugh. They want to laugh as a group. These group of strangers in this weird confined box, they had something in common. They did. Your pain. Yeah. Reminds me of when you were at the Warriors. You slid down the stairs.

Three sets of stairs, this man. I did. I had some drinks in one hand. I had another hand was holding some food, some punnets and chips. And I slid, yeah, I slid down the top of the stairs. It was very weird.

And then I got up. And miraculously, it was like a miracle. I hardly spilled any drink. I hardly, you know, the food was there. And I'm like, this is good. And then I was like, I'll get up. And I did it again.

And that's where the drink went everywhere and the food went everywhere. In front of a whole grandstand of people. And I'm like, I'll get up. And I did it again. And that's where the drink went everywhere and the food went everywhere. In front of a whole grandstand of people. And I'm like, just keep walking. Just keep walking. Because, yeah, and I think our seats were there. And I was like, I couldn't walk back to the seats. I was so embarrassed. He hasn't been back to a Warriors game since.

Do you know my son tripped over the other day? And he was like, oh, I was so embarrassed. I was like, well, listen to this story about my friend at Mount Smart Stadium. And he's like, that makes me feel so much better. Oh, in front of like a whole stand full of people. They all saw it. And everyone was like, oh, you're bad, you're bad. You can't even hear what they're saying,

but you know it's bad. Pointing mob mentality. We love it. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Jono,'s breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning. It is Jono and Ben with you. Just go on six o'clock on your Tuesday.

Met a lovely gentleman on the way here, Ben. He said, I used to watch you guys in prison. And then after a lovely chat with him, I walked on. I was like, if only they'd factored in the prison rating numbers, we would still be on air. You did actually. In all seriousness, there was a lot of people

that did watch the John Owen Ben TV show in prison. I guess they had free-to-air television. Yeah. We were no good with household shoppers though. But the lucrative prison dollar.

I tell you what, we could have been advertising to them. But anyway, I didn't know you could watch TV in prison. Mainly because I've never been to prison.

No. Yeah. I suppose there's a communal TV. You would think so. Yeah. They're not getting Sky and I don't know if they're getting Disney Plus. Do they watch the Olympics in prison?

I don't know. Oh, that would be quite cool. Imagine they'd have allocated out. I don't know. Why am I even... I don't know. Someone you can text at 4487. How are you, Ju?

I'm good. Good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, no, doing well. Doing well. Ben Boyce started the week yesterday with a shocking incident thank you. How are you? Yeah, no, doing well. Doing well. Ben Boyce started the week yesterday with a shocking incident. Yeah. Wasn't it? Yeah, it was.

Did you, now what happened, you need to update us. What happened when you went to your car? Okay, I can update you on that very shortly. A shocking way to start the week. It is the hits. You got John on, Ben? It's Maroon 5, you're on the hits Jono and Ben, 9 past 6 on a Tuesday Yesterday I started my Monday Started my week with

It was a shocking way to start It was a crappy way to start your week Literally, wasn't it? Ben boys Sorry Juliet That's alright We paused like we I was like, is that my cue?

So we were reflecting on that is this a rehearsal yeah are we on here now let's make it a rehearsal okay so this is what happened to be yesterday you're just saying be positive about a monday weren't you then i had this little whiff this little smell that you're like well that could that could be dog and then you look at you're like okay i'm gonna check my shoes please don't be my shoes. Please don't be in my shoes. It's my shoes. I don't know if it's mine. I surely wouldn't, because I didn't go anywhere near where the dog, our dog would. So it's someone else's dog.

Like, I didn't go anywhere near where our dog would have. If you could think of a worse way to start a Monday. On Monday at 6.30 in the morning. Of all days. I mean, Thursday you can handle it. Friday, it's only a blemish on your day. 6.30 in the morning. Of all days, Monday. I mean, Thursday you can handle it. Friday, it's only a blemish on your day. But Monday, really? I left the show for about 15 minutes to get in my shoes.

He abandoned ship. You'd never go and take this guy to war. He's like, I've got some dogs. I'm going to go sort it out. But we're just in the middle of a fight. I'll be back soon. I've got to find a sink. Yeah, so I did.

But then yesterday after the show, I was like was like well i'll retrace my steps uh you know well basically which means i walked back to my car i didn't look for anything on the way but i just thought well let's start by getting in the car and when i was with you yeah i was retracing your steps too yeah well we walked we we do we to honest, we forgot about it until I got to the car. Then I opened the door and a whiff of dog. Oh, really? Yeah, so the dog, the mat in the car, the car, you know, where you put your feet. Where your feet go?

Yeah, that's now in the laundry at home. Really? Yeah, so that was good. That was a nice little surprise. Yeah, because we did throw that out there because we were like, where do you think you picked it up? Yeah, so it was before I got into the car. Yeah, because there were concerns coming from you.

There were question marks hanging over where it was human produced. Well, only because of going through town. I was like, well, maybe if I found it in town, there's not many dogs in the centre of town. And I was like, maybe it was. Yeah, I mean, the ratio of defecating humans to dogs in town. Humans are outnumbering the dogs. I'd say so. And then I got home and just by my gate, when I had obviously shut my gate,

there was a, yeah. And it was pressed in with the shoes. In the little boom area. And I was like, that's it. That's it. Not my dog, but somebody else's dog. So there you go. So that was the spot.

So I managed to work out. And it wasn't great. It wasn't a great feeling to work that out. But at least I know now. Well, on a positive note, you really lightened the mood yesterday. And you also stunk the hell out of the studio. But more importantly, you lightened that mood. We can deal with the smell.

It's the mood that we can't change. No, well, I'm glad we got to the bottom of it. Yeah. I mean, it didn't change what happened. The thing is, it's happened to everyone And it's funny When it's not you But when it's you it's just

But the thing is you don't know where you've walked with it on too You're just like oh I've traipsed it all You know who knows Everyone kind of feels like you're to blame with it I had no idea that I was traipsing this around the place He was like oh you brought that in here Through the office I didn't know I had it on around the place. He was like, oh, you brought that in here? Oh, through the office. I didn't know I had it on there, but anyway.

So hopefully the day gets better from there. That was Pink and her daughter Willow, and it's all just Pink, you know, roping in her kids for cuteness, for cute purposes. Yeah, we do it as well too, don't we? Your daughter, Sienna, has been working very hard for us. No money is exchanged. You won't even buy her something from the vending machine for that work.

She's like, can I just have something from... No! Do a prank call! You entertain me! I'm not there, bear. Well, we'll get something afterwards. It's just, you know... But you never do.

We do, we do. We do. We got sushi on the way home last time. That's not from the vending machine, though. No, it's not from the vending machine. You're right. But yes, a couple of days ago, she came in here. We played this call yesterday, and we thought it was worthy of playing it again. We decided to make a call to the baby factory with my daughter, Sienna,

to return something that maybe the baby factory won't take returns on. Have a listen. We've got Sienna, my daughter, back in to make another call for us today. How are you doing, Sienna to return something that maybe the baby factory won't take returns on. Have a listen. We've got Sienna, my daughter, back in to make another call for us today. How are you doing, Sienna? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. I know how you are because you're my dad.

How has he been, though? Can you tell us how he's really been? Has he been well? Sleepy. Sleepy? I'm always tired. Are you sleepy? I'm always moaning about,

oh, I'm tired, I'm tired. But anyway. He's got quite a sleepy laugh, doesn't he? You'd be like a sleepy elephant if you were a cartoon character. Yeah, I do. It's one thing you can't really work on, a genuine laugh. I'd love to have a really cool laugh, but I just don't. Anyway, I love to have a laugh each day on the show.

You do? I love to. It's a great bucket list. It's a great bucket list. Give me a bit of laugh. How have you sienna um i mean very good uh we're gonna get you back in to do another call for us today all right okay paid for these you know you make it awkward when you ask for money and the answer's always no no but you get to experience i don't know you get to do something you get to experience a sleepy dad if you do a good job something You get to experience A sleepy dad Making a What price do you put on that If you do a good job

You get to experience Me having a laugh You know You get to hear my Money can't buy a laugh Now today We thought we'd get you To call

Like a baby store Maybe like a baby factory Or something like that One of the great stores Around New Zealand And maybe you want to Return something To the baby factory

My baby brother Yeah well there you go That's great brainstorming This is why we don't pay you Great ideas on this That's a good question To the baby factory I don't brother. Yeah, well, there you go. That's great brainstorming. This is why we don't pay you. Great ideas on this. That's a good question. To the baby factory. I don't think they do.

Is this where babies come from? No, I don't think they're a factory for babies. You can ask them where babies come from. Yeah, okay. That's a great question. All right, we'll head through to the baby factory now. Good morning. Welcome to the baby factory.

Michelle speaking. Hi, my name is Sienna and I'm 11 years old. Can I please return something to your store? Did you want to come into the store? Yes, please. Can I return my baby brother? You returned your baby brother? Yeah, he's really new and he's a real pain in the bum. He's crying all the time.

It was a lot more fun at home before he came along. It's pretty hard being a big sister, isn't it? It's a big responsibility, darling. Yeah, can I have my money back or swap it for another baby? Wouldn't that be nice? Oh, darling, you've just made my day. You know, I can't refund your brother. You're just going to have to be a big sister and suck it up

and just love him for a long time, darling. Oh, and another baby question. How are babies made? How are babies made? Wow. Is your mother near you? Could you ask your mother that, darling? No.

No? My dad's here. Your dad's here? Would you like to ask your dad that question? Actually, let's not ask that question right now. We should call the baby factory and they'll answer. Oh, I am so laughing. I've got tears coming out of my eyes. Oh, God bless. I thought I was getting a prank phone call. Nah, I'm going with those. I've got a great sense of humor myself. Oh, God bless your daughter.

It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Really? Yes, it is. We got my daughter Sienna. She's doing our job for us. Oh, my gosh. Are you kidding me? You know how you said, I'm so stoked I'm not part of a prank call.

Oh, my God. Oh, it's freaking awesome. Oh, my God. You guys have made my day. Oh, you're awesome. You're awesome my day. Oh, you're awesome. You're awesome. Oh, no, you're awesome. And your daughter was just perfect on the phone.

Good God. Just went with it. Oh, you guys have made my day, man. Oh, we'll send you out something. You're awesome. Hold the line. We'd love to send you out something for being such a good sport. Oh, thank you so much.

Have we found New Zealand's nicest person? You've made our day. Oh, you guys rock. Do you know what our job, all we want is someone to tolerate us and listen to our prank calls and it doesn't happen all the time. Absolutely, that's the best one ever, guys. You've made everyone's day. Shout out to the Baby Factory and you, you're awesome.

Oh, thank you so much. Goodness me. Hold the line. Let's just keep talking and we'll keep thanking each other because I like this. Oh, thank you so much. Goodness me. Hold the line. Let's just keep talking and we'll keep thanking each other because I like this. Oh, crikey. I'm going to wipe the tears out of my eyes. Have a good day.

All right. Hold the line. Thank you. Oh, Sarah, I've got something to do. I've got John Owen being on the phone. I'm on the radio. Hey, hey, we're still here. We're still here.

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I mean, it's resulted in you getting many a comedy tattoo over the years, isn't it, Ben? True, true. But these are good decisions. Yeah. Good decisions. Oh. What happens to the prizes that aren't chosen is my question.

And is Boss Todd listening? Because we're all expecting some wonderful secret Santa presents this year. Oh, yeah. Do you think he's got all these leftover prizes? Has he gone out and bought both of them or is he waiting to find which one is chosen? You would have to. That's the sensible thing to do is just have them both waiting there ready to go. Well, is it? It's the fiscally responsible thing to do.

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The news over the last 24 hours There's an iconic house up for sale If you're in the market for an iconic house We've been in this house It is terrifying. It is terrifying. I don't know why. It's a do-er-upper.

Well, yeah, but it's actually pulling in a lot of money. We'll talk about it next. It is the hits. It's Katy Perry. Last Friday Night is the hits. Gentleman Ben, 6.31. Here's some news stories you can form a strong opinion on and phone up Talkback Radio to complain about. Ben, what has been happening overnight?

Well, a very famous building in the Auckland area is up for sale, the Spookers House, the famous South Auckland attraction up for sale. Now, this is an attraction out there. It's an old sort of... It's an asylum of sorts where they would take people who were struggling with issues back in the day and I think they would give them electric shock

treatment. Oh really? It was popular back in the day. I don't know if it stacks up in 2021. Now they've turned it into a scream park so a haunted attraction that you can go along to and basically just get the living bejesus scared out of you, right? We've been out there probably three or four times together, and no time does it get any easier to handle. No, no. I'm not good at that.

I know. Who does enjoy that? I love it. People love it. Yeah, I love it. And it's extremely popular, and now you can buy the place for sale. 140 actors they have on their roster who play all sorts of zombies, ghouls, ghosts and stuff. But I found when we were doing it for TV, they'd be like, walk into the room.

And I'd be like, no. Walk into the room. I'm like, no, I don't want to. It was really hard to go in there knowing that the anticipation is going to come. You're going to get a fright from someone. But people love it. Yeah, and they never. They lost you.

I lost you. We were doing it together and someone someone they grabbed you yeah I got pulled behind a curtain and it's quite funny because at first they're like and then I drag you and they sort of pull you along the ground behind a curtain also we shot oh yeah he's like hey you okay man honestly you know you know hurt and I'm like no no I'm all good oh yeah good good you just want to make sure everything's okay yeah it's great when they drop character

and actually nice you had a dream of working there Jude yeah I used to I loved going there I went I think there's an under 16 option

that you can go for kids who want to learn and you go during the day there are no actors but you get a bit of a tour and I went when I was like under 16

I was like this is cool and then I went when I was over 16 and I was like this is cool and so I told mum and dad I wanted to work there, but they refused to let me drive out to Corat.

Oh, spookers. What was that noise? Even talking about them. Yeah, so it's now R13. You can go there and change the age. That's if you want to traumatise a childhood. Yeah, and so it's been on and off the market since 2018. They reckon they're good at it.

Quite a lot of visitors per week, especially the bounce back after COVID. So if you want to buy this attraction, it's the only one, the biggest one in Australasia, they reckon. And then you can own spookers. Yeah. It terrifies me. But people like yourself, Juliet, love it. So good.

Do you like horror movies as well? I love horror movies. Yeah. See, my wife's the same. I love the adrenaline. I hate horror movies. Yeah. Mine are's the same. I love the adrenaline. I hate horror movies. Yeah, I kind of just, the anticipation just... It is terrifying when you're watching a horror movie

and when you're into it because you are scared. I get scared, but it's just, the thrill is just so like nothing you've ever felt. Because my wife, Amanda, she loves horror movies, but she makes a real loud scream when she gets a fright, and that in turn gives me a fright. And then you're like, oh God, she's going to get a fright, and I'm going to get a fright,

and this is the trickle on. There's no joy in watching a horror movie. You're just on edge the whole time. So let's put on a movie, and there's way between us. We were more stressed than we were before. Why don't we just watch Love Actually? Something nice. Something nice.

You're right. Except for the bit with the cheating saga, and he's off buying joy. Oh, yeah, with Rowan Atkinson. Well, is he cheating, or is he just... Anyway, that makes me a little bit anxious, too Rowan Atkinson. Well, is he cheating or is he just... Anyway, yeah, that's a bit like... That makes me a little bit anxious, too. Cut that bit out.

Get rid of that bit. Ben edits that out of his love actually experience. So it's just all actually love from start to finish. Well, I mean, technically it was still love. You're just loving someone else. Yeah, exactly. And that is a scrolling through your feed this morning. On the way for you, Jennifer Lopez. She's done something pretty big. Yeah, yeah. And that is a scrolling through your feed this morning. On the way for you, Jennifer Lopez.

She's done something pretty big. Yeah, yeah, she has. And it's made headlines for everyone. A pop-up came on my phone. You said something like, J-Lo's savage response. And I was like, oh, is that savage nowadays? Yeah, is it savage? I don't know.

I feel like I'm not okay with the protocol when it comes to that. We'll talk more about that shortly. It is the hits. You got a jot on, Ben? Spy. The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. She lives on a steady diet of celebrity gossip, which is actually lacking in nutritional value. And we're quite concerned about her energy levels,

but she's here. I'm fighting through. So J-Lo has obviously moved on with Ben Affleck, her ex from the early 2000s. Used to be with Alex Rodriguez, Rodriguez, sorry. But she has removed all pictures of him on her Instagram and unfollowed him on Instagram.

He still has pictures of her. He still follows her, but she's wiped all photographic evidence from her Instagram. Now, does JLo do this herself? Is she doing the culling herself? Or has she got a team of cullers? She's probably got a team of professional cullers. I think you should have someone go wipe all the pictures of them.

What do you want me to do today, Mrs Lopez? Cull all the photos of A-Rod. Yeah. It's going to take ages. I don't care. Every last one. I mean, obviously, I don't think she's trying to hide the fact that we're in a relationship. No, because everyone knows. But she's in a new relationship with Bearflex. I mean, I suppose it's, you know, like I can

kind of understand it. Is this a savage move? Because I was mentioning before I got a notification on my phone yesterday going JLo's savage response to A-Rod. And it was probably meant like that as well, how I'm talking. Do you think this is a savage response? Um,

I don't know. Maybe Ben felt uncomfortable with it Because sometimes you know for me I probably wouldn't have photos of an ex on Instagram I'd probably just delete them once the relationship was over And if you're in a new relationship But it also depends on how the new partner feels You know if he doesn't care

Then maybe I'd keep them up or whatever Snap text poll, rogue text poll We'll get some text 4487 Can you have photos of your ex whether it's on your phone or sort of sifting around your house? Particularly if you're in a new relationship, obviously. Yeah.

That's where it comes up with. And if you've come from a family sit show, so you're on a you know, your first relationship's ended but there were kids involved and there's photos of the kids and the ex around. 4487, 8, 7. I'll get your response on this. Ben Boyce, you got photos of your exes?

No, not publicly up there. Where do you keep them? No, I don't know. On my social media, I'm not like, yeah. But yeah, I can kind of understand the situation. I don't think I'd feel that comfortable if my new partner or my partner had photos of their ex. Well the last time I had a girlfriend was a very long long time ago and I think I've got an old sketch drawing, a Titanic style sketch drawing. It was one of those little photos where they say that

the photographer goes under the blanket, it's a situation. You know the old style, you had to get one shot at it. We were all dressed up in our colonial garb. It was a wonderful day. No one's smiling because no one smiled like them. Yeah, stone face. Bizarre. Old school. He's 97 now. Oh, my first love. Vera, you'll always be my first. Oh, dear. And another news. Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, he didn't know what his real name was until he turned 11. What?

Yeah, so his real full name is Christopher Harington, but he was always called Kit because Kit is a variation of Christopher, and his family always called him Kit. He always called himself Kit, and then when he was 11, he was like called Kit Because Kit is a variation of Christopher And his family always called him Kit He always called himself Kit And then when he was 11 he was like wait what My real name is Christopher But it was just never a name That anyone ever called him Christopher

Feels like someone's really dropped the ball Over an 11 year period Not to inform a child of Their birthday Surely he had to fill out documents at some point. His brother's name is Jack, but his real name is John. So it must be a family thing. They name their child a certain name on the birth certificate,

but just don't even go by that. At no stage through their parenting career were they like, oh, should we tell Kit what his... Yeah. Yeah. 11 years. I know. It's kind of bizarre.

But yeah, he found out eventually. But he just still rolled with Kit because that's just who he knows himself as. Yeah, I mean, it's kind of quite a... It's a cool name. It's kind of bizarre. But yeah, he found out eventually. But he just still rolled with Kit because that's just who he knows himself as. It's kind of quite a cool name. It is a cool name. But you think you're right. It's not like it's a secret. Don't never tell him.

No, yeah. Never tell him. You swear on your mother's life that you'll never tell him his name is Christopher. You know? It's a weird sort of secret to keep, right? Yeah, unless his parents did tell him and he just didn't even really care,

you know, when he was younger. But that's a bizarre thing. I mean, it's a great story. It is a great story, yeah. Maybe he's added some GST to it. Yeah, I his parents did tell him and he just didn't even really care you know, when he was younger, but that's a bizarre thing It is a great story, yeah Maybe he's added some GST to it Yeah, I wonder if on those occasions he's like Exaggerated I mean, we do it every morning I'm talking about some 96 year old I had a meaningful

relationship with Alright, and that is your Spy Entertainment Update For more you can head to thehits.co.nz. It's new. Just after 7 o'clock on New Zealand's Breakfast, now Queenstown. We talked about this yesterday. They're playing a wee game of this.

Someone in the water down there at the moment. It's this toxic green sort of substance that's been in the river that leads through into Lake Wakatipu down there at the moment. It's this toxic green sort of substance that's been in the river that leads through into Lake Wakatipu down there in Queenstown. They're still trying to work out what it is. They've already found the source of when it happened. But now they reckon it could be weeks away from knowing what it is. It reminds me of the colour of the Toxic Crusader. Do you remember the Toxic Crusader?

It's like the Toxic Crusaders leaked all through the lake. There's many theories. Producer B House was saying it could have been some fluid from a vehicle. Coolant for your car. There's also, we talked about this off-air, but in Chicago every year for St. Patrick's Day, they make the town's river green. It looks very similar to that. It's obviously not. They haven't done it here in New Zealand to offer some pictures.

Who knows what nuclear waste they're pouring into the river in Chicago, but it looks good and that's the main thing. They've found some sort of, I guess, I'm guessing it's non-toxic dye over there in Chicago, so we'll find out. We'll follow this story with interest. You know what it smells like to me, Ben? What's that? It smells like a prank that you've

done and now you're getting gun shy because it's getting too much heat and you're pulling out of it and you're like let's not claim it no let's not claim it no no not me not me i'm not yeah for the no no don't even we've got a rich history of pranking you and me it's the old no but not even, no. Remember we did, we once did a prank show on Guy Williams who we used to work with, and it was like our boss was going to, well I can't even remember what the basis of it was, but it was, he was, we put hidden cameras

in with our boss and him, he was having a meeting and then it all got a little awkward and turned into like a real employee management meeting. Oh god. We were hearing details about employment issues. Oh, no. And then so we slowly just removed our headphones

that we were listening on and we're like, let's just leave this. And then the meeting went on for another half an hour, 45 minutes, and we're like, what do we do when he comes out? And then we had to go, when he opened the door, we're like, hey. So obviously we're not going to use any of that.

We wouldn't listen to him Just so you know So now with this lake thing Ben's in the hey stage No, no, no We've got $5,000 up for grabs That's happening very shortly It is the hits You've got John O'Byrne

Heart-hitting interviews And informed opinion Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB In the meantime Here's's Jono and Ben. The Heaps. 10 o'clock, we're going to tell you, well, we're going to be the first radio show in the world to do something. And it involves Christmas. I guess we're celebrating a little early on Christmas, but that's just what we're going to do.

We're going to be the first radio show to play a Christmas song this week. Yeah, we're getting a huge leap on everyone you know the westfield malls they're going to be shaking their heads going what have we done we've dropped the ball yeah they'll be like that's normally our thing we're not going early in november people start complaining about it oh yeah i'm sorry i'm sorry we're going to do it in august so we need your help after eight o'clock this morning to decide on which song uh we need to play but actually speaking of christmas and traditions i didn't know this, but a friend of ours, their family, their tradition for Christmas is they like to,

the night before Christmas, they like to get Chinese takeaways. And at the end of the morning, for Christmas morning, they have the leftovers. They have it, and that's what they love. They love leftover Chinese takeaways. Heated up or cold? Sometimes, some of them have it cold. Cold?

Yeah. Cold Chinese? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even with all the gel stuff? of them have a cold. Cold. Yeah. Cold Chinese. Yeah. Even with all the gel stuff that's cooled overnight. I love it. And that's the tradition for them is to have Chinese takeaways the next morning. Wow. It's an interesting tradition.

It's a wonderful Christmas dish, isn't it? It's the cold chow mein. That's what they look forward to. Every Christmas morning. Yeah. It's just pretty cool. I mean, I kind of like people that have um you know unusual traditions you know like friends and family that kind of get together and they kind of celebrate unusual things or do it in an unusual

way oh i have a tradition i've spoken about to a fish and chip friday every friday yeah uh no matter if there's an event on or not i'll have fish and chip friday you like your fish and chip friday i also got a tradition of heart disease i don't. I don't know if the two are connected in any way. Heart disease Saturday. You'll see. Heart burn Saturday. Can we get a quick ease there, darling? Just need to kick it back into gear. Have you got traditions?

Oh, no, a couple of friends of ours. A couple of friends, they've got interesting ones. We've got a friend of ours who meets with other mates, and they go to mmm, men meeting for meat. M-M-M, which also stands for the mighty mongrel mob so you wouldn't want to confuse the two hi guys we've turned up for the meat oh okay yeah and the other one i'm friends of ours have also i think i've spoken about this in the past they meet together they meet uh every every once a year and they all buy each other a sort of gift

i think it's like a midwinter christmas thing And they all meant to buy each other a bit of a naughty sort of funny gift is the thing. And one year, someone bought a bit of an adult-looking toy and left it in the house as a bit of a gag up on the shelf, thinking that they'd find it the next day. And a year later, they're like, oh, that's funny. That's funny. You've still got the – Oh, my goodness. You put that up there.

You don't put it back up because we're coming. And they're like, what? And they hadn't noticed for a year. How do you not notice? They'd been sitting high up on the shelf. And you'd just be like, who has come over in the last 12 months? We invited the priest. We had that lunch with the nuns.

Yeah, they were here. They were here. It was like one of the ones that Stephen Joyce, you know, the dog toy one that looks a bit sort of, yeah, the one that Stephen Joyce got hit in the face with. So it was like one of those up on a Joyce, you know, the dog toy one that looks a bit sort of, yeah, the one that Stephen Joyce got hit in the face with. So it was like one of those up on a shelf. Oh, dear. Uh-oh. Oh, my God.

So we want to chuck this open this morning. 4487 if you'd like to text. Get hold of New Zealand's Breakfast. 0800 the hits. What are your traditions? Excuse me. Whether it be family or work traditions with colleagues and stuff. I'm looking at one here.

The Welsh people have a tradition called Mari Lurd. I think that's how it's pronounced, where they have a decorated horse's skull placed upon a broomstick, and they cover it in a sheet with bells hanging from the skull, place it outside their house, and it signifies that you'd like to challenge people to a singing contest. A singing contest? A singing contest. A singing contest.

Unusual way to do it. It's the only thing more terrifying in the world of singing than Simon Cowell is this horse skull stick. So what are your unusual traditions? What's something you maybe meet with your friends every year to do or every week or once a month? We'd love to hear from you. The more unusual, the better. We might find some prizes as well. It's the better. We might find some prizes as well. It's the hits.

Dean, we want to know about your unusual tradition that maybe you do with your friends or family. Now, you just mentioned your friends every Christmas morning wake up and eat cold Chinese takeaways. Yeah, they love it. And someone's texting backing up the cold Chinese takeaway claim saying it's the best way to have Chinese cold. Some foods are better, I reckon, the next day and you don't reheat them. Pizza's definitely in that category.

Yeah, like KFC chicken. Oh, yeah, it just settles, doesn't it? Yeah. Something about that. Whatever the colonel's done on that, it really takes effect the next morning. You're right. So a lot of people doing cold Chinese the next morning. But traditions, what are your traditions?

You can give us a call, 0800-THE-H 4487 is the um as the text number this morning just looking around the world mention the where the welsh one where they put a horse's skull on a stick to sort of challenge people to a singing competition unusual way to do it right horse walked into the barn bartender sees weather long face well someone's just shoved a broomstick in my skull but there's other ones here in america if you have itchy palms apparently that means you're going to come into money or you're suffering from eczema one of the two if your palms sweaty you're you're going to sing in a rap battle you know you're probably going to vomit on your jersey with mom's spaghetti wonderful tradition that one right it, right? And in Greece, you know how we leave our teeth under a pillow for the tooth fairy to collect?

Oh, yes, yeah, yeah. Well, the children in Greece throw theirs on the roof. Throw their teeth on the roof. Well, that's a lot easier for the tooth fairy. A lot more accessible. Yeah. Yeah, I mean. It's easier for her, you know, to come in and.

In New Zealand, we're asking her to commit home invasion. Yeah. Every time. She's tiny. Lift up a pillow with a human head sleeping on it. Just leave it on the roof. She can just swoop in, get it. Drop some money down the...

The Greeks are doing it well. Yeah, they are. They know what they're up to. Juliet, have you got a tradition? Yeah, it's around birthdays. I've got quite a large extended family, so we have birthday celebrations quite often you're always doing

family stuff every week you're like I'm off to a family with 79 people honestly there are so many and so there's birthdays all the time and every time

when we sing happy birthday after the happy birthday song is finished we then sing another one that goes on for twice as long not that he's a jolly good fellow

she's a jolly good fellow no it's why was she born so beautiful and it's it's why was she born? So beautiful. And it's so annoying because if people bring new partners along and they're not expecting it, our whole family's just like, da-da-da-da-da-da, and they're like, what is going on? It's quite embarrassing.

I love the clap when people start clapping after the age thing. Yes. You go to the birthday thing. Like a grandpa. Sometimes you're in like an elderly relative's birthday. You're like, I don't know how we've got that long Let's not start clapping Let's not start clapping One

And we always think they should pick up the pace On a happy birthday too It's really meant to be a happy occasion But the song is just Maybe that's why some genius invented Why I was here Just to pick them up guys It's a happy occasion We here yeah uh tanya welcome

to the show traditions what do you got morning morning um so on christmas my mom always gets me and my siblings an orange a book and some really nice shampoo and conditioner oh for what particular reason? Or has it just become a tradition? It's just kind of become it. I have no idea where the hell the oranges come from. I think the book is just a ventriloquist from when we were kids and shampoo

because from when we were all poor uni students and couldn't afford nice stuff. Do you think she may have overordered on oranges, books and shampoos and was like, well, this will do me for the next 40 Christmases? Yeah, she'll probably ask where the orange thing has come from. I don't know. I just don't say anything and say thanks.

Does she realize she's giving you the same gift every year? Have you actually brought this to her attention? Maybe that's the issue here. Maybe she doesn't realize. Every year you're putting on such a good performance that it's a new gift. Thank you very much. My wife, she said that she tries to bring this in as well as a tradition that you get to choose one present

the night before Christmas to open. I'm like, that's wild. That's wild. You know, like, but any present at all you can pick. She tries to bring that in, but I'm like. Yeah, the old day. I don't know. You're a stickler for the rules.

You've got to look forward to Christmas. You can't just wildly go pick up a present. If anything, sneak out in the middle of the night, have a little look and wrap it back up. That's what we all did. Deal with it the next morning. Vic, you're on. Welcome. How are you?

I'm good, thank you. How are you? We are doing well, mate. Great to have you on. What was your tradition? We've got every Queen's birthday weekend, I've got a big extended family as well. And there's about 50 of us. We all meet somewhere

in the central North Island and have a vegetable weigh-in competition. A vegetable weigh-in? Who's grown the biggest pumpkin or something over the last 12 months? Well, so there's a whole bunch of rules, and we all get sent out the same vegetable at the start of the year, and then we grow it, and you win if you've

got the biggest crop. That's cool! That's really cool. Have you ever taken this out, Vic? No, never in my whole entire life. Who normally takes it out? There's one family up in Auckland who are the winners a lot of the time. Yeah, cheating Aucklanders. They're probably putting steroids into the vegetables.

They probably are. That's a fun little tradition, isn't it? It is, and we've done it. It's been about 18 years now. And then, so what? Once you put them on the scales, you're like, all right, we'll see you guys next year? Or does it turn into a party?

It's a pretty big boozer, it is. Thank you very much, Vic. That's great. Appreciate your call. No worries. We've got five words, $5,000, 20 minutes away. It is the hits. You've got John Ombed.

John Ombed, the hits. A horrible scene, 20 minutes away. It is the hits. You've got John O'Meara. John O'Meara, the hits. A horrible scene to watch coming out of Afghanistan at the moment. Of course, the Taliban have taken over the city there. And there's like a U.S. plane. Rachel Jackson-Lees was just talking about the news. We were just watching it on Breakfast TV trying to take off. Yeah, the U.S. Air Force plane. From the airport.

Literally hundreds of people trying to cling to the bottom of the plane to escape Kabul. Just to get out of there. Just the desperation in these poor people's faces. It's like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. It's horrible to watch. To actually go, as a human, this is my only way out of here. To cling to the bottom of a plane. Insane.

Insanity. We're just looking through the history of why the U.s troops were pulled out of afghanistan now u.s kind of from what i understand and maybe i go well they were kind of trying to keep the peace over there right with their troops yeah so i think in 2011 obama did a deal with the taliban he's like okay you behave yourselves we'll pull out our troops and they're like we're the taliban we're gonna behave ourselves right and so i think during trump's presidency, the number of troops sort of decreased by three or four thousand. And then obviously it was during Biden's leadership that he's decided to get them out of there. But you're just saying it's probably not the U.S.'s responsibility to keep peace.

There was something I was reading online saying that it's not a war that they, you know, yeah, it's like their troops could be better served in their minds, I guess, back home. But you're right. You wonder why the United Nations are not across making sure this is, you know. And New Zealand is sending a Defence Force plane there, hopefully if they can land, to pull out any New Zealanders or I think Afghanis who have helped New Zealand over there on their peace mission. Horrible situation. Just crazy. And you see the Taliban in the presidential office

all holding machine guns and rocket launchers. Imagine that happening here. Yeah, it's just full-on scene. Just your feel for the day. Yeah, exactly. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Five words for 5K on the hits.

You're only five words away from a massive payday. We put $5,000 on the line. We do it every morning at this time. Five words, $5,000. You match all five words. With our words, you win $5,000. Let's head to Timaru. Chris, you're on. Welcome. G'day, you win $5,000. Let's head to Te Maru. Chris, you're on.

Welcome. G'day there. Lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast, Chris. Now, I feel like that today is the day we're going to do some winning. I can feel it deep inside my belly button. Oh, well, I'm with you on that one. Yeah. How's your belly button, Chris?

Is it feeling lucky? Yeah, it's hungry, mate. It's a hungry belly button. Have you looked at your belly button recently? It Is it feeling lucky? Yeah, it's hungry, mate. It's a hungry belly button. Have you looked at your belly button recently? It's an odd little... It is an odd, yeah. Anyway, Chris, we're not here to talk belly button. We're here to talk who you're going to put into the soundproof booth.

Well, I was thinking we'll give Professor Juliet a crack, eh? Professor Juliet? Professor. I like that name. Well done, because I've been sent in there continuously for the last two weeks. There's only so long you're back a losing horse. Now, I need to be turned into glue, don't I?

She'll be the dunce in the corner if she gets this wrong. Now, Max, are you going to push the buttons for us? Yeah. Thank you, Max. All right, Chris, Julietta is in the soundproof booth, and here is your first word this morning. It is lotto. Lotto. What pops into your head with lotto?

First thing that comes to mind is ticket. Oh, yeah. Yep. That's why it was in my head. Was that in yours, Jono? I was thinking about what I need to pick up after work. Okay. I wasn't focused on the game.

He's distracted. All right. Chris, second word this morning is subway. Subway. Yeah, well, that would be sandwich or... That was what was in my head that time. Yeah, we'll go sandwich. Corn is word number three this morning.

Corn. C-O-R-N. Corn. Corn. Jeez, my heart's beating like a drum. Oh, man. You got this, you got this, Chris. I believe in you.

Corn. Corn is yellow, it's sweet, bloody, yeah. It's hard when you're on the spot, too, to think, yeah. Well, feel for everyone that plays this game. Hey, did you want to move on? We can come back to corn, Chris. Yeah, come back, yep. Yep.

Next word this morning is gravity. Gravity. Gravity, earth. Earth. Oh, there you go. Nice work, Chris. That's good. Doing well.

And the fifth and final one was trifle this morning. Trifle, yeah, that's good, yeah. That'll fix the belly button up. Yeah, what would you like? Trifle, what pops into your head with trifle? Trifle. Lots of nearly sherry and custard. Yeah.

Custard. Custard, yeah. Haven't had trifle in many years. I remember my mum was always very trigger happy on the alcohol content. Hey, and we're going to hop back to word number three, Chris. Corn. Corn. Sweet. Corn. Sweet.

Sweet. Oh, yeah, that's nice. That's really good. All right, Chris, you did a really great job this morning, and it's so hard to match up five words, but we'll see if we can this morning. Get Juliet out of the soundproof booth. What happens in the soundproof booth stays in the soundproof booth,

unless we talk about it through these microphones. Yes, all right. Chris, what would you spend the five grand on, Chris? Oh, hell, I've got my own nice new motorbike. But then again, I've got a wife and four daughters. And you can't ride them. You've got to look after them, don't you? So I'm thinking it's going to be six beers.

All right, Chris, let's see if you can match five words with Producer Juliet, Professor Juliet. Are you ready for this? Yes. First word this morning, we said to Chris, it was lotto. Lotto. Ticket. Oh, nice.

I feel like that's quite easy, that one. All right, subway is the second word this morning, Juliet. Subway, we said to Chris. Sandwich. Chris, how's that heart now? Yeah, good girl. Keep it up. All right, number three this morning is corn.

C-O-R-N, corn. Cob. Corn. We got an of course from Chris. She nailed that one. Good girl. Chris had said sweet, because sweet corn. Oh, true.

Yes. Also, don't be so harsh on yourself. That was a good word. Yeah, corn cob was a goodie. Word number four. Gravity. Space. Ooh.

Earth. We had earth. And trifle was the final word. Trifle. Oh, God. That's like a dessert. A dessert? Oh, damn it.

Is that what the question mark was? Let the team down. It was custard. No, you didn't let the team down. You did not let Chris down. Because Chris has said good girl to you twice. You held your head high, Joe. Thanks, Chris.

Chris, sorry we couldn't give you that motorbike today, but hopefully we can another day. Yeah, don't worry, Juliet. I don't care what they say about you. I reckon you're a good chick. Cheers, Chris. Hell pizza, shall we, Chris? That'd be great, man.

Cheers. Have a great day, Chris. We'll bring you another chance tomorrow morning, 7.45, to play Five Words 5K. It is that. Juliet's currently training very hard for a marathon. Maybe if she trained a little harder in her job, she'd be upstairs working with Mike Hosking.

That is my mother's dream for me. Yeah, instead she's down here on the coalface with old J&B. Absolutely. Now, one of the best Christmas movies of all time is Home Alone. But they're doing a reboot, which is going to be out on Disney Plus from November 12th. It doesn't feature Macaulay Culkin, but it does feature the boy from Jojo Rabbit. Do you know that little boy?

Love that boy. He was adorable. Yeah. So basically his name is Max Mercer, and he gets left behind when his family travels to Japan for the holidays. But then he calls them on his cell phone that he's got and that's the end of the movie. Yeah, that's exactly right. No, but people are trying to break into his home to steal a family heirloom and he's trying to protect it with booby traps and everything. So it's very similar to the original Home Alone. It's such a great movie. Speaking of traditions, every year for Christmas

we always watch it, Home Alone. It's always good. So good. It will never get old. And then you look at what Macaulay Culkin looks like now, and you're like, wow, you really don't look like the little boy that you used to be. It'll never get old, apart from Macaulay Culkin, who's getting older every day. Like all of us, he's got older. There's a documentary on Netflix at the moment, the movies that made us, really interesting about some of cinema's

hugest movies and the drama that went on behind the scenes and Home Alone was one of them. Really? One movie company threw it out, didn't they? Halfway through filming. Yeah, I think so, yeah. Then the next day it was picked up by an opposing movie company. Oh, you'd be gutted. It's so funny watching

those things now and you're like, you idiot! What is it? There's so many reasons why movie companies obviously don't proceed with projects and it's such a reminder that a lot of life is just down to

sometimes one person's opinion on something and someone's persistent sometimes so I believe in this thing I'm going to see

it through and despite the knockbacks I'm going to carry on even movies like there was one I watched on

Forrest Gump the other day which is such a great movie Academy Award winning movie had Tom Hanks attached to it

there was still movie companies turning it down or like trying to slash the budget and they just kind of believed in it and made it into what it was

I found the there's a Back to the Future look it's Jono and Ben Regale tales of them watching Netflix documentaries you can watch the

docos very good but there's a we're going on Back to the Future so they'd started filming with the core character that wasn't Michael J. Fox.

Yeah. Six weeks into filming, they canned him. Really? And then got J. Fox in. They always wanted Michael J. Fox, but they couldn't work it out because of his schedule and stuff. And then six weeks in, they were like, this guy's a great actor, but he's not quite the comedic actor we wanted. So let's just reshoot everything again and get Michael J. Fox and find a way to work. And Michael J. Fox had to work two jobs, basically, to make it work.

Wow. So he was working like 20 hours a day. Wow. They've been trying to recast Jono from Jono and Ben for many years. It's not working. We're going to have to redo all the shows, too, when the new one comes along. Start back at the start. Delete all the footage.

Much like J-Lo deleted A-Rod from her account. And the ladies out there will be quite pleased with this one. A few years ago, remember the paddleboard photos of Orlando Bloom? The famous paddleboard photos. With his rudder. Yeah. He's given a little teaser. He's gone skinny dipping again.

He posted it on Instagram. I'm sure it's not a little teaser. Well, you don't see the front. You see the back with a peach emoji covering it. Is he in a public park? He is. So he's facing people. There's families and children around. But he's holding

something in front of his body. He's a celebrity. Maybe he's allowed to do that. He's probably like the whole world scene mark thing. So I may as well show a few more. Oh God. It's a very populated park. He's skinny dipping. It is, isn't it actually? I don't really notice the people. You don't really notice the people when the land ablues.

Booty is just there. So that's one that if you haven't seen, ladies, go and have a look. It's a great site. Go see him in his sea monster. Yeah. There we go. And that is five and we can head to the hits.co.nz. After eight o'clock on the show, we want to be the first radio station in the world to do something.

And we'll tell you what it is. Is that shut up? Yeah, we should be doing that, let's be honest. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Kia ora, good morning.

Just gone 8 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the hits. Wild weather in Wellington causing some floods and debris. Paekakariki, north of Wellington, had a train derailed this morning because they reckon they're flooding. You can see on the tracks, looks like the train tracks are kind of in... Oh, covered under silt and rocks and things, I see.

So no one hurt, fortunately, but it has caused major traffic delays around that region. So, you know, I like to say take care out there and you like to go, oh, yeah. You like to mock me for saying take care, don't you? No, I just feel like it's a given. People are going to take care. Unless you were planning a very reckless drive to work this Tuesday morning in Wellington.

I'm going to say take care out there. You know, put the radio on, listen to us, and we'll keep you through the next hour. Yeah, jeez, I tell you what, we're talking about how do you get that train back on the tracks. I was opting for a crane and I threw it over to Ben and as soon as I did that... I thought crane was a good idea, though. Yeah, crane's all right. Yeah. Yeah.

Because you couldn't really back a train up to get back on the thing, could you? No, they're awkward things, aren't they? Yeah. When they come off their hinges.

They're kind of like, this is where I go. This is what I do. I've done it. So you know me, I do it every day. I go this way, I go that way,

but I'm not going back. Sometimes I might go around to Ben if you push me. Yeah, but I'm not going off that unless you kind of angle it around the other way. Then I will. Coming up very shortly, we want to be the first radio show to do something this year. And I think this

is an achievable goal. There will be a lot of people annoyed by this, I think. It's only once this week. And I feel like we can all get into this. I feel like we need this. I don't think the people will be annoyed. The fine people.

I think our competitors will be annoyed. Okay. That they're not doing it first. Well, we'll tell you what it is. We'll tell you what we're going to do next. And we need you to help us with this little mission. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben.

You're running late, stuck in traffic, and now you have to listen to this. Jono and Ben, the hits. It's Benny Sogd, you're on the hits. Jono and Ben, 11 past eight. Now, we want to be the first radio show, I'd say, in the world to do this thing this week, right? Yeah, we like to set ourselves achievable goals that don't require too much physical activity,

and this is certainly falling in that category. And we have a audio visual presentation minus the visual part of the presentation as i'm saying that yeah i was like that doesn't work on radio imagine you can probably imagine it you do the visual part of it in your head as you're listening to this we'll provide the audio part we can't do all you can't do everything for you and we proudly present this to you little boy what ho, ho, little boy. What would you like for Christmas? I actually want my dad to tell me he loves me. Ho, ho, ho.

Well, that's never going to happen. What else would you like? Something more achievable. Well, I kind of want Jono and Ben on the hits to play the first Christmas song of 2021 on their show this Friday, the 20th of August. Well, isn't that a very specific request, little boy? And I want the audience to vote for what song it should be. Well, isn't that a very specific request, little boy?

Well, aren't you just the strangest of all the little boys? No, no, I'm actually a fully grown adult man with a wife and two kids. I just have a very small childlike frame. Christmas has come early. Real early. Some would say way too early. Santa hasn't even begun to think about starting up his elf slave labour sweatshop. But with only 130 days until Christmas, Jono and Ben believe it's time to start the festivities.

This Friday, they'll play the first official Christmas song of 2021 and you get to decide what it is. They'll beat the malls, beat the buble, and most importantly, beat the buble and most importantly beat the breeze to Christmas. That's right. We are going to be the first

outlet to play a Christmas song in 2021 leading into Christmas. 130 odd days to go. Yeah. So it feels like we kind of need this in a way. I mean there's a lot of you know horrible news around in the world. It'd be nice to have a bit of Christmas cheer, a bit of Christmas spirit. Yeah, it's a long run.

We're well aware it's a very long runway to Christmas. It's not like every day we're going to be playing Christmas songs. We just thought this Friday, let's play the first Christmas song of the year. Start to finish a whole Christmas song. Yeah, and who says it's, you know, when it's too early to start celebrating Christmas? Probably late August. Yeah. But who's it's too early to start celebrating Christmas? Probably late August. But who's going to stop us? Boss Todd might.

He could. He might not see the merit in this, but he's currently locked up in MIQ, so he can't do anything. He's got no power he can wield at the moment. Yeah, so Friday we're going to play one song, one Christmas song, and throughout the week we're going to vote. You guys are going to help us vote on which song it's going to be. Now nothing is stopping, we're well aware too, nothing is

stopping a rival radio station jumping the gun and playing a Christmas song tomorrow. Oh yeah, or even today, you're right. They could. That's the sort of underhanded snaky tactics you'd expect from Gary McCormick over on More FM. He'd pull one of those on us, wouldn't he? He would be like, get this on guys.

So we're offering an arrangement amongst all the sessions. Well, we've said it. This is when we're doing it. Now, if you do it beforehand, that's on you. That shows your character. Yeah. You know, if you do that. That's not the Christmas spirit.

No. So we've said Friday, I guess around 8 o'clock. Yeah, we've put our stake in the ground. That's when we're going to do it. That's when we're going to do it. We're claiming it. Yeah. And we're giving you a warning.

It's like an evil supervillain in one of those movies who captures the hero, but then always gives the hero a chance to escape. We're giving those other stations the chance to beat us. But, yeah, be like Ed Henry. You see Ed Henry going, I'm going to climb the mountain next week, and someone else ran up and put that beforehand. Yeah, sucked in. I said, I was going to do that next week.

So we are. That's what's going to happen. So right now you need to help us decide. This is today's two funnest. We've basically narrowed it down to the best four Christmas songs. Now, my wife, Jennifer, is not happy that her favourite Christmas song, Justin Bieber, isn't included. Oh, I agree, Jen.

Yeah. Oh, if there's any late comers, we can look into those. But right now that's confusing things because we haven't even said ours. So I would like to present this morning in this little battle, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. I mean, such an iconic song. Do you know, just a quick little fact on this, she earns in America alone because of royalties $2.6 million a year.

From that song alone? From that song, according to this article I was reading last night. It's apparently earned her around $60 million. That's five years ago in song alone. From that song, according to this article I was reading last night. It's apparently earned her around $60 million. That's five years ago in America. Alone. That's US alone. So she doesn't have to do anything because of this song. Wait for December to roll around.

Or November in some malls' cases. Or August in our case. If we end up paying her on Friday, she's going to be getting... Who's doing that? Why are they doing that now? Well, that could be us. So I'm going to go... If you want to vote for this one, give us a call.

Andrew, the hits. Or, John, are you? I'm going to lock in one that my mother will be very happy I'm backing. I think this is the son she always wanted, Michael Bublé. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. With his smart, casual dress. Everywhere. His cheeky, sultry demeanour.

Yeah. I'm going to go with the boob. Okay, so these are the two. 0800, that's 4487. What do you want to vote for this Friday? We're going to be the first outlet to play a Christmas song in 2021. Who's going through to the next round

to decide which song we're going to play on Friday? Give us a call or a text right now. It is the hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. Now on Friday, we want to be the first outlet to play a Christmas song from start to finish before the malls, before the other radio stations, before anywhere in the world. Sorry, Kmart, we've broken your K-heart. Briscoes, no you didn't jono and ben

our sincerest apologies to the department store farmers because you're going to be put out to pasture this year yeah well that's happening uh each day uh we're going to have a little uh a wee competition the top four christmas songs we're going to put forward to which one we're going to play on friday and it's entirety just after eight o'clock yeah now let's start with that we'll get you on from Hamilton. The vote this morning is between Mariah Carey, All I Want for Christmas and

Michael Bublé is also being put forward in this first round, this unadulterated knockout round of all your Christmas classics. Both great songs, but we want to find out which one's going to

go through. Anna, you're voting for what? Mariah, for sure. Mariah, now producer Behubs has just said you've got this on your playlist all year round. I do. Oh, so you're like us, you'll listen to it outside of the Christmas period. Oh, for sure.

For sure. Gee whiz, you must really like that song. That'll listen to it outside of the Christmas period. For sure. For sure. Gee whiz, you must really like that song. That's enough to get you on the naughty list, breaking those sorts of rules. Oh dear, I don't know about that. I'm pretty sure I'm on the excellent list. It's a heck of a song, so we're going to put the vote in for you on that one or I won't for Christmas

and see if it goes through for Friday. Good on you, Anna. We'll head to Carlene in Awaroa. Welcome, Arlene. You're voting for Mariah or Bublé? I'm Bublé. Oh, Bublé all the way. Rapper and tinsel.

She's chucked a vote in for Mickey B. He is awesome. He is. A wonderful album. I'm not taking it away from Bublé. It's a wonderful album. It sounds like you are. You're voting for Mariah.

But I am voting for Mariah. It's just a better song. It's a wonderful album. It sounds like you are. You're voting for Mariah. But I am voting for Mariah. It's just a better song. The better song. We're not looking at his body of work. We're looking at one particular song, and I'm saying that's the better song. Tell you what is interesting, speaking of Booblay's body, is him not in a suit. You see him not in a suit. It almost looks like a totally different person.

It throws you. Yeah. Having shorts. I started finding him in shorts and t-shirts. It's like when you see Winston Peters in casual attire, isn't it? Hey, thank you, Carleen. Really appreciate your call. Appreciate it.

We'll go to Susan. I couldn't have said appreciate it anymore. Yeah. I appreciate you being on, Susan, in Wellington. Wild weather there this morning, Suze? Yeah, not looking too good. Yeah. Trains off the rails and Pai Kakariki and all sorts.

Yeah, technically. Hey, who are you voting for, Michael or Mariah? Definitely Mariah. There we go, Mariah. As they say on social media, it almost sounds like a burn. I don't want a lot for Christmas. All I want is you. It's like, well, you're saying I'm not a lot for Christmas.

But anyway, it's still a wonderful song. You're obtainable. Good on you, Susan. Have a great day, eh? Thank you. All right, well, that's two for Mariah, one for Booboo. We put it on social media yesterday, and by 55% to 45%, Mariah Carey took it out on social media.

She's through to the next round. So she's through to the next round. Tomorrow we're going to have another two finalists, and then we'll see who Mariah's going to take on on Thursday to be the song, the one song, the one Christmas song to rule them all. All I want for Christmas is you. I feel like we've gone quite early, guys. We've gone way too early.

Now you hear it play, you're like, really? Oh, Jesus. Anyway, stick with it. We're doing it. And it is the Hits. You've got to tell them that. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits.

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You did. Deep down you thought, oh, I'm going to get something, you know, help myself to anything. Low-level crap liberty gets free stuff. You're on the video on the screen, though. You're on the video smiling away at the kids. So I in there, and there's basically everything is, you know, three times more expensive than the stuff out in the main bit, in the secret room.

Oh, yeah, because it's the high-end stuff, mate. Then I've got my son going, I want those diamond-encrusted Jordans for $9,000. So, mate, okay then. So now he's wandering around in diamond-encrusted-ear Jordans and loving them. Yeah, so you can text right now, OMG4487, and this afternoon you could be spending up like Jono in the secret room

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Ho, ho, ho, little boy, what would you like for Christmas? I actually want my dad to tell me he loves me. Ho, ho, ho, well that's never going to happen. What else would you like? Something more achievable. Well, I kind of want Jono and Ben on the hits to play the first Christmas song of 2021 on their show this Friday, the 20th of August. Well, isn't that a very specific request, little boy? And I want the audience to vote for what song it should be. Well, aren't you just the strangest of all the little boys?

No, no, I'm actually a fully grown adult man with a wife and two kids. I just have a very small childlike frame. Christmas has come early. Real early. Some would say way too early. Santa hasn't even begun to think about starting up his elf slave labour sweatshop. But with only 130 days until Christmas,

Jono and Ben believe it's time to start the festivities. This Friday, they'll play the first official Christmas song of 2021, and you get to decide what it is. They'll beat the malls, beat the buble, and most importantly, beat the breeze to Christmas. Yes, we're going to play one song on Friday. You can help us decide which is that one song we're going to play from start to finish to celebrate Christmas a little earlier.

Yeah, Mariah Carey knocked out Bublé today in the knockout rounds, so she's advanced through to the next one. Hey, thank you very much for listening to the show, guys. Really appreciate it. Just a nice text to go out on. Sorry, Ben, you go. I was just going to say quickly, yeah, you can also rate the music on the hits that's now gone up there as well.

So if you go on text HITS to 4487, you can decide what music we play on the HITS radio station up for grabs at the moment as a prize. JBL truly wireless headphones. And they are wire wildless as well, but they're also wireless there. There we go. Go rate the HITS and go and have a good Tuesday. We'll catch you tomorrow

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