Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - LIVE from Auckland for day four NHYE!

Episode Date: October 16, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Will Megan where these crocs all today? Jono gets in trouble with management! Never Have YOU Ever been on a plane... But now you have!An ice cream fantasy! Falling in love with driving a tractor... I accidentally walked into... THE MOON?!Will we ever complete the NZ HeralD quiz? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Hi, welcome to the podcast. I usually do that, but Ben, why don't you do that? Okay. Hey, welcome to the podcast for a Thursday morning. We're in the middle of our Never Have You Ever tour, a couple of days to go,

and we're making people's nevers come true. It's been a lot of fun. Yes. Megan, at the moment, currently donning some glorious Buzz Lightyear-themed Crocs. I've still got them on. Yeah, good on you. You're committed to them.

She's used to it. With the jibbit that lights up. Yeah. To infinity and beyond. You're going to love them. You're coming around to them, aren't you? No, I'm not. They are noisy Crocs.

They are noisy. That's why I chose them, because I do love my Crocs, and I thought Megan would probably, she'd literally dip her toes into a more fashionable pair of Crocs. Yeah. She's used to high heels. And a stretch. Yeah.

I'd wear Balenciaga Crocs, maybe. So she's rocking these all day, right into the dinner time. We've demanded and fun our day as we make our way through the country doing the Never Have Youvers. And this was because you got to experience something that Megan enjoys doing yesterday, Ben. Yeah. Nails. Getting my nails done. So I've got my nails done.

You get to experience something I enjoy doing, wearing Crocs. Thank you so much. You're welcome. And thank you so much. I feel a little underbelly of aggression here. Yeah. It's a really fun show today as we make some other people's nevers come true, as well as

what producer Ellie walked into on our Never Have You Ever Tour. The Comet as well. It's travelling around into on our Never Have You Ever tour. In the middle of our Never Have You Ever tour, the comet as well. It's travelling around the country, not just us. It's a comet that's only been seen in our skies once in the last 80,000 years. Do you know what its name is? Do they name them? I think it said, well, what I read was Comet C-2023 A3 or something.

It's very impersonal. Yeah. Feels like they've had 80,000 years to name the thing but anyway. There's a picture of it. There's a photo in the paper today.

You can see it. It's quite cool. It looks like a plane. It's probably one of those things you probably want. Yeah. It looks like chemtrails. It does look a little bit

like chemtrails as well but it's a comet that hasn't been seen for a while. So you can see it throughout the week but maybe not as much if you're living in somewhere where

smog and pollution. Where's it heading to? I don't actually know. Didn't get the coordinates? I don't know where it's actually heading to. But this week, Megan, you know, we've been making some of our nevers come true as well as yours. You kindly gave me these nails yesterday. Your gel pedicure yesterday.

I've never had my nails done. They're hot pink. Hot pink, so I've got to wear this for... Three weeks. Well, yeah. I didn't realize I had to wear it for three weeks. Three weeks, they're locked on. And every person who came in who knows about nails, they were like, oh, they're on for a while.

They're on for a while. There's going to be trouble. But I thought there could be something. Now, I'm taking a punt here that you haven't done this particular thing today. Oh, yeah, this is good. This is good. This is just a challenge for you throughout the day from now until we go to bed tonight in Whangarei.

Are you all up to date with your shots? No, I mean, this is Radio 2024, to be honest. To be honest, I'd be happy to do this. Much like you'd be happy to do, wear the nails like this. I feel like you might be mortified to do this. You're the fashionista of the show, right? Oh, Ben. And she hates it

when we say the name fashion easter too i bought in today oh no don't make me wear something stupid here are my buzz lightyear crocs now it's crocs over it's crocs over right now i love my crocs and i've got a few pairs of crocs this is actually on the smaller size of stuff because i thought maybe it'd fit you but i thought for a day because I'm picking you've never worn Crocs in your life. I have never worn Crocs in my life. They even light up too. They even light up as well. Oh, I hate you.

The light up Buzz Lightyear ones, they're from Toy Story. They're green and purple. And I was like, today. Some days you're like, how is he married? Yeah, most days. But I was like, today, Megan, from now until the end of the day,

never have you ever worn Crocs. Toy Story. They are very heavily Toy Story themed Buzz Lightyear Crocs. Buzz Lightyear Crocs. Also, just I'll have you know, I'm wearing these huge heels because my pants are too long for me because I'm only short. Don't want to hear about it. So my pants are going to be dragging in the ground.

Have a look at my nails, sister. This is payback. Put the Crocs on now. Let's see how they look. They are bright lime green. They've got a purple strap, white base. You know, imagine Buzz Lightyear in Croc form. And they are going to be donning Megan's little tootsies today.

All day long. Even when we go out for dinner. Tonight and Whangarei. So end of the day. No, no. Tonight in Whangarei. Oh, nice. So end of the day. No, no. Not when we go, like, I'm going to wear something nice, and then I'm going to have purple and green Crocs on me.

Crocs are great. Fashionable. Justin Bieber, all sorts of people. Post Malone, he's got a lot of Crocs. Mate, Stan Walker came in here the other day. He was wearing Crocs. Oh, he was wearing nice ones. This is...

We'll get a picture. I could have put you in a more fashionable pair, but I was like, no, let's go. Full merchandise. People always go on about how comfy these are. They're not comfy. You can put some socks on. You can socks with Crocs.

Whatever you want to do. No, I'm going to go raw dog. My stinky feet in your Crocs. We'll get the pictures up on The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On our own tour, the Never Have You Ever tour

and yesterday, Megan, well. We got it. We all actually, everyone on the show got an email with regards to something Jonathan Richard Pryor

had done. At first, it wasn't accusing Jono. It was just saying, hey, you guys are driving around in the Hitz vehicles. And as soon as the Hitz vehicle goes over the speed limit, in any sense, it starts a sort of pinging, sort of beeping, sort of ping, ping noise.

Now we mentioned that Ben and I were in the back seat. Jono was driving and producer Ali was in the front seat. These two, Jono and Ali having a gas bag, having a good old yarn. And then they start. Are they recording a podcast? Yeah. Me and Ben are like, what's going on? It had not stopped.

You said I interviewed producer Ellie for 45 minutes. Oh, all sorts. A wide range of spectrum from weed vapes to social media to all sorts, you know. I'm going. And then they got onto the car making this ding sound. First of all, they didn't know what it was. Second, once they realised it was Jono going over the speed limit, they

decided maybe if they just kept going it would overwrite it. This is the theory. This is what, at one stage, because we're like, okay, well clearly it's when you go over the speed limit, you slow down and then it goes again. And then he went, well maybe if I just keep going for a bit, so it's constantly pinging it'll eventually tire out of telling me stop and stop it guess what it didn't tire and so now here's my problem it gets elusive back here at the headquarters

every time it pings even if you go 101 101 kilometers ping and then old mate comes on you know please obey the road rules i know the road rules i know what i'm doing anyway every time i went over if a message has been sent to management here yeah there's another one hanging now uh about all my uh indiscrepancies on the road now can i defend myself they're only they're only hearing about the bad stuff you know What was the good stuff? They're not getting messages every time. I am behind the speed limit, aren't I? Just think about the positives here.

I'd like to take some responsibility because we shouldn't have let you drive. No. We know what you're like. If Bogsy and the executive team are listening now, I'm doing it for the company. I was getting us to par me quicker so we could get back on the ground, get more work done. And then ironically, I arrived back at work today. Yeah, what's he got in the mail?

Not one, but two. Two speeding tickets. Not from this trip though. Unrelated. Unrelated. Your own car. The police are on a money grabbing campaign at the moment. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday on the Never Have You Ever tour,

there was some emails sent around the company. Whoever was driving, which we all know who was driving, was driving over the limit, constant alerts. I was driving all day on Monday. Not one. Not one email. No. Are we in bloody communist China

where you can't get away with anything nowadays? Well, no, you can't get away with anything nowadays? Well, no, you can't get away with breaking the law. Breaking the law. So we decided right now as the Never Have You Ever Tour continues on, Jono can't come in the car today. You are not allowed to drive in the work cars. You're not even allowed to be a passenger in the work cars anymore. It's the ban you have.

The car that has your face on it, you're not allowed to be in. But thanks to New Zealand's Grabber's League, you're going to be a passenger in the work cars anymore. The car that has your face on it, you're not allowed to be in. But thanks to New Zealand's Grabber, you're going to be flying. So there you go. Am I flying to Whangarei? Yeah, flying to Whangarei today. Am I? Yeah, you're flying to Whangarei. Usually Ben's the princess of this tour, but it's going to be you.

He's got the princess fingernails to back it up. You get to fly, and you're going to take someone with you as well. Now on the phone right now is Philippa. Now, Philippa has never been in a plane before. Philippa, good morning. Good morning. Hi, Philippa. So today, if you're keen, would you like to go on a plane ride for the first time?

I would love that. Thank you. Could you also make sure that our friend Jono makes it there? You might have to hold his hand. He gets a bit lost. He gets a bit distracted. Gets a bit distracted. He'll be like, taking someone out for the retirement home. We already burdened you with this.

Yeah, well, Phillip, I'm your responsibility now. How do you feel about light banter? Nothing heavy. Oh my god. A lot of light banter on this flight. If you like chatting, he's the guy for you. I'm so sorry. We were sitting in front of Jono on the plane yesterday,

producer Ali and I. He was chewing this poor guy's ear off. I was like, we've had a whole day of banter, and Jono's still going. Where are you going, mate? What bar? Are you? Who with?

I'm like, leave him alone, Jono. He doesn't know where to stop. If he was ever at a conference, he's going to meet up with the viewers first and go to the conference. I know. I've heard all about it. Okay. So, Philippa, never had the boys first and go to the conference. I know. I heard all about it. Yeah, okay. Okay.

So, Philippa, never had the chance to go on a plane before? Well, lots of reasons, but mostly money. I was a young mum, so there was no OEs or travelling in my 20s. And, yeah, it's just always been, unfortunately, at the bottom of the priority list. Fair enough. Can I just – what's the back end admit of this? Philippa's coming up north. Yeah, so Philippa's going to go fly back.

And New Zealand's grab a seat. We'll fly back tomorrow. She's going to have a night up in Whangarei as well, dinner and a facial as well. We're going to show her a facial as well. Are you looking after me the whole time? You don't get the facial. Yeah, mate, some say she'll want to hand you over back to us.

Sign you back to us. Where do we leave from? Yeah. The airport. Well, this is exciting, Philippa. Yeah, you're getting a flight. To be honest, I was dreading the two-hour drive to Whanganui. So this is the dream come true.

So we'll wait until we get you out of the car. The company just want you out of the car. No more weed-vape conversations. No more punishing chat. All sorts. Well, Phillip, now you're a problem. So prepare yourself. Limber up.

Limber those mouth muscles up for a chat, mate. I'll see you there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We are travelling around the country and making your nevers come true. Things you've never done for the first time, including our own never have you evers as we go about the place. Yesterday we were in Palmerston North. We're heading up to Whangarei later on today. Megan, you're making Megan wear Crocs for the first time ever.

And they're Buzz Lightyear Crocs. Beautiful. They're making a statement, those Crocs, aren't they? They are. They're great. That's why I thought, you know, she's dipping her toes literally into the Croc game today. I love Crocs, and I thought, well, her being a fashionable sort of person, these would be the ones that she'd least like to wear.

And old Croc lady, old buzz here is... Kia ora. Kia ora. Travelling to infinity and beyond right now. Heading out to another never-have-you-ever surprise for a punter. Can you give us any clues, Megan? We are driving out to West Auckland, although that has not a lot to do with what we're actually doing,

but it is car related. Ooh, okay. A never have you ever in the car. Well, you know, Jono's not doing it. Yeah, Jono, never have you ever kept under the speed limit. If you've just joined the show, I've found joined the show, I've found out the hard way that the work vehicle pings every time.

What do you do about this, mate? Fires off an email to management every time you go over the speed limit. The narc mobile, I'm calling it. You're not allowed to drive the work vehicles anymore. No, I was sending him on a plane thanks to New Zealand's Grabber Seat, which he's quite happy about, to be honest. All right, Megan, we'll surprise this particular person. They don't know you're coming.

We'll do that in the next 10 minutes. But we were in Palmerston North yesterday, and Hayley, the wonderful Hayley who listens to the show, she said, I've never poured an ice cream, I imagine many wouldn't have as well, out of the Mr. Whippy truck. And it does, when you think about it, it seems like a lot of fun.

So yesterday, thanks to Mr. Whippy, we headed to the square in Palmy. We're here in the square, and it feels like this is the Pied Piper situation where as soon as this van turns up people start lingering. Yeah, people collecting, they're excited for free ice cream. Can we see you pour an ice cream, is it pour? Is that what it is? Make?

What do we call it? Serve? Serve, yeah. Why this dream? I don't know, just like everyone who leaves a Mr. Whippy van is like the happiest that they've ever been so I wanted to bring that. Now Claire from Mr. Whippy, you're lovely to see you. Thank you, you too.

You've had some famous political pourers in the... We have, yes, we've had Chris Hipkins, we've had Conrad Smith and a couple of the Hurricanes and All Blacks. Hippo hair kissing babies pouring ice creams, was he? Hayley, you ready? Yes. This is going to happen. This is right now. This is never have you ever served an ice cream for Mr. Whippy.

Here we go. Can we get the music playing at the same time? Or is that going to be too much? Here we go. Here we go. Hit the jams, Claire. I said hit the jams, Claire. It's got a delay.

It's got a delay. Okay. Seven seconds of last. Okay. Hit the jams in seven seconds clear three two one three two one oh she's a bit pinchy she's a bit pinchy today okay's a bit pinchy today. Okay Hayley pouring her ice cream. Here we go we're giving away 53 ice creams. Can we give a chant for Hayley? Hayley! Hayley! Hayley! Hayley! Oh it's... it has come firing out of the soft serve machine. It's got a bit of a tail, but it tastes the same.

We'll take it. We'll take it. Thank you, Ruma. How are you feeling about that paw? Not my best. I think I can do better. And she did. She was nailing the paws by the end of it, Hayley. And it's really funny when you see these people, because to others it might not be a big thing

to pour an ice cream out of a Mr. Whippy truck, but it's her specific want. Yeah. And when they do it, like we had the wonderful Kimberly driving a tractor, the smiles beaming on these people's faces. Fully grown adults. I know.

It was incredible. You're right. So we're making some Nevers. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Have you ever tour? It continues on today. Has it done all week as we head around the country making your Nevers come true?

Thanks. Yes. Jono, Ben and Megan's Never Have You Ever Tour with gas. Yes, thanks so much to Gas Petrol Service Stations for making this happen, helping us get around the country. Now, Megan is headed west of Auckland today. Now, Megan, earlier in the show, Ben Boyce, he gifted you a pair of his favourite Crocs

because you love fashion. You're a very fashionable person. We appreciate that. And he wanted you to enjoy his Buzz Lightyear crocs. Now Ben, if I can get you to look down on the studio floor there. On the studio floor there. Megan was meant to wear these all day to Northland, out to dinner. Oh my goodness.

I have committed to the nails that she does, little hot pink nails. For three weeks? Yeah, like I've committed to that. I have not to the nails that she does, little hot pink nails. For three weeks? Yeah, like I have committed to that. Yesterday I have not tried to pick them off, have them on. They're there, of course. She couldn't even wear them out of the studio.

Excuse me, I'm going to the fashion capital of West Auckland. They can't be seen in those. Mate, I've been to Palmerston North, an attractive place with hot pink nails. And I'm fine. It's like you can't. Oh I rock. I'm fine. It's like, you can't, oh, wow,

wow. They're green and purple and they're nice. Wow. Listen, I feel like that's, that might even be a whole, let's make, why not for the rest of Croctober,

Megan has to wear the Crocs? Yeah, I feel like it. I feel, yeah. He's going to think about something. He's hurt. He's hurt.

Not even like, not even, so, didn't even get, we were talking about going out for dinner tonight, and she's like, oh, I don't know. It's like, don't even walk out of the studio. All right, Megan. We'll deal with this admin later.

But you're in West Auckland. We're doing Never Have You Evers, stuff that our fine audience has never achieved. And what have we got today, mate? All right, so I have come to West Auckland. I'm currently sitting in a car and I'm with Andrea. Good morning, Andrea. Good morning. Andrea has never

parallel parked. Ever. How do you avoid it? Do you just drive blocks away to not have to? I do. I love walking. Never parallel? Now this is one of Ben's greatest fears. I'm not a fan of parallel parking. I'd rather drive somewhere where there's a bit more space and less pressure.

Wines his wife up, doesn't it? She's like, there's a park. I'm like, I can't get the car in there. She's like, you can with my wife. I'm not going to. So you're going to do this for the first time live on the radio? Yeah. So Andrea said that when she got her license when she was 16,

the police officer was just like, oh, you'll figure it out. And it's been a few years now and she has not figured it out. What happened to that relaxed style of policing? That's what I want to know as I'm looking at two traffic infringements. You'll figure it out. I love that. So, Andrea, what can you see in front of you? Trees and rubbish and stuff.

Yeah. I don't know why I asked that question. She does have a car to the left of us. We are parked beside a car. There's a gap behind us. And then if she goes too far, she will hit the hit station vehicle. Okay, cool. That's the one.

What's in front of you Megan's wearing on her feet? Well, not Crocs, that's for sure. No. He's hurt, Megan. I am hurt. I know you're going to be going, yeah. Okay, so we're going to do this Parallel Park live. This is the first time Andrea's ever Parallel Park.

Have we got a crowd? No. We've got you there. There's Alice here. Producer Alice, can you give us a cheer? Okay, we are going to get into this next. Andrea, her first ever Parallel Park. How old are you, Andrea?

What? 54? Never parallel parked! Never parallel parked. What's happening for the first time next? Thanks to guests at Petrol Service Station. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Live to West Auckland, Megan, with Andrea who's never ever parallel parked her entire driving career

and been driving for a number of years, Andrea. Nearly 40. 40 years driving has completely avoided parallel parking. Imagine if you could get through your career without parallel parking, Ben. Oh, it would be great. I mean, I don't enjoy doing it. It's not something I love to do, but, you know, you do it. Now, Megan.

At this point, I would like to remind you, I'm an expert, Ben, so I can help you, babe, but I have parallel parked an 18-wheeler truck. I'm pretty good at it. So I'm going to attempt to talk Andrea through it. But she is in the driver's seat. She's got a consultant. Megan is the consultant of the show. So we've got a crowd gathered, which is probably not what you need

for your first attempt at parallel parking. You don't want the pressure of it being broadcast on nationwide radio or a crowd watcher. It's not a spectator sport if you're the driver, is it? It's all her colleagues as well. So if she does hit our station vehicle, I'm sure she'll hear about it forever. Okay, all right. Let's go, Andrea.

The first time she has parallel parked, never has she ever. All right, Andrea, so you want to start reversing slowly, slowly. And then, okay, a bit faster. A bit faster. And then as this mirror makes this back door, swing it hard. Swing it hard? In that way. No, no, you don't want to be swinging now.

Swing it now. Swing, Andrea. Swing it hard. Swing it hard. We are moving at a glacial pace. I just want to remind you. Okay, swing it back. Swing it back. Swing it hard. We are moving at a glacial pace. I just want to remind you. Okay, swing it back. Swing it back.

Swing it back. She hasn't hit anything? We are semi-close to the curb. Okay, just a little bit faster on live radio, Andrea. Put the accelerator down a bit. Not too much, though. Not too much. No, no, don't.

Keep it locked. And go back. Go. Not too much. No, no, don't. Keep it locked. And go back. Go back. Go back. Oh, my God. Yeah. Yeah, is that good? She's done it.

She's getting jibes from the workmates saying the gap's huge. But have we met the curb? Oh. What does that mean? No, I mean, you need a packed lunch to get to the kerbs. But she's parallel parked. She's parallel parked, though. She's got in between two cars, but you do need a day trip to get to the other side.

All right, she's not trying to get her driver's license. She's done it. Well done. We're going to hook you up with a gift card from Gas as well. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Making your nevers come true and doing some firsts for ourselves as we go. I got my nails done yesterday thanks to Megan

in Palmerston North. They look great. You've had lots of people looking. I get a lot more compliments on my hands than I have. To be honest, you guys have done some pretty weird stuff over your careers. If people see you with pink nails, they're just going to be like, oh, it's just Ben.

He's just doing something. It's just Ben. They look beautiful, though. Hayley from the wonderful Pure Beauty Therapy. Thank you. She said he was a nightmare to work on. He was moving around, jittering. He couldn't keep still.

You're supposed to just have your hand floppy, and you're all tensed up. She's trying to move your fingers. I know. I fidget in and I talk and I move my hands. And then you smudged your nail polish on her. I know. So not great. But anyway, they're looking good today. And they're going to be there for three weeks. They're locked on. Apparently, yeah. Apparently they're good.

What did your wife think? She actually liked them. She thought they were cool. She was impressed by the job. She was impressed by the job. She goes, oh, your nails look good. We had a little chat. We bonded over nails. He's got us, just me and the gals, just treating ourselves. Yeah. And I was like, oh, you can pick them off.

She's like, no, don't do that. Keep them on. So I was like, okay. I love her. The most precious hands in radio. And so it's not payback, but you just thought, hey, Megan's done a lovely thing for you. Lovely thing for you. I never got to experience something for the first time.

Something that you love. You love getting your nails done, right? Yeah. And so you gave Something for you. I never got to experience something for the first time. Something that you love. You love getting your nails done, right? Yeah. And so you gave that to me and something that I love and without a word of it, I love wearing Crocs. I'm a big fan of Crocs.

As Croctober, I'm like, well, you should wear Crocs as the fashionista, the high fashionista that you are. You should wear some Crocs today. Here's my thing. Stan Walker came into the studio last week

and was wearing really nice, like fancy Crocs. Yeah. Could have gone with some of those. There's Crocs with heels and stuff now too. There's all sorts. They're diversified. Those designer Crocs?

Yeah, they're versatile. Yeah. But I went for the ones, one of my favourite pairs that I knew that you would love. They're green and purple. Yeah.

They're Buzz Lightyear ones. And if I stamp my foot hard enough, they light up. Yeah. They flash. They're lovely these right now. Doesn't it say to infinity and beyond on them? Yeah.

They've really got, just imagine Megan with two Buzz Lightyears on her feet and she has to wear those all day. Yeah. And we're heading to Whangarei and we'd like her at dinner in those, wouldn't we? Yeah, we would. We would. Dinner attire. You can check it out on.

Take away for dinner then. That's breakfast as we go throughout the country. It'd be quite handy walking home in the dark. It would be, eh? We'll see you lighting up in Northland. That's right, yeah. They'll light up. There you go.

Now, yesterday we did something pretty cool. Kimberly, she lived in rural Katrina. Yesterday I was getting roasted all day. Roasted harder than the coffee in the cafe by calling her Kimberly. I've done it. I think you met Katrina and hung out with her. Katrina was awesome. Kimberly, we're indifferent about her.

But Katrina, she lives in rural Manawatu. She always sees the tractors going around, and she wanted to drive one, and we thought we could make it happen. Yeah, went to the wonderful team at Norwood, and David, he was showing us the private parts of the tractor. Wasn't he under the hood? This is what you hook a mounted implement to and these are hydraulic banks so anything that's hydraulically driven Is powered from there. It's huge how tall is this? It weighs about 12 tons. I love it Ben's

He's heard a lot of technical stuff and the first question he comes back with is Geez how tall is this? Oh it is tall. Look at the tyres tyres are bigger than me. I know. They're an interesting proposition. You've got to be pretty skilled to change them. It's the height of me if I put my arms in the air. Huge. So, Katrina, first thoughts on this

whacking great tractor? How do I even get in? It's massive. I'm nervous. We've just heard the value of it too. You should be nervous. I know, I know. I made my leg shake. Okay, so heard the value of it too. You should be nervous. I know, I know. I'm going to make my legs shake. Okay, so we're in the yard here. Never driven a tractor before.

It'll be fun. I can't wait. So we're just getting some stats on the tractor. Listen to this, Megan. Well, yeah, there's more technology in a tractor now than when we went to the moon. Whoa, what? Technology in that than the spacecraft.

Why have we not been to the moon again then? Well, obviously with the time I'm attracted by this. That's right. What they call a Vario transmission. Oh, it's starting up. It's starting up. Okay. It's pretty grunty.

It is. Katrina's living out her dream of driving a tractor. And boy, this is a tractor to debut with. Yeah, it's a heck of a tractor. Yeah. Huge tractor. I used to be a big fan of tractors. Not anymore.

I'm an ex-tractor fan, Megan. What happened? Oh, no. He's done a joke there. I'm an ex-tractor fan. Ex-tractor fan. Oh, jeez. It was in the delivery.

I thought I delivered it. That's not on Megan. You said ex-tractor fan. Yeah, like a tractor fan. Dave, what did you think of that comedy? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, no.

No, not for Dave. Oh, she's going. She's moving. She's going. She is moving. Yeah, look at her go. She not for dying, please. Oh, she's going! She's moving! She's going! She is moving! Yeah, look at her go! She's going quite fast. She's heading towards the giant shed.

Turn it, turn it. Turning, turning, turn, turn. That is so badass. Go, Katrina! Put your hands on the wheel. Hands on the wheel. She double fisted and took the hands off the wheel. She's celebrating.

She's fist pumping. Katrina! Nailed it. I love celebrating. She's fist pumping. Katrina. Nailed it. I loved that. That was so good. Big smile on your face. What a dream. First you were heading quite towards the big building there,

but you pulled it back, right? I know, I know. I'm thinking, don't hit anything. I was actually really buzzing about it. Do you think you maybe should work on a farm? I was thinking that when I was driving. No, it was wonderful. Ben, you look like you're going to say something.

I was going to say, no, I'm not. I used to be a fan of Traxxas, but not anymore. I'm an extractor fan. Oh. Thank you for politely laughing. She got it. Did she enjoy it? No. So there we go. Thanks Katrina and the team at Norwood. Wonderful day.

It was really fun. Hey, have you got anything you've never done? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I don't know, never have you ever tour going around the country, experiencing things that we've never done for the first time and making some of your nevers come true. Later on, you'll hear how we got to help Hayley serve Mr. Whippy for the first time. That was pretty cool. In the middle of the Palmerston North Square yesterday,

50 free ice creams thanks to Mr Whippy which is really cool. Yeah, well, one of my favourite moments on the tour and hey, there's been wonderful moments where we are making,

you know, people knock off firsts in their life and that has been great. That's been great but that was all to be expected. It's the unexpected things

that I really love about a tour like this. Like when people come up to Ben after our show yesterday in the cafe in Palmerston North in the local and I just love

the conversations that sort of strike up after a show. This was just a conversation that we had and then you had to get out of

the recorder to repeat the conversation again. So take a listen to this. So Ben, you've met someone who knows you, there's

a connection. There's a connection, there's always a connection in a small town. I was like, you were just saying, are you from Masterton? I was like, yeah, I've been up around here. Now, you know what?

So I know someone you know. You went to Waikou with my flatmate's mum. Oh, Jesus. I'm on that territory now, am I? Young mum. Young mum, though. You know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Vicky did spring rings a bell, maybe. I don't know. Might have known better at school. Just went to school with her. I don't know. Might have known better at school. Just went to school with. I don't know. Maybe you must have met me. You don't talk about these sort of things, Megan. How does it feel that you went to school with your flatmate's mum?

It's cool when people come up to us and go, you were a big part of my childhood watching you on TV. You're like, wow, we're at that stage now. How old are you? I'm 21. I'm like a full-grown adult's mum. Mate, I think we all understand how time works.

And age. How old's your flatmate? Also 21. A 21-year-old's mum. Yeah, but it's small town New Zealand. Things happen a lot quicker younger down here, you know? Do they?

Wow. Yeah, there we go. Humbling. Leveling. At first she was like, oh, you know my flatmate. I was like, hey. I was like, I'm cool. I'm young.

Sounds reasonable. I'm on TikTok. Probably hug out the clubs and stuff like that, you know. We're our crocs together, eh, Megan? Yeah. It is great being here because you guys are a big part of my childhood. Oh, you stop that. The timeline doesn't work out like that.

Coming up next on this show as we continue on our Never Have You Ever tour, we're going to get into what you've walked into. Producer Ali, yesterday, smack bang into something that,

geez, it brings you a lot of joy. It warms your heart when you watch someone doing it. Yeah. You want to pretend like you're faux, like sympathetic towards it.

We'll find out what Producer Ali walked into next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we wanted to know on 0800 THE HITS 4487, what have you walked into? Because producer Ellie, I know we've got to know you well over the last, maybe a little too well. Yeah, I think so.

Sometimes you tell us stuff that we don't need to know. But anyway. It's true. I'm sorry. Did you give it a good hosing when you got home? It was the best hose Jon I've ever had, honestly. If you know, you know. I'm glad.

I thought of you in a weird way. Same. I thought this morning in the shower, I was like, I hope she gave it a good hosing. Anyway. That's a conversation for another day. It's not for the broad audience. That's not content For this wonderful

Family friendly show I mean Don't test me I would tell them But I won't Yeah Okay so While we're away

Something that's happened To a lot of people I've done it I'm sure people Listening have done it Circumstance where Well look This tour's really

Taken it out of me guys I think I'm a bit tired Because I went On to the We were staying at a hotel And I came out I was out on the balcony Just chilling Trying to have a bit tired because I went on to the, we were staying at a hotel and I came out, I was out on the balcony, just chilling,

trying to have a bit of meditation time. And it was, it was getting dark. So lighting was a bit dicey and my lights in my room were kind of off as well. Anyway, turn back around to walk inside. I'd actually closed the ranch slider and I walked straight into it. And man,

it gave me a fright. My nose pressed out like a pig. All my makeup was all over. A perfect silhouette. You've hit it at a good pace when you leave your face on there. Lucky I have such a big forehead, though. I think that took most of the impact. So that was good.

I think it rattled you more than that, though, didn't it? It does. Oh, I got such a fright. It was good. Nothing rattles you more than that, though, does it? Oh, I got such a fright. It was awful. It takes you like a good five to ten seconds just to regroup, doesn't it? Nothing hurts more than getting a whack in the nose. It's so painful. I just remembered, actually, as you were saying, I did that in America.

Revolving door. They love the revolving door. I was trying to get my kids out of the makeup shop, the mecca. I was like, we've got to go, guys. This is busy Times Square. And I went to time the mecca. I was like, we've got to go, guys. This is busy Times Square. And I went to time the revolving door, and I rang, because you've got to be quick, and didn't realize there was glass around the outside.

I missed the revolving door altogether. It was behind the glass. I went, bang, straight in the middle. I needed a lot of makeup that day to cover up the bruises. So this is what we want to open up. Give us a call on New Zealand's Breakfast. 0800-THE-HITS, 4487 THE TEST. What have you walked into?

Yeah. Yeah. Polls, doors, we'll take it all. We'd love to hear from you. Walked into a horrific scene in a bedroom. Oh, yeah. THE HITS, the Jono and Ben podcast. We are talking about what you walked into after producer Ellie went straight into the glass sliding door

while she was away on the Never Have You Ever tour. We've all done it. But you'd hope that your reflection would warn you and go, hey, buddy, you're about to... No, sometimes you just think you can see right through. It's a great argument for not cleaning glass, isn't it? Sometimes the cleaner stuff really ruins you. So what have you walked into?

We're going to get Candice on the show. Love to have you on. Lovely to have you on. Candice, how's life? Hi. Good, good. How are you? Yeah, it's good.

It's great to talk to you this morning, mate. What did you walk into? So I was on my OE and I started to go to NASA, just a little trip on my own. That's so cool. What is this? It's the Space Centre. What's it like? It's really cool.

It's really cool. It's really cool. It's something I never thought I'd actually go to, but when you get there, it's pretty amazing. I tell you what, we went and saw a spaceship, didn't we? Was it Endeavour? Yeah. It was in Los Angeles, wasn't it? Wild.

Enormous. Just massive. Like, yeah, crazy. I'd love to watch one take off. Massive. But, yeah, I went up to look at a piece of the moon um which i thought was really cool and when i went to try and have a look sorry i've got a little crying baby in the background um the moon glass was actually a lot closer than

i thought so i left half my face on the piece of glass you. You walked into the glass case, which was holding the moon. Yes, and when I looked back, yeah, there was a lot of makeup and face oil left on it. Surrounded by rocket scientists, but you hit the glass. Look at that. That is brilliant.

Oh, Candice, well, you go and have a great day with that beautiful crying baby of yours, okay? Thanks, guys. Yeah, appreciate it. Have a good one, buddy. We've got Kirsty on the phone. What did you walk into, Kirsty?

Well, it was five in the morning, and I shared an apartment with my sister. And we had gone to bed, like, by ourselves. But then a guy snuck a guy into a room. And at 5 a.m., I went into her room, and her and this guy were going for it, and I needed the AirPods. I was halfway through, so I just grabbed the AirPods and ran back out. You really needed those AirPods, didn't you? I'm like, how did you know they were halfway through? Were you like, how far through?

I think I already grew about 50% there. Don't mind me. That's all right. She definitely got an up to text at about two in the morning. Yeah. Oh, that is brilliant. I know it. You don't talk about it.

You don't talk about it? No. Never mention it again. I never do, Bill. You only talk about it on the radio. You go and have a great day. You too. The Hits, the radio. You go and have a great day. You too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Well, Jen, she's got in touch with the show and she joins us on the phone. How are you this morning, Jen? Hey, good morning. I'm not too bad and stuff. You're doing well, Jen? Yeah, yeah, well, working up to you guys. So, of course, I'm doing well. Oh, that's great.

We love waking up people, don't we? Yeah, we do. It's actually the bane of this job. Sometimes when we're, like, doing content before 7am, we're like, hey, can we call you before 7? And they're like, yes. Anyway, this week we're on our Never Have You Ever tour, and there's something that you've never done,

and you're quite keen to give it a go. What is it? So I have never, ever been to Kelly Tultons and part of that is also like obviously never been down in the cage with the sharks

because I have ADHD and agoraphobia. Yeah, and agoraphobia is a fear of escaping and those tube things, you know, have always terrified

the heck out of me but I would love to face my fear and I would love to have that experience, especially with my three sons as well. Oh, good on you. What a lovely story there, Jan. I actually coincidentally went to Kelly Tarleton's a couple of weeks ago.

Oh, cool. You go in the travelator, and all the sharks, they swim over the top of you in the glass in case. You can see the sharks' private parts. Yeah, yeah. I love sharks. I've got a great fascination with them it's more about that glass tube i'm like i made it out alive it is safe but i imagine that it would seem you're like you're down you're underneath the ground as well under with sharks above your head but you're willing to do it it's an awesome thing and thanks to kelly tartan's they've jumped on board and they want to give you guys a pass to go along

and take your family. Oh, my gosh. Oh, thank you so much. It's my boy's 10th birthday on Halloween. Oh. Awesome. Well, the kids are going to love it. You can dive into Sea Life at Kelly Tartans

for an exciting underwater adventure. It's a great place to go visit. Another thing I noticed at Kelly Tartan's, penguins. Yeah, they've got penguins there. Beautiful penguins. A lot of stench here. Did you say penguins or penguins? Penguins.

I don't know. I would say penguins. What did I say? Penguins? I thought you said penguins. Happy penguins. Very cute though. They're very cute.

You're going to love it. Hey, well, good on you, Jen. Love your work. You're going to have a great day. Oh, thank you guys so much. Thank you, Gus, and thank you, Kelly Tartan. You're going to have a great day. Oh, thank you guys so much. Thank you, Gasson. Thank you, Kelly Pelz. You guys rock.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. One day yesterday, Palmerston North and the Manawa too, full of painted nails, soft-serve ice creams and expensive tractors. Parmy chewed us up, digested us and spat us out at the domestic airport. Wild 24 hours in Palmerston North. It was great fun though, wasn't it? I loved it. Chew me up and spit me out again.

Okay, I'm tired. Maybe that could be the Palmerston North slogan. We'll chew you up and spit you out. Leave you at the domestic airport. It was a lot of fun. You got what you had, as you said earlier today.

I got my nails done. He did. I'm pleased to see that they're still there. They are gel nails. Still rocking the nails. However, you forgot a really important detail. Halfway through the process, while everything's been, everything's

on your nails, Megan goes, oh, that's going to last for three weeks. Yeah. Well, I did hint to it at the start when I said they're gel. So they cured with like an LED light, so you can't just use nail polish. As do not know. Of course.

As soon as gel and LED was mentioned, Ben, you should have known. That's three weeks. They hinted at it without telling me. So yeah, I got my nails done. They're a lot hot pink, the colour you chose at the moment. Went to a tractor place straight after. Straight afterwards. I noticed the hands were in the pockets,

but a clenched fisting. I noticed even on the plane when we were flying back to Auckland and I got a tea and then you had to put your hand across the people across me and the lady who was on here at the steward, she was like, lovely Devon, I heard her call you out. Oh, I like your nails. Nice nails.

I was like, thank you. Don't really have time. She was like, I love the colour. Well, there you go. So yeah, that's going to be the next three weeks for you. Something that we also noticed in Palmerston North, and this happens quite often because we have been hanging in this media game for a while.

You witnessed it at the restaurant in Palmerston North. Clinging on by our well-manicured pink nails. Just someone sitting at the table next to us and they were like, oh, you rang me on the radio. And then as soon as someone says that you're like oh oh god what are we how long ago is it cancelable yeah the joy about doing radio is you never really have to see anyone face to face so you can burden people and just you get on with your day yeah i know and they're probably like what the heck

to happen apparently we rang this lady twice over the course of a couple of years one thing calling her muffin or something like that. I barely remembered. I was like, oh God, what have we done? There was a point in the conversation where you both had your head in your hands. We've got no recollection of something that's really impacted

this person's life twice. That's a great sign that you've out-pranked New Zealand when you're doing a second lap round. Pranked her twice. She'd be like, just leave me alone. Anyway, she was lovely about it. When does it become harassment? I think it's pretty close right now.

Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Trying to get 10 out of 10 in the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Producer Ali reads out the questions. So far, we've got 9 out of 10. That's the best we've done. So let's see if we can get 10 out of 10 today Okay

What have we got Have you perused through all the questions Or are we raw dogging it No I've looked at them I've found the answers Gettable No I mean maybe

Maybe you'll surprise me It's all subjective. I don't know. You don't know what we know. Exactly. Yes. So you could be fine. She's got a pretty fair idea.

I just didn't know a lot. Okay, well, let's go. First question. All right. Number one. Lisbon is located near the mouth of which river? The Douro? Douro River?

The Gwydiana River? Or the Tagus River? Man, these are hard to pronounce in the first place. Why is that the first question? I know, right? Surely that's very national. Many people know that. Those who live in Portugal, they would know.

That's true. That's why it's all subjective. We've been to Lisbon. Yeah, we have been to Lisbon. I didn't even know Lisbon was in Portugal. No, we have been to Lisbon. That's the only reason I know. Otherwise, I would know nothing. And I didn't even know Lisbon was in Portugal. No, we have been to Lisbon. That's the only reason I know.

Otherwise, I would know nothing. And I didn't get... We went down by the water, but it wasn't a river. I wasn't au fait with the local rivers. No. Did any of those sound familiar to you? No. Particularly in the very tentative pronunciation from producer Alec. Do you want to read them?

Because it might make it easier. No, that didn't help at all. Okay, sweet. Let's lock in number three. Why? Number three. Yep. Okay.

I've just got a feeling down in my bits. That's correct. A Tagus River. That's correct. Did you Google? No, someone texted on the text machine. Did you see that text? Oh, your bits are coming's correct. Did you Google? No, someone texted on the text machine. Did you see that text?

No. Oh, your bits are coming through this morning. The bits. Nice. Down in the bits. All right. When did American soap opera Days of Our Lives first premiere? Was it 1965, 1972, or 1980?

I'm reckoning it's a 1972 job. Days of Our Lives have been around for a long time. A long time, yeah. 1972, I'm thinking. Not 65. Oh. 65, what are we talking about? They would have been in black and white to begin with.

I only remember the soft coloured tones of the 1980s. Yeah. Days of Our Lives. Days of Our Lives. It was the sands to the hourglass. Oh, I love that. Yeah, these are the Days of Our Lives. What are you going to look at?

Someone on the text machine. I've seen the text machine. They've said 65. Have they? Yeah. Are we looking at 1965 for Days of Our Lives? Lock it in, Ellie. Let's lock it in.

That's correct. Thank you to the person on the text machine. Thank you very much. Okay, let's go one more, and we'll see how we go on this one, and we might have to hold it over. Okay, which film introduced one more and we'll see how we go on this one and we might have to hold it over. Okay, which film introduced Daniel Craig as James Bond? Was it Skyfall, Quantum of Solace or Casino Royale?

Well, obviously those are all ones he's been in. Yeah, so what was his first one? Casino Royale. Was it Casino Royale? I don't know. Is that the one when he's coming out of the ocean? It wasn't Skyfall. It wasn't Skyfall. It wasn't Skyfall.

And it's tight little blue, you know, like tighty-whities. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We're in the middle of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We made it. Our mission to get 10 out of 10. We've failed every time we've played it to get 10 out of 10,

but 9 out of 10 a couple of times. And so far, this is question number four. Producer Ellie, is it? This is question number three. Oh, three. Oh, jeez. We've got a long road ahead. All right, this is James Bond.

I've already gone to the text machine twice. James Bond themed. The question is, which film introduced Daniel Craig as James Bond? Is it Skyfall, Quantum of Solace, or Casino Royale? Okay. What are they saying on the text machine? It was split before. Now it'sace or Casino Royale? Okay. What are they saying on the text machine? It was split before.

Now it's leaning towards Casino Royale. Okay. I also think Casino Royale. I did say that before the text came in. You did say that quite early. Granted. We'll go with you then. Locking in Megan's Casino Royale?

That is correct. We're making our way through the New Zealand Hill Daily Quiz. Okay, I think you guys can get this one Which artist collaborated with Sam Smith on the track Promises? Was it John Legend, Ed Sheeran or Calvin Harris? It was Calvin Harris Should we lock that in? Yeah

Nice, that's correct It's always good when you overemphasise the name of the person Was it John Legend or Calvin Harris? Okay, question number five. Rafael Nadal announced his retirement last week. From tennis. Oh, damn it. If he played, it would be great.

How many Grand Slam titles has he won in his career? I read this. Wasn't this an Alpha Quiz question? Yeah, I think we read this. I think he was an Alpha Quiz question. I don't know if it was how many titles. What are the options? Sorry, Ellie.

18, 22, or 12? It was 22. Yeah. He's confident. Yeah. We're locking in 22. That is correct. How do you know that?

I just remember reading it in the article. Because I was thinking less. And then when I saw the number 22, I was like, damn, that's a huge career. Jono coming through this morning. You sure you haven't looked at the test this morning? It's been up since this morning. He's very confident. Because you're having trouble with everything else to do with the radio show.

He's not even talked before, but he's like, oh, locking in questions. He's like, he's definitely locked this morning. I swear. He gets up earlier than everyone else. He's been up this morning. I fill up my bits. He's like, yeah. Code for I Googled it this morning.

All right, question number six. Why don't you just stop there, Jonah. What's the answer? I don't have Faith in the ability. Okay, what was Amazon's first product category when it launched in 95? Was it clothing, electronics, or books? It was books. Books.

Yeah, it was books. It was books. Yeah? Oh, overwhelmingly yes. Boom. Why don't we six down? We've caught our way back. Are we going to do one more?

Yeah, let's do one more. Question number seven. What was the purpose of the Terracotta Army? To serve as a military training ground, to guard the emperor's tomb, or to celebrate a military victory? Oh God, I went to Te Papa and I saw that exhibition. I studied this in classics.

I remember the Terracotta Army. I just don't know the answer. Yeah, you didn't pay any attention to that exhibition. Was it one of those ones where you rattle through in about three minutes? Yeah, it was one. It's here, briefly, at Tabapo and it was... Oh yeah, it was pretty good, yeah. Are you joking? You soaked up

none of it? None of it? No. What was the Terracotta Army purpose? I did spend a lot of time looking at the vase drawings of the naked people and laughing at those during classics rather than listening to them. I don't know. I don't know.

Yeah. Are we going to guess or are we going to come back? What do you reckon? Should we just guess? Do it for a guess. Is it A, B, or C? I'm going to go Emperor. Help the Emperor.

Guard the Emperor's Tomb? You're locking that in? Yeah. That's correct. Subliminally, he took something in from Te Papa. Thank you, Te Papa. Oh, my gosh. That part's a body from Te Papa Thank you Te Papa Oh my god That part's aborted by Te Papa

Question number eight Which beverage is known as The drink of the gods In ancient Greece Is it olive oil Honey mead Or wine Olive oil

Okay lock it in He's confident Okay confident I think those bits are Falling apart Oh no I think they were just Throw throwing you off with olive oil, because it's grease.

You're lying. Lives another day. My bits are bung. I think he's yelling here all day. What was the answer? Honey made. There was cheating accusations. There was all sorts throughout it.

It's a wild ride. We'll do it again tomorrow. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Donald Trump. Of course, things get close to the election. This one made me laugh this morning. He was at a political rally on stage. Unfortunately, this is not the part that made me laugh.

Unfortunately, it was a couple of medical events and the crowds, they'd stop things. They were okay, the people, apparently. But then after that, he decided the question and answer session was enough of that. And for 38 minutes, they played tunes. And he just sort of bobbed along on stage and sort of danced and stuff. Nearly 40 minutes of bobbing.

Yeah. Tracks from the Village People, YMCA. We had Hallelujah, Sinead O'Connor. There was a little bit of Elvis mixed in there as well. 38 minutes of Trump sort of walking around stage. I'm pretty sure Sinead wouldn't be cool with that if she was still here. A lot of them would have been. No.

Was it just like a Spotify playlist? I think so, yeah. And he just sort of walked around the stage. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets of the people that live there. Wild. Let's go.

John O'Bannon and Megan's Never Have You Ever Tour With Gas It is thanks to Gas Special Service Stations We are travelling around the country Trying to make your nevers come true And experiencing some things for the first time It's been really really fun Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North We've got Whangarei later on today

It's been a wild ride If there's anything that you haven't done in life And you'd love to knock it off You can text 4487 And we can try our best to make that a reality. Tick that off the bucket list. Now, Sam is a young teenage boy and his mother, Melissa, she got in touch. Sam is a young teenage boy.

I don't know why Sam needed to be described as such, but there we go. And Melissa said that you've never been to Rainbow's End. Yeah. And so we thought we could try and make that happen. And thanks to the wonderful people at Rainbow's End, they were like, yes, you can definitely make it happen. So we got to surprise them both. While we were in a cafe yesterday in Palmerston North,

we gave them a call. Hello, good morning. How are you doing? Good, how are you today? I sounded like Joey from Friends. How are you doing? How are you doing? And Melissa asked you how you're doing. How are you doing? Good, how are you today? I sounded like Joey from Friends. How are you doing? How are you doing? And Melissa asked you how you're doing.

How are you doing? I'm doing okay. You look tired. Thank you. I just thought, no one look at me. You sound better than you look. Is that what you want to hear? No, that's not what I want to hear.

Now, Melissa, I want to hear from you. What's something that you've never done or someone in your family's never done that you want to make happen this week? My dream would be to take my teenage son to Rainbow's End. He's never been, and it's something that he's always wanted to do. Right, never been to Rainbow's End. That feels like something we could. Could you be bothered to do that, Ben? Could I be bothered to do that?

To organise. Mate, it sounds right up his alley. You know I love Rainbow's End. You know I love Rambos Inn, you know I love theme parks. Activities. And the people at Rambos Inn, New Zealand's premier theme park, have said you guys, we can take him in this week. Oh wow, that is

exciting. Is your son there? He's getting ready for school, he's here somewhere. Rambos Inn, 20 rides and attractions, 40 years since it's opened. They're bringing back the pirate ship next year as well. We're excited about that. You have done a deal with Rainbow's End. Love it, mate.

Love it. Good morning. Just wanted to clarify, we have a 16-year-old Sam on the phone. Yes. It's Jono, Ben and Megan from the Hits radio station. We're just hearing how you'd love to go to Rainbow's End. Oh, yes. It's always been a goal. Oh from the Hits radio station. We're just hearing how you'd love to go to Rainbow's End. Oh, yes.

It's always been a goal. Oh, well, that's a great goal. You keep that goal up, buddy, and have a great day. Oh, no, no. We're going to make it happen this week. How would you like to go this week? Oh, that'd be awesome. Do you mind?

Have you been on a roller coaster before? Never. Could we go on the roller coaster with you on Friday? Absolutely. Oh, great. It's happening. It's meet you at Rainbow's End. We'd love to go on a roller coaster. It's happening. It's meet you at Rainbow's End. We'd love to go on a rollercoaster and then you can experience all the fun at Rainbow's End.

Oh, awesome. Thank you guys so much. Oh, you're welcome. No worries. Just remember, Rainbow's End, New Zealand's premier theme park. 20 rides and attractions, mate. Don't forget about that. Oh, I won't. Oh, I won't. He'll be making you say that plenty of times on Friday. Thank you so much to RoboZ.

We can't wait to see you, Sam, this week. So we're going to go hang out with Sam tomorrow. If you want some of your nevers to come true, 4487 on the text. We'll see what we can do. It's all thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. Instant discounts loyalty program to get fuel discounts every week.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're on The Hits breakfast and we've got ourselves a pair of socks after I complained about how the fact you always lose a sock, and once you've lost a sock, well, that pair's kind of gone. There's nothing you can do about it. So you came up with a great idea, a pair of socks that comes in a three. Yeah, every pair has a spare, the unlosable socks.

Well, they're branded as the unlosable socks, but you can still technically lose them. I mean, you can lose anything in life, can't you? Lose your hair. I found that out the hard way. So yeah, if you'd like one of these unlosable socks, you can text or call 0800 THE HITS. Text number's 4487. We've only got a couple more pairs left,

so we thought we'd find out where you could take the socks. And if we think that's a good place for the socks, you can have one of the last three pairs of socks I think we've got you did you have we only got three left i think three or four left i think is all we did not predict the demand for these socks yeah they're quite nice socks yeah we underestimated the underestimated the people and the the demand for this product but we're going to kick things off with raylene how are you hello raylene whereabouts are you going And where would you like To take the socks I'm on my way To work at the moment

But I'd wear my sock To the Warriors game Afterwards In Vegas Oh Are you going to Vegas See this is I'm so jealous

About anyone that's Going to the Warriors In Vegas Well The least you can do And this will be As good as you go into Vegas, is send a photo of you in the socks to Ben.

Yeah, if I can see the Ben sock with the field behind or something, that would be as close as I'm going to get to going along. Awesome, yeah. I meet you guys at the night game. I'm the one with the bedazzled denim jacket. Oh, yes!

You are fantastic. You're a huge Warriors fan, and you're kind of like Brittany Mahomes with the Kansas City Chiefs. She designs her own supporters' wear, don't you? Yes, and I'm driving to work in my Up The Waz car with the number plate. Have you got Up The Waz as the number plate? That's awesome. I do.

Oh, awesome. We're going to send you some socks and Up The Waz as the number plate? That's awesome. Oh, I do. Oh, Raylene. Awesome. We're going to send you some socks and Up The Waz and enjoy Vegas. I can't wait to hear how it goes. Oh, that's too Mickey, lads. Thank you. Good on you, Raylene. You have a great trip.

She's awesome. Producer Taylor was married to Marcelo Montoya. He's going over to the Build Locks. Does he want to take our socks over there? He might want to. He might want to take the Build Locks. And I assume Taylor's going to stay here and keep producing the radio show. I think that's how it works.

Yeah, I think she will. I haven't heard anything different. That's the commitment. That's how she loves getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning. She loves us. Anyway, we'll go to Rochelle. Good morning to you. How are you, Rochelle?

I'm good, thanks. How are you guys? We're a box of fluffies this morning. What are you going to do with the Jono, Ben and Megan socks? Where are you wearing them? I'm going to be wearing them to Summer Nats. Oh, Summer Nats. Is it the drags?

Well, burnouts and just a massive bogan fest. I think we've been to the Summer Nats. Yeah, I think we have. The white socks are going to get very hard and smoky. But anyway, I feel like you can wear a pair there.

Oh, most definitely. You big old bogan, Rochelle. I love it. You know, when we went to the summer nats, because we were down on the ground with the burnouts, and you just have a shower at the end of the day, and there's just literally a tyre just falling off you. You blow your nose, and it's all up your nose.

I was covered in an inch thick of just tyre rubber. I can't wait. I felt like I was one of those characters from Mary Poppins that does the chimney sweep dance and stuff. It's a lot of fun, though. You'll enjoy it. All you've got to do is send us a photo of you at the Nats in those socks, Rochelle. Oh, most definitely.

Shall we go one more? Yeah, let's do it. Mel, morning to you. Good morning. Great to Good on you, mate. Shall we go one more? Yeah, let's do it. Mel, morning to you. Good morning. Great to have you on, Mel. Do you want to open a Megan's socks? You're going to adorn them at what prestigious event? I've just robbed them off, but my 14-year-old son would like to wear them to his school trip to Japan April 2025.

Oh, wow. And he said as long as they stretch to a size 13, they'll look good inside a crock. Yeah, I think they would look good. Because I'm a 10, they're quite big. They're quite big socks. Yeah, they'll fit his feet. Yep, we'll chuck those on as long as, again, if he takes a photo with a piece of sushi or something,

fires that back over. It could be at St. Pierre's. Yeah, sure, something iconic Japan, maybe. Yeah, maybe. That big intersection with all the digital billboards. Oh, yeah, Shibuya Crossing would have been, yeah. Yeah, that's great. Well, what an exciting trip

he's got ahead, Mel. And even more exciting to make that trip more exciting, he's got some socks too. Yeah, he's going to Japanese Disneyland so I'll try and make that a place where he can

Oh, that's awesome. Awesome. Trip of a lifetime and thank you so much for listening to the show. We really appreciate it, alright? No worries.

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