Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 03 - Can You Steal A Friends Baby Name?

Episode Date: March 3, 2021

Kia Ora! This morning, Jono proved that there are people worse at using technology than him. And trust us, Jono is an absolute BOOMER (sorry to the Boomers out there) when it comes to replying to texts and emails. We also chatted about the fact that Prince Harry used a stranger's bathroom when he went to their house. So, we did a wee (pun intended) social experiment. If Prince Harry can use a randoms bathroom, can we? We also wanted to know whether it's acceptable to use a friend's baby name on your own child, and whether this has happened to anyone out there. Such an awkward situation! All that and more on today's poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and 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 Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast, 3rd of March. It's a pleasure to be here, Ben Boyce.

You've been playing with a plunger. Yeah, now we've got a plunger behind your back. We secretly bought a plunger. Yeah, now we've got a plunger behind your back. We secretly bought a plunger. How dare you? You go sneak off and buy a secret plunger. Are you having another relationship with a plunger? We splurged on a plunger because I'd seen on TikTok that there's like skits of these people going around.

It looked like LA, looked like Venice Beach in Los Angeles. And they'd go around with a plunger and they'd find people with bald heads and they'd put the plunger on. Larrikins were doing this. Youth. Holes in their jeans. Those sorts of people. Vaping.

Covered by a giant cloud. A vape cloud. Yeah, and they'd put the plunger on bald people's heads and then they couldn't get the plungers off for a little bit and they'd run away now i watched these clips and i'm like well this is set up is this you know like the skeptical part of me was like well maybe these people weren't on it but folk yeah it's always the first comment on videos but i went and uh we went and got a plunger and i tried to when you say we uh yeah

i've since found out you just bullied millennial Max to go down a minor 10. Yeah, again, the youth going down there and getting that. And I tried it on your head, and it didn't quite suction on your head, did it? No, you gave it a go, and I was like, well, this is an odd situation. What are you trying to achieve here? And then, I'm trying to stick the plunger to your head. And then, so I gave you the opportunity. I let my head be used. I didn't sneak up behind you or anything.

I just said, hey, can I test this out? It didn't really work. No, there was no suction, which then leads you to believe, was the video fake? Was the video useful? That was the part of the video that I wasn't questioning. That was the part. The suction? Yeah, I was like,

that's definitely, it was just whether the people were in on it or not. Maybe I've got a misshaped head, an ill-shaped head. I've got a very eggy-looking head. Because the one I was watching, the guy's trying to pull off the suction thing, and it's like, oh, this is hilarious. Jono is going to love this. Maybe you need a bigger plunger.

It didn't quite work. Or maybe your head needs to suck more. So, yeah. Hey, mate, I suck just fine, okay? People tell me that all the time. Anyway, today on the show, we had a very exciting program. We got talking about whether you could steal a friend or family member's baby name. Contentious issue, isn't it, for some?

Yeah, it does seem that way. And you also got thinking about when you are naming a child, how you always associate that name, the potential name, with other people you know. Dorothy Wade, she was a Kiwi lady who nannied for Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones for many years.

We got her professional opinion on it. She's seen relationships torn apart over this issue. Oh, you know. So that's a big one we talk about on the podcast today. Your plunger just collapsed off the window behind you,

by the way. Plunger. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

Now, I will front foot this and say, you know, I'm pretty sloppy when it comes to communication in the electronic world.

Yeah, you are. You know, texting, emailing, WhatsApp, the group message, that gets away on me quick there,

WhatsApp group. You miss a lot on that. We chat about stuff, you're like, what, what, what? Yeah. It's in the WhatsApp. Well, I clear the quick our WhatsApp group you miss a lot on that we chat about stuff you're like what what what I was in the WhatsApp well I clear the WhatsApp you know once a day

for you it's what's that rather than WhatsApp what's that what's that you're talking about I was in the WhatsApp group the problem is you know Juliet will post something

and then you know nine other messages have since happened but then I'm like oh what she said was quite good back then and then I bring it up and that confuses everyone what I'm referencing it does and your emailing is you know, nine other messages have since happened. But then I'm like, oh, what she said was quite good back then. Then I bring it up and that confuses everyone what I'm referencing.

It does. And your emailing is, you know, we talk about the caps, all in caps, all like a flurry of emails on a Sunday. Scattergun emailing system. Yeah, it's no good. But listen, I think I have found someone worse at text and email communication than myself. And this, I would, you'd struggle to find anyone who's done any worse than this.

So I've got a dear friend of mine, Fabian, love him. He's a great guy. And I, he does tattoos on me. Yeah. And I text him in November and I said, hey, mate, maybe I can pop in. Go see, this is November the 3rd. Okay? Yeah.

Last night. I've never heard to see much. Oh, jeez. Okay. Yeah. Last night. Bang, bang. It's Fabian.

He's replied. I thought he hasn't replied. I haven't heard from him since then. I didn't get a reply. And, you know, you sort of give it half a day, and you're like, well, that message might have fallen on deaf ears. I'll move on with my life. I'd forgotten about it.

The stuff I've done since early November. It was four months ago. Four months ago. Bink, bink, last night. Hey, mate, sorry for the late reply. Keen as. Let's catch up. Four months later.

I mean, sorry for the late reply. That's like nine hours late. Maybe even a day. Next day, sorry for the late reply That's like Nine hours late Maybe even a day Next day Sorry for the late reply Sorry I was busy yesterday You're like Yeah I understand that

But four months Jeez That's a long time No one would be that I mean Texting your dad Winds you up doesn't it You and your dad

Kevin Boyce You'll send him a novel Yeah And then he'll Sometimes send back a thumbs up That's what I do He'll just Thumbs up emoji

But then He will Like in that situation That you do. He'll just do a thumbs up emoji. But then he will, like in that situation that you were in, he will just send the same text again until he gets a reply. He just keeps sending the same thing. No, like, did you see this? It'll just keep coming through. So you're in a situation where you're like, hey mate, should we catch up? And then you're like, okay, two days later,

send the same thing again. Hey mate. So he's copy and paste. Keeps bombarding you. Over and over again. But a friend of mine, how's this for admin? I got this photo because I took it off a screenshot of his screen. This is the unread emails.

68,763. That stresses me out. I know. You like a clear inbox, don't you? You like your inbox clean. It's got away on me. I can't pull it back.

So now he'll just look back and he'll go, oh, that's one I need to reply to. That's one to bet some. So is he slowly working back from emails five years ago now? No, he's just trying to deal with what's coming through now. He's like, I'm not going to get this down at all. Because it'll take you days to clear through 68,000 emails.

You need to get some interns in there, don't you? Yeah, there's probably stuff he's missed. Imagine the important events he's missed. Yeah. But the inland revenue chasing him down. So 68,000 emails. I was like, geez, that's impressive. And I, well, listen, even the November thing,

I was like, just how far behind are you on your administration? Yeah. You're like, all right, crack the knuckles. Let's start clearing the text from last year. Let's get into this one. Oh, I've missed quite a lot of stuff. Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben.

The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Now, as parents, you know that naming your child is a pretty big deal, right? It's something that's going to be with them for the rest of their life. Unless they decide to change it by depot later on. When can you change your name? I guess once they're of the legal age, they can do it by themselves. Otherwise, I guess a parent can sign off on that before they're 18. That actually happened to a friend of ours.

She didn't like her name. And at age seven, she just changed it with the parent's blessing. Yeah. Went from one to another. But the thing is, everyone still remembers the previous seven years of that brand. Yeah. And then you go and change the brand. It's like when they change, you know, Vector Arena to Spark Arena.

Yeah, true. You're still saying Vector. You're like, no, it's spark. It takes a few years for it to kick in. Well, there's a debate online. This has happened overseas. Now, a woman has claimed that her sister has stolen the name of her,

that she basically, she had a daughter a few years ago and then her sister has now had a baby and used exactly the same name. And she's like, I feel a little bit like miffed by this. I'm a little bit offended. Have I got any right to be? Because in this instance, it's like, I feel a little bit like miffed by this. I'm a little bit offended. Have I got any right to be? Because in this instance, it's like very close. I mean, obviously the sister and their daughter and they've got two kids now with exactly

the same name in the family. That's the thing. You can't steal a friend or family member's baby name. It's too close. The closest circle. Wider. Yeah, but maybe colleagues, baby's names, second or third tier friends. Right, so you're saying friend and family,

you can't... People you see all the time, it's awkward. Yeah, but... Because how many names are there in the world? You couldn't find another name that you were happy with? Whatever, it's the name you love. That's the name out of all the names you love.

Think of some other names. Well, no, but this is the name that you want to give. This is the one name. I can't think of anything better. And they're a nickname. There's other versions. Just because you call someone, you know. This is the one name. I can't think of anything better. And they're a nickname. There's other versions. Just because you call someone their full name doesn't mean you can't give a nickname

to differentiate between the two. So you don't mind. You say if you like the name. I went with another Ben. You went with another Ben? You know, there's two Bens. Yeah, but did your parents fraternise? No, but I'm just saying you can't have the same name

and not be like, who? What's the, you know? But I find too, a lot of names are tarnished, aren't they? By people you know with that name. I can't imagine there's too many Jonos being born into the world at the moment. You know, I'll call it Jono. Really?

That guy from TV? Oh, maybe not. I'll retract that statement. But maybe that's why celebrities go with such obscure names. So they won't get stolen. Like little baby photocopier or little baby swipe card and things. They know to name objects so that people won't touch the names. Maybe that's a play.

Well, that's true. An unusual name other people won't have. Now, can we just talk about what we're talking about off here? Yeah, go on. Now, Producer Humphrey, you've got a baby on the way, and he was like, oh, here's my top five names, and he pitched them, and Juliette heartedly laughed at one of the names.

We haven't heard all the names, but you were just... Can we say the name? Yeah. Daffodil was one of them, and you went, ha, ha, ha. No, no, no. That's the name that they wanted. No, because he said it in a joking... Well, I can't tell when Ben Humphrey is joking or not,

and I thought he was joking, and now I'm really concerned that I offended him. And then you're trying to backtrack and go, that's a good name. I like it. Daffy, that's a good name. Well, no one's going to be stealing Daffy, that's for sure.

I'm sorry, Ben Humphrey. All right, let's open the phone, shall we, Boise? Yeah, why not? I refuse to call you Ben now. There's another Ben here from now on. Which Ben are you talking to? I don't know. I'm very confused.

Can you still, you know, can you use a name that a friend or family member has used for their baby? And has that happened to you? I'm saying it's fine. Why not? I'm saying you can't. It's the name you want. You give it to a child. You know, they can exist in the world with the same name.

0800 the hits telephone number 4487. Also, as Ben mentioned, it'd be great if this has happened to you. Did it make it, Orkies? And we'll get an expert on too, Dorothy Wade, who was Catherine Zeta-Jones' nanny for many years. We'll get her opinion. Tiana, welcome. Hi, hi.

We've got Ben and Charlotte on the air with you. Is it okay to steal a friend or family member's baby name? I don't know, man. I'm kind of on the fence about this one. I mean, my sister was trying to conceive for years and had picked out the name Charlotte as a beautiful baby girl. That is a beautiful baby girl.

I vouch for that. Yeah. Yeah. Well, my mum conceived at 42 and ended up naming her Charlotte. Your mum stole your sister's baby name? Did it make it awkward? She was a little bit peeved off for a a while, but you know, life moves on. I guess when you think about it,

what are you getting angry about? It's a name. Yeah, and you don't know for sure that you're going to have a girl or you're going to have, you know, so the name's getting used in the family and I'm sure, what's your name's, you know, the baby, the name, that's their name. You're like, oh, that suits them. But there are so many other names. That's probably the confusing thing, I imagine, for your sister, Tiana. Oh, yes, most definitely. She ended up naming her Scarlet in the end. So that worked out nicely.

Oh, awesome. Happy ending. Happy name ending. Let's go to Megan. Megan, you're on from Christchurch, Morena. Is it okay to steal a friend or family member's baby name? Yeah, but, you know, there's so many people in the world who have the same name anyway. There's always going to be double ups at some point.

If it's on purpose, maybe, maybe not. But also, who's to know if you don't tell anyone? Maybe it's a conversation. Hey, I'm thinking about it. Yeah. What are your thoughts? And then it puts them in an awkward position if they say no, they look petty. So then you kind of force their hand.

Well, you said it was all right. Yeah, but I had no other option. Now we've got Dorothy Wade on the phone. Dorothy is a wonderful lady we've spoken to before. Dorothy, you nannied for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas for many years. I did, yes. And your thoughts on this? Oh, I've seen so many friendships broken up because

somebody's pinched their baby's name. I really think, who cares if you name your baby the same name as your sister or somebody. I mean, they will all end up with nicknames and when they normally have a group of friends and they've got say, let's just say Thomas is a common one, one might be called Tom, one might be called Tompy, but they'll end up with nicknames as they grow. So it stops that confusion of who you're calling. If it doesn't and your sister's got the same name, well, let's face it, the smart one is

always going to ignore the name calling and let the other one get into trouble. Yeah, right. So I've never heard of Tom or Tompy. Yeah, or Tommy or T-Dog or, you know, like. T-Dog, his old T-Dog. Hey, Dorothy Wade, you've got a website that helps people with the babies, the help from sleeping, crying, feeding. It's called babyhelp.co.nz.

What's the one, the thing that people come to the website and talk to younz. What's the thing that people come to the website and talk to you most about? What's the problem that people have? Sleep and food because they go hand in hand. So they will come with a sleep issue, but it's normally a combination of sleep and food. Routines that don't work. There's a lot of routines out there that you can buy online really quite cheap and they might work for a small percentage but actually it doesn't work for their baby. So it's routine food and sleep or sleep and food. Now working for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas for many years as you did I don't know if their baby names have been made public but did they have a hard time

choosing names? Well they would have been done, I think Caris is very easy because they wanted a Welsh name. Dylan, I think, I don't know. I wasn't there. I mean, I was there before they got married, but I wasn't there when they chose your baby's name. You didn't have the nanny in the room for this conversation.

You weren't a part of the brainstorming process. No, no, no, no. I was around a lot for the wedding sort of brainstorming, but not baby names. And just to confirm, you weren't there when they created the baby as well? You weren't awkwardly standing in the... No, I wasn't actually. The baby whispering process.

No, no, sorry. Oh, that's all right. I tried to get a tell all there and I got nothing. It was a stupid question. I'm sorry. Dorothy Wade, we really appreciate your time. If anyone's got any baby, want some help and advice on babies, head to babyhelp.co.nz.

Thank you very much, guys, and thanks for asking me on. I have a question. I look like a giant baby. There's no help for you, mate. Will I ever grow out of that face? No, and don't even out of that face? No. And don't even try, because that's your personality. Always stay young.

I'll keep you young. The personality of a baby. There we go. Thank you, Dorothy. Love your work. Okay. Thanks a million, guys. We apologise in advance.

Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Penn. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads.

A couple of days ago, Prince Harry was on James Corden's show in America and they took a bit of a bus tour out together and they turned up at the house from the Fresh Prince of Bali. A lovely connection because, of course, he was a prince and a fresh prince and it all worked brilliantly. You don't have to spell it out. It worked brilliantly. I loved it. I was like, genius.

But anyway, they were talking to the owners at the door and then Prince Harry was, obviously they'd been filming for a while and kind of needed to use the bathroom and decided to ask. I'm actually dying for a pee. Can I use your bathroom? For real?

Can I? Hang on. I've had a COVID test. I'm good. You're going for a wee? Yeah, the fresh Prince. I didn't expect that. I didn't expect a toilet break from the prince.

Thank you very much. So he went in and used the toilet. I'll tell you what, if Prince Harry asks to sit on your throne, so to speak, you're going to let him, aren't you? But it's such an awkward conversation to, because you know what's going to take place in there. He knows. Both parties know what's going to take place in there. He knows. Both parties know what's going to take place in there.

And if you don't know the person, it feels like such a... Yeah, but this is Prince Harry, though. I mean, if Prince Harry shows up anywhere, you're going to let him through, aren't you? Absolutely. You're not washing that toilet, are you? No.

Well, you would. No, I wouldn't. Why would you not wash the toilet? Prince Harry... Well, don't go in there. I haven't washed it for months I'd build a new toilet that people can use

that would be the memorial why don't you just get a photo with him or something rather than giving a weird shrine he hasn't flushed it no he's just

he's just letting everything sit and that's assuming that he didn't flush as well yeah so it'd be very rude and obnoxious of him just walking

and he didn't even flush he just walked out he just walked out he thought he had someone doing that for him flush as well. Yeah. I'd be very rude and obnoxious of him just walking. And he didn't even flush. He just walked out. He just walked out. He thought he had someone doing that for him. The Queen must be, oh, she would be filthy, him fraternising with the common folk, wouldn't she? Using the common... Although it was, to be fair, it was a Beverly Hills mansion.

So, you know, hardly common folk. Not so common. But we did get talking yesterday off air. We're like, well, can anyone else just get away with this? Just wandering up to somewhere, whether it be a house or a business, and just ask to use the lavatory. Now, at the moment, of course, we're in level one in Auckland, so we can't go out and about and test this theory.

So we thought we'd give a call to some businesses around who are in level two and just pretend we're outside and to see if, hey, I'm outside. I'm busting for a pee, can I come on and have, to use your bathroom. Here's what happened the first time we phoned up a hairdresser. Oh, hi there. Sorry, this is a bit of a random question. That's alright.

I'm dying for a pee at the moment. I'm outside your business. I'm wondering if I can come in and use your bathroom. Okay, stop it there. Stop it there, Juliet. What do you think this wonderful person says? Does she oblige or deny? Well, if you're going to use someone's bathroom,

why don't you just go in and ask? I know. He explained. We can't do it in person. Don't even think it. True, true. Well, because if I was that lady on the phone, I'd be like, why is he not just here?

So I would say no. No, and she sounds hesitant to begin with. I'm going to have to say probably not, just because of everything that's happening with COVID-19 and things like that. And great excuse as well. Yeah, great play. That makes sense. But then we thought we'd persist on,

and we rang a couple more places, and then we rang another hairdresser, and this is what happened. Oh, hi there. How's it going? Good. How can I help? Hey, this is a bit of a random question. Sorry about this. Yeah. But I really need to go for a pee. I'm wondering if I can use your bathroom.

Are you serious? Well, yeah. I want to know what your answer is to that. Oh, there we go. So she's thinking it's a joke to begin with. Yeah. What are you going to lock in? I still reckon no. It's just bizarre, isn't it? You can't get over the fact that he's on the phone.

Hey, I'm just outside. We're in lockdown levels, mate. We can't be socially responsible. Why aren't you at the door asking me? Can't see you outside. So you're going to say no again? Yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah, you can use it if you want.

Oh, there you go. We've got a winner. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, you're going to say no again? Yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah, you can use that if you want. Oh, there you go. We've got a winner. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, you're kidding. We don't actually have to use your bathroom. It's fine. But we wanted to know because we saw, I don't know if you saw James Corden. He had Prince Harry.

They turned up at the Prince of Balear's house and Harry had to use the bathroom. And they let him in and we're like, would that happen to someone that wasn't a prince? So you'd let Harry do his royal duties in your bathroom? Yeah, no, I would. Of course you would. It's Prince Harry, right? I know, I'm surprised you let Ben in though, to be honest. Oh, that would have been a good time.

A good time. Do people come in and just use the bathroom? Is it weird as a service provider to have someone just walk in and use the bathroom and leave? Do we have people come in and use the toilet and leave? No, we don't. We usually pay. It feels like you need to buy something. This is Jono and I over this conversation. I feel like you

need to buy something if you want to use a bathroom in a store, right? Yeah. A guilt purchase. In your case it would be a guilt haircut, right? Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Even Jono coming in going, I need a haircut. Wouldn't you be like really, do you mate? Like a hair salon's probably not the best place to ask.

It's quite a pricey guilt purchase. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's funny. So they were happy to let you use it. I was saying to you, do you just wander into petrol stations and use their facilities? And you're like, no. Not without purchasing something.

You have to go and buy something. And you're like, oh, I don't. I just wander in. Look at the arrogance of you. Just walking straight in. Straight out the middle of that guy. Didn't get petrol. Didn't buy anything.

But it's better than the alternative on the forecourt, I find. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we do every day on the hits. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day. We're doing it alphabetically, Slowly working our way around New Zealand

Learning about each place as we call Yeah, today, Mangakeno It's a township that was originally founded Get this, in the 1940s To house workers Who were building the five power stations On the Waikato River So that's all it was made for

They just put temporary housing in and when the work was completed they removed the houses and the streets were converted back into farmland. But now it's a thing. It's a COVID free area. And this area is always at alert level fun. There's so much to do.

And right now I understand we might have Mangakino on the phone. Absolutely. It's Mangakino. Oh, and who's this? Christine Stephens from Century 21 Stephens Realty. Nice to talk to you. Is that your full name on your passport, or is that just what you roll with? It's the only one that I've got, darling.

You sound like you'd sell the hell out of a house, Christine. Absolutely, that's what I'm paid to do. Yeah, right, you give us a demo of your sale. I've got a nice little three-bedder, there's some indoor-outdoor flow and it's an entertainer's delight. How would you sell that to us? Oh, look, I'm not about selling your house, darling, I'm about selling the area. Oh, we'll sell

the area, sell the house, my friend. If you're in love with the property, you'll buy it. Sell us the area then, what's the area like? Well, we're in between two dams, we're in between Whakamaru and Maraito. We're sitting right on Lake Maraito itself with the timber trails, wakeboarding, golf, mountain biking. You've got any amount of sports down here.

If you want to come, we're only a small little village. And like I say, you fall in love with mango, you'll buy here. If you don't fall in love with it, your paradise is somewhere else. Oh, there we go. What a sell. I'm in. I'm sold. Good on you. Christine, how long have you lived there? 26 years now. Oh, gee whiz.

You must be the queen of Mangakeno. Well, I am sometimes known as the mayor of Mangakeno and the know-all of Mangakeno. What's the town gossip? What have we got floating around at the moment? Oh, we don't have gossip, darling. We're not like Coronation Street.

We leave it all to the Aucklanders. Oh, fair enough. There's lots of gossip going around Auckland at the moment, that's for sure. That's the truth of it. I'm looking at you here on the website, Christine. Good on you. On the Century 21.

Meet Christine Stevens. Christine bubbles with enthusiasm. You've been selling Paradise for 15 years, Christine, it says. That's right. Known for your trademark honesty. Exactly. What you see is what you get. There are no frills, my friend.

There's no frills, and I can tell already. We've only met you for a couple of minutes. You would be on a spade to spade with Christine. Dead right there. Oh, very nice. So what's one thing you'd recommend we do if we come to your little slice of paradise? Oh, you just learn to breathe again, my friend. You can walk the streets at three in the morning

and you're as safe as houses. Go down to the lake, you can put your weight board out, your rowing out, you can put your jet ski out. You can just go down there and have fun. Down at the lake, we have a bus cafe. And so Gary's down there, you can have a coffee and chips or whatever that you want to have. The difference is

for people that have come into the town is that it's quiet and they learn to sleep and they learn to breathe. And do you know the other thing that is so unreal about Mangakino is that people stop, they smile, they say hi and they wait. Oh right, and you can walk at three in the morning.

I don't know who's wandering around the streets of Mangakino at three in the morning, but you can do it if you want. You can do it. And now, Gary at the cafe, how is Gary? He's good. Should we give him a call? He's been there about 15 years now, and it's the bus that's been converted into a cafe.

Just sit out on the deck there, and you're only probably about 30 metres away from the lake. We're giving Gary a call now. Okay. We'll see how Gary's going. Okay. Just sit out on the deck there, and you're only probably about 30 metres away from the lake. We're giving Gary a call now. Okay. We'll see how Gary's going. Okay. With Christine from Mangakino, South Waikato.

He could be. Oh, Gary. Yeah. Gary, it's Jono and Ben from The Hits here. Yeah, hi. And we've got Christine on the phone. Christine, yeah? Yeah.

You sound like you're in the middle of doing some work. Yeah, yeah. Are you having a cardiovascular workout right now? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Hi, Gary, and I suppose we'll have some of those bloody wedges again at lunchtime. What about the pizza, Chris? Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Okay, I thought, is this what you had in mind when we were going to do this? Yeah, that's good. Hell yeah. Okay, I thought, is this what you had in mind when we were going to do this? Yeah, that's good. Christine's put her lunch order in. Okay. The waitress said, all right, we'll let you get back

to huffing and puffing. Gary, have a good one. Okay, you too. Thanks, bye. Gary sounded very busy, Christine. Yeah, so they may have some people going in there for breakfast. Ah, fair enough.

Well, Christine, you have been a wonderful tour guide of Mangakeno. Well, we expect to see you down here, darling. It's not just about talking. It's about putting feet in carts, come down here, experience it, see what we're talking about. Not just about talking. I tell you what, we're coming to move in with you, Christine.

I'm worried. Good on you, mate. Look after yourself. All right, you do that. Bye. Oh, Christine was awesome. The A to Z of New Zealand continues tomorrow. Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. I don't know if you tuned in last night. 7 sharp, 7pm on TVNZ1. There was a great story about a Taranaki mum who sadly lost her job during COVID but has turned it into an amazing thing with a pivot. Oh, I like a pivot.

What did she pivot to? Well, you want to have a listen? Last year, Sarah was made redundant from her accounts role. It was a blow, but it got her thinking. She'd always been known for her amazing brownies, so why not work with far more delicious numbers? It's now or never. You know, I'm like 47 years

old. Just was like, well, let's give it a crack. Now, boxes of raspberry, peppermint, classic and M&M goodness are being sent all over the country. It's such a lovely show there, isn't it? They all are lovely reading. It makes you feel good. And well done to her, an accountant, now a professional brownie. They all are all lovely, reading, beautiful. Makes you feel good.

And well done to her, an accountant, now a professional brownie peddler. Yeah, that was her passion. She decided, you know, her passion has always been baking for 20 years. She said, why not do it? And now she makes over 450 brownies by herself each week and sends them out all over New Zealand. Okay, what we want to open up here, professional pivots. Want to play a bit of a game with you. You tell us what you were doing pre-

COVID and we will try and guess what you're doing now. Pivot! Thank you. What you pivoted to. Pivot! From the iconic Friends episode. You know, maybe you were a qualified beautician. Now you're an enforcer for the gangs. Yeah. Maybe you're a florist.

Now you're an open heart surgeon. These sorts of things. Yeah yeah you try and work out the positive pivot that's happened we'll try and turn you know there's a lot of negativity around and I understand that

at the moment but we'll try and bring some stories of positivity much like 7 sharp would do on a nightly basis this is a nice show why aren't you more

like 7 sharp I'm trying to be that's what I'm trying to do right now well you can't just play 7 sharp just like 7 sharp we'll replay their bits in the morning.

0800 the hits. What did you pivot to? Let's go to Alice. Welcome in Manawatu, Morena. Hi there. Good to have you on. Now, you tell us your job pre-COVID. I used to work

in a meat works. Okay, what did you pivot? Well, let's try and guess too. I used to work in a meatworks. Oh, okay. What did you... Pivot! Oh, well, let's try and guess too. What did you pivot to? I'm going to say you went and opened a vegetarian restaurant. No? I am vegetarian now.

Oh, okay. Is that anything to do with your new profession? No, it is not. Have you taken any skills from the meatworks into your new line of work? Probably just resilience, but that's about it. Not even the white gumboots? Put that along with the bloodstained gumboots? That one doesn't help too much in my profession.

Oh, jeez. I don't know. What did you pivot to? I'm now in sales for beauty products. Oh, you pivoted into the beauty game. Yeah. Oh, well, that's quite a big pivot, I guess, from hacking up carcasses to zhooshing up human carcasses.

Yeah. Are you enjoying it? It's going well? Oh, yeah, it's going fantastic. Yeah, right. It definitely did push me into the right direction. Right. Which one do you prefer better?

Which role? You take a guess at that, and then I'll confirm. I'm going to say not the bloody variety. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you'd be correct. Hey, well, well done on pivoting. That's pretty impressive, isn't it? We'll go to Taranaki.

Is it Shaina? Morena, guys. Morena, how are you? Okay, we're trying to guess what you pivoted to. Pre-COVID, what were you doing? I was an international flight attendant. Did you have a tough time, the flight industry? I'm going to say you're a full-time magician.

Is that what you pivoted to? Pretty close. Oh, pretty close. Part-time magician. A backup dancer. I can't dance. Your phone's flatulating right now. Yeah.

We're going to go, what did you pivot to? I started as a digital illustrator. Oh, sorry. Your phone is really, it's quite gassy over the top ofrator. Oh, sorry. Oh, digital illustrator. Your phone is really, it's quite gassy over the top of you. Yeah, wow. Oh, no.

Yeah, digital illustrator. That's awesome. So online making what? Okay, no, we're going to have to find, sorry, your phone has really stitched you up. It has, but it's very comical. Oh, no. You're an illustrator now?

Yes. How long are we going to persist with this? I want to keep ploughing through. Can you hear that? Can you hear that or are we going a little crazy? No, don't take it down. Keep it going. This is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

So, Shana, how long have you been illustrating? Since May of last year. I can't continue this on. No, you can't. Shana, I don't know why we're going to send you out something for your troubles, all right? You're a legend, mate. Oh, sorry, guys. Don't apologise.

It was the phone's fault. That was the funniest thing we've had on the show all morning. It says a lot about our show. Thanks so much for sharing your pivot with us this morning. Yeah, you did that. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah.

The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, no. The whole movie. Yeah, no. She'll be right. And at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben, 7.45. Uh-oh, you know what that means. Five words for 5K on the hits.

You're only five words away from a massive payday. Oh, no, you didn't, Ben. Yeah, I did. It is Jono and Ben's five words for $5,000. Easily the most popular part of the show, where we throw out a simple game of word association. If you match five from five, you get five grand. Tell you what, this game may as well be a weather pattern

because it has taken New Zealand by storm. Tanya, you're swept up in the madness in Whangarei. I am. Crazy, eh, baby? How are you? I'm good, really good. How's level two treating you in the north? Oh, you know, it's like every other normal day up this way.

Oh, yes. Not much changes. Not too much changes unless you're putting on a big event or a wedding or something like that, right? That's right, that's right. Yeah, okay, Tanya. You know how the game works. You need to pick either Ben or myself to head into the soundproof booth. If your five words match with ours, you win 5K.

Simple as that. Ben, for sure. Ben, for sure. So not even, it wasn't even a consideration. I'm not going to offend you. Every day you're angling for me to do it. But today, okay. I wasn't even factored in, Tanya.

All right, Ben. I was about to think, Ben, put your head to the phone. But today, okay. I wasn't even factored in, Tanya. All right, Ben. I was about to think, Ben, put your head to the phone. Let's menu, sync ourselves. Sync yourselves mentally. All right. I love the same answers.

Ben's headed to the soundproof booth to lock himself down. This booth was actually the original lockdown, the soundproof booth, Tanya. Okay, he can't hear a thing right now. Five words, and the first word that comes into your head, okay? Okay.

Simple as that. Word number one, Tanya. Book. Keeper. Book, keeper, book. Book. Read. Book, read? Read. Oh, read. book read book weed? oh read I was going to say book weed

you bloody Northlanders I don't know book read that seems like an obvious one bluff oyster green grass Oyster. Green. Grass. Pay.

Say that again? Pay. P-A-Y. Money. Wave. Money Wave Beach Beach Juju, you've been sitting sideline for all of these Every morning you turn up diligently

How do you think Tanya's gone? I think there are a couple of hard words in there That have a few options But I think you've tackled them quite well That's just? I think there are a couple of hard words in there that have a few options, but I think you've tackled them quite well. That's just what I think. Come on, Ben. Alright. You're happy, Tanya? We'll move on. We'll see if your

five words match with Ben's. Unload yourself from the South Proof booth, Ben. He's looking for the thumbs up. Yes, come on out. Come on out. Now, Tanya has said five words. Yeah. If they match with your five words, she'll be very happy.

If they don't match, she'll be saying some other words that we'll have to keep off here. Those were hard ones. They were hard. It was quite difficult. Don't say that. Now, Tanya. Yeah. Have you matched, while listening, have you matched five words?

Yes. Once. I did five words once. Oh, that's frustrating, isn't it, when you're you matched five words? Yes. Once. I did five words once. Oh, that's frustrating, isn't it, when you're not on the phone? And what would you spend the 5K on, mate? Oh, definitely a trip down the line on a camper van. Oh, a holiday. Treat yourself.

Anything else you'd spend the money on? Yeah, my past Auckland. Oh, and definitely a hairdo. A hairdo? When was the last time you had a hairdo? Oh, only two weeks Auckland. Oh, and definitely a hairdo. A hairdo? When was the last time you had a hairdo? Oh, only two weeks ago. Oh, right.

Well, I'll tell you what, we'll shout you a hairdo. Will we? Yeah. What? I'll shout her a hairdo. What? Awesome.

Yeah, a free hairdo. So you've won a free hairdo. Okay. Okay. You know that's a bit more expensive than what you get done to your hair. You know that, eh? I'll come round with my clippers.

Give you a sweet fade or something. Look like Kim Jong-un. All right, Tanya, let's see. You've already got a hair dose. At least you're not walking away empty-handed. Let's see if your five words match up with Ben's. Hard words today, are they? Okay.

Now, the first word I thought there would be many options for, so I'm not going to go with that first, okay? I'm going to go with what I think you would get, okay? So you can get some confidence under your belt, Ben Boyce. Okay. Some false hope, if you will. The first word is bluff. Oyster.

Tanya, one from one. Yeah, it was a good plan. I think I got one. There's an air of cockiness about him now. He's got one from one. Yeah, it was a good plan. I think I got one. There's an air of cockiness about him now. He's got one under his belt. I don't think I got cockiness. There's no cockiness. Was it cockiness or unsettling nerves?

I don't know. Yeah, that's it. That's it. Okay, now here's the word that I swapped because I thought there was many options here. Book. Book B-O-O-K Thank you You just take quite a while

Sorry I was thinking There is a few options First one popped into my head Read Oh did I get it? I thought that was probably The hardest word Tanya Okay Oh I was thinking Page was the other thought that was probably the hardest word, Tanya. Oh, okay.

Oh, I was thinking Paige was the other one I was going to go for. Anyway, we got that. Tanya, she's already in that Maui camper van. She's travelling around the West Coast. Is her hair looking good? Oh, my God. All right, third word. Green. Green.

Oh, okay. This is tricky because there's the political party and there's also the colour. The first word pops into my head. I'm going to say it and I feel like I'm going to regret it. Party. Oh, Benny. Benny, Benny, Benny. It was green.

What was it, Tanya? Grass. Grass. Grass is greener on another radio station, that's for sure. I'm sorry, Tanya. And we'll go through the final two words. Pay. Bill.

Money. And wave. Ocean. It was beach. They were tough words. You're right, Tanya. They were. Yeah, Tanya, I'm sorry.

The odds were stacked against you, but you know... I'm stoked I got through and I'm stoked I got to play. And you got a free haircut, baby. A free haircut. Yeah. Every time that wind blows through your hair, you think of us. Thank you. And cheers for listening, Tanya.

You keep safe. Bye. Sorry we couldn't win it for you today, but another chance tomorrow. 7.45. Join us there. Five keep safe. Bye. Sorry we couldn't win it for you today, but another chance tomorrow. 7.45. Join us there. Five words, 5K. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal dad. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast.

Now, at the moment, we're in lockdown in the 09 region. So after the radio show, you sort of head home and the kids and my wife Amanda are home. And you're trying, I don't know if you're the same, but you're trying to do some work in the afternoon and the kids, they love asking questions, don't they? I mean, I love hanging out with the kids and they're quite distracting because they're always into stuff.

You're like, oh, I wish I was painting or doing something cool like that, but I'm trying to work. But then they start asking you questions and they start talking, and that's great sometimes, but when you're trying to work, that's tough. Yeah, what do you do? You're always like, I'll get back to you soon get back to you just palm them off do you or what are you doing?

I tried a hack yesterday which worked quite well I put on headphones but they didn't have anything no sound on them but it just looked like I had stuff away I was tapping away with it they weren't even plugged into anything. It's the ultimate symbol that you've got other stuff going on isn't it wearing headphones you're right and great parenting hack Ben

and it's lovely that people can tune into the show for any advice to help them get out of actually parenting. Yeah. That's great. Because you can be quite selective, too, I found, with the headphones, because you can hear everything else that's going along, and they can go, Dad, Dad, where's the thing? And I'm like, I've got music playing, can't hear you. It's our generation's version of pretending to be deaf.

Yeah, and then other times, something will be going, there you go, hang on a second. No, no, you can't do that. You know, like I'd quickly pull. And the kids didn't really gauge that, you know. You're like, hold on, you couldn't hear us before when we were asking you for lunch. Do you know the people who wander around with the Bluetooth headphones in their ears?

Oh, yes, yeah, yeah. AirPods? Yeah, the AirPods. Oh, they're talking on their phone, but they talk in a shop sometimes and you feel like they're having a conversation to you. Are you talking to me? Oh, yeah. And then they've got the secret little pod and then they're like, oh, no but they're talking to shops sometimes and you feel like they're having a conversation to you. Are you talking to me? Oh, yeah.

And then they've got the secret little pod and they're like, oh, no, they're having a conversation, but they're talking quite loudly. Anyone with those Bluetooth earphones and wandering around, you're either an investment banker or an Uber driver, aren't you? Those are the two options. And do they know that we've been laughing and mocking them for many years? I don't think so. No, because they're engrossed in the conversation.

They can't hear anything. My mate, he was saying yesterday, I was talking to him, he was saying that because he's working at home and the kids are at home, he's just like, I'm just playing hide and seek and the kids think they're so good at hiding places. It's been 45 minutes.

They're like, wow, what a hiding place. You guys are amazing. I'm like, that's quite smart. Yeah, they're raging. They're hiding away. They're thinking, Dad. And you're like, yeah, I looked around the whole house. Couldn't find you guys.

You were good at this game. But I cleared 97 emails. And full Zoom meetings. My mum used to put a timer on the microwave. She'd be like, we're all going to be quiet for five minutes. Go to your rooms. And when you hear the beep. And I didn't know that later.

She was just putting more time on. She was just putting more and more time on. That is a great hack. And I was like, you know, this is the longest five minutes. A complete waste of energy and power. But a good hack. Yeah, it was a good timer down. I was like, yeah, well played, Mum.

Because you could put it on 25 minutes. Kids can't gauge how long five minutes is. You're in your room going, you know. But yeah, it was a smart play, Mum. Smart play. But you know the problem is because your headphone hack works really well at home but it does the opposite here because we're wearing

headphones right now and I can't pretend I'm not hearing you. I'd rather be doing other stuff right now but I've got no excuse because you beamed straight into both of my ears.

You can't ignore me. You can't mute me. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Spy, the WhatsApp spy dot. On the hits. Spy.

The What's Up. Spy.co.nz. She's just sitting there waiting to pounce on a celebrity when they slip up, much like the rest of New Zealand waiting to pounce on Auckland when they slip up. Here's Juliette with Spy. So Marvel Studios is going to be moving to Sydney for the next five years. They've started setting up the headquarters for where they'll remain for the next five years. They've started setting up the headquarters for where they'll remain for the next five years. And

I think this comes with the fourth Thor movie is being filmed. Four, four? It's going to be quite a... You've got to wrap your tongue around that one. Yeah, they filmed that on the Gold Coast. They filmed the last one on the Gold Coast in Australia. Yeah, so and I think the fact that filming can happen so much easier in Australia than it can in the States.

And the President of Marvel is planning on moving to Australia permanently as well in Australia than it can in the States and the President of Marvel is planning on moving to Australia permanently as well anyway. So the whole thing could just be shifted to Aussie. Cheese and a beer. Sorry Ben, you go. No, no, you go. I am, I'm trying to. Just stopping. Sorry on the weekends, speaking of the Marvel

movies, Chris Hemsworth went to a birthday party, like an 80s themed party and Idris Elba and Matt Damon were there as well. They came along to the party all in dress up because, of course, they were all filming the Marvel movie over there in Australia. Hell of a party. Oh, no.

How's that? That's cool. Did they send out a big Facebook invite and they said they were going to be attending all of them and they turned up? Yeah, I don't know whose party it was because it wasn't obviously someone who was a celebrity of sorts, but what a party. I mean, you'd be talking about that one for years, wouldn't you? And we was, because it wasn't obviously someone who was a celebrity of sorts, but what a party.

I mean, you'd be talking about that one for years, wouldn't you? And we're talking about it the next day. Loving the Marvel company, though. I guess it had to pivot. What are you going to do? They can't do anything in America at the moment, I imagine, for the most part. Exactly.

Probably a smart move. Yeah, 100%. And then they can come to New Zealand next, and Chris Hemsworth can come to me. Anyway, sorry, that was just me getting very excited. You know he's married with children, right? Oh, yeah, he is, isn't he? Damn it.

That's a bit of an issue. Anyway. You know, divorce is an option. Yeah. Slide into the deeps. Get in there and break things up, you know? Ruffle feathers, ruin families. Oh, God.

It's all worth it in the long run. And the famous college admissions scandal with Laurie Lachlan and Felicity Huffman when they tried to get their children to the prestigious universities in America. This was really big news for a while. So one of the actors from Full House, Aunty Becky, and one of the ladies from Desperate Housewives as well, you know, like famous actors try to get their kids into college.

By paying the, you know, the people who are paying the college extra money to get their daughters into college. By paying the you know, the people who are paying the college extra money to get their daughters into college. But this has been... The worst crime of all, isn't it? Trying to get your child a good education. They went to jail. They came to jail pretty harsh on them, right? Jail time and community service, had to pay fines, everything like that. And that has been turned

into a Netflix series, a Netflix documentary series called Operation Varsity Blues, The College and Mission Scandal. It's got the same executive producer as who, as the one, oh, same executive producer as Tiger King. So if that's anything to go by,

then this might be just as big. Sounds very good. We help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school. So I've done 761, what I would call side doors. The front door means getting in on your own. So I've created this kind of side door

because my family's want a guarantee. They always do so well with the music. When you break it down and take the music out of it, it's just filling out an application form for a college. But put music behind it. It's intense. I know.

I was reading that. I was listening to you load that trailer in, and they're like, your daughter plays water polo, and she's very good at it. And he's like, well, my daughter doesn't play water polo. He's like, exactly. Oh, really? So they obviously said that these kids

had skills in the sporting arena, which they didn't have. But then when you turn up to university, they'll be like, all right, time for water polo practice. You're on, you're starting, you're very hot. You're starting five.

Not today, eh? Put my shoulder out in the air. You know, you'd have to make excuses, wouldn't you? Yeah, yeah. So I actually don't know how they'd get around that, but it showed in the trailer, people would Photoshop images of people, for example, playing water polo to make excuses, wouldn't they? Yeah, yeah. So I actually don't know how they'd get around that, but it showed in the trailer,

people would Photoshop images of people, for example, playing water polo to make it look like they were stronger and more powerful in the water. So when the submissions, when they'd submit these photos, it made them look like better water polo players than they actually are. So they fabricate so many aspects of the application to make it look like, to make them get in.

It's actually how we got this job. We photoshopped our faces onto, we photoshopped Simon Barnett's face onto our body. Yeah. Yeah, and Jason Gunn. They were bitterly disappointed when we turned up.

Don't share your secrets, Jono. And as far for more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

Now, we haven't done this in a while, and we thought it was quite timely, you know, stimulate the economy, be kind, team of five million, kindly knock on people, you know, all the lingo. Yes, they were talking about that, how Jacinda Ardern was like, you know, if you see someone doing something they shouldn't be doing, you know, tell them.

Kindly call them out. Kindly call them out, you know, if you see someone doing something they shouldn't be doing, you know, tell them it. Kindly call them out. Kindly call them out. You know, we're on this together. But the police line doubled the amount of calls. Really? Because people were like wanting to compare. Oh, I've seen such and such. I saw someone park on the yellow line. And the police were like, hey, some of these issues are not really for us. Maybe you should be checking

on the website for what should be done about COVID rather than, you know. I saw Simon double dip in the onion dip. Yeah, he was out there. He was with two millioners of the guy who was doing the bins next to him, the neighbours or something, you know. You're like, oh, New Zealand,

we've created a nation of Karens. Oh, I love it. Now, being in this climate, we thought it'd be a good thing to do to stimulate the economy, give away some free advertising. This is the lifeblood of any radio station in the sales department. Old Hancock's upstairs.

He'd be quaking in his bloody fancy Italian boots, wouldn't he? He would be. He wouldn't like us giving away free advertising, but that's what we're going to do right now. Now, I understand Millennial Max has someone teed up from the West Coast from a cafe. Hello? Hello, how are you? And guess what? What? Don't tell

the sales department because it's Jono and Ben's winning ad. We thought we'd help you out and give you a free ad on the radio. Hang on a second. I'll pass you to our manager. Oh, okay. Not everyone wants to be granted a free ad. Okay,

throw them under the bus. I want to do a free radio ad. Hello? Hello, mate. Not everyone wants to be granted a free ad. Okay, throw them under the bus. Hello? Hello, mate. What's your name? Alan. Alan, we're stimulating the economy. We've given you a free ad. A free ad?

You just got to fill in the blanks, Alan. All right. Have you heard about one of the Kiwi businesses? It's the... Sevenpenny. Famous for its popular... Mushroom risotto. Ooh, that sounds good.

When you pulled that out, I wouldn't have thought of mushroom risotto. But wait, there's more, because that's not even the best thing about them. Let me tell you about it right now. Well, our staff. Our staff are unbelievable. Oh, I see. And who could forget their catchy slogan? Seven Penny is our slogan. We don't really have a slogan right now.

And their wonderful staff, who sometimes like to reveal a secret about themselves live on the radio. Yeah, okay, I've got someone that wants to reveal a secret right on the radio. I'll just put her on right now. A nice little hand-off there. Hello.

Hey, what's the secret? Oh, that happened to me once. I was on the snowboard lesson. I wanted to be so cool in front of these boys. Yeah. And I wanted to jump over. Yeah. And tip of my ball got stuck on the carpet.

Uh-oh. I completely flew over that and smashed my face and had a blue eye for like one week. Oh, that is a secret. That's a good secret. Yeah. Oh, thank you. Yeah, that was a bad one. Yeah a blue eye for like one week. That is a secret. That's a good secret. Yeah, that was a bad one. Yeah, that is a bad one. Listen, I don't know who you are or where you came from but you ended up on our show. Nice talking to you.

Nice to talk to you as well. That was the first winning ad that went through three people. Oh, I know. Did Ellen told you some of his secrets? No, he didn't. He just put you on. Put you on and you shared your secrets. Yeah,, he didn't. He just put you on. Put you on and you shared your secrets. Yeah, well, thank you. I'm pretty sure he would have some funny stories.

Oh, he didn't want to tell us this morning. You take care out there, right? Yeah. Nice talking to you. See you, Michaela. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Last night, a major lapse in concentration. Shock. I don't know where I was mentally. So it was after dinner, and I had done all the dishes and things like that. You put them in the dishwasher. And I was like, oh, I'll treat myself to a chocolate. And so I got a chocolate, like a mini little Whittaker's bar,

you know the small blue packet bars, and I put that on the bench and then I turned around and had a conversation with Jen, my wife, and as I was having a conversation with her, I picked up the Whittaker's chocolate bar and put it in my mouth and I was like, this doesn't taste like a Whittaker's chocolate bar. And what I'd done is I'd put a dishwashing tablet in my mouth, which was sitting next to the Whittaker's chocolate bar. They're about the same size, I guess, but definitely not the same taste. And it's like it takes your mouth and your mind a couple of seconds

to realise what's going on. I was like, is this all new Whittaker's macadamia and dishwashing liquid? And it's confronting, isn't it? When you have a taste in your mouth that you're not expecting. You did that a while ago in the morning with sour cream and yoghurt. Strawberry yoghurt, yeah. The graphic design on both bottles, very similar. Remarkably similar.

Have you chucked something in your mouth accidentally? No, but I have in a daze, you know, like gone to put dishwashing liquid, oh sorry, putting it in the washing machine and got the cat biscuits and put them in, just scooped up the cat biscuits and put it in. You know, because they were in the same cupboard, opened it up, you're like, oh yeah, it's a scoop, put it in the washing machine.

Did you turn it on? No, I got so close, I was just about to shut the thing and then you're like, what? There's cat biscuits in there. I just put cat biscuits in, so very close to it. It's funny with your taste buds, isn't it?

It's like when do you train or is your mind trained to recognise that certain flavours are good and bad? Because, you know, if we trained ourselves to go, hey, dishwashing liquid's actually a tasty flavour. But over time, we've gone, no, that's not good for us. You'd be right. It's the same with odours and smells. Like at what age do you recognise a bad smell from a good smell?

But then it can change for some people though. Some people will like a smell that other people were in it. Again, a taste. My taste buds are gone from, we spoke about this on Monday, about how we ate chilli over the weekend in a chilli eating competition. You think your taste buds have disappeared, don't you? They've got a whole new, they've come back with a new attitude.

A new personality. And I'm like, this shouldn't be tasting sweet. And it puts you off. Like, you know, you have a coffee or you had a beer on Saturday and I'm like, this is sweet. There's something wrong with this. Maybe your taste buds are like an all new South American personality. A bit more flair, a bit more pizzazz. The reset. They're like, hey, this is better. Bit more flair, bit more pizzazz. The reset.

They're like, hey, this is better. They're dancing around, rocking their pelvis around. Everything tastes so sweet. Maybe that's the thing. Maybe I'm into hot food now, but I didn't enjoy it, but maybe I should try it. Although I did watch The Bachelor last night and you know how they all have to come out

and they have to bring out something, you know, to showcase them, you know, a special little moment, almost like a talent show for The Bachelor. And one of the ladies brought out a hot chilli for Moses, The Bachelor, and herself. And I was like, oh, don't do it. Don't do it. Don't do it.

Save your taste buds. And they only had a bite, but I was still like, no, no, no, because you know how bad that is now. You've got post-traumatic stress disorder from that. Well, look, you've got a sweet new outlook on life, Ben. Exactly. Everything you taste now, you go, mmm. It's a bit odd.

Made to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is The B**** News. Yeah, our wonderful friend and producer. Producer Juliette beeps out certain words from news headlines from around the world

and over to our sensitive sensor now. What have we got? Alright, first story. First ever set to open by 2027. First ever something is set to open by 2027.

I'm going to go the first ever New Zealand has forgiven Auckland Festival set to open by 2027. Yeah, it's probably enough time. What, I'll be under the bridge about that long? I'm going to go first ever Jono Pryor's first ever DJ set opening in 2027.

So it's not set to open, it's DJ set opening in 2027. Thank you. You know I've been gunning for that live DJ career. Both would be amazing, but... First ever Space Hotel. Set to open by 2027. Ah, space hotel. Yeah, so it's going to be in low orbit, so quite close to Earth,

but it'll be... Construction is beginning in 2025. It'll have bars, restaurants, cinemas, libraries, concert venues, which will probably be quite small concert venues, Earth viewing lounges, and it will have similar, they're going to make it so it's similar gravity as if you were on the moon. So you can kind of float a little bit, but you can still touch the ground. How cool

is that? I would literally spend my life savings going to that. Hold on. So they're starting building it in 2025, and this, whatever this amazing facility is, is it going to be done in two years? It doesn't feel like there's enough time to build a giant space hotel come into

I mean look at the bloody Sky City Convention Centre that's taken us seven years Granted it's had a few little like a bit of an issue

but it's in space you can't just whip down to Bunnings and pick up any supplies if you've forgotten them That's a good point It seems like anyway

if we're still around on the hits in 2027, which may not be the case either, we'll come back and we'll go, is this hotel up and about? I'm very excited. I will literally, like, that is my dream, to go to space.

Next news headline. Lucky woman finds lump of worth $350,000 while walking along a beach. I'm going to say a lump of Ben's very special product he receives from a Mexican cartel. walking along a beach. I'm going to say a lump of Ben's very special product he receives from a Mexican cartel. Walking along a beach. You never found that stuff, Ben.

It's worth $350,000 street value. I'm going to say Lucky Woman finds the song My Lumps, My Lumps, My Lovely Lady Lumps from Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas on the beach. That would be worth $350,000 surely. Lucky woman finds lump of whale vomit worth $350,000 while walking along a beach. Don't they use it as perfume? That's exactly right. Yes, I saw it and I was like, how is that so valuable? And it's very, very valuable for perfume.

And it's called ambergris, which is the scientific name I guess you could say for it. And it's used for perfume, makes it last longer so if you come across that while you're on the beach then take it with you, it might stink but it's valuable. Again it goes back to one of those times in history where you're like who discovered this? Who figured out this? Yeah. Do you know

I got lost in a clickbait article yesterday it was 101 things that they used to do back in the day but it's certainly not okay now. And one of them was in the turn of the century, they would urinate

on all of their clothing as the ammonia would act as a cleaning agent. But they would soak their clothing in it and wander around and I guess they didn't have nappy sand and things like that. No, it doesn't get you. Thankfully, we were advanced on to nappy sand and that weird door knock challenge they do.

Oh, yeah, and the final one. Speed camera van driver caught... while driving 90km an hour. I'm going to say the speed camera van has caught the driver going in excess of the speed limit. Yeah, that's exactly what I was just thinking. He was caught speeding while going 90km an hour. Which is a very boring headline. Yeah, but that might of the speed limit. Yeah, that's exactly what I was just thinking. He was caught speeding while going 90 k's an hour. Which is a very boring headline.

Yeah, but that might be the actual thing. Speed camera van driver caught scrolling through phone while driving 90 k's an hour. So similar. Not quite speeding, but scrolling through the phone, which is quite ironic. People were just driving along the motorway and saw it. It had very blatantly, this van was very blatantly speeding. It had signage basically being like, with a big camera, speed camera van, and they're just scrolling through facey.

Very ironic and very naughty, I say. You know, that person should lose their job and be charged even more. Yeah, but they're the people that are probably the most confident that are going to get done by a speed camera, aren't they? The actual speed camera van. They're like, well, I am the van in the area. Yeah. I'm fine. I can do what I want. That is a good point. They're like, well, I am the van in the area. Yeah. I'm fine.

I can do what I want. That is a good point. Lawless society, eh? Well, we all like using our cell phones when driving, but it's not the right thing to do. No. No. We all like to do it.

No, we don't. It's not the right thing to do. Do you like to whip off a cheeky text at the end of session? No. No. Neither. Neither. No, no.

It's very irresponsible. It's crazy. I saw some social experiment of like, they followed a driver who does text and drive and looking down, looking up, looking down, and they added up the whole time they'd spent actually looking down while driving and it was like three kilometres along the motorway

where they were essentially just blind, just staring down at their phone. That's scary. Obviously in little pockets. Yeah. But I quite, oh, jeez. Frightening. Frightening.

And that is the news in beeps. That was very fun. Thank you, producer Juliet. They're proud of New Zealand. Woo! Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben.

New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. It's time to look at some big news happening in New Zealand and around the world. It's growing through your feed. All right, here to provide you with some content for your awkward mid-morning office banter is Ben Boy and around the world. Scrolling through your feed. Alright, here to provide you with some content for your awkward mid-morning office banter is Ben Boyce with the news that's broken overnight. The first episode

of The Bachelor started last night on TVNZ2 with Moses from Sole Mio, the operatic trio as The Bachelor. I thought it came across really great. It was really entertaining and one of the real heartfelt moments was right at the start where you got to know Moses

and this lovely gesture that he's done for his family. We didn't have a lot of money growing up. We were living in state housing for most of my life. I knew from a very young age that I wanted to buy a home. Thank God that I actually got the chance to buy a place and I gave it to my mum and dad. Basically just said, this is our family home now. This is where we belong.

Oh, that's lovely. Lovely, isn't it? Yeah, it's really nice. Have you bought your parents a home? No. No, I haven't. No, they can buy their own home. Yeah, they were at a time when homes were cheaper.

What I'd buy them, man. We earned it for the rest of us trying to buy homes. What I love, and we talked about this before, is when everyone comes out to meet the Bachelor for the first time, they all have to bring, it's like the production team stitched them up. The TV people are like, oh, do something memorable. Oh, you do backflips, juggle fire and, you know, come out and do the alphabet while burping sort of thing.

Juliet, I haven't been on a date in a long time, but is this what we now do on dates? No. It's strictly for the bachelor and the bachelorette, it seems. If you did that, you'd be a little bit of a weirdo. So there was hot chilli that someone brought out, like chillis to eat. Someone else sung a song. Someone read a poem. Someone gave them gifts. Kombucha,

the drink. Someone had made their own kombucha, brought it out, and Art Green, who's a health freak, he was like, oh, kombucha. Even once ran across to Green. Homemade kombucha. Have you ever seen how kombucha, brought it out, and Art Green, who's a health freak, he was like, oh, kombucha. It almost ran across the ground. Homemade kombucha. Have you ever seen how kombucha is made? No. It is the most disgusting thing. You use this, like, fungi called, I think it's called

scoby, and it literally looks like human flesh. Like, it's disgusting. That's what my flatmate tried to make once. I was like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Never again. I've never tried kombucha. It seems too trendy for my palate. Kombucha, are you a kombucha drinker? I actually don't really like the taste very much. It's kind of one of those things, it

kind of tastes a bit like a non-alcoholic cider. It's also very good for you, though. It's fermented, a sweet blackened or green tea. There we go. And it's made from bacteria and yeast. Oh, okay. There we go. Well, you're so spare, though. Beer's made from bacteria and yeast. There we go. Well, you're so spare, though. Beer's made from yeast.

So, yeah, it's probably like a healthier version of a beer that you can have in the afternoon. And something else I found really interesting on The Bachelor last night is this question that Moses posed to one of the contestants. You're at a dinner table. You can invite five people, dead or alive, who are sitting at your dream table. Tough question, eh, to be put on the spot.

Who's the five people you're inviting to your table? Well, you know, off the top of my head, you've got to have someone who's going to cook the meal. I'd be like, you've got to go like a Gordon Ramsay or a Jamie Oliver. You know, just someone to cook the meal. Oh, so you've just used them. You're only here to cook.

Don't sit down. Get in the kitchen. You guys hate me talking about The Last Dance, the Michael Jordan documentary. So Michael Jordan would be great to come along because I'd love to talk to someone that wants to talk to me about The Last Dance, the Netflix doc.

Michael would be... Although he might be like, oh, mate, I did it all. I said it all for the doc. Why is this guy punishing me on The Last Dance? The dinner would be a punishment for Jordan, having to turn up. Okay, so that's two.

Sharon, he's going to play some songs as well. He's going to like, he's playing Kim Kardashian. She's going to social media it, so I'm going to get some follows. So you're just using everyone. You're using everyone. You're using the cook. You're using Michael Jordan to entertain you. Ed Sheeran has to perform like a monkey.

And Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson, just because I love him. So that's, yeah, that's my five. Who's your five, Juve? I would go David Attenborough. yeah, that's my five. Who's your five, Ju? I would go David Attenborough, Kate Middleton. Would he narrate everything, David Attenborough? Are you like me? You're going, all right, mate. Yes.

I'd probably also go Obama, Justin Bieber, Harry Styles. That's good. Is that five? Oh, I don't know. There's so many people. Jono? Socrates. What's so many people. Jono? Socrates. What?

Stephen Hawking. Oh, you're trying to make it like you had some intelligent dinner conversation. How would you fit in with them? Basically, you'd want Axl Rose and the guy who invented the burnout. You wouldn't be drinking kombucha, that's for sure. No, it'd be Woodstock. The guy who invented Woodstock and the guy who invented the mullet. And we'd have deep, rich conversation with Socrates and Stephen Hawking.

And that is Scrawlings VFB. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hits. The Hits. Buy the WhatsApp by doco.nz. She's put more celebrities under a bus than a blind bus driver. This is producer Juliette. Come on in with Spy.

What's happening in the cell, mate? So it seems that every celebrity gets asked if they're considering running for president. And Ben, one of your fave celebrities, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, said he would seriously, seriously consider it. He'd be great. He'd be great. I know what Juliette's about to play. Yeah. And this is another one of your top three. seriously, seriously consider it. He'd be great. I know what Juliet's about to play, and this is another one of your top three. Oh, really?

Yeah, this is part of that Kevin Hart rock sandwich that you would enjoy. Will Smith? Will Smith has said that he would potentially run for politics. I think for now, I'm going to let that office get cleaned up a little bit, and then I'll consider that at some point down the line. I don't know. It's like I absolutely have an opinion.

I'm optimistic. I'm hopeful. So I will certainly do my part, whether it remain artistic or at some point ventures into the political arena. Wow. You'd let them run for your office, wouldn't you? It'd make a great second verse to the run for your office, wouldn't you? It'd make a great second verse to the Fresh Prince theme tune, wouldn't it? You know, West Philadelphia born and raised.

Then he went to the house and then the second verse is all about politics. It'd be great. That would be very, very good. Yeah, it'd be like if that's the first thing he does as president. Hold on. Before we get to any international issues,

let me just finish. I've got my second verse here. Imagine if it was Will Smith and Dwayne The Rock Johnson as president and vice president. Oh, stop it, stop it, stop it. It's too much for me. Ben would need to take himself out of the room

and just control himself. Okay, well, that's up to the White House and the cab said, see you later. Yeah. I mean, the lyrics could work. We'll work them out over the next hour and then we'll bring you something at 7.55. Okay.

And then we'll send them to Will Smith. And then we'll send them to Will Smith. Then we'll send them to Will Smith and go, you need to run for president purely on this parody. And Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria have welcomed their sixth child together, a daughter named Lucia, but it's only five months after she gave birth to their fifth child together.

Now, five months, obviously, people are questioning on the internet, how is that possible for her to get pregnant? Like, you know, when she just The maths doesn't add up. It just doesn't work. The internet's gone into a frenzy, apparently. I'm looking here. Apparently someone harassed

Alec Baldwin online. A troll, as they call them. Who's the mother? She wasn't pregnant. She gave birth six months ago. If it was a surrogate, just say. If the baby was adopted, then just say.

If the baby was the product of an affair and you've decided to raise it with your wife, just say. And then Alec Baldwin responded with, you should shut the F up

and mind your own business. Oh, fair enough. Yeah. Don't you love the internet where you can harass and insult your favourite celebrities from the comfort of your own business. Oh, fair enough. Don't you love the internet where you can harass and insult your favourite celebrities from the comfort of your own house? And they'll bite back. They will. They'll see it.

It's one of those things, like, you think they won't bite back. Imagine if you roasted a celebrity and they bit back. You'd be like, oh my goodness, I am so sorry. You'd feel terrible. People don't expect celebrities to, I read it, and also to have feelings. But they do. They're normal people.

So, yeah, it's like no one's business but theirs. Yeah, exactly. I tell you what, they're churning out

more kids than my bogan cousin and my cargill these two though. I know. And who cares how the babies come into the family

as long as the babies love. Exactly. Yes. That's what I've always said about babies, haven't I Ben? Yeah.

That's my thing. What a wholesome spy that was. You can check out the hits.co.nz. From stealing Mike Hos my thing. What a wholesome spy that was. It was. You can check out the hits. Go to NZ. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben.

New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Actual hearts being not bestowed. Wrapping up our show on a Wednesday. Been a lot of fun this morning. Thank you for hanging out with us. But we're going to eat. Well, why is today going to be a good day?

Doesn't matter what level you are in and around the country. We just want to know why it's going to be a good day for you. We're not here to judge. Okay, Scott and Tauranga. We're not here to judge you, baby. You come on in. This is a safe place. Yeah, morning, guys.

My awesome day is going to be university starting up today, face-to-face classes. Oh, awesome. What have you been doing online? One's up until now, have you, Scott? No, we've just been getting into it because we only just started this week. Just been getting into it. It's March. Yeah, oh, wait, university, mate?

They've got to have their summers off. There's lots of festivals to recover from. Just getting into it now. Stretching out their arms. We'll do some learning. What are you studying, Scotty? I'm studying sport, health and human performance at Waikato University based in Tauranga.

Oh, good on you. Now, how do you think our human performance is going on the radio every day? Yeah, it's pretty good. Could do with some improvement. Yeah, I hear you. We're going to send you out some health pizza, right? All the best for your studies. Awesome, thanks, guys. Keep safe, Scott, out there in Level 2. Marie, welcome. Moreno hear you. Hey, we're going to send you out some hell pizza, all the best for your studies. Awesome, thanks, guys.

Keep safe, Scott, out there in Level 2. Marie, welcome, Maureen. You're on from Hamilton. Why is it going to be a good day for you? Because my grandson, his first day at school today, he turned five yesterday, and he's been looking forward to going to school. Oh, isn't that adorable? Such a big moment in your life, too.

I remember my first day of school. Yeah. Are you going to pick him up at the gate? Yes, I'm taking him and picking him up. Oh, that's nice. Tell you what, it really changes from ages 5 to 11, where now my son wants me to pretend like I don't know him at the gate. I was like, well, you want me to pretend that I didn't make you?

And I feed and clothe you? His oldest brother used to be like that. Yeah, well, you enjoy these sweet, sweet years, well, you want me to pretend that I didn't make you? And I feed and clothe you? Yeah. His oldest brother used to be like that. Yeah, well, you enjoy these sweet, sweet years, Marie, and have a wonderful day. Oh, thank you. We'll send you out some hell pizza as well, wherever you are in New Zealand, whatever level you are, you're in. Have a great day.

We'll catch you again tomorrow. $5,000 on the line at 7.45 for five words. We'll see you then. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast.

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