Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Ben's keeping secrets from his wife!

Episode Date: January 31, 2024

Dr Sarah Hart on whether "Sephora kids" are ruining their skin. Producer Tayla shows off her superb karaoke skills! Megans online shopping fail. Would you consider this stealing? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. I've got two daughters. Jono, you've got a daughter around about the same age. Mine have just turned 12 and 14. We spend a lot of time, one of their favourite places to go is the likes of Mecca, Sephora stores. They're looking at the products, trying on the free samples. I dip my fingers in now and again and try some samples. And they know a lot about the products in there because I think they see it on TikTok and other social media sites. And often I refuse to buy them stuff, not because I'm worried about what it's doing to their skin,

but just because they're really expensive, some of their stuff. But I hadn't even thought about what it could be doing to their skin until I was just reading this article right now. He has a very tight ass, Megan. There's probably a cream for you to loosen that up a bit. Sometimes my wife will go, well, that's even more expensive than the products that she uses on her skin. And these are the ones that I've seen on TikTok. And they're like, oh, this is great because I've seen it.

They've been influenced. And I get it. Yeah, the lotions and potions are piling up in the pariah cupboards as well. Again, we've got a doctor on the phone just to make the show seem a bit smarter than it actually is. Dr. Sarah Hart, cosmetic doctor. Morena and welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning. Thank you for that

introduction about being smarter. I'm not sure that that's it. Yeah, we've really raised the intelligence levels of the program. Now, Sarah, quick question. Is all the skincare stuff that the 10, 11, 12 year olds are doing good or bad oh look it makes them feel good but it's unnecessary at that age um for tweens in particular oh my god they

have the most gorgeous skin yeah and you know you know they are peak levels of collagen elastin and hyaluronic acid in their skin they They are absolutely at the peak of good skin and they're wanting to put a lot of things on their skin. I think to be part of the tribe, I think this is definitely a social trend that comes off social media. So the cup is full and they're trying to pour more water in, essentially. Yeah. Should we be worried about some of the things that are in in some of the skin skincare sorry

oh look i think that the ones with retinol you can get a reaction to retinol called a retinoid reaction where your skin can get irritated and red and more sensitive to the sun and you know the vast majority of teenagers don't need that um in between age group, the retinol is not needed. But in the teenagers, if they're getting acne, retinol can be helpful, but would usually come with advice to wear your sunscreen and would usually be a different formulation of retinol than what you might use for anti-aging. So would you say this could be a ploy from the likes of Sephora and Mecca

to maybe turn a profit? What do you reckon? A business turning a product. Wow. The kids go in there knowing exactly what they want. They've already seen on TikTok exactly what they want. And so I don't think there's necessarily hard sell tactics going on in the stores at all. It's already happened on social media. They know all the stuff, don't think there's necessarily hard sell tactics going on in the stores at all.

It's already happened on social media. They know all the stuff, don't they? They know all the brands. They know all the things. My daughter came up to me the other day, these things are good for stopping bags under your eyes. I'm like, mate, you're 12. You don't need those. She goes, no for you.

It starts with the sheet masks from the supermarket at the age of nine, and then it goes on to Drunk Elephant with the teenagers, increasing its price as you go. And you really don't need a skincare regime of that expense at that age. But it's the most beautiful packaging, it smells lovely, and someone on TikTok is using it. There you go. So it's not detrimental to the skin,

it's just detrimental to Ben's bank account at this. Well, potentially it could be detrimental to the skin in the short term, causing reaction and causing the skin to not look as good and causing the skin to be more sensitive to the sun. And if you don't need that

ingredient, then you just shouldn't use it. My daughter gave me a facial the other day. I was lying on her bed. She's like, let me use all these creams and potions on you. A little sloppy, to be honest. A lot of foam ended up in my eyes. I was crying. I had to fight through it. But boy, my face felt magnificent afterwards. Smooth as a baby's bottom, Sarah. Well, I see your age group. Now that potentially could be helpful. Yeah, now we've changed gear haven't we okay another question

is there anything you can do to this beaten up old excuse for a face talking to you right now oh my goodness don't get me started I hope you win your day's

book an appointment where to start he's trying to get free advice out of you now mate yeah hey no if people do want advice for themselves

or for their kids where's a good place to start I think you go to your local beauty therapist so if you have a beauty therapist If people do want advice for themselves or for their kids, where is a good place to start? I think you go to your local beauty therapist. So if you have a beauty therapist giving you professional advice, they will assess your skin type and they will tell you the ingredients that you need that is personalized to you rather than you seeing it off on TikTok and going, I want that because I saw it on TikTok. You need to have a regime that's personalized to your skin type

because different things suit different skin types. And just wear sunscreen. I wish I'd done that when I was younger. That was the main thing. Just wear sunscreen. 100% in New Zealand it is absolutely the main thing. And it's so hard I wish there were influencers on TikTok going

wear sunscreen guys. They're still going to get your likes though. I'm a cosmetic doctor. My husband's a skin cancer doctor. Do you think I can get my kids to wear sunscreen, guys. They're still going to get your likes, though, isn't it? I know. I'm a cosmetic doctor. My husband's a skin cancer doctor. Do you think I can get my kids to wear sunscreen? And it is a battle, but that is the number one thing that they should be doing. And I think even Mecca did some social media on it

saying, guys, all you need is SPF. You don't need all this anti-aging stuff. It's just wasteful. It's a waste of money. Spend your money on something else. Well, Sarah, thank you very much for your time. Dr. Sarah Hart, for making the show seem more intellectual than it is. Appreciate it.

Have a great day. See you. Bye. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A lot of talk about Taylor Swift around the world at the moment. And there was a concert going on with a band called Disturbed. Heavy metal band. You might have heard the song.

And I think looking into it more, they must have pulled some people up on stage. And there was a young girl. She looked like she was wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt on stage. And the crowd started booing. They booed a young girl? That's what I think happened. And the lead singer from Disturbed. Nothing more enjoyable than bullying a young girl? That's what I think happened and the lead singer from Disturbed Nothing more enjoyable than bullying

a young girl on the stage. But it was really interesting because the lead singer from Disturbed, a heavy metal band, had like really nice things to say about Taylor Swift to the crowd. I will stand up and applaud any pop artist that gets up

on stage and sings live and plays the guitar live in front of a whole group of thousands of girls and guys, young fans. Don't talk about Taylor Swift, she's for real and she's making sure that an entire generation of new music fans understand what it means to actually play music live. That was good on him. That was pretty good, aye. He's David Draven, I think is his name. He's got, I don't know if you've seen him before, he's got the tusks that come out of his chin. Don't know if he's still got the tusks.

They'd be very inconvenient in many facets of your life. You're rolling over on a pillow and things like that. Yeah, true. Brad, our old boss at The Rock, went to a disturbed concert and after the concert, the record company were like, oh, let's all go out for dinner. So they're wandering down Queen Street in Auckland with this guy and his singlet and his tusks.

And Brad was just like the mockery he was getting from everyone walking past. Oh, really? Cool tusks, manny, like from Ice Age. Nothing like a humbling New Zealand crowd. No wonder this guy's very quick to Support other people He's dealt with mocking his whole life

Much of it came from here in New Zealand Even David Letterman Has jumped to Taylor Swift's defence I mean in some ways she doesn't need defence Because she's the biggest artist in the world right now But there are a lot of people particularly You read these people who love football They're like like, oh, stay away, the NFL cutting to her all the time in the games.

Yeah, how dare you go to your boyfriend's games? Someone broke down the actual amount of seconds she's on screen, so an average game, three hours plus. It wouldn't be long, right? Someone's broken down all the average screen time she's received during the Kansas City Chiefs games, about 24 to 35 seconds per game. And you hear these lovely stories as well, like daughters and young kids, young boys as well,

really interested in football now. There haven't been because of Taylor Swift. They're sitting watching with their parents, and a lot of parents are like, this is cool. I'm actually getting to watch football with my kids. But David Letterman, the talk show host, he even said how lovely Taylor Swift was. So now here's Taylor Swift, who is a glowing bright light of goodness in the world.

And she starts dating Kelsey Grammer. And the Kelsey Grammer people say, oh, no, no, no. Don't bother us. We're all caught up in football. We don't want Taylor in football. Travis Kelsey. Right. Travis Kelsey.

And I say to both camps, this is such a lovely thing. Shut up. It's good for the footballers. It's good for Taylor Swift. And it's something positive and happy for the world. God bless Taylor Swift and Kelsey Grammer. Travis Kelsey. Travis Kelsey.

Has he still got a talk show in his garage or something? It was a podcast or something? Yeah, it was. A podcast. And there's people yelling at him in the background. Kelsey Graham, of course, was the actor from Frasier as well as Sideshow Bob, who's the voice-off as well. On the Simpsons.

Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, I said I had something exciting for you just before. In the bank. Oh, the you just before. In the back. Oh, the Spanx. In the back. Is it my Spanx? It's your Spanx.

Spanx very much now. The back story here is Megan lent Ben his Spanx. There's no further details that you need. So he wore them and it was pre-Christmas. Yeah, I wore them for the day because you made me do it. Just to get in touch with, you know, what people, the feelings that people feel when they have to wear Spanx. And so I wore them and then I was like, well,

I don't want to give them back to you at work because I feel like I should wash them. So I washed them and then we had like a month off or so and I've had them at home. And for the last week I've had them in my bag. I've been carrying them around as well. Do you mind if I have a look at the Spanx? Yeah, go for it.

I'll smell them. If you want to try them on, you can. Did you wear them again? No, I didn't. I'll smell them. If you want to try them on, you can. Did you wear them again? No, I didn't. I did think about it, a couple of social functions. I was like, oh, maybe I could. It's such a weird sight seeing you sniff. I know they're specs, but you're like sniffing the undies.

Just clarify, cold water surf, if I'm not mistaken. Probably, actually, yeah. It's feeling good, it's feeling good. Were they nice? They feel like you'd feel comforted like your midriff was being cuddled your genitals

were tightly cuddled tightly yeah but then it's probably that feeling of how tight is the thing like could I imagine because I only wore it for maybe three hours

or so but I imagine over a course of a day and also you don't have like hips you know you're quite a slender guy so it probably wasn't

doing a lot for you. They weren't working too hard. Back in the day, they would have had the corset, wouldn't they? Yeah. Yeah, true. So there you go. New age corset. There you go.

Lovely Spanx, Megan. Skin colored Spanx there. Thanks. Thanks. Now, big rules on recycling today. They're standardizing recycling around the country. So yeah, you can, this was news to you, which I found quite entertaining. You can now recycle empty pizza boxes.

That's what Megan said before. She's like, oh, good news. You can recycle pizza boxes. I was like, I've been doing that for ages. Cardboard. You're not supposed to be because something to do with the food residue or the oil in the box that they weren't recyclable. But I'm always like, and I said this to Megan before the show,

I'm like, you want to give it the best opportunity to be recycled. So put the things you hope will be recycled, and later they can go, oh, actually, no. You've tried it. I'm about saving the planet, really. Put more stuff in there so eventually they can go. You're making more work for other people at the other end. What they need is a bin that's like a, they've given it a bash bin.

Yeah, the maybe. I'm not sure. It's good to see you're trying, Ben, but no, you're wrong. You can't put carb. That's mind-blowing to me. You couldn't put it. Now you can. Now you can.

So you can continue on that. But there's lots of rules, and it feels like you need to get in touch with, you know, you need to find out what these rules are. But they are a bit confusing, to be honest. Like, large yogurt containers, they're fine. Small yogurt containers, not fine. Things like that. You're like, well, what?

That doesn't make any sense. Aren't they made out of the same stuff, but one's thicker than the other? Yeah. Given the roaring success that was the census, I reckon people are going to go and look and find out these details, Ben. They're going to do that.

That's what we can rely on. Only if they promise me treats for doing so. Yeah. Hey, we've got tickets to the Warriors. Season pass the Warriors if you go and check out the recycle stuff. Hey, I want to play a game. It's called Dead or Alive.

Now Ben, I can't take full credit for this. This is a format that you came up with and you said, listen, it's probably not my on-air character to present this game. Yeah, well, it does feel like something of the day. It actually came from a conversation we had the other day with some mates and we were

sort of talking about someone and we were like, are they dead or alive? You know, are they still alive? And then we sort of started thinking about people that were either dead or alive. There are those people out there, aren't there? And it's, you know, it's when you reach a certain age and you haven't heard from these people in a while and you think they're dead. I mean, there's probably people thinking that about us.

They've probably seen or heard from us in a while. We played a fun New Year's Eve game placing bets on who we were going to lose this year. Who was the lead? David Attenborough, but I feel like he's been top of the list for a few years now. Yeah, he's 97. Was he 97 97 is he 97

yeah 97 David he was actually going to be one of my dead or alive but thanks for that Megan he's 97 still trying to bang on about saving the planet

unfortunately David I think we've ruined that one for you mate oh no we've got new recycling new recycling rules today he'll be happy he'll be happy

so yeah I'm going to list people and you just have to tell me if they are dead or alive it's a great game because I'll be happy. So yeah, I'm going to list people, and you just have to tell me if they're... Okay. Get her alive. It's a great game, because it's a pleasant surprise for you when you find out if they're

not dead. Yeah. And if they are dead, you go, oh, that's what I expected. So it's a win-win. Oh, yeah. Okay. Might be some crushing blows if you're big fans of these people. Okay.

First one. Elvis. Get her alive. Elvis Presley. Well, dead, I'm going to say, but there is rumours that he's still alive, right? So that's a tricky one. Easy win for you, though. Well done. Tupac.

Are they going to get harder? Again, though, rumours that Tupac is alive. Both of those are 50-50 spot there. Yeah, I like it. It depends on which way you think. Okay, here's one for you. Diane Keaton. Actor Diane Keaton, dead or alive?

Diane Keaton. She's alive. And the reason I know this is because my husband's got a big crush on her. On Diane Keaton? Diane Keaton. Yeah. She's alive and kicking. It's 77 years old.

And watch out, Megan, because Diane Keaton is single and loving life. Oh, really? And could love life even more with a 30-year-old Andrew Puppets. What's it about Diane Keaton that's... He thinks she's really stylish. She's got good confidence. I don't know. She loves the old birds, doesn't he?

Yeah. He loves that movie Book Club. He's always banging on going to her movies. Yeah, I'm trying to think of Diane Keaton. You know the name? Now I've Googled her, I'm like, oh, yeah, I know who that is. She loves a skivvy. Yeah.

All right, Diane Keaton's still alive, still doing all right. Great news. Great news for Andrew. Great news for everyone there. Tom Selleck. Actor Tom Selleck was Magnum P.I., had the big moustache. Yeah, I'm thinking he's still alive because I haven't heard, but no, he's alive. I don't know. He's alive, isn't he? He must be alive.

Thomas Alex, 79 years old, still kicking. He spent the last two years writing his memoir. Got a little bit of arthritis though, slipping into his day to day. Okay, here's one for you. Ozzy Osbourne. Dead or alive, Ozzy Osbourne. He was on our list to lose this year. He's still alive, right?

He's still hanging in there. How he's doing it, who knows? He has oxygen at his concerts. Him and Keith Richards have really defied all odds, haven't they? He's still alive, although he's got Parkinson's, sadly. Had an affair last year with a hairstylist. Sharon dumped him for a while there, then came back. Came back, there we go.

Ozzy Osbourne. Hard man to live with, I imagine. Clint Eastwood. Dead or alive,, I imagine. Clint Eastwood. Dead or alive, the legendary actor Clint Eastwood. What do you reckon, Megan? I think he's still alive.

Doesn't he have a hot son? I think I know his son more than him. Is he still alive? I imagine he would. My dad's starting to slowly look more and more like Clint Eastwood

the older he gets. I'd say he's still alive because I feel like I would have heard that news if he had passed away. 92 years old. 92? Still making movies. Still alive. Scott Eastwood. Scott Eastwood the older he is? I'd say he's still alive because I feel like I would have heard that news if he had passed away. 92 years old. 92 years old. Still making movies.

Still alive. Scott Eastwood. Scott Eastwood. Here is the concerning part. Clint Eastwood hasn't been seen by friends or family for 445 days. Friends and family. Friends and family.

Yeah. I feel like they mustn't be great friends and family. He could have had a fall. That feels like a send a search party out situation if no one's seen Clint Eastwood for 455 days. There we go, that was It was a fun wee game, that one. We might do it again another

day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks for being with us this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast. Now Ben, I know one of your greatest fears in life is being accosted by charity workers in public i'm not greatest fear but i find it an awkward situation you are sure do you give to charity when they come up to you megan i've been caught out many a time like signing up to those paying monthly ones oh the direct debits yeah i don't mind giving over money like there and

then but it feels like when you have to sign up for something, I feel like I need more time to choose what charities and what. I know, but I find it hard to say no. Yeah, same. That's why I'll go to another supermarket sometimes if they're outside. He'll go into the supermarket car park. If there is like a SPCA or World Society for the Protection of Animals outside the front, he'll go to another supermarket.

Producer Taylor just found out Marcello, Vodafone or one New Zealand warrior legend, had been what? Siphoning what out of your bank account? Yeah, so he's been donating some money each month to World Vision for years now apparently and I only found out because a letter showed up I thought was junk mail.

It was a personalised magnet for us that's now in our fridge. I love that thing to do. Yeah, were you angry about it? I just think I could have been told. But once you get into the direct debits, it's hard to get out of a direct debit too. Yeah, so this is life now. Yeah, you've got a little child you're feeding in Africa.

And it'll increase. They always get you to increase. Yeah, but yesterday, geez, great play. Great play. And I would say probably the greatest plays I've seen from the charity collectors since the introduction of the portable EFTPOS machine. Yeah, that's a good play where you're like, no cash. And they're like, ah, I've got this.

And they always just pull it out of thin air to the EFTPOS machine. There was a lady outside. You know when you go and use an ATM but it's in a bank and you actually have to walk into that little sort of hallway where the ATMs are in the bank. Yeah. Outside the ATM facility. Oh, that's quite smart, isn't it?

I went in there and you both know there's only one reason why you're going into the ATM facility. Yeah. She knew the reason. I knew the reason. And she did it. She saw me walk in, eyeballed me and waited for me to come out. She knows what I've gone and gotten there there's no you've got

it for a purpose you know you've got intentions with that and it's probably not to give it to her and you're in there i'm like i'm trying to think excuses like why would i be in here maybe i'm using it as a toilet facility or what what can i use this for but there's no there was no escaping it and uh i think we need like war you know how in war, for some reason, they have all these morals in war, like, you know, don't shoot between lunchtime while all the soldiers are having lunch or something for some reason. Maybe we need that with charity collectors.

There's no-go zones. Supermarketing. I mean, it's a tough job. It is a tough job for people doing their charity stuff, and charities need more help, but sometimes you feel like... I had a shocker once. One came to the gate, to the driveway.

And he's like, hey, mate. Oh, he started talking to me. Hey, mate, nice car. When I hit the Kingswood. And I was like, oh, this guy's friendly. Lured me in. OK, lured me in. And then all of a sudden I see the bucket.

OK. And I was like, sorry, mate. I'm at home alone. I'm looking after the kids. It's all by myself. My wife's out. So I can't do it right now. And he said, oh, do you mean your wife that's standing behind you on the balcony? He's 20 bucks.

It's my mistress, mate. Don't tell my wife. She'll be home soon. I've got two to pay for. I'm broke. There's a lot going on, I told you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Powerball was won in Lotto over the weekend by someone in Canterbury,

and they were stoked. They thought they'd won $17,000, and then they went to claim their winnings, and they're like, no, no, you've won $17 million. They're like, oh, that's even better. Yeah. But they were pumped, apparently. They were so stoked to win $17,000, as you would believe. When has Powerball ever set to $17,000?

I don't know. I think the reaction was, oh, well, that's even better. That's pretty cool. Now, Producer Taylor, welcome to the studio. Thank you. Lovely to have you in here. Is it? Taylor mentioned something to me yesterday that she said.

Fatal mistake, fatal mistake. Yeah, don't ever tell me stuff. I know. I can't believe I haven't learned. I told you that. As soon as you came in and go, do you know what? I just told John now what he's going to do. And I'm like,

yeah, it's not a voice recording to be honest. Yeah. I do elicitly record Taylor as well. But you said yesterday, you sometimes go to karaoke bars. Yeah. Yeah.

Love karaoke. And my go to karaoke song, which I now regret telling you, Jono, is Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. I love this. So that's the song. Taylor, I feel like you just sort of bang your head against the wall. It is your vibe, semi-aggressive. Taylor, I would pay good money to watch you perform

even since we lived life at Carrier. You're married, obviously, to Marcelo Montoya, who plays the voice. Does he do the male vocals? No, but you know what? Me and him actually, we're quite known for our rendition of Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper. Oh, really?

Yeah. What's that song? Shallow Sheer. Yeah. We've done that. In the shallalala. Oh, really? Yeah. What's that song? Shallow? Yeah. We've done that. In the shallow. You guys do that together. Quite a lot.

Oh, really? That's our go-to party tune. So I need to sing that. I need to bring him in. We'll do that instead. I even hate every bit about that. Listen, I've got a little treat for you. Do you?

Do you? I'm just going to start playing something. Is it a treat for her a little treat for you. Do you? Do you? I'm just going to start playing something. Is it a treat for her or a treat for us? I'll tell you. Please, please. You just said you'd pay good money for it, so pay up. What figure are you? I'll give you 20 bucks if you start singing.

No one's listening. Just close your eyes. No one's here. I have more to say than that. Come on. You can't resist. You can't resist. Win it.

Okay, wait. Let me get the lyrics up. Here you go. Three, two, one. How could you see to my eyes? Wait, am I even? Is that even? Yeah, you're nailing it.

Carry on. You're right. She's nailing it. I didn't feel the vibe. Wait. Maybe it needs to wait for the bit to come. Do you want me to do the wake me up? Do you want to do the hook?

What's the hook? Is that the chorus? It's your song, mate. Very shaky start to this idol audition. I'm going to tell Jono normally I'm a bottle of vodka deep when I do this. Wake me up inside.

Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me Wake me up I need my blood to run I don't get saved enough for this crap, man. Don't bring me to life. Put me in a coma, please. Oh, dear. We just lost so many listeners and I'm so glad it's your name Don't bring me to life Put me in a coma please Oh dear

We've just lost so many listeners And I'm so glad it's your name going on the person on mine The video will be up later of that today It's Breakfast Instagram and Facebook It is my husband's 30th birthday tomorrow And we're having a bit of a shindig at the weekend He's got himself a cute outfit. Yeah, right.

What's his cute outfit? It's like a, if I describe it, you're going to be like, that's weird. He's, it's like a. He's very fashionable, Andrew, your husband. Yeah. He's got himself like a. Oh, you weren't super confident with that answer. I thought he was.

Yeah. Well, also like I've pushed him into fashion. So if you think he's fashionable, I'd like to take some credit for that. Yeah. I mean, there's hits and misses in the fashion game's fashionable, I'd like to take some credit for that. Yeah. I mean, there's hits and misses in the fashion game, aren't there? Yeah.

Have some wins and losses. Yeah. You're going to try your luck. I've been on a permanent loss since I started fashion. So he's got himself, I guess you'd call it like a boiler suit. It's like denim and it's stripy. So it's short sleeve shorts and you know.

Just a one piece. It's all one piece. Yeah. Oh wow. Yeah. Wow. That is? It's all one-piece, yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Wow, that is fashion. So you'll have to give me your thoughts on that on Monday. The one-piece boiler's always the toilet admin.

Yeah, you've got to get naked to go to the toilet. Yeah, that sucks. It's the first thing I think of when I see one-piece. It's hard for women to do one-pieces, too, because it's easy for guys. You're just like... If you can pull them off, they look fantastic, don't they? Yeah. Ben Boyce, you'd pull off a one for guys. You're just like. If you can pull them off, they look fantastic, don't they? Yeah. Ben Boyce, you'd pull off a one-piece boiler suit?

I don't know. Should I bring it in on Monday? You can try it on. We can do side-by-side Andrew and me. Yeah, okay. Sounds good. He'll win that one. So he's got himself sorted for an outfit.

And I was like, well, what am I going to wear? I need something new and cute. His birthday? Yeah. So I bought myself this nice white dress. I bought it online and it came only yesterday.

So it's cutting it fine for the party this weekend and when I tried it on, they neglected to say that it was should we say sheer? It was see-through. So whatever I wear underneath, you're going to see it very clearly.

The old, that feels like a, you want that in the description. This may be see-through when you put it on. Semi-sheer, yeah. And so like, even if you wear like a slip underneath, it's off the shoulder. So it's not easily done, you know. If you wore that to work,

we wouldn't know where to put our eyeballs. Is it one of those dresses? Yeah, exactly. You wouldn't know where to look. So what are you going to do with it? Well, I've packed it up and sent it back. Oh, really? So you're not going to wear it? No.

Well, I'm not going to. No. Okay. No, I guess I know why you're not going to wear it. There will be family members there. Andrew's dad will be there. You want to make it awkward for him? Oh, you're not going to wear it to work?

Come and show us. You want to make it awkward for him? He's like, oh, you're not going to wear it to work. Come and show us. You suffered an online purchase with the linen suits, didn't you? Yeah, we were getting married. I saw these. Again, like you, you see something online, you think these look great. And it was like handsome people on the beach because we're getting married on the beach. And they were wearing these shirts and pants. And it was all kind of linen.

These guys look amazing. So I bought four of these and it arrived. And they were wearing you know these shirts and pants and it was got all kind of linen and I was like these guys look amazing so I bought four of these and it arrived and they were not good they were like oversized pajamas it was really bad like the backseat boys I don't know I don't know I tried them on I'm like I can't get married in this you should have used it to cover your couches we could have actually it's enough. And it was too late to send back, and so I just took it to a clothing bin. And then I hope there's some very stylish homeless people around. All matching. All matching. Four suits, you just chucked brand new on the clothing bin.

Well, yeah, I gave back as well, yeah. And I said to my wife, let's never talk about this again. Ironically, I talk about it all the time. She's never mentioned it once. She's stuck to her word. Yeah. Okay, I'll wait a minute. Shall we open this? Online

orders going wrong. What's your panic purchase now? What are you going to do? Surely you've got a dress you can just wear. Oh, right. Are you my husband? I need something new that I haven't worn. What is it with some in the dress wearing community that can only wear a dress once? Well, it needs to be just appropriate for the party.

Matching boiler suits. Yeah, no. Oh, okay. A painter's suit whipped out to Bunnings. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, you made a purchase online. That wasn't quite what you hoped it would be. I bought a white off-the-shoulder dress.

It looked great on the model when it arrived. It's see-through. What was the model? Did the model have anything? Could you see no no see nip or anything nothing no nothing no undies and so wearing uh another dress that's in your closet apparently not an option it's off the shoulder jono i don't expect you to understand but wearing a slip dress you know like i'd have to get like a boob tube situation it's already an expensive

dress i don't want to buy another dress to wear under the dress. That all makes sense somehow. In some world, in some universe somewhere, Ben, that makes sense, doesn't it? Not to me. I had an online shopping shocker. I bought some,

you know, on Instagram, ads pop up. And there was this guy and jeez, he looked fantastic in these fast looking glasses. Oh, right. He looked really cool. And you know how fashion does fashion goes around in loops.

So, you know, the 20-somethings now are probably wearing these ironically. Yeah. And they look cool. Yeah. So I bought them. I bought them. Can I put them on for you? Yeah, put them on.

You brought them in here now. Yeah, there we are. They're kind of – remember how – it's kind of like the glasses triathletes would wear. Or canoas in the Olympics and stuff the glasses triathletes would wear yeah or canoas in the Olympics and stuff yeah Lisa Carrington

sort of would wear these yeah weren't they didn't we used to call them like speed demons or something yeah so I bought these

and you were away actually the day they arrived here at work and I showed them to you Megan they haven't left my work bag since I haven't put them on yet

well you know because like I said the 26 year olds they got them on ironically I Well, you know, because like I said, the 26-year-olds, they've got them on ironically. I wear them on and you're like, well, that's sad. Yeah, you could give them to your son and he'd be cool, but I knew it. Yeah, damn right. So that was a bit of a misfire there on the online purchases. Kirsty, you're on New Zealand's Breakfast Shopping Shockers.

What happened online? I think I ordered half a dozen or six carrots and got six kg. Six kgs? I've done that. It's happily done. Well, no, but I did. I ordered six carrots, so they sent me the six kg back, which was quite a surprise

in your shopping order, but then it not only happened once, it happened twice, so it happened again a few months later. A lot of carrots. Because there's a little tab on some online shopping where you go, do you want each, like per carrot? I fall for that all the time when I do it. Not that I do that much, but I get like one banana a rise. You're like, oh, is that it?

I'm like, oh, I thought it was a bunch. Like a KG of bananas. Yeah, I was like, well, this guy just wants one. Who's ordering a single banana? Well, me. I give them that twice. I think dead carrots is quite a bit to get rid of. I love the delivery workers, too, for online shopping

because we've had it many times. Three cases that weren't even ours. And the gentleman was like, oh, I can't be bothered taking it back. It's too much admin. So you end up with freezer. I got someone's party food. Oh, wow. So all the dip and crackers

and peanuts and things. Yeah, they didn't want it back, so. Yeah. It's a bloody score. And six kgs of carrots, score. Still chewing your way through those, are we, Kirsty? I wish I had a horse. Hey, good on you, mate. Appreciate it. Great text here. 4487.

I bought my son a Spider-Man boxing bag and gloves, thinking that, you know, it was a sort of a full-size kids boxing bag and gloves.

What turned up was a bag that was 15 centimetres tall and the gloves were tiny little mittens. What's that for? Maybe it's for a

cat. Maybe it is for a cat. Boxing a miniature bag with mittens. Hey, well, there we go. Thank you very much for your calls and texts. Appreciate it. for a cat. Boxing a miniature bag with mittens. Well, there we go. Thank you very much for your calls and texts. Appreciate it.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A whole lot of new recycling rules coming around the country today, standardising recycling and pizza boxes is one that I didn't know of. Megan, you told us that there's always been a way. You never used to be able to recycle them, but you can now. Well, I had been. Yeah, I've been doing it all the time. I'll continue to do so.

And what's changed in the recycling process that you've put into now you can? I know, yeah. Hey, after 8 o'clock, we should play a game with you, Ben. Can you recycle it or not? And then people phone up and they're like, I don't know, old radio content. And you're like, yeah, you can recycle that. We've been doing that for another year. Yeah, we can try that.

Look, to be honest, I didn't know about the pizza boxes, so maybe I'm not the best person to be. But then you said you can do big yogurt containers, but not small yogurt containers. Which doesn't make any sense to me. But anyway, we can get more on that after 8 o'clock. Now, one of the things I love about my wife, Amanda, is she will think about stuff,

and then she will just blurt out what she's thinking, but I will have no concept of what she's been thinking about for the last couple of minutes. She's concocted a whole backstory in her head. Just saying something and you'll be like, how did you get there? We're having a conversation about that. She moves on to something pretty quickly in her head, or she thinks about something and then just blurts out something. And we were driving around yesterday and we hadn't said something for a little bit.

And then she just said out of the blue do you have any secrets oh and i was just like what and she's like do you have any secrets i was like what what does yes many dark secrets how many do you know well you want me to do you want me to admit to right now? I killed someone back in time? No. What is this? I started to get worried. And then I instantly thought, well, does she have secrets?

Oh, so she's been thinking about all the secrets in her head. Yeah. And I got very worried for that second. And then it turned out that she was thinking about whether I was holding on to secrets for other people. Like I'd been told I'd be the person that would be trusted. And that was what in her head's like, am I trusted by people to be told a secret that I don't even tell her? And to be honest, I do. I do.

Like I do try and keep secrets from everyone. Like I wouldn't tell Amanda if I didn't. There's lots of stuff I wouldn't tell if someone told me it was a secret. I would be like, oh, I can't say this to anyone. She's the one person. Like I've got secrets that I hold on for other people but he like my husband's the one person I would tell oh really yeah I would do that just because I'm like oh I don't know she might say something to someone and I you know you're such a goody good I've let that secret out I've been into the universe I shouldn't have done it I've betrayed the trust of this person you have never once handed my sensitive internet banking information to her,

and you've held on to that. So would you trust me with a secret, Megan? Absolutely not. I'm asking Megan. Oh, sorry, Megan. Sorry. I didn't hear you the first time. Would you trust me? Absolutely not.

You wouldn't trust me with a secret? Ben, would you trust me with a secret? No. I'd trust Ben. What? Because he's such a goody good. Like, stickler for the rules. What would you think I'd do with the secret?

Tell the nation. I'd be on the radio within a couple of moments. You'd be on after 10 past 8. Yeah. I would. Absolutely. Sometimes people say stuff when we're talking around. I'm like, oh, John is going to say that on the radio.

And at one point I'll be like, yeah, that's such and such. And I'm like, this person has no idea that this is going to end up on the radio. You don't need to be the bad guy because you've got jobbo. Yeah, they're so, so hutch. And I'm like, this person has no idea that this is going to end up on the radio. You don't need to be the bad guy because you've got Jocko. Yeah, true. Actually, that's probably why I'm good at holding on to the secrets. There we go. Well, listen, you've got no need to be worried, Ben. No, with Amanda, holding on to secrets.

Well, hopefully. I just thought out of the blue. Honestly, if I blurted that out, the first thing that came to my mind when she said that was that she knows something about you. That's why I got a little bit nervous. I was like, what? She's fishing to see if you're going to give it up. Yeah, but unfortunately it wasn't the case.

Crazy story. A friend of ours that we know, mutual friends, returned from a summer vacation, was back at work for a week, had a dream that they resigned, and the dream was so realistic that they walked in the next day, this week, and just walked out of their job. Decided to resign. And James Shaw,

dear close personal friend of ours, vote green, save the world. It wasn't James Shaw. It'd be a more interesting story if that's how it happened, right? But, you know, I think a lot of people

over the New Year period, they have time to think. Reflect. And then maybe you go, oh no, maybe it was just the holiday and then you probably get back to the day-to-day grind of work and go actually the dreads like i don't want to go to this job anymore you know the thing that would make me

very anxious which this guy's got nothing to go to nothing to go just gonna just gonna be a dad and you're like well when does the novelty of that wear off? Some people are okay with that, though, aren't they? They're like, what about money? Yeah. I mean, selling his body on the streets, that's always an option. I don't know if the street, knowing this guy, I don't know if the streets want his body.

I mean, I'd take it if it was going half price, but apart from that, yeah, just walked away for nothing. That would be very freeing and worrying at the same time. So we're talking like sudden resignations where people just you know decided to one minute just to walk out no 800 the hits has have you done it maybe you're doing it this year you megan i've resigned from a radio job years ago um and in this job i had someone watch me as i took stuff off the computer and then i got the the the March out of the building So was that to watch you so you weren't taking anything you should take secrets

I don't know what they thought I was gonna take but I had yeah someone watch and they walk you out straight away They gave me a time limit. I had like an hour. Oh, well from when you said you're leaving Yeah, so you didn't have to work out your last what three or four weeks? No, you have that amazing thing garden leave leave, where you're just off work, but someone's paying you to do nothing. That's the dream. We had, many, many years ago, we took a month off without pay

to make a TV show. This is when I was writing ads. And they forgot that we were meant to, you know, they paid us. And we're like, great, they paid us. We earned it much. Didn't say anything. But then we resigned not long after this

and they were like, oh, you've got four weeks to work out, but you've already been paid for those four weeks. And we're like, ah. So then you had to move forward for free at the end? Yeah, we were basically free at the end. I mean, we had done what they legally, whatever they'd agreed to, but it was just like,

oh, they were a tough four weeks. When you're like 19, 20 years old, you're like, well, these are tough. These are tough times. So then you think back to the glorious four weeks when you were getting paid. I know. Four weeks. Ups and downs with the four weeks. We're talking wild walkouts when it comes to resigning from jobs.

A lot of people can do it, as we said before, when they come back from the holidays. Yeah, a friend of ours came back had a bit of reflection, did a week at work and then walked out just yesterday to nothing, absolutely nothing so we'll see if he's going to regret that knee jerk reaction. The only job I walked out

of was, Ben you always give me grief about this halfway through waiting tables at the race course there So this is mid-shift, not even got to the end of the shift. Mid-shift. You've worked and you've had your own cafe and stuff. Imagine if one of your waitstaff... I've had chefs ghost us, just literally not turn up for work

and just never to be seen again. I've heard chefs are a nightmare. They are. But also very talented. Yeah, but worse than radio announcers, chefs, probably. But, you know, I just walked out. But then the ironic thing was they scheduled me on the next shift the following week. Did you go back?

No, I noticed that I'd gone. No. So not very impactful on the floor. Jan, we'll get you on the air. You walked out of your job. Yeah, I did. I must say this was many years ago, so I'm very happy in my current position. Okay.

Was it a wild walkout, Jan? It was a wild walkout. I had this most obnoxious boss that I've ever had, and he treated everybody revoltingly. Oh, nice. Was it a wild walkout, Jan? It was a wild walkout. I had this most obnoxious boss that I've ever had, and he treated everybody revoltingly. And I kind of worked in the office, and he was my boss, and he used to scream out and get in here and do this and do that in front of his buddies. So I walked in one day because I was doing the payroll,

and I had all the checks. He'd sign these, which he did, and then when he'd sign mine, which I'd made on my holiday pay, everything. And that's it. I quit and I walked out. Oh, amazing. Oh, well, you did that one. Like the Tom Cruise bloody,

who's, what was it? Oh, Jerry Maguire. I can't tell you who it was. Oh, I thought you were going to ask me who it was. That's great. And do you regret it? Not at all. I took off to the Bay of Islands,

had a lovely holiday, and I came back and got another job. Oh, very cool. Amazing. Good for you, Jen. Cool moment, though. Yeah, it's saying I quit walkout, but I always would have forgotten something, and then you have to come walk in and come back and have to go,

sorry, my car keys are just there. And I took a swipe card. I better leave that with you. Yeah. There's more admin to be done after that. I could have quite easily been escorted off the premises. That would have been quite cool. Oh, good on you, Jim.

We'll escort you off this radio show anyway. But thank you for your time. See you there. Bye. Have a good one. Dylan, welcome to the show. G'day. How are you?

Yeah, good. Recently resigned. You had enough. Well, mate, I tell you, you get to a point in your corporate career where you're going, am I sloshing on with this stress for, you know, is it going to be contributing to the future or am I going to pursue these three ideas? And so, yeah, I got to a point where I was like, nah, personal intervention, I've got to pursue these ideas.

So I said to my management, see ya. So you just recently was on. So what crazy ideas have you got? A couple of applications that I've been wanting to develop, as well as a chain of retail businesses out of 20 foot shipping containers. And because it's a fairly new idea, I don't wish to just throw it out there on the public radio. No, no, no, fair enough. Actually, it's because you're so vague about the ideas.

When I asked you the question, I was like, that's a stupid question to ask him. So, you're happy you're chasing these dreams? You know, it's that point where you're decided, hey, I'm gonna take on a roller coaster ride. And you're sitting at the peak of this roller coaster about to go down. You go like terrified at the same point. Yeah, right.

So you're not sure how it's going to pan out, but you're about to take the ride. Yeah, persistence and taking action and keeping that dream in the mind's eye, looking at my fuel gauge going, I've got to get these kids on the Auckland traffic motorway to school, but I'm going to get there. Oh, good on you, mate. Best of luck. Yeah, all the best.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You can give me follow-up questions with this. I would like to know if this is frowned upon, if this is stealing. It's not me, but a lot of supermarkets, they have the little basket when you walk in at the fruit and veg

for kids to have a munch. Oh yeah, the fruit. So fruit for kids. Now, sometimes as of late, they've been empty. And I don't know if that's a cost of living thing or like, you know,

the supermarkets are getting tight but there's been no fruit in these baskets. And I saw someone who had a child in their trolley. There was no fruit in the basket. So they went along to the apples and took an apple and gave it to the kids to eat. Oh yeah.

I see the conundrum. But were you like, it's still the free fruit for the kids. It's yeah i see the conundrum but we're like it's still it's still the free fruit for the kids it's obviously still an option so i don't think it's like a smorgasbord for the kids they can't go there go help yourself i mean it wasn't apples so they do put apples in there but it wasn't as if they went and got a handful of grapes yeah you know it was something that would be in the bin but manky bruised leftover fruit yeah all the flies fruit flies buzzing around them and stuff you know that's the stuff they're feeding to the kids but i was like i don't know if that's an invitation to just go pick what you want because the bin's empty i think that's like

are you knocking on someone right now well i just wanted to test the vibes would you do it would you like you know because i'm a goody good like you i'm like that's kind of do you know what once and i talked about this on the radio, because I have fruit to snack on throughout the day, I had a mandarin in my pocket and went into the supermarket and went, uh-oh, I've got a mandarin in my pocket that I brought elsewhere. And I felt so bad about it that I put it in the bag

and paid for it again on the way out. Oh, my Ben. Yeah, because I was like, well I don't want to look like I've just shoplifted this mandarin. I brought it in. I've got no way of proving there's a barcode on it. So you're balancing out the person that's taken free fruit for their kid. So I paid twice for a mandarin.

Good on them too because those supermarkets they're out there struggling financially so they needed that. You're supporting the little guy. The little battler. What a hero. Good keyword. I would definitely put it in the stealing category if that's the question you're asking. Yeah, the little, the battler, hey. What a hero. Good keyword. I would definitely put it in the stealing category, if that's the question you're asking. Yeah, so you wouldn't do it?

I'm not saying I wouldn't do it. I had, you know, when they tried to, well, they did. Eventually, they made us all go to the reusable bags. Yeah. And I was one of these old people who was like, what's wrong with the good old plastic bags? Where are they gone? So in protest, I used to take the bloody baskets and have them in my boot. You know, the Kerry baskets.

Yeah, right. They'd just take it with us. And then I think, didn't they sell it? It came out in some places. They sold baskets for a little bit. Oh, really? So you can have your own basket. But then you realize they don't kind of crush down as well as the reusable bags.

It's kind of annoying having a big basket in your boot all the time. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. the reusable bags. It's kind of annoying having a big basket in your boot all the time. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, in the news before, you mentioned the All Black Drawer is out for this year, the schedule, and they're going to be playing in America as well. They've got a game against Fiji, and Jason Mamar, who's Aquaman, he loves the All Blacks, and he's already put a video on his Instagram about it. I'm down here shooting Minecraft, and I needed to go to my friends because I had this amazing idea where I wanted to get the All Blacks, my favorite team of all time,

to finally come to the U.S. and play on U.S. soil. There you go. It's all his idea. No one tell him that the All Blacks played in Chicago a few years ago, but it's pretty awesome. No one break the mummers hard. It's great. He loves it.

He's our unofficial spokesperson for this country. It's awesome. Megan, free fruit at the supermarket, the bin that's empty. Your conundrum is? Fruit for kids. If there's nothing in the bin, can you go and take a piece of fruit? I saw someone do it. And is it stealing?

Yeah. I was in them when I was growing up. They added free buns for kids. Used to get buns, bread rolls. Oh, I remember that. Just buns with nothing in it. Just buns. Just a dry ciabatta bun. Did you ever go to the butcher and they'd give you like free saveloys, like Cheerios?

Little boys they called those. Back in the day, but an appropriate name. I think we've changed the name. Yeah. Warren, you're on. Your thoughts? So, well, I've actually seen staff give fruit to kids from the main bin. Okay.

However, I've also seen some of those parents walk up to the bakery, pick up a pastry and eat it. Good on them. Good on them. Good on them. A win for the little customer. Yeah, but no, no. The adult's eating the pastry, not the kid. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

A win for the customer. And he's like, no, no, no. No, no, no. You're not getting the point. They're stealing. Good on you, Warren. Appreciate that. Evelyn, we'll get you on the fruit.

If it's empty in the kid' bin, can you help yourself? She's gone. Wendo, we understand you work for a supermarket. I certainly do. All right. What's the official word from the supermarket industry? It's stealing. Oh.

It's just easy enough to just ask one of the produce people if they can have some piece of fruit because the basket's empty for the kids yeah um and they it's actually there for them to eat while you're shopping so you can't just take it with you and take it home it's there for you to give to your kids while you're shopping to keep them entertained keep them keep them happy let's let's talk the picker mix am i allowed to dip my hands into the pick and mix and have a fistful of cashews? Not if you want a hand on the shoulder. Okay. What about, and I've seen people do this too, like picking a grape off like a bunch and eating it.

Yeah, no. If there's not a little container there for you to take from and sample, then that's also stealing. Can you? Here's the thing. Here we go. Just buy your food. Here's the thing, you know. Could I, for example, Wendy.

Sorry? Could I, for example, open a beer, drink the beer while I'm pushing the supermarket trolley around and pay for it at the counter? No. You can't even consume stuff even if you're going and pay for it at the counter? No. You can't even consume stuff even if you're going to pay for it at the end? No. You've got the cameras on you, mate.

They'll be watching you. You've got to pay for the items first. Yeah, because I imagine a lot of parents would do that with little yogurts or something like that with the kids. Maybe not beer. Beer seems like, mate, you can wait. I mean, that's alcohol.

Yeah, just wait. Did I license be viewed as licensed? Yeah. He's so drunken mate, you can wait. I mean, that's alcohol. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did I license be you? Did I license? Yeah. He's so drunken here, sir. There's different laws. But there might be. I see what you're saying.

Like, give the kids a yogurt or a Newsy bar or something. Or a beer. And still pay for it. Yeah, not a beer. Good on you, Wendy. Hey, thank you very much. Someone did actually suggest 487. How about a bin of alcohol at the beginning for the adults?

And that was you. I suggested that. It's not going to happen.