Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Friday Hams!

Episode Date: November 16, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. On your Friday morning, good morning. Last night, Friday's Live was on. Jason Derulo, Kelly Rowland, Boyz II Men, it was a huge concert. It used to be called Friday Jams, right? Yeah, it did. And that leads us on to our initiative today, people. Yeah, This is exciting Very exciting For the next four Fridays And to prove that it used to be called Friday Jams

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Which is pretty impressive Great for Christmas Thanks to Farmland Foods Hams Yeah so 0800 The Hits Right now Quality bacon Sliced meats and ham for any meal occasion,

breakfast, lunch or dinner, in the pan, under the grill or on the barbecue. Amazing. And we've tried these for the last couple of years. They're good hams too. So shout out to all the pigs who provided themselves for this wonderful competition, Ben. Phone's already going. Yeah. We haven't even said call up yet.

Well, yeah. We said every caller. So as soon as you say caller, everyone knows. Okay, but there's got to be something. They soon as you say caller, everyone knows. Okay, but there's got to be something. They've got to work a little bit here. Okay.

Maybe tell us a fun fact about yourself. Okay. Tell us what you want for Christmas. Anything. Tell us anything, Cheyenne.

A fun fact about myself is I have 32 tattoos and I am obsessed with Harry Potter. I want for Christmas tattoo vouchers. Mate, you ticked all the boxes for me just then.

Great fix too. On the spot too and you're going to get yourself a Farmland Foods hams. Oh yeah. How many Harry Potter tattoos have you got, Cheyenne? Currently I have four. I just got one last week on Friday and I've got another one on the way.

What was the one last week? I got a little vial of Felix Felicis, which is Liquid Luck. Now, we spoke to Joel, the singer from L.A.B. He was also obsessed with Harry Potter. He's got Harry Potter tattoos. He's got like a Hogwarts. You got one of those? Not a Hogwarts.

No, I've got Dobby. I've got Felix Felicis. I've got the Deathly Hallows symbol. And I've got a cute little mandrake. Have you ever met my old mate? Who's old mate? Radcliffe. Daniel Radcliffe.

I don't know who old mate is. Have you ever met Daniel Radcliffe? No, no. He was filming here. My wife was going to the dentist and he was in the car park smoking a cigarette. Oh, yeah, sounds about right, yeah. Yeah, hey, Cheyenne, well done. You got a Friday ham.

Yay, it's expensive at Christmas time. Yeah. Hams are 100 bucks. Oh, there you go. Not anymore, mate. Hams are free. Tina, you want a Friday ham? Oh, yes, please. Tell us something about yourself, Tina.

I'm a courier driver and I'm just on my way to my first delivery. Well, that's a fun fact. Sorry, I didn't hear you. We wanted fun facts, but I'm enjoying that. What have you got on board? What's your first delivery? I'm going to Pukaui Shuttle

to drop off for NZ Post so they can go out and do their delivery as well. Tell you what, out of any profession in the world, the couriers have the best legs. Yes, I've been told that. Have you got good legs, Tina?

Oh yes, I do. The conversation in 2023 is making me very nervous, but anyway. Yes, I am nervous. You're nervous too. Everyone's feeling a little nervous. You and your good legs are going to have a good day, Tina. You too. Thank you so much.

Yeah, we reminisce vaguely about pop culture from the past, Ben. Something you've stumbled across, a chocolate scandal. Yeah, we reminisce vaguely about pop culture from the past, Ben. Something you've stumbled across, a chocolate scandal. Yeah, now Cadbury have done some amazing, amazing ads over the years for their chocolate. And there was an ad, it was basically, you just called it the eyebrow ad. There was two kids getting their school photos taken and I think the photographer went away to do something. And they were sitting there by themselves and they just started to do sort of eyebrow, sort of gymnastics.

Their eyebrows were going up and down. You remember the iconic music? Classic MIDI phone ring there. That wouldn't have cost them much to get the rights for. And then their eyebrows just went nuts. Up, down, all sorts. And it was actually pretty cool. And I think, according to tiktok many people

over the years tried to learn how to do eyebrow rolls sort of mexican waves of sort with their eyebrows because of that ad it was it's really hard to describe but you're doing a good job you're doing a good job you can we'll put it up online on the the hits breakfast as well but a scandal has emerged years later now one of the actors who was a little kid at the time, has now grown up, has said that it was all a lie. She was in the ad, but the eyebrows were just, I mean. Were they genetically, what do they call it? Talk about AI, artificial intelligence, you know.

This was the first wave of it. I know. Back then, though, I wouldn't have thought it would have been a thing. No one questioned it. I know, but she said it was all a lie and we've been duped and a lot of people are not very happy about it. And she's like,

Cadbury are no longer paying me. I can come out and say it all now. They have had some amazing ads, haven't they, over the years, Cadbury.

Do you remember The World Was Cadbury? Wouldn't it be nice if the world was Cadbury? Pretty cool actually. This is another Beach Boys song. We did a version

we had a sports show at the time and we went, The World Was Hadley. What if everyone's dressed as a sports show at the time and we went, the world was Hadley. What if everyone's dressed as Richard Hadley? Wouldn't it be nice if the world was Hadley? We did six of them. Six little parody songs and stuff. They're really quite funny.

What happened if the world was Cadbury? All men, women, everyone with moustaches and cricket whites filmed them and then we put it as part of the promo. TV3 were like, that's great. We need to promo this for your series. Put it out and put it out. And then the the music company went do you have the rights to do a parody to wouldn't it be nice we're like oh i think it comes under they're like no it doesn't and so we went okay you better check in history with parody songs we got six of these ready to

play for six weeks we filmed them all to roll out they're great that's not gonna happen yes who was the original artist? The Beach Boys. Oh, the Beach Boys? Yeah. Have you asked the Beach Boys? No. No, didn't know we had to.

So wouldn't it be nice? It wouldn't be nice. You went back and forth in the legalities with parody songs, didn't you, Paul Bunger? Yeah, well, I learned a lot about what you can and can't do.

You can't do a lot, actually, in New Zealand. Turns out, when an artist does a song, you can't just rip it off. Who would have thought? Yeah, and finally finally While we look back At some amazing Cadbury ads

You remember the one With the gorilla Playing the drums The Phil Collins song Great It was a cool ad Just waiting for that Drum solo part

It was a great ad. It was an iconic ad. It was an ironic too that they used a griller after stealing all his palm oil too in the commercial. Yeah, true. He was sad, but he learnt to play the drums. Hey, I'll tell you what. Sorry about your home and your environment. You want to come play drums, learn drums.

I worked with a guy, Robert Taylor. I've spent to this multiple times. He thought they had actually spent years Training a griller To learn the drum solo For In The Air Tonight We got into a very Heated on air argument About it

Yeah Well he'd be shocked To know that the eyebrow Thing was made too Don't tell him that He won't get out of bed This morning after that Bombshell my friend

Who's having the best weekend It's that time again. Time for us to catch up with the two people trying to impress us and they never fail to impress us. Welcome, Hayley from the North in Wellington and the Hits and Connor in Christchurch. How are you both? Very good.

Feeling victorious this morning against the South. All ready. I mean, if you want to go to an underground bare-knuckle fight or an overground knitting competition, then you've come to the right place. Cover a wide spectrum of events. What are we going to kick things off with, Hayley in the North? Wow, we've got the Family Roller Disco

happening in Auckland tonight. We've got DJs, there's crazy light shows, there's dance offs, and that is all happening at Skate in Mount Wellington. But I have saved the best event for last, the classic car boot sale in Palmy North. Oh, jeez, what are we buying out of people's car boots in Palmy North?

Well, that's the fun. You never know. You never know. There's spring festival. There's baking. There's sausage sizzle. You rock up with your car, open the boot, and you a spring festival. There's baking, there's a sausage sizzle. You rock up with your car, open the boot, and you sell your stuff. Oh, that's a good idea.

That's a good idea. What's in your boot at the moment? My boot is just like, it acts as an extra storage facility for the household. Yeah, I have to empty my boot before I store anything in my boot. It's completely unpractical. Yeah, every time I go put my parents up from the airport, I forget that the boot's jam-packed, and so they can't even get their suitcases in.

Poor Annie's sitting with her suitcase on top of her lap in the front seat. Yeah, and do you know what I actually think? If you've got a Nissan little hatchback boot compared to a big ute with a back tray, I mean, there's got to be some type of equality in there. So if you head to the hits.co. I mean, there's got to be some type of equality in there. So if you head to the hits.co.nz, I've got a petition to just level the playing field. So boot size

equality. Are you starting a campaign now? I am right now as of two seconds ago. I was going to say, this is an unusual thing to throw your weight behind. But yeah, we'll back you Hayley. Basically, I've realised that my game unusual thing to throw your weight behind. But, oh, yeah, we'll back you, Hayley. Okay, yeah.

Basically, I've realized that my game talk was strong coming in, but my content was not as strong. So you've made up some sort of charity. I feel like that's more important. Anyway, Connor, over to you. She's pulled out a charity, Connor. You're in the south. It's a holiday today in the Canterbury region.

Yeah, it sure is. And because you know why, guys? Do you remember why? Yeah, because Christchurch is still on show. It's on show. It's still holiday today in the Canterbury region. Yeah, it sure is. And because you know why, guys? Do you remember why? Yeah, because Christchurch is still on show. It's on show. Still on show. Still on show. Today is actually show day. So mostly, most of the time, people will be flocking down to the AP show here in Christchurch.

Weather's not looking great today in Christchurch, unfortunately. So not sure how busy it will be, but there will still be sheep. There will still be goats. There will probably be cars with boots who have stuff in the back of them too. There will be horses. Who knows? It's all go at the Christchurch AMP show today. It's a huge week in Canterbury, isn't it?

We went to the AMP show this time last year. Remember, Ben? That's right. We were hocking off our Heartland chips at the show. A lot of sturdy handshakes there. Remember, Ben? That's right. We were hocking off our Heartland chips at the show. A lot of sturdy handshakes there. Yeah, it was impressive, actually. You were kissing lambs, babies. I'll kiss anything, mate.

All sorts. Put these lips on anything, Connor. And because you were here down on Tuesday, I have to ask, are you coming back down tomorrow for the final races of the week, the Ricketts and races, guys? To be honest, I don't know if I'm allowed back. I kicked off a bit of biffo after the races I know

I was like you! Yeah, I might have seen it on the news Ben was a bit embarrassed, he's like we've got to get out of here mate. No it was a lot of fun, we had a great day, yeah Addicton was awesome That was good, and if you're not into your racing, you can always drive to Kikolda, Crayfest is on in Kikolda at the moment

30 plus dishes created in different ways using that beautiful Kaimoana crayfish. I mean, you can't get better than that, really. That's cray-cray, man. Yeah, that's what I was just thinking. They should have called it cray-cray. Now, listen, who are we going to go to today? You know what? Connick got some great

of it, like Canterbury is popping off. Cray-cray fest is going to be amazing. But Hayley, your charity, we can't look past your charity. Oh, this is made up charity. I'm just doing it for the people, guys, and doing it for the little Nissan hatchbacks. Your random charity. All right.

Are you going to turn your head towards, are you going to turn away from charity? It's not a proper charity. All right, Hayley, you get the win this week, but it's very controversial, like bird of the year. Good on you, Hayley and Connor. Have a great weekend, both of you. Thanks, guys, you too.

And if you think you're having the best weekend, 0800 THE HITS, give it worth. Who's having the best weekend? 60 years of hams. It started in 1964, Found Man Foods hams. We're doing Friday hams live, and we're doing it every Friday heading into the weekend. Hams for Sans. Dee, how are you Friday heading into the weekend. Hams for Sands.

Dee, how are you? I tried, why did I do that? Sandy, welcome. How are you? I'm good, thank you. You having the best weekend? Why? I've just arrived in Thames to work here for the day, then we'll head back to Hamilton

and doing some study for the weekend. That sounds like a bleak weekend. Studying weekend. Well, you need a ham. You do need a ham. What are you studying? I'm just doing my final exam in audiology. Oh, good on you.

Now, audiology, is that for obviously hearing and things like that? Is it? Excuse my ignorance. That's correct. Oh, very cool. I'm going, honestly, this job turns you deaf. 24 years of headphones. Shocking.

Oh, well, you can come and see us. I will, Sandy. Only if you pass your exam. Yeah, that's like I said, just yet. Hey, all the very best, Sandy. Audica will look after you. Oh, good on you, Sandy. You go and look after yourself and good luck for that exam.

Appreciate that. Jono, best weekend this morning. What's going on? Hey, guys. Not too much, really. I've just got the kids and we're going to go do some bowling tonight. And then the girls have got some gymnastics and some swimming lessons tomorrow. That's what you do on your weekends, isn't it?

You become the unpaid Uber driver, as we like to say. That's the one. Yeah, and so many activities. Jeez, I know you like to minimise the activities week to week, Ben. Well, yeah, and otherwise it gets too much, and then sometimes they get fatigued of the activities as well. Then you're like, come on, I paid for this. For a guy who loves activities, he's like...

Yeah, I do love the activities, I just commit to do them for the whole time. And it doesn't give time for us to do activities. I like activities. But you're overloading us with activities. Absolutely, but I suppose you've got to be in the Uber now, so that'll be the Uber later on.

That's right, so they can Uber your soiled trousers off you when you're about 96, mate. Okay, good on you, Jono. We're going to give you a hand thanks to Farmland Foods, all right? Have a great Christmas. Oh, awesome. Thanks, guys. Hey, you guys have a wonderful day.

Love what you guys do. You too, Jono. Have a good one, mate. We'll just chuck you on hold, buddy. All right, let's get Delta on. You're having the best weekend, Delta. Sure am. Got to re-celebrate my birthday. Re-celebrate it, did you say?

Yep, re-celebrate. It missed out on the first time on my birthday because we meant to go to a Speedway, but it got cancelled. So we're going to the same Speedway tomorrow and we get reined up tickets. Oh, nice. Delta's birthday, the sequel at the speedway what's the spectacular

great that's what you want for a birthday now ben boys you'd be a fan of this public public displays of fireworks i'm down doesn't like the personal private displays uh whereabouts in the country is this happening um i will be traveling to palmerston north from mastodon jeez they love their speedway in Masterton, don't they? Parmy, sorry. I actually spent my 21st at the Huntley Speedway. Oh, there you go. Yeah, so we were meant to go to it for my birthday

because my 20th is actually the 4th of November. Well, all my birthdays are the 4th of November. Facts. Hard facts That's how Jono celebrates his birthday too At the Speedway You celebrate your birthday at the Speedway Oh that's awesome

And it's on the same day of the year Wild stuff You're awesome We're going to send you out a ham Thanks to Farmland Foods Hams Thank you Have a great weekend Enjoy your birthday celebrations

The sequel Jono you said something yesterday on the show Thank you. Have a great weekend. Enjoy your birthday celebrations, the sequel. Jono, you said something yesterday on the show, and it stuck with me. You said you had a dream as a kid to be a tennis player, and somewhere along the line that didn't work out. So I want to bring a mystery guest to the show right now as a wee bit of a surprise. Nico, good morning. How are you? Hi, good morning.

How are you doing?, good morning. How are you doing? Very good, thank you. Now, Jono is very unsure of what's going on here right now. Can I have a guess? Yeah, you can have a guess. Do I owe you any money? Oh, I don't know. Does he owe you any money? I don't know.

Okay. That's not the reason for that. That's not the reason for the call. Let's not rule that out. That could be an option. But that's not exactly reason for the call Let's not rule that out That could be an option But that's not exactly why I I don't know if he does Have I wronged you in the past?

Not that I'm aware No? Okay, so I don't know you many Oh jeez, it's not a guessing game Nico is one of the people that run the ASB Classic The tennis, it's awesome It's back again in Auckland for the 1st and 13th of January. And I wanted to surprise you with a bit of a question, Nico,

and Jono today, all right? Okay, I'm ready. Okay, so explain some of the big tennis players that we've got are going to be here in New Zealand next year. You go. Well, there's going to be some awesome ones, starting with, you you know Coco Goff the reigning US Open

champion Elina Svitolina, semi-finalist at Wimbledon this year Caroline Wozniacki, former number one Gail Monfils some of the best of the best right? I don't know if I owe you money or not but I'd pay you to keep speaking

that beautiful voice lovely well how would you like as a bit of a wild card entry in the tournament Jono Pryor Jono from the hits from Jono Embeda he used to play tennis at a younger age see what you're doing he never won a game in a tournament I see where he's going it was always his dream to play it in a big tennis tournament things kind of went the other way you know I wanted to create a sliding door sort of moment to maybe get him into a tournament now. What do you think? Is there a chance he can play in the ASB Classic?

It's going to be tough, but he could always apply for a wild card. I'm a wild card. When we get closer to crunch, Tom, then we'll view the decision. Okay. Maybe you have some footage to share with us. Oh, you want some footage? We could review your skills. Okay, well, I'll buy a tennis racket.

You don't even own one anymore. I hung up the tennis. When I was a child, I stopped. I don't know why you think entering me in a professional tennis tournament would... It's your dream. It's not my dream. Well, it was at one stage of your life. It was your dream.

So I was like, well, hey. We can sort out the racket as long as you sort out the skills. Okay. So I'll just turn up to a court. You'll go, here's your racket. What do you need to be a wild card in the ASP Classic? Well, it's at the tournament doctor's discretion. But basically, we normally base the decision on your latest results.

Well, we're going off the last game I played? It was the last game you played. The last game I played. Yeah. It was probably a loss. You've still got time to get ready. We've got another seven weeks to go. Okay, so I can train and I can play another game and I go,

hey, mate, beat my mate Ben, six love. Yeah, but I'm not in the top 100. Maybe we can line up something with Djokovic or something like that over the next couple of weeks. Maybe you can enter some tournament somewhere. Okay. Well, how about we leave

that one with you just for a second. You have your wildcard meeting and see if I fit the description. I've got your request now. So I'll put it on my desk and then I'll review the decision in the next few weeks

and I'll track your progress. Monday. Monday. I want to call you Monday. I want a decision. I'll track your progress. Monday, Monday. I want to call you Monday. I want a decision. I'll get him a game over the weekend. I'll take you on. We'll send him some footage.

And then Monday, we'd like a decision, if that's okay. That sounds good. Okay, good. And if people do want to go along, because it is incredible. In all seriousness, the ASB Classic is amazing. You can go along. You can see incredible tennis, but you can also just hang out in the atmosphere. How can people get tickets?

You just go to the ASB Classic website, which is asbclassic.co.nz, and you get all the information for the tickets. Oh, well, there you go, Jono. You could be in the ASB Classic. We could find out Monday. I'm not holding out much hope.

Hey, you never know. The wildcard entry, we'll find out on Monday. The'm not holding out much hope if you want. Hey, you never know. The wildcard entry. We'll find out on Monday. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Great to see the T20 Black Clash. Cricket versus rugby with a whole lot of legends taking place, including Jonathan Thurston. You'll know him, league legends.

Thurston dummies, goes himself. What a try, JT. Oh, JT, what a try. Sometimes he is just so far ahead, he's lonely. One of the greats of the game. That's a great bit of commentary, isn't it? So far ahead, he's lonely. And he's

got a great laugh. One of the things we love about Jonathan Thurston. And he joins us on the phone now. JT, how are you, mate? Yeah, very well, thanks. How are you? Oh, we're good. Nice to talk. Are we at JT? I don't know if we're at JT stage I came in hot with the JT I'm sorry It's real nice to talk to you

we're big fans and it's awesome you're coming across the iconic Hot Spring T20 Black Clash in association with Wolfbrook. First question how many Hot Spring spas are you getting out of this thing? I wish I could, actually. That spa would be really nice in Townsville, where it's 31 degrees about every day.

You couldn't think of a more inconvenient bath for him in Townsville. So you still live there? Yeah, yep, yep. So I've been here for nearly 20 years now. 2005 was when I first arrived and haven't been able to leave since. I've got four young daughters raising the family here. So, yeah, it's a great place to live. Jesus, you must be like God around there.

Do you have to walk down the road and pay for anything? Yeah, when was the last time you paid for a beer anywhere? Yes, I always pay for my own beers. And more than likely my friends' beers too. The boys, they're fairly tight. Yeah, they're like,

you're Jonathan Thurston, you're paying for everything. As we know, you're a league great. Now playing in a cricket match, so two-part question, what's your cricket like? And second question,

what's it like slightly hungover? Because I understand the three or four days, they're pretty big. Yeah. So playing hungover, I shouldn't have a problem with. But I was top run scorer for Currieby Cricket Club under 13, 14. So I loved cricket when I was a kid. My dad was born in Greymouth, grew up in Greymouth. So whenever the Kiwis were playing Australia, our eyes were glued to the TV, whether it was cricket league

or the rugby. So love all sports, but, yeah, was a massive cricket fan. When you say Greymouth, you mean Greymouth on the west coast? Yeah, Greymouth, New Zealand, yeah. Is that where you're from? Your dad's from there. Yeah, that's where Dad's from. Try to get you to play for the Kiwis at one stage.

You're like, oh, your dad's from there. And, yeah, you didn't quite take us up on that offer, right? And people love you in New Zealand. You're a league legend. I actually saw a great social media video. I'm sure you saw it after the Warriors game, the semifinal, and you were driving out from the cometry and you guys stopped and some fans gave you guys a beer.

You and Andrew Johns a beer and made you say up the wars and you got back in the car. Yes, we were stuck for about half an hour trying to get out. Mate, it's a nightmare to get out of Mount Smart. Yeah. But that couple of beers that we got seemed to make it go a little bit quicker. The support for the Warriors

towards certainly the second half of the last season, you must not have seen anything quite like it. Yeah, it was phenomenal what Andrew Webster's done and the playing group to turn the club around, given the sacrifices they made during COVID to keep the competition up and running when the Warriors are going good. It's great for rugby league.

So, yeah, the support that I witnessed there at Mount Smart Stadium was, yeah, it was a memory I'll never forget. Before we go on, we love your laugh. It's a great thing. We don't have any jokes as such, although we had a show joke that came through in a text. Jono, you remember it. Let's see if it gets a laugh out of Jonathan Thurston. It's not the best joke.

It's not the best. Yeah, you have to sit with it for a bit jonathan okay here we go okay why do why do the norwegian warships have qr codes on them so you can scandinavian we got the laugh we got the laugh that's what we wanted told you it's a sitter you'll keep laughing about that for the rest of the day I'm embarrassed for you

JT I feel like we were on JT status and now we're back to Jonathan Thurston so lovely to talk to you we're huge fans it's awesome that you're coming across here

and it's going to be so much fun to watch yeah looking forward to it. Can't wait to meet everyone. Thanks for having me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 38 Days to Christmas. Now, Ben, you said you want to talk about Christmas,

and you're like, give me a Christmas song, and I'm pushing the buttons today. And it's, where do you start? Like, where do you start? There's a lot of Christmas songs, right? I mean, I've got some, I don't know, John Legend. Oh, yeah. Heard of him? Yeah, he's great. He's a lot of Christmas songs right? I mean I've got some I don't know, John Legend Oh yeah. He's great. He's done something with Christmas in the title, I don't know what we're going to get here

Yeah That'll do. Yeah I love it I love it. So we've got some hams to give away, every caller that gets on the air every Friday, we're doing Friday hams live and we've got some amazing hams to give away to everyone but we're making you work for them a little bit aren't we?

Someone call the ambulance, the doctor has just ordered you free hams but yeah just, we thought we'd start a competition because Indy, your daughter, she's already kicked off 2023's Google Doc for Santa. Yeah she loves to get a Google Doc ready for you know just suggestions for Christmas which is really

really handy, it's like an Excel spreadsheet she does through an email. Really confused Santa a few years ago at the mall, as I told you before, when he's like, what do you want for Christmas? And she's like, got a Google Doc, I can share it with you. And he was just like, I don't know what you think. He's like, okay, tag me and email me. And I was just Santa Fanta underscore 62 at Gmail.

Now, has she figured out the art of the spreadsheet or she's still just doing your Google Word doc? No, she does. She does spreadsheets. She does spreadsheets and the Google. Yeah, she mixes and mingles. She's going to be running her country in three years. Yeah, so Indy's very organized.

I mean, obviously she's not buying the presents, but she's put out her list. And we thought this morning on 0800 The Hits, with 38 days to go has anyone done all of their Christmas shopping? I, to be honest, haven't even thought about it.

No, no. Vouchers are always a good one too. There's those convenient we were talking about this yesterday you know the Prezi card stands but you can get a card for anything. You can. There's like 42 options.

Pick one of those. Yeah. Don't even put money on it and say congratulations. Yeah. So thanks to Farmland on it and say congratulations. Yeah. So thanks to Farmland Foods. They're celebrating 60 years of Farmland Foods. We've got some Christmas hams to give away for Friday Hams Live.

So give us a call right now. Hey, Nicole. How's things in Tauranga this morning, mate? Oh, good. Thank you. Good. Even better now. Yeah, even better now.

Hey, don't get presumptuous like we're just going to give you a ham. We send every caller that gets on the air. She's got us on a technicality. Getting cocky on this ham giveaway. Have you done your Christmas shopping? I have. Yeah? Everything.

Yep. Well, I tell you what, I actually gift throughout the year. What do you mean you gift throughout the year? Well, you know, your kids want this and they want that. So you get it. That's your present. Oh, so you already do that then. Beautiful.

I love doubling things up. If someone has a birthday and a Christmas, you're like, oh, that could be for both. Yeah, well, you know, they need the car insurance paid or a warrant done or, yeah. Nothing says Merry Christmas. Yeah, but I've done that for the last few years.

It's like, yeah, because otherwise it costs a fortune. No, you're dead right. Nothing says Merry Christmas like car insurance. Yeah. Good on you, Nicole. Ham. Well, thank you.

I like the way you glaze it. You're a figgity. I want a bag and a bag. No, figgity. Yeah, very specific song reference. We've got more Farmland Foods hams. Give us a call right now. 0800 THE HITS.

Have you done all your Christmas shopping and you could be winning some hams next. THE HITS, the Jono and Ben podcast. Let's make more sense. So thanks to Farmland Foods hams. You can win a ham for every caller that gets on the air. Quality bacon, sliced meats and ham for any meal occasion, breakfast, lunch or dinner, and a pan under the grill on the barbecue. Perfect for Christmas.

And we've got something to give away. We want to know on 0800 The Hitsits have you done all your shopping yet? Yeah Susie you're on from Hellensville, how's life out west Susie? It's great, thank you Good on you, Ham you want one? Oh my gosh I would love love one. Well you've got to give us what we want Susie

Okay What do you want? Why did you make that sound weird? We wanted you to tell us have you done your Christmas shopping I have and do you know what I did you make that sound weird? We wanted you to tell us if you've done your Christmas shopping. Your Christmas shopping. I have, and do you know what I've done? What's that? Because of the cost of living, I've made a deal.

Everyone has to do $5 and under presents. That's smart. That's a good idea. That's smart. So I think it cost me under, well, about $100. For the whole family? Yep. When did you get this done family yep geez when did you get this done when did you get this done oh just over the year oh you're shipping away that's a great you're

very organized i went to the two dollar shop well under ten dollars because it does get really expensive we've just i started just getting stuff for kids the kids and in the family yeah yeah that's the one, eh? Because otherwise, you know, you get something from someone and you're like, oh. I hope you don't give that reaction. I'm like, oh, you spent money on that and I didn't really want it. I spent money on something for you

because I'm like, I need to get you something out of obligation. He's fun around the Christmas table. Yeah, mate, I put my heart and soul into it. You keep your money and I'll keep mine. There you go, Susie, you gave us what we wanted, mate. We're going to give you a hand. Well done. Oh, thank you so much.

No, thank you very much. Yeah, appreciate it. It felt weird to go Merry Christmas, but there I did it. I said it. Yeah, it feels... We've got to wait until at least the 1st of December. Yeah. We're going to go to Ashley on 0800THEHITS.

Welcome. You've done all your Christmas shopping, Ash. Hi there. No, I haven't. What the hell are you phoning up, mate? I've done a few attempts. I've been going to all the local markets thinking I'll get nice little things for everyone and I just end up buying stuff for myself.

Ashley, be honest with me. Are you only calling us right now because you want a free ham? I was thinking about Christmas at my mum's and what I could contribute and a ham does sound fantastic

you haven't given us what we wanted we wanted people who have done all their Christmas shopping and Ashley's gone well no I haven't, I've thought about it but can you just give me a ham? Santa has come for me so far. And you know what, Ashley? We're going to give you a ham.

Well done. Yeah, you've got us on the technicality. You're on the air. It's not what we wanted. Have a great Christmas. And we'll get Rachel on. Are you going to give us what we wanted, Rachel? Sorry, I haven't done any shopping.

Oh, for. What, you just want a ham? Yes, please. Yeah. See what's happened here. I see what's happened. But the rules are... You're ruining our phone-a-topics.

You can get on the air, and we've been stupid enough to put you on the air. Yay. Hey, yay. Hard grafted phone-a-topics. We spent nine hours coming up with that one. Well, we did, actually. This morning, we were like

We really need to scramble Something for that Alright Rachel well done You got a ham Thanks to Farmland Foods Alright Oh that's brilliant Thank you so much

What are you going to do with it? Eat it? Yeah exactly The hits The Jono and Ben podcast A friend of mine He purchased I spoke about it

About a year ago He purchased one of those things From the warehouse Those pools Sort of like a portable pool But they're a bit more Than your blow up Sort of pool He purchased, I spoke about it about a year ago, he purchased one of those things from the warehouse, those pools. Sort of like a portable pool. But they're a bit more than your blow-up sort of pool. There is kind of maintenance required for this big body of water.

So has it got some sort of filter system on it? Yeah, but his one broke down. And so what he ended up doing last summer was just hiffing buckets of chlorine in there. I did swim in it once. I felt like five layers of my skin peeled off. I came out five shades whiter. I was that bleached in the pool. But he's not an admin person.

And so I had been over a couple of times throughout the year. And then I'd slowly watch this thing transform from a pool into a swampy nature reserve. You know, during the winter months, a lot of schools will leave their pools to go toxic green. Too far gone, really, for a lot of people. Those throw them out, unfortunately, don't they? Throw the pools out. Well, those ones, those temporary ones, don't they?

He's not going to do that. No, good. His theory is that if he just chucks in plentiful amounts of chlorine, the pH levels will go back to what he wants. Well, yeah. I mean, remember the schools? You're right. They probably did that.

Remember, this is a kid diving in school pools and your eyes burning and all coming out. And you're like, oh, geez. So maybe that was their system. Yeah, because when you see those pools over the winter months, it looks like it's just a giant soup of, like, malaria and dengue fever and any water-based disease you could ask for. Yeah, but then somehow chlorine kills all, right? Yeah, chlorine's a bloody magic substance, isn't it?

Yeah. So there you go. Shout out to all the people who are having to deal with pools that they thought they would get in summer. Because we've had a rough year, weather-wise. Yeah. Had it all going on. Well, hopefully it's going to be a wee bit better over summer.

Shout out to the tadpoles who are about to lose their life as well. Yeah.