Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Is this the worlds worst Bridesmaid?

Episode Date: January 28, 2024

The guy who partied for four days with a bullet in his head. Megan's officially lost all her privacy! Jonos ode to Auckland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. There's a holiday for quite a lot of New Zealand, actually. Over half the country, isn't it? The Auckland anniversary, which everyone chimes in on, don't they? From Taupo North, basically. Yeah, up north as well, but not us. We're here today and no place is to be thought.

Just battling away. We'd rather be. Look at the cold face sitting in here. Just walking words into a microphone. Jeez, we're out here doing God's work, guys. There's no two ways about it. How was your weekends? All right, Megan?

It was uneventful for me. How about you, Meg? Same. It gets to Monday and you're like, what did I do? I can't even remember. Yeah. Ben?

How many activities over the weekend? I went to Hobbiton on Saturday. Wow. Did a J-trip to Hobbiton, which was cool, actually. But really, really cool. They've got a new Hobbit hole that you can kind of walk inside and go through and stuff. And they've done that really, really well. It's very cool, actually.

You and the girls have been watching Lord of the Rings, their first time watching that? Yeah, we spaced it out. It took them a while. They got really frustrated by the second movie. They were like, what was with that? Nothing happened. It was just like, yeah. But we got through the whole thing and and we saw Hobbiton so it was

cool do they let their feelings be known at Hobbiton or were you like oh we get your nasty thoughts about the films yourself no one can say anything about the second movie and Hobbiton as well but Peter Jackson's attention to detail was kind of crazy like there's a there's like a fake a huge fake tree that's totally fake they wouldn't know it was fake and they were like he got film students to hand paint all the leaves a different color. 300,000 leaves. And things like that. Just for the attention to detail and all the things.

Feels like he's just doing that because he can. Yeah. There was like apple. Students, what are you doing? Studying? Paint these leaves. Apple trees that are like wide plums because they need to be plum trees. Like fruit all through the tree.

Like it was like, jeez. Were they even on camera? Well, yeah. Sometimes they were like, this was on camera for three seconds. Yeah, I don't remember fruit trees. Yeah. So I did that Saturday. And then yesterday I went and saw the cliff diving, the Red Bull cliff diving,

which is incredible. 27 meters platform up the top. When you hear 27 meters, it doesn't sound that high. No. But I imagine when you see it. It is. And people just standing up there. It was windy.

It was raining. People were doing handstands up the top and then going into their dive. They're doing twists and turns. And it just goes quiet. Everyone goes quiet when they're up there. And here's a wee bit of audio of me and my daughter Sienna watching. Okay, Red Bull Cliff Dive. We're about to watch a guy jump 27 meters into the water, Sienna.

Everyone's quiet. Yeah, because everyone's probably really scared for him. I'm scared for him. It's a wash. Everyone goes silent too. Oh, my gosh. Jumping down, jumping down. Three flips and landing.

I think that was about 12 flips. It was 12. I think it was. He's spinning a lot. Oh, my gosh. He's OK. He's OK. Now we can make some noise.

I jumped off of like a three- Dive thing And when I was little And I belly flopped That's a long way And you're up next No thank you But this is the thing I love the bickering commentary No it was 12

No it was 4 Oh yeah it was 12 flips I was like mate I know it's radio But it definitely wasn't 12 flips But it is impressive But every dive They'd go quiet

And then you'd wait And then you'd wait For the person over the PA To go He's okay He's okay Did they literally say the person over the PA to go, he's okay. Did they literally say that? Every time, he's come up, he's okay, she's okay. Have we just watched someone die?

No, no. Good, okay, great. Because they hit the water at about 85 k's an hour, they were saying, which is incredible. Just the force on their body, they go straight to an ice bath afterwards after every jump because it's shock. Just shock on their muscles, yeah. Megangan's like why do people do this dangerous sports thought we always meant to give you wings it turns out it doesn't uh yeah but it was really spectacular very cool thing to happen over the weekend the hits the jonah and ben podcast and

there's a video that went viral on tiktok uh overseas of a lady whose car had caught a light the whole thing was destroyed the car yeah really really bad but um unfortunately no one was hurt and her she had like a portable stainless steel coffee sort of coffee tea mug it's called a stanley cup which confuses me megan because that's the same name as the ice hockey oh maybe that's what they're trying to play on. Yeah, so it's called the Stanley Cup. It's a portable stainless steel thing that you take around coffee and stuff in. But that was fine.

That was totally fine. That was the only thing. And it even had ice still inside. She had a cold drink inside. Still had ice inside from after the fire. Have a listen. Everybody's so concerned about if the Stanley spills. But what about the melt?

It was on a fire yesterday. It still has ice in it. So 84 million views that's had and counting. And yes, there's still ice inside after a fire inside the car. She seems pretty chill for a lady who's just hit her car boot. She does. To the ground. She's a bit more frazzled.

Probably quite happy though because the people that make the Stanley cups, they got in touch with her. They replaced her cup, which was lovely. And they also replaced her car, which was a lovely thing. And that got like 30-something million views as well. That's good PR. So many drink bottles on the market nowadays. Big buggers, too.

You know, like five-litre drink bottles. Frank Green's a big thing as well. That's a big popular one, right? And we're talking like these drink bottles, if you don't know, they're like 80, 90 bucks. They're very expensive. Someone's having a laugh in the drink bottle game, aren't they?

Literally, my kids are carrying around, it feels like bucket loads of water with drink bottles the size of, they can't even lift them so heavy nowadays. Gen Z is very serious about hydration. Very serious. Are they drinking them all though? Or are they just carrying them around?

Sometimes it's like a thing you just got to, oh, I've got to be seen with my Frank Green drink bottle. Are you drinking it or are you carrying it around? Sounds like conversations happen in the boys' household. Exactly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Taylor Swift is going to be in Australia in just a few weeks' time. And there was a guy from Pakistan who just broke a world record to do with Taylor Swift.

A couple of days ago, he correctly named 34 of her songs within one minute. So how it works is someone reads the first line of Taylor Swift's songs. And then he goes, oh, that's that song. And he doesn't know obviously know what song it's going to come oh so like a lyric the lyric okay the opening lyrics to a taylor swift song he did 34 in one minute he crushed the last record 27 songs studied for 13 weeks on it wow but it seems like almost almost an achievable because 50 taylor swift songs that's what they reckon the top 50 songs so it almost seems like An achievable lyric

Why has he wasted 13 weeks of his life on this? Was there a Payment option? I don't know if it's a payment But I guess he's a world record It's the third world record He owns

He's a world record guy Yeah So he holds Three world records I can see where this is going Well that's I'll test you guys quickly On a couple

I reckon you might get Some of these as well First one to get This Taylor Swift lyric, tell me the song, I Stay Out Too Late. I stay out too late. Shake it off. You guys have to sing it a little bit.

It was, of course, Shake It Off. This is going to get shouty. Okay. Yeah, this is going to get shouty. Hopefully our boss, Matt, is not listening to this. He doesn't like shouty radio. This one's a gimme, okay, because, baby, now we've got bad blood.

Bad blood. Joy, Joy. First lyric. It's always easy if she starts the song with what the song is. Can I just say you're really wasting a lot of time with this minute if we're trying to beat this guy's record. I'm not trying to beat the record. I'm just trying to see how you go.

Okay, I have this thing when I get older but just never want it. Anti-hero. Oh, well done, yes. Thank you. And let's go one more. Fever, dream high in the quiet of the night. It's funny you've got to do it. Got it.

Got it. Funny. Season that we're having at the moment. Oh, it's a cool summer. Yeah, there you go. So there you go. Swifties are like yelling at us. Sorry.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Our producer Taylor's coming. New year, new segments. So there you go Swifties are like Yelling at us Sorry The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Now producer Taylor's Coming New year New segments Raddy raddy ra This is clickbait headlines

Where Taylor reads out Three clickbait News stories And then We throw it to the vote As to what one You want to hear So these are actual stories

These are all Legitimate stories right Yeah None of my fake ones anymore You're not trying to Trip us up or anything i do love a clickbait one where they're like you won't believe where robert deniro parks his car now and then you click through 98 slides and it turns out he parks

the car in the garage and i do believe he would park it there but what do we got today mate all right student who thought he was hitting the by a rock actually had a bullet in his head and partied on for days. That's number one. Oh. That's interesting. Yeah. That's got me

intrigued. I would click for that. Okay. But surely you'd know that it was a bullet. Well I feel like he

just thought it was like a bruise because he said he thought it was hit by a rock. But there's a hole right? Like where it's gone in.

But you're partying though. I guess you're partying right? Yeah. It's only one way to find out more details guys. Yeah. No true. You're right? Like where it's gone at. But you're parting, though. I guess you're parting. Yeah, right. There's only one way to find out more details, guys. Yeah, no, true.

You're right. Yeah, it's intriguing. All right, number two. A list of indecent baby names have been banned in New Zealand, including the name Fanny. I read that story. I've read that. I'm not interested in that one.

I don't know why Fanny was banned because Fanny is an old school name. Yeah, it is. You do know why Fanny was banned. Wellanny's an old school name. Yeah, it is. You do know why Fanny was banned. Well, I do, given the connotations in 2024. But it was around. You're right. Yeah, and it's different. It means different things to different parts of the world. Yeah, different cultures.

Yeah. Okay, number three. Passenger trapped in an airplane bathroom for an entire flight gets a note from attendant saying, Sir, we tried our best. I think I want to hear about the guy on their head, the rock on their head, the bullet. So the bathroom one

again, what, are you trapped? So passenger trapped in airplane bathroom for entire flight gets note from attendant saying, sir, we tried our best. Sorry, can't get you out. So what happened when they landed? He's still there. Do you want to hear more of that one?

No, you'd like to know more. It's one or three, right? Yeah. Do you want to hear about Fanny and the other names that are banned? Okay, 4487. Or you can call 0800THEHITS as well if anyone is listening today.

What one do you want to hear? Let's write to the vote. Clickbait headlines. We've got the bullet in the head. We've got the band names. Or we've got, what was the third one? The passenger. Trapped in the bathroom. Oh, the bathroom and the toilet.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're in the middle of clickbait headlines. Producer Taylor came in and told us three actual news headlines. Just quickly, they are again. All right. Student who thought he was hitting in the head by a rock actually had a bullet in his head and partied on for days. Number two, a list of indecent baby names banned in New Zealand

has been released, including the name Fanny. And number three, passenger trapped in airplane bathroom for an entire flight gets note from attendant saying, Sir, we tried our best. Now, we all hope you stuck to the rules and didn't go and Google those stories yourself so you could find out the information and you played along with the format of the game. The votes have come in. The intrigue is out there from the nation.

They want to hear about the bullet in their head. Okay? Okay. So we're clicking on that one. Lock it in. Lock it in, please. So this story is wild. So it was a Brazilian medical student.

His name is Mateus. Lock it in. Lock it in, please. So this story is wild. So it was a Brazilian medical student. His name is Mateus. He was actually chilling on the beach with his friends and he felt something hit the back of his head and he thought someone had just thrown a rock in his head and it hit him and he felt the bruise and thought nothing of it because he didn't hear a gunshot because he was already kind of partying. He's in party mode. One of those people with the speakers at the beach

and the boomers get annoyed at him. Exactly. So he goes swimming for hours. He goes to a nightclub that night. This bender goes on for four days and it's not until he's driving 200 miles on the fourth day of the bender. Some would say that's even probably frowned upon.

Oh, yeah. Or somewhat, yeah. miles on the fourth day of the bender some would say that's even probably frowned upon his arm starts twitching and he's thought hang on what's going on here he decides to pull over have a nap wakes up feeling incredibly weak and then decides to go to the hospital to which they find a bullet lodged right in the middle of his head like in his skull so it didn't go through the skull it was sitting inside like i don't know what oh well no dude that like in his skull. So it didn't go through the skull, it was sitting inside. Like, I don't know what that's in the skull. Yeah, surely that's into his brain. Yeah. Let's put that photo up on the Hits Breakfast Instagram.

Yes, yeah. Let's do that and you can see the x-ray there. You got a question, Megan? Time for questions, yes. Was there no blood? Well, because initially like it's gone in quite far when he put his hair. Yeah, see, look, there's blood. So there is blood but as you can see put his hair yeah I see so there is blood but as you can see his hair kind of like

covers and he's probably swimming and stuff as well exactly yeah what a heck of a party I know

so lesson learned like if you get shot in the head you can probably survive if you're on ecstasy four days of partying you're right then you might

just make it through yeah well producer Joel was saying Speaking of Four days on ecstasy You were saying You ploughed on Not quite a gunshot But an injury of some sort

True story I was down in Dunedin a few years ago And I tripped over With a sock on And I broke my toe And didn't realise for three days Kept the sock on And I was like this is very

painful and then got back to Auckland and had to cut the sock off and broken toe infected. You didn't take your socks off for three days? Three days? Shower for five days as well but that's not part of the story. Spare a thought for the medical team who had to deal with that. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Jono's internet wormhole. Okay like a runaway resident from the retirement village, I have been lost on the internet and got into a bit of a hole about covers, unexpected covers of popular songs. Now, not sort of talking like about a church choir doing whap or anything like that. Oh, I'd love to hear that.

There probably is a version of that out there. I imagine there's anything you want, but I picked three of my faves. The first one, 50 Cent, Indie Club. What does it sound like in Uzbekistan? Go shower, it's your birthday. We're going to party like it's your birthday. We're going to say Bacardi like it's your birthday. And you know we don't give a f*** not a birthday. I like it. It's very nice.

It's quite catchy. Find them in the club and in the mosque in Uzbekistan. Now, my humps, Black Eyed Peas, the lovely Lady Lumps, etc, etc. Have you ever heard Alanis Morissette's version She released a video With a video and everything No All that junk inside your trunk

Come on get get get get You drunk Get you love drunk off my arm What you gonna do with all that It sounds... I know she's singing, but she sounds sarcastic. She's making it very angsty. That's the last where I sit doing my humps.

And Britney Spears' Oops, I Did It Again. Take a listen. I've got to lose all my senses That is just so different from me again quite catchy yeah it's kind of the cool thing about music isn't it that you know you can take the same song and put it in another genre or someone can put their twist on it and it sounds just totally different and still just as cool just in that genre. The children of Bodum,

if you're interested in downloading the rest of their wonderful music. I think I'm okay. I think their oops is oops, I've stored another dead body under the house maybe. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Megan, what's going on?

You've lost the privacy in your household, have you? So I have an almost three-year-old in my house, and I know that a lot of people in relationships are okay with going to the bathroom in front of their partners. In our house, we're not. So we often...

You're private bathroom people, are you? Yes. Me and my husband, we've never gone any one or two in front of each other. And if it is the latter, we'll go to the other end of the house, the other bathroom. And you're like, I'm just going to the bathroom,

just need some time. And then like, so we don't know when each other are going. We keep that very private. You pretend you don't do ablutions. I don't. They're not a thing. I don't, never have. I don't fart, I never have in my life.

So keep that in mind. And my almost three-year-old was looking for me when I had gone to the other end of the house for my private time. And I could hear him coming. He was like, mommy, mommy, where are you? But I'd locked the door to the bathroom and I was down the other end. So I was like, I'm safe. Sitting in silence. Hiding.

Hiding from the terrors outside. I was like, the door's shut silence he will never find me and it's locked and so he starts wriggling the door handle he's found me horror movie right yeah it was mommy mommy and the door's going um and and i was like well it's locked it'll be fine but it's one of those little locks on the actual handle. Oh, yeah. So if you put the little, like, a knife in, you can turn it. Yes. Yeah. Which is great because they lock themselves in there all the time.

But did you know that if you wriggle it hard enough, it pops open? Oh, no. No. It seems like a flaw in the locking system. But anyway, what you want is a lock that is easily unlockable. My son's there going Mummy, mummy Opens the door just as my husband comes down

To say give mummy some privacy Opens the door And my husband's like G'day The whole family are there You lied, you told me you never did it And my son Turns around and he's like

Mummy's stinky this is just hello wow well to them it's just another room yeah where are you i'm in here oh great yeah pop in here yeah do you know what the weather's gonna be like today you're like well not right yeah but you're like can we talk about this in just a couple of minutes yeah my privacy gone in one moment. Yeah. Yeah. That's fun. Well, rest assured Ben won't be jiggling the lock in the bathrooms here at work. Thank you.

Why would you be in the women's bathroom? No, definitely not going to be in there. That's for sure. Producer Taylor's family in Australia, very open door policy when it comes to the laboratory. Oh, yeah. Open, isn't it? Your dad, like fully. All of us.

All of them. That's how we were brought up. Yeah, just the doors wide open. And you'll hold a conversation with someone else. Yeah, yeah. Normally, like, that's the only time where I can get my mum when she's not flustered doing other things. When she's on the toilet, I just walk in.

The dog's already in there, too. It's a whole thing. So you would poop while your dad, like, talking to your dad? Yeah. And my brother. Everyone. It floored us too, man. Yeah.

That's another level. That's another level. That's just another. Anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I've been talking a wee bit about cell phones this morning, how, you know, they're great, but also can be bad. Cell phone screen time, all those things call into question.

I like to call video calling into question this morning. The function of video calling. Face timing. Yeah, we FaceTime someone because, you know, to give a bit of a backstory, you know, we've been lucky enough to do media work for many years, you know, whether it's television or radio. And back in the day, you know,

when I was making TV shows and doing radio, we didn't have a producer tailor to organise guests. So a lot of guests you would have, you have to track down yourself, track down their numbers, give them a call, give them a text. And so that means that my phone now still has a whole lot of guests of people that,

prominent people in New Zealand, celebrities of people that I never text or never call, but their phone numbers lie in my phone. Oh, it's always your phone. They'd pop up on the New Year's honors list sometimes sometimes other people as well you know we're very big on tv shows throughout the time particularly back in the day and i got out of the shower on friday friday afternoon after going to the gym picked up my phone from the bench and i was doing some stuff as i was getting changed and then i just hear hello hello and i looked down and i was like oh dear

god say my phone in my hand dear god i am video calling someone who used to be i'm not going to say the person she used to be on telly did a lot of shows for many many years and bits and pieces i've never called her let alone video called her i'm looking at her face she's looking at my face fortunately just my face that's's all. Were you naked? No, I wasn't naked. I had a towel around my thing, but shirtless, shirtless. Provocative, provocative. It would have looked bad.

It would have looked bad. And I just panicked and hung up. Oh, no. I didn't know what to do. I can't, I can't. Actress. Then, then, I was like, oh, let's just leave that one. Then, a couple of months later, I get a text from that person going, did you want to call?

Did you mean to call? I saw you in your towel. I had to reply back going, no, I didn't mean to call. Ha-ha, video calling. And then we had a bit of a back and forth about how's things with you? Oh, good with you. Just to kind of smooth things over. And I went, oh, well, I'll probably try not to video call you ever again.

Have yourself a great day. They're all good. But just one of those things, oh, well, I'll probably try not to video call you ever again. Have yourself a great day. They're all good. But just one of those things, you're like, why is that function not our, like, are you sure you want to go there situation? I don't know how I hit it, but I must have hit it. Why don't you want to name them? I don't know. I just kind of feel like it was a bit awkward for that person and a bit awkward for me. It's like it's inappropriate.

Okay. On a scale of You know The bald guy Who sells the letters On the infomercials To Taika Where are we sitting On the scale of fame Oh we're not

Now you're definitely Going to know The person now That's for sure They're definitely like Rank them Rank them They're not the bald guy

On the ladder They're not the ladder guy Do they reside In New Zealand At the moment Yeah yeah They do reside In New Zealand Have Do they reside in New Zealand at the moment? Yeah, yeah, they do reside in New Zealand. Have they got a show on TV at the moment?

Not currently at the moment. No, not as far as I know. But hey, I could have had that conversation as well. You were saying you had an awkward moment as well, FaceTime, and just to us as I was talking about it. So as you, on Instagram, you can click the little video call function up the top right for some people. So I was DM, this is someone I don't actually, well, I've never met in person, but listened to me on the radio.

So I was replying to a message, but I was in the bar. Oh, hello. Already risky business because I didn't want to drop my phone. But I was replying to this person and I don't know, somehow hit the video call of this person. And I'm frantically trying to turn it off. Very in touch with their fans, Megan. Thank you for listening.

Are we barf heathers? A personal flavour. Did he answer? It was a female. Oh, she answered. Did she answer? No, because you know how it would come up with the video so I got a shot of it, but

they didn't actually connect through Megan was to FaceTime the hits the Jono and Ben podcast uh now Megan are you uh coming to the floor with a new part of the program it's called DMs Dear Megan's now these are messages that you receive on social media um and we'll read some of them out on air if not megan might even video call you from her bar to say thanks for messaging no i often get messages um but this one seemed like uh one i could bring to the table for plus i didn't feel comfortable replying myself i'll explain why soon but this is a message from um someone that's messaged me on instagram hi guys i've got a major dilemma and I'm genuinely trying

to figure out what the right thing to do is. It was my birthday recently and somehow my partner has managed to get me tickets to Taylor Swift in Australia. I'm the biggest Taylor fan and I was so happy I cried but then I realized the tickets he got me are for the Saturday Sydney show which is the same day as my good friend's wedding of which I am a bridesmaid. I would never usually consider it but we all know how hard these tickets are to get and this show is a once in a lifetime thing. My friend loves Taylor too but she's of but she obviously can't go because she's getting married and maybe she would understand do you think there is any world in which I can go to the Taylor Swift concert people would give their left arm to go and now I have the tickets but I'm not sure if I'm a terrible

person for choosing the concert over my friend what would you do there is a world and it's my world go spread your wings why wouldn't you it's not like oh it's tough it. Go. Spread your wings. Why wouldn't you? It's not like... Oh, it's tough. It is tough, though. It is. Yeah. You're giving... What is it?

When's the concert? It's the end of Feb? The Saturday show, that's the 25th of Feb, right? 25th of Feb. So you're giving her a few weeks to get over the hurt and devastation and dump you as a friend

and find a new best friend. She's a bridesmaid, so that means she's... Yeah, that's the thing for me. She's top level. Like, if you were just a wedding guest You probably could potentially do it But also I don't know Like is there five bridesmaids

You know That would soften the blow As opposed to just two But it's Taylor Swift You know Yeah This might be her last tour It might be the last bit

There will never be another Eris tour Your friend could How healthy is the relationship Is the marriage going to last Well that's what I was There will only be another errors tour Your friend could How healthy is the relationship? Is the marriage going to last? There will only be one errors tour But for me I've had two weddings So you know I'll get you on the next one

I'll be right there mate You'll be there for my next husband Okay put this in perspective Your first wedding If your head bridesmaid said Listen Taylor Swift's on I've got to go What would you do?

I would cut her Yeah you'd be hurt I reckon you would be hurt if you're in that situation wouldn't you? Yeah I mean there is going to be another Taylor tour

Maybe she brings it up and goes oh my partner he bought me tickets to the thing it's the same day as your wedding and just leave it like that and then let the person go

oh yeah you could you could go if you want or and if they're like oh no you wouldn't ditch me and you're like no I wouldn't

of course I was just saying how stupid it was that he's a cheater. Test the waters. The other thing, too, is the wedding day. It's not about the bridesmaids. It's about the bride. So if a bridesmaid's missing, it's like turning up to a Destiny Child reunion.

And they're like, oh, sorry, Kelly and the other one have got gastro. And you're like, well, that's fine. Poor Michelle. Beyonce's still there. That's who we came to see. You know, they've come to see the bride. I know, but you're supporting the bride as her friend. Okay.

Oh, 100 of the hits. 4, 4, 8, 7. Are we going to, because it's Taylor Swift related, we're going to do something that, because it's holiday, we're going to chuck our favorite call with a bit of advice in the drawer to see Taylor Swift. Okay. Oh, 800 of the hits. What would you do?

4, 4, 8, 7. Are you ditching the wedding for Taylor Swift or are you going to stay loyal like a decent human being? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Hits, and actually on 0800THEHITS, for our favourite call right now, to help out someone in need, we might chuck someone in the drawer for Taylor Swift.

Megan, you got a DM? Who, this person will remain anonymous. I have got her permission to read this, so hopefully it's not too obvious who it is. But she got given tickets to Taylor Swift's show on the Saturday show in Sydney from her husband for her birthday. But then she realised it's the same day as her friend's wedding and she is a bridesmaid.

She wants to know if she can ditch the wedding to go to Taylor Swift. Same day, David. I presume that's his name. That's what she said at the end of it. A torrent of feedback coming through on this one, Megan. Okay. You're all mad. 80% of the wedding is basically for the guests.

If she's been friends for 10 years, she can't dump the wedding. Reads one text. We'll go to Susie in Hellensville. Welcome, Susie. Hi there. Thoughts, feelings, aspirations. My best friend knows how much

of a Taylor Swift fan I am and she would totally understand and she would never ditch our friendship for anything under the sun. So wait, you're saying she would understand if you ditched or? She would understand if you ditched? She would understand if I ditched, totally She knows how much I would love to go to Taylor Swift

and she would totally understand Our friendship is more solid than that Great text coming through here as well The wedding of Taylor Swift It's undeniable, Taylor Swift Really? Yeah, it's interesting. I would have thought a lot of, you know.

I thought this was a no-brainer, but there's quite a few texts saying that they would go to Taylor Swift. But these people aren't in the situation. Yeah, you're right. It's easy to say, go to Taylor Swift. Stella, welcome to New Zealanders Breakfast. How are you? Good, thank you.

How are you? We're doing well. You sound like Taylor Swift all day. Are you going to ditch your friend's wedding? I have to be honest, I'm going to be the bad friend here. But I think I would have to maybe say that she might have to accidentally come down with some kind of food poisoning or something just before. But there'd have to be absolutely no Instagram posting. So sneak around and

lie. Great option. If there's no Insta stories, did you even go to the Euras tour, though? True. Very true. That's an option. That's a big play. Big play to get away with that one. Enya on from Invercargill.

Are you staying at the wedding or are you going to Taylor Swift if you're this lady? Look, I'm a huge fan as well but I would first of all try and trade the tickets with a friend or, I'm not sure if the listener is listening, but there's heaps

of amazing Facebook groups that are orchestrating trades and if you need to know a safe one, feel free to message me. But yeah, I think it's your best friend. Well, one of your best friends. You've obviously made the cut to be a bridesmaid.

So the first step before doing anything else is I'll try and get tickets on a different night first and then go from there. That's a great play. Sensible call. I like the lying one sneaking around one, personally. Yeah, that's good. Debbie, you're on from Timaru. Welcome. Hi, how are you? Good. Did this

happen to you? No, it hasn't. What would you do if it did? Well, the decision really isn't hard. It's Taylor Swift. I'll go to Taylor Swift. Unapologetically. Over being a bridesmaid. If the friend would understand.

I would. If they're real friends. Well, promise me when you're telling your friend you can't go, don't say the decision wasn't hard. Look, it wasn't hard. Look at all of this stuff. Here's a text here. This is who i thought we were talking to then basically i would go to the concert i want to meet and greet to taylor swift's red tour to meet and greet taylor greeting and meeting the

great lady uh however it was my husband's best friend wedding on the same night. I had to hand the tickets away. The couple got divorced last year. That's something to take away. You know, divorce is always lingering, isn't it? Yeah. I mean, in theory, there's only one wedding, but I'm the proof that that's not always the case. So do we have, like, let's give an answer to this person?

To be honest, I think most people are for going to Taylor. I know. I reckon trade the tickets is the sensible way. Give that a crack first. Try that first before you get into any awkward situations. Who was the person that said trade the tickets? We'll chuck them in the drawer. Enya.

We'll chuck Enya in the drawer to see Taylor Swift live in Australia. Good on you, Enya. Your chance to win. Oh, you're still there. She's still there, mate. She's listening to everything you're saying. Oh, hi, Enya. chance to win Thank you so much Oh thank Oh you're still there She's still there mate She's listening to everything you're saying Oh hi Enya Hanging off every word

The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast And Ben What we like to do Every Auckland anniversary Is an ode To the great city And the good thing is

Auckland You bully the big You bully the big person Don't you That's why we all bully celebrities They don't have feelings, they can't get hurt That used to be the theory, right? Until everyone went oh no, actually celebrities are real people

don't do that and yeah, a lot of people had some mental health issues and things and things went wrong, you went oh you can hurt their feelings but that doesn't stand true for Auckland on this day and now Gary McCormick is out of the breakfast radio market

He has left a gap for poetry from old men So I'll be happily filling that gap Thank you very much It's your thing now, is it? It's my thing, poetry Okay, so this is an ode to Auckland Do you want some music or something? No, I was debating about music

What do you think? I don't know, I haven't heard the ode I don't know if it's appropriate No, we'll go cold. We'll go cold. Okay. We'll put music on. Why not?

Tāmaki Makaurau, the city of Auckland. They call you Jaffas from the city of Dorkland. With your unaffordable housing and high per capita of gangs, road raging motorists pull middle fingers from hands. Your grumpy mayor, tennis fan Wayne Brown, you can get shanked or punched in your downtown. The

fans at Mount Smart scream up the wars and it costs $300 to park your cars your hypodermic needle the giant sky tower and Sitting in your traffic for five hours the city where you think you're better than the rest your amateur chemists working the myth labs in the West Coffee orders of coconut oat mocha milk free cappuccinos You can leave your kids in the car at the casino. Your empty Eden Park for the Auckland Blues.

Your beaches contaminated with lots of poos. The police helicopter chases ram raiders all night. Your basketball team, the Breakers, go all right. Your harbour bridge that shuts when a bit of wind blows. The wankers from Ponsonby in their designer clothes. Your population of 1.7 million. Your gross domestic product of 126 billion. We love all of your money laundering barbers. They moan about the overrun ferries on your harbours.

Auckland, we actually think you're a real cracker. Now go and have a swim in some faecal matter. Do you like the last line? Just to make myself feel better about bullying Auckland there. We actually think you're a real cracker. Now go and have a swim in some faecal matter. There you go. Do you like the last line? Just to make myself feel better about bullying Auckland now. I'll have it. You're a real cracker. You love it.

It's not defamatory if it's true. It's all pretty factual. There you go. You couldn't do that to Nelson. See, they'd be punching down if you did that to Nelson. Yeah, right.