Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono's Dangerous Act With A Vacuum

Episode Date: September 5, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Clive, Jono, you came in this morning, you're like, oh, it feels like Thursday. It does. It's not, it's Wednesday. No, no. I even woke up this morning going, oh, great, Thursday. And then you're like, cast that seed of doubt in your head and you look at your phone and

that's a grim moment when you're a day off where you think you are. Yeah, well, you're right, when you're like, we where you think you are. Yeah, you're right. We've still got to do Wednesday before we get to Thursday. Text 34487, did you feel like it was a Thursday when you woke up this morning? Did you feel like that, Joel? Yep. Producer Taylor and I were saying the exact same thing when we were walking over this morning. We had a big night at the Warriors function the other night.

Yeah, I feel like it happens if you have a big thing earlier in the week. Sometimes it feels like. It really slows the wheels on the week. Yeah, it feels like you get a bit thing earlier in the week. You're right. Sometimes it feels like. It really slows the wheels in the week. Yeah, it feels like you get a bit tired earlier. Last night I actually made sushi for the first time at home. One of my daughters had learned about it at school. A Japanese teacher was teaching them how to do it. So she was like, hey, when you go to the supermarket, this was a couple of days ago, can you buy some stuff

and we'll make sushi as a family activity? I was like, hey, that sounds fun. No, first thing I'm hearing, it sounds stressful to me. There's a lot going on. I see that guy next door here to work. and we'll make sushi as a family activity it was it was i was like that sounds fun so yeah no first thing i'm here it sounds stressful to me there's a lot going on i see that guy next door here to work yeah he's bloody he's in here really hey four in the morning the guy is rolling up sushi yeah but he's not just making for four people he's probably but he is he's just kicking him very early shocking business model yeah so it was yes i had to get all these ingredients but then when we went to do it last night there was all these questions for my daughter who'd made sushi before going oh hey

where's the the bamboo mat that you need to roll them up and i'm like you didn't mention something about that like well we had that at school but i don't know about that so i had to how did you think you were going to make sushi just with your hands i don't know i was just like hey i'll get the ingredients you tell me to do yeah so which i did And then I'm like, oh, I'll work back at the supermarket. Came back from that again. And then she was like, oh, no, these avocados, they're not. And I'm like. So I ate twice.

I had to go back to the supermarket. It sounded like a stressful activity. The supermarket that was next to a sushi shop, St. Pierre's, was right there. I'm like, it's right there. It's right there. I could have gone to St. Pierre's and gone. I could get the sushi value of the day right now.

It saves us a lot of time and stress. In all honesty, it was actually really fun when we got all the ingredients together, and now we are sorted. If you want sushi, well, I need to buy some more sushi rice, because we use most of it. I do, I want sushi. But if you want it, I can make sushi now. How long does it take you to roll up a roll of sushi?

Because you've got to boil the rice? Yeah, it's probably once the rice is all done, and it's not too long to put it together to eating. It actually doesn't take too long to put it together to eating. It actually doesn't take too long once you're set up for all the sushi paraphernalia. I imagine there was a lot of admin to get to that point. To get there. Now we're there. Now we're there.

But I didn't realize how far it was going to take to get there. Do you think it's going to be like my many massage appliances I've purchased? That you've come in here like, look, I'm set up to make sushi. We're going to make sushi every week. And then you're like, I haven't massaged. I haven't used my massage gun in nine months. I haven't gunned my muscles in about a year, pretty much. Well, the good thing is the sushi mat, the bamboo mats,

they're $3 for rolling. So it's not like, it wasn't a huge investment. I haven't paid whatever. I don't know why. Don't tell me what you pay for the massage gun. I don't know. I wouldn't even make what I pay. Well, here's what we should do.

You should make your sushi and we should take it to the guy next door do a live taste testing see what he thinks and get some advice because I'm sure there's stuff that

they do like I would taste it and I was like oh that's good but it didn't taste as good as the ones that you buy elsewhere so there's probably

stuff that we're doing wrong it's a bloody delicious food isn't it yeah really it's like a Japanese sandwich

essentially the ends of it I found quite hard when you roll it up and you cut the ends because the ends kind of just fall apart so you kind of sacrifice the ends of the sushi so again i'd love to know how to do that so maybe we'll take it to the guy next door great cuisine japanese isn't it yeah it's lovely they tell you what you go over there some places you can get raw chicken i think they serve raw chicken like little slices how they cut up their fish they do the same with raw chicken. I do feel like that's...

Would you do that? I don't know. I don't know. I mean, obviously they feel confident. 50-50 on this one, guys, but there we go. Give this a bash, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, and great claim to fame from Nathan's grandfather.

Every family's kind of got their claim to fame, don't they? There's only one person in the entire bloodline who must have achieved something of some significance along the way. But he was saying that his, I just said, oh, do you come from a musical family given the amount of instruments you play? And he's like, well, my grandfather, incredibly musical, very accomplished jazz musician,

wrote a number of famous pieces of music, but the most famous, the Goodnight Kiwi song. Oh, wow. Now, this was from a time, Joel, where they used to turn the TV station off at what time? Like 11 o'clock? Yeah, it wasn't even like midnight sometimes. It was like, oh, TV's done for the day.

We've run out of TV programmes that we can play. I don't know how to keep things going during the night. We're just going to have to turn TV off until tomorrow. They couldn't even put on an infomercial with some ab mat that would electric shock your abs into submission. So it would have the Kiwi,

an animated Kiwi and the cat going up the TV tower and going to sleep up the top there. This would play. And if you're a kid watching this, you're like, geez, I'm up late. TV is in. TV's done. It's done for the day.

But I thought that was a great claim to fame. He wrote that music. When you said it before, I was like, I don't know what that music is. But as soon as I heard it, I'm like, yeah, I know that piece. And your family, when you pass, will'm like, yeah, that's, I know that piece. Yeah. Uh, and your, I mean, your family, when you pass, will be like, your grandchildren,

Ben Boyce, they'll be like, my granddad wrote the Show Us Your Crack jingles. That's true. Oh, Novus. Show Us Your Crack.

Oh, Novus. Show Us Your Crack. Okay, Novus, let's just feel your crackin'. Show Us Your Crack. Oh,

Novus. Yes, yes. I don't know if that will be quite as regarded, we're told. But hey, it still took a second round, so proud to be part of that. So this is what we wanted to do. Oh, 800 the hits.

4487 is the text this morning for New Zealand's Breakfast. What is your claim to fame? Your family claim to fame, I guess. Yeah. My wife, I was thinking before she her uncle and her granddad both all blacks which is pretty cool on her side

she's got that my grandparents their birthdays were on the same day and they'd get free valentines meals that's their claim that's their claim

but they worked it out breakfast they worked out places in Christchurch I think the casino offered like one meal for free on your birthday there was a valentine

there was three options throughout the day that they would head to, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, sort of. Oh, so they'd go around the whole of Canterbury just rinsing places for their year. On their birthday. One day a year they'd turn up with their ID because people wouldn't believe them. There we go. Good to go. That's when they initiated the worth one paying customer policy probably.

Yeah, exactly. Thanks to your grandparents. Exactly. They weren't happy about that. They were howling when that came in what do you mean we're paying customers it's our birthday

and then the rest of us were like just because you were born on the same day doesn't mean we have to buy your meal okay what is your family's

claim to fame the hits the Jono and Ben podcast if I can share a personal one I just remembered one my grandad John

my dad his his father, built the bloody Harbour Bridge, mate. Built the Harbour Bridge. Did he? Yeah. Did he? Not by himself. I feel like you've just made this one up.

There's a couple of them. I feel like you've just made this one up. Why would I make that up? I feel like I've not, just out of nowhere. Oh, yeah, that's right. We've driven over the Harbour Bridge many times. Even once gone. Oh, there's a family.

You know my family? Oh. Every time we talk about the Harbour Bridge many times. You've once gone. Oh, there's a family. You know my family? Every time we talk about the Harbour Bridge, oh, we can't drive over it today because it's a bit windy. You haven't gone near my... Yeah, because I don't want to besmirch the good name of my family. I feel like, yeah, it's... Anyway, let's go. He maybe could have built a stronger bridge.

But no, listen... Build a bridge and get over it. All right. And he did. He listened. He listened. Well, in a more appropriate time, I'll get my dad on to back my claims up. Ryan, how are you?

Ryan, do you believe my granddad built the Harbour Bridge? Well, I can't beat that one. Can't beat it. Can't beat that one. I'm coming too hot. He probably drove over the Harbour Bridge, but anyway. What's your family's fame claim there, Ryan? My family's claim to fame, believe it or not,

my mother-in-law is cousins to Sir Paul McCartney. So you've got a connection to Sir Paul McCartney? Yep, my mother-in-law. Wow. Yeah, cousins to Sir Paul McCartney, yep. And have they met at a family reunion or anything like that? I presume so, when they used to live in theney, yeah. And have they met at a family reunion or anything like that? Presumed so. And they used to live in the UK, yeah.

Wow. That's pretty cool. That is great. Do you get any free Beatles merch? No. Are you at the stage that if Paul McCartney ever came to New Zealand, you would be able to wrangle tickets? I'm sure we could be able to.

Yeah, wow. That's pretty awesome. That's very impressive. And what did she say? You guys will probably get more called pool than I would. No, no, we've got no pool, mate. We're a couple of pullers,

but we've got no pool. That's very cool. Do you, I had a really good question. Oh, what did she say Paul McCartney was like? She would obviously have met him multiple times.

Yeah, a really dancef, really fantastic gentleman. So, yeah. He does seem like a lovely guy, doesn't he? He does, yeah. He does, yeah. Tell you what, Kevin Boyce, your dad, would love to meet Paul McCartney. Oh, he's like one of his heroes. He would try and, because your dad's got 100 songs in his repertoire on his guitar.

Him and McCartney, they'd be going for days, mate. Just keep playing and playing. It'd be a banger bender. Yeah. Goodartney, they'd be going for days, mate. Just keep playing. It'd be a banger bender. Good on you, Ryan. Really appreciate your call, mate. No problem, guys. You have a good night. Thanks for a wonderful show. Thanks for listening, mate. Do appreciate it. Amber, you're on. Welcome. Your family's fame claim

involves Katy Perry on a farm in Raglan. We live on a farm and there's a walking track. And what happened was my partner went down the road, and he saw this lady, and he's like, oh, she was just wearing all this matching track suit on and looked really out of place, obviously,

because we're out in the country. You're like, no one matches their clothes out here. It's a swan dry and stubby shorts. Or probably wearing like platform sneakers and stuff like that. Yeah. So he'd gone past and she was walking with another lady and some kind of like dude that looked like a bodyguard dude. Yeah.

He was like, that's like not usual. So he'd gone past a couple of times and then someone had said she'd been seen in Raglan as well and the girls like put two and two together and they're like oh my god that must have been Katy Perry wandering along beside your

farm Katy Perry looked like but then we showed him pictures and he was like oh my god I think that was her there we go, Katy Perry looked like But then we showed him pictures And he was like Oh my god I think that was her Wow There we go Katy Perry Wandering around the back blocks of Raglan

In your farm That is a great claim to fame Katy Perry's never wandered around my house No No No you're right And probably never will Either of our houses

But you have That's cool Was it a Would you say it was a teenage dream Or a teenage dream or a teenage nightmare to have katie perry on your property i'm not a teenager you're not a teenager yeah no that was kind of a trying to see what you're trying to do put a katie perry song into the the question there yeah yeah the hits the jonathan ben podcast now two of the most common accusations

in the prior household if anything goes missing is did you throw it? This is towards me. Right. Did you throw it out or did you suck it up in the vacuum cleaner? Those are two of the most common things. I know you get accused of, because you like to just sweep things up into piles and put them away into cupboards, don't you? Yes, out of sight, out of mind, but sometimes that's not good with bill paying in the household. My wife will be like, oh, this has been cut off with the bill.

It's not out of mind Of the debt collectors Yeah Still in their minds Front of mind But for me I've just put it in piles And I put it away It's not out of mind

For a while I feel like I give enough time For it to be done Someone must have sorted this out And then I'm like Alright It's gotta go It's gotta go

So I'll pack it I love that you don't check If it's been paid though That's great I put it in the area For everybody And they're like It's gone now But yeah Every time'll package it. I love that you don't check if it's been paid, though. That's great. I'll put it in the area for everybody, and they're like, it's gone now. But yeah, every time I get accused of like, did you throw it out or did you vacuum it up? 100% of the time I'm like, no. But 100% of the time I'm guilty.

Right. And it, I think, has happened again. When I vacuum, I'm like Vin Diesel. Go fast and furious with the old vacuum cleaner. Because it's a chore that no one really thoroughly enjoys doing. So the quicker you can get it done, the better. But in doing so, when you're just going at it, stuff falls victim to the vacuum cleaner, doesn't it?

You're right. Sometimes you hear that noise of something, you're like, ooh, that didn't sound like a bit of fluff. But it's quite a satisfying sound too. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. I'm sure it'll be something, a little pebble or something that's in the house. It'll be all fine.

Why are there pebbles in the house? Something, yeah. Oh, well, I had the exact moment because last night a call rings out from Jennifer. Anyone seen my ring? And I'm like, nope. Oh, like an earring. Oh, earring. Yeah, earring, sorry.

And I vehemently denied all knowledge of this as i do every time yeah um but then sometimes too if they're like did you throw it out i'm like no then i go and sneakily look in the recycling bin and then i if i find the item i'll be like oh look it was under here yeah put it under the couch yeah just and it's just to try and keep keep credibility after the house that i'm not just the idiot over here this is where it is yeah but yeah uh as she said that i was like no and then i cast my mind back to the weekend and i definitely did hear a ding ding ding ding ding up the tubes yeah so i don't know how i play it from here but also your suggestion wow do you know for sure you

need to probably check that you know i think the play that you've talked about is the best play. 4487, actually, if you can help Jono out. But I think go back there, find it, and then put it somewhere. Just place it somewhere. You're an idiot. You left it in the box the whole time. How hard did you look? Yeah, put it back on there.

So you're saying go home and have a good old search mission. Yeah. Get them doubting. Get other people doubting. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. What do they call that? Gaslighting. Yeah, that's a good way to run your family.

Gaslight your family. Keep them guessing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we could be sending you and your family. We've got two trips that we could be winning to Rarotonga, Cook Island, staying at the Edgewater Resort. There's five nights, transfers, breakfast, swimming with turtles, the whole thing.

How amazing would that be? But it's all down to us escaping from an escape room on Friday. We're going to be doing the show live there, and we will need your help because yesterday we tried to do some riddles, Jono, and we just couldn't do them. Yeah. The problem is with riddles too is when you hear them, you're all inside your head. And then is when you hear them, you're all

inside your head and then when you hear the answer you're like I am a bonafide idiot because there's always the simplest answer. But you've just got to put your mind thinking laterally. I don't know, is that the way you need your mind thinking? I think so. Whatever we're doing, we're not doing it correct.

So producer Taylor is back with us right now. She's going to say a riddle and we'll try and see if we can nail this one. If we can't, we're not doing it correct. So Producer Taylor is back with us right now. She's going to say a riddle, and we'll try and see if we can nail this one. If we can't, we'll put it out to you guys to help us out, which you can do on Friday. Yeah, we're going to call her the Riddler. Was that Batman's nemesis, the Riddler? It was one of his nemesis, yeah. He had a lot of nemesises, didn't he?

He did. He really has. Sometimes you think, well, was it more Batman than the other people? Maybe it was. You know, there's one common thread here. And, I mean, the guy's trying to save Gotham City city batman and the other guys like hey well while you're doing that i've got a riddle for you i am under the pump that's what we're doing right now all right taylor what we got all right the person who makes me and the person who buys me have no use for me

and the person who uses me never sees or feels me what am i okay so what we're radio hosts so we like to repeat it again because that buys us some thinking time the person who makes me and the person who buys me have no use for me and the person who uses me never sees or feels me oh text three four four i'm more lost than we were yesterday yeah i raised it up a bar because you used to doing the escape room on friday so we's are we's are mate get your stuff together boys oh my goodness but we can't this is why we need your help on Friday Because we I think we need to continue this on as a segment two

Until we actually get a riddle correct I think so Because we're so like So the person who makes me And the person who uses me Yeah Or buys me They have no use for me

No use for me Well why is the person buying it if they've got no Mate Think outside the box That was a clue I'm trying to That was a clue a box no it's not a coffin maker oh thank you for your a coffin no a coffin the answer was a coffin yeah great one bid it's the person that makes me he makes me well because you you said box. I wouldn't have got it. Okay.

Yeah, do you get it? Do you need it? You don't know. The coffin maker dies. Then he's going to need, or she, is going to need, or they, is going to need the coffin. All right. One more, then it's right up to you on 100 of the hats. This is a goodie.

My buddies and I were inseparable mates until one by one we were split. My teacher then gave me a smack on the head so off in the corner I sat. What am I? We're heading to an escape room on Friday for the whole show. We're trying to get out before the show ends and if we do we've got two trips, two family trips to give away to Rarotongo to the Cook Islands.

That's eight people going to Rarotongo. But now we are going to be online on socials on Friday, so you can help us out in the escape room. That would be much appreciated because at the moment in our warm-up prelims, we are having a hard time just nailing simple riddles that the riddler, we're calling her Producer Taylor, is bringing to the party. And Ben, you think you might have this one? Oh, well, maybe.

Maybe. I just thought that I have a theory on it, but I might be wrong. So I said it to you before while the song was playing, but you were very good at poker face and not giving me any response. Yeah, because you were probably wrong. Let's get Tony. Tony, you're on from Christchurch. You want to have a word with the riddler?

Morning, boys. How are you? Yeah, we're doing really, really well, Tony, you're on from Christchurch. You want to have a word with the Riddler? Morning, boys. How are you? Yeah, we're doing really, really well, Tony. We'll just get Taylor to repeat the riddle. My buddies and I were inseparable mates until one by one we were split. My teacher then gave me a smack on the head, so off in the corner I sat. What am I? I reckon you might be a stapler, would you be?

Yes, you are correct. Oh, I did say that as long as it's on. I did, yeah. You were thinking stapler. I was thinking stapler because you get smacked on the head with the stapler and the staples all come together and they get split off. And then that could be in the office. It could be anywhere.

And why in the corner? Why in the corner? Put it in the drawer? That kind of threw me a little bit. Sorry, I'm just getting angry because I didn't get the answer. Why is the teacher keep the same? Why am I getting all salty? Mate, Ben's two from two at the moment.

You better step up. Keep going until Jono gets one. That's going to be the theme of the escape room. Okay, well, well done, Tony. We're going to hook you up with some help. Let's do one more real quickly. I know, 100, the hits. What can run but never walk, have a mouth but never talk,

have a head that never weeps, and a bed that never sleeps? Oh, God. Run, but never walk. What runs? Water? Is it water bed? You're close. Water. You're very close.

Very close. So water runs. We'll go through the next thing. But never walk. Have a mouth, but never talk. Have a head that never weeps. Lake! And you're close.

River! Yeah! That's my dog. He's got it. He's got one. Sorry, I'm getting quite aggressive. Sorry. That was great.

I don't mean to, like, shout at you. 7.30 in the morning. Friday, it's happened. The escape. We're all feeling better. I'm feeling better I'm feeling better We're warming up maybe I think there was a bit of

A low hanging fruit one You just gave me too Just to make me feel better About life Well done The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Do you have those times

Where you know Particularly as an adult And as a parent That you know You shouldn't laugh But it You just You end up doing

it and you're not I like what sometimes when kids hurt themselves sometimes you always send me videos of kids hurting themselves an account called kids kids hurting themselves I don't enjoy as much as kids falling off slides getting balls in the faces I don't like that but it happened the other night and I I shouldn't it was like came from a lovely a lovely moment actually um my daughter sienna's been uh gotten to the a team for netball this year really enjoying a netball uh training hard throughout the season they had an end of year wrap-up party over the weekend an activity and then they had a dinner and she had something on she couldn't go to the dinner but went to the activity and then she came home last

night and she was like oh at the dinner they had a prize giving and i won most improved uh which we're like that's awesome and we're like congratulations lovely moment proud of you and then her sister indy a couple years later goes well hang on does that mean you sucked at the start of the year and you got slightly better by the end of it and i shouldn't't have laughed, but geez, I found that funny. And that moment is just like, that's quick. That's quick, yeah. That's quick. I had a couple of most improved, and that is exactly what they mean. Yeah.

You were dragging the chain, but you got a little bit better. And then once you laugh, you're like, well, no, it doesn't, because we don't think that, you're obviously good enough to get into the 80s. We're proud of you. That moment had gone. That moment had passed as a parent, that moment, that proud moment that I hope that she'd go away Feeling that feeling

She just ended up With everyone laughing And saying Oh you sucked At the start of the year Which she didn't If she's listening to this right now She didn't

But it was one of those times Don't try and make it better now mate As a parent I'm like Oh I shouldn't have laughed The only thing Laura is a certificate Of participation

Don't double down on it. I know what school she goes to. There's thousands of students. So getting in the A team is amazing. I'm trying to pull a bank now. It's too late now. I'm trying. See, I didn't mean that.

It's just Radio Bender, mate. We laughed. No one has hurt feelings with Radio Bender. Now, I want to play a new game. I'm going to try it, Ben. It might not work. That's why we can have... It's definitely not going to work if that random audio starts playing

because it's a Joel, mate. Is that part of the game? Yeah, he's trying to sabotage the game already from the get-go. So 0800 The Hits, you can join him. Okay. It's called Unseen Screen. Right. So stuff I've seen on television, play you audio okay and you've got to

try and figure out what the show is i like it okay you like that you like the concept yeah so uh i'll give you a clue you and i don't feature in any of these television clips i'm not surprised so don't think it's going to be anything that we've produced. Sometimes I forget that we've done some stuff too. Someone will go, oh, that thing you did. And you're like, oh, vaguely remember. But here is the audio. Oh, 800 the hits if you think you know what this could be from. Looks like it's okay. Just from the feel of it, like I can feel it's a little bit lumpy.

I can hear the sounds of the crunch as i'm doing it so it doesn't feel and it doesn't sound right there's a little inconsistent fold within this so it looks like we've got some brownie little substance in there so what are you thinking what are you thinking ben boys are you thinking, Ben boys? I'm thinking maybe this is the audio from your medical day. Yeah, the other day. And you're confused. He's a little bit lumpy. I recorded the...

A little bit crunchy. I recorded the doctor. There's some brown substance in there. Yeah. Oh, 800 of the hits. We have held Pete's drop for grabs. It did sound quite medical-like at the top. And then I was like, oh, mate. Oh, 800 of the hits. We have hell pizza up for grabs. It did sound quite medical-like at the top, and then I was like, oh, mate.

Oh, I don't know. The phones are blowing up. Aidan. Aidan, you're on from Invercargill. How are you? I'm good. It's Adam. How are you?

Oh, Adam. Sorry, Adam. You're in Invercargill. I am. What do you think the show is? It was Border Patrol, wasn't it? Let's have a listen. There we go.

We have 1,980 grams of MDMA. That's a street value of $690,000. You got it, Aidan. Aidan? Well done. Whatever. Whatever. Well done.

You got yourself some hell pizza. That's awesome Thank you Did you see the show Like the other night I did actually Oh there we go Well that's a great advantage

It's amazing When you I don't watch Border Patrol Every week or anything But when you do Turn it on You're like Jeez there's a lot of people

Who still think They can sneak stuff Into the country Yeah There were shortages there No I always wonder The street value, too.

When they say a street value of $600,000, do they have to go out and go ask a dealer? Hey, mate, if I was going to... How do they know the street value? The street value also sounds... Maybe they fund the show. Maybe it is. Maybe they'll ask,

oh, $600,000, or we can fund the next series of Border Patrol. Well, anyway, after that, bus looks like Joel's New Year's is done for. Unfortunately. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Our producer Taylor's come in here. And we spoke to a gentleman yesterday on the program.

His social media handle was Colonel Slaps. Yeah. That was at Colonel Slaps. Now, you've been saying the word Colonel as... Colonel. Colonel, the way it's spelled. Yeah, I can see how you've ended up there. We laughed and then I looked at the last line and I was like,

I can see how you've got there. And this whole time, every time I would talk about him, I'd be like, oh, yeah, we're doing that Colonel interview today or we should air that Colonel interview. We didn't know what you were talking about. We don't know half the time anyway, at the Aussie Lingo, what you're talking about.

So we just agree with this stuff. Yeah, shame. H. H. H. H, yeah. But yeah, no, so you've been saying colonel. Now, we said, oh no,

it's actually pronounced colonel. Yeah. At that moment, because we've all been there. At that moment, you just replay every time you said the word colonel. Yeah. And die a little inside don't

you yeah so and then i was thinking back and i said oh god because when i actually got um the colonel on the phone the colonel himself i said to him actually what's your name because i've been calling you colonel this whole time um and he laughed a bit and i was like yeah whatever and then until you guys told me it was like a light bulb moment I was like oh god he probably thought I was joking. Colonel Sanders we often get KFC from him don't we? Yeah yeah

it's just you know. But it is a confusing word I think it is one of the most common words that people do get wrong. It's at number five on the list of commonly mispronounced words so you're in good company you're in good company I remember we had a producer back at, gee, I can't remember what radio station, one of the many radio stations

we've shared ourselves around on, Ben, but one of them would say, instead of Isle, Aisley. Oh, yeah. Go down the Aisley. Yeah. And it took me a while to figure out what they were referencing,

because Aisley, as I was a contestant on Love Island, what is an Aisley? But the English language, I just think in general, is probably the most confusing of all the languages too. Yeah. Because we've got words that mean the same thing. I mean, mean different things, but spelt the same way. Sorry, like the way colonel is spelt.

How can you get colonel? There's no R in it. I do love when kids are growing up as well. Now we've got up the road from us, we go the chemist, because one of the kids would say the chemist, like that as well, and the liqueur store as well too, you know. And these are things now I just have in my head because that's what the kids used to think they were called.

Now I had a shocker too at our old boss's wedding, Bronnie. We went to her wedding and they came out. It was a very fancy affair. And the waiter came out and said, you know know what would you like for the entree and i was looking at the menu and i said well i'll just have the the jew thank you very much and i said it confidently and handed back the menu and then he stood there and he looked at me and he's like so you've just ordered the sauce do you want anything else with the sauce? Yeah. And that same meal, this is, sorry, where it's leading, that same meal, he's like, oh, would you like some water?

And I was like, yes, please. I'll have some of that antipodes. And he's like, you mean antipodes. The antipodes, yeah. And I was like, mate, I haven't drunk much antipodes, but I've been calling it antipodes for a long time. And it means Australia and New Zealand. Yeah, that's what the antipodes is. Really've been calling antipodes for a long time. And it means Australia and New Zealand. Yeah, that's what the Antipode is.

Really? That's what, yeah. I had to go over and Google. It all makes sense now. But what word have you been getting wrong or did you get wrong? We'd love to hear from you this morning. This is a beauty too, and I imagine a lot of people would mispronounce this one. The colonel was Taylor's one.

Producer Taylor has been saying The word colonel For the last week Trying to book a colonel But this is a good one On 4487 Keesh is a high offender Reads the text I work in a cafe

And the amount of people Who come in with Quitchies Quitchy I like quitchy Quickie as well Alright Just come in for a quickie

You're like Oh what Yeah I can see Keesh would Trip up a few people. But then when you hear someone pronounce it wrong, you don't want to be the one to correct them. No.

So then they go through their whole speaking career, or a large part of it, saying quitchy and quickie. And then you feel like an idiot later when you get things wrong. Absolutely. Let's get, who's on line two? Sorry, Producer John. John. Johnny, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

How are you, mate? Doing it yourself. Yeah, doing really well. Jeez,. How are you, mate? Doing it myself. Yeah, doing really well. Jeez, you're running some low decibels on that voice. That's a beautiful voice. John, what have you been mispronouncing? There's actually a few words. Avocado, when you read it, it reads out, a-varka-doo.

A-varka-doo. Have you been saying a-varka-doo? No, no. When people say avocado, then I was like, okay, I won't say what I think it is. A vakado. I like a vakado. And the other one is samosa. I know people in New Zealand say samosa, but where I come from in South Africa,

it's an Indian cuisine that they call samosa. And when I say samosa, everybody just cracks up and says, hey, it's samosa. they call samusa and when I say samusa everybody just cracks up and says hey it's samosa who's saying it right then I don't know we must find this out

this should be quite interesting because yeah is it samusa or samosa text 4487 because maybe

we've just New Zealand defined it or maybe not text call us because they'll just text the word yeah

and it looks quite different as well. Yeah, sure. Thank you very much. You and your Varkadoos have a lovely day. Appreciate it. I'll add the hits if you know how to say a samusa or a samosa. Don't just text it. Texting was a... Yeah, it doesn't work on this occasion.

Or maybe text I know how to pronounce it and then we can call you back. Okay, let's get Ashley. Alicia, sorry, on the phone. I've mispronounced your name. What have you been mispronouncing, Alicia? It's not me. It's everyone else. So I've got a daughter. Her name is Taya.

T-A-Y-A. T-A-Y-A. So whenever I take her to the doctors, they call out Taya or school. Taya. Santa rang her for Christmas one year and said, hello, Taya. Sorry, Santa Santa come on mate

It's not T-Y-R-E Santa Yeah T-A If you come across Alicia and Taya it's pronounced Taya Yeah Good on you appreciate it Let's get Varun on the phone

Welcome Morning boys how are you Lovely to have you on mate Let's get Varun on the phone. Jeez, Varun, welcome. Welcome. Morning, boys. How are you? Lovely to have you on, mate. Mispronounced words. What have you been running? It wasn't me. I've had a few flatmates living with me back in the days.

And once we went out for dinner and the guy goes, oh, boys, what are we having for entry? What makes sense? The entry meal? Into the big leagues? I like the entry, not the entree. The entry, that's very good. It's because E-N-T-R-E-E, so he just thought it's entry,

and I was like, no, it's entree. And another guy went, he wanted to order some drinks. He's like, okay, I'll just go for a glass of Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir. That's where the wine people are looking down your nose. Oh, yeah. I don't even want to play in the wine field. There's no way I'm sophisticated enough.

I appreciate you, Colvin. So good. Great text here. I used to mix up aneurysm with orgasm. Oh, jeez. My grandma had an aneurysm, and I went to school and told my teachers that she had an aneurysm.