Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono's Traffic Incident...

Episode Date: January 23, 2024

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Can I just start the show with something that I just want to clear my name just quickly? Because yesterday I spoke about how I wanted to talk about what Megan was wearing at the beach. I saw on her Instagram over the holiday period. So I had to screenshot the particular photo that you posted just to show you guys the context of what I thought was going out roughly top that you were wearing. Very thorough preparer, Ben Boyce. This is what you'll learn working with him.

Very thorough. Doesn't miss any details. So now we have, as a show, put out some social media after that chat going, this is the screenshot Ben had of Megan on his phone. Is that creepy or not? No context screenshot Ben had of Megan on his phone. Is that creepy or not? No context to why I had it on my phone. And of course, everyone's going, why would you have that on your phone? Let's read out some feedback then.

What have we got here? I mean, you had it for three weeks. Massive creep. That's what someone said. Weird question. Why would you have this on your phone? Well, yeah, no context. Bloody hell, Ben.

And he's definitely been stewing on it for the past 24 hours. Creepy. Well, yeah, no context. Bloody hell, Ben. Yeah. And he's definitely been stewing on it for the past 24 hours. Creepy, sorry, Ben. Lots of memes and all sorts of stuff and it's like, yeah, there's no context.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story, Ben. I wanted to clear my name this morning. Well, at 6.09 in the morning is a great time to do it. Prime time stuff, mate.

Definitely everyone heard that message. Last, yesterday, crazy, I was driving on the motorway, okay? There's a gentleman on a motorbike, one-handed, texting. What? Oh, wow.

Not all heroes wear capes, ladies and gentlemen. Jeez. Some of them wear leather vests with gang patches on the back of them. Texting on a motorbike? That was, yeah, the ultimate in multitasking, I thought. And it was very casual, like nothing. What kind of helmet was covering his face, like a full face helmet? Yeah, it was a full face helmet, yeah.

How would you see the, I don't know if I'd be able to see my phone. See your phone, especially going at that pace as well. You'd have to put it right up in front of your face. They do a study, don't they, when you're texting and driving and when they add up the amount of time you're staring at your phone texting, it can sometimes be up to 70% where you're not staring at the road.

What? Like on a journey. So if you went from A to B and you're like, I'll fire off a few text messages and emails on the way home, 70% of that time. Obviously you're looking up and down as you go.

But you've only seen 30% of your actual journey. How frightening is that? It is frightening. I'm like a real stickler for the rules, and I've definitely toted and been like, hey, to people. No, you're not. What are you talking about? What?

We have a segment called What to Watch with Megan Pappas, and she has openly said multiple times, I'm not throwing it under the bus here, you've said this through a microphone. I think I've said it once. That she watches Netflix shows on the motor. You've said this through a microphone. I think I've said it once. That she watches Netflix shows on the mobile. No, I listen.

Listen. Definitely not looking at it. Oh, okay. That's the best way to digest Netflix shows. Don't let the truth get in the way of a

good story, Megan. That's what I always say, all right? That's what I always say. Sure. If you want to clear your name, this is the

time to do it, okay? Sounds like something a massive creep would say. Now, Megan, you've worked, much like us, for other radio stations in the past, and you're mates with people that you work with on radio stations. Yeah. And so we used to work at the Edge, as did you as well. Back in the day, yeah.

How good of friends are you with the people that you used to work with some more than others let's get some names going now someone i've seen a wee bit of mates with since i've been at the edge but lives in my neighborhood my kids used to go to the same school so i've seen them a bit over summer is clinton randall who does the breakfast show on the edge radio station him and his family and every time i look at clint who's if you don't know who we're talking about he was the host of uh dancing with the stars he's on beautiful specimen oh he is handsome like handsome strong muscly yeah he's a handsome strong guy what cards his life dealt me what game did he win yeah yeah so and he's also got a pole Which is another great reason To go over to his place

Love him even more now You go over a pole You get to see him shirtless Which is great Okay you two are going to get A restraining order in a minute And you get to see him in the pole But what happened was

You get to see him wet He's a wet Wet Clint He's a good looking guy So anyway We're in the pool Sopping wet His kids are a bit younger than mine

And they're at that age In the pool Where they just want to Climb over every adult And jump off adults My kids are a bit younger than mine, and they're at that age in the pool where they just want to climb over every adult and jump off adults. My kids are a bit older now, but you get to a stage, your kids will get there, where they just want to climb off you and use you like a jungle gym in the pool situation. Now, his kids are in that sweet spot.

My kids will kind of just do their own thing in the pool. So we've got one of his kids, Cam, going, can I jump off your shoulders and into the pool? And I'm like oh yeah i guess okay she's talking me through how how it works i've got to duck under the water she stands on top i've got to jump out she jumps off and i'm like cool and then she's like do it to sienna my daughter i'm like oh i guess sienna do you want to do this what she's nearly fully grown 14 and she was like yeah right so she does it i duck under the water go under the shoulders straining

a bit straining a little bit so you know sort of half- does that. I duck under the water, go under the shoulders. Straining a bit there. Straining a little bit. Sienna sort of half-heartedly jumps off, falls into the water. I'm like, great, all done. And then Cam goes, now Sienna and me on your shoulders. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. No, she's like.

On one shoulder each? Like a totem pole. She'll get on Sienna's shoulders. Both of them will get on mine. I'm like, no, no. I'm not your dad. I'm not ripped. And that's when I said, oh no, I can't do that. And then she went, oh, dad could went oh dad could do it and i was like oh this is gonna be one of those

moments now he's on a radio show over the road i don't want them going back over there talking about oh mate you know me i'm not you know i didn't have the leg strength to thrust my child and his child out of the water could even lift two kids like a rocket so i was like oh you're all right so they got on each other's shoulders in the water and then i got underneath and i tried to sort of lift up to the top of the water all these bubbles and they sort of just half again half-heartedly sort of just very gently went into the water as well and they were like hey that was good and i was just like oh my god i am in a world of pain, right?

And I think I popped a hemorrhoid. But I couldn't admit it because old handsome Randall, you know, Clint Randall's over there, and I'm like, oh, you know. You've got seven children from the neighborhood, one on top of the other. All jumping off, like, yeah. Be honest. Kids from Africa come over and, you know.

Did you jump on his shoulders and did he voice you up? I wanted to, but I just sort of held back a little bit as well so i'm in a lot of pain yeah they're more like cheerleaders you know cheerleaders like a pyramid all right yeah he's way better than me but i tried for our show i was like let's do it for the show let's do it for the hits didn't quite work out in a lot of pain at least you got to see clint sopping wet exactly the hits the jonah and ben podcast now oh god this happened pre-Christmas And I'm like toing and froing whether I even tell this story Because it was very embarrassing

And I want to front foot it and say I was 100% in the fault It was all my fault So it's pre-Christmas Things are busy There's a lot going on pre-Christmas And no way condone this but you're driving around sometimes you're an autopilot right you're not as focused on the task at hand as you should

be and i've hey a lot of blemishes on my driving career been voiced yeah you've witnessed many of them i know he's very erratic driver at the best of times a lot of reckless things i do on the road sometimes i'm like should i even be allowed on the road? Yeah, like he'll cut through. He doesn't like to wait anywhere so he'll cut through like fruit shops and car washes

and all sorts just to get to where he needs to go. I mean, it's just, yeah. The one thing I do try to do on the road, though, is at pedestrian crossings stop when there's

a pedestrian on the road. Yeah. That's what I try and do. That's the rules, yeah. That's what you're supposed to do. But it's always a successful drive if you haven't run over any pedestrians in my eyes. Yeah, where is this going?

Oh, God, where is this going? You might have got away with a couple of cheeky orange light runs, that sort of thing. So I'm not focused. I'm thinking about stuff I need to do pre-Christmas and I pull up to this pedestrian crossing and I'm on top of the pedestrian crossing and there's traffic in front of me and I look to the left and I hear every swear word that could come out of the alphabet from a lady in dyed green hair in a wheelchair.

So you'd got like. She's been waiting at the pedestrian crossing. I've rolled over it. And she's about to cross. And packed house, other motorists. She couldn't cross. She couldn't cross. And she was about to cross.

And I was like, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Like through the window, you know, you're like with your hands up. You're like, no threat. No threat. Waving my arms. Sorry. White flag.

I'm a jerk. And she's, no, there's no amount of sorry. There's no amount of profusely apologizing you can do that can make her go, no, that's cool. You know? To the point where she's starting to get a bit feisty. Because I'm stuck here. I can't move. It's like P can't back back i can't back back yeah she's like slowly towards the passenger door starts kicking the door oh really lightly yeah like a very gentle sort of ram raid kick and i'm like i'm sorry i don't i don't I'm like I can't do it I can't Is it bad

I'm sorry I keep saying I'm sorry I'm sorry I was thinking How's she using her legs Well I don't know That's the reason

Why she's in a wheelchair Like You don't She's got enough strength To kick Like We don't know What's going on

Should she have been in that chair? I feel like there's several times you should have been cancelled in this break. Yeah. That was my only question. So I drove off feeling a little bit better about life, going, well, they move anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I shared something with you after the show yesterday

that's something that hasn't taken place in my relationship being boys, my marriage, for a number of years, since our honeymoon. So sort of 17. An activity that you guys did together on your honeymoon, haven't since. You couldn't believe it. No, I couldn't.

Megan, no, you couldn't believe it either. Well, actually, we just... Oh, yeah, no, not at all. No, so we phoned Jen, my wife, after the show. I got her to explain to you. Hello? Hey. Hi.

How are you? Okay. I was just talking with the gang about what you've refused to do with your husband for nearly going on two decades. Won't play tennis. Won't play tennis, is that it? Yeah. It's a real trigger word, tennis, in our relationship.

Yeah, this is top of mind, obviously, for Jen, too. Yeah. Now, I mean, I'll let you explain your side of the story to Ben and Megan, Jen. Well, there's only one side, and that's my side. There's two sides on the day. There's one on either side of the net. We're on our honeymoon. Yeah, all my two figures.

On our honeymoon, and for some stupid reason, we decided in the middle of the day to play tennis, which was dumb to begin with because it was so hot. And he kept spinning it, so when it would land near me he'd put some spin on it that it would bounce off so I could never actually hit it back to her.

So she's complaining I was... That was it. So she walked off the court threw the racket down walked off and said I'm never playing tennis with you again.

I would have too. How do you expect someone to hit it back to you? You're not playing fair. It's not even a game. You don't hear Rafael Nadal going Roger Federer, stop hitting match-winning backhands.

I'm going to walk off the court. Are you Roger Federer? This scenario is. To be honest, it was our first disagreement as a married couple. Good Lord, you're lucky you made it back from the honeymoon. Complaining I was too good at tennis. Never going to be able to beat him.

So is that nine more? No, never again. No, fair enough. I'm a gem. Back to my words. Yeah, or you could have got lessons. You booked that in for a bit. Okay, I've got things to do.

Bye. Okay, bye. You go, oh, 800, that's what I want to open up this afternoon. This afternoon, this morning, whatever time of day it is. I can open up this afternoon. Matty and PJ might be Whatever time of day it is. You can open up this afternoon. Matty and PJ might be keen to talk about it. That's how popular I think this thing's going to be. It's going to go all day to stop it.

What do you refuse to do with your partner, activity-wise? Is there anything for you two? Well, my partner, Amanda, I love cricket. She won't watch it with me on television. She'll go, I'll go to any game you want to go to and see it live, but I will not sit with you on the couch and watch cricket. She won't watch it with me on television. I'll go to any game you want to go to and see it live, but I will not sit with you on the couch and watch cricket. You lost Megan pretty early on there. I saw her eyes glaze over.

She's like, cricket all day. You're like, yeah, all day. She's excited. She's like, I'll go to a game. It's fine. You can chat. You can drink. Those things go all day, sometimes longer, and then still no winner.

So where should we hang out with me? Anything for you, Megan? Probably gymming together, if you heard the show earlier. We don't do that together. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, remember Cargill? We'll get you on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

How are you? I'm good. How are you? Good to have you with us. Did we tell you that? It's good to have you with us. Oh, Abby. My wife, Jen, she won't play tennis with me anymore for 17 years.

Is she doing that annoying thing where you do those little drop shots that spin? Yeah, slicing it. I can see the frustration. And it's hard to play tennis by yourself. So I haven't played tennis in a long time with my wife, but she refuses to. What do you refuse to do with your partner? I refuse to watch anything with the title Star Wars in it. Oh, yeah.

I tried, and I probably got maybe halfway through it, and I'm like, nah, can't do this. I can't. Yeah, I know. I mean, those that are into it, they are. Yeah, so obviously your partner's really into it? Yes, he loves that and Marvel and things like that. I'm a supernatural fan, but

I flat out refuse to do anything With the word Star Wars What's a Supernatural fan? What do you mean by that? The TV show Supernatural Sam and Dean Winchester Oh yeah Well, listen, I agree with you

And it's good that you can do things separately I know, Ben, binge watching is a huge Problematic issue in your household, isn't it? Yeah, because I will fall asleep, we'll watch it at night and then my partner will get too, Amanda, she'll get too far ahead on the program. And then I'll be like, next night I'm like, oh, I don't know where any of this is up. And she's like, well, now I've got to wait

for you to watch the next 40 minutes and then fall asleep again within five. She's like, no, now we just go, oh, you just watch it, I'll watch it and tell me if it's any good. But then you snuck ahead one time and she didn't know. That's cheating. Great acting performance. Oh, my goodness.

Oh, who would have seen that coming? Yeah, you would have got a nomination over Margot Robbie. Yeah, poor Margot. Poor Margot. Paula, you're on from Christchurch. How are you? Hello, how are you? Bloody good to have you with us, Paula.

Stop. You're sounding desperate. Play it cool, play it cool. Alrighty, what do you refuse to do with your partner? Go to the gym. Oh, yeah. Oh, like Megan and Andrew. We don't go to the gym together because he tries to get me to do exercises I don't want to do.

Why don't you? Oh, my husband was a power lifter, so he thinks I can lift a lot more than I can. And he turns into a hulk when he goes to the gym. Yeah. Lift up this car, Paula. Come on, Paula. But he acts like you're not trying.

Is he like, come on, you can do better than that? Oh, absolutely. And he was a gym member of the month, so he ended up on the Facebook page as a super friendly, helpful gym member. You're like, see that, Paula? See that? That's gym member of the month, so he ended up on the Facebook page as a super-friendly, helpful gym member. You're like, see that, Paula? See that? Gym member of the month. Your face could be out there one day if you'd lift more.

What do you get for being – do you get, like, a prize for that? Yeah, he did get a prize for it, actually. I think he got a bang from that lovely protein powder or something to make me even stronger. See, that could have been you. Did you tell him he needs any more protein pumping through his veins protein powder or something to make him even stronger. See, that could have been you. Doesn't sound like he needs any more protein pumping through his veins. Oh, that's so good. Probably.

Why don't you bloody do some squats with the waste management bit out the front hauler? Yeah. Oh, he does lunges on the driveway. During COVID, we had the boxing bag and the sandbags and everything else out. So apparently he can do it any day of the week and at any time. Sounds like you've heard that

saying it a few times. Too many, too many. Good on you Paula, have a great day. You too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, it's only not even been a week and I have mentioned now twice that I've been going to the gym

because I want everyone to know. They're humblebrags. Yeah. They have gone unnoticed. You did share a story that you do a 60-minute fitness class and then at the end of it, it's cult-like. You have the warm embrace of sweaty strangers. High fives, fist bumps, people telling you they're proud of you.

It's nice. It's probably quite nice. Not often do people say you're proud of you as an adult. Not enough. But are they? Are they proud of you? They don't Not enough. But are they? Are they proud of you? They don't know you. But you've done a workout.

You've gone there. You've taken time out of your busy day to go do a workout. Exercise is such a funny concept though, isn't it? Like if someone just appeared on earth today and you took them to the gym and they're like, what are these people doing? It doesn't look like what they're doing they're enjoying. What they're doing to themselves. Yeah. Why are these people doing this? It doesn't look like what they're doing they're enjoying, what they're doing to themselves. Yeah, and we don't do enough in our daily that we have to go

and specifically work out our muscles. Yeah, exactly. But I do do classes, but on days that I don't, I just go into the gym area with everyone else, with all the beefcakes. I don't take it too seriously, and I'm watching a Netflix show generally generally and i'm doing any workout or just going in there to use the wi-fi probably one of those people that people are waiting for the

machine like can you stop watching netflix and just get off sitting there but i do a few sets and i just like go around and i pick machines and i'm not like too serious like i'll go okay i'm not like today's tries and buys i'm just like it's upper body. No, it's just like you're just wandering around watching. I'm not like, today's tries and buys. I'm just like, it's upper body or it's lower body, and I'm watching a show. Today's the whole season of Friends while I sit on the leg press. Or I do like a walk. I'm sure people see me on the treadmill walking being like, you could just do this outside, man. But I'm watching a show.

Yeah, you could watch Netflix wherever you want. And it's quiet time away from home. um but i don't take it too seriously my husband is the opposite he's got all these workouts and everything and he looks fantastic he does okay i see why you married married that's uh that young man that young young man that you married well he came up to me the other day at the gym and he was like, what are you doing? And I was like, I'm just upper, just doing the machines. And he said, do you want me to like write out a workout for you? This is your husband saying it like a personal trainer.

Yeah. He was like, do you feel like you're doing enough? And I was like, do you? You're like, I'm watching boy swallows universe on netflix yeah i'm doing a lot here multitasking and i was like well you obviously don't think i'm doing enough and he was like oh no no i just thought like i could help you out i could write you a program like do some exercises with you i was like oh bitch you've gone down the wrong path the wrong path immediately you make me feel like i'm not doing enough do you think i need to be doing more

um but like i don't know as males how do you know go away fool me once is getting good i'm like you pretty much at this point bought me sneakers for my birthday oh okay i'm like i'm not getting involved in this conversation you just you don't make any suggestions to a woman about exercise or jamming or anything like that i was like immediate offense taken but he thinks he he's like done a good thing i was about to make a suggestion no don't definitely don't this is my place to step in What was the suggestion? Work out with him I couldn't see anything wrong With working out

With your husband And him telling you What to do And to work harder And do another set Nothing could go wrong No Well good luck with that

Maybe do it for a week And report back to us How's that sound? I think I'm looking For my third husband The Wild Food Festival Is back in Hokitika you can celebrate the west coast unique food and entertainment it looks incredible and we've

got a great trip for you to win if you want all the details head to the hits.co.nz now the orange peel test something you brought to the team producer taylor something over tiktok this was a social media experiment to test your partner and see if your relationship was solid. So it's quite a simple thing, right? You just take an orange the fruit to your partner and just ask them if they will peel it and it's meant to test your relationship.

Yep. Yep. And it seems to be pretty good, yes? After you did it with your husband. I honestly didn't think my husband would do it, but he did and he was quite happy to. But today... So it proves that you're in a good relationship because they'll do this simple act of kindness for you.

It's like an act of kindness, yeah. He played that audio to us, and afterwards I was like, that made me feel uncomfortable. Cute little baby voices for each other. I'm sorry. Oh, yeah? What?

Sweet. What? That's sweet. Oh, yeah? What? Sweet. What? It's sweet. Adorable little voice. It's so cute. Give me an orange. Oh, why is it orange? Okay.

Yeah, that's what you do. You played it to us. Very cute, very cute. Then last night, a couple of us thought we'd give it a go. So, Producer Tana, you got an orange. Do you even have an orange in the house? No, we didn't have oranges in the house, but I was like, he won't notice. He doesn't know half of the stuff that's in the house.

So, I was like, stuff it. I'll still ask him. And, yeah, I was pleasantly surprised, I think, I guess. Here's what Marcella said. Hello. Can you peel an orange for me? Peel an orange? Yeah.

Cut it yourself. You won't peel an orange, will you? I'll peel an orange? Yeah. Cut it yourself. You want to peel an orange too? I'll peel an orange. Why not? Oh, with a knife? No, just peel it with your hands. Like a normal person. Yeah, I'd peel it.

Yeah, we have money. Yeah, but if we had oranges, would you peel it for me? Yeah. Thanks. That is lovely. That is lovely. That's never just a normal conversation exchange in my house No it feels like

It feels like you ramp from zero to a hundred No because Did you hear? Like a normal person Well he was like Do it yourself Okay mate Like I do everything else around this house

Anyways Every conversation you have Does it just turn into a high energy argument? And this is exactly what my naturopath is telling me I can't do that anymore. I've got too much cortisol. I don't know. Was that a win or not?

I don't know. Stuff that nothing's a win in that marriage. But anyway. You said you'd do it. You did say you'd do it. Now, I was at the supermarket yesterday afternoon. I went past the fruit and veggie section, got some stuff, and I saw oranges. I was like, great.

I'll buy one. I took one home. Did you buy one? I actually bought two. I bought two. I'm not a huge orange man but I bought two just in case one for the wife one for someone you know what else to test a relationship with and I so went up to my wife Amanda and and I said can you be a lodge secretly trying to record like you did and she did an unusual thing of biting into the orange but anyway have a listen pills are rich man

oh it's hard and you prepare it for me use your teeth yeah okay how do you do it that's good is taste earlier. It means our relationships good Just in clarification you've been into the orange Again talk about a, or the orange? I actually want the orange. It's just for a test. It's coming off in really teeny tiny pieces. Does that resemble anything? I get it.

I get it. So we got some sour, we got bitter, we got quite gross and teeny tiny. Those were some of the key words out of that exchange. But you were like, peel this orange. It's like, where's the please? And then you were like, oh, good, you're doing it. It's like, me? I wanted to make it it. I was like, what's that mean? I wanted to make it look like it wasn't a radio bit or whatever. Oh, so you just treated her like you usually do.

So she used his manners. I just thought it would be like, that would give it the feel. Orange! Now, woman! No. I just felt it was orange. I was just like, it was a test. I was like, oh, what are your baby boys? Oh, could you please do it? At least I was polite about it. I was just like, feel this orange. I was just like, Tess, it was a test. I was like, oh, what are your baby boy?

Oh, could you please tell us a lie about it? I was just like, feel this orange? Yeah. Put it in my mouth. I didn't even want it

at the end, stupid orange. Don't want your stupid orange. You bit it to it. There we go. That's why our relationship is so, it's bitter

and teeny tiny. That's all the stuff we need to know. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Something we want to bring to the show in 2024 is producer Taylor, who you love your riddles, don't you? Yeah, I'm not good at them.

That's why I like to read them out to people and be like, oh, you're so dumb, even though I get them. But that is the thing, because the answer is always so obvious. Yeah. And every time our reaction, every time we do a riddle on the radio we're always like oh yeah that's our reaction so so today we've got well maybe one riddle if we can get through one we might get through more depending on how smart we are or how smart you are on 0800 the hurts all right so i'll kick things off with the first one i can be

long or can be short i can be black white brown or purple you can find me all over the world and i'm often the main feature what am i an eggplant no the purple's really fun yeah well a building no a headline no okay long short black white Okay Long, short, black, white, brown or purple Producer Joel, you've got your hand up like it's class Is it rice? He's a genius Yes Purple rice He googled

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or just had water and a burger. A burger and purple rice. Let it be known for the jury, as soon as I went around inside of his desk, the laptop was shut immediately. Okay, let's do one more and throw it out there on the other end of the hat. These are fun, unless someone cheats and Googles.

I only lie down once in my life. When I die, what am I? Oh, so you're only lying down once. I couldn't be human because obviously you're lying down. No, because we sleep every night, yeah. Plot? You're on the right vicinity. Oh, yeah.

Track. Tree? I thought I was going to say track. Okay, I'll wait under the hood so you can join us on this. I only lie down. Oh, here we go. You can't say tree. Tree.

Yeah. Did I go on my laptop? Hands are free. One more thing tonight. You can't play anymore. Stop, Joel. Okay. One more then and I'll... You can't play anymore. Stop joking. Okay.

Who can finish a book without finishing a sentence? Who can finish a book without finishing a sentence? All right, R800, the hits, 4487. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're in the middle of one of Producer Taylor's riddles. To start the day, it's a lot of brain work that we're having to go through. It's just annoying me to be honest. I don't want to play anymore.

And Taylor is, producer Taylor wanders around with an air of smugness. I love it. It's the first time in my life where I'm actually ahead of people. You know the answer. It's not like you cracked it. Well, I feel like I could have missed one. Everyone thinks once they know the answer. The riddle right now that we're trying to work out is who can finish a book

without finishing a sentence and we were sort of talking while miley cyrus was playing about you know is it like a typewriter is a computer is it and can i just say yous are on the wrong track okay you're thinking like two um through ready is that literally i think but you definitely would have got the riddle 100 just read the riddle yeah um oh yes so we need to think of other sentences. Do you have it? Do you think you've got it? Prisoner. No. Is it?

Yeah. Oh, Megan. Megan came through. Well done. Yeah. Completely stolen Jess's thunder. Good morning, Jess. Jess, what was the answer?

Good morning. It was prisoner. Oh, Megan got. Good morning, Jess. Jess, what was the answer? Good morning. It was prisoner. Oh, Megan got it before you, sorry. Jess has been on hold for like 10 minutes waiting to say that. She's on hold yelling, prisoner, prisoner. Literally. Well, that's good. Well done, Megan.

Now, do you like the riddles, Megan? Only when you get them, yeah. Are you good at riddles, Jess? Usually? I climbed up. I've just heard that one before. Oh, okay. Okay, we'll fire another one at Jess. See how good she is Jess? Usually? I've climbed up. I've just heard that one before. Oh, okay. Okay, we'll fire another one at Jess.

See how good she is, Producer Taylor. On the fly. It's shorter than the rest, but when you're satisfied, you bring it up. What is it? Oh, come on.

Why is that so sub-W? Yeah, I see what you've done here. What do you mean? PG. 13. What do you mean, guys? I don't know what you're thinking of. What's shorter than the rest?

Shorter than the rest, but when you're satisfied You bring it up What is it Your mood Oh Has producer Joel Got his thumbs up No

Well let's Jess do you think You've got an answer No I haven't No sorry I haven't heard that one Is that a thumbs up No

Yes That is a thumbs up Did I google that one as well Yeah I don't think You did that Okay so Joel's Really good at this Yeah

Well done I don't know if this Agg Dax. Okay, so Joel's really good at these. Yeah. Well done. I don't know if this aggravating segment will be back, but we'll see. We'll text through. 4487, do you want to return back next week, Riddle? We'll give Jess some hell pizza as well. You have a great day, Jess. Cool, thank you so much.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. As I said before, after 8 o'clock this morning, we're going to talk about things that you refuse to do with your partner. Now, Jono, you've been teasing us and those listening to The Hits for 24 hours about something that happened on your honeymoon. Here's the audio that's been playing on The Hits for the last 24 hours. My wife, Jennifer, she's refused to do something with me since our honeymoon. Sort of nearing on 20 years, Ben Boyce.

An activity that took place once and never happened again. We'll find out tomorrow what happens. So that's what's going to happen this morning at 8 o'clock. Now, Megan, you heard that yesterday and you're like, what? I mean, it suggests. Honeymoon activity that took place. Happened once, I mean. To the smutty amongst us, it might suggest that.

But it's purely just the sport of tennis. We played tennis on our honeymoon and I was too good. She threw a tantrum, stormed off the court and said, I'll never play tennis with you again. I feel like there's two sides to this story. We're going to get to that after 8 o'clock this morning. So it's tennis. Tennis is the activity.

But we thought right now on the hits, because we imagined that it could have been tennis or it could have been something that was happening in the bedroom. It was definitely tennis. Why don't we come up with some lines that we imagined that Jono said on his honeymoon, both on the tennis court and in the bedroom. Okay. To cover both bases, depending on how your mind was looking at it. So these are things Jono said.

We're going to say he said them on his honeymoon, playing tennis and in the bedroom. All right. Way to go, Megan. Sorry my racket is so small. I wish my racket was one with an oversized head. I can't remember saying that. Either on the corridor or in the bedroom.

Yeah, Jono also said, My bad. I'm used to playing singles with my strong forehand grip. Again? No, Fraser can't remember from my honeymoon. I think you're making these up. Quiet, please. Oh, damn.

I think that's out. I might need some replacement balls. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm a grunter. Oh, crap. A double fault. I might need some replacement balls. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm a grunter. Oh, crap. A double fault. Oh, can we switch ends?

I had to withdraw due to injury. I can see what you're doing here. Lowbrow stuff. I'm sorry. This has been one disappointing Grand Slam. That would have been Jen. So these are the lines that may or may not happen. We'll get to that after 8 o'clock this morning.

Now, looking for vintage clothing is kind of a thing that a lot of people are into these days. Megan, who's hanging out with us, it's something that you were saying your friends are really into. Yeah, because, you know, there's a big drive to, like, not buy new clothes, to try and do sustainable fashion. I don't do it myself. I like to keep the young kids in China employed. You know, H&M, fast fashion for me all day, baby.

No, but I do know that, you know, particularly my wife will sometimes spot some things out and about as well and go, oh, my goodness, this is a designer brand that's in some sort of op shop. I do love that when you find something and tito i found the um karen walker top for 10 bucks i was like i don't think they know what this is well that's the thing and there's often the ones as well when it comes to sports teams like old tops and old stuff you know the warriors or rugby and things like that people find and then they sell them for lots more money because they're they're kind of collectors items and I was driving the other day.

You walk into those shops, though, and you're hit with a wave of a particular odor. Smell? Or smell. They all smell the same, those shops. What is that smell? Just musty. Just people, bodies.

It's never really been something I've done until the other day I was driving past a store and I saw a jacket with a big warriors logo on the side and I was like this could be like a vintage item I love the warriors I turned around parked the car went on in and I was like how much is this going to be now I was thinking obviously it's a secondhand store but these things can sell some of the jackets and tops and sell for hundreds of hundreds of dollars producer joe's been what seven hundred dollars on a 1995 warriors top no it wasn't 700 but it was expensive so i said to the lady how much is this going to cost thinking this

could be a bit and she said one dollar for a warriors jacket that was quite small even for me but i was like oh one of the kids could wear it to the game i'm going to get this for a dollar and then i was like i will go pay for it with f boss uh uh no cards no cards oh you're one of those shops yeah yeah we haven't even got the initial phase of that technology i was like oh a dollar okay one dollar one dollar but i don't have the cash and then a lovely guy was having some sort of meeting in the store it was shirtless at the time it was hot a hot day. He was like, mate. No, that's. What? Hold on. What meeting was? What meeting was going on?

I don't know. We were all sort of sitting around on chairs and stuff at the store. A shirtless meeting? Yeah, I don't know. And an op shop. He was the only one shirtless. They looked like they were having a little catch up. They had cups of tea and stuff.

I don't know what was going on. But he was like, mate, I'll sort you out. I was like, oh, yeah. And the lovely guy went out to his car on the street, opened it up, and found a dollar out of the dashboard. And it was only a dollar, but it was such a lovely, genuine thing to do. And I was very appreciative of it. Well, earlier in the day, he had literally given the shirt off his back to someone.

It was probably the op shop. Anyone needed the Warriors jacket, it's this guy. Maybe I should have given it to him. But I was like, well, that's really cool. When someone does something kind for you that's a stranger. And it was only a dollar, but still it was a very cool thing he didn't need to him. But I was like, well, that's really cool. When someone does something kind for you, that's a stranger. And it was only a dollar, but still it was a very cool thing he didn't need to do. I was really chuffed on that.

Thank you, half-naked man. Yeah. So we wanted to know this morning, you know, strangers, they get a bad rap for a lot of times. Strangers do get a bad rap. Stranger danger. It's all plied into us from an early age, isn't it? Oh, 800 of the hits.

Has a stranger shouted you anything? Yeah. Out of the blue. You've said it's always been your dream to shout someone at the supermarket. I just wanted to, yeah, I see maybe the older generation, like you're probably paying with their pension, and I'm like, one day I'm just going to swipe my card and be like, don't worry, I've got you, I've got you.

But every time it happens, they're like buying a lot of stuff, and I'm like, cost of living, no, not today. I haven't got you. You want a dollar purchase like my one. That's the sweet spot. It looked like a legend and it was only a dollar. Now I was just saying before how a guy in an op shop

last week gave me a dollar to buy a jacket, a Warriors jacket that was for sale in the store. He had no shirt on. He was having a meeting in the shop. You've left me with a lot more questions than answers. It was a catch up sort of meeting. I don't know. It was a lovely lovely thing that he did. It was really appreciative

and I'd love to, it's one of those occasions you'd love to see that person again to actually repay the kindness they did. Well no, you have to now pay it forward to someone else. That's how it works. But he looks like a legend you're right but conditions were perfect. There was an affordable dollar amount. And that's the thing.

Like you were just saying, when you do, you want to look like a great person. We're radio announcers. That's all we do. And you want to pay for something. But you do need to just look at the till. There's a certain amount I'm willing to be a good person for. You need your ducks lined up beautifully, don't you? Yeah.

When you come to stranger generosity. We'll go to Taranaki. Anna, you're on. Welcome. Good morning, guys. Good morning to you, Anna. You ray of sunshine. A stranger did something for you.

Yes, they did. So it was Christmas, and I had some groceries in the trolley and went through and a bugger, my card declined. Your card declined? Yep. Very embarrassing, isn't it? It's happened to me multiple times. It is so embarrassing.

And I just hadn't put enough money over onto the right account. So this person behind me said, don't worry about it. Go. And just pay for it., don't worry about it, go. And just pay for it. And I was like, it was so nice for Christmas. And I have since paid it forward. And so that's an even better feeling.

So I'm going to give the dollar to someone today. Thanks a lot. Thanks for your dollar. Yeah, boy, it's absolutely nice. Maybe a warrior's jacket. A warrior's jacket. How much was the grocery bill? It was about $40 or $50.

Oh, that's a decent amount. That's a very decent amount. It wasn't a minimal amount. But the look on someone's face when you do it for them, and I've done it when someone's obviously got not got enough and the appreciation is amazing there we go you're a good good person and a better person than me thank you i mean really but you're quite selfish as well because really the only reason people do nice things for other people is to make them feel better about the bad things they've done in their life. And then to call the radio station and tell the nation.

It's paid dividends. You, Anna. Great branding for Brand Anna and Taranaki. Have a great Wednesday. Love your work. Thanks for listening. We'll get Sandy on. How are you, Sando? Hey, guys. Good morning. How are you? We're doing really well. Thank you very much.

Stranger did something good for you or you've come up to say, I'm a legend. Oh, people are just so kind sometimes, aren't they? It just blows you away. I'd just come to New Zealand and chit-chatting to a guy, and I was putting $20 petrol in, and I was telling him I was traveling by myself, and I was really enjoying the New Zealand people and how lucky you guys were. And then when I went in to pay for my petrol, he actually paid for $40 for me and told the girl to tell me to have a nice holiday. Oh, isn't that lovely?

So cool of him. Wasn't even there for the adulation. Yeah, didn't even stick around. That's a lovely story, Sandy. Thanks for your call. Yeah, not all guys in New Zealand are like that, Sandy.'t even stick around. It was a lovely story, Sandy. Thanks for your call. Yeah, not all guys in New Zealand are like that, Sandy. Just a heads up. All right.

Way to bring some negativity to it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Our Hollywood actor Jack Black was spotted actually last night at a restaurant called Abisu with Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters in the restaurant. No security. No security. Just the two of them hanging out, having a meal.

And Enty is with us, our Hollywood insider. Enty, is that unusual? No, it's not. That's the thing. It's just Jack Black could afford security if he wanted to. And those guys aren't cheap either. And then to bring them over to New Zealand and put them up and everything, Jack Black does not have security.

Most celebrities do not have security. Yeah, I'd be the same. What you're forking out, you'd be the same. You'd be on the security team. You'd be like, oh, it's worth taking a stalker every now and then. Oh, jeez, I don't know. Auntie, let's talk Mean Girls. Obviously, it's the movie that everyone's talking about.

Megan, you're a big fan. Megan's with us again this year. You're a big fan of the first one. You've seen the second one as well. I didn't realize it was a musical, Auntie. Yeah, and I can't believe that Megan's a fan of the second one. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say it did the first one any justice. Well, prepare yourself because it sounds like Auntie's about to give it a dressing down.

It was watchable. It was enjoyable, but it was interesting to remake a movie that, you know, it felt like, apart from the songs, it was kind of the first movie done again. Yeah, well, because Mean Girls the Musical was a way to, for Broadway, for the West End, whatever, was a way to capitalize on Mean Girls the Movie. So what do you do next? Well, okay, let's make Mean Girls the Musical another movie instead of trying to write a sequel. But the problem is, is that the movie is awful.

And here we go. Here we go. When you knew it was coming. Translate well from the Broadway thing to the movie. They don't always do that. There are some movies that transfer well. Like if you watch Rent on Broadway and you watch Rent the movie, you go,, oh my gosh, this is better than Broadway. I think that they're going to do the same thing,

I think, like with Wicked. It's going to be great. Cats was great on Broadway. Did anybody watch the version that was the movie? James Corden's mum did. You know, Chicago worked well. Some of them just, they work well on screen and sometimes they don't.

I just thought while we're thinking, why wasn't the plot to the sequel of Mean Girls, all the Mean Girls are growing up, they're moms now, and then their daughters are at school going through the same thing? Because you have to realize that this Mean Girls the musical has been around for a long time. They've been talking about making a movie. The idea was to capitalize on mean girls not necessarily

make a sequel so that wasn't the thing and now shut your face the other problem is is that i think at least here in the u.s there is a huge anti-tina fey movement going on why and because she has said remark after remark about how she thinks millennials and Gen Z's are lazy. She just talked about how millennials think they own the movie. And she goes, it's my movie. I own it. I can do what I want with the characters. And then everybody's thinking, you don't own it.

You basically took a struggling author and her book and you like, you know, snookered her into a deal where she basically got pennies. And so you could make, you know, the IP from it until the end of time. So it's not yours. It's not your story. It was her story. And now you pretend it's your story. And there's this and then putting the Lindsay Lohan joke into the Mean Girls musical thing. What was the joke? I only read musical thing. What was the joke? I only read a headline. What was the gag? They called her fire crotch.

They used a fire crotch gag, which was this horrible thing that used to be, that Lindsay was called back in the day. That has always been the ultimate insult to Lindsay Lohan. And here it is in this movie. And Lindsay Lohan has been the biggest Tina Fey supporter. She has talked up Mean Girls through her exile, through good, through bad. She's always talked about Mean Girls.

She's always willing to do commercials with the other, like Mean Girls actresses. She has been its biggest supporter. And then to have that came out in the movie, she just, I mean, it was just like a slap in the face. And who was it a slap in the face from tina fey because tina fey's the one who wrote the line it was a kick in the fire crotch man interesting though that um she got paid more lindsey loan for a very i think one

day's work for that movie more than she got paid for the first one the first time around you would have met lindsey lohan multiple You know, it's surprising I've met her, but it hasn't been like multiple times because she's younger than me and partied way more than me. You know where I saw her the most was in court. That's where I saw her the most. Would you go to the court trials? Well, I would be in the courthouse

and I would, you know, see her in the media circus and everything. And sometimes I would actually be in the courtroom. Sometimes they would mix. So that's where I saw her. Loved hearing your voice again, mate. Happy New Year. And we'll stalk you again this time next week.

Sounds good, you guys. I'll talk to you later. See you, Andy.