Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Putting Milk in 2 Minute Noodles...?

Episode Date: November 7, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Last night I went out for dinner, it was my daughter's birthday, and I went to a restaurant and gave them a cake. We said, can we bring a cake along for my daughter, and gave it to them, tried to sneak them the cake, you know that moment, and we were like, can you bring it out later? And then just before they were going to bring it out... How did you get the cake in? Oh, we sort of had it in a bag and stuff. But, I mean, my daughter knows probably there's going to be a cake. I don't know why.

It's not a huge, you know, connecting those dots is not a big leap. But I sort of, you know, gave it to them, got it to them, and had, because she was turning 14, a one and a four candle inside the box. And just before they were going, I was like, you know, the little signal halfway through can you bring the cake out you know later without trying to say cake i don't know why again it was so secretive but i was sitting at my chair and i could see the guy inside waving waving i'm like it's time for the cake and he's like come and come in i was like oh what's going on something wrong

and he's like is someone turning 14 or 41 you haven't told me oh that is a great question it was a very good point because it's just a one and a four can it was i don't know you know i'm very i'm sorry and i imagine the person in the kitchen was kind of like scouring the table going who yeah like because he's like there's two people that could be turning 41 it could be 14 so there you go we got it all sorted at the end but yeah okay i was it was lovely you're not a cake guy no it's a passion passion fruit cheesecake sort of uh yeah cake but it was it was lovely you know the cake guy no it's a passion passion fruit cheesecake sort of yeah okay but it was lovely actually yeah the cheesecake sure I know it was that night it wasn't

the cakes and desserts from the cheesecake show the whole one of those before I have fill the motorway on the way home terrible is me to be for an after is I think it was for a birthday so I had to go get another another cake as well okay bloody good. Now, I've been avoiding something for probably about seven days, to be honest. Right. Check it history with parking and paying for it. Yeah. I have in the past spoken at length about my theory around don't pay for parking. Sometimes you don't get ticketed.

Other times you do. And over a 12-month period, it equals itself out. You still think this theory? No Oh you've changed. Well the council's come in with tech, you know it's an age of AI and tech now they've got this car with cameras on it that goes around

like clockwork, drives around the streets just taking photos it's like a ticketing tank from the future, just taking photos of licence plates. Then it'll do another lap and then it'll go, oh, that one's still there. That one's still there. And then next thing you know, three weeks later, magically these tickets turn up in the mail room here at work.

Yeah, it's kind of misleading in a way. I mean, because you go out to your car if you are parked around there and you're like, oh, I haven't got a ticket. It's a win. And then a couple of weeks later, like you say's not a win we're not winning so my theory about that is is completely gone out the window and i've never once received one piece of fan mail been but the only female receivers from the council going hey we're big fans of you paying your fines yeah i don't read it off as fan mail it's just a pay your ticket sort of thing so my new theory that comes into play

is if you haven't seen the ticket if you haven't been handed the ticket you can say in good faith never saw that

never knew about it the problem is oh what so the envelope the letters for you you're like I haven't seen it yeah so Jackie

the beautiful Jackie at reception she emails she goes hey there's a couple of what's that sorry was that a bit? It sounded a bit.

She's lovely. She's lovely. She's lovely. The wonderful, I said, the wonderful Jackie. She emailed me a couple of weeks ago and said, there's some, you know, not favorable letters here for you. And I knew what they were. And I was like, okay, I won't witness them with my eyes.

They're not a thing. And then another email comes in from another person going, hey, you got in the cubbyhole. There's two leaders. You probably should attend to them. Again, this morning, producer Taylor comes in, hands them to me. Now you've seen them. I'm like, I've been avoiding this.

She's like, you've been served, bitch. It's not one of those served. Now I've got to pay them the hits the Jono and Ben podcast there's an Australian who's put out a video on TikTok and it's really polarised the audience it's how to make two minute noodles

and a fierce debate has raged and I said before you know there's more important things we can be debating right now but a lot of people are getting in on the two minute noodle debate and this is the way that she makes it now the thing that gets me is that so many people drain all of the water out and like to me that is like borderline psychopathic because the water with like all the goodness is the best part but then some people also put in the seasoning after and like don't have that beautiful brothy water and like i don't know it keeps me up at night it keeps her up at night

psychopathic uh but yeah hey that's not overshooting it in any sense of the word but it's a good theory because i always drain it too but then you're like you could have it sitting like a wonton soup yeah like i've seen a lot of people doing producers. Producer Joe, I know that you love, you love two minute noodles, right? One of my go-to dishes, yeah. And so what would you say? Like, what are you doing? I was saying to you before as well,

but if you keep it, if it's like a Maggi or a nice tasting broth, you keep the broth. But if there's one like a Mie Goring sort of Indonesian style noodle, you know, you drain it out and add the sesame oils and chili oils and stuff. So there's two different ways to do it.

So just, she was making just your traditional two minute noodles. Keep the water. Keep the water. You're keeping the water in. Yeah, 100%. Keep the water

because most of the time, if you like the broth, you keep the water and you have a wonton soup essentially. Do you know what I say? I'm always sitting on the fence, but I would probably go half the water out

and then keep some of the water in. Like not full water, but just a little bit. So you're not like having a full soup. Isn't that still sitting on the fence? It's like half and half. It's like half and half. I'm like getting half of it and then half as well.

But yeah. She also just pours boiling water in too. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think she was using one of those, the pre-made container things. Yeah. So you make it in those rather than putting it onto the pot or putting it into a bowl or something like that.

So I guess essentially it's sitting in that soupy sort of mixture as well. Yeah. So you make it in those rather than putting it onto the pot or putting it into a bowl or something like that. So I guess essentially it's sitting in that soupy sort of mixture as well. 4487 on the text, get involved this morning. Are you getting rid of your water afterwards? Oh, we're chucking this open. Okay. Why not? I mean, everyone's probably got an opinion on it.

Everyone probably makes around, especially with the cost of living right now, is making two-minute noodles. So what are you doing? One of the greatest dishes we have in this country. Is it two minute noodles? It's pretty impressive. It's pulled many people through many good times. Like as far as cost and how quickly you can bang something out.

I mean, not many dishes compare, right? So 4487 on the text, quick snap poll this morning. Are you getting rid of the water afterwards or are you leaving it in for two minute noodles? First text already rolling through. What is it, Patricia Joel? I'm like Ben, I tip half my water out. Are you getting rid of the water afterwards or are you leaving it in for two minute noodles? First text already rolling through. What is it, Patricia Joel? I'm like Ben. I tip half my water out.

Oh, there you are. Half on me. Sitting on the fence. Half and half. Both parties are happy. Yeah, all right. Doesn't even want to offend the two minute noodle community. That's just what I do. A 4487 on the text.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. A lady on TikTok. She's Australian. Of course, Australians and New Zealanders, they all love their two-minute noodles. And she threw out something that's been a little bit polarising on TikTok when it comes to cooking them.

Now, the thing that gets me is that so many people drain all of the water out. And, like, to me, that is, like, borderline psychopathic because the water with like all the goodness is the best part but then some people also put in the seasoning after and like don't have that beautiful brothy water and like i don't know it keeps me up at night keeps her up at night psychopathic as you say i love like to the water with all the goodness all of the nutrition the wonderful goodness and nutritional value it The goodness that gives a taste, but you're right,

it's probably not all the goodness. The thing with like two minute noodles and cheap sizzlers, I put that in the let's not think too hard about it category. The noodles, yeah. I would think more about the noodles to be fair than something like maybe the other.

Yeah, maybe. But you're right. But it is such a staple. But Producer Joel was the same before. Hey, you can chuck it in a stir fry as well, you know? Yeah, they turn a really nice Asian stir fry or whatever into a full noodle meal. Yeah, it's very versatile. Very versatile food, the two-minute noodle.

And we were talking about, you know, the water. You're keeping it. You're throwing it out. Ben, surprisingly, didn't want to offend anyone in the noodle eating community. Well, I was just saying what I would do. I would keep half and then I'd throw out half. So I'm kind of split down the middle. Some people are getting rid of all of the water.

Other people are eating it like a broth. But then we had some mad dogs out there. Well, Cheryl. Cheryl, you mad dog, you. What are you doing? Cheryl? She's not talking to us, that's what she does Cheryl, you're there

And she's hung up Doesn't Cheryl always let you down? Cheryl was chucking milk in Milk? I really wanted to talk to Cheryl I don't know how, was she pouring milk in instead of water? I think so Oh, well, hey, let's not knock it until we try it.

Michelle, we'll get you on from Auckland. You're doing something wild with two-minute noodles. Hello. Yes. Noodle fritters. Oh, okay. I was introduced to this about 20 years ago and was served these for lunch somewhere and kind of thought, odd thing to be served for lunch.

Yeah, cook your noodles, drain them, then add the flavour sachet. And I like chicken flavour noodles. And then chuck in a raw egg, whisk it all up with a fork, and then just pour it into three or four little patties or fritters into a frying pan. Noodle fritters? Wow, that's certainly during some experimental years there, Michelle. Yeah, not particularly nutritious, but great for

a quick snack and yum when they're dipped in sweet chilli sauce. Well, you don't lose all that goodness. I always have the debate with my wife about whether, because she's vegetarian, I'm like, the chicken. You know, is it... She can have the chicken noodles, surely. And she's like, well, you know, because it's just flavouring. But then it goes against her belief. She's like like i really enjoy the taste of chicken it's all like they've

squeezed out a chicken like a like a dishcloth that's you know that's the flavoring hey good on you michelle really do appreciate it uh producer taylor is uh trying to get sheryl back on so we can find out about how she's combining milk and two minute noodles. Let's go back to Riverton. Cheryl, you're playing the treat them mean, keep them keen game, are you Cheryl? I can't quite hear you. Oh, Cheryl, hopefully you can hear us. Just explain to us how you're using milk to cook two minute noodles. What I do is I actually seen this thing on TikTok

and you put your noodles in the pot and cover it with milk and it sort of thickens it. Ooh! And it's amazing. You have to try it. Ooh! Cheryl and Riverton, you don't really sound like TikTok

demographic, but good on you. I love it. Going against the grain. I love it. I'll tell you what, you'll never go back. You'll love it. I'm going to do that today. So you wouldn't let it simmer for what? How long?

Just watch it just in case it sticks and put your sachet stuff in and then, yeah, boom. There we go. The only person in Riverton on TikTok. That's very cool. What a game changer. Thank you Cheryl Have a wonderful day The hits

The Jono and Ben podcast Yesterday Yesterday afternoon Came home And down the hallway Was a small lizard No I've never seen One of those in the house

Like crawling down the hallway And it went Crawled down Scuttled down the hallway I sort of followed it And then it sort of went Into the sort of hall cupboard And I guess out Threw a little crack in there And away it went I crawled down, scuttled down the hallway. I sort of followed it. And then it sort of went into the sort of hall cupboard and I guess out through a little crack in there.

And away it went. I feel like suburban lizards are becoming more and more common, aren't they? Yeah. I've seen a couple of lizards sort of lurking around the property as well. Never seen one inside the house. About that big? Yeah. Yeah.

Like just a little lizard. I looked it online. It looked like the skink, the skink variety. I've got a photo of a lizard too. Yeah. Yeah, one used to hang out in my room and i picked it up in my hand one time as a cool little guy was just a little just a little yeah yeah there's a photo there's brown little skink sort of yeah because my kids are now you know getting at the age where they don't say things you know they start to know probably more than me tomorrow they're teaching me words these days but i taught them yesterday the word skink they didn't realize that those little lizards are called skink and when they went to tell my um my wife about it uh then

we went to pick her up from her work they're like dad sort of one of them got it slightly wrong dad so you think we know where it's going exactly where it's going i hope it's going where i think it's going dad saw a skank in the house today is what one of them said dad had a skank in the house i was like oh hang on kids hang on yeah we've quite we've just just fumbled a wee bit on that one one letter makes a hell of a difference it does it does so it was you know not quite as cute when they're a little bit older and i was like well why would they get that wrong i was like well they did so yeah there you go so you can check the house for skanks they're not crawling out through the cracks, that's for sure.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We want to know, on 0800 THE HITS 4487, what's the best $5 that you've ever spent? He's a thrifty guy. He likes to go to the thrift shop. He does. There you go. Tie in where you didn't even know about, Ben, because yesterday the Melbourne Cup, one lucky punter spent $5.

And won how much? Over $100,000. Haven't listened to this from Newstalk ZB this morning. One Kiwi punter has managed to turn $5 into more than $100,000. Robert won $106,000 after he guessed the top four horses in yesterday's Melbourne Cup. He's been living in a garage for nine months and may now be able to put the money towards a deposit for a house. Robert watched the race at the Petone Men's Club

and was astounded when he saw the money come in on his TAB account. I realised that I've got $106,000 in there. That was off a $5.00 first week of it. That's the best $5.00 I've ever spent in my life. Best $5.00 he ever spent in his life? It'd be hard for us to find a better $5 I've ever spent in my life. Best $5 he ever spent in his life? You'd be hard-pressed to find a better $5. Yeah. So that's what we want.

What's the best $5 you've spent in your life? You know, I was thinking about this before. Look, you know, like I'll go away from the gambling side of things. It was actually, my wife and I were travelling through, I think France many years ago, backpacking through there. And this was before the days we had had phones and it was easy to, you know, safety and security and find your way around. So we got off a train station somewhere in France, very sketchy,

late at night, and these people were hounding us. They were kind of almost intimidating us. We were like, we just need to get out of here. We walked really briskly. Bonjour, bonjour. That was really quite full on, quite scary. It felt like we were going to get mugged at any moment right now. So we're like, we need to walk.

We need to find the place. And we're like, I think it's over this way. We didn't have a phone. Couldn't call anyone. And we finally found the accommodation after walking for 45 minutes as it was dark. It was quite scary. And then we're like, we need to eat. It's like 10 o'clock at night.

Looked out the window. There was a McDonald's like 100 meters across the road. And we had the best McDonald's I think I've ever had in my life for like five bucks. Yeah, it was amazing. It was just like, oh my God, this could have been the best think I've ever had in my life for like five bucks. Yeah, it was amazing. It was just like, oh my God, this could have been the best meal we've ever had just because you're like, I thought I was going to die about 20 minutes ago.

I thought halfway through that story, I thought, so I've spent five bucks on a Switchblade and I taught those- Well, that could have been the other option, right? I taught those charismatic French muggers a thing or two. Yeah, they definitely were charismatic, but yeah, it was quite full on. It was full on.

Yeah, that was $5. I remember that meal going, that was the best McDonald's I ever had. Okay, so best $5 you've ever spent. Already got an early entry. Jordan on from Wellington will take you quickly. Best $5 you've spent, Jordan? Yeah, hi. What was it? Hi.

Hi. That's about Elsie, my daughter. Elsie wants to join the competition. Best $5 Elsie's spent? Well, it was less than $5, but I run like this big raffle thing. It was like a whole lot of lollies, like a lot, a lot of lollies. A lot of lollies. That's a pretty good raffle.

That's less than $5. So that's how it works. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Kiwi punter yesterday won over $1,000. He's been living in a garage. For a $5 bet, best $5 he said he's ever spent, and it would be, right? Getting over $100,000.

That's what we're doing right now. Best $5 you've ever spent. We've got a double pass to Macklemore. Just announced two shows next year, 24. Thrift shopping, as you said before. Great tie, and he loves a thrift shop. He does. Grandfather's coat, you know. he's buying that for five bucks i'm sure some great bargains at the thrift shop yeah my you know my stance which i spoke about uh on sunglasses i lose

them all the time so i've resorted to a budget of five dollars and below all right for something which you know you end up with very some very interesting sunglasses kind of look like Elton John through his experimental sunglass years but yeah I would say I could get two pairs of sunglasses with 0% UV protection

for under $5 for under two pairs and I have do you want ones with flames down the frames I can get those for you buddy that might be six bucks if I had a push

so best thing you've got for $5 best $5 you've spent kimbo welcome what was it hey um i bought an instant kiwi and i won 150. 150 grand no no dollars oh so 100 dollars is good yeah that's a roller coaster that's good that's good that is good you don't seem that impressed, though. Sorry, I really overshot it. We're going $150,000. Yeah, you really blew the wind out of your story there, Kim, didn't you? I wish it was $150,000, but no.

Let's just do a take two, babes. Here we go. Just say you won $150,000 just for the show. Kim, best $5 you ever spent. What was it? She spent $5 on Instant Kiwi, I understand. How much did you win? You're talking to me?

Yeah, yeah. You come and you just say 150 grand. Take three. 150 grand. Oh, man. Wow. Yeah. That's a lot.

There we go. We'll just edit all the other stuff out. Kim, don't worry. Even though we're live on air. But anyway, that's fine. Sarah, welcome. Your own best $5 you spent. Well, hi.

It was actually less than five euros, which would be about five kiwi dollars. When we were traveling with our kids in Paris, our young kids, and I saw this wine for like one euro, so I brought like the $5 equivalent of it and absolutely just sat outside when the kids were in bed and just got absolutely smashed on this one-euro wine. Best investment. I had such a great night. Yeah.

But put it this way, it did bite me in the bum the next day when we had to go on the hot sun to Disneyland Paris. And that one-euro wine was not so flashed then queuing up with the kids. But anyway, I try to remember the night before rather than the... Yeah. I mean, yeah. I know. You're waking up with some regret after a one-euro bottle of wine. Wow.

I so should have known. I really should have known, but I, yeah, and as I said, Disneyland is not the happiest place in the world the next day when you're hungover, but anyway. Just keep it down, Mickey Mouse. I've got a headache. Yeah, shout-out to Donald Duck when he's turned up after a dusty one. And, Sandra, best $5 you ever spent?

Well, when I lost my keys trying to get to the hospice to see my mother, I ended up getting a Uber to the hospice to see her just as she passed away. It cost just on $5. $5? Yeah, it was the best $5 spent. Well, yeah, you had to do it in that situation that's

oh that's beautiful that you got to see it that is well Jesus it's hard not to go with the emotional one doesn't it well yeah

it's over to you now mate what's wrong with me I'll pay you $5 to decide who's going to win that Macklemore tickets hopefully we have more to give away

at the hits on Facebook now Producer Joel you've just come in you're saying Bring Sandra back up Bring Sandra back up. Bring Sandra back up. Producer Joel's just,

he's mouthing at me, he's like, the minimum you can have on an Uber ride is $6. That's in Auckland. Maybe it's different around the country, but this,

I was picking up on the story. Also, I was saying, on a technicality, Sarah, it's $5. She only spent $1.80 in New Zealand because that's a dollar a year is $1.80 in New Zealand. No, but it's under $5.

So if we're going technicality, maybe Kimity So what do you want to say to Sandra Who's just poured her heart out about travelling to the hospice What do you want to say You going to stitch her up by a dollar No comment Sandra what would you like to say to Joel It's ok I don't mind Well I do and you're going to Macklemore

It's awesome I'm not going to go It's going to go back to my son I'm going to pay it forward to It's awesome. I'm not going to go. It's going to go be for my son. I'm going to go pay it forward to them. Oh, good on you, Sandra. You go and have

a lovely day. Thank you. Great talking with you and thank you very much for all your calls. Those were good calls. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

It seems to make a massive news. We have the Bird of the Year competition in New Zealand, but now they've done something different. You also run that with the birds in the office, don't you? No, no, I don't.

I definitely don't. Get your entries in, guys. Bird of the Century is what they're running at the moment. So this is the big banger. Because it feels like every year it's kind of like, oh, it's the same birds and, you know, really. Who is the, you know, on average the one that wins the most? Are we talking Kakapo?

I don't actually know. That's a very good question because I know sometimes it feels like they spread it around. It's not always like, come on, I was going to say the Kiwi, but the Kiwi's probably not the most exciting. It's like when a radio station does a countdown every year. You know, you share it around. Yeah, exactly. Mix it around. And John Oliver, US talk show host, he's invested a lot in this Bird of the Century competition.

Yeah, like a lot. Now he's got him behind a particular bird and he's like, this has made news, like I was looking this morning at CNN, it's everywhere, John Oliver's getting behind and he's like, we need to get this, everyone voting for this. I reckon so this Bird of the Year will win.

He even got a huge giant, I guess like a puppet sort of of the bird behind him in the studio. It was pretty impressive, but this is John Oliver on his show. I don't just want the Puteke Teke to win. I want it to win in the biggest landslide in the history of this magnificent competition. I want it to do to other bird of the century candidates

what the Puteke Teke does to fish in New Zealand's lakes. That is, eat them alive and then throw them back up in a ball of feathers. Because most frankly, no bird on earth more deserving of the title bird of the century. Yeah. And he's got this mad, like it feels like it's a 10 foot high giant mechanical version. Like something out of Sesame Street or something. Like Big Bird would be like, oh, sorry, that's a bigger bird. You know, like he's gone to a lot of trouble.

Apparently, though, there's adverts for this Bird of the Year competition all over the world. Like all over the world. You know, there's bus stops in Tokyo that say Lord of the Wings and stuff like that. Oh, great. You know, like, so that was, you know,

in Paris as well. So this is making huge news around the world to vote for our Bird of the Year. Who's invested in the marketing, the international marketing? Have we? Yeah, New Zealand. Forest and Bird, I think. Yeah.

Taking it over to Tokyo. Taking it worldwide. Do Tokyo need it? If a bird of the century. Well, I don't know. But it feels like maybe it's just great tourism for New Zealand. Everyone's talking about us. The thing is, though, are we factoring in other birds or are we just purely keeping

it domestic? Because if we're saying this is the bird of the century, it's like when the NBA is like, we're world champions. Yeah, no. There's some bloody good birds out there. There is. We can't, you know, like. Internationally speaking.

You can't let the American bald eagle and stuff like that come in because they're better birds. Yeah, they're right. Let's be honest. The eagle, yeah, you're right. The eagles are great. The horse has got an eagle, though. Not as good as the bald eagle, yeah.

So, no, just the birds within New Zealand, so we'll find out who's going to win the bird of the century. Jeez, feels like John Oliver went in deep on that. And I reckon it'll win because of it. The Hits, the John and Ben podcast. On Monday, we've got a cheese roll made for us by the Batch Cafe in Invercargill because producer Taylor, who's been in New Zealand for just over a year from Australia, has never tried a cheese roll. And we're like, well, she needs to try one, but we can't get Taylor down to Invercargill because producer Taylor, who's been in New Zealand for just over a year from Australia, has never tried a cheese roll.

And we're like, well, she needs to try one, but we can't get Taylor down to Bacargal. So we're through basically hitchhiking. The cheese roll is going to try and make its way back up north. It's been a wonderful journey, hasn't it? It's really been a journey of love and white bread cylinder rolls full of cheese. The people that have come out and helped. Yeah. Thank you.

Your generosity. You're right. Melts our hearts. It's currently the cheese roll, thanks to Richard Holdup at Queenstown Airport, the friendly team. It's the remarkable sweet shop there have said, hey, you can have it here. Leave the cheese roll here.

We will hand it over to the next person. It's the ultimate relay race I know, yeah, it's chugging its way up the country And someone needs to pick it up From the store at the airport And I think Brent's going to do it for us Brent! G'day, how are you?

When a hero comes along Brent, you're heading from Queenstown to where? Auckland Oh, that's where we need the cheese roll to be. Wow, yeah, excellent. So, Brent, you're flying out of Queenstown when? Today. Today.

Oh. Now, further questions. Do you have any previous criminal convictions? Not that I'm aware of. Well, it wouldn't matter if you did because we just need the cheese roll. Yep, not a problem. And you're happy to take it on the plane, transport it all the way to Auckland?

I can, yeah, I could do that first. Then we just need you to drop it at the airport in Auckland somewhere. Absolutely. You think there's a bagel shop we could do? Best Ugly Bagels, is it? Al Brown, celebrity chef. Yeah, I could find somewhere like that. We'll see how Al feels about, you know,

contraband food coming into his establishment. Well, this is right. We don't know what's in there, do we? We don't. There's a lot of trust in this whole thing. I mean, you're trusting us. We're trusting you. We're trusting the people that made it.

Evidently, it's not recommended by the airport, but it's all right. No, no. You're right. None of this. No. But it's the trusting nature of New Zealand. And the lengths we're willing to go to to have an Australian try one of our cheeses. The problem is, though, what if it's disappointing?

We like it. I've got a good proper recipe as well, so I'll pass that on. Okay. Yeah. All right. We've tried the Batch Cafe ones. We thought they were delicious.

But, you know, taste buds are different, Ben. Yeah, that's true. The Australian taste. I know. It's not like a succulent koala or kangaroo or something. Oh, Brent, thank you so much. So it's just sitting at the Remarkable Sweet Shop. Put it in a skull, I'll pick that up.

Then all we've got to do is get it from the airport to the studio. That might take two or three days, given the traffic in the city. But we're on the home stretch, Brent. That sounds like a you problem, doesn't it? It does sound like a you. Yeah, it does. Good on you, Brent. Well, safe travels, and thank you again.

We appreciate it. Not a problem. Thank you very much. It's arriving. Our hitchhiking cheese roll is making its way. Are you a hitchhiker guy? No, not really. No.

I've never hitchhiked. I've picked up one hitchhiker guy? No, not really. No. I've never hitchhiked. I've picked up one hitchhiker. And it was an American guy. It feels like you'd love a hitchhiker because you just love talking to everyone. I did bring him home. It was in a different period of life where I brought him home and Jen, my now wife, I was like, oh, I've got this American guy. He's going to stay for a couple of days.

And she was pretty chill about it. I don't know how chill she'd be now about Clay the American coming to stay for three and me bringing a strange American guy home now. But you know, we're accepting back then. I've still got his socks.

I think of him every time I put those socks on. Alright, well the story is of hitchhiking. Are people still doing it? Are you hitchhiking? How does it go for you?

I mean, concerns around safety I guess. The cheese roll, I'm not too worried about safety to be fair. Well, unless anyone's

contaminating it along the way. Yeah, well I'm not going to have to eat it which is the data guess. The cheese roll, I'm not too worried about safety, to be fair. Well, unless anyone's contaminating it along the way. Yeah, well, I'm not going to have to eat it, which is the data is. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I picked up one hitchhiker, much like yourself. It was a few years ago now, but I was sure it was my mate from 100 metres ago. I was like, oh, it's my mate. And as I pulled it alongside, it wasn't my mate, but I'd stopped, and it was too late to go, ugh.

You know, so I just got him. And he was, again, he was a lovely guy, but, you know. Remember that lady who I was, well, we used to work up the road, and I was driving to work, and she came out. She was all very frazzled. Looked like she hadn't slept in maybe two or three months. She kind of, like, forced her way into your car, pretty much. She did, yeah.

She stopped me. She was waving her arms in the middle of the road. I was like, oh, dear God. She looked really traumatised. She was like, I've got to get to the district court. I've got to get to the court. I was like, hop in, mate. I'll take you to your district court.

Ironically, you were going in the same place. Oh, great. I'm due at a 10.30 case, mate. You can carpool together. So yeah, I was heading towards the court. She's like, you know what? I'm really hungry. I'm like at a 10.30 case mate You can carpool together So yeah I was heading towards the court She's like You know what I'm really hungry

I'm like Okay She's like Can you take me to Wendy's And I said I'm bloody buying her a Baconator And then I said What time's your court thing

When you need a court She's like That's fine Just drop me somewhere in town Just put up this Strung out lady And bought her a Baconator for no reason. It was a great first date though, wasn't it?

And that's how I met my wife. How I met your mother, New Zealand edition. I won't go into the hits. We're going to talk hitchhiking right now. Kay, you've done it for years. Does it take ages to get picked up? Well, that's when it rains because people don't like the cars getting wet, I've discovered. Oh, so you're a bit of a seasoned hitchhiker, are you?

Yeah, I've gone in wintertime, but summer's the best time because you get more lifts. Now, on average, what's the average waiting time? Let's say conditions are nice, it's a sunny day. Two hours when it's raining. How long? Two hours when it's raining because people drive past you because you look like a sunny day. Two hours when it's raining. How long? Two hours when it's raining. People drive past you because you look like a wet dog. Nowhere near that long when it's sunny and everything.

So conditions have to be perfect for hitchhiking. And the strangest person you've come across or been in a car with? Oh, there was probably the time when we stayed. My friend Tina and myself were hitchhiking, and we were in a little boat, like a little yacht thing, and he was trying to chase her in the yacht. And when we got to shore, we both ran off. What?

Yeah. This is full on. We said we'd go fishing with this guy, and he was trying to chase her in the little dinghy thing. And as soon as we got to shore, we ran off and just grabbed our bags and took off he was trying to make moves on there on the dinghy and i was sitting still laughing my head off and there's not much i could do other than that geez there's very close proximity on the dinghy in there what was going to happen what was going to happen if they did start start things you would just have

to i'll probably go overboard yeah that's a jump overboard situation. You're right, the dinghies, there's not much room for movement on a dinghy. So it's probably the funniest situation I've been in. No, that's right. Nearly frisky work on the dinghy. And so how did you escape the dinghy, though? Oh, we had to wait until he gave up trying to fish for her and the fish, and when we got to shore, we took off, yeah.

Plenty more fish in the sea is what they say, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just none in the dinghy. Yeah. Oh, good on you, Kay. Would you recommend other people do it too? Because there's obviously the safety. Well, yeah, I'd never do it by myself, put it that way.

I'd never do it by myself when I was younger, because there are some strange people out there, but there's some strange Hitchhikers too, so I'm not taking sides there. Well, thank you for sharing your stories. You're welcome. Cheers, Kay. Someone's texting saying they met their husband at Chalking.

Oh, wow. Yeah, kicked off. You were driving in a caravan, weren't we, through New Zealand on one of our many journeys of discovery, Ben Boyce. I was lying in the rickety back. Yeah, you and producer Ben, Ben Humphrey, I was at the front. And you guys, I couldn't hear you. You know, you weren't part of the conversation.

So I was all lying down and just the noise of the thing. It was, yeah, late at night. It was quite rarely back then. We said, oh, I wish we'd pick up a hitchhiker. You yelled back to me, we'll pick up a hitchhiker. And I went, oh, no, I'm good, thanks. Just because I was like, oh, it's just, you know. It was late.

Yeah. And then you were like afterwards, oh, there was a sweet old lady on the side of the road. It was. I didn't see her. Just out of Picton. Probably still waiting there with her thumb out. And you're like, oh, let's turn around. Oh, it's too late now, mate.

Yeah. It was, yeah. Oh, I get it. You don't want to talk to a sweet old lady. I didn't know it was a sweet old lady Did I? At that stage Now

Paula Bennett You know her Former National MP Paula Bennett I think she does real estate now She's involved with Bailey's in some regard Yeah

I bumped into Someone outside work Yesterday Ben Boyce. Now, Paula, she does some radio stuff from time to time, so she's in the building sporadically. Yeah, right, in our building here. Yeah, right. And I bumped into someone outside.

Hey, how you going? Started engaging, having conversations. I was like, oh, the election, oh, coalition to Winston, firing all the stuff. And I was getting semi-vague responses back from her. And I was thinking, what for a lady who spent so many years in politics? No, she's just like, I'm done with politics. That's what I was thinking.

Maybe she doesn't want to talk at a talking shop. And then over sort of a slow, I even did talk about real estate. How's the real estate going? And I was again getting just sort of sweeping, not much back, but just polite sort of yes or no type answers and it was that point that I realised oh dear god, I'm not

talking to Paula, I'm not talking to Paula Bennett Did you say Paula at all? Yeah, and this person didn't correct me and they were just someone who was here to see a sales rep and thought I was being very welcoming, welcoming them in and going, well, these are strange men. I guess I can roll with Paul.

A lot of political. Jeez, that guy's political. He wants to really talk. But dead ringer. I've done it before with a lady who came in here the other day. Oh, yeah, she brought me up on it. Remember last time you saw me, you thought I was Pam Corkery. Pam Corkery, another former politician.

I love how you probably, you do, you do. I've heard you go before. Even Ferg, who works for Queenstown, like we went to the Royal Games, and we know that Ferg is awesome and he's there. And you went across to a guy who wasn't Ferg, and you're like, G'day Ferg, how are you? And it wasn't Ferg.

I was like, what is he doing? Have you had a stroke or something? I talked to this guy for five minutes about, how's Queenstown going, mate? People need to correct me from the get-go. You're just coming so confident, too. Five minutes after, I remember you going, can we just talk about how you spoke to that guy for five minutes thinking he was Ferg?

Definitely wasn't Ferg from Queenstown, that's for sure. What was your shocker with Paula Bennett? Oh, it was when we were filming a TV. She hosted that. Oh, the charade show. Charade show. And I went up to get a clue from her on the TV. Everyone's filming.

And she was like, politician Calls you out, she's like, ah, your fly's down Right in front of me, it was quite an embarrassing Moment actually, it was And direct eye line too, because you were just up on a Stage, she was sitting a bit lower, I didn't know That, so yeah, as politicians Call you out on something

I wish this lady called me out yesterday Earlier in the equation The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're here at The Hits. Got a wonderful team, don't we? Great people. And something new has been initiated into the week. Wellness Wednesday, Ben Boyce.

Yeah. Wellness Wednesday. So this is happening every Wednesday, is it? Yeah. Now, Producer Taylor, to be honest, you're probably more across Wellness Wednesday than we are. Is it an ongoing? Yes, it's now. It's what started off as a week-long initiative, grew in popularity from the team.

Oh, nice. So it's now sticking by every Wednesday. And so there was a part of Wellness Wednesday where there's this bit of paper which is stuck to the window. And you can write inspirational quotes, the type of stuff you see little shirtless, muscly people on Instagram going, you know, live your life, bro. Don't judge. And that sort of stuff. And I

wrote something and then I walked away and Ashley, who is our CEO of music, said, that's a bit negative. Now my thing I wrote, Ben, I'd like to know if you believe this is negative. Don't set your bar too high. I can't remember the exact wording.

Don't set your bar too high, and you'll never be disappointed. That's a bit negative, yeah. But also achieve, but also, like, making life. I feel like you're besmirching the good name of Wellness Wednesday. Why am I besmirching the good name? Like, you know, it's clearly, like, it's, yeah. What do you think, Producer Taylor? I think it's disgusting. It's like a mock What do you think, Producer Tana? I think it's disgusting. It's like a

mockery out of the whole thing. You should aim too high because then, as me and Joel like to say, if you aim for the moon, because if you miss the moon, you land on the stars. Something like that. That's what Joel, you like to say that too. I've never heard you or Joel say that. Well, we say it to

each other. But also I guess mine, if you break mine down, set the bar, you like to say that too. I've never heard you or Joel say that. Well, we say it to each other. But also, I guess mine, if you break mine down, set the bar, don't set it too high, it's all about gratitude, isn't it? Well, no, you didn't say that. You could have said that and it would have been nice, but you didn't. I'm with CEO of Music, Ashley. Bitnagy. Bitnagy.

What did you write on the board? I said the quickest way to lose everything you currently have is by complaining about everything you have. Because you haven't set your bar too high and you're achieving everything you want. No, being grateful for everything you have. What was your message? I haven't actually written one. Oh, you haven't done one? No, I haven't done one yet. No.

Did you write one, Producer Joel? If you wake up without dreams, go back to sleep. Was that what you wrote? That's an original quote as well. Original quote. It's also why you spend a lot of time in bed, I guess. He's quite late for work. He's like, oh, no dreams just yet.

I better go back and see if I can find any. We want to open this. Team building exercises. A lot of companies and organizations, they try and bond the team together. Sometimes the team doesn't want to be bonded together we used to work at the edge and uh someone said oh everyone's got to write a nice compliment about everyone on staff yeah you know it's a lovely thing to do great but you know it's 23 people yeah it was a lot some of them i was like you park your car pretty good in between the lines of the garage. Your email, you sent no grammatical errors. You start to run out of nice things to say.

So what was something that your workplace has got involved in? Team building exercises. Have they gone well? Have they gone bad? We'll take all. You can text 24487. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just talking team bonding this morning.

It can go well. It can go well. It can go bad. It can go one of two ways, can't it, team bonding? I think it's, you know, those things, sometimes you go on with the wrong attitude to those things. And then you come out after the day and you're like, that was really, really good. It was actually really good.

They actually deserve this purpose of bringing everyone together, but you get so caught up in going, oh, it's taking me away from this email, this thing I need to do, all these deadlines, but it actually is quite important for the work environment. We had a good team bonding a few months ago. It was really good, eh? Yeah, it was great. You found out interesting facts about everyone.

Yeah. What was the way we spoke to someone from, what was it? Oh, you're going to need to give me more of that. I don't know, yeah. You said there were really interesting facts. Yeah, there was some interesting facts. I wasn't there for the beginning bit. Yeah, I noted some of them down.

People have been, yeah, also electrocuted multiple times. That's right. Yeah, like it's, yeah, things you wouldn't know about people. Someone who had nine names and things like that. Robin, you're on. Welcome. Hello, guys. Team bonding.

You do something on Wednesdays like we're doing Wellness Wednesday. Oh, it's my day off today. Okay, okay. So what's the team building that you got involved in? I feel like we've got our wires crossed here. Now what radio show are you meant to call? Because maybe we should be

doing that topic. What were you calling up for? I texted in for the car wash oh and then we yeah that was a good topic what was your favorite car wash um just a classic car wash yeah i love a classic car wash too inside outside are you doing both or you're just doing the outside more than the inside? Oh, depending what you're going to pay for. Yeah. Do you like the automated car wash or do you like doing it yourself? Yeah, I don't really like doing it myself. Nah, it's better when you can just drive through and just,

good topic there, wasn't it? See why it's taking off. Car wash Wednesday, we'll be back next week. Thank you, Robin. Appreciate that. Martin, team building. How are you, Martin? Welcome.

Not bad, guys. Yourself? Yeah, we're doing well. Lovely to have you on the show this morning. Your workplace, they're into team bonding. Used to be, yeah. Yeah, right. So you don't have to say what company it was,

but what sort of activities would they get you doing? Well, the last time I was there, they did a massive get everyone over to One of Day's Adventure Parks and get into little teams and stuff like that. But the last time was a murder mystery dinner theatre thing. Oh, okay. Get the old bring the team together trying to solve a crime, I see. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know, you bring your partner, have a good night out, that kind of stuff. That seems fun. Did you enjoy that night? It was entertaining. What happened, Marty? I feel like there's more to the story. Well, my ex-wife now, we were, you know, it was a good night out. Everyone was having a few drinks and having a laugh and all that.

And then halfway through, they sort of said, okay, we've got to pick a random person off the floor, come up on the stage. You get to ask one question, and we have to answer honestly. Oh, okay. You know, so it's like a get a clue kind of thing. Oh, right. So it's kind of like, yeah, I guess that TV show The Traitors where you're trying to work out who the murderer is and stuff, right?

Yeah, yeah. They pointed at my ex-wife. So she stumbled up on stage. She's had a few too many wines by this stage. Uh-oh, uh-oh. Sitting there going, oh yeah, this will be good. She'll ask a question, we'll get a clue, and we'll move on. So she's standing there, burps a few times, looks at the guy beside her

and goes, oh, did you know you're wearing a wig? And he goes, right, get off the stage, that's it. So it wasn't quite murder mystery related or was that the mystery she was trying to solve is he got a hairpiece i knew it all along you know you could have picked a sober person but no oh wait it was probably a question at least not the whole room then you okay well then yeah we've been all be talking about it behind his back oh that's pretty much the reason we divorced though though, but, you know.

Now, what was that reason? Do we want to get into that? Let's not get into that on right now. All right, we'll leave that. You have a good one, Martin. No worries. Cheers, guys.