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Episode Date: October 15, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Enormous weekend. The election. Yeah. Jeez, I sat down with the kids, we watched it all, and they got really into it. Oh, really? Yeah, I thought, jeez, we're going to lose them in about two and a half minutes. But they stuck with it, though, with the polls, the percentage. And what is with the polls? I thought everything was on a nice edge on Friday.iday yeah the polls were slightly wrong weren't they uh yeah but again it's

a ploy for the tv networks to get us all hooked in so many different polls i went around watching it with at a mate's place and i found that you know these are the normal people we watch sport with and stuff it's not quite as exciting as watching sport like it's interesting don't get me wrong but no one's cheering or yahooing or anything you're just kind of sitting around yeah and it's a tough gig for the reporters standing outside politicians houses pretending stuff's happening yeah you know yeah oh there's a uh a car just pulled down the street there and somewhere there's a dog peeing on a lamppost over there and the obligation of the uh politicians in there to bring out food when did this become a thing we've got the prime minister christopher lux and actually joining us after eight o'clock the new prime of the politicians in there to bring out food. When did this become a thing? We've got the Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon,

actually joining us after eight o'clock, the new Prime Minister. So we'll ask him, did he pre-plan that? You know, the meal for the journalists? Yeah, I suppose it's an obligation, isn't it? So what are we waiting on? I know November 3 is a big date. Yeah, the by-elections coming up as well.

Also the special votes coming through. So at the moment, National and ACT have enough just to govern without Winston but things could change with the special votes coming through. Right, okay. So it's all just like So Christopher Luxon's not officially Prime Minister yet. Well he's, Hipkins is either way conceded. He's conceded.

So he's going to be the Prime Minister one way or another. It's just whether he needs Winston or not. My kids are watching Winston, you know, and they're like, 80 years old, he comes out and they're like, that'll be you. Not, just working, still Winston or not. My kids are watching Winston, you know, and they're like, 80 years old, he comes out, and they're like, that'll be you. Not just working, still working at 80. You're going to be Winston Peters. No, I don't know if that's going to be me.

I can't wait to see this transformation. But my daughter's like, that's definitely going to be you. Interesting though, Pettigower and News Hub, they had a term for the blue wave they kept banging on about all night. Coming, it could be a blue nami. The blue nami, a blue nami. It's not a blue wave that kept banging on about all night. Coming. It could be a blue nami. The blue nami. Blue nami.

It's not a blue wave that has hit. It is a blue nami. It's a blue nami. It's a blue nami. There's raining blue. Blue da ba dee da ba doo. Matty Gower. I know he doesn't even drink now, but geez, he was loose.

There's some loose coverage on News Hub. And as well, I don't know if you saw this High Concept stuff as well. They had the laser kiwi from the flag referendum a few years ago. I did see it. What was this? They had a graphic of a laser kiwi and it was birthing new politicians with its laser eyes and pooping out an egg.

And then it would burst the egg with its laser eyes. It was a bit odd. Have a listen. Does everybody remember laser kiwi from the flag referendum? Well, she's back. For those MPs who, like you, Stuart. Like Stuart, poor old Stuart. He's our first to go.

Of course, you're retiring at this election. Now when they're like, no idea's a bad idea. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Ben, I've been banging on about ongoing back issues. Right, yes. I've been suffering. When you got acupuncture done? Oh, yeah.

Friday? Helped. Feel like a million bloody bucks. Oh, that's good. It's incredible. Yeah. Yeah. Alternate medicine, mate.

Yeah. That's what I'm all about. That's what me and my mates in the tinfoil hats down in Parliament like. Yeah. But she, because it was on ACC, and I was just loading in the information for the system, and I could see that I've had, over the years, 12 ACC claims. All right. That's a lot of ACC clips.

It probably is, actually. An accident-prone, bald idiot of a person. Yeah. How many have you had? I wouldn't say I would have that many, to be honest. I can't remember the last time I've filed an ACC accident. It's a wonderful system, though, isn't it? Where we can all magically mess ourselves up and it's all paid for.

It's almost worth you running into a wall breaking a bone just so you can reap the benefits of the system. Yeah, we are lucky to have it, though, aren't we, in New Zealand? Yeah, you're right. And what justifies an accident, too? I accidentally forgot to pick up the groceries. Will they cover that? No.

I accidentally forgot to pay for the bill of the dinner. No. Walked out of the restaurant. Do they pay for that? No. No. Just purely injury-based. Injury-based, yeah.

So, 0800, this is what we want to chuck open. Can you beat 12 ACC claims? There'll be some people out there, I reckon, who'd be in the 40s and 50s. So, you want different ACC claims. There'll be some people out there, I reckon, who'll be in the 40s and 50s. So you want different ACC claims over the years? The most accident-prone New Zealanders. All right. 0800 The Hits.

You can text 448 to the final. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. After the most accident-prone people in Aotearoa, the most ACC claims. I've got a dozen. Ben, you don't think you've ever even made one? Maybe one or two, but I can't remember the last time I've done it. Let's go to Sarah.

Sorry, Ben first. Welcome on 0800 The Hits. Good to have you on a Monday morning, Benny boy. How are you? I'm tired, but I'm good, bro. How are you? Yeah, good. Did you celebrate yesterday, did you? Oh, no, not really. Just tired. Just tired. It's Monday morning. 20-year-old. Feeding you down. How many really, eh? Just tired. Just tired. It's Monday morning. 20-year-old.

Beating you down. How many claims, Ben? 24. Woo! That is a... How many broken bones over those 24 ACC claims? I'd say six or seven. Eight, maybe.

Is it all through work? Is it just social? What is this? Most of it's from basketball and rugby, but I'm a tradie now, so, like, sliced open fingers, popped out shoulders. Oh, most of it's from basketball and rugby, but I'm a tradie now, so like sliced open fingers, popped out shoulders. Oh, jeez. What has been the worst out of all those 24 claims?

Um, shattering my ankle. Oh. Probably. How'd you do that, do I ask? I was probably 11 and I was a scooter kid and I, um, kick-flipped into my, not kick-flipped, tail-whipped into my ankle and then that broke it and I landed on it and it shattered it oh he was a scooter boy oh geez oh 11 year old scooter boy well thank you so much ben uh try and stay safe today no claims today we'll do we'll do

acc must look at ones like that and be like, this guy, just stay at home in bed. Sarah, you're on. Welcome. How many claims for you from ACC? 26. Wow. I've had four this year. What do you do to yourself?

I do everything. I'm so clumsy. I'm just so reckless. I just go for it, and I just worry about it later. What do you mean? What are you going for, though? Is it just life? I don't know. I just mostly around the house.

I've lost toenails. I've cracked my cartilage. I've fallen down stairs, put nails on my foot. I mean it just goes on and on. 26 times you've claimed from ACC. What has been the most comical injury? I think I shot my thumb with an industrial staple gun.

And it went and twisted and snapped my bone. And we took it out and I just left it thinking, like, it's out now, she'll be all right. And it got septic arthritis and I was in hospital for three days Were you putting something up on the wall and you accidentally shot it? I was building a rabbit hutch, I used to build hatches and I just

go, I don't really stop I just start and I go until the end of the day Maybe you should stop and just think Go on you Sarah, that's incredible 26, maybe you should stop and just think. Go on, Sarah. That's incredible. 26. If you can beat it, 4487 is the text.

You're going to have a wonderful Monday, Sarah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just wanting to know, just purely on a selfish level, where this leaves us with our on and off again relationship with ACT leader David Seymour. Yeah. In the past, him being in opposition, we could just call him on the fly.

No prearranged interview times or anything. He'd just always answer too, wouldn't he? Always, always. Even if he's on a plane. Yeah, sometimes in the middle, he'd be doing another interview, and he'd be like, you know, I'm in the, you know, just answer. We said, you know, ignoring calls is an option as well, but that's not an option for him. But maybe it is now.

Is he too big to answer our call now? We're going to phone through to Seymour. I'm going to say, no, he's not going option for him, but maybe it is now. Is he too big to answer our call now? We're going to phone through to Seymour. I'm going to say he's not going to answer. Okay. I'm picking up. What do you think? I don't know. I feel like he's still going to answer.

Hello, David Seymour. Oh, he's not. He's not too good for us. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. This is the call that I wait for. We're all like, oh, he's back in Parliament now. You know, he's... He's not going to answer our call now.

He's not in the opposition anymore. Come on, guys. Let's talk about coalition deals. Let's have a three-way. Well, congratulations to the ACT Party. The best ever result. Thanks, guys. It's just lucky that you got off all that New Zealand on air funding

and started making it on this buck. Now, there's a bit of history between Seymour and us. He essentially went public. He said we shouldn't be getting any New Zealand on air funding for the TV show. I feel like that was the end of our show after that. But anyway. But we've got through that, David, and now we're happier times.

Oh, very, very happy and good to see you guys so successful. So tell us, what do you think should be the first item on our coalition? Get that bloody pseudo-ephedrine back in those pills, mate. Oh, that's a done deal. It's easy. Everyone needs some decent cold and flu medication through the winter. Easy. How are you, though?

Are you on cloud nine? Is it just back to work? What is it? It's a real mixture. I'm obviously really grateful that so many people have trusted Act with their vote. It's the most votes that we've ever got, so that is pretty awesome. On the other hand, it's also the biggest responsibility that we've got to deliver on, so we've now got to work doubly hard to repay that trust that people have put on us.

So who have you spoken to? Do you talk to the lucks? Have you called your mate Winston? Oh, more the lucks, to be honest. But, yeah, look, we chat pretty regularly and, you know, we're keen to build our relationship because, you know, people, there's lots to laugh about, but it's also a pretty serious business. People sitting there saying, look, I need some relief so I can afford to have some money

in the bank after my mortgage. That's going to take careful economic management, the amount of crime people have suffered from and the fact New Zealand feels more divided than it has been for a long time. All of those things need to be fixed, and that's going to require a tight, stable team working together. Do you get a new office? Do you get a security guard? What's going on, mate? You know, I don't know about that stuff.

I mean, it depends what your final job is. We've always been more, you know, how do we get the policies right before we think about, you know, who's sitting where on the bus? Let's work out where the bus is going first. Sorry, you've got someone talking in the background there. We don't want to hold you up for too long there, David. No, no, it's all right. I'm just about to go on a lesser media programme, actually.

I'm pretty happy you guys called. Who are you going to visit? Who's talking to you? No one's talking to me. I'm just in the green room at TV3 about to go on AM. I think that's saying, oh, no, no, no, it's all right. David Seymour, congratulations. We'll let you go on and be interviewed and grilled by Ryan Bridge.

You go and have a wonderful week. I'm absolutely, absolutely terrified, as you can imagine. You guys are the real deal. I'm so happy to hear from you. Call me anytime. Thanks David. Have a good one. Bye. It's never too early to teach kids

about money or maybe two, three years old might be a bit early but by age six they should definitely be across the global financial system. And Holly Jean Brooker from The Parenting Place joins us this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast. Holly, the money conversation, it seems important to have with kids. Yeah, I think talking about money is such an important conversation. It's definitely a big part of our lives, you know, particularly in this climate that we're in now. It's definitely a big part of our lives, particularly in this climate that we're in now. It's such a tough time to

navigate as families with lots of big grocery bills and other kind of costs. I don't think that we should hush down the conversation of money with our kids. Potentially it might have happened when we were young. We didn't really talk about money. I think

we're a lot more open with our kids these days. It shouldn't be a taboo topic. Obviously age appropriate. When do you think we should start teaching them about the benefits of gambling and the chances to double your money? The odds those thrilling odds. Oh yeah, totally. We've also got an interesting pathway here

of educating kids on money with online money. It's not actually physically in your hand now. It probably doesn't mean as much pathway ahead of educating kids on money with um yes online money it's not actually physically in your hand now so i think it probably doesn't mean as much you know when it's not something you're actually carrying sometimes can i have some robux you don't even know how much robux costs yeah just pushing a button yeah that is such a good point hey um i have a savings account to my kids so so my my strategy is i give my kids pocket money. They don't earn it. It's just a thing that I give them because I want them to learn to save, to share, and to spend.

And so I give them, basically they get the amount of their age, and they have to save it the whole term. So my daughter who's eight, for example, she gets $80. At the end of the term, she's allowed to spend $40. In the the term I buy her nothing in terms of extra stuff and she saves up her $40 and then it's really helpful because when we go into the shops in that term time when she's not allowed to spend, she'll see so many things that she wants to buy and I

will say, hey that looks so cool how about we take a photo of it because at the end of term when you get to spend your money you can make a decision about what it is that you want to spend your money on. So it's kind of like that delayed gratification. They're looking forward to something. They're making this decision-making.

They're figuring out what they want to spend their money on. And then the other half of the money they can't touch. It stays in their savings. Now, Ben, you had a very sobering conversation with your children explaining the intricacies of the New Zealand tax system. They weren't too fond about that, were they? I remember having that discussion because one of my daughters does some acting stuff

from time to time and I remember explaining something. I thought that she was at the age of going, okay, well this is what you'll get for this job, but the government will take that money off you. And you could see your little heartbreak inside. My little heartbreak's inside every year too. Oh, mine too.

Yeah, and she was like, what? Why would they do this? Exactly. And I was like, well, and they're trying to explain where that money goes towards. But yeah, that's a tough conversation to have. Yeah, it's a great conversation to have though because I think we saw a billboard yesterday

and it was talking about, I think someone had a billboard and it it was talking about, I think someone had a billboard and it said something about like 1% tax or something and my son who's 11, he goes, well, that's ridiculous. How will we pay for the road? Yeah, I know. We all want 1% tax, but we all know that's never going to work. You're right.

Yeah. Hey, Holly, thank you so much. Always appreciate your insights from the Parenting Place. You go and have a wonderful day. Thank you. Hey, and also I have heard that Ben made a guest appearance on our new Parenting Place podcast. Oh, I did. Yes, that was really interesting. I don't know if I had any insights. Jesus, what did you say? Look, I don't know. It was a blur, to be honest yeah the podcast is called parents we've met so it's kind of yeah chatting with different parents around you know what what parenting is like for them um yeah and also

kind of getting some of that gold that gold you know those all those gems that ben's got to share as well so yeah i'm looking forward to hearing your one it hasn't come out yet i'm looking forward to hearing these gems too my main bit of advice was if you don't want to cry in front of your kids don't watch a pixar movie, jeez, I've always – every one of those Pixar animated movies, I'm like at the end just – they've always got some childhood thing where the parents and the kids grow up. You're like – yeah, so that's always – yeah, that's a good bit of advice. Great. I'll take that one. Thank you.

Good on you, Holly. Have a good one. You too. Thanks. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. An epic game of rugby over the weekend, the All Blacks taking on Ireland in the quarterfinal. What should have really felt like it should have been the semi or the final, right? It was probably the most intense game I've ever watched, Ben Boyce. And at the end of the day, rugby was the winner.

Well, no, the All Blacks actually were. But I felt sorry for Ireland at the end of it. Because number one team, been to the quarterfinals eight times and never passed the quarterfinals. And they are the number one team in the world and have been awesome over the last few years. Jeez, there must be some really,

really dusty people this morning. Starting, just looking at coverage on the news, around bars, midday. Even by midday, people would have been running at 120. Yeah. So Monday might be a bit slow today for many across the country. I know you spent the game with your friend Irish Dave. Yeah, we went over and watched it with him.

And, you know, big, huge supporter of Ireland. And it was a real rollercoaster sitting next to him as we watched the game. And Ireland were up and they were down throughout. We'll answer Ireland's call. Okay it's just him it's a solo at the moment. I don't know the lyrics. Okay this is I'm going to check in with you throughout the game but basically to monitor your alcohol intake but also to see how you're feeling.

But I might be able to talk by the end of the game if we win but let's see how we go. Okay out of 10 leprechauns how confident are you of Ireland winning? I'm a 6.5 leprechauns out of 10. It's Ireland 3 New Zealand 13. I'm still five and a half leprechauns confident. It's early doors. Just repeat that score again. It's Ireland 3 New Zealand 13.

It's 33 minutes in. The All Blacks just scored. Yeah. 80 and 10. It's a good game. It's 33 minutes in the All Blacks just scored yeah 80 and 10 it's a good game it's a tense game isn't it good defense from both teams it's 33 minutes and 33 seconds gone I believe 17 minutes to go 63 minutes in mate you got you guys have just sent someone to the bin we need to score next you've been up and down you've been moving around does this count as cardio for you like my the only thing moving up and down more is my hand drinking my pints of guinness how do you feel like you look emotional look i've shed a tear i've i've had a few guinness unfortunately i'm now listening to 660 don't forget your roots instead of zombie by the cranberries i'll take it i'll accept I'm now going to take off my green jersey

and put on my black jersey. And look, we're going to take Argentina and we're going to go all the way to the final. A little fun fact. No Irish person scored a try today. It was all keeping foreign people. So you guys did real well. So there we go.

Irish day for my mate. Watching it with him. A real rollercoaster. He felt sorry for the Irish, you know. Great, the All Blacks won. They played incredible, especially after the hard time they've had over the last couple of years. So it was awesome.

And humble and defeat, Irish Dave. Yeah. And also humble thanks to probably about eight Guinnesses. He was like, I need to break out my emergency whiskey at the end of the game. And then he brought it out. And I'm like, well, it was down to the last little bit of my, how many times did you break out the emergency whiskey?

How many emergencies do you have in a day? Like he'd finished, like without a word of a lie, he poured in a little bit and it had gone. I'm like, a lot of emergencies that have been happening for that whiskey. Feels just like a whiskey. Yeah, you consistently drink. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A humbling moment on Friday night, actually, my son Oscar,

he had basketball training. Now, the basketball training goes,bling moment on Friday night actually. My son Oscar, he had basketball training. Now the basketball training goes this is a Friday night, bear in mind Ben sort of goes from 5.30 to 7.30. And I said this is my reaction. And I said, I'll be picking up

at 7 o'clock. And he's like but it goes to 7.30. And I said I'm not picking up 7.30 on a Friday night. I'm picking up at 7 o'clock and he's like but it goes to 7 30 and i said i'm not picking up 7 30 on a friday night i'm picking up at seven o'clock and he comes back with the ultimate reply he's like you're in your 40s what else have you got going on and they say the most savage burns the truest of birds and i was like i've got no comeback to that you You had nothing else going on. I literally had nothing else going on. So it was a humbling moment. And, you know, after something like that is said to you, you come up with a witty comeback.

But it's always too late, yeah. Ten minutes later. And what you want to do is you want to go back to that person and just pick it up where you left it off. So you can come back with your retort. But I thought I should have come back with, what else have you got going on? And I should have said, well, you'll find you got going on? And I should have said,

well, you'll find out when no one comes to pick you up. You know? Yeah, that would have been a good witchy comeback. Well, you're right, actually. That would have been good. Not even you now going, ooh, see, I knew it was good. Yeah, there's buses, you know, yeah, mate.

You've got buses. I brainstormed it way too late. Yeah. Yeah, but it's the honesty of children really does sometimes bring you down a peg or two, doesn't it? The other thing I've noticed with kids as well, they get really, they get fired up about things that they shouldn't get fired up about. You know, like our kids were having some banter a week or two ago. We'll go and visit some friends on a farm. And they were, one of them was like, oh, as a joke, we'll see your friends.

They've got pigs. Oh, is there your family? And then the other one was like, I'm not part of a pig family. And we're like, oh, as a joke, we'll see your friends. They've got pigs. Is there your family? And then the other one was like, I'm not part of a pig family. And we were like, well, clearly you're not. We all know you're not. But it was really riling up the kid. We're like, I can't believe you think I was part of a pig family. I'm not.

No one does. No one does. We all know you're not part of it. If anything, it's a burden on all of us because we're all part of your family. But, geez, that just, you know, really unnecessarily. You take that back. We'll go to ancestry.com. But, jeez, that just, you know, really unnecessarily. You take that back. Go to ancestry.com. See, no pigs in my bloodline.

Now it's become a running joke in our family. And I'm like, just because they got such a reaction out of it. So it's like, kids, they really need to learn how to gauge this. Want to hook into and want not to. You're right. It's just another motivational Monday. Yes, what anabolic steroids are for an Olympic athlete. These stolen Instagram clips are for you on a Monday morning, Ben.

This is a really short one. Eight seconds. But I think something very important. Have a listen. When you're on your way up, everyone roots for you because you remind them of their dreams. When you're at the top, everyone tears you down because you remind them that they gave up on them. Told you it was short. Did you hear that? Everyone's rooting for you on the way up mate no one is doing any real person talking about that

or is that a like an ai sort of version of a little bit robotic when you're on your way up everyone roots for you because you remind them of their dreams when you're at the top everyone tears you down because you remind them that they gave up on them does sound quite robotic yeah that's good advice though that's thank you robot yeah that is gave up on them. That does sound quite robotic. That's good advice though. Thank you, robot. That is some good advice, isn't it? A tall poppy chopping. That's what they call that, isn't it? It seems to be something New Zealand has got a bit of a reputation for, isn't it?

I think it's everywhere. Yeah, probably. Have you ever looked at the comment section of an internet article? Well, that's true. Although you do see other countries like America and Australia. If people are brash and they're successful and they're driving cars and stuff, it's like, it's often seems like something to be proud of rather than, oh, look at this guy who's successful, you know?

Like it does seem like, you know, people are happy to wear gold chains and things like that, you know? I mean, that's great. We'd probably dial it back a couple of notches here in New Zealand. Yeah. But I get the, I get the message, the ethos behind it. Yeah. They go, hey, I'm successful

and I'm proud of it rather than, let's hide it, let's keep it from everyone and otherwise everyone will tear it down. If I'm in that position, I'm not going to a nightclub

and spraying cash all over the dance floor. No. That's a huge waste of money. Hold on to your dollars, put it in KiwiSaver or something sensible for goodness sake.

But there you go. Yeah. So why don't we just root for people when they're at the top? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now Arnie,

Arnie Schwarzenegger, who, a famous actor and from Terminator action films, he's been a governor of California as well, right?

Just really, he's diversified his entire career, Arnie, and he went on a chat show recently and explained

a shock tactic parenting maneuver he went on a chat show recently and explained a shock tactic parenting maneuver he pulled on one of his kids involving, was it the mattress? Yeah, so his kid, one of his kids hadn't made their bed. He wasn't very happy about this, so he took matters literally into his own hands.

Have a listen to him talking about it. One time in the bed was made so immaculately that i looked at that and i said patrick did you do that and he said no i didn't you know so he grabbed the mattress i opened up the doors grabbed the mattress and threw it out the balcony down to the into the swimming pool you know so he's so So he gives an example, you know,

so he had to kind of drag it up the mattress and the pillows and everything. You really want the bed. So he's thrown his son's mattress out into the pool because he hasn't made his bed. Yeah, I think the nanny or someone made the bed and so he had the son pretended that he had done it and so he threw it out.

Geez, not everyone can afford that type of parenting pizzazz though. You know, chances are you're going to have to fork out for a new mattress. Yeah. Be soaking wet. Not everyone. I mean, I couldn't lift a mattress by myself. I'd be like, hey, can you help me carry this out in the bedroom? You know, I'm not like Arnie.

You don't buy a bed every day, they say at Bedpost, don't you? Well, you do at Arnie's house. He's chucking mattresses in the pool every day. This is what we wanted to get to, though. Shock tactic parenting. Did your parents, when you were growing up, wash your mouth out with soap? Maneuver seemed very popular.

It never happened to me, but it sounds, if soap tastes like it smells, it must be very tasty. Yeah, I think it's a shock tactic that many parents pull. Producer Joel. Have you had it? He's had it. I had it. Yeah, when I was about 11 years old,

I said a word I shouldn't have said to my parents, and then I can still taste liquid soap in my mouth just thinking about it now. Do you think it's a shock tactic? Yeah, honestly, for the last probably 10 years, I don't swear around my parents or at home anymore as well. Just so they know, he definitely makes his quota up here at work.

I feel like times have changed, and rightfully so. Now a shock tactic is me going, I'll count to 10 and get to 10 and nothing happens. Well, you never know what happens, do you? Have you got like a thing in your head where you're like, geez, when I get to 10, stuff's going to go down. Have you ever had that planned? Well, no, I just kind of hope I won't get there. But I'm sure the kids know now there's nothing going to happen.

It's like, I'll turn this car around. They're like, well, no, you won't because you know where we're going. It's a huge inconvenience for you to turn the car around. You want to get to where we're going. Waste of petrol, waste of everyone's time. Exactly. So 0800, the hits. Have you experienced some shock tactic parenting?

Did it work? Just out of the soap in the mouth. Was it like open up, squirt palm oliveive in, or was it pre-soaped? How did it go down? I think it was a bit of palmolive going in there. I think even at one point, it was like, get the bar of soap as well. Oh, really? Must have been really full of wood.

What wood was it? It started with P. To be fair, it actually wasn't that bad. But I guess I was nine, so it was bad at the time. Wow. Very strict regime there, isn't it? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Arnie, the superstar actor, bodybuilder from many, many action movies like Terminator.

He was saying how he was a strict parent on a talk show over the weekend, saying that he once threw his son's mattress into the pool because his son pretended that he made the bed and he hadn't made the bed. He got someone who helps out at the house to do it oh the cleaner yeah to make the bed was that the same didn't arnie have a baby with a cleaner he did have a baby with a cleaner as well maybe it was the mum and also the cleaners yeah uh so shock tactic parenting did you Kevin Boyce Jenny Boyce did they no they didn't reallybert. I was trying to think of that last night. No. I never got shocked by anything, you know, that they did. I think once mum dropped me on the side of the road.

Oh, yeah. But then, you know, oh, I'll get you out of this car. And I think I was. But then, they're parents. They love you. They're not gone for too long. Yeah. Although we had a friend of ours.

Yeah. Her family was travelling through Compton or somewhere. Through America, yeah. Through America. And her brother was being mischievous in the back seat and the parents were highly stressed out on holiday

navigating international roading rules and were like, I'll drop you on the side of the road here in Compton. And he's like, no you won't. And they did.

They followed through. And they left the area for quite a long time. Probably trying to navigate their way back or driving on the wrong side of the road. We'll get Jane on. Now, Jane, it wasn't a parent with the shock tactic parenting, but a teacher. What happened, Jane?

Oh, well, I think she was a bit of a control freak, and she didn't like the kids picking their nose, so she made up these little signs saying I'm a nose picker and if she caught them picking their nose in class they had to wear one of these signs around their neck. For the rest of publicly shaming for the rest of the day. Shaming and I went into the classroom one day and there's a kid's it was lunch it was morning tea time and there was a kid standing against it was lunch, it was morning tea time and there was a kid standing against the whiteboard and I said, what are you doing?

And he said, miss has put a black dot on the board and I've been naughty and I've got my nose on the dot. Oh, is that what he had to do? Jeez. Yeah, but yeah, it's the same teacher. So, you know, some teachers go to extreme levels of control, I guess. Good stuff. Taking it back to the 1930s.

Back to the 1930s. OG teaching styles there. I appreciate that, Jane. Tatiana, welcome. How are you? Hello. How's it going? We're doing well. We're talking shock tactic parenting, Tatiana. I'm a big one for following through.

My boy went through a phase when he was four or five where he slammed his room door and I said to him, you do that one more time and I take the door out and he did it so I actually went in with a hammer and nail and took the pin out on the side and took his door off so he had no privacy for a week

and he had to earn that back. So he's never slammed the door since and then a year later it was about seven years ago, I worked all the way up to the 23rd of December and I was knackered and the house was a dump and I said to the boys, Santa doesn't come into untidy houses. I hadn't put the tree up yet and I was just too exhausted for everything and I said, you guys need to tidy up.

It's not up to me. Santa doesn't come to messy houses. They didn't do it so I cancelled Christmas and I said to my husband, you know what, you take the boys to your mum's place, because it's clean there, and Santa can come. And I had a really quiet Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. Wow, you cancelled Christmas? You are one for

following through. Cancelled Christmas. And still, seven years later, my friends still, you know, warn the boys, remember, your mum will cancel Christmas. So I still get that hung over my head. Damn, that is gangster. Don't mess with Tatiana.

Appreciate that. Tanya will go to Whanganui. Welcome. Hi. Our shock tactic parenting, Tanya. What happened? We were in a shoe store once, and my son was packing one because I wasn't buying him stuff. So he punched me in the stomach.

So I can't do anything. So I ignored him. I had my two oldest daughters. We walk out of the shop. They're walking miles ahead of us because they're embarrassed because this kid's crying. We go back to the car. Get in the car. I drove around to the police station.

And it just so happens that the policeman was walking up the road and I said, get out. He's coming to get you. You had six months in prison, mate. You might get out in three with good behaviour, but you'll have an ankle bracelet. Well, the worst part was that Kendi was going for a trip there the next week and he didn't want to go.

He's like, oh no, they'll take me in. Jesus. Hey, well, there you go. Take him to the police station. That will get results. Yeah, some tough parenting there. It certainly does. They don't do it again.

No. Drop him at the end of the driveway of Primarimo Prison.