Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: The South African Hotline..

Episode Date: October 26, 2023

We open up the South African fan hotline Producer Tay is hitting the streets Jono's dodgy insurance operation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Hey Faye, heading into the weekend, which is going to be a huge weekend as mentioned before, the Rugby World Cup final taking place Sunday morning New Zealand time. And we have all your in-depth extensive coverage over the next three hours Ben Boyce. Oh we actually do, we're Piti Weepu. I don't know why I said that in the sarcastic. We're talking to Shree Kanier from the New Zealand Herald, she's in Paris, we're talking to Piti Weepu, I don't know why I said that in the sarcastic. Yeah, I was like, we're talking to Shriek and Air from the New Zealand Herald. She's in Paris. We're talking to Pity Weepu, all black legend as well.

We've got a special little treat for Australian producer Taylor. We're going to send her out on the streets. It's all happening. Yeah, very exciting. Very exciting. I love it when games of this magnitude happen because it's like COVID. You've got something to talk about with every stranger you bump into. Now, Ben, over the last couple of days, my voice has been slowly disappearing on me yeah and uh developed a sort of a husky

husky residue and uh when i in my head when i'm talking i'm like god damn i must sound sexy you know yeah when you're in your head i feel like vin do you know how vin diesel sort of mumbles his way through a fast and Furious movie. I sort of feel of that caliber. Could be a rebrand for us. Could be Ben and the Husky God. The mysterious Husky God. Yeah.

If you're going to keep to it, stick with it. It's a commitment, isn't it? It's kind of sort of. Well, it's also like maybe it's. I mean, some people don't put it on. Some people just naturally sound husky. Yeah. Yeah.

So after the show yesterday, you were like, you sound sick. And I was like, no, it's sexy. So we got into a bit of a debate, and who better to decide whether I'm sick or sexy than my wife, Jennifer. So we gave her a call. Hello? Hi. Oh, dear.

Here's your answer. That's all you needed. That's all. We're just wondering, is the huskiness sexy or sicky? Well, it was the weird extra, whatever that was. Hi. I'll just say hi. Just a hi.

It was too much. It was too much. Hi. Yeah. So do you want me to keep the husk? Is it dangerous? It sounds like you need to go ahem. It does, doesn't it?

Yeah. So what category are we putting this in? Sick or sexy? Definitely sick. Sick, okay. Just wanted clarification there. All right, thank you. Again, Ian.

Bye. Here you go, you got the results. What do you need? Those are the answers, Ben Boyce. They are. See, we get right to the core root of the issue right there. Who's having the best weekend? That's right.

Every week we do this with Hayley from the Hits in the North Island, Connor from the Hits in the South Island. We are back to the regular audio bloodbath. Oh, no, we've got Megan. Sorry. Hayley's still off. Sorry. Apologies.

We've got Megan, lovely Megan from the Hits, who is representing the North Island. We're going to kick things off. Sorry, apologies. We've got Megan, lovely Megan from the Hits, who is representing the North Island. We're going to kick things off with you, Megan Papas. What is happening? Morning. I just noticed that Hayley's on annual leave, but so am I today, but I'm still here. I'm doing this for you today.

Okay. Mate, no need to get salty about the whole thing. Well, it kind of gave me crap last week that I did too many, so I've gone for quality over quantity today. Okay. I mean, you did cover up. You were like crochet clubs, rollerblading tournaments. You'd covered it all last week.

There was something for everyone, you know? Yeah. Today, well, actually this Saturday, Sunday, the Tauranga Gypsy Fair is happening in Memorial Park. Okay. I didn't know that we still called it that, but that's okay. You know, I've been to many of those over the New Year period as well. Great place to get your dream catcher, buy some incense.

Also, they have some great merch, everything tie-dye as well. You want anything tie-dye, great place to go to the fair. Didn't pin you for a dream catcher kind of guy but that's each to their own. The Pink Walk is happening in Copa this weekend and Wellington Diwali Festival is

back at the TSB Arena at this is on Sunday at Shed 6 and of course the Auckland Marathon is happening this Sunday for those people who are crazy enough to make their legs do that for that extended period of time. Oh good, we haven't been invited, speaking of legs, we were never invited back to the

Pink Walk Ben after a year. No, it was fun Oh it was really fun but I had a huge slip up on the microphone, Megan where I spoke to a man who was walking across the finish line and I'm like, look at this handsome gentleman he's available, ladies look at this handsome gentleman. He's available. Ladies, look at him.

And he had a picture of his lovely wife on his T-shirt who was no longer with us. What made you think he was available? I don't know. I don't know. It was terrible. So we haven't been invited back. But it's a huge, great event. And thank you very much, Megan.

Let's go to the South Island. Connor. Hello. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well, my friend. let's go to the South Island, Connor Hello, how are you? Yeah we're doing well my friend, what's happening in the South today? Well this weekend, I'm actually excited for this heading along, the Kaukoda races now it is just your usual

harness horse racing around the track but the best part about it and it's going to be both dangerous, it's going to mean either some people are having the best day ever or the worst day possible. The Rugby World Cup final will be on the big screen on Sunday morning at the Kaikoura racetrack. Wow.

Oh, well, that's a combination of a lot of things that will result in a terrible Monday morning. Yeah. Yeah, it's going to be interesting. I love this, though. Bike-tober, dogs on bikes in Christchurch. I'm not sure if either of you have dogs. Do either of them like riding in bikes?

No, my dog's way too big to put on any sort of bike, I imagine. You can bring your dog along in like a basket, a cargo bike box, a trailer or a backpack. I guess you just kind of bike around together with your dogs in the bike. And if your dog's not comfortable with the bike, they can train your dog how to like bikes. That was my daughter's dream, was to have a basket on her bike and carry around our dog.

I bought a basket. I was like, let's just test if he enjoys being in the basket before we hurt him down the road at 30 k's an hour. Put him in the basket. I was like holding him up and running him around, and he's just jumping out. So you're either a basket dog or you're not. Okay Connor thank you so much.

Megan thank you so much. Ben Boyce at the South or the North who is having the best weekend? I'm giving it to Connor. I'm giving it to the South today because he didn't rub it in our face that he was having a day off and he's still working as well you know so Connor well done you played out you know you went the high road

today so I'm giving it to you Megan the martyr technique did not pay off this morning I give it to Connor too just for the dogs on bikes Insurance, you know it's a funny one, insurance do you have, you covered are you Ben Boyce? Yeah you covered But you always

It's that Toss up between Do I need this As much as This as I'm getting Or is it just money I could pay for Yeah

There's always that argument too That If something does go wrong Well that money that you've saved Not paying on insurance You can just fork it out But if it doesn't go wrong Then it's your money

Yeah You know there's Yeah I guarantee As soon as you cancel Whatever form on insurance you can just fork it out but if it doesn't go wrong then it's your money yeah you know there's all this yeah i'll guarantee as soon as you cancel whatever form of insurance you have that particular thing's going to happen to you if you cancel your car insurance you'll have an accident two days later yeah i get very confused by the rental car insurance too like you get a rental car in the country you're driving but suddenly your insurance doesn't cover it you're like but i'm insured but i'm sure and we've got cars i know we've got our own yeah i know but anyway that's the I'm insured and we've got car insurance. Oh no, we've got our own special.

But anyway, that's the way it works. Do you always get rental car insurance? Yeah, I do, just because, but I don't want to.

How many crashes have you had in rental cars? No, not a single one. No, exactly. But every time I'm like, how many times have you rented

rental cars? But then I always go, but it'll cost you $75,000 excess. You're like, what? It's not $75,000, it's something.

And you're like, oh, better ticket. Anyway, I got into a debate yesterday with Jen, my wife. I tried to make a claim on insurance for something, and it said, oh, you know, it's partially covered of the bill, and it's not fully covered.

And I said to Jen, why is it not fully covered? And she said, oh, that's because you only get a certain amount of value per year. It was for dentist work. And she's like, you should have waited till January when the new value kicked over. And I said, well, why don't we just get the dentist to send us another bill dated January 1, 2024. Then I'll make the claim. And she's like, I think that's called insurance fraud. Yeah, I think she's like i think that's called insurance fraud yeah i think she's right and i think well sometimes the little guy needs a win is it is it bad insurance fraud ben

well it's not terrible i don't yeah but the thing is you're roping the dent you know like that's a i mean you could not pay the dentist bill and hope that they send you constant reminders and won't come through in the new year. You're like, yes, got it. You're like, claim that on insurance. But then it might say this is three months overdue or something. Can we give a shout out to all the mad dogs who don't have insurance? Text 4487.

Are you running absolutely no insurance? Well, third party fire and theft for many years. You'd run on your car. Yeah. What you could afford. I imagine producer Joel. Yeah. Running third party. I didn't even think I had foreign theft.

Like whatever. Burn the thing to the ground. You'll be doing me a favour. It feels like a great industry that just preys on people's anxiety, doesn't it? Yeah, but I guess it's good we cover it. And there are those stories that people go, geez, I wish I had insurance when something does go wrong.

Medical things or car things, and it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. And you're like, okay. There was a guy, we spoke to an insurance fraud investigator. So this is what did, I thought about this guy yesterday when I was thinking of committing insurance fraud. And he investigated a lady who claimed on 10 Louis Vuitton handbags. And that red flagged at the insurance company.

I can imagine. Went over to the house. She owned no Louis Vuitton handbags. She wanted some Louis Vuitton handbags and that red flag at the insurance company. Went over to the house. She owed no Louis Vuitton handbags. She wanted some Louis Vuitton handbags. But I don't mind it. Sometimes have a win for the little guy with the insurance company's Ben. That's going to be my message for the day. That's my message going out to commit

insurance fraud. I don't know if that's a message that anyone here at the Hits endorses. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Piri Weepu, All Black legend, won the Rugby World Cup. He's got a new series of Piri's Tiki Tour. It's on Sunday night on 3, and he joins us right now to tell us more about it. Mōrena, Piri.

Mōrena, I'm good. You're doing well, mate. Lovely to have you on the show this morning. Jeez, big weekend this weekend. As a former player, are you anxious? No, not at all. Well, there we go well there we go yeah short answer oh that's good um are you more anxious about your sixth season of your tv show pity's uh ticky tour being out sunday ah always anxious about that it's a great opportunity for you know now that i've uh i'm happily retired i'm still still able to do something that I'm passionate and love doing.

Now, look, it's such a great show. You go with sporting legends. You go all around Aotearoa. And you do things like hunting, fishing, diving, axe throwing, gathering kai as well. But anything you've been really surprised that you're good at or not good at filming the show? I'm a terrible fisherman. Oh, really? Yeah, I'm real bad.

If you want me to take you out fishing, good luck. Okay. All right, because that's what Ben was angling for that. Yeah, I was actually angling to go angling with you, actually. I can dive, cuz. I can definitely dive. I love getting in the water, finding a reef to try and get down there and start hunting fish.

When it comes to trying to using it with the rod, yeah, I'm pretty average. He can. Pity Weeboo with us. He's got a brand-new show starting on Sunday, coincidentally the same day as the big Rugby World Cup final. Have you been watching? Do you care? Is it just like watching a former job?

No, I have been watching. I've been watching the boys play. The best thing about it was they were, I think, they've taken the learnings from the losses leading up, not only that, the loss to France, and have worked on it, corrected some of the errors, and going to the big dance this weekend, it's going to be huge for them,

especially for Fozzie. Not a lot has been given in terms of support. Everyone was wanting to throw him out, and look what he's done. If he lifts that trophy alongside the captain and the rest of the squad, he's definitely going to be a happy man. Oh, yeah, you're right. Lifting that trophy is the ultimate middle finger, isn't it? It is, definitely.

Because you guys, in 2011, when you won the Rugby World Cup, you were part of that team, Pitty. I've forgotten that, leading into the World Cup, you guys had had a couple of losses, but then turned it around, obviously. We were a very close final. Things like not going on social media, the team were avoiding things.

Do those sort of things help you prepare and sort of come together as a group? I think it might have been good for us. Didn't give anyone any ammo to have a crack at us. We were sort of, I wouldn't say behind closed doors. I felt that being out of social media, off social media, I should say, I think that helped get us to where we needed to be. Not being on social media, how did anyone know what you were having for breakfast if you weren't taking photos of it, Paddy?

For weeks, we didn't know what you guys were having. We didn't know. We didn't know what was going on. Bacon, eggs, what are they having? Now, Paddy Weepu with us. Tell us what happens directly after you win a World Cup. Is it silence in the changing rooms? Is it a relief?

What's going on? Well, I guess after the 2007 one, it was definitely a bit of, I wouldn't say a bit of silence, but, you know, yeah. We've done it. 8-7, I was reading last night. Forgotten how close it was.

You were a star player through that tournament, but you got injured and then in the end you had to go off. Stephen Donald obviously came on with that short sort of top that he was wearing as well and kicked the penalty.

Yeah, it was afterwards, once we had sat down and took it all in, then we finally got to celebrate and understand exactly what we'd just achieved. It was an amazing time. And then once you get back to the hotel, we're back. Staying on social media there as well, too. You two would know exactly what would happen if you did.

No cell phones, guys. No cell phones. Pretty wee bit with us here. Just before we go, I know we've seen you hanging out with Jason Momoa, movie star. If he was to play rugby, would you think he'd be any good? Because he's a big lad. He is a big lad.

I don't know what he'd be like in contact. Oh, really? Oh, Aquaman, you know. He's got the look. He's definitely got the look of, like, if looks could kill, he'd kill some of them. What his background is in rugby, whether he'd be able to take the ball and run for a brick wall or not. It's all special effects in the movie, isn't it, mate? I'll put him in the flankers, I reckon.

Now, Pitty, is it weird to have a Hollywood superstar and he's fanning over you guys? When he actually did his video, I was actually like, oh my gosh, this guy's actually in love with the All Blacks. I was like, when they first asked, I was like, are you sure they want current All Blacks, not the geriatric version of All Blacks? And he's like, no, I want the old ones.

Yeah, he loves all the... Wounded, all the walking wounded guys that they sent. Yeah, he was bamboing over us and then he's like a big kid. Yeah, I know, it's pretty awesome. I see him around you, he's like, oh my God, it's Piri Weepu. Yeah. That must be pretty amazing. Piri Weepu, so nice to catch up with you.

I can't wait for the new series of your show starting this Sunday night. Take care of yourself. Cheers, boys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Obviously South Africa, our opponents this weekend and a lot of South Africans in New Zealand and we love having you in New Zealand

but we feel sorry for you because all you're hearing over here in the coverage is all blacks this all fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy Sam you know all this stuff just generic rugby banter which I'm terrified of engaging in over the weekend I don't know all I've got when it comes to rugby banter is oh geez the the quarters should have been the semis. Yeah, that's a good one. And I'm like, oh, or even the final. Oh, that game, you know. That kind of sort of leads the other person to believe you know what you're talking about.

The other one is, jeez, Fozzie must be happy with himself. And then that leads then on to another. Yeah, I know. So I've kind of got stuff to navigate my way through it. But South Africa. We wanted to give you a moment. If you're originally from South Africa, maybe you're living here in New Zealand,

maybe you're on holiday here from South Africa, we'd love to get as many South Africans on 0800 THE HITS as we can. Maybe you now support New Zealand as well. That's fine, but we just want to give you a chance to give us South Africa some big ups. So go South Africa in your adorable, harsh yet comforting accent.

We've got some rules and parameters to this game. South Africa, you can have as much airtime as you want, but the airtime only continues on as long as we only have South Africans on. So we go from one caller to the next, to the next, to the next, and if they all happen to be South African, we'll just keep going. But as soon as another voice comes on, that's the end of your coverage. All right.

It's a high-stakes game. Higher than Ian Foster's sideburns this morning on No Adder of the Hits. The phones are already going, hello, the hits. Hello, the hits. Hello, the hits. Hello, the hits. Blow far north, say, yeah, no, I did it, far north, say,

no, but... There we go, that's our first one. That's how it works. To get there, it's... The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. All Blacks taking on South Africa, the Springboks Sunday morning, and as we said before,

a lot of talk about New Zealand and the All Blacks, and rightly so here in New Zealand, but we wanted to give anyone from South Africa listening a chance to support their team on the radio. Yeah, you've got the airwaves until a non-South African phone's up. It's all yours. This could go on till 9.30. Lee Sell in Morrinsville, you're on.

Good morning. Yeah, what do you want to say? You want to support the team, support the Springbok? Do I have to? Oh, okay. You don't have to. Are you from South Africa? Yes, of course I am.

Okay, but you've turned. We've got a turncoat. Okay, so with the last name of Fundervista, and I'm definitely from South Africa. Okay, yeah. So, yeah. Well, the thing is, us South Africans living in New Zealand, actually, you know, we have it both.

It doesn't matter. Either way, we'll be happy. Oh, that's it. Both camps. All right. Appreciate your call, and you'll be a winner. Rugby will be the winner, and you'll also be the winner on Sunday. Simeon, how are you?

He call me Bokka. He call me Bokka. That sounds like a fun... I definitely don't agree with the previous caller. Bokka always. There we go. Simeon's like 100% South Africa on Sunday morning. Moritz, you're on.

Hello, hello, hello. Hello. I love you. Are you, you're on. Hello, hello, hello. Hello. Are you like Lee Sell? You're a South Africa over here. You're supporting the All Blacks, are you? No, no, no, no, no. My black is as green as the grass. What would you like to say to your team?

Well, all the best. Work hard. Play hard. you like to say to your team? Well, all the best. Work hard, play hard, and, well, it's a base to donate some blood. We're going to work it. You did well with, you know, work hard, play

hard, and then you're like, damn it, I've got to do a third one. Thank you, Moritz. Donate some blood. It was a good message for blood safety a week or something. The blood donation drive. All right, let's get Charmaine on. Are you South African? Do we keep this going?

Yes, no, keep it going, keep it going. What are you saying? Call your booker. Call your booker. Bring the Snoppy back home. Two times in a row. Let's go. Well, because, yes, Africa won three World Cups.

You know, New Zealand have won three World Cups. So this will be a winner for the fourth time. First time. It's going to be a nail-biter, that's for sure. Both fighting for the fourth cup. But the Springboks

have got it in the bag. Well, Charmaine, the phones have never been so busy. I know. Have we got to gauge on how many South Africans listen to this show? Are you South African?

Are we continuing on the support train? Yes, we are. Geez, we could just keep going all morning. What would you like to say? Keep going until Sunday. Keep going until Sunday. A radiothon of South African support.

Good on you. Have a lovely weekend. Good luck for the game. Well, we'll put this on ice, but we'll keep it going. Yeah. If you want to support South Africa, 0800 the hits, you can text 4487. It is your chance to win a whole lot of money coming up very shortly.

Thanks to McDonald's and the new Chicken Big Mac. We're celebrating this week two 12 months. Producer Taylor's been in the country from Australia. And we're trying to slowly turn you into a New Zealander through a series of comical yet humiliating tasks, Ben. We made you watch Lord of the Rings. Someone suggested, Brent phoned up and suggested that you watch not only one movie but the entire series.

Great suggestion. She went bored of the rings. Didn't even watch one movie No No I watched like an hour And mum face-climbed me through that How do you even know If they returned the ring or not

I don't What ring I don't care I've got the ring on my finger That I'm concerned about And then The Kiwi Burger song Yeah

From 15 years ago Where they listed off A whole series of things Of New Zealand items And we got you to remember the Kiwi Burger song and every item that you remembered you won a dollar. Didn't do too badly. No, you didn't do too badly.

You got a few there. You actually genuinely tried for this one. I did, I did. Unlike Lord of the Rings. Yeah. So yeah. Today we thought, well there is a Rugby World Cup on this weekend, you know, a lot of support out there for the All Blacks.

So we've got a surprise for you. Right. Ben has bought an Australian rugby jersey that he stole off someone he roughhoused after a game. The Wallaby. The Wallaby top. Yeah, well, you'll be familiar with the Wallaby. So it's been your, well, you're not a huge rugby fan, but it's been your team. I don't even support them.

So if I have to wear that. Yeah. Well, you have to wear that. Firstly, you have to wear that. That's fake news. Okay. But for the final time, because. Firstly, you have to wear that. That's fake news. Okay, but for the final time, because after this, you no longer support Australia. It doesn't matter.

This is the turning point for you. And then we have a sign as well that says, 50 honks and I'll support the All Blacks. Now, it's a big cardboard sign. You look like that guy on social media who holds the, who's the handsome guy who keeps holding, the guy with the sign. Oh, dude with the sign. Dude with the sign. Yeah. You're going to look like that guy on social media who holds the, who's the handsome guy who keeps holding, the guy with the sign. Oh, dude with the sign. Dude with the sign. Yeah. You gotta look like that. Yeah, except dude with a sign doesn't

get like hated on. Are you for real? Well, no one's gonna hate because they love the fact that Fifteen honks and I'll support the All Blacks. I mean, they might hate the fact that you're wearing a Wallabies top. Okay, can I just say, the Wallabies top is like wearing a high-vis vest. Yeah. So the first thing they're gonna see is the Wallabies jersey and not what the sign says. Yeah. So the first thing they're going to see is the Wallabies jersey and not what the sign says.

Yeah. Well, firstly, like Ben says, you're going to be visible. No harm will be caused. And the other thing I want to say too is, you know, thank God this isn't 10 years ago radio. This is very light in the grand scheme of things.

I mean, the weather's a bit nasty out there. That's probably the worst of it. I'll wash my hair. You say, guys, if I get wet, I swear to God. It's like a three-hour process. I don't factor hair into these things, so I should do. Maybe he should start. All right. So 50 Hawks, and I'll support the hair, you say, guys, if I get wet, I swear to God. It's like a three hour process. I don't factor hair into these things, so I should do.

Maybe he should start. All right, so 50 honks, and I'll support the All Blacks. You just go out there now with your Wallabies top on, get 50 honks, and it's done.

You support New Zealand from here on in. You're part of the family. You are going to be more Kiwi than a kakapo doing a burnout saying, up da wars, mate.

If I make it back alive. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast We're trying to make producer Taylor An honorary New Zealander She's been here for a year now And we really think You know now she needs to call New Zealand home

Yeah over the week With a series of tests We sent her home to watch Lord of the Rings We wanted to watch the entire series Including The Hobbit Now there's this bloody thing on the screen With a hunchback And no hair.

Alright, so it turns out that's Gollum or Gotham. Is the guy playing the main character the same guy that plays Harry Potter? And no one in this movie looks like they've had a shower in years. So there you go, that was Alden O' was on Brett's suggestion that she watches the entire series. Then Ben, we had a text saying, why didn't you learn the lyrics to the Kiwi Booger song? Can I just say, I haven't watched Lord of the Rings. I don't know the lyrics to the Kiwi Booger song, but we're making Taylor do it. Kiwis love hot pools, rugby balls.

Oh my God, I've gone blank already. Hot pools, rugby balls. Oh my god, I've gone blank already. Hot pools, rugby balls. Yes. World peace, woolly fleece. Ronald and Raising Beach. Yes. Cricket wins, chilli bins. Silver ferns. She did well.

Surprising well. Yeah, she missed out a few but she got a lot of them, yeah. And there might be the tail end of a cyclone punishing the country at the moment, but that doesn't stop us from sending her out onto the street in a Wallabies jersey with a giant sign saying, 50 honks and I'll start supporting the All Blacks. And we cross live to Taylor now. Come on in, a lamb to the slaughter, so to speak.

More appropriately, a kangaroo to the killing field. Come on in, Cobber. Hey, guys. God, I love all this stuff you make me do. Don't you love being here in New Zealand? Well, public mockery. It's so much fun. Public mockery has been around for centuries.

We used to parade the witches through the town centre, remember? Yeah. Then radio hooked onto it. It's the backbone of radio, and you're out there, and your wallaby's top. You've got your sign that we've written. What is it, 50 toots? We're hoping for 50 toots, and you'll support New Zealand.

So I'm starting to get more congested as the traffic comes in. I'm just trying to find a really good spot on the street. But I have been getting some looks in this jersey, so thanks for that. You're welcome. Can I just say too, the Australian rugby jersey is a combination of all of the world's ugliest colours conveniently located on the same sweater. And can I just say, it's bloody bright too. Yeah.

It stands out. That's the sign, mate. That's what you used to have done, eh? You've put her in the brightest jersey so people don't even read the sign and just abuse me yeah hey we just want some honks so we just want enough honks for you to suddenly decide to start supporting new zealand become an honorary kiwi and this is yeah well there's other ways we could do it but this is the way we decided to do it i have to ring card i know how to do this you're a ring

card you've said that before she used to take out the numbers for the boxing i don't don't know. There's no other way that the people watching would know what round it was. If there were bikini-clad people holding cardboard signs with the numbers on them. You're right, babe. I can't think of a better system. Guys, it is like blowing a gale, can I just say. And it's raining. The traffic is full. Honk if you're Aussie.

I can hear. I can hear. I can hear. Mate, don't worry about it. We're getting inundated with honks. The support is here. I'm feeling it. Okay, well, we'll be back with you very shortly, Producer Taylor. There's only about 43 more honks you need to get in the torrential rain.

Taylor. Guys, not even joking. The energy is great So now, do you feel now I don't even feel bad for what I'm about to say Because I washed my hair yesterday and it's rainy So I'm actually holding up a sign that says Hulk, everything, John Holmgren just suck

And can I just say I don't know how you two still have a radio So, because the love is not here. Oh, hang on, hang on. So what do you say? Are you saying you've ditched our sign that we gave you? Now we know what the sign is for. And another one. As if I'm going to

do that. I wouldn't do that to you if you were in Oz with an all-black jersey. So stop you. I took it on my own board. Are you still wearing the one that we saw? No, no. I honestly took that off as soon as I stepped foot out of the studio. This wasn't a death wish for me, mate. It's not how to get Taylor cancelled. Okay, so what have we learnt from this?

Are you supporting New Zealand? I guess we've learnt that we suck and a lot of people agree with that. Yeah, oh, mate, more than a lot. Well, smart play. And, again, the Aussies get one over us, don't they? I always Take the Pav, take Russell Crowe Maybe not the Rugby World Cup

But apart from that, they always get one over us Producer Tyler, well done A wife, Amanda We've been together for many, many years And I've noticed that she's now doing something different in the relationship And I didn't know if she knew that I noticed. So I went up to her last night and I just asked her. Let me guess, did you record it?

Yeah, I did record it. Here we go. Now, I noticed Amanda, you've been doing something new, spicing up our relationship after 20 years. Do you know what you've been doing? Something a little different? Bringing something new to the relationship? Adding more sriracha?

No, not sriracha. It's your new yawn you've been trying. Oh, gosh. You've just developed a new yawn, so when you're tired, can you do a demonstration of it? Because it sort of goes like a normal yawn, but then you go, Woo! No. Just spicing things up. Like can you do a demonstration of it because it sort of goes like a normal yawn, but then you go Spicing things up. I see what you're doing

Yeah, so it's almost like she's like I'm it's you know, the parents always arguing who's the most tired I feel like now she's like showing me she's more tired because it's a more like she yawns and then she goes, oh, at the end of it. I was like, oh, oh. Yeah, lifting up a little. I don't know if she's seen someone else's yawn somewhere around and gone, oh, jeez, I like that one. Maybe I'll start yawning like that. Well, for fans of yawnography, this is the segment for you this morning. When did you hear the yawn? Was it listening to the podcast again of the show? Yeah, I don't know. I was just sort of picked it up over the last little week or so.

And she hadn't even noticed that she's been yeah I don't know I was just sort of picked it up over the last little week or so and she hadn't even noticed that she's been doing it but I'm just like this is now her new audible yawn normally not you know

do things in quiet and you know yawn in our own privacy that's right but I'm like now some people do like to let they like to let the

wider public know that they are yawning and their level of tiredness some come out like you know the lion from the Lion King sort of thing oh that's the MGM lion.

Oh, yes. At the beginning of the movies. The movies. Sneezes is another one, too, that people, gee, some people love to leave where I know they're sneezing. Sometimes they give it a long runway, the, huh, huh, huh, huh, bang. Yeah.

Whoa. Whoa. See, when those old Hiroshima bombs go off and there's sort of the rattle effect of the noise of that sneeze. But yeah, yawning, it's an interesting one because it's also contagious. Like if we start yawning now on the radio,

I guarantee there'll be multiple people in their cars. They'll start yawning. It happens. All right, 4487 on the text. Did you yawn or not? Such an old tradition, yawning. It happens. Hmm. All right, 4, 5, 7 on the text, did you yawn or not? Such an old tradition, yawning, isn't it?

It is kind of weird, isn't it? Oh yeah, so even after, you know, 20 something years, my wife still surprises me, you know,

spicing up the relationship with a yawn. And those are big surprises, Ben. That's the stuff that keeps the marriage alive. Yeah, I'm not sure how cool I am with it,

but hey, that's fine.