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Episode Date: November 27, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Government official as of yesterday, Christopher Luxon's taken over, Chris Hipkins has resigned, he's stood down as well. We've got the two new deputy leaders and I like this, just quickly, they've promised five things they're going to do before Christmas. And you know, a lot of them are important. They're looking into the Fair Trade Act, International Health Regulations, Resort Management Act, Mini Budget. They're four of the big bangers. And the other thing in there as well is visit Australia.

Oh, yeah. Which is nice, but it's actually to visit the... Good time to visit Australia. You know, he wants to get a little holiday in. No, he's going to visit Anthony Albanese, you know, the Australian Prime Minister. But it's quite funny when you read it all and it's like, what would you like to do

before Christmas let's go to Australia although terrible time to travel pre-Christmas too everyone's trying to squeeze stuff in before Christmas there you go

now we have the wonderful producer Joel here who does a great job of producing now for a fortnight Ben you were away last week

we're at the Wheat Bix Kiwi Kids Triathlon yeah Megan Pappas was filling in for you and Joel just said in passing

I reckon I could eat 50 Weet-Bix. In a sitting, right? In one sitting, non-stop. Kiwi Hero stuff. Because it's always the ad, right? How many can you do? And Joel's like, well, I could do 50. 50 confidently. Yeah, without milk probably, but we'll have milk just for the sake of it.

So last week I was like, great, bring some Weet-Bix in, we'll fill out an hour of radio. I remember you talking about this before I was going away. Yeah, fill out an hour of radio, do the 50 Weet-Bix, you know, classic stuff, classic fun. Then you come back and then yesterday I was like, hey, we should do the Weet-Bix. He's like, oh, that's right. We came in on the last week, I was like, hey, mate, can we do the Weet-Bix thing? He's like, oh, I forgot to pick up some Weet-Bix. I said, okay, great, that's fine.

Hey, listen, we'll move on with the show. This week, yesterday. Bigger problem is Luxon's going to get to Australia. Those are the big issues. Yesterday we go, hey, we'll do the 50-week book thing,

did we? Yeah, we did. Joel's like, great, I'll bring in some weekbooks. Put it in the run sheet,

the little plan for the show. Where are they? Well, I don't want to point the finger at anyone, but Megan Puppers,

she's joining the show in 2024. And last week, after going to the weekbooks Kiwi Kids Triathlon she said hey guys I got a couple

boxes of Weetbix they're out in the office so all morning I've been looking around trying to find these Weetbix I texted her called her she hasn't replied

so it's on Megan Puppers sorry guys she's the reason why we have no Weetbix here this morning oh really she's on a whole other show

she didn't bring it in just for this the more it goes on Joel the less I think you can do the 50 Weebyx well the more that you don't think I can

do it the more it boils up in my heart and I know I can do it guys but not enough to get some so when can we expect this wonderful

hour of Weebyx eating Weebyx Weebyx tomorrow we'll make it happen I'll go after the show I'll go get the So when do we expect this wonderful hour of Weet-Bix eating? Weet-Bix, Weet-Bix hour. That's good. Weet-Bix, yeah, yeah. Tomorrow? We'll make it happen.

After the show, I'll go get the box of Weet-Bix. We'll do it tomorrow. Tomorrow, Joe Harrison at 50 Weet-Bix. 60 minutes. Do you reckon he could do it? That seems a lot. Yeah, it's one of those things you're like, oh, maybe it's... Oh, no, I think it is a lot.

I looked at the world record in Aussie. Here's the world record, bloody Aussies. He had 44 in 29 minutes. We'll go for 45 then. Let's do it. Should we get Guinness involved? Or is it probably too much? Let's just get a Weet-Bix box here first.

Let's just do that. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. When you have kids, you know, and I've found myself saying it from time to time, you sometimes look at the parenting, you look at the kids and you go, and I've found myself saying it from time to time, you sometimes look at the parenting, you look at the kids and you go, oh, they've got their father's eyes

or their mother's smile or something like that, right? It's often the thing that people do. Or you look just like your kid. That happens. And my daughter the other day, you know, normally these are lovely compliments. These are lovely things that you want to hear. But my daughter came to me the other day,

she goes, do you know what you've given me, Dad?'ve passed on and i was thinking well this will be a lovely a lovely compliment morals uh stand-up person dashing looks you've got you i tell you what you do have you've got a wonderful olive skin tone as well i was wondering what could it be what could this be and i was like you know again okay this is a smile, it's eyes. She goes, no, my massive forehead. I was like, what? She's like, you've got a big forehead? I'm like, have I? And she's like, oh, I've got the same forehead as well.

She's like, I look like Megamind from, this is what she said, the cartoon character. I'm like, do we? I'm like, I hadn't been self-conscious at all at any point in my life about my forehead. And now I'm like, oh, my God, have I got like a massive a massive forehead it's yeah like i mean it's it's bigger than your average but i wouldn't say it was but look at me where does my forehead begin and end that's me i'm just one giant forehead so she was like you know she's just like thanks thanks for that dad thanks for that

you know i just say i've got big brains to anyone i'm like who's asking you about your forehead yeah i again didn't notice that. I haven't really zeroed in on your forehead in previous years. Neither have I, but now I'm self-conscious about my forehead. What are you going to do about it? Maybe I'll get one of those hairstyles that pushes everything forward. Yeah, that's a good option. You're running probably less of a four, maybe a six header.

That's good to know. Yeah, so there we go. So sometimes you do bring things, good things, you pass those on from generation to generation. Other times you find out. You get blamed for it. You're like, well, you're not responsible for your forehead. You didn't go.

No, I didn't crack my forehead. And therefore I didn't say, hey, let's show what? As a bit of a laugh, let's make my daughter's one a bit bigger. That'll be a barrel of laughs, eh? Yeah. And again, I didn't notice that she did have a laugh. But obviously on her, she'd notice that. And she was like, it's all thanks to you, Dad.

But people, once you notice something about yourself, you can't un-notice. Yeah. Can you? Yeah. What a wonderful trait to possess. My son's always like, hey, thanks, man. You've given me migraines. That's all you've given me. Yeah. Kenya, yeah. What a wonderful trait to pass. My son's always like, hey, thanks, man. You've given me migraines. That's all you've given me.

Yeah. And that's not a great gift to pass down, handing down through the generations. No, you want something cool, right? Yeah, bestow the gift of migraines. Oh, there we go. If anyone does want to book the billboard space on my forehead, though, you can just in time for Christmas, give us a text. Get your specials out there for your retailers.

4487. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. But Cheaper Tuesday, we started this a few weeks ago. We zero in on a particular category and you just tell us the cheapest version

of that item you can get. We found a $2 coffee in Christchurch, Pack and Save Morehouse. We found the cheapest lunch last week. I think coincidentally also in Christchurch,

wasn't it? Yeah, $2 rice, one of my favourites at a place called Dumplings. There's a couple of them in Christchurch, but one on Rickerton Road $2 rice, one of my favourites at a place called Dumplings. There's a couple of them in Christchurch, but one on Rickerton Road that I used to frequent. And then people phoning through, like $6, you can get steak, bacon, eggs, hash browns

at some sort of trucker cafe on State Highway 1 in the South Island. Almost worth making the journey for. So this morning we want to know, cheapest car. Now, have you owned what you think is New Zealand's cheapest car? A lot of people would be their first car, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. I remember the first car that I had that my stepdad and my mum bought for me was a Morris Minor, a green Morris Minor.

And I think it was from like the 50s or something. They have a very distinctive smell when you get in them, don't they? Like, mmm, yeah. And it wasn't one of these restored ones that's all done up lovingly it was just like as is whereas thing it was a few and i was as a kid you know it was i was yes grateful that we had a car that i could drive because we lived out the back of a farm in the water upper but also at the same time it was very embarrassing because top speed and this was really pushing it was 80 k's an hour now that was the top speed so if you drove anywhere on a 100k thing you were like oh shame like the school when the school bus is passing you you're like this is

an embarrassing moment yeah it's making a statement the Morris Minor I've just googled it we should put a photo up on Arranston Joel. It was a green Morris Minor I would drive back roads in the Wairarapa just not be seen and one day I was driving along with some friends, and they were like, drive straight, Ben. Don't be an idiot. And I'm like, I am trying to drive straight. And it was swerving everywhere. Next thing you know, the whole wheel went shooting off in front of the car,

faster than the car because the car couldn't go that fast. You never want your wheels driving past you. And the wheel just took off off and away it went as well and ended up in some lady was out doing a garden and she just watched the whole thing into the garden. She's like, yeah, here's your wheel. And we had to find the wheel nuts and all sort of, it was a shamble. So there we go.

So you were driving on three wheels for how long? Not long. I was trying to stop. Is that my wheel? I was like, this is a wheel, as things were sparking. Yeah, so a very embarrassing first car. I would say maybe they paid $800 for it, but they shouldn't have. Really?

So I want to see if anyone can beat that this morning. The cheapest car. Yeah, I'm looking at, yeah, the Morris Minor. I just Googled it. It's very tank-like, isn't it? Someone would have driven that in World War II. Yeah. If you were taking your date out trying to impress impress a lass uh in war times yeah i remember my stepdad going one because

i remember complaining as a teenager he goes one day you'll wish you had that car there's never been a day there's never been a day that i wish they had that car is it yours yeah you'll be and i was like yes i was grateful that i could get to school in a car, but, jeez, it was, yeah. What is the opposite of fast and furious? It looks like you'll be in the slow and steady franchise. Totally. No one wanted to drive with me. It was real.

It was a shameful experience. Have you got New Zealand's cheapest car? Do you want to take a quick call, Joel? Yeah, Jono, you're on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? Jono. Yeah, good.

Yeah, good to hear. Yeah, how are you going,o. Yeah, good. Yeah, good to hear. Yeah, how are you going, boys? Yeah, good. I've been talking all over you. It's my fault, Jono. I'm doing some shocking radio here. Well, how cheap was your car? It was $600.

Ooh. What are we talking here? It was a 1981 Honda Matic. The Honda Matic. Honda Matic. It sounded very futuristic at the time, the Honda Matic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I tell you, it wasn't. It sounded very futuristic at the time, the Honda-matic. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I tell you, it wasn't.

It was reasonably horrific, but lots of fun. All right, well, can we beat $600? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We started something a couple of weeks ago, Cheaper Tuesday, and today, you know, with all the cost of living out there, we wanted to know the cheapest car that anyone has ever owned, whether it was your first or whether it was just a car that you've had recently what's the best bargain out there uh you had the mori minor uh you don't serve minors no geez they definitely know 800 bucks was

it yeah i think it was about 800 bucks and it wasn't restored it was definitely just hanging in there the wheels are falling off literally so. People say, till the wheels fall off. Well, the wheels fell off. He partied till they did fall off. Yes, 0800, the hits telephone number. My father, big backer of the Toyota Corolla. Oh, yeah. Yeah, very reliable vehicle, the Toyota Corolla. He's like, two things that will survive at the end of the world,

cockroaches and Corollas, mate. You're probably right, yeah. It'll still be gum. But yes, there's a bit more. There's probably about 1,500. Yeah. Theyollas, mate. You're probably right, yeah. It'll still be gum. But yes, there's a bit more. There's probably about $1,500. Yeah. They're affordable, too. You wouldn't probably get a more reliable and affordable car.

Yeah, still going, right? Yeah, so we're going to kick things off with Anna. Welcome in Taranaki. Cheapest car for Cheapest Tuesday. Morning, boys. Lovely to have you on, Anna. How cheap was it? $400.

Bargain. And it wasn't my first car. It was a Vauxhall Viva, one of the really old sort of sharp-edged shaped ones. I don't know how to describe it. Yeah, I'm looking here at the Vauxhall Viva. Oh, yeah, looking online, yep. Yeah, I'd come back from overseas with my six-year-old and needed a cheap car. And it was really ugly.

But for a little while, it got me from A to B. And eventually, it just died and stopped on the side of the road. And I couldn't get it going again. And you're like, oh, I'll only pay the $400. Why don't you just leave it there to rot? Well, not quite. I wasn't in a situation to do much else. Yeah, I know.

You could have just gone, yes, I did't know what I moved on to another caller. But great to have you on, Anna. That was really good help. Pizza will send you out some of that. Let's go to Georgia. How cheap was your car? My very first car was $160, followed by my second car, which was $50. And my first one was a Datsun 121.

And the guy had been DIC'd so many times, and he said, if you bring me a 10-speed and two dozen beers, you can have my car. Which cost me 160 bucks. So you found him a bike and some beers, and you got yourself a car. And it went for bloody years. Were you worried that he's willing to swap a car for a 10-speed bike?

By the state of him, I think it was an upgrade, actually. Thank you, Georgia. Let's get Pete on Cheap Tuesday. Pete, how cheap was your vehicle? Mine was only $75, and we're still driving it to work today. $75? $75, yeah. Wow.

What was the negotiating here? Did you catch someone at a weak moment? No my son had Got it for some reason and he Didn't want to put another starter motor in it So I gave him $75 and put a new starter motor in it And you did it And how many kilometres has it done Pete?

Um Um 350 Oh so a few $350,000. Oh, so a few. One careful elderly owner. Might have had a few sons in there too, I think. Oh, that is very impressive.

$75 and still going today. Yeah. And I think we're not going to beat the next one. Tina, how much did you pay for your car? Hello? How much did you pay for your car? Hello. How much did you pay for your car, Tina? I didn't pay anything. It was my grandparents, but they had a Morris Minor and a Mini.

We got the Mini. Oh, and I probably got the old Morris Minor. I think I might have got that. No, it was white. And you got it for free. There we go. Yeah. Well done.

Yeah, it wasn't really worth any money. When you were driving, you could see the road from where the gearbox was. Oh, okay. There was a big hole down there. And every time you went over a data bar, the battery connections would come off, so you'd have to get out and go to the boot and then reconnect them. Yeah, the car was free, but you paid with your credibility. Yeah, it was embarrassing too.

Good on you, Tina. I really appreciate your call for Cheaper Tuesday. Jonas Internet Wormhole. The Internet Wormhole. This is stuff. 33 mind-blowing facts about Madonna. Okay. Ben, as per of, I know you don't like things to linger.

Oh, 33 is too many. And, you know, to be honest, 27 of them didn't blow my mind. Yeah, that's always the way, too. Yeah. Whenever it says mind-blowing or these will change your life or you won't believe. You won't believe what the celebrity looks like now. And then you have to click through 87 photos to get to the celebrity. Yeah, I believe that.

Alec Baldwin would look like that now. Yeah, I guess so. I guess it's life. People get older. But this is Madonna. Here we go. I didn't realize this. Dated Vanilla Ice for like nine months. People get older. But this is Madonna. Here we go. I didn't realise this. Dated Vanilla Ice for like nine months.

Oh, yeah, I did. Yeah. Dennis Rodman as well, basketballer. They were together. Were they? Yeah. Vegetarian since the age of 15, Madonna. That was one of the non-mind-blowing ones.

But it's probably like, well, she's 65, so that's 50 years ago. 50 years of vegetarianism. Back then it would have been like, oh, what are you, mate? Have a steak. Yeah. What do you eat? Lettuce. Must be tired with lack of iron, that sort of stuff.

Stuff we would have probably mocked her back then. Yeah, but now we understand. People have dietary requirements. She suffers from Brontophobia Which is A fear of thunder and lightning Cripples it Really?

I mean it's very very frightening At the best of times Thunder and lightning But Imagine it being It's debilitating apparently Wow The Bodyguard

Whitney Houston Heard of that movie? Yeah Heard of Whitney Houston? Yeah Well Madonna was meant to be playing that role. Oh, alongside Kevin Costner, right? Correct.

She was the first choice. Yeah. And I couldn't imagine anyone else apart from Whitney. It's funny that now, eh? Where you're like, well, that was Whitney Houston's role. Yeah. Great movie, that. The Bodyguard.

He did a good job of guarding her body, didn't he, Kevin Costner? He did. Very well. Maybe too. Kevin Professional Costner? Maybe did. Very well. Maybe two, yeah. Kevin Professional Costner? Maybe a little too well, actually. Tell you what, Costner was at the NZME and that took place, mate. He'd be out of here.

Cancelled. The what? Not under our regime, thank you very much. Gwyneth Paltrow and her, they were inseparable. Best friends for years. But they no longer talk. Really? best friends for years but they no longer talk and they had a falling out over a fitness instructor

and I think maybe over access to the fitness instructor but not in Kevin Costner Whitney Houston type access I want them to teach me how to do burpees from what I gather as well and she was a bridesmaid, I think,

at her wedding to Guy Ritchie. Really? The film director in the UK. Remember she had that wonderful period, Madonna, where she, well, she's American, obviously, but then she moved to England like a Kiwi on their OE for a month, and she was like, hello, governor. Yeah, she's like, turned

British. That's probably easier. You know what it's like. You go over there and no one understands. There we go. We'll continue. There's more facts. There's more chances to win for Madonna. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The word of the year.

They always bring out the Webster's word of the year. This year for 2023 is authentic. It's driven by AI and celebrity culture and social media. A lot of people looking for authentic, although I did laugh because one of the words that always bring out the top words, another one was Riz, which I love saying and embarrasses my kids as well because-

We've been chucking a few Rizzes out. Short for charisma on social media, yeah. Yeah, the Riz really has got its right demograph where it is okay to use, yeah, I can't, we can't, we're not a Riz show. No, but it's one of those words that when they say it, it just winds up. People have words that were said either wrong

or just words in general that people, just winds people up. A big one here for this show, and it's only relatively new, Ben, it's not actually coming out of your mouth or my mouth. It's producer Taylor, Australian producer Taylor who comes in and says, use. Yeah. But you're like, this is a common vernacular in Cronulla in Australia.

Yeah. Everyone from where I'm from drops that. So use over here is like a flock of sheep. And we're very attracted to sheep over here. You know, you've heard the rumours in Australia. There's an E-W-E-S. That's a U. Oh.

Yeah, another name for a sheep. But we actually phoned Cronulla and we were like, are people saying U's over there or is this just a very bogan thing from Taylor? And it's a thing. It is, thank you. What, do you think I lie? No. No, we just need to fill a break so we phone Cronulla, mate.

So that's something you say. Also, when you say to fill a break so we phone Cronulla, mate. So that's something you say. Also, when you say ask as well, you kind of give it. Ask. Yeah. Do I? Yeah. I'm glad you guys are just pointing these things out. I'm not saying it's bad.

I wasn't saying it was. I'm just saying it's something you do. I've noticed. You say it different. Oh, jeez. Really? I wonder why. Someone's defensive.

And you guys pronounce all your words weird. Yeah, I know. It's me picking it up. It's terrible. It's all a... Yeah. So you's obviously referring to a group it up it's terrible so you is you's obviously referring to a group of

of you yeah like when I walk into the studio instead of saying hey you and you I'll just go oh you's you's

yeah I get it saves on time it does it's efficient yep and overseas it's in Pittsburgh too apparently in America

everyone sees you's right Ireland rampant throughout potatoes and you's the two big things in Ireland. There you go. So, hey, maybe it's just new here. Maybe we could start saying ewes.

Yeah, I reckon. Yeah. Okay, I wait 100 minutes. Is there one word that when it's incorrectly pronounced, it upsets you? When it's incorrectly used? For me, it's literally. I think we've taken the word literally.

Oh, so not necessarily, not literally being pronounced wrong. Yeah. Just be, it's the word that winds up. I've placed a lot of blame on the Kardashians. Yeah. And they're like, literally, my head exploded. And you're like, well, there's no brain matter on the wall. You didn't. Literally, your head hasn't exploded.

Yeah. I don't know why that upsets me. No, that's just a word that winds up. It's like the A-N-Z-A-S-B bank for you. Yeah. I don't know why that upsets me. No, that's just a word that winds you up. It's like the A-N-Z, A-S-B bank for you. Yeah. Or when people use things, they go, often they'll do it in rugby coaches, they'll go, the Artie Severe's of this world, the Bowdoin Barrett's.

I'm like, there's only one Bowdoin Barrett that plays in the All Blacks you're talking about. Why do you have to make it like there's more of them? Flurals. Why do you have to use them? Yeah. They're not to have used, right? Did I use it in the right sense?

Yes, good job. Good job. Okay, I went under the hits. The words that wind you up. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're talking words that wind you up. A lot of people still have those words that find frustrating. It could be pronounced incorrectly.

It could just be the way that people say it grates you. Maddy McLean, wonderful Maddy McLean, who's joining The Hits next year with PJ Harding. He's already checked out of breakfast. He's listening in and he's sent us this message. Hi team. Okay, it's simple. So some people say kilometre, but it's not kilometre,

it's kilometre. The same way you would say centimetre and millimetre. You wouldn't say millimetre or centimetre, so don't say kilometre. It's this level of professionalism you can look forward to on the Hits Drive next year. Thank you, Matty.

That was good. Yeah, I could see how that would wind him up. We'll go to the phones, Diane. Really, it does open a can of worms, this one, because the text machine is boof, she is blowing up a lot. So let's get Diane. Welcome. Hi.

When I say blowing up, not literally, okay? Not in the literal sense, Diane, which is one that irks me. But what is it for you? Often. Often? What's wrong with often? Yeah, because so many people say often, and it doesn't, the T's silent, it's pronounced often.

Okay, do you correct people in this scenario, or you just let it slide and slowly fester? Depends how it is. I've been saying often, because there's a T in there. I didn't know it was silent. I've often said it wrong. There's a lot of blame we need to place on the English language too. Yeah, it is all very confusing, isn't it?

Good on you, Diane. Appreciate that. Megan Pappas, who's also joining the hits next year, she just texted, woman, the plural is women, not woman. Drives her nuts. My dad also will say, I'm just whipping down somewhere in the country or whatever it is, but not thinking geographically where it is.

And he'll be like, up, up. You go up to that location. And I'm like, I don't think about it on a map sense, but that really winds him up. Great text here, 4487, when people say frustrated, not frustrated. Frustrated, yeah, frustrating. Another way, pacifically speaking. Or specific is a hard word to say.

Just to wrap your lips around. I had to practice that one for a while to get that one correct. Charlotte, we'll get you on the show. Welcome. Hi. The words that wind you up. No, I threw myself under the bus, actually. I can't say cuisine.

Cuisine. You just said it beautifully. I say cuisine. Cuisine? You just said it beautifully. I say cuisine. Cuisine? It's like a cross between the paint place and maybe like a quiz night at the pub.

Cuisine? Oh yeah, okay. But you say a word too often it starts to lose meaning and then you know it's coming up. You're like, uh oh. Yeah, a few of my friends have been like, they've tried to teach me and I just keep saying it wrong. They're like, it kind of starts with a Q, just think of it like that.

And then I'm just like, yeah, I'm saying it right. Cuisine. Well, that sounded pretty good. That sounded good to me. Yeah, that sounded pretty good. Might have been a muffled cuisine on the phone. Yeah. You're selling it on the radio, though, Charlotte.

We'll get Casey on. Welcome. Words that wind you up, mate. Hello? Welcome, Case. Hi, how you doing? Yeah, really well. Words that wind you up.

Spinach. Pronounced spinach. There is no G in spinach. Who's saying spinach? So many people Really? I didn't notice that people would be saying spinach But yeah

And how often are you hearing the word spinach for it to Well, Ryan, you're up so much you'd phone through Too often Too often, clearly Every time a girl works here Spinach Spinach You have a lot of spinach-based conversations

Maybe you run a spinach farm spinach based conversations maybe you run a spinach film you're working with Popeye I don't know what's going on good on you Casey

appreciate it some good texts coming here people who say Tuesday not Tuesday at the

Rugby World Cup the commentator kept saying accurate instead of accurate oh really

my kids say on accident instead of by accident, which really gets me irritated. I drop them off on the side of the road. Congratulations instead of congratulations. Oh, jeez. Oh, jeez. Again, you know, there's people over in Gaza going, hope you guys are all right over there.

Yeah, I know, but there's things that wind you up on a day-to-day basis, aren't there? Oh, no, Benny. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we've just got a package being sent to us here at the studio. It's really lovely getting listener presents, listener food. That, I won't lie, makes your average radio host a little nervous. We always like to produce a Joel to just do the test run on the listener food

in case it's been laced with lasertives or anything like that. But, no, we've been sent a wonderful gift. We've worked at many radio stations over the years, and sometimes you get death threats, Ben. Not at this station, though. No. It's the first thing I've been sent. It's not a letter from the council saying pay us.

That's a lovely, lovely thing. And I think we've got Tanya on the phone right now who sent us the package. Good morning, Tanya. Hello, how you doing? We're doing all right. We just got an amazing package. Thank you very much for sending us matching mugs,

which has our names on the front and then it says on the back, first equal breakfast, best breakfast radio show host. So this is the first time that we can claim to be number one. So this is great. Don't look at the figures. Let's just have it on a mug. I can go give it to Mike Hosking now, actually. He's first equal with himself.

But thank you very much. That's very kind. And little key rings as well. You make these yourself, do you? I do, yes. You are very talented. And you had a lovely note in there which said, I don't care what people say, I think you're funny.

I don't know how that left us. It was a double-edged sort of thing. Are people saying stuff? Yeah, Mike Hoskin does. Yeah, I guess Mike, he's got a lot to say. Now, and it wasn't just us, us show ponies getting these gifts. You even included one for producer Taylor. Now, Taylor hasn't opened hers yet.

Yeah. We thought we'd get you to open it. Now you might get a mug as well Taylor that says First Equal Breakfast Radio Show Host. You might get that. Or producer. But it doesn't look like a mug because it's come flat. You talk us through what

she's about to open Tanya. Well I know how much she loves her dog Louie. Yes. You're already getting excited for Louie. I made a couple of dog bandanas for him. Can I just say, one says, I'm a lover, not a biter, which is so Louie. That is so Louie.

That is not Louie. He is definitely a biter and a scowler. Well, it depends who's around. I'm a scowler, not a lover. Ben's a little frightened of Louis. I feel like one day I'm going to come to work, Louis is going to be sitting in my chair and I'm going to go, what happened to Ben?

I left because Louis wouldn't let him sit down. Oh, that is very thoughtful. That's beautiful, Tanya. Thank you. And on the key ring, there's a little Spotify code tag and it's a song about your dog. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, that's so cool. That's so cool. You've got little rings there you can put on his collar. That's cool. Tanya, that is so thoughtful. Yeah, thank you so much. No worries at all. I just wanted to say thanks for making the Daily Grind

a bit more bearable in the morning. You're very welcome. If anyone else wants to send us gifts as well, should we put that? No, no, no. Yeah. Why don't we have a segment called Hashtag Gifted? Once a week we just go,

oh, you've got this free stuff. This is clearly what you do. This is your business. So if people want to get a hold of you, Tanya? I put my cards in there so you can promote me all you like. That'd be great. Oh, yeah.

NonnasCraftRoom at gmail.com. Thanks, guys. Thank you very much. You have a Merry Christmas. You too. Thank you. See you, Tanya. Bye. The Hits, the Jon Well, thank you. Thank you very much. You have a Merry Christmas. You too. Thank you. See you, Tanya. Bye.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're just saying, is it too early or not? I'm like, let's just roll with it. Christmas is here. Nice. Have we pushed the play on the Christmas songs too early? Hit the Hits. Well, the Farmer's Santa Parade was the weekend.

Feels like we kicked things off of that. Is that the official start for you? I don't know. Maybe it is. I mean, some people, you were saying just December maybe. We're not December until the end of the week. Yeah, I mean,

for Monday onwards, go loose, mate. Right. But now you're saying we've gone too early. Just a little bit. 4487 on the text. Tell us if we've gone

too early or not. Do you want the honest truth, Ben? Do you want the truth from the people? Gary's already phoning through on 0800 the hits. Don't know if we'll take Gary live. Maybe we'll just,

we'll see what Gary wants off here, and then we'll get to his question, query, or complaint. Now, yesterday across the road, found myself stranded, public cafe, without a cell phone. Have you been anywhere without a cell phone recently? And I've been having to wait. I've got us some coffees, Ben. I was having to wait for the order. And usually that's your default, isn't it?

It's a safety blanket. You go, you scroll through all these funny videos. A little husband doing something cute on Instagram. I send you some videos of kids getting hurt on playgrounds. It's amazing how quickly you go to that. It's kind of your go-to when you're waiting for some reason. Didn't used to be. No, exactly.

And then I'm like, what do I do now? Where do I put my eyes? I didn't know what to do with my eyes. I didn't know where to look. So then you sort of end up just staring at other people in the cafe because you've got nothing else to look at. Yeah. And I was focusing on this lovely lady, Enneage Benedict,

and then I could tell she was like, I feel like someone's staring at me as I'm putting hollandaise in my mouth. And she looked up, caught my eye, and then I have to try and change my direction pretend I'm looking at something behind her and I ended up probably making about half a dozen people very very self-conscious and uncomfortable about eating food and drinking coffee it's a weird thing isn't it it's just all of a sudden become the norm yes it's strange I did the other day because I had to take my phone in to get fixed and driving away because it was like oh it'll be like an hour so we drove away did the other day because I had to take my phone in to get fixed and driving away

because it was like oh it'll be like an hour so we drove away did some other stuff and I was like what if something happens you know like if the car breaks down

all these things you know normally you just go I've got a phone or you need to go somewhere you've got all that just there I'm like

how reliant have we become I'm off the grid nothing happened of course nothing happened no one tried to get hold of me came back the phone there was no text no calls no nothing I'm off the grid Nothing happened Of course nothing happened No one tried to get hold of me Came back to the phone There was no text No calls

No nothing I was off the grid 60 minutes off the grid No one even knew You know But I knew It's a weird feeling We should do

Why don't we do off the grid Do you want to be off the grid It's a competition Who can be off the grid For the longest Right I reckon it would be A huge inconvenience

For the show No one's able to get hold of me. It would be. Yeah. It would be a massive one. Yeah. We'll start it. See if we can go until Christmas.

Off the grid. Well, I definitely can't. What? You're pulling out. We haven't even started off the grid. He's pulling out of off the grid. Well, is it computer count or what? No, you can use your computer.

You know, like, you know, the next. I mean, we could. Yeah. Let's just go phone. Okay, we're still, okay, we're semi off the grid. Yeah. On the grid in terms of laptop, but they can't even phone. What?

Until someone gives in. Yeah. Well, I don't think it will last very long. We'll give it a go. I feel like you've given in now. Pretty much. I'm like, the logistics of that, you'll get one phone call in five minutes you answer it and you'll be like

where's that guy my family can't get hold of me the kids have hurt themselves at school not answering mate off the bridge doing a novelty radio promo now producer Taylor

you're making the big time mate you're making the big time she's been keeping something hidden from us and managed to spot it at the supermarket, didn't I? Yeah. Front page, too. Front page.

Front page news. So this is what? This is last week's Woman's Day. You were on the Woman's Day with your husband, Marcello. Yep. None of this we knew. No, I took last week off on purpose. I think it's you. It looks like a whole other lady. hi really not the

workplace you'd hope i look a bit different on my wedding day than when i come here at 4 a.m every day yeah let's have a look at the uh the marketing photos of us compared to how we look now yeah exactly you had hair in your life i love i love just planting a little bulb with Taylor but it was a lovely article it's on your relationship and your move to New Zealand yep you guys get a mention I'm not sure if you've read

no I haven't read it yet I looked at the pictures throughout the thing good pictures though good pictures but talking about there because it was a bit of a secret relationship at first

wasn't it because he was playing Marcelo Montoya husband now plays for the Warriors but was playing for the Bulldogs at the time and I was a cheerleader and that is forbidden love in the world of NRL.

But hey, you guys are still together. You're married, and yeah, it's great. So I am, because when you get a cheerleading contract, they give you a lecture, don't fraternise with the players. And I said, challenge accepted. I'll be the number one that bags the husband, and I did. Don't fraternise. I will fraternise my face off.

Now, I met Marcelo a handful of times. He's a true gentleman. He is. But I feel in this article, he's taken a lot of hits on the league field, but he's taking a big hit for you here on the magazine article. Who was pushing for this more? Oh, I think you guys can tell. He absolutely hates stuff like this.

He hates being in the media. He hates interviews. He just can't stand all of it. But when the request came through, I looked up and said, mate, remember how I moved to this country for you? Well, you're going to have to do this for me. This is the payment. And I said, Louie's involved.

They happen to include the sausage dog. And he was like, are you serious? Now I've got to hold the sausage dog and get a photo. I'm going to get bullied at training for this. Yep, and well he goes back to training this week too. Yes, he does. Has there been enough water under the bridge from the article to day one of training?

Bit of breathing time. Yeah, bit of breathing time. Well, we're going to go through to a magazine shop now in the Wairarapa. See if they know. See if they know who we've got with us. Well, don't you look so embarrassed about this. Good morning. Paper Plus Mastered and Hayley speaking. Oh, Hayley, guess what?

What? Guess who we have on the phone right now. Not me. Not me either. We're John or Ben. We're from the Hits radio station. We'll take that guessing game away. That's not exciting.

That's not exciting. John or Ben's not exciting. It wasits radio station. We'll take that guessing game away. That's not exciting. That's not exciting. John and Ben's not exciting. I figured it was the radio. But we have someone way more exciting. Stop shaking your head. Okay. They were on the cover of last week's Woman's Day. Now, I don't imagine you'd have it installed because it would have sold out, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sellout. Bumper issue. Absolute bumper issue. Guess who we have with us in the studio right now. Okay. Okay. So we've got, I've got the copy. Oneute bumper issue. Guess who we have with us in the studio right now? Okay.

Okay. So we've got, I've got the copy, one of the copies. It was very hard to get. Now, I'll give you some options. It's multi-choice. Now, there's some big bangers on the front cover. There's Meghan Markle. So we might have Meghan Markle on the phone.

There's Margot Robbie. We might have Margot Robbie on the phone. There's Leonardo DiCaprio. We might have Leogot Robbie on the phone. There's Leonardo DiCaprio. We could have Leo here with us. Or we might have Taylor Montoya, who was part of Marcello Montoya's Warrior Star Dream Wedding. Now, over to you. What would you like to lock in?

I'm going to go with Taylor Montoya. We've got Taylor Montoya from the article. Front cover. Marcello Montoya's Dream Wedding. Isn't this thrilling, Hayley? She is dying inside right now. What would you like to say to Taylor? Oh, my gosh.

Speechless? Yeah. Yes, fast track. Oh. Like, if you had a copy, which you don't because it's sold out, it's not so popular, she could sign it for you, but unfortunately that can't happen. Taylor, she's

staring down. I don't want any part of this if you haven't noticed. This is cringe. I've never heard you not say anything before. Normally it's like I think there's a lot of things she wants to say right now. Yeah, and not in front of Hayley. Hayley, we've interrupted your day

for this. We've dragged you into this, but thank you so much for your time. That's okay. Thank you. Do you want her in for a signing? We can book her in. Oh, you know, we would love that. Mastered. Mastered.

It's my hometown, Mastered. I'll take you back. We'll go to Mastered. It'll be great. We'll do a signing. That'd be great. Awesome. See you soon.

See you, Hayley. Bye.