Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: The Work Xmas Party Scandal!

Episode Date: December 3, 2023

A listener has a great dilemma for us after her XMAS party Ben got the wrong memo for a dress up party Jono was being creepy.. or was he?? 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. After the weekend it is, we said before, the countdown to Christmas is very much on. A lot of Christmas parties taking place and we're going to get to this at 8 o'clock this morning. But we've got some correspondence over the weekend after a Christmas party from a listener who wants to stay anonymous. But have a listen to her dilemma. Hi, I was hoping I might be able to ask you and your listeners for some help. I saw on Instagram over the weekend a video of my husband and his work friends at their late work Christmas party.

And they've all obviously had a few drinks. And he was dancing really close with a lady from his office. They were basically grinding on each other. So I tried to talk to him about it. And he was a bit embarrassed and just said it was harmless and that's all that was happening but i feel like it's kind of cheating what do you think is it cheating or not bumping and grinding on the dance floor hands free i don't know i don't know i don't know if no hands or no hands makes any difference in that we'll get to

that after eight o'clock yeah i have an interesting dilemma that you can get involved in 4487 is cheating or not. You went to the, were you bumping and grinding at the Christmas party on Friday? I'll tell you what I did for the first time at the Christmas party. And producer Joey, you can come on in here. You introduced me to the silent disco. How good is it? It's so good. I am a convert.

When you're wearing headphones. Yeah, so they had a DJ, Dan Ox ox who's a really great dj dj and i'm like i can't hear him i can't i don't know what he's up there he's doing music up dan ox yeah and then there was a whole lot of headphones for about 30 pairs of headphones at the christmas party and you just go up and wireless headphones put it on and it just it feels weird to say it kind of changes the vibe you're like oh my goodness this is like a whole nother party going on yeah it was like three o'clock in the afternoon and everyone's kind of just standing around mingling and then there's 30 people with headphones on looking at a full-on rave yeah that's like you're like i can't

help but i'm not a dancer but i'm like i can't help but dance is there music going on around the normal party like a very light background stuff yeah and so you kind of look over and people in your own and you kind of look at someone you're like hey you got this yeah thumbs up are you listening to the same song yeah same song that it took me a little while to work out whether there was different channels or not but i was like i guess because it's so around sort of around your head and you know you're right there with the music it's quite a surreal experience were you watching them going you look like crazy people absolutely absolutely then i got amongst and i'm like I'm here and I'm a convert and I'm like

I'm into it so yeah because it was middle of the day it was you know it wasn't like the cover of darkness and I was like

you know normally at two o'clock in the afternoon I'm not getting up in front of my work colleagues and busting but I was I was enjoying it

I was loving it it was also like intense dance music as well full drum and bass so it was too much For the normal speakers Yeah But for me

Hey I'm with you Joel So we're at R&B this year mate It's a sass Yeah this Friday I think there's a silent disco In town as well I love it I'm a convert

You're like Bring your dad along Who's that Oh no it's Ben I work with him Everyone had their Group of friends Where the dad

Would still go nightclubbing It's me mate The divorcee dad It's me Is he still. It's me, mate. The divorcee dad. It's me. Is he still out? It's me with the producer, Joel. Hey. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Christmas is just over 20 days away, and a lot of Christmas parties are taking place over the weekend. And we got a message after one from someone who's a listener to the show, who wants to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, but she wants some help from you. And have a listen to her dilemma hi um i was hoping i might be able to ask you and your listeners for some help i saw an instagram over the weekend a video of my husband and his work friends at their like work christmas party and they've all obviously had a few drinks and he was dancing really close with the lady from

his office they were basically grinding on each other. So I tried to talk to him about it and he was a bit embarrassed and just said it was harmless and that's all that was happening. But I feel like it's kind of cheating. What do you think? She's running a deeper voice for Miley Cyrus. Yeah, I think we've changed the voice.

Oh, changed the voice. So it's an interesting dilemma. She's seen on social her partner bumping and grinding with a colleague. He's gone. It's harmless, harmless fun. No, who was it? R. Kelly saw nothing wrong with a little bit of

bump and grind. And then what happened with that one? He also saw nothing wrong with a lot of other stuff as well didn't he? That we all saw. Anyway, I won't get into an R. Kelly hole. Not a good time. But what do you sit on this? Well, I don't get into an R. Kelly hole. Not a good time. But what do you sit on this? Well, I don't. We'll bring in Producer Taylor here. I feel like it's not cheating,

but I feel like it's not a great look. No, honestly, if this happened to me, that's a deal breaker. I'm sorry. Do you think it's cheating? Yeah, I do think it's a form of cheating. Yeah, because someone, what, their body parts are in your private body parts area.

Like, that is, remove the clothes and mate, that's a... Yep, their clunking pelvis, mate. Yeah, that's a full on. Right. You were talking next door about chopping off appendages and all sorts if you caught. I think this is so disrespectful and disgusting. I don't want to be dramatic, but if I saw my partner doing that, game over. What happens if they...

Really? Ended? End of the relationship? Well, I'd be like, you have saw my partner Doing that game over What happens Really ended End of the relationship Well I'd be like You have to quit your job Or quit this relationship Really Wow

Or what sorry Or quit this relationship Wow You choose Yeah What happens if they'd had Secret dance classes together That no one knew about

And this was their chance That's cheating then Okay That's cheating What if it's not Bumping and grunting What if it's like You know half a metre distance

Hey they're doing the chicken dance. Okay, so I think... Or gang game style. Oh, well, that's fine. Like, I'm not a psycho. You were literally talking about cutting off parts. No, because you were like, I could see both sides of this. Can you, you sleazy?

Right? Please elaborate. And he has to see both sides of it. No, okay. So I think it depends on, one, what type of music was playing. Okay. Because obviously If it is a Gangnam Style

Or something fun like that Obviously that's fine Okay Can I just say for the record Gangnam Style is not fun In 2023 But yes continue on Yeah I know what you mean

Yeah So you're saying Okay Yeah okay And then If it's sexual R&B Slow jazz

Yeah like Grado Me Then obviously That's gonna lead to something. What if they're not? What if they're, like, two centimetres apart? It's probably intent, though, isn't it? It feels like it's the intent of it.

And, like, if you're comfortable enough to be like that with someone, like, I would not feel comfortable enough to do that to you. No. We're back there again. You say that makes me feel uncomfortable. Exactly. So it's like, What are these two people doing Behind the scenes

And what would happen If your partner was there Would you be doing The same thing or not Exactly Exactly Yeah okay Alright we'll put it to you

Because this person's reached out For us for help Right now Listen I've got to take The opposite don't I No you don't You would It's radio

It's radio No you don't have to Take the opposite We don't have to be One of those shows That I'll go Oh they'll take the opposite Because if that's

Unless that's the way you feel And clearly it is Well no it's not Well it must be Go on Justify it It's How can I justify

Exactly Yeah Thank you I know but is it cheating I reckon that's a big question Is it cheating Is it a dumpable cheating Because it doesn't feel like

It feels morally wrong to me, but I don't know if it's dumpable cheating, but maybe you feel different. What advice would you give this lady? 0800 THE HITS, you can text 4487. Let's help her out. THE HITS, the Jono and Ben podcast. Is it cheating?

Is it? That is what we're throwing out this morning. Producer Taylor, she's saying definitely cheating. It's a get them to resign from the job scenario. Not necessarily a dumping scenario, but it's the job or me, is what she's saying definitely cheating. It's a get them to resign from the job scenario. Not necessarily a dumping scenario, but it's the job or me. That's what she's saying. And also hacksawing off body parts as well. Wow.

Which sounds Lionel Messi to me. Yeah, it does. Ben Boyce, you're putting it in the, what category are you putting it in? I feel like it's in the morally wrong category, but I wouldn't, I don't, cheating. I mean, as far as cheating goes, it feels like there's a lot worse forms of it, but maybe this is the... It's the gateway. The gateway to cheating.

Maybe it is. If you're comfortable doing that, maybe you're comfortable doing other stuff. Maybe. It's the entree, isn't it? I don't know, maybe. Maybe it's just like dancing. Maybe he's a fan of dancing.

You're right. There are a lot of dance enthusiasts out there. Yeah, I love to dance. When I dance, I dance hard. With the mid part of my body. Alright, let's get Anonymous on the phone. A lot of people texting in to this one on 4487. Feel free to join us on the text.

You might not be comfortable talking on air, but Anonymous, cheating or not cheating? I think it's kind of cheating. Yep, falls into the kind of category you would have been? Yeah, yeah. Obviously, there was intentions behind it, and if they were all up on each other, then, yeah, I think they probably would have got a bit excited about that.

It's not a great look, is it? I kept thinking, if your partner was there, how would that make them feel Well exactly I know that if my partner saw that He would be right in there Being what's going on What's going on mate

What's going on here Oh nothing just a bit of harmless dancing No I hear you on that one It would make you feel a bit uncomfortable wouldn't it Yeah Thank you very much Another text really appreciate your call Yeah, no, I hear you on that one. It would make you feel a bit uncomfortable, wouldn't it? Yeah. Thank you very much. Now, listen, another text.

Really appreciate your call. There we go. Another text here, 4487. A million percent cheating. Fellas, how would you feel if you saw your missuses dancing with some guy from work like that? If you wouldn't do it in front of your partner, you shouldn't be doing it. That's a fair enough call. That's the black and white for that one. Now're getting some uh we'll get some callers on who are saying no it's not cheating oh really some south american flair coming through on the phone on 0800 the hits this morning uh and

i guess in south america that's just do they want to talk no the text reads guys you're obviously not from south america Oh. Close dancing. No, we're not. I'm not. Really close dancing is cheating. So I didn't read that text properly before. So it's cheating. It's cheating over there.

Yeah, I guess. Oh, I thought you were going to come in the other way. You said it sounded like the South Americans were like, no, mate, this is just Tuesday. This is what we do. No, I misread the text. Fatal mistake here. Someone's saying, definitely not cheating.

Dancing is intimate. If you're secure in your relationship, it shouldn't matter at all. Okay. Okay, so where have we left this? What advice are we saying? Are we saying dump him?

Resign? I don't think we're doing quite as, like, cutting off appendages or anything like that with the producer. We're getting the hack story out, Taylor. We're going down to Bunnings. I think they can come back from this maybe,

but there's some trust issues they need to work through, right? Well, yeah, another great text here, 4487. There's more to this story. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And actually over the weekend, we had Friendmas. So it's something our friends put on every year. Well, everyone contributes, but they always have like a Christmas thing for the friends to get together.

That's a good idea. That's actually really nice. for the friends to get together. That's a good idea. That's actually really nice. The pun doesn't work, but it's a good idea. Something else I was interested in because everyone brought food along and just as we were about to eat, someone busted out a happy birthday. And I was like, well, this is interesting.

This is friend-mas. This is someone's birthday. And then it was a happy birthday to Jesus. I was like, oh, maybe that's quite a nice touch. Singing happy birthday for Jesus. Oscar, my son was like, oh, baby, that's quite a nice touch. Singing happy birthday for Jesus. Oscar, my son, was like, you know how people complain about having their birthday in and around Christmas? You know, the presents, they are sort of singled into one present, ticking both boxes. He's like, well, feel sorry for Jesus.

His birthday's on Christmas Day every day. That overshadows his birthday every time. Exactly. No one's thinking about that. Well, we were on. That overshadows his birthday every time. Exactly. No one's thinking about that. Well, we were on the weekend, which was good. Yeah, it's good to give Jesus a happy birthday. We spare a thought for Jesus. We spare a thought.

Did you do that thing at the end where you count one or two? You're like, jeez, you'd be there for a while, wouldn't you? Jesus is going on a long time. But, you know, with a group chat, and I think we fall victim to this as well. You know, we've got a friend group chat that people will bounce around messages we have one for the radio show and it's very hard to be across it when you're doing other stuff you know you often say with the show you you know you sometimes go oh when was that and you're like oh it was on the group chat you can miss things or come into it later and it can move quite fast particularly for those like 20 people on this group chat for my

friends it really does pick up steam and then it just stops yeah and then it'll pick up again like a formula one car and if you're not on board you miss you miss the train it was a lot of conversations going around before we had this friends miss party and one of the things was on there that i saw was like someone said are we dressing up and someone said yeah absolutely and so i took that banging like we're all dressing up in christmas costumes because it's christmas but what i didn't realize it was it was other people talking about a chat because they were going out afterwards later that evening. So I said to my wife, it's Christmas. We're dressing up.

Everyone's dressing up. And you know me, I've got a garage load of costumes. This is your perfect time of year. This is my happy place. Halloween and Christmas. So I went down there and I found two Christmas tree costumes. So I was like, this is great. This is great.

Couldn't get a more festive theme. Great. I don't have many opportunities to wear my Christmas tree costume. So I was like, this is great. This is great. Couldn't get a more festive theme. Great. I don't have many opportunities to wear my Christmas tree costume. And, you know, it was double what? I was like, come on, Amanda. Amanda's like, all right, I'll wear your Christmas tree costume. That's a good wife. She takes some hits for you on the old costume department.

But she was like, everyone's dressing up. And on the way there, we're like, wonder what such and such are going to be wearing. Because often they'll wear this type of clothing. I wonder what they're wearing. Well wearing well turns out none of them were anything different to what they normally wear because we were the only ones that dressed up oh like the people that were talking about dressing up to go out to restaurants and things someone was going out to another function later and that's where that part of the chat was involved in so we turned up both looking like christmas trees at the christmas. And I mean, for me, I'm fine.

I'm like, I could just roll with it. But for her, when people were wearing nice dresses and summery outfits and stuff. You're better than this. I felt for her at night. Well, you should have. This is all on you. Because we did it. She took it off later and we had matching Christmas T-shirts on and a red and white theme and white pants.

We looked like Victoria and Posh Beckham from the 90s when they dress up together. Like, oh, these guys have come in themes. I'd apologise publicly to my wife. She didn't need that over the weekend. And so what, do you just sort of leave with the costumes under your arm? Hey, well, another great Christmas friend of us. I mean, there's other parties it could be more awkward leaving with your costumes under your arm. Hey, well, another great, another great. I mean, there's other parties that can be more awkward leaving with your costumes under your arms,

but it's definitely up there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You know, one of our skills, which doesn't come into use much throughout life, is light banter. You and me, we can hold a good five to seven minute conversation, lightly dusting over, you know, a range of topics just to fill in some time. We're not deep diving.

If you hit that seven minute threshold, we've got nothing. If you go past that. You do sort of have your go-tos when you kind of run into people to talk to, don't you? You do. And what do you do for a job is a good one to start with. Have you had COVID? That's always a great topic as well uh but one that i like to chuck in too is where do you live yeah which is yeah producer taylor you come in because you're saying you're not deep diving but the other day when you did do that you were like oh whereabouts do you live everyone kind of gets a

bit taken back they do they get thrown when it's question number three off the start line. How would you feel if that was thrown back to you, question three? I would give the suburb. I'd be happy. That's what my interest is. I guess they're not going to go, maybe you should say, where's the suburb that you live? I'm not wanting apartments. But you think it's too early to come in with a, where do you live, Taylor?

Yeah, absolutely. Because you can see it in their faces. They're a bit shocked, like, oh, one, as if he cares. And two, what's he going to do? I don't care. You're right. It's just filler. It's filler content.

Yeah, it's really cringe to be part of. Sorry. I just like to know, okay, where have you come from to work? Okay. So maybe, yeah, reframing that. How far do you commute? Maybe there's a reframing of that question Yeah I had a shocker yesterday With someone talking

And they were like oh I had An interesting relationship with my Father growing up and I was like How are things now You know what they said back You know The father's no longer with us And as I was asking the question

I was like what are you doing and then how do you come back from that what are you laughing at mate it sucks the ear and then I'm like where do you live just keep your mouth shut where did he live oh yeah

yeah how many yeah it's yeah as I was asking I was like I think i know the answer to this already shut up shut your face hole yeah prior i've adapted now and think as well through tripping out many times good to see you rather than good to meet you yeah good to see you is such a great thing to say because i've had good to meet you and people go i'll meet you before twice you're like oh dear god you know like so good to see you is nothing of oh good to meet you and people are going I've met you before twice you're like oh dear god you know like so good to see you is something of oh good to see you

because that's like if you know them you don't know them it's good to see you yeah that's a great one yeah I was like Ben's had a good one too where they're like you met me before and he's like yeah and they're like where where what's my name and location yeah and then he's happy for when I come in and go

where do you live? And then I explain, I'm like, yeah, that's where I saw you. That's where I saw you last. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Listen, 2024, people have achieved some stuff this year. What's been your greatest achievement this year, Ben? To be honest, I don't know. I don't know.

Must be something. No, to be honest Nothing Nothing Nothing comes to mind Turning up here Yeah well yeah I mean I enjoy doing this radio show So yeah Getting the Christmas tree down

Down From the attic Yeah but that's probably like this year I've got it down And haven't quite got to the Even erected it Yeah Yeah

Well I'm proud to say that Over the last 12 months I've become proficient In typing with my eyes closed Right Well not necessarily eyes closed But just not looking

Not looking at things At the screen You know We're not looking at where your fingers are typing You can look at what you're writing right And a lot of it's obviously down to muscle memory Yeah If you spend a lot of time on the computer

But I'm just looking back at my typing career Many years ago Started with the one finger. Now it's just evolved. Over the last 12 months, it's really become proficient. I remember a lot of what you learned at school. It was great to learn about learning how to learn and how to study, but a lot of some of it you don't use now, but I do remember typing,

doing typing at school. Did they teach you typing? You got to choose it. It was actually really handy where your fingers sit on the keyboard, on the typewriter, so that's where you go back to, and that's the, yeah, there's a spot, and that's kind of what helps you now with typing. Looking at your keyboards, you've got four keys that are heavily worn out.

You can't even see the letters on them. How often do you use the shift? Quite a lot. C and D. Oh, yeah, like, he's really worn them down. C and D. I know, my keyboard's had a hard life. I really type.

You are an aggressive typer, too. You just type something now, and you can hear how loud Ben types. So you do it with conviction, don't you? Anyway, to prove this, because I know you're not just going to take my word for it that I can type without looking. Joel's plugged in some AI technology here. It's a type to speak function. And you just tell me something to type

and I will do it with eyes dead closed. Okay. Well, I'm going to give you what they taught us, actually, at school. Okay, so the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog because it uses every single letter on the keyboard. Okay, all right. Okay, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick, so the, starting with a. Don't. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick. So the, starting with the. Don't look, Dan. He did a little play gay. I just wanted to see where the Q was. No, he can't. You can't say you can type without looking if you don't want to. I just wanted to see where the Q was. Just to get my bearings.

Okay. Okay. Go. Okay. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Fox. I've fluffed up. Jumps over the lazy dog.

Okay. Now I'll push convert to speech. Are you ready? Okay. This is the end result. Okay. I haven't looked at what I've taught. I hope you got it.

Are Rach Weeks brown fudge Humo over the Lazy Dog? Can I have another go? Okay. Okay. Quick. Brown Fox jumps over the Lazy Dog. Okay. Here we go.

Convert to speech. The Kayak Brown Fox J jumos over the lay fog. You sound like you're swearing at me there. Okay, listen. I came in quite cocky, confident. I haven't taught myself anything in 2024. I'm like Ben. Started some stuff, didn't quite finish it.

Didn't quite get through. But what have you learnt in 2024? Here's your chance to brag. I think we've got some passers-to-trolls. The brand new movie that's in cinemas right now, Family Passers. So tell us what you've taught yourself, or maybe you've gone and studied and you've bettered yourself. We'd love to hear from you this morning.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. What have you taught yourself this year? Have you become a better person? I thought that I had taught myself how to type without looking at the screen. You were okay, but you didn't quite know it, did you? It was, yeah. But hey, there's another year, 2024.

And someone's texted and saying, I haven't taught myself anything in 2024, because it's still 2023. Yeah, we might have maybe we've taught ourselves what year it is this year. There you go, we've learnt something. That's a win. So you can text 24487. Have you learned a new language? Have you learned a new party trick?

Dez, what have you taught yourself this year? Oh, look, I've got this weird talent to be able to catch flies with one hand. That is a great, that is a handy talent. That seems like a good party trick, isn't it? Yeah. What's the skill to catching a fly with one hand? Jeez, it's just a way that you sort of sweep your hand and grab it, really. Right.

Yeah, it's kind of weird, but yeah. John Pryor, my father, we call him the fly ranger. He loves catching flies barehanded as well. His theory is you come over the top of them because when they feel something coming, they fly directly up. So you catch them on the way up. Yeah, sort of from behind and

when they pop up, it's an easy catch. Surprise attacks. Oh, you got me. You got me. And what happens afterwards when you've got the fly in you? Like, what are you doing there? That's the admin of that. It's not fun.

I kind of, yeah, let it go. If it's in the house, I normally put it outside. Oh, it's just like a catch and release sort of situation. Tag and release. Tag and release. There you go. Yeah, away you go. Go and live your best life.

It's nice. It's got a happy ending there. Yeah, Ben likes those happy endings. And he was very worried about the sanitisation of that whole situation. Yeah, but hey, it all worked out nicely at the end. It's kind of, what do you do after you've got it in your hand? You're out of line. How did you end up here, Des?

I don't know. I just kind of did it one day. I guess, no, I think somebody taught me, this is how you do it. And I thought, nah, it's too easy. And then I gave it a try and, yeah, there you go. Hey, could you do us a favour at some point? Film yourself doing it. Send it to us.

We'll put the technique on the hits breakfast. A fly-catching hat. Yeah. That's a lot of admin. I just wanted to tell my story and go home with my computer. No, Des, you do that or don't do that. But either way, have yourself a great week. All right, you too.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Producer Taylor, I brought you in three minutes prematurely, three minutes ago. Something last week that I was bullying you with and getting much joy out of was my inflated elbow. It's been filled with elbow juice after an injury. So you fell off a scooter. And what I love, because everyone that saw it was like,

oh, you need to get it seen to. And you're like, no, I saw someone at the Sanitarium Weetbix Kids Triathlon, who apparently was a doctor. Who knows? And they were like, leave it. The body is a remarkable thing. It knows how to heal itself. That's what you've been saying to everyone last week. Some rando at the Kiwi Kids Triathlon.

Yeah. But then it just kept getting bigger and bigger, sorer and sorer, and it just became unsightly. You know, there's only so long you can wander around with a growing appendage. Sparrow. Before you start to get self-conscious about it too. I couldn't even put jerseys on.

It was kind of getting that big. It didn't look like you were self-conscious about it when you were throwing it in my face. No, that's what I was thinking. You look quite proud of what you had created. You made a social video for us. But I went to the doctor Friday. I was like, enough.

The madness needs to stop. And you know you've got a situation on your hands. Even when the doctor's like, wow, okay. That was her first words. Wow, okay. You let that get her first words. Wow, okay. You let that get away on you. Oh, right. And you're like, but I saw someone who said they were a doctor.

They were like, let it go. The body's a remarkable thing. And she was like, hold on. Let me go and talk to my colleagues. So she had to go. And she came back. She's like, we're going to have to drain it. And the excitement in her eyes.

She doesn't get an elbow draining every day. No, I imagine you wouldn't. And so I went through. They do a little scalpel, inject it. And I felt like maybe 20 litres of liquid came out of that. Did they numb the area? Yeah, they numb it. And then I sent you the photo of all the syringes.

Yeah, and so it was It was majority blood That did get drained out It's the inflammation fluid So it's not blood so I guess your body Kind of goes into Recovery mode when you get an injury And tries to protect it

But it still feels quite full Do you want to touch it now? No oh my god enough now Then the nurse came in to do the bandaging of it and she's like I saw you guys at the Santa parade

and she looked down and she's like did she pop it was it a popper I was like nah it was a drainer she's like she never pops

she's a popper she's a fan of things being popped you wouldn't want to people are either poppers or not poppers but not in that anyway

there we go if it hasn't motivated you For the Monday morning I don't know what cap Anyway you'll be glad to know It's all sorted now Thank God Thank you

The hits The Jono and Ben podcast It's just another Motivational Monday Yeah I feel like we've done A really good bang up job Through the year Of motivating people every Monday And the less and less motivation required

The closer you get To the finish line of the year do you know the only person we haven't motivated with motivational monday is uh craig who like he's kind of a you know we're basically in australia he looks at you know he's a radio expert and he gives us some great advice on the show you know he listens to our stuff and he's awesome but motivational monday not doing it for him every time he listened to it he's like what's the point of this we're motivating people he's like

is it legit is it legit you play something Jono takes the piss out of it so yeah I've enjoyed it through the whole year but Craig

who is it you know and he's right every question he asks he's dead right he's like what is the point of it I was like

well it's Monday morning everyone needs motivation we'll play something inspiring and hopefully people can be inspired, what is the point of it? I was like, well, it's Monday morning. Everyone needs motivation. We'll play something inspiring and hopefully people can be inspired for the week. The point of it is it's 6.24 on a Monday morning and we need to fill the air time.

Craig, not a fan, but everyone else, you're right. We've done a great job of motivating them. I feel like this is an AI robot spouting off this motivation

and if this is a glimpse into the future, well, geez, these robots are very motivational. Just some simple advice about how to approach life. Take a listen. One of the best mental health tips I've ever read. If you feel like you hate everyone, eat. If you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. If you feel like you hate yourself,

shower. If you feel like everyone hates everyone hates everyone go outside if you feel overwhelmed by your thoughts write them down if you feel lost and alone call a friend if you feel stuck in the past plan for the future if you feel anxious about the future focus on the present if you feel like you're not enough it goes on but i But I mean, it's a good point. Yeah. If you feel, what's it? If you don't like how the people eat, I didn't realize that was an option. If you feel like people don't like you, just go to sleep. Well, it's probably one of those things sometimes you do, you know, when you wake up in the morning after something, that you feel a little better about something. You know, it's probably just changing, mixing up something like going outside It probably just can Potentially work

Heartfelt content from a robot there Yeah I'd love to do a lot of eating Do a lot of eating No, maybe more eating required Maybe that's There we go, thank you very much Motivational Monday

That one going out to Ben's mate Craig Another winning segment. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. New year is just around the corner and we thought as we wrapped up 2023 we should look ahead to next year and maybe make some predictions. Yeah, 24 predictions

for the year 2024. Now the good thing is about making 24 predictions thanks to the law of averages. One of them's got to come through. You hope so. Now, we could make some easier ones, but we want to kind of challenge ourselves a little bit more, you know? Like to ones that may, you know, harder to happen

than Briscoe's having a sale, those sorts of things. The other thing, too, about making 24 predictions, if none of them come through, well, then you won't remember. So this is kind of the perfect scenario we've created for ourselves. So you can text to 4487 is the text for the hits. If you've got any big wild predictions, we'll see if they validate. Making the list of 2024.

24 predictions for 24, but we're going to do four or five a day. Ben, you've got a list there that we're going to roll through just to get the ball going. Okay, let's start with Taylor Swift. She obviously had a great year. So what else is for Taylor Swift to do in 2024? I mean, she's achieved a lot, you know, concerts, movie, everything.

Well, she's got, we're thinking an engagement, Travis Kelsey. That's on the cards for 2024. You're thinking they're going to get married. Karma's going to remain her boyfriend. But Travis Kelsey, they're going to step things up with an engagement. That's a prediction for next year do they reach the relationship stage now that they can call themselves trailer oh trailer's a good name

because you know how we like to have a cute little name I like trailer, trailer's good so trailer's going to get engaged let's go political let's go Winston Peters he surprises everyone by not getting grumpy at a journalist. For 12 months.

For every, you know, like it's, yeah. This could work because he is also foreign affairs minister. If Luxo sends him off overseas, he can't talk to any journalists. How about a production for Christopher Luxon? You mentioned him. He uses one of the tax cuts for a hair transplant. How do you phase that one in, though, if you're him?

Where'd you get the money for that? What? Have you got anything different? What? No? Yeah. Okay, so that's three predictions. Yeah, okay.

What's Scott Robertson? Oh, yeah, All Blacks coach. Will become the first All Blacks coach to twerk after a victory. So not just a break. He'll do maybe a breakdance, then he busts out into a twerk. Yeah, okay. I like that. Drops it low.

A bledded low win or something like that. And can I say this? Producer Joel, you can join us here right now. Big Warriors fans, can we say next year is our year? Grand final winner? Up the wires. Up the wires? Lock it in.

That's a confirmed one as well. Okay. Warriors to win. And if they don't 2025's our year okay how's that sound so those are five predictions out of our 24 predictions

for 2024 you can text through as we said 4487 this compiled list we'll put it on our social media by the end of the week

of 24 predictions for 2024 and then if any of them eventuate we will relentlessly gloat next year

yeah we'll be like when the Simpsons Joe will be in predicting the future like the Simpsons predicting the future And then if any of them eventuate, we will relentlessly gloat next year. Yeah, we'll be like when the Simpsons, the job will be in predicting the future, like the Simpsons predicting the future, you know, that sort of thing. What came through this year? I was trying to remember them as we were talking, because we did this last year, 23 for 2023. What came through? Yeah, I think we predicted like weddings for Taika and Rita. That's right.

There was a couple of other ones as well where you're like, out of nowhere, we predicted. So yeah, maybe it's our thing. So help us out, 4487. It's definitely not, but... Let's get some predictions for next year on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I tell you what, we did have our work Christmas party over the weekend

for the whole company because The Hits is part of one radio station, part of a company that owns quite a few radio stations and a newspaper and stuff, so everyone got together on a Friday afternoon. Media empire. Was it good? It was actually really – it was a lot of fun. Summer theme, so everyone – it was everyone wearing – a lot of guys wearing – and I was as well.

It was like, is it pyjamas or is it a matching shirt-shorts combo? You know, that summer vibes, like festival vibes. Did you have a matching shirt-short? Yeah, I did. Yeah, I did. It was a lot of fun. And I went out with Producer Joel afterwards, after with drinks, and I like a busy schedule, but jeez, Producer Joel.

I was thinking about the next day. He's a busy operator. What, when he's out? He's out. We, I mean, we must have gone, in a space of time, we must have gone to five or six places, right, Producer Joel? Yep. Yeah, definitely.

Does he just like to keep things moving? We just kept moving. Like, we keep moving we'd have a drink we'd have a dance we'd have a sit down we'd have a chat we'd talk to people

we ran into there's four more black Ali Williams have a chat there's Paula Bennett we'd get a photo we'd have the thing we'd keep moving on

alright we're done here on to the next one and we're like okay we're now over there we ran into your sister we ran I was thinking wow over the space

of a couple of hours we achieved a lot of stuff. Do you not just stay at one place? Yeah. Yeah, no, it was a lot going on. A lot of moving parts. Why was he so productive? If only he could be that productive here.

I was like, mate, we were moving. We were constantly moving. We'd drink, sit, we'd dance. We're up here. We'd dance. See this photo of the tailor. Okay, we'll see this. But we were. it was productive.

Did you get home and go, well, we did it. I did, I was thinking about it. I was like, wow. I feel like we visited every location in Auckland over the space of three or four hours. I did wake up on Saturday morning. I thought about not coming to work today, just laying low. But hey, I think, you know.

I had fun. It was a good time. I had great fun. You and me hanging out together. But I was I think, you know. I had fun. It was a good time. I had great fun. You and me hanging out together. But I was like, whew, that was a schedule. I like a schedule. He's a stimulate the economy type of guy.

Yeah. Can I also mention, everyone was wearing sort of party Hawaiian shirts. And I think Ben had a great outfit, but he was the only person wearing a Bugs Bunny pink party suit as well. Of course he is. Just painted the picture a little bit more. This is the guy who wore a Looney Tunes suit to his ball. Exactly. Made out of a duvet. It works with the theme as well. Of course he is. Just painted the picture a little bit more. This is the guy who wore a Looney Tunes suit to his ball. Exactly. Made out of a duvet.

It works with the theme as well. So thank you for a very busy Friday night, but you still had a lot of fun.