Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: What Is The Best Advice Your Mum Gave You?

Episode Date: November 1, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. In America yesterday it was Halloween. A lot of people dressing up as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey, her new boyfriend, her new man from the Chiefs football side, the American football team. I know he's had a successful career to date though, but he's a real meteoric bump in his... It's interesting, yeah, because i guess in a worldwide wide scale he's one apparently he's one of the the greatest tight ends one of the of all time you're the good you're one of the greatest tight ends in radio yeah yeah yeah so he's not he's known to a certain yeah like if you if you follow american football i'm not saying i don't but he is like one of the

you know he's a great he's he's an amazing player but yeah you're right for the general population now he's like oh he's tyler swift's boyfriend yeah and you're right. For the general population now, he's like, oh, he's Tyler Swift's boyfriend. And we haven't given him any airtime up until three or four weeks ago. Yeah, right. Well, good on him. Congratulations. So everyone doing all right today? Yeah, all right.

Yesterday I went to McDonald's after the show, a bit of a team trip to McDonald's because we were doing a competition with McDonald's at the moment to betray the Big Mac because they've got a new chicken Big Mac. And so, Ben, you've been just kind of sort of planting seeds that maybe you'd like to try one. Yeah, it looks delicious. It does. Seven days those calls went unanswered,

didn't they, from McDonald's. So we took the bull by the horns and went to McDonald's yesterday. You tried it? It was great? It was really good. It was really delicious. Then we had an unplanned, unarranged reunion of the cast of the John O'Bien television show.

We were sort of sitting in the bush of McDonald's. You were dressed like a chicken. Yeah, as you do. And then Laura Daniel walked up with Brindley Stent, who both were on the show, and we started talking to them. And then Guy Williams rode up on an electric bike. Yeah. And we're like, you know, the Friends reunion, RIP, Matthew Perry.

It wasn't quite the Friends reunion I'd imagined. Like in a car park of a McDonald's, we usually meet for hookups or drug deals sort of things. It was quite fitting though, I guess, probably. It was. Filmed a bit of stuff on the cell phone and that was the reunion. That was the five-year reunion. It was, yeah.

Like I know Guy Williams, you know, very, very funny, but also does like to look down. I feel like he always looks down upon myself in general, and I could just tell as he walked past. I was like, oh, he's in a chicken outfit. You could just tell Guy Williams, you know, like, without even saying anything. I mean, I haven't worn a chicken outfit for years.

I couldn't remember the last time. And it was like, we're doing this thing. It's a quick social video. All the people to come past and go still do it you know like yeah

you know we pranked Guy and it was a hidden camera prank we never made it to air did it I can't remember I think it did in the oh parts of it made it to air yeah where we

had to edit around a lot of stuff we sent him in with our boss and it was all hidden camera stuff and it was just meant to be kind of a I think he made some sort of tweets about some shows about

TV3 shows at the time so we were like we'll get one of the bosses to say you can't tweet a negative video about shows, you're going to be fired, you're going to be stood down. But then the boss came in with a very long bow, huge runway and he started going how are you feeling? How do you feel like the show's going? What do you like about the show?

What do you not like? And so we're listening in on headphones next door on the camera, and he is unloading. Being honest, and fair enough too, it's a meeting. You think it's just between... A chance to talk to the boss about all the things you hate about the show? He's like, don't put me in a wig. Well, there you go, the chicken costume. There you go.

And then we kind of took our headphones off because we didn't know what to do because it turned into a very serious personal meeting that we're filming and listening to. And we kind of had our headphones off because we didn't know what to do because it had turned into a very serious personal meeting that we're filming and listening to. And we kind of had to let the meeting play out. And as he walked out, we had to go, hey. Some of that may have been filmed. Faked all of it. I think the cameras are still rolling, to be honest.

We haven't turned the GoPros off. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I want to make Producer Taylor an honorary New Zealander. We feel like she's been here for over a year now. New Zealand is home. She moved over with her partner, Marcelo, who plays for the Warriors. We're a lot more welcoming to Australians than Australians are to New Zealanders. We don't send you back on planes, even with your previous criminal convictions, Taylor.

Okay, we're welcoming you with open arms. Last week, we went through a series of Of tests The first one being that was suggested Was that you watched the entire Lord of the Rings series How did you find that? Yeah not a fan Torturous Let's just say you didn't get through all of it

You don't know if they returned the ring to Mordor No I still don't know why the ring's gone missing So yeah To be honest I haven't seen either of them Any of them Well you should probably do that next time. They're good. I just found out that the movie is about literal rings.

I thought that was a metaphor for something else. God, it's graphic. Great scenes, though. That heaps of people just dying in that. Yeah, so that was Taylor, producer Taylor watching Lord of the Rings. We also got you trying to remember the Kiwi Burger song. We got you out in the street trying to support the All Blacks as well.

But it hasn't quite worked so far, has it? No, nothing's really gone to plan. Yeah. So we've got an idea. Yeah. Someone's reached out. Our old mate Kate from Invercargill. How are you?

Hi, I'm great. Thank you. Lovely to hear your voice again. We've missed you. Oh, likewise'm great, thank you. Lovely to hear your voice again. We've missed you. Oh, likewise. How much have you missed us? Tell us what you've missed most about, let's say, Ben. Oh, some good jokes, some good Ben.

Yeah, well, that's definitely not me. Yeah, so we came down to the Batch Cafe a while ago now, but amazing, amazing food there, including something that we'd never tried before, the Southland delicacy of cheese rolls. Yeah. That's a must-have item when you visit the Deep South, for sure. Honestly, it was like you were trying to fatten us up.

Every 10 minutes there'd be a new giant plate of food that kept coming out. It's still working through me now to this day, Kate. Southern hospitality, that's what we say. Tell you what, clogs you up, southern hospitality. But you've got an idea. You've produced a tailor 12 months in New Zealand now to welcome her to the country. Absolutely, yeah.

She needs a cheese roll. Has she tried one? Have you had a cheese roll before? No, I actually never have. So my understanding of a cheese roll is that it's kind of like a toasted cheese sandwich. Yeah, I mean it's not far wrong. Put a bit of a twist on it, maybe a bit of a roll

on it if you like and grill it up. So yeah, definitely brie and cheese is involved for sure. You're not too far off. Big thick white bread, big greasy onion dip, a lot of cheese and clogged arteries. It's delicious. It is delicious.

It sounds good. Hey, do cardiologists on the phone. So you wanted to try one of these, Kate? Yeah, absolutely. I reckon we should try and get one to the far north. Listen, we're going to pull back the curtain here, be a little bit honest, okay? The hits is running on about $3 budget at the moment.

Until the end of the year. We can't fly to Invercargill moment We can't fly to Invercargill There's a new financial year coming We're looking forward to the new budgets Kate Aren't we all First question A. Can you fly us there The proper margins on a cheese roll Was probably not going to allow that

It was worth a shot The other option Which is probably the less sensible option, is can we transport the cheese roll? Oh, that's a good idea. I don't think we can do anything. I don't know if it's going to roll itself there, though. It's a fair way to get to you, but surely we can get you a cheese roll. What about that, Taylor?

We get the cheese roll delivered like an extreme Uber Eats from one end of the country to the other. Yep, so my only concern is... No concerns. Don't come over with concerns. Just go, yes, keen. How long is it going to take? Because will there be mould on the cheese roll by the time it gets to me?

What are you thinking, Kate? What's the travel time? Well, you've got a daily direct flight to you guys, so this is doable. It's a two-hour trip. There we go. Make it in the morning, you'll have it by lunchtime. Easy. If we do it this way.

Yeah. That doesn't sound quite as fun as other ways we could do it. And there's always a cat with you too. We were thinking about this a little bit behind the scenes after Kate got in touch. So we've got some surprises up our sleeve for you, Producer Taylor. But just to know you'll be enjoying a cheese roll at some stage. No, I'm very excited. I'm very keen to try it.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we want to know on 0800 The Hits, what have you done in barefoot, in bare feet? Maybe you even got married in bare feet. Maybe you've achieved something pretty impressive. Maybe you just injured yourself badly. I had my dear Uncle Selwyn, may he rest in peace, lived his life in bare feet.

I never saw him in a pair of shoes. Family functions, weddings, whatever. Just a bare foot. Some people are. Yeah. They're grounded with the earth, aren't they? And one of those people is Noah. Good morning.

Yeah, good thanks, Jono and Ben. Now, Noah, before we get into things, we understand you went to school with producer Joel Harrison. You're Noah Joel Harrison, our producer, yeah. Yes, yeah, that's correct. That's the real reason we got you out to dish the dirt on him. Now, you've ended up, you know, in the armed forces achieving great things. Where did it go so wrong for Joel? Oh, no, he's done pretty well, I think. He's a top student at St. Peter's College and he's just gone on to bigger and better things I think. He's gone on to things. No, he's great. We're very lucky to have him.

Now something that you did in Amazing Feet over the weekend was run a marathon in bare feet. What was going on there? I don't know. Just something I always wanted to do. I love being in bare feet. I've done a couple of festivals like Northern Base and R&B barefoot. And then one day I was just telling my mates about it and then they said our rugby coach had actually done it.

So I got chatting to him and then eventually he just held me to it. So I had to do it. So did you just spend, I don't know, how long does it take to run a marathon? Two and a half, three hours sort of thing? Oh, for the Olympians maybe. Yeah, okay so four so you spend like four hours just going ouch ouch ouch yeah the last few hours of it i was pretty rude today like it was tough and i i ended up walking slower than people were sorry i ended up running slower than people were walking at one point i don't don't blame you.

I mean, what were your feet like after that? I mean, running on what? Roads, stones, all sorts. They must have been all cut up and bleeding. Yeah, I put a bit of tape on them, but the tape sort of wore through, so there was a bit of skin exposed as well, but it's not too bad now. Charity? Was it for charity or just for a laugh?

What was this for? I didn't do it for charity because I don't want to put too much pressure on myself but more for a laugh really. Yeah okay so something you've done. Feet recovery dot NZ or something? Yeah we could A pretty impressive one. Foot fetish dot co dot NZ

Was it harder than you thought it was going to be? Because going into it doing a marathon and Bare Feet, just seems like a ridiculous thing to do. But was it actually harder or how was it? The first half was easier than I thought it would be, but then the second half was way harder than I thought it would be. Now, just take you back a couple of minutes there.

You said you've also gone to Rhythm and Vines in Bearfeet and Northern Bay. Now, this is a three-day sort of music festival. You spend the entire time in Bearfeet? Yeah, pretty much. So I thought that if that would, like, set me up for anything, I thought that would be good. That was your training? Not that I was planning on that years ago,

but I thought if I could do those, then I could do the marathon. What about Portaloos? Do you go to Portaloos and bare feet? Yeah. Yeah, I was only thinking lush, green wineries, lovely grass, but you're right, when you start putting, you know. Just the places your feet have been. Yeah.

At least you've probably got all new skin on your feet after the weekend, that's all gone. Skin grows back. Exactly, wow. So any thoughts about doing something like this again, all new skin on your feet after the weekend. It's all gone. Skin grows back. Exactly. Wow. So any thoughts about doing something like this again, or is it a one and done? I've done that now.

It's a pretty amazing feat. Probably a one and done for like that, but I'll find something else to do, I reckon. Something else to do and be a feat. Yeah, we'll see. Yeah, well, that's incredible, isn't it? An achievement. Well, thank you very much for your time this morning.

I really do appreciate it. You and your feet go and have a lovely day. Yeah, no worries. You guys have a good day as well. There you go. There's Noah. Ran a marathon in bare feet. And we want to know what your greatest feat is.

What have you managed to do in bare feet? In bare feet. Yeah. Remarkable achievements of New Zealanders. The Hits. The Jono and Ben Podcast. Now, Kiwis love, a lot of kiwis love to be barefoot now bare feet barefoot it's really hard one to like keep me in my tents while i'm talking about

this i had noticed it but then i thought oh well he's covering his bases for those that were about to complain then they would pull away from complaining yeah because he's wearing bare feet no it's not you're not wearing bare feet love going in bare feet yeah yeah it's a confusing one with the tents, isn't it? But let's not get too sidetracked. I've put my bare foot in it basically this morning, haven't I? Get the general message. I just spoke to Noah.

Ran an entire marathon in his bare feet. He's a bare feet guy. Some people just are like that. He's also been to Rhythm and Vibes in Northern Bass in bare feet as well. Big grotty music festivals. And also using the facilities there as well, which, oh, jeez, I don't know if I could walk into a port-a-loo. We tried barefoot water skiing just out of Otaki.

There's a little lake on someone's house area, and we tried it. And, jeez, you were a lot better than me, but so hard. I mean, we both, like. It's a brutal sport. You're cartwheeling at about 100 k's onto the lake. You do. Essentially, if you come off, because we were just holding on to the learner bar. I don't know how fast the boat is going.

It feels like too fast. 150 k's just for dramatic effect. But as soon as you come off, you're right, you spin cartwheel on top of the water, don't you? And you're like, any one of my limbs could rip off. You're like, what just happened? You took some pretty brutal falls. I did, all day trying to do it. Your face was like, yeah, it was sore.

That's what I did bare feet, yeah. And it wasn't fun. I mean, you know, like it was a fun day, but at the same time. Watching the pros do it, it's like really, but there's a whole family of them that do it. Georgia, wasn't it? yeah uh wonderful family now uh genie or janine how are you hi good thanks and yourself yeah we're doing well what'd you do barefoot your greatest your greatest feat um so i actually did my full driver's license barefoot. No. No, you're not allowed to do that.

So I've been here for 20 years now. I did my license in South Africa, and when I learned to drive, I learned to drive without shoes on. So when I had shoes on, I couldn't feel the pedals. Oh, so it was just easier for you to have foot straight on pedal. Yeah.

So I asked permission to do my license in bare feet, and they said as long as I put my shoes in the well behind the driver's chair and there's no obstruction by my feet, then it's fine. Ah, they'll achieve it. You crazy South Africans taking the Rugby World Cup off us and driving bare feet. Do you still drive bare feet, Jeannie? Yes.

I imagine there's probably a few Kiwis do over summer. The one that gets me is the jandals, because your jandal always gets caught in between the brake or the accelerator. I'm not an expert, but it does feel like it'd be safer in bare feet than jandals on. Yeah, I love your work. Debs, we're going to get you on 0800 The Hits. Your greatest feat, what did you achieve in bare feet?

Oh, I broke my toe vacuuming. Oh, okay. So you're obviously vacuuming in bare feet. Yes. Not an unusual task. But I've had plenty of accidents. I actually dropped something on my foot. I was wearing socks and it fallen off the fridge.

Yeah, yeah. So it pays to actually wear shoes so that you don't end up with all sorts of injuries. Yeah, this is the downside, isn't it, to bare feet? Yeah, you're right, Debbie. You're dead right. Chanel, we're going to get you on. What you've done in bare feet, your greatest feat. Actually, a competition for your radio station with Stacey Morrison.

Oh, Stacey. She used to host not only the Brickford show, but the afternoon show on the Hits, Legend Stacey Morrison. Yeah, she's great. What did they make you do here on the Hits? Okay, so it was a competition. There was three of us, and we had to do it outside the studio, and we had to walk across, then run across,

then hop across, then crawl across Lego with no shoes on. Every parent's worst nightmare. I came second. I don't know why I tortured myself though because my knees were bleeding and so were my feet. Yeah, it's like walking on tiny little knives, isn't it? It was. It was very much, I mean, I thought the run was quick because that was good.

But yeah, the walking and the crawling was really, yeah, torturous. Jeez, I love radio sometimes. Bloody love it. What did you win for that? Some CDs. Some what, sorry? Some CDs. Some CDs.

And they'll be around forever, won't they? Well done. You got a copy of Now That's What I Call Music 22. That's right, thank you. Good on you, Chanel. This industry, it's a fine line between entertainment and bullying, isn't it? Now, we are at the moment being photographed, Ben, for some company propaganda.

And they're like, act natural. And like, we'll just take photos of you talking. As you normally do. As you normally do. And I couldn't feel more unnatural. How are we going in the natural stakes there, Tom? Tom, photographer. Half okay.

Half okay. I'm trying to like smile and put on a sort of Zoolander style talking. We had to do like a planning thing just before. I was like, how do you normally plan standing around laughing at a piece of paper? I'm like, I don't think we've ever done this, but it's fun. I don't know, I didn't hear any clicking of the camera too, which worries me that no photos are actually being taken. You can save these for your personal collection, Tom. Now, the amount of time that I honestly

spend sitting inside my car. Asleep. Asleep and outside schools. An enormous amount of time. Like if I was in a rusty white van, there'd be calls made to the police. But this is my daughter's school, by the way, too. This isn't just so I don't pull up to primary schools and sit in there. But there's really cute, you know, kids. They're just honest.

They don't care. And get a knock at the window door. It's my little friend Xavier. He listens to the show. Oh, nice. Shout out to Xavier. He likes listening to Five Words as well. And he posed a wonderful would you rather question.

Okay. And he's like, tell this one to Ben. See what he would do. Okay. I always get nervous with would you rather. But a kid. A kid would you rather. Yeah, no, it's not like, you know, shoot Mary, you know, Gandhi, Mother Teresa.

Yeah. No, this is. You've got to pick one. I'm like, why do I have to Mother Teresa. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, this is. You got to pick one. I'm like, why do I have to pick one? Yeah. Yeah. What's the rules of this? Not enough to saw a movie.

Yeah. Every time I do a would you rather, you got to do it. You're like, why? Yeah. I like Obama. Yeah. Okay. So here's the one.

Here's the one from Xavier. Would you rather rip off a thousand plasters fast oh yeah one big hit yeah or 50 plasters painfully slow now i immediately i was like well thousand plasters fast get it over and done with rip it off he's like yeah but what you need he's very onto it he's thought about this yeah he's like but what you need to factor in is a thousand plasters that's that's your entire body. That's everywhere, right?

And that's everywhere. Fifty, you could probably land 25 down one arm, 25 down the other arm, so you're only

dealing with that. Yeah. So a thousand, that's all body pain. And there's stuff coming off of that, right?

You know, not just the plasters. All sorts. You imagine the most precious of your parts. Again,

why am I doing this? But I've signed it up for some reason. So every, there's not an precious of your parts. There could be plasters all over. Again, why am I doing this? But I've signed up for some reason. So every, there's not an inch of your body that isn't covered in plasters. Okay, what are you doing? Well, I think I'm going with Xavier there. I'm going slow 50. Yeah. Like slow, yeah, it's going to hurt a bit,

but it's not going private part areas and stuff, right? Yeah, producer Joel, what are you going to do? Yeah, probably 50. Get it over and done with. Yeah. It's not getting over and done with. That's the slow version. That's the slow version.

Thanks for listening to that, mate. Were you in our planning session before? We're a complex team. We're standing around a piece of paper. Well, 50 slow ones would still be faster than 1,000 quick ones, wouldn't it? Oh, no, but 1,000 come off simultaneously all at the same time. Blast off, yeah. He's like, mate, I don't know.

Why do I have to answer this? Exactly. That's my point as well. The's like, why do I have to answer this? Exactly. That's my point as well. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, the country is getting over the Rugby World Cup result

and the All Blacks came back into New Zealand yesterday. A lot of them arrived back in the country. Media were there to ask them questions. To barrage them after a 24-hour flight.

I thought your poor Ian Foster came off looking as you would do after flying for 24 hours and they're like, are you going to go and coach Australia? Have you spoken to the Australian rugby? He's like, mate, I don't know. I've been on a flight for 24 hours. I saw that, eh? There's plane

Wi-Fi. He's like, I'm too old to figure out how to get on the plane Wi-Fi. Is that what they said? He's like, look at me. I'm too old to figure out that. Someone asked Arnie Severo that, I think. What do you think of Ian Foster? And he's like, to be honest, right now, I don't care. And that was his answer.

And I was like, good on him. It was like, he can do what, you know? You know what it's like when you get off a flight? Yeah, it's like, good on him. He wants to, great. You know, they're just looking for their headlines, aren't they? But there were some great people who went out to welcome them back. Yeah, support the players.

And it's a mission to go out to the airport, the parking, everything. So well done to those people. And there were smiles on all the players' faces. So I think that meant a lot. Yeah, and Sam Kane, obviously his World Cup final didn't go to plan when he got a yellow card and upgraded to a red card. But he talked about how his mum gave him some great advice that helped him feel just a little bit better during the week. Someone, actually my mum actually said to me,

if it was my boy who a duck who'd been in this situation, how would you want him to feel and you wouldn't want him to beat himself up so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself but yeah I think it's something that I'm going to have to live with forever unfortunately and yeah it's going to hurt for a while. That's interesting because he's obviously hurt for a while that's interesting because he's obviously got kids now so that's what his mum was saying so what if it was your son how would you want him to feel if he did the same thing and he's like okay i wouldn't want him to you know

to hate on himself for too long you know so it was good great mum advice there for mrs kane well done top-notch advice the thing is too that uh you know mums and parents in general generally uh do hand out some some great advice over the years but i think a lot of the time with advice the people who are giving the advice have forgotten they've even said that but it's for some reason it's really stuck with the person who's received it you're probably right yeah uh like my mum was like don't touch that it's too hot and i touched it and it was hot. And that stuck with me over the years. Be careful of things that might be hot.

Yeah, you're right. So we want to know this morning, I know 800, the hits are 4, 4, 8, 7. What's some good advice that your mum, your mum's got a lot of pearls of wisdom, right? And he probably always says, hugs, handshakes, give them like you mean them. That's good. That's good advice. Going to hug someone? Hug hard. Yeah. Okay, that's why I hug hard around here. Ben, you might be wondering, geez, he them like you mean them. That's good. That's good advice. Going to hug someone? Hug hard.

That's why I hug hard around here. You might be wondering, geez, he's a hard hugger. And handshakes as well. Look in the eye. Make them strong. Not too strong though. There's a fine line between too weak, too strong. And I never know how strong my handshake is compared. Is it weak? Is it strong?

Is it sitting? It's a good solid one. Sometimes people go too hard. Generally the South Islanders, they'll rip your arm off. Is it weak? Is it strong? Is it sitting? It's a good solid one. Sometimes people go too hard. Too hard. Generally, the South Islanders, they'll rip your arm off. Failing to plan is planning to fail. That's a good mum saying, that mum sometimes saying, you know, if you're not planning something. Well, I tell you what, you've definitely taken that on board.

Yeah, definitely. If anyone's a planner, this guy's packing five days before the flight. Yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The All Blacks came back to New Zealand last night after the Rugby World Cup, where they did, you know, like going into the World Cup. I don't think anyone expected them to do as well as they did.

We all hoped they would. So really, when you put it like that, you're really, really proud of what they achieved. I never doubted them, not once. Even when they lost to South Africa at Twickenham, I was like, they've still got it. But no, it was an incredible effort. And yes, didn't get across the finish line, as everyone keeps saying,

but I think once they work through that and look back on what they've achieved over the last 12 to 18 months, you'd be very proud. Now, Ben, mum advice. Sam Kane got a text from his mum. This is after the game. Someone, my mum actually, said to me, if it was my boy who'd been in a situation, his mum. This is after the game. Someone, actually my mum actually said to me if it was my boy

who'd been in a situation, how would you want him to feel? You wouldn't want him to beat himself up so I'm trying not to be too hard on myself but yeah I think it's something that I'm going to have to live with forever unfortunately. Great mum advice there from Mrs Kane.

Mrs Kane you've done it again. Yes, yeah. I like 100 of the hits. Mum advice. What have you got? Some great texts coming through here on 4487. My mum always told me, be your own CEO. Hire, fire, and promote accordingly.

It's about being in control of who you are and who you want to surround yourself with. That's good advice. Then Chelsea says, I'm working and unable to call. She's being a CEO. She's hiring, firing, and doing things accordingly. We'll get Candice on from Tauranga. Morning, Candice.

How are you? Good, how are you? We're doing well, mate. Mum advice, what'd you get? Learn from other people's mistakes because you don't live long enough to make them all yourself. Ooh, that is right.

They're right in the bread basket, that advice, isn't it? Have you passed that advice on to your kids? I've passed that advice on to anyone I possibly can. Yeah, that is great advice. Another text here, 4487, always wear clean underwear. Mum's always had a thing about clean underwear, eh? It's a big thing.

Yeah, they do hook. In fact, I'm hooking it into it with our kids. Have you got clean underwear on? I don't know why I'm so concerned with it, but clean underwear does feel nice. No, it does. Yeah, but it was always said, like, what if you get hit by a bus?

You're like, well, I don't know. The underwear's my last of my worries. Are they pulling down my pants and locking in my underpants? Oh, a couple of stains on the front there. It's the last of my worries. Stacey, mum advice. How are you? Yeah, good, good.

We used to complain about our cankles when we were young and mum always said that we should be grateful for them because people in a wheelchair would also be very grateful for our cankles. That is really harsh, but good advice. She was a harsh woman, but absolutely, because they worked and that's the main thing. And it stuck with you too. Again, your mum probably didn't even remember that wheelchair shout out, but it stuck with you.

I've always been very grateful for them. Yeah. Well, thank you so much for your call, Stacey. You and your cancels go and have a wonderful day. Jo, we'll get you on from Christchurch. Mum advice, Jo. My mum's advice was to always pay my bills and also to try and put some money away in an account for a rainy day.

That is great advice. The rainy day one's an interesting one. Why are we just having to spend money on the rainy day? Thank you so much, Jo. Appreciate it. And anonymous coming through with some advice. My mum said you don't just walk into a shoe shop and try a pair of shoes on.

Buy a pair of shoes. You've got to try them on for size, so try your men out first. Oh, try your men out first. Same as shoes. Take a couple of men for a run around the block. And did you find... Make sure of it.

So what'd she say? You don't just walk into a shoe shop... And get a pair of shoes and buy it. You've got to try them on for size. Try a few on. Make sure you've got the best fit. And did you find the best fit? Well, I did for a while.

You did for a while. But once you know your size, you're going to go on and go on. I'm a 10. I don't need to try those on. But you know. Bring your pair of shoes. Put it that way. Are we still talking about shoes?

What are we talking about no we are actually and I'm definitely not a size 10 go on you go and have a wonderful day some great advice coming through you wouldn't get

through a fortune in sandfly repellent says one text I don't know what you take out of that advice no that one's that baffled me

another one can you please stop drinking mum said that's good advice that, that one baffled me. Another one, can you please stop drinking, mum said. That's good advice. That was it. And here's a good one to end on. I've always told my boys, think before they speak or act, as every action has a reaction and consequence.

Also, look after your shoes. Your shoes look after your feet, and your feet take you around the world. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I go into the supermarket these days. One of the big things that I try and remember is reusable bags. You know, bring your reusable bags because I keep them in the boot. But then when you go into the supermarket, sometimes you're like, I forgot my bag.

Sometimes I'm the distance between the car and the front door of the supermarket. I'm nearly at the front door of the supermarket. I'm like, oh, it's too far gone. I'm just going to have to wheel it out of the trolley and then sort it out. Oh, you do that? It's not a bad idea. Yeah, you can sort it out at your boot at the front door of the supermarket, I'm like, oh, it's too far gone. I'm just going to have to wheel it out of the trolley and then sort it out at the back end. Oh, you do that? It's not a bad idea. Yeah, you can sort it out at your boot at the back end.

Yeah, but then, you know, or you can buy some new bags, and you're like, oh, use these, and your boot falls up with reusable bags. Why did we decide to try and save the environment? What was wrong with plastic? It's probably for the best, but yesterday I was rustling around.

Both my daughters had summer netball games. I was trying to go to the supermarket in between, and I remembered my reusable bags. I grabbed them from the boot and I'm like this is great going to the supermarket trying to do it quickly and got everything onto the counter the guy was scanning it through and you know when you go to the other end you start packing your bags and my reusable bags are all kind of together they're stuffed inside each other. And as I unpacked them all, two avocados came out of the bag onto the counter. And I'm past the till at this point. I'm past the point of like, well, I've, you know, and I'm like, oh, oh.

And I looked at these. Has the guy seen? Yeah, he's looked at these. I'm like, oh. And he's looked at these. And I'm like, yeah, because you're taking them out. And I'm like, well, these must be from a previous shop that I haven't cleared away. And I started to explain that.

Nothing makes you feel more guilty than bringing an item into a shop that you paid for. I paid for that. Like, I didn't even got avocados yesterday. And then I went, oh. And I tried to explain. I was like, oh, they must have come from a previous shop in the car. I'd grabbed them from my back. And the more you try and explain something, the guilty you feel like yeah as a human being and so did you have to because I know

you've done this before with I was like chewing gum or something and you felt so guilty you paid for it twice yeah well that's the thing I did yesterday I was like oh I explained he was looking at me and I could tell in his head he wasn't quite believing it but at the same time I was like hi it's like oh mate can we just disrescan them just scan them again oh yeah so i paid for these again and the worst thing was the avocados they'd gone off they'd gone off because they've been in my car boot for god knows how long so just pay for two rotten avocados i'm not gonna eat i'm like oh just uh you know when you just feel guilty that you're like well yeah i was standing there yesterday actually at pack and save next to

a lady at the avocado bin and it's such a weird act just you're like, well, yeah. I was standing there yesterday, actually, at Pack and Save next to a lady at the avocado bin, and it's such a weird act. You're just standing there sort of feeling avocados, gently squeezing them, tugging, and then you kind of move the nib at the top there. That's the little thing, right? People like. And you kind of look over there,

also molesting the avocados, and you're like, what? If someone came from another planet and arrived, they'd be like, what are they doing here? what is this act yeah there was a pick one you know you go through about a dozen until you find the one that's right for you there was something on patty gower on tv3 last night and i think it was today i didn't actually see it but i saw it advertised saying are you allowed to do that are you allowed to fondle all the fruit like and i don't know the result I didn't watch it

my other thing is too when you accidentally drop an item say produce banana whatever on the ground what happens then I'm like

banana's probably okay because you probably oh it's a bit mushy but it's still on the ground and it's your fault like technically you need to put it in your trolley

but I'm like I don't want a supermarket floor you know banana and then you look around the other shoppers and you're like

okay we're going to keep this one between ourselves. Like an apple or something. You're like, definitely not eating that. Someone else can deal with this. Put that in the free bin for the kids. That's where all that goes. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Producer Taylor, welcome.

Thank you. It's good to have you in the studio, in this studio, because we've got two booths here at The Hits where next door, that's the producer's booth. This is where you run the ship. You're the backbone in there.

And this is the main, this is the show pony room in here. And you have a common complaint that we hear about at least half a dozen times a day. It's an ice chamber, the producer's booth. I'm freezing. I have goosebumps nonstop. It's torture. It's kind of weird that it's, yeah, honestly like half a meter away from where we are yeah but it's just a whole another climate and i don't know if they do it to keep me awake um but then you have a theory too that all office

and shared workplace air corners set to the middle- aged male white male we've done research of what's comfortable so it's not my theory it's actually like a statistic maybe it's maybe it is keeping away I know David Letterman's

show in America for many years the late night talk show had the air con very cold so no one would go to sleep in the oil right

so maybe it's people like you know John don't you love a nap maybe it's just to keep me awake yeah like if you're warm temperature you pull up maybe it's not because it's people like you know John don't you love a nap maybe it's just to keep me awake yeah like if you're warm temperature you pull up maybe it's not

because it's enjoyable for a middle aged person maybe it's just to keep them awake so this is what we want from the aircon industry is the the average temperature

is it set for your your average male and what's what are you being told to set the officers at because I know there's a common complaint, because even in the car when I'm driving with Jen, my wife,

we can't settle on a temperature. She comes into my car and starts changing the temperature. Yeah, good. No, it's like coming over to someone's house and using the remote control. But she's your wife. Except she's my wife. But you have the split things now in a lot of cars, which is quite good. You can have your own.

You can put the others, you know. But then I like the windows down. She's like, put the windows up. I'm like, I'm not coming over to your house and do the cooking in the kitchen. Well, no, I am actually. It was a shocking example. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yakety with Jono and Ben.

Thanks to Planet Fun. It's a new board game you can get from Planet Fun. It's the game of fast talking and it is a lot of fun and one of the cool things about the Yakety as well is it's not just

the whole family would love it but it's actually a New Zealand version of the game so a lot of the things you need to guess are famous New Zealand

people, places and stuff like that. Mike Hosking was even on a card I was looking at before. Hosking's made the card as well. Yes, you're not reading out

like Russian winners of Eurovision or something from 1997. You can actually get the answers to this. Vesna, welcome. You're on from Wellington. How are you? Hello. We're good.

Looking at a shot of Wellington right now looks bloody miserable. Yes, we are good. The weather is not. Oh, that's no good, mate. Now, Planet Fun, wonderful place to get anything you want toy related, isn't it? Games, whatever. It's not one of the official planets in the solar system. No, but you can find their toys at all good toy stores as well,

including this game Yakety. So Jono, you've chosen Jono, and he's got 30 seconds to describe some of the people, places, things from the card. And you've got to say the words everyone you get right, correct. You get $50 as well as a yakety board game. Sounds good. Okay, it's a fun game to play, I think, at home, but a lot harder when you're on the radio

and some hyped-up breakfast host is barking clues down the phone. Yeah, I know. So good luck. 30 seconds. Let's start that timer, Jolie. She's the queen of Christmas. All I want for Christmas is you. Mariah Carey. Boom. It's another that timer, Jolie. She's the queen of Christmas. All I want for Christmas is you. Mariah Carey. Boom.

It's another word for a jumper. Sweater. No. Sweatshirt. Yes, well done. Speaking of planets, this is a rude sounding one. Uranus. Wife of David Beckham.

Victoria Beckham. Yeah. It's a big long wall. It's in China. Wife of David Beckham. Victoria Beckham. Yeah. It's a big long wall. It's in China. Great Wall of China. Yeah. You play cricket with this. Oh.

Cricket bat. Oh, I'll give you that one. It was six. Yeah, six. We got one. The question had started before the end of the buzzer, so we'll give you that one. Thanks, Eddie McGuire. Yeah.

$300. $300. $300 like that and a yakety board game. Awesome. Jeez, you were great. You were really good and a Yakety board game. Awesome. Jeez, you were great. You were really good. You guys had a quick flow on. It was great.

Well done. Well done, Busner. Thank you. $300 is a lot of cash. What's that going towards? Oh, God, we've got a big family holiday next year, so I think we'll put it towards that. Where are you going?

Europe. Europe? Ooh, love that. That's very nice. Hot girl summer. Giving your hot girl summer on, are you going? Europe. Europe? Ooh, love that. Hot girl summer. That's what all the people do. Giving you a hot girl summer on there, you beneath spinner. No doubt Ben will give you a follow on the gram, mate. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye.