Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Teenage girl slang.

Episode Date: March 21, 2024

Show Highlights: Megan gets brutally honest feedback. Who's going to run in our HIT-O-POTAMUS? You found WHAT in your ear!? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. New Zealand's 10th meteorite has been discovered in the South Island Mackenzie country. Headed to New Zealand at a speed of 50 to 60 kilometres an hour, and some science nerds tracked it down and found it. Quite a big sort of stone. If you're a science nerd, you'd be frothing at that sort of stuff, wouldn't you? I'm surprised more meteorites don't ruin houses and or knock people out.

When you look at it, it's a decent-sized rock. Yeah. You're like, wow, if that hit anything, yeah. It's gone. Yeah. We did the opposite, didn't we? We launched a packet of chips when we did chips into space with a rocket. Tell you what, conditions have to be perfect to launch something into space, don't they?

It took a while. And we had to drive all around the bloody, we were in South Island, weren't we, out of Christchurch? That's right. Yeah, because they launch it with sort of like these big massive, big weather balloons that goes up into the atmosphere and eventually it just sort of carries on into space.

But then when it comes back down, I mean, they're like, they kind of know the area, but not exactly. Yeah, so the bloom bursts and then you have a gps on the item and we lost it and it was stressing being out for about three days gopros are already footage it's not like anyone else had footage of it all right and then where did it end up who knows you know yeah three days later we got a message from a farmer who found it in the middle of his paddock. Yeah. How do you guys do this kind of stuff?

Like, that's such an epic thing. Who gave you the time of day to do that? But, like, more importantly. Canterbury University. Canterbury University, yeah. They've got their engineering, space engineering. Wow. But, more importantly, we shouldn't be allowed to launch things

into space and then to just drop randomly anywhere they land. Yeah, that's true. Producer Taylor's in. Someone's approached you for a lift in your car, Taylor. Yeah, I feel like this story is crap compared to the ones you guys have told me. We're just talking about going to space. I was just at a cafe.

I know, yes, I was at a cafe, my fave in Ponsonby, grabbing some stuff after work, and I was walking to my car and this like little elderly lady started staring me down. And I was like, oh, that's cute. And as I went to get in my car, she goes, excuse me. And I was like, oh, yeah, where are you going?

And I was like, oh, I'm just going home. And she goes, where's home? And I was like, oh, just down the road. It's definitely not down the road. And she was like, no, but where? And I was like, oh, yeah, like 25 minutes away. And she goes, oh, no, I need your address. And I was like.

Wow, that's weird. But like the vibes. Yeah. The vibes were not sweet. What was she wanting? Like, I don't know. And like the eye contact was just staring i need your soul and i was like what do you need your address and i was like oh

sorry i'm in a rush i've got to go and she's like no where are you going and i was like let me leave like and i just slammed my door and drove off and then i but like literally as i go in my car and drove off she's literally dead still and just like this with her gaze following my car. And I got chills. Maybe she's like, I need to go to the hospital. Well, she should have said that. Yeah, she could have said that. What if I took that as what if she was concerned for you?

What if she had some sort of vision and she was concerned about – Well, she should have said that as well. Well, maybe she was getting to it. And Taylor's like, see ya. See you later, bye. See you later, creepy lady. It was probably, it was about one o'clock at night. It was out west and a guy at the petrol station.

I was the only one there filling up the car. And he came up and he's like, hey man, I've just won Lotto. I was like, oh, awesome. Congrats. Yeah, congrats. Can I get a ride? And I was like, and it just felt a little weird. I was like, he's just won lotto i was like oh awesome congrats yeah congrats can i get a ride and i was like and it just felt a little you know i was like it's just one lotto i mean surely you can afford is there anywhere creepier than filling up your car and like the dead of the night or early in

the morning like it's the creed because you're in a dark place and you're completely lit up by the forecourt. You feel quite vulnerable. And then a lotto winner turns up out of nowhere. Well done, mate. If I won a lotto, the first place I'm going is to a petrol station forecourt at three in the morning. Exactly.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I love this week how invested you are, Megan, in the Kate Middleton saga that's going Megan in the Kate Middleton saga that's going on in the UK. Obviously she went in for surgery and after that there's all sorts of wild rumours about why she

hasn't been seen. And a couple days ago it felt like those rumours maybe were going to be put to bed because it was footage of her walking around a farm. I think it's called Windsor Farm. She was walking around with her husband William. They looked happy and now all of a sudden there's conspiracies going around that it's called Windsor Farm. She was walking around with her husband William. They looked happy and now all of a sudden there's conspiracies going around that it's a body double.

Because she looks taller. It's almost like we don't want to believe. We want to keep believing that she is missing just because it gives us something to do. A BBC reporter. Now this is a sports reporter. When I heard BBC reporter I'm like oh jeez. But it's a sports reporter doesn't mean I'm not trying to bag on a sports reporter. This is a sports reporter. When I heard BBC reporter, I'm like, oh, geez.

But it's a sports reporter doesn't mean I'm not trying to bag on a sports reporter. But it's not like a royal correspondent. This isn't her area of expertise. She's like, oh, definitely a body double. Definitely a fake. So now that's. Why's she come out and said this? I don't know.

She's like, may not even be William as well. That's what she's saying. I'm like, okay, all right. Oh, things staged. Where is she? Well, we're going to get Gavin Gray on before 7 o'clock. We'll talk to him in about half an hour. He's our UK correspondent, Gavin Gray,

to see if there is any truth to these allegations. Where are you at with it now, Megan? Because every time I walk into the studio, there's a window up on your computer and there's an article about Where's Kate? Different article. Yes. Yeah, well, so now it's kind of been proven

that the farm, that video was taken the other day, but still not convinced that it was Kate because she definitely looks taller than what Kate is usually. There's people there, though. That's what I think. It's not like it's Truman Show where they all set up people, they're all actors.

Yeah, but you said the Windsor farmhouse. Are they like people from the palace? I don't know. You don't know, Ben. They rustle everyone up. What are you doing? Oh, I'm the cleaner. Stop cleaning that toilet.

We're going to need you down at the Windsor House, mate, to stage this entire scene. Yeah, who released the video? Who filmed it? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. See, something this weekend is what's on. But Scott Sylvan is a mentalist. He's an illusionist. he does sort of magic tricks with your mind, mind-blowing stuff. Yesterday we played a trick where, Jono, you picked an actor, an actor that we never had on the show, kind of went obscure in the way that we wouldn't think you would think of it, and he guessed exactly who the actor was and i didn't even say the person's name out loud it was just in my head the whole time and he he mind screwed me hard yeah he pulled it out

i don't know because he was like asking questions is the actor american british new zealand australian and i'm just staring dead at it i'm not even saying anything and he's like obviously it's american and you're like i'm just thinking this anyway so he's really incredible if you want to see the video it's actually on the hits breakfast instagram I'm just thinking this. Anyway, so he's really incredible. If you want to see the video, it's actually on the Hits Breakfast Instagram or Facebook right now. It was Robert De Niro, by the way.

Yeah, it was. I'd love to talk to Robert De Niro. Now I know. But this was our reaction when he blew our minds yesterday. I've actually brought it here with me. So, this giant book.

Ben, he, sorry, I'm messing this up for you, Grace. Ben, he then played a trick on you. Yes. Didn't he?

Where he brought a massive book into the studio and handed it over to you. It was a Harry Potter book. 800 pages, I think, in the book. And I had to go to a page and pick out a word. Yeah, have a listen. I've actually brought it here with me. This giant book.

It looks like the Bible Bible It's not the Bible It's Harry Potter is it? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire You might think this is a fake book Or something like that Can both of you please check This is the real Harry Potter book Please have a good look through it

That is the real Harry Potter book Yeah it's solid It's heavy I've checked the cover There's a lot of pages here There's a ton of pages It's the real story 700 and something pages.

And we're just going to start reading it out loud from beginning to end. So go. You can begin. Do you want to hold on to the book? I can hold on to the book. Okay, yeah. What I'm going to ask you to do is to open it up to any page that you like. You've opened it up to any page that you like?

Yeah. That's a pretty deep place into the book, which should be fine. What I'm going to ask you to do, you're either going to focus on the left page or you're going to focus on the right page. And as you know, look at that page. What I'm going to ask you, are you really going to focus on the left page or are you going to focus on the right page? And as you now look at that page, you were just going to focus. I want you to choose a pretty long word. Choose a really long word, something that's going to challenge me,

something with lots of letters. Do you have something on that page? Yeah. And you don't have to choose the first one that you see. You can choose another one. No, I'm going to go with this one. Close the book, and you're now going to look right here at me okay so we have two things in mind one

we are focused on post-it notes about science two you were just focused on a word in a book that has about 800 pages yeah yeah we're about 200 000 words oh god this is a focus right now on the first letter of that word okay you get that first letter in mind okay perfect what's the first letter of the word t t okay and if you can now you focus now just on the second letters the first letter is a t look right here at me the second letter is an h yes yes okay perfect yes and now you jump to the third letter you can see that right here yeah it looks like an o that you're looking at but it isn't a no it's a u isn't it it is it is a u okay now you jump to the third letter. You can see that right here. It looks like an O that you're looking at, but it isn't an O. It's a U, isn't it? It is a U.

Okay. Now you get the entire word inside your head and you just keep repeating it inside your head again. Oh, this is a really long word. What was the word you were focused on? Thunderstruck. Don't tell us you've written that word down. Oh!

No way! Thank you so much my friends Wow Now that you Oh my goodness Thank you for connecting with me You need to go along and see Scott It's mind blowing

Wonders is the show, Auckland Arts Festival That is incredible So good to meet you guys That was amazing The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Flashback Flashback

Flashback We flashback to a simpler time Don't we Where Young people Weren't around Warning us about How much we've

Ruined the environment This is a basic time The 90s When you could Chuck a mattress in the back of a wagon and the kids could drive up and down the length of New Zealand rolling around in the boot. Did your dad do that, Megan? No.

I thought being from Nelson in a Bogan, that would have been... We did used to ride around in the back of his Holden Ute for a bit, like just stand in the back of it. In the tray. But yeah, but not like on a motorway or anything just around the kit just around yeah some of my fondest memories of being in north canterbury with my cousins and they pick us up from the airport and we're they have a mattress

in the back of the ford wagon and we just roll around in the back on the motorway great times simple times dangerous times Oh, my God. Simple times. Dangerous times. But have we become too safe, you think, maybe? Maybe we've gone to the other end of the scale now. What's too safe? Like not dying or hurting yourself? Yeah. I mean, is that too safe?

Yeah, it's thrilling. Anyway, we're flashing back today. Mascots. Because we're doing the mascot race, the Hit Topodimus is racing again the Warriors halftime Easter Sunday. Looking forward to that. If you'd like to actually run in the costume, you can text 4487. But New Zealand's had a rich history of mascots, haven't they? I'm going to start with the four square one. Four square, what'll it be today? Can you guess the name of the four square one? The thumbs up guy?

The thumbs up, yeah. Does he have a name? He's got a name. Oh, he's Charlie, isn't he? Cheeky Charlie. Yeah, he's Cheeky Charlie. He's got a name. Charlie, why Charlie?

I don't know, Cheeky Charlie. Thumbs up, everything's all good. Or should we like Freddie from Foursquare or something? Yeah, true. Do you know, it's amazing how much, if you pull up a picture of Cheeky Charlie, how much Ben looks like Cheeky Charlie. You get him to do the thumbs up and you're like... I do like doing the thumbs up,

aren't you, Charlie? Although maybe at the cost of living, Charlie's thumb's gone the other way now. Yeah. Oh my God, we need to do a comparison. Just raise your eyebrows, do a thumbs up.

Oh yeah. Yeah, he is Cheeky Charlie. Yeah, but bloody good though, isn't he? He's been a consistent, probably one of New Zealand's most famous mascots. I do like that,

you're right. Next one, from the ice cream industry, Frosty Boy. Often licked, never beaten. That's a little problematic, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, there was certainly some double meanings going on there, right? Who went with that?

Like, who thought that was a good idea in the marketing scene? Some dude. Yeah, definitely some. Some guy smoking a ciggy with his kids in the back. Oh, but memorable, though thought that was a good idea in the marketing team? Some dude. Yeah, definitely some. Some guy smoking a ciggy with his kids in the back. Oh, but memorable though. It was memorable. Yeah.

But there's no, I tell you what, Frosty Boy, a wonderful spokesperson for the soft serve industry. What is soft serve? It tastes so good. Is it just,

it's kind of like just condensed milk as well. It's like icing condensed milk. Yeah, it comes out of a machine. I don't know. There's some wild rumours about what's in the soft serve, all sorts of animal parts, but you don't think too hard about that, do they?

Now we're going to go a bit more electoral for Flashback Friday. You might remember the Orange Guy. First name Orange, last name Guy. That's me. I don't know if they still do Orange Guy. I think he did come and popped in every election, right? Did you remember when people sexified the Orange Guy? How?

Do you know? Oh, let me show you. Well, I mean, his outfit was rather crotchety in parts, wasn't it? No, like they made him muscly. Made him muscly and they, like, people. Oh, they did too. And underpants and things. Like, they made him buff, put him in undies and made him take, like, selfies.

Made him hot. They did. Oh, boy, could we put that up on the Hit Breakfast Instagram? Was that during COVID? Because I feel like we were really desperate for something. We had a lot of time on our hands then, didn't we? Yeah. But yeah, the orange guy, he's kind of faded off now, hasn't he?

Yeah. He'll be back. He'll be back every election he comes back, right? But needs probably to be orange non-binary now. Yeah. Speaking of 2024. Next, the stick man, Pack and Save.

At Pack and Save, we keep prices low. One of New Zealand's greatest mascots, the stick man. I've always thought people must come to New Zealand and look at those

Pack and Save ads and be like, what? Okay. It's very simple here. You know there's better animation out there, but it kind of works though,

doesn't it? But you're right. Disney Pixar come over here and go, wow. It's a mind-blowing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This is Ben, both of our, we've got daughters. They head into the teenage years. Starting to, as I drive nearly teen girls around, slay.

Hearing the words slay a lot. Slay this, slay this. You're slaying, slaying life, you know. A lot of slay talk. Right. Do they say slay to you? No, no. Dad, you slay. No, I never get a slay. No. And I wouldn't dare say slay either because you said the other

day you were embarrassed seeing her when you had to go up and dance in public. Yeah. And you get inside your head as a parent. You're like, I've become self-conscious about moves I'm making. Is this going to cause embarrassment now? We're hitting that stage. Yeah. And you get inside your head as a parent. You're like, I've become self-conscious about moves I'm making. Is this going to cause embarrassment now? We're hitting that stage. Yeah, that's true.

I mean, I think every teenager kind of feels like that about their parents at some stage, right? Yeah. But the teenage threshold for embarrassment is very, very low, isn't there? You've already got seven years of awkwardness. And then they add in embarrassment levels too for teenagers. But what I have loved is something that stood the test of time is adding an unnecessary syllable to the end of words, particularly the,

the young teenage girl. It's timeless. Like dad. Oh, dad. What are you doing? Did you, Oh dad Dad It's just adding the Oh What are you doing Oh

Yeah Did you Did you do that When you were growing up Yeah I Definitely my sister Would do it to me as well

Yeah As a sibling as well You get Oh my god You're so unfair Oh You're ruining my life Oh

It's so weird It's like when Snoop Dogg Added isle to words unnecessarily It doesn't need to be there But it does add some impact It does, it shows the emotion What's coming up Ben Go to Gavin Gray

He's a UK correspondent Been talking about this a lot this morning With Kate Middleton The rumours about Kate Middleton Was it actually her in the footage out and about? What went on at the hospital? Hospital?

It sounds like they've been looking through her records as well. People working there. That's dodgy, eh? We're going to definitely do that if I work there. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Getting into the weekend. Big weekend, particularly in Christchurch this weekend. Sail GP is happening. The Warriors playing tonight as well. Sold out in Christchurch. It's a big weekend.

I see they call the Sail GP team the Blackfoils. Oh, yeah, we love naming. The Blackfoil, because obviously the foiling aspect of it, I don't need to mansplain that, but the Blackfoil, anyway. Why couldn't it be like Black Sails? Oh, that's not bad. That's not bad. The Black Boats.

I feel like that was quite obvious. The Tinfoils. Oh, the Tinnies. It's not bad. The black boats. I feel like that was quite obvious. The tinfoils. The tinnies. Another one as well. Hey, my dog. Now, my dog and I, Bo, he's got a rich history of embarrassing me in lots of different circumstances over the years. And I've talked many times about many of the things that he's done. He's a big, goofy dog.

Big, fluffy Samoyed. Kind of like a fluffy, husky sort of looking dog. So cute. And we had some people come over yesterday. Now this guy was in, he was just coming around for an appointment. He was in quite a flashy sort of suit, quite businessy, looking quite flash, you know. One of those people when you turn up, you're like, oh he's well

dressed. The dog gets very excited when people come around and I'm trying to sort of keep the dog from not being too excited as this guy's coming into the house. And the dog just runs up and with his nose just up and into the guy's crotch and you could see like right in the crotch like right in the area of the crotch and the guy went oh he's deep deep in the crotch caves yeah and i just wanted a pet but really like in there and just kind of like that. You can see the guy was a little tender after that because he had a sort of dog nose straight to the groin.

And I'm like, oh, gee, what do you do from that? I've got to sit with this guy for 20 minutes, talk about the appointment. I'm like, this is a rocky start. It does put you on a lonely spot, doesn't it, with a dog buried into your crotch? It does. Because the people around know, well, clearly there's some sort of scent there that the dog is attracted to. That's just how they say hi, right? To other dogs.

There's other ways to say hi. Well, he didn't go around that part of the other dog, but that would have been unusual as well. And they don't pick up all the subtleties of human awkwardness, the dogs, do they? No. If anything, they'll go harder and longer. Once they're in there, it's really, and you're trying to push them push you're trying to push them away like no one sees they're interesting the dogs i was talking to my mate about the other day and how you know they get disappointed when you leave

them and you go out yeah but then he was saying it was a good point probably when whenever you take them out it's usually about the dog so you're normally taking them somewhere fun so they're probably thinking we go to the dog park or the beach every time you leave you're like man i'm just going to work it's but you know like but they're probably thinking we go to the dog park or the beach every time you leave you're like i'm just going to work it's but you know like they're probably thinking why is he not taking me it's always fun when you go out yeah it's amazing what behavior dogs can get get away with isn't it uh yeah yeah just because they're dogs yeah well like imagine if you two if the guy turned up to your place you're on all fours probably the same reaction you may not have stuck around You're on all fours. He's sniffing his crotch. I'm putting my head deep into his crotch.

They're probably the same reaction. Ooh, they're probably the same reaction. He may not have stuck around. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Jono and Ben are the dragons, and this is Dragons Ben. This is a really great thing that we're doing. We've teamed up with Square One, which is a great app that teaches kids all about money,

and it's a great way you can monitor the kids and teach them about money in a digital world and there's a $10,000 startup package that Square One have on offer for a kid with a big idea and wants to see that idea brought to life. Yeah the kids have been pitching Ben and the dragon's been all week long and I tell you what if Ben had his way

he'd give $10,000 to every kid. Piece of great ideas. Yeah but then that would financially sink Square One and then they would have, I'd give $10,000 to every kid. Piece of great ideas. Yeah, but then that would financially sink Square One, and then they would have to apply for a $10,000 business startup package. But so far, we've had mess-free slime from Ella and Mila. It's a mess-free slime. It's a special recipe that we cannot tell anybody. It smells nice because we add this essence called monkey fat. There we go. And Jack, who had urine from worms. It smells nice because we add this essence called monkey fat.

There we go. And Jack, who had urine from worms. Selling worm wee. They just pee. And then it goes down into this little container. Right. A tap at the bottom of the container. Apparently it's wonderful for your garden too.

He's not just doing it for laughs. No, no. And Ruby Grace is with us, morning. Good morning. How are you? Is this Ruby and Grace or is Ruby Grace a full name or is Ruby Grace a first and last name? Ruby Grace is a first name. Oh, cute name. Lovely to talk to you. How old are you? I'm 16. 16 and what's your big business idea that you pitched to Square One? So the idea is to help with dyslexia education and furthering on education for sounds through to intermediate and high school levels.

So what, you've got a program that can help people with dyslexia learn? Yes. So far I have a card game in the prototype stage and I also have a workbook in the prototype stage. How old are you? 16. 16? you? 16. 16? Jeez.

When did you start this business, this idea? Well, I've had the idea for a few years now, but I properly started it in January of this year. So this idea, is this something that you use to help you or help friends or family or how did it come about? Well, most special specialized education drops off in year six and that's what i found um all of my support was gone so i wanted to change that and i wanted to create programs dedicated to intermediate and high school students so theoretically it would

be helping other me's out there who are starting to feel the same way so you designed this for yourself and you found it helps tenfold? Yeah, I did. Blown away that you've not only thought of this yourself, but you have thought of something that's for the betterment of others. That's really cool. Yeah. Thank you. If you could explain how it works.

Yeah, so let's have a look at the suffix T-I-O-N. In this pack, there would be all of the letters, consonants, vowels that you'd need to create the words, plus a card with the suffix on it. And there you could put together the words, and then there would also be a three-dimensional level as the parts would be indented. So it would have a visual, a physical part, and then a three-dimensional part to help really cement those word formations. So for you with dyslexia, just explain how hard it is or difficult it is for you to actually learn. What are the challenges? My biggest challenges are spelling and actually understanding the rules within English because I've never had

them cemented in me. And so then having visual aids and things you can touch helps? Yeah, that really helps. And it's not just me, it's all of my friends and other people I've worked with who have any literacy-based learning disorder. Good on you. Wow, this is phenomenal. And so your dream for this program is what? Is to release it into the intermediate schools by the end of the year.

And I believe it can expand further into high schools. And the program has enormous potential not just commercially but privately so my dream is to just get it out there as much and as many children as I can. You're incredible. You are yeah $10,000 start-up package from square one what would it mean to you and how would you use it? Well it means so much to me because it would mean being able to support other people out there and to really get this education for intermediate kids off the ground. And it would really help me be able to have the resources

and the mentorship to understand managing the business world and really getting the product out there and physically being able to do that. Have you spoken to the Ministry of Education? You should talk to them. I should, shouldn't I? Yeah. Well, maybe that's what you could do with a $10,000 package, you know, use that.

Yeah. It's a really great idea. Thank you. I feel like this will definitely help you, but to be honest, I feel like you'll do it regardless. Yeah, you already do. You're that person. Yeah.

Congratulations. You're awesome. What a lovely young New Zealander. We've met many of them this week, and it gives you hope in the future of this cold, dark world, doesn't it? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. So right now, what is the most unusual thing that's ended up in your ear? Because yesterday, made news,

it was a big story about an ear specialist in Dunedin who released a list, and she's been keeping a list since only 2000 2020 so only like just over three years of all the unusual things she's pulled out from people's ears in Dunedin including moths uh popped unpopped popcorn chicken feathers uh pellets from a gun earbuds you lego pieces you name it she's pretty much found it in there yeah we tried to track her down to have a chat with her. She was probably too busy pulling a shoe or something out of someone's ear. Vodka was another one that came through.

Have you had stuff stuck in your ears before? No, but it's my worst nightmare that a bug will crawl in there. Yeah, and that can happen. And you hear it flapping in your brain. The poor old insects are probably like, they're probably just as terrified. They're like, jeez, I've taken the wrong offering from the motorway here. And I can't get out. I'm not the same.

I mean, the closest thing I've had is having to fossick through Oscar's leftovers after he swallowed a marble. Right. That's the medical advice too. They're like, you're going to need to do this

for two weeks. All you mean is poo. Yeah. And like, you get a week and a half and you're like, was this a prank from the doctor? Yeah.

I have one too. You know, eight days straight. Yeah, and you get a week and a half and you're like, was this a prank from the doctor? I have one for, you know, eight days straight. Yeah, anyway, that's all I can chuck into this. But we have Kay, good morning. Good morning. Things you've had to get removed, what was it? Well, it was a friend of mine. She heard some funny sounds in her ear after going swimming. She didn't think about it.

And then about eight months later or six months later, she went to the doctor over it, and he pulled out a stud from her ear. An earring stud? Yeah. Was this her earring or someone else's? No, someone else's. Oh, my gosh. It got inside the ear.

I'm glad she didn't leave it a long time to see the doctor, like eight months or anything. Yeah, no. So they just pulled it out with tweezers, did they? Yeah, they did. She lived there for eight months. That seems like a long time, doesn't it? It's been excruciating.

She just didn't know what it was, so she didn't bother too much about it. No, it doesn't sound like it. Eight months. You're a lot better human than me putting up with that annoyance. I appreciate your call. You have a great day. You're welcome. You too. Okay, keep this coming through. That's what

ended up in one person's ear. Would love to get another call. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Heading into what is a big weekend, although yesterday announced a recession for New Zealand, so it is definitely some tough times out there. But we wanted to know on 0800 The Hits, what is a big weekend, although yesterday announced a recession for New Zealand. So it is definitely some tough times out there. But we wanted to know on 0800 The Hits, what is the most unusual thing that's ended up in your ear?

There was a news story going around yesterday. A ear specialist in Dunedin found all sorts of wild and crazy things inside people's ears over the last couple of years. Cigarette filters, grass seed, blue tack, Play-Doh, lead from a pencil, toilet paper even. We wanted to know on 0800 the hits if you could beat that. Renee, good morning. How are you?

I'm good, thanks. How are you? We're doing really well. What have you had stuck in your ear? From two instances. I've had a moth fly into my ear while I was asleep. So alive and flapping around inside your ear? Yeah, yeah. so it was like pretty

painful because it's like near the end it was just sort of like going nuts eh and just like vibrating away and couldn't get it out and so i was going to be messed with things not a fun time but managed to go into a and a and they irrigated it out it was still like twitching and it was missing a leg so they had to keep going until the leg came out. Oh, that's not what you want, eh? Literally three years later the same thing happened again.

So then it happened, what? A repeat of what? So another moth flew into your ear? Yeah, a second time. Oh my gosh! So you would have been familiar with the feeling and sensation? Yeah, so I knew straight away what it was. I couldn't believe it.

How did this happen twice? And then I was like, I'll just race on into A&E. It was like three in the morning. I got there, so to speak. And then they just gave me a $10 voucher for the air clinic and told me to go home and drown it in cooking oil. Oh, you pour oil into your air? Yeah, yeah.

So that actually kills it so it stops moving, but it's still sitting in your air. Yeah, and then you've got, like, bloody litres of cooking oil you poured in there too. Well, I couldn't find an eyedropper to do it by myself, so I had, like, my head lying on the counter of the bench with a teaspoon of olive oil trying to pour in my ear until it drowned. You don't want anyone walking in on that scene, do you?

What's happening here? Just oiling myself up. No, no, right? Wow. Everyone there was asleep saying, Jeez. There's a lot of explaining to do If you're put in that position

Two moth incidents flying into your ear That's impressive, you have a great day The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast What a banger for a Friday Such a good song Now Megan is just off here being very brutally honest with me She said, oh You're wearing the same jacket that you wore yesterday

And I said, is that unusual? She said, oh, you're wearing the same jacket that you wore yesterday. And I said, is that unusual? She said, yes, it's a statement jacket. I did comment on your lovely jacket yesterday. It's brown. It's like vintage denim. It's flash. And I've just worn it two days in a row and you've gone, you never can wear things two days in a row. Interesting

choice. Do you not wear the same clothes twice? Statement things. No. I generally not try and wear the same thing that week. Really? Nah. I'm learning a lot here. I'll probably be the same, but I have been wearing because of my arm. I haven't got as many long shirts to try and cover up my arm.

So probably a smaller rotate at the moment. Yeah, so would you wear the same thing two days in a row? Try not to, no. Really? Yeah, well, what you'll learn about which Ben already knows, having worked with me, is I'll be making this statement. This statement jacket will be very consistent. It's a good jacket, though.

Making a big, long statement every day. It screams, I've got one nice thing, so I'm going to wear it lots. And it's factual. That's very truthful. Now, okay, you've been brutally honest with me, and I understand your husband's been doing the same. Yeah, so I have speaking of buying statement pieces I've bought well in advance we in the middle of the year we have a

big radio function like radio awards so in advance I've been looking for a dress and I found one that I had my eye on for ages and it went on special and I was like here's my moment so I'm gonna just wear my statement jacket today as well okay so you bought this thing online I bought this dress tried it on i thought it looked great and i was like i'm gonna show my husband so i put on like heels i had my makeup on like i went full shebang and i was like doled yourself up i did put the war paint on i did i put the heels on i walked out and i was like what do you think i'd been looking at this dress for months, literally. And he went... Oh, did he? Yeah.

I was fully, I thought I looked great. I was fully expecting him to be like, amazing. You look fantastic. Here's a question. Do you, in that scenario, because we get put in that position from time to time, how does this look? How do you think I look?

Are you wanting truth or what are you wanting? I feel like you want truth. You need to get truth in a good way because otherwise you're setting someone up for something that, you know, you're meant to be mates in a team. You don't want to go, oh, that's great, and then go out there and go, well, actually, I didn't think that was great.

And so I said to him before I tried it on, I was like, be honest. Because in my mind, I was like, I look amazing. He's going to say. So I was like be honest because in my mind i was like i look amazing she's gonna say so i was like be honest i was kind of like how hot am i yeah right now and so when i was like are you do you not like it and he was like you told me to be honest i was like well i was kind of thinking it wouldn't be andrew bro just never be honest okay because usually his line is if you're trying something on and it doesn't look good he'll say it's not worthy

of you I feel like there's something better out there for you that's a lovely way of doing it it's like saying does my butt look fat in this yes but you say those pants aren't worthy of you chuck them on a Jono Pryor or something you know that guy but yesterday I just got a so now I don't know what to do Hands aren't worthy of you. Check him on a Jono Pryor or something. That guy.

But yesterday I just got a... So now I don't know what to do. Now what do you do with that feedback? Do you wear the dress regardless? Well, do you know what? He doesn't go to the radio awards, so I'll wear it for someone else. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Trade Me. It's been around for 25 years. I think we were talking about it a couple of weeks ago with some of the most iconic things that Trade Me has ever sold over those 25 years. They've been doing some great marketing around it. They put a thing out yesterday saying they're now too old to date

Leonardo DiCaprio because they're 25 years. Good from them. He'll trade them in for a better model, younger model. I've never done Trade Me. I was saying yesterday, never done it. Basically because I know how shocking I am at administration. I would have the worst seller

feedback of probably any Trade Me account holder. I bought a rice cooker off this prick in 2017 and he hasn't sent it out. Because Ben, you know the amount of prizes that I say we'll send you out a prize. I've never sent out these prizes. These poor people. 24 years of disgruntled listeners not receiving prizes from me.

And, you know, it's followed us all around, our careers. I can't believe that you've never done it. Even if, like, you're not a prolific trade mayor, everyone in New Zealand's done it at least once, right? Yeah, or done it under, like, if Jen's got it. Like, Amanda's got an account, so I'll do stuff under her. Yeah, yeah. You know, she kind of, you know, do it do it together cool we'll chuck it up in your account how are you like with the haggling prices up and down and to go because i imagine you'd uh if someone's like oh you'd say it's thirty dollars

they're like well i'm gonna pay you ten you're like great love it oh i know i tried one time yeah i know i tried one time to go pick up something with amanda this was years ago and i was like leave it to me and i had missed i forgot what the price was and so i came in and went oh whatever it was i was like i'll give you 200 for it the guy's like yep sweet i'm like yep see that's how it's done and then i walked out and man's like and they only wanted 180 for it amateur you would have said it like trying to be as masculine yeah i'll give you 200 for it mate and he's like all right I'm like oh great great negotiation see I'm just going firm the other concern too

is you get a you know melting pot of all of New Zealand's finest characters turning up at your doorstep don't you yeah it's always

yeah part of the fun but that's why you only do like postage yeah you can do postage you don't do pick ups didn't you have a lady and she was eating a lettuce like an apple

we picked up something and she was she was eating an iceberg lettuce like an apple yeah and I was like oh open the door eating a lettuce and she was eating a lettuce like an apple we picked up something and she was just eating an iceberg lettuce like an apple yeah and i was like oh it's open the door eating a lettuce does she dip it in anything no i just gotta wander around i can't remember exactly what we bought but we walked out with her and she still had the lettuce and she had a few crunches on it she washed it because listeria i guess maybe she did but it was quite compact so and so i don't know but anyway i was like okay and did she acknowledge that she was eating it?

No, at no point. No, it's normal to her. Yeah. So I was like, okay. This is what we want to do. I went home to the hits. The thrills and spills of Trade Me. What have you experienced?

Or maybe even Facebook Marketplace. Have you done that? Oh, no. That's a wild ride. Yeah. That feels like- No fees though. The Wild West.

No fees though, right? Yeah. That's the attraction, but then, phew. No fees though, right? Yeah, that's the attraction, but then pool. No fees, yeah. It feels like one of those stereotypical markets that feature on a problematic Disney movie. You know, like anything they have. You feel like you can get ripped off at any moment.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Getting into the weekend. It is a big weekend. So much on around the country in 10 minutes. Hayley from the north and Connor from the south are going to tell you all the amazing things you can check out over the weekend. But right now we're talking about

Trade Me. The highs and lows of Trade Me. It's been around for 25 years. Nicole, good morning. How are you? Good, good. How are you? Now we're talking Trade Me this morning. Now you had a very interesting dilemma when it came to selling something on Trade Me. Yeah, it's a bit embarrassing. So my daughter, she was about two at the time this is terrible parenting story by the way she was on the benchtop and she was next to me and i was making the sandwich and then uh i had these boots and the button had fallen off and i was planning on sewing that button back on but that was my next job and then uh so i was making these sandwiches and i noticed that the button had gone missing

while I was making these sandwiches. And I looked at my daughter and she looked like she had something in her mouth, but then the button had gone. And I thought, oh my God. So she swallowed the button. She's eating it. She's eating it, yeah.

So these are little woolen Ugg boots and there's little buttons down the side. They're not too big. She'd obviously swallowed this button because it had just gone missing. So then I thought, oh, well, I'm just going to have to maybe sell these boots with a button. Oh, so you're going to put them on Trade Me. That was the plan.

Sell the button on, put them on Trade Me. Yeah, no, I was going to sell them on Trade Me, minus the button, just take the photograph and say, look, there's a button missing. But the next day I was changing her diaper and inside was this button. And I thought, well, I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll just wash the button. Oh, you went fishing. I gave it a really good clean. I went fishing with the button, gave it a really good clean, and I sewed it back onto the boot and I sold them. Sold them on training. Full price, baby. I sold them, but they went.

Someone bought them. The button was slightly bleached. Oh, right. There you go. It button was slightly bleached. Oh, right. There you go. Slightly cleaned. If that button could talk. No, it was kind of bleached before I cleaned it, to be honest. It'd gone through a system.

So, yeah, the button was a slightly different colour to the rest of the buttons, but not noticeably. It sold for a crap tonne of money, those boots. And the buyer was none the wiser. Buyer was none the wiser, and I didn't tell them. But it's just a funny story. Well, that would be a weird thing to write. Hey, by the way, also, this has been from the digestive system.

My two-year-old, I had to fish it out of some faecal matter, and then I sewed it back on. But it is clean. It's good to go. I feel really bad that my two-year-old has swallowed a button, and I've just confessed that on radio. Hey, ho. Hey, well, kids, you're turning your back for one second.

It happened. But at least no one was in any danger, and you got the thing sold on Trade Me. I did. It was a happy ending. Have a lovely day. Kimbo, you're on. Good morning. Good morning.

Lovely to have you on, Kim. We're talking all things Trade Me. I haven't dabbled personally myself. I'm thinking about getting in there. And what happened to you? I had a friend that had told me that she looked for some teeth on Trade May

because she had no teeth and she had actually purchased these false teeth on Trade May. Someone else's false teeth? Yes. Second hand false teeth? I know, it's so gross. And did she use them?

She tried them but she didn know. It's so gross, isn't it? And did she use them? She tried them, but she didn't. You're like, that's a great smile. Oh, these don't go in my eyes. You're like, oh, I've got them on trade me. Secondhand teeth. I didn't know there'd be a market for secondhand teeth, but obviously there is. Neither did I.

I mean, you know, I've heard everything, but that really topped it off. Yeah. And what do they go? Dollar reserve sort of situation, and then? Oh, I didn't bother to ask because I was just so disgusted. I was just like, oh my God. I was shocked,

you know? I love it. She gave it a bash. She put him in. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. In a couple of weeks, we've teamed up with Internet Sensation How To Dad. We're going to be playing 24 hours of handball or foursquare, whatever you call the game. We're going to be playing 24 hours of handball or foursquare, whatever you call the game.

We're going to be doing it for 24 hours, raising money for Kids Can, who help out so many kids around New Zealand with jackets, with food as well, and help out lots of schools. I'm going to talk to one of the principals who they help out right now. Fleur Wainohu, welcome to the show. How are you? Oh, kia ora, guys.

I'm absolutely amazing. Kia ora. Lovely to have you on. Now, you are the principal of School in Hastings. How do you go on that? I was nervous as I was saying it, Fleur. It was perfect.

Well done. Your principal's happy. It's a fast mark with the principal. But your school, how long have you been teaming up with Kids Can? For the last 15 years, we've had a partnership with Kids Can, so a pretty long time. We've learnt over the last couple of weeks what Kids Can actually does. It provides you food, breakfast, clothing, shoes. Where would you be without them?

I really would not like to think about where we would be without them. I know that before we had them, attendance was really poor. We had students with no shoes, no food. And of course, a lot of our parents are proud and embarrassed that they couldn't provide their kāngaki with the basics, really. And so as soon as we got that partnership with Kids Kids, the attendance rate just went right up. The performance rate in terms of the academic, I mean, kids weren't coming to kura hungry. They were coming to learn.

And that's what we want at the end of the day. We want everybody to come and be happy and come every day. What would you say to people Fleur who in New Zealand think that this doesn't happen here? That kids aren't going to school hungry and it's not a big problem? I'd invite them

to go to their local school and see it first hand and meet with other principals. I mean, I'm one of many principals nationwide who have had to really think about how we can support our families and our students more than reading and writing. We can't even get to the reading and writing until all the basics are covered. And you sound like such a caring, giving principal, Fleur, but, you know, if we're calling a spade a spade, you having to worry about kids being fed, clothed and wearing shoes,

it shouldn't really be in your job description. You know, in a country like New Zealand, you're having to go above and beyond what your normal duties would be. Yes, definitely. We go above and beyond. Anyone that thinks that being a teacher or a principal these days is a nine to three job. They need to really come into the schools and see what's happening. We're definitely not in it for the money. We're dedicated to the well-being of all of our students.

It must be awesome, though, to see the pride when the students get their jackets or the new shoes and stuff that Kids Can Do provide. Yes, when we get at the start of the year and we get a new intake and all the jackets come in and all the shoes come in, we have a real celebration. It's something that we're really proud of being able to offer. All of our students are like, wow. They know it's the start of the year.

They're going to have new shoes. They're going to have a new jacket. So we really amp it up. We make it such a celebration that nobody is feeling, am I worthy of this or anything like that. They're actually feeling like, yay, this is a norm. Yeah, well, that's good. And going back to an earlier point you made,

the pride concern from the parents, and obviously there is a level of pride there, that's also removed as well when every family is getting the same. Yes. See, our families, they don't want a handout. They want a hand up, and that's what Kids Can provides. They provide them the opportunity to say, okay, times are a bit tough right now, this is the support that we can offer you. When whānau know that they're not being singled out, that this is

actually something that the school offers everybody, then yes, they're extremely grateful to Kids Can for providing this service. Now, the sad thing is, and this is why we're doing the handball marathon, the KidsCam ball marathon, is that there are loads and loads of kids on a waiting list for KidsCam. They can't actually service them at the moment. So hopefully the $350,000, fingers crossed, we'll raise, we'll be able to get some of those schools into the programme so that they can enjoy it like you. Awesome.

I just want to thank you guys for putting yourself out there, for bringing the awareness to Kids Can and all the great work that they're doing and the support that you guys are giving to this kaupapa. It's just so, it's life changing. It really is. And I know that that's something that people just say but being on the ground level

and seeing it first hand it really is amazing well you're a bloody great New Zealander Fleur with what you're doing

you keep up the good work awesome well you have a great day guys you too Fleur and if you want to help out if you can help out that would be amazing go to

kidscanball.org.nz the hits the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend? Yeah, I love this part of the show because it not only signals the end of the week for us, but also gets everyone frothed up

for the weekend. Connor from the Hits in Christchurch represents the South Island. Hayley from the Hits in Wellington, representing the North Island, both peddling their wares each week. Welcome to the peer review. Good morning. Great to have you on.

Now, Connor, full transparency again. Hayley, she covered our asses last weekend at the Wheatbix Triathlon in Wellington. Ben was out with an elbow infection. I was out with a COVID infection. And Hayley stepped up. So there may be an obligation for us, Ben, to pick Hayley this week. You know, we did last week going into it, did we? I can't remember.

No. Yeah, no, lost last week and then had to stand up in front of 4,000 people by myself. Picking the guts. And Connor is the official ground announcer for the Warriors tonight in Canterbury, Connor. 4,000 try, what, 15,000 Hayley? Oh, he's up to it. Flexing on the crowd numbers. Up the wards and up the

amount of people he's doing in front of. So you, tonight, that's got to be one of the big things in Christchurch over the weekend? For sure. It's actually a triple header weekend in Christchurch. Triple header weekend. Again, starting with the Wards versus the Raiders. I believe this is their eighth in-season game in Christchurch.

They've only won three, and it's their first official home game in Christchurch for the Warriors. So there's never been an official home game for the Wards. Oh, I see, because they always give it to the Australian teams, right? Exactly, exactly. But those guys are losers. We don't want to hear about them. We care about the Wards.

The second thing of the tripleheader, it's the new Brighton Duke Festival of Surfing that starts today. Junior grades, longboarders, everything in between. Hang in five, hang in ten. I don't really understand it, but it's going to be cool to get down to New Brighton and see that. And of course, we finish with SailGP. Here's a big number for you. This will

up 4,000 as well, Hayley. A record-breaking crowd expected. 22,000 spectators over two days. That makes it the world's largest ticketed sailing event. What? Up until now, what held the record for the world's largest ticketed sailing event? I couldn't tell you. But I'm sure it was nowhere near as big as that.

That's very cool. So that's Littleton Harbour over the weekend? Yeah, Whakarupo, Littleton Harbour. A beautiful setting there. Pretty much everyone you know is going and if they're not they're going to be somewhere with a bunch of big screens set up around the city so you can watch it wherever you go pretty much. Well there you go.

You've got Up the Waz, you've got the Shaka Bras at the surfing and you've got the Black Foils. They're called the Black Foils our sailing GP team. It's going to be hard to beat Hayley. The pressure's on you. Well look it is hard to beat but I would argue 4,000 chaotic children are the equivalent of 15, yeah. It's going to be hard to beat, Hayley. The pressure's on you. Well, look, it is hard to beat, but I would argue 4,000 chaotic children are the equivalent of 15,000,

mainly adult fans. Energy-wise, I would agree. Yep. Yeah. So we have got some big events happening in the North Island as well. A place that I believe you're particularly fond of, Jono, Whangamata.

We've got the Beach Hop, which is a huge, massive four-day weekend that happens in the Coromandel, best of the 50s and 60s, and they've got thousands of the best vintage cars all around the country, and people come over from Australia as well. So that is going to be a huge weekend in the north.

You're going to see a few classic cars on those roads. Bit of a traffic-ish to get there, though. Oh, yeah, true, there would be. Oh, and they can max out at 80 a few classic cars on those roads. Bit of a traffic-ish to get there, though. Oh, yeah, true. There would be. Oh, I love the issue when they can max out at 80 k's an hour, those vintage. And a lot of jandals, a lot of stubbies, and a lot of healthy stomachs as well. That's what I've found every time I've gone to Beach Hop. And a lot of rockabilly skirts.

Yeah, some good fashion there, too. And then we also, this is the second week going to the capital, but because we've just had a banger of events, we have got Cupid Dupo, which is the second week going to the capital, but because we've just had a banger of events, we have got Cupidupa, which is actually New Zealand's largest street festival. The South Island has nothing even close to something like this. Cuba Street comes alive. It is its most colourful, most wacky. Over the weekend, there's entertainment, live acts, and anything goes.

Are we beating 22,000? Because we're all about crowd numbers this week for some reason. Oh, yeah, they're expecting around 60,000. Oh, right. Wow. Did you just make that number up? Yeah, I did, but it sounds legit. It did.

I think they probably would maybe 40,000. Yeah, great. So double, okay. If we talk in numbers alone. Oh, come on. As always, I just base it on the facts and let the numbers do the talking. Now, that's beating the world's biggest, largest ticketed sailing event as well. Okay.

What are we going to go, team? We'll leave it over to you, Megan. Well, I feel like you owe Hayley, and she hasn't won for a while, so I'm going to go with Hayley. I have all the things going on in Christchurch. I got sunburnt last going to go with Hayley. But then Connor's got all the things going on and crashes. Yeah, but I got sunburnt last weekend. Oh, Hayley then. Oh, the North win it.

Controversially, too. I mean, there was a lot of good stuff going on in the South Island. We need to put out some sort of criteria for how to work, Dave. It makes no sense, really, doesn't it? Hey, guys, have a great weekend. Connor, good luck ground announcing the Warriors tonight, and we'll catch you next Friday. Thanks, guys.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we're next Sunday, the Sunday, doing the halftime mascot race at the Warriors. Had the first inaugural one last year, and it's turning into an annual event, Ben Bush. All of New Zealand's greatest mascots out on the field. Going to have 20 of them running up and down, doing two laps of Go Media Stadium. It's got bigger and better this year, hasn't it?

I don't know if we need to go bigger. Lengthwise, I mean, of the race, they were all puffed last year. Megan, I notice you're stretching your legs on the desk. Yeah. Are you keen to run? Nah. I'm just trying to learn how to do the splits. Unrelated to the mascot race.

Literally, as Meghan Trainor's playing, she's got her leg up on the desk stretching her hamstring. So I thought maybe she was wanting to put her name forward. But no, we have Claire. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Welcome. You'd like to put your fine name and your able legs forward to run in the hippopotamus?

Oh, absolutely. I've had some experience. Back in the day, I used to work at Rainbow's End, our finest park in the whole of New Zealand. The Disneyland of South Auckland? The characters. I had some great times there. What characters did you play at Rainbow's End? Oh, what didn't I play?

What I did do is, you know, the giant old Ray and Bo characters that used to blow up. And we used to have to wear like the voice changers and those and they were really fun to play. But also we used to do the big, like, the big

furry costumes that you just, you'd have to wear ice packs around your body to keep yourself cool in the summer because it was so hot. Oh, I bet, yeah, because it's a 30 degree day. Well, hey, you've got the credentials. You've got great experience. What about mascots

and running? Like, have you done much of that or just been in the mascot suits? Oh, I can definitely run. I can dance. We love the Warriors. I've got two boys who love league, so this will either make their day, me doing this, or it will mortify them, one or the other. I can't imagine mum dressing up as a hippo

in front of 30,000 people would mortify your kids at all. Oh, no, no. But, you know, they're sort of getting that age now where I'm never sure. No, that's good. We're both in that stage as well. Did you have any injuries, any attacks? Oh, definitely.

There was definitely times where you did actually have to get, you know, a little bit of running going on to get away from some of the children that love to just give you a bit of a squeeze or a poke or a prod. First rule of mascotting, never drop character. No, that's right. You do forget there are humans behind there sometimes. Yeah, exactly. Particularly when they get tackled, everyone's like, that's hilarious.

You're like, no, it's not, because there's a poor person inside. There was that incident where Conor McGregor, the UFC fighter, he had to come out halftime at an NBA game. That's right. And he was taking on the team's mascot in a bit of a play fight. And Conor McGregor, being a UFC fighter,

he threw his punch, but it actually ended up rendering the person playing the mascot unconscious on the court. Oh, no. He had to be dragged off by his feet.

They, like, towed him off the court, didn't they? Well, that's not going to happen at our race, is it? No. You're agile. We'll have a great time

and it'll be super to to be part of it. Oh, Claire. Thank you. All right, Claire. Well, it sounded like you put your hand up to put it into a comical mascot glove and run in the field. All the very best, and hopefully we'll talk to you soon. Thank you very much, guys.

Have a great day. If you want to get involved, you can hit us up at thehits.co.nz.