Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - What would you do with this placenta?

Episode Date: April 7, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Good to be back in the studio, of course, on Thursday, Friday last week. We were playing 24 hours of handball, raising money for the fantastic organisation Kids Can that support and help out so many kids around New Zealand, giving them breakfast, jackets, shoes as well. And we raised a whole heap of money thanks to you. So thank you for everyone that helped us and supported us along the way.

Their goal was $350,000. And we thought that was a pretty huge goal. You were very nervous about that. Particularly through the night where it was around, I mean, $200,000 in the current climate. That's where it was sitting overnight. And I was like, oh, that's still a lot of money. It's a huge amount of money. And then we got to where now currently at $460,000, just over $460,000.

Wild. That's almost half a million. That's almost half a million, yeah. Wow. Pretty incredible. A $100,000 donation came through from the Trillion Trust on the morning of. An anonymous $40,000 donation through the night. Still don't know who that person is.

And yeah, I think I'm suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Handball had held us hostage for 24 hours, but I loved it and hated it at the same time being voiced. But the end result, you couldn't have imagined reaching a figure like that. You guys have done a few 24-hour things. What do you do after that? So we finished in the morning.

Do you have a nap? Or how does the rest of your day it's kind of a weird one because i didn't yeah i didn't sleep at all uh during the whole thing and then i got home and there was a guy fixing the shower and that's right next to this is great timing because we're a shower had a leak and that's right next to where the bedroom is i'm like i can't sleep because there's a guy in the house and he's asking me questions about the shower i'm the only one there i'm very tired not in a good frame of mind to be answering these plumbing related questions so then he didn't leave till about 12 30. oh and i was like oh you know he was doing

his job he didn't know that i'd been awake for like probably 35 40 hours he couldn't smell the charity on you so yeah and so then i was like oh i had to sleep for about an hour and then um woke up and then i pretty much stayed through at about 10 o'clock at night went to the pub went out for dinner and then yeah it was good

had a good night out and yeah and then I had a good sleep you had an hour's sleep in like two days and you were like I'm going to go to the pub yeah went to the pub

got up with some friends and I actually had a good sleep that night yeah right yeah that's good you feel like you've been on a wild bender and you wake up

and you go did we just raise $460,000 for charity? It was actually a good bender to be on. It makes regret and stuff as well. Long time on your feet, I found. That was one of the things. We've done a few of these in the past and often you're sitting

in a comfortable chair doing interviews or things for 24 hours. This one you're constantly on the go. And even though handball, it's not like you're running marathons and stuff like that, but it's still a little bit physical. Because you constantly had new people in the square with you, they were keen to play hard out. And you guys were still, by the end of it, squatting down, playing hard out handball. Stop making us bend down. You wanted to make everyone's handball experience a positive one, didn't you?

A competitive one. But there were some gun handballers out there. There was. Tell you what, Ganesh Raj. Yeah. He's a gun gun Stephen McIver sports commentator wonderful

he didn't know how to play at the beginning of the day stayed for about eight hours yeah he did by the end he was a pro he went away and then came back

at night he was like no I thought I'd come back I was sitting at home I was like oh there's nothing on TV I was like I'll come back

which was pretty awesome but he came back for a bit Ganesh Raj he had a massage which was one of my favourite bits yeah he was there for five minutes and started he got a lower back massage a physio over there that was there I mean for us but hey he was there and he was playing so he got never turned down a free massage my friend the hits the Jono and Ben podcast it's meant to turn to custard throughout the country this week a lot of rain and potential

flooding uh throughout the country so uh hopefully that doesn't come to pass. This is Siri Sings. I pointed to Grace like there was an intro. I know you did. Grace was like, don't point at me like that, mate. There's no intro to play. I was like, oh yeah, sure. We need to get an intro made for this. Yeah, we should. Well, it's becoming a staple. Siri Sings. Yeah, it'll be the intro.

You're right. Just getting Siri to say Siri Sings. Five weeks ago. Next time I point to you, Grace, can you play something? Anything. Or just pretend to be Siri and say that. Siri, say Siri sings. Five weeks ago. Next time I point to you, Grace, can you play something? Anything. Or just pretend to be Siri and say that. Siri, the emotionless AI feature, which, no, if Siri was in the office, you would be like, what does she get up to outside of work hours? You wouldn't know.

Mysterious. And you get her to sing songs. Well, you're singing. I think you could ask her, couldn't you? What do you get up to outside of work hours? Hey, Siri. Yes, Jono. What do you get up to outside of work hours?

Okay, I found this on the web. What do you get up to outside of work hours? Don't deflect. Don't deflect. Always making a bad up of someone else. Siri doesn't want to answer your questions this morning. Never know if she likes me or not. I don't have Siri on my phone.

I like listening all the time. I just don't like the idea that the phone's always listening. No, I don't have it either. Oh, can you turn it off? Yeah, you can turn it off. And then you use it when you want to use it, rather than have it just always like going, what's going on there? Like a busybody.

Yeah, always popping up. Yeah. So I'm like, I'd rather not have Siri popping up, you know, unless I want to use Siri. Yeah, I'm the same. It just seems a bit weird that this phone listening to you the whole time yeah no i get that i get it the stuff this thing would hear me say anyway so here this is uh siri is speaking along to some songs some lyrics and you guys you can play along as well but jono or megan can you

work out the songs popular songs here we go here's the first one now i can see that we've fallen apart from the way that it used to be yeah no matter the distance i want you to know that deep down inside of me you are my fire the one desire you are you are oh that's funny backstreet boys yes sorry her delivery really put me off throw you away she almost got i It That Way, the actual name of the song. Give it some passion, Siri. John, I got that one. Okay, next one.

If you want my future, forget my past. Spice Girls! I can see that we fast now. Yeah, wannabe. Megan was not missing that. Yeah, okay. Have you seen the Spice Girls live? No.

Are you a fan? Yeah. Not enough to go to London and see them live. I mean, if they came here. Well, so the Spice Girls have to come to you. Do they? That's the only way you'll pay them any respect. Okay, it's one-all.

Here's the final one. Good luck. Our love is alive, and so we begin foolishly laying our hearts on the table, stumbling in our love. Cyril! Stumbling! I got it! I got it!

Cyril Stumbling I got it Cyril That's sorry Probably one of my Favourite songs right now Breaking down Yeah the lyrics Of the favourite songs There we go Well done

Megan you got that one Correct The hits The Jono and Ben podcast The oldest man in the world Congratulations to him 111 years old Living in the UK

At the moment Which is pretty impressive but I guess I hadn't thought about this before to get the oldest man in the world other people have got to die I know they never hold it for too long so just recently the oldest person in the world man in the world was 114 years old from wall swaler he died and then the next one Was the Japanese man 112 years old He just died And so now Old mate

John Tinniswood From England Now he's the oldest man In the world at 111 So he's by default Yeah You knock off a couple And then

He looks bloody good He does look really good He looks better than I do You see He looks really good Look at him He does look better than me Yeah he does

He says his secret To a long life Moderation So he's better than me. Yeah, he does. He says his secret to a long life, moderation. So he's never smoked, hardly drinks, but he does have fish and chips every Friday. So he's got fish and chips as well. The oldest woman is 117. Wow. Spain.

Yeah, oldest. Often they're in like Spain, right? Or like Middle East and, no, what is it? Mediterranean diet. Yeah, it's it? Mediterranean diet. It's all the fresh produce. Olive oil. Yeah, exactly.

Now that's what you want when you want the oldest person in the world. She's like... Just a shell of a human being going, please make it end. Please. Do you want to live to 117? No. Well, hey,

I say that now, but there might be some huge technological advancements between now and when we're ready to go. Like, if you were going to pick an ideal age where you're like,

I've lived a full life and now I'm just like sitting here in a Ryman waiting to start drinking at three o'clock in the afternoon. That sounds fun. Yeah, it does. They're quite good. Sometimes they're really good. They've got a bar, they've got a happy hour, waiting to start drinking at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. That sounds fun. It does actually.

They're quite good. Sometimes they're really good. They've got a bar, they've got a happy hour, they've got all sorts of lawn bowls. I suppose it's just another phase of life, another stage of life. Yeah. It depends on how you are at that stage too,

I think would be a big part of it. My dad's 87 now and you wouldn't know, honestly. And he's just stayed active. Just does stuff all the time. Walking, running, mowing. He mows the bloody berms for the entire street. Just does stuff. He's just a very busy guy.

And you're saying the same thing about your dad, eh? Just keeps working. I think so. I think that's a big part of it. If you can, to keep going, keep your mind, keep your body active, it kind of really helps. Yeah, I keep telling my dad to not do that, though, because he keeps working and falling off ladders and stuff.

Oh, okay. So it's not great for him. Maybe less than the ladder stuff. Yeah. Look at that bloody legend, the previous oldest lady in the world. Look at her. She does look like a legend, eh? Look at her, mate.

Crikey dick. Half her face is swollen. She does not have time for pleasantries anymore She would tell you it straight No she wouldn't would she She would be like There's no faffing about this I ain't got time to faff about

She'd just tell you what You ain't got a husband yet Opinions wouldn't matter I'll tell you whatever The Warriors over the weekend A good win against South Sydney. Oh, magnificent win. They're on fire.

Three in a row, Megan, you pointed out earlier. Yeah, three in a row. I was invited to a potluck sort of dinner situation over the weekend, and what I've found with the wider friend group is, you know how people are like, they have their dish. They've got their signature dish they bring to a potluck. What's yours um

sometimes lamb or sometimes like I like a good lasagna ooh nice a good lasagna yeah you Ben it really depends on what

normally say what sort of thing what will fit in well with everything yeah definitely vary all I'm ever asked to bring is a cheese board that's where people

you're the cheese board friend I'm the cheese board friend well you don't. That's where people, that's where my friend, I'm the cheese board friend. Well, you don't cook really anything other than scissors in the microwave. Kranskis, Kranskis. Kranskis in the microwave, sorry.

That's, you know, it doesn't even put them in a fry pad for us. Don't lower me to scissors in the microwave. Yeah, sorry. So my skill set was literally opening

a packet of cheese, putting it on a piece of wood. Yeah. Now, like, I've even given, I used to have fancy capsicum dips and spinach dips. I'm like, no, you're not getting those now. Oh, do you just stand up?

Well, no. I'm surprised you get vines anywhere. Have a block of cheese. Eat him. A couple of saladas, mate. Put that in your gob. I brought this guy. Everyone else in the kitchen doing nice stuff.

Do you and your friend group have a platter friend? Yes, we do have a couple of platter friends. I'm the platter friend. It's not a bad thing. But these are amazing. These are not like that. These are all sorts of, with the berries and chocolates and all sorts of meats and all, you know, like it's incredible.

Oh yeah, once upon a time I put that passion into the platters. It's different, like that's cheese board friend and grazing table is different. You know, that's the next level up. Why am I in another category? I'm not expecting a grazing table from you. No, you're not going to get one, mate. You're not going to get one.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Savings over the weekends. We have in the past, I was reading up, we've got rid of it in the past in New Zealand. Then we brought it back. Because it's so dark in the morning, right up until like 7.30 or something. Yeah, so in 1946, we were like,

nah, don't want to do this anymore. And then we had a referendum to bring it back. And then we decided to bring it back. We've tried it again multiple times. Yeah, so this thought of not doing it, it's not the first time New Zealand's had that thought. God, I feel like an idiot because I ask this question every 12 months. What is the purpose of it?

So we get more daylight hours. In the summer, right? Yeah. But I don't understand why we just leave it like that. I don't understand why we have to change it back. I know cows are affected in some way. Well, because it's really dark in the morning. So we're just trying to chase the sunlight to get the most out of the day, I think.

Someone who's very passionate about daylight savings. You're not very confident on your answer as to why we do it. No, we do love daylight savings. You do. We're the four-week lead in countdown. Countdown to it. Yeah, anyway. Jeez, you do love dollar savings. You do. We're the four-week leading countdown. Countdown to it. Yeah, anyway. Jeez, you do appreciate the extra hour of sleep, don't you?

Then I didn't even notice it last night. No, I don't think it was any different. I don't think it was easy to get up at all this morning. You guys don't have young children. Yeah. It was like a pain in the butt. Oh, so you were up. I was up really early and then they want dinner and they want to go to bed like they're tired

and hungry really early because it's an hour earlier. For them, that's a lot. Hey, listen, mate. I didn't make you and Andrew make passionate love and create babies. Okay? That's your problem. Yeah. Speaking of which.

Yeah, speaking of which, I have two – I'm sorry if you're eating, but I have two placentas in my freezer. Oh, right. Oh, you're one of those people. Well, the idea was to plant them. Gotcha. She's bloody hippie. Yeah. I know.

Give us your dream catches. Well, because I felt like it was a waste. And like I know in like the Maori tradition, they plant them as well. A lot of people eat them. Yeah. I find that an interesting practice. Yeah. Or like I was like,

maybe I could put them into capsules, that's really good for you, but that was a lot of admin, never got around to that either. When do you eat them? Is it ceremonious or is it just like a Wednesday night when you've got nothing else in the freezer?

Yeah, right, you have to fry something in the freezer. It's the midst of the percentage of that. Oh yeah. How does that meal go? I want to know. I don't know. Are you just like eating dinner and you're like, this is an unusual taste.

Oh yeah, I thought I'd whip up the old placenta. Well, it's like an organ. So I had full intention of planting them in the garden, but never got around to it. So now my fridge and freezer has broken. Oh, you've been talking about this. Yeah. They gave you a replacement fridge though, didn't they? No, I'm still waiting, Jono.

I am still waiting. So my fridge and freezer has been on and off, on and off. Yesterday it died completely. So I suddenly have a fridge full of goodies, which is, I mean, food, it is what it is. It sucks that you're wasting it. But I suddenly had these two placenta that were in the freezer defrosting and I'm like, what am I going to do with them now?

What did you do? They, I managed to jam them back in the fridge. They will not fit in the freezer. So do you know the grossest part though? So when I picked them out initially, they were frozen still. But then- What are they in? Like some sort of plastic bags?

They're in like a cardboard, like a takeaway container, like you've been to a restaurant and then in a bag. Is that how they give them to you when you leave the hospital? Yeah. But then as they started to thaw a little bit, when I tried to put them in the fridge, they were like sliding around inside the box and I was like, bleh.

So I don't know what to do. They're literally in the fridge now defrosted. We've just been Monday night fry up mate this is what's happening my son is like three so it's been in the freezer for three years I think it's past the expiry date what is the best before date

on the placenta a bit of rough weather around this week for New Zealand a whole lot of rain coming and Megan we were just talking before about some rough times at home with the fridge and freezer not working. The advent of like that breaking is so annoying. I feel like the fridge has been on the blink for about four weeks. It has been.

I have to keep switching it on and off and then like resetting it literally multiple times a day. So does it work? For a bit, after that. It did until yesterday and it absolutely kicked the bucket. Yeah, it work for a boat after that? It did until yesterday. Isn't that a good feeling? And it absolutely kicked the bucket. Yeah, it happens eventually.

I did that with my computer. I was like, maybe it's going to sort itself out. And then a couple of days later, no, it doesn't. I like that when you hear a noise in your car and you're like, let's just keep driving it. And then eventually the noise gets louder and louder until you can't ignore it. But I tell you what,

this is the most talked about placenta in Aotearoa this morning. Oh, the text, the most popular thing we've ever done on the text machine. Yeah, so how did Dad, Jordan Watson, we did say he was up now, he's going to join us next because we need to get through some of these texts coming through. We've had to bump Jordan for placenta content. Stacey, what do you do with the placenta? It's defrosting as we speak.

Stacey, good morning. Hi, how are you? What are we thinking, mate? I just refreeze it when you get a new freezer so that you don't potentially have regrets for rushing under a bit of stress. Yeah, I could do that. The trouble is, like, it's on order, so it could be a couple of days. Can you put it in someone else's freezer?

Yeah, bring it into work. Bring it into work. Put it in the work freezer. I just label it. Vegans. There's going to be some poor malnourished intern that's going to end up eating that thing, putting it in the, don't we have an air fryer?

Yeah. Why the air fryer? Well, yeah. People get annoyed when they cook fish in the kitchen. I don't know about that. Oh, that's wonderful, Stacey. Refreeze it. I mean, that's an option, Rachel.

That's true. Because I mean, you're not going to eat it, are you? No. So if it thaws out of it. The intention was to bury it in the garden, but now I'm, that's an option, Rachel. I mean, that's true, yeah. Because, I mean, you're not going to eat it, are you? No. So if it thaws out of its... The intention was to bury it in the garden, but now I'm worried that my dog will dig it up. So I'd want to put it in pots, potentially. Yeah, that's coming through on the text machine.

Someone's saying, go to a graveyard and bury it next to a family member. It keeps the whanau spirit together. That's a lovely one. Yeah, I don't have anyone that's buried in the same city as me sadly we're trying to come up with solutions mate and all you're doing

is negativity I'm telling you it's like really hard I never I didn't prepare myself for that question in the hospital

about you know the placenta they sort of just ask and I guess thinking more about it I probably would have done what you've done and brought it home

but at the time did you just say get rid of it well there was so much going on I was like I already feel like I'm coming home with a human that I hadn't turned up in the hospital with.

And I was like, all right now, you know. Yeah. A lot on your plate and it wasn't going to be a placenta, that's for sure. Rachel, in Tauranga, what does Megan do with this placenta? Kia ora, is that me? Yeah, that's you, Rach. What do you reckon? Yeah, I'm from Wellington.

So what I reckon is this is more common than you realise. A lot of people take their glisten to home planning to plant it on your whenua. But if you're disconnected from your whenua and it's not your forever home, the risk is planting it in the garden and leaving it there when you move houses so the pot plant idea i think is one of the better ones but my suggestion is have a look for a plant that is meaningful to your child so like there are so many different rose varieties so you can choose a rose variety that has a name that you know matches to your child, like there's Remember Me or there's Aroha, there's so many different roses.

So you could find one with a name that you'd feel matches to your child, plant it in that pot, and then take that pot with you wherever you go. Is there a rose called Loud? That's really sweet because I was just thinking I'd do like a lemon and a lime so when they drove me to drink I'd have like something to put on my drinks Hey thank you so much

for your texts and calls there Wholesome content Wholesome gear Really interesting though So many people have said they've got them still in their freezer just sitting there Yeah a load of texts coming through

Someone's saying I've got no advice but just driving home from the gym in hysterics. 4487. Well, thank you very much. There's a plan called Bastille too for Bastille. Oh, is there?

That would work well. Oh, that's quite cute. Or we give it away after 8 o'clock. My placentas? Yeah. No one else would be giving away placentas after 8, mate. You're right. You're right.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thursday, Friday last week, we played handball for 24 hours raising money for the fantastic organisation Kids Can and a whole lot of money was raised. They wanted $350,000 to make a difference for Kiwi kids and now over $460,000 has been raised. Incredible. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Couldn't have done it without you. Literally, couldn't have done it without you. So thank you to everyone who donated how big or small that dollar value was. So we're going to go to Jordan. Howdy, Dad. Jordan Watson. 48 hours after the 24 hours. Welcome back.

Welcome. Welcome. I don't know about you guys. Look, I'm the young one of the three of us that took part in it. And I'm not over-exaggerating. My knee joints are still bad and my calf muscles. I've been stretching up a storm. My calf muscles just want to snap straight off the back of the leg.

But other than that, I'm okay. I'm in good spirits. You're good. I feel like we had as much conversation as three human beings could have over 24 hours. So I don't know what we're going to talk about now. Maybe we'll just do some reflecting. You're very emotional. Emotional scenes as it

wrapped up on Friday and the dollar values just kept rising and rising for you, Jordan. Yeah, yeah, which it sounds like a real cliche man thing to say, but I'm not much of a crier at all. And the AM show crossed live to us and Ben had a comment on these. I'm feeling a bit emotional. And as he said that, I'm not. What are you up to, Ben? I'm not at all. And then we kind of had a wrap-up, and they did a few speeches for us and told us the end value. And oh, man, something inside me just cracked.

Years of emotion built up. And I had to quiver and lip, and I was trying to fight it back. But no, it was just a huge moment to see and then to really hit you on how much that money's going to make a big difference. So yeah. It's going to make a big difference. So it was awesome to be part of $460,000 is going to

help a lot of kids but we need to reflect on some of the things because we're in tired delirious stages. At one stage you cut off your sleeves because you were too hot on your t-shirt. I had a classic, look people could relate with this but went to pack my stuff to come up to Auckland,

couldn't find my deodorant, so I went to the supermarket to buy the one I always use, right? Wasn't there. I went for another off-brand one that I've never used, and it ended up being one that just made my armpits leak instantly. Oh, God, I'm feeling the heat. Here we are all day meeting a rotation of New Zealand's finest celebrities who are helping us out,

and I don't want them arriving just going, why is there one sweaty one? Why is there one sweaty one in the King Square? So I decided at one point, let's just cut them off. One, it makes me look way cooler. I feel cooler. And two, three, you don't see the sweaty pits because I've cut them out.

Oh, so that was the, I didn't know. So it was functional. That's a great option too if you are sweaty. Just cut your sleeves off. Fantastic option. There you go. You Just cut your sleeves off. Fantastic option. Yeah, there you go. You look like Vin Diesel from Fast and Furious with your sleeves cut off there, Jordan.

You were heading off to a drifting competition or something. But what would you like to say to everyone who donated? Look, I felt like Vin Diesel and we were all family and I did it all for family. But no, on a serious note, it is just a huge thank you. I mean, there'll be people out there that feel like i didn't do much i mean fundraised a dollar or two dollars or donated but as cliche as it sounds every dollar ended up adding up um you imagine if everyone in bloody new zealand added

a dollar we would have had five billion dollars so every dollar seriously counts um a massive thank you to everyone who's or shared our social or you've heard it on the hits because what happened is that everyone started ears perking up and being like yeah I have heard about this and people started tuning in and the donations just started flooding in in those last kind of six hours and that got us through it

because there were some dark times that I looked into Ben Boyce's eyes at 3am and he just was not there he was just he was the what's the dark version of Eminem? Slim Shady he was in the what was just he was what's the dark version of Eminem Slim Shady he was in the

what was the video the Stan video he looked like the guy after Stan yeah I had some moments we all had some moments when we got through it now we appreciate you

coming to us with this amazing idea and to be part of and it makes a real difference so thanks very much hey and if I say it live on here right now I have to lock you in

for next year guys we're doing it again next year oh jeez you're coming fresh off there. It was 12 months away. All right, you can lock us in. Yeah, yeah. We'll deal with the pain in 12 months. Actually, on the plane home, you said you just completely passed out on the way back to Tauranga.

Oh, mate, I did the mouth-open sleep. I sat on the plane, and the lady starts doing the safety briefing. I'm thinking, don't be rude. She said, very big on you listening to this. And I was looking at her, and I was making eye contact. I'm listening, I'm thinking, don't be rude, because they're very big on you listening to this, and I was looking at her, and I was making eye contact, like, I'm listening, I'm listening, next minute I wake up, it's mid-flight, and I am full mouth open, like, sleep, the old dribble, a little bit of

dribble, and just look around the plane, like, I've teleported somewhere, but yeah, I zonked out real bad. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Four hours of handball left us in pretty tired and delirious states. Yeah, it did, from states. I remember over the weekend I must say to you at one point

I just ate an entire wrap wrapped in paper. I didn't even realise it was wrapped. I got to the final bite and I'm like this tastes a lot more papery than I remember wraps. You know how they've got that thin layer of paper around a wrap? Yeah. You ate the whole thing?

It was because the paper was so thin you didn't notice it what about the initial bite is like difficult to get through swallowed it was going to come out like paper mashing you kind of think back

to those moments of the weekend one of the other ones I thought back to we were on the live on the AM show which was also the AM show

were great support and you were like Amanda Gillies is such a great handball player and she is but she's no longer on the AM show

no no you kept saying it to the AM show no I know you kept saying it to the AM show and I think they were like oh I was like you're a tired delirious I thought that

at the weekend I was like oh that's right she's no longer there yeah they they got rid of her last year didn't they and I remember that too

it was good of you to remind them about that yeah but it was awesome people like Amanda Gilley's AM show all coming down and helping out

yeah fantastic stuff and so we just want to know you're so tired, that what, maybe you did eat an entire chip packet or something. Although I did see there were signs all over the place around the netball centre saying this is a zero waste. Yeah, true. So maybe eating your rubbish was the only solution.

Can't leave it there. We're going to get Roz on. Welcome. I was so tired that... I vacuumed a house and didn't realise the vacuum wasn't on. Oh, the whole entire house? Yep. There's one real giveaway for if the vacuum's on.

It's kind of like it makes a noise. I know. So why were you so tired? Was it just life in general or any particular reason? Life in general, lots of overwork. I was actually at work at the time. I was vacuuming a client's house and she comes up when I finish and says, have you vacuumed? And I

said, you know, she goes I don't think so. And then I turned around and realised that it wasn't actually on. Oh, yeah. Vacuuming's not that enjoyable, is it? So you have to go back to the start line, Ros? Yep. Oh, the whole house is left out. Well, thank you,

Ros. I appreciate that that we're sending out some hell pizza for sharing that with us we appreciate it okay good on you mate so I remember I brushed my teeth too

with Voltaren oh yeah it looks a lot like a toothpick yeah it does but it doesn't taste I mean the smell

is intense enough but early in the morning you can do those sorts of things oh yeah very relaxed mouth had in the remote in the morning you can do those sorts of things, right? Yeah. Very relaxed mouth. Had in the remote in the fridge before. Not known where that's gone.

I don't know what. Well, is it fresh off the babies? Yeah. Yeah. You're an autopilot in that mode, aren't you? You are. You put dog biscuits in the washing machine? Yeah, dog biscuits because it's next in the laundry.

It's just so tired. You put it straight in. It doesn't work. It doesn't help your whites get whiter. Because it makes them fresh. No, dog biscuits. They fit in there quite nicely in the laundry, just so tired, you put it straight in. It doesn't work. It doesn't help your whites get whiter. It doesn't make them fresh. No, dog biscuits. They fit in there quite nicely in the little tray. Because Zoe on, welcome from Tauranga.

I'm so tired that. That I was getting undressed to go to bed, put my dirty clothes in the toilet, go to the washing machine, and then on autopilot flush in the toilet instead of the washing machine and then on autopilot flushed the toilet and then flooded the bathroom. Well, you're a doctor aren't you, Zoe?

Yeah, so that's a good advert for not being one. Yeah, you guys pull some bloody long hours, mate. Hey, lovely to hear from you. You look after yourself. You guys too. HEMS, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thames, the place to be in New Zealand last week. Someone won a million dollars on Wednesday's lotto draw and then over the weekend

from Thames Coromandel, $500,000. You guys are lucky I'm here. I won lotto. Did you? Division 7. Yeah, you did. What's that get you? Me and 34,000 other Kiwis got $ bucks. Oh, yeah, gee, my wife got 15 bucks.

It was with Division 7. I know. You went down to Division 7. And like eight bonus lines. I'm like, yeah. So jackpots again, I guess, does it, to Wednesday's draw? No, I think it was claimed over the weekend, yeah. The Powerball.

Oh, no, the Powerball was the main, yes, you're right. I think that's up to 26. Yeah, that's huge. Oh, no, the Powerball was the main, yes, you're right. I think that's up to 26. Yeah, that's huge. Yes, sorry. Now, something that humbles me as a 40-plus adult just trying to make their way through life, nothing humbles you more than a smarmy Gen Z-er informing you that you've accidentally left your phone torch light on.

Which is, really, when it boils down to it, it's an easy thing to do. It is. Any generation can have their phone torch light on. Which is, really, when it boils down to it, it's an easy thing to do. It is. Any generation can have their phone torch light on. On your iPhone, it's on the home screen. So you can knock it. And now and again you do an accidentally bumper and you don't realise it's on. It's the ultimate power play from the Gen Z community

where they're like, ah, your phone torch is on. Now, producer Grace, smack bang in the Gen Z fraternity. You said nothing more embarrassing than having your phone torch on. Yeah, it just really brings

out your inner boomer. I'm sorry, John. But then, I'm sure it happens to every Gen Zer. Absolutely. Like every Gen Zer

has probably gone, oh, whoops, I've done that. Why is it so embarrassing? It's like the new toilet paper getting stuck on your shoe

in public. That's what it's like. You're right. It's like, do I tell him his phone torch is on? Do I not? Oh, God. I know.

I saw a stranger, a woman yesterday, had her phone light on, and I was like, I'm not going to tell her. I love the one where it shines out through your pocket. Like a searchlight beacon that shines through your groin. And, Grace, maybe I want my phone torch light on all the time. You never know when you want to inspect someone's tonsils. Have a suspect in an investigation trying to torch me.

You never know when you want to read a menu and the lighting's not great in a restaurant. That's more embarrassing, the size of your font. I've got a big font. I've got some big font. Don't send him a big text message. What happened is Ben will say, I've said this story many times,

my friend Baz, many years ago, he's like, try this, and I did, and now my eyes have adjusted to it. However, Stephen McIver, our sports commentator who was at the handball thing with us last week for Kids Can. Oh, gee whiz, you should see his font. You get a text and it's like two words to the screen. He's got one word to the screen. His was big font.

That was enormous. But anyway, just wanted to point that out that, yeah, your generation will also leave their torch on. Is it as embarrassing for you as it is for us? We just don't do it. I bet you don't. How do you avoid it? Yeah. Oh, gosh.

You just got to know what's on your screen and just not touch things. But the thing is, it's in your pocket. It gets in your bum. Yeah, anyway. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On your Monday morning, refresh off 24 hours of playing handball, raising money for Kids Can. And the founder of Kids Can, Julie Chapman, joins us right now.

Julie, good morning. How are you? Good morning. How are you? We were just having a bit of a debate off air as the song was playing. Do you prefer Julie or? Julie. Oh, well, when I was in trouble, I used to get Julie.

And so I prefer Julie. Julie brings happy connotations. Julie. Yeah, Julie brings you've done something wrong. Right. Get here now. Yeah, absolutely. Well, hopefully we've done nothing wrong because it was awesome to be part of uh kids campbell over thursday friday

a delirious 24 hours for us but really emotional at the end because we raised a whole heap of money which will make a huge difference to a whole lot of kiwi kids you know what and it's still going i had a look this morning and it's now up to like 467 800 and so it's just actually amazing and people are still obviously still feeling the feeling the love and feeling the vibe and of what you guys did so yeah it was epic wasn't it it was and you've got such a wonderful team of people who work at kids can uh just doing good doing good in the world now i know it's probably hard to you know to put numbers on it because it probably varies school to school. But how many children do you think this will help? Gosh. Well, we know that our first goal was to take at least 40 of the schools on our

waiting list off. And I think with what we've raised, we may even be able to double that. Wow. So that would pretty much clear our waiting list of schools. Oh, wow. That is awesome. Because 60,000 kids you help a week at Kids Can, you know, and so that's more on top of that. Yeah, so we provide food support for 60,000.

And on top of that, you know, we're right in the middle. Over the weekend and towards the end of last week, our team in the warehouse at Kids Can have sent out more than, gosh, I think more than 15,000 jackets. Yeah, it's full on. It's sometimes relentless, which is probably how you felt when you were relentless. Listen, 24 hours is nothing compared to what you guys do. So logistically, it's quite interesting.

You've got a giant warehouse with all the shoes, the jackets, and the food that you send out, and you send each school a big package to you. Yeah, so we've got a portal that schools can log onto and they can order what they need. And then we've got, as you say, a big warehouse that stores all of our coats, shoes, all of our non-perishable food. And we've got a team that, you know, works every day to get those orders out to schools.

So taking these schools off is going to be cool. And hopefully we can get you guys out to meet some of the kids as well at some point. We'd love that. It was so awesome to be part of. We're going to cry again. Oh, yeah, we're blubbing messes by the end of it weren't we um tired emotional but and so cool to see yeah i mean just amazing like the trillion trust coming through with a hundred thousand dollars another forty thousand dollar anonymous donations i mean those

huge acts just make such a big difference oh absolutely and i mean you know um in the in the companies that have been there from the start as well like you know we've got our principal partner meridian energy who got in the mix i mean jespry with the kiwi fruit as well with the the elephant that we play i keep thinking am i hallucinating or no i'm playing handball with an elephant yeah you've got to have you've got to have a good mascot in there, don't you? Exactly. Like, I appreciated the elephant, but the elephant was relentless about getting on the handball court,

but couldn't play handball. It was very passionate about raising money, and it was so amazing to be part of. So thank you for having us part of that, and thank you to everyone that donated, because it's incredible. You wanted, you know, Kids Kids Camp wanted $350,000. As you said before, we're over $460,000, which is incredible

and a really tough climate out there for a lot of people. A really tough climate. And I mean, I guess, you know, the thing that I would tell your listeners, you know, that they can be really proud of and also you guys as well, is this literally translates into shoes and socks and jackets. And so when you think of the big number, you know, what we're actually doing is getting all the things that an individual child needs to them, along with food and all of that. So, you know, there'll be kids going to school that literally got those items and have that

food because of your listeners and because of you guys and everyone getting in behind it. And to be honest, just hearing you say that it clears the waiting list, like that makes me a bit emotional to think that we're able to do that. It is. It is emotional. And I tell you what, my favorite thing to do is actually get out to the schools and meet the kids. And there's a lot of misconceptions in New Zealand about why people are in hardship or, you know, they're there because of their own doing. And it's just not true. And I'll tell you what, when you meet the kids, there'll be more tears. They're just fantastic kids, all of them.

And they've got hopes and dreams and all sorts of things. I tell you what, it was an honour to play a very small part in your amazing organisation, Julie. You go out there and keep up the great work. You're doing wonderful things in New Zealand. Thank you, guys, and I hope you got a lot of sleep on the weekend. Ben went to the bloody pub. He's an animal. Nothing stopping him that night.

I had a little nap. 24 hours at the pub? No, I had a nap for an hour, and then I was good to go. Well, you were probably just on the adrenaline. Yeah. Raising so much money. Adrenaline rush. Hey, Julie, thanks very much for your time this morning.

And kidscampbell.org.nz if you still want to donate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The world's got a new world record holder for the oldest man, 111 years old. His name is John. He's from England. He eats fish and chips every week. And he doesn't look a day over 110. He looks magnificent.

He looks all right, though. He looks like he could be like 75 or something. I agree. Yeah, he looks brilliant. A lot better than me anyway. So happy birthday, John. And you said he won by default because the two previous holders will. Both sadly passed away in the last couple of weeks.

Rest in peace. Yeah. Yeah. It must get passed around quite a bit, that title. Some of them only hold that title for just a quick short minute. A lot of people sliding into your DMs this week to ask some questions for us to hopefully put to the hits audience. Yeah, usually it's about their own relationships. This one is about someone else's relationship.

This is interesting. So the message reads, Hi team, I have a little dilemma for a dear Megan. What would you do if you had a hunch your neighbor was cheating on their wife? I often see a woman come over to their house when I know the wife isn't home, even at night sometimes, and it's always the same woman, but I've never seen them kiss or anything. It just seems fishy to me that she always comes over when the wife isn't home and I never see her around when she's there. I know our neighbours, we look after the place

when they go on holiday, but we aren't close. Do I say something or is it best not to get involved? Oh, to me, that's a bloody mind your own business scenario. Let's just stay out of it, Karen, isn't it? Or you could write, if you don't want to be attached to this and get yourself involved, you could do one of those anonymous letters, which are used letters from newspapers and magazines and things, and just put it in the letterbox and go, I know what you're doing, and leave it there. Oh, that's creepy.

Is it creepy? It's like, I know what you did last summer. Yeah. What would you do? I don't know. I'm torn between going and talking to the partner and being like, oh, who's that woman that comes over? Like real casually.

Right. Being like, I see you, big dog. Or letting it slip in a casual conversation that you kind of know is that what you're saying in some ways. Kind of. And seeing what he says. Yeah, gotcha. Or do you go to the the

wife both just super casual and you're like oh um is that your sister or something like i don't know that is the ultimate stirring i feel like it's kind of i don't know girl code like I feel like it's kind of, I don't know, girl code. Like I feel like a bit protective of her in some way. Stay out of it. It's not my business. You never know who. It could be like an instructor coming over, instructing him how to use his ghoulies with her. You don't know.

You don't know what's happening. It could be something. Yeah, it could be legitimate. It could be legitimate. I'm still waiting for you to give me a legitimate what it could be. He's learning another language and she comes over and she... At night when the wife's not there. I don't know.

It was a good example. It was a great example. She gave an example. You gave it. Yeah. Language. I'm not saying that sounds like that, but I'm just like, there could be a legitimate thing. Yeah.

If something nefarious is happening, karma. Karma will run its course. Karma is my boyfriend. Things get found out. Yeah. So I guess you want to chuck this over. No 800 the hits. Do you stick your beak inside this dilemma or do you stay out of it and watch it from the sidelines?

I'm kind of more on the lines of how do you stick your beak in? Yeah. How do you broach it? So you would. You would inform them. I think so. But you just don't know the method you would use. I'd just try and find out more information.

It's in the middle of today's DM, DM Megan, where someone has slid into Megan's DMs with a very interesting dilemma. Yeah, it's kind of awkward. So they have a hunch that their neighbor might be cheating on their wife or there's something going on because they often see a woman come over to their house when the wife's not home, even at night sometimes it's always the same woman. It feels like they're watching a lot, to be honest.

Stay out of it, Trev. It does feel like, oh, is it the woman again? No, but they look after their house when they go on holiday and stuff. I'd like to know, does this person have any hobbies or interests? Yeah. Have they heard of Netflix? Some houses, like, in my parents' house, it's very obvious, like, in the main living area there's big windows where you can see the neighbours

all the time and their comings and goings. It's like when you sit behind someone on a plane and they're using their phone. I can't help but stare at that phone and what's going on there. It's like the train crash, isn't it? The slow train crash. You can't take your eyes off it. Yeah. So you would tell the neighbour're true you haven't found a classy way to do so i don't think i would tell them i would fish for further details you're like so who's the woman that comes over we're like yeah someone suggested say like oh have you got

a cleaner because i always like without sounding misogyn, there's a woman that always comes over to your house. They're the best cleaners. Or an accountant that's coming over at night when you're not there. No, there'd be a guy in that case. Right, smarter. Good with money, yeah. Let's get Bex on. Welcome. How are you, mate?

Hiya. Hi. Hi. A lot of people chiming in with this one. Bex, what do you want to say? Would you tell the neighbour? No. No, I wouldn't.

You don't know what the circumstances are inside someone's house? No, I know, but that's why I want to ask. But again, it's none of your business. No, okay, so... So she might know. They might know. Yeah, well, that's cool. They might know.

I know, but... They might not know. Teas, I'll tell They might not know. The answer might be harmless and then that's all good. If you were

her and this was happening, would you want anyone to say anything? I've been

in that situation. It's delicate when you've got children. Yeah, right. Of course. Bex is a you've got children. Yeah, right.

Of course. Bex is a stay out of it. Yeah, I am. Yeah. But be supportive. You could say something like, you know, do you want to come over and have a coffee or something and see if they volunteer any information.

Yeah. Don't go. Okay. They might know about it and you'll end up being the headshot. Yeah, you're right. I tell you what, you could bloody commit a ram raid with Bex and she wouldn't be telling the cops. Take it to your grave,

eh, Bex? Yep. Good on you, mate. Hey, thank you so much for sharing this morning. Welcome. Dear Megan, your neighbour, you suspect them of having an affair. Is it your duty to tell them, tell the partner? Yes, it is. It is?

Oh, it is? Jeez, we've done a big flip here. Yeah, okay, why is that? Sorry. I had too many people who knew about my ex, and they didn't tell me. Oh, so you would have appreciated someone, anyone, even your neighbor, saying something? Yeah, I would have. What happens if they don't know for sure, though?

That's the thing. Well, they could give me some sort of heads up. I would have appreciated it. What would that heads up be, though? I'm finding out myself. That's the thing. I can present the information that you've got, and if it's innocent, then there's nothing wrong with it.

No, there's no harm done. I mean, I had two kids, you know, and they were little. And it had been going on for a whole seven years of marriage, you know. Seven years? Yeah. You poor thing. No. Not really.

It was the best thing ever, getting rid of them. Yeah, right. That's the thing. If there's two people in an unhappy marriage, regardless, sometimes the best thing is to move apart and be happy. Yeah, well, I'm happy. Oh, good, I'm glad. I did have a fair idea, you know, so I guess it was really my fault.

Not your fault. You've got a sense, don I guess it was really my fault. It's not your fault. You've got a sense, don't you? You know deep down. Thank you so much for sharing again. People have been very helpful this morning. We'll take one more very quickly. Laws, what's the decider? Is this person telling the neighbour or not? Morena.

Definitely tell the neighbour. Tell the neighbour. Tell the lady though, not the guy. Don't approach him because he might get a bit aggressive. But yeah, tell, no. Definitely tell the neighbour. Tell the neighbour. Tell the lady, though, not the guy. Don't approach him because he might get a bit aggressive. But, yeah, tell the lady. Okay. You know, you can make it nice and casual and a funny conversation. Look, this could come across really funny or whatever.

I mean, I'd rather know. Well, there we go. That seems to be the consensus, the popular vote. So that's what you're telling this person to do, Megan? I don't want to tell her what to do, but I guess just a simple, easy conversation, if it's really innocent, then it's innocent. No harm, no foul,

right? Okay. Here's a great text. Someone said, start a vlog, we can all watch it. Daily vlog update. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now we've got a big dog at home, a big white fluffy Samoyed, his name is Bo, and he's a really social, social dog, which is great.

But when people come over, like we had a guy fixing the shower the other day, which was great timing after I'd done 24 hours of handball. I couldn't go to sleep. But the dog just wants to hang out with the person in the house, which is cool, but he kind of gets to the stage where the guy's got to do his job and he's kind of bringing in

his toys, his ball, all sorts of stuff up towards it it he's just wanting to hang around play with me and i'm like mate you need to get outside but what happens the dog started to do that every time i try and get him outside i'm like come on mate you need to go outside he'll just sit there and he'll just lie down and he's quite he's quite big and then i'll go to go come on mate and then he'll yelp and i don't even touch him he'll just Like I've done something in front of the person. He did this in front of the guy the other day, and I was like, I didn't even touch him. I'm like a league player pleading my case.

I don't even touch him. But the dog's done this a couple of times, just yelps. Yeah, powerful play from the dog. It looks like I've done something, and I haven't even touched him. I'm like, oh, dog. Cheeky. Yeah.

He's a great actor. The dog's a great actor. Yeah, in the supermarket. It was a few weeks ago. Very funny. There was a mother in here. She was refusing to buy lollies for the kid. The kid yells out beautiful power play from the child.

Child abuse. Child abuse. Oh, my gosh. Completely disarmed at that point. Take the money, fruit burst. Take the fruit burst. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Four hours, we played handball, all raising

money for Kids Can, and it was an epic 24-hour experience. Good morning, it is The Hits, coming to you from the Auckland Netball Centre. We're about to play 24 hours of handball for Kids Can. The brainchild of How To Dad, Jordan Watson. You've got the horn to officially launch this.

I've got the horn, I've got the horn. You tell me when. History's about to be made. Children are about to be saved. And the first ball is bounced. Home Minister, good morning. Congratulations. This is fantastic what you're doing. Kids Can Ball, kind of support a fantastic organisation. For pain you're about to put yourself through for 24

hours. And for everyone who wants to get behind a great call, as in John Owen being on the team, just please step up and donate because this organisation gets incredible results. Every dollar that goes in ends up generating many, many more dollars of benefit. Yeah, we have our biggest waiting list right now since 2018. We have around 10,000 kids in schools

and early childhood centres that really need this support. So we're asking the public to really dig deep. It will help so much. It's a really tough year for charities and the fact that you guys have put your hands up to do this, it's going to be epic. It's cool when they've been given a pair of shoes and they're quite cool shoes now.

They're sort of like trunks. And the raincoats, when it's raining, it's hard to describe the magnitude of what impact it has on the children and when you're not there, it's a cold face. A hungry child doesn't move. It's Jordan Watson. Howdy, Dad. You came to us with this idea because you're very passionate about Kids Can. You're a Kids Can ambassador.

Yeah, I've been an ambassador for around six years and my job really is let's try and push this out through my socials as much as I can and get as much traction, as many eyes on the issue as we can. It's just ticked over 8 o'clock at night. We're officially halfway through the handball-a-thon. Someone just made $40,000. Someone has just donated $40,000. Do you know who it was, Kim?

Anonymous? Well, Jeremy Corbett. Very athletic on the handball court. Which surprises me. Having had a little go, though, is there any way I can just make a donation and leave? Ketamine, welcome. Oh, good.

I didn't realise the world of handball needed a drag queen, but boy, oh boy, now there's a drag queen involved and it's taken it to the next level. I honestly think I could go pro. You're really good. You've got natural ability. Have you played previously? Well, not with these ones, but, you know I've not played with a few balls in my time. Boxer Shane Cameron, so good to see you here today.

You're actually really good on the handball court. Oh, thank you mate. Oh, because I've broken one hand seven times, so it's in that natural handball style. I can't even open it, so it's working perfectly. Well, just over one hour to go. During the ad break, we just had a message for us to call Dilhan, the owner of Dilmara.

Proud partner that we team up with. How are you guys? Tell you what we need is a cup of tea and a lie down. Now you've got the support from Dilmar. We are going to put in $5,000. Oh wow. $5,000. Just completed 24 hours of handball.

Julie, the founder of Kids Can, is here with us. The need is bigger than ever. Over 200 schools and early childhood centres waiting. We're providing food to 10,000 more kids this year than at the same time last year. So 60,000 kids at the moment you're providing. Our old mate Jordan Watson, who's how to dad, could you believe that when we started we wanted $350,000. Right now we've got over $435,000 and apparently more is to come. It's just an insane

insane amount of money which is going to make so much change in so many little kids lives.