No Such Thing As A Wolf Diving for Clams is the 136th episode ofNo Such Thing As A Fish, the 32nd episode of the third year, and the 43rd episode of 2016. It features regular presenters Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski, and guest QI Elves Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Anna, Andy, Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard discuss Samuel Pepys's porn stash, boiling swimming pools and a sixty-year-long life hack to owning beachfront property.
Facts[]
- The first person ever recorded buying a pornographic book in England was Samuel Pepys. (Pollard)
- If 50 people swam continuously for 15 months in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the water would boil. (Fletcher)
- In Wales, the size of your garden used to be determined by how far you could throw an axe. (Ptaszynski)
- Some caterpillars find new friends by drumming on their anuses. (Murray)
Trivia[]
- Regular presenter James Harkin and host Dan Schreiber are absent. They do a pre-recorded announcement at the start, in which they reveal they are on holiday.
- Piers Fletcher and Justin Pollard appear, making their only appearance other than in Extra Bits.
- In the absence of Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski hosts.
- Andy talks about his shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe.