No Such Thing As A Love Potion For A Vole is the 170th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 14th episode of the fourth year, and the 25th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, and Anna Ptaszynski, and QI Elf Alex Bell. It was recorded at the QI Offices in Covent Garden, London.
Description[]
Anna, James, Andy and Alex discuss stinking ice, smart seeds and the world's greatest fly swatters.
Facts[]
- Early ice-skating rinks stank of pig fat. (Murray)
- In 1912, the Toronto government ran a fly-swatting competition. It was won by a 15-year-old girl who killed half a million flies. (Ptaszynski)
- When animating One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Disney photocopied the dogs. (Bell)
- Seeds have brains. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- Regular presenter and host Dan Schreiber is absent.
- In his absence, Andrew Hunter Murray hosts.
- Alex Bell guests, making his second in a row.
- Murray introduces himself as "Lightning", a reference to Episode 149: No Such Thing As The Train King of Europe, when he insisted on being introduced as such.
- Argan oil was previously mentioned in Episode 89: No Such Thing As Utah Fried Chicken.