No Such Thing As A Cannibal Squirrel is the 191st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 35th episode of the fourth year, and the 46th episode of 2017. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Komedia in Bath.
Description[]
Live from Bath, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss Calvin Coolidge's robotic horse, the inventor of email, and the language it's easiest to speak while drunk.
Facts[]
- It's easier to speak Dutch if you're drunk.[1] (Harkin)
- American president Calvin Coolidge used to ride a robot horse inside the White House 3 times every day.[2] (Schreiber)
- A member of Iceland's Pirate Party just injured her eye and had to appear on TV wearing an eyepatch.[3] (Ptaszynski)
- The man who invented email later changed career to become a sheep semen importer.[4][5] (Murray)
Audience Fact[]
Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of The Book of the Year to the best audience-submitted fact.
The inventor of the bra had a pet whippet named Clytoris.[6] (Caris Rubenzer)
Trivia[]
- This is the third stop on the 2017 Tour.
- The Audiobook of the Year is announced.
- Dan puts forward a "fact" that Adam and Eve were actually tree people.
- Later in the episode Andy is about to claim a dubious fact when Dan corrects him.
- Dan mentions John Harvey Kellogg, whose unusual inventions were discussed in Episode 51.
- Dan refers to the headline fact about Calvin Coolidge's pranks from Episode 24.
- Andy makes a joke about the @-symbol being called an amphora in his Twitter name.
- Caresse Crosby would be discussed again in Episode 198.
- Schreiber's school nickname "Dandan" is mentioned again in the 20 Hour Podcast.
Notes[]
- ↑ Maastricht University: Dutch courage – Alcohol improves foreign language skills
- ↑ Mental Floss: Show & Tell: Calvin Coolidge’s Electric Exercise Horse
- ↑ BBC: Icelandic Pirate Party MP forced to wear eyepatch
- ↑ The Daily Gazette: Ray Tomlinson: Adept @ finding solutions
- ↑ Wikipedia: Ray Tomlinson
- ↑ Wikipedia: Caresse Crosby