No Such Thing As An Heroic Fire-Goat is the 199th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 43rd episode of the fourth year, and the 2nd episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at De Montfort Hall in Leicester.
Description[]
Live from Leicester, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss meerkats' inside-out bottoms, California's imprisoned firefighters, and the risk of finding a golf ball in your crisps.
Facts[]
- Walkers crisps only source potatoes that are grown far away from golf courses because their factory machines can't distinguish between golf balls and potatoes.[1] (Ptaszynski)
- During World War I, truces would occasionally be called in the trenches so both sides could yell insults at one another.[2] (Harkin)
- 14% of all California's firefighters are in prison.[3] (Schreiber)
- Meerkats can turn their bottoms inside out.[4] (Murray)
Audience Fact[]
Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of The Book of the Year to the best audience-submitted fact.
Guide runners for sight-impaired runners can't use elasticated tethers at the Paralympics anymore because the Chinese started catapulting their runners over the finish line at the last minute.[5] (Victor Jeganathan)
Trivia[]
- This is the eighth stop on the 2017 Tour.
- Anna's fact about crisps is corrected in the next episode, as Walkers have invented a machine which can tell the difference between golf balls and potatoes.
- James mentions the fact about Hans Steininger, the owner of the world's longest beard in the 16th century, dying by tripping on his own beard during a fire, which was previously brought up in Episode 23 and Episode 75.
Notes[]
- ↑ Physics World: The journey of a crisp [direct source]
- ↑ Metro.co.uk: War diaries tell of a truce for teasing
- ↑ The Guardian: California officials admit 40% of inmate firefighters are violent offenders
- ↑ Popular Science: Meerkats use bacteria from their butts to make stinky graffiti
- ↑ World Para Athletics: Rules and Regulations 2018-2019. (PDF)