No Such Thing As A Sheep's Bedside Table is the 210th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 2nd episode of the fifth year, and the 13th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at Leeds Town Hall.
Description[]
Live from Leeds, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss sheep in a lift, the cocktail-endorsing pope, and why the RAF have banned Tunnocks Teacakes.
Facts[]
- The first hydraulic lift was invented to carry sheep onto a roof.[1][2] (Ptaszynski)
- Pope Leo XIII was once the face of a wine and cocaine cocktail.[3] (Schreiber)
- Tunnock's Teacakes aren't allowed in RAF planes in case they explode.[4] (Harkin)
- When Louis XIV, the French king, needed an operation, his doctor was so nervous that he practiced it on 75 people beforehand, many of whom did not have the condition the operation was meant to cure.[5] (Murray)
Audience Fact[]
Throughout this tour, the Elves gave away a copy of The Complete Second Year Cassette to the best audience-submitted fact.
In 2004, a boat capsized in Texas because all people on board ran to one side to get a glimpse of a nudist beach they were passing. All 60 passengers ended up in the water.[6] (Hannah Watson)
Trivia[]
- This is the fourth stop on the 2018 Tour.
- James mentions Switzerland's nuclear bunkers, which was a fact in Italy v Switzerland.
- During an advert for this episode's sponsor, The Economist, Anna mentions previous facts that the podcast obtained from it including the Go facts from Episode 128, and the pedestrian fact from Episode 62.
- Andy discusses Grace Archer being killed off to draw attention away from the launch of ITV. As of Episode 270, the podcast has revealed the real reason.
- James relates a fact about gladiators being involved in product placement, which Greg Jenner helped him find out.
- Louis XIV was previously part of a headline fact in Episode 28.
Notes[]
- ↑ Leeds Live: The iconic Leeds building based on Egyptian temples where sheep used to graze on the roof
- ↑ Wikipedia: Temple Works
- ↑ Wikipedia: Vin Mariani
- ↑ Daily Record: Retired RAF bomber reveals the secret of the exploding tea cake during the Cold War
- ↑ Le Temps: How King Louis XIV’s bottom propelled surgery into the modern age
- ↑ NBC: Barge sinks after nude sighting in Texas