Episode 223: No Such Thing As A Worthless Doorstop

No Such Thing As A Worthless Doorstop
First Broadcast	29 June 2018
Presenters	James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, Dan Schreiber
Location	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Episode Length	42:17
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No Such Thing As A Worthless Doorstop is the 223rd episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 15th episode of the fifth year, and the 27th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne, Australia.

Description

Live from Melbourne, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss death by meteorite, the Manhatt-ant and the downhill history of the slinky.

Facts

• The only known modern death due to meteorite was a cow who was hit in the neck in Venezuela in 1972. We didn't know about it for a decade because the farmer ate the cow and used the meteorite as a doorstop. (Harkin)
• There is a unique species of ant that only lives in 10 blocks of New York City. They call it the "ManhattAnt". (Schreiber)
• The Slinky business almost went bankrupt because the Slinky's inventor kept giving the proceeds away to religious cults. (Ptaszynski)
• When zebras are running away from a lion, they fart loudly with every stride. (Murray)

 Trivia

• This is the third stop on the Australasia Tour.
  • This is the third ever Fish live show outside of Europe, the third in Oceania, and the third in Australia.
  • This is also the second show at the Comedy Theatre.
• James mentions that farmers sit on the soil with their naked bottoms to see if it's warm enough to begin planting, which was previously mentioned by Andy in Episode 167.
• After Anna makes a connection between a man buying a meteorite and having had a gallstone removed, Andy compares it to one of Dan's Facts, for which Dan apologises.
• Andy shares a fact about the Slinky's bottom "not knowing" that the top is falling when it's dropped, to which James responds that it doesn't even know it's a Slinky.