No Such Thing As The Very Sexy Caterpillar is the 245th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 37th episode of the fifth year, and the 49th episode of 2018. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the Brighton Dome in Brighton.
Description[]
Live from Brighton, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss the police force made up of criminals, why mice walk so loudly, and the world's first crossword.
Facts[]
- Australia's first police force was made up of the country's twelve best-behaved convicts. (Schreiber)
- In the first newspaper crosswords the answers did not have to be actual words. (Ptaszynski)
- In the German Renaissance it was briefly fashionable for women to have themselves painted as a Biblical character halfway through decapitating a man. (Murray)
- Mice can't hear their own footsteps. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- Harkin mentions that the Fish team were in Australia on The Australasia Tour.
- The details of Schreiber's fact are somewhat dubious.
- Harkin mentions Norfolk Island, which was mentioned in the previous episode.
- Ptaszynski talks about Ned Kelly, who was discussed at length in TBA.
Audience Fact[]
To promote its release, the Elves give away a copy of The Book of the Year 2018 to the best audience-submitted fact.
- There was a British man who changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice just so telemarketers would have trouble pronouncing it. (Michael JM)