No Such Thing As A Giant War Sausage is the 261st episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 1st episode of the sixth year, and the 12th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at The Venue in Uffculme, Devon.
Description[]
Live from Uffculme, Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss chocolate gramophones, licking your own forehead and Icelandic sheep dating.
Facts[]
- There is a man in Nepal who can lick his own forehead. (Harkin)
- In 1903 you could buy a gramophone record made of chocolate, which you could play a song on and then eat the disc. (Murray)
- In the early 1700s the most popular British guide to the history, language and culture of Taiwan was written by a man who didn't speak the language, had never been there, and knew nothing about it. (Ptaszynski)
- Ahead of breeding season, Iceland publishes an illustrated catalogue of the country's most eligible sheep. (Schreiber)
Trivia[]
- This is the third stop on the In No Particular Order tour and the first episode of Year Six.
- The chocolate eaten by Scott's Antarctic Expedition was previously mentioned in TBA.
- Murray mentions disgusting foods (like boiled sheep's brain), which were part of Harkin's headline fact in Episode 250: No Such Thing As The Mysterious Chamber.
- After a piece about artificial insemination, Murray suggests that the authorities should contact Ptaszynski by email.