No Such Thing As A Squashed Microbe is the 275th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 15th episode of the sixth year, and the 26th episode of 2019. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded at the New Theatre Oxford.
Description[]
Live from Oxford, Dan, James, Anna and Andrew discuss lethal hippopotamus poo, ice cream-making warplanes, and how to avoid upsetting microbes.
Facts[]
- Hippos sometimes poo into rivers so much that all the fish downstream die. (Murray)
- There are monks in India who avoid going out in the rain so that they don't splash through puddles and upset the microbes in them. (Ptaszynski)
- During World War II, while American pilots were flying over enemy territory, not only were they shooting at the enemy but they were also making ice cream at the same time. (Schreiber)
- In 1997 a city in Saskatchewan held a referendum on whether the end of a toilet paper should hang under or over the roll. (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- This is the seventeenth stop on the In No Particular Order tour, and the last one in the UK.
- This is the second live show at the New Theatre after Episode 208: No Such Thing As A Female Egg Thief.
- Baby hippoes eat faeces in order to colonise their guts with bacteria - this is mentioned as something koalas do in Episode 75, Episode 306 and Episode 314.
- Hippos being able to retract their testicles into their bodies was discussed in Episode 22: No Such Thing As A Magic Camel Filter.
- The correct way to hang toilet paper was mentioned in Episode 244: No Such Thing As A Fishman.
- The Greek referendum to replace the King was also discussed in TBA.
Audience Fact[]
Although nothing was given away, this episode does end with Murray reading a fact from an audience member which was vaguely related to the fourth headline fact.
- In the 1948 US presidential election, the Democrats commissioned a papier-mâché donkey, which was designed to have smoke belching from its nostrils to make it look impressive and intimidating. Unfortunately all the smoke came out of its back end instead. (Charlie Genis)