No Such Thing As An Earwig Family Zoom Chat is the 325th episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, the 13th episode of the seventh year, and the 24th episode of 2020. It features regular presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, and Dan Schreiber, and was recorded from home due to COVID-19.
Description[]
Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss medieval knights, 1001 nights, and French day trippers.
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Facts[]
- Paris' first public transport system failed because wealthy passengers bought all the tickets for themselves and then convinced the government to ban poor people. (Murray)
- Aladdin is Chinese. (Ptaszynski)
- Merry-go-rounds were invented in medieval times for knights to ride on. (Schreiber)
- In some parts of Japan earwigs are known as Chinpo-Kiri. Literally "penis cutters". (Harkin)
Trivia[]
- This is the twelfth Working From Home episode due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
- Harkin makes reference to Murray's apparent love for funicular railways from the previous episode.
- Blaise Pascal was discussed in TBA, when his involvement in public transport was briefly mentioned.
- Harkin has not seen The Italian Job, Spice World, Summer Holiday or Aladdin.