One of my favourite TV shows, presented by one of my favourite people, is making its debut in the US!
QI is a comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Some of the participants tease Stephen Fry mercilessly because he's so posh.
The show is a lot of fun, but we also learn quite interesting things. The following were taken from one of the books related to the TV series:
01) Trombone is French for paperclip, as well as the musical instrument.
02) A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB, the equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 Macbook Pro laptops.
03) When a medium in trance offered to answer any questions, Groucho Marx asked, 'What's the capital of North Dakota?'
04) The whole of Liechtenstein can be rented for $70,000 a night, for a minimum of two nights. It sleeps 900.
05) Most diamonds are at least 3 billion years old.
06) Under extreme high pressure, diamonds can be made from peanut butter.
07) George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein had their shoes hand-made by the same Italian shoemaker.
08) EVERYBODY expected the Spanish Inquisition - they were legally obliged to give 30 days' notice.
09) The human brain takes 11 million bits of information every second, but is only aware of 40.
10) A 'babalevante' is someone who makes feeble jokes.
11) All blue-eyed people are mutants. The first ones appeared as recently as 5,000 years ago.
12) The pleasant smell of earth after rain is caused by bacteria in the soil and it's called petrichor - from Greek petros, 'stone' and ichor, 'the fluid that flows through the veins of the gods'.
13) The inventor of 'best before' dates, originally for milk, was Al Capone's brother, Ralph.
14) The G-spot was nearly called the 'Whipple Tickle', after Prof. Beverley Whipple, who coined the expression we know today.
15) 99% of all the species that have ever lived are now extinct.
16) Every human being starts life as an asshole: it's the first part of the body to form in the womb.
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
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Sunday, 15 February 2015
Icy sunset
These icy masterpieces were sculptured by nature. Some of her installations don't last very long, but she's the ultimate artist. Still... We wouldn't be enjoying them without a talented photographer who seized the moment!
Saturday, 14 February 2015
Beautiful watercolours on Valentine's Day
View_From_Here discovered a Serbian artist called Endre Penovác and sent me some pictures. Being greedy, I had to google a few more delightful pictures to add to the post. Thank you, View_From_Here.
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| The artist's website is worth a visit |
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| HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! |
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Friday, 13 February 2015
The perfect man
CC sent us a joke! It's hilarious, thank you, CC.
A man walks out to the street and hails a taxi just going by.
He gets into the taxi, the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Frank."
Passenger: "Who?"
Cabbie: "Frank Feldman... he's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time."
Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."
Cabbie: "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone, and danced like a Broadway star. And you should have heard him play the piano! He was an amazing guy."
Passenger: "Sounds like he was somebody really special."
Cabbie: "Oh hell there's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order, and which fork to eat it with. And he could fix anything. Not like me, I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could do everything right."
Passenger: "Wow, some guy then."
Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made mistakes, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never argue back, even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! I never knew him to make a mistake! No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."
Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?"
Cabbie: "Well. I never actually met Frank. He died, and I married his f+%$#*g widow!
A man walks out to the street and hails a taxi just going by.
He gets into the taxi, the cabbie says, "Perfect timing. You're just like Frank."
Passenger: "Who?"
Cabbie: "Frank Feldman... he's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time."
Passenger: "There are always a few clouds over everybody."
Cabbie: "Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone, and danced like a Broadway star. And you should have heard him play the piano! He was an amazing guy."
Passenger: "Sounds like he was somebody really special."
Cabbie: "Oh hell there's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, which foods to order, and which fork to eat it with. And he could fix anything. Not like me, I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, he could do everything right."
Passenger: "Wow, some guy then."
Cabbie: "He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made mistakes, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never argue back, even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! I never knew him to make a mistake! No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman."
Passenger: "An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?"
Cabbie: "Well. I never actually met Frank. He died, and I married his f+%$#*g widow!
Thursday, 12 February 2015
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Sunday, 8 February 2015
Black & White fashion
When I did the post about 1950's fashion, I came across many pictures by the eccentric British photographer Norman Parkinson. I had too many photos for that one, so I saved these for a new post.
[Fashion posts make me think of CC and Amy...]
Black:
White:
Curiosity: the model in the middle of the black and of the white pictures is Parkinson's third wife, Wenda Rodgerson. Here she is again, in a very lovely photo:
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