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No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As A Fish

Arts, Nature, History, Science, Improv, Comedy

4.817.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss aeroplane-chasing bumblebees, spiky penises, and the weighing scales in the Oval Office.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of No Such Thing as a Fish, a weekly podcast coming

0:20.7

to you from the QI offices in Covern Garden.

0:23.5

My name is Dan Schreiber and I'm sitting here with James Harkin, Anichezinski and Andrew

0:28.4

Hunter Murray and once again we have gathered around the microphones with our four favorite

0:32.9

facts from the last seven days and in no particular order here we go.

0:38.3

Starting with fact number one and that is my fact, my fact this week is that the White

0:43.0

House's Oval Office is a giant weighing scale.

0:48.8

What do they use it for normally?

0:51.3

Wailing the President.

0:52.3

No, to see how heavy he is.

0:54.7

No, it's not.

0:55.7

That's why you weigh things.

0:56.7

Yeah, that's why I thought.

0:57.7

It's to see that he's there full stop.

1:00.0

So the Secret Service need a monitor where the President is at all times.

1:04.0

However, they're not allowed into the Oval Office.

1:06.0

He doesn't want them in there so they have to stand outside.

1:08.9

Now when the door is open they can see where he is but when the door is shut they can't

1:12.4

see where the President is.

1:13.7

So if you look at pictures of the Oval Office there is a giant oval carpet that literally

1:18.0

spans the entire office room except for a few inches to the wall and underneath it are

1:22.2

weighing pads that are connected to a line that goes outside.

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