Hi guys, just before we start this show, we wanted to let you know we've got a really

exciting guest on today. We were really looking forward to recording with this person.

It's a new, up and coming comic and creative talent called Stephen Fry.

Yeah. I've not heard of him. Well, I think you will have in a couple of years. He's new on the scene.

Cool. Okay. Well, that's very exciting. And he has this new book out which is called Heroes.

It's a fantastic book. It's all about the Greek heroes. So Jason and Hercules,

Slash Hercules and Pegasus, all these familiar characters, but written in the incredible comic

wit and stylings of Stephen Fry. It's really funny. It's fantastic for kids. And if you're an

adult who just wants to revisit these stories, I highly recommend it. There you go. That's Heroes

by Stephen Fry. And then please do also buy book of the year by us. And we should just say this

is a special extended version of the podcast because Stephen had so much to say and we wanted to

hear it. We figured you guys would want to hear it. And so enjoy this episode of No Such Things

A Fish Plus. Okay. On with the show.

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

from the QI offices in Covenant Garden. My name is Dan Schreiber. I am sitting here with Annet

Zinsky, Andrew Hunter Murray, James Harkend, and a special guest and the man who gave us the name,

the QI Elbs. It's Stephen Fry. And once again, we have gathered around the microphones with our

four favorite facts from the last seven days. And in no particular order, here we go. Starting with you,

Stephen. Alright, yes, I have a fact here. There was a make of toilet paper in Victorian England

that was so posh every sheet had a watermark to deter counterfeited. Actually, it was so posh,

it wouldn't have been called toilet paper. It would have been called lavatory paper. If you remember,

toilet is deeply non-use. As is the word posh. So in fact, it was probably a make of lavatory paper

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