The Somewhat Ambitious

Morning all! Thanks for listening to Nerds this morning. It’s a good day when I get to drop the phrase “dunked in a vat of Minotaur semen” on national breakfast radio. In case you’re curious about what was covered on the show, here’s a breakdown:

- I talked about the ultimate Star Wars wedding cake: a dead Taun Taun with a tiny, delicious Luke Skywalker nestled inside a whole mess of guts.

- We chatted about the physics of teapots! Specifically, about new research which indicates there are synthesised substances which might allow one to avoid spillage. Now I can do all those regular things, like go horse riding and play tennis!

- Is the five year old kid who just got into the record books for being horrifically strong going to be a superhero later in life? We talked it over. Probably not.

- We discussed the case of a Chihuahua being smuggled in a Bulgarian guys luggage. Are chihuahua’s universally despised dogs?

- I talked about Star Wars Uncut, the fan project involving laying claim to a fifteen second segment of A New Hope and remaking it however you like. The finished product, comprising over four hundred and seventy of these fragments, will probably be hugely disorienting to watch. I can’t wait.

- And finally, we talked about a recent claim that in the future, the super rich will evolve into a different sub-species, on account of their fancy robo butlers and nuclear-powered bowels.

Make sure you check back later in the day for a link to the podcast. I’m off to collapse in a heap!

/Paul