No Such Thing As A Fish 537: No Such Thing As The Notorious British Institute of Graphologists
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Jun 27, 2024 The podcast covers topics like snooker on cruise ships, wine promotions, Cold War metal squashing battles, history of metal pressing machines, Victorian monster destruction engine, evolution of handwriting styles, mysteries of the Sun's activity, and concluding remarks on numbers and contact information.
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Cruise Ship Snooker
- Snooker on cruise ships traditionally used flat pucks due to rough seas.
- Modern ships now use gyroscopic tables, so steady that seasick crew sleep on them.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
- Ronnie O'Sullivan, a top snooker player, dislikes the game's slow pace and prefers faster play.
- His father's imprisonment for murder during his teenage years adds to his complex history.
Snooker's Origins
- Snooker, supposedly invented by a cousin of Neville Chamberlain, combined two games: Blackpool and Pyramid.
- The name "snooker" was a derogatory term for an incompetent player.