Little Fish: Checking the Mark Hoppus
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IC train 922 left for Turku on time. For Timo, the train journey was the best time to sleep and a good time with his family. But even though the lunch and drinks were offered at the appropriate intervals, Timo could not be more hungry than the shoes of a passing traveler. He was just a dog in his favorite place in the stroller. We take care of the trip. You decide how you use it. VR.
On a common journey. Hello, what's up? Of course you're in our kitchen. Do I even need to ask why? No, because we're going to have a tasting menu of eight kinds of food in the kitchen. Probably because you bought all these great kitchen tools for a good price. They're made to be used. But who takes care of the dishes? Nice that you asked, because in fact...
Itse asiassa Biilteemasta löytyy edulliset välineet hommaan kuin hommaan. Oli kysymys sitten omasta tai kaverin projektista.
Hello, and welcome to another episode of Little Fish. My name's Andrew Hunter-Murray. I'm here in the QI offices with Dan Schreiber and Anna Tijinsky, and we've brought some of your best facts. Hey, guys.
Hi, Andy.
Hey, buddy. Who's got a
fact? I've got a fact. That's a weird hello, Dan. You can't just be laughing from the outset.
I'm a funny guy, Anna. Get with the program. I was laughing at your hello.
Ouch. Okay.
I'll work on that. Order. Order. I want a fact.
You want a fact? I've got a fact from Jack Poupart. When Albania... This is actually an incredible fact and I want to do a whole podcast on it. Oh, okay. When Albania transitioned from communism to capitalism, the result was that almost two-thirds of the country ended up involved in pyramid schemes. Now, this is the most incredible story I can't believe I didn't know about. So Albania, you know, Soviet bloc fell and they'd never done capitalism before. Most people didn't really know how it works. They'd never had private banking before. They didn't really understand interest rates. And all of these pyramid companies started up. Two thirds of the country invested all their savings in them. And basically it was where you took a deposit out and then the interest was paid by the next person's deposit.
And then that interest was paid by the next person's deposit. Do
you know exactly how a pyramid scheme works? I thought that was how normal banking works. But I've lost all my money to a pyramid
scheme. Do not join the Murray Bank.
Do they, by the way, when you said they went from communism to capitalism, is that a one day? Is it like, you know, when countries change side of the roads for the
driving side? They normally phase it in, I think. So all eggs are still communist. But
if
you're buying cereal, then you have to pay. Very confusing. Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's true. A lot of crashes happened. This was incredible, though. So genuinely, the IMF said to Albania, this is fucked up. It's a pyramid scheme. We in the capitalist world have known about this for ages. No one believed it. And anyway, it all collapsed in the late 90s. And there was this massive rebellion. And 2000 people, in fact, died in the end of the 90s in these huge rebellions.
And
Albania was looted.
What is the opening introduction and who are the hosts of Little Fish?
State armies were looted.
The classic Anna fact was She gets us all excited. Oh, there's going to be some great comic twist coming up, like a Mr. Bean episode. Thousands died.
Last episode of Mr. Bean, everyone died.
Wow. That sounds extraordinary. That's an incredible story. Yeah. All right, I've got one now. This is a great fact. It comes in from Igor Ferreira. One fact I think is quite amusing, says Igor, is that Georgia, that's the state in the USA, not the Eastern European country, has two counties which share a border and they're named Bacon County and Coffee County. Quite
a breakfast
pair. Unfortunately, Coffee County does not have a strong coffee production culture. Neither does Bacon County have prominent swine farms. And it turns out that Bacon County was named after Senator Augustus Bacon. And Coffee County was named after Congressman John E. Coffee. Oh, man. Isn't that good?
It is good. It's
good. It's really good. Coffee County, John E. Coffee, really interesting guy.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:17
2
What is the opening introduction and who are the hosts of Little Fish?
3:17–4:45
3
How did Albania’s transition to capitalism lead to massive pyramid schemes?
4:45–10:51
4
Which U.S. counties have food‑related names and what’s the story behind them?
10:51–15:37
5
Did Blink‑182 really break the Geneva Convention with their album cover?
15:37–32:24