The Bill is no longer recorded (and had its last episode showed this August). Never watched it so there is no reason why I should have known this before.
Thursday
Florence Nightingale’s rose diagrams showed by length of radius that most deaths were preventable during the Crimean War (not by area as I had assumed).
Friday
There were more than one species of tyrannosaurus (I assumed rex was the only one up until today!)
Saturday
A costermonger sells fruit and veg.
Sunday
The story of King Canute first appeared 100 years after his reign and is probably not true.
Monday
England last retained the ashes in 1986-1987, and now Australia have scored a record low of 98 they may do so again this year.
Tuesday
Onychophagia is the technical name for nail biting.
I learnt that Aristophanes and that he wrote a play called “The Birds” but more excitingly invented the phrase “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
Tuesday
I came across the name parallelepipedfor the first time, I am amazed I have not come across it earlier…
Wednesday
I found out there is a Zilna in South Africa, so best to type Zilina correctly if you are trying to google the place in Slovakia…
Thursday
There is a Buckminster Fuller Institute. Not sure exactly what they do but they do seem to be the authority on the Worlds largest Geodesic Dome which they say is Fantasy Entertainment Complex: Kyosho Isle Japan, 710 ft (216 m).
Friday
Universal studios in Singapore has the tallest duelling roller coasters in the world (at this time 17th September 20110).
Saturday
When a team has a free hit in cricket the field has to stay the same (or at least it does in the pro40 tournament).
Sunday
There are 22 000 members of the MCC worldwide. (18 000 are entitled to watch every match at Lords).
In the twenty 20 cup Somerset came second,
And in the County Championship they also came second,
Then to great applause
They made the final at Lords
And there in the pro40 cup Somerset came second.
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Gareth the Hamster left hand batsman and leg-spinner
I learnt that there is a Whitsunday Island off the coast of Australia
Wednesday
There is no name for a baby snail, but a baby turkey is a poult.
Thursday
Insects young can be called young (if the young look like mini adults), nymphs (if the insect has a gradual metamorphosis) , naiads (aquatic version of nymph) or larvae (for those animals that enjoy a pupal stage). Hemimetabolous is a gradual metamorphosis that nymphs have fun undergoing.
Friday
The final of the pro 40 competition this year will be a day night match.
Saturday
A new bar has opened in Toy Town, the Cosy Club. I had no idea one was opening there, it seemed to appear suddenly.
Sunday
Cow corner in cricket is named as it is unlikely the ball will be hit there, so cows can safely graze.
Yesterday Somerset scored over three hundred,
Which pretty well put that game to bed,
And it was relaxing cricket,
As Essex lost an early wicket,
Although Essex gave it a good go it must be said.
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Stumpy and I finally get to have our photo taken with Dappem.
Tony Harrison is not only the name of a tentacled shaman in The Mighty Boosh but is also the name of a playwright and poet.
Tuesday
Chelsea’s 6-0 win at Wigan was only the second top flight english football game with no corners (the first being Newcastle 0-0 Portsmouth in 1931-32).
Wednesday
I learnt how to add youtube videos to our VLE system
Thursday
I learnt how to amend the settings of our VLE in order to use yesterdays lesson.
Friday
I learnt to identify 3 types of edible fungus and made a soup from some of them
Saturday
I learnt a recipe for mushroom pate.
Sunday
The Duckworth Lewis system will sometimes mean a side batting second in a one day cricket game may have a larger target to chase than the first team scored. For example today Surrey needed 292 to beath Somerset’s 290 as the innings had been reduced to 36 overs when Somerset were batting. This meant Somerset had been treating the first part of the innings as if it were a 40 over match not a 36 over match. This needed correcting and resulted in an extra run for the revised target.
It is something people ought to know,How to tell apart Alfonso from Alfonso,One is a cricketer the other a kitten,Who when you see you’ll be smitten,So I hope that confusion will now go.
For more info seehttps://mikecampworld.com/blog/2010/08/13/good-luck-somerset/
Hopefully Somerset can win the twenty2o cup tomorrow. Alfonso Thomas’ namesake (Alfonso the kitten) will be cheering on somerset by running up to the tv and patting it with his paw.
It turns out that the beard worn by Hall,
Was not very lucky at all,
Somerset won by a mile,
This caused me to smile,
We shall go to Southampton and all have a ball.
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So as not to violate copyright, have recreated a Trego six using a hamster called Gareth.
