Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 18th April, 2024.

18th April, 2024.

Right … it’s Thursday!

And … ?

I have to confess, Jude — my nephew — was over, last night: posting another video about Mikey the Rabbit.

You wouldn’t think a bunny’s a Liverpool fan, would you … ?

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You know … there’s a few MPs who’ve been suspend, over the past few months.

Another — Tory MP, Mark Menzies — had the whip withdrawn, today: for misuse of campaign funds.

Apparently?

He phoned his former campaign manger — who’s in her seventies — to ask for some five thousand pounds (£5, 000) as “… a matter of life and death.”

And did this … at three-fifteen in the morning!

The abuse of funds comes as the money was paid — from their personal funds — by his office manager.

Then re-paid to the office manager from campaign funds.

There’s other amounts: but that’s the headline one.

Yes: I’m thinking what you’re, possibly, thinking.

Why on EARTH was he in a situation where he needed £5000 … at quarter past three in the morning!?

What had he been doing to need that money?

I hate to say I’m suspicious of, and laughing at, Mark Menzies … but I’m suspicious of, and laughing at, Mark Menzies!

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Let’s move on, shall we?


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum†, Olga‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.


 Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        April 18 is a film made, where: India, the UK or the USA?

Q2)        The Royal Academy of History was founded: on 18th April, 1738.   Where: London, Madrid or Paris?

Q3)        Lucrezia Borgia was born on 18th April, 1480.   Her father was who: the Duke of Milan, the Pope or the one-eye, one-horned, flying purple people eater?

Q4)        World Amateur Radio Day is marked on 18th April.   An amateur radio operator is a what: ham, pork or sausage?

Q5)        Finally … ?   18th April is Army Day.   Where: Iran, Iraq or Israel?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        17th April is Malbec World Day.   Malbec is a what: grape, orange or apple?

A1)        Grape.

Q2)        It’s used to make what: red wine or white wine?

A2)        Red wine.

Q3)        The fruit is one of six varieties used to make wine from where: Bordeaux, Chablis or Provence?

A3)        Bordeaux.   (You can also use Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Carménère: more recently, you can also use Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.   Don’t I sound posh?)

Q4)        Standard sized wine bottles contain how much wine: 750 millimetres, 1500 millimetres or 3000 millimetres?

A4)        750 millimetres.   (1500 millimetres, or 1.5 litres, is a Magnum: two standard bottles.   3000 millilitres, or three litres/four bottles, is a double Magnum, or Jeroboam: depending on where you are.)

Q5)        Finally … ?   The Malbec World Day is marked on the 17th, as that’s when President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento decided to celebrate his country’s wine.   Which South American country was it … ?

A5)        Argentina.   (I had thought the Faustino wine was named for him.   Apparently not: it’s a Spanish vineyard.)

Here’s a thought …

“I started acting at age eight.   I was forced to do a play in Manhattan and was cast as King Henry in a bible play.   When people began clapping at the end of the play, I realized there was nothing I wanted more than to be on the stage.”

James Drury, April 18, 1934 – April 6, 2020.

A song …

And an earworm¶ …


Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        The nasty thought occurs: that he was at home, on his laptop and looking at something he shouldn’t be.   Then got hit with some well timed emails: the sort that accuse you of looking at kiddie porn, that the sender of the email has the logs and screen shots to prove it … and that they won’t tell the police, if you pay them a lot of money.   It gets called sextortion.

        The other idea that occurs?   Is that he was at another flat, having a (kinky or otherwise) affair … that’s turned nasty.

        I need to get out more!

†        Hello, Mum!

‡        Oh, that IS sad, Olga!   If you could pass my regards on to Pete, please?

        Yep: I’ve seen steel toed shoes and trainers too: it strikes me they’d be easier to take off than the steel toe-capped DMs I’ve owned.   All three would be quite heavier than their ‘normal’ counterparts: and possibly handy if you want to lose weight.

§        I’ll look forward to it, Debbi!   There’s possibly even a song … !

        At any rate … ?   I think I know what you mean.   Jude’s got one of those GoPro cameras: the few times we’ve connected them to my Mac?   It doesn’t show up: nor does the SD card, on its own, appear.

        Well, I say doesn’t show up … we got the usual “This device is not recognised” message.   Quite what’s happening, there, I don’t know.

¶        The only other song as persistent?   Was Lange’s version of The Name Game … !