Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 22nd September 2025.

22nd September, 2025.

It’s officially official: I feel like I’ve been turn out into a dog bowl.

Yes: I couldn’t get a wink of sleep, last night.

Because … ?

Of the Rampaging Trots!

Caused — as far as I can tell — by the fact I didn’t cook yesterday’s lunch, properly.

Can you remind me to cook chicken in the oven, rather than the air fryer?

That way, I know it’s cooked through!

~≈🍗≈~

From what we’re told … ?

The US president has been to Charlie’s Kirk’s memorial.

And hailed him as both an ‘American Hero’, and as a ‘martyr’.

The president’s described Kirk’s death as “an attack on America”.

Can I make a confession … ?

I really don’t like the word, ‘martyr’: the only time I’ve seen it frequently used, is when religious extremists are describing ‘heroes’ who’ve died in the cause, and whose death is seen as free advertising.

“These people are willing to die heroic deaths”, they would say, “and encourage us to fight evil enemies.”

The likes of Al-Qaeda used it of the 9/11 hijackers.

And the Iranian regime used it of suicide bombers in their war against Saddam Hussain’s Iraqi regime.

Frankly?

The US President — a man who should know better — is the last person who should be using the word.

He, as a New Yorker, should know how much damage a martyr can do.

And know what an attack on the US looks like … 

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Oh … just as a minor thought … ?

I’ll confess to something else: I’m not the fastest horse in the cleaning stakes.

My mother’s commented about it!

So … ?

It’s only when a friend mentioned she’s visited someone, and noticed the drain flies in their flat, I got motivated.

As I’ve had a similar issue with persistant drain flies around the place.

I’d been trying everything I could think of, to try and get rid of the things.

It’s only when the friend complained of the flat full of the things I remembered what I’d read online.

That the drains flies could be killed by using heavy drain cleaning substance … and that I had some caustic soda sitting around that could do exactly that: seriously clean drains.

That seems to have solved the fly problem for now.

I’m going to get some more soda: and invest in a few toilet blocks.

That could be sensible … 

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Let’s move on.


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


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

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

Q1)        Stratford Johns was born on 22nd September, 1925.   He played Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow in which series: Life on Mars, Z-Cars or Juliet Bravo?

Q2)        In the northern hemisphere, 22nd September, 2025, is the autumn equinox.   It means what: that the day is longer, the night is longer, or that they’re roughly equal?

Q3)        22nd September is World Rhino Day.   ‘Rhino’ is short for what: rhinoplasty, rhinoceros or rhinologist?

Q4)        Eight people were hanged on 22nd September, 1692.   As part of what: the Salem Witch Trials, the Barbery Crusades or the Scopes Trial?

Q5)        Finally … ?   Copies of the Dead Sea Scroll went on display on 22nd September, 1991.   In a museum in which US state?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        21st September is the International Day of Peace.   According to whom: the United Nations, League of Nations or the World Council of Churches?

A1)        The United Nations.

Q2)        The day was first observed — observed — in which year of the 1980s: 1982, 1983 or 1984?

A2)        1982.

Q3)        The day is supposed to be marked by a global what: ceasefire, strike, or military parade?

A3)        A ceasefire.   (I’m trying not to laugh …)

Q4)        UN troops assigned to peacekeeping operations are known as UN … what?

A4)        Peacekeepers.

Q5)        Those troops wear what colour helmets: blue, red or green?

A5)        Blue.

Q6)        In UK common law, one group are responsible for ‘keeping the peace’.   Who: the police, the Coast Guard or the NHS?

A6)        The police.

Q7)        Which bird represents peace: the eagle, the dove or the crow?

A7)        The dove.

Q8)        An olive branch is considered a symbol of peace.   The symbol has its origins in country around what: the Mediterranean Basin, the Gulf of Florida or the Andes?

< A8)        The Mediterranean Basin.

Q9)        The peace symbol was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom.   It’s used in the UK as the logo for whom: the Quakers, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament or the Elisabeth Fry Trust?

A9)        The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, or CND.   The lines inside the circle are supposed to represent the letter ‘ND’, and stand for Nuclear Disarmament.

Q10)        Finally … ?   The word, Shalom ( שָׁלוֹם) means ‘peace’.   In which language: Arabic, Hebrew or Eritrean?

A10)        Hebrew.

Here’s a thought …

“I like sex.   I’ve had feedback but men will feed you back anything, won’t they?”

Fay Weldon, 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023.

And a a song …

  The next ten question set is on 26th September, and about T. S. Eliot.

Your comments will be published, tomorrow morning.

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

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!

†        Yep: it’s a very familiar gargoyle, Olga!   Apparently, someone else has had a similar idea: this thing’s on Paisley Abbey.   ()JUST did a quick Google search: and couldn’t find any Caganer gargoyles … hmmm … !

        What amazes me with the new operating system, Olga … ?   Is the translation service built into Safari: it’s impressed me, I know that!   Whether’s it’s accurate is a whole other idea … 

‡        You know … that’s not the first time I’ve heard comments like that, Debbi: not about Bobby Riggs, anyway … !   And it’s not the first time someone’s mentioned the President, either … !