Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8th December, 2020.

8th December, 2020.

 

Yes: I went to Romford, yesterday: via a misty Brentwood Station.

I came back with a little cash.

After having sold off a blu-ray, and a couple of USB flash memory sticks.

In one sense, that’s a loss.

In another?

It’s food shopping!

~≈😀≈~

Now, about the laptop I’ve borrowed from my landlord’s Digital Futures team … ?

Ha!

Nope: they can’t share the password with me … !

They can, however, send someone around to install the software for me.

In a mask, obviously.

The sooner the better.

~≈😀≈~

Just as a final thought … ?

It seems break-dancing is to make its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

I don’t know if that’s good, bad, or downright odd.

But it means we can possibly have a song or two!

You have to love the Wikki Wikki Song … 

~≈😀≈~

Let’s move on, shall we? Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Trevor†, Mum‡, Debbi^ and Edithª putting in their answers: with Trevor, Olga and Mum scoring five out of five, Debbi on four and Edith on three.

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

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

Q1)        8th December, 1994, saw the birth of footballer, Raheem Stirling.   Which Premiership side does he play for … ?

Q2)        8th December, 1990, saw the Galileo probe fly past which planet?

Q3)        The Council of Europe adopted its flag: on 8th December, 1955.   How many stars are on the flag?

Q4)        8th December, 1765, saw the birth of inventor, Eli Whitney.   He’s remembered for inventing what: the cotton gin, silk spectre or wool whiskey?

Q5)        Finally … ?   8th December, 1966, saw the birth of Sinéad O’Connor.   What was the name of her debut album?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1)        7th December is International Civil Aviation Day.   The UN proclaimed the day in which year of the 1990s?

A1)        1996.

Q2)        Civil aircraft are unarmed.   In other words, they’re aircraft that aren’t which M?

A2)        Military aircraft. 

Q3)        Scheduled aircraft usually carry passengers: or which C?

A3)        Cargo.

Q4)        The world’s first airline, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft I or DELAG, flew what: flying boats, Zeppelins or 747s?

A4)        Zeppelins.   (Tin Flying Boats?   They’re a band, aren’t they … ?)

Q5)        Finally … ?   What, by total passenger traffic, is London’s busiest airport: Stansted, Gatwick or Heathrow?

A5)        Heathrow.   (Ironically, enough?   It’s described as such in Wikipedia’s entry on Stansted.)

Here’s a thought …

“I think there’s a difference between God and religion.”

Sinéad O’Connor, born 8 December 1966.

And a song …

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

Feel free to share today’s video Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        You right, we have, haven’t we, Olga?   My memories like a sieve!   I do know I keep meaning to mention I play guitar — or get a noise out of a guitar — left-handedly: my left hand strums, my right hand frets.   The few times I play a billiards type games?   I play right handedly: with my right hand at the backend of the cue, doing the moving.

Go figure!

(Oh, I mentioned the Hess Defection to Debbi.   The suggestions Fleming made included what later became Operation Mincemeat!)

†        Arrrgh!   The knees, the horribles KNEES!   Moving on, Trevor … Walkable irrigation canals?   That’s quite an idea … 

‡        Hello, Mum!

^        Vaguely remember, Debbi?   That’s possibly a good thing!   And Lancashire hop pot’s famous!   There’s lord knows how many mentions of it in Coronation Street.

Now you mention Fleming?   There’s a story I remember reading about, many years ago: that, apparently was Fleming’s idea.   Fleming was in military intelligence.   And had come up with a plan, for all sorts of situation.   as I recall, Operation Mincemeat was supposed to be one.

It was known that the senior Nazis were all in to various shades of occult practise: so Fleming suggested that — were a senior Nazi to defect — Military intelligence should get hold of notorious occultist, Aleister Crowley, to ‘help’ with the debriefing.   Rudolf Hess tried his famous (failed) abortive peace mission, and flight to Scotland, in the latter part of the war.

Someone in MI6 said ‘Bingo!!’ … and dug up Crowley’s phone number.   He’s supposed to have had a hefty heroin habit: so untraceable cash from an MI6 reptile fund have been welcome.   Apparently?   Hess couldn’t stop talking, after he met Crowley …

(If I recall?   Hess’s defection was assisted by astrological star charts: ones that had been planted by the UK’s Intelligence people, and ones suggested a good date to fly to Scotland.)

ª        It was quite something, Edith!   I’ll have to sit down with the Marion Cotillard film about her, at some point: it’s got a very good reputation!