Not everything on QI is true

[karohemd]

As insomnia has its grip on me again, I watched one of the many reruns of QI on Dave and came across a Christmas edition. One of the questions was what was special about a village which name translates as "eavesdropper" and is located near Nuremberg. I thought of various possible translations, none of which I could associate with any villages in the area (where I lived for six years). Well, I thought, I don't know all the villages, let's see. When they revealed it was "Lauscher" and the birthplace of the glass bauble, I really thought I'd never heard of it so did some research on the internet which didn't bring up anything other than various meanings of "Lauscher" and various people with the name. So I did the reverse and searched for the origin of baubles and found it. Not only is it called Lauscha (which doesn't mean anything) but it's also nowhere near Nuremberg but about 200 miles northeast in Thuringia.
Bad QI elves, no cookie.

Comments

[caseytalk.livejournal.com]

Tweet it to Stephen Fry! The hard part is cutting it to 140 characters.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I think I'll tweet the QI Elves instead. Poor Stephen just reads the stuff. ;o)

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

Truly, QI has made me doubt all forms of received wisdom, including the things they declare as fact on the show.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Quite.

[skorpionuk.livejournal.com]

See, I wondered that. That ep. annoyed me a bit, to be honest.

I blame Phil Jupitus.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I didn't see all of it so I missed Jupitus' antics.

[diasporal-waves.livejournal.com]

Not the first time and won't be the last. I find a few a series that are "well known facts" AKA urban myths. I ripp the TV to shreds when they go into biological inaccuracies...

[pmoodie.livejournal.com]

Tut! Lazy TV researchers!

The message is clear - never believe anything you hear on the telly.