WTF: Weekly Trivia File

Just a brisk one this week...

• ‘I got a bayonet in my bum in North Korea because I’d walked over the wrong line somewhere.’ Dom Joly

• Simon Pegg is annoyed with TV chiefs for making cuts to Hot Fuzz. He Tweeted last night: ‘Out of interest, how severely did Comedy Central butcher Hot Fuzz? Love that they show it but watch the DVD, it's OFF THE FUCKING CHAIN!!!!’

• Jason Manford got food poisoning from eating shrimp yesterday. He said: ‘Had to flush the loo mid-poo. That's never a good sign is it?’

• Want to see how Ideal is filmed? Use this funky 360-degree whachamacallit to have a look around:
  

• This is very clever, too. And yes, the word you first think of will work

• Rapper-turned-comic Doc Brown says he used to get death threats after winning rap battles. ‘When I won a battle against some hard guys there were calls, death threats in the middle of the night. Crazy stuff,’ he said. ‘Eventually I carried a can of CS gas as self-protection. When I look back, it's nuts. I can't imagine ever feeling the need to carry a weapon now.’

• Ouch. Cunty audience:
  

• Tweets of the week:
  Dave Turner (@ArmyofDave): There was a man called Hague/Whose sexuality sum said was 2 vague/To a fella named Andy/It was incredibly handy/2 bury bad news the same day
  Rob Delaney (@robdelaney): "Call your blonde friend, your black friend & your Asian friend!" - every cellphone ad ever
  Adam Bloom (@Adambloomie): By not popping up to Edinburgh, I missed seeing the immense creativity that goes into protecting one's ego from blame of any failure.

• SOURCES: Metro, Twitter, Twitter, BBC, YouTube, London Evening Standard, YouTube, Twitter

  Published: 3 Sep 2010