Bec did the show Werewolf: Live in Covent Garden, where she met Tom and Owen from Mr Thing. On the latter show, Matt filled in for the corpse a few times. After her show, Bec joined the Mr Thing crew for a Tequila, some beers, and some Prosecco. She also played some weird instruments.
Matt ordered some electronics. However, when picking it up, he forgot his photo ID. Nevertheless, the people at the pickup did everything they could to give him his wares. Matt wonders when it would be socially acceptable to just ask them to google him. [Editor's note: The ending to the story is worth it.]
When does a high five become a low five? Does it depend on the height of the hands or the direction the fingers are pointing? Can one person be high fiving and the other low fiving in the same high-low five?
Bec posits that it's the orientation of the hand that determines the height of the five. In a normal high five, the palms are vertical, whereas for a low five or an "up high" five, the hands are horizontal. Matt challenges Bec with increasingly complex high five variants. If you're lying on tne floor, you count as a child. The executor of the five names the high.
A high ding from Matt (combined with a Beardyman ding), and a low ding from behind from Bec
We all know about seven segment displays, which can display any digit from 0 to 9, but what is the minimum number of segments that could display readable digits? For instance, is there a configuration of six segments which could be arranged so as to produce readable digits?
Matt explains to Bec what a seven segment display is. The earliest use of the classic seven segment displays is 1903 (Matt dug out the patent, Nr. 1126641).
Matt has designed a six segment display, which consists of a diamond shape with a horizontal line and a vertical line, which manages to display all 10 digits. A 3 segment display is impossible because there are only 8 different combinations. Matt tried to design a 4 segment display, but it doesn't quite work.
Listeners are encouraged to voice their opinion or give it a go themselves.
A tentative "ding?" by Bec
@platinum_west on Twitter said that before the invention of refrigeration and food dyes, cheese was not an orange rectangle, but round and off-white.
@yellingatsocker [Editor's note: I could not find the account] would like to put forth that Mimolette is the most moon-like cheese.
On instagram, stephabee [Editor's note: There are lots of different accounts with similar names] (Dexter's legal guardian) wants to know if the moon would have a cheese fondue core. Matt calls his wife Lucie Green, who suspects it would not be hot in the center, though she is unsure. If it was hot, there would be plate tectonics, which we don't observe.
Bec and Matt remind the listeners of the bluedot live recording, and to send in their problems (ideally not via tweet).
Matt already knows Bec's card. There is an awkward moment as the two hosts are in-between post credits gags.