Back to the November NewsletterStephen Fry: The French statesman, Talleyrand - 1754 to 1838 or thereabouts, once said, "I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep."
Make of that what you will, but it er ...
Allan: He's an idiot
Stephen Fry: Well
Allan: Yes
Stephen Fry: Well, will we...
Allan: I think he's talking metaphorically
Stephen Fry: Yeah, yes, obviously
Allan: (Hits buzzer; sheep bleat)
Howard: Yeow!
Stephen Fry: Who shall ask I as this one to? Why are there no Alsatians in the Spanish Army? Howard.
Howard: I've no idea. But is it, is it one of these things where, you know, the King made his dog or his donkey the next heir? Is it something to do with that?
Stephen Fry: It's not, actually. No.
It's a rather bizarre reason. I'll tell you because it is quite interesting. The minimum IQ required to be in the Spanish Army is 70. Erm, and Alsatians only have an IQ of 60.
This is literally true. The Alsatian, the German shepherd dog...
Allan: The Alsatian has an IQ of 60?
Stephen Fry: ... of 60, yes.
Allan: So if you said, "Two trains set off from Plymouth, one going at 30 miles an hour and one going at 40 miles an hour, what time would they get to the "barking noise"?"
Howard: They got dolphins in the American Navy.
Stephen Fry: They have, yeah.
Allan: Wasn't that funny in the war? They let the dolphins out to go and hunt for mines and they buggered off! (se largaron)
Stephen Fry: That does prove their intelligence, doesn't it?
