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Katie says there are nine million bicycles in Beijing, but she can't match the internet for useless trivia. As we found out...

TOTP: It's trivia time, Katie! What do you think is bigger, an ostrich's eye or its brain?
Katie: Its eye. Because you wouldn't ask me if the question wasn't unusual.
TOTP: Ah. We're not gonna get anywhere with that kind of logic...
Katie: [Laughs] Sorry.
TOTP: That's OK! So what famous people have you met with MASSIVE eyes?
Katie: Oh. That's interesting. I really don't know. No one has popped out particularly. Nope. Everyone I've met seemed to have fairly normal sized eyes. Sorry.
Aye Aye

TOTP: Don't be sorry, Katie. Now then, you're throwing a house party, there's a percentage of people who will snoop through your bathroom cabinet. What do you think that percentage is?
Katie: No way! Are you serious? I'll go for about... sixty per cent?
TOTP: Close! It's actually 40 per cent.
Katie: Ah. I was being a bit harsh on my friends there then.
TOTP: Yeah I'm sure they'll thank you for that. What items of interest have you found when in someone else's house?
Katie: Not my friends, but usually if you go to someone's house and you don't know them that well, you'll have a bit of a nosie round. But I do remember once though, I did a gig in one of those old castles, and they put us in this big old room. And I remember that I went down into the cellar and it went on for miles. It went off into all these big dark rooms. It was pretty exciting. I didn't hang around though. I don't think I was meant to be down there.
Spooky

TOTP: How long do you think the average teenage hissy fit lasts?
Katie: I would say about... two hours.
TOTP: It's 14 minutes according to the interweb.
Katie: No way! Really? What you probably mean is actual anger, because usually a teenager might spend two hours sulking...
TOTP: Yeah but the tantrum, the most obvious expression of that sulk... 14 minutes.
Katie: Ah OK. I've got a teenage brother so I'm interested in that. He's pretty cool though. He's very quiet.
TOTP: What's the longest you've spent in a sulk?
Katie: About two hours...
TOTP: That two hours again. What do you sulk about?
Katie: Hmm... I don't really. Although I hate vacuum cleaners. I hate the noise. I don't understand why we haven't invented a silent one yet. Surely we're that advanced?
Rah!

TOTP: You'd think. So then, what's the proper way to refer to a large number of asses or donkeys?
Katie: I have absolutely no idea.
TOTP: It's quite an easy one.
Katie: Well I have to say, English isn't my first language.
TOTP: It's a herd of asses.
Katie: Is that it? Like, a bunch of asses? Loads of asses? Big asses everywhere? That's a herd is it?
TOTP: Yep. Incidentally, what smells are most likely to make you retch?
Katie: I'm very good with smells. I'm not very squeamish either. I'd probably retch at a dead body.
Asses!

TOTP: Moving on then... what's the second most popular language spoken in New York?
Katie: In New York? Is it Spanish?
TOTP: It is Spanish! Do you ever run into embarrassing communication breakdowns on your travels?
Katie: I do OK. Except when I'm in spain, I found our levels of chilled out-ness clashed a bit. I found three hour lunches a bit weird. Generally I'm OK. I do speak two other languages and I know that wherever you are, you've just got to try and communicate, however you can. There's no point in shouting.


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Interview by: Tae M
10/10/2005

 
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