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Episode 11: Thumb Wrestling, Nosey Bob, Urinal Flies, The Rotor

The American writer Norman Mailer was said to be passionate about, of all things, thumb wrestling. In fact, it was his favourite sport. Who invented it?

The American writer Norman Mailer was said to be passionate about, of all things, thumb wrestling. In fact, it was his favourite sport. Who invented it?  Who was Nosey Bob and what was his very unpopular job? What's so unusual about the men's room urinals at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam? And  finally, in this episode … what amusement park attraction designed in 1948 by German engineer Ernst Walter Hofmeister featured in the Australian film Candy? 

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NOTES

REFERENCED REMORANDOM CHAPTERS

Thumb Wrestling is featured in REMORANDOM 3
Nosey Bob features in REMORANDOM 1
Urinal Flies features in REMORANDOM 1
The Rotor features in REMORANDOM 2


PODCAST CREDITS

REMORANDOM is produced and published in Sydney by REMO Since 1988

Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré and Claudia Chan Shaw

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