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Urika is the goddess of snow, saunas and theatrical perfomances for fewer than 120 people. | '''Urika''' is the goddess of snow, saunas and theatrical perfomances for fewer than 120 people. | ||
1) ''Eureka'' - the cry reputedly uttered by Archimedes on working out how mass displaces water; and | ==Annotation== | ||
She combines two (count them!) [[Roundworld]] references: | |||
1) ''Eureka'' - the cry reputedly uttered by Archimedes on working out how mass displaces water; and<BR> | |||
2) Ulrika Jonsson, a Swede (snow and saunas??) who made her name on British TV (first as a weathergirl, then as team captain on surreal comedy show ''Shooting Stars'' with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer). Also famous for having a very brief affair with then-England manager Sven Goran Eriksson and for being beaten up in a restaurant by another celeb boyfriend, Stan Collymore. | |||
''She's football-crazy!/ She's football-mad!/ There isn't a footballer/Ulrika hasn't had!'' (Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves on '''''Shooting Stars''''') | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 27 June 2019
Urika is the goddess of snow, saunas and theatrical perfomances for fewer than 120 people.
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She combines two (count them!) Roundworld references:
1) Eureka - the cry reputedly uttered by Archimedes on working out how mass displaces water; and
2) Ulrika Jonsson, a Swede (snow and saunas??) who made her name on British TV (first as a weathergirl, then as team captain on surreal comedy show Shooting Stars with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer). Also famous for having a very brief affair with then-England manager Sven Goran Eriksson and for being beaten up in a restaurant by another celeb boyfriend, Stan Collymore.
She's football-crazy!/ She's football-mad!/ There isn't a footballer/Ulrika hasn't had! (Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves on Shooting Stars)