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When scientists play jokes, making electricity from rubbish and a long Lippy top tip without an actual tip

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Plus, why number plates go wonky, kniffiti, buying TVs for work, Easter egg hunt, synthetic fuel, comparing unrelated events, getting stuck in toilets and scary robots

Grumpy has discovered that scientists do play April Fool's jokes and to his delight has found japes from CERN and Patrick Moore.

The Screaming Tomato agrees about the use of the phrase "end-off" and reminds Grumpy of a friend's story of a trip to France.

Mini Matt has been in touch about wonky number plates and knows what can cause it.

The Screaming Tomato has sent us an article on kniffiti or yarn bombing, the nicest form of graffiti you will come across.

Lippy is in week three of her new job and is planning an office move including buying new TVs for the meeting rooms. Oh the power. Somehow Lippy has become a tech expert specialising in connecting laptops to TVs.

The Cranleigh Lions Easter Egg Hunt was a success with lots of people taking part. Lippy is a big smug about her clothing choice for the day, she was nice and call whilst the rest of us were a bot over hot.

Sweden have been burning rubbish to generate heat and electricity since the 1970s, which seems to be a good idea albeit producing CO2. Somehow we digress into a conversation about the wrong number plates on a Porsche 911.

We're delighted to see that Porsche have invested more money in a synthetic fuel plant in Chile. With a target price of under £1.50 a litre, it can't come quick enough.

Grumpy has found an interesting article in The Guardian called "Why do we compare unrelated events", which deserves thorough reading, and explains some odd comments found on the internet.

A lady got stuck in a public toilet and had to be rescued by her husband, who had to put another 30p in to release his wife. After the rant went viral the council has closed the toilet for repairs.

We're both a bit creeped out by the Tesla bot due to be launched next year. In a related story Lippy's robotic vacuum cleaner managed to get stuck under a chair.

After many episodes (and an observation from Charlotte) we've named Chris and Charlotte, Duck Whisperer and Horse Whisperer.

Lippy has a top tip without an actual tip and Grumpy has a fun fact about honeymoons.