Jon Tickle

Encyclopedia : J : JO : JON : Jon Tickle

Jon Tickle (born 8 May 1974 in Staines) was a contestant on the fourth series of the British Big Brother.

Tickle is the only housemate to have been allowed to return to the house after having been evicted (although during his second time in the house he was not eligible to win). He returned after the public voted on which evicted housemate should be put back into the house.

Voted 13th most popular housemate of all time, Tickle has more fan websites than any other housemate, most notably "Jon Tickle - The Legend" [link]. He is also, famously, the object of devotion of the Brethren of the Church of Jon - a still thriving organisation set up in his honour on the Channel 4 Big Brother forums during Big Brother 4.

Tickle, a physics graduate of Leicester University, has gone on to present [[Brainiac: Science Abuse]], a series of science-based shows on the UK television station Sky One, in which he is the 'sciencey one' in contrast to Richard Hammond who is a more entertainment focused presenter.

While he was on the show, he presented the viewers with Tickle's Teasers. He asks them a question (starting with the words "Here's one for you") and have them ponder on the answer. Here are some of them.

Do fish get thirsty?
Why is it so hard to remember how to spell 'mnemonic'?
What is the opposite of opposite?
If you dug a hole through the center of the earth, which end would come out first?
Where does the white go when the snow melts?
If an orange is orange, why isn't a lime called a green or a lemon called a yellow?
How can someone 'draw a blank'?
If someone can't see, they're blind and if someone can't hear, they're deaf, so what do you call people who can't smell?
If you were born exactly on 12:00 midnight on December 31st – January 1st, which year would you say you were born in?
If Teflon is non-stick, how did they make it stick to the pan?
Do octopusses have arms or legs?
Can someone give up Lent for Lent?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Which way does a compass point in space?
If heat rises then shouldn’t Hell be cold?
Do stairs go up or down?
Where would we be without rhetorical questions?
If mineral water has trickled through mountains for thousands of years, how does it have an expiration date?
If you try to fail, and succeed, which one have you done?
Why is snow white and ice clear?
If someone told you they were a pathological liar, would you believe them?
How can you tell when sour cream goes bad?
How young do you have to be to die of old age?
Are zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes?

Tickle has had many ideas and one of his most famous is the "time-delay toaster." The Sun newspaper thought it was so good, they patented it whilst he was inside the house.

"What’s the problem with toast? Two slices pop up, you whip one out, and spread some margarine on it. But by the time you get the second, the consistency has changed. Why not have a time delay?"

External links

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.