A Problem Squared

114 = Delectable Dips and Dealable Decks

A Problem Squared

Show Notes

🃏 What’s the deal with cards? 🫕 What is the perfect ratio of chips to dips? 🍔 And there’s some Any Other B-B-Q-B-ness

Head to our socials to see the card shuffle and patterns, Bec’s starstruck selfie, and our chips ‘n’ dips experiment!

For all your homemade snacking needs: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/tortillas https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/homemade-tortilla-chips-guacamole-charred-tomato-salsa

It’s 5 o’chop Somewhere! (Really excellent work from Eve) https://www.instagram.com/p/DKZSlCGIdCZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

And some info about Aphantasia as mentioned by Keith… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia And synaesthesia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here: https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/

And you can get tickets see to Matt here: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths

Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmaths

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