Swindon
About Swindon
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 census, the population of the built-up area was 224,942, making it the largest settlement in the county. Located at the northeastern edge of the South West England region, Swindon lies on the M4 corridor, 84 miles to the west of London and 36 miles to the east of Bristol. The Cotswolds lie just to the town's north and the North Wessex Downs lie just to the town's south. It is the centre of Swindon unitary authority.
On the show — 18 mentions total
It was 1998 they worked out, because there was a quarry near Swindon, and archaeologists found it and they found the ruts on the right hand side of the road are deeper than the ones on the left.
from 548: No Such Thing As Radioactive Jenga, 2024-09-12 at 00:52:43 · read transcript
Other times Swindon came up
I left it on your desk and everything. Can we see what else is in that Wallace and Futuna? Guys, it's pretty thin, Groove. Population? Population is 15,400, which is about a tenth that of Swindon. It was the only French colony to side with the Vichy collaborationist government during the Second World War. Yeah. That lasted until a regiment of US Marines arrived in 1942 and said, cannibalism was banned there in 1830.
137: No Such Thing As Churchill's Secret Parrot, 2016-10-28 · listen
I thought you'd appreciate it. I left it on your desk and everything. Can we see what else is in that Wallace and Petuner? Guys, it's pretty thin, gruel. Population? Population is 15,400, which is about a tenth out of Swindon. That's good. That's okay. It was the only French colony to side with the Vichy collaborationist government during the Second World War. Yeah. That lasted until a regiment of US Marines arrived in 942 and said, uh-uh.
No Such Thing As Churchill's Secret Parrot, 2016-10-28 · listen
Swindalina, as it's known to the locals in Swindon. Oh, no. Like St. Helina. Swindalina. Swindalina. There's about a fifth of what the current population in actual St. Helena is in Swindon. There's like 800 people there. What are they doing that? They were all given British nationalship in 2002 after the Falkland Wars. So if you want to go meet locals from St. Helena, go to Swindleon.
No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
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