You know, it’s hard to be the first in anything these days. There I was, creating this simple cartoon on aliens, thinking I might possibly have been the first person to name a alien within our solar system, aside from the famous Martian. Google sorted me out in less than 0.35 seconds and provided me with 1,890,000 results for my alien query.

Google has spoken, below are the official names of aliens within our solar system

• Mercurians are from Mercury
• Venusians are from Venus (Personally, I think Venetians are funnier)
• Jovians are from Jupiter
• Saturnians are from Saturn
• Uranians are from Uranus (it’s also a 19th century term that referred to a person of a third sex)
• Neptunians are from Neptune
• Poor Pluto misses out, after having been downgraded from planet to dwarf planet. Maybe aliens only live on planets.

Have you been the first in anything?

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Must know facts about Daleks

• 4 daleks were made for their first grand appearance in Dr Who’s second serial, titled The Daleks, in 1963
• Terry Nation was the scriptwriter who initially thought up this delightful nemesis. Luckily for him, he received royalties as part of the merchandising of this very successful foe
• Not so for Raymond Cusick who was the master mind behind the iconic dalek shape. On leaving the corporation in 1966 he received a one hundred pound handshake and Blue Peter badge
• Ridley Scott might thank his lucky stars for missing out on Ray’s gig, as he was the initial BBC designer lined up for the job. When the episode came through, Ridley had just started his director studies. The rest is history and he went on to create Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator

As a child, I loved watching Dr Who. Hard to believe now that those daleks used to scare me sensless. I still remain a fan with daleks on my top 10 list of favourite enemies.

How about you? Who is your number 1 scary nemesis?

As an Aussie, I love a BBQ; it’s an intrinsic part of our culture.

To me, it’s one of the quintessential summer time activities we enjoy sharing with family and friends. I have many fond memories of BBQs I’ve hosted or had the pleasure of attending. My favourite barbie story occurred some years back when we invited the street neighbours to our house for a ‘get to know you’ BBQ (we had just recently bought a house in the street and it was way of becoming part of our new local community).

Not only was our house in need of major renovations, but so too was our barbie. Not being flushed with funds, we were grateful for any donations, so when my sister offered her old BBQ, we naturally accepted it with open arms. Unfortunately for the BBQ, it would be the last day it would share its company with us.

Halfway during the cooking, one of the children shouted out that the BBQ was on fire. We all looked towards the BBQ, which was in full blaze. Thank goodness my work had gifted its employees with a kitchen fire blanket, which we used to smother out the fire.

So how did it all end up? Well, the meat was well cooked beyond recognition; the children thought it was the best Barbie they had ever attended and the adults will forever remember the first time they met their new neighbours. We still joke about it ten years on.

Got a BBQ moment to top that? Perhaps barbies aren’t big in your neck of the woods. Why’s that?