Ethelβs pregnant craving for wood pulp products bestowed on the twins a variety of unusual talents. Her ingestion of hundreds of back issues of 'Which Magazine' gave them an innate ability to compare and contrast. Her consumption of 'Woman's Own' made them champion speed knitters and of Olympic caliber at creating cheap and cheerful recipes with rice crispies.
The twins also posses an uncanny (and some would say sinister) ability to solve bizarre sex crimes due to Ethel's occasional but eclectic munching of porn β including 'Big Un's', 'Men in their boxers' and 'Farmyard Frolics'.