Self raising flower is also Australian... I once saw a video of an Australian exchange student and she failed to bake cake , as she couldn't find self raising flour, so she just used normal flower... apparently backing soda is unknown in UK or AUSfailure.
There is an American politician called Vermin Supreme.. his main platform is zombie preparedness, mandatory toothbrushing laws and providing every American with a free pony. He also always wears a boot on his head.
Actually the main income the UK derives from the monarchy is not tourism. (I agree tourists would still turn up without them). It's actually from trade deals that the Royal Family get when they travel overseas. Personally I've always been a keen supporter of the monarchy but I've gone off them completely over the last few years. Mainly due to their involvement in WEF and their part in supporting the woke agenda. I no longer feel they have the interest of our own people at heart. They're way too elitist for my liking. On another subject, you really should checkout morris dancing. It is quintessentially British and is quite weird.
I feel like Evan wasn't concentrating enough at the Panto if he was wondering why adults were there... every other line is a campy double-entendre it's a wonder they actually let kids watch them!
He have mentioned it before in another video, I can’t remember which. He talked about in general how you should be careful about presenting her/him in the video. Both because RUclips isn’t their life and sometimes the relationship can be over when the video is published.
I believe the closing argument that clinched the deal for mcvities in the Jaffa cake trial was that cakes start off soft and slowly get harder as they become stale, but a biscuit starts off hard and then gets softer as it goes stale. As a Jaffa cake takes after a cake in this regard, there lawyers argued that it stands to reason that they must be cakes rather than biscuits.
also its due to the cooking process, as a jaffa cake is a fatless sponge - just like a swiss roll, where you whip up the eggs and sugar to gain volume, then fold in the flour before pouring into tin.
@@evan Primary schools often do it during the summer as do villages. You get get games like the Coconut Shy, treasure hunt and raffles and cake stalls.
Evan please do a British vs American on fetes/ next summer go rural and visit one (around me- Dorset/Wiltshire border) every little hamlet has one. Literally every weekend between June- august somewhere within a 20 minute drive is fete-ing. I’d love to see your reaction (and coconut shy skills)
What made McIlveen's feat more remarkable, and even more Glaswegian, was that the terrorist was on fire at the time. The more recent events with a narwhal tusk in London are another contender in this category.
I think the best part of the more recent one was the shouting of “fuck you, I’m millwall” while fighting terrorists who had knives with his bare fists.
I really like the whole cheering when a glass is broken in a pub. It would be really embarrassing if you dropped a glass and the whole pub went silent and stared at you. The cheering is almost a collective "dont worry, it happens."
@@Dan-B Yep 😂 Even more so everytime this fact is mentioned on TV it necessitates a visit to Dinorwig Power Station, the hydro power station inside a Welsh mountain with the top of the mountain and bottom of the mountain lakes. In short we all like tea so much as a nation we hollowed out a mountain so we that we could all drink tea at the same time. 😂
Known as a "TV Pickup". The largest on record was Wednesday 4th July 1990. After Chris Waddle missed the penalty throwing England out of the world cup. There was a surge of 2,800 MW in demand. Equivalent to 1,120,000 Kettles being switched on.
The Royal family as a business run and keep dozens of listed national heritage buildings and sites. Many of which are tourist destinations. Many aspects of London Tourism for instance only exist because eof the Royals (Queen's guard etc). People assume that the royal family are entirely funded by taxes but they are a business and have ventures which bring in capital and all in all they cost the average person around £1.20 a year which I feel would probably be higher if we were having to maintain all of the land and properties that they do.
The public money given to The Business (as George VI referred to it as) comes from the income of the Crown Estates - the lands that would personally be owned by the queen but are gifted to the government at the beginning of each reign thanks to George III. The amount given to the queen from this is always less than ¼ of the total income. For those who say the monarchy costs the taxpayer, you're wrong. If the royals didn't gift that income to the government, the tax payable on it would be less than what the government currently gets.
it's the first time I hear an american not being obsessed with the royal family and the queen lol, but yeah assuming we pay for the royal family couldn't be more wrong lol
Somewhat similar to the Jaffa cakes case (but not British) in Ireland there is a legal limit on how much sugar can be in bread. Subway bread exceeds this limit and so under the law is classified as cake and taxed as a result. Subway tried to challenge this but lost the case.
The great British bake off is comforting! It’s an hour out your week to watch cake fails and ‘show stoppers’ with a cup of tea and a slice of cake! It was more comforting with Mary Berry though, the nations Nanna
Lizzie from Bake Off this year is hilarious - she says such weird things in a dead pan Liverpudlian accent, my favourite was her story about riding a runaway ostrich as a child 😅😅
A wee anecdote WRT biscuit/cake tax thing. Before 1973 we didn't have VAT, we had Purchase Tax. Under the rules Ice Cream was a dessert and subject to the tax, but mousse was considered a regular food so wasn't. My dad was in HM Customs and Excise (before it was amalgamated with Inland Revenue into HMRC) and they used to seize loads of mislabeled ice cream 🍦. A couple of times, after the legal niceties were over, he would bring home a huge vat of the stuff which had to be scoffed right away as domestic freezers weren't common back then. We were pretty popular with our friends those afternoons.
What cheese rolling was to my dad and uncle when we went to watch: •fun time to laugh at idiots •an excuse to start drinking early •good British fun What it was to me at age 8 or 9: •A trek up and down a muddy hill in the rain trying to avoid being vomited on by strangers who'd been drinking since 7am •Walking past one of the last runners at the end of the event and seeing his bone sticking out of his shin as his mate pulled his blood soaked sock off Let's just say the next year when they went I stayed with my grandparents
oh god! farthing wood! the scene where the hedgehogs try to cross the busy road "dont curl up, don't curl up, don't curl up" still vivd memories of this!
One of the reasons for the monarchy is that all armed services, police etc. swear allegiance to the Crown, not a political party. You can't bribe something that already has everything. They are non political so when politicians from different countries are arguing, the Crown often can visit or invite, opening conversations. This often happens when two arguing countries are invited to attend and politics are off the table, so tensions are reduced. If you look up the figures for maintaining a monarchy vs president, monarchy far cheaper. Add in a wedding etc the revenue is staggering in selling TV rights abroad (not the Crown charging), and increase in tourism is massive. It is also a constant steading presence no matter what politicians are up to.
Our local council wanted to start charging car park fees at the only park in a 3mile radius to us. All of the previous parks/green belt land had been developed on - 16 years ago I had 4 fields and that park to play on, to put it into perspective. Now they want to charge people who visit that park to park their vehicle there, knowing that most people who visit live quite a way away and it's the closest area for children to play in for them. People wouldn't drive to parks if there was more land for their children to play on nearer to them. It's all about money with councils, unfortunately.
The youngest person in my family is 21 and we still get agro at the mere mention of not going to the panto each year. We live all over the country and still it's the one thing we have to do together. Actual Christmas can get fucked, but if we don't go to the panto then it's the entire year ruined
To be fair, the Jaffa Cake case wasn’t incredibly British, but more incredibly capitalist. Proving that they’re cakes was about money, and not culture :P Also ngl, I was kinda hoping that it was Mr.Blobby at your door, Noel’s House Party style..
The weirdest part for me as a Brit is the idea that biscuits are less essential than cakes. You can't dunk a cake! Maybe a ladyfinger, but... now I'm wondering if that's a cake or a biscuit.
@@FTZPLTC Normal Biscuits are 0% Tax. It is only chocolate coated biscuits that are classed as luxury with 15% Tax. But chocolate coated cakes are not Taxed. It was Jaffa Cakes chocolate coating that caused the tax issue.
I gave my class a speech once in school about the Jaffa Cake debacle and I think the key convincing point was that Jaffa Cakes get harder when they're left out just like a cake whereas biscuits go softer when they're stale.
I must also add that I absolutely visited London multiple times for the monarchy and if they had an attraction where I was guaranteed to see the queen walk by I would do it. There’s obviously many other reasons why I’ve taken multiple trips to the British Aisles but a chance at seeing a royal is def part of it
Go to Royal Ascot - if you buy a hospitality package you can get into the Royal Enclosure without being a member, and see the queen arrive and give out the prizes.
Watership Down or "Waterschapsheuvel" was also on TV way to much in the Netherlands when i grew up. "It's animated so it must be fun for kids!" No, no it isn't.
My parents let me watch it as a kid, havent watched it since, but I still cry whenever I hear the soundtrack 😭 I only just found out how many animals actually die in that movie, but I always knew it kind of fucked me up regarding animals dying, especially rabbits
The Plague Dogs, by the same author (and adapted for screen by the same guy), gets pretty messed up, too. A story about 2 dogs that escape from a research lab and accidentally kill a guy by stepping on the trigger of his shotgun.
Fun fact, where I live ( in Canada) people knits scarves , hats and mittens and decorate trees with them. The main point is so if you ever get caught out in the snow , you can usually keep warm if you are anywhere in the main city. But also it is super cute how creative some people have gotten in the past few years. Some people must be spend serious money on all that yarn.
Bake Off is directly inspired by a village fête. You'd probably only encounter them irl if you were outside of a big city, and London especially is very insular, but they're referenced a decent amount in British media.
The Jaffa Cake thing began in the war with rationing. Biscuits were considered luxuries and cakes weren't, so it was easier to get the ingredients to make them and sell them. Also, Boaty McBoatface was the name they gave to one of the remote operated submersibles they have on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
Hi Evan, I accidentally came across your channels via a Real Scottish wedding. ( I think that was the name.) I remember watching the British falling down the hills chasing after cheese on the news channel when my father was stationed at an AFB in the 1970's. I'm telling my age but love your sense of humor, content and beautiful photographs. Your work ethic and dual citizenship is impressive. I heard it's a tedious task to become a citizen. (I'll watch your videos) It sounds like your most tumultuous time is coming to an end. Good luck.
You think apologizing to someone who bumps into you is British? Catch me lying on the floor, having just regained consciousness and with a clearly broken shoulder, apologizing to the driver of the car that just hit me!! New levels!d
Its worth pointing out that the card one is the inverse. With everyone going "please don't notice me, not another one, I swear its more every year, are we actually do a card for someone who has only worked here 5 weeks, who even is this person, I am not writing in a card and collecting money for someone who I can't even pick out?"
The monarchy yes brings the uk money. It’s not just people visiting the palaces & the changing of the guard. People also come over to see the jubilee other big ep celebrations of the queen, people buy al” the souvenirs and TAT that is sold with the royals on, people watch the tv shows on the royals, people turn up to see the royals when they are on foreign tours. In all yes the royals do bring the uk a lot of money AND publicity.
In fact, they named a small autonomous unmanned research submarine that is on the RMS Sir David Attenborough "Boaty McBoatface". I think that is a really good way to honour the online vote. And come on, everyone loves David Attenborough.
What's more British than a fete? A CHURCH JUMBLE SALE! A disappearing phenomenon. I blame the growth of charity shops. Huge tables of second hand clothing and goods that could provoke a punch up or two, with tea and baked goods, also for sale, to both refresh and soothing the nerves. I have seen so many jumble sales, seen so many fights over a second hand skirt or a blouse. "Get your hands off, I saw that first!" On the subject of fetes, there is a comedic play called Gosforth's Fete that could be worth a look up. It's a typically British tale about a village event that goes...spoilers.😁
As a Welsh person, I don’t think my country benefits in the slightest from the Monarchy. I see them as a horrendous drain on public funds and attention.
@@tonycrayford3893 and it gives nothing back to people in Wales. Should we also tax people in Brazil? It has nothing to do with wales and I’m sure most of wales wants nothing to do with them
@@tonycrayford3893 not even that, in fact the other way around. George III gave the income from the Crown Estates to the government in exchange for a stipend. This has happened with every monarch since. Even with the palace refurbishments and renovations, the Queen has never been given more than 25% of the Crown Estates income. That means the government gets to keep 75% of it. If she still kept the income from the Crown Estates for herself, the total tax due would be less than 75%. The government makes on the deal.
Like others have said....you DO make me laugh!! You're so 'quirky' and strangely uplifting....I always look forward to your video's!! I actually like the mix of 'polished' vids but your unpolished 'thrown together vids' are just as entertaining(sometimes more so!!)
I've also read comparisons of having a monarchy versus a presidential system, and basically the cost of presidential elections is about the same as the cost of the monarchy so it's easier to keep it as it is
I think the most ridiculously British thing is to celebrate the killing of some dude years ago with Fireworks and putting some clothes and hay on a big fire. Also the Devon V Cornwall is it jam or cream on your scone first? Also the pronunciation of scone. Personally I go butter, Jam, Cream, and say scone rhyming with bone not gone. Argue with me in the comments, I'm bored.
On the cheese rolling - it was an official event in the location with support and everything, but they banned it because it was too dangerous. Result: everyone still does it, but without any support / ambulances on standby etc, so it's even more dangerous
Please react to fêtes (pronounced fates btw) and well dressings! My village has a well dressing where the well is dressed up (surprise) and there’s normal fête things too like stalls and lucky dip and rides and coconut shys. I didn’t realise they didn’t have them in the US, though thinking about it they do seem quite British. They might be similar to ‘ren fayres’ but without the cosplay? Also: we don’t pronounce it ‘debriss’ lol, I feel like you just met one British person who didn’t know how to pronounce debris
I had so much frustration over the pubs after lock down people could go on nights out with their friends but me and my partner couldn't be in the same room at the same time our very ill 4 week old baby !! The way they did things was ridiculous we could both see her but not at the same time it was absolute nonsense
I think it's pretty common to cheer on a poor lad who dropped his glass at the bar in France too (except if it's the server). Also yes for the monarchy. We got rid of our own so now we watch the UK one from across the Manche.
· Brand Finance estimates the capital value of the UK Monarchy as a business at £67.5bn · Monarchy’s annual contribution to the UK economy in 2017 is £1.766bn · Annual cost per head is less than £4.50 a year, equal to just over 1p a day
Personally with the Monarchy, I can believe that people would come to the UK at least partially due to the Queen - I reckon the monarchy will dip in popularity whenever she gets bored and decides to pretend to die.
it's real simple, when a biscuit (cookie) goes stale it goes sot, when a cake goes stale it goes hard, when a Jaffa cake goes stale, it goes hard, ergo...Cake, plus its called a Jaffa CAKE!!!!
Drunk British people will wander off in a random direction and find themselves in a queue outside a random taxi rank they had no idea previously existed, takeaway in hand as if by magic.
Watership down is one of my fave movies ever. I remember me and my dad watching it a bunch of times when I was little. My first (and only) tattoo is of Fiver from the film!
I was called on to the stage during a pantomime once, I was supposed to make a fool of myself doing a silly dance that they had previously done, but I had remembered it and did it perfectly. The actor kept telling me out of the corner of his mouth, to f it up but I couldn't, At the end, i was supposed to squirt them with foam but they got the last laugh as the syringe went wrong and backfired all over me, they weren't expecting it and nearly wet themselves laughing.. Lots of hilarity all round!
FYI, actually neither cakes nor biscuits are subject to VAT in general. It's specifically chocolate-covered biscuits which are taxed, as they're considered a luxury food.
The reason we love the British #1 Christmas song is because we’ve had famous rivalries and wars between British artists for the chart-toppers of the holiday season. A couple of note is The Wombles and Bob The Builder getting #1 each, both being very, very British children’s shows. It’s the tradition that keeps on giving.
The issue is the monarchy is tied to nearly every governmental & societal structure we have. Would need to build everything from the ground up again, just not worth the hassle.
I'd say Watership Down and The Animals of Farthing Wood are closer to The Brave Little Toaster than The Secret of Nimh, but with... fluffier... protagonists and if some of the protagonists died on-screen rather than the only death being this random bastard of an AC unit.
As a Canadian, I’ve noticed that a few of these apply to us. Like the shopping one. Check the term Canadian Standoff in the Urban Dictionary. There’s even a song about it.
As a fellow Canadian, I noticed the same thing. I have been involved in many a Candian Standoff, almost all of which have ended with a round of apologies because we both resigned ourselves to breaking the standoff at precisely the same time and consequently ran into one another.
Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen was in the US. I went to Florida in 2003 and 2005. I forget which year but one year we went to Epcot, and Cape Canaveral space centre. On the way back we stopped off at some shopping centre type place, we went inside and the parents ordered me (10 at the time) and my 8 year old sister some chips. We sat down to eat, and my sister loved tomato ketchup so much she would have loads of it on everything.... my mother went to ask for some at the counter, and the bloke said "what's ketchup". My mum said "Tomato ketchup" and the bloke literally gave her the most puzzling stare and said "I've never heard of it". He said "We've got this sauce though" and proceeded to squirt this sauce all over the plate of chips..... it was indeed tomato ketchup, except unlike in most places where it's a red colour, this was BLUE. Literally ketchup but with BLUE food dye colouring in it. I looked really weird and was pretty off-putting.
Re the monarchy question (and I'm not defending them just a bit of info) there's a bigger reason why the monarchy still exists in the UK. They have an agreement with the government for hundreds of years now that they loan their lands to the government for a salary. That land gives a lot more money to the government than what the government pays in salary. Cgp Grey has a really cool video explaining all this :)
Yes! No more monarchy! Outdated waste of money and imo would earn more money for the economy if you could go into the palaces and homes and nosey about…we all love a nosey! Time to channel our inner french and get rid of them!
As a Brit I think we should keep the monarchy cuz I can’t really imagine a Britain with out a figurehead like her majesty and for the thousand and more years the monarchy has been around it’s something that shouldn’t be removed
@@tonycrayford3893 How do you define a real democracy then? I've lived in several versions of a democracy but very few feel like they are properly subordinate to voters' wishes.
There's a Billy Connolly video, where he's in Belfast, describing his reaction to the news coverage of the Glasgow terrorist attack. It's Billy Connolly. It's hilarious.
Think it was British payback for some of the creepiest shows from Germany / Eastern Europe that British kids endured and traumatised them late 60s / early 70s, " The Singing Ringing Tree" scared a whole generation of wide eyed little Britons, me and 2 brothers being 3 of them.
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Self raising flower is also Australian... I once saw a video of an Australian exchange student and she failed to bake cake , as she couldn't find self raising flour, so she just used normal flower... apparently backing soda is unknown in UK or AUSfailure.
There is an American politician called Vermin Supreme.. his main platform is zombie preparedness, mandatory toothbrushing laws and providing every American with a free pony. He also always wears a boot on his head.
Actually the main income the UK derives from the monarchy is not tourism. (I agree tourists would still turn up without them). It's actually from trade deals that the Royal Family get when they travel overseas. Personally I've always been a keen supporter of the monarchy but I've gone off them completely over the last few years. Mainly due to their involvement in WEF and their part in supporting the woke agenda. I no longer feel they have the interest of our own people at heart. They're way too elitist for my liking.
On another subject, you really should checkout morris dancing. It is quintessentially British and is quite weird.
I feel like Evan wasn't concentrating enough at the Panto if he was wondering why adults were there... every other line is a campy double-entendre it's a wonder they actually let kids watch them!
Maybe he went in with the wrong kind of mindset or something. Or just saw a bad panto 😅
Just like there is something for the adults in Pixar's films.
I mean even children's cartoons have adult jokes in them. That just go over their heads.
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Is it me or did Evan just slide in that he has gf now ! I must say loving the British subtlety ! So happy for you !
I feel like it's been not so subtle for a while now! But good for him!
He have mentioned it before in another video, I can’t remember which. He talked about in general how you should be careful about presenting her/him in the video. Both because RUclips isn’t their life and sometimes the relationship can be over when the video is published.
i was like whattttt. cool for him!
Wait really?! When?
@@brennadryl 9:30ish!
I believe the closing argument that clinched the deal for mcvities in the Jaffa cake trial was that cakes start off soft and slowly get harder as they become stale, but a biscuit starts off hard and then gets softer as it goes stale.
As a Jaffa cake takes after a cake in this regard, there lawyers argued that it stands to reason that they must be cakes rather than biscuits.
also its due to the cooking process, as a jaffa cake is a fatless sponge - just like a swiss roll, where you whip up the eggs and sugar to gain volume, then fold in the flour before pouring into tin.
Cookies/biscuits do not get softer as they get stale... what are you eating...
@@jilli_bea British biscuits do. Most of them start off hard/brittle. If you leave them, they take on water from the atmosphere and go soft.
@@jilli_bea all the biscuits i’ve eaten have gone soft if they’re left out for too long
@@jilli_bea biscuits do go soft if you leave them, where as cookies harden up, but that will depend on storage and humidity
The fete is pronounced Fate and is a traditional public festival, held outdoors and organised to raise funds for a charity.
thanks I have not quite come across that word before
@@evan Primary schools often do it during the summer as do villages. You get get games like the Coconut Shy, treasure hunt and raffles and cake stalls.
@@evan if you are lucky, you'll get to see what Morris dancers are too. I would describe them, but you might not believe me
Evan please do a British vs American on fetes/ next summer go rural and visit one (around me- Dorset/Wiltshire border) every little hamlet has one. Literally every weekend between June- august somewhere within a 20 minute drive is fete-ing. I’d love to see your reaction (and coconut shy skills)
According to Midsomer Mass Murder, they are the site of, at least, one suspicious death.
What made McIlveen's feat more remarkable, and even more Glaswegian, was that the terrorist was on fire at the time. The more recent events with a narwhal tusk in London are another contender in this category.
I rember the narwhal tusk on London Bridge
I think the best part of the more recent one was the shouting of “fuck you, I’m millwall” while fighting terrorists who had knives with his bare fists.
I was just coming to write this comment, just kicking a terrorist does this man a disservice.
I really like the whole cheering when a glass is broken in a pub. It would be really embarrassing if you dropped a glass and the whole pub went silent and stared at you. The cheering is almost a collective "dont worry, it happens."
You are right, in the North it is often accompanied by light hearted comments like "Sack the juggler"
Very British: Everyone boiling their kettle at the exact same time (after, or during advert break for a major Televised event)
I Hadn’t thought about this before, but it’s very true.
It’s like intermission snacks :P
@@Dan-B Yep 😂 Even more so everytime this fact is mentioned on TV it necessitates a visit to Dinorwig Power Station, the hydro power station inside a Welsh mountain with the top of the mountain and bottom of the mountain lakes. In short we all like tea so much as a nation we hollowed out a mountain so we that we could all drink tea at the same time. 😂
Known as a "TV Pickup". The largest on record was Wednesday 4th July 1990. After Chris Waddle missed the penalty throwing England out of the world cup. There was a surge of 2,800 MW in demand. Equivalent to 1,120,000 Kettles being switched on.
@@Dan-B facts
Happens during Coronation street all the time 😆
The Royal family as a business run and keep dozens of listed national heritage buildings and sites. Many of which are tourist destinations. Many aspects of London Tourism for instance only exist because eof the Royals (Queen's guard etc). People assume that the royal family are entirely funded by taxes but they are a business and have ventures which bring in capital and all in all they cost the average person around £1.20 a year which I feel would probably be higher if we were having to maintain all of the land and properties that they do.
The public money given to The Business (as George VI referred to it as) comes from the income of the Crown Estates - the lands that would personally be owned by the queen but are gifted to the government at the beginning of each reign thanks to George III. The amount given to the queen from this is always less than ¼ of the total income. For those who say the monarchy costs the taxpayer, you're wrong. If the royals didn't gift that income to the government, the tax payable on it would be less than what the government currently gets.
it's the first time I hear an american not being obsessed with the royal family and the queen lol, but yeah assuming we pay for the royal family couldn't be more wrong lol
Somewhat similar to the Jaffa cakes case (but not British) in Ireland there is a legal limit on how much sugar can be in bread. Subway bread exceeds this limit and so under the law is classified as cake and taxed as a result. Subway tried to challenge this but lost the case.
We have that in Britain too. Subway was in a lot of trouble with all of us on the islands it seems 😂
The great British bake off is comforting! It’s an hour out your week to watch cake fails and ‘show stoppers’ with a cup of tea and a slice of cake! It was more comforting with Mary Berry though, the nations Nanna
I preferred it with Mary Berry
I would have to be physically forced to watch that show. It baffles me the amount of viewers it gets.
I miss the old hosts even more. Remember they used to sometimes do little field trips and provide actual history on the bake of the week?
Lizzie from Bake Off this year is hilarious - she says such weird things in a dead pan Liverpudlian accent, my favourite was her story about riding a runaway ostrich as a child 😅😅
@@ecocentriclife omg yesss! I loved those parts
A wee anecdote WRT biscuit/cake tax thing. Before 1973 we didn't have VAT, we had Purchase Tax. Under the rules Ice Cream was a dessert and subject to the tax, but mousse was considered a regular food so wasn't. My dad was in HM Customs and Excise (before it was amalgamated with Inland Revenue into HMRC) and they used to seize loads of mislabeled ice cream 🍦. A couple of times, after the legal niceties were over, he would bring home a huge vat of the stuff which had to be scoffed right away as domestic freezers weren't common back then. We were pretty popular with our friends those afternoons.
What cheese rolling was to my dad and uncle when we went to watch:
•fun time to laugh at idiots
•an excuse to start drinking early
•good British fun
What it was to me at age 8 or 9:
•A trek up and down a muddy hill in the rain trying to avoid being vomited on by strangers who'd been drinking since 7am
•Walking past one of the last runners at the end of the event and seeing his bone sticking out of his shin as his mate pulled his blood soaked sock off
Let's just say the next year when they went I stayed with my grandparents
My mum is from Gloucester and I’ve been to the cheese roll twice. I’m Canadian and it fascinates me
"Two taps, one cold and one warm."
No no no. One cold and one scalding!
“British grannies” aka 25 year old me crocheting seasonal hats for my villages postbox
Yay our local one has sprouted an octopus and the kids love it! Well done all the knitters yarn bombing out there!
oh god! farthing wood! the scene where the hedgehogs try to cross the busy road
"dont curl up, don't curl up, don't curl up" still vivd memories of this!
The addition of "over" to "he's behind you" did not sound right at all 😂😂
"He's over behind you!"
Made me laugh more than I expected
One of the reasons for the monarchy is that all armed services, police etc. swear allegiance to the Crown, not a political party. You can't bribe something that already has everything. They are non political so when politicians from different countries are arguing, the Crown often can visit or invite, opening conversations. This often happens when two arguing countries are invited to attend and politics are off the table, so tensions are reduced. If you look up the figures for maintaining a monarchy vs president, monarchy far cheaper. Add in a wedding etc the revenue is staggering in selling TV rights abroad (not the Crown charging), and increase in tourism is massive. It is also a constant steading presence no matter what politicians are up to.
Our local council wanted to start charging car park fees at the only park in a 3mile radius to us. All of the previous parks/green belt land had been developed on - 16 years ago I had 4 fields and that park to play on, to put it into perspective.
Now they want to charge people who visit that park to park their vehicle there, knowing that most people who visit live quite a way away and it's the closest area for children to play in for them.
People wouldn't drive to parks if there was more land for their children to play on nearer to them.
It's all about money with councils, unfortunately.
"You guys say deb-riss, don't you." What??! No! It's debris, like de brie... 😂😭🧀
Yeah, 'Day-bree'
The youngest person in my family is 21 and we still get agro at the mere mention of not going to the panto each year. We live all over the country and still it's the one thing we have to do together. Actual Christmas can get fucked, but if we don't go to the panto then it's the entire year ruined
I've lived in the UK my whole life, and I've never heard anyone pronounce "debris" as "deb-riss".
To be fair, the Jaffa Cake case wasn’t incredibly British, but more incredibly capitalist.
Proving that they’re cakes was about money, and not culture :P
Also ngl, I was kinda hoping that it was Mr.Blobby at your door, Noel’s House Party style..
The weirdest part for me as a Brit is the idea that biscuits are less essential than cakes. You can't dunk a cake! Maybe a ladyfinger, but... now I'm wondering if that's a cake or a biscuit.
@@FTZPLTC Normal Biscuits are 0% Tax. It is only chocolate coated biscuits that are classed as luxury with 15% Tax. But chocolate coated cakes are not Taxed. It was Jaffa Cakes chocolate coating that caused the tax issue.
@@grahamsmith9541 Ah, that makes a bit more sense. I still don't get why cake wasn't VATable though.
@@FTZPLTC Cakes not being taxed doesn't make sense to me either.
@@grahamsmith9541 let them eat cake?
You know who makes the largest tourism revenue in Europe? France. You remember what they did to their monarchy? :)
I gave my class a speech once in school about the Jaffa Cake debacle and I think the key convincing point was that Jaffa Cakes get harder when they're left out just like a cake whereas biscuits go softer when they're stale.
Who says 'deb-ris' instead of 'debree'? Brits definitely don't, so do Americans pronounce it like that?
Americans definitely don't, it's like chassis
@@thewingedporpoise well the British pronounce chassis with sh sound at the start
Am American, that's not how we say it either
American pronunciation duh-BREE. British pronunciation DEB-bree or DAY-bree.
I must also add that I absolutely visited London multiple times for the monarchy and if they had an attraction where I was guaranteed to see the queen walk by I would do it. There’s obviously many other reasons why I’ve taken multiple trips to the British Aisles but a chance at seeing a royal is def part of it
Go to Royal Ascot - if you buy a hospitality package you can get into the Royal Enclosure without being a member, and see the queen arrive and give out the prizes.
@@paulebroderick omg thank you! I’ll definitely do this next time I go
Ireland here, and I loved 'The Animals of Farthing Wood', but it also scared me. I have a scene from 25 years ago still stuck in my head...
Watership Down or "Waterschapsheuvel" was also on TV way to much in the Netherlands when i grew up. "It's animated so it must be fun for kids!" No, no it isn't.
Yeah... My mom also made that mistake. Oddly enough I found ik mik loreland more disturbing
My parents let me watch it as a kid, havent watched it since, but I still cry whenever I hear the soundtrack 😭
I only just found out how many animals actually die in that movie, but I always knew it kind of fucked me up regarding animals dying, especially rabbits
The Plague Dogs, by the same author (and adapted for screen by the same guy), gets pretty messed up, too. A story about 2 dogs that escape from a research lab and accidentally kill a guy by stepping on the trigger of his shotgun.
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t yes the Plague Dogs was harrowing!!!
@@tamsel814 I just never watched Ik mik loreland, even my parents knew that you shouldn't let kids watch that.
Self raising flour is very common outside the UK
Fun fact, where I live ( in Canada) people knits scarves , hats and mittens and decorate trees with them. The main point is so if you ever get caught out in the snow , you can usually keep warm if you are anywhere in the main city. But also it is super cute how creative some people have gotten in the past few years. Some people must be spend serious money on all that yarn.
Yeah I've seen yarn bombing done to trees and statues in multiple European countries too. I don't think it's a British thing.
really distancing yourself from Tom Scott by wearing a gray hoodie and not a red shirt
hahahha
Tom Scott bulk buys both red shirts and grey hoodies. This intro was ironic.
The baseball cap inside offsets it I think? 😅
The biggest thing for me is that the Week sponsored you I love the week but like that’s so funny and very British of you
Bake Off is directly inspired by a village fête. You'd probably only encounter them irl if you were outside of a big city, and London especially is very insular, but they're referenced a decent amount in British media.
They have a church fete in Hot Fuzz, if you want to imagine the kind of place that'd regularly hold one.
Girlfriend! You slipped that in there!!
@@adairs7498 I had to rewind it to make sure i heard right too. I hope its Bliss, she is lovely!
The Jaffa Cake thing began in the war with rationing. Biscuits were considered luxuries and cakes weren't, so it was easier to get the ingredients to make them and sell them. Also, Boaty McBoatface was the name they gave to one of the remote operated submersibles they have on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
Very here for Watership Down and Animals of Farthing Wood, great films! 🐇🦡
At my primary school every single year we went to a pantomime the last week of school before Christmas
I like the Busta Rhymes "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" arm waving at the start.
All the best with the mortgage.
1:31 Magesty's? Looks like 2 mistakes at once there, Evan 🤣
Just the 'g'. It should be Majesty's as the Revenue and Customs 'belong' to HM. For my sins I once worked for them.
Came down to the comments for this 😄
Hi Evan, I accidentally came across your channels via a Real Scottish wedding. ( I think that was the name.) I remember watching the British falling down the hills chasing after cheese on the news channel when my father was stationed at an AFB in the 1970's. I'm telling my age but love your sense of humor, content and beautiful photographs. Your work ethic and dual citizenship is impressive. I heard it's a tedious task to become a citizen. (I'll watch your videos) It sounds like your most tumultuous time is coming to an end. Good luck.
You think apologizing to someone who bumps into you is British? Catch me lying on the floor, having just regained consciousness and with a clearly broken shoulder, apologizing to the driver of the car that just hit me!! New levels!d
Its worth pointing out that the card one is the inverse. With everyone going "please don't notice me, not another one, I swear its more every year, are we actually do a card for someone who has only worked here 5 weeks, who even is this person, I am not writing in a card and collecting money for someone who I can't even pick out?"
The monarchy yes brings the uk money. It’s not just people visiting the palaces & the changing of the guard. People also come over to see the jubilee other big ep celebrations of the queen, people buy al” the souvenirs and TAT that is sold with the royals on, people watch the tv shows on the royals, people turn up to see the royals when they are on foreign tours. In all yes the royals do bring the uk a lot of money AND publicity.
I don't know why I pretend to be reluctant to accept offers of biscuits and tea, when that's all I think about
In fact, they named a small autonomous unmanned research submarine that is on the RMS Sir David Attenborough "Boaty McBoatface". I think that is a really good way to honour the online vote. And come on, everyone loves David Attenborough.
What's more British than a fete? A CHURCH JUMBLE SALE! A disappearing phenomenon. I blame the growth of charity shops. Huge tables of second hand clothing and goods that could provoke a punch up or two, with tea and baked goods, also for sale, to both refresh and soothing the nerves. I have seen so many jumble sales, seen so many fights over a second hand skirt or a blouse. "Get your hands off, I saw that first!"
On the subject of fetes, there is a comedic play called Gosforth's Fete that could be worth a look up. It's a typically British tale about a village event that goes...spoilers.😁
As a Welsh person, I don’t think my country benefits in the slightest from the Monarchy. I see them as a horrendous drain on public funds and attention.
The monarchy costs citizens about a pound each a year
@@tonycrayford3893 and it gives nothing back to people in Wales. Should we also tax people in Brazil? It has nothing to do with wales and I’m sure most of wales wants nothing to do with them
I quite like the Monarchy 🤷🏼♀️😂
@@tonycrayford3893 not even that, in fact the other way around. George III gave the income from the Crown Estates to the government in exchange for a stipend. This has happened with every monarch since. Even with the palace refurbishments and renovations, the Queen has never been given more than 25% of the Crown Estates income. That means the government gets to keep 75% of it. If she still kept the income from the Crown Estates for herself, the total tax due would be less than 75%. The government makes on the deal.
Why are the Welsh always negative about almost everything.
Like others have said....you DO make me laugh!! You're so 'quirky' and strangely uplifting....I always look forward to your video's!! I actually like the mix of 'polished' vids but your unpolished 'thrown together vids' are just as entertaining(sometimes more so!!)
I've also read comparisons of having a monarchy versus a presidential system, and basically the cost of presidential elections is about the same as the cost of the monarchy so it's easier to keep it as it is
I think the most ridiculously British thing is to celebrate the killing of some dude years ago with Fireworks and putting some clothes and hay on a big fire.
Also the Devon V Cornwall is it jam or cream on your scone first? Also the pronunciation of scone.
Personally I go butter, Jam, Cream, and say scone rhyming with bone not gone.
Argue with me in the comments, I'm bored.
On the cheese rolling - it was an official event in the location with support and everything, but they banned it because it was too dangerous. Result: everyone still does it, but without any support / ambulances on standby etc, so it's even more dangerous
Speaking of British TV... the seemingly never-ending gardening programmes on Saturday afternoon television.
In Australia if someone drops a glass or falls over in a pub everyone yells "Taxi!"
Please react to fêtes (pronounced fates btw) and well dressings! My village has a well dressing where the well is dressed up (surprise) and there’s normal fête things too like stalls and lucky dip and rides and coconut shys. I didn’t realise they didn’t have them in the US, though thinking about it they do seem quite British. They might be similar to ‘ren fayres’ but without the cosplay?
Also: we don’t pronounce it ‘debriss’ lol, I feel like you just met one British person who didn’t know how to pronounce debris
I had so much frustration over the pubs after lock down people could go on nights out with their friends but me and my partner couldn't be in the same room at the same time our very ill 4 week old baby !! The way they did things was ridiculous we could both see her but not at the same time it was absolute nonsense
Her Majesty or Her Magesty!? Very British to be pedantic on spelling!
I love how it looks like there's a little halo floating above Evan, it's cute :)
Nice and frothy. Just lovely for an autumn, dull Sunday. Thank you yet again, Mr Edinger. 😃
gosh at the beginning I thought I had my playback speed set to 2x 😂
I ain't that fast!
@@evan compliment mate. That’s a talent 😉
I think it's pretty common to cheer on a poor lad who dropped his glass at the bar in France too (except if it's the server).
Also yes for the monarchy. We got rid of our own so now we watch the UK one from across the Manche.
· Brand Finance estimates the capital value of the UK Monarchy as a business at £67.5bn
· Monarchy’s annual contribution to the UK economy in 2017 is £1.766bn
· Annual cost per head is less than £4.50 a year, equal to just over 1p a day
Personally with the Monarchy, I can believe that people would come to the UK at least partially due to the Queen - I reckon the monarchy will dip in popularity whenever she gets bored and decides to pretend to die.
Oh yeah Charles irritates me.
I'm from the UK and someone tried to trip me up and I apologized to them out of habit then I walked away realising what i just did
Australia has self raising flour and we cheer and shout taxi when a class is dropped.
It was worth me not fast forwarding through your infomercial just for the Kramer impression. “Now you’re talking” *snap*
"cakes are some how considered a staple food"
*Marie Antoinette likes this*
Just watching this and heard the LadBaby comment, thinking I must have read this same thread. Not exactly - that was my comment.
Wahey
@@evan highlight of the month!
The government doesn't care about the arts most recently they are removing vocational routes in education for performing arts...Ugh!
Love that bottle of wine from Tesco's Finest Meal Deal section
it's real simple, when a biscuit (cookie) goes stale it goes sot, when a cake goes stale it goes hard, when a Jaffa cake goes stale, it goes hard, ergo...Cake, plus its called a Jaffa CAKE!!!!
Drunk British people will wander off in a random direction and find themselves in a queue outside a random taxi rank they had no idea previously existed, takeaway in hand as if by magic.
When stale cakes go hard, biscuits go soft
There's a yarn bomber around Poole where my Mum and sister live. Every so often they send the *cutest* pictures. Really talented knitters there!
this video has made me realise how much of a chokehold the UK has over Australia. half of this stuff is also Aussie (and nz!) culture, damn convicts
11:21 We do that in Germany too when the server drops a plate in a restaurant haha
Watership down is one of my fave movies ever. I remember me and my dad watching it a bunch of times when I was little. My first (and only) tattoo is of Fiver from the film!
I was called on to the stage during a pantomime once, I was supposed to make a fool of myself doing a silly dance that they had previously done, but I had remembered it and did it perfectly. The actor kept telling me out of the corner of his mouth, to f it up but I couldn't, At the end, i was supposed to squirt them with foam but they got the last laugh as the syringe went wrong and backfired all over me, they weren't expecting it and nearly wet themselves laughing.. Lots of hilarity all round!
FYI, actually neither cakes nor biscuits are subject to VAT in general. It's specifically chocolate-covered biscuits which are taxed, as they're considered a luxury food.
The reason we love the British #1 Christmas song is because we’ve had famous rivalries and wars between British artists for the chart-toppers of the holiday season. A couple of note is The Wombles and Bob The Builder getting #1 each, both being very, very British children’s shows.
It’s the tradition that keeps on giving.
The issue is the monarchy is tied to nearly every governmental & societal structure we have. Would need to build everything from the ground up again, just not worth the hassle.
I'd say Watership Down and The Animals of Farthing Wood are closer to The Brave Little Toaster than The Secret of Nimh, but with... fluffier... protagonists and if some of the protagonists died on-screen rather than the only death being this random bastard of an AC unit.
ahhh the new build stuff... land drainage, utilities... FLOODING?
As a Canadian, I’ve noticed that a few of these apply to us. Like the shopping one. Check the term Canadian Standoff in the Urban Dictionary. There’s even a song about it.
As a fellow Canadian, I noticed the same thing. I have been involved in many a Candian Standoff, almost all of which have ended with a round of apologies because we both resigned ourselves to breaking the standoff at precisely the same time and consequently ran into one another.
Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen was in the US. I went to Florida in 2003 and 2005. I forget which year but one year we went to Epcot, and Cape Canaveral space centre. On the way back we stopped off at some shopping centre type place, we went inside and the parents ordered me (10 at the time) and my 8 year old sister some chips.
We sat down to eat, and my sister loved tomato ketchup so much she would have loads of it on everything.... my mother went to ask for some at the counter, and the bloke said "what's ketchup". My mum said "Tomato ketchup" and the bloke literally gave her the most puzzling stare and said "I've never heard of it".
He said "We've got this sauce though" and proceeded to squirt this sauce all over the plate of chips..... it was indeed tomato ketchup, except unlike in most places where it's a red colour, this was BLUE.
Literally ketchup but with BLUE food dye colouring in it. I looked really weird and was pretty off-putting.
Re the monarchy question (and I'm not defending them just a bit of info) there's a bigger reason why the monarchy still exists in the UK. They have an agreement with the government for hundreds of years now that they loan their lands to the government for a salary. That land gives a lot more money to the government than what the government pays in salary. Cgp Grey has a really cool video explaining all this :)
Yes! No more monarchy! Outdated waste of money and imo would earn more money for the economy if you could go into the palaces and homes and nosey about…we all love a nosey! Time to channel our inner french and get rid of them!
In my pub in Belfast we were clapping AND cheering.
Hello everyone and welcome back to a guy who still doesn't know what lifestyle is supposed to mean
(me too buddy, me too)
SERIOUSLY WHAT IS IT
@@evan I don't know man
*shrug*
Chasing cheese down a steep hill is not "fon" to "due".
As a Brit I think we should keep the monarchy cuz I can’t really imagine a Britain with out a figurehead like her majesty and for the thousand and more years the monarchy has been around it’s something that shouldn’t be removed
As a British republican I don't think head of state should not be determined by blood. All the while we have a monarch we are NOT a real democracy
@@tonycrayford3893 How do you define a real democracy then? I've lived in several versions of a democracy but very few feel like they are properly subordinate to voters' wishes.
The light on the ceiling makes it look like you have a halo 😁
or the king of the pineapple rings...
They did name one of the submersibles 'Boaty McBoatface" as a nod to the poll.
We certainly do not say "Debrah". Haha
Boaty McBoatface and RSS Sir Attenborough are in Greenwich this coming weekend :D
There's a Billy Connolly video, where he's in Belfast, describing his reaction to the news coverage of the Glasgow terrorist attack.
It's Billy Connolly. It's hilarious.
I’m sure Pringles had a tax case on whether or not it was a crisp because they’re not potato based
I'm German, but they also showed the dubbed version of Animals of Farthing Wood on TV when I was a child and I too am still traumatised.
Think it was British payback for some of the creepiest shows from Germany / Eastern Europe that British kids endured and traumatised them late 60s / early 70s, " The Singing Ringing Tree" scared a whole generation of wide eyed little Britons, me and 2 brothers being 3 of them.
Another amazing video, I just got back home from a trip to the hospital and this cheered me up, thanks!