An Evening Of Unnecessary Stations
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2018
- Thanks to those nice people at Festival Of the Spoken Nerd for inviting us along to their "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail" night, where nerds meet comedy! It's a regular occurence with different guests each time.
Website here: www.tickettext.co.uk/aeoud/
Thanks to Matt Parker for having/hosting, and huge thanks to to 'Merch Dan' for coming up with some of these words facts for us!
Oh, also ... "No stations with 19 letters", is of course a joke and there are several 19 lettered stations. Can you name some of them in the comments below?
"what's your nearest station?"
"[station in Isle of Wight]"
"we've.... not been there...."
That bloke in the bottom of shot must be a genius, Isle of Wight Joke and all (it's me actually :) )
Oh yeah I see your head
"That's good, right? It took me hours!" "But what does it mean?"
As a history graduate student who has just completed a lengthy project about the former land holdings of a defunct manufacturing company, I feel this exchange in the very marrow of my bones. :)
And the true star still shines, Go Vicki!
#AllTheCastles
This has to happen! LOL
Logistically impossible :(
Camberwell86 challenge accepted. :-)
Don't forget to visit Carisbrooke Castle...I'm sure you know where that is Vicki ;-)
yes, they must do All The Castles.
Geoff and Vicki, that was BRILLIANT. I enjoyed every minute of it. Superb.
So there's a Hope in England and a Hope in Wales. Does that mean Scotland is Hope-less?
Well there was an Earl of Hopetoun, I don't know if that is actually a place.
Does that mean thye twice (where on a train that) ran out of Hope.
Indeed
When trying to find Hope in England you are likely to get Shatton.
I often get comments "I live in hope" and have to constantly tell people that Hope is in Derbyshire, a long way from where they live.
Absolutely loved this! Thanks for sharing! I always seem to miss when you announce shows like this 😣 I need to peel my eyes.
This is genuinely one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. You two are naturals.
You guys are naturals on stage, loved it. Surprised Matt hasn't done a video on the Heart of Wales challenge already!
It's coming ... ;)
Is that not the Traveling Salesman problem, and therefore doesn't have an "efficient" solution? (i.e. requires brute force or guesswork)
Another brilliant talk, was sorry to have missed it, so really pleased they recorded it. Stunned how quickly they got the anagrams right!
Vicki is such a delight.
That looked like a lot of fun (and a lot of hard work) but it was brilliant to watch. Keep up the good work, y'all!
The Left bank two whistling during the 50 station names cracked me up so hard!
James Funnell I can only apologise, it was me!
Brilliant, love the humour in what some might think is quite a dull challenge
Bangor will have 19 letters, seeing as there's a post box on the platform...
I'm sorry.
didn't realise I'd enjoy a video on train stations this much but i loved every second of this.
Of course. Thank you for reminding me of this. I had forgotten Episode 13!
A really slick, very enjoyable presentation. Love the humour
Superb! Thank you and thank you to whoever captured this :-)
You two work brilliantly together. Superb show.
This is utterly delightfully nerdy!
Great video, loved it and I wish you could do more
Geoff and Vicky are so cool. I wish I could have met them on their 2017 journey🤣🏴
Terrific! Thanks for posting that!
Thanks for uploading, I had been tempted to try to attend this when you announced you were doing this one but its a bit of a mission from Cornwall just for a few hours
Totally ingenious. And so funny. Brilliant.
The two Hope stations
The one in Wales is served by Transport for Wales. The one in England is served by Northern and East Midlands Railway
I also liked the crowd reaction when they found out Llanfair PG wasn't the longest station name
The Station CRS codes there are 4 which are just the same letter.
CCC - Criccieth, LLL - Llandeilo, SSS - Sheerness-on-Sea, and WWW - Wootton Wawen
For some peculiar reason I felt the urge to also shout the name of my local station at my unresponsive screen😢
You guys are blimming brilliant in this
Brilliant, well done guys
There is a rail service in South east queenland australia that stops at 51 stations. Early morning rosewood to nambour service (roughly 162km in length, runs part express)
Sounds like it should be made into a tv series. Great fun
Horley Morley! I love it when you put your comedy shoes on folks! :)
8:32 that's exactly what I shouted to my computer at that point.
Loved it, so funny, just my sense of humour .
Very impressive. Good work!
I tried to do Aberdeen-Penzance last autumn but we got terminated at Exeter St David's due to the sea coming over the track at Dawlish. We had to swap from a Voyager to a HST. It's longer in miles (770) than the sleeper
Thanks, a very funny set!
This is fantasticly nerdy! Hillarious!
It is, you can tell everyone is enjoying themselves
Brilliant. Think I might have to borrow some of those for a local quiz night.
You two must get your own TV series... and hopefully I can watch it in the States. Love you both! Sandy from Baltimore, Maryland, USA (home of the birthplace of the Railroad in the United States)
their tv series will be very popular.
@@SamSitar the only reason their format works is because it's NOT TV. Television is dead/dying and anything that's worth watching these days is online.
This must be getting close to being the ultimate train nerd video. Nice. :)
Thanks for posting this as i was unable to attend even tho i would like to of gone
Keep up the great work looking forward to #AllTheCastles lol
Fantastic video Geoff and Vicki... so sad not to have been able to make it :-( Love it at 3:38 when Vicki say's you mean............
I've not been to the Uk and will probably never ride the trains there but I love Vicki & Geoff
Owwww my face I just spent 17 minutes grinning 😁 this is not natural I might be stuck like this forever 😁
That was wonderful.
Enjoyed this a lot 😊
I really want to see the results of the heart of Wales Challenge! Make sure you post it!
Geoff set this challenge to his RUclips followers when he posted the video last year. I found a way to do it in three days: ruclips.net/video/la8Oh_ZxaG4/видео.html&lc=UgiXMzxgheWSt3gCoAEC. I didn't get a prize :'-(
I managed to find a way to do it in less than two days when the problem was originally posed (see twitter.com/gasheadsteve/status/881665913573056513 ), but I think it's possible to optimise it even further. I didn't get a prize either if that's any consolation :)
I think the intention was to come up with a solution not requiring a car or walking.
would it not be Quicker at Llandybie to get the Bus to Ammanford has it takes about 15 mines father that the walk
I enjoyed that. Thanks.
That was awesome!
Fun video, but Dalreoch and Bridgeton are in Scotland [/nerd], Glad to see more content from ATS!
That was delightful!
0:25 - As a _Sailor Moon_ fan, I recognize that gesture you two are making.
Most amusing - thanks for sharing G & V.
I fell out of my chair laughing. there are two G & V's. what were they doing during that event?
Great video by the way. Wish it was longer. Maybe plans to do another routine sometime soon. I know you are busy with other jobs and things.
sort of thing you watch and enjoy on a wet evening in Makarora. Thanks xx
One word, BRILLIANT,
The dropbox link might be handy in the description, too ;)
Brilliant
Woah, wait - Is that Matt Parker from StandUpMaths?
Yup! He runs a show called "an evening of unnecessary detail" and we were one of the guests.
Nice. Seeing as if it feels like you haven’t Uploaded in what seems like ages (Even though it’s Only been 2 Weeks lol) it’s great to see a new video by you guys. Currently still Watching 👍
Aside from the 5 in the last two weeks that Geoff has uploaded on his channel.
Ahh, a great evening it was. Apart from ATS being the obvious highlight was the guy who did a synthesised looping of Axel F on his cheap 1980s keyboard.
That'll be Seb Lee-Delisle
Another with 19 letters? Perhaps somewhere on the network should be named 'Vicki & Geoff junction' after the great work they have done promoting the railways?
Imagine all the stations pre beeching axe...........
Oooo, looks good!
Great video!
Milton Keynes Central, 19 letters. (One of my) Local station(s)
I’ve always been fond of this name, Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes are two of the most famous economists.
My claim to fame: I’ve been getting the 17.20 Crewe to Cardiff Central - luckily just for the first couple of stops! - regularly over the last few weeks... So sadly (?) I already knew that it was 50 stations!
Great video, ❤️
"Horley/Morley" , I'll always remember that 😂
11:15 - I know want to go to Crewe station to see how long it takes the station announcer to read out all the stops for that train.
*now.
They're even better when some are request stops too because they get repeated a second time after the list
I can't remember, but I think they're also read in Welsh at Crewe. They are definitely in Shrewsbury.
You can get a slightly shorter version at ruclips.net/video/ftiB6HLjWCM/видео.htmlm54s
Funniest thing I heard was the station announcer at Lancaster announcing all the stations on the West Highland Line from Glasgow Queen St to Mallaig. This was 30 years ago now so i forget why. But being from Fort William the butchering of some of the names was fantastic
Horley morley, that was excellent! I should have gone :-/
Brilliant Geoff and Vicki..
Five Auckland train stations in a row with the same number of characters. Pukekohe, Papakura, Takanini, Te Mahia, Manurewa. Each has 8 characters including spaces.
Vicki doesn't look different in this one.
Hey! Thats my line!
andrea22213 it’s a running joke
Changing the letters of station names sounds a bit like a poem to me 😂👌🏼
Dalreoch is just outside Dumbarton (pass through it going to Glasgow) and Bridgeton is I think in the East End of Glasgow - creepy area!
My nearest station is technicaly Beverley however I have to go via hull on the bus or train to get to it
Brilliant laugh 😂
Liverpool Lime Street
Birmingham New Street
St Keynes Wishing Well (if the word Halt doesn't count)
Milton Keynes Central
Bradford Interchange
Stourbridge Junction ("It's The Cutest Train I've Ever Seen!")
That's all I can think of at the moment.
*St Keyne Wishing Well (no -s on the end), so you can't have that one! Do they count the "&" sign as one letter/character? If so, Portsmouth & Southsea is another.
I mixed up with Milton Keynes, apparently.
I make it 26: Ardrossan South Beach
Ascott-under-Wychwood
Birmingham New Street
Blundellsands & Crosby
Borough Green & Wrotham
Bradford Interchange
Church & Oswaldtwistle
Coatbridge Sunnyside
Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon
East Midlands Parkway
Finchley Road Frognal
Gainsborough Central
Gainsborough Lea Road
Harringay Green Lanes
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Leytonstone High Road
Liverpool Lime Street
Loch Eil Outward Bound
Luton Airport Parkway
Milton Keynes Central
Mottisfont & Dunbridge
Possilpark & Parkhouse
Ramsgreave & Wilpshire
South Woodham Ferrers
Stourbridge Junction
Whittlesford Parkway
Huddersfield Central?
Walthamstow Queens Rd?
I hope that one day I'll find someone who looks at me the way I look at Vicki.
Change the first letter for another station: Drigg & Brigg. And you guys just keep on getting better!
Great video/talk. Did you ever get an answer to the Heart of Wales line problem?
Hehe! That was great! :)
Wonderful and funny. Wish I could have made it!
Have you guys ever thought about doing the Tyne and wear metro? , I live next to the network , its amazing!
Stations where you change the 1st letter to get another station name which wasn’t on there is Alton/Olton.
There is a 19 letter station in Northern Ireland: Great Victoria Street (if that counts :p)
Striling
Now you have completed a 19 letter station with Leixlip Louisa Bridge!
I think I'm just out of shot on the right. It was very interesting
We did Rhoose for the “visit a new station” challenge! 👌
Worcestershire Parkway x Reston (new station in Scotland) = BERWICKSHIRE PARKWAY (19 letters). A plausible suggestion!
19 letter station: Birmingham New Street.
Hilarious video too!
I shouted out my local station name too which is Fratton.
so you live near portsmouth. Just looked on google maps :)
Which is also close to Cosham / Bosham.
Possibly my town where where was born is yate with 4 letters
How about an all the stations of 'ride on' miniature trains (the type you see around theme parks, stately homes etc, usually something like 10 1/4 inch gauge, each layout must have at least one station where you can embark and disembark, must put at least one foot on each platform, :D
(if you get a chance, list the station facilities)
A station used to exist with 19 letters !
Highams Park & Hale End was the original name of the station next to Chingford. Before it was shortened to Highams Park. Hope that helps.
Dalreoch is in Scotland btw NOT Wales (North Clyde Line Glasgow Queen Street to Balloch/Helensburgh Central)