A discussion on ant eaters leads to Alan revealing an interesting titbit on a bartender he knows. Taken from QI A episode 1 - Adam Featuring Hugh Laurie
that probably wasn't the face he made at the time. The cameras are fixed on each member of the panel, and various clips are cut in during editing. sorry.
The trouble with Americans is that they insist on attempting to display to all others what perfect, unsullied. moral beings they are. But moral choices depend on a full education on subjects, also, outside their frontiers.- something they mostly don't even recognise. And what they can't understand they consider best to denigrate, to avoid the humiliation at others laughing at their ignorance. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Terry Kane I didn't. Did you know that a woman's 'clit' has 11x more nerve endings than a man's similar area? The vib was invented 12 yrs before the vacuum cleaner, also. :)
That's is a very old joke by the way.Kevin Bloody Wilson was doing it back in the eighties. Don't take my word for it, go google it. watch?v=73L3KVxt_GU
@PianoManFromJapan Very good, as you can clearly see, I just apologized for that. However I'm glad that you were able to graciously accept my apologies - oh wait, no you weren't. Being correct in such an instance does not permit you to lord it over someone because of a simple americanism. As I said earlier, if an English author AND editor thought it was correct, then I think it was an honest mistake on my behalf. I've apologized for correcting you, there is no need to be condescending.
He is not Knighted and there might be a few reasons the Queen and the throne may not be able to forgive all Stephens 'shortcomings' .. 1. Aetheist. Queen is head of church... 2. He spoken out against the royals.. 3. Spoken out about the MP's....does he know his place?Can he be trusted.. He'll be knighted by Charles I imagine,...Saving Face for Liz...
@Parkerkun tidbit* Lol I just checked, it seems like tidbit is the North American version of titbit, the original English term, therefore I apologize! I actually read "tidbit" in a novel by an English author, hence the assumption that it was correct. Oxford Dictionary has however instructed me otherwise, so... My bad.
@Theninjasarecoming Yeah explanations do ruin jokes. But I did understand the joke before I asked. I just doubted it because I wasn't laughing, yet everyone else was saying "It took me awhile before I got it" So I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be the joke or not. Anyways, yeah.
@ixcaliber Depends on your sense of humour. I think that the crowd found it funny :P I think that partly what makes it funny is the fact that the barman would actually say that to girls, since it's obviously a shitty pick-up line.
@ixcaliber It's like the jokes when a girl is incredibly flexible. Only it's being said by a barman. To a customer. A good chunk of the joke is that it's not exactly a good pick-up line and trying to explain it does sortof ruin the shock value.
@PianoManFromJapan titbit as in "a piece of something"? Because I'm English and the correct word would be "tidbit" oh and why are people talking about an unfunny show (Friends) on a clip from a hilarious show?
@JPVeigaaaa I see some other people have explained this to you. But I really feel that I should add that you should never ever say that to anybody unless you don't mind some one pepper spraying you.
A step removed from the simple "I've got a massive tongue" type line, which brings about a fantastic pause of realisation if delivered right: bar manager I once worked for walked in, wicked grin on her face, and said to the new girl, "If you need me, I'll be over in corner. Licking my eyebrows."
LOL! I didn't think your comment was bad enough to dislike it, but you have accomplished your mission by making people feel it was was a personal shot at their fanbased feeling for the program. So actually you did some light damage here, but I think you can do a lot worse....can't you?
The best pickup line I've ever hear goes something like this: Hey babe, I've got a full nine inches for you! Well, admittedly, it is in two installments.
@lawnmower88 Please tell me you know who that is... That's Hugh Laurie. He used to be in a comedy double-act with Stephen Fry, and they did a number of TV shows together. He's currently in the States starring as Dr. House in "House". He's basically an icon in British television and comedy. In other words, he's quite a lot more than just a random extra in an episode of "Friends".
You can take an expression anyway you want. If you're saying Hugh doesnt get the cunnilingus joke go ahead. The face he was actually making was that of one who gets a joke but its so corny/immature he doesnt quite burst out laughing.
@akaianc Yeah, but keep in mind that it so happens that a lot more American TV programmes air globally than British ones. So, many people outside the UK may know of Hugh Laurie because of that little extra episode on Friends and Dr House.
Lol I just realized that Rich Hall looks a bit like Hugh Laurie. After always seeing Rich Hall in that seat I had to do a double take. But I do realize it is Hugh Laurie in this one. Right? haha.
@95Tezza95 It's funny because it is both rude and absurd. I would say google cunnilingus though if you are young your parents probably wouldn’t want you doing that.
so far i have had eliminations at days 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, 2184, 2520 and 2856. today is day 3075. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. what i have discovered has gone around the world and many sogns have been written about it....the foo fighters' last 3 albums.....coldplays' last 3 albums....."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil). an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body.
you could seemingly hold your breath underwater for ages if you had one ear sticking up. You'd prob get neck ache from the angle you'd have to hold your head at though.
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross hornes' book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 8 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
Hugh Laurie's face is all like: Have you seriously just made that joke?
that probably wasn't the face he made at the time. The cameras are fixed on each member of the panel, and various clips are cut in during editing. sorry.
This was almost 10 years ago...And Alan Davies still looks exactly the same.
Another 10 years later and Amazingly he started to age
@@klemensk8776I’ll give you that his hair’s grey now but in the face he looks pretty much the same
That laugh lasted so long ,cause you have to think about it for a second .
Even while I thought about it, knowing full well what it meant, it just seemed to get funnier in my head.
Not if you're a perv like me, you don't.
The trouble with Americans is that they insist on attempting to display to all others what perfect, unsullied. moral beings they are. But moral choices depend on a full education on subjects, also, outside their frontiers.- something they mostly don't even recognise. And what they can't understand they consider best to denigrate, to avoid the humiliation at others laughing at their ignorance.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Terry Kane I didn't.
Did you know that a woman's 'clit' has 11x more nerve endings than a man's similar area?
The vib was invented 12 yrs before the vacuum cleaner, also. :)
QI is hilarious!
"Excuse me, is your seat taken?"
"That paper you're sitting on, are you reading that?"
"Who's coat is that jacket?"
Who's coke is that pepsi?
Oh God, I love how Hugh seems almost embarrassed by this :D You adorable man!
I love the look that Laurie gave Davis right after he said it XD
Historical laughter. It goes on forever! :-)
''Here's 20p... ring your mother and tell her the ransom is £20,000.''
Best one.
except no-ones used a payphone since 1997
And they're so young! My, have the years passed or what?
Is the joke REALLY obvious and not really that funny? Or am I just overthinking it?
I love how Hugh and Sessions tried not to laugh at the joke ;P
@MJLongman Why is it that every time I'm home, well (and with tons of work that urgently needs doing), I end up watching QI clips on RUclips?
i love Alans face when he tells the joke
I had no idea Hugh Laurie did QI
Only the one episode. Apparently he's rather shy when having to "freeform" so to speak, so he was fairly quiet throughout the episode.
@@morthasa such a shame. He and Fry are wonderful together.
I think the best part of this is the look on Hugh Laurie's face.
@MJLongman Every time I need a laugh (which is common these days), QI never fails to brighten my day.
That's is a very old joke by the way.Kevin Bloody Wilson was doing it back in the eighties. Don't take my word for it, go google it. watch?v=73L3KVxt_GU
@PianoManFromJapan Very good, as you can clearly see, I just apologized for that. However I'm glad that you were able to graciously accept my apologies - oh wait, no you weren't. Being correct in such an instance does not permit you to lord it over someone because of a simple americanism. As I said earlier, if an English author AND editor thought it was correct, then I think it was an honest mistake on my behalf. I've apologized for correcting you, there is no need to be condescending.
He is not Knighted and there might be a few reasons the Queen and the throne may not be able to forgive all Stephens 'shortcomings' ..
1. Aetheist. Queen is head of church...
2. He spoken out against the royals..
3. Spoken out about the MP's....does he know his place?Can he be trusted..
He'll be knighted by Charles I imagine,...Saving Face for Liz...
@Parkerkun tidbit* Lol I just checked, it seems like tidbit is the North American version of titbit, the original English term, therefore I apologize! I actually read "tidbit" in a novel by an English author, hence the assumption that it was correct. Oxford Dictionary has however instructed me otherwise, so... My bad.
@Theninjasarecoming Yeah explanations do ruin jokes. But I did understand the joke before I asked. I just doubted it because I wasn't laughing, yet everyone else was saying "It took me awhile before I got it" So I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be the joke or not. Anyways, yeah.
@ixcaliber Depends on your sense of humour. I think that the crowd found it funny :P I think that partly what makes it funny is the fact that the barman would actually say that to girls, since it's obviously a shitty pick-up line.
@ixcaliber It's like the jokes when a girl is incredibly flexible. Only it's being said by a barman. To a customer. A good chunk of the joke is that it's not exactly a good pick-up line and trying to explain it does sortof ruin the shock value.
@PianoManFromJapan titbit as in "a piece of something"? Because I'm English and the correct word would be "tidbit"
oh and why are people talking about an unfunny show (Friends) on a clip from a hilarious show?
@JPVeigaaaa I see some other people have explained this to you. But I really feel that I should add that you should never ever say that to anybody unless you don't mind some one pepper spraying you.
LOL...Hugh Laurie's face after Alan says that! WIN!!
A step removed from the simple "I've got a massive tongue" type line, which brings about a fantastic pause of realisation if delivered right: bar manager I once worked for walked in, wicked grin on her face, and said to the new girl, "If you need me, I'll be over in corner. Licking my eyebrows."
I don't get it either, but that's maybe because English isn't my native language. I suppose the joke is some kind of word play/innuendo?
Sorry Alan, but can I please get subtitles because I couldn't come up with anything even remotely similar to that that would make sense.
What a cunning linguist...
*wink wink, nudge nudge*
@MaximHammel I'm a little more certain than that. What he said is a common joke on videos of the scene he's talking about.
So the pub landlord was Gene Simmons? 😂😭🤣
@morthasa No problem. I wasnt being pedantic, I just thought that I might have remembered incorrectly thats all.
ive got a tongue,thats ten inches long and i've learnt to breathe through my ears....kevin 'bloody' wilson ;)
@Parkerkun If you don't understand the joke, it means you're probably too young to have it explained to you. ;)
As a couple have pointed out here, this vulgarity arose in 1985 at the very latest.... /watch?v=73L3KVxt_GU
@Smithpolly Unless you're disabled. Everyone's afraid of the repercussions of hurting a disabled person.
He's got a long tongue (so he can pleasure women with it) and he can breathe through his ears (so he won't have to stop to catch his breath).
LOL! I didn't think your comment was bad enough to dislike it, but you have accomplished your mission by making people feel it was was a personal shot at their fanbased feeling for the program. So actually you did some light damage here, but I think you can do a lot worse....can't you?
@Shannmeister The implication being that they failed to understand it, because they are a bit dim.
@bradkey98765 i'm terrible like that, that's why i was surprised when i didn't get this one :L
@morthasa How have you fixed it and did you do it without reuploading? (although I doubt that)
Yea that's the name of a hip hop group formed in 2001 that actually make decent music with intelligent lyrics. course you came up with it first tho.
The best pickup line I've ever hear goes something like this: Hey babe, I've got a full nine inches for you! Well, admittedly, it is in two installments.
@lawnmower88
Please tell me you know who that is... That's Hugh Laurie. He used to be in a comedy double-act with Stephen Fry, and they did a number of TV shows together. He's currently in the States starring as Dr. House in "House". He's basically an icon in British television and comedy. In other words, he's quite a lot more than just a random extra in an episode of "Friends".
I kept a straight face until I saw John Sessions smile and then busy his head in his hands XD
@morthasa this isn't the pilot episode, just the first episode of the A series.
You can take an expression anyway you want. If you're saying Hugh doesnt get the cunnilingus joke go ahead. The face he was actually making was that of one who gets a joke but its so corny/immature he doesnt quite burst out laughing.
@akaianc Yeah, but keep in mind that it so happens that a lot more American TV programmes air globally than British ones. So, many people outside the UK may know of Hugh Laurie because of that little extra episode on Friends and Dr House.
Someone with your name saying this is quite childish??? I didn't know trolls had standards....
@MJLongman You are so right! You should also do it when every time you're home and HEALTHY!
@JPVeigaaaa "Any female customer you like the look of" (a good looking girl)
Lol I just realized that Rich Hall looks a bit like Hugh Laurie.
After always seeing Rich Hall in that seat I had to do a double take. But I do realize it is Hugh Laurie in this one. Right? haha.
@daswerdasss No, he said "I have a nine inch tongue and I can breathe through my ears"
Love Stephen Fry's "wow"
@GooseberryMk3 That or a really bad lover.
@beeniefide He's not a knight, If he was it would say on his wiki page.
@comanchio1976 my bad, I meant the first episode in the regular series.
@95Tezza95 It's funny because it is both rude and absurd. I would say google cunnilingus though if you are young your parents probably wouldn’t want you doing that.
...ok lol. I'm sure there is no possible way he didn't get it, besides that if you dont get it you dont know about sex yet.
so far i have had eliminations at days 504, 840, 1176, 1512, 1848, 2184, 2520 and 2856. today is day 3075. i have definitely found something. i am not lying. what i have discovered has gone around the world and many sogns have been written about it....the foo fighters' last 3 albums.....coldplays' last 3 albums....."vertigo" by U2 (my first name is phil). an elimination is a day when you experience strong flu-like symptoms and feel terrible. bad stuff is washed out of your body.
DAMN IT! Followed some links, ended up on a QI clip, goodbye rest of the day. :/
Is it me or did the Oxbridge lot look a bit confused by Alan's story?
@ixcaliber I can't understand what he is saying. Translation please?
@j0gan673 Okay that's what I guessed, that isn't very "funny" though
@bradkey98765 that 95 in my name isn't referring to my birth year :P
one sure fire line to pick up any girl just go up to her say hello then lick your eyebrows works every time :D
Never got it till now... i thought alan said bring it through his ears, not breathe through his ears. LOL, alan,
you could seemingly hold your breath underwater for ages if you had one ear sticking up. You'd prob get neck ache from the angle you'd have to hold your head at though.
He got the joke wrong. Originator was the great Australian Kevin Bloody Wilson. It was 10 INCHES NOT NINE!
Stephen's quip was brilliant, too - 35 mph laugh! :D
That's such a fantastically British way of putting it, thank you Mr. Norris-Wagstaff
Well, just imagine how handy it would be to have a long tongue and being able to breathe through your ears, when you're pleasing a woman orally.
@bossyboots55 he was obviously thinking 'son, i am dissapoint'
Elizabeth wouldn't want to be upstaged by the greatest British Queen ever
Fry is such a funny clever man
Alan's line was great too
i came up with a theory that involves the book of genesis (fig leaves) buddha (sitting under the bodhi fig tree) jesus (many sayings about figs) ross hornes' book (new health revolution) and science (figs are the most important source of food for fruit eating rainforest animals). i then experimented on the figs by eating mainly dried figs (same brand) for over 8 years now and found cycles which i related to the numbers in psgs 11/12 of the book of revelations. this theory has gone everywhere.
@Plainlazy19911 Twice? I watched this at least 20 times till now!
The question you need to ask yourself is why aren't you watching them when your NOT at home?
Just watched house, it feels weird seeing hugh laurie on QI.
You would be surprised, some of my friends don't usually get dirty talk and they're all over 20.
You're right..it's a song of Kevin's...I've got a tongue that's 10 inches long, and I've learned to breathe through me ears.
Niktion mate well i am but it doesnt matter because i am so good looking.
just to confirm did he say "I have a nine inch tongue and had to breath to me ears"
@HMservant Just the pilot episode (i.e. this episode)
@ClarinoI Now now I didn't say stupid, I said confused.
Of course, if the line works, that ear-breathing isn't gonna help you much, either
@morthasa I thought the pilot had Eddie Izzard in it?
People stop being so nationalist! it is disgusting!
When we're ill, there is no better way to cheer ourselves up. :D
haha thats brilliant nearly topped by the fact no one knew how to respond haha
LOL
"Cunning linguist" indeed!
That means "he gives good conversation?" ;-)
Every woman who I've told this to has agreed that it really is a great pick-up line.
No not really! just thought I would mention where he got the joke from!
please explain that pick upline :L i don't get it
At least I'm satisfied by the end of the night.
They have blokes like Johnny Vegas on weekly...
9 inch tongue and can breathe through his ears
@pardingo - Well done on ruining the joke....
@TheRealBarnez Very worthy.
saw pick up lines: "does this towel smell like chloroform to you?"