A Terrible Mistake: 1 Vacuum = 1 Free Flight

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  4 года назад +1461

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    We'll even send you a free t-shirt if we use your suggestion (but it takes forever to ship them out so don't get too excited)

    • @re57k
      @re57k 4 года назад +35

      your pun sucks

    • @NotAmira_
      @NotAmira_ 4 года назад +18

      WE NEED MORE PLANES!

    • @aswd45-mk14
      @aswd45-mk14 4 года назад +13

      Bricks!!!

    • @d9zirable
      @d9zirable 4 года назад +9

      bricks

    • @amorag59
      @amorag59 4 года назад +7

      I mean, I thought it was interesting considering I have nothing else to do in quarantine. If you're going to keep a crappy attitude, all you're going to get is a channel that sucks.

  • @zakiducky
    @zakiducky 4 года назад +1815

    0:00 This video is also made possible by Hoover, although not intentionally so.

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад +12

      zakiducky - well, one consequence of it was that Hoover (an American-based company) had to be sold IN ITS' ENTIRETY, first to Maytag and years later, with another merger to Whirpool, where it resides nowadays (Candy has to pay royalties to Whirpool to use the name).

    • @ImSquiggs
      @ImSquiggs 4 года назад +4

      Wicked funny hahaha

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 3 года назад +3

      I see what you did there

  • @creamcracker0415
    @creamcracker0415 4 года назад +2665

    Well at least everyone had a vacuum at the end of it

  • @NilesBlackX
    @NilesBlackX 4 года назад +1824

    Sooooo...
    "We're losing £570 per sale!"
    "Don't worry, we'll make it up on volume!"

    • @TheSecondVersion
      @TheSecondVersion 4 года назад +67

      This was MoviePass's mistake, along with believing that people would treat a movie theater subscription like a *gym membership.*

    • @adrianbutitsjustapseudonym8681
      @adrianbutitsjustapseudonym8681 4 года назад +12

      @@TheSecondVersion really? 🤣

    • @SacreligousTurkey
      @SacreligousTurkey 3 года назад +49

      Great logic on their end. It’s almost as if they didn’t use a calculator or even basic math.

    • @ruslannabioullin3664
      @ruslannabioullin3664 3 года назад +7

      @@SacreligousTurkey What do you expect, they're low-IQ businesspeople, not mathematicians.

    • @traplover6357
      @traplover6357 3 года назад +24

      @@ruslannabioullin3664 they're probably so rich, they don't understand what the average person does as a consumer

  • @MrTedjamable
    @MrTedjamable 4 года назад +4215

    My grandma brought a vacuum during this promo and that meant she took my mum on her first and only trans-atlantic trip to see New York! Very interesting to hear a familiar story!
    Brilliant vid as always!!

    • @PlanetaryFacts
      @PlanetaryFacts 4 года назад +143

      This is such a nice and wholesome comment.

    • @inseut
      @inseut 4 года назад +30

      @@PlanetaryFacts yeah! I love this comment

    • @beanreeses4364
      @beanreeses4364 4 года назад +43

      Yes you don’t get many of these here on RUclips

    • @hades7650
      @hades7650 4 года назад +1

      *spits*

    • @xxxndsboy
      @xxxndsboy 4 года назад +1

      @@PlanetaryFacts Yeah

  • @sams3015
    @sams3015 4 года назад +4948

    This is that story every British marketing student had to study at one point!

    • @g-man3785
      @g-man3785 4 года назад +244

      In the US, all business students have to study about Enron.

    • @sams3015
      @sams3015 4 года назад +37

      G-Man I think we did too!

    • @tristanmoller9498
      @tristanmoller9498 4 года назад +16

      What’s that?

    • @brazeiar9672
      @brazeiar9672 4 года назад +127

      One student will skip that class. I call this student my favourite, because one day I'm going to be getting a free flight to the US!

    • @tomkingston8886
      @tomkingston8886 4 года назад +4

      999 likes

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 4 года назад +1054

    There’s a massive closed down hoover factory a mile from where I live and I never knew why it closed down. Thanks

    • @thereal_morxy49
      @thereal_morxy49 4 года назад +91

      HAI: Teaches people why their local vacuum cleaner factories are closed down.

    • @das3610
      @das3610 4 года назад +1

      Caleb OKAY could be near Wembley. I was in Wembley a while ago and I think there was one there.

    • @mikerhop9
      @mikerhop9 4 года назад +2

      Pentrebach in Merthyr Tydfil is where they were made

    • @tylerbaker7761
      @tylerbaker7761 4 года назад +4

      DAS the one in Wembley that is a big Art Deco building I think used to be the head offices though maybe it was also a factory. It’s now a Tesco and if anyone’s looking for it it’s just next to the A40 road near Perivale tube station

    • @tylerbaker7761
      @tylerbaker7761 4 года назад +1

      Caleb OKAY off the A40 in north west London near Perivale tube station

  • @jadenschalck8640
    @jadenschalck8640 4 года назад +6293

    Vacuum company: noo you can't just buy a £120 vacuum to fly to America
    All of Europe: haha airplane go woosh

    • @martinzanazzi9025
      @martinzanazzi9025 4 года назад +50

      This comment is suspiciously similar to the one on real engineering’s sr71 video

    • @guy_th18
      @guy_th18 4 года назад +60

      all of Europe?
      you sure about that?

    • @franciscorivera1559
      @franciscorivera1559 4 года назад +29

      Tbh I really hate comments are like Gamer: stupid game Me: ugly (I know the example doesn't make any sense) But this is the only comment I love with that kind of format

    • @extraemontamontes3618
      @extraemontamontes3618 4 года назад +47

      @@guy_th18 for amuricans Europe=uk or something

    • @chunguslover
      @chunguslover 4 года назад +16

      I don't even care about the joke itself I just appreciate being reminded of money printer go brrr

  • @GentlemanlyOtter
    @GentlemanlyOtter 4 года назад +4227

    Of course it’s plane-related.

    • @WilburLin
      @WilburLin 4 года назад +43

      @Henry Wijaya Not bricks?!

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 года назад +21

      Micheal Thatcher, bruhhh he’s been doing planes since he started the channel

    • @loganreuter6072
      @loganreuter6072 4 года назад +4

      Thankfully

    • @Arthur-nd8jt
      @Arthur-nd8jt 4 года назад +3

      that's a good thing

    • @lachry4019
      @lachry4019 4 года назад +7

      Of course, planes are cool.

  • @popeter
    @popeter 4 года назад +838

    my uncle actually owned the company who supplied hover with the weights for the washing machines in this offer
    they may a substantial profit because they just used Slag from a nearby Iron Refinery that payed them to dispose of it so they may profit from both sides of the endevor

    • @jwrfd
      @jwrfd 4 года назад +55

      I live near the factory
      It looks really nice but then it changed to a tesco and now I don't know it has an art deco tesco sign and a giant hover logo

    • @armchairrocketscientist4934
      @armchairrocketscientist4934 4 года назад +66

      Now that is one profitable business venture.

    • @edwardnygma8533
      @edwardnygma8533 4 года назад +24

      @densch123 They briefly mentioned they were also trying to sell washers, so they would try to upsell customers after the initial vacuum sale.

    • @radiofrog
      @radiofrog 4 года назад +11

      Wow, that’s a businessman’s wet dream right there

    • @tigerfun8644
      @tigerfun8644 4 года назад

      Sure he does

  • @GeneralThargor
    @GeneralThargor 4 года назад +577

    oh wow, my parents went to florida with this promotion, I remember my dad nearly sued them to get the tickets, he was mad about it for months!

    • @Arri7979
      @Arri7979 4 года назад +113

      I'm sorry they had to go through all of that just to end up in Florida. Deepest condolences.

    • @IceBlueLugia
      @IceBlueLugia 4 года назад +44

      I’ve lived in Florida my whole life, it’s nothing special. Your dad got scammed

    • @davidp2537
      @davidp2537 4 года назад +4

      @@IceBlueLugia same here, they should have went to New York or California instead

    • @IceBlueLugia
      @IceBlueLugia 3 года назад +8

      @@bryceingelsby Beaches suck in general. Sand is a pain in the ass to clean and I always have more fun swimming in pools. So not really a draw for me

    • @cucuawe465
      @cucuawe465 2 года назад +4

      If you live in rainy and wet place like Britain, Florida is a good choice for new experience

  • @AndrewKerr5
    @AndrewKerr5 4 года назад +1766

    My mum had one of those £119.99 Hoovers.
    She gave the receipt to my Grannie, who got return flights to/from Italy.
    Never give a oldie a offer like this, they will take you on, and win!!

    • @nathan._.h
      @nathan._.h 4 года назад +2

      Andrew Kerr granny*

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 4 года назад +114

      They've got plenty of time to occupy themselves with the bureaucracy, and have pretty much no restrictions on when they can travel.

    • @Nutroyalty
      @Nutroyalty 4 года назад +66

      @@nathan._.h u rly gonna tell someone how to spell a name they gave to someone? U rly got nothing to do huh

    • @eddiemate
      @eddiemate 4 года назад +16

      An Cúl Tóna Níos Mór
      Imagine correcting a made up name lmao

    • @jonjohnson2844
      @jonjohnson2844 4 года назад +4

      Especially back then as mail was pretty much the standard form of communication.

  • @Ropsuguy
    @Ropsuguy 4 года назад +4525

    "business strategy" more like a scam.

    • @TheLikeys
      @TheLikeys 4 года назад +114

      But a reverse scam right?

    • @libratyanjhon3959
      @libratyanjhon3959 4 года назад +131

      "legal" scam to be precise

    • @cybersquire
      @cybersquire 4 года назад +45

      The secret ingredient is CRIME

    • @pedronunes3063
      @pedronunes3063 4 года назад +1

      @@libratyanjhon3959 Legal?

    • @Aetherius21
      @Aetherius21 4 года назад +29

      scam, business, they're synonymous

  • @MoonOverViroconium
    @MoonOverViroconium 4 года назад +85

    At one point a car dealership bought up a load of hoovers and offered customers a free hoover with each car bought. This was a brilliant idea because people bought cheap second hand cars they didn't really want just to get the hoover so that they could get the plane tickets.

  • @mrobama1897
    @mrobama1897 3 года назад +355

    R.I.P 6 raccoons in a suit 😢

    • @duckonaroll1913
      @duckonaroll1913 3 года назад +28

      they were spending too much on raccoons in a human suit so they had to say he died and call it a day 😥

  • @Agtsmirnoff
    @Agtsmirnoff 4 года назад +543

    Sounds like Michael Scott’s Golden Ticket promotion

    • @Josh-ck9bv
      @Josh-ck9bv 4 года назад +12

      Karl Tanner of Gin Alley I think you mean Dwight’s haha

    • @piguy9225
      @piguy9225 4 года назад +6

      Except that actually worked

    • @reddysetgo1341
      @reddysetgo1341 4 года назад +9

      @densch123 michael scott put 5 golden tickets in 5 boxes of paper. he did not realize that he didn't restrict one ticket per person and all 5 tickets were sent to their biggest client, giving them 50 percent off their entire order

    • @PretentiousStuff
      @PretentiousStuff 3 года назад +1

      what the hell is a pallette?

  • @lyndaek99
    @lyndaek99 3 года назад +60

    That CEO single handedly destroyed the company with one shocking business decision.

  • @tmr3513
    @tmr3513 4 года назад +79

    Hence, the British phrase, "You're as dumb as a Hoover vacuum salesman", was born.

  • @radianzero
    @radianzero 4 года назад +525

    1 Vacuum = 1 Free flight
    HAI: *Buys a trillion vacuum cleaners*

  • @qwertyTRiG
    @qwertyTRiG 4 года назад +31

    My parents got in at the end, after Hoover had cleaned up their act and the process was smoother. They got two return flights to New York for themselves, and paid for we three kids (all pre-teens, so not too pricey).

  • @TheSecondVersion
    @TheSecondVersion 4 года назад +76

    3:50 - A joke about Moviepass:
    Board of Directors - "This company is losing money on every ticket sale"
    CEO: "That's okay, we'll make it up in volume."

  • @state_song_xprt
    @state_song_xprt 3 года назад +86

    R.I.P. Six raccoons in an unconvincing human costume

    • @DNGNDriver
      @DNGNDriver Год назад +1

      The comment above yours also says "RIP six raccoons in an unconvincing human costume," and I think it's funny as hell that at least two people saw Prince Phillip croak and said "I should comment on that HAI vid"

  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 3 года назад +62

    Well the Brits have officially stopped pretending that 6 raccoons in a human suit is Prince Phillip. They’ve put it to rest

  • @commonhead1844
    @commonhead1844 4 года назад +28

    Lmao I remember my uncle told me how he made 9 of my family members to but the vacuum and ended up with 20 tickets. They used 15 and sold the rest for like half of what they went for. He would laugh saying how he basically got payed to fly to America (sold the tickets and the vacuum).

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera 4 года назад +292

    This episode was double as interesting

    • @Jack-vb4qy
      @Jack-vb4qy 4 года назад +8

      Jetlite this video was posted 7 minutes ago and this video is 6 minutes long. Now your comment was posted 3 minutes ago. You have LIED sir

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 4 года назад +3

      More like Triple as interesting

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 4 года назад +7

      @@Jack-vb4qy I don't see how that's lying.

    • @Alexander-hi8bo
      @Alexander-hi8bo 4 года назад +1

      Jack, jetlite has broke time and space itself

    • @thereal_morxy49
      @thereal_morxy49 4 года назад +1

      So it was one interesting

  • @aleesha239
    @aleesha239 4 года назад +217

    as a brit, I can confirm that it really is several racoons in a human suit.

  • @harshbansal7982
    @harshbansal7982 4 года назад +319

    Free Flight u say ?
    Wendover Productions: heavy sweating

    • @wigglebot2368
      @wigglebot2368 4 года назад +2

      Maybe I missed the joke but he is Wendover Productions

  • @callumderry910
    @callumderry910 4 года назад +78

    5:48
    "There's another epic business blunder going on right now"
    Person in the background: 🥳🎉

    • @vnyggi621
      @vnyggi621 4 года назад

      Party like its 2020

  • @potato733
    @potato733 4 года назад +100

    Math Exam : 30 - 600
    My mind : subtract, square root, math words...

    • @realcanadian67
      @realcanadian67 4 года назад +5

      Don't forget to divide the pi!

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 4 года назад +1

      What's an adjective?... wait wrong scenario

    • @geo3172
      @geo3172 4 года назад

      @Biess lol

  • @toxicrain9915
    @toxicrain9915 4 года назад +294

    Just for the record “crumpet muncher” is something very different in the u.k

    • @flavoursofsound
      @flavoursofsound 4 года назад +110

      It takes quite the cunning linguist to understand

    • @BenCarpendale
      @BenCarpendale 4 года назад +1

      wow

    • @toxicrain9915
      @toxicrain9915 4 года назад +4

      I’m so happy I’m not the only one to notice this 😂

    • @cjeam9199
      @cjeam9199 4 года назад +4

      Ya know I have always preferred muffins myself.

    • @inseut
      @inseut 4 года назад +8

      Can someone explain? I'm curious

  • @MACMETALFACE
    @MACMETALFACE 4 года назад +5

    Those first analogies got to me especially as someone who has lived both in UK and usa. ‘Hoovering’ is more akin to calling bandages ‘band-aids’ and kitchen storage containers’Tupperware’ than cookies being called another generic name and same as ‘potato fries’ as they are called here in Japan.

  • @johnmckenzie1623
    @johnmckenzie1623 3 года назад +21

    I went to Florida on this deal. Still can’t believe it. Good times

  • @flavioamico2179
    @flavioamico2179 4 года назад +5

    Something very similar to this actually happened again in Italy in April 2019. The electronics company "Unieuro" gave out a free flight to anywhere in Europe as long as you spent more than 300 euros. At first it seemed to work, but around Easter they just stopped paying for the flights just day before they departed, which forced many people to pay thousands of euros on flights because it was holiday season.

    • @Holland1994D
      @Holland1994D 4 года назад

      300 euros is a lot right for EU flights? Or did people want to fly during very busy periods?

    • @okok72277
      @okok72277 2 года назад

      @@Holland1994D a last minute round trip flight can cost that during school holidays

  • @davidcronan4072
    @davidcronan4072 4 года назад +6

    There was another promotion like this in the UK about 15 years ago. This was "book a cruise for £10" promoted by the Daily Express newspaper.Of course the real price of this cruise would have been several hundred pounds, but the thinking behind this promotion was that the person taking up this offer would also book a second cruise for a partner. This would be at full price and the travel company should have made a small profit. Unfortunately many people just booked the £10 cruise with no second ticket. The travel company went bankrupt and the newspaper had to compensate over 2.500 readers

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +11

    It's always a good time when Half As Interesting makes a video talking about planes

    • @Saberfanboy
      @Saberfanboy 4 года назад

      Obligatory "your everywhere" statement

  • @agis_
    @agis_ 4 года назад +79

    for a sec i thought it's about hover - the occasional sponsor

  • @Nathan-dm9wr
    @Nathan-dm9wr 4 года назад +167

    Wait this isn’t Wendover why are we discussing planes

    • @mrsoundso4897
      @mrsoundso4897 4 года назад +2

      Is it not?

    • @asneecrabbier3900
      @asneecrabbier3900 4 года назад +20

      _do we tell him_

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад +3

      Nathan09786 - this is the SNARKIER VERSION of Wendover. And it is the same Sam that LIKES PLANES TOO MUCH...

    • @eddiemate
      @eddiemate 4 года назад +5

      Because Sam is a big Wendover fan. It’s so bad that he even acts like he’s Wendover.

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад

      Eddiemate - NO, NO, NO... It is Sam's 2nd account (Extremities podcasts is his 3rd)...

  • @gaz.oakley
    @gaz.oakley 4 года назад +8

    And this is how I got to go to Disney World as a little kid. Thank you Hoover

  • @Sjiroe
    @Sjiroe 4 года назад +18

    This has been the earliest to an HAI video I've been. shoot, my zoom meeting.

  • @yeetmcskeet6872
    @yeetmcskeet6872 4 года назад +43

    Last time I was this early, the queen was still the only life on earth.

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 4 года назад

      that is disgusting. i love it.

  • @Fauzan1812
    @Fauzan1812 4 года назад +6

    Company : *makes some weird business choice*
    Consumer : "I'm about to end this company's entire career"

  • @AidanJ___
    @AidanJ___ 4 года назад +138

    If only I could trade in my Dyson Vaccum for a first class ticket on Qatar airways

    • @jimsvideos7201
      @jimsvideos7201 4 года назад +10

      They're about the same price 😂

    • @airplanewhat5316
      @airplanewhat5316 4 года назад

      @@jimsvideos7201 haahah yes they are

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад

      Jim's videos - they're like 3-5x as much, that's why he's asking for those....

  • @justins8802
    @justins8802 2 года назад +9

    So if there’s one thing I’ve learned being in a corporate job for 15 years, it’s that while the executives often do stupid things, they aren’t actually stupid and are acting rationally based on some dumb rules and/or incentives.
    I would love to know what the real reasons were that the Hoover execs made such stupid decisions.

    • @infiniteplanes5775
      @infiniteplanes5775 2 года назад

      Me too

    • @trevormillar1576
      @trevormillar1576 2 года назад

      This is the best argument in favour of Socialism that I have ever heard!

    • @justins8802
      @justins8802 2 года назад

      @@trevormillar1576 No, politicians do even dumber things. Basically whenever humans are involved, stupidity isn’t too far away.
      It’s really an argument for an AI dictatorship.

    • @aoeu256
      @aoeu256 3 месяца назад

      They were rewarded on sales rather than company profits maybe?

    • @aoeu256
      @aoeu256 3 месяца назад

      @@trevormillar1576 Well the company was forced to honor a lot of the tickets by the courts so the markets were sort-of in this case being regulated/controlled by the government ("socialism"). If the company and the government were working in cohoots that was bad.

  • @pellaeon1877
    @pellaeon1877 4 года назад +12

    Ok, you finally got me. $12 for a year of documentaries is too hard to pass up.

  • @Makrelacz
    @Makrelacz 2 года назад +3

    In czech the verb for "hoovering" is "luxovat," derived from vacuums brand Electrolux.

  • @NotAmira_
    @NotAmira_ 4 года назад +69

    Wow, this guy posts a lot of aviation related videos. I know someone who goes by the name of Wendover Productions who also does a lot of aviation videos. Almost as if HAI and Wendover are the same person!

    • @rozafisheikh7968
      @rozafisheikh7968 4 года назад +1

      My word, this is riveting news :0

    • @AVeryRandomPerson
      @AVeryRandomPerson 4 года назад +3

      It's so creepy. It really seems that HAI and Wendover are the same person!

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад +2

      Random Anime Girl - if you haven't found it yet, it is "Sam from Wendover". Same chap, but TWICE AS SNARKY in HALF THE TIME.

    • @geo3172
      @geo3172 4 года назад

      *illuminati inntenseifies*

    • @K10_Productions
      @K10_Productions 4 года назад +1

      Someone is going to get wooooshed

  • @eddiemate
    @eddiemate 4 года назад +14

    This video starts out being labelled as "the best internet video ever" yet doesn’t mention bricks.
    I’m disappointed airplane man.

  • @aquaneutral
    @aquaneutral 4 года назад +120

    I like how you repeated the word “planes” twice in the intro.

  • @albertjacobson8015
    @albertjacobson8015 4 года назад +22

    What I learned: Six raccoons in a business suit is called prince phillip LMAO

  • @sidx328
    @sidx328 3 года назад +3

    0:41 One year later, Prince Philip is no more

  • @quadrplax
    @quadrplax 4 года назад +15

    After hearing a countless number of sponsor spots for CuriosityStream, a year being cheaper than 1 month of Netflix was too good to resist. You've finally won! I'll be watching your documentary and Tom Scott's series on Nebula soon.

  • @battery_wattage
    @battery_wattage 4 года назад +13

    Dyson should do this. They are overpricing their vacuums. Plus their vacuums are great.

  • @SlothOfDanger
    @SlothOfDanger 3 года назад +8

    R.I.P. several raccoons in a suit

  • @winnerwinnerporkbellydinner
    @winnerwinnerporkbellydinner 4 года назад +4

    The Hoover Holidays Pressure Group were so mad that a bunch of them pooled in money to buy a lot of stocks in the parent company, just so they could talk to the executives

  • @grant1753
    @grant1753 3 года назад +7

    F for the 6 racoons in a suit. U will be remembered prince phillip

  • @tecker7454
    @tecker7454 4 года назад +47

    *"This video was made possible by Hover"*
    Oh, not this time...

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 года назад

      Tecker - ...almost. (Hoover, no one does lot like you...)

  • @aaeve5676
    @aaeve5676 4 года назад +13

    *"Legend says, one day Sam will make a video about bricks..."*

  • @MarvelousButter
    @MarvelousButter 3 года назад +8

    Rip 6 raccoons in a human costume

  • @ianrbuck
    @ianrbuck 4 года назад +3

    The line "Hoover had to clean up it's act" alone made this whole video worth it. 😆

  • @AdvancedUSA
    @AdvancedUSA 3 года назад +1

    What a great idea. Lose millions of dollars, get millions of people to hate your company, get millions of dollars of negative publicity - you get the idea.

  • @Yamezzzz
    @Yamezzzz 4 года назад +3

    It's funny because Americans are usually the ones that like to call products based off their brand names.
    They say Kleenex instead of tissues, Jell-O instead of jelly, Jacuzzi instead of hot tubs, ChapStick instead of lip balm, Queue Tips instead of cotton buds, Rollerblades instead of inline skates, Band-Aids instead of plasters and loads of others.
    Only ones I'm aware of in the UK are hoovers and sellotape (and Tipp-Ex but that's such a niche rare word.)
    Oh and Sellotape has a brand name equivalent used there too, Scotch tape, used in the same way. So hoovers are really the only ones I can think of that are unique.

  • @cjeam9199
    @cjeam9199 4 года назад +1

    Omg. This explains why I, a British guy born in 1991, have seen an oddly large number of Turbo Power Total System hoovers in my life. If you are helping at a village hall, scout group, community centre or local church you will look in a cupboard and quite often see one of these.

  • @chipband8812
    @chipband8812 3 года назад +4

    rip six raccons in a human suit.

  • @richardmayo517
    @richardmayo517 3 года назад +4

    I used to sell Hoover products when this was going on, people queued up and bought vacuums as gifts even for their family members,

  • @tectrainguy
    @tectrainguy 3 года назад +6

    0:40 that aged well…

  • @samgoesbam1108
    @samgoesbam1108 4 года назад +39

    Hoover could also be the name of an airplane company.
    *But Hoover isn’t good at doing either*

    • @cjeam9199
      @cjeam9199 4 года назад

      alexxxth No I don’t know either. I don’t think he meant “Hover” because that still wouldn’t make sense.

    • @stuartd9741
      @stuartd9741 4 года назад

      I do believe one of the major carriers will have to rename themselves after going broke during flight detention
      ..
      As a new company it can "suck up" all existing pax just waiting around for a plane seat...

  • @arjun_amin
    @arjun_amin 4 года назад +24

    Last time I was this early, Sam still had TWL going on.

    • @michaelnelson2976
      @michaelnelson2976 4 года назад +3

      I miss TWL dearly...

    • @adeonnn
      @adeonnn 4 года назад +3

      @@michaelnelson2976 this channel is TWL

  • @tedcruzkidneyhunter736
    @tedcruzkidneyhunter736 4 года назад +1

    Even during times of a pandemic ravaging the world, Sam still puts out videos relating to aviation.

  • @brilliancesigma9063
    @brilliancesigma9063 3 года назад +5

    RIP the 6 racoons in the suit 🪦

  • @zelkouo4662
    @zelkouo4662 3 года назад +5

    Basically you bought the price of a plane ticket for the price of a vacuum

  • @dynamicpillow2349
    @dynamicpillow2349 4 года назад

    You guys are honestly my fav youtube channel. Love HAI, Wendover Productions, Extremities... If I'm missing any, please let me know so I can consume more content

  • @enam9000
    @enam9000 4 года назад +13

    People in the UK call it hoover? I've been calling it a vacuum cleaner the whole time
    I live in the UK 😳

    • @DanCooper404
      @DanCooper404 2 года назад +1

      I first ran into this when I was in Ireland. The lady that owned the castle we were staying at called it hoovering.

  • @alexanderpitt157
    @alexanderpitt157 3 года назад +8

    that Prince Phillip joke 1 year later :(

  • @VidClips858
    @VidClips858 3 года назад +6

    RIP, six raccoons.

  • @Locutus
    @Locutus 4 года назад +1

    My dad bought a Hoover to get a free flight when I was a teenager. Persistence paid off, it took him a while to get his tickets, but we managed free tickets to the USA.

  • @johncrabtree6273
    @johncrabtree6273 4 года назад +4

    “Fussy crumpet muncher”
    I literally just ate two crumpets before watching this video. I feel attacked. And I love it.

  • @DangerAngelous
    @DangerAngelous Год назад +1

    The phrases “Hurry! Limited time only” or “Limited for the first XXXX number of customers” had not been translated into English at that time

  • @alastairbarkley6572
    @alastairbarkley6572 4 года назад +5

    Hah. I remember that. It wasn't like everybody didn't know what was going on and, yes, Hoover DID double down. I remember their PR people being interviewed on national TV and radio and absolutely INSISTING that the whole scheme was under control and would work out well for everybody.
    'Hoover' is absolutely embedded in Brit culture as both the verb 'to vacuum' and as the noun for a vacuum cleaner. Even people who know nothing about the company, my kids for example, use the term. If you're really old, like me, you may also remember a time when no home had a washing machine and the laundromat devices were made by the (US) Bendix company. For years 'Bendix' meant any kind of washing machine.

  • @gilbert9167
    @gilbert9167 4 года назад +2

    When you're an avgeek and HAI uploads about planes:
    *_cha cha real smooth_*

  • @jacob-4595
    @jacob-4595 3 года назад +22

    That Prince Phillip joke didn’t age well
    Just like Prince Phillip

  • @RedoStone35
    @RedoStone35 4 года назад

    If Half as Interesting does not put a sponsor in his next video it will probably be so much of a historical moment that the video will gain tens of millions of views in a few hours.

  • @axlr8467
    @axlr8467 4 года назад +16

    '' this video has everything "
    *Doesn't talk about bricks*

  • @hgos7211
    @hgos7211 4 года назад +40

    Their vacuums didn't just suck dust off carpets, they also sucked at MATH 😂

  • @braydenyt6605
    @braydenyt6605 4 года назад +60

    Sound out HAI and it sounds like Hi
    I now call it "Hi"

    • @obiwac
      @obiwac 4 года назад +4

      @Jaakko Lauronen ikr, crazy. Who would've guessed

    • @avanikavya
      @avanikavya 4 года назад

      I always see it too, but I can't do that, or I'll forever confuse it with mine.

  • @minkymott
    @minkymott 3 года назад +5

    What in the world did Prince Phillip do to you? Hahaha.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 года назад +4

    If you’re lost in New York, you should ask my friend Donald in a hotel for help

  • @jh_monty8888
    @jh_monty8888 4 года назад

    I never knew the hoover building at 3:54 was owned by hoover, they have a tesco sign out front and it has confused me for years,

  • @christopherg2347
    @christopherg2347 4 года назад +10

    "Here is an idea: What if we capped the price of a flight at 119$/€?" - apparently someone at Dyson.

  • @andrewbloom7694
    @andrewbloom7694 3 года назад

    "Six racoons in a human suit" HEY!
    Britain won't stand for some foreigner being this nice to prince phillip lol

  • @madman99bad
    @madman99bad 3 года назад +5

    Rip the six Raccoons in a suit.

  • @francoisunger6466
    @francoisunger6466 4 года назад

    I caught on HAI so much that now I expect jokes in Wendover videos and I'm always a bit disappointed that there are no jokes. Ever thought on making longer videos ? Anyway the content is great I love it!

  • @thirdcoffee
    @thirdcoffee 4 года назад +18

    What about those lovely bricks? :c

  • @user-ml7ly6uc1c
    @user-ml7ly6uc1c 4 года назад

    0:25 well said 😂.0:41 he has some old dispute with brits 😂

  • @ThingsAnStuff
    @ThingsAnStuff 3 года назад +4

    7 raccoons in a corpse suit*

  • @shubhaamgokko1361
    @shubhaamgokko1361 4 года назад +8

    Hoover : The risk I took was calculated, but man am I bad at math.
    *Very much so*

  • @SplicerOtter
    @SplicerOtter 3 года назад +5

    Honestly, There was a simple change that Hoover could have made to prevent this issue
    Make the promotion tied to flyers

  • @rosco3
    @rosco3 4 года назад +3

    If they try that shit trying to not deliver their promise I would take ANY flight even if I wasn't going to use, just to make sure they also don't profit from their BS

  • @ElSlayoRS
    @ElSlayoRS 3 года назад +8

    rip 6 racoons

  • @TheSourKraut
    @TheSourKraut 4 года назад

    HAI. The only channel where the live ads are part of the story and work.

  • @matt69nice
    @matt69nice 3 года назад +11

    RIP 6 raccoons in an unconvincing human suit