I'm now wondering if he was related to the Thatcher-era Tory politician Virginia Bottomley (and judging from Tom's expression at the end, he was wondering the exact same thing).
This feels like a premise for a maths puzzle: There are n racers but because of the fog, each can only see the racer next to it. What strategy should they use to finish in the correct order?
I'm sure Matt Parker can script up some inefficient code that takes hours to find the solution, make a video, and then have his viewers script a solution where it takes longer to press the execute key than to generate the answer.
He was apparently an MP, forced to resign when he was bankrupted (after successfully hiding his assets), then re-elected as an MP, and then finally served time for fraud. I'm kind of surprised he didn't find a way to get re-elected for a third time to the House of Commons or conned his way into a peerage and a seat in the House of Lords.
I was quite baited by the question wording simply saying "the jockeys and horses did their best" and I thought that was the answer just hidden in plain sight
4:45 I love a good bad deadpan pun; and legit started clappin at this bcuz i knew the rest wud be booin xD I liked your bad joke Tom; i always love your horrible puns xD
I don't know why but I get the feeling I've heard of Horatio's exploits before on RUclips before, but for some of his other misdeeds not this one. Also he sounds like the kind of person Garry Brannom would have read about in detail.
Yeah, I don’t get why not release the whole thing on here. Probably optimal algorithm strategy or maybe Podcast publishing exclusivity deal or something. It seems to be working out for Tom as I don’t see a change despite numerous requests.
RUclips isn't really set up for podcasts; for example, they don't support 301 redirects, so if they stop supporting them then we lose those followers. We don't have an exclusivity deal - the audio show is available everywhere, and video clips are on all the socials. We are still looking for a home for full-length video but there isn't anything out there that's the perfect solution. -- David (producer)
@@lateralcast Interesting! I'm not a podcast guy, so that '301 redirect' mention sent me into a fun rabbit hole about the way podcasts work. I thought it was a much simpler system. Now I understand why Conan also uploads clips only. But still, it would be nice to have video as well. Thanks for the reply.
Yeah, swimming in Lake Superior is generally pretty numbing. It's why Grandma's marathon participants use the lake as a post-race cold plunge. Also, Park Point is losing so much of its shoreline these days.
Fog which can come in off the sea can be known as Haar or Sea Fret. Some horse race courses in the United Kingdom in coastal areas would have to cancel races because of Haar,
0:38 there was a confusion on which race they had to bet on. 0:53 one horse tripped and fell? 3:45 the numbers on the horses were faded by the rain or the sea spray grmpf!
First thought before watching: - A horse being injured or stumbeling is too obvious for this show... - She specifically mentioned that the race is on a beach... - Did the tide change the result? or an incoming wave?
Hmm, I don't feel like they really got the answer there in the end. Tom's suggestion of the jockeys veering off the track due to fog isn't quite the same as the jockeys not being able to see each other to make sure they are in the prescribed order. The former would be a problem in any race, and wouldn't result in a proper finish. The latter is only really relevant due to the very specific situation.
You make it sound, at the end there, as though being a politician and being accused of fraud were somehow rare connections. I suspect very little has changed. We just call it 'lobbying' now.
Initial thoughts: some war/politics/rules changed the result? Officials/jockeys making a simple mistake/miscommunication? I only know "Secretariat" about horse racing.
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Don't boo him, "neigh" was a great pun! 😂
Neigh, it gave me a long face
"Horatio Bottomley" is one of the most Victorian names I've ever heard.
I'm now wondering if he was related to the Thatcher-era Tory politician Virginia Bottomley (and judging from Tom's expression at the end, he was wondering the exact same thing).
My first thought was that of James William Bottom tooth III (The 3rd) from family guy
What about admiral William Goodenough? I'd say that name is even better.
I love Answer in Progress guys trying to figure out things like "sand", "fog" and "horses" :D
"You need to believe more in a horse's ability to move" is so unreasonably funny to me
This feels like a premise for a maths puzzle: There are n racers but because of the fog, each can only see the racer next to it. What strategy should they use to finish in the correct order?
Oh, please send that to Matt Parker. I desperately want to see the python code that would result!
oh great, we're back on sorting algorithms, they all run on the premise of only seeing two horses at a time
I'm sure Matt Parker can script up some inefficient code that takes hours to find the solution, make a video, and then have his viewers script a solution where it takes longer to press the execute key than to generate the answer.
The confidence with which Taha said "Darude" made me laugh so hard
Is Taha ever going to finish painting that wall?
Nope, he was already graded DNF.
No
It’s a feature wall. The feature being the talking point of artistic unfinishenessed
Wall Painting In Progress
It's infuriating
2:32 "I am *tired* of these mother-ing snakes on this mother-ing beach!"
Weird misplaced 'although' in "Although Horatio was a member of Parliament, he was also a serial fraudster.”
Ghehe yea
1:11 The wheel spins and lands on.. Belgium
Love Tom's neigh joke
That joke left me in a stable condition.........
"You wouldn't run a horse race in a sandstorm" great quote
None of them had ever been to Belgium. No snakes, crabs of big size, and tropical storms. But fog, oh, yay. The North has foggy sea days.
I thought is was because the roads were so bad, they thought they were on the beach already.
And there were rows and rows of lights shining in their eyes, which did not help.
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As someone who’s been to a party on a beach in Belgium, they definitely have Darude Sandstorm 😂
One guy was both an MP and a fraudster?! What are the odds of that happening?!
How shocking!
Well, not that shocking...
He was apparently an MP, forced to resign when he was bankrupted (after successfully hiding his assets), then re-elected as an MP, and then finally served time for fraud. I'm kind of surprised he didn't find a way to get re-elected for a third time to the House of Commons or conned his way into a peerage and a seat in the House of Lords.
I was amused by the need to specify "he was also". As if those those two things never overlap. Ever.
@@VonOzbourne I would expect the Venn Diagram to be a circle.
is the pope catholic?
I was quite baited by the question wording simply saying "the jockeys and horses did their best" and I thought that was the answer just hidden in plain sight
Missed opportunity to do an alley-oop with the 'neigh'-joke and say "and so would say the Belgians."
I was thinking the sand too soft, a horse got injured. The jockey did their best, but you can only slow down so much before becomes obvious.
Great upload timing as the Grand Pardubice Steeplechase was today.
Taha saying Darude is not something I would expect there
Did Tom shoot this right after Reverse Trivia? That was a _classic_ Tech Diff-tier pun. Love to see it
4:45 I love a good bad deadpan pun; and legit started clappin at this bcuz i knew the rest wud be booin xD
I liked your bad joke Tom; i always love your horrible puns xD
Tom gets a pass on puns; you could say he goes Scot(t)-free 😂
I was at the live recording yesterday. 🤩 I hope its the first of many!
at 4:41 Tom says the horses would say "Nay", but it's surprisingly close in sound to how you would say "No" in flemish :"Nee"
I don't know why but I get the feeling I've heard of Horatio's exploits before on RUclips before, but for some of his other misdeeds not this one. Also he sounds like the kind of person Garry Brannom would have read about in detail.
Brannon absolutely enjoys Victorian fraudsters.
There are sandstorms on beaches in Belgium
-Melissa
When I saw the title, my first thought was the race where two of the horses were called Thewifedoesntknow and Thewifeknowseverything.
I wish the whole episode was available to watch. Mostly because english is not my first language, so subtitles and facial expressions help A LOT.
Yeah, I don’t get why not release the whole thing on here. Probably optimal algorithm strategy or maybe Podcast publishing exclusivity deal or something. It seems to be working out for Tom as I don’t see a change despite numerous requests.
RUclips isn't really set up for podcasts; for example, they don't support 301 redirects, so if they stop supporting them then we lose those followers. We don't have an exclusivity deal - the audio show is available everywhere, and video clips are on all the socials. We are still looking for a home for full-length video but there isn't anything out there that's the perfect solution. -- David (producer)
@@lateralcast Interesting! I'm not a podcast guy, so that '301 redirect' mention sent me into a fun rabbit hole about the way podcasts work. I thought it was a much simpler system. Now I understand why Conan also uploads clips only.
But still, it would be nice to have video as well. Thanks for the reply.
The wheel spins and lands on Belgium!
Sorry, wrong show.
Okay, not gonna lie. For the longest time I was thinking there was a plastic bag floating on the breeze at an inopportune time.
I would have guessed high tide rolled in and covered the "track".
@4:46 Toms joke works even better in Dutch/Flemish as 'neigh' sounds like 'nee' which means no.. it is my favourite bilingual dad joke :)
I came up with the "they'd say 'neigh'" joke about 5 seconds before Tom, and that will be my own personal claim to fame. :)
was Horatio Bottomley a distant relative of Walpole? perchance.
The sand blowing off the beach was bothersome when I swam in Lake Superior so I went back to the river. The river was also warmer.
Yeah, swimming in Lake Superior is generally pretty numbing. It's why Grandma's marathon participants use the lake as a post-race cold plunge. Also, Park Point is losing so much of its shoreline these days.
This is a story I happened to know already. I think it may have been in the Book of Heroic Failures?
Tom unleashed violence on our hearts! 😭
Mist is just inaccurate fog.
Taha you might need a bit darker blue paint.
Racing on the beach see Laytown races on the beach under the official Irish racing board
"A full Never Ending Story moment for everyone, there." - Too soon, Tom!!
I guess the race didn't help Horatio's bottom line
Before watching, did the horse trip?
Fog which can come in off the sea can be known as Haar or Sea Fret.
Some horse race courses in the United Kingdom in coastal areas would have to cancel races because of Haar,
Classic Bottomley behavior can be taken wildly out of context
Melissa never seems to know much about anything! Puzzledlooktastic!
I got the answer before they did, but it still took me too long. I live about 35 miles from a coast that has a reputation for fog.
"technically they'd say neigh" was brilliant, y'all are just mean
0:38 there was a confusion on which race they had to bet on.
0:53 one horse tripped and fell?
3:45 the numbers on the horses were faded by the rain or the sea spray
grmpf!
Missed the opportunity to say "The horses that be..."
What is the name of the intro music?
It's 'Private Detective' - details in the shown notes.
What is the ending music?
@@williamnathanael412 did you try checking the show notes i.e. in the description?
Darude Sandstorm. Taha says it if you watch the whole video, come on. :)
@@lateralcast wrong, it’s Darude Sandstorm…. Meme life
Tom knows a suspicious amount about betting on horse races....
What’s this song?
Snakes on the beach? Is that a new cocktail?
O good Horatio, what a wounded name.
First thought before watching:
- A horse being injured or stumbeling is too obvious for this show...
- She specifically mentioned that the race is on a beach...
- Did the tide change the result? or an incoming wave?
It’s called Sea Fret.
Ask Lee Mack.
Don't look it up!
Hmm, I don't feel like they really got the answer there in the end. Tom's suggestion of the jockeys veering off the track due to fog isn't quite the same as the jockeys not being able to see each other to make sure they are in the prescribed order. The former would be a problem in any race, and wouldn't result in a proper finish. The latter is only really relevant due to the very specific situation.
They don't really have to get the answer if the asker chooses. This isn't a strict quiz show.
Slow sand... 😂😂👌👌
Horatio was a sports repairman.
Taha: Oh Horatio 😂
The horse race got fogged up!
Its a seahorse race!
Apparently Taha and I have the same mental word association patterns
(but maybe he has a better idea of the proper term for that)
Or... the jockeys got together and decided on a _different_ order so *they* would get rich from the bets.
"Horatio was a member of Parliament, he was also a serial fraudster."
Of course he was a fraudster, he was an MP. It's part of the job.
“Although Horatio was a member of Parliament, he was also a serial fraudster…”
Horses are easily scared, so I wouldn't discard fear for crabs or other crustaceans.
Here I was, hoping a shrimp fishing horse had joined in and won instead.
Someone's been reading The Book of Heroic Failures...
Yep. I also got to sit back smugly and say "I have to sit out of this one"
BottomLEEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!
* shakes cane angrily, but with the air of one saddened that gentlemen’s hats aren’t as tall as they were in their youth *
hating on a country for no reason, a bad pun, ...
really getting Technical Difficulties vibes here, I like that
It was the Princess Bride where a horse sunk.
You make it sound, at the end there, as though being a politician and being accused of fraud were somehow rare connections. I suspect very little has changed. We just call it 'lobbying' now.
ARTAX NO
i'm so early the comments don't have any spoilers!
To be fair, Blankenbergh racecourse is a proper racecourse, just right up to the sands. It still exists!
since it was Belgium and we're not given the date... everything was going according to plan until the germans attacked.
1:10 Zeg Taha makker.
If Horatio put that much effort in, he must really love scamming. No surprise he was a politician.
Sabrina, ask Frankie what to do
Initial thoughts: some war/politics/rules changed the result? Officials/jockeys making a simple mistake/miscommunication? I only know "Secretariat" about horse racing.
Results: it was even funnier and more enjoyable than I thought!
I’ve noticed American guests think the answer is way deeper than it is.
These ones are Canadian.
@@dacramac3487 Continentally American
@@egadgo But, identifying as Canadian. Very few people identify as with their continent. If it were Europe, I might concede it, but not America.
Hey, don't insult Belgium! Only us Dutchies get to do that.
I think the French will disagree.
Did anyone else find themselves rooting for the scammer?
L + Horatio
I keep finding myself skipping ahead of the jingle. Any chance of making a shorter one? Time is a precious resource after all.
Given youtube has a penchant for starting vids 5 sec in because ads, leave it in place.
darude was a great joke
He hid rock Bottomly.
This has to be one of the least lateral answers so far.
This might be the weakest clip from the series.