Yes. They didn't use the name because a polar research vessel is a dangerous posting. Nobody wants to tell a parent their child was lost on Boaty McBoatface. The submersible is unmanned. Decent compromise.
I visited America about 10 years ago with some friends. Sat in a bar, and our waitress dropped a tray of empty glasses. Our table cheered. No one else did. We got absolute daggers 😆 ended up apologising, explaining, and tipping waaay more than necessary 🤣
Jaffa Cakes. Easy to tell the difference between a Cake or Biscuit. When left to go stale Biscuits go soft and Cakes go hard. Jaffa cakes go hard therefore they must be a cake.
Yeah, that's what McVities successfully argued in court. And they're totally right. Every biscuit goes soft, every cake goes hard. Therefore, Jaffa Cakes are cakes. Small cakes, but cakes nonetheless.
we pretend we haven't seen the biscuits being circulated in case we are not to be included. Imagine the embarrassment, nay the shame, saying 'great, bikkies', and then to hear 'no mush, not for you'.
The main argument was ....when CAKES go stale they are HARD, but when BISCUITS go stale they are SOFT. Jaffa cakes go HARD when stale so are therefore classed as cakes. FETE is pronounced FATE. We don't have movie theatres in the UK . We have cinemas or " the pictures" ! We call it self RAISING flour.
@@wessexdruid7598 No, it say's on the label 'Artificially Maple flavored' (US spelling)... Here in the UK (I don't know if its the same in the US ?), but anything labelled 'flavour' or 'flavoured' does NOT contain or has been 'touched' by the 'thing' it is purporting to be ! Judging by the ingredients; The MAIN one being HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), which is in SO many American foodstuffs - which has been linked to health concerns like fatty liver, high triglycerides, insulin resistance, high blood sugar, and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. TBH (my personal opinion), anyone who serves this to children is like a drugs dealer, getting someone 'hooked' on sugar for life... 🤔😪😪😪
same thing happened to me when I saw Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty', I was 4 years old. The witch 'Maleficent' really scared me. I had nightmares for years
I did, I couldnt decide if he was making a joke or if he meant to say "years" instead of "months" 🤣 but judging by the rest of his thoughts on the child "becoming a person" i think a mistake was more likely than a joke.
Jaffa cakes are soft. They are sponge cake base, orange jelly in the middle and chocolate top. But, if you leave a pack open for more than 10 mins they do go hard. The cake dries and goes biscuit hard.
Remember the song Oh Jaffa Cakes Oh Jaffa Cakes, Gimme gimme gimme those Jaffa Cakes. They're chocolate, They're spongy, Smashing middle bit so orangey
We've also had numerous Councils put out polls for residents to name the gritter machines that spread grit in preparation for snowfall. My favourite names I've seen include Gary Gritter (after pop star and paedophile Gary Glitter), Jimmy Gravel (after celeb and nonce Jimmy Savile), David Plowie (after David Bowie), For Your Ice Only (obviously after the James Bond film), and there's two in Scotland I remember being called Spready Mercury and Gritney Spears. Perhaps other countries do it too, but it seems fairly British to me for the public, when offered some authority by government, to attempt, on purpose, to come up with the most inappropriate names possible (ie Gary and Jimmy). 😅
People use the tourism argument to support the Monarchy, but it's irrelevant. The Monarchy costs the UK Government nothing. There are two types of Royal 'possessions'. The first is personal possessions: what belongs to QEII or CRIII personally. I'm not sure when or how it started, but at some point (well before QEII I think) the Monarchy and relatives personally own these (Balmoral, the lands and businesses owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall). The second is things owned by the Monarch because they are the Monarch; this includes things like Buckingham Palace, the Crown Jewels, the Tower of London, Windsor Castle. In the past (as I said, I'm not sure when) the Monarchy set up a Company called 'The Crown Estate' and gave the company these properties and businesses, and gave it to the nation (i.e. the Government). The current Monarch take a percentage of the income of the Crown Estate's income (currently 15%) and uses that money to fund the Monarchy and the associated working royals and their staffs. They also pay taxes on that income. Between the revenue from the Crown Estate and the Monarchies tax on their Personal income and the 85% of the Crown Estate they own, the Government makes quite a profit out of the Monarchy. Tourism not required.
Hooray. At last someone who knows the value of our monarchy. I have been arguing their case for years. The Government makes such a lot of money from them. I believe Balmoral was bought by Queen Victoria. So it is owned by the Royal family.
For the Great British Bake Off section, I think that is excluding live sports and probably some one-off things (like the Queen's funeral/the coronation depending on the years). The finals of international football tournaments for example get 20 million+
Watership Down wasn't really a kids film. Just because it's animated and about rabbits doesn't make it a kids film. It was certified PG (Parental Guidance) in the UK.
According to latest figures, the Monarchy generates around £67.5 billion in terms of tourism. I would imagine a large part of that comes from people from the USA!
Yeah, the amount of tourists that visit the palaces, changing of the guard, etc is absolutely insane. Love them or hate them, the Monarchy do bring in far more money than they cost, and are still incredibly popular with the majority of British people.
The Monarchy is a major part of our British culture and history. It forms part of our constitution so it is not ridiculous at all and I find it offensive that an Anerican living in Britain and taking advantage of all that is available to him, should poke fun at our Royalty.
Ladbaby is a channel by a family who love playing tricks on each other. Also, wherever they travel in Europe on holiday - they look for sausage rolls. Quite a difficult task. Hilarious!
The 'Bake Off' is a weekly programme, the Superbowl is once a year. Sports events similar to that in the UK, such as the FA cup final, or the European cup final (usually with a British team involved) would be watched by more people than the baking show.
The green belt laws are the reason why in Britain there are no abandoned towns that you see all over the United States. Abandoned buildings here and there sure - but not many. And nothing like the devastation seen in places like detroit oe east Saint Louis - and Britain has suffered far more deindustrialised decline than the USA. In the 1960s when major American cities suffered race riots, while neighbourhoods became written off as no go areas - people moved out to the outer suburbs because there were no restrictions, this resulted in a donut shape model of cities where the ever expanding outer city limits were doing well whilst the inner city suburbs became ghost towns pock marked by parking lots that replaced the historical architectural chore of the city. In the early 80s britains cities suffered their own race riots the most intense and therefore most famous being the Brixton riots of south London. Many people and businesses moved out of Brixton after the riots but not for long and not as many as their American counterparts simpky because there was nowhere to move to - because the green belt laws meant there wasn’t an abundance Of cheap outer suburbs to move too - people were stuck and so were forced to face the problems and try to fix them and one way this was done was the “I’m backing Brixton campaign” which was very successful. Today Brixton is one of London’s most hip and desirable neighbourhoods and a success story of diversity - gentrification is now damaging that as it becomes in danger of being a rich ghetto. But at least it hasn’t become a British “highlands park” a notorious abandoned suburb of detroit, an ever decreasing ghost town of once beautiful row upon row of empty burt out homes and shopping malls and businesses where only the homeless and those who chose to live in a place where the police don’t go. And that’s thanks to the green belt ❤
Aren't you chipper 😊 When were you born and raised in Detroit? I can't imagine sounding gleeful about London at any point in its history. Its citizens are remarkably resilient and very strong. It's very impressive. Such a long storied history. Detroit is not comparable and not an English counterpart to London. We're a big city in the states. We don't compare ourselves to England here. The the majority of us respect and certainly love all that it has to offer over centuries. One thing we were never taught was to think or speak disrespectfully of England or the entire UK. I don't believe in slinging stereotypes at any country, it's incredibly lazy and based on ignorance. If I am near any Americans being disrespectful in any country, I make it stop. There is no excuse. Word correction: Highland Park. You've never been there for someone to talk crap about it. My family had owned land for generations on the River. What is now, the Detroit River. The incredible history of the native tribes, the intense fighting and wars, the War of 1812 was the demise of the Great warrior Tecumseh. Sadly, it was the last opportunity to unite the tribes from 500 miles to the south and further North to Northern Michigan. I know the Detroit of the glory days of Motown and Muscle Cars. Motown made it to London in the early 60s. My grandparents knew the trolley era. It was gorgeous and ever changing. Kindly keep your personal opinion to yourself, you tend to lean to the critical side without having much of the bigger and Grand picture. It's not the flex you think it is, otherwise, you might have thought twice before putting your opinion out there. Some folks like to tell us the USA would be nothing without the English. That's very short sighted. History didn't start with the landing of the brave folks that managed to survive a dangerous trip during the worst time of year. Landing in the Cape was one of the worst places to be forced to come ashore at that time of year. But, our history doesn't start with England. We know it's history . And what the English know, is limited. I have no criticism of England, I'm just real tired of over 60s years of a broken record of sharp digs at the states . I have no idea what the purpose is. We don't over think about England or look for things to get irritated over. Other than an obsession of some English to constantly criticize, there is no reason to be judgemental . It might be the many years of propaganda, that is B.S. and then the Hollywood movies, (also b.s. or complete name believe ). We all know that it's b.s. Created by the government for people to believe. As Americans, we know it's b s we don't like our government, but that's another story at the moment.🙄 I do apologize for that. I didn't vote for it and we must get rid of it . If your perspective of all Americans, (we're 350 million. We're not all the same, but that should be common sense) Is straight from all the propaganda your country feeds on, you're sadly mistaken. Seriously, it's all bullshit. England citizens are supposed to be smarter than to take the bull, hook , line and sinker. Snap out of it . We are in no way better than anyone. Our confidence is built in. We don't think we're better just because we have individual confidence in ourselves. We are not forced to live with centuries of being told to stay in our station in life and you cannot rise above . We have a class system here, but, we don't adhere to it. We are willing to take risks, (like the puritans and many more immigrant's) and be willing to fail . And fail again, and again. Victory is near, we keep at it .
Jaffa Cakes are cakes (there is a documentary filmed at the factory where you see each ingredient appearing on the belt and it put together) but for some reason they are placed with the biscuits, cereal bars, cookies, crackers, Shortbread etc.
the biscuits going round the office one - they are not pretending that they didn't notice; they're just really excited that their favourite is still there!!!! lol
7:32 I believe Evan may be confusing the Danes and the Dutch here - "However, the Dutch Republic suffered numerous early defeats in the Rampjaar, due to an invasion of an alliance of England, France, and some German states. In the hysteria that followed the effortless invasion by an alliance of England, France, and some German states, [Johan de Witt] and his brother Cornelis de Witt were blamed and lynched in The Hague, with their corpses at least partially eaten by the rioters. These cannibals were never prosecuted, and some historians claim William of Orange may have incited them." - occurred in 1672
Pubs: a very important part of our lives, especially in rural areas. It makes perfect sense to priiotitse the opening of such an important social hub when everyone has been isolated from friends and family for so long.
"Watership Down" is not a children's story or film. It's an adult novel. It's just that a lot of clueless parents and critics thought, "Oh, it's about talking rabbits, it must be for the kiddiewinks."
Nah like if you drop a glass in the uk the who pub erupts with a 'WHEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY' some people start drumming on tables and whisling and shit, people get rowdy, if had amercan friends at uni and toursts be terrified hahaha.
Maple Syrup - top two ingredients Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup. Is anything more American? In the UK, I think the main, perhaps only ingredient would be maple syrup.
You can buy here in the UK, pure maple syrup rather than maple flavoured syrup. It is more expensive, of course, but so much nicer and free from all of those nasty additives.
The UK having a Royal Family probably played a part in the downfall of the Conservative government, because if there's one thing the right-wing press love more than a right-wing govt, it's The Royal Family. So when photos of a "socially distanced" Her Majesty at her husband's funeral adorned the front pages of the rags, at the same time BoJo was having his "lockdown-breaking parties", people were up in arms. Also, having a Head of State that is outside of the political system, does give stability to a country (I'm certain I read that once); I mean, look at the USA...
Without the Royal Family, the things that people come to see will disappear, no Royal Ceremonial functions and the significance of the various buildings will also diminish.
With 'The Great British Bake Off' it's not just about the baking; the viewers have a favourite in the Final that they hope will win and that is why the viewing figures are so high. The same applies to 'Strictly Come Dancing' etc!
We don’t flag down Taxis in the UK, you either phone them to get them to come to a specific location, or you go to a taxi rank. The queues tend to be at taxi ranks or a common taxi stopping place
Jaffa cakes are essentially similar to tomatoes culinarily and debate wise; eaten like one thing, technically another thing. (eg. Tomatoes: a fruit, eaten and seen as a vegetable. Jaffa Cakes: a cake, seen and eaten as a biscuit)
How I've always come to think of jaffa cakes being cakes is that cakes go hard when they're stale and biscuits go soft when stale. Jaffa cakes go hard when stale. That's what I always thought of, before the whole court thing happened lol
No, a Green Belt is designated land for NOT building on to prevent urban sprawl, so there is a semblance of countryside once you leave the towns/cities. There is one around Bristol, so most new housing happens where I live in WsM among other surrounding towns to maintain the feel of leaving the city and get to the countryside.
The Jaffa cake argument was proved thus: when biccies go stale, they go soft; whereas, cakes go hard and dry. Jaffa cakes go dry and hard, therefore, they are cakes. QED.
You looked up the wrong flour! 😀 It's self-raising flour used for baking food. Not flower as in the plant. I know Americans also use the word flour the same way.
In fairness, the lifeboat aboard the David Attenborough was named "Boaty McBoatface". They were just too chicken-shit to call the boat itself "Boaty McBoatface".
There is a lot of yarn-bombing the traditional red pillar boxes (post boxes) round my way. They are usually topical themes and they stay up for a month or two until the next one. Currently the Eifel Tower etc after Paris Olympics :-)
Jaffa cakes are soft. One of the arguments they used in court is biscuits are hard, and they go soft as they go off, cakes start soft and go hard as they go off, Jaffa Cakes are soft, and go hard as they go off, hence - cake.
The Great British Bake off is very popular because it contains a lot of double entendres and smutty innuendo, especially from a posh woman who you would think isn't aware of them, but really is. You should listen to LadBaby's other song, "We built this city on sausage rolls".
The queuing for cabs is just at Taxi Ranks and as you cannot 'drink and drive' in the UK, when the pubs close on special occasions like New Years Eve and everyone leaves at the same time there are inevitably queues - the same applies at Airports. Millions visit England to see the Royal Family - as is evidenced whenever their is a Royal Wedding, annually for Trooping the Colour, the late Queen's funeral and the new King's Coronation and any other Royal Event . . . and many of them are Americans! The Crumpet Van Giveaway is just good advertising and marketing without spending a fortune on a TV Advert that won't be watched.
I've got a headache today, so I thought I'll watch a video from the American guy who whispers. But then I realised he was reacting to the American guy who lives in the UK and shouts... so I turned it off and decided to go for a nap.
The Christmas number 1 single used to be a big thing, not so much nowadays, because traditionally it's the biggest time of the year for record sales. Thus, if you got to number 1 at Xmas, you could potentially double, triple or quadruple the sales, compared to most other weeks. Add in the fact that the UK is the 3rd biggest music market in the World as, per capita, Brits spend more on music than people in most other countries... and it becomes an even bigger deal. Add in that the UK ranks 2nd, behind the US, in terms of successful international acts and that at Xmas some of those acts will be battling it out with each other and the odd novelty single and it becomes a bigger deal again! Or at least it was. The media still tries to hype it up each year but the level of interest and engagement just isn't the same. It's a similar story with the charts in general. They used to be big news and be an embedded part of the culture. Nowadays most people don't pay them much attention. This tren started when digital downloads started exceeding physical copies and accelerated with the inclusion of things like Spotify 'listens' and RUclips views. There just seems to be a bigger disconnect nowadays and this has been reflected in a decline in overall sales too, not just in the UK but worldwide. There's obviously something about actually buying the music you consume, especially in a physical format, that just seems to create a closer tie to both the music and the artist, generally speaking.
Jaffa cakes are soft unless you leave them exposed to fresh air. Then they become hard. I think that’s the definition/experiment that made them entitled to the name cake?
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Although they didn't use Boaty McBoatface for the research vessel, they did use it as the name of one of the research submarines it carries.
But that should've been Subby McSubface.
Hi Chell sorry was just lying in the car now I was
Yes. They didn't use the name because a polar research vessel is a dangerous posting. Nobody wants to tell a parent their child was lost on Boaty McBoatface. The submersible is unmanned. Decent compromise.
I visited America about 10 years ago with some friends.
Sat in a bar, and our waitress dropped a tray of empty glasses.
Our table cheered. No one else did. We got absolute daggers 😆 ended up apologising, explaining, and tipping waaay more than necessary 🤣
Why? Not your fault they have no sense of humour😂🇬🇧🏴
Jaffa Cakes. Easy to tell the difference between a Cake or Biscuit. When left to go stale Biscuits go soft and Cakes go hard. Jaffa cakes go hard therefore they must be a cake.
Yeah, that's what McVities successfully argued in court.
And they're totally right. Every biscuit goes soft, every cake goes hard. Therefore, Jaffa Cakes are cakes. Small cakes, but cakes nonetheless.
Yeah,
But this method requires you to get a stale Jaffa Cake, how's that going to happen?
@@stephenlee5929Why would you buy something that is stale. You don't get a stale Jaffa Cake, you leave it to go stale.
I thought this was the reason they won the case, not by making a giant Jaffa cake.
@@Whiteshirtloosetie Have you ever left a Jaffa Cake to go stale.
Please don't say yes, as that would traumatise me, further.
I love the way you deep dive into stories that you're not familiar with....great reactions 😊
we pretend we haven't seen the biscuits being circulated in case we are not to be included. Imagine the embarrassment, nay the shame, saying 'great, bikkies', and then to hear 'no mush, not for you'.
Dint want one anyways🥹😆
@@pem... ... stick tongue out and blow raspberry.
@@davidpaginton5515 😝✌🏼
You really need to check out Billy Connolly's bit on the Glasgow terror attack...
"They thought they could bring terror to _Glasgae...?!!_ "
The subtlety of this chap randomly drumming his fingers on his mug at the start of each video is very pleasing to me
Not Joan Jett, she covered the original song by the British band, the Arrows.
You beat me to this, exactly my point!
The main argument was ....when CAKES go stale they are HARD, but when BISCUITS go stale they are SOFT.
Jaffa cakes go HARD when stale so are therefore classed as cakes.
FETE is pronounced FATE.
We don't have movie theatres in the UK . We have cinemas or " the pictures" !
We call it self RAISING flour.
Makes sense
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It's because it is sensible.❤🏴🤭🖖
That blue syrup looks like something you put in an engine coolant system 😅
It's called maple syrup - but contains NO maple syrup...
@@wessexdruid7598 No, it say's on the label 'Artificially Maple flavored' (US spelling)... Here in the UK (I don't know if its the same in the US ?), but anything labelled 'flavour' or 'flavoured' does NOT contain or has been 'touched' by the 'thing' it is purporting to be !
Judging by the ingredients; The MAIN one being HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup), which is in SO many American foodstuffs - which has been linked to health concerns like fatty liver, high triglycerides, insulin resistance, high blood sugar, and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. TBH (my personal opinion), anyone who serves this to children is like a drugs dealer, getting someone 'hooked' on sugar for life... 🤔😪😪😪
There's a post box near us with yarnbombing on it. A note on it asks people to let the creator know if it deteriorates, so they can do a new one.
Ours has just switched from an Eiffel Tower with Olympic rings, to Bagpuss and friends. We had a football, for the Euros, it changes regularly.
I have to agree about Watership Down. I saw it aged 10/11 and was so traumatised that I suffered horrific nightmares for weeks, if not months.
same thing happened to me when I saw Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty', I was 4 years old. The witch 'Maleficent' really scared me. I had nightmares for years
No one picked up on the 8 month old baby that knitted that?
That must be one skilled baby!!!!!!
I did, I couldnt decide if he was making a joke or if he meant to say "years" instead of "months" 🤣 but judging by the rest of his thoughts on the child "becoming a person" i think a mistake was more likely than a joke.
Same here
I think it could be fun to react to so.e of the funniest Specsavers adverts. Specsavers are a British chain of opticians
That chick & egg looked like crochet to me, not knitting. I could be wrong.
Jaffa cakes are soft. They are sponge cake base, orange jelly in the middle and chocolate top. But, if you leave a pack open for more than 10 mins they do go hard. The cake dries and goes biscuit hard.
Yeah, when they go state cakes go hard, and biscuits go soft. Could have saved them a fortune in legal fees.
@@Shoomer1988 I could be wrong, but iirc they used that point in court 😅
Oh come on, how do you know they go hard if you leave the packet open for more than 10 minutes? Like that's ever happened!
@@pinkpolly88 think they had to use armed guards with their mouths sewed shut for the court case
Remember the song
Oh Jaffa Cakes Oh Jaffa Cakes,
Gimme gimme gimme those Jaffa Cakes.
They're chocolate,
They're spongy,
Smashing middle bit so orangey
We've also had numerous Councils put out polls for residents to name the gritter machines that spread grit in preparation for snowfall. My favourite names I've seen include Gary Gritter (after pop star and paedophile Gary Glitter), Jimmy Gravel (after celeb and nonce Jimmy Savile), David Plowie (after David Bowie), For Your Ice Only (obviously after the James Bond film), and there's two in Scotland I remember being called Spready Mercury and Gritney Spears. Perhaps other countries do it too, but it seems fairly British to me for the public, when offered some authority by government, to attempt, on purpose, to come up with the most inappropriate names possible (ie Gary and Jimmy). 😅
People use the tourism argument to support the Monarchy, but it's irrelevant. The Monarchy costs the UK Government nothing.
There are two types of Royal 'possessions'. The first is personal possessions: what belongs to QEII or CRIII personally. I'm not sure when or how it started, but at some point (well before QEII I think) the Monarchy and relatives personally own these (Balmoral, the lands and businesses owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall). The second is things owned by the Monarch because they are the Monarch; this includes things like Buckingham Palace, the Crown Jewels, the Tower of London, Windsor Castle. In the past (as I said, I'm not sure when) the Monarchy set up a Company called 'The Crown Estate' and gave the company these properties and businesses, and gave it to the nation (i.e. the Government). The current Monarch take a percentage of the income of the Crown Estate's income (currently 15%) and uses that money to fund the Monarchy and the associated working royals and their staffs. They also pay taxes on that income.
Between the revenue from the Crown Estate and the Monarchies tax on their Personal income and the 85% of the Crown Estate they own, the Government makes quite a profit out of the Monarchy. Tourism not required.
Hooray. At last someone who knows the value of our monarchy. I have been arguing their case for years. The Government makes such a lot of money from them. I believe Balmoral was bought by Queen Victoria. So it is owned by the Royal family.
For the Great British Bake Off section, I think that is excluding live sports and probably some one-off things (like the Queen's funeral/the coronation depending on the years). The finals of international football tournaments for example get 20 million+
Cheering in pubs should always be accompanied with shouts of "sack the juggler".
Watership Down wasn't really a kids film. Just because it's animated and about rabbits doesn't make it a kids film. It was certified PG (Parental Guidance) in the UK.
Scariest thing I ever watched.
@@carolineskipper6976 PG, back when it really was up to the parents to decide if they'd let their kids watch it. Like Spielberg's Poltergeist!!
That blue syrup looks like antifreeze 😂.
"Cheese isn't worth dying for"? Only a FOREIGNER could make such a daft statement! Dearie, dearie me...
The "ocean fresh" blue syrup looks /sounds like detergent. 🤮
I think it's the name of our toilet block
According to latest figures, the Monarchy generates around £67.5 billion in terms of tourism. I would imagine a large part of that comes from people from the USA!
Yeah, the amount of tourists that visit the palaces, changing of the guard, etc is absolutely insane. Love them or hate them, the Monarchy do bring in far more money than they cost, and are still incredibly popular with the majority of British people.
The Monarchy is a major part of our British culture and history. It forms part of our constitution so it is not ridiculous at all and I find it offensive that an Anerican living in Britain and taking advantage of all that is available to him, should poke fun at our Royalty.
Jaffa cakes are definitely cakes. Biscuits go soft when stale, cakes go hard. Jaffa cakes start out soft and go hard when stale = cake.
Ladbaby is a channel by a family who love playing tricks on each other. Also, wherever they travel in Europe on holiday - they look for sausage rolls. Quite a difficult task. Hilarious!
A cake is soft till it is stale then it's hard, where as a biscuit is hard till its stale then its soft....hence a jaffer cake is a cake.
lol I love this philosophy!
The 'Bake Off' is a weekly programme, the Superbowl is once a year. Sports events similar to that in the UK, such as the FA cup final, or the European cup final (usually with a British team involved) would be watched by more people than the baking show.
We call those who complain about any developments anywhere near where they live " Nimbys ".
" Not in MY back yard ".
The green belt laws are the reason why in Britain there are no abandoned towns that you see all over the United States.
Abandoned buildings here and there sure - but not many.
And nothing like the devastation seen in places like detroit oe east Saint Louis - and Britain has suffered far more deindustrialised decline than the USA.
In the 1960s when major American cities suffered race riots, while neighbourhoods became written off as no go areas - people moved out to the outer suburbs because there were no restrictions, this resulted in a donut shape model of cities where the ever expanding outer city limits were doing well whilst the inner city suburbs became ghost towns pock marked by parking lots that replaced the historical architectural chore of the city.
In the early 80s britains cities suffered their own race riots the most intense and therefore most famous being the Brixton riots of south London.
Many people and businesses moved out of Brixton after the riots but not for long and not as many as their American counterparts simpky because there was nowhere to move to - because the green belt laws meant there wasn’t an abundance
Of cheap outer suburbs to move too - people were stuck and so were forced to face the problems and try to fix them and one way this was done was the “I’m backing Brixton campaign” which was very successful.
Today Brixton is one of London’s most hip and desirable neighbourhoods and a success story of diversity - gentrification is now damaging that as it becomes in danger of being a rich ghetto.
But at least it hasn’t become a British “highlands park” a notorious abandoned suburb of detroit, an ever decreasing ghost town of once beautiful row upon row of empty burt out homes and shopping malls and businesses where only the homeless and those who chose to live in a place where the police don’t go.
And that’s thanks to the green belt ❤
Aren't you chipper 😊
When were you born and raised in Detroit? I can't imagine sounding gleeful about London at any point in its history. Its citizens are remarkably resilient and very strong. It's very impressive. Such a long storied history.
Detroit is not comparable and not an English counterpart to London.
We're a big city in the states. We don't compare ourselves to England here.
The the majority of us respect and certainly love all that it has to offer over centuries.
One thing we were never taught was to think or speak disrespectfully of England or the entire UK. I don't believe in slinging stereotypes at any country, it's incredibly lazy and based on ignorance.
If I am near any Americans being disrespectful in any country, I make it stop. There is no excuse.
Word correction: Highland Park. You've never been there for someone to talk crap about it.
My family had owned land for generations on the River. What is now, the Detroit River.
The incredible history of the native tribes, the intense fighting and wars, the War of 1812 was the demise of the Great warrior Tecumseh. Sadly, it was the last opportunity to unite the tribes from 500 miles to the south and further North to Northern Michigan.
I know the Detroit of the glory days of Motown and Muscle Cars. Motown made it to London in the early 60s. My grandparents knew the trolley era. It was gorgeous and ever changing.
Kindly keep your personal opinion to yourself, you tend to lean to the critical side without having much of the bigger and Grand picture. It's not the flex you think it is, otherwise, you might have thought twice before putting your opinion out there.
Some folks like to tell us the USA would be nothing without the English. That's very short sighted. History didn't start with the landing of the brave folks that managed to survive a dangerous trip during the worst time of year. Landing in the Cape was one of the worst places to be forced to come ashore at that time of year. But, our history doesn't start with England. We know it's history . And what the English know, is limited.
I have no criticism of England, I'm just real tired of over 60s years of a broken record of sharp digs at the states .
I have no idea what the purpose is. We don't over think about England or look for things to get irritated over. Other than an obsession of some English to constantly criticize, there is no reason to be judgemental .
It might be the many years of propaganda, that is B.S. and then the Hollywood movies, (also b.s. or complete name believe ). We all know that it's b.s. Created by the government for people to believe. As Americans, we know it's b s we don't like our government, but that's another story at the moment.🙄 I do apologize for that. I didn't vote for it and we must get rid of it .
If your perspective of all Americans, (we're 350 million. We're not all the same, but that should be common sense)
Is straight from all the propaganda your country feeds on, you're sadly mistaken. Seriously, it's all bullshit.
England citizens are supposed to be smarter than to take the bull, hook , line and sinker. Snap out of it .
We are in no way better than anyone. Our confidence is built in. We don't think we're better just because we have individual confidence in ourselves. We are not forced to live with centuries of being told to stay in our station in life and you cannot rise above . We have a class system here, but, we don't adhere to it. We are willing to take risks, (like the puritans and many more immigrant's) and be willing to fail . And fail again, and again. Victory is near, we keep at it .
My Brother worked on the Jaffa Cake case. Pallets of Jaffa cakes were delivered to the courts 😂 (I also worked at Abbey Road studios!)
One of the research subs on the RRS Sir David Attenborough was named Boaty McBoatface, in honour of the people's decision, IIRC.
Jaffa Cakes are cakes (there is a documentary filmed at the factory where you see each ingredient appearing on the belt and it put together) but for some reason they are placed with the biscuits, cereal bars, cookies, crackers, Shortbread etc.
the biscuits going round the office one - they are not pretending that they didn't notice; they're just really excited that their favourite is still there!!!! lol
7:32 I believe Evan may be confusing the Danes and the Dutch here - "However, the Dutch Republic suffered numerous early defeats in the Rampjaar, due to an invasion of an alliance of England, France, and some German states. In the hysteria that followed the effortless invasion by an alliance of England, France, and some German states, [Johan de Witt] and his brother Cornelis de Witt were blamed and lynched in The Hague, with their corpses at least partially eaten by the rioters. These cannibals were never prosecuted, and some historians claim William of Orange may have incited them." - occurred in 1672
The Secret of Nimh isn't American, but an Irish production.
Irish-Americans therefore claim it as American ☘️-🇺🇸
Baked beans on BUTTERED toast. Don't forget the butter... Mmmmm. Cheers
I never use butter wasted calories
Absolutely, the butter adds a 'taste dimension' to the whole dish...
It was us Dutch that ate our prime minster tyvm. Those Danes couldn't even eat Danish! And that syrup looks like washing up liquid
Pubs: a very important part of our lives, especially in rural areas. It makes perfect sense to priiotitse the opening of such an important social hub when everyone has been isolated from friends and family for so long.
"Watership Down" is not a children's story or film. It's an adult novel. It's just that a lot of clueless parents and critics thought, "Oh, it's about talking rabbits, it must be for the kiddiewinks."
Nah like if you drop a glass in the uk the who pub erupts with a 'WHEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY' some people start drumming on tables and whisling and shit, people get rowdy, if had amercan friends at uni and toursts be terrified hahaha.
That's pretty common in the states, especially popular local pubs. Authentic Greek restaurants are much more fun.
Terrified? Sounds fun.!
"Self rising flower" 🙄🤣
Watership Down is the only children's book I've ever read, except for Trump's autobiography.
Maple Syrup - top two ingredients Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup. Is anything more American? In the UK, I think the main, perhaps only ingredient would be maple syrup.
You can buy here in the UK, pure maple syrup rather than maple flavoured syrup. It is more expensive, of course, but so much nicer and free from all of those nasty additives.
The UK having a Royal Family probably played a part in the downfall of the Conservative government, because if there's one thing the right-wing press love more than a right-wing govt, it's The Royal Family. So when photos of a "socially distanced" Her Majesty at her husband's funeral adorned the front pages of the rags, at the same time BoJo was having his "lockdown-breaking parties", people were up in arms.
Also, having a Head of State that is outside of the political system, does give stability to a country (I'm certain I read that once); I mean, look at the USA...
Without the Royal Family, the things that people come to see will disappear, no Royal Ceremonial functions and the significance of the various buildings will also diminish.
The airport terrorist incident is famous. Best telling of it is by Billy Connelly - hilarious!
With 'The Great British Bake Off' it's not just about the baking; the viewers have a favourite in the Final that they hope will win and that is why the viewing figures are so high. The same applies to 'Strictly Come Dancing' etc!
Why does America change the titles of our programmes? 🏴🇬🇧
When stale, biscuits go soft, cake dries hard. Jaffa cakes go hard, therefore they are cakes.
That blue syrup is just the epitome of America food 😭 who really needs a massive jug of blue syrup??
We don’t flag down Taxis in the UK, you either phone them to get them to come to a specific location, or you go to a taxi rank. The queues tend to be at taxi ranks or a common taxi stopping place
Unlesss you live in London, where you do flag a black cab.
Billy Connolly sums up that Glasgow attack very well. Worth a watch.
Jaffa cakes are essentially similar to tomatoes culinarily and debate wise; eaten like one thing, technically another thing.
(eg. Tomatoes: a fruit, eaten and seen as a vegetable. Jaffa Cakes: a cake, seen and eaten as a biscuit)
How I've always come to think of jaffa cakes being cakes is that cakes go hard when they're stale and biscuits go soft when stale. Jaffa cakes go hard when stale. That's what I always thought of, before the whole court thing happened lol
No, Evan. Green Field Site is not the same as Greenbelt. Greenbelt is like a national park around London.
No, a Green Belt is designated land for NOT building on to prevent urban sprawl, so there is a semblance of countryside once you leave the towns/cities. There is one around Bristol, so most new housing happens where I live in WsM among other surrounding towns to maintain the feel of leaving the city and get to the countryside.
Whaaat? You're just making shiz up
The Jaffa cake argument was proved thus: when biccies go stale, they go soft; whereas, cakes go hard and dry. Jaffa cakes go dry and hard, therefore, they are cakes. QED.
You looked up the wrong flour! 😀 It's self-raising flour used for baking food. Not flower as in the plant. I know Americans also use the word flour the same way.
In fairness, the lifeboat aboard the David Attenborough was named "Boaty McBoatface". They were just too chicken-shit to call the boat itself "Boaty McBoatface".
it's defined by how they go off cakes start soft and go hard when they are past their prime and biscuits start hard and go soft with age.
Yeah we have had some awesome post box hats around here. Beautiful
That syrup looks like bleach and is probably only slightly better to consume
You should try the old Cornish dish, Thunder and Lightning. That's crumpets topped with clotted cream and black treacle (molasses).
I think you have just made the rest of my life wonderful 🎉
I loved Watership Down. I was about 13 or so. Wasn't tormented about it. I just loved the song by Mike Batt, sung by Art Garfunkel.
11:17 pretty sure they use Watership down to teach children about the death. We were shown it when we were like, 6 or 7 or something, at school.
There is a lot of yarn-bombing the traditional red pillar boxes (post boxes) round my way. They are usually topical themes and they stay up for a month or two until the next one. Currently the Eifel Tower etc after Paris Olympics :-)
Watership Down wasn't his darkest work. Shardik is one of the only 3 books I've ever given up on reading.
Jaffa Cakes are soft and spongey with a tangy orange center.
'Smashing orangey bit'.
You and Philippa are jointly spot on!
British pubs are a social hub. Good for mental health. In France they mostly don’t have the same vibe.
I took my parents to see Watership Down many many years ago, they thought they were going to see a movie about fluffy bunnies!
Nowadays, when British Airport police do their jobs, they get investigated for brutality
Have watched Evan grow up on youtube love that he is british now.
19:21 That’s just down the road from where I grew up. Never expected to see Wesham in one of these videos.
best uk crimbo no 1 was and always will be rage agains the matchine,look it up
biscuits go soft when stail,cakes go hard
Jaffa cakes are soft when new but will harden over time! Still delicious.
The last winner of the female cheese rolling was an American and she has won it twice consecutively
The most British thing ever is privatising your water companies 😅
16:45 wait till he hears about the atherstone ball game !
Jaffa cakes are soft. One of the arguments they used in court is biscuits are hard, and they go soft as they go off, cakes start soft and go hard as they go off, Jaffa Cakes are soft, and go hard as they go off, hence - cake.
We even have taxi marshalls in the UK who are sorta like security guards to organise the queues
the i love sausage rolls song was a Scottish meme video years before it came out
Cakes are soft, when they go off they go hard, biscuits are hard, when they go off they go soft
I don't think we care what the french people think! 🇬🇧
The Great British Bake off is very popular because it contains a lot of double entendres and smutty innuendo, especially from a posh woman who you would think isn't aware of them, but really is.
You should listen to LadBaby's other song, "We built this city on sausage rolls".
The queuing for cabs is just at Taxi Ranks and as you cannot 'drink and drive' in the UK, when the pubs close on special occasions like New Years Eve and everyone leaves at the same time there are inevitably queues - the same applies at Airports. Millions visit England to see the Royal Family - as is evidenced whenever their is a Royal Wedding, annually for Trooping the Colour, the late Queen's funeral and the new King's Coronation and any other Royal Event . . . and many of them are Americans! The Crumpet Van Giveaway is just good advertising and marketing without spending a fortune on a TV Advert that won't be watched.
I've got a headache today, so I thought I'll watch a video from the American guy who whispers. But then I realised he was reacting to the American guy who lives in the UK and shouts... so I turned it off and decided to go for a nap.
JJLA needs to order some Jaffas so he can try them for a video
In the distant past Eastenders regularly had daily viewing of 20+? million per episode (pre catch up)
Morris Dancers were used by Stealing Sheep, a female trio from Liverpool. See Stealing Sheep - Apparition
You should watch Billy Connolly’s stand up routine about the Glasgow airport attack.
Bake off is very popular in America but they changed the name to 'The Great British Baking Show'
Jam or Marmite on Crumpets! No!! JaMarmite Crumpets! Trust me, it's like sweet and sour! :D
The Christmas number 1 single used to be a big thing, not so much nowadays, because traditionally it's the biggest time of the year for record sales. Thus, if you got to number 1 at Xmas, you could potentially double, triple or quadruple the sales, compared to most other weeks. Add in the fact that the UK is the 3rd biggest music market in the World as, per capita, Brits spend more on music than people in most other countries... and it becomes an even bigger deal. Add in that the UK ranks 2nd, behind the US, in terms of successful international acts and that at Xmas some of those acts will be battling it out with each other and the odd novelty single and it becomes a bigger deal again! Or at least it was. The media still tries to hype it up each year but the level of interest and engagement just isn't the same. It's a similar story with the charts in general. They used to be big news and be an embedded part of the culture. Nowadays most people don't pay them much attention. This tren started when digital downloads started exceeding physical copies and accelerated with the inclusion of things like Spotify 'listens' and RUclips views. There just seems to be a bigger disconnect nowadays and this has been reflected in a decline in overall sales too, not just in the UK but worldwide. There's obviously something about actually buying the music you consume, especially in a physical format, that just seems to create a closer tie to both the music and the artist, generally speaking.
I’ve never even heard of yarn bombing but I do live in the countryside so…🤷♂️
You might want to check out Warburton’s ads starring De Niro, Stallone, Jackson etc
Pontefract Cakes are not cakes, no matter which way you look at them.
Mr Blobby And His Blobby goldfish!
Jaffa cakes are soft unless you leave them exposed to fresh air. Then they become hard.
I think that’s the definition/experiment that made them entitled to the name cake?
The FA cup final got over 8 million views on a paid for tv subscription. If was on free tv it would probably get more than triple that number.