7-Eleven was originally opened from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM, which was a lot longer than most stores. But now they're mostly open 24 hours a day, so the name is something of an anachronism.
Makers are such an interestin subset of creatives :3 And it truly is best summed up as just "*makes stuff*" in the vaguest way possible Maker is even the job title for it to many of them, and i get why, its an epic role to be able to say one is; a maker, a person who makes stuff... What stuff? Oh yannno, anythin their heart desires Like, i watch some woodturners on youtube, but i also watch Makers who do mostly turnin; and the way the two kinds of creatives differ is huge - both kinds can make truly inventive things, but theres just smth about watchin someone who you truly havent a clue what theyre gonna make next Ive lived with folk in the past whove got that maker spark in them. One guy built all manner of siege equipment, castles, weaponry, and more for LARPing; just one day out of the blue he says he figured out how to make a crossbow and just had them bein made assembly line by us in only a few days - its like in Dwarf Fortress when your crafters get taken by a fae mood and invent some rly exquisite junk Some of my friends ended up delvin deep into metalworkin after they say the late King of Random's vid on such forever ago, and they just make things to their hearts content; havin found their ideal medium now
As a Canadian, born in the "Slurpee Capital of the World", [I recall many years ago, a day when it was -45C and randomly meeting some friends who had all walked to 7-11 for a slurpee when our cars were frozen and we went insane] I had a feeling this was the case, but being a Lateral question, it seemed too obvious. Perhaps that was why the question writers put this one to a bunch of British folks who would not be familiar with this promotion.
The Allen Pan video is interesting, and is also part of the Maker's Secret Santa playlist, which I love. (It also got a shout out from HBomberguy in his video on plagiarism.)
I do watch some Alan Pan, but I'd missed that one, and I was unaware of the deeper lore. I found it through the RUclips Makers Secret Santa. And then a little later it was referenced (as a good example) in Hbomberguy's plagiarism video.
I fondly remember having a party to go to on Bring Your Own Cup Day, so I showed up with a popcorn bucket full of cherry slurpee that people could ladle into solo cups.
@@Numbabu I will say, i at least mix in seltzer water for over half that (when available); bcuz yeah, its absurdly cloyingly sweet and far too much of it otherwise But also, back when i was in a less well place mentally, i used to drink **multiple** two litres of soda a day; i just didnt care about livin and it was a cheap oft tasty way to technically keep my body alive - and this is before i figured out i liked it more watered down instd of full sweetness. Why try to live ones life well if one doesnt want ones life in the first place after all?
This very much feels like a question aimed at non-American players. I was a teen when they first started the promotion (which was 2015 in the US, though they did it before that elsewhere in the world) and, at least in my suburban midwest US upbringing, it felt like a major holiday. I remember friends bringing a large popcorn bucket, which must have been just barely under the 10 inch diameter limit (to be honest I don't even remember there being a limit, so maybe some people disregarded that...). The funny thing is that it's not like slurpees are something you can really save for later, so there's not much to be gained from dispensing an insane amount of it. You take a few victory sips and then the rest goes to waste.
I confess to being rather distracted by the date, being a former Homestuck fan. That was the comic's 15th anniversary after all (and April 13 is also significant within the text). I couldn't fathom how using a hardhat and sandcastle mould as Slurpee cups would serve as a Homestuck reference. Because that part was so obvious it went without saying.
@@lateralcast I remember that but what about Allen Pan he mentioned here? NileRed, The Backyard Scientist and Michael Reeves. Probably too unhinged but funny!
My grandson brought a soup pot into 7-Eleven this year on Slurpee day and filled it with mixed Slurpee. The pot holds about 2 liters, and he drank about 1/3 of it before he decided he was done 🤢 Oh - they have a promotional sign standing in the store with a hole through it. If your container fits in the hole (or if the person working doesn’t care) you can use it!
25 seconds in. Gonna make my guess. The Helmet and Bucket are both hollow bowl-like things. Im gonna guess they had some kind of promotion going on where you could "bring your own vessel" for drinking slush from and they'd fill it for the same price irrespective of the size of the "cup". Like those pictures of wine-aunts on facebook with ridiculously large glasses of wine (sometimes bigger then a human head) with the text "i promised i'd only have one glass" underneath.
Good one! I also thought about the bowl-like structure but thought maybe they used that to carry something like ice cubes outside, for some urgent reason. I had no idea that promotion was a thing 😅
@@ripopolYou forgot about the ice you can get from the soda fountains; you can even oft buy just a cup of ice from them too - they charge like a quarter or two for it usually, mainly to cover the cup price and keep track of inventory usage
4:40 Two things. One, i love Toms fumblin to even describe what Allen Pan does; but two - I **love** the title of Maker for folks who just "*make stuff*"in that ultra vague way where ya rly dont know what theyre gonna make Maker is just a grt job title all around too, like heck; its the sorta title that one cud even give to a creator deity - so its like even more awesome there
Hitting pause at the start to put in my guess. I think it's 7-11 that does the thing where you can bring any container in to fill with fountain drinks or slushies or whatever. I'm guessing it's that.
One year my sister and I each took a large empty Dan-D Pak Cashew bucket to the "bring your own" day. Quite a lot of Slurpee, with a lid and a handle. 😋
Initial-ish (1:28) thoughts: it was so she could help renovate her local 7-11, in order to have it reopen sooner, so she could have back her favourite treat/snack/ritual/clerk?
I mean some definitely do. I've binged all the videos on this channel and only recently started listening to the full length audio. I can't recall specific ones but there are some questions where it's immediately answered either from an educated guess, blind luck, or someone just know about it straight away but didn't think it was it so they shoot their shot not expecting it to land. I think the most recent one was the episode with Hank Green there's a question about a roadway closing at certain times and he made an educated guess, got it right away, and there's no video of it since it'd be 2 minutes long
Arguably football helmets are “non-safety,” as there are more concussions and TBIs among football players than in comparable un-helmeted sports like rugby.
There is one. if it's true as shown in the movie Green Mile the cap they clamp on top of your head. While you sit in the electric chair is there to get you killed.
Guessing the safety helmet was actually a souvenir ice cream sundae dish from a baseball stadium. That would make it food safe. And as said elsewhere, the sand castle mold was an empty ice cream bucket.
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7-Eleven was originally opened from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM, which was a lot longer than most stores. But now they're mostly open 24 hours a day, so the name is something of an anachronism.
It's open from 7 AM to 11 AM (the next day).
@@timothymclean they open an additional set of doors for 4 hours per day
and originally they only sold ice.
And still in Thailand, there is/was a 7/11, with a posted sign saying "open 24h" that did close during the night.
Some still do in rural areas in Japan.
I'd like a shop to name itself 11/7 (open from AM 11:00 to PM 7:00). It would be hilarious.
Calling Allen Pan someone who 'makes things' is probably the most positive description of whatever deranged kind of chaos he actually does.
"Tom Scott explaining what Allen Pan does" instantly made me smile
I found that both truthful and remarkably vague.
Makers are such an interestin subset of creatives :3 And it truly is best summed up as just "*makes stuff*" in the vaguest way possible
Maker is even the job title for it to many of them, and i get why, its an epic role to be able to say one is; a maker, a person who makes stuff... What stuff? Oh yannno, anythin their heart desires
Like, i watch some woodturners on youtube, but i also watch Makers who do mostly turnin; and the way the two kinds of creatives differ is huge - both kinds can make truly inventive things, but theres just smth about watchin someone who you truly havent a clue what theyre gonna make next
Ive lived with folk in the past whove got that maker spark in them. One guy built all manner of siege equipment, castles, weaponry, and more for LARPing; just one day out of the blue he says he figured out how to make a crossbow and just had them bein made assembly line by us in only a few days - its like in Dwarf Fortress when your crafters get taken by a fae mood and invent some rly exquisite junk
Some of my friends ended up delvin deep into metalworkin after they say the late King of Random's vid on such forever ago, and they just make things to their hearts content; havin found their ideal medium now
"Maker" is a termed coined and used by people who use a variety of material to build thing. i.e. wood, metal, 3D printing, etc.
As an American, I knew this immediately
As a Canadian, born in the "Slurpee Capital of the World", [I recall many years ago, a day when it was -45C and randomly meeting some friends who had all walked to 7-11 for a slurpee when our cars were frozen and we went insane] I had a feeling this was the case, but being a Lateral question, it seemed too obvious.
Perhaps that was why the question writers put this one to a bunch of British folks who would not be familiar with this promotion.
In those days, a Slurpee qualified as a hot drink.
"Sandcastle mold"...it's a bucket! It's a frackin' bucket! XD
I wouldn't be surprised if somebody in America sold overpriced buckets as "sandcastle molds"
4:30-40: For a second, I thought Tom meant he knew someone who built something like a drinking horn connected to the ocean.
Let's face it, he probably does. There just was no 7/11 drink dispenser involved, because that would violate their terms and conditions.
The Allen Pan video is interesting, and is also part of the Maker's Secret Santa playlist, which I love. (It also got a shout out from HBomberguy in his video on plagiarism.)
The 64 oz is called the Double Gulp and is basically a bucket.
That's about 1.8 litres.
4:38 "Operation Soda Steal"
Very old school internet lore that, surprisingly, Tom seems to know very little about.
I do watch some Alan Pan, but I'd missed that one, and I was unaware of the deeper lore. I found it through the RUclips Makers Secret Santa. And then a little later it was referenced (as a good example) in Hbomberguy's plagiarism video.
@@qwertyTRiGAh, that's where I've heard of it, I thought it was another Tom thing.
I fondly remember having a party to go to on Bring Your Own Cup Day, so I showed up with a popcorn bucket full of cherry slurpee that people could ladle into solo cups.
Big Gulp is 32 fl.oz. (about 946 mL), Super Big Gulp 44, Double Gulp is 64
TWO LITRES??????
"A bucket of soda" is very much on point, though.
@@Numbabu I will say, i at least mix in seltzer water for over half that (when available); bcuz yeah, its absurdly cloyingly sweet and far too much of it otherwise
But also, back when i was in a less well place mentally, i used to drink **multiple** two litres of soda a day; i just didnt care about livin and it was a cheap oft tasty way to technically keep my body alive - and this is before i figured out i liked it more watered down instd of full sweetness. Why try to live ones life well if one doesnt want ones life in the first place after all?
Mind the undertow.
A movie theater in Bangkok did something similar with popcorn, but with no limit on the size of the container. Some people came with 30 gallon bins.
Guessed it right away.
This very much feels like a question aimed at non-American players. I was a teen when they first started the promotion (which was 2015 in the US, though they did it before that elsewhere in the world) and, at least in my suburban midwest US upbringing, it felt like a major holiday. I remember friends bringing a large popcorn bucket, which must have been just barely under the 10 inch diameter limit (to be honest I don't even remember there being a limit, so maybe some people disregarded that...). The funny thing is that it's not like slurpees are something you can really save for later, so there's not much to be gained from dispensing an insane amount of it. You take a few victory sips and then the rest goes to waste.
I confess to being rather distracted by the date, being a former Homestuck fan. That was the comic's 15th anniversary after all (and April 13 is also significant within the text).
I couldn't fathom how using a hardhat and sandcastle mould as Slurpee cups would serve as a Homestuck reference. Because that part was so obvious it went without saying.
We need an Safety Third episode
William Osman was on episodes 14 and 20.
@@lateralcast I remember that but what about Allen Pan he mentioned here?
NileRed, The Backyard Scientist and Michael Reeves.
Probably too unhinged but funny!
I’m happy that I got it straight away haha
The first and possibly only one I got straight away.
My grandson brought a soup pot into 7-Eleven this year on Slurpee day and filled it with mixed Slurpee.
The pot holds about 2 liters, and he drank about 1/3 of it before he decided he was done 🤢
Oh - they have a promotional sign standing in the store with a hole through it. If your container fits in the hole (or if the person working doesn’t care) you can use it!
Is James wearing a Jetlag cap?
yep; it's tricky to see with the camera angle he has, but - BAM.
Well spotted!
Welcome to the snack zone
00:30 - I bet it's "unlimited Slurpy" day, using the mould and the hardhat as cups to fill with icy-cold slurpy drinks.
25 seconds in. Gonna make my guess.
The Helmet and Bucket are both hollow bowl-like things. Im gonna guess they had some kind of promotion going on where you could "bring your own vessel" for drinking slush from and they'd fill it for the same price irrespective of the size of the "cup".
Like those pictures of wine-aunts on facebook with ridiculously large glasses of wine (sometimes bigger then a human head) with the text "i promised i'd only have one glass" underneath.
Good one! I also thought about the bowl-like structure but thought maybe they used that to carry something like ice cubes outside, for some urgent reason. I had no idea that promotion was a thing 😅
@@Wecoc1 huh, the only places I know that sell icecubes sell them in bags. So i dont think i would've thought of that.
@@ripopolYou forgot about the ice you can get from the soda fountains; you can even oft buy just a cup of ice from them too - they charge like a quarter or two for it usually, mainly to cover the cup price and keep track of inventory usage
James is going to be in Jet Lag the game
4:05 sounded nice somehow
4:40 Two things. One, i love Toms fumblin to even describe what Allen Pan does; but two - I **love** the title of Maker for folks who just "*make stuff*"in that ultra vague way where ya rly dont know what theyre gonna make
Maker is just a grt job title all around too, like heck; its the sorta title that one cud even give to a creator deity - so its like even more awesome there
I remember doing this. We washed out a bucket and walked to 7-11 to fill it up.
I'm deeply troubled by the firehose solution. Just clean it out inside and ... the Biggest of Gulps will live in legend.
was this the fastest solve ever? got it pretty quickly. well done.
"cup" was the word you were looking for Tom
Bucket's more magnitude-accurate, though.
You mean the unit of measurement term?
Hitting pause at the start to put in my guess. I think it's 7-11 that does the thing where you can bring any container in to fill with fountain drinks or slushies or whatever. I'm guessing it's that.
10” diameter, but what length?
One year my sister and I each took a large empty Dan-D Pak Cashew bucket to the "bring your own" day. Quite a lot of Slurpee, with a lid and a handle. 😋
just based on the title alone this has to be bring your own cup day. why is this even a question lol
My immediate answer? "Florida"
I wonder if a really tall stovepipe hat might work....
As long as it's watertight, I suppose
Would a Klein Bottle work?
Initial-ish (1:28) thoughts: it was so she could help renovate her local 7-11, in order to have it reopen sooner, so she could have back her favourite treat/snack/ritual/clerk?
Results: the answer was so much much more "American" than I imagined.
To us their restroom.
3D print a bucket with a 10 inch protrusion.
I feel like most USians who are online enough to see this video would have gotten the answer fairly quickly. Could just be personal bias, idk.
Just wait until someone 3D-prints the Mediterranean, with a little nudge that fits the 10-inch hole.;-)
7-ELEVEn on their signs
This event happened this year (2024). Have we come to the point where people are deliberately trying to become a "Lateral" question?
It's an annual event.
No pun on sandcastle doctrine? For shame.
Of course the Brits call a Big Gulp a bucket. 😅
Because it is
A fireman’s hos?
Easiest one in history.
It was fine until Cliff Stoll came to fill up his bottles
How do you wash up a Kline bottle?
Some questions should be cut
Some questions only make become questions if you don't have Americans on the panel.
I mean some definitely do. I've binged all the videos on this channel and only recently started listening to the full length audio. I can't recall specific ones but there are some questions where it's immediately answered either from an educated guess, blind luck, or someone just know about it straight away but didn't think it was it so they shoot their shot not expecting it to land.
I think the most recent one was the episode with Hank Green there's a question about a roadway closing at certain times and he made an educated guess, got it right away, and there's no video of it since it'd be 2 minutes long
@@jamesaditya5254 Can't remember the question, but there's one in episode 69 'a very speedy spider'
Nothing works as well as pure & illogical greed when it comes to problem solving . . . : )
13th of April is my birthday, so unlucky me (or lucky my liver and stomach) for living in the country without seven-eleven
The question mentions "a safety helmet." Do "non-safety helmets" exist? 🤔
Arguably football helmets are “non-safety,” as there are more concussions and TBIs among football players than in comparable un-helmeted sports like rugby.
There is one. if it's true as shown in the movie Green Mile the cap they clamp on top of your head. While you sit in the electric chair is there to get you killed.
Guessing the safety helmet was actually a souvenir ice cream sundae dish from a baseball stadium. That would make it food safe. And as said elsewhere, the sand castle mold was an empty ice cream bucket.
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i immediately thought it would be Ursula Thunderlion ÖvÖ
April 13th- that’s my birthday