"Grinding down the toilet has taken years of training to perfect" (yea, like polishing a you-know-what) "...hang up your marbles for good" Perfect script work.
As English as the English are......British is a completely meaningless term mostly used by individuals who spent so long here they don't know how to culturally identify themselves.
It all started going downhill when health and safety policies were enforced and marblers were required to don safety goggles before launching their glass orbs around. The spirit of Britishers has been diminished somewhat because of it.
@@thewotsit "britishers".....🤨 that is not and we'll never be a valid term of anything....when you refer to the spirit of the culture it is "the English spirit" because that is something regardless of background that applies to anyone who lives in this country and health and safety had no relevance on the game, when it became to vitriolic on schools they were banned.....temporal Tom more temporal lobe dysfunction.
@@thewotsit No you used a word that doesn't exist in context. 😂 because being British isn't synonymous with being English or more importantly the cultural concept of English spirit though it's interesting you think that it makes you the height of intellectual prowess....someone must have really demeaned poor little Thomas to think that his skills in intellectual or linguistic comprehension are far greater than they are based on the objective merit of the facts...."look everyone I learned something special from the 1800s look how special a big boy I am". 😜🤪 Begone pond dweller. 😘🤭 how adorable.
I see the pub has built a carpark across the marble area but Google maps shows they've left the marble pitch in place only its a square now. Or there's something odd looking in the middle of the car park at least.
Indeed! If you look at the street view photos, you'll see that the circle is in fact still there! Only now it has a square, gravel filled (?) curb around it. Still looks playable.
This could almost be a Monty Python sketch. Personally, I lost my marbles years ago.
Your marbles just rolled of somewhere. 🤣🤣🤣
Eric Idle at 4:17
"Not a day goes by that he's not quietly manipulating his marbles" 😯
For anybody wondering like I was, Len Smith did win the championship 8 days later then never won again after 1973
"he's preparing for another championship final"
*absolutely hammers a toilet*
I lost it at "the up and coming 'wrist flickers'" 💀
I came down to say the same thing. That was hilarious.
I went to the marble championships at Crawley in about 1993. And a strange, rain soaked experience with men in funny hats, it was.
Well, that was marbleous!
For those curious, Len did win, but it was his last win
What do you mean his last win?
Did he lose, retire, die, or something else?
@@mostawesomecomment6553 yes
@@RatRacer To which of the four options are you answering in the affirmative?
"Len lovingly hammers his piece of lavatory into shape"
"Grinding down the toilet has taken years of training to perfect" (yea, like polishing a you-know-what)
"...hang up your marbles for good"
Perfect script work.
Funniest thing I've seen in ages. Many thanks for uploading this (porcelain) gem
With not a hint of irony 😭😭😭 lol 😂
There are no people on earth as British as the British are.
As English as the English are......British is a completely meaningless term mostly used by individuals who spent so long here they don't know how to culturally identify themselves.
It all started going downhill when health and safety policies were enforced and marblers were required to don safety goggles before launching their glass orbs around. The spirit of Britishers has been diminished somewhat because of it.
@@thewotsit "britishers".....🤨 that is not and we'll never be a valid term of anything....when you refer to the spirit of the culture it is "the English spirit" because that is something regardless of background that applies to anyone who lives in this country and health and safety had no relevance on the game, when it became to vitriolic on schools they were banned.....temporal Tom more temporal lobe dysfunction.
@@heresjohnny602 Oh sorry, I used an archaic word. This sometimes has the effect of confusing the vocabulary challenged. Soz.
@@thewotsit No you used a word that doesn't exist in context. 😂 because being British isn't synonymous with being English or more importantly the cultural concept of English spirit though it's interesting you think that it makes you the height of intellectual prowess....someone must have really demeaned poor little Thomas to think that his skills in intellectual or linguistic comprehension are far greater than they are based on the objective merit of the facts...."look everyone I learned something special from the 1800s look how special a big boy I am". 😜🤪
Begone pond dweller. 😘🤭 how adorable.
3:00 the most confident man in the world
RIP -- the legendary Sam Spooner.
he's not dead, he's just resting
England is the Muhammad Ali of Oddballs. I love it.
Is this a euphemism “Twiddling his marbles” oooooh matron
Love the guys working with glowing metal in t-shirt and jeans
1:55 that little grassy bit round the circle is now all concrete parking spaces.
Len you star, well done that man. God bless Len 👍🏻
he’s my great grandad lol
My dad was born in 1932 & I still have his marbles!
This is straight out of an episode of Documentary Now!
A fun game and beautiful art work at the same time.
looked it up...the world championship still going!
Never miss it!
I see the pub has built a carpark across the marble area but Google maps shows they've left the marble pitch in place only its a square now. Or there's something odd looking in the middle of the car park at least.
Indeed! If you look at the street view photos, you'll see that the circle is in fact still there! Only now it has a square, gravel filled (?) curb around it. Still looks playable.
Len won that year. But he doesn’t show up on the list of winners after that. What happened to Len???
*Lost his marbles.*
This also could be an Alan Partridge episode
All these BBC clips come straight out of the family of Monty Python. There really is no difference?
Was this broadcast on April 1st ? !
I need to share this with people
Poor old Bernard Falk (the reporter here) died at the age of 47.
Of boredom shortly after filing this report?
What from?. If you don't mind me asking
The up and coming wrist flickers......
I wish it was back then!
grinding down the toilet!😮
Bonkers!
🤣 Len Smith a True people’s Champ
Watching that just the once isn’t enough. I’m gonna play it again 🤣🤣🤣 fooking wrist flickers?! Is this for real? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Ohh boy!
I was the top player in the 5 times wining team "For flick sake"
I've found my new favorite UA-cam channel. (not british btw)
Uhhhhhh. I can't tell if this was a joke or England being a bunch of weirdos again lol. Either way, it's hilarious.
Yes of course, the money is the ONLY difference between being a marble champ and a boxing champ
In Britain the line between comedy and absolute seriousness is a thin one
😆
And the best thing is, I can't even tell whether this is satire.
And apparently he did win that year! Wonder if he got keepsies? 🤔
My maiden name is Marble and this makes this sketch even funnier for me. Fiddling with his marbles has a different meaning for me 🤣
4:55 This is ridiculous
🤣
It's pure comedy.
In the best of English tradition
Before Silly Walks
Wait a minute,a SHEFFIELDER who works in a metal factory.....no way
Fact or fiction? Brightened the day either way . Was that a chaney that he made ?
It is Monty Python. Hang up your marbles for good haha you'll have to find the fkers first haha 😂
Loool 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂
There talking about the legendary boxer Ali he from were I was born and raised here in the states Louisville Kentucky.
How many gargled marbles through the years, do you reckon?
Did he win?
Can we exchange curling for marbles in the next Olympics?
I do not understand the title?
He is to marbles what at the time Muhammad Ali was to boxing. I assume the world champion
I wonder where Len was from originally. Definitely a north of England accent.
They've all lost their marbles.
This feels like a bit lop
The reporter is meaning to be funny aye ?
Is this a parody account?
Cheat...