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  • Опубліковано 22 тра 2023
  • Xyla Foxlin, Becky Stern and Jordan Harrod face a question about some early evidence.
    LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit www.lateralcast.com
    GUESTS:
    Xyla Foxlin: ‪@xylafoxlin‬, / xylafoxlin
    Becky Stern: ‪@BeckyStern‬, / bekathwia
    Jordan Harrod: ‪@JordanHarrod‬, / jordanbharrod
    HOST: Tom Scott.
    QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe.
    RECORDED AT: Podcasts NZ Studios.
    EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin.
    GRAPHICS: Chris Hanel at Support Class. Assistant: Dillon Pentz.
    MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com).
    FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd.
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott.
    © Pad 26 Limited (www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2023.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 125

  • @pvtbuddie
    @pvtbuddie Рік тому +453

    Please, don't give the answer away in the title and the thumbnail. It ruins the fun!

    • @philedwards5703
      @philedwards5703 Рік тому +6

      Of course! So disappointing!

    • @magicknight8412
      @magicknight8412 Рік тому

      Too late

    • @rei-rei
      @rei-rei Рік тому +2

      It's kinda pointless when you already know the answer.

    • @pvtbuddie
      @pvtbuddie Рік тому +17

      @Magic Knight :
      It's not too late for many viewers. Thumbnails and titles can be edited after the fact.

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 Рік тому +8

      How do handcuffed hand give it away? The question is already about breaking a law

  • @badredraws
    @badredraws Рік тому +200

    Who else was totally up for Xyla pulling out a massive list of weird idioms??

  • @Quacky_Batak
    @Quacky_Batak Рік тому +42

    The thumbnail was a spoiler :(

  • @John73John
    @John73John Рік тому +32

    when the thumbnail shows the answer...

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi Рік тому

      Tom Scott's thumbnails are like that.

  • @Fleeticus
    @Fleeticus Рік тому +24

    ...and just like that the thumbnail was changed! Well done Tom and team 👏

  • @joebleasdale5557
    @joebleasdale5557 Рік тому +13

    The way Tom attempted a Scottish accent when he said “a-red hand” 😂😂😂

  • @SylviaRustyFae
    @SylviaRustyFae Рік тому +47

    3:20 Just in case anyone is confused, King James I of Scotland was not King James I of England; that was King James VI of Scotland. England was ruled, at the time of King James I of Scotland, by one of the many Henry that took that throne

    • @dovos8572
      @dovos8572 Рік тому +8

      now i'm more confused than before reading this

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae Рік тому +2

      @@dovos8572 I get that xD
      So, the gist of it is that England decided to just borrow Scotlands King and he became King James I of England, while also remainin King James VI of Scotland.
      This happened as part of the Union of the Crowns in 1603, after which both England and Scotland were ruled by the same person; tho at the time they were ruled over and governed entirely independently of each other still (wudnt be til 1707 that Scotland lost its independence)
      The reason England needed to borrow Scotlands king is bcuz the last heir of the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth I, had died, leavin no survivin lineage to declare the next monarch
      The reason they opted for Scotlands king is bcuz back in the early 1500s, King James IV of Scotland married Margaret; the eldest daughter of King Henry VII of England. This marriage was actually also meant to unify the two kingdoms, tho it did such less effectively as barely a few yrs later Scotland wud declare war on England bcuz England declared war on France (who Scotland had an ancient alliance with that they had to honour); and both England and Scotland spent many of the next hundred yrs goin over and burnin down each others stuff... Like the times the English burned down Scotlands capitol

    • @xolotlnephthys
      @xolotlnephthys Рік тому

      In 1432 it would be Henry VI under a Regency, who was the English King.
      But for undoing confusion, James VI of Scotland was the great-grandson of Princess Margaret of England, and ended up being Queen Elizabeth I's closest living relative from the most senior line, and hence took the throne of England when she died, becoming the first James to rule England.

    • @WyvernYT
      @WyvernYT Рік тому

      @@dovos8572 England and Scotland are both places where the name James is common. While currently ruled by the same monarch, this has not always been the case. The numbering for kings named James is complicated.

  • @jayth3kid641
    @jayth3kid641 Рік тому +21

    The thumbnail totally gave it away, it kinda ruins the fun of figuring it out with them

    • @JimC
      @JimC Рік тому

      Yeah, now I wonder if "butchering" would've been enough of a clue for me.

  • @noimnotgoingtoenteraname
    @noimnotgoingtoenteraname Рік тому +147

    The thumbnail totally doesn't give it away...

    • @scbtripwire
      @scbtripwire Рік тому +10

      Getting caught cuffed and bloodied? 😂

    • @SpyrosKoronis
      @SpyrosKoronis Рік тому +12

      Getting caught doing jazz hands?

    • @LynxSnowCat
      @LynxSnowCat Рік тому +3

      I'm just pleased (when they 'fixed' it) they didn't substitute {the modern cuffs} with {a red-herring} or {Shibari-like rope cuffs, over a blade}.
      With the idiom's origin being Scottish, the later would have needed correction *and* an apology -too- for the tasteless joke.

    • @PetorialC
      @PetorialC Рік тому +3

      No it doesn't, what are you talking about? Did they fixed it?

    • @scragar
      @scragar Рік тому +3

      The hands in the new thumbnail are clean, so it doesn't give the answer away.

  • @pseudoboss11
    @pseudoboss11 Рік тому +4

    Man, that was much more light-hearted than my guess, which was "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

  • @Yokovich_
    @Yokovich_ Рік тому +5

    we're playing along and thinking too, Tom. Don't give it away before we open the video...

  • @JimC
    @JimC Рік тому +141

    Dear Tom, I think you should have a word with the person who's responsible for the thumbnail for this video.
    But in any case, a big "THANK YOU!" for all the videos which are always entertaining and informative and which you generously provide for free.

    • @EdwardMillen
      @EdwardMillen Рік тому +8

      I didn't see the thumbnail, but the title gave it away for me. And a couple of videos ago, it was the description.

  • @ikemeitz5287
    @ikemeitz5287 Рік тому +55

    Whelp, the thumbnail sure ruined this one. Way to spoil the answer for everyone playing along.

  • @rabbitslayer42
    @rabbitslayer42 Рік тому +24

    Next time we tackle the tough question, What color is this green apple?

  • @davidwilliss5555
    @davidwilliss5555 Рік тому +35

    I had a couple of coworkers from Russia once and one of them was writing a book of American idioms for Russians. The other guy once said he wanted to make sure he wasn't reinventing the bicycle.

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 Рік тому +7

      So, the other Russian was capable of saying a perfectly good idiom in English themselves! However, changing the idiom from reinventing the wheel to reinventing the bicycle is idiosyncratic, but works perfectly.

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 Рік тому +5

      Fun fact, in Czech language, both wheel and bicycle have the same word "kolo".
      But not in russian as far as i know, so that's probably unrelated

  • @bilalrasool1
    @bilalrasool1 Рік тому +8

    The thumbnail should have a jail or farm animals.

  • @vesk4000
    @vesk4000 Рік тому +35

    Is there a reason the podcast isn't posted in full on UA-cam? I'd love to see it here.

    • @adamsbja
      @adamsbja Рік тому +5

      Editing video is time-consuming.

    • @lateralcast
      @lateralcast  Рік тому +36

      In short, these clips are being used to give people a taster of the full audio podcast. Once the podcast starts paying its way, we will look to see if we can increase our video coverage.

    • @vesk4000
      @vesk4000 Рік тому +4

      @@lateralcast Oh okay, thank you for the reply! I just prefer listening to podcasts on youtube usually.

    • @thinkEdem
      @thinkEdem Рік тому +10

      @@lateralcast That would be lovely - as a non-native speaker I sometimes have trouble understanding audio-only podcasts; seeing facial expressions helps a lot - and subtitles are a blessing.

    • @JamieJamez
      @JamieJamez Рік тому

      @@lateralcast Seems a waste to record the whole thing on video, then throw the majority of it in the garbage.

  • @frank327
    @frank327 Рік тому +1

    Really impressed Jordan got it, I was totally and utterly lost.

  • @TheRealBobHickman
    @TheRealBobHickman Рік тому +1

    Imagine time traveling back to 1430, using this phrase, and everyone looking at you so confused.

  • @einootspork
    @einootspork Рік тому +2

    People are saying the thumbnail and description gave it away. It didn't for me, and now I feel a little stupid

    • @1maaaks
      @1maaaks Рік тому +1

      They changed it the thumbnail little bit. It used to have blood on the hands, now they are clean. However, I still think the title gives away too much (to be «caught...» is a very significant part of the phrase we are trying to guess).

  • @TophTheMelonLord
    @TophTheMelonLord Рік тому +15

    Interesting to see how much of the British culture/history that I am steeped in as a white American is not common knowledge even to other Americans. My starting assumption was that the animals in question were the king's deer.

  • @lastnamefirstname8655
    @lastnamefirstname8655 Рік тому +17

    very interesting. thanks tom.
    english fluency is indeed not from knowing the already self-breaking english language, but instead knowing more about sayings and local slang and idioms and etc. instead.

  • @EpiDot52
    @EpiDot52 5 місяців тому +1

    I thought for sure this was going to be "The Proof is in the Pudding" like a blood pudding kind of thing. Like certain farmers fed their sheep a specific thing that you'd find in the intestines.

  • @outsideaglass
    @outsideaglass 7 місяців тому

    Great job Jordan!

  • @StuiB08
    @StuiB08 Рік тому

    I got this before Tom finished reading the question.

  • @EmilyGamerGirl
    @EmilyGamerGirl Рік тому +2

    I got the answer before the question was done being read, it was so obvious lol

    • @onah
      @onah Рік тому

      Same. At least I think so. They haven’t said the answer yet😂
      Yup I was got it🎉
      A first for me😂

  • @SylviaRustyFae
    @SylviaRustyFae Рік тому +7

    Ppl sayin the thumbnail was the spoiler like the question wasnt plain as day heh

    • @pvtbuddie
      @pvtbuddie Рік тому

      I wouldn't have found it plain as day, but it was a pretty short trip from question to answer, for the contestants. Having to guess at the nature of the law, as well, would have made it more difficult.

    • @andrew66862
      @andrew66862 Рік тому +3

      The question gave itself away.

  • @sandwich2473
    @sandwich2473 Рік тому

    I got this before the question was read out, my goodness :O

  • @ericlewis3444
    @ericlewis3444 Рік тому

    that was a stunning victory!

    • @ericlewis3444
      @ericlewis3444 Рік тому

      also i love the new idiom, caught in 4k

  • @BraveLittlePixel
    @BraveLittlePixel Рік тому +3

    I knew it would be red-handed immediately, but also presumed the main animal involved would be pigs, although this is a general question, but are pigs crucial to this? Am I psychic?

  • @adammullarkey4996
    @adammullarkey4996 Рік тому

    My first thought was to think of idioms with animals and I came up with "when pigs fly," so now I'm picturing a stereotypical Scotsman riding a winged pig over the highlands.

  • @haggielady
    @haggielady Рік тому +6

    Way to go Jordan. I didn't see the thumbnail so was quite surprised when you said that. It's so common that I wouldn't have thought of that at all.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 6 місяців тому

    I had always thought "caught red handed" meant being caught as or just after committing a murder.

  • @fariesz6786
    @fariesz6786 4 дні тому

    we still don't know who was actually first caught this way

  • @user-vc2wz8cn9r
    @user-vc2wz8cn9r 3 місяці тому

    I guess the thumbnail might be considered a spoiler but I didn’t think so. However I’m amazed this question took them longer than two seconds.

  • @mrN3w7
    @mrN3w7 Рік тому

    Caught jazz handed 😂

  • @Imurai
    @Imurai Рік тому +1

    To all the people saying "the thumbnail ruined it" Dude, I got it before Tom even finished his sentence! I haven't seen the thumbnail, and English isn't even my first language. There wasn't much to ruin.

  • @lucbloom
    @lucbloom Рік тому +1

    Yay, the first one I got (and in a microsecond nonetheless)
    Funny that Tom didn’t knew for certain. Loads of US media that definitely references the phrase or even incorporate it into iconography and plot points etc.

  • @theITGuy-no3nt
    @theITGuy-no3nt 7 місяців тому

    These hit different now that Tom is "retired" from YT. I am not a re-watcher by nature -- I've seen the Godfather just the once if you follow me -- but I am working my way back through the catalog. We've all been through some weird shit these past couple of years and Tom's stuff really just always makes me smile no matter how shite the actual worlds is.

  • @PianoKwanMan
    @PianoKwanMan Рік тому

    I was thinking "blood on your hands"

  • @DerMarkus1982
    @DerMarkus1982 Рік тому

    0:30 "To catch someone red-handed" is my guess.

  • @route2070
    @route2070 Рік тому

    Dang, I was thinking no body no crime.

  • @ftroop2000
    @ftroop2000 Рік тому

    Only just found this channel. How many channels do you have Scot?😂
    Only negative thing for me, is that the title sequence and music. They're a bit too much like early 90's daytime quizz show. I really f🤬🤬🤬hated them as a kid. If I was off was sick, and home from school, that was all that would be in tv. So I rarely took a day off. maybe 2 times. Once with the flu, and once after an operation. Prompting my dad to ask me if I wanted to take the day off... on several occasions 😂

  • @10thdoctor15
    @10thdoctor15 Рік тому

    I got that from the title and thumbnail.

  • @macdjord
    @macdjord 11 місяців тому

    My guess was 'Might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb'.

  • @Pandsu
    @Pandsu Рік тому

    I was like "the proof is in the pudding!!!" but wasn't really sure why or at least not how to explain my reasoning

  • @Lyarrah
    @Lyarrah Рік тому

    I was expecting "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" for some reason even though I thought I knew the source

  • @lukanewt
    @lukanewt Рік тому

    Usually the questions are so good but I wouldve guessed this immediately and ended the game in 3 seconds

  • @shaunhouse8469
    @shaunhouse8469 Рік тому

    I think I'd try and go in via what the idiom is about, is it to do with not being qualified, is it to do with ownership etc.

  • @jamesginger7504
    @jamesginger7504 Рік тому

    Lol I feel so stupid, everyone said the thumbnail gave it away, but I didn't even make the connection till after the video was over and I came to the comments. But in my defence I don't ever really pay much attention to the thumbnails

  • @ExhaustedElox
    @ExhaustedElox 10 місяців тому

    My first guess was "proof is in the pudding" given how older puddings had to be.made from bones.

  • @bastienfelix4605
    @bastienfelix4605 Рік тому

    Our french equivalent to this idiom is “pris la main dans le sac” which literally means “caught with the hand in the bag”. It refers to stealing, which I assume was a more common issue in high-class french cities than animal slaughter.

  • @darrenmorby4753
    @darrenmorby4753 Рік тому +3

    Does the metaphorical phrase "he has blood on his hands" come from the same Scottish law as the answer to this question? I see that as a possibility.

    • @lateralcast
      @lateralcast  Рік тому +4

      After a quick search, that does seem very likely.

    • @RFC-3514
      @RFC-3514 Рік тому +1

      "Blood on the hands", "hands stained with blood" and similar variations are common expressions in several languages. "Red-handed" is a lot more specific and unusual.

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 6 місяців тому

    Poaching is essentially illegal hunting.
    It comes from English Common law, actually. A noble might own a game preserve and that nobleman would be the only person allowed to hunt in that land.

  • @SlipShodBob
    @SlipShodBob Рік тому

    After listening to the latest episode on google podcasts did Tom not mean 29 Acacia Road especially given his penchant for red shirts, for when Tom eats a banana an amazing transformation occurs...

  • @frogbear02
    @frogbear02 Рік тому

    first guess, im 0:49 seconds in (POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW). im american btw, but i did live in England, though i knew this phrase below before i moved there for a while.
    scottish law: one "caught red handed"
    (edit, i guess that was the only question XD)

  • @jackrain0461
    @jackrain0461 Рік тому

    Yay

  • @TaylerJDust
    @TaylerJDust 8 місяців тому

    My first guess to this was about selling the skin before the animal is shot

  • @frankdayton731
    @frankdayton731 Рік тому

    This is so easy.....for goodness sake!

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Рік тому +1

    👍

  • @kylefarrell849
    @kylefarrell849 Рік тому

    I own the Oxford dictionary of English idioms

  • @bignerdoncampus4527
    @bignerdoncampus4527 5 місяців тому

    I thought that phrase came from Macbeth.

  • @havek23
    @havek23 Рік тому

    So who was "the first person caught this way" as the title says?

  • @eloujtimereaver4504
    @eloujtimereaver4504 Рік тому

    Okay, but who was first caught... this way?

  • @roktinfast
    @roktinfast Рік тому +9

    You gave it away with the thumbnail, please dont do that.

  • @AnonOmis1000
    @AnonOmis1000 Рік тому

    I thought it was proof is in the pudding.

  • @dlfoster311
    @dlfoster311 Рік тому

    red handed

  • @daerdevvyl4314
    @daerdevvyl4314 7 місяців тому

    Shaka, when the walls fell.

  • @willdrug
    @willdrug 9 місяців тому

    Who else guessed that immediately

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 Рік тому

    Theory 1:
    People complaining about thumbnail being a spoiler are spoiling it more than the thumbnail itself.
    Theory 2:
    Even negative comments are comments and the algorithm likes is, so perhaps somebody makes the titles/thumbnails on purpose to generate discussion

  • @timwildauer5063
    @timwildauer5063 Рік тому +4

    Terrible thumbnail, it made this one no fun at all 😡

  • @Chasmodius
    @Chasmodius Місяць тому

    I thought the proof would be in the pudding.

  • @jonprive430
    @jonprive430 Рік тому

    So it has nothing to do with voting in ancient Greece? Rounding up citizens for a vote with a red-staining rope? I remember a slide show from middle school...

  • @Xathroz
    @Xathroz Рік тому +2

    Welp, no reason to watch this one.

  • @markusklyver6277
    @markusklyver6277 Рік тому

    TIL

  • @esteban.bernal
    @esteban.bernal Рік тому +2

    I don't think any of the Americans caught the Scottish accent Tom tried

  • @nacoran
    @nacoran Рік тому

    Jordan probably cheated using AI. :)

  • @1hugpls
    @1hugpls Рік тому

    I really enjoy the show but I've got to say I really hate the intro. I think the music is just really obnoxious to me. I can't really describe my feelings any better though

  • @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369

    dang a person is an animal