Shanghai Fugu and Mucky Fat: Citation Needed 4x04

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  • @HaniiPuppy
    @HaniiPuppy 7 років тому +546

    I'm so sad that when when they suggested Fugu being specially bred not to have the toxin and Tom said "not necessarily bred" that no-one suggested fugu being specially toast not to have the toxin in them.

  • @RainaRamsay
    @RainaRamsay 9 років тому +778

    My favorite part of this episode is that the Shanghai Fugu Agreement is exactly the sort of ridiculous prank that the Technical Difficulties would pull, and then reminisce about on Matt & Tom's Park Bench years later.

    • @AlexOnTheBus
      @AlexOnTheBus 7 років тому +53

      Come to think of it - and Tom might have some experience of this - the agreement sounds like the sort of prank someone would pull in student union or NUS negotiations.

    • @kushagraverma9452
      @kushagraverma9452 6 років тому +4

      Not anymore :(

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 4 роки тому +25

      "We shouldn't have done it but it's hilarious and we definitely wouldn't do that precise thing anymore but also hahahahaha madlads right."

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 2 роки тому +9

      I love how Gary went and gave frankly hilarious things they could have done! I wonder about his mind sometimes

    • @dbseamz
      @dbseamz Рік тому +11

      @@mirjanbouma "THEY COULD HAVE BANNED THE APOSTROPHE!" got me.

  • @ianj1828
    @ianj1828 9 років тому +922

    I request, most humbly, the uncut feed for these episodes. the full 40 minute ones. i love listening to you guys just sit around riffing.

  • @pianojammer
    @pianojammer 6 років тому +782

    This show has revolutionized my vocabulary from "horse tornado" to "hard bread."

    • @tanyalebean3695
      @tanyalebean3695 4 роки тому +21

      excuse me
      *horse **_tornado???_*

    • @Ellyerre
      @Ellyerre 4 роки тому +72

      ​@@tanyalebean3695 That's what Matt calls carousels because it's just horses, *_tornading._*
      I believe it's from one of their experiments videos on Matt and Tom's channel, I forget which one but you should probably watch them all if you haven't already, it's only 4 episodes.

    • @curiousfirely
      @curiousfirely 3 роки тому +24

      When I want to impress my middle school students I tell them about the term 'horse tornado', and I am the *coolest* teacher for the rest of the day. (I take any advantages I can get ;)

    • @NotKyleChicago
      @NotKyleChicago 2 роки тому +15

      @@Ellyerre and "hard bread" " reads books, you know."
      Since Chris Joel is Toast.

    • @Ellyerre
      @Ellyerre 2 роки тому +18

      @@NotKyleChicago Never happened.

  • @Unknownety
    @Unknownety 9 років тому +210

    5:33 "that's like when I was at school with that lad called john who just ate nettles." - Gary Brannan (And dang Gary, that sentence has some syllables) and everyone just looks at each other before he continues with "Raw", as if that was making things any better. "Go on" - Tom Scott.
    Simply one of the funnier things in the episode, if one asks me at least.

    • @adambetteridge8071
      @adambetteridge8071 4 роки тому +12

      Got to that point and had to pause and find the comment about it. Takes something special to get three quarters of the Tech Diff in that way

    • @Unknownety
      @Unknownety 3 роки тому +11

      @@adambetteridge8071 Though, to be fair. Where I live there is this traditional soup made from nettles and milk or something (everyone does it differently I guess), typically served with boiled eggs. It is actually fairly good.
      Although, obviously not the same thing as eating them raw.

    • @tylisirn
      @tylisirn 2 роки тому +11

      The raw makes it worse. Cooked nettles used to be quite normal food in many parts of the world. It doesn't sting after preparation and tastes quite nice. Nutritious too.

    • @topilinkala1594
      @topilinkala1594 Рік тому +1

      @@tylisirn For those who want to try: Take any recipe you have that calls for spinach. Substitute paraboiled nettles and you've ready to go.

    • @tylisirn
      @tylisirn Рік тому +2

      @@topilinkala1594 Indeed. Note on harvesting nettles to use. You want the more immature ones. Once they have started to flower, they don't taste as nice any more. Other than that, any nettles will do.

  • @joshuahadams
    @joshuahadams 8 років тому +961

    Matt: It's got three of them! ...Five of them!
    Chris: *Raises four fingers*
    Matt: *nods*

    • @jamesl8640
      @jamesl8640 3 роки тому +55

      As an average matt was right

    • @duncanurquhart5278
      @duncanurquhart5278 Рік тому +4

      he got it right on average

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica Рік тому +12

      "One! Two! Five!"
      "--Three sir!"
      "--THREE!!!"

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist Рік тому +2

      ​@@CinemaDemocratica Glad not to be the only one to have thought of that.

    • @JamesGroom
      @JamesGroom 5 місяців тому +1

      In fairness, his GCSE was for Latin and not Ancient Greek.

  • @rileyjenkins3150
    @rileyjenkins3150 4 роки тому +132

    "You alright there"
    "I'm stuck in a tank"
    It's so quiet and that's what makes it better.

  • @Ingestedbanjo
    @Ingestedbanjo 5 років тому +572

    4:12 "Pufferfish bred without the toxin in it."
    "Yes! Well, not necessarily bred..."
    Toast?

    • @A._is_for
      @A._is_for 5 років тому +7

      I bet pita would be great for those fish

    • @demrandom
      @demrandom 4 роки тому +56

      >Toast?
      didn't happen.

    • @vytrva
      @vytrva 4 роки тому +25

      Never happened.

    • @kevincsellak296
      @kevincsellak296 4 роки тому +1

      demrandom 'toast' doesn’t have quotation marks around it. He’s making a joke here.
      Patrik333 cudos for marking it “bred” and not “bread.” They’ve got to fix the subtitles.

    • @Haights
      @Haights 3 роки тому +12

      Toast, for when you like your fish harder.

  • @Big-The-Dave
    @Big-The-Dave 9 років тому +492

    A pair of Spy planes delivered by Bono and The Edge. It's U2's 2 U2s 2 U

    • @jaysbiddle
      @jaysbiddle 5 років тому +11

      Gee It Some Laldy this. Is AWESOME

    • @MishaNem
      @MishaNem 5 років тому +2

      Hahahahahhahah, that is amazing!

    • @zyaicob
      @zyaicob 5 років тому +4

      You too?

    • @ZeldaTheSwordsman
      @ZeldaTheSwordsman Рік тому +3

      And they're painted with the likeness of Yuji Naka, so it's U2's 2 Yu2 U2s 2 U.

  • @joshuahall7677
    @joshuahall7677 9 років тому +632

    *completes Fugu test*
    "You'll have your results within 24hrs"

  • @adammullarkey4996
    @adammullarkey4996 2 роки тому +42

    1:25 Chris' answer was always going to be wrong. You don't practise something like this until you get it right. You practise it until you don't get it wrong.

  • @haiironezumi
    @haiironezumi 6 років тому +67

    I'm amazed that no one mentioned that the Fugu essentially "Princess Bride"s its way into being toxic.
    " I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder. "

  • @ThePreston159
    @ThePreston159 9 років тому +407

    Tom: "We're clearly doing Price is Right rules here, aren't we."
    Gary: "I reckon less than a hundred but not much less."
    Tom: "I'm gonna give that to Gary. It's somewhere about 35/65 each year."

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  9 років тому +216

      +ThePreston159 Ha! Yes, I should probably have edited that out. Never mind!

    • @Hendlton
      @Hendlton 9 років тому +98

      +Tom Scott No, don't edit it out, it's funny stuff and who cares, anyway?

    • @theswaff699
      @theswaff699 7 років тому +58

      Tom Scott we here for the comedy not the information

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 7 років тому +30

      This is why Price is Right requires contestants to give specific answers.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +8

      Well, it's more than 1/3rd. That could count as "not much less".

  • @s6th795
    @s6th795 8 років тому +188

    I honestly don't blame Germany, considering Pi was nearly legally declared as 3.2 in Indiana.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +69

      The main bit of that which troubles me is that they chose to arbitrarily round _up_ instead of to the nearest 1 decimal place. 3.1 would have been vaguely acceptable, but 3.2?

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +6

      ....aaaaaaaaand you've lost me. :/

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal 3 роки тому +22

      @@ragnkja -- The worst part was the proof of π=3.2 was to be patented, and Goodwin intended to collect royalties every time is was used outside of Indiana.

    • @dbseamz
      @dbseamz Рік тому +9

      There was a book where someone forced pi to just equal 3, and the machine he built along those principles kind of...bent the universe a bit. I think it was "Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett?

    • @macdjord
      @macdjord Рік тому +4

      @@dbseamz Yes, the Mail Sorting Machine.

  • @bigmclargehuge8219
    @bigmclargehuge8219 4 роки тому +61

    The face Tom made before saying "Go on" gave me exactly the laugh I needed in this hellscape of 2020. Thank you

  • @michael-elliottjansen4328
    @michael-elliottjansen4328 4 роки тому +124

    “they could’ve banned the apostrophe!” “we have made it so that no one called keith can enter the country!”

    • @michaelmatter1222
      @michaelmatter1222 4 роки тому +8

      **couldve**

    • @christafranken9170
      @christafranken9170 4 роки тому +4

      @@michaelmatter1222 well, that's the issue, they mist the oppurtunity to do that.. :'(

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist Рік тому

      ​@@michaelmatter1222 Also that was Germany and the internet does not necessarily follow German law.

  • @heshuimu
    @heshuimu 5 років тому +202

    I'm super impressed that Matt nailed the "fùgǔ" pronunciation, even though it had nothing to do with China this time.

  • @Goon-124
    @Goon-124 6 років тому +22

    7:40 God, i love that gasp of horrified comprehension at "...35%". It's so genuine.

  • @MorRobots
    @MorRobots 9 років тому +138

    Two fish in a tank, one says "you man the guns, I will drive".

    • @shriprasadabhangle
      @shriprasadabhangle 6 років тому +19

      "You fish the guns, I'll drive."

    • @LordSandwichII
      @LordSandwichII 4 роки тому +12

      Two soldiers in a tank, one says "blublublublub"

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 4 роки тому +2

      Lord Sandwich
      I think we put the snorkel on upside down

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 3 роки тому

      Two monkeys in a bath tub. One says "Ooh! Ah! Eek! Ooh! Ah!"
      The other says "Well run the cold tap a bit, then."

  • @alleeum
    @alleeum 8 років тому +198

    "Specially squoze" at 04:22.
    Squoze! Immediately added to my list, _Words That Should Be Words_ (you know, like 'smallen' instead of 'to make smaller'), simply because it's so much fun to say.

    • @littlesnowflakepunk855
      @littlesnowflakepunk855 7 років тому +32

      alleeum Personally I prefer Ensmallen and Imbiggerate for 'to make smaller' and 'to make bigger'

    • @korayacar1444
      @korayacar1444 7 років тому +16

      Tetrachromia Embiggen would be better than Imbiggerate IMO.

    • @lordsummerisle87
      @lordsummerisle87 6 років тому +14

      @@littlesnowflakepunk855 Those are perfectly cromulent words.

    • @creakyboards8517
      @creakyboards8517 6 років тому +8

      ensmallify

    • @inf0phreak
      @inf0phreak 5 років тому +16

      Well, it's freeze, froze, frozen. So obviously it should be squeeze, squoze, squozen. Although lease, lose, losen does sound kind of stupid.

  • @CardCaptorKaren
    @CardCaptorKaren 9 років тому +700

    This went from 0-Yorkshire very quickly.

    • @nobbybob5
      @nobbybob5 9 років тому +64

      It's the Technical Difficulties. It might as well feature 4 whippets sat around a pigeon loft, but I see your point ;)

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 9 років тому +22

      +Karen Sykora "The new Pudding F150--Zero to Yorkie faster than you can say oop."

    • @HaroldWilsonsGhost
      @HaroldWilsonsGhost 9 років тому

      +Karen Sykora oh ar

    • @hairyneil
      @hairyneil 9 років тому +11

      +Karen Sykora
      Nought to nowt

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 9 років тому +17

      YORK-SHIRE! YORK-SHIRE! YORK-SHIRE!

  • @tbrooke3016
    @tbrooke3016 6 років тому +33

    "Omg its gpt poisonous eyes" brings new meaning to the death stare

  • @Croxmata
    @Croxmata 9 років тому +246

    Hmm.... Mucky fat is called "Schmalz" in Germany, and it's eaten the same way: On bread, with salt and optionally onions.
    Also, if you want your bread to be harder, try one of the 3242 different types of German bread. One will certainly suit you. It's UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, after all.

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 5 років тому +7

      @Yürüyen Ansiklopedi You don't know whether you'll live another nine years? I'm sorry to hear that.

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania 4 роки тому +2

      Panzerkek?

    • @Gulliolm
      @Gulliolm 2 роки тому +3

      @@AgentTasmania Panzerkeks. But that is a biscuit.

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica 2 роки тому +1

      I believe this is where the adjective 'schmaltzy' came from.

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist Рік тому +2

      ​@@CinemaDemocratica So apparently, there's Schmalz, and then there's Schmaltz, and the former is German and pork and the latter is Yiddish and not pork.

  • @thelastcube.
    @thelastcube. 5 років тому +80

    somehow about an episode with fugu, the biggest takeaway I took was the enlightening knowledge that toast is just hard bread. (explained in that way)
    Also before you ask, never happened.

  • @nataliemccarthy9140
    @nataliemccarthy9140 8 років тому +255

    Chris Joel: for when you want your bread to harder

    • @chrisneary8538
      @chrisneary8538 8 років тому +63

      Natalie McCarthy never happened

    • @MirzaAhmed89
      @MirzaAhmed89 7 років тому +5

      That was Gary Brannan.

    • @greenmario3011
      @greenmario3011 6 років тому +14

      Mirza Ahmed Chris used to be called toast

    • @KusaneHexaku
      @KusaneHexaku 6 років тому +28

      Never happened

    • @Ellyerre
      @Ellyerre 5 років тому +3

      Not just YOUR bread if you know what I mean.

  • @trublgrl
    @trublgrl 9 років тому +64

    I have to figure out how to use the phrase "specially squoze" into everyday conversations now.

  • @Yossus
    @Yossus 4 роки тому +9

    "But soft, what light through yonder Matthew breaks" is my all time favourite tag.

  • @susannam3923
    @susannam3923 4 роки тому +48

    I ate nettles as a kid! They don't sting you if you pet them, and that is actually a true fact. I know this because one time in primary school all the children complained about being hungry in a forest so our teacher told us how to solve that problem. You need all the hairs to go in one direction and then you roll it up. I've never been stung in the tongue but my fingers have suffered quite a lot from it

  • @ishashka
    @ishashka 5 років тому +15

    I think the bit about some people liking fugu with a minimal amount of toxin left so they can feel a tingle was biscuit worthy, because it was extremely specific and absolutely true.

  • @HaydenX
    @HaydenX 4 роки тому +17

    My favorite variant of "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?" is "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's Eve?" It's about the most highbrow way to call someone a douchebag ever.

  • @WhiskerMoon
    @WhiskerMoon 9 років тому +55

    My folks make a fab nettle soup in the spring. It's a bright emerald green served with a bit of cream. Its good stuff :)

    • @SticksTheFox
      @SticksTheFox 9 років тому +9

      +WhiskerMoon Tastes just like a nicer spinach! And doesnt sting at all when cooked.

    • @WhiskerMoon
      @WhiskerMoon 9 років тому +1

      Sticks The Fox Yeah exactly - and a bit nutty as well~

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 6 років тому +1

      Not so good raw

    • @me_n_the_boys_lookin_for_beans
      @me_n_the_boys_lookin_for_beans 3 роки тому

      @@WhiskerMoon recipe???

  • @dbseamz
    @dbseamz 3 роки тому +14

    And this is why Citation Needed is one series I NEVER skip the intro on.

  • @blubberdust
    @blubberdust 9 років тому +141

    A multi-billionaire's anonymous party at a sacred temple in a city in Russia... Elon Musk's Moscow Mosque Masquerade

  • @ZipplyZane
    @ZipplyZane 7 років тому +12

    Directly from typing nettles into UA-cam to know for sure what they were:
    "Stinging nettle can substitute for spinach in any cooked recipe (they lose their sting when cooked)."
    Seems like an easy bet to win if your friends don't know this.

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 Рік тому +24

    I totally get Gary's nettle story- growing up in seattle, there was always the one kid in each class who ate a banana slug

  • @Dusterisp
    @Dusterisp 4 роки тому +12

    "It's got three of them. Five of them?"
    Matt Gray I love you too.

    • @myleslos9658
      @myleslos9658 4 роки тому

      tetro is 4 matthew. :3

    • @myleslos9658
      @myleslos9658 4 роки тому +1

      Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin. Its name derives from Tetraodontiformes, an order that includes pufferfish, porcupinefish, ocean sunfish, and triggerfish; several of these species carry the toxin.
      Tetraodontiforms have highly modified skeletons, with no nasal, parietal, infraorbital, or (usually) lower rib bones. The bones of the jaw are modified and fused into a sort of "beak"; visible sutures divide the beaks into "teeth". This is alluded to in their name, derived from the Greek words tetra meaning "four" and odous meaning "tooth" and the Latin forma meaning "shape".

  • @Everest314
    @Everest314 7 років тому +33

    That's literally the best thing the German green party has ever done!
    Also, regarding Gary's counter-suggestion, banning the apostrophe in Germany would indeed go unnoticed, because it is never practically never used. :D

  • @PedroRivera352
    @PedroRivera352 9 років тому +37

    Can I get a gif of Matt saying "why" and pointing. I need it for... reasons

  • @lividsoda
    @lividsoda 8 років тому +11

    3:58 Or, alternatively a certain French bread product which goes off within the hour.

  • @Farfromhere001
    @Farfromhere001 9 років тому +124

    You can eat raw nettles, no problem, just need a special way to do it, dead serious, message me and I'll send you a video of me doing it. You have to deactivate the stingers, but it can be done. -an Ethnobotanist.

    • @Brannersatlarge
      @Brannersatlarge 9 років тому +150

      ............John?

    • @Farfromhere001
      @Farfromhere001 9 років тому +32

      +Gary Brannan hahaha

    • @Hendlton
      @Hendlton 9 років тому +4

      I've never tried eating nettles but they don't sting me for whatever reason so I could probably do it.

    • @peterwilson1380
      @peterwilson1380 7 років тому +18

      Nettle pesto. If you haven't had it, please do. If you really want to show off there's all sorts of nuts/seeds you can forrage if you can't find/don't like pine nuts. Pignuts are great but a pain to find enough of. - An amateur ethnobotanist and bushcrafter.

    • @F1ghteR41
      @F1ghteR41 7 років тому +7

      Young nettles are traditionally used for cooking in most parts of Europe and also by Native Americans.

  • @MyRegularNameWasTaken
    @MyRegularNameWasTaken 10 місяців тому +3

    Ah yes, my favorite Shakespeare quotes:
    "But soft, what light through yonder Matthew breaks?"
    "Can I compare thee to a summer's day? No."
    And "Hej hej UA-cam!"

  • @Puj0
    @Puj0 9 років тому +7

    Great show, it is really cool that there are subs on every video now. Since English is not my mother language, although I understand it, I can't always hear it right as three persons with accents talk simultaneously. I really laughed hard and because I'm grateful, I made subs in Serbian. It was my first time to do it, but UA-cam made it fairly easy to modify existing ones (except figuring out all those Yorkshire customs). Hope someone have some use of it.
    P.S. If there is time, I could translate all those videos from first season onwards.

  • @essengeebee
    @essengeebee 9 років тому +225

    "Hej hej UA-cam!"
    I'm guess this was captioned by a Dutch person.

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  9 років тому +174

      +essengeebee Nope. Our anonymous English subtitler used "hey hey", but I know Matt was going for the Swedish greeting, and fixed it to that!

    • @essengeebee
      @essengeebee 9 років тому +13

      +Tom Scott Ah, I see. Nice touch by your subtitler.

    • @galaalag
      @galaalag 9 років тому +21

      +Tom Scott hej hej is also Polish :) so even if Matt wasn't aiming at us, he got us ;D

    • @AnstonMusic
      @AnstonMusic 9 років тому +11

      +Tom Scott
      It sounds a lot more like the Finnish "hei hei" than Swedish "hej hej" and you know it. They don't generally even say it doupled like that. :D

    • @svartmetall48
      @svartmetall48 8 років тому +16

      They do double it up in Stockholm - quite common to hear "hej hej" here. =P

  • @nathancrazyleg
    @nathancrazyleg 8 років тому +49

    how do you get chefs to germany?
    "a train"

    • @onionbot2
      @onionbot2 4 роки тому +1

      chefs on a train

  • @michaelrees350
    @michaelrees350 7 років тому +11

    "The lad's sharp!"
    i lost everything then

  • @abdillahsyafiq
    @abdillahsyafiq 3 роки тому +4

    it's amazing that i'm still watching and enjoying this series in 2021

  • @Mulletmanalive
    @Mulletmanalive 9 років тому +4

    This is one of my favourite things on UA-cam tam. I'm having a really bad run atm and this has given me some nice laughs. Thank you.

  • @anttibjorklund1869
    @anttibjorklund1869 5 років тому +5

    I just checked so I remembered correctly, and nettles are "rich in vitamins A and C, iron, potassium, manganese, and calcium."
    They are traditionally used in some areas in cookery.

  • @felikso
    @felikso 9 років тому +12

    I was really proud of myself for knowing about fugu before this episode! It's almost the same feeling of accomplishment you get when you know the answer to a question on University Challenge, but not quite. :)

  • @yourewrong154
    @yourewrong154 6 років тому +5

    Nettles taste quite good and can easily be eaten raw if you just squish them thoroughly to break the spiky hairs.

  • @CheshireTomcat68
    @CheshireTomcat68 3 роки тому +2

    1:23 Watched this several times, only noticed the Tawny Owl this time!

  • @jaydnn6782
    @jaydnn6782 8 років тому +67

    i dont eat nettles

    • @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai
      @ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 7 років тому +20

      Yes you do. We can tell by the fact that your sentences are not properly capitalized, nor punctuated. Therefore, you are typing with great difficulty caused by the Fugu fish, ergo, Witch. Burn the Witch!!!

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +2

      Ɑon'ɟ Ǝɒɟ Hidiƨↄμƨ

    • @onionbot2
      @onionbot2 4 роки тому

      the search continues

    • @a12i9
      @a12i9 4 роки тому +2

      I'm a bit confused about this part, because nettles actually are fairly edible, you just need to crush them. I ate nettle salad before, it's supposed to be really healthy! can't remember how it tasted, though..

    • @rivianexcel763
      @rivianexcel763 5 місяців тому

      "raw"-gary brannan
      is it safe raw?

  • @SebastianSchleussner
    @SebastianSchleussner 2 роки тому +2

    5:00 Re. developing tolerance to the toxin: Slightly miffed that nobody mentioned the Dread Pirate Roberts and his battle of wits with Vizzini in Princess Bride. Oh well. 😎

  • @MuchWhittering
    @MuchWhittering 2 роки тому +3

    I work in German immigration, and I can confirm special visas exist for specialist chefs. Granted I have never processed one in the year and a half I've worked here, mostly cause they're so rare, though I think I spotted an inquiry about one in our inquiries inbox once, but someone else dealt with it, and it wasn't fugu-related.

  • @gamergod9182
    @gamergod9182 3 роки тому +2

    Jokes on you, the apostrophe has been outlawed in Germany since 1892.

  • @Soliloquy084
    @Soliloquy084 9 років тому +41

    Fugu always reminds me of the game Hitman 2.

  • @RPGRekiMusic
    @RPGRekiMusic 5 років тому +1

    “They could have banned the apostrophe!” - In textbook German, the apostrophe isn't used at all. People just use it anyway, for style reasons.

  • @IanNewborn
    @IanNewborn 9 років тому +2

    This show is the greatest thing on the channel. Everything else is brilliant but this is the best.

  • @ChristianAkacro
    @ChristianAkacro 9 років тому +28

    Matt is very purple this episode.

  • @rc_woshimao957
    @rc_woshimao957 3 роки тому +2

    What an honor to see my hometown being mentioned by citation needed!!!!!!!!!! My life is completed!!

  • @IceMetalPunk
    @IceMetalPunk 9 років тому +7

    Alas, as a poor Yank, I couldn't afford the trip to the UK to see a live show. But I sincerely wish I could! *Sigh* Money makes the world go 'round, I suppose.

  • @peema10
    @peema10 2 місяці тому +1

    "Poisonous eyes" If looks could kill eh?

  • @tobywilson
    @tobywilson 9 років тому

    As a Yorkshireman who moved away for university and then work, I really love listening to you guys. It reminds me of home.

  • @oldasyouromens
    @oldasyouromens 5 років тому +2

    This, by far, is my favorite Citation Needed.

  • @NihonKitty
    @NihonKitty 9 років тому +3

    I wish I could come to the live show, but I'm just too many oceans away! :( I second the request for a live stream!

  • @jerkstolemyname9694
    @jerkstolemyname9694 9 років тому +1

    The wait between episodes is torture.
    The wait for a live episode is beyond expression...

  • @JonesNate
    @JonesNate 4 роки тому +4

    Boiled nettles are perfectly safe. They're especially good with a little bit of vinegar!

    • @liborhonus4308
      @liborhonus4308 4 роки тому +3

      Nate Jones you can also make nettle tea

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 Рік тому

      @@liborhonus4308 And with sugar and yeast, you make nettle beer. Which is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @GuyWithAnAmazingHat
    @GuyWithAnAmazingHat 9 років тому +21

    Wow, eating a fugu to pass a test, with failure resulting in paralysis, that's hardcore.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +3

      *resulting in _death_
      Essentially, the ultimate way to prove your elite society of chefs' credentials: every current member is someone who prepared and ate the fish _but lived to tell._
      The failed students don't limp away to try and ply a trade in a dodgy unlicensed backstreets fugu restaurant, killing the occasional customer who's hastily dumped in a nearby sewer... they just die.

    • @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844
      @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 6 років тому +11

      mspenrice As said in the video, dose is too small to kill you. It would just paralyse you for a bit.

    • @TheBaldr
      @TheBaldr 4 роки тому +1

      Most of the deaths occur from people purposely eating the liver. Because they eat such a small portion, the worst is going to be hospitalization.

  • @ascra1693
    @ascra1693 6 років тому +2

    6:16 Eating nettles is really good for you. And its possible to eat them raw without stinging yourself if your careful

  • @jaizegilbert
    @jaizegilbert 8 років тому +4

    Nettles are popular in rural Kent. The Romans brought them over as nosh. I know you are thinking, "Are they nice?". They aren't.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +1

      An acquired taste like Dandelion And Burdock I expect.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 6 років тому +1

      Nettle > spinach

  • @DinosaurwithRPG
    @DinosaurwithRPG 9 років тому +53

    I know a live show would be, well, live, but I am not from the UK, BUT I WANT TO SEE A LIVE SHOW! So, I would very much love if, somehow, some way, you could livestream the show, just like you did once in that conference as you talked about The Speed of Outrage. That would be most enjoyable.

    • @reo4540
      @reo4540 9 років тому +7

      Exactly! I really hope they'll livestream it

    • @joshuahadams
      @joshuahadams 8 років тому +1

      +Popcorn At the end of this May they are, here on Tom's channel.

  • @ishashka
    @ishashka 5 років тому +1

    I know a guy who also used to eat nettles (I think it was mostly for attention) and even developed a technique of picking and eating nettle leaves without being stung

  • @pfinton
    @pfinton 7 років тому +1

    I've eaten nettles. Reminded me of steamed spinach. The cook said you need to boil them and pour off the water twice, the pokey bits disolve.

  • @KemaTheAtheist
    @KemaTheAtheist 9 років тому +2

    I really wish I could go see the live show. That sounds fantastic.

  • @HydroEpicGames
    @HydroEpicGames 9 років тому +4

    A live event featuring the tech diffs? YES PLEASE

  • @chadfalkin6850
    @chadfalkin6850 2 роки тому +4

    Chris Joel, for if you want your bread to be harder

  • @baijokull
    @baijokull 9 років тому +26

    Why not live stream it?
    I'd love to see this before you edit it from 40 down to 10 minutes...

    • @dentonmattt
      @dentonmattt 7 років тому +2

      Xovius it would be hard to live stream with so many camera angles an little to no script

    • @bt_18
      @bt_18 5 років тому

      Oh no, the cutting room floor completely disappears right then

  • @elifarmer3815
    @elifarmer3815 3 роки тому +1

    I take for granted that these are all captioned

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 8 місяців тому

      *subtitled

  • @benvallely1352
    @benvallely1352 4 роки тому +2

    Was I the only one that thought the john nettles Story was a set up for a pun about John Nettles (John Nettles is an actor in crime dramas in the uk)

  • @dutrius3118
    @dutrius3118 9 років тому +2

    Wow. I think this is the shortest time between a video going live and me watching it.

  • @hammerth1421
    @hammerth1421 Місяць тому +1

    As a German, I legit didn't know that until this episode, but it makes sense for the Green Party of the time. For reference: Joschka Fischer caused great offense by wearing sneakers to his inauguration as a minister of this coalition.

  • @ZeSheshamHahu
    @ZeSheshamHahu 9 років тому

    I hope the bonus material to convert those UA-cam vids into mp3s and add them to the old ones is actually true. More than a couple of times I was stuck with a shity Internet and needed something to maje me lough.

  • @rowancrusehowse
    @rowancrusehowse 6 років тому +1

    To be fair if u fold nettle leaves into a small package and crush it with your teeth the spines are crushed and it tastes quite nice

  • @Infernoraptor
    @Infernoraptor 9 років тому +1

    Funny story about the fish in tanks; a year ago I was interviewing for a video design job and part of the process was a creativity test. The goal; in the course of an hour, write a story using 4 concepts. The four concepts are then to be re-used in an additional 10 stories in the time of 15 minutes each. The concepts? a stopwatch, a teeter-totter, a guy with a spear, and.. "a fish tank". Needless to say, I used a few different variations of combat vehicles involved with piscine creatures.
    (Got the job)

  • @chrisdrew1768
    @chrisdrew1768 9 років тому +6

    thanks there ia now a trail of saliva hanging from my mouth, becuase I was thinking of bread and drippin

  • @stephenrgow
    @stephenrgow 7 років тому +2

    Are we quite sure Gary isn't just getting confused about what exactly John Nettles does...?

  • @antekotarac8848
    @antekotarac8848 9 років тому

    My dear Lord, I was guessing you chaps are borderline "almost-diplomatic-incident-incurring", and now I have been proven right. I can't wait for that experiment to go off, because my jaw has been in a painful lockdown from the midpoint of this video up to now due to constant laughter. Good job Tom and the company, keep it up! :D

  • @joelgraves9392
    @joelgraves9392 9 років тому +31

    Did anyone else spot the lego minifigure?

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  9 років тому +20

      +Joel “JRG” G Chris is going to be happy that someone pointed that out!

    • @TrabberShir
      @TrabberShir 9 років тому +1

      +Joel “JRG” G I missed it the first time. Thank you for pointing it out.

    • @joelgraves9392
      @joelgraves9392 9 років тому +1

      Thomas Burnip I only noticed the one behind chris. Is the other one by the toaster?

    • @WickedMuis
      @WickedMuis 9 років тому +2

      +Joel “JRG” G Believe so, yes :) Didn't notice that one, but did notice the one on the speaker behind Chris

    • @cormacmckinney1223
      @cormacmckinney1223 9 років тому +4

      the one on the speaker and the one beside the toaster

  • @Ohnogoblin
    @Ohnogoblin 9 років тому +1

    I love how genuine this is. It feels like hanging out with mates, except I'm mute haha

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 6 років тому

    7:10. Here you have it. Chris Joel has been stuck in a tank since 1958.

  • @sirrobertwalpole913
    @sirrobertwalpole913 8 років тому +3

    "Toast: for if you want your bread to be harder."

  • @JouvaMoufette
    @JouvaMoufette 3 роки тому +2

    How can I get my bread to be harder if Toast never happened?

  • @ArgoIo
    @ArgoIo 9 років тому

    I haven't tried it myself, but I heard nettles are supposed to make a good salade with a slight minty taste. However one has to blanch them for a couple of minutes in hot water first.

  • @deeser
    @deeser 3 роки тому +1

    I've been mainlining the shows over the just few weeks. Please tell me you're still going.

  • @Peter-ft8nl
    @Peter-ft8nl 9 років тому +2

    There is a lego man behind Cris that wasn't there in the other episodes.

  • @wx7fm
    @wx7fm 5 років тому +1

    Came back to this video so I refresh on the facts so I can share this funny story with my friends

  • @Skwisgar2322
    @Skwisgar2322 9 років тому

    I love the awkward pause when he mentions the guy who eats nettles. priceless.

  • @korcl2983
    @korcl2983 4 роки тому +1

    I think nettle doesn't sting after a day of getting plucked out of the ground and I've heard it's quite healthy for you. Never tried eating raw nettle so I can't say, tho I did have nettle in a kettle.

  • @krakenpots5693
    @krakenpots5693 2 роки тому +1

    I didn't know what the yorkshire term for it was, but over here in france, they call it "saindoux", and it's delicious!!!

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian 6 років тому +1

    I'd make fun of the nettle kid, but I liked licking the circuit board that was just a watch battery and an LED that I took out of a cheap carnival toy when was young.