BackpackersXpress and the Disco Carriage: Citation Needed 5x03

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  • @lastnameavailable326
    @lastnameavailable326 8 років тому +2214

    "Bite attendant"? I think you'll find that back then they were called "chewardesses".

  • @ShubhamBhushanCC
    @ShubhamBhushanCC 8 років тому +1157

    The crew would encourage people to socialize.
    "Oh Fuck off"
    Basically the best reaction ever.

    • @lawrencecalablaster568
      @lawrencecalablaster568 7 років тому +7

      Shubham Bhushan Is there some universe in which I live and didn't know where British people hate everyone?

    • @oliverhees4076
      @oliverhees4076 7 років тому +6

      no it was "Oh f***ing f*** off" or something along that line

    • @philvanderlaan5942
      @philvanderlaan5942 3 роки тому

      @@lawrencecalablaster568 no that is the entire planet. The best thing you can hope for is that you are in a group big enough that most everyone else will just hate you and not actually want to kill you.

    • @Mattheq
      @Mattheq 2 роки тому +31

      @@lawrencecalablaster568 I think it's the organised fun and "ice-breaking" that most British people would hate

    • @couldntcareless7884
      @couldntcareless7884 2 роки тому +6

      @@Mattheq just British?

  • @donaldasayers
    @donaldasayers 7 років тому +229

    Two friends of mine, one from school and one from uni did a overland backpackers truck journey across Africa. I took them a week of conversation to work out that they both knew me.

  • @d3xbot
    @d3xbot 8 років тому +500

    "dedicated misanthropes cabin" is now what I will call first class.

  • @Booksds
    @Booksds 6 років тому +385

    “Wingwalking is a thing”
    Unintentional foreshadowing of a future video!

  • @markpenrice6253
    @markpenrice6253 3 роки тому +287

    So superinjunctions have been out of style for some time now ... can we yet be legally told what Gary's censored story was?

    • @mickocstreamarchive
      @mickocstreamarchive Рік тому

      International waters? Probably Prince Andrew visiting Epstein's island, which is now public knowledge. If I recall correctly something was mentioned back in the day as "a sex scandal involving a minor royal", though I'd personally rank it as a lot worse than the implied orgy/deviance/infidelity.

    • @charlessandison5740
      @charlessandison5740 Рік тому +10

      We must know! We must know!

    • @__Ben
      @__Ben Рік тому +14

      I've tried to work it out, and the list of acknowledged ones... none seem to mention international waters (which I assume was related?)

    • @DerZocker2000000
      @DerZocker2000000 Рік тому +5

      @@__Ben somehow the algorithm reccomended me that video about 20 hours after you
      and i still don't know what they were talking about

    • @shavranotheferanox7809
      @shavranotheferanox7809 Рік тому +16

      simple, its [REDACTED]

  • @stocktonjoans
    @stocktonjoans 8 років тому +730

    He's still my favorite Garry Brannan

    • @maxb3248
      @maxb3248 4 роки тому +49

      He's everybody's favorite Garry Brannan

    • @thewingedporpoise
      @thewingedporpoise 4 роки тому +17

      @@maxb3248 Gary Brannan?

    • @RaidenGen
      @RaidenGen 4 роки тому +4

      @@thewingedporpoise They were doing a dramatic announcement for a tv show entrance :D
      (probably not though)

    • @Silver-rx5yd
      @Silver-rx5yd 3 роки тому +6

      how did you misspell Gary

    • @olivercooksey2243
      @olivercooksey2243 2 роки тому +1

      Built for leisure not for speed

  • @katherineshideouslaughter
    @katherineshideouslaughter 4 роки тому +140

    Made the mistake of having a mouth full of tea when Tom said "what is the media term for tin full of arseholes at 30,000 feet?"

  • @poraktobask
    @poraktobask 8 років тому +115

    About the registering at a tax haven: as I recall aircafts have to visit their country of registration on a regular basis. So while registration in a country might be cheap, it can be expensive for the airline to schedule regular flight to that destination, that might be under booked. I'm not sure if the facts are correct on this one, but I've heard once, that easyjet had many aircrafts registered in malta and had to do lots of flights to that destination because of that.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 2 роки тому +11

      Whereas boats don't. The Ulysses plies its trade between Dublin and Holyhead, but is registered in Limassol.

    • @samreid6010
      @samreid6010 2 роки тому +15

      Did you know that many of the warplanes in Europe during the Cold War flew under the Maltese flag. Due to post war treaties, the west Germans weren’t allowed to own any warplanes. To get around this, they “sold” all their planes to the Knights Hospitaller, an ancient order of knights founded around the same time as the Knights Templar. The Knights Hospitaller then inducted the West German pilots into their order and placed them under the command of West Germany. Though the Knights Hospitaller were technically homeless at the time, they used to be based in Malta so they used the Maltese cross as their flag.

    • @1a2b
      @1a2b 10 місяців тому +1

      it's not just that you have to visit it sometimes, every flight *must* be in or out of your flag country with some exceptions

  • @simonbas6
    @simonbas6 2 роки тому +303

    5 years later and I still want to know what the superinjuction that Gary broke is

    • @Ratigan2
      @Ratigan2 2 роки тому +60

      He actually said *[REDACTED]*

  • @yorktown99
    @yorktown99 2 роки тому +34

    So, in the United States, a number of Amtrak trains have a "bar car". It's usually minimal offerings, but you can take the cans of beer back to your seat and carry on with the other passengers.

    • @orangeants
      @orangeants 10 місяців тому +3

      Also true on lots of European trains!

    • @beth12svist
      @beth12svist 10 місяців тому

      European express trains may have a dining car, which will, of course, especially in Central Europe, serve beer as well. I think wine as well. I've actually never made use of one, but there also are people with carts selling stuff to people at their seats, and I've made use of that before.

  • @U014B
    @U014B 8 років тому +343

    You win a crate of underpants bearing the cover graphic of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!"
    A box of boxer boxart boxers.

  • @kayleighlehrman9566
    @kayleighlehrman9566 6 років тому +608

    You've won your girlfriend's path from the Lebanese capitol to a stash of carrots and radishes on an inlet of the sea
    The Beirut bay root bae route

    • @unflexian
      @unflexian 5 років тому +9

      win

    • @sohamsengupta6470
      @sohamsengupta6470 4 роки тому +16

      That's spicy

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 4 роки тому +4

      @@sohamsengupta6470 you can say that now.

    • @ejewart1450
      @ejewart1450 4 роки тому +12

      This joke is for the brits and I appreciate that. Americans are reading it and going "beirut bay root bae r-ou-t" and getting very confused.

    • @epicgamersaurus
      @epicgamersaurus 3 роки тому +8

      @@ejewart1450 that’s like saying Americans would be confused about spelling color with a u

  • @otakuribo
    @otakuribo 8 років тому +545

    "They would encourage you to socialise."
    "Oh, f*** off."
    "Spot the British people!"
    me: "Also me. Spot the me."

  • @AlRoderick
    @AlRoderick 8 років тому +697

    In those days the bite attendant would be a chewardess.

  • @rowanmorgan457
    @rowanmorgan457 3 роки тому +24

    This is one half of the inspiration for the pub-on-a-hovercraft.

  • @CoolAsFreya
    @CoolAsFreya 5 років тому +42

    "There is no better way to guarantee you'll end up at the terminus by accident" if you've ever fallen asleep on the train you know what this feels like

  • @ByteMe619
    @ByteMe619 8 років тому +35

    "Oh fuck off" my exact reaction to the thought of socialising with the "self-exploration" type of backpackers

  • @StarlightNightflame
    @StarlightNightflame 5 років тому +62

    Learning about the disco carriage made me realize this is QI but with more interesting anecdotes. Thank you all, this kind of thing is why I subscribed :)

    • @MishaNem
      @MishaNem 2 роки тому +9

      While I mostly agree, nothing will beat Gyles Brandreth having some sort of relation to any person in history, no matter how far-fetched

  • @Vimeslgospare
    @Vimeslgospare 8 років тому +347

    I want an airline fitted out like a japanese coffin hotel. give me a 1 meter x 1 meter x 2 meter box with a light and a tv and load me like cargo.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +92

      That would actually be luxury vs what you get on some budget airlines
      **meaningful stare in the direction of easyjet**

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 5 років тому +29

      That doesn't sound too bad. Get your laptop, lie down, and relax. I'm game.

    • @yobespierre
      @yobespierre 5 років тому +14

      that sounds like the plane in the fifth element. :D

    • @harrytodhunter5078
      @harrytodhunter5078 5 років тому +25

      *capsule. Not coffin

    • @xureality
      @xureality 5 років тому +29

      @@harrytodhunter5078 To be fair, if you're going with a budget airline, it might as well be.

  • @metropod
    @metropod 8 років тому +20

    On the topic of the Pub cars, here in New York , Metro-North, the commuter railroad based out of Grand Central Terminal, had 10 purpose built bar cars until just about two years ago for the New Haven Line. It was a standard EMU car body, but instead of seating, the middle had a nice long bar, and you had lounge style seating at the ends. The standing poles even had cup holders. I only rode it once, empty on a Saturday morning. I was going to a railroad museum at the end of a branch of the New Haven Line, someone I knew volunteered up there and had invited me up for the day. I was coming up the stairs from the subway into Grand Central and had tripped. I'm limping along the railroad platform when I noticed one car that didn't have any windows in the middle from my perspective. I stick my head in. Jackpot! the lounge seating was perfect for resting my ankle.

    • @NovaKrysalis
      @NovaKrysalis 8 років тому +3

      Genuinely did not know that, that's brilliant. They should reintroduce those for evening commutes. Have your pint on the train and not get scowled at for drinking alcohol on public transport.
      See, this is what UA-cam is for: humor, knowledge, and interesting trivia facts.

    • @metropod
      @metropod 8 років тому +2

      +NovaKrysalis while they ended the distinct bar cars on that line, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority still sells alcohol on a few trains on it's two railroads, Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road, and on the platforms, via beverage carts. And for the record, nor will they stop you if you bring your own. The only exception is on certain days when excess drinking would be a problem, such as St. Patrick's Day.

    • @metropod
      @metropod 8 років тому +3

      www.fox5ny.com/news/local-news/205105988-story
      They going to buy new ones. The Governor of Connecticut announced plans to buy more of the current M8 class of rail car for the New Haven Line, with up to 10 café/bar cars included. A prototype should return to the rails in 2018.
      Should explain, the railroad is controlled by New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (the railroad has two other lines from Grand Central that run up the Hudson Valley), but the line into Connecticut is co-funded by that state. Connecticut owns about 60% of the fleet used on the line (the cars for the other two lines are pure 3rd rail EMUs at 750v DC, the New Haven cars take both Third rail and AC catenary at 12.5 and 25 KV)

  • @Ramonatho
    @Ramonatho 6 років тому +49

    Gary's midair fight club: Airy Brannan.

    • @Armadeus
      @Armadeus 4 місяці тому

      surely that's drunk gary?

  • @GG-dt5hh
    @GG-dt5hh 8 років тому +73

    Wait, when did Tom become the Atchbishop of Banterbury? Bring on the Bench!

    • @tddeyoung
      @tddeyoung 3 роки тому +4

      Late to the discussion, but can someone explain Top Bants, Archbishop of Banterbury, etc?

    • @Umbris13
      @Umbris13 3 роки тому +36

      @@tddeyoung "Banter" in Britain is playful mocking, wordplay, hyperbole, sarcasm and other forms of verbal (and occasionally physical) comedy among friends. Sometimes this is made into an informal competition, where the "top bants" are the best bits of banter during some extended event like a camping trip or convention. The person who is considered the best at banter in the group is called the "Archbishop of Banterbury" (named after the Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Church of England).

  • @Tarantio1983
    @Tarantio1983 7 років тому +89

    You want a country pub on a train, look up the Kent & Sussex Railway...
    real ale on a steam train and they have pub quizzes over the tannoy, even provide a proper fish supper!

    • @themodelrailwayman5470
      @themodelrailwayman5470 5 років тому +2

      Now i need to visit Kent😂😂

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 5 років тому +2

      Proper fish supper on a train? I know it's proper because you called it "fish supper".... Tempted. Very tempted.

    • @obliviousotterI
      @obliviousotterI 4 роки тому +2

      Not a proper fish supper unless it's cooked in the firebox

    • @Tarantio1983
      @Tarantio1983 4 роки тому +1

      The Spa Valley railway does the same, look on the CAMRA website!

    • @Tarantio1983
      @Tarantio1983 4 роки тому +1

      @@themodelrailwayman5470 Tonbridge to Bodiham, quite lovely countryside and the whole railway is worth visiting.... If you do though then stay in Robertsbridge, accommodation will be cheaper and you're closer to other tourist centres like Battle (where the Battle of Hastings took place), Hastings (famed for being the home of television, Greyowl and Aleister Crowley), and Bexhill)home of British motor racing and Eddie Izzard)

  • @tapashalister2250
    @tapashalister2250 8 років тому +89

    a group of underwater invertebrates' arch nemesis
    many anemone enemies

    • @KettuKakku
      @KettuKakku 7 років тому +5

      Tapash Alister nemeses?

    • @LilyRoseGames
      @LilyRoseGames 4 роки тому +2

      *give mystery biscuits*

    • @KettuKakku
      @KettuKakku 4 роки тому +1

      @andrewwmunro well, the plural 'enemies' implies more than one nemesis

  • @williamfall2214
    @williamfall2214 7 років тому +26

    at least on the BA a380, the crew rest area is below the main deck, hence why there is no 24D seat in economy - there is an escape hatch.
    On Lufthansa's A340-600s, it sort of has three decks: there are crew rest areas above the cabin at the front of the plane but also a group of toilets below deck for economy passengers. But yes: most long-haul aircraft have their crew rest areas above the cabin, but the a380 doesn't because space is far more plentiful below the main deck than it is above the upper, mainly because the main deck is pretty central to the curvature of the fuselage, leading to a very big below-deck area and the upper deck taking up most of the rest of the space.

  • @jeffreyplum5259
    @jeffreyplum5259 8 років тому +21

    Amtrak always announces the " Quiet Car" which might do for the "misanthropes Class."

  • @sokota6861
    @sokota6861 7 років тому +187

    about the fight club airplane... just fly United!

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 5 років тому +7

      You are not allowed to fight back, they just punch you in the face until you are unable to do anything.

  • @vale.antoni
    @vale.antoni Рік тому +5

    7:40 The crew accommodation in the A380 has actually received criticism from flight and cabin crews: The outside noise insulation was working so well that it damped the engine noise too well and you could hear the passengers below.
    It speaks volumes, when people would rather listen to a jet engine, than passengers.

  • @saber1epee0
    @saber1epee0 2 місяці тому +2

    Glad that the views are in the nearly millions... I use this playlist to go to bed to because my favorite Bois are jokes I can listen to on repeat for literally hours

  • @hielispace
    @hielispace 8 років тому +89

    Anybody else rewatch each episode like 3 times?

    • @SKETrickshot
      @SKETrickshot 5 років тому +19

      Only 3 times? Those are rookie numbers

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 4 роки тому +10

      i still listen to the whole series close to every night. I fall to sleep on them. (it's entertaining enough to listen to it but yet not to much to not fall asleep to it)

    • @andro564
      @andro564 2 роки тому +1

      @@sirBrouwer exactly, I do the same! I was wondering if I was the odd one out 😁

  • @dustypartition
    @dustypartition 8 років тому +135

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      @teridactyl1250 4 роки тому +12

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      @savagenovelist2983 4 роки тому

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      @Wter-oy1dh 4 роки тому +1

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  • @amanofculture2991
    @amanofculture2991 4 роки тому +33

    5:25
    Does that mean if you are born on a part of the Arctic nobody owns can your birth certificate say Born _on ice_

    • @muhammadakmalbasyhaazis3294
      @muhammadakmalbasyhaazis3294 2 роки тому +7

      *covered in bees*

    • @olivernichol2640
      @olivernichol2640 2 роки тому

      @@muhammadakmalbasyhaazis3294 I raise you the opportunity of being born in a reductionist barn. Born... With bacon.

    • @mattymoowhite
      @mattymoowhite Рік тому +6

      No, still "at sea" possibly with Lat and Long denoted

    • @mewmew8932
      @mewmew8932 Рік тому

      @@mattymoowhite what about Antarctica

    • @InternetEntity
      @InternetEntity 9 місяців тому

      ​@@mewmew8932As we're British, we say we own bits of it, even if we're not allowed to under international treatise.

  • @LachiBoii
    @LachiBoii 8 років тому +11

    One thing that was never mentioned, this was an Australian thing, based in Melbourne, Victoria, moved to Brisbane.

    • @KettuKakku
      @KettuKakku 7 років тому +1

      Lachlan Duggan 2003 Melbourne... Can see that.

  • @simracingsemantics9821
    @simracingsemantics9821 3 роки тому +3

    i've been watching this nonstop. please bring this back:(

  • @route2070
    @route2070 9 місяців тому +2

    I have flown from US to UK on BA. They started drink service as we were flying over Canada, and you could drink at 18.

  • @pyromancy8439
    @pyromancy8439 3 роки тому +9

    the Aeroflot joke was gold

  • @devastator5042
    @devastator5042 8 років тому +13

    God if they were unfiltered just imagine the amazing show they would put on, also I'm dieing to know what Gary said that they removed

  • @ArdisMeade
    @ArdisMeade 7 років тому +15

    Rewatching this, just noticed that you have a substitute Matt Gray. It's hard to notice but the real Matt Gray would never have said "Eastern climes" he would have said "Rightward". Good imitation otherwise.

  • @CymruEmergencyResponder
    @CymruEmergencyResponder 5 років тому +22

    How you four haven’t been commissioned for a TV show is beyond me!

  • @LauraSchmaura
    @LauraSchmaura 8 років тому +19

    At the risk of making myself unpopular, I would be all over the Backpackers Express if it was a real thing now.

  • @s6th795
    @s6th795 7 років тому +83

    I would ride Technical Difficulties Raillines. Please make that a thing.

    • @Daoibhéar
      @Daoibhéar 7 років тому +13

      Their trains would start from London do a layover in Leicester, and complete the route at Reading.

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 3 роки тому +1

      It would be in a technical difficulties themes theme park

  • @8Gamer2
    @8Gamer2 8 років тому +11

    So my brother told me about your channel, I started watching the fact videos and the realized you made more, I really do find these videos great.

  • @Graviton1066
    @Graviton1066 8 років тому +53

    Amtrak's Northeast Corridor train lines have "Quiet Cars" during morning runs at the front that's the exact opposite of the Disco Carriage ...

    • @JohnSmith-dt1tw
      @JohnSmith-dt1tw 8 років тому +14

      Plenty of longer distance trains in the UK have quiet carriages, but you always get people ruining it

    • @hairyneil
      @hairyneil 8 років тому +10

      With crisps. The bastards.

    • @JohnSmith-dt1tw
      @JohnSmith-dt1tw 8 років тому +14

      +hairyneil I'm not all that bothered by crisps, it's loud phone calls or screaming babies that annoy me

    • @hairyneil
      @hairyneil 8 років тому +5

      John Smith
      god aye or shitty iPhone earbuds that project as much noise as they put into their user's lugs.

    • @vel0city96
      @vel0city96 8 років тому +7

      Dutch Railways (NS) still has them in the double deckers. Most of the upper deck is a quiet zone. You get like 6 carriages with an upper deck that's basically just for quiet travel. Well, one of the train types at least (DDZ). With the other type (VIRM) some carriages have a quiet zone upstairs (or one cut in half with a glass wall in the middle separating the areas), but I believe that the entire upper deck of the VIRM trains will get quiet zones with the upcoming revision. And generally the 1st class areas are quiet zones as well, not just for those trains but for the entire fleet.

  • @anyothername5437
    @anyothername5437 4 роки тому +7

    5:50 or so, my grand father (and all his siblings) had their place of birth listed as lat and long as well. They were born in rural canada in the '30s

  • @schaulinnoam
    @schaulinnoam 6 років тому +2

    In Switzerland we have extra trains at nearly all big football games. They take old carriages and bring the fans directly to the stadion. Some stadions even have their own trainstation, thats only served at match days.

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Рік тому

      *Soccer

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 Рік тому

      Yes, the station at Wadsely Bridge on an otherwise closed line was the station for the Sheffield Wednesday games and regular trains used to travel to it.

  • @Joeobrown1
    @Joeobrown1 8 років тому +53

    i can't be the only one to keep hearing "back passage express" every time

    • @GoodnightWalter
      @GoodnightWalter 8 років тому +6

      I see that you have been to the sub continent.

  • @elgoog-the-third
    @elgoog-the-third 3 роки тому +2

    The raetic railways in Switzerland used to have a pub carriage on their trains until very recently for hockey games.

  • @cosmicjenny4508
    @cosmicjenny4508 6 років тому +11

    I lost it at the Vengaplane, oh my goodness.

  • @Glen_lastname
    @Glen_lastname 5 місяців тому +2

    Nobody registers aircraft in Panama because personal cost is nowhere near a major expense when compared to the aircraft and, more importantly, the fuel that would cost the same no matter who you're registered with

  • @entropiCCycles
    @entropiCCycles 8 років тому +17

    6:12 Yeah, no thank you. The only Mandatory Fun I enjoy is the "Weird Al" album.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому

      You may also be interested in Spray's difficult third album, "Enforced Fun".

  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 4 роки тому +2

    The Class 124 (I think the Class 123 may have had them also) diesel multiple units had carriages called Griddle Cars. They were a halfway house between a restaurant car and a buffet. Basically, they were the Bacon Sandwich (or Sausage Sandwich, mustn't discriminate) carriages.

  • @dalitas
    @dalitas 7 років тому +28

    I fall asleep to this play list with all these citation needed every night, am I weird? Nah the rest of the world is.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +4

      Not any weirder than the tapes of radio comedy shows I used to re-play late at night during my school days... back when things something like a cross between this and Have I Got News For You used to turn up on Radio 1, in between the John Peel or Mark & Lard shows and the longform overnight music programmes where they'd play a classic album in its entirety or a selection of ethnic world music...

    • @YoshiAsk
      @YoshiAsk 2 роки тому

      Not weird at all, I do exactly this all the time

    • @jetseekers
      @jetseekers 2 роки тому

      Right there with ya

  • @agate_jcg
    @agate_jcg 8 років тому +2

    Boston's commuter rail recently added summer trains to Cape Cod, a popular weekend holiday area. They have a bike car and a cafe car that serves beer and wine. No disco car though.

  • @suneenough
    @suneenough 8 років тому +121

    *MYSTERY BISCUITS!* _(oh yeah!)_

    • @Jcdlf7
      @Jcdlf7 8 років тому +1

      how did you change the font?

    • @Scoodi_
      @Scoodi_ 8 років тому +5

      _What're you talking about?_

    • @jordanle366
      @jordanle366 8 років тому +2

      george, you add an * at the start and end of the sentence

    • @squishlez
      @squishlez 8 років тому +1

      +Jordan Le -this is crossed out-

    • @Jcdlf7
      @Jcdlf7 8 років тому +1

      ok*

  • @carrma3831
    @carrma3831 4 роки тому +4

    10:30 on that, a lot of Russian aircraft are registered in Bermuda and ex British Colony islands because they are easy on Tax and they avoid the massive tax in Russia on Non-Russian aircraft. So their Boeing 737s and A320s are all "VP-???" registered (Bermuda)

  • @frislander4299
    @frislander4299 4 роки тому +5

    Little did we know that this was where the idea for the hovercraft pub sprang from

  • @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays
    @TheInternetHelpdeskPlays 4 роки тому +3

    All this time and he's still my favourite Gary Brannon

  • @aakratimehra9765
    @aakratimehra9765 4 роки тому +12

    There needs to be a (deep) web version of international waters where legal reasons don't apply so we can surf and find out all the edited jokes gary made in all the seasons.

  • @lillyfriedman6618
    @lillyfriedman6618 2 роки тому +1

    if we're dealing in stereotypes, northeastern Americans would also despise forced socialization. as a New Jerseyan living in Philadelphia, I think you're at risk of getting stabbed (though maybe not on a plane if TSA does their job) if you try to force strangers into icebreakers.

  • @GryphLane
    @GryphLane 3 роки тому +6

    5:22 If it's on Antarctica, does that mean it can be listed as "on ice"? 😁

  • @umgubularslashkilter9272
    @umgubularslashkilter9272 5 років тому +4

    nice Aeroflot jab there, Tom. Just about hit the nail on the head there

  • @gekesulen
    @gekesulen 8 років тому +2

    About the birth at sea. Happend not to long ago on a Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Van Amstel. It was on a refugee rescue mission when on off the mothers on board gave birth to a baby girl. It's not mention here in the articele but on the birth certificate her birthplace is noted as the latitude and longtitude.
    www.expatica.com/nl/news/Baby-girl-born-on-Dutch-ship-after-refugee-mum-rescued_705322.html

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому +1

    the kebap car just a trailer pulled along in the bag
    flashback to the top gear caravan train

  • @Burnie1601
    @Burnie1601 8 років тому +1

    You can actually get up to 3 sets of Laws in effect at one time on Aircraft:
    - The laws of the country the aircraft is registered in
    - The laws of the intended destination country
    - The laws of the country the aircraft is in the process of flying over.
    There are then various agreements as to which set of laws has precedence in relation to various aspects such as the aspects discussed i.e. Alcohol Licencing is dealt with differently to passenger behaviour problems/Air-Rage

  • @stoutyyyy
    @stoutyyyy 6 років тому +3

    Actually the limit for international waters is now 12 miles, hasn’t been 3 since the 1800s

  • @zacharytaylor190
    @zacharytaylor190 2 роки тому +1

    About international airspace, the only planes that could feasibly fly over the ocean are going to have some means of RNAV (aRea NAVigation), so there will either follow airways defined by certain waypoints, going by phonetic letters, or they will follow a random routing, usually given by ATC. Commonly, the last point of contact when going from North America to Europe is Gander Oceanic, and they will give the routing. When outside of secondary radar, they will terminate surveillance services, and switch you to 123.40MHz, where you stay until getting in contact with, most commonly, Dublin Centre on the other side. As for law, ICAO makes sure to mandate all air laws, although each country has their own set of Air Regulations. In America, the FARs (Federal Aviation Regulations) and Canada is the CARs (Canadian Aviation Regulations) for example. This is applicable to domestic airspace (over land and sea claims) and the country's ADIZ (Air Defense Identifications Zone) usually of the cost, if the country has a coast. Airspace itself is actually a surprisingly complicated matter for non-pilots, and has a system of letters and rules that vary by the country that is imposing them. Usually more controlled airspace is nearer the start of the alphabet, while Class G is uncontrolled, the exception being Class F, which is generally restricted and advisory airspace, and more technically considered "Special Use Airspace."

  • @alexandervotteler
    @alexandervotteler 8 років тому +3

    The German ICE still has a "Bistro", which ist technically a have Pub.

  • @royalninja2823
    @royalninja2823 Годину тому

    6:40 I like that Tom apparently has a reputation for being the Archbishop of Bants

  • @jaydnn6782
    @jaydnn6782 8 років тому +2

    you know that feeling when you dont know what they're talking about
    yet somehow enjoy it

  • @dziadek1287
    @dziadek1287 6 років тому +7

    Actually aeroflot registers their western made planes in the Bahamas because of the russian taxes

  • @TheEjectorSeat
    @TheEjectorSeat Рік тому +3

    Omfg was that super injunction about epsteins island

  • @UnoSquid
    @UnoSquid 8 років тому +1

    Thank you. Now I have "We Like To Party" stuck in my head.

    • @tomkenning5482
      @tomkenning5482 5 років тому

      Just search party without me on UA-cam

  • @Wesley-ki8lk
    @Wesley-ki8lk 7 років тому +24

    But how long have you been Tom Scott?

    • @npc6924
      @npc6924 6 років тому +5

      Wesley since he was born

    • @Altoclarinets
      @Altoclarinets 5 років тому +4

      At the time I write this, about 34 1/2 years

  • @PiranOfficial
    @PiranOfficial 8 років тому +5

    I absolutely love this, I binge watched all the episodes with subtitles. Are there any transcripts for the ones without subtitles? :P

  • @viperhalberd
    @viperhalberd 8 років тому +5

    Tom is wrong when he says the A380 has 2 and a half decks. The crew compartments are just hidden away, they're not above the top deck.

    • @lompstem
      @lompstem 8 років тому +10

      In fact the A380 has 3 decks, the top passenger cabin, the bottom passenger cabin and the cargo deck. the crew rest area is on the same level as the cargo deck.
      Most aircraft actually have 2 decks, not just 1.

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому

      I took it to mean that there were sleeping quarters for the _passengers_ on that level...

  • @elisam.r.9960
    @elisam.r.9960 9 місяців тому +2

    12:36 I'm having a sympathy aneurysm along with Chris at this point in the video.

  • @madmonkee6757
    @madmonkee6757 6 років тому +1

    I've been on flights between Havana (la Habana) and Miami, back when Americans could travel to Cuba (also known as last goddamned summer) and when I only had an American passport (last year) but, I'm happy to say, I'm not aware of anyone biting anyone.

  • @christopheroddy2373
    @christopheroddy2373 4 роки тому +2

    Surely it should be a *special* chocolate icing in the shape of a cow - a panache la vache ganache.

  • @legendofFranktheTank
    @legendofFranktheTank 6 років тому +2

    "if i wanted to have a mid air fight club"
    united!

  • @sstorholm
    @sstorholm 8 років тому +1

    You don't know how close you are to a Finnish dining car when you talk about your pub car. :)

  • @alexmueller4047
    @alexmueller4047 8 років тому +2

    You need to get these animated

  • @lrt_unimog8316
    @lrt_unimog8316 3 роки тому +1

    10:30 Stored planes do this a lot-e.g. San Marino, IOM, Channel Islands. Russian operators (including SU) register in the various British Caribbean colonies, mostly Bermuda.

    • @lrt_unimog8316
      @lrt_unimog8316 3 роки тому

      12:50 A barrier wagon with normal couplings and padding....
      13:20 Long live the 4-REP’s!

  • @alanarichards256
    @alanarichards256 8 років тому +5

    its like a budget QI, amazing.

  • @Outfrost
    @Outfrost 8 років тому +2

    This one was mighty entertaining! Keep'em coming.

  • @joaovitormatos8147
    @joaovitormatos8147 2 роки тому +1

    It took me 6 years to find out the term "Archbishop of Banterbury"

  • @YoshiAsk
    @YoshiAsk 2 роки тому +1

    You might say the Backpackers' Express never got off the ground

  • @TheBassHeavy
    @TheBassHeavy 8 років тому +1

    Imagine going to a pub quiz and these guys turn up.

  • @AGMKelly
    @AGMKelly 8 років тому +2

    The puns in this episode were spectacular

  • @BastuGubbar
    @BastuGubbar 3 місяці тому +1

    2:27 that hasn't aged well. Boeing isn't what it used to be.

  • @bradster00
    @bradster00 8 років тому

    This is amazing. Was hard for the first 3 minutes because I was trying to figure out what was going on. It reminds me of a homebrew Q.I.

  • @AmazingJellyfish
    @AmazingJellyfish 7 років тому +4

    Can I just say that Gary is just lovely for a hirotircal nerd

  • @chicktapus463
    @chicktapus463 8 років тому +19

    what injunction did gary break?

    • @daphne7047
      @daphne7047 7 років тому +8

      Ryan Giggs, I’m guessing

    • @bencairney8712
      @bencairney8712 7 років тому +5

      Houston Hilburn could have been Elton john to be fair

    • @f0rm0r
      @f0rm0r 7 років тому +2

      doesn't Citation Needed get parliamentary protection?

    • @damientonkin
      @damientonkin 6 років тому +3

      Formor Immington, well Tom did run for parliament at one point but he didn’t win.

  • @dirm12
    @dirm12 7 років тому

    When I hover over the vid preview in the side bar, I nearly always get a gif of mystery biscuits.

  • @XDRosenheim
    @XDRosenheim 8 років тому +10

    3:22 Turn off the kettle!

  • @shawnhutchison7959
    @shawnhutchison7959 8 років тому

    That Vengaboys reference was amazing and made me feel old

  • @monicaenns9967
    @monicaenns9967 3 роки тому +1

    Around 10:50, I can hear the "Money Plane" being invented!!

  • @Gandharpn
    @Gandharpn 8 років тому +2

    And air crew would encourage people to socialise.
    "Oh F***s sake!"
    well said peeps!

  • @catfish552
    @catfish552 8 років тому +1

    "Archbishop of Banterbury"... Nice!

  • @dannypeck96
    @dannypeck96 7 років тому +4

    3:42 to be fair, you could talk about how "ethnic you got with the locals" when you go to liverpool.....