@@spadebraithwaite1762 🤣 "Ugh, frankly Bill I'd rather be thrown in an oubillette than watch any more of these reruns of Storage Wars.....Think I'm movin, to Wales." >:/
27:29 just looked up the etymology of the word “robot” and it comes from a Czech word meaning “forced labor.” What a perfect dystopian sci-fi word it turns out to be
@bchearne, It comes from a play «R.U.R.» («Rossum's Universal Robots») - by Karel Chapek written in 1920 году, he died in a concentration camp in 1943.
“robota” means simply “work” or “labour” in most Slav languages. There’s no element of compulsion (beyond that normally used to get people out of bed on a Monday).
At 1:02:30 Stephen says that the fishermen "snap off the claws" of a stone crab and that is incorrect. The fishermen only remove the larger of the two claws before tossing the crab back in the ocean. A crab with one claw can still eat and defend itself, if at somewhat of a disadvantage, but a crab with no claws would starve to death or be killed long before it could grow two new claws. Thought you would appreciate knowing the correct answer.
my brother was a fisherman and You're correct in that's the humane practice , but in reality it then takes twice the effort and time to complete the quota so unfortunately both claws are a common practice ...
You know, from reading this comments section I get the sneaking suspicion that they may also have jam in the US, and that it's distinct from jelly somehow.
Yes, it is different. Jam is thicker and softer and has recognizable fruit in it and jelly is firmer and doesn't have recognizable pieces of fruit in it. Next we have marmalade...
Don't forget that in GB Jelly is what we in the States call Jello (though that's a brand name become a generic term) I personally don't like Murican jelly on my toast because it's too much like Jello. For me it's jam or preserves.
for some reason, no youtube channel, including BBC and QI, will show Fry full episodes in the US. we can see clips, but not full episodes. ITS BS BECAUSE WE LIKE FRY!
I'm one of his greatest fans, but I have to disagree about him being well dressed. His taste is atrocious, his colour combinations disastrous. But that's quite endearing in itself. His mind is one of the sharpest around, his knowledge apparently infinite, and he oozes empathy.
I love QI, but I nevertheless have to point out that, in America, we have jelly, made using the fruit juice only, while jam uses the fruit juice and pulp. I explain this not only to be pedantic, but also because I am heir to a huge jam making empire.😉
Yeah, I noticed they tend to use one word for similar things like that. Where we differentiate between jelly, jam, preserves, etc, they just call it all jam.
It's a little bit of both. Manufacturers always differentiate on their label, but in common usage the word "jelly" covers both since it's largely just personal preference. But you will never hear someone use the word "jam" in that way, the guy above has absolutely zero clue about word usage in the US.
Point of order at 41:45 - Americans do NOT call jam jelly - we cal it jam. Jelly is made from heavily strained fruit juices and has no pulp or seeds (here called pips), jam contains small amounts of pulp and usually includes seeds from fruits that have edible seeds. Another degree is preserves, in which all edible parts of the fruit are used without any straining to remove any pulp, skin, or seeds.
I think this is QI, but during the French section 1:11:30 the string of onions worn around the neck are not characteristic of the French but rather of Bretons who considered themselves ethnically independent. Onions were a key part of Breton economy and they would sail to England to sell them. The French are baffled by the British caricature.
I truly believe that the reason I get "depressed" (note quotation marks and lower case) so often is because real life is not similar to an episode of QI (intelligent and witty people getting together and being amusing). Stephen Fry gets Phil Jupitus, Alan Davis, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman, etc. and all I get are people who want to talk about, in detail, their current health problems., or point out mistakes in punctuations.
i feel this comment deeply. people who are dumber than average actually cause me mental distress. i've been tested multiple times, starting over 25 years ago for military service, and more recently for less happy reasons, and the results all said "big numbers over 130" and "wow that's a lot of autism." im ok with both, but it makes your comment hit even harder!
@@ghomerhust I have become a quasi hermit.If I stay in my apartment for more than a day or two, at most, it negatively affects my mood. Yet, I have withdrawn from friendships for the reason (plus a few others) I stated. At this point in life (I admit to being 10,000 years old😉), I get my social needs met by what many would label "superficial relations (people at my favorite coffee shop, restaurants, bookstores, etc.) True there is little depth, but there is a great deal more calm. Who knows? Maybe I am just bad at choosing friends, but I do know this it's my life to figure out, as best I can. Two UA-cam channels I watch are " The School of Life, and "Einzelganger". I can't say they are for everyone, but consider viewing them and see what you think. One other bit Socrates said, " The unexamined life is not worth living." I believe this to be true, but I add this warning, "The life to frequently and too closely examined is a living nightmare." I do not claim to be a great thinker, in the quality of my thoughts, but I overdo it in terms of quantity. Good luck! I hope your reach the place where you wish to be, and that it brings you your own brand of happiness.
Well, I don't quite think it was BS. I have seen them and they do fly for what feels like a long long time. But even 10 seconds is quite a while for a fish. You kind of expect it to be like an extra long jump, but it is much, much more like a bird flying than a fish jumping. If you watch birds flitting around in the garden, you almost never see one flying for 30 seconds at a time simply because they would probably be out of sight by that time. Flying fish are very fast so if your boat isn't moving, they can put quite a bit of distance between you in even a short flight, which is why videos don't often do justice to how cool they are. In any case, I think she was just overestimating the actual time ("minutes and minutes") and trying to get across the point that they really do seem to fly for a surprising amount of time.
The people of Barbados have a word for flying fish: dinner. When I was a child my family had friends and relatives from Barbados who would come to visit us in Canada at Christmas and bring flying fish for Christmas dinner. Major treat.
The Phillips screwdriver - John P. Thompson invented it. He sold the design to Henry F. Phillips. Thompson wasn’t able to muster up any commercial interest for his screwhead. Phillips was obviously a better (or luckier) salesman-or else we’d all have Thompson screwdrivers in our toolboxes right now. And it was designed not because the original screwdriver slipped out and cut his hand, but because the old shape allowed the user to over-tighten the screw. Something you don't want because you can't move it afterwards and may cause the screw head to strip out or snap off, which compromises the integrity of the attachment and renders the fastener useless. If you try and over tighten a Phillips screw, the Phillips screwdriver is designed to slip out to prevent over-tightening.
carr's tactic is "push the buttons" because he's great at reacting to that. crude + reaction is how he builds his shows. ive seen like 9 of them, he's good at what he does
Hi Loved the reaction, The Sweet are fantastic band. Very early 70s U.K. from the start of The Glam scene. Basically hyped rock and roll but with a lot of androgyny. Every other generation seems to assume they invented gender fluidity but it’s been happening for hundreds of years and comes from historic theatrical backgrounds. Bowie was part of the early glam as was Elton John, there’s an interesting interview with Bowie about how he convinced the Spiders into dressing in feminine outfits and wearing makeup. Basically burly blokes from an industrial part of N U.K. who once they realised how the girls reacted, the ran with it. The glam scene fed into US bands like the NY Dolls and eventually punk which wasn’t to obviously Androgynous but used elements of it for pure shock. Obviously New Romantics came from it etc. you should check out Marc Bolan/ T. Rex and Slade. Amazing stuff. Thanks and subscribed
The fire insurance thing is a myth. If there was a fire, they absolutely would put it out because life matters and the different fire companies would help each other.
Reg is great... always😂😂 Alan turning the tables on Stephen with Marie Antoinette was epic!! That Hollyoaks joke was spot on Jimmy😂😂 closet heterosexual oh lmao Jo
I suppose it makes sense to restrict non-stone buildings, as before long possibly all kinds of undesirable materials will start popping up, then a precedent is set in stone, no pun intended lol. Anyway whatever you build will be excellent, great work as usual.
Stephen gave the best unintentional example of why rolling your Rs should not be done as an affectation, because it can confuse people who hear it. It serves no purpose, in those situations.
surprised they didnt mention that kuchen in german also means biscuit and the suggestiion was that she meant a dried biscuit but in anycase there was some big spin doctoring being done against her so her days were numbered anyway.
Correction for the elves: In America, jelly is only the juice of the fruit; jam includes pulp and may contain seeds. So our jelly is the same as your jelly and your jam is the same as our jam. The same.
slight correction to Stephen about Americans and jam, we have both jam and jelly, jam is made with the whole fruit including skins and pulp where applicable, jelly is made with the juice from the fruit mixed with pectin which is a sweetener and thickener but we do have both
i do think it would be like doing a silent goofy walk with a cane and a mustache and then saying, "hey you know that was charlie chaplin" - just too on the nose. everyone at that table spent their childhoods, like you and me, watching python and the goons and hanging out with Doug.
As an American, watching Reginald D Hunter and Rich Hall grace your screens, reminds me why I watch British television. Just a subtle reminder, "Oh yeah, they're not funny; I'm glad I'm watching British television."
That is a very baldy, baldy baldy, funny bald Welshman remark. I think we could all try to be a bit more sensitive to funny, bald Welshmen! Shame on you!
I was in Revolution. I played one of the many Plymothians lying dead on the battlefield. Cold, wet and miserable as I remember. Indeed it was a terrible film.
Fingers and Fumbs remains my favorite QI episode with Stephen Fry. The grunts that the guys let out when they try to lift their ring fingers at 1:10:55 make me giggle, even all these years later.
Instead of the Jelly, Jam, Jello, discussion, could any American or Canadian tell me if Reginald D Hunter had any success on that continent. And while we are at it, likewise for Katherine Ryan?
@@Pagliacci_Rex Your "life" is sitting in a QI comment section telling Americans how they speak in their own country while getting angry at people who do the same to you.
I beg to differ... they do not call jam "jelly" in America. Jam and jelly are two different things. Jam is the sweetened spread of cooked down fruits and/or berries with pectin added as required for firmness. Jelly is jam that has been strained prior to cooling so it has no pips or fruit pulp, just the jelled liquid.
To all the Brits, on behalf of we Americans, sorry about the repeated comments about Jam vs. Jelly. I think the blame lies in Silicon Valley, personally.
Bacteria in the mouth is a thing! It is the reason they medicated me with penicillin at the dentist, because I had rheumatic fever as a boy! That same bacteria reaching the heart is reason they gave me for giving me Penicillin, every time I went to the dentist. And because of their prophylactic use of penicillin every time I went to the dentist, I am now allergic to said drug!!
Stephen just said that Americans call jam, jelly, but we don't. Jelly and Jam are not the same thing. I'm surprised that the show made such a simple mistake.
@@LeeAnneGuerin The main difference is that jelly is made with just the fruit juice while jam/preserves are made with both juice and the whole fruit. Jam is easier to spread, too. Jelly has an almost slightly jello like consistency. It's a little bit wiggly, for lack of a better way to say it. When we say peanut butter and jelly sandwich, we're talking about the one with just juice and traditionally grape jelly. That being said, jam is good with peanut butter, too. Strawberry jam is good with peanut butter...although it might be considered sacrilege by some! Lol
@@Mark-sx3rf Does British jam have whole fruit in it? If it does, we would also call it jam. If it only has fruit juice and not the whole fruit, too, then we would call jelly. So do the British call what Americans call jam, preserves? The words jam and preserves are used to mean the same thing in America. Wow! This is watching QI has done to me! I didn't think the jam/jelly thing could get this involved! Lol
David: "Have they just made up any old crap??"
Fry: "Actually that's our foley artist"
😳 oops.
William the Conqeuror, in his own life was known as William the Bastard because he wouldn't let anyone else use the remote.
@@spadebraithwaite1762 🤣
"Ugh, frankly Bill I'd rather be thrown in an oubillette than watch any more of these reruns of Storage Wars.....Think I'm movin, to Wales." >:/
27:29 just looked up the etymology of the word “robot” and it comes from a Czech word meaning “forced labor.” What a perfect dystopian sci-fi word it turns out to be
Forced can also mean powered.
@bchearne, It comes from a play «R.U.R.» («Rossum's Universal Robots») - by Karel Chapek written in 1920 году, he died in a concentration camp in 1943.
in modern english, "robotic" still means "mindless and repeated." basically a machine doing the same thing over and over without thought.
brain the size of a planet, and asked to bring them up to the bridge
“robota” means simply “work” or “labour” in most Slav languages. There’s no element of compulsion (beyond that normally used to get people out of bed on a Monday).
It's almost frustrating that none of the panelists mentioned Monty Python with the coconuts for horses 😂
ayes, that was just begging to be enlarged upon. Poor Patsy laboured in vain (it was Patsy wasn't it?).
@mctavish199 "come, patsy" yeah you got it
i literally own 2 coconut halves for the specific purpose of playing "holy grail" bits. i feel cultured, as an american, to have that depth of humor.
I'd be like talking about lungs because there's air nearby you, it's just part and parcel of the thing
Kind of blew my mind
At 1:02:30 Stephen says that the fishermen "snap off the claws" of a stone crab and that is incorrect. The fishermen only remove the larger of the two claws before tossing the crab back in the ocean. A crab with one claw can still eat and defend itself, if at somewhat of a disadvantage, but a crab with no claws would starve to death or be killed long before it could grow two new claws. Thought you would appreciate knowing the correct answer.
Er, I've just watched the North American lobster and the stone crab fisherman, from Florida and showed him to remove both front claws.
my brother was a fisherman and You're correct in that's the humane practice , but in reality it then takes twice the effort and time to complete the quota so unfortunately both claws are a common practice ...
You know, from reading this comments section I get the sneaking suspicion that they may also have jam in the US, and that it's distinct from jelly somehow.
Lol, so many keyboard vigilantes
Yes, it is different. Jam is thicker and softer and has recognizable fruit in it and jelly is firmer and doesn't have recognizable pieces of fruit in it. Next we have marmalade...
Don't forget that in GB Jelly is what we in the States call Jello (though that's a brand name become a generic term)
I personally don't like Murican jelly on my toast because it's too much like Jello. For me it's jam or preserves.
I’m still waiting for series G and thank you for the work
Surely this is one of the best TV shows ever bestowed to us.😍
@verses please do the rest of the series! Love these compilations. Thank you for doing them!
for some reason, no youtube channel, including BBC and QI, will show Fry full episodes in the US. we can see clips, but not full episodes. ITS BS BECAUSE WE LIKE FRY!
@@ghomerhustThey used to be on a a couple of streaming channels, because I watched a lot of them. And I also watched a lot on UA-cam.
Love all these shows
i want to know why we cant get Fry episodes in the US. it's all restricted. it's stupid, we love fry over here! we want the show! we want the show!
In my humble opinion, Stephen Fry is the best dressed man on earth, his tie closet must be larger than my house 😂 I love all his ties 😂
Someone said he dresses like a Batman villain and it’s all I can see now
I'm one of his greatest fans, but I have to disagree about him being well dressed. His taste is atrocious, his colour combinations disastrous. But that's quite endearing in itself. His mind is one of the sharpest around, his knowledge apparently infinite, and he oozes empathy.
@@justinchetham-strode5234I am of a similar opinion. And that Batman villain comparison also has merit. 😂
I love QI, but I nevertheless have to point out that, in America, we have jelly, made using the fruit juice only, while jam uses the fruit juice and pulp. I explain this not only to be pedantic, but also because I am heir to a huge jam making empire.😉
Welcome to QI, where they often just make things up.
Yeah, I noticed they tend to use one word for similar things like that. Where we differentiate between jelly, jam, preserves, etc, they just call it all jam.
It's a little bit of both. Manufacturers always differentiate on their label, but in common usage the word "jelly" covers both since it's largely just personal preference. But you will never hear someone use the word "jam" in that way, the guy above has absolutely zero clue about word usage in the US.
@@ev6558 who me?
@@Pagliacci_Rex I don't see anyone else here.
david mitchell vs emma thompson on emmys, i am friggin rolling!
Oscars.
I aint NEVER gonna stop loving Stepen Fry!arhh!😊
Is that Stephen's gayer brother?
@@cyrushalfacre9368 exactly 😉
@@cyrushalfacre9368 I think he means Stephen's German cousin, Wulff.
The Masai don't normally cut the cattle's throats as Stephen said. They usually fire an arrow at close range into the jugular.
Re: Twelve Days of Christmas, in the US we sing “Five golden rings”
Point of order at 41:45 - Americans do NOT call jam jelly - we cal it jam. Jelly is made from heavily strained fruit juices and has no pulp or seeds (here called pips), jam contains small amounts of pulp and usually includes seeds from fruits that have edible seeds. Another degree is preserves, in which all edible parts of the fruit are used without any straining to remove any pulp, skin, or seeds.
Where does your other ) belong😂😂😂
@@thisravenhasflown010 Fixed!
Fruit is both singular and plural.
There is no need to say fruits.
...and then there's "freezer jam".
in UK, That is what I was taught as a kid, although it was "royal jelly" . I haven't seen it used for years except for alleged "posh" products.
I think this is QI, but during the French section 1:11:30 the string of onions worn around the neck are not characteristic of the French but rather of Bretons who considered themselves ethnically independent. Onions were a key part of Breton economy and they would sail to England to sell them. The French are baffled by the British caricature.
I’m sure every American watching this wanted to be in the audience screaming “we know the difference between jam and jelly!”
Canadians, too.
Americans know the difference between jam, jelly, and gelatin
I truly believe that the reason I get "depressed" (note quotation marks and lower case) so often is because real life is not similar to an episode of QI (intelligent and witty people getting together and being amusing). Stephen Fry gets Phil Jupitus, Alan Davis, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman, etc. and all I get are people who want to talk about, in detail, their current health problems., or point out mistakes in punctuations.
I have clinical depression and I think if I got on an episode it might cure it.
I get 'depressed' when people don't close their parentheses.
i feel this comment deeply. people who are dumber than average actually cause me mental distress. i've been tested multiple times, starting over 25 years ago for military service, and more recently for less happy reasons, and the results all said "big numbers over 130" and "wow that's a lot of autism." im ok with both, but it makes your comment hit even harder!
@@ghomerhust I have become a quasi hermit.If I stay in my apartment for more than a day or two, at most, it negatively affects my mood. Yet, I have withdrawn from friendships for the reason (plus a few others) I stated. At this point in life (I admit to being 10,000 years old😉), I get my social needs met by what many would label "superficial relations (people at my favorite coffee shop, restaurants, bookstores, etc.) True there is little depth, but there is a great deal more calm. Who knows? Maybe I am just bad at choosing friends, but I do know this it's my life to figure out, as best I can. Two UA-cam channels I watch are " The School of Life, and "Einzelganger". I can't say they are for everyone, but consider viewing them and see what you think. One other bit Socrates said, " The unexamined life is not worth living." I believe this to be true, but I add this warning, "The life to frequently and too closely examined is a living nightmare." I do not claim to be a great thinker, in the quality of my thoughts, but I overdo it in terms of quantity. Good luck! I hope your reach the place where you wish to be, and that it brings you your own brand of happiness.
I have friends like this…
@4:43 Holy crap! I never noticed with his hair, but Allen Davies is the spitting image of Maynard James Keenan.
I like the way that Stephen Fry let Pam Ayres go on for so long about flying fish before essentially calling bullshit.
Well, I don't quite think it was BS. I have seen them and they do fly for what feels like a long long time. But even 10 seconds is quite a while for a fish. You kind of expect it to be like an extra long jump, but it is much, much more like a bird flying than a fish jumping. If you watch birds flitting around in the garden, you almost never see one flying for 30 seconds at a time simply because they would probably be out of sight by that time. Flying fish are very fast so if your boat isn't moving, they can put quite a bit of distance between you in even a short flight, which is why videos don't often do justice to how cool they are. In any case, I think she was just overestimating the actual time ("minutes and minutes") and trying to get across the point that they really do seem to fly for a surprising amount of time.
You may be right about all of that, but in the video, Fry definitely has the "I'm calling BS on that" vibe. @@leafan101
@@BumMcFluff Maybe, but I think he was just being kind of funny about, claiming she was not remembering correctly, rather than saying she is lying.
You're probably right.@@leafan101
@@leafan101 they fly longer than a chicken/ostrich/emu, which is a bird, an animal known for FLIGHT......
FYI..the peanut butter trick was also used with Milli Vanilli and actress Andie MacDowell in the 1984 movie Tarzan
Tarzan The Ape Man, (from 1981 with Bo Derek) is an entertainment crime against Humanity! OOF!
The people of Barbados have a word for flying fish: dinner. When I was a child my family had friends and relatives from Barbados who would come to visit us in Canada at Christmas and bring flying fish for Christmas dinner. Major treat.
" fly straight , with perfection - find me , a new direction " @ The Raven , by The Stranglers . Hugh Cornwell was there in the 80s . ❤
at 1:19:10 Pam's top looks like those lollies that were always at your nan's around Christmas time.
The Phillips screwdriver - John P. Thompson invented it. He sold the design to Henry F. Phillips. Thompson wasn’t able to muster up any commercial interest for his screwhead. Phillips was obviously a better (or luckier) salesman-or else we’d all have Thompson screwdrivers in our toolboxes right now. And it was designed not because the original screwdriver slipped out and cut his hand, but because the old shape allowed the user to over-tighten the screw. Something you don't want because you can't move it afterwards and may cause the screw head to strip out or snap off, which compromises the integrity of the attachment and renders the fastener useless. If you try and over tighten a Phillips screw, the Phillips screwdriver is designed to slip out to prevent over-tightening.
Mostly what happens today is the screw head cams out and damages either the screw or the driver. Very frustrating.
Speaking of the Swiss Family Robinson, Lost in Space was the Robinson family... Loved the Netflix series.
It's how they make every soap opera, Jimmy
I really enjoy how Jimmy Carr pushes Stephen’s buttons by being as crude as possible
carr's tactic is "push the buttons" because he's great at reacting to that. crude + reaction is how he builds his shows. ive seen like 9 of them, he's good at what he does
Jimmy does talk about noncing kids a bit too much.
I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a friend of saville one day.
If I learn nothing more from this day forward, I shall be forever satisfied from learning the phrase, "arse pelmet."
Louis VII divorced Aliénor d'Aquitaine in 1152. The 100 years war started in 1337. Only 185 years off... 🤨
In the US jam and jelly are similar but distinct things. Jelly is made with fruit juice and jam is made with fruit pulp.
and preserves are made with the songs of angels and the sugar of the heavens
"Arse pelmet" XDDD
thank you for your service Pam Ayers
I had barely looked at the screen, when I recognised her :) She visited my hometown when I was a kid, back in the 80s, but I never forgot her face
You only take off one of the claws of the stone crab so it can eat while growing back the one you took.
I love Alan Davies.
Thank you.
Hi
Loved the reaction, The Sweet are fantastic band. Very early 70s U.K. from the start of The Glam scene. Basically hyped rock and roll but with a lot of androgyny. Every other generation seems to assume they invented gender fluidity but it’s been happening for hundreds of years and comes from historic theatrical backgrounds. Bowie was part of the early glam as was Elton John, there’s an interesting interview with Bowie about how he convinced the Spiders into dressing in feminine outfits and wearing makeup. Basically burly blokes from an industrial part of N U.K. who once they realised how the girls reacted, the ran with it.
The glam scene fed into US bands like the NY Dolls and eventually punk which wasn’t to obviously Androgynous but used elements of it for pure shock. Obviously New Romantics came from it etc.
you should check out Marc Bolan/ T. Rex and Slade. Amazing stuff. Thanks and subscribed
Flying fish will actually land in a boat.
They have a strong taste.
41:31 we do not call “jam” jelly. We may call it “preserves”. Jam has seeds/fruit bits; jelly is seedless and free of bits of fruit.
Jam doesn't have to have seeds in. So yes, jam is called jelly in the US. Some variations might be called differently
@@JC_923 I've always known the difference between jam and jelly. As a kid I preferred jelly, as an adult, jam.
Ben Miller is one of my favorite actors . How come he hasn’t done more of these panel shows ?
The fire insurance thing is a myth. If there was a fire, they absolutely would put it out because life matters and the different fire companies would help each other.
Ahh, Jonny Vegas, the lateral thinking comedian! \😍/
Thanks
Flying fish only fly in scholls . They have no feet
Reg is great... always😂😂 Alan turning the tables on Stephen with Marie Antoinette was epic!! That Hollyoaks joke was spot on Jimmy😂😂 closet heterosexual oh lmao Jo
Alan's facial expressions when spoken to in French are simply hilarious.
We call “jam” jam. Jelly is not the same as jam in the US. And neither of those are preserves.
because preserves are also made with the laughter of angels and the happiness of pure moonlight
I was thinking that. Because of that episode of Friends when Chandler mentions jams and jellies.
I suppose it makes sense to restrict non-stone buildings, as before long possibly all kinds of undesirable materials will start popping up, then a precedent is set in stone, no pun intended lol. Anyway whatever you build will be excellent, great work as usual.
Stephen gave the best unintentional example of why rolling your Rs should not be done as an affectation, because it can confuse people who hear it.
It serves no purpose, in those situations.
surprised they didnt mention that kuchen in german also means biscuit and the suggestiion was that she meant a dried biscuit but in anycase there was some big spin doctoring being done against her so her days were numbered anyway.
Correction for the elves: In America, jelly is only the juice of the fruit; jam includes pulp and may contain seeds. So our jelly is the same as your jelly and your jam is the same as our jam. The same.
slight correction to Stephen about Americans and jam, we have both jam and jelly, jam is made with the whole fruit including skins and pulp where applicable, jelly is made with the juice from the fruit mixed with pectin which is a sweetener and thickener but we do have both
How could they discuss coconut shells without mentioning Holy Grail?
i own 2 old coconut shells specifically for instances when i need to make horse sounds. because im a rare cultured american
@@ghomerhust😂😂😂
i do think it would be like doing a silent goofy walk with a cane and a mustache and then saying, "hey you know that was charlie chaplin" - just too on the nose. everyone at that table spent their childhoods, like you and me, watching python and the goons and hanging out with Doug.
Before _Monty Pythons Flying Circus_ there was _Bonzo Dog doo-dah Band_ who did this: (which seems apt)
ua-cam.com/video/-IE1-OWsXEE/v-deo.html
My thought exactly!!
Damn it I was going to use the Wilhelm scream answer if I inexplicably become famous and end up on QI. 😭
As an American, watching Reginald D Hunter and Rich Hall grace your screens, reminds me why I watch British television. Just a subtle reminder, "Oh yeah, they're not funny; I'm glad I'm watching British television."
Pourquoi !? Qu'est-ce qui se passe!? Reg and Rich aren't funny!? They're very clever for sure and wit is definitively hilarious.
I like them and I'm English. They may not be as quick as the Brits but they have some cute observations that are funny.
The hair😂
Is it wrong to be hopelessly in love with Emma?
No
It’s called a Wilhelm scream. You hear it just about every where.
I was watching the movie "Willow" and heard the scream twice.
Rob Brydon has had some serious hair implants since this programme, hasn't he?
He got good looking ones at least :P
@@FullOfRabbits Of course, I wouldn't even have noticed he had them, if it weren't so obvious due to this footage.
That is a very baldy, baldy baldy, funny bald Welshman remark. I think we could all try to be a bit more sensitive to funny, bald Welshmen! Shame on you!
I was in Revolution. I played one of the many Plymothians lying dead on the battlefield. Cold, wet and miserable as I remember. Indeed it was a terrible film.
they snap off one claw; not both. they leave one claw so it will survive the next year to have another claw snapped off.
We have both jelly and jam here in the US
Us too! Us too!
i ignore all of them and go straight for "preserves" because i dont like PASTE....
Hardly anyone says Sheila in Australia anymore Alan, you dunce.
Grew up on a farm and witnessed many births- lamb birth didn’t sound like that I can vouch for that much
Great video!
I think you are great
Jam has the fruit chunks in it. Jelly is clear and strained before it gels.
Fingers and Fumbs remains my favorite QI episode with Stephen Fry. The grunts that the guys let out when they try to lift their ring fingers at 1:10:55 make me giggle, even all these years later.
Everytime i see Pam in this episode, i cant help but wonder if she realises shes dressed as a strawberry hard candy, or its just a fluke lol
I trust Pam’s recollection.
the US says jam if there’s seeds and fruit bits, jelly if strained.
Instead of the Jelly, Jam, Jello, discussion, could any American or Canadian tell me if Reginald D Hunter had any success on that continent. And while we are at it, likewise for Katherine Ryan?
I’d never heard of either of them except for seeing them on QI, 8oo10c Does Countdown, Taskmaster, etc.. They’re both funny, though.
How do you catch a flying fish? Fly fishing!!!
Mmmmmm, cow’s blood mixed with cow’s milk……. The Original Arnold Palmer 👍
Hahaha not sure if Stephen got that Phillips head joke.
RIP sean locke
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How on earth didn't anyone make a crabapple joke in the middle of this back and forth?!!!
We do not call jam “jelly”. They are two completely separate things.
What they call jam we call jelly because they don't differentiate between them. Jelly there is Jell-O but jam is pretty much any fruit based spread.
@@Pagliacci_Rex Incorrect.
@@ev6558 seriously? Get a life.
@@Pagliacci_Rex Your "life" is sitting in a QI comment section telling Americans how they speak in their own country while getting angry at people who do the same to you.
@@ev6558 and you can't read.
The Wilhelm scream is so called because the character screaming was named Wilhelm
One only takes one stone crab claw, never both
Jam is called jam in the US.
Jelly is different in the US.
"arse pelmet!"
I beg to differ... they do not call jam "jelly" in America. Jam and jelly are two different things. Jam is the sweetened spread of cooked down fruits and/or berries with pectin added as required for firmness. Jelly is jam that has been strained prior to cooling so it has no pips or fruit pulp, just the jelled liquid.
Jam and Jelly are two very different animals.
To all the Brits, on behalf of we Americans, sorry about the repeated comments about Jam vs. Jelly. I think the blame lies in Silicon Valley, personally.
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Jam and jelly are two different things
13.30 llama replacement service.
12:14 - is that the reason ravens and crows are found on most continents..?
remains of the day,,,,, wow,,,,
1:06:35 gets me every time xDD
Bacteria in the mouth is a thing! It is the reason they medicated me with penicillin at the dentist, because I had rheumatic fever as a boy! That same bacteria reaching the heart is reason they gave me for giving me Penicillin, every time I went to the dentist. And because of their prophylactic use of penicillin every time I went to the dentist, I am now allergic to said drug!!
Time for the ppl that dont understand accents to come crawling out of the woodwork
The dee that, the dee...
I miss John Sessions very much.
it is only jelly if there are no pips of any kind
Im america, jelly is jam with all the bits sivved out. Jam is jam
Sieved.
Not quite. Jelly is made with fruit juice, jam is made with fruit. You can have seedless jam.
Facial recognition clues have an application is theory testing in autism (not diagnosis).
Stephen just said that Americans call jam, jelly, but we don't. Jelly and Jam are not the same thing. I'm surprised that the show made such a simple mistake.
What you would call jelly, the brits call jam.
What is the difference? 🤷🏼♀️
@@LeeAnneGuerin The main difference is that jelly is made with just the fruit juice while jam/preserves are made with both juice and the whole fruit. Jam is easier to spread, too. Jelly has an almost slightly jello like consistency. It's a little bit wiggly, for lack of a better way to say it. When we say peanut butter and jelly sandwich, we're talking about the one with just juice and traditionally grape jelly. That being said, jam is good with peanut butter, too. Strawberry jam is good with peanut butter...although it might be considered sacrilege by some! Lol
@@Mark-sx3rf Does British jam have whole fruit in it? If it does, we would also call it jam. If it only has fruit juice and not the whole fruit, too, then we would call jelly. So do the British call what Americans call jam, preserves? The words jam and preserves are used to mean the same thing in America. Wow! This is watching QI has done to me! I didn't think the jam/jelly thing could get this involved! Lol
@@marywood2865Jelly is a "set" fruit juice. Jam is spreadable preserve made with sugar and fruit but can be chunky, bitty or smooth.
Why isn't the CC available? Non native speakers find it a great help.
Not true
@@NeungViewI'm a non native speaker (and partially deaf). Don't you have anything better to do?