BURNING River of Whiskey Too Much to Resist, 13 Killed | Tales From the Bottle

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  • @Qxir
    @Qxir  3 роки тому +322

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    • @dergeneral5916
      @dergeneral5916 3 роки тому +7

      Have you looked into the history of the st. Patricks battalion? Those guys are the reason why Mexicans love irishmen🇮🇪🇲🇽
      Love your videos mate, from Mexico

    • @smilesfordays
      @smilesfordays 3 роки тому +2

      Still in my top 5 UA-cam creators Qx. Been here since before you took that long break, and you have kept exceeding my expectations since! One of the few that when I watch a full length video, I can’t believe it’s over three minutes. Bless friend.

    • @wallnut5910
      @wallnut5910 3 роки тому +1

      Give me 1 reason I should subscribe

    • @snakekingblues3017
      @snakekingblues3017 3 роки тому +1

      Wait?
      People did not die from fire
      It was from Not drinking responsibly🤣

    • @Fr3AkFr3Ak
      @Fr3AkFr3Ak 3 роки тому

      Do you have states called Mayo, Down and Corn (cork, joking)? And you have Longford but not Shortford and Waterford but not Earth, Air and Fireford? Are yall not joking?

  • @Virxas
    @Virxas 3 роки тому +5948

    If they drank all the whiskey the fire would stop spreading, so they died in attempt to save the city. Rest in peace, heroes.

    • @fraternite7874
      @fraternite7874 3 роки тому +185

      thank u for ur service soldiers

    • @ancientnord7804
      @ancientnord7804 3 роки тому +142

      You'll always be remembered for your selfless sacrifice. Rest in Peace.

    • @gusgrau3594
      @gusgrau3594 3 роки тому +68

      If only this was an issue today, I’d 100% sign up to be a firefighter

    • @IHateThisHandleSystem
      @IHateThisHandleSystem 3 роки тому +26

      Drunken logic 101

    • @candle_eatist
      @candle_eatist 3 роки тому +78

      @@gusgrau3594 can't get caught drinking on the job if drinking IS the job

  • @thorogood473
    @thorogood473 3 роки тому +5037

    The Irish are not alcoholics, they're professional drinkers

    • @itsreallyjustmehere611
      @itsreallyjustmehere611 3 роки тому +63

      They're not alcoholics, they're drunks. Alcoholics go to meetings.

    • @NathanCatherall
      @NathanCatherall 3 роки тому +76

      Yeah. And meth addicts are not druggies. They’re experimental chemistry enthusiasts

    • @Legionnaire7777
      @Legionnaire7777 3 роки тому +10

      Same as the Scottish and English I'd say 👍🏻

    • @GoldenSamus-ie1qy
      @GoldenSamus-ie1qy 3 роки тому +23

      My dad’s not a bin man, he’s a waste management representative!

    • @Pusher97
      @Pusher97 3 роки тому +33

      They’re not alcoholics.
      We Scots are alcoholics, the Irish are just competitive.

  • @1337fraggzb00N
    @1337fraggzb00N 3 роки тому +2969

    "Thirteen people died because they drank from a burning river of whiskey." - this is the most Irish thing I ever heard.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 роки тому +69

      If the ocean were whiskey and I was a duck I'd swim to the bottom and drink my way up!

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N 3 роки тому +11

      @@1pcfred sounds reasonable.

    • @Nujabesme
      @Nujabesme 3 роки тому +22

      It is also the most Metal thing I can Imagine.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 роки тому +13

      @@Nujabesme some Irish Whiskey is pretty good so I can't say the event lies outside my imagination. I mean just a river flowing in the street. It must be what Irish heaven is like.

    • @Nujabesme
      @Nujabesme 3 роки тому +9

      @@1pcfred the "on fire" Part is what triggers my metal feelings....

  • @MortuusTemplum
    @MortuusTemplum 2 роки тому +511

    What you left out was that the Whiskey was almost 100% alcohol because it was not yet watered down. So most of the people that died drank the amount they normally would not knowing they took in a lot more alcohol.

    • @Pretermit_Sound
      @Pretermit_Sound Рік тому +71

      Exactly what I was thinking. Full strength, straight-from-the-cask whiskey is no joke

    • @BENZENSAMA
      @BENZENSAMA Рік тому +18

      65 percent

    • @azzzertyy
      @azzzertyy 9 місяців тому +26

      have you not drank high concentration alcohol? youd feel that shit man
      i tried 70% just about a year and a half ago and holy shit it fucking stings like bees trying to drink compared to the usual 37.5%

    • @MortuusTemplum
      @MortuusTemplum 9 місяців тому +7

      @@azzzertyy No, I don't drink but I have looked into this incident before and that was what was found to be the reason people died from it from the investigation

    • @MortuusTemplum
      @MortuusTemplum 9 місяців тому +4

      @@azzzertyy They also found that people that drank a lot normally did not die

  • @AManAndHisKebab
    @AManAndHisKebab 3 роки тому +848

    As a fellow Irishman, I can very much agree with the first 30 seconds of this video. When I’m talking with Americans online, the most common question I get when I tell them I’m Irish is “but are you really Irish”?
    My simple response is: if I was to imitate an Irish accent, why in gods name would I have ever chosen to sound like I’m from Dublin?

    • @stephenbyrne2602
      @stephenbyrne2602 3 роки тому +9

      Love the name kid lol

    • @AManAndHisKebab
      @AManAndHisKebab 3 роки тому +19

      @@stephenbyrne2602 Many thanks, it is my channel name😎

    • @clray123
      @clray123 3 роки тому +34

      As long as you have trees instead of threes and turds instead of thirds, you are certified Irish.

    • @lectornox
      @lectornox 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @ClassicRockJWM
      @ClassicRockJWM 3 роки тому +15

      That's the MOST COMMON question you get when talking to Americans specifically?? Yeah I highly doubt it.
      ...If that were true I'd have to ask you...WTF are you saying to make people doubt your being Irish? Do you go around saying "top O' the morning" or super over the top stereotypical shit that would make people think you're just joking?
      I live in America, I've used the internet plenty...& typically people don't just doubt a person's Country of Origin for no particular reason. I've never seen it. Exaggerating a bit there maybe?

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave 3 роки тому +1372

    One of them fell into a huge whiskey barrel.
    Rescuers rushed to save him, but he fought them off bravely.

  • @swolecole9958
    @swolecole9958 3 роки тому +1832

    your telling me that the lucky charms mascot isn't a completely accurate depiction of an Irish person

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 3 роки тому +71

      No the Leprechaun is from the movie the Leprechaun in the Hood that's the Realest one He from Ireland and He From the Streets and got dudes Crossdressing and also Wants his pot if GOOOLDD

    • @doyler233
      @doyler233 3 роки тому +12

      Your telling me an American isn't a spastic

    • @doyler233
      @doyler233 3 роки тому +10

      Put a cowboy hat on an say yeeehaw

    • @yourmum6318
      @yourmum6318 3 роки тому +29

      @@doyler233 fuck up mate hes only havin abit of craic

    • @doyler233
      @doyler233 3 роки тому

      @@yourmum6318 fs bai shush will ye

  • @mostlytrue3150
    @mostlytrue3150 3 роки тому +373

    Dying in a fire by alcohol poisoning is probably the most Irish thing I've ever heard of

    • @jordanfleming7022
      @jordanfleming7022 3 роки тому +16

      Free whiskey, free cremation.

    • @sujimayne
      @sujimayne 3 роки тому +4

      Even a dog got drunk

    • @mostlytrue3150
      @mostlytrue3150 3 роки тому +9

      @@sujimayne I guess saying dogs are people too really holds water in this situation. (Checks notes) er I mean really holds liquor. (Checks notes again) nevermind the dog clearly could not hold his liquor.

    • @eskaflorence5659
      @eskaflorence5659 3 роки тому +3

      Hey, stereotypes don’t come from nowhere.

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 3 роки тому +2

      @@jordanfleming7022 Free roast pork, too, apparently.

  • @redram5150
    @redram5150 3 роки тому +149

    A whiskey fire in Ireland? This is the most stereotypical thing I’ve heard, right up there with the largest heist in Canada involving maple syrup,

    • @brittanybecker170
      @brittanybecker170 3 роки тому +8

      The moose at the Tim Horton's is my most Canadian Thing Ever go to.

  • @apinakapina
    @apinakapina Рік тому +168

    I think the deaths were attributed to the alcohol being undiluted and much stronger than what would be sold. Yours was the best version I've heard of this story.

    • @allconservativesarepedophiles
      @allconservativesarepedophiles Рік тому +1

      This makes sense. The whiskey was stored. Storing it as more concentrated is useful for a lot of parties.

  • @uzaiyaro
    @uzaiyaro 3 роки тому +824

    Damn, this one is literally a tale from the bottle.

  • @greekhuman8706
    @greekhuman8706 3 роки тому +3402

    Theres an old saying;
    God made whiskey so the Irish wouldnt rule the world

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 3 роки тому +30

      How would they have if there wasnt

    • @mattmarzula
      @mattmarzula 3 роки тому +199

      @@chiapets2594 the supposition is that alcohol (a depressant) keeps them from agreeing, organizing, and banding together in order to progress to a point of being a dominant society. Or were you suggesting that they're naturally incapable of any of that?

    • @psychobear1290
      @psychobear1290 3 роки тому +120

      @@chiapets2594 if you need it explained to you then you are precisely the kind of gobshite we would take over it in a heartbeat had we not better things to be doing!

    • @dylanc9174
      @dylanc9174 3 роки тому +12

      And God made Whisky so the Scottish could stop the expansion of empires.

    • @muhammadowaismalik3451
      @muhammadowaismalik3451 3 роки тому +12

      What's the point of ruling the world if not for whiskey?

  • @NiaJustNia
    @NiaJustNia 3 роки тому +982

    One of my favourite alcohol related stories is an article from a Victorian era newspaper about my home town, where basically everyone had been freaking out for weeks about how the field (which now would be the playing field of my old primary school) was super haunted, and there would be groaning and moaning in the mist. Eventually everyone decided to band together and prove/disprove the ghost, and it turned out that the ghost was the local drunk who would cut through the field, fall, groan, pass out, wake up, repeat, for weeks. People were terrified of the field and it was just a lost drunk guy off his tits the entire time

    • @weetbixkid2051
      @weetbixkid2051 3 роки тому +27

      Fuckin hell that's hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Cenentury0941
      @Cenentury0941 3 роки тому +73

      To be fair, it's probably more dangerous if it's haunted by a drunk rather than a "ghost" lmao.

    • @DavidCurryFilms
      @DavidCurryFilms 3 роки тому +1

      Brilliant

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 3 роки тому

      XD

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 3 роки тому

      Tbh if it werent for me living in a city i would have been there too

  • @jasonspates1515
    @jasonspates1515 3 роки тому +62

    I started watching Qxir and subscribed mainly based on his awesome Irish accent - the wit, humor and factual information are what got me hooked. Thanks Qxir, you have taught us so much and provided many belly laughs.

  • @HeiressEllie
    @HeiressEllie 3 роки тому +120

    didnt even burn to death; drank to death. Amazing, Irish Seal Team 6.

  • @aldershot8008
    @aldershot8008 3 роки тому +871

    "The river's on fire, better drink it"

    • @tearfulsmiles9901
      @tearfulsmiles9901 3 роки тому +38

      "Holy crap! The streets are flooded with flaming whiskey!"
      Me: "hold my beer, this stuff will get me way drunker."

    • @thealmightypuht.a.p.
      @thealmightypuht.a.p. 3 роки тому +5

      People really we’re built different back then and mot in a good way! 😂

    • @masterc9706
      @masterc9706 3 роки тому +2

      Idk whiskeys pretty damn good and a river of it shieet

    • @revenantstudios251
      @revenantstudios251 3 роки тому +1

      @@thealmightypuht.a.p. I mean half the ppl thare cen say the drank flaming whisky from the streat

    • @SafeBurrito5465
      @SafeBurrito5465 3 роки тому

      @@thealmightypuht.a.p. wHaT

  • @seanlepley1474
    @seanlepley1474 3 роки тому +633

    "It's Ireland, there's a massive whiskey fire, you have to escape but you're Irish...fire bad.. whiskey good.. what are you gonna do"....LMFAO..actual tears..

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 3 роки тому +35

      And they all managed to drink themselves to death without getting burnt, that is the impressive bit to me.

    • @seanlepley1474
      @seanlepley1474 3 роки тому +20

      @@LTPottenger the Irish are professionals...

    • @xPadge112x
      @xPadge112x 3 роки тому +8

      You should see an Irish club when the fire alarm goes. It's true sure..they'll look for a fire. But that's about it.

  • @tshoemake5945
    @tshoemake5945 3 роки тому +1631

    This story is so Irish, the only way it could get more so: is if they could be able to use potatoes to help absorb the alcohol like a sponge and squeeze it out into their mouths, to drink it.

    • @FriedrichHerschel
      @FriedrichHerschel 3 роки тому +126

      The only thing I missed was an insult about the english.

    • @bigjuicypotato1482
      @bigjuicypotato1482 3 роки тому +61

      @@FriedrichHerschel I would guess some drunk fella said something about the English

    • @anonomuse9094
      @anonomuse9094 3 роки тому +43

      There's something I don't get. Whiskey is made of corn. But vodka it made from potatoes. Why doesn't Ireland have it's own vodka?

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 3 роки тому +3

      You did that

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 3 роки тому +22

      @@anonomuse9094 maybe cause they had that really bad potato famine a long time ago maybe Idk

  • @bertsrig6153
    @bertsrig6153 3 роки тому +63

    That’s taking the saying “I’d die for a drink” a bit too seriously.

  • @lilspeth_
    @lilspeth_ 2 роки тому +15

    it's important to note that the whiskey was undiluted, which is why so many died of alcohol poisoning. even drinking a regular volume of whiskey was more than enough to be fatal

  • @camo_kamikaze1598
    @camo_kamikaze1598 3 роки тому +713

    Ireland, where being the town drunk is considered an achievement

    • @howiegaming9985
      @howiegaming9985 3 роки тому +76

      Legend has it, if you surpass the current standing record for highest blood alcohol level recorded (1.480) you will become king of ireland

    • @Ron-
      @Ron- 3 роки тому +44

      Being rhe town drunk is hard to keep. We're very competitive

    • @zaghale1520
      @zaghale1520 3 роки тому +2

      @@Ron- lmao

    • @jamp12008
      @jamp12008 3 роки тому +3

      Great family guy episode

    • @albeit1
      @albeit1 3 роки тому +4

      I spent 11 days in Dublin and Clare without seeing anyone falling down drunk. Not in any of the bars either.

  • @prjndigo
    @prjndigo 3 роки тому +293

    Oh, come on, its not the worst stereotype country in the world:
    What do you call an Irishman who isn't drinking at a social event? _The Dearly Departed_

  • @AmazingDisgrace911
    @AmazingDisgrace911 3 роки тому +315

    Imagine showing up late and the only whiskey left is sand and horse manure flavor.

    • @sporter527
      @sporter527 3 роки тому +25

      meh whiskey is whiskey

    • @Ron-
      @Ron- 3 роки тому +3

      It would taste a bit better imo then

    • @aarons1234
      @aarons1234 3 роки тому +18

      Bold of you to assume that would stop people from drinking it

    • @AmazingDisgrace911
      @AmazingDisgrace911 3 роки тому +3

      @@aarons1234 I didn't

    • @SmoothTurtle840
      @SmoothTurtle840 3 роки тому +3

      Pretty sure horse manure would just make it taste a little worse than if it were cow manure, meaning it would just really taste like dirt. I’m pretty sure that animal shit doesn’t taste too bad (judging by its smell) unless the animal includes some level of meat into its diet.

  • @jstone247
    @jstone247 2 роки тому +27

    I love the Irish accent, especially when spoken by men.
    On my trip to Ireland, I found the people to be friendly and welcoming. I would dearly love to return there one day.

  • @jimmywalden1615
    @jimmywalden1615 3 роки тому +2

    Hey no as a American I have never thought you accent was fake but it is by far the biggest reason I keep coming back to your videos

  • @gerardoarellano7698
    @gerardoarellano7698 3 роки тому +214

    “Cacophony of Pigs”. That’s it. That’s what I’m naming my garage band.

    • @joshuarankin1905
      @joshuarankin1905 3 роки тому +13

      Headlining @ The Whiskey River:
      🔥🐷KƎ'KÄFƎNĒ of PIGS🐖🔥

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 3 роки тому +1

      @@joshuarankin1905 🐽

    • @forgettable8300
      @forgettable8300 3 роки тому +1

      You could have a album called a machine for pigs

  • @bushranger51
    @bushranger51 3 роки тому +348

    Years ago my Mum and Dad went to Ireland after going to my brother's wedding in England. Upon picking them up at the airport to take them back home to their home the first thin Dad said to me was, "Every Irish joke you've ever heard, is true!" Seeing this reminded me of this, and I could hear Dad laughing from his grave.

    • @paulcronin3626
      @paulcronin3626 3 роки тому +1

      Good, hope you follow him soon.

    • @creeperhunterD
      @creeperhunterD 3 роки тому +8

      @@paulcronin3626 ?

    • @RedLancerMoto
      @RedLancerMoto 2 роки тому +8

      @@paulcronin3626 Somebody is having a terrible life 🙃 😫 😩

    • @Andromeda.550
      @Andromeda.550 2 роки тому +2

      @@paulcronin3626 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

    • @graham3368
      @graham3368 2 роки тому +2

      Thats not very nice now is it? Where are your family from and ill bet u there's a stereo type ?

  • @carter1807
    @carter1807 3 роки тому +244

    I’m starting to get the idea this guy dose not like Dublin.

    • @squid_cake
      @squid_cake 3 роки тому +6

      What makes you think that?

    • @aarons1234
      @aarons1234 3 роки тому +8

      wouldn't have guessed that myself, he was being quite subtle

    • @imumbreon3052
      @imumbreon3052 3 роки тому +1

      He’s right in what he says about Dublin but it’s a lovely place

    • @eire3261
      @eire3261 3 роки тому +4

      His girlfriend ran off with a Dublin man. That's why he lives up in Dublin in the hopes he will run into her one day in Dublin

    • @Blueturtle1
      @Blueturtle1 3 роки тому +5

      I don’t think anyone in the world likes Dublin
      - Me, a person from Dublin

  • @joetrollson
    @joetrollson Рік тому +8

    Initial accent rant is a jewel. Good day, sir.

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith 3 роки тому +6

    "There's whiskey burnin in the street!"
    "WHELL WHADDAYA WAITIN FOR, GET THE BUCKIT!"

  • @Urmel331
    @Urmel331 3 роки тому +218

    "Terminated it's existence" is a phrase I will definitly use from now on

    • @seanlepley1474
      @seanlepley1474 3 роки тому +1

      Same here

    • @helio3928
      @helio3928 3 роки тому +3

      That sounds like the SCP Foundation alright

    • @yourswordsir2537
      @yourswordsir2537 9 місяців тому +3

      "Its" is the possessive, "it's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has".

    • @turkeysamwich00
      @turkeysamwich00 9 місяців тому

      An easy way to remember is that pronouns never have apostrophes. His, hers, yours, theirs, ours. Not hi's, her's, your's, their's, or our's.
      Same thing with who's vs. whose. Who's to blame? Whose fault is it?

  • @nitrocharge2404
    @nitrocharge2404 3 роки тому +310

    Anyone gets an iron stomach at the thought of free whiskey

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 3 роки тому +6

      Nah I'm fine

    • @codyd8291
      @codyd8291 3 роки тому

      Im not even 21 haha

    • @sauceru99
      @sauceru99 3 роки тому

      Nah, stuff is good tbh

    • @nitrocharge2404
      @nitrocharge2404 3 роки тому +1

      @@sauceru99 That's what I'm saying. Doesn't matter whether there's glass, wood, or poison in the whiskey, people will stomach it if it's free

    • @isaach.1135
      @isaach.1135 3 роки тому +1

      I mean... if it's strong enough, it's sanitary

  • @TheBakedTomato
    @TheBakedTomato 3 роки тому +131

    This is the most Irish thing I've ever heard. Really doesn't help the stereotype of the Irish bein a bunch of drunks 😂😂

    • @Blueturtle1
      @Blueturtle1 3 роки тому +2

      Only Irish people can make fun of Irish people for being drunks

    • @TheMohawkNinja
      @TheMohawkNinja 3 роки тому +1

      That's what I was thinking lol. He goes and calls Americans uncultured, and then proceeds to reinforce the stereotype that the Irish are alcoholics, XD.
      As an American, I feel just as cultured as I have ever been now lmao.

  • @PianoJester
    @PianoJester 2 роки тому +5

    "Fire bad, but whiskey good"...lol I'm dying

  • @abbysapples1225
    @abbysapples1225 3 роки тому +15

    I love the way this guy tells his stories. Much love from Pennsylvania, USA. ❤️🇺🇸👍🙂🐕

  • @criminallyautistic8372
    @criminallyautistic8372 3 роки тому +334

    When people can't tell the difference between Scottish and Irish, that's just sad.

    • @davidcarcamo5010
      @davidcarcamo5010 3 роки тому +14

      i mean they both sound similar

    • @Samm815
      @Samm815 3 роки тому +9

      One has a lot more whiskey in their mouths and the other has a lot more scotch.

    • @kaiceecrane3884
      @kaiceecrane3884 3 роки тому +4

      The are both are so close to each other they are practically the same place, geographically. Any separation is political and cultural. Of course they sound they same, they exist in the same location. They have some of the most minuet of separate between them

    • @AceyBawjaws
      @AceyBawjaws 3 роки тому +6

      @@Samm815 No one in Scotland drinks scotch. We drink whisky.

    • @theFLCLguy
      @theFLCLguy 3 роки тому +19

      Way to tell the difference is if you can't understand them because they are drunk they are Irish. If you can't understand them because it sounds like another language they are Scottish.
      And if they sound like English is their second language they probably are English.

  • @developedtea5749
    @developedtea5749 3 роки тому +285

    A lot of bad things can happen to people in Ireland, for example, you could be living in Ireland.

    • @jakegrube9477
      @jakegrube9477 3 роки тому +35

      Far worse things can happen to people living in england, such as being stabbed or being british

    • @jacobwebb8818
      @jacobwebb8818 3 роки тому +16

      @@jakegrube9477 what is British? It sounds oddly familiar to Bri'ish

    • @harrisonfrank3451
      @harrisonfrank3451 3 роки тому

      even WORSE being ' murrican AND/OR living (or rather waiting to die ) in the states ----see all the mass shootings

    • @jakegrube9477
      @jakegrube9477 3 роки тому +4

      @@harrisonfrank3451 ok you dont have to say youre a californian communist piece of shit, anyway here are your boots sir

    • @catfan__
      @catfan__ 3 роки тому +8

      @@harrisonfrank3451 I'd rather get shot in a robbery than have to commence in a sword fight/ acid water balloon fight

  • @richardhenry1969
    @richardhenry1969 3 роки тому +82

    A truly Irish tale. So sad all that whiskey lost.

  • @DeWitherWarrior
    @DeWitherWarrior 3 роки тому +7

    "my dad died from drinking"
    "Oh im so sorry for you, addiction really is a plauge"
    _"Oh.. its not THAT kind of drinking.."_

  • @thuggins2086
    @thuggins2086 3 роки тому +5

    Man, this just makes me want to visit Ireland even more! My kind of people.

  • @patrickwilliams3463
    @patrickwilliams3463 3 роки тому +148

    It's okay. We all know you're Welsh. My Drunken Uncle is also Welsh and refuses to admit it.
    Keep up the great content.

    • @renerpho
      @renerpho 2 роки тому +6

      His accent does sound Welsh, now that you mention it...

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 2 роки тому +9

      I'm told they mine coal in Wales, which means smoking's not really an option. A stray spark in a coal mine would be catastrophic. The only other option is whiskey.

    • @ThatCyberpunkGuy
      @ThatCyberpunkGuy Рік тому +4

      ​@@elizabethsohler6516this is correct, I live near a decommissioned coal mine

    • @nukeputin420
      @nukeputin420 Рік тому

      ​@@elizabethsohler6516 stray spark in a coal mine results in a Centralia, Pennsylvania situstion

    • @oisin3495
      @oisin3495 9 місяців тому +1

      @@renerphoit’s definitely Irish I think probably from meath.

  • @ottovonbismarck3201
    @ottovonbismarck3201 3 роки тому +81

    This is one of the funniest, most entertaining, and most creative channels I've ever seen. And I learn some history too! Good job, King Qixr I.

    • @tearfulsmiles9901
      @tearfulsmiles9901 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed. He's probably my favorite youtube guy.

    • @A_Ducky
      @A_Ducky 2 роки тому

      I never get tired of binge watching Qxir

  • @thatfakedrussiankid5534
    @thatfakedrussiankid5534 3 роки тому +67

    The first thing I saw was whiskey and with in 10 seconds of the video I hear Ireland this is going to be a good one

  • @EndingSimple
    @EndingSimple 6 місяців тому

    That four good stories you've given me in a row. I'm subscribed now. You're only one who could tell this story without being slammed for being anti-Irish.

  • @nathansharp5101
    @nathansharp5101 2 роки тому +2

    "It's Ireland, there's a massive whiskey fire. You have to escape! but you're Irish. Fire bad but Whiskey good!" I fucking died

  • @gamiezion
    @gamiezion 3 роки тому +384

    ah yes, the good 19th century. the florida man of centuries.

    • @scordova98
      @scordova98 3 роки тому +10

      You think the 1900s were the Florida man of history? Ohhhhh boy where do I even start

    • @thebaseandtriflingcreature174
      @thebaseandtriflingcreature174 3 роки тому +11

      all centuries are the florida men of centuries

    • @will_danz
      @will_danz 3 роки тому +29

      @@scordova98 19th century, not 1900's, 1900's are 20th century, 1800's are 19th century...

    • @Ebani
      @Ebani 3 роки тому +2

      @@scordova98 You must be irish

    • @VenturiLife
      @VenturiLife 3 роки тому +1

      Because no-one's doing dumb stuff in the 21st century...

  • @NthnLikeCodeine
    @NthnLikeCodeine 3 роки тому +91

    I thought you being Irish was common knowledge. Just radiates Irish energy.

  • @revmo37
    @revmo37 3 роки тому +22

    "An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto a blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth" Great video Qxir

  • @magnumtrooper17
    @magnumtrooper17 2 роки тому +3

    that alcoholic dog is literally my spirit animal

  • @ihopcsx
    @ihopcsx 2 роки тому

    You and That chapter are my 2 fav channels. Stay awesome

  • @MyFoxworld
    @MyFoxworld 3 роки тому +96

    I remember being told by a Scottish lady there is no way I was irish. We actually had a 10 minute conversation about it and there was absolutely no way she was believing I was irish as I didn't have the Gerard Butler irish accent... 😲

    • @OlaftheFlashy
      @OlaftheFlashy 3 роки тому +5

      🤦

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 3 роки тому +9

      They always choose the comprehensible accents for movies not the hilarious ones

    • @MyFoxworld
      @MyFoxworld 3 роки тому +15

      @@LTPottenger I have a mate who is Scottish that does the "irish accent" it's kinda hard to describe but it's the funniest Gerard Butler/Darby O'Gill accent i have ever heard. He first done it to try and take the piss out of me but I actually encourage him to do it every time we are drunk, he thinks somewhere in Ireland people actually talk like that, I (and any irish person that ever heard him) know he has just watched too many American made movies its a fkin great laugh though.

    • @zerronyx1362
      @zerronyx1362 3 роки тому +1

      Women

    • @thenextshenanigantownandth4393
      @thenextshenanigantownandth4393 3 роки тому +1

      @@MyFoxworld To be fair alot of Irish have English accents due to influence over the last century mostly from the bbc. I think Americans view of the Irish accent is accurate; just a few centuries ago.

  • @russellsales7796
    @russellsales7796 3 роки тому +233

    Fun fact: Pigs can eat almost anything, from meat, veggies, to your own shite. I'm not kidding with the last one.

    • @jarofdelisauce2266
      @jarofdelisauce2266 3 роки тому +10

      There's a reason why pig toilets existed lol

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 3 роки тому +28

      wanna get rid of a body? pigs will do the job
      they scream bloody murder when you want to get rid of THEM tho, fuggs almost make me deaf everytime i have to slaughter one

    • @tearfulsmiles9901
      @tearfulsmiles9901 3 роки тому +27

      @@riograndedosulball248 first, you have to shave your victims heads and remove the teeth, as they can't be digested like the rest. Maybe burn the hair in a discreet location where the stink will go unnoticed to avoid dna, and grind the teeth into a fine powder as well to prevent any dental record match.
      Also, I didn't tell you this.

    • @LTPottenger
      @LTPottenger 3 роки тому +4

      Feeding bodies to pigs is not a good idea, they are already liable to crush you and gobble the bones as it is.

    • @giovannicervantes2053
      @giovannicervantes2053 3 роки тому +2

      @@LTPottenger first off you also cut the body to 6 pieces so just toss it in the trough from above

  • @grugg3108
    @grugg3108 3 роки тому +55

    My hearts go out to the barrels of whiskey taken from their home.

  • @howardfine2209
    @howardfine2209 3 роки тому

    i am Irish descent.American.you rock.

  • @transagenda
    @transagenda 2 роки тому +1

    Literally, the greatest story ever told!

  • @r.m.l2665
    @r.m.l2665 3 роки тому +138

    Even the dogs in Ireland are alcoholics 😂😂😂😂

    • @gloriouslyaesthetic
      @gloriouslyaesthetic 3 роки тому +10

      I can't breathe 😭😭

    • @clray123
      @clray123 3 роки тому +6

      More likely the dog killed himself to end the trauma experienced while witnessing human alcoholic behavior.

    • @underworldguardian704
      @underworldguardian704 3 роки тому +15

      They’re not alcoholics,
      They’re just fond of a pint.

  • @NorthEevee
    @NorthEevee 3 роки тому +92

    I'm watching this whilst enjoying a glass of whiskey myself. Not sure if that's a sign of things to come, but then again; Whiskey good.

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 3 роки тому +3

      Im sobering up from whisky, there was no river on the street sadly

    • @zephyrna6249
      @zephyrna6249 3 роки тому +1

      Whisky tastes like shit. Literally cant drink it. Vodka, Palinka, and Jager is good. Unicum if too drunk to care.

    • @NorthEevee
      @NorthEevee 3 роки тому

      @@zephyrna6249 Jager is quite nice, but I personally think vodka tastes like liquid dust. I've never had Palinka, but after a quick google search I can say that I would like to try it at some point.

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 3 роки тому

      @@zephyrna6249 i struggle more with jager. Which is why i pick it sometimes, i get less easily drunk than with whisky rhum or vodka which i could down like water

  • @mannydiaz3324
    @mannydiaz3324 3 роки тому +34

    I consume your content like an irishman consumes alcohol from a blazing whiskey river flowing in the streets of his hometown : quite unhealthily

  • @infidelcastro5129
    @infidelcastro5129 2 роки тому +4

    I’m unable to deal with a dog dying, but this little guy… can you imagine the fun he had for a few days before he ‘terminated his existence’? ❤️

  • @joelmiller8110
    @joelmiller8110 3 роки тому +6

    I love your style of cartoons and would love to learn this style myself. Is there a particular name for it? I've searched things like 'simplistic cartoons' and 'expressive cartooning' but can't quite find a decent guide. Anyway, keep up the good work, I've been binge-watching these and find them really entertaining and witty.

  • @rockstarJDP
    @rockstarJDP 3 роки тому +53

    Clearly all them non-Irish actors learn from the region of Offaly. Because they're Offaly bad.
    I'm so sorry, I already cracked a fresh bottle, I'll just be quiet now and listen to the tale.

  • @archise3191
    @archise3191 3 роки тому +38

    "terminated it's existence in the road bellow" lmao

    • @hbtm2951
      @hbtm2951 3 роки тому +5

      comitted not alive

  • @Emdiggydog
    @Emdiggydog 3 роки тому +29

    You just picked this because it killed Dubliners. Your man here is tricky folks

  • @TheTdw2000
    @TheTdw2000 9 місяців тому +3

    The vapors rising off of the street potentially also contributed to the alcohol poisoning. Inhaled alcohol goes directly into the bloodstream and you can't puke it out if you have too much, which means it's easy to overdose.

  • @vypr8846
    @vypr8846 3 роки тому +2

    "You'll still find plenty of fuckin animals in the streets!"...OMG, my face hurts.
    That's one hell of a street party.

  • @jrodigan5
    @jrodigan5 3 роки тому +36

    This channel has provided me with so many amazing stories to tell during awkward silences on road trips and when hanging out with friends. This will be an excellent addition to the repertoire. 😂

    • @williewilson2250
      @williewilson2250 3 роки тому

      If your friends enjoy hearing about a man getting sucked out of a 1 inch hole I hope you make it sound like a bj and not a gruesome death lol

  • @TrollingEnthusiast
    @TrollingEnthusiast 3 роки тому +31

    Sam O’ Nella would be proud

  • @zachg4198
    @zachg4198 3 роки тому +72

    I’m so glad I subscribed. My friend was not so lucky. Qxir is tough but fair.

    • @tearfulsmiles9901
      @tearfulsmiles9901 3 роки тому +9

      I'm sorry to hear about your friend. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.

    • @Cenentury0941
      @Cenentury0941 3 роки тому +9

      Your friend had it coming.

  • @Phantom_Boi
    @Phantom_Boi 2 роки тому +2

    ive noticed that, in every case of irish people dying in disasters, its never the actual disaster but, instead, alcohol posioning.

  • @fatimahwarriner9104
    @fatimahwarriner9104 3 роки тому +12

    I laughed until I cried, and so have accomplished both. Also, totally unsurprised. My memories of my trip to visit extended family in Ireland are substantially blurred by all the booze we communally consumed.

  • @freedomforever6718
    @freedomforever6718 3 роки тому +102

    Moral of the story: You can't extinguish a fire by drinking it.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 3 роки тому +5

      Sure you can. It is called doing flaming shots.

    • @stevebarley8413
      @stevebarley8413 3 роки тому +2

      Maybe not but you can slow it down

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 3 роки тому +1

      As a fire eater - I disagree

    • @freedomforever6718
      @freedomforever6718 3 роки тому +2

      @@VincentGonzalezVeg ,
      The 13 that were killed trying to eat this flaming whiskey would wholeheartedly disagree with you.

    • @VincentGonzalezVeg
      @VincentGonzalezVeg 3 роки тому +1

      @@freedomforever6718 they weren't eating the fire, they were eating the whiskey
      Alcohol is a 'foodstuffs'
      Fire is an appetite stimulant

  • @gamingmetnoel1900
    @gamingmetnoel1900 3 роки тому +202

    "FIRE!"
    "SAVE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN!"
    "IT'S THE WHISKEY STOREHOUSE!"
    "SAVE THE ALCHOHOL!"
    Only in Ireland.

    • @TheLtVoss
      @TheLtVoss 3 роки тому

      If beer could burn like whiskey that would be a well known thing in Germany XD

  • @n00dles79
    @n00dles79 3 роки тому +13

    Holy shit that dog part is the best thing I’ve ever heard in my life. He was going through it man .. poor pooch. He just wanted a fifth of some whiskey and some belly rubs.

  • @saltynocoiners7869
    @saltynocoiners7869 2 роки тому

    This was played to me yesterday and I have to ask as to why the 13 died from alcohol poisoning, yet the dog died of alcohol withdrawal? They all died after the fact, not from consumption? Didn’t they? So, unless they were feeding them alcohol in hospital, all of the 24 would have been being treated for alcohol withdrawal, would they not? The words we use are not always correct. Addiction needs reworded when so many ‘addicts’ are only trying to deal with the withdrawal from their drug of (not always their) choice - prescribed or otherwise -. Food for thought hopefully. Akathisia is very, very real.
    Very amusing story and as always, very well told. I’ve already recited it twice to others here in the hell hole that is rural Ireland in the last 24hours. Well done.

  • @gubbasgubbas
    @gubbasgubbas 3 роки тому

    Dude, you are byfar the best ytuber, period.

  • @ses9792
    @ses9792 3 роки тому +14

    “I am so proud of this community”

  • @shaycase1834
    @shaycase1834 3 роки тому +5

    No one tells a story like you do… just amazing!

  • @WarhammerLamenter
    @WarhammerLamenter 3 роки тому +54

    Can’t tell if your voice is soothing or what

  • @tclearinghouse
    @tclearinghouse 3 роки тому +1

    This is the most Irish history lesson I have ever heard.

  • @michelletrimmer6750
    @michelletrimmer6750 3 роки тому

    I love your accent. I also enjoy your humor. Thank-you for these stories.

  • @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y
    @daniel-zh9nj6yn6y 3 роки тому +13

    I can see that happening in my country. Years ago, we've had a flood, in one of the villages affected the local pub had ankle high water, but drunks were still on duty, with their shoes on the chairs' footrest.

  • @Keegs8042
    @Keegs8042 3 роки тому +21

    "Ever drink Bailey's from a shoe?"

    • @zeze3305
      @zeze3305 3 роки тому +1

      Im old greg
      Wanna see my man pu....

  • @paultheaudaciousbradford6772
    @paultheaudaciousbradford6772 3 роки тому +15

    Dog with DT’s. Jumping out the window.
    Sounds like a Tuesday in Dublin.

  • @JH-cs5py
    @JH-cs5py 3 роки тому

    More please! I never would have heard of this if not for your vids, this is great!

  • @80bbygrl
    @80bbygrl 3 роки тому

    I am absolutely addicted to this channel.

  • @sanyuisus7083
    @sanyuisus7083 3 роки тому +16

    WHY I'M SO FKING PROUD OF THESE HUMANs... AND THE DOG, somehow

  • @fellzer
    @fellzer 3 роки тому +11

    The FO4 reference. So real. I work very heavily with voiceover studios around the globe and I can 100% say that Bethesda didn't want to shell out for a full flooded voice talent who was based in country. Way cheaper to find someone in the states.

    • @DeadManSinging1
      @DeadManSinging1 2 роки тому +2

      Her being Irish doesnt even make sense given the setting. Did she walk all the way from Ireland to the states?

    • @matthewdaub
      @matthewdaub Рік тому

      ​@@DeadManSinging1 she was sold off as a slave and brought to Boston.

  • @Daniel-ou4fb
    @Daniel-ou4fb 3 роки тому +16

    When I saw "burning river" I assumed it was another one about Cleveland.

  • @yiffytimes
    @yiffytimes Місяць тому

    I am an American and I love your accent

  • @yeetusmaximus2892
    @yeetusmaximus2892 3 роки тому

    First saw ur channel when u had 100 subs. I loved it and message u and u responded to me! Told u to keep it up and keep ur content similar. So far u have and now u have almost 500,000 subs. Proud of u man.

  • @Icenri
    @Icenri 3 роки тому +8

    I spent 1 year in an Irish school in Drogheda and I can relate with the accent stuff. When going back to Dublin years later they didn't understand my accent either.

  • @Argon102
    @Argon102 3 роки тому +49

    Qxir has been talking about making a video on the Oklahoma bombing, wonder when that’s gonna happen.

    • @rook5503
      @rook5503 3 роки тому +1

      Not to mention the two hidden videos that qxir has covered up

    • @tearfulsmiles9901
      @tearfulsmiles9901 3 роки тому +4

      It's because YouPube hates and tries to censor anything historical or factual these days.

    • @coreytrevor1920
      @coreytrevor1920 3 роки тому +1

      Which videos

    • @Anas-ux9vi
      @Anas-ux9vi 3 роки тому +2

      @@tearfulsmiles9901 I'm not so sure-- he has covered things far worse than this.

    • @nightfall1826
      @nightfall1826 3 роки тому +1

      i think "The Battle of Athens, Tennessee" would be a good Tales From The Bottle episode.

  • @Mauvmellow
    @Mauvmellow 3 роки тому +103

    Belfast ireland, best place for three ocean liners to be built (Preferably 4 smoke stack style ships by White Star Line) BEST SHIP BUILT T I T A N I C

    • @Mauvmellow
      @Mauvmellow 3 роки тому +3

      Qxir is best channel though

    • @pivomanslovensko
      @pivomanslovensko 3 роки тому +4

      Among us

    • @legoworldstudios1323
      @legoworldstudios1323 3 роки тому +4

      Your knowledge of Ireland is a bit off because The city of Belfast is in the country of Northern Ireland. You see Ireland split in two in the late 1900s the country of Northern Ireland is actually owned by the British/ English. Qixr is from Dublin the capital of Ireland but Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.

    • @FriedrichHerschel
      @FriedrichHerschel 3 роки тому +12

      @@legoworldstudios1323 Guess what, both are on the island of Ireland.

    • @peanutplip7329
      @peanutplip7329 3 роки тому +8

      @@legoworldstudios1323 a lot of people do believe the north is Irish, tiohcaild ár lá

  • @1nePercentJuice
    @1nePercentJuice 6 місяців тому +1

    As an American, your accent is fu**in' sublime

  • @schlachthaus5
    @schlachthaus5 Рік тому

    Absolutely hysterical. Brilliant. Cheers!

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg 3 роки тому +12

    Some parts of the story don't make alot of sense to us until you remember, as Qxir said, they didn't have TV back then

    • @ABW941
      @ABW941 3 роки тому +1

      I wonder how many such events tv has prevented.

  • @Xehemoth
    @Xehemoth 3 роки тому +16

    0:12 Damn. DAMN. Dont make fun of the Irish. They will do one better than call you out. They will draw you out and call you out at the same time. Hilarious.

  • @kidgquiff
    @kidgquiff 3 роки тому +46

    I've a feeling Qxir is from carrickmacross, he just sounds like it

    • @klord3677
      @klord3677 3 роки тому +4

      im afraid i have the same thought

    • @Ron-
      @Ron- 3 роки тому +3

      Same have a mate from there and he sounds just like him

    • @kidgquiff
      @kidgquiff 3 роки тому +2

      @@Ron- same here man

  • @jimbob2810
    @jimbob2810 3 роки тому

    Great story! Couple of comments: 1) Retail value in today's money was probably much higher than EUR 6 million because of massive taxation and supply chain markups. 2) Since the whiskey continued burning even as it flowed, it was probably uncut and significantly higher than 80 proof. This may explain some of the extent of alcohol poisoning. Alternatively, some of the alcohol poisoning may have been due to inhalation of uncombusted alcohol that evaporated from the river of whiskey. Got to love the resourcefulness of Dubliners to drink free whiskey from their shoes.