'And now we have electric kettles you can plug in. I used one once in an office I think'. As a Brit that cracked me up because if I haven't used a kettle at least 5 times a day both at home and at work I must be having a really bad day!
@@ToddReacts It must be our obsession with tea and also instant coffee (which is vile) that makes this sound funny. It's been so long since people used a kettle on the stove in the UK that if an electric one breaks, people wonder how the hell they can boil water.
@@SimSim-zf9if Really? You thought I was being literal rather than exaggerating for comedic effect? It seems that if you don't put LOL or an emoji after a comment, people don't understand your intent anymore. Granted, it may not have been particularly funny.
Made me genuinely laugh out loud as well! My girl's American and it took me a while to discover electric kettle's aren't common place there; I was rather stunned. I refuse to boil water on the hob now as it takes me back to when the electric had run out and I'd spend days boiling water on the hob for tea and to wash while waiting for my wages to drop, never again 😂
It was so strange to hear you talking as though an electric kettle is a novelty, and saying you used one once! it would sound so funny to British people who've mostly use them multiple times a day for our whole lives 😃 good video. Stephen Fry is great 👏🏻
The funny thing is the first electric kettle was invented in Chicago 1891 but at the same time a Brit was inventing 1 which is the more like the version we use today & the americans just copied the British design
See, in the UK, public schools are private schools. The poshest, most upper class private schools are referred to as 'public schools'. What you call public schools we would call state schools. And in answer to your question I was in a pretty standard state school. We had a school uniform but it was fairly basic. Most state school have uniforms once you get to secondary school age (11) . When I was a kid it was very unusual for primary school children (4-10) to wear uniforms, it was just secondary school that had them. These days I see a lot more primary schools with uniforms.
@@ToddReacts It's designed to do several things - to level the playing field - no-one is coming to school in designer gear while another child is wearing a bin-bag; it also takes the thinking out of what to wear each day so life is easier for the parents; and it's also about a shared identity and adherence to standards or rules. That's the idea anyway. I'm sure there are some other purposes behind it that I've missed as well!
QI is well worth a look. There is an in-depth interview with Stephen by Mark Lawson that goes into his childhood, his struggles with depression. QI, as you've noticed, has been running for many years, various personalities have taken part, the regular being Alan Davies who you saw throughout this video. Stephen has since vacated the chair, to be replaced by Sandi Toksvig. The scoring system on QI is a law unto itself.
Stephen made a two part documentary on manic depression himself. While he obviously framed it with himself as an example, he interviewed lots of other people about it, too, both experts, and other people with bipolar disorder. But I remember in particular that he talked with Griff Rhys-Jones about a party, where Stephen had been really down and considering suicide. Did Griff notice anything? "No, I thought you acted like you always do, chatting away with witty banter." Which really goes to show how people with severe depression still have a way to hide it inside themselves. There was one Facebook friend of mine who took his own life. I didn't really know him, so I have no idea what might have been going on in his mind, but I did look at his last messages to see if there was anything I could have noticed. I can't say that there was. He was a movie critic, and some months earlier he'd severely trashed a movie that resulted in several angry responses from fans. I remember one to whom he just said: "Let's just agree to disagree, OK?" The outraged fan said "I hope you die." I can't believe that this stupid comment from a stranger could have affected anything, but I wish I could have seen the offending review. The movie in question was certainly no masterpiece, but I didn't think it deserved a bottom score. I kinda wonder if his depression might have expressed itself there.
Yes, we have fast electric kettles here in Britain. If you thought a kettle in the US was fast then you've not seen how fast ours are. We use 240V in UK. US is 120V. That means we can boil water twice as fast as you guys. There are some electric kettles that will boil water for a single cup of coffee and it takes less than 10 seconds. We also have super fast toasters too. I can wake up, turn on the kettle and toaster, go for me morning pee, and go back to find hot toast and a hot drink.
QI was, for many ears, one of the funniest things on television, mostly because Stephen fry was the QI Master, but also because of his verbal battles with his constant right-hand man, Alan Davies. I strongly recommend you watch more of the QI clips (with Stephen, not Sandi, as host. Nothing against Sandi, but Stepehn ran that show for 13 years, he's the best!), especially the Blue Whale Gag (series A-N) or QI Compilation Alan vs the moon(s).
I don't think Sandi is a bad replacement, but the panelists don't seem to tease her as much as they did Stephen. Although it was pretty hysterical when all of them bombarded her with Star Wars references. 😊
In the final clip next to Jimmy Carr was Rob Brydon, host of Would I Lie To You. I'm British, so obviously i'm familiar with all those guests, hopefully in time you'll get to see more of them.
At my Secondary School, ages 11 to 16, we wore a uniform. It was a very strict school and the uniform rules were very strict, also. I'd find little loop holes in the rules just to annoy the teachers. For Example You could only wear dark brown or black shoes. I wore a pair of black leather trainers, with fluro colour pink laces. The sales receipt said "Black leather shoes" and nothing in the rules said I could not have pink laces.
Lol, "I used an electric kettle once..." If you said that in the UK everyone would wonder what planet you were from. Have you tried brown sauce by the way?
@@ToddReacts In centuries past all schools were run by the Church which concentrated on religion. The aristocracy could afford private tutors but the emerging middle classes (ie the public) had to set up schools for their children to receive an all round education. Hence public schools
all schools in australia bar a few alternative schools have a uniform, public or private. i've been to both but fuck me they made BANK from us at my private school 80AUD for a dress (around 60USD) that we wore in summer and then we wore a shirt and skirt in winter with tights and a jumper. and once we were in year 10 we wore blazers, plus school hats, school socks, school backpacks. it was A Lot. while my public schools had uniforms they were often a polo shirt and bottoms ranging from pants, shorts, winter pants, skorts and skirts. (there girls could choose to wear any one they liked which only became a thing at my private school in 2018 i think? well after i graduated) also when u were like. Tiny. some schools in lower income areas just let you to wear the school colours rather than the uniform.
QI is not really a quiz show. It's a panel show, an entire genre with which Americans are mostly these days unfamiliar. Basically, the structure of the show exists mostly as a scaffolding on which to hang banter. Other notable panel shows include Would I Lie To You?, The Unbelievable Truth, Just a Minute, Eight Out of Ten Cats, Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown, The News Quiz, Mock the Week, and Have I Got News for You? Some of these are on the radio. From The Technical Difficulties team on UA-cam, there's Citation Needed and Two of These People Are Lying. And from Tom Scott also on UA-cam is the one-shot Questionable.
Been 5 months now. Have also seen another youtuber watching qi, and he's still up. Seems QI isn't as harsh on copyrights... as long as it's not a full episode.
What you call private school we call public school (for posh, wealthy kids etc) Most of us went to a normal state school (NON posh lol) Almost all schools have uniforms including primary school (for kids aged 4 - 11)
QI stands for Quite interesting, they have a round in the second part called general ignorance, which give ask questions should obvious, but aren't like, How many states are there in the United States of America ? Most people answer 50 but QI answer 46 as four are or use commonwealth, Virginia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. When the World war 2 end ? 1945 QI 1990 i think they give, since that the year they signed, treaty on the final settlement with respect to Germany, but it came in effective in 1991
'And now we have electric kettles you can plug in. I used one once in an office I think'.
As a Brit that cracked me up because if I haven't used a kettle at least 5 times a day both at home and at work I must be having a really bad day!
@@ToddReacts It must be our obsession with tea and also instant coffee (which is vile) that makes this sound funny. It's been so long since people used a kettle on the stove in the UK that if an electric one breaks, people wonder how the hell they can boil water.
@@ToddReacts Microwaving water to make tea is the only remaining capital offence in the UK.
@@SimSim-zf9if Really? You thought I was being literal rather than exaggerating for comedic effect? It seems that if you don't put LOL or an emoji after a comment, people don't understand your intent anymore.
Granted, it may not have been particularly funny.
@@ToddReacts 😳
Made me genuinely laugh out loud as well! My girl's American and it took me a while to discover electric kettle's aren't common place there; I was rather stunned. I refuse to boil water on the hob now as it takes me back to when the electric had run out and I'd spend days boiling water on the hob for tea and to wash while waiting for my wages to drop, never again 😂
It was so strange to hear you talking as though an electric kettle is a novelty, and saying you used one once! it would sound so funny to British people who've mostly use them multiple times a day for our whole lives 😃 good video. Stephen Fry is great 👏🏻
As a Brit, the idea that an electric kettle is some sort of rare commodity is bizarre lol
The funny thing is the first electric kettle was invented in Chicago 1891 but at the same time a Brit was inventing 1 which is the more like the version we use today
& the americans just copied the British design
See, in the UK, public schools are private schools. The poshest, most upper class private schools are referred to as 'public schools'. What you call public schools we would call state schools. And in answer to your question I was in a pretty standard state school. We had a school uniform but it was fairly basic. Most state school have uniforms once you get to secondary school age (11) . When I was a kid it was very unusual for primary school children (4-10) to wear uniforms, it was just secondary school that had them. These days I see a lot more primary schools with uniforms.
i was at school in scotland from 84 to 96 and had a uniform all the way through. having a school with no uniform was practically unheard of.
@@ToddReacts It's designed to do several things - to level the playing field - no-one is coming to school in designer gear while another child is wearing a bin-bag; it also takes the thinking out of what to wear each day so life is easier for the parents; and it's also about a shared identity and adherence to standards or rules. That's the idea anyway. I'm sure there are some other purposes behind it that I've missed as well!
That electric kettles are a special thing in the US amuses the rest of the world to no end. It's so quaint and backwards.
QI is well worth a look. There is an in-depth interview with Stephen by Mark Lawson that goes into his childhood, his struggles with depression. QI, as you've noticed, has been running for many years, various personalities have taken part, the regular being Alan Davies who you saw throughout this video. Stephen has since vacated the chair, to be replaced by Sandi Toksvig. The scoring system on QI is a law unto itself.
Stephen made a two part documentary on manic depression himself. While he obviously framed it with himself as an example, he interviewed lots of other people about it, too, both experts, and other people with bipolar disorder.
But I remember in particular that he talked with Griff Rhys-Jones about a party, where Stephen had been really down and considering suicide. Did Griff notice anything? "No, I thought you acted like you always do, chatting away with witty banter." Which really goes to show how people with severe depression still have a way to hide it inside themselves.
There was one Facebook friend of mine who took his own life. I didn't really know him, so I have no idea what might have been going on in his mind, but I did look at his last messages to see if there was anything I could have noticed. I can't say that there was. He was a movie critic, and some months earlier he'd severely trashed a movie that resulted in several angry responses from fans. I remember one to whom he just said: "Let's just agree to disagree, OK?" The outraged fan said "I hope you die." I can't believe that this stupid comment from a stranger could have affected anything, but I wish I could have seen the offending review. The movie in question was certainly no masterpiece, but I didn't think it deserved a bottom score. I kinda wonder if his depression might have expressed itself there.
Virtually every single household in the UK has an electric kettle.
@@ToddReacts every 30 mins for a cuppa when the adverts are on☕
You should definitely check out Qi.
You get hilarious banter between a great variety of guests, but you also learn lots of interesting things.
Thank Goodness for shows that ARE actually Funny! 😂…thanks for sharing this one 👍✨
Yes, we have fast electric kettles here in Britain. If you thought a kettle in the US was fast then you've not seen how fast ours are. We use 240V in UK. US is 120V. That means we can boil water twice as fast as you guys. There are some electric kettles that will boil water for a single cup of coffee and it takes less than 10 seconds.
We also have super fast toasters too.
I can wake up, turn on the kettle and toaster, go for me morning pee, and go back to find hot toast and a hot drink.
QI was, for many ears, one of the funniest things on television, mostly because Stephen fry was the QI Master, but also because of his verbal battles with his constant right-hand man, Alan Davies. I strongly recommend you watch more of the QI clips (with Stephen, not Sandi, as host. Nothing against Sandi, but Stepehn ran that show for 13 years, he's the best!), especially the Blue Whale Gag (series A-N) or QI Compilation Alan vs the moon(s).
I don't think Sandi is a bad replacement, but the panelists don't seem to tease her as much as they did Stephen. Although it was pretty hysterical when all of them bombarded her with Star Wars references. 😊
In the final clip next to Jimmy Carr was Rob Brydon, host of Would I Lie To You. I'm British, so obviously i'm familiar with all those guests, hopefully in time you'll get to see more of them.
Carrie Fisher, Teri Hatcher, and Cory Taylor of Slipknot, have all been on this show. Also US comedian Rich Hall used to appear fairly regularly.
At my Secondary School, ages 11 to 16, we wore a uniform. It was a very strict school and the uniform rules were very strict, also.
I'd find little loop holes in the rules just to annoy the teachers. For Example You could only wear dark brown or black shoes. I wore a pair of black leather trainers, with fluro colour pink laces. The sales receipt said "Black leather shoes" and nothing in the rules said I could not have pink laces.
It wasn't blocked. Yes all clever comedians
Every household in the UK has an electric kettle and has for at least 30 years
Honestly having used one at work - they’re amazing.
They started with season one called "A". We are now on season "S".
Actually they have just started on season U which i am guessing was delayed because of covid.
If you like this you should try Taskmaster ( but not the shit US version) it will make no sense😁 or Only Connect for your brain to implode😵
Stephen did 13 yeas of QI (series A to M) and Sandy has been hosting now for 6 years ( series N to S)
Maybe they switched to a Scandinavian host so they could keep it going for 29 seasons rather than having to end with 26. Coming up, series Æ, Ø and Å.
Most hotels in the UK have a kettle in the room with tea and coffee
In the uk we wear uniform in state school too
Lol, "I used an electric kettle once..." If you said that in the UK everyone would wonder what planet you were from. Have you tried brown sauce by the way?
Steven Fry voiced Twinings Tea adverts. They were blenders back in Victorian times.
QI is a great show. It is what is known as edutainment.
in the uk all schools have uniforms
In the UK a public school is fee paying, ie private; most people go to state schools and school uniforms are pretty standard.
@@ToddReacts In centuries past all schools were run by the Church which concentrated on religion. The aristocracy could afford private tutors but the emerging middle classes (ie the public) had to set up schools for their children to receive an all round education. Hence public schools
all schools in australia bar a few alternative schools have a uniform, public or private. i've been to both but fuck me they made BANK from us at my private school 80AUD for a dress (around 60USD) that we wore in summer and then we wore a shirt and skirt in winter with tights and a jumper. and once we were in year 10 we wore blazers, plus school hats, school socks, school backpacks. it was A Lot.
while my public schools had uniforms they were often a polo shirt and bottoms ranging from pants, shorts, winter pants, skorts and skirts. (there girls could choose to wear any one they liked which only became a thing at my private school in 2018 i think? well after i graduated) also when u were like. Tiny. some schools in lower income areas just let you to wear the school colours rather than the uniform.
More QI please! Cheers
There's tons of QI clips on UA-cam and I watch every one I see. Great show. Also check out the associated podcast, "No Such Thing as a Fish"!
QI is not really a quiz show. It's a panel show, an entire genre with which Americans are mostly these days unfamiliar. Basically, the structure of the show exists mostly as a scaffolding on which to hang banter. Other notable panel shows include Would I Lie To You?, The Unbelievable Truth, Just a Minute, Eight Out of Ten Cats, Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown, The News Quiz, Mock the Week, and Have I Got News for You? Some of these are on the radio.
From The Technical Difficulties team on UA-cam, there's Citation Needed and Two of These People Are Lying. And from Tom Scott also on UA-cam is the one-shot Questionable.
do most Americans understand 'what side does Sir dress on ?'
Do Americans understand ANYTHING?
Been 5 months now. Have also seen another youtuber watching qi, and he's still up. Seems QI isn't as harsh on copyrights... as long as it's not a full episode.
What you call private school we call public school (for posh, wealthy kids etc)
Most of us went to a normal state school (NON posh lol)
Almost all schools have uniforms including primary school (for kids aged 4 - 11)
QI stands for Quite interesting, they have a round in the second part called general ignorance, which give ask questions should obvious, but aren't like,
How many states are there in the United States of America ?
Most people answer 50 but QI answer 46 as four are or use commonwealth, Virginia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania.
When the World war 2 end ?
1945
QI 1990 i think they give, since that the year they signed, treaty on the final settlement with respect to Germany, but it came in effective in 1991
All schools in England, public and private wear uniforms
this show has been on since 2001 i think
With school uniforms it was more how you wore it. The less smart the cooler you were apparently
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