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  • Will Northern Ireland get back with Ireland?! | Foil Arms and Hog
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  • @burnstick1380
    @burnstick1380 3 роки тому +4997

    "evry time i look up I see Scotland on top of you it's like I'm a bit on the side" ~ wales to england.
    That line is just pure comedy

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +311

      Thanks!

    • @ElizabethJones-pv3sj
      @ElizabethJones-pv3sj 3 роки тому +93

      That was a dragon??!! it looked like a red fleur de lis and I couldn't figure out what in hell it was supposed to mean.

    • @cometmoon4485
      @cometmoon4485 3 роки тому +57

      @@ElizabethJones-pv3sj Yeah, I thought it looked like a fleur de lis, as well. I was trying to figure out what country he was, I was like: "is that France"?

    • @louisgray3479
      @louisgray3479 3 роки тому +65

      @@cometmoon4485 France would make the whole thing even more complicated. I mean they are England's arch enemy, but they used to have a long standing relationship with Scotland.

    • @lovepeace5845
      @lovepeace5845 3 роки тому +43

      The symbol of 3 feathers isn’t really a Welsh one. It’s come to be associated with Welsh Rugby and ‘the Prince of Wales’. The red dragon/draig goch, a leek or a daffodil would have been more appropriate to represent Wales.

  • @Seafarer64
    @Seafarer64 3 роки тому +5652

    England in a "committed relationship"?!? Wait until she finds out about how many colonies he's left scattered all across the world! 😂

    • @lorcabernada8038
      @lorcabernada8038 3 роки тому +338

      Yeah... non consensual though

    • @jackdai5068
      @jackdai5068 3 роки тому +101

      @@lorcabernada8038 just stuck it in. Released the juices and on to the next

    • @roisinmalone3015
      @roisinmalone3015 3 роки тому +41

      @@lorcabernada8038
      So was Ireland

    • @eleni1968
      @eleni1968 3 роки тому +126

      This just in: North America is still reeling. 245 years later, the US is still in full blown denial of her feelings and keeps insisting that "leaving was best for the both of us."; meanwhile, Canada is pretending to be "totally OK with having an Open Relationship". PS because of FAH, I LOVE THURSDAYS!!!

    • @joanhoffman3702
      @joanhoffman3702 3 роки тому +5

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @mayfriend2959
    @mayfriend2959 3 роки тому +1479

    "you need to respect my boundaries."
    "what boundaries?"
    an underrated line that make me snort

    • @ramonparelladamartin4877
      @ramonparelladamartin4877 Рік тому +6

      I don't get it, could you explain, please?

    • @meganm1074
      @meganm1074 Рік тому +37

      I think it’s referring to nth irelands open border with Ireland. Hugely important for peace there.

  • @wendyblevins3950
    @wendyblevins3950 3 роки тому +2076

    "Well this England seems like quite the player."
    - Truer geopolitical words have never been spoken.

    • @Tewhill357
      @Tewhill357 3 роки тому +24

      A.k.a the Pirate Empire

    • @anonymous_selkie
      @anonymous_selkie 2 роки тому +13

      this sketch gives a whole new meaning to "lie back and think of England" LOL! 😉

    • @bernardmcavoy1864
      @bernardmcavoy1864 2 роки тому +6

      @@Tewhill357 Yes; and we are proud of it.

    • @JoRiver11
      @JoRiver11 2 роки тому +4

      @@bernardmcavoy1864 You probably shouldn't assume that you speak for your fellow English.

    • @bernardmcavoy1864
      @bernardmcavoy1864 2 роки тому +6

      @@JoRiver11 I do not make any such assumptions. Neither will I be made to feel guilty for any historical wrongs committed centuries before I was born.
      I do not condone the shameful abuse of the Irish people over eight centuries. The sheer cruelty and stupidity of English rule in Ireland is truly breathtaking.

  • @pranjali_meshram
    @pranjali_meshram 3 роки тому +2609

    England is totally committed to being polycountreous, but you can't miss the physical connection between Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. So on point and freaking wacky. Loved it.

    • @isobellabrett
      @isobellabrett 3 роки тому +140

      But England is always really controlling with any of his relationships. With him it's just 'take, take, take'

    • @ProjectEkerTest33
      @ProjectEkerTest33 3 роки тому +75

      @@isobellabrett No no that was the old Britain... now we're about keep, keep, keep

    • @pranjali_meshram
      @pranjali_meshram 3 роки тому +30

      We can surmise that it is 'take and keep'

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 3 роки тому +27

      @@pranjali_meshram very much an attitude of What's yours is mine and what's mine's my own.
      Except for the 10% Norse.

    • @pranjali_meshram
      @pranjali_meshram 3 роки тому +14

      @@michellebyrom6551 You made me laugh... Also, who knows, they might lay claim on that too.

  • @SomethingS________
    @SomethingS________ 3 роки тому +1613

    the "what boundaries" line is underated

    • @ericpraline
      @ericpraline 3 роки тому +15

      I agree

    • @josuibarretxe6544
      @josuibarretxe6544 3 роки тому +70

      Yeah, there were several geographycal references in the video, such us, ‘physical connection’ or Scotland being on top of England while Wales is pushed aside.

    • @michaelgaughan2668
      @michaelgaughan2668 3 роки тому +11

      Just a throw away comment that was absolutely brilliant.

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 3 роки тому +11

      And the look that went with it

    • @itsme-sn5gi
      @itsme-sn5gi 3 роки тому +8

      Yes the south does have an issue respecting our boundaries

  • @devine9018
    @devine9018 3 роки тому +565

    "I feel like naebody's f***in' listenin' tae me" is a summery of literally all of Scotland-England politics and I live for it

    • @d26k164
      @d26k164 2 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature
      @IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature 2 роки тому +14

      I feel like that's just everybody V. England.
      England, "you don't know what you're talking about. I know what's best for all of you, and that's just what's best for me ...largely at your expense"

    • @Oxley016
      @Oxley016 Рік тому +1

      @@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature Couldn't be further from the truth though. Scotland has it's own devolved parliament where they get to vote on Scotland specific matters without interference from the other UK nations while the same is NOT true for England. Also England has to foot the bill for the Scottish NHS handling the Scottish drug and obesity crisis as well as Scotland's free university for all policy.

    • @ekspatriat
      @ekspatriat 9 місяців тому

      Except Scotland got its referendum and guess what?

    • @jetsflyingoffatrain4338
      @jetsflyingoffatrain4338 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ekspatriatEngland made a bunch of threats that's what
      Such as I don't know... Saying they we would be vetoed by them if we tried to join the EU. Look where that got us?

  • @missfjemy4206
    @missfjemy4206 3 роки тому +661

    Hog is such a chameleon. He can play a mother, a room mate, a servant, a child, a gangster and now a heart broken female country. He mastered the art of acting.

    • @fomorians
      @fomorians 3 роки тому +23

      And a priest.

    • @belbrighton6479
      @belbrighton6479 2 роки тому

      And looks like a young Mark Rylands? This amazing actor (Trial of the Chicago 7 anyone?) maybe had a love child? Xx

    • @hoangyen147
      @hoangyen147 2 роки тому +5

      Indeed. He was sooo good in this.

    • @tonyatthebeach
      @tonyatthebeach 2 роки тому +20

      Hog is more of a chameleon when you consider he's just a character played by Anne Flanagan

  • @impishDullahan
    @impishDullahan 3 роки тому +2424

    I want a whole Derry Girls parody where Hog plays all the girls now.

  • @KatT89
    @KatT89 3 роки тому +590

    Wales being the bit on the side is just genius 🤣

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +94

      haha, hoped people hadn't missed that

    • @JimmyS.25
      @JimmyS.25 3 роки тому +8

      Reminds me of when Northern Ireland and Wales had sing off at the euros in 2016 😆

    • @dgill441
      @dgill441 3 роки тому +1

      @@foilarmsandhog I almost did but then realized and watched again !

    • @clarestubbs9303
      @clarestubbs9303 3 роки тому +6

      @@foilarmsandhog I caught the bit about "Scotland on top of you" but missed the "bit on the side" until I read a comment above. Now I am crying! 😂😂😂

    • @helen_crimmins
      @helen_crimmins 3 роки тому +1

      @@clarestubbs9303 I heard the Scottish bit... But it went over my head...missed the Welsh bit...

  • @rosebonior4691
    @rosebonior4691 3 роки тому +115

    That “He doesn’t give a shite about her” line really got me. I wanna give Ireland a hug. 🥺 Hog is so adorable as Northern Ireland and I love all the accents here. You’ve outdone yourselves again lads. Comedy with such dramatic flair. Utterly amazing.

  • @almasakic1148
    @almasakic1148 6 місяців тому +7

    "because I know I'll never have the same physical connection they have" *bursts into tears* brilliant

  • @DrMunns
    @DrMunns 3 роки тому +1174

    I NEED to see the extended version of this with Scotland and Wales

    • @BelcarrigFarm
      @BelcarrigFarm 3 роки тому +95

      And the isle of man is in the middle of it all

    • @DrMunns
      @DrMunns 3 роки тому +36

      @@BelcarrigFarm like the older sibling that's moved out and got on with their life

    • @themaggattack
      @themaggattack 2 роки тому +16

      They do have another sketch including Scotland and Wales in a whole family divorce melt down. It's hilarious.

    • @chronicallyboredenby
      @chronicallyboredenby 2 роки тому +9

      @@BelcarrigFarm and Gibraltar trapped under the bed

    • @johnlavin7838
      @johnlavin7838 2 роки тому +2

      @@themaggattack what is the name for that video, i’ve looked, but carnt find it.

  • @DomskiPlays
    @DomskiPlays 3 роки тому +507

    "I'll never have the same physical connection they have" LMFAO THAT WAS GOLD

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey Рік тому +3

      Just wait until that tunnel is built! Weird to think that Great Britain is more connected to France than it is to Northern Ireland.

  • @KingsNeverDie100
    @KingsNeverDie100 3 роки тому +398

    Okay, but as a Swedish person, let me just say that Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have had very similar situations, if you need inspirations for a followup of this kind of sketch :) Also, great viking cameo lol!

    • @Qimelody
      @Qimelody 3 роки тому +35

      And Finland is a bit on the side...

    • @Jotari
      @Jotari 3 роки тому +23

      Dont forget Greenland in that mix.

    • @vanefreja86
      @vanefreja86 3 роки тому +10

      And the Faroe Islands! For that one can help but love "Scandinavia and the world 😅":
      satwcomic.com/not-norway
      satwcomic.com/they-grow-up-so-fast

    • @seamusoluasigh9296
      @seamusoluasigh9296 3 роки тому +19

      Not even going to mention Iceland and as for the Vinland affair..... well!

    • @jorgemiller325
      @jorgemiller325 2 роки тому +3

      Iceland?

  • @juliaspoonie3627
    @juliaspoonie3627 3 роки тому +235

    Next time: Northern Ireland and Ireland go to marriage counselling only to find out England is there with the EU 😂

    • @hannahbee264
      @hannahbee264 3 роки тому +3

      Getting therapy... or as the counselors? Cause both sound great :)

    • @thedeaforc
      @thedeaforc 3 роки тому +4

      Eu will sleep with everyone, including the Russian

    • @Runaway26
      @Runaway26 3 роки тому

      N. Ireland, scotland and wales fed up with English rule.

    • @ApeX-pj4mq
      @ApeX-pj4mq 3 роки тому +4

      @@Runaway26 No

    • @theinternet206
      @theinternet206 3 роки тому

      @@ApeX-pj4mq Northern Ireland is about to cease to exist as its basically still in the Eu lol

  • @greype563
    @greype563 3 роки тому +1150

    I might not be Irish but man oh man countries fueding as a dating game is hilarious. Always a good day when insomnia keeps me up to see a sketch as soon as it's released

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +110

      Cheers Grey! insomnia is the worst

    • @hotbeefymcd8162
      @hotbeefymcd8162 3 роки тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog Bobby Kerr: Wha?

    • @zanussidish8144
      @zanussidish8144 3 роки тому +5

      It's not a dating game but the equivalent of an exploitation show. Not sure where you are from to give an equivalent.

    • @fergalhughes165
      @fergalhughes165 3 роки тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog fascism's worse

    • @fergalhughes165
      @fergalhughes165 3 роки тому

      .. and soggy bread

  • @tilliebops
    @tilliebops 3 роки тому +1736

    As a Dane, I predicted that twist. Come home, babies. We'll take good care of you.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 роки тому +74

      I'm Danish now.... Hi!

    • @tilliebops
      @tilliebops 3 роки тому +27

      @@SamFAHntha well seeing as your mom is Danish it would make sense that you're danish too.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 роки тому +9

      @@tilliebops Yes!!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +234

      DID YOU. wow. fair play

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 роки тому +14

      @@foilarmsandhog Someone is getting greedy with those gold stars now...

  • @sqwark4523
    @sqwark4523 3 роки тому +17

    I say this with complete seriousness. This might be the best one yet. The light, camera and sound quality is amazing. The accents are perfect and the parody and originality is blends brilliantly. Absolute top work!!

  • @MHTutorials3D
    @MHTutorials3D 3 роки тому +738

    You lot are amazing

    • @siskoanimations7761
      @siskoanimations7761 3 роки тому +5

      Fancy seeing you here Mike, greetings from Ireland! Big fan of your tutorials and channel!

    • @MHTutorials3D
      @MHTutorials3D 3 роки тому +4

      @@siskoanimations7761 I love this channel ! Glad you like my vids !

  • @AliceB207
    @AliceB207 3 роки тому +507

    Foil's scandal face throughout all of this is just *chef's kiss*

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +89

      He's playing them all

    • @soniastoichita2405
      @soniastoichita2405 3 роки тому +30

      @@foilarmsandhog For someone with the stage name Foil, his eyes are incredibly expressive. Both endearing and annoying when paired with his deadpan face. 😂

    • @linnea_likelinearwithoutther
      @linnea_likelinearwithoutther 3 роки тому +29

      @@soniastoichita2405 100% agree, I can watch Foil's expressions all day! His course at Expressions College really paid off (an old sketch of theirs) 😊

  • @hehemusicauthorfreak
    @hehemusicauthorfreak 3 роки тому +959

    That moment where I thought this was gonna be Blind Date but it's actually Jeremy Kyle 😅 this was a really cool sketch idea loved it !!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +122

      haha it did feel a bit blind date at times

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 3 роки тому +11

      Jeremy Kyle-is that the UK version of Maury Povich? Kuz I thought it was Maury.

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey 3 роки тому +2

      @@Rainbowgrrl He’s no longer on air, even in repeats - but, judging by the bits of Maury Povich that I have seen on UA-cam, it has similarities - Jeremy Kyle took the show to America for a while!
      Some of the shows that he did seemed like a toned-down version of Jerry Springer! In fact, Jerry Springer was the original host!

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 3 роки тому

      @@arthurvasey ahhh yep seems like it is indeed the uk version then, and anything that had Jerry Springer’s name on it was an absolute scream! Maybe I need to look up Jeremy Kyle and see if I can find it somewhere like on UA-cam or whatever. Thanks for confirming.

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey 3 роки тому

      @@Rainbowgrrl He was all over UA-cam - then, when his show was taken off the air following the death of a participant, the official UA-cam clips were taken off and channels that featured clips, the clips were removed!

  • @amandakonoralma
    @amandakonoralma 3 роки тому +72

    I love when 'Ireland' looks at 'Northern Ireland' with loving gaze..adorable🥰

    • @larkatdawn
      @larkatdawn 7 місяців тому

      Yep, before he turns into an abusive spouse and brings her down to the same level of corruption and degredation!

  • @glendaburton903
    @glendaburton903 4 місяці тому +4

    I am American and you men are so talented!! Thanks for the laughs!!

  • @seanswift1072
    @seanswift1072 3 роки тому +394

    I know you guys are good because half the time I forget you're the same three people acting out different roles in the sketch

  • @rojprakash5161
    @rojprakash5161 3 роки тому +313

    Have they tried rescheduling their therapy sessions? I heard that agreements made on a Friday are supposed to be good.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +64

      VERY GOOD ROJ

    • @shannansword
      @shannansword 3 роки тому +18

      This comment absolutely wins for today! This pun would be worthy of being added to the sketch! LOL!!

  • @lizm3192
    @lizm3192 3 роки тому +54

    I’m Trinidadian 🇹🇹 and I don’t know much about Ireland and England’s relationship but this was very funny and surprisingly very educational 😂...

    • @Inkyminkyzizwoz
      @Inkyminkyzizwoz 3 роки тому +2

      Watch WonderWhy's video on why Ireland divided

    • @CM-pf1xc
      @CM-pf1xc 3 роки тому +5

      Highly recommend cp grey video on England/uk/Great Britain

  • @TheSilentStan
    @TheSilentStan 5 місяців тому +3

    This is such a good looking sketch. Every time I come back to it, the lighting, the filming, it looks so slick and it’s so well done… not to mention being cleverly written. Some big budget comedies on tv wouldn’t look this good or be this funny… Foil, Arms and Hog at their best in my opinion. 🙏💙 and all done by themselves.

  • @elisabethmenck5219
    @elisabethmenck5219 3 роки тому +462

    And don't forget England's long distance relationship with Australia! Brilliant lads.

    • @HenriZwols
      @HenriZwols 3 роки тому +47

      And India. Large parts of Africa. That violent breakup with North-America. And a whole range of one-night-stands.

    • @jamescanjuggle
      @jamescanjuggle 3 роки тому +35

      @@HenriZwols I heard they aren't even paying child support either

    • @educatedimagination2046
      @educatedimagination2046 3 роки тому +16

      And Canada...

    • @swayamsouravdash704
      @swayamsouravdash704 3 роки тому

      @@HenriZwols India is in Asia not Africa

    • @Delinae
      @Delinae 3 роки тому +21

      @@HenriZwols I prefer to think of North America and Australia as kids who grew up and left home, and are now baffled by how weird their parents are.

  • @terrythefatshark.4174
    @terrythefatshark.4174 3 роки тому +169

    Irish bloke in the UK with a government job and this is going on the intranet.

    • @DaVane
      @DaVane 3 роки тому +7

      You might want to get it vetted first - might be confused with IRA propaganda! 😛

    • @terrythefatshark.4174
      @terrythefatshark.4174 3 роки тому +6

      @@DaVane wouldn't be the first time... ;)

    • @aidanmagill6769
      @aidanmagill6769 3 роки тому +1

      @@DaVane well, there are a lot of terror emblems on display 😂

  • @katreeves64
    @katreeves64 Рік тому +3

    I've seen Hog in the role of a bashful maiden in several sketches and, I gotta say, he just nails it. Very cute!

  • @hogejo
    @hogejo 3 роки тому +11

    OMG the editing! Even the surprised movement and zoom in from the camera guy! Brilliant! You've come a long way from being 3 local dudes to a professional studio like! Respect!

  • @edwardfriedman9438
    @edwardfriedman9438 3 роки тому +225

    You could say Northern Ireland was dealing with some troubles.

    • @ntlespino
      @ntlespino 3 роки тому +14

      YOU DID NOT 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ardotte
      @ardotte 3 роки тому +11

      Sure I was waiting for some wordplay on troubles myself...

    • @killerjob12
      @killerjob12 3 роки тому +5

      Boom tish 🥁

    • @aidanmagill6769
      @aidanmagill6769 3 роки тому +6

      That's such a brilliantly obvious line, they'll be kicking themselves for not thinking of it

    • @wayneparker9331
      @wayneparker9331 3 роки тому +3

      I was wondering why they didn't use that pun in the sketch. It just begged for it!!!

  • @chrisgabele75
    @chrisgabele75 3 роки тому +634

    It's everybody's drama until you realize the Isle of Man is just in the middle of it all.

    • @josuibarretxe6544
      @josuibarretxe6544 3 роки тому +42

      And He is happy being a friend with benefit with England.

    • @orlaoto5794
      @orlaoto5794 3 роки тому +10

      Yeah but the Irish had him first!

    • @tobiasglendenning7966
      @tobiasglendenning7966 3 роки тому +6

      Their just the friend with benefits just doing their own thing

    • @KingofDrama1
      @KingofDrama1 3 роки тому +3

      What about the jersey islands or the colonies

    • @orlaoto5794
      @orlaoto5794 3 роки тому +6

      @@KingofDrama1 Ah, sure they were only teenage flings... on again, off again.

  • @miamoberg827
    @miamoberg827 5 місяців тому +2

    The manuscript is awesome. Just the right lines thru the whole sketch. I love this! "Yes.. No.. A little"

  • @CuFhoirthe88
    @CuFhoirthe88 3 місяці тому +2

    "I feel like naebody's fookin' listnin' tae me!" Ooft as a contrarian Scot with niche ideologies, I felt that.

  • @mitaalishukla
    @mitaalishukla 3 роки тому +90

    I don't even have anything witty to say, just in awe of how excellent the quality of writing and acting and production is, yet again. Flawless, you lot are!

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 3 роки тому +4

      So. Very. True.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +24

      Thanks Mitaali, i've nothing witty to write back other than, thanks!

  • @mrmitchtheman1433
    @mrmitchtheman1433 3 роки тому +329

    We need a song. WE NEED A SONG!
    I loved the Brexit one, and THIS one deserves one

  • @constanzeli9915
    @constanzeli9915 3 роки тому +22

    I completly relate to Northern Ireland here: Everytime I see Arms I question my relationship with my bf.

  • @puthabibah9689
    @puthabibah9689 Рік тому +16

    Guys please make a sequel out of this, this is so good 😭

  • @Maryam-qe8xt
    @Maryam-qe8xt 3 роки тому +347

    What I do on the way to school everyday
    Monday: music
    Tuesday: music
    Wednesday: music
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  • @justtippinmytophat2u647
    @justtippinmytophat2u647 3 роки тому +126

    Lin Manuel miranda: *writes breakup song about Britain and america*
    FAH: *writes break up sketch about Britain and ireland*
    Loved the video! Norse showing up at the end was hilarious. 😂

    • @thil28
      @thil28 3 роки тому

      I LOL at that ending, it was so hilarious 🤣 🤣🤣🤣😂 these guys are so brilliant! Thank you FAH!

    • @allgodsnomasters2822
      @allgodsnomasters2822 3 роки тому

      lin manuel miranda wrote a musical glorifying a guy who helped run one of the biggest human trafficking organizations in history

    • @resourcedragon
      @resourcedragon 3 роки тому +2

      There is an earlier Foil Arms and Hog sketch about the Brexit break-up, it's also very funny.

  • @RickyMacHatton
    @RickyMacHatton 3 роки тому +79

    As an Englishman, I can confirm that we enter every room with a customary ‘oi oi!’

    • @borgCube100
      @borgCube100 3 роки тому +3

      Can you also confirm that most of England literally gives 0 shits if N.I leave?
      P.S that was a recent poll done

    • @RickyMacHatton
      @RickyMacHatton 3 роки тому +6

      Borg Cube 100 the thing is I bet that every Englishman I know or ever have known was not asked to participate in that poll. We genuinely generally like the other ‘home nations’ til we hear or read how much they hate us. Then we get Uber defensive.

    • @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice
      @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice 2 роки тому +2

      @@RickyMacHatton Defensive? That's ironic

    • @RickyMacHatton
      @RickyMacHatton 2 роки тому +2

      Connor Barkington indeed. Like rain on your wedding day

    • @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice
      @Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice 2 роки тому +2

      @@RickyMacHatton Yeah, or like a free ride when you've already paid.

  • @madisonthecat88
    @madisonthecat88 3 роки тому +54

    Imagine North and South Korea as former conjoined twins on the next episode with US and Russia (and China) which were the ones who separated them.

  • @suecole6473
    @suecole6473 3 роки тому +46

    That was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I feel very strongly about how NI is being treated (I'm English/Welsh) at the moment and I can't believe how fair this is. History without bias, so beautifully controlled. Plus, congratulations on the new lens.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +10

      Thanks Sue!

    • @shelleyphilcox4743
      @shelleyphilcox4743 3 роки тому

      A bit of bias...after all, forgot to mention Scotlands role in all this from King James VI of Scotland, House of Stewart, or Charles I and the fact that they exported more Scots to Ireland than English! Hence Ulster Scots language! Quite a big ommission really, especially in light of Scotland wanting a divorce so they can marry 26 other countries now!!!!!!! :O

  • @rhianheulwen
    @rhianheulwen 3 роки тому +24

    Fantastic sketch ! Absolutely loved the ‘I’ll never have the same physical connection’ line and Wales being ‘the bit on the side’...Foil’s Welsh accent was certainly something 🤣 chwarae teg !
    (more zooming is great btw)

  • @tobiMelka
    @tobiMelka 4 місяці тому +1

    I can't get enough of this sketch... just too bloody brilliant 😂😅😂 Love Arms playing both, the 'looser' as well as the 'winner', who in the end, need to face another competition 🙃😁👌

  • @chrisusher7097
    @chrisusher7097 3 роки тому +8

    I love the way you guys explain Ireland and it's relationships to UK and Europe. It great.....you simplify a complex subject. There was another sketch you did a while back which was brilliantly told.

  • @radwizard
    @radwizard 3 роки тому +33

    "What boundaries?" I'm dying! Silently killing like a ninja!

  • @semayarahmet20
    @semayarahmet20 3 роки тому +50

    OMG! Watching Ireland made me sad. Arms literally 'lives' his role. You're amazing lads 🤍

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +41

      Over 30 years of method acting

    • @delevator8755
      @delevator8755 3 роки тому +6

      At the same time I found that character oddly sexy. I guess it's the sensitivity and emotional maturity he exuded. Damn, I'm old.

    • @fomorians
      @fomorians 3 роки тому +2

      @@delevator8755 Arms charms.

    • @anonymous_selkie
      @anonymous_selkie 2 роки тому +1

      @@delevator8755 You're no the only one 😉 it doesn't hurt that he looks so cute in this sketch too 😍

  • @mrmillslee
    @mrmillslee 8 місяців тому +3

    I’m English and I found this …. Hilarious 🤣🤣 well done guys and the imitation and accents of the Welsh and Scottish 😂

  • @devonlawton1149
    @devonlawton1149 3 роки тому +7

    I just finished two major projects for my master's on Northern Ireland, and honestly, this is exactly what I need.

    • @larkatdawn
      @larkatdawn 7 місяців тому

      Please tell me you're not in the USA...

  • @senseispud2197
    @senseispud2197 3 роки тому +183

    Hog should go on Derry Girls because that accent is brilliant

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +79

      They're doing great without us! but, obviously we'd love to be asked haha

  • @benrobson2202
    @benrobson2202 3 роки тому +60

    "what boundaries?"
    yer a riot😂😂

    • @lounakin
      @lounakin 3 роки тому +4

      actually it was 'what boundaries' ;)

    • @benrobson2202
      @benrobson2202 3 роки тому

      @@lounakin 👍

  • @aquasky77
    @aquasky77 Рік тому +1

    The best line in this sketch is from Whales to England. How is a simple geographical fact so funny. Kudos to whoever wrote the line and Foil for perfect delivery.

  • @autiethoughties6898
    @autiethoughties6898 10 місяців тому +4

    The entire situation explained perfectly in under 4 minutes. 💪

  • @josuibarretxe6544
    @josuibarretxe6544 3 роки тому +29

    England being ‘Polycountrious” just killed me. Literally, I’m LMAO.

  • @cheerfulcharlie9916
    @cheerfulcharlie9916 3 роки тому +57

    Fantastic costumes lads - Arms’ inside out green t-shirt, Hog’s very sexy kilt & trainers combo, & then the Union Jack pants arrive! 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +20

      Absolute shambles, but we seem to have gotten away with it

    • @cheerfulcharlie9916
      @cheerfulcharlie9916 3 роки тому +7

      Arms, is Foil in his Christmas stream reindeer PJs as Wales?? 😂😂😂
      (Good catch Danish Turtle!!)

    • @squirrelsforshort3157
      @squirrelsforshort3157 2 роки тому

      @@cheerfulcharlie9916 (I scrolled through a LOT of comments to see if someone had brought this up 🥵) I think it is Arms' Xmas PJ top, looks like it says Cupid rather than Dasher?

    • @cheerfulcharlie9916
      @cheerfulcharlie9916 2 роки тому +1

      @@squirrelsforshort3157 Congratulations! 🏅Here’s a medal for scrolling through 12kms of comments to find this one 😆
      And you’re correct! Foil & Hog got the Dasher tops, Arms was given Cupid

  • @anxelica993
    @anxelica993 3 роки тому +6

    This show needs to return! You lot have never disappointed me. Going to one of your live gigs is on top of my bucket list

  • @recognizesealand572
    @recognizesealand572 3 роки тому +75

    England was such a player he was literally with a quarter of the world

    • @recognizesealand572
      @recognizesealand572 3 роки тому +1

      @MoCo MoCo I mean in the skit Scotland and Wales are with england, but they clearly dont want to be so based on the skits logic england wouldn't be a rapist.
      Ps just saying in the skit abviously not that imperialism was good

    • @christineagnew7372
      @christineagnew7372 3 роки тому +2

      as a Canadian, I can confirm;)

    • @recognizesealand572
      @recognizesealand572 3 роки тому +1

      @@christineagnew7372 same

    • @recognizesealand572
      @recognizesealand572 2 роки тому +2

      @Athos Aramis didn't a shit ton of Irish die in a famine caused by England, and force the Irish into indentured servitude.

  • @Sumedha.7
    @Sumedha.7 3 роки тому +87

    I have had more fun learning Irish/British history from your videos than I've had from learning Indian history in school all these years.
    Also, I'm imagining FAH franchises in different countries, and that would be so brilliant. 🌍

  • @jennyormrod2288
    @jennyormrod2288 3 роки тому +22

    Okay soppy comment alert!
    Today's date is always difficult for me (I'm not going to go into why but it's a sad day for me) but when I realised it would be a Thursday I knew it would be okay because it's Foil Arms and Hog day!
    I hope you realise what you are for some of us. Quite often for me, you are a moment of light in a dark week, like today.
    You also make me laugh so much that I'm often still laughing about it hours later!
    Thank you for posting every week.
    Okay soppiness is over now! I'll go back to my normal comments next week!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +14

      Hi Jenny, thank you so much for sharing that with us, glad we could give you a laugh and a bit of distraction, much needed at times. All the best - A x

    • @daftirishmarej1827
      @daftirishmarej1827 3 роки тому +3

      Keep laughing Jenny xx

    • @LuluDumpling
      @LuluDumpling 3 роки тому +3

      Jenny I can relate.. A good dose of FAH on those sad days really does help, especially when it's a fresh new sketch which gives it an extra kick! Keep going and keep laughing xxx🤗

  • @AlmaGemela
    @AlmaGemela 3 роки тому +10

    Guys, you create masterpieces! Every single time it is like a favourite song on repeat! It seems that I have watched this sketch 15 times today!)) Wish you a lot of inspiration and joy in your life! Warmest and kindest greetings to you from Ukraine!

  • @nicoletheowl691
    @nicoletheowl691 3 роки тому +9

    Ah, where to begin? This is brilliant! The puns, the costumes, the accents, the set (good job, lighting guy!), the whole idea 👌
    Arms, where on earth did you find those trousers?!? 😂

  • @electriclllady
    @electriclllady 3 роки тому +41

    A true masterpiece! Also very grateful for the clear explanation of the cultural history of alliances between Ireland, Northern Ireland, England , Scotland, Wales and Europe! I have studied this academically and never come across a clearer explanation - Thank you!!!! Love from Melbourne ❤

  • @MeMe-kt2kb
    @MeMe-kt2kb 3 роки тому +73

    Ha I got recommended this right after watching an Irish history video, lovely coincidence

  • @lilywithkick
    @lilywithkick 2 роки тому +4

    the 3 of them getting all excited about their new toy is honestly adorable

  • @Xerdoz
    @Xerdoz 6 місяців тому +1

    Jersey is just floating away and Gibraltar is in a long distance relationship.

  • @josephinecronin1195
    @josephinecronin1195 3 роки тому +12

    “We are never ever ever …. Getting back together “ Or …..
    Beautifully done. Love the arrow. Super cheesy.

  • @AzuraBlackHeart
    @AzuraBlackHeart 3 роки тому +167

    These videos are the only reason I know it's Thursday

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +50

      Us too

    • @isobellabrett
      @isobellabrett 3 роки тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog most weeks. 🤪

    • @esrat2508
      @esrat2508 3 роки тому +5

      Once I thought it was wednesday and they uploaded a video in an abnormal time. Even the comments didn’t wake me up. After a while I went like “wait a minute...” Fah gives me a sense of time during corona

  • @Ensign_Roque
    @Ensign_Roque Рік тому +3

    This sketch is just so good and hilarious 😂 on so many levels. The pesonalities of the different countries are great. It's a bit hard to understand all the fine nuances as an outsider. But so well done. I love it ❤❤❤
    I hope we see them again sometime.

  • @LairMistress
    @LairMistress 2 роки тому +4

    Hi from Seattle USA! You guys are helping me snap out of a depressed state right now--so of course I've subscribed! Keep 'em coming! :)

  • @spioradbeag
    @spioradbeag 3 роки тому +13

    “10% Norse” SENT ME 😂

  • @Peacich
    @Peacich 3 роки тому +49

    Let's hope it's a clean breakup. The children suffer the most in such situations.

    • @rebekahw944
      @rebekahw944 3 роки тому +4

      Nah. The US just ran away from home. Lol

  • @1A2Blueboy
    @1A2Blueboy Рік тому +3

    I’m English, but you know these guys are spot on with the way they present the situation and attitudes etc.

  • @clairee4939
    @clairee4939 Рік тому +1

    The physical connection! 😂”it’s like I’m a bit on the side”!😅

  • @VoltronKnight
    @VoltronKnight 3 роки тому +8

    thanks to your videos on Brexit, I as someone outside of the UK understood the references and chuckled at this video

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +4

      Ooh really? that's cool

    • @VoltronKnight
      @VoltronKnight 3 роки тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog oh yes 😁

    • @ginahn387
      @ginahn387 3 роки тому +3

      Me too! I never understood a thing about Brexit, until I found their videos including The Brexit Song, The Divorce, and this one. FAH are more than just comedians! 🌟🍀

  • @buskergirl
    @buskergirl 3 роки тому +21

    Ireland: "What boundaries?" 🤣

  • @authormichellefranklin
    @authormichellefranklin 3 роки тому +5

    Foil's welsh accent is ace 😂 Hogg's mock Derry is amazing. Ah, Na Lads. Another brilliant one.

  • @ohiofalconer
    @ohiofalconer 2 роки тому +4

    I lost it when northern Ireland said she'll never have the same physical connection

  • @lakbaylahi
    @lakbaylahi 3 роки тому +21

    Foil's got that hosting down, he can have a side gig doing that 😁 Such a brilliant way to talk about complicated relationships 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +12

      He really does

    • @Tflexxx02
      @Tflexxx02 2 роки тому

      Was that a slight American accent...asks the American?

  • @BethanyLowe8773
    @BethanyLowe8773 3 роки тому +15

    Joins your top sketches! More educational than information I can find out elsewhere XD As an English person "Oi oi!" made me cringe about us at first but as usual you make him loveable - and what a classic accent!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +17

      I did LOADS of different entrances , allo allo and everything, and the lads like Oi oi! haha

    • @robson7501
      @robson7501 3 роки тому +2

      Oi means Hi in portuguese.

  • @EloyRojas
    @EloyRojas 3 роки тому +3

    I love when you do sketches like this one.
    The best way to understand the complex relationship of these nations.
    Greetings from Belfast

  • @dmgroberts5471
    @dmgroberts5471 Рік тому +2

    England: "Look, I have a LOT of countries I'm interested in."

  • @genfisher2456
    @genfisher2456 3 роки тому +11

    Haha that was brilliant🤣 new lense was DEFINITELY not overused...

  • @DavidCruickshank
    @DavidCruickshank 3 роки тому +109

    I’m surprised an Irish man was able to wear Union Jack trousers without bursting into flames. TIL 😅

    • @chelle.chelle
      @chelle.chelle 2 роки тому +2

      I cackled haha

    • @TragoudistrosMPH
      @TragoudistrosMPH Рік тому +4

      Lol I had a Union jack beach towel and taunted an English friend (from Isle of Mann, actually) by pointedly and vigorously drying my bottom.
      His expression was priceless 🤣

  • @TheSilentStan
    @TheSilentStan Рік тому +1

    My paternal side of my family is from Northern Ireland, my maternal side is from Ireland… and I’m English, you wouldn’t believe how much I relate to this sketch, my soul is confused 😩😂

  • @brianliu945
    @brianliu945 Рік тому +5

    Greetings from Taiwan, you guys did excellent job explaining the history in less than 4 minutes! Brilliant!

  • @sib113
    @sib113 3 роки тому +93

    Man, we need a double date. Northern Ireland and Ireland dating together with North and SOuth Korea with Scotland as the waiter and China as the manager

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +75

      That restaurant would never get insurance

    • @tallspoon0224
      @tallspoon0224 3 роки тому +6

      I must cheer up Koreas and Irelands as a Japanese whose manager is the U.S

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 3 роки тому

      @@tallspoon0224 it's never a long term solution though...

    • @fomorians
      @fomorians 3 роки тому +4

      And America as a Health & Safety inspector, denouncing China after finding some "poison" (but it might just be some aphrodisiacs), and breaking up the whole date just when it starts getting good. America acts as a blissfully ignorant hero, but everyone else is just disgruntled and confused and scared and a chaotic fight ensues.

  • @stjimmy1642
    @stjimmy1642 3 роки тому +22

    This is one of your best sketches lads. Well done lads

  • @archivist17
    @archivist17 3 роки тому +1

    So many class elements in this - 'bit on the side', 'physical connection', 'what boundaries?', and Hog's St Patrick's Cross of a ribbon.

  • @martinzwigl858
    @martinzwigl858 3 роки тому +2

    "I don't have the same physical connection". 🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Hell, I would give my left arm, to be able to write such stuff.

  • @leoseydoux3831
    @leoseydoux3831 3 роки тому +23

    One day I'll go to ireland and watch a live show...you know, when there are live shows

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +7

      Absolutely. Where are you living Leo

    • @leoseydoux3831
      @leoseydoux3831 3 роки тому +7

      @@foilarmsandhog I'm living in Portugal friends

  • @RukusTM
    @RukusTM 3 роки тому +9

    When I see a Foil Arms and Hog notification my finger has clicked it before I've had time to process what's happening

  • @ImaginaryMachines
    @ImaginaryMachines 3 роки тому +18

    Can we take a moment to appreciate the trouble foil arms and hog go to on their sets 👏

  • @philosopherking9180
    @philosopherking9180 3 роки тому +2

    I"ve watched this video about twenty times it's INCREDIBLE. I'm laughing nonstop at so many quotable lines. Not only is this written pretty awesome, but the voice acting is PHENOMENAL. As an American, no not Columbia from California it's cool learning new phrases like "oi oi!!!" lololololololololol i'm so glad i found out about this channel from the shared facebook video of the irish detective who speaks gaelic. I have a decade worth of fire to catch up on

  • @opkb4e
    @opkb4e 3 роки тому +21

    It was nice that nobody was singled out to look bad.

    • @LuluDumpling
      @LuluDumpling 3 роки тому +10

      Yes!! Held my breath wondering where they would go with it but so brilliantly done!

  • @ItsJCYT
    @ItsJCYT 3 роки тому +37

    I love the role of Foil playing Jeremy Kyle

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  3 роки тому +29

      He just has that american accent down

    • @ardotte
      @ardotte 3 роки тому +5

      @@foilarmsandhog it's kind of freaky how well he does that accent! I could really only tell he wasn't by the way he said "Ireland" - amurikans can't say it quite right

    • @eighteeneighty9449
      @eighteeneighty9449 3 роки тому

      I think its Jerry Springer

    • @Sunbeargirl-
      @Sunbeargirl- 3 роки тому

      I thought Foil was using an American accent! My only critique is that Americans tend to speak with shallower vowels than that, so it took me awhile to realise since his vowels were still largely tall and round instead of flat and thin.

    • @ajrwilde14
      @ajrwilde14 3 роки тому

      I thought it was supposed to be Maury

  • @celinathommesen-kahler2142
    @celinathommesen-kahler2142 3 роки тому +2

    3:01 lol just realised Hog's makeup is of the red hand of Ulster. Nice touch

  • @catherinelempke8451
    @catherinelempke8451 3 роки тому +1

    I love the Viking coming out at the end to heavy metal and flipping everyone off, very on-brand.