Reacting to Your Assumptions About Me

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  • Last week, I asked you to send me assumptions that you have about me from watching my UA-cam videos. After being inundated with material, here are my responses to some of those assumptions.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 527

  • @ChrisPage68
    @ChrisPage68 5 років тому +36

    You're not "street" - you're cul-de-sac! 🤣

  • @EnbyAndi
    @EnbyAndi 5 років тому +73

    I LOVE TARAH’S SIDE COMMENTARY!!!

    • @donnaj.2689
      @donnaj.2689 4 роки тому

      I do NOT care for her. She is abrasive. Where he is interesting & funny she is intrusive & demanding. She ruins the vibe he sets for the show. 💯% truth.

    • @brenlane9847
      @brenlane9847 3 роки тому +4

      @Andrea Amrein, I adore Tarah, (I hoped I spelled her name correctly). They make an adorable couple and it seems she appreciates a dry sense of humor.

  • @anrach579
    @anrach579 5 років тому +58

    I like when your wife participates in your videos. Y'all make a good team.

  • @onymous8646
    @onymous8646 5 років тому +166

    I assume that if you left it home, then it's really more of a UK-lele.

  • @handcoding
    @handcoding 5 років тому +20

    Your wife is the best Greek chorus ever. I hope that she chimes in during all your videos :).

  • @raymondg7565
    @raymondg7565 Рік тому +2

    Lawrence's emotions or lack thereof (depending on the situation, of course): Lawrence's English, that should explain it all.

  • @gloriastroedecke2717
    @gloriastroedecke2717 5 років тому +49

    I assume you are as funny off camera as on. I love your kitty.

    • @drewpamon
      @drewpamon 5 років тому +1

      That's not nice. I'm sure he's funny off camera

    • @carolinecoyle3649
      @carolinecoyle3649 4 роки тому +1

      @drewpamon
      That’s what they said (

  • @jesseberg3271
    @jesseberg3271 5 років тому +109

    We are all dying Laurence. Some of us are dying quickly, some of us are dying slowly, some of us will be greatly missed, and some of us aren't Judy Dench.

  • @toportime
    @toportime 2 роки тому +2

    You do have quite a bit of knowledge that you freely share with everyone and we are appreciative of. Thank you.

  • @staceyb5567
    @staceyb5567 5 років тому +22

    I love your affectionate kitty!!

  • @cadencechrome4783
    @cadencechrome4783 5 років тому +48

    Loved the imput from the wife! More please, how about a q&a with her about life with you!

  • @j.s.matlock1456
    @j.s.matlock1456 5 років тому +7

    Aww ... your kitty-cat loves you! And it's obviously mutual. That's so sweet!

  • @TsunamiStarsheart
    @TsunamiStarsheart 5 років тому +58

    I'm definitely street...while wearing a shirt proclaiming he's got his brunch on.

  • @DougPowell01
    @DougPowell01 2 роки тому +1

    I'm over 6 foot as well. I joined a therapy group where we discuss how to respond to silly questions from the masses of vertically challenged, "So, howze the weather up there?" The correct answer is to spit in their face and tell them, "It's raining!"

  • @Primusaur
    @Primusaur 5 років тому +32

    well the cat likes you I'm convinced you must be ok.

  • @Baileybooandecho
    @Baileybooandecho 4 роки тому +3

    I'm watching this a year later, like the blue glasses better, sorry. You two are an adorable couple!

  • @miggy7165
    @miggy7165 4 роки тому +3

    Droll. That's the word that comes to mind. Not stoic, but definitely droll. In a positive way... your dry humor. It's provided much comic relief during the past year. My kids and I love to sit down in the evening and watch a couple of your videos.

  • @rosesmith6925
    @rosesmith6925 3 роки тому +5

    Just the fact that your cat apparently loves you tells me all I need to know ❤️☮️

  • @SuperDrLisa
    @SuperDrLisa 5 років тому +10

    Love when Tarah is on video, even with just voice, with you.

  • @sociallymatti
    @sociallymatti 5 років тому +6

    Her voice came loud and out of nowhere!! Startled the bejesus out of me!! 😆

  • @badguy1481
    @badguy1481 5 років тому +24

    My only assumption...You MUST have done "standup" to be able to "deliver" the way you do. Just keep doin...what you're doin.

    • @LostinthePond
      @LostinthePond  5 років тому +12

      I'll get round to stand-up at some point.

    • @flo-llama
      @flo-llama 5 років тому +12

      Shall we let them in on a secret? The British are _the_ masters of dark dry humor with a dead pan delivery. You do your countrymen proud!

    • @ChrisPage68
      @ChrisPage68 5 років тому +10

      @@LostinthePond Start with Sit-down and work your way up.

  • @trinkab
    @trinkab 5 років тому +17

    I love it when I find other people who love The Hitchhiker's Guide!

    • @LostinthePond
      @LostinthePond  5 років тому +5

      Me too!

    • @trinkab
      @trinkab 5 років тому +5

      @@LostinthePond Do you have a favorite book of the series? Have you heard the radio version? Can I assume you've seen the BBC tv series? How did you feel about the movie? (Alan Rickman NAILED IT! Imho)
      It was actually the first book I ever read outside of the 'required reading' at school (well... other than comic books). And I just adore all of them.

    • @ChrisPage68
      @ChrisPage68 5 років тому +4

      He is one Frood who knows where his towel's at.

    • @trinkab
      @trinkab 5 років тому +3

      @@ChrisPage68 😄👍A hoopy frood for sure!

  • @FireCracker3240
    @FireCracker3240 5 років тому +19

    Hahaha, I am CRYING over here, Laurence. Thank you for addressing my assumptions. It was brilliant, and hilarious!! 😂😂😂 You always have me in stitches. Not the weird Shawn Mendes way... but the thanks for the laughs kinda way.

    • @alanr4447a
      @alanr4447a 5 років тому +2

      The stitches he puts ME in are causing the medical bills to pile up. You're lucky!

  • @QueSarahSarah72
    @QueSarahSarah72 5 років тому +7

    Your cat is absolutely gorgeous! ❤

  • @mercoid
    @mercoid 5 років тому +12

    After much lurking I am subscribing to you because I watch often enough.

  • @bamachine
    @bamachine 5 років тому +4

    You have earned my respect with the Douglas Adams alone. Three of my favorite writers are all British, Adams, Pratchett(RIP to both of them, we miss you) and Gaiman.

  • @Losttoanyreason
    @Losttoanyreason 5 років тому +3

    Your delivery always cracks me up. Your kitty is so beautiful.

  • @DaGhostToastRoast
    @DaGhostToastRoast 5 років тому +7

    To be fair I don’t really know many British people (other than celebrities which obviously I don’t know in person) but I will say you are one of my favorites. Much love and respect from North Carolina!

  • @daveyhouston
    @daveyhouston 5 років тому +3

    That cat is gorgeous !

  • @maryjennings4913
    @maryjennings4913 5 років тому +73

    The cute kitty cat kind of stole the show, on this one!!!!

    • @kevinraney2935
      @kevinraney2935 5 років тому +2

      I knew it! Solid as a rock! Thank you for that. My kids think I'm famous now. Love ya man!

    • @therogueadmiral
      @therogueadmiral 5 років тому +3

      Indeed he did. So cute. Love how he chills there, pressed up against his leg. Wish mine did that more often.

    • @stephenblessed92
      @stephenblessed92 5 років тому +5

      Cat always steals the show. Needs its own channel.

  • @calculusentropy
    @calculusentropy 4 роки тому +4

    DUDE! We love you. What a brave fantastic thing you do, its deadpan and hilarity that I love.

  • @mercoid
    @mercoid 5 років тому +2

    I had a cat that looks exactly like yours. Most affectionate cat I ever had. Poor thing had to be put down due to an injury. You are fortunate to have such a lovely cat.

    • @LostinthePond
      @LostinthePond  5 років тому +5

      This one had a twin brother, who - sadly - we had to euthanize last year. He is much missed.

  • @brookside124
    @brookside124 5 років тому +1

    Love that your cat loves you. Not to take away from your video. I am paying attention to it; I just still seem to get distracted that your cat love you an want you attention and you acknowledge your pet.

  • @mplwy
    @mplwy 5 років тому +6

    "You'd say I'm a softy?" 😂 'Bout spit out my iced tea. 😂😂😂

  • @carowells1607
    @carowells1607 5 років тому +7

    Cat: I assume you can't take a hint. Pet me, damnit!

  • @markvoelker6620
    @markvoelker6620 5 років тому +28

    "I can understand perfectly how the report of my illness got about, I have even heard on good authority that I was dead. [A cousin] was ill in London two or three weeks ago, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration." -- Mark Twain, London, May 1897

    • @evilunclepaul8850
      @evilunclepaul8850 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks mate. I have never read this in context👍

  • @nemo227
    @nemo227 5 років тому +11

    We're ALL dying but we procrastinators take our time about it.

  • @f.michaelbremer-cruz2708
    @f.michaelbremer-cruz2708 4 роки тому +1

    We share two things in common, Laurence: a love of Douglas Adams and a "Feline Shadow" who cannot resist interjecting themselves as we work from home. It is apparent that gorgeous gray kitty claims you as their own and the subtlety of your bond implies a very warm and happy home life. I greatly enjoy your videos and your lovely wife's cameos/unseen influences are just delightful. Thanks for your channel.
    PS: I may be one of the few Americans who not only is aware of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy originally was broadcast on BBC radio in the late 1970's. I even have a copy of the scripts in book form on a shelf here somewhere. :)

  • @nemo227
    @nemo227 5 років тому +33

    You're practically a normal bloke. In the USA the term "normal" takes in a LOT of territory.
    You've traveled the USA MORE than the average U.S. citizen. I'll bet on it.

  • @heclec427
    @heclec427 4 роки тому +3

    8:37 omg she sang the song.. I remember that song.. "the freckle-faced redhaired girl..."

  • @BookReviewsWithBecky
    @BookReviewsWithBecky 5 років тому +5

    Your cat is adorable, and you are funny!

  • @thedorsinator
    @thedorsinator 3 роки тому +2

    You and me are the same on the Adam Levine issue

  • @amandag417
    @amandag417 5 років тому +10

    I assume an upcoming video with Laurence playing the ukulele and serenading his cat, and Tara, too, of course.

  • @glenkellner9936
    @glenkellner9936 5 років тому +3

    Love your furry sidekick.

  • @magenta4443
    @magenta4443 4 роки тому

    Your cat adores you. So sweet.

  • @laurasheepherder790
    @laurasheepherder790 3 роки тому

    I just saw this video, and I've no idea if you get alerts/go back to read new comments from old videos, but. I LOVE when Tarah says you randomly enter a room, make a funny noise, and then leave. LoL I can totally picture that, and I love that image. My brother will all straight-faced make a real loud bird noise & not react at all while everyone is looking around for the bird. Awesomeness. 😂👍

  • @Parmesana
    @Parmesana 5 років тому +3

    awww kitty loves you so much.

  • @roberthill3207
    @roberthill3207 5 років тому +11

    You look like an American with a really funny accent. Love your channel and commentary thumbs up stay Awsome.

    • @София-д3р7д
      @София-д3р7д 5 років тому

      What does an American supposed to look like? Lol. In Europe we usually guess American tourists by their fashion. Americans are comfortable wearing house clothes outside. They don't usually put much effort on their daily outfits.
      But other than that they don't look that different from Europeans.

    • @tanya5322
      @tanya5322 5 років тому

      Erica from Norway I suspect that (fashion comment) is more or less exactly what Robert meant by “looks like an American”
      Especially when contrasted with an interview I once read with the actor Hugh Laurie. He was being asked about a “love scene”, or, more accurately, a shortly-just-after-the-love scene where his character House was seen nearly naked in bed. He said something to the effect of “I’m British, we are born fully dressed, sometimes in three piece suits”

  • @jupiterthecity
    @jupiterthecity 5 років тому +3

    That was an impressive Alan Partridge impression!

  • @manubird2475
    @manubird2475 5 років тому +11

    Maybe you ought to do "reverse" Lost in the Pond videos, featuring your sweetheart or others. I remember when as an American I attended upper sixth at a school in Cheshire 1967 - 1968 between high school and university. One of my school mates, who was from Lancastershire, spoke his dialect so thickly that I only understood him half the time for the whole year. Still, his message was clear: I was incapable of logical thought since I was from the colonies and was unable to speak English properly. Likewise a scary time trying to thumb my way north from Birmingham. I ended up in a seedy pub in Wolverhampton to ask for directions. I could not understand anything anyone was saying, which pissed off the locals. Finally after buying some pints and getting directions written on doilies, I escaped with my life.

    • @flo-llama
      @flo-llama 5 років тому +2

      I had to relearn how to spell & write. My professors couldn't read my cursive writing. It was quite a blow to my ego because I'd actually won awards for penmanship. They were actually fascinated that I could write the entire lowercase alphabet without lifting my pen.

    • @tanya5322
      @tanya5322 5 років тому +1

      Flo Rida we used to have a nurse in one of the administration positions were I work who had beautiful to look at penmanship. Not at all sloppy. Unfortunately, despite my being of an age where cursive (or longhand) writing was taught and expected in grade school, I struggled to read her writing.

  • @nshafiee5780
    @nshafiee5780 5 років тому +3

    My deep love for languages and accents brought me here to your channel and videos (a fan of yours from Iran). You and your wife are mega cute. One of my assumptions is you're a creative person.

  • @michaelbaughman8910
    @michaelbaughman8910 5 років тому +4

    Your Cat is adorable😼

  • @mess0965
    @mess0965 5 років тому +4

    Keep rocking the red, white, and blue 🇬🇧🇺🇲

  • @carlycrafts
    @carlycrafts 2 роки тому

    Just came across this one, and your wife is totally right and thats why I like watching your videos and interacting on Twitter, your who appear to be.

  • @t71024
    @t71024 3 роки тому +1

    LOL I have that exact same Doug Adams compilation which I purchased in Britain in the early 90's. Good stuff actually. The follow-up may exist.

  • @rosellaaalm-ahearn1760
    @rosellaaalm-ahearn1760 4 роки тому +4

    I read science and economics books and magazines in the bathroom, fiction in bed at night. It helps to get my mind off the reality track so I can go to sleep.

  • @kimberlygabaldon3260
    @kimberlygabaldon3260 5 років тому +1

    😂 Douglas Adams! Yes, that was the first thing that popped into my head when you read that assumption.

  • @LittleEmm1979
    @LittleEmm1979 4 роки тому

    I was distracted by your cute cat wanting fusses for most of the video. So adorable.

  • @tlam3028
    @tlam3028 5 років тому +77

    I think this guy might be from England
    🤔

    • @gloop7458
      @gloop7458 5 років тому +4

      Yes Boi
      Nah his wife is from England, he’s from the US

    • @carowells1607
      @carowells1607 5 років тому +4

      England, Wisconsin

    • @chellebelle534
      @chellebelle534 5 років тому +1

      No way

    • @urmorph
      @urmorph 5 років тому +2

      And Queen Anne's dead. (How about a show about British sayings like that which are almost unknown in America?)

  • @jackieoman6695
    @jackieoman6695 5 років тому

    I think your Awesome ! And take the best and leave the rest !

  • @Kattmandu19
    @Kattmandu19 5 років тому +5

    More videos with your cat please 😻 ❤

  • @lnytita6763
    @lnytita6763 3 роки тому

    I like what I see on camera ~ you crack me up ;) Cheers for what you both are doing! Aloha!

  • @bettykemp7122
    @bettykemp7122 4 роки тому +1

    I actually watched the cat through your whole video, so riveting.

  • @LordMelbury1953
    @LordMelbury1953 4 роки тому +1

    Covid 19 watching. Great Alan Partridge. I was thinking M for Marvin..

  • @thoughtoftheday9095
    @thoughtoftheday9095 5 років тому +1

    Y’all seem like great people!

  • @marcialandakanebeaulieu9229
    @marcialandakanebeaulieu9229 2 роки тому

    "Sometimes you come into a room, make a noise and leave again." I laughed til l cried!🤣 (l also laughed while typing that quote!)
    For your Si-Fi reading I recommend anything by Ray Bradbury. My particular favourites are "Dandillion Wine" & "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Not the common spaceman/futurama content.
    Also, not Si-Fi but for great fun, Richard Armour's "Twisted Tales From Shakespeare".
    Enjoying you so much & will be checking into Tarah's channel. I'm old and way outside the loop. l've no idea what "AF" stands for...😶

  • @LazyTimeGirl
    @LazyTimeGirl 5 років тому +1

    Lawrence, I'm so jealous that you have a photo of yourself with Amy Pond!

  • @CC-gd9wl
    @CC-gd9wl 5 років тому +2

    ...you and Tiny Tim. You're great!

  • @sonnystaton
    @sonnystaton 5 років тому +40

    I assume that you cannot make a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, you use the wrong bread, wrong peanut butter & lack milk to drink.

  • @beetles1964
    @beetles1964 5 років тому +1

    I loved hearing Tara sing the Pippi Longstocking song.

  • @Beth-ie
    @Beth-ie 4 роки тому +2

    Yikes! We have the same degrees. Explains why I'm poor. Hope you are faring better 😉.

  • @mareencope8421
    @mareencope8421 5 років тому +2

    I love your cat!

  • @vmburke
    @vmburke 3 роки тому

    Being a "softie" means being good or kind of heart. The roughest toughest person can be a softie for example, kids, animals, elderly, etc.

  • @TheEuphrosyne1216
    @TheEuphrosyne1216 5 років тому

    Huge fan! I'm guessing that you had broadcast narration training in the UK, and possibly work experience. Your use of the Queen's English would indicate that you're university educated; one has picked up on - only occasionally - the most trivial and endearing departures from what one would expect to hear from a graduate of "Oxbridge." (So one tends to assume one is not the latter, although, of course, one cannot say for certain.)

  • @AtarahDerek
    @AtarahDerek 5 років тому +2

    Colin Baker is underrated. Possibly the most underrated Doctor of all. I've heard his Big Finish adventures, and he's great in those. Especially alongside Evelyn. She's easily my favorite Sixth Doctor companion. You have to remember that Colin had the BBC controller gunning for him the whole time. Six was really killed by an evil monster named Michael Grade.
    I've even learned to love that coat in all its eye burning glory.

  • @michaelanthony4750
    @michaelanthony4750 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for answering my assumption.

  • @horsegurl1182
    @horsegurl1182 5 років тому +2

    I have dated a few British boys. They seem to like American girls. I have been told we are much for straight forward and social with them. We converse easily as well. That is coming from the British men I have dated in the past.

  • @deckocards6988
    @deckocards6988 5 років тому

    Hilarious!! One of your best!! I love your kitty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @CaptchaNeon
    @CaptchaNeon 4 роки тому +4

    When he said he was street all I heard was the Sesame Street theme song in my mind 🤣

  • @jeromemckenna7102
    @jeromemckenna7102 5 років тому +2

    Because you have done videos about your health, I do sometime confused a disheveled appearance for signs of a terminal illness.

  • @GeminieCricket
    @GeminieCricket 3 роки тому

    YOU are a middle class bloke with the best sense of humour (notice the spelling). Ha, I have always wanted to use that word BLOKE ! Absolutely Fabulous ! 😇

    • @simonpowell2559
      @simonpowell2559 3 роки тому

      Not sure, but I most certainly would not call him a middle class bloke.

  • @shaunw9270
    @shaunw9270 5 років тому +1

    Love the cat 👍

  • @FanVidder72
    @FanVidder72 4 роки тому

    My assumption is that you are related to David Mitchell (from Mitchell and Webb) because you sound just like him. I love your videos - I envy you, living in the US; I would love to have your choice of shops in the US (especially supermarkets) Keep up the great work. Tara, you look great, I love your vintage style.

  • @Birthguide
    @Birthguide 3 роки тому +1

    Tarah: he has trouble showing his emotions
    Lawrence: visibly reacts in classic brit fashion followed by "that's not true".
    Lol
    That was adorable.
    Bravo you two.

  • @builditonce
    @builditonce 5 років тому +23

    My assumption is that because you play the ukelele, you have more than once tried, and failed, to master the unicycle.

  • @nathanbeard3561
    @nathanbeard3561 5 років тому +1

    BTW Douglas Adams is also my favorite fiction author. Hitchhiker’s Guide and Dirk Gently. Their great!

  • @markvoelker6620
    @markvoelker6620 5 років тому +9

    Oh, and making weird noises is just what us guys do. We love to add real-time sound effects to life.

  • @g.a.6978
    @g.a.6978 5 років тому +2

    Love your cat, plus, seriously your definitely not street.

  • @wonkothesane8691
    @wonkothesane8691 4 роки тому

    I knew it! Somehow, I just knew it! Maybe it's because you remind me of Arthur Dent. (He's a hero of mine.) Greetings from "Outside The Asylum'', you see the screen name, I presume. I will always have my omnibus edition of the Hitchhiker's Guide, no matter what else I lose in life, that and my towel. (I have lots of towels. I definitely know where my towel is, at all times.)

  • @margeryk000
    @margeryk000 5 років тому +1

    Keep it up! Only 22 more days to go.... ATB : )

  • @mercoid
    @mercoid 5 років тому +2

    Tom Baker!!...And Romana!!

  • @SMElder-iy6fl
    @SMElder-iy6fl Рік тому

    You would have been marvelous in Blackadder with Hugh Laurie!

  • @heidimarchant5438
    @heidimarchant5438 5 років тому +14

    Given the cat chose the British flag and the right side of you makes me think he thinks he's superior over you and even more stoic 😂

  • @Sophie.S..
    @Sophie.S.. 5 років тому +1

    Lancaster Uni - yay - I went there!

  • @nathanbeard3561
    @nathanbeard3561 5 років тому +1

    Please don’t let the negativity in the comments section get you down. Are you aware of the 10:1 rule? People are more likely to make a negative comment at a ratio of 10:1. It’s just the way people are programmed. So, just remember that for every negative comment there are nine unvoiced positive comments just waiting to be said. Keep up the good work and “carry on”.

  • @marasu3
    @marasu3 5 років тому +2

    Kitty says, “No more talking. Give more love to me!”

  • @ButacuPpucatuB
    @ButacuPpucatuB 5 років тому

    Ukulele is pronounced as ooh-kooh-leh-leh. Just my two cents as a native Hawaiian. This was a treat to get to know you. Assumptions can be quite dangerous, and in your case it went morbid. Glad you’re alive and still with us! Don’t die just yet, okay?

    • @flo-llama
      @flo-llama 5 років тому +1

      You have not yet heard him play it. You might actually want him to mispronounce "ukelele" so that you can pretend it's an entirely different instrument than that of your ancestors.

    • @ButacuPpucatuB
      @ButacuPpucatuB 5 років тому

      Flo Rida That good eh?? 🎻🎸🎹

  • @randybissonnette2361
    @randybissonnette2361 5 років тому +1

    What a small world.I subscribed to the londonist last year say hello to Matt.

  • @valoriegibbons378
    @valoriegibbons378 5 років тому

    Missed the call for assumptions, which is ok because I feel mine is more of a deduction. I deduce you work in the print field as a writer and perhaps also as an editor. For some reason the magazine genre or book publishing comes to mind.

  • @rcelectronicsllc9400
    @rcelectronicsllc9400 4 роки тому

    Have you ever eaten Barbecue??? I live in Kansas City, but I grew up in Memphis. The other two main BBQ are Texas and Carolina.