What was It Actually Like to Be a Court Jester in Medieval Times?

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    Although you might assume that being made to wear a stupid costume, be mocked, and act like an idiot for the entertainment of fatuous rulers would be a job nobody would want- like the position of Groom of the Stool (a job which initially consisted of directly supplying the necessaries to facilitate a good and clean bowel movement to the King, as well as to monitor said fecal matter and make dietary recommendations based on what you saw there)- the position of court jester was actually an enviable one due to it involving spending so much time with those in power. And as you were often putting them in good humor and otherwise making them happy, it was a position that came with a whole slew of perks. So what was life actually like as a court jester?
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  • @TodayIFoundOut
    @TodayIFoundOut  4 роки тому +921

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    • @kevinjewell233
      @kevinjewell233 4 роки тому +15

      Just look at all the natural fools in the White House, sadly none of them have wit, charm, humour, or any other gifts other than far too much hatred and greed

    • @Ace42x
      @Ace42x 4 роки тому +9

      Was it coffee or banana staining the lens of whatever camera filmed the portrait of Lord Minimus at 3:20? I thought someone had done something disgusting to my monitor!

    • @prophetkat
      @prophetkat 4 роки тому +4

      Can i just send you coffee and bananas instead?

    • @steveshoemaker6347
      @steveshoemaker6347 4 роки тому +2

      Why ? That's nothing we still got them....The whole of them in in the Democrat Party...Of course one in the Republican ....An you can guess on WHO that might be ???...Never fear u'all got some of them on your side of the Pond to...An one fool to another fool....Thanks you bloody fool...l0l lol.... Happy Halloween fool...Cheer up it could be worse ?.......! From the great state of Kentucky no less...!

    • @insanemakaioshin
      @insanemakaioshin 4 роки тому +2

      Could a Jester be a bodyguard & disguise & eavesdrop on guests to uncover assassination attempts?

  • @Whitelightnin76
    @Whitelightnin76 4 роки тому +4040

    Imagine getting to live with royalty because of your quality shitposting

    • @aguillot1984
      @aguillot1984 4 роки тому +263

      The original troll , but with benefits!

    • @HellaCalifornia
      @HellaCalifornia 4 роки тому +147

      ...and some risk...

    • @overlord-6644
      @overlord-6644 4 роки тому +28

      HellaCalifornia but mostly... during early due to eating shit!

    • @DOOMZEDAY
      @DOOMZEDAY 4 роки тому +19

      Celebrities today
      Look at 69, he literally looked like a clown

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 4 роки тому +7

      @Dingus Dangles Milo isn't funny though

  • @grumpycentaur6799
    @grumpycentaur6799 4 роки тому +13748

    Imagine making a joke so good people talk about it hundreds of years later.

    • @ewwmorons
      @ewwmorons 4 роки тому +136

      My dream

    • @psycho_maniac2343
      @psycho_maniac2343 4 роки тому +266

      Why did the chicken cross the field?
      To get to the otherside

    • @Crakygamez
      @Crakygamez 4 роки тому +244

      @@nowthatsjustducky that key joke was pretty clever back then lmao,that could mindfuck somebody.

    • @no-wd9ut
      @no-wd9ut 4 роки тому +58

      Your mom did

    • @NightmaresGirl
      @NightmaresGirl 3 роки тому +51

      @@Crakygamez kekeke the best part is the fact that its about your wanger... cuz wangers are funny to this day.

  • @depressedweeb1177
    @depressedweeb1177 3 роки тому +4722

    "I choose to die from old age."
    _Medieval problems require medieval solutions._

  • @petalpockets
    @petalpockets 3 роки тому +2753

    Hot take: Medieval humor is basically internet humor but with fancier language

    • @schlorping5156
      @schlorping5156 3 роки тому +302

      More proof that humans have always been humans.

    • @gtits1162
      @gtits1162 3 роки тому +161

      @@schlorping5156 “every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes”

    • @yagomizuma2275
      @yagomizuma2275 3 роки тому +39

      Have thine heard of þe legend of diss

    • @lurkio804
      @lurkio804 3 роки тому +76

      Apparently the graffiti at Pompeii is the same as what you'll find in a public toilet

    • @depopjordans
      @depopjordans 3 роки тому +10

      True

  • @shaneelhinds9084
    @shaneelhinds9084 4 роки тому +5037

    The part where the jester told the king I wanted to die of old age 😭 and the king just banished him 💀 just imagine the king looking at the queen like baby my guy really is funny

    • @freemang.f7357
      @freemang.f7357 3 роки тому +106

      😭

    • @javeydones5163
      @javeydones5163 3 роки тому +642

      I mean in all seriousness, the king was upholding the deal. He asked how the jester wanted to die, the jester answered.

    • @gamesgames2389
      @gamesgames2389 3 роки тому +38

      Wow smart

    • @charntsabre3463
      @charntsabre3463 3 роки тому +145

      I want to die from snu snu should have been his answer.

    • @SuperTmarley
      @SuperTmarley 3 роки тому +45

      @@charntsabre3463 zap branagan woulda done it

  • @Nick.Elliott
    @Nick.Elliott 4 роки тому +11083

    "Good Sire, they are revolting!"
    "Whom? The peasants?"
    "Nay, your wife's teeth me Lord!"

  • @netherlillyarts1642
    @netherlillyarts1642 3 роки тому +1515

    Being a jester only to become the kings most trusted advisor and throwing milk in someone's face and not being yelled at for it seems like a dream job hahaha

    • @pinkpusheenpaws
      @pinkpusheenpaws 3 роки тому +104

      being a sugar baby that cant be arrested and all i have to do is be funny sounds like a dream to me too

    • @Fisinocean
      @Fisinocean 2 роки тому +10

      @@pinkpusheenpaws holy shit.

    • @Matttechreviews2000
      @Matttechreviews2000 2 роки тому +21

      @King of The Zinger well you're not funny then

    • @dr.ligmahnutts2993
      @dr.ligmahnutts2993 2 роки тому +5

      @@pinkpusheenpaws this reply smells like salmon

    • @BradyIsAfagInHeat
      @BradyIsAfagInHeat 2 роки тому +4

      a jester is just a modern day HR manager.

  • @TheMuseSway
    @TheMuseSway 3 роки тому +3146

    So court Jesters basically had to have balls of steel, wit, and good luck.

    • @dialecticalmonist3405
      @dialecticalmonist3405 3 роки тому +102

      They are now called "politicians".

    • @brandonwilliams3777
      @brandonwilliams3777 3 роки тому +206

      @@dialecticalmonist3405 politicians are cowards tho

    • @dialecticalmonist3405
      @dialecticalmonist3405 3 роки тому +33

      @@brandonwilliams3777
      Most of them, yes.
      I'm only talking about the corrupt and ruthless ones.

    • @brandonwilliams3777
      @brandonwilliams3777 3 роки тому +59

      @@dialecticalmonist3405 my point is that they want power. They want influence. They wish to control and rule peoples lives with no risk to their own. They hide in shadow, lying and sneaking
      Balls of steel is speaking knowing your words could get you killed on the spot. Politicians literally only say what will benefit them, and twist it to seem like it benefits others
      Jesters kept the court human to a degree. Politicians feed off the humanity of others

    • @livefootball2000
      @livefootball2000 3 роки тому +16

      @@dialecticalmonist3405 They’re all corrupt homie 👍 VERY few go into politics because they’re good people and want to help, and even fewer win.

  • @AkireraStraberri3
    @AkireraStraberri3 4 роки тому +7534

    "How do you want to die?"
    "Old age"
    Best answer ever.

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 4 роки тому +145

      I bet this was the inspiration for Tyrion's answer to a similar question in Game of Thrones.

    • @AkireraStraberri3
      @AkireraStraberri3 4 роки тому +37

      nowthatsjustducky Pretty sure I remember him being asked something similar! I hope it was inspired by this!

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 4 роки тому +116

      @@AkireraStraberri3 Yeah, Tyrion's was a little more specific and included a young woman's mouth around his schlong.

    • @AkireraStraberri3
      @AkireraStraberri3 4 роки тому +9

      nowthatsjustducky yeah I know xD

    • @leepreston9637
      @leepreston9637 4 роки тому +16

      Of course Tyrion's dialogue was "inspired" by this. GRRM doesn't have an original thought in his head.

  • @technocore1591
    @technocore1591 4 роки тому +5884

    A Jester unemployed, is nobody's fool.

    • @chanceDdog2009
      @chanceDdog2009 4 роки тому +105

      What foolishness, you say

    • @brokentombot
      @brokentombot 4 роки тому +140

      Except a fool unto thyself. Once a fool, always a fool until otherwise authorized by his majesty.

    • @technocore1591
      @technocore1591 4 роки тому +52

      Just to clarify, not my line. It’s a lyric from a song “The Maladjusted Jester” from the movie “The Court Jester”. m.ua-cam.com/video/HQKHfHqZrDA/v-deo.html

    • @geoffreybrockmeier3765
      @geoffreybrockmeier3765 4 роки тому +27

      The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

    • @kellyjackson7889
      @kellyjackson7889 4 роки тому

      Groan-in

  • @HandlingYou
    @HandlingYou 3 роки тому +714

    “At least the pay is good”
    “Well if I tell a bad joke they take a huge cut.”
    “Out of your paycheck?”
    “No, out of my neck”

  • @Cozm1k
    @Cozm1k 3 роки тому +1124

    Comedians: Ima insult myself for laughs
    Jesters: Ima insult my kingdom for death

  • @Golden_Flute
    @Golden_Flute 4 роки тому +6130

    Lady: "I don't like the fool sitting on my right side."
    Fool: *switches sides* "I don't mind at all."
    Brutally fantastic. Lol!

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 3 роки тому +195

      " YES SIRE, I AM A FOOL !! and. I have a LICENSE.

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 3 роки тому +225

      Licensed fools exist today, ask the police.

    • @violetopal6264
      @violetopal6264 3 роки тому +28

      @@johnbockelie3899 LOL

    • @STAROMEGA54
      @STAROMEGA54 3 роки тому +3

      @@johnbockelie3899 ladarona

    • @zombiehalo9588
      @zombiehalo9588 3 роки тому +23

      Clowns to the left of me jokers to the right here I am stuck in the middle with you

  • @caseyhullfish1345
    @caseyhullfish1345 4 роки тому +1889

    oh, to be a court jester in medieval times, getting paid to act like a fool instead of getting kicked out of wendy's

  • @GoldKitsuneBrony
    @GoldKitsuneBrony 3 роки тому +798

    Fool: I choose to die of old age.
    King: ...I'll allow it.

    • @RecountDaFox1
      @RecountDaFox1 3 роки тому +38

      King: This is.... Acceptable...

    • @Skitz6969
      @Skitz6969 3 роки тому +26

      Fool: you may have outsmarted my outsmarting but I was able to outsmart your outsmarting!

    • @yvonaamariaa
      @yvonaamariaa 2 роки тому

      Right now, as I type this, the number #666 is how many likes this has!! OMG WTF do I do??? Oh wow man, this is really spooky, right? All I ask is...WTF do I do???

    • @RoseOnFire
      @RoseOnFire 2 роки тому

      @@yvonaamariaa you recognize that it's just a number and doesn't inherently have any meaning

    • @yvonaamariaa
      @yvonaamariaa 2 роки тому

      @@RoseOnFire DUH!

  • @WhatsYourGhostStory
    @WhatsYourGhostStory 3 роки тому +555

    I could easily see a "Game of Thrones" or "The Great" style series, focused entirely on the fools/jesters. It'd be a blast to watch or write for and a dream acting role for whomever got the main roles.

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 3 роки тому +28

      This video made me want to include a fool in the fantasy series I’m planning. Perhaps someone who appears to simply be a fool but actually has his own political motivations

    • @aiodensghost8645
      @aiodensghost8645 3 роки тому +16

      @@jaimelannister1797 or turns out to be an evil mastermind that starts the war to begin with and then uses quick, witty humor to manipulate the enemy. I'd read that

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 3 роки тому +6

      @@aiodensghost8645 yeah something like that. Though I wouldn’t want to do a straight up villain for this role. Someone in the grey, maybe a ends justify the means type character. Don’t know if I’ll go through with this idea though. Have to see how and if it fits

    • @FiSH-iSH
      @FiSH-iSH 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaimelannister1797 ooo whats the series :O

    • @jaimelannister1797
      @jaimelannister1797 3 роки тому +1

      @@FiSH-iSH nothing yet. Just an epic fantasy series I’m thinking of writing. I’m still in the worldbuilding stage though

  • @tysenp8193
    @tysenp8193 4 роки тому +5562

    Honestly if i was the ruler of a country i’d totally pay a shit ton of money to have eric andre by my side 24/7

  • @shesaknitter
    @shesaknitter 4 роки тому +1968

    I have a cartoon with two court jesters hanging in chains in the castle dungeon. The one says to the other: "Everything was going great until I mentioned the queen's mustache."

    • @closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250
      @closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250 3 роки тому +33

      farside?

    • @PhilTheViolinist
      @PhilTheViolinist 3 роки тому +26

      Also would accept "First time?"

    • @DD-po2hh
      @DD-po2hh 3 роки тому +1

      I need this

    • @markpowell7071
      @markpowell7071 3 роки тому +6

      Ok , Gotta be The Far Side ! I bought my sister and brother in law two hard back volumes of every Far Side ever made $120.00 , 15 years ago at a big box store !

    • @closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250
      @closetsclosetsclosetsclose9250 3 роки тому +1

      @@markpowell7071 yeah it seems like a Far Side to me... It feels like something one would see in the New Yorker.

  • @jootpepet
    @jootpepet 3 роки тому +518

    "Because they would not jump onto sea as our brave frenchmen did" im ded

  • @Wilson_From_Castaway
    @Wilson_From_Castaway 3 роки тому +356

    "To leap, whistle, and fart. This was a time before the internet"
    Obviously Simon hasn't spent a lot of time on the internet

    • @lonewolf5238
      @lonewolf5238 3 роки тому +10

      I think he meant to say that this was a time before UA-cam, but perhaps deflected as not being tactful.

    • @katieserra6492
      @katieserra6492 2 роки тому +3

      I actually think this sounds quite entertaining internet or not. 😂

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis 2 роки тому +6

      I think Simon meant that leap-whistle-farting was the mediaeval equivalent of deep fried memes and similarly vacuous humour.

  • @billtafalla2378
    @billtafalla2378 4 роки тому +2253

    Licensed Fool. Oh I really like the sound of that

  • @GravDrag00n
    @GravDrag00n 4 роки тому +2842

    We live in a kingdom

  • @kan12372
    @kan12372 3 роки тому +271

    On the thumbnail is "Stańczyk" a painting that shows the court Jester after hearing that the city theyre in ( Smolensk) is going to be besieged by russian army .. he told this to the King who didnt believe him so he sits in a alone room deep in thought while the rest of the nobles party after capturing the city

    • @innerview6298
      @innerview6298 3 роки тому +24

      My mom bought copy of this painting 15 years ago, we didn't know the story behind that. Over time it became sad and creepy to look at.

    • @jackswan3420
      @jackswan3420 3 роки тому +5

      That's depressing.

    • @boringveil4783
      @boringveil4783 3 роки тому +8

      Jack Swan The joker's origin story

    • @banbasafro
      @banbasafro 2 роки тому

      I appreciate everyone commenting on the picture, I wouldn’t have known otherwise! So interesting.

  • @lektik2941
    @lektik2941 3 роки тому +429

    "Alright, I'm going to need you to come back once a year and fart in my house."

    • @realwhatbrains
      @realwhatbrains 3 роки тому +101

      Jester: *kicks door in*
      Royal guests: *stares intently*
      Jester: *rips ass*
      Royal guests: *erupts into laughter and applause*
      Jester to himself: “What a bunch of weirdos..”

    • @gvs6462
      @gvs6462 3 роки тому +8

      @Vape kat
      Fitting username.

    • @dellyanneee
      @dellyanneee 3 роки тому +3

      @Vape kat where do I sign ?📝

    • @DaniHMcV
      @DaniHMcV 3 роки тому +3

      My brother-in-law. 🤢

    • @kioku119
      @kioku119 2 роки тому

      when you put it like that...

  • @MasterMalrubius
    @MasterMalrubius 4 роки тому +5472

    "My Lord, it brightens my day to see you smile.
    For this I'd walk many a mile.
    The news I tell my Lord will split his side,
    but Epstein did not suicide."

    • @ethanvoelker2158
      @ethanvoelker2158 4 роки тому +75

      Lmao

    • @manufacturedfracture
      @manufacturedfracture 4 роки тому +133

      Good fool oh for i know thë this be true i killed him and now you

    • @DC66DC
      @DC66DC 4 роки тому +159

      You stole this from the Latin phrase "Epstenium Suicidenotus"

    • @Mrbrainiac
      @Mrbrainiac 4 роки тому +34

      Thanks for the reminder , I almost forgot

    • @joeyjaime3746
      @joeyjaime3746 4 роки тому +12

      I protecc against suicide

  • @jeffdavis6657
    @jeffdavis6657 4 роки тому +2795

    So they would deliver messages. Would that be where "Fool's Errand" came from?

    • @WaltonGFilm
      @WaltonGFilm 4 роки тому +243

      This deserves more attention ^^^^

    • @SangTheCryptek
      @SangTheCryptek 4 роки тому +309

      Seems likely, especially if they were tasked with delivering messages to an enemy camp, which were likely messages of parley. When that parley gets rejected, it becomes a "fool's errand" both literally, and figuratively.

    • @devinm9245
      @devinm9245 4 роки тому +16

      @@WaltonGFilm agreed

    • @Gunplabro
      @Gunplabro 4 роки тому +12

      Yes actually.

    • @jaysalisbury193
      @jaysalisbury193 4 роки тому +8

      Jeff Davis good shout!

  • @nataliaalfonso2662
    @nataliaalfonso2662 3 роки тому +96

    “I don’t mind at all.”
    Savage.

  • @hank2188
    @hank2188 3 роки тому +420

    Now I’m imagining people hundreds of years in the future talking about how it was like to be a youtuber

    • @zangbang9886
      @zangbang9886 3 роки тому +17

      It will probably happen in some way. Time is relative and we're all gonna die. Thinking about this shit is trippy.

    • @NurseAmamiya
      @NurseAmamiya 3 роки тому +8

      @@zangbang9886 yeah. We'd all probably be dead by then when that happens. Let's give it a century or two, people in the future generation will do a topic of being a youtuber.

    • @csis473
      @csis473 3 роки тому +2

      @@NurseAmamiya what if this comment gets Dug up some day?

    • @NurseAmamiya
      @NurseAmamiya 3 роки тому +3

      @@csis473 I wouldn't really know what people would think when they do find any of these comments, but not that it's my business to know. It's entirely up to people and their thoughts that reads any of these comments on this thread.

    • @csis473
      @csis473 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@NurseAmamiya it would be pretty cool tho especially cuz we're kinda breaking the 4th wall (im looking at you david)

  • @JugglerLou
    @JugglerLou 4 роки тому +474

    Jester: “I can make a joke about any subject!”
    Guests: “The King! Make one about the King!”
    Jester: “Ah no, for the King is NOT a Subject!”

  • @HansLemurson
    @HansLemurson 4 роки тому +991

    That reminds me of a story I heard where a comedian was famed for being able to make a joke on any subject, and was brought before a cruel king was told to make a joke about the King.
    He passed the test by declaring that "the King is not a subject".

    • @andrewlacey-hatton1068
      @andrewlacey-hatton1068 4 роки тому +30

      I've heard the same story about Oscar Wilde about Queen Victoria.

    • @parkerlawson3484
      @parkerlawson3484 4 роки тому +2

      Nice

    • @largelarry2126
      @largelarry2126 4 роки тому +6

      This same thing happened to me at work. They drug me to the office and and ask me (is this your boss?) I proclaimed NO i'm a pipefitter dam it, not a dam personnel director!

    • @HansLemurson
      @HansLemurson 4 роки тому +31

      @@largelarry2126 I think I might need this joke explained to me.

    • @LoveLife-ho3rg
      @LoveLife-ho3rg 4 роки тому +2

      HansLemurson me too lol

  • @NarwahlGaming
    @NarwahlGaming 3 роки тому +79

    "I just flew in from Hampshire and, boy, are my arms tired."
    "HE'S A WITCH!!"

  • @Ryujinn999
    @Ryujinn999 3 роки тому +134

    “I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize it’s a comedy”

    • @basicallycaleb
      @basicallycaleb 3 роки тому +19

      "I used to think my life was a cringe compilation, but now I realize it's a try not to laugh challenge"

  • @iregretdyeingmyeyebrows5645
    @iregretdyeingmyeyebrows5645 4 роки тому +1638

    Medieval humor: Uh oh stinky poo funny
    Modern humor: The exact same thing in irony

    • @Doktor_Jones
      @Doktor_Jones 4 роки тому +28

      Google "oldest joke in the world"

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +17

      elderberries and hamsters hiding in the shrubbery without question

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio 4 роки тому +34

      Also getting kicked in the balls. That goes waaaaaay back in ancient history.

    • @jonbowman7686
      @jonbowman7686 4 роки тому +8

      "in irony"? what does that mean?

    • @illosovic
      @illosovic 4 роки тому +7

      @Drake ICN tell me a mathematical fallacy joke

  • @Nikedemos
    @Nikedemos 4 роки тому +1148

    "(...) Leap, whistle and fart" entertainment has not changed much since then

    • @r.awilliams9815
      @r.awilliams9815 4 роки тому +17

      Blazing Saddles comes to mind.

    • @danr.1299
      @danr.1299 4 роки тому +11

      R.A Williams that movie is a classic I thought it was going to be stupid but I’m glad my friend talked me into watching it.

    • @mrclueuin
      @mrclueuin 4 роки тому +2

      LOL

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 4 роки тому +8

      dueling flatulence contests must have been a risky and quite smelly events...for those who participated and for those present and sober enough to remember them taking place...although it is fair to say the consumption of alcohol was an intrical component to such events...

    • @DniAngel3982
      @DniAngel3982 4 роки тому +4

      I laughed just thinking about it.

  • @Tiago-zg7vl
    @Tiago-zg7vl 3 роки тому +59

    The Poem at 6:38 reads like an Eminem song:
    "This bit Harry I give to thee,
    And this next bit must serve for me...
    'Cause we need a little controversy,
    'Cause it feels so empty without me"

    • @makeit.primetime99
      @makeit.primetime99 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah back when he was recognized, now its just a bunch of humamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamamdudududududlalalala

    • @Vonwafenburg
      @Vonwafenburg 2 роки тому +3

      Fool’s spaghetti

  • @thewanderer2997
    @thewanderer2997 2 роки тому +22

    I read a book a few years ago called “The Jester” by James Patterson and it was a really good read. I would definitely suggest giving it a look, it’s very different from What Patterson usually writes, but it was co-written so that’s probably why..

  • @Burn_Angel
    @Burn_Angel 3 роки тому +2189

    Man, even after all these centuries, these guys are still hilarious.

    • @DaBiggestGobbo
      @DaBiggestGobbo 3 роки тому +13

      ikr

    • @olaw9498
      @olaw9498 3 роки тому +26

      Really cool actually

    • @NoxLegend1
      @NoxLegend1 3 роки тому +4

      I dont think that time makes you more funny

    • @megatrollificus
      @megatrollificus 3 роки тому +30

      @@NoxLegend1 People who miss jokes usually do it right away.
      RIght, DG?

    • @WeedSmoker69
      @WeedSmoker69 3 роки тому +5

      @@NoxLegend1 someone can potentially hack their way to be 'more funny' if given enough time and motivation. just look at Chris Rock

  • @peggy2983
    @peggy2983 4 роки тому +1105

    "I choose to die of old age." I mean, they did let him choose how to die, so technically, that's still correct.

  • @goldengibson1958
    @goldengibson1958 3 роки тому +17

    12:17 “I Don’t mind at all” 😂🤣😂 I’m hearing it for the first time, and to think of the context and the risk she took, it still hits!

  • @_Pyroon_
    @_Pyroon_ 3 роки тому +360

    This seems like a job that entails people who could kill you saying "be funny" on command.

    • @FiSH-iSH
      @FiSH-iSH 3 роки тому +18

      imagine being paid to be funny
      true luxury (if the king has a modern sense of humor)

    • @DolphinPain
      @DolphinPain 3 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/HlEJbs02wAM/v-deo.html

    • @catbatrat1760
      @catbatrat1760 2 роки тому

      @@DolphinPain I'm hesitant to click on this link. Is it a virus? (Asking because I figure a spam bot made to spread viruses most likely won't be able to reply)

    • @hange6775
      @hange6775 2 роки тому +3

      @@catbatrat1760 just don't click any links

    • @alternativepersona
      @alternativepersona 2 роки тому

      I need that pressure

  • @wyndhamcoffman8961
    @wyndhamcoffman8961 4 роки тому +758

    "Lisa, thy fair yet wicked maden; thou haft procedeth to draw and quarter my heart!"
    "You're tearing me apart, lisa!"

    • @mantequilla404
      @mantequilla404 4 роки тому +100

      Oh, good morrow, Mark!

    • @mrclueuin
      @mrclueuin 4 роки тому +7

      😄😄😄😄

    • @dominickhan3789
      @dominickhan3789 4 роки тому +73

      Verily I say unto thee, twas indeed falsehood, the steaming dung of cattle, for I didst not striketh h'r..........I didst not

    • @lewisirwin5363
      @lewisirwin5363 4 роки тому +38

      "Cluckcluckcluckcluckcluck, thou hast the faint heart of a common fowl!"

    • @09lego
      @09lego 4 роки тому +16

      This is art

  • @syriuszb8611
    @syriuszb8611 4 роки тому +1532

    Using the painting of Stańczyk as thumbnail and not mentioning him as reason why jesters were important is so wrong. Not saying what that painting means is insane! Stańczyk is one of Polish national heroes. Long story short, on painting that parts are used here- he, a jester is worried about future of country when aristocrats are partying in next room. He should be the first to party, not last. A fool smarter than people ruling the country.

    • @seyerus
      @seyerus 4 роки тому +14

      Syriusz B No one fucking cares. 8 months and no replies till now.

    • @ChazoAnwah
      @ChazoAnwah 4 роки тому +251

      @@seyerus though people tipped their hats and hmm in agreement. Comments is just one kind of option of showing interest and liking is another option. Thank you have a good day sire

    • @seyerus
      @seyerus 4 роки тому +7

      @@ChazoAnwah Bwahahahaha...what?

    • @paraguaymike5159
      @paraguaymike5159 3 роки тому +108

      @Syriusz B. I think the painting is by Matejko. Stanczyk after the fall of Smolensk. Your comment is spot on.

    • @syriuszb8611
      @syriuszb8611 3 роки тому +44

      @@paraguaymike5159 Thank you :-)

  • @georgeg3716
    @georgeg3716 3 роки тому +36

    ‘Licensed Fool’. Just funny for some reason.

  • @davidcox6948
    @davidcox6948 3 роки тому +114

    "I wish to die of old age."
    *Dies at 56*

    • @F0X_H0UND
      @F0X_H0UND 3 роки тому +33

      Not bad for the middle ages!

    • @isuckatnamingthings5499
      @isuckatnamingthings5499 3 роки тому +18

      I mean, that's pretty good for back then🤣

    • @jeremiahnoar7504
      @jeremiahnoar7504 3 роки тому +7

      Medieval times: request denied

    • @jerryvelasco1474
      @jerryvelasco1474 2 роки тому

      Average life expectancy during most of the Middle ages was 33. It wasn't until the 19th century that it slowly climbed to around 50-55 of age.

    • @shaunsteele8244
      @shaunsteele8244 2 роки тому +4

      @@jerryvelasco1474 lol that's not true, if you managed to survive childhood and were relatively healthy you could expect to live well into your 60s or 70s just like today. Providing there were no plague outbreaks or raids on your village

  • @wilsoncrocker
    @wilsoncrocker 4 роки тому +521

    first prank ever
    "looketh there!"
    "looketh where?" (turns around to look)
    "ha! thus endeth the prank..."
    - from some old commercial

    • @jenniferphilpott8909
      @jenniferphilpott8909 4 роки тому +15

      It was a geico commercial lol

    • @wysper6512
      @wysper6512 4 роки тому +2

      Wilson il Perso I remember that.

    • @wilsoncrocker
      @wilsoncrocker 4 роки тому

      @Gustavos Revenge *look here. look. listen.

    • @iancain7844
      @iancain7844 4 роки тому +4

      No, it’s the oldest trick in the book. And at the end, the other man says “ ha, made you looketh”

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 4 роки тому

      I bet the first prank ever was either Mr. Ug of the Mountains Dutch ovening Mrs. Ug in bed, or having Mr. Ook from the cave next door pull his finger or something like that.

  • @hazonku
    @hazonku 4 роки тому +130

    Honestly, when the jokes are so damn good they're still funny hundreds of years later it's easy to see why some of these folks were not forgotten to history.

  • @janemckay8705
    @janemckay8705 2 роки тому +5

    I have to say it is amazing how quickly and smoothly you can tell these stories without fumbling. It’s as entertaining as watching a video!
    I think I would end up tongue-tied!

  • @calebstevens7487
    @calebstevens7487 3 роки тому +34

    “Tell me the bad news, in a good way”

  • @Blockinstaller12
    @Blockinstaller12 4 роки тому +360

    So, whenever soemone calls me a fool, I'll insist "licensed fool, if you please".

  • @Cathrope1
    @Cathrope1 4 роки тому +192

    I couldn't help but smile at the Jester facing death tells the King that he would like to die of old age, and the King goes along with it and just has the Jester leave the Kingdom.

  • @dloren6183
    @dloren6183 3 роки тому +18

    “You’re a fool!!!”
    “Why thank you!”

  • @wolfgang6442
    @wolfgang6442 2 роки тому +4

    The whole jester role and how he explains it is very funny, intriguing, and informative as well

  • @rivkajoan8168
    @rivkajoan8168 4 роки тому +676

    “Leap, whistle and fart, and if you think that’s weak entertainment please remember this was a time before the internet”
    Well that the hell do you think I use the internet for?

    • @Wildjesta
      @Wildjesta 4 роки тому +34

      Learning how to leap, whistle and fart?

    • @L0rdOfThePies
      @L0rdOfThePies 3 роки тому +4

      Cmon that's great entertainment! And I have the Internet..

    • @Ricocossa1
      @Ricocossa1 3 роки тому +2

      They sure knew how to entertain themselves in medieval times 😅

    • @TheJeremyKentBGross
      @TheJeremyKentBGross 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah. Seems somebody just isn't into Brazilian fart pom.

    • @snarfymcsnarfface2323
      @snarfymcsnarfface2323 3 роки тому +2

      likes are nice

  • @thaddeuscramer2312
    @thaddeuscramer2312 3 роки тому +906

    I love how many of these jokes actually still hold up XD

    • @FiSH-iSH
      @FiSH-iSH 3 роки тому +61

      humor is timeless.
      usually.

    • @sdgsdfffrrsxg4649
      @sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 3 роки тому +54

      @@FiSH-iSH ur mom is timeless

    • @soulreaverable
      @soulreaverable 3 роки тому +35

      Probably because all the jokes that didn’t were forgotten to time.

    • @TheBanjoShowOfficial
      @TheBanjoShowOfficial 3 роки тому +11

      Our misery is universal, and humors follows such.

    • @AckSnus
      @AckSnus 3 роки тому +8

      @@sdgsdfffrrsxg4649 That only sounds like a compliment, your mommy aint timeless.

  • @FiSH-iSH
    @FiSH-iSH 3 роки тому +133

    what i learned: RICKY THE CRIPPLE IS JUST A MODERN JESTER

    • @aiden-sy3ex
      @aiden-sy3ex 3 роки тому +4

      The internet's jester. Ever subscriber a lord and baroness

    • @Kai1665
      @Kai1665 3 роки тому +7

      I’m cripple riiiiiiick!

    • @reny8970
      @reny8970 3 роки тому

      A natural fool

    • @NightTimeDay
      @NightTimeDay 3 роки тому

      The fool of the people

  • @iflankzttv2981
    @iflankzttv2981 3 роки тому +3

    I am so glad I was in a competitive match on Xbox or I wouldn’t have found this channel. It came on during a game when shuffling, I love history. Thank you UA-cam!!!!

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma 4 роки тому +448

    9:40 "Everyone who still has a Navy Please Stand up"
    "No, not you sire"
    :jangles:

  • @kalanaherath3076
    @kalanaherath3076 4 роки тому +315

    _"Marthurine hath the sickest burns"_
    -Henry IV-

  • @GldnClaw
    @GldnClaw 3 роки тому +146

    "Kill Jester"
    Jingle is dead, let us begin our quest.

    • @saml5284
      @saml5284 3 роки тому +9

      Well worth it mate, well worth it

    • @wintermute8315
      @wintermute8315 3 роки тому +7

      Get rid of 'er, she's shite.

    • @ColinIngus1
      @ColinIngus1 3 роки тому +3

      Punch goblin

    • @solskot2410
      @solskot2410 2 роки тому +1

      Jingles, RIP big man, gone but not forgotten

    • @icarusbinns3156
      @icarusbinns3156 2 роки тому

      “They were forced to eat Sir Robin’s minstrels. And there was much rejoicing.” Brave, brave Sir Robin should have hired a fool, not the minstrels

  • @pushinkeys
    @pushinkeys 3 роки тому +14

    I spit my coffee on that “leap, whistle and fart..” stipulation 😂

  • @wagstag89
    @wagstag89 4 роки тому +243

    30 acres of land just to show up once a year and fart. Always knew I was born in the wrong century

    • @spooky6703
      @spooky6703 4 роки тому +50

      Hell, for 30 acres I'll turn up and shit my pants.

    • @beaslesop9368
      @beaslesop9368 4 роки тому +15

      Hmm... You're forgetting the first two parts, whistling and leaping. The former would've been musically, not like calling a dog, and the latter would have been like more like a modern gymnastics floor routine. Farting was the easy part.

  • @a.m.7438
    @a.m.7438 4 роки тому +950

    I yelled at my closet and made my clothes cry.

    • @Alex-lc2tw
      @Alex-lc2tw 4 роки тому +44

      Look no further than joker

    • @lunaselena4270
      @lunaselena4270 4 роки тому +10

      Like in shakespeare?

    • @gorkskoal9315
      @gorkskoal9315 4 роки тому +14

      Court Jester (1970?) comedy, art of comedy(fucking old and dry book)

    • @YAH2121
      @YAH2121 4 роки тому +2

      Just watch Joker lol

    • @honestjohn3881
      @honestjohn3881 4 роки тому +5

      Do you need a movie? If you're that interested you might really enjoy a novel called "Mimis." It is fiction though.

  • @docdirtymrclean3610
    @docdirtymrclean3610 3 роки тому +78

    Id' wager it was a better than average existence. Just make meme's all day for King and Queen.

    • @kenm4390
      @kenm4390 3 роки тому +11

      Ok but have you ever had someone ask you to be funny on command

    • @enobekuJ
      @enobekuJ 3 роки тому +3

      And if you're not you're practically dead?

    • @Cairo40000
      @Cairo40000 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah but if one joke bombs you'll get tortured and probably get beheaded

  • @pinkyoilers
    @pinkyoilers 3 роки тому +109

    Oh so a person can be a natural fool in medieval times and be revered by society but when I do it I'm "disturbing the peace" and "banned from Wendy's" 🙄🙄🙄🙄

  • @hugovasquez8222
    @hugovasquez8222 4 роки тому +2002

    "I choose to die from old age"
    That guy was a genius👏

    • @aunusuallylargecat1779
      @aunusuallylargecat1779 4 роки тому +8

      @@FiryaFYI lol

    • @mybuickskill6979
      @mybuickskill6979 4 роки тому +8

      Precisely my figuring as well... I must read about that fella lol

    • @bennu547
      @bennu547 4 роки тому +22

      No. Just a smart ass 😸

    • @jayamilapersson4030
      @jayamilapersson4030 4 роки тому +45

      Well he had nothing to lose by saying that he was supposed to be killed, being brave enough to say that would either help him or get him killed anyway. It helped him in the end.

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 4 роки тому +36

      @@bennu547 saved his fucking life didn't it? So not just a smart ass.

  • @mcclx4183
    @mcclx4183 4 роки тому +617

    Make $3500 a week being a Jester from home.

    • @benjaminmarks8765
      @benjaminmarks8765 4 роки тому +14

      And I suppose there's online training prior?

    • @rhubarbjin
      @rhubarbjin 4 роки тому +6

      Benjamin Marks: go check on the Great Courses Plus!

    • @ethanvoelker2158
      @ethanvoelker2158 4 роки тому +1

      ElleExxe Foursixty this a bot account?

    • @hunterotte4085
      @hunterotte4085 4 роки тому +2

      "Hello its me, Markiplier!" (its a joke, I actually like Mark. Just couldn't help myself.)

    • @hrfoote
      @hrfoote 4 роки тому

      Deal

  • @aiishataal
    @aiishataal 3 роки тому +24

    lmfao no pls they told him to choose how he wanted to die and he said “old age” what a G my god😭💀

  • @jujunew6003
    @jujunew6003 3 роки тому +4

    I've played a jester in ballets throughout my life. Thats was very interesting! Thanks!

  • @ShootAUT
    @ShootAUT 4 роки тому +812

    "... leap, whistle and fart."
    The moment you realize your skillset doesn't cover on-demand farts.

    • @Wildjesta
      @Wildjesta 4 роки тому +14

      Just eat bean burritos

    • @goretoriumgaming8600
      @goretoriumgaming8600 4 роки тому +1

      Mine does lol

    • @Games_and_Music
      @Games_and_Music 4 роки тому +34

      @The Strawberry Pimp I once possessed the art of the fart festival, but i swore never to perform again.

    • @akilahposh
      @akilahposh 4 роки тому +11

      The Strawberry Pimp okay, what the actual fuck. Is this actually a thing?🤣😂

    • @Thumbsupurbum
      @Thumbsupurbum 4 роки тому +10

      @@akilahposh For some people yea, just google "Le Pétomane" and be amazed.

  • @nickkk420
    @nickkk420 4 роки тому +61

    I remember a story about a king wondering how he could test the trust of his knights,
    His jester suggested giving them boxes with butterflies and telling them do deliver it to another city, tell them to not open the box no matter what, and simply put a bird in the box, any knight that leaks in the box will surely lose the bird

  • @johnballantyne6853
    @johnballantyne6853 3 роки тому +73

    “The King used to laugh at those people with the Bells” Who Jesters ? No “Lepers”. Classic Blackadder.

  • @kesterthejester7707
    @kesterthejester7707 3 роки тому +2

    A good and fairly comprehensive answer to the question asked. Two good source books are Fools are Eveywhere by Beatrice Otto and Fools and Jesters of the English Court by John Southworth.

  • @colebizwell5407
    @colebizwell5407 4 роки тому +758

    1600s: I need the fool
    1980s: *I pity the fool*

    • @emmitstewart1921
      @emmitstewart1921 4 роки тому +18

      Actually, I pity the fool comes from the eighties. It was one of the famous sayings of B. A. Baracus Played by Mr. T on the A Team.

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 4 роки тому +2

      1986: Nobody's Fool - Cinderella
      ua-cam.com/video/MCOrtJMQmVs/v-deo.html&app=desktop

    • @martinkuliza
      @martinkuliza 4 роки тому +6

      @@emmitstewart1921
      umm yes.. tha'ts what he said
      1980s i pity the fool

    • @ShyDigi
      @ShyDigi 4 роки тому +6

      Martin Kuliza sir, it is edited

    • @dx1450
      @dx1450 4 роки тому +4

      @@emmitstewart1921 Actually, Mr. T never said "I pity the fool" on the A-Team TV show. That was a line from Rocky III.

  • @tobequitefranco
    @tobequitefranco 4 роки тому +1652

    So...basically a fancy pet. Also, I present to you: modern theater kids.

    • @favray
      @favray 3 роки тому +72

      True nothings more foolish than a theater kid

    • @clickpause8732
      @clickpause8732 3 роки тому +13

      @@favray In this case foolish would be rather complimentary, considering the subject material of this video.

    • @Antigen__
      @Antigen__ 3 роки тому +42

      Except they're not funny anymore

    • @gtits1162
      @gtits1162 3 роки тому +1

      @@clickpause8732 I don’t get what he meant by fool😂 like as in dumb or just weird?

    • @racoonn7359
      @racoonn7359 3 роки тому +3

      @@Antigen__ "Jane Seymour, the only one he ever loved..."
      Rude

  • @kaizze8777
    @kaizze8777 3 роки тому +12

    The jokes are still funny I was rolling with laughter at the hanging a quarter of an hour later lmao

  • @sawdustandsurvival
    @sawdustandsurvival 3 роки тому +2

    I love this painting. I think that we can all relate to it. Putting your own feelings aside and acting in a certain way.

  • @FailingStreetBridge
    @FailingStreetBridge 4 роки тому +101

    We should all be so lucky as to burn someone so badly that hundreds of years later, it makes someone almost spit out whiskey upon hearing the story as I did.

    • @three7446
      @three7446 4 роки тому

      TheBudoGeek which one was that

  • @carlunaden
    @carlunaden 4 роки тому +102

    7:58 '...as wise at thirty as on the day he was born;"
    DAYUM i felt that burn through time.

    • @zlcoolboy
      @zlcoolboy 4 роки тому +8

      That writer may have been a bit salty

    • @colinp2238
      @colinp2238 4 роки тому +2

      Gadzooks I did not know that Americans had been invented back then?

    • @Featherogue
      @Featherogue 4 роки тому +2

      for real i was like damn they went all the way in on this dude huh

    • @daddyleon
      @daddyleon 4 роки тому

      also, wth is a "flat long belly".

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 4 роки тому

      @@colinp2238 And yet so many of the things our modern world has was invented in "backwards" America.

  • @Mr.Retrospective250
    @Mr.Retrospective250 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for talking about us We Appreciate Somebody Paying Attention to us and our job :P .

  • @nstovah8314
    @nstovah8314 3 роки тому +15

    “How do you want to die?”
    “Snoo Snoo.”

  • @TheSynthiate
    @TheSynthiate 4 роки тому +1005

    Aaand that's it. I'm putting a jester into my latest D&D campaign. Done.
    E: Update. He's in my game, his name is Biggus Dickus, and he lives double life as an eunuch poisoner and spy called Killian. Love his character honestly.

  • @agnesstrzykowska4300
    @agnesstrzykowska4300 4 роки тому +158

    One of the paintings used in the background of the video was a portrait of polish jester Stańczyk, who served 3 polish kings. Stańczyk was well known not only on the kings' courts but he was also a sort of a public figure: he was portrayed by famous painters several times and his persona was used as a symbol of national consciousness in a famous (...at least in Poland) play "Wesele".

    • @MyPrideFlag
      @MyPrideFlag 3 роки тому +7

      nobody cares :(

    • @kittenthecat_
      @kittenthecat_ 3 роки тому +31

      @@MyPrideFlag Correction, you don’t care. Don’t comment if you’re going to be rude.

    • @toobig7150
      @toobig7150 3 роки тому +16

      @@MyPrideFlag must be hard to be named nobody.

    • @MyPrideFlag
      @MyPrideFlag 3 роки тому +12

      @@kittenthecat_ why do you think I gave :(
      I'm sad that he used Stańczyk as a clickbait and didn't mention him.

    • @WastePlace
      @WastePlace 3 роки тому +12

      @@MyPrideFlag your comment made it seem like you were saying nobody cares about the dudes comment. Bit of a misunderstanding there

  • @evp159
    @evp159 2 роки тому +1

    That fool on the right side joke made my morning .....I swear that had me cracking up

  • @TommyGMcGee
    @TommyGMcGee 2 роки тому +1

    What a delightful and informative video!

    • @user-zm7zl9lc6j
      @user-zm7zl9lc6j 4 місяці тому

      lmao checkmark and only one like, fucking leecher

  • @unlimitedrabbit
    @unlimitedrabbit 4 роки тому +131

    The name Samuel "Maggoty" Johnson has such a Pythonesque ring to it.

  • @Severalangrybees
    @Severalangrybees 4 роки тому +236

    I have to imagine that "leap, whistle and fart" was all in one grand gesture. He whistles as he leaps, pitch rising until he reaches the height of his jump at which point he rips a fart louder than you or I ever could. The court is in stitches by the time his feet hit the ground and he walks on that, not to return until next years whistling leapfart

    • @unsubme2157
      @unsubme2157 4 роки тому +12

      Glorious

    • @draketungsten74
      @draketungsten74 4 роки тому +22

      "whistling leapfart" 🤣

    • @overlorddante
      @overlorddante 4 роки тому +14

      Or he rips the fart upon landing. An impressive lead, a beautiful whistle as he flies through the air then *pffft*

    • @danthiel8623
      @danthiel8623 4 роки тому +3

      Hehe I'm laughing at the image of that

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 4 роки тому +2

      @@draketungsten74 this label killed me😂😂 I need to see this now

  • @nomadicskies588
    @nomadicskies588 3 роки тому +14

    Dang, so you’re telling me my attorney won’t wear a jester shirt when going to court?

  • @infinitejock.2435
    @infinitejock.2435 3 роки тому

    I love your channel, I'm always learning something new. Watching from Kenya.

  • @user-pf4sk8im4b
    @user-pf4sk8im4b 4 роки тому +662

    Weak entertainment? If you can watch someone leap into the air whilst whistling and farting, and NOT laugh, you need to humble yourself!

    • @murunbuchstanzangur
      @murunbuchstanzangur 4 роки тому +47

      No-one is too good for fart jokes.

    • @francisbell1961
      @francisbell1961 4 роки тому +19

      Your definitely not English if u don’t like a good fart joke or toilet humour

    • @tomkenney5365
      @tomkenney5365 4 роки тому +15

      I'm a male caregiver in a dementia unit's double secure hall and I can get laughs from down the hall, around the corner, the hall on the other side of the door. They're just so absurd. Great fun.

    • @TerryTheChunin
      @TerryTheChunin 4 роки тому +4

      Farts are gross.

    • @alexandersmith7061
      @alexandersmith7061 4 роки тому +5

      Terry The Chunin
      That’s what makes them funny

  • @darkest_eclipse8271
    @darkest_eclipse8271 4 роки тому +69

    3:25 who else started scratching their screen to remove the dirty parts while the picture slides down?

    • @BestKCL
      @BestKCL 3 роки тому

      It was definitely suspicious looking

  • @bryna1776
    @bryna1776 2 роки тому

    The painting you used in the thumbnail is one of my favorite paintings!!!

  • @leothewolf5548
    @leothewolf5548 3 роки тому

    Glad to know that my YT suggested page is getting to know me a little better. Because this... this is my kind of video!

  • @EX-db5tq
    @EX-db5tq 4 роки тому +258

    Ever wondered if queen Elizabeth has a jester?
    She does, it's the houses of Parliament.

  • @itwasaliens
    @itwasaliens 3 роки тому +1

    9:32
    Reminds me of the scene in The Process Bride when the price is told to give the bad news but in a good way.

  • @plantlvr
    @plantlvr 3 роки тому

    Glad to see you back,love your content!

  • @sleenspeen
    @sleenspeen 4 роки тому +201

    I felt so busted when you said maybe you're not watching the screen now

    • @jeremymizer8958
      @jeremymizer8958 4 роки тому +4

      I listen to him all day, I hardly ever look at the screen lol

    • @tomkenney5365
      @tomkenney5365 4 роки тому

      Apparently I was a little focused on the other thing I was doing, because I didn't even hear that.

    • @golddie8
      @golddie8 4 роки тому +1

      I was vacuuming my floors 😂, got me.

    • @LloxieFox
      @LloxieFox 4 роки тому +1

      I had literally just clicked away to another tab for a moment when he said it. The timing was eerie. @_@

  • @rezkel7404
    @rezkel7404 4 роки тому +191

    Note to self. When whisked back in time pretend to be a fool

    • @JT5555
      @JT5555 4 роки тому

      In The Brightest,Most Stand-Outy Jester's Outfit You Can Find: That Way You Get Noticed Much Easier And Have A Lag Up On The Other Would-Be Fools.>;3

    • @drinkthekoolaidkids
      @drinkthekoolaidkids 4 роки тому

      Note to self ....... yes

    • @RellshouldBsleep
      @RellshouldBsleep 4 роки тому +1

      "You think the fool is your allyyyy. But you merely adopted the fooool...I was born in it...molded by it"

    • @gromitpesley
      @gromitpesley 4 роки тому +1

      Rezkel “pretend” keep telling yourself that bud

    • @kaddy8947
      @kaddy8947 4 роки тому

      brah u literally step around land mines every day, 1 wrong word ur head is cut off, u need to be very creative and funny to survive, and if u go back in time with that pressure ur fucked.

  • @dward8146
    @dward8146 2 роки тому

    Such a clever lad. You make listening as entertaining as it is enlightening.

  • @jclore102674
    @jclore102674 3 роки тому +10

    1) If you're funny and entertaining enough, you can get away with saying things that anyone else would get flogged or beheaded for.
    2) If the royalty made a habit of having jesters who offended them executed, the guild wouldn't be likely to send them any more (yes, the jesters did have a guild).