How did triangles shrink France?

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  • @ewan.cartwright
    @ewan.cartwright 4 роки тому +13090

    Little did Cassini know that he would later *become* a satellite

    • @markcooper-jones7494
      @markcooper-jones7494 4 роки тому +797

      Urgh, we've missed a trick there...

    • @timothygreen5730
      @timothygreen5730 4 роки тому +322

      @@markcooper-jones7494 There are so many jokes packed in; you can't hit them all.

    • @danilov114
      @danilov114 4 роки тому +21

      Plus...

    • @doomedmessenger
      @doomedmessenger 4 роки тому +127

      And we'd crash him into a planet!

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng 4 роки тому +100

      then burn up into bits in Saturn

  • @isabelnorris8961
    @isabelnorris8961 4 роки тому +4936

    The French map men intro is the best thing I've ever heard

    • @hororskull
      @hororskull 4 роки тому +135

      It was for me too until I found out this video's outro is a French version of the theme song for a show called Count Duckula.

    • @rachelthesheep
      @rachelthesheep 4 роки тому +7

      @@hororskull Imagine caring

    • @vuxigeck5281
      @vuxigeck5281 4 роки тому +4

      @@hororskull Oh! I remember that one!

    • @SilverCanary1
      @SilverCanary1 4 роки тому +2

      @@hororskull lmao. but surely itshould be count triangular theme?!

    • @kortess7900
      @kortess7900 4 роки тому +10

      They missed one "carte"

  • @adammullarkey4996
    @adammullarkey4996 4 роки тому +10134

    To be fair, the claim that he marked every petrol station isn't wrong.

    • @maxpuente6291
      @maxpuente6291 4 роки тому +134

      I'm not gonna like this comment. The number is just about right

    • @maxpuente6291
      @maxpuente6291 4 роки тому +57

      @@egesanl1 nooo it was at 69!!! its way higher now tho so i guess I'll like

    • @zzing
      @zzing 4 роки тому +31

      It is vacuously true!

    • @brycehawken1833
      @brycehawken1833 4 роки тому +155

      There were no unmarked petrol stations in the entire nation

    • @thomasmartin1514
      @thomasmartin1514 4 роки тому +6

      We're so close to 690, come on and if it's there DO NOT LIKE.

  • @badaboum2
    @badaboum2 2 роки тому +3017

    Fun fact : the caricatural French "disguise" the lads use is actually specifically from Brittany. Back in the day Breton onion sellers (also known as Onion Johnnies) would travel to Great Britain wearing their trademark "marinière" (blue/white horizontal striped shirt) and bérets, and that became how the British saw the French.

    • @gustavszile8146
      @gustavszile8146 2 роки тому +202

      So by all means, the Brits made their own stereotype of France from the Bretons who were from Britain as well lel

    • @badaboum2
      @badaboum2 2 роки тому +277

      @@gustavszile8146 Bretons are from Brittany, a region of France, though I understand the confusion.

    • @gustavszile8146
      @gustavszile8146 2 роки тому +249

      @@badaboum2 I know they're from Brittany, its just that the Bretons originally migrated from Britain itself, orginally being the Celtic Britons of the land, hence why I made the joke that they set up the stereotypical Frenchman themselves.

    • @NoahSpurrier
      @NoahSpurrier 2 роки тому +22

      @@gustavszile8146 I thought it was the other way around.

    • @Nathan_Avril
      @Nathan_Avril 2 роки тому +5

      Thank you! I was wondering why he had onions on him...

  • @kyrla
    @kyrla 4 роки тому +2689

    really making their gcses in french work for them today

    • @Jablicek
      @Jablicek 4 роки тому +86

      And their A level history.

    • @AndyNicholson
      @AndyNicholson 4 роки тому +72

      I think Jay lived in France for a short while at one point

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 роки тому +44

      I've just been learning French and so I got a huge kick out of that intro

    • @elliemaybl8757
      @elliemaybl8757 4 роки тому +25

      Andy Nicholson I think it was quite a few years - In other videos he seems rather fluent

    • @skarrambo1
      @skarrambo1 4 роки тому +37

      Jay is pretty fluent in French actually, he even lived in France for a bit

  • @QueueWithACapitalQ
    @QueueWithACapitalQ 4 роки тому +4276

    “How much does it cost?”
    “You can try it out for free!”
    Way to dodge the question

    • @rosesmellpoo
      @rosesmellpoo 4 роки тому +81

      I can't tell if this is honest satire or just not understanding the sentence

    • @tylisirn
      @tylisirn 4 роки тому +208

      @@QueueWithACapitalQ Not anymore, now it costs infinity dollars, since nowadays it's software as service monthly subscription.

    • @livingsalami6529
      @livingsalami6529 4 роки тому +29

      tylisirn this is why I’ll never use photoshop

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 4 роки тому +52

      @@livingsalami6529
      You mean that old software I pirated the moment it went live as subscription based? Still haven't met a person in college without a pen drive or two like this.

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead 4 роки тому +25

      @@LuizAlexPhoenix just makes me laugh at society and how we encourage this system, hoorah to the poor i say!
      (the system of conjuring money constantly through a subscription service)

  • @kevwang0712
    @kevwang0712 4 роки тому +6939

    "Monsieur, je voudrais un carte…"
    " *UNE* carte…"
    Good one, we franglais speakers have all been there

  • @pavarottiaardvark3431
    @pavarottiaardvark3431 4 роки тому +622

    Fun fact about 2:57 - prior to 1888 every single map in the world accurately portrayed the number and location of petrol stations.

  • @onyxguardian1756
    @onyxguardian1756 4 роки тому +7058

    talking in french "well i'll turn on captions to see what they're saying" captions are also in french "well then, keep your secrets"

    • @purple-flowers
      @purple-flowers 4 роки тому +530

      Welcome to map men! Map men map men map map map men men. "sir, I would like a map, very big, of my France." "Bof! I am starting" "zut alors! What's this?"

    • @sergarlantyrell7847
      @sergarlantyrell7847 4 роки тому +86

      Keep your secrets... or learn French.

    • @brotimwelt
      @brotimwelt 4 роки тому +137

      i speak french but i am loyal to secrets sorry

    • @brotimwelt
      @brotimwelt 4 роки тому +10

      un loyal jerk

    • @brotimwelt
      @brotimwelt 4 роки тому +15

      thats for you nick

  • @idndyzgaming
    @idndyzgaming 4 роки тому +2286

    THE WHEEL SPINS AND LANDS ON FRANCE. - -The Technical Difficulties- Les Difficultés Techniques

    • @aathish04
      @aathish04 4 роки тому +125

      Now you've made me sad that there'll be no more Citation Needed. Why, Tom, why?

    • @OptimumPx
      @OptimumPx 4 роки тому +161

      The wheel is just an arrow with the word "France" written on it.

    • @simeondermaats
      @simeondermaats 4 роки тому +110

      THE WHEEL IS FIFTY PERCENT FRANCE

    • @cesariojpn
      @cesariojpn 4 роки тому +42

      @@aathish04 Check out "Matt and Tom" channel. They have a successor of sorts called "These two are lying."

    • @nixtheclause9984
      @nixtheclause9984 4 роки тому +56

      There is no wheel. It’s just a piece of cardboard with “FRANCE” written on it and an arrow glued on.

  • @ThatOneIrishFurry
    @ThatOneIrishFurry 4 роки тому +1606

    that feel when you take so long to make a map the monarchy has been dismantled

    • @andknuckles101
      @andknuckles101 2 роки тому +67

      It's like five minutes in France

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 роки тому +14

      @@andknuckles101 and less minutes to revolution

    • @raffriff42
      @raffriff42 2 роки тому +9

      The Great Trigonometrical Survey, commissioned by the East India Company, wasn't completed before the Company itself was, a hundred years later. The moral here is obviously never to start mapping anything, it's bad luck.

    • @brutusthebear9050
      @brutusthebear9050 Рік тому

      Well of course. The Monarchy is dismantled, so nobody is paying your paycheque. No reason to continue working on it.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Рік тому +3

      @@raffriff42 Sorry there is a grammatical flurry here which is confusing me Edit: .

  • @000marioshi000
    @000marioshi000 4 роки тому +3904

    The brilliant comment at 2:36 was actually said by Louis XIV on a preparatory map by Cassini Senior (the one of the coasts). And it is even more snarky!
    _"Ces chers messieurs de l'Académie, avec leurs grands travaux, m'ont coûté une partie de mon royaume et m'ont pris plus de territoire que tous mes ennemis réunis !"_
    "Those dear gentlemen of the [Royal] Académie [of Sciences], with their grand works, have cost me a part of my kingdom and have took more territory from me than all my enemies combined!"

    • @000marioshi000
      @000marioshi000 3 роки тому +141

      @@bibekanandahansda2926 But Mark also said "the King, who by now was a different King", which couldn't have been the case if the Cassinis started their work under Louis Èxaïvi. But frankly, that's a minor detail, and the quote is just too good to be ruined by this!

    • @laughsatchungus1461
      @laughsatchungus1461 2 роки тому +108

      He then laughed about it after he said it and was actually a good chap! Was kinda misrepresented in the video but still

    • @Peter1986C
      @Peter1986C 2 роки тому +26

      @@000marioshi000 "Louis Èxaïvi"
      Louis Le Quatorzième.
      (if my French is worth anything)

    • @anferrr
      @anferrr 2 роки тому +24

      @@Peter1986C would just be "quatorze" but quite close enough ;)

    • @bowviolin
      @bowviolin 2 роки тому +16

      "I actually said zis"

  • @ash36230
    @ash36230 4 роки тому +4477

    IDK, the British had a few attempts at shrinking France in the past.

    • @jamiesmith3396
      @jamiesmith3396 4 роки тому +171

      h91 germans too

    • @user-mj2jm7yl9x
      @user-mj2jm7yl9x 4 роки тому +110

      And the Spanish

    • @Larandar
      @Larandar 4 роки тому +70

      IDK, maybe France is just a superior country in every way possible and Britain was jealous 🤣🤣🤣

    • @user-mj2jm7yl9x
      @user-mj2jm7yl9x 4 роки тому +6

      @@Larandar Come at me boi😂😂 I shall repeat Agincourt

    • @jackbarnes7432
      @jackbarnes7432 4 роки тому +145

      @@Larandar Lol no

  • @m_oneill87
    @m_oneill87 4 роки тому +1735

    A Masters in French all to be able to spot the translation of the Count Duckula theme as the credits rolled. Surely worth every penny of the loan I'm still paying back.

    • @Krokrodyl
      @Krokrodyl 4 роки тому +44

      Brilliant! Though the actual song goes :
      Au cœur de la Transylvanie
      Il mange que des spaghettis
      C'est le pire des vampires, ce
      [Mordicus]
      Il ne mange pas de canard
      Il n'aime que les épinards
      Ce coquin de végétarien
      [mordicus]
      Si vous avez envie de rire
      Venez tous voir ce vampire
      C'est un canard canular
      [Mordicus]
      Comte Mordicus...

    • @s.m.2523
      @s.m.2523 4 роки тому +17

      Funnily they didn't even use the translation the translated cartoon used.

    • @jadeforeman131
      @jadeforeman131 4 роки тому +40

      S. M. That’s because Jay decided it was funny before he realised there was a French version.

    • @ernestvanophuizen461
      @ernestvanophuizen461 4 роки тому +26

      @@jadeforeman131Also, Duc Cul is so much ruder than Mordicus

    • @fomoran
      @fomoran 4 роки тому

      I was all set to relisten and work out why I heard him say sounded like 'arse' in french... So, the truth is an amusing one, but I had hoped for something rather different

  • @pinkajou656
    @pinkajou656 3 роки тому +506

    0:47:
    “Mister. I need... a map.”
    “A map?”
    “A map, yes, a map. Very big. Of my... France.”

    • @moonagaming6068
      @moonagaming6068 3 роки тому +3

      thx

    • @quaggykiwi8557
      @quaggykiwi8557 2 роки тому +23

      "okay! ill start!"

    • @ryguygaming06
      @ryguygaming06 2 роки тому +35

      I forgot that most viewers of this channel don't speak french and couldn't understand this part.

    • @quaggykiwi8557
      @quaggykiwi8557 2 роки тому +2

      @@ryguygaming06 same here lol

    • @withastone
      @withastone 2 роки тому +20

      "I need *an map" is the joke

  • @boxed_in4357
    @boxed_in4357 3 роки тому +787

    French: haha british funny haha
    Britain: haha french funny haha
    What a wholesome relationship full of jokes and roasts

    • @juandgm6171
      @juandgm6171 3 роки тому +79

      It just took over a thousand years to form

    • @hi-ve1cw
      @hi-ve1cw 2 роки тому +30

      Not just roasts, rosbifs!!

    • @klaxoncow
      @klaxoncow 2 роки тому +36

      @@juandgm6171 ...and, of course, no-one at any point was killed.

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming 2 роки тому +12

      @@klaxoncow *We'll be right back!*

    • @legorobert5378
      @legorobert5378 2 роки тому

      Bri'ain*

  • @TheDigitalrunner
    @TheDigitalrunner 4 роки тому +2792

    It was an honour and a privilege to play such a small, silly accordion part for you.
    Cheers,
    Nathan.

  • @HalfAsleepChris
    @HalfAsleepChris 4 роки тому +4000

    Funny to see that Jay is still stealing food 11 years later...

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 роки тому +969

      Ha! Hadn’t even thought of that!

    • @onionbot2
      @onionbot2 3 роки тому +28

      Oh, hello!

    • @rozabbott1367
      @rozabbott1367 3 роки тому +31

      Wait, its half alsleep Chris?!?

    • @tnfsg1866
      @tnfsg1866 3 роки тому +37

      Steeeallinggg food stealing food, stealing food food food

    • @sajedanallawar9300
      @sajedanallawar9300 3 роки тому +5

      I don't know why I find random UA-camrs
      Another sub

  • @felicityc
    @felicityc 3 роки тому +620

    This is actually kind of an incredible insight about Napoleon's strategy. Having far more accurate maps and more importantly an accurate to scale map would be an insane way to have an advantage over enemies who were using outdated maps, all the way up until ww1 and planes

    • @DanieliusGoriunovas
      @DanieliusGoriunovas 2 роки тому +23

      Heh, kind of like Russia today in Ukraine - there were many reports of Russians using 30+ year old maps for some cities... :V

    • @RKBock
      @RKBock Рік тому +16

      @@DanieliusGoriunovas given the state of eastern europe, I'd guess that it doesn't make any difference whatsoever. most cities do not significantly change over 30 years anyway. yes, shops come and go, and some new buildings get build, but generally, the same old streets are where they used to be and no new districts suddenly appear. for some big cities, sure. in small cities? unlikely. especially in eastern europe.

    • @andrewhavrylei6333
      @andrewhavrylei6333 Рік тому +16

      @@RKBock Yes, just don't mind paratroopers landing in forest. Well... there's supposed to be forest there. It's on the map! **shooting sounds** Ivan, I think that map is outdated **dies**

    • @erwannthietart3602
      @erwannthietart3602 Рік тому +10

      @@andrewhavrylei6333 theres something called scouting ahead instead of rushing in blind, if they couldnt be bothered to check twice if the landing place was good then its on them not outdated maps

    • @user-sl7ie9te5r
      @user-sl7ie9te5r Рік тому +3

      ​@@erwannthietart3602 they are scouting ahead. By sending meat waves that die, revealing enemy positions

  • @ExpeditionThemePark
    @ExpeditionThemePark 4 роки тому +852

    So good every time!

    • @rionspencer9947
      @rionspencer9947 3 роки тому +8

      I am questioning why I am the first person comment on this comment by a theme park UA-cam commenting on a geographical youtuber(s?)

    • @Jason-Clark235
      @Jason-Clark235 3 роки тому +2

      Hmmmmmmmmmm hat are you doing here?

    • @C4H10N4O2
      @C4H10N4O2 2 роки тому

      The intro was both terrible and awesome

  • @murdomaclachlan
    @murdomaclachlan 4 роки тому +2999

    "When Cassini googled satellite photography, he found an article saying that it wouldn't be invented for another 300 years."
    F.

    • @Mousy677
      @Mousy677 4 роки тому +45

      f for fotografy...

    • @andreaaristokrates9516
      @andreaaristokrates9516 4 роки тому +9

      @@Mousy677 stop the heresy. Jk, I'm actually more of a descriptivist, with preferences, so stop the heresy.

    • @MrKholishUmar
      @MrKholishUmar 4 роки тому +8

      Press F to pay respect

    • @LM-dj6gc
      @LM-dj6gc 4 роки тому +1

      f

    • @peffiSC2source
      @peffiSC2source 4 роки тому +10

      Considering his Dynasty was halfway there when they stopped their work, it's not that much time.

  • @AlterHis
    @AlterHis 4 роки тому +3256

    Your french is pretty decent, i'm actually surprised

    • @user-ky6vw5up9m
      @user-ky6vw5up9m 3 роки тому +144

      AlterHis many Englsh children do French at school to varying levels

    • @ChabrierAlexandre
      @ChabrierAlexandre 3 роки тому +19

      Ptn alterhis, Ravi de te voir ici

    • @anthonycunningham8116
      @anthonycunningham8116 3 роки тому +34

      @@user-ky6vw5up9m pretty sure a second language (in most schools, its French or Spanish) is compulsory from Primary school these days. It never used to be, but to my knowledge it has been for most of the 21st century.

    • @xotbirdox
      @xotbirdox 3 роки тому +58

      Nothing to do with UK abysmal French lessons. Jay lived in France at one point, which is more than likely the reason.

    • @anthonycunningham8116
      @anthonycunningham8116 3 роки тому +11

      @@xotbirdox The teaching of French in the UK has improved quite substantially in recent years-especially the last 15 years or so.

  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna3080 4 роки тому +234

    Napoleon: Good job Cassini Jr Jr Jr for your hard work I will reward you with J A I L, please enjoy your stay!

    • @dm-gq5uj
      @dm-gq5uj 4 роки тому +37

      Yeah, that kinda sucked, didn't it? Generations of this family spent their lives traipsing around France measuring triangles and this is how you're rewarded. They would have been better off saying, to hell with it, I'm going to sit at a cafe and drink.

    • @syedferoz2188
      @syedferoz2188 3 роки тому +9

      @@dm-gq5uj don't forget the amount of money from the treasury the cassinis took for their map making, It would've cost a fortune for the king as he was financing the whe expedition

    • @Seraphiel123
      @Seraphiel123 3 роки тому +31

      Napoleon didn't throw Cassini Jr Jr Jr in prison. Cassini was imprisoned in 1794 but Napoleon didn't take power until 1799. It was the National Assembly (the precursor to Napoleon) who imprisoned Cassini.
      In fact, Napoleon really liked him and made Cassini a senator and a count which was unsurprising given Napoleon's large respect for and patronage of the sciences.

    • @Maxbotnick
      @Maxbotnick 2 роки тому

      *Robespierre

  • @EduardoGamesChannel
    @EduardoGamesChannel Рік тому +49

    4:10 The fact Jay is an actual father now makes this joke even funnier.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz 4 роки тому +719

    I suddenly have this great urge to check out the Sizeable Courses Minus

    • @cogtroper
      @cogtroper 4 роки тому +34

      Seizures curses equals

    • @nerdyandawesome
      @nerdyandawesome 4 роки тому +17

      It's the sizeable classes minus!

    • @GallifreyanCat
      @GallifreyanCat 4 роки тому +1

      The Sizeable Courses What?

    • @Alex-cw3rz
      @Alex-cw3rz 4 роки тому +3

      @@nerdyandawesome are you sure it's not: pronounced lectures divide

    • @Fern635
      @Fern635 4 роки тому +30

      Mighty lessons squared

  • @imbracedinmate4522
    @imbracedinmate4522 4 роки тому +4323

    5 map men in a year. This is a Christmas miracle!
    Edit: my comment is 1.4k size of what it once was, smh.
    Double edit: Cassini Jr Jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr will be proud

    • @beegmaan1306
      @beegmaan1306 4 роки тому +6

      It is

    • @RoboLamp
      @RoboLamp 4 роки тому +20

      I don't know the number of Cassinis it took to complete Cassini's project, but we've only had two map men through the entire show.

    • @holdmybeer
      @holdmybeer 4 роки тому +3

      sorry i celebrate festivus, December 23. set your calender's!

    • @imbracedinmate4522
      @imbracedinmate4522 4 роки тому +3

      @@holdmybeer bof

    • @LeoPokemonBrasil1
      @LeoPokemonBrasil1 4 роки тому +4

      Triple edit: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!

  • @danhetch1927
    @danhetch1927 4 роки тому +58

    02:11. My last two brain cells during a test

  • @protorhinocerator142
    @protorhinocerator142 3 роки тому +43

    1:02 When Cassini googled "satellite photography", he found an article saying it wouldn't be invented for another 300 years.
    Should have used Bing.

    • @dvmas
      @dvmas Рік тому

      Anything but bing

    • @ThatJellydude
      @ThatJellydude Рік тому +3

      It probably would've said "you have cancer"

  • @IchHaba
    @IchHaba 4 роки тому +342

    I wish Jay would upload more, one of the few youtubers you actually get excited about when a new video comes out

    • @LostieTrekieTechie
      @LostieTrekieTechie 4 роки тому +29

      Having to wait does mean each upload is an absolutely wonderful surprise.

    • @siiluviilu
      @siiluviilu 4 роки тому +38

      Quality over quantity

    • @vdate
      @vdate 4 роки тому +3

      Alas, the price of high quality is long research times.
      (I admit, not as catchy as other 'the price of X is Y' phrases, but certainly no less true.)

    • @TR.372
      @TR.372 4 роки тому

      Patreon

    • @user-ck3uu8rj3x
      @user-ck3uu8rj3x 6 місяців тому

      I get excited when roseyblushes releases a new vid... or is that tiktok?

  • @sreckocuvalo8110
    @sreckocuvalo8110 4 роки тому +499

    Map time! Abandon everything you were doing. Yes, even you mister neurosurgeon!

    • @thefurbeastunderyourbed5012
      @thefurbeastunderyourbed5012 4 роки тому +4

      For him maybe an exception; he was just in the throes of triangling through that brain 😅.

    • @sreckocuvalo8110
      @sreckocuvalo8110 4 роки тому +2

      @@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012 Aucune exception!

    • @sarahb3nyakar
      @sarahb3nyakar 4 роки тому +4

      I just opened up this yogurt

    • @detectiveshaft9990
      @detectiveshaft9990 4 роки тому +2

      But Mr patient won't be able to see the video without mister neurosurgeon's help. Therefore he gets to defer in exchange for getting others to watch!

    • @Okusar
      @Okusar 4 роки тому +2

      @@detectiveshaft9990 Don't worry, the patient will never know what he missed - or much of anything at all after that, I suppose.
      Look, those organs aren't just going to _donate_ themselves, you know.

  • @caesar7734
    @caesar7734 Рік тому +37

    3:56 Now he actually has a son.

  • @Dgnarus
    @Dgnarus 3 роки тому +30

    2:04 really enjoy the frenchification of the pronunciation of 'brutally' there

  • @raftash5279
    @raftash5279 4 роки тому +547

    Let's not forget Jays father's dying wish to join the great courses plus

    • @jhonbus
      @jhonbus 4 роки тому +36

      *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*

    • @3snoW_
      @3snoW_ 4 роки тому +23

      The great courses what?

    • @hakairyu1
      @hakairyu1 4 роки тому +35

      Wow, I think it's only right that you honour his dead father by clicking on the link in the description and start your free trial today with the Great Courses+.

    • @tinachristine4573
      @tinachristine4573 4 роки тому +2

      I've not forgotten. His ghost is haunting me.

    • @Metis1337
      @Metis1337 4 роки тому +2

      @@3snoW_ the great courses divides.

  • @JREG
    @JREG 4 роки тому +304

    "plus ça change" lmao

    • @ker6349
      @ker6349 4 роки тому +6

      He should've reported that France was only 10% smaller, right between 0 and 20%

    • @ar8338
      @ar8338 4 роки тому +25

      Hey ! I found Jreg

    • @nickf.4788
      @nickf.4788 4 роки тому +29

      JREG WATCHES JAY FOREMAN!!!!!! YES!!!

    • @jkid1134
      @jkid1134 4 роки тому +3

      @@nickf.4788 just this one video

    • @moonshinei
      @moonshinei 4 роки тому +1

      helll Gregory

  • @sophiamarchildon3998
    @sophiamarchildon3998 3 роки тому +104

    "Hommes cartes, hommes cartes..." I lost it there. Bien joué

    • @rushthezeppelin
      @rushthezeppelin 3 роки тому +4

      It's so funny I keep going back and just watching the intro.

    • @shreychaudhary4477
      @shreychaudhary4477 3 місяці тому

      it's so bad I'm learning about Hom-sets, which are categories or something, and whenever Hom Cat crosses my mind I go "Hommes cartes, hommes cartes..." i can't stop myself and now I am two weekes behind in math homework it's so joever

  • @ABhaim
    @ABhaim 3 роки тому +40

    1:23
    the bit of math:
    (a^2 * sin (B) * sin (C)) / (2 * sin (180 - B - C))

  • @Spoon80085
    @Spoon80085 4 роки тому +341

    I’m from Boston and I can confirm I have found many professors via random knocking

    • @respectedgentleman4322
      @respectedgentleman4322 4 роки тому +37

      Did you practice your knocking before?

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 роки тому +4

      They’re actually really great at responding to (honest) questions via email or talking during office hours, even to people not enrolled in the school. I’ve been bothering professors since I was 14 in 2005 and never really had an experience of getting brushed off (ironically the only times I did get kind of ignored were by professors I was currently in the class of. But that was only two professors out of years of education).

  • @____7460
    @____7460 4 роки тому +772

    “When Cassini googled satellite photography, he found an article saying it wouldn’t be invented for another 300 years”
    Hahah😂😂
    Subscribed

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 3 роки тому +16

      But does "it" refer to satellite photography or Google?

    • @fromfareast3070
      @fromfareast3070 3 роки тому +15

      @@timothymclean maybe both

    • @dashyandtato9476
      @dashyandtato9476 2 роки тому

      @@timothymclean The subject of the sentence is Satellite Photography so that is “it”

  • @UnknownPerson-wg1hw
    @UnknownPerson-wg1hw 4 роки тому +218

    "Stop getting sidetracked, we're doing an ad for Great Courses Plus."
    I am noticing some meta shit in here.

  • @railrunners
    @railrunners Рік тому +11

    4:09 this line aged well

  • @jumpanama
    @jumpanama 4 роки тому +140

    The 3 dislikes are the Cassinis that didn't live to see the map published

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 4 роки тому +4

      There were four though, Cassini Junior Junior the Second also didn't see the map published (on acount of Napoleon stealing it).

  • @yojasmagic
    @yojasmagic 4 роки тому +124

    I somehow believe that a national footprint database would have at least one image of a yeti stored somewhere in it.

  • @TheGabygael
    @TheGabygael 4 роки тому +53

    I love how there is "La Manche", "La Mer Mediterranée" and intead of the Atlantic Ocean it's just "L'Océan" singular

  • @cobalt6911
    @cobalt6911 4 роки тому +25

    1:58 The tone and wink makes that like 200x better.

    • @enderguardian7443
      @enderguardian7443 10 місяців тому +1

      did he say “nothing changes”?

    • @cobalt6911
      @cobalt6911 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@enderguardian7443 plus ça change is what he said but its a phrase that means more things change, the more it stays the same i think

  • @theflev-matic4892
    @theflev-matic4892 4 роки тому +1171

    Alternate titles for the map men are:
    Atlas Allies
    Chart Companions
    Draft Dudes
    Globe Guys
    Histogram Homies
    Picture Pals
    Sketch Sidekicks
    World Workmates

    • @streyaa6521
      @streyaa6521 4 роки тому +80

      "Atlas Allies" ur a fucken genius

    • @thorsteinj
      @thorsteinj 4 роки тому +37

      «Kart-kompiser» in Norwegian, well actually it translates to Map Mates which would also work...

    • @TrueVelox
      @TrueVelox 4 роки тому +54

      Draft Dudes, Draft Dudes,
      Draft Draft Draft Dudes
      Dudes

    • @NormalChannel95
      @NormalChannel95 4 роки тому +55

      Picture Perverts

    • @v0id_d3m0n
      @v0id_d3m0n 4 роки тому +1

      Love it

  • @josephstaline1185
    @josephstaline1185 4 роки тому +203

    Dear Jay, congratulations for your very good French accent.
    Sincerely.
    Juste a viewer glade that he could finely understand an English UA-camr speaking French

    • @edwardalborghetti4315
      @edwardalborghetti4315 4 роки тому +11

      He speaks French

    • @zappawoman5183
      @zappawoman5183 4 роки тому +1

      Ironic that your last sentence, about being able to understand people, was itself difficult to understand. Are you okay?

    • @ayaoldacc3580
      @ayaoldacc3580 4 роки тому +1

      Just*
      Glad*
      Finally*

  • @mythicalexplorer7846
    @mythicalexplorer7846 Рік тому +13

    It’s funny now that he has an actual son

  • @auridisavan1886
    @auridisavan1886 Рік тому +5

    3:55 Hits different now that Jay is actually a dad

  • @andyway0
    @andyway0 4 роки тому +38

    Can you believe that companies are paying millions to get ads half that good. Nice job, didn't skip it.

  • @balsoft01
    @balsoft01 4 роки тому +220

    I like how "national footprint database" is comprised of htop, vim, cmatrix, and some system logs :)

    • @TheOneLichemperor
      @TheOneLichemperor 4 роки тому +49

      User Icon checks out.

    • @charlie-ej9nt
      @charlie-ej9nt 4 роки тому +14

      I think the left monitor was actually the hollywood command though, which is even more hilarious. It *does* consist of cmatrix, system logs, ssh fingerprint visualisations etc.

    • @klutz3955
      @klutz3955 4 роки тому +1

      Hah neeeeeeer- pls dont hack me

    • @zeristor
      @zeristor 4 роки тому +1

      Charlie I came here to level up my terminal skillz, I salivated at such touch-ery. I’ve been learning to touch type really fast for three years, tmux is next on my list....

  • @luq44
    @luq44 4 роки тому +39

    0:50 reminds me of my French oral exam

  • @catfish552
    @catfish552 4 роки тому +74

    3:13 Mark laughs like someone in a UA-cam video making a joke about watching UA-cam; Jay laughs like someone who has a UA-cam channel and can look at the viewer statistics

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox Рік тому

      I laugh because I can see an entire third of the video has been marked off as padding

  • @michaeljames4904
    @michaeljames4904 4 роки тому +78

    Been waiting so long for another Jay Foreman upload I’m now my grandson.

  • @BooksUnstitched
    @BooksUnstitched 4 роки тому +132

    Finally my french degree is coming in handy

  • @SRFriso94
    @SRFriso94 2 роки тому +47

    There is one sidenote I would like to place next to the four generations thing: in those days, it wasn't uncommon at all for sons to take up the same profession as their fathers. If your father was a carpenter, you became a carpenter too, because he taught you all the tricks of the trade. So in that sense, four generations of Cassini's all being cartographers wasn't that unusual. Of course, that they all worked on one giant project for that long is pretty incredible.

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Рік тому +3

      I reckon people get that, le Kings of France. Heck Louis XIV did not even manage to hand off to a son but you get my point. Although I would expect some maneuvering amount the nobility of the robe and intellectuals.

    • @davilimalol4612
      @davilimalol4612 11 місяців тому

      I mean, the lifelong job security for such a giant task is pretty cool.

  • @Exnem
    @Exnem 3 роки тому +385

    Rulers asking learned men to be accurate then being angry that the results aren't politically "accurate" enough is a story as old as time, innit?

    • @Green24152
      @Green24152 3 роки тому +1

      huh

    • @RabbiHerschel
      @RabbiHerschel 3 роки тому +6

      Nowadays the so-called "learned men" are nothing of the kind and produce fraudulent "science" to prop up the ideology of the ruling class, much as they did in the days of the Soviet Union.

    • @Green24152
      @Green24152 3 роки тому +22

      @@RabbiHerschel what

    • @scottydu81
      @scottydu81 3 роки тому +1

      @@Green24152 I mean, he’s not wrong but it is a little out of place here

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 роки тому +2

      @@RabbiHerschel no, you’re just channeling the Luddites.

  • @paulmcgachy8273
    @paulmcgachy8273 4 роки тому +139

    He is back again!
    *we can now happily enjoy this for another few weeks*
    *maybe months*

    • @brendansimonis3488
      @brendansimonis3488 4 роки тому +2

      A third of the video was a sponsor ad too

    • @gmgunnhildr2711
      @gmgunnhildr2711 4 роки тому

      Brendan Simonis watch the sponsor ads too, they’re hilarious

  • @reynandr.w.279
    @reynandr.w.279 4 роки тому +19

    2:16 Your sound editor needs a raise

  • @aces1237
    @aces1237 Рік тому +6

    And now Jay Jr. is real.

  • @loucas9247
    @loucas9247 2 роки тому +5

    As French native.....
    I LOVED THE INTRO

  • @aumenarys
    @aumenarys 4 роки тому +108

    Merci d'avoir fait un épisode sur notre beau pays qu'est la France ! I'm sure many French people watch your videos :)

    • @adamuppsala1931
      @adamuppsala1931 3 роки тому +6

      Exactement!

    • @princhard8911
      @princhard8911 2 роки тому +7

      On est là

    • @amandined1617
      @amandined1617 Рік тому +6

      Leur utilisation de "Bof" m'a particulièrement perturbée, incompréhension totale dans ma langue maternelle

    • @lauremasson3719
      @lauremasson3719 Рік тому +5

      @@amandined1617 et la chanson de la fin aussi, je ne sais pas d'où elle sort !

    • @magalicochet4327
      @magalicochet4327 8 місяців тому

      Est-ce que Jay est francophone de naissance. Son français est parfait.

  • @Fodi_be
    @Fodi_be 4 роки тому +80

    1:12 "I wonder if Google Maps will work on this piece of paper..?" :D that's exactly why I will remain subscribed to your channel forever, Jay.

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  4 роки тому +20

      A reference to the BEST video on UA-cam!!

    • @LootFragg
      @LootFragg 4 роки тому

      I'm at a loss. Please enlighten me. Where is that quote from? What video? Please share.

    • @Fodi_be
      @Fodi_be 4 роки тому +6

      @@LootFragg Look for Markets of Britain by Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper. Then become completely hooked, enjoy Birds of Britain, Building a Human and binge watch both series of Look Around You.

    • @LootFragg
      @LootFragg 4 роки тому +2

      @@Fodi_be I thank you so much for Titt Vision.

  • @hughsteele9054
    @hughsteele9054 3 роки тому +20

    Any channel that finishes one of its videos with an acoustic, Renaud-style version of the theme tune of Count Duckula is good enough for me.

  • @JamieCurrant
    @JamieCurrant 2 роки тому +4

    If you managed that deadpan cable cut in one take that's absolutely incredible

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  2 роки тому +3

      You didn’t notice me fail to cut it first time and struggle not to corpse?

    • @JamieCurrant
      @JamieCurrant 2 роки тому

      @@JayForeman the failing I noticed, the struggling I actually didn't

  • @Jayrusss
    @Jayrusss 4 роки тому +77

    Dropped everything when I saw the notification.

  • @bhaskarbharali5853
    @bhaskarbharali5853 4 роки тому +43

    An entire day of hardship, of school, of studies and of homeworks and at night what you get, a Jay Foreman video. You ended all my frustration mate.

  • @joebleasdale5557
    @joebleasdale5557 Рік тому +10

    So funny as Jay actually has a son now 😂😂😂

  • @LurkerPatrol5
    @LurkerPatrol5 Рік тому +5

    4:10 "Didn't know he had a son". Now he does!

  • @CityWhisperer
    @CityWhisperer 4 роки тому +91

    2:13 Those there, my friend, are high-quality Hollywood sound effects. You won't find any better ones.

    • @namkedi
      @namkedi 3 роки тому +2

      Lol

    • @jammehrmann1871
      @jammehrmann1871 3 роки тому +4

      @@namkedi the monotone-ness makes it even funnier

  • @Telsion
    @Telsion 4 роки тому +61

    More Mapmen? Praised be this day!
    C'est bon

  • @Electra_1203
    @Electra_1203 Рік тому +143

    I love this, At the time "Jay Jr" was just a funny gag,
    But now Jay has actually become a dad!
    Congrats Jay!
    Now we wait for the REAL Jay Jr to make his first cameo on the channel!

    • @lilyfox313
      @lilyfox313 Рік тому +8

      I'm assuming you saw it, but for anyone who hasn't, he was in a Surf Shark and at the end of Jay's first unfinished London on the tube map (14?)

  • @jameslawrie3807
    @jameslawrie3807 2 роки тому +16

    As a surveyor I loved this and I also had a serious eye-twitch when the tape measurements weren't horizontal (error propagation, here we come!)

  • @genevievegeorgiades8002
    @genevievegeorgiades8002 4 роки тому +60

    0:50 me taking my gcse french speaking and having absolutely no idea what to say

    • @auxencefromont1989
      @auxencefromont1989 4 роки тому +7

      Mister, i would like a map.
      A map ?
      A map, yes a map. (Joke on un/une)
      very big... of my....
      France

  • @danielyahalom3961
    @danielyahalom3961 4 роки тому +267

    lyrics:
    "Hommes cartes,
    Hommes cartes,
    Hommes, hommes,
    Hommes cartes!
    Cartes"

    • @mkuc6951
      @mkuc6951 4 роки тому +10

      No the ending should be Hommes...

    • @Huntracony
      @Huntracony 4 роки тому

      @@mkuc6951 It isn't though. They switched the words around.

    • @Near_Void
      @Near_Void 4 роки тому

      @@mkuc6951 its french. The order of words is different, for some reason

  • @Bas.e64
    @Bas.e64 2 роки тому +34

    As a French person, I am genuinely impressed by their accent.

  • @guatemalantomcat
    @guatemalantomcat 7 місяців тому +4

    It's little details like his face still being visible at 3:19 that remind me why this is one of the greatest channels to ever exist on youtube.

  • @birdyedits4051
    @birdyedits4051 4 роки тому +73

    Thank you for uploading. I really appreciate it.

  • @HarryRobins
    @HarryRobins 4 роки тому +5

    *French translations:*
    0:10:
    "Welcome to Map Men.
    We are the men.
    And that's it! The map!"
    _♫ Map Men, Map Men_
    _Map, map, map Men. Men._
    05:46:
    _♫ In the heart of Transylvania._
    _♫ In the castle of vampires._
    _♫ There is no more mad vampire than Ducule._
    _♫ He will not bite the beast or the man_
    _♫ because he is a vegetarian_
    _♫ And things never go as planned for Ducule._

  • @cloud__zero
    @cloud__zero 4 роки тому +38

    jay’s french in the intro was pretty spot on god damn

  • @andyt2510
    @andyt2510 Рік тому +9

    "I didn't know he had a son!" - well he does now! Congratulations Jay (and obviously more congratulations to your wife who did all the hard work!)

  • @user-je8fl2cu5y
    @user-je8fl2cu5y 4 роки тому +227

    The fact that there are no surrender jokes in the comment section says much about the quality of the video

    • @TheRedKing247
      @TheRedKing247 4 роки тому +42

      Surrender jokes have been played out to death and really aren't funny when France has in actuality, won 80% of the wars it was a part of.

    • @LootFragg
      @LootFragg 4 роки тому +14

      I tried my hands at one but I have quickly given up. Zut alors!

    • @watchm4ker
      @watchm4ker 4 роки тому +3

      No, this was back when a white flag meant "Oh crap, the King's angry!"

    • @craniumtea5137
      @craniumtea5137 3 роки тому

      @@LootFragg so you have ....... .......... ............Surrendered

    • @oleggarntsarik
      @oleggarntsarik 3 роки тому

      I guess they tried to come up with one but eventually gave up

  • @njeneway3776
    @njeneway3776 4 роки тому +49

    My knowledge of french:
    Oui Oui
    Bonjour
    and
    *_HOHNONONONONOHNO_*

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 роки тому +2

      French is the most romantic language. English is nothing compared to French in that category. I merely IMITATED French and my mom tried to seduce me. I wish it were just a joke.

    • @Retaliatixn
      @Retaliatixn 3 роки тому +2

      @@scintillam_dei What are you doing non-step mother ?

    • @ghosty5767
      @ghosty5767 3 роки тому

      I only know how to say i want to go pee, it's midnight and i cant fall asleep, Mademoiselle Noir french part and a bit of deniere danse (the part about mixing the sky, day and night)
      Not very usefull since I will probably never go to France.

    • @Victorsandergamer
      @Victorsandergamer 3 роки тому +1

      @@scintillam_dei La douceur du foyer Alabama

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 роки тому

      @@Victorsandergamer No te entiendo.

  • @Zorgerzz
    @Zorgerzz 11 місяців тому +4

    I only understood transylvania, dracula and vampire in frnech

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  11 місяців тому +3

      In the heart of Transylvania
      In the Vampire hall of fame, yeah
      There’s not a vampire zanier than
      Duckula!!
      He won’t bite beast or man
      Cos he’s a vegetarian
      And things never go to plan for
      Duckula!!
      (It’s the theme from Count Duckula which I translated into French)

  • @FlightMate
    @FlightMate 4 роки тому +10

    2:30 this is a very good interpretation of a very bad french accent. Love it!

  • @geryon
    @geryon 4 роки тому +13

    Accurate accuracy is my favorite type of accuracy.

    • @XalphYT
      @XalphYT 4 роки тому +2

      It is definitely preferable to inaccurate accuracy.

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 4 роки тому +4

      I'm fond of approximate accuracy

    • @campkira
      @campkira 4 роки тому

      that thing is a bit off.....

  • @neverluckym8728
    @neverluckym8728 4 роки тому +28

    0:05 Translation:
    "We are the best, the English smell like Scottish Beef."

  • @Endothermia
    @Endothermia 4 роки тому +22

    "I'm Napoleon" did me in 😁
    3:31

  • @auxencefromont1989
    @auxencefromont1989 4 роки тому +161

    0:38 Its pronounced "louis croix vé baton"

    • @alextyy
      @alextyy 4 роки тому +4

      LOL

    • @jamesbond6214
      @jamesbond6214 4 роки тому +4

      Eh?

    • @breuschbarbare0248
      @breuschbarbare0248 4 роки тому +3

      le compte il ai bon c'est seize quand mème.

    • @sariputraa
      @sariputraa 4 роки тому +25

      @@jamesbond6214 it's a reference to famous french humorists playing school boys who know nothing about france; instead of louis the 16th they say : louis croix vé baton (louis cross V stick) ua-cam.com/video/HvFIt-2TGQE/v-deo.html

    • @iwatochmyna9764
      @iwatochmyna9764 4 роки тому +4

      A mort Louis croix V bâton !

  • @Leftistattheparty
    @Leftistattheparty 4 роки тому +22

    Best British comedy on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.

  • @Swoost
    @Swoost 4 роки тому +437

    The german map men intro is a little less catchy. Kartemänner, Kartemänner, Karte karte männermännermänner

    • @paradoxmo
      @paradoxmo 4 роки тому +40

      You mean Kartemänner, Kartemänner, Karte karte karte männermänner (männer)

    • @MABfan11
      @MABfan11 4 роки тому +10

      sounds like Rammstein to me

    • @simfanyt6710
      @simfanyt6710 4 роки тому +48

      In German, these two parts "die Karte (f.)" (the map) and "die Männer (m. pl.)" (the men) would be connected by a little 'n', a so-called interfix, so it have to be written and said as "Kartenmänner" and not "Kartemänner"

    • @buksi6342
      @buksi6342 3 роки тому +18

      Even less catchy in Finnish. Karttamiehet, karttamiehet, kartta kartta kartta miehet miehet.

    • @BBeret
      @BBeret 3 роки тому +10

      Muži map, muži map, muži muži muži map map map.
      I guess Czech works fine.

  • @Supertimegamingify
    @Supertimegamingify 4 роки тому +11

    3:36 Ah, he has a Napoleon complex.

  • @rumiak1660
    @rumiak1660 9 місяців тому +1

    03:16 I love how genuinely happy Jay is in this scene.

  • @waihopang3764
    @waihopang3764 4 роки тому +136

    The French English Accent sounds like Mumble Rap

    • @Szaam
      @Szaam 4 роки тому +28

      Mumb Le Rap

  • @TheVictordu33
    @TheVictordu33 4 роки тому +5

    Y'as pas à dire, tes vidéos me feront toujours marrer, Merci Jay ! :D

  • @aidenbrokar262
    @aidenbrokar262 3 роки тому +12

    3:44 he literally just said egg, thats it

    • @mranima748
      @mranima748 Рік тому

      Egg is œuf not bof and is said as oof

  • @tulsatrash
    @tulsatrash Рік тому +3

    After taking a peek at the English Wikipedia article about the Cassini Map or Academy's Map and finding it to be very sparce and short it reminded me of how much more information is available in this video. Thanks for your hard work.

  • @paradonym
    @paradonym 4 роки тому +53

    Dear sponsors, if you don't like the humor Jay carries on to the ad, remember: I'd rather use a service Jay joked about than a service which ads are exactly the same everywhere on UA-cam. Spending money on him is worth it.

  • @drinkingwater8439
    @drinkingwater8439 4 роки тому +5

    Oh my god, this is the kind of humor and content my soul searched for. I adore this.

  • @thisislilraskal
    @thisislilraskal 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant channel guys. Always learn something while having a little laugh. Cheers. Sending power and blessings from Melbourne Australia

  • @shindousan
    @shindousan 3 роки тому +7

    2:50 You guys really loved playing Lemmings didn't you?