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  • @Adiscretefirm
    @Adiscretefirm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    In Alan's defense "to impress a girl" has led to many misadventures,and the survival of the species.

    • @brianm6337
      @brianm6337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I joined the navy. Yes. I am an idiot.

    • @defenderoftheadverb
      @defenderoftheadverb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@brianm6337 Coulda been the Foreign Legion so don't be too hard on yourself.

    • @iododendron3416
      @iododendron3416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@defenderoftheadverb he didn't tell whoch navy, though. Could have been the Mongolian.

    • @albinobluesheep
      @albinobluesheep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "and the survival of the species." mostly because said misadventures thinned the gene pool properly.

    • @Adiscretefirm
      @Adiscretefirm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@albinobluesheep chicks dig scars, you just have to invent a cool story to explain them.

  • @MukulApple
    @MukulApple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    "Not yet!"
    Bloody'ell, that'd give someone a heart attack.

    • @YoTimmyG
      @YoTimmyG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Haha I do that at my job too. People are about to jump and I scream " oh we forgot to...."

    • @ThankYouCityOfficial
      @ThankYouCityOfficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      As an Australian I feel it is my duty to warn everyone that we as a people will absolutely to do this at any opportunity. Scaring tourists is like a national passtime.

    • @michaelcliff6574
      @michaelcliff6574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@ThankYouCityOfficial yeah when Lee said "thats not funny" i was thinking to myself, actually that hilarious and i would have done that too. (I hope if you're in South Australia btw that you're doing ok)

    • @teologen
      @teologen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Just don’t do it in America. You would loose your job and be sued for millions.

    • @defenderoftheadverb
      @defenderoftheadverb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ThankYouCityOfficial I'm Austrlian and that's bullshit.

  • @Larsie538
    @Larsie538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    "I do comedy"
    Cracks me up every time

  • @NekogamiKun127
    @NekogamiKun127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +602

    I have no problem with skydiving. It's landstopping I worry about.

    • @PianoKwanMan
      @PianoKwanMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I thought that said landscaping. And to be fair, landscaping terrifies me. It looks shit up until it's finished.

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@PianoKwanMan landscaping terrifies you? Imagine how Rudy feels about it...

    • @BenWKnowles
      @BenWKnowles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Reminds me of the old Spike Milligan joke - “I’m not scared of flying. It’s crashing that terrifies me!”

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@PianoKwanMan Haha I thought it said landscaping at first too, and I have to say I relate. You spend ages working on this thing, you don't _really_ have any idea what you're doing, and it's only after an uncomfortable amount of man-hours and money that you realise the end result looks like Boris Johnson's mop.

    • @tygrkhat4087
      @tygrkhat4087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You don't need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.

  • @fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810
    @fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    One of the funniest men in the world brought low by our humble Aussie sense of humour.
    Love it.

  • @HavasiP
    @HavasiP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    No worries Alan. People fear public speaking more than death so you're as brave as they come.

    • @LucaBlaLP
      @LucaBlaLP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.

    • @zunjuu
      @zunjuu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LucaBlaLP Sienfeild reference?

    • @LucaBlaLP
      @LucaBlaLP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zunjuu Yes! I see you have taste.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? I have terrible social anxiety and selective mutism but I love public speaking. I don’t find it scary at all. I always loved doing speeches and presentations at school.

  • @huggleton
    @huggleton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Trouble is, whenever Lee tells an anecdote, I’m not sure whether I can believe it...

    • @Dendarang
      @Dendarang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      We need David Mitchell to conduct throrough cross-examination every time Lee tells an implausible story.

    • @IceCenders
      @IceCenders 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dendarang "I think we need to analyze this chronologically."

  • @KwanLowe
    @KwanLowe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Alan Davies is a national treasure.

  • @johnmorgan1629
    @johnmorgan1629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The one on the bungee, after that joke when jumping said;
    Just you
    Wait
    Till I
    Get back
    Up there
    As they kept rebounding.

    • @KenworthW900HG
      @KenworthW900HG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @TowwerN3 my sides are suitably braced, the floor is yours, let's have your best joke...

    • @Ranger1812
      @Ranger1812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KenworthW900HG You don't have to be able to do something to criticise someone else doing it. Obviously. And you know that, that's why you've said a film is bad in the past.

    • @KenworthW900HG
      @KenworthW900HG 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ranger1812 I'll tell you what you don't have to be - you don't have to be a dick. If you don't find the OPs joke funny just keep scrolling. Going out of your way to shit all over other people is just unnecessary

  • @bluejadeblue
    @bluejadeblue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    aisling’s outfit is so cute omg

  • @BenWKnowles
    @BenWKnowles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    “There was a young boy in Ohio”
    I thought that was the start of a limerick!

    • @heshuimu
      @heshuimu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well better than me because I thought she said "(When) I was a young boy" and thought why no one laughed at the joke...

    • @MrSupermonkeyman34
      @MrSupermonkeyman34 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      literally was thinking the exact same

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      _There was a young boy from Ohio_
      _whose spirit was loaded with brio_
      _The big burger quest_
      _- his sister attests -_
      _nearly wound up in the bayou_

    • @OverClover
      @OverClover 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ze_rubenator Amazing!

    • @vishavkishore
      @vishavkishore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ze_rubenator yaaayyy

  • @alexcavoli6191
    @alexcavoli6191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Hey don't be down on yourself Alan, standup comedy takes a whole helping of bravery. A different type of bravery, but bravery none the less.

    • @metalswifty23
      @metalswifty23 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd rather go skydiving than do any sort of public speaking, let alone stand-up comedy, and I'm also scared of heights. People who make a career out of it will always get my appreciation, whether I enjoy their routine or not.

  • @montlejohnbojangles8937
    @montlejohnbojangles8937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Sandi Toksvig riding a motorbike is legitimately the coolest thing in the universe. Doesn't matter if it's only a fifty. 🤣

  • @janetmcbride165
    @janetmcbride165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh, I learned to swim from a book too! It was when I realised how low in the water I would be, that I allowed myself to sink that far and swim. I also learned the mechanics of butterfly by reading it, and improved by crawl technique the same way. Delighted to hear of someone else being weird too :D

    • @ararune3734
      @ararune3734 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What book was it?

    • @janetmcbride165
      @janetmcbride165 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ararune3734 No idea now, it was 60 years ago!

  • @EebstertheGreat
    @EebstertheGreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kaluza was not a string theorist, though I'm not sure how I would try to introduce him with three words. He formulated a theory that attempted to unify the two known forces at the time-gravity and electromagnetism-by introducing an additional spatial dimension with a very small diameter. This inspired later attempts at unification of gravity with the three forces currently explained by the standard model of particle physics (electromagnetism and the weak and strong interactions), including some that also introduced additional dimensions. In a sense, the basic approach of almost all modern string theories parallels the theory developed by Kaluza and Klein in the 1920s and 30s.
    Kaluza's first theory was purely classical, not quantum. Kaluza-Klein theory
    was quantized, but it did not involve strings or branes in any way, only point particles. A true string theory-a theory that involved dynamics of strings in some way-didn't arise until 1969, when Nambu, Nielsen, and Susskind independently discovered that Gabriele Veneziano's theory of hadrons could be interpreted as dynamics of vibrating strings. The first model apparently consistent with experiment was a theory of bosons in 1974, but the (possibly unique) 11-dimensional theory of everything we think of today didn't arise until the development of M-theory in 1995.

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've been skydiving a fair few times, back at university I joined the club and learnt it via static line. But I'd hate to do a tandem jump, the lack of control would terrify me.

  • @deadstick8624
    @deadstick8624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The look of shock on Aisling's face...

  • @MisterItchy
    @MisterItchy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was (and am) a nerd. When I was 16, a friend of mine got a motorcycle and I wanted to ride it. I literally checked out a book from the library called something like "How to Ride a Motorcycle" and then just rode it. I think it was a 200CC Honda. Within just a few minutes, I was going 50+ on the highway ... no helmet, of course ... good times!

  • @christiangardner8420
    @christiangardner8420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My father taught me how to drive when I was 5, I was in the f250 super duty. Hindsight a smaller vehicle would have been better! Still a great memory with my dad!

    • @JohnyG29
      @JohnyG29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was 2 when I learnt.

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think I was probably around 6 when I learnt to drive the VW Kombi van.
      Father was happy to take us on laps of the school field. Our mother believed that was a waste of money, and would only let us drive in the course of actually going somewhere. So all the family, van fully laden, open road, mother sitting in the middle of the bench seat, leaning over the steering wheel ready to grab it and completely obscuring my view of the winding country road, screaming at me to be more careful...
      I preferred my father's lessons.

    • @daslynnter9841
      @daslynnter9841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      First vehicle i drove was my grandpas 1940s ford 9n, when i was twelve. Grandpa said when i was heavy enough to push down the clutch i could drive it around. Tried every week to shift it for three years, then when i finally did drive it for the first time, regretted it a week later when they made me cultivate and plow from then on.

    • @slartybartfast4213
      @slartybartfast4213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@daslynnter9841 That's the problem when your a kid, you try so hard to prove your grown up, that as soon as you do, they put you to work.

  • @ethanh6370
    @ethanh6370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I actually remember that kid who went for a drive to McDonald's. It was big news here in the States.

    • @decodolly1535
      @decodolly1535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like to think an 8 year old driving his 4 year old sister to go get a burger would be big news wherever it happened!

    • @susiefairfield7218
      @susiefairfield7218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, he drove a mile and a half, stopping at four intersections and waited for the light to turn green and WITH NO POWER STEERING! Strong kid 💪

    • @Heightren
      @Heightren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Solution: drive manual so your kids can't take your car

    • @matthewcullen1298
      @matthewcullen1298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My cousins were out driving the farm vehicles by 8. They'd be driving around the farm checking fences and water troughs on their own as soon as their feet could reach the peddles. I have fond recollection of them driving the tractor with a big load of hay on the trailer behind. They had a huge bull that would lift the back of the trailer with his head whilst we were sitting on the back. I think most of our farms here in Australia are a lot bigger than elsewhere in the world. It's such a dry hot place you need more space to run cattle.

    • @Eralen00
      @Eralen00 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Heightren it makes it more difficult but not impossible. a 3-kid team can drive a manual easy hahah

  • @oliviagreen7423
    @oliviagreen7423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I've heard the story of the Burger Boy before but don't tire of it lol. Delightfully ironic he was a perfect driver, there's more than a few people out there with driver's licenses who absolutely should not be on the road😬

    • @angemaidment5640
      @angemaidment5640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The drivers test should involve watching TH-cam 🤣🤣🤣

    • @sliceofbread2611
      @sliceofbread2611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angemaidment5640 while driving?

    • @sliceofbread2611
      @sliceofbread2611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@angemaidment5640 there was this friend of mine having their driving lessons, and the instructor had the habit of showing memes while the person was driving..

    • @angemaidment5640
      @angemaidment5640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sliceofbread2611 yes 🙄🙄🙄

    • @barbarajoseph-adam8337
      @barbarajoseph-adam8337 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is McDelivery not a thing in Ohio?

  • @Targemq8
    @Targemq8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love having Lee on.

  • @cormacmacsuibhne2867
    @cormacmacsuibhne2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It was like in the Mrs. Browns Boys movie where Buster and Mr. Wang kept saying go and the blind ninjas kept running into things.

  • @todaywefly4370
    @todaywefly4370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I was 17 I got my open motor bike licence without a road test and immediately bought a slightly warmed up Honda CB750, rode it from the bike shop to my house, picked up my gear and road it 400km to my brothers place . I had never ridden anything bigger than a Yamaha 250 2 stroke and NEVER ridden on the highway. Ah rural Queensland in the early ‘70s. Fun times...and I survived.

  • @thefig1863
    @thefig1863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why was Ringo Starr's photo in the background?

  • @samueltukua3061
    @samueltukua3061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only 6 dislikes, astonishing, amazing video

  • @joyl7842
    @joyl7842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I did bungee-jumping three times in a row from about 50 meters on Bali. It was quite exciting.
    But one of them I jumped backwards, so I couldn't see where I was going. For some reason it was much more scary.

    • @BrahmaDBA
      @BrahmaDBA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The most frightening one for me is the chair bungee jump. They strap you in a chair and they throw you down with it. Falling down freely feels more consented than falling down strapped with a chair.

    • @joyl7842
      @joyl7842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BrahmaDBA I had no idea that was even a thing. Sounds terrifying.

    • @BrahmaDBA
      @BrahmaDBA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joyl7842 here u go th-cam.com/video/kMkWNwvNgqU/w-d-xo.html

    • @violetskies14
      @violetskies14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BrahmaDBA ooh you can do that? I'm in a wheelchair and have always wanted to bungee jump.

    • @BrahmaDBA
      @BrahmaDBA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@violetskies14 yeah, you fall with the chair because you're strapped with it. I don't know if it is accessible for people with wheelchair but it doesn't hurt to try.

  • @naysaykiller928
    @naysaykiller928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "And you could do 40" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @weswheel4834
    @weswheel4834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shows how much easier it is to drive an automatic. (either that or he watched a reaaalllly good video).

  • @sellm_bc_arwhite4249
    @sellm_bc_arwhite4249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My husband jumped out of a perfectly fine airplane - twice.
    Of course, I asked, "WHY?!!"
    His response was, "I had a coupon."

  • @freebirdh604
    @freebirdh604 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am bloody miserable, too long and Sad/ sorry tale to tell but I’ve watched a couple of QI clips and now I’m smiling……bring the medicine on 😉☮️

  • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
    @AnnaAnna-uc2ff 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Merci.

  • @eekos
    @eekos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anyone know where I can find more music like the one playing at the end?

  • @FreakyLeek
    @FreakyLeek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Well please come on, pick something.

    • @massiveworldthreat
      @massiveworldthreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why you skipping through the video man?

    • @FreakyLeek
      @FreakyLeek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@massiveworldthreat No skipping was done.

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      who wouldn't take a light reprimand from our Lady Toksvig? when she reprimands the audience for the ding dong with calman and holly, it's what she does, makes things right again.

    • @szczurek2725
      @szczurek2725 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can read it in her voice only

    • @elaineb7065
      @elaineb7065 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should be: "well please, come on, get me a burger..."

  • @timdavid4673
    @timdavid4673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did anyone else catch Lee's salute at 2:38

  • @qualicumwilson5168
    @qualicumwilson5168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "I do Comedy" Yes, that can be far more dangerous than most army field medics. ( I mean how often, even when at war, are you really shooting at each other at close range). They stand, completely unprotected, in front of drunk, childlike, demanding audiences armed with umbrellas, bottles and assorted other weapons, and the need to somehow impress a certain young lady. Basically an accident looking for a place to happen. And they are sitting down and not moving.

  • @draugr7693
    @draugr7693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If somebody keeps going on about their ex then they're obviously not over them and aren't worth dating.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I once tried to face a castle full of young women, but... it was far too perilous.
    I was willing to risk it, though.

    • @mifdsam
      @mifdsam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sir Galahad, is that you?

    • @daxriley8195
      @daxriley8195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You weren't allowed to have even just a little bit of peril?

    • @NewMessage
      @NewMessage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@daxriley8195 Apparently, it was far too perilous.

  • @ArtyMars
    @ArtyMars 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why’s everyone so into skydiving here in Australia 😂❤️ you can do it anywhere tbh

  • @no9scrum
    @no9scrum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The joke lee mack told was literally told by Stephen Fry on this show years ago

    • @Garfie489
      @Garfie489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tbf i imagine its one of those jokes all skydivers do.
      Every industry probably has a joke the workers are sick of hearing.

    • @benlittle5436
      @benlittle5436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      1. It's likely at like 50% of places, especially dry humour countries.
      2. It is also possible they were both there at the same time... We keep finding out on these shows that all British comics are friends

    • @Blingo88
      @Blingo88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Theres a very similar prank on TH-cam too

    • @DomWeasel
      @DomWeasel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a staple joke for any activity that involves jumping off something. Apparently a variation for bungee jumping is when the person is committing to falling backward and the last thing they see before the point of no return is someone yelling 'NOT YET!' and holding the end of an untied rope.

  • @petergoddard262
    @petergoddard262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Aisling Bea is beautiful and very funny.

  • @nathangoedeke694
    @nathangoedeke694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If TH-cam videos count, I taught myself to replace the lights on my car

  • @TheZoltan-42
    @TheZoltan-42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Skydiving is fine as long as you abstain from lithobreaking...

  • @cormacmacsuibhne2867
    @cormacmacsuibhne2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My younger brother has been able to drive since he was six.

  • @Jesusexplains
    @Jesusexplains 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ha ... I have BO PROBLEM with skydiving 🪂 I just don’t do it 😱

  • @cecilebraillie4471
    @cecilebraillie4471 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    regarding Lee's anecdote, I read about a Dutch girl who died bungee jumping because the instructor said "no jump!" in a funny accent and she understood "now jump!"

    • @leeshapon
      @leeshapon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      that’s sad :( why would they even say not to jump… like that’s just the default stance lol. you only need to tell them to jump

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only fucking way I'm jumping out of a plane is if it's on fire or going down😠

  • @OldNew45
    @OldNew45 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing about freefall school is that after your first jump, you pack your own parachute.
    Yup. Every time but the first.

  • @PotatoMC1
    @PotatoMC1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:00 Surely driving without a license?

    • @leeshapon
      @leeshapon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was thinking why would they not at least charge the parents for neglect 😭

  • @joewilson2175
    @joewilson2175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You don't need a parachute to skydive, only to do it twice

    • @Jose.AFT.Saddul
      @Jose.AFT.Saddul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or you have a bucket of water

    • @steverogers1036
      @steverogers1036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe in terra for me... the more for me, the less terra 🤔

  • @fatherman3488
    @fatherman3488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Taught myself to waterski... Granted, I couldn't captain the boat simultaneously, but deduced the physics involved and, just right up and across the lake I went 👍

  • @lindsayantwine1097
    @lindsayantwine1097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I thought I could get Alan to be my boyfriend, I would totally sky dive. 💯

  • @shaneeslick
    @shaneeslick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just wondering...
    is watching a video or reading a book teaching yourself or learning?
    although not person to person my thinking is you are learning from the instruction from someone else,
    while teaching yourself is learning something without instruction from someone else

  • @Bibibosh
    @Bibibosh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Australia has the best air drop!

  • @RudolfMaster.
    @RudolfMaster. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we need a video that kid watched

    • @IndigoIndustrial
      @IndigoIndustrial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A lot of people on the road need that video.

  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sandy, in Arizona we refer to little old ladies driving as Q-Tips. Because all you see is a puff of white hair looking over the steering wheel as they go down the road.

  • @MsKK909
    @MsKK909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I fixed my garbage disposal by watching a TH-cam video.

  • @TheTroystreet
    @TheTroystreet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Driving isn’t hard to do as long as you follow the rules.

    • @decodolly1535
      @decodolly1535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, it's usually other people not following the rules that get you.

    • @koalabandit9166
      @koalabandit9166 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's even easier if you don't follow the rules though, and exciting.

    • @HartyBiker
      @HartyBiker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell that to literally everyone on the road

    • @ararune3734
      @ararune3734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If it's an automatic and it probably is since it's the US, but it wouldn't have been so easy if it was a manual

  • @heshuimu
    @heshuimu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm glad Alan did not end up with that girlfriend. She so obviously missed her ex.

  • @js0988
    @js0988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That is not a motorbike, that is a moped!

    • @Caraxian
      @Caraxian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      a bike with a motor, is a motorbike

    • @KenworthW900HG
      @KenworthW900HG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A motorised-bicycle, if you will

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A moped is a two-wheeled vehicle with a motor, which can also be pedalled like a bicycle.
      Perhaps you're thinking of a motor-scooter?

    • @js0988
      @js0988 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@daddymuggle Moped=50cc or smaller engined 2 wheel vehicle, everything larger=motorbike/motorcycle!

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@js0988 interesting. Perhaps this is one of those regional variations in meaning.

  • @katkenobi6765
    @katkenobi6765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lee Mack is fuckin FIIIIIINE! 😍😍😍😍😍

  • @firstname4337
    @firstname4337 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aisling Bea is one of the most beautiful women ever

  • @KarstenOkk
    @KarstenOkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That girlfriend sounds pleasant...

  • @circlingthesquare6470
    @circlingthesquare6470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ACKshually the correct past tense form of that word is "skonedove"

  • @chefcc90
    @chefcc90 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving is not for you

  • @SoSo-li6dn
    @SoSo-li6dn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    badly titled: Impressing women is the reason we blokes do anything.

  • @KermitFrogThe
    @KermitFrogThe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I used to do a number of stupid things, some competitively, so when someone joined our ranks declaring they had no fear, I am a number of others didn't take it well. The reason adrenalin sports are fun is because they are scary. We decided to educate him on this point.
    My lesson was while bridge swinging. Had him do one on a 200ft viaduct, no issue. Lett out a bit more rope and had a loop in it with a wedge and string to keep it in place. Having done the activity and knowing when it's at its most frightening I cut the string giving him an extra couple of feet of rope at that point. The scream could be heard from the top.
    Lesson we all have fear, the brave can push through it, the insane enjoy it. The smart insane go on to be annoying goits like me, the less smart get Darwin awards.

  • @ShortMan_123
    @ShortMan_123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The kid drove to McDonald’s but probably didn’t take any money

  • @Showmetheevidence-
    @Showmetheevidence- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg. The “not yet” is hilarious!,!

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Skydived" or "skydove"?

  • @marybruun9621
    @marybruun9621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this show, wish it would work in the US but let’s face it, Americans don’t have a sense of humor....I can say that, I’m an American!

  • @CloudsGirl7
    @CloudsGirl7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Sigh* Yet another fine example of parents letting the internet raise their kids.

  • @mikelheron20
    @mikelheron20 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jason Manford does comedy? News to me.

  • @harryturner8701
    @harryturner8701 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean that’s how you get dumped

  • @Jesusexplains
    @Jesusexplains 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes ... be careful of our weird sense of humor kangaroo 🦘 🇦🇺

  • @lordfaladar6261
    @lordfaladar6261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i was Drunk and my Friends Tricked me, I broke ones jaw and the others legs.

    • @lordfaladar6261
      @lordfaladar6261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @TowwerN3 yes landed on him and the tandem guy, broke my hand and a few ribs when i landed on him breaking his legs, later when we got out of the hospital we beat our buddy's ass breaking his jaw a few ribs and a few of more of my ribs.
      sounded better with out the explanation. amazing what they let you get away with in the 1080s' lol

  • @r0bw00d
    @r0bw00d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Skydove

  • @deborahduthie4519
    @deborahduthie4519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When the mind understands the machinations of any action, will power to conduct the desired actions becomes easier than that of people who learn how to from teachers and coaches. This is how my daughter was able to win her first game of tennis and went straight to competition and then the Coach ruined everything with words of confusion and sexism. He called her 12year old strokes “sexy”. Paedo.

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    String Theory : there is an episode of Q I, K, knowledge I believe, where they talk about the degradation of knowledge over time as we obtain newer and better knowledge the olde knowledge ends or fades into history or legends. String Theory, here in the early 21st Century has been proven to be a load of rubbish. there are newer and better theories

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      go talk to the Collider.

    • @1969Kismet
      @1969Kismet 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want to see you come up with a theory that will keep thousands of astrophysicists busy for years. Go on then...no? I thought not.

    • @HermanVonPetri
      @HermanVonPetri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, there really is no "string theory" as such. There is the search for string theory, but none of the competing models can be proven suitably to declare them true scientifically supported theories. But that's ok because there's no way of knowing without exploring the possibilities first.

    • @h4m1cx94
      @h4m1cx94 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HermanVonPetri Neither can the standard model, gravity is a scoundrel

    • @1969Kismet
      @1969Kismet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @TowwerN3 Wow!
      I'm not arguing here.
      My meaning is this: calling 'a load of rubbish' years and years of research that has led to amazing discoveries and inventions is rude.
      I might not have been very clear of very polite myself. I agree.

  • @seanoreilly1832
    @seanoreilly1832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This show has died so badly. Its a lesbian with a lesbian and a lesbian.... and allan. You cant make lesbians funny by forcing them down our throats

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Diversity is the death of everything.

    • @leeshapon
      @leeshapon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bold of you to assume Alan isn’t also a lesbian

  • @daddymuggle
    @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So I have a question for the English speakers in the congregation. Why 'skydived', and not 'skydove'?
    If Alan dove into a swimming pool, we'd say he dove in. If Alan leapt head-first through a window - or indeed from an aeroplane - we'd say he dove through the window or from the plane.
    So why does 'Alan skydived' seem natural? Does it seem natural to you? Is this just creeping Americanisation of the language? Or is there a valid reason for this usage?
    A penny for your thoughts.

    • @tomrowell1558
      @tomrowell1558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That’s interesting actually I never thought about that - I think “dove” is actually an Americanisation though, I think the one situation I might say “dove” is into a pool of water, but I would probably say “the robber dived out a window”, and when watching football we will always say that “the goalkeeper dived for the ball” - so perhaps it’s more a problem for Americans to work out why they don’t say “he skydove”

    • @ejauthor
      @ejauthor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The past participle of dive is always dived. Grammar is quite interesting indeed.

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tomrowell1558 I've only ever seen Americans (and American-influenced people) use dived instead of dove.
      I have met Americans who see 'dove' and try to pronounce it like the bird, so pretty sure at least some of them are firmly in the dived camp.
      In the same way that Americans haven't dreamt, they've dreamed. Although I think they dreamed while they slept - surely they wouldn't say sleeped unless they were deliberately baby-talking?
      It's actually pretty easy to see which are the American spellings - any spell-check or auto-correction will almost certainly default to American spelling and grammar.

    • @daddymuggle
      @daddymuggle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ejauthor this discussion is about the past imperfect.
      I never dreamt I would have to point that out.

    • @jcortese3300
      @jcortese3300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Americans will say "dove" or "dived," but I think "dove" is more commons (NB: I am one). However, we rarely say "I skydived" or "I skydove." We will instead say "I went skydiving." It's almost never said as anything but a gerund.