The reason that the two fingers in England is offensive is that in older times with archers,those who were captured or defeated by the enemy had their arching fingers cut off and so other archers put up their two arching fingers to show they still had them and insult the person who did not.
not so sure about that because I my self am an archer and I do in fact use a recurve bow and I use three fingers to shot in fact most people I know use 3
Link The Hero - Not *that* reliable though, as I mentioned, it's a legend and has no historical data to back it up. People just like to repeat that story.
The hell? In America do you guys sit in the back seat of a taxi? I live in the UK and typically you always sit in front unless there's two or three people, in which case you sit in the back.
Yeah, we usually sit in the back even when riding solo. In big cities it isn't even strange to see a partition with glass in the middle between the front and back of the cab. Though you can sit in the front seat if you really wanted to.
The two finger thing around 25 minutes in, goes back a long time ago when people used bow and arrows, the archers would get index and middle fingers chopped off when captured, that is what I remember from it, what I was told mostly, Jesse you know history, something new every day.
Shady Steps I heard that it was a gesture the English made up to insult the French after the Battle of Agincourt. Before the battle, the French boasted about how they would cut off the English archer's bow string fingers. As you can probably guess/know from history, things didn't go as planned for them. After the battle, the English held up their bow string fingers to mock them.
Nuvuk This is incorrect. "Eskimo" does not mean "raw fish eater", but this misconception is the reason why the word has become a derogatory term in some parts of the world. It's more likely to mean "[people who] net snowshoes", since the Ojibwa tribe uses the word "askime" about netting snowshoes.
I spreadsheet what I eat, but that is because I am a pre-diabetic, do-nothing fatass and I need to track my calories and carbs, because I have a problem with portion control, eating when I am bored and/or sad, which is nearly always.
just on the side, the reason that holding up two fingers is offensive goes way back 1415 where England invented a bow that could pierce armor, they used this bow to win a war with France. In response to this the French began cutting off the two fingers of the Englishmen caught in battle, making it impossible to draw the bow. to insult the Englishmen the French would hold up the two fingers. The End
I happen to be living in the town where the FIRST IKEA was built, it's called "Älmhult" if you guys sees this and want more info just PM me or something
Lol Eskimo means eater of raw flesh. It makes them sound like something that should be feared, but they're completely normal people just making their lives like anyone else.
I don't find Americans that offensive, they can be annoying tho. many times they're just so loud and seem to have no consideration towards other people. also I dislike the way many of them just assume locals have to speak good English, or else they will complain about it
someone from the UK teach Jesse WHY the 2 figures is bad. i "VAGUELY" know way. something about archers getting their 2 fingers to draw their bow getting cut off but what do i know? i'm a stupid american like Cox here :3
The two fingers thing in Europe is all about ye olden wars where Archery was king. One side would chop the fingers off of the other archers so that they could not pluck their bow anymore, then taunt them by showing they still have their two fingers.
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The reason that the two fingers in England is offensive is that in older times with archers,those who were captured or defeated by the enemy had their arching fingers cut off and so other archers put up their two arching fingers to show they still had them and insult the person who did not.
Link The Hero thanks
+Link The Hero That's actually an urban myth though.
not so sure about that because I my self am an archer and I do in fact use a recurve bow and I use three fingers to shot in fact most people I know use 3
Nick Villasana Not my choice.It's just what I heard from a very creditable friend
Link The Hero - Not *that* reliable though, as I mentioned, it's a legend and has no historical data to back it up. People just like to repeat that story.
Put more eps.on youtube. Well aware of soundcloud eps but.seriously...ep 64 on here e like 90 something on sound cloud
MrPodaky That would mean content though... I doubt Crendor will ever give into that.
+MrPodaky why don't you just listen to it on sound cloud, unless it's to much effort to click buttons.
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I am listening to it on soundcloud. Just want them to catch up so yetube only people can also be caught up.
If CoxCon becomes big enough, maybe we'll get a CoxCon in the U.S. as well?
You can see Jesse at pretty much any U.S. Convention though...
Rochyan Sadly, the cons I go to are the ones in New York (a.k.a. not outside my home state).
The original Ikea is located in Älmhult sweden.
I lost it at Sex Mines
guys i'm italian the thumbs up in italy is perfectly normal, there's nothing strange....
2015 Jesse aptly demonstrating exactly WHY Americans get a bad rap overseas... hope he's learned better since.
If Cox con becomes a thing it should be on the moon
I'm bermudian and half the people in the country have made up names you never heard of.
Oh god keep this up please YA GOTTA CATCH UP WITH SOUND CLOUD!
Someone needs to do a 'Welcome to the Deadmines' parody called 'Welcome to the Sexmines', pronto!
The hell? In America do you guys sit in the back seat of a taxi? I live in the UK and typically you always sit in front unless there's two or three people, in which case you sit in the back.
Yeah, we usually sit in the back even when riding solo. In big cities it isn't even strange to see a partition with glass in the middle between the front and back of the cab. Though you can sit in the front seat if you really wanted to.
The two fingers is only offensive if it's a backwards peace sign, in ireland anyway
If you're seeing souls, you've got a problem.
you call new zealanders kiwis
do they do this live and where can i watch it
Anthony Bowman No and soundcloud.com/coxncrendor.
The two finger thing around 25 minutes in, goes back a long time ago when people used bow and arrows, the archers would get index and middle fingers chopped off when captured, that is what I remember from it, what I was told mostly, Jesse you know history, something new every day.
TheMHMikey I think that was untrue but I cant find a source so blarg.
TheMHMikey This is not true, -Steven Fry- QI :)
Guessed I heard wrong, but oh well, someone else will know.
Shady Steps I heard that it was a gesture the English made up to insult the French after the Battle of Agincourt. Before the battle, the French boasted about how they would cut off the English archer's bow string fingers. As you can probably guess/know from history, things didn't go as planned for them. After the battle, the English held up their bow string fingers to mock them.
Why do they continue to upload to this channel when they are 50 episodes behind
Granite Because this way you can rehear it.
"Scientist, no shit" Jessie Cox 2014
Eskimo means raw fish eater and thats what american natives called Inuits. Alaskan Inuits accepted this term but Canadian Inuits have not.
Nuvuk
is funny, the original settlers here in northwest asia is called patchys, from patchland
Nuvuk This is incorrect. "Eskimo" does not mean "raw fish eater", but this misconception is the reason why the word has become a derogatory term in some parts of the world. It's more likely to mean "[people who] net snowshoes", since the Ojibwa tribe uses the word "askime" about netting snowshoes.
Does Harley and epicMealTime still do videos online they just do TV too
the thumbs up basically means "up yours"
Please tell me someone already put up an animation of the sex mine/tipping as an insult conversation.
I watched a twitch stream of Microsoft excel
But... The Gnome insult in WoW is 2 fingers... How could neither of them know that was offensive?
I never heard about that thumb up thing and I live in Italy.
ya can you put more eps on TH-cam
I spreadsheet what I eat, but that is because I am a pre-diabetic, do-nothing fatass and I need to track my calories and carbs, because I have a problem with portion control, eating when I am bored and/or sad, which is nearly always.
I kinda wish there was face-cams or something exciting to watch while listening.
So, in this episode, Cox n Crendor insult every other country equally. :D
First IKEA was in Älmhult, Småland.
stuff Americans find offensive. i will start with:
public breastfeeding
Stuff scandinavians finds offensive. i'll start with:
-Street preachers
***** We have a street preacher in my home town in Finland and I just feel sorry for him.
In the UK, don't cut queues. We hate that shit.
Holding up two fingers so that the inside of your hand faces you is offensive in the UK. Otherwise it's V for Victory.
i dont sit in the front of taxis and live in Australia
just on the side, the reason that holding up two fingers is offensive goes way back 1415 where England invented a bow that could pierce armor, they used this bow to win a war with France. In response to this the French began cutting off the two fingers of the Englishmen caught in battle, making it impossible to draw the bow. to insult the
Englishmen the French would hold up the two fingers. The End
I happen to be living in the town where the FIRST IKEA was built, it's called "Älmhult" if you guys sees this and want more info just PM me or something
TFW you're from Kazakhstan and Crendor doesn't know about your country :(
20:00 20:10 As a lefthanded person i am insulted.
Lol Eskimo means eater of raw flesh. It makes them sound like something that should be feared, but they're completely normal people just making their lives like anyone else.
Griever Snow nothing normal about living in a 50 degree below zero. holly fuuuuuuuk last winter we had 6 Celsius degree we almost died :P
I don't find Americans that offensive, they can be annoying tho. many times they're just so loud and seem to have no consideration towards other people. also I dislike the way many of them just assume locals have to speak good English, or else they will complain about it
someone from the UK teach Jesse WHY the 2 figures is bad. i "VAGUELY" know way. something about archers getting their 2 fingers to draw their bow getting cut off but what do i know? i'm a stupid american like Cox here :3
fantastic of this podcast but you need to make this become more like the Polaris podcast show you people faces on the podcast
First! Lol anyway love this podcast.
The two fingers thing in Europe is all about ye olden wars where Archery was king. One side would chop the fingers off of the other archers so that they could not pluck their bow anymore, then taunt them by showing they still have their two fingers.