Oh God...I always thought it was "nobody does IT like Sara Lee" which is also true, and not a double negative. They should just switch... Also, there is much debate going on here. I am Hank...
I missed the Tournedos Rossini, which is probably some of the most indulgent food in existence (Tournedos, so beef filet, fried in butter, with a slice of light-fried foie gras, slices of black truffle and Madeira sauce, named after the composer Gioachino Rossini (probably mostly known for the William Tell overture and the Barber of Seville)
@Mental Floss with regards to 6:20 , The slogan is perfectly fine as is. If you were to eliminate the double negative by replacing both words with positive counterparts, it would read: "Everybody does like Sara Lee". Which is again a perfectly fine, if uninteresting slogan.
The earls of sandwich lived in the building that is now my school! The picture they used of the fourth Earl is hanging up in the entrance hall, and I tour-guide round the building on a Sunday afternoon. I am also very proud to announce that I was head of the Montagu house, named after the family of the earls of sandwich! Having John Green discuss something so close to home for me is awesome!! Thanks John!
Always learning new stuff. I’ve definitely heard of Nellie Melba (because I’m Australian), but I had no idea she had food named after her. Kind of bummed Pavlova didn’t make the list.
Also, Mrs. Fields was a ball girl for the Oakland Athletics in the late-1960's. On a semi-related note, in the mid-1970's, the same team hired a then-teenager named Stanley Burrell to be the owner's "eyes and ears". The players nicknamed him "Hammer" because they thought he looked like MLB legend Hank Aaron. He later became known as "MC Hammer".
4:00 John, you are a reasonably smart fellow, however, that is not a pun. sounding it as "nope unintended" grasps at a play on words, but not all wordplays are puns.
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here are some from my country, Hungary: Újházy chicken soup - named after the cook who made it Jókai bean soup - named after the famous 19th century novelist who loved it. Gundel pancakes - named after the restaurant owner who collected special recipes for his business Dobos cake - named after the pastry chef who created it. Esterházy cake - named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha, diplomat and politician in the 19th century.
The French dish 'vol-au-vent' (the puffy pastry is so light, it will fly away in the presence of wind, hence 'vol-au-vent') is called 'koninginnehapje' in Flemish because it was invented at the French court. Konining means queen (hence the name). It looks a lot like the 'chicken a la king' you were talking about.
Hey John!! Here is another one for you. In Chile Barros Luco Sandwich is named after Ramon Barros Luco, Chilean president in 1910. The sandwich includes beef and cheese.
William Mellis Christie (1829-1900) was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada at the age of about 19 and founded a bakery that became the largest maker of biscuits in Canada by the 1880's. General Tao's Chicken is named after Chinese military leader Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), though no-one seems to know why it's named after him.
Loved the video, and I don't know the exact rules on the office pork chop party, but I noticed three separate pork references (two bacon, one pork for the Salisbury steak) and only one contribution was made to the piggy bank. Just trying to get you guys to that party sooner if possible ;)
"As long as" was originally part of the longer phrase "for as long as", where "long" referred to time, not distance, eg; "My foot has been hurting for a long time. For as long as it continues to hurt, I won't run." The meaning then was "for such time as", or more simply "while". When people shortened it by omitting the word "for" it became less obvious that this conditional only applied to ongoing things, and so people also began using the phrase for one-time conditions to mean "if".
Speaking of apples, McIntosh apples (and the computer that was named after them) are both named after John McIntosh who discovered the hearty, sweet, and bake-able fruit growing on a single sapling in some brush around his farm in Upper Canada in 1811.
Looks like people have mentioned Pavlova, but not that it was named for Anna Pavlova. Also yes, it's an Aus/NZ debate over who "owns" it. There was a funny segment on Adam Hills Tonight where Adam got a chef to make both recipes and made his guests blind taste-test them and say which was better. XD
Hi I just finished reading "Looking fo alaska" and in midle of "The Fault in Our Stars" good books BTW but now im quite sad.So i have a question. What is most happy and cheerful book you ever read.
Dame Nellie Melba lived in my home town for a while. JOHN GREEN MENTIONED SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEAR WHERE I LIVED (although at completely different times)!!!
What about Crepe Suzettes? Baby Ruth (named for Pres. Roosevelt's daughter)? Caesar Salad? The Rueben sandwich? This list is great, but could've been much longer!
Omg I can't wait for Hank to be old so we can dress him up like Orville Redenbacher and he can sing Orville Redenbacher songs. I have seen the future, and it is beautiful~
everything emits light when cooling, an effect of photons being emitted from electrons as they return to their resting orbitals. Normally this is in the infrared spectrum, which is why infrared is used to see heat, but as the electrons have a greater change in energy, the spectrum shifts into the visible area, first red, then orange, and probably yellow if great enough... ... I think
My friend entered a joke contest by carefully crafting 10 amazing puns. He submitted them all hoping that atleast one would win a prize, but no PUN IN TEN DID.
I was at a health food store and I was looking through the magazines (as one does) then I came upon a really interesting magazine and after flipping through a few pages I was like man this a excellent magazine what does one call such a thing? so surprise surprise it was a mental floss magazine I was thrilled because I have heard about it and I never though id see one at my local grocery store but then a saw the price and slowly put it buck but it was still cool to find it
You left out Pavlova, a light meringue desert named after Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. It was created in either Australia or New Zealand after she went there on a tour in the 1920's.
Oh God...I always thought it was "nobody does IT like Sara Lee" which is also true, and not a double negative. They should just switch...
Also, there is much debate going on here. I am Hank...
Who the heck is Hank?
I missed the Tournedos Rossini, which is probably some of the most indulgent food in existence (Tournedos, so beef filet, fried in butter, with a slice of light-fried foie gras, slices of black truffle and Madeira sauce, named after the composer Gioachino Rossini (probably mostly known for the William Tell overture and the Barber of Seville)
@Mental Floss with regards to 6:20 , The slogan is perfectly fine as is. If you were to eliminate the double negative by replacing both words with positive counterparts, it would read: "Everybody does like Sara Lee". Which is again a perfectly fine, if uninteresting slogan.
When John said "Thanks for watching Mental Floss" I could have sworn he said "Thanks for watching menopause" which I found hilarious.
he does that every time. I think he means it 😂😂😂
How many people noticed that he missed a Pork Pitch during the Salisbury steak info?
Good to see I'm not the only one who noticed he missed it.
+Mazekwon It was torture
They never got their pork chop party
The earls of sandwich lived in the building that is now my school! The picture they used of the fourth Earl is hanging up in the entrance hall, and I tour-guide round the building on a Sunday afternoon. I am also very proud to announce that I was head of the Montagu house, named after the family of the earls of sandwich! Having John Green discuss something so close to home for me is awesome!! Thanks John!
"It's hard to get a doctor to prescribe the hot beef injections I so desperately need"? Things okay at home?
When I heard that line I paused and came straight to the comments...
Then I read the comments.
great episode, I love how you crush the childhood so quickly at the end.
He missed a pork reference when he was talking about salisbury steak. So much for the pork chop party.
😢
He's missed four now in the videos I've watched
Don't forget the hot brown sandwich, it's made with turkey and bacon 🐖
Always learning new stuff. I’ve definitely heard of Nellie Melba (because I’m Australian), but I had no idea she had food named after her.
Kind of bummed Pavlova didn’t make the list.
Just enjoyed a John Greene/ Mental Floss bingefest! More please!
Huh... I always thought the slogan was "Nobody does it like Sara Lee."
I thought of that as well.
Now I'm confused.
Wow. Youse guys always blow my mind. Thanks to Cast and Crew!! And Hank and John.
He didn't put a coin in the bank the 2nd time he said "bacon"...
Also, Mrs. Fields was a ball girl for the Oakland Athletics in the late-1960's. On a semi-related note, in the mid-1970's, the same team hired a then-teenager named Stanley Burrell to be the owner's "eyes and ears". The players nicknamed him "Hammer" because they thought he looked like MLB legend Hank Aaron. He later became known as "MC Hammer".
Does John realise that every single time he ends the show he calls it "menopause"?
I just realized, the lead instrument in the mental floss theme is a therimin!
It's probably just a synthesiser playing a sine wave. Therimin's were essentially just manually controlled synthesisers
It's probably just a synthesiser playing a sine wave. Therimin's were essentially just manually controlled synthesisers
What? Beef Wellington wasn't good enough to make the list?
I burst with laughter when you said Hank looked like Orville Redenbacher. hahaha
The a in à la king should have an accent grave.
avait la king :3 We need to put a needle (the accent grave) because you can't say avait. That's how I remembered it.
You're right I am french and I can confirm that it needs a "à"
he mentioned pork when talking about salisbury steak and didnt add a quarter. Thats like one tenth a pork chop that wont be in the pork chop party
This channel makes my brain exponentially happier.
4:00 John, you are a reasonably smart fellow, however, that is not a pun. sounding it as "nope unintended" grasps at a play on words, but not all wordplays are puns.
I've seen way to many episodes of Mental Floss with John Green...
I think I have a nerd crush.
Betty Crocker isn't real?!?!? My childhood IS a lie!
THE "NO PUN INTENDED" IS STILL MINDBLASTING, OH GOSH.
your brothers with hank... i love his channel
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Can't make it? Reply to this and we'll try to answer as many questions as possible.
"Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee" is litotes, not a double negative.
here are some from my country, Hungary:
Újházy chicken soup - named after the cook who made it
Jókai bean soup - named after the famous 19th century novelist who loved it.
Gundel pancakes - named after the restaurant owner who collected special recipes for his business
Dobos cake - named after the pastry chef who created it.
Esterházy cake - named after Prince Paul III Anton Esterházy de Galántha, diplomat and politician in the 19th century.
So we can just say "punintended?"
I think that makes John Green move up to my favorite Vlogbrother. xD
That was just awesomely funny.
every third time you say "mental floss" i think you are saying "menopause" " welcome to menopause"
What I really learned from this is how surprisingly new many of these foods are. Boysenberries began in 1923? That's crazy!
6:34 What are you? a Gay fish?
Christa T Probably Fish >>>>STICKS....
Still funny.
The French dish 'vol-au-vent' (the puffy pastry is so light, it will fly away in the presence of wind, hence 'vol-au-vent') is called 'koninginnehapje' in Flemish because it was invented at the French court. Konining means queen (hence the name). It looks a lot like the 'chicken a la king' you were talking about.
THE CAKE IS A LIE
My God I fell in love with this show
Aw, no Pavlova? Anna Pavlova would be disappointed.
Exactly my thoughts
Hey John!! Here is another one for you. In Chile Barros Luco Sandwich is named after Ramon Barros Luco, Chilean president in 1910. The sandwich includes beef and cheese.
Also, the Webster of Merriam Webster hated the British so much, that's why Americans spell some words differently than the British.
Mental Floss is one of my absolute favorite series. I really need to subscribe to this magazine. Also...NO PUN INTENDED IS A PUN! o_o
You like fish sticks?
what are you, a gay fish?
When he first said it I heard 'fish dicks', and had to back up the video to figure out what I missed. Whoops.
Well, he did say he desperately needs hot beef injections. :-P
Sometimes when John says 'thank you for watching Mental Floss' at the end of these videos, I hear 'thank you for watching menopause.'
My favorite part of this:
"...many parts, and not just cow." was followed immediately by a banner ad for McDonald's.
I will never be able to look at Orville Redenbacher without seeing your face now. Thank John for me.
Awesome video!
Very interesting that many of these seem like they were accidentally invented.
Thank you for the video.
I need a gif of John exploding his brain.
William Mellis Christie (1829-1900) was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada at the age of about 19 and founded a bakery that became the largest maker of biscuits in Canada by the 1880's.
General Tao's Chicken is named after Chinese military leader Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), though no-one seems to know why it's named after him.
Loved the video, and I don't know the exact rules on the office pork chop party, but I noticed three separate pork references (two bacon, one pork for the Salisbury steak) and only one contribution was made to the piggy bank. Just trying to get you guys to that party sooner if possible ;)
Who told you Betty Crocker wasn't real?! The Batterwitch has her gnarled claws in everything.
I had a Papa John's ad before this video. I think that is awesome.
I went to culinary school with a girl named Betty Crocker, it was awesome!
New respect for Reddenbacher has been applied to my life.
There are some dishes I've never heard of on this list. Interesting!
Born and raised in Louisville, and I applaud your pronunciation.
"As long as" was originally part of the longer phrase "for as long as", where "long" referred to time, not distance, eg; "My foot has been hurting for a long time. For as long as it continues to hurt, I won't run." The meaning then was "for such time as", or more simply "while".
When people shortened it by omitting the word "for" it became less obvious that this conditional only applied to ongoing things, and so people also began using the phrase for one-time conditions to mean "if".
I don't know about "pumped" but I love the intro. Brief but interesting.
Oh god, can you imagine calling your produce "Piszek's Fishsticks". I would not be able to stop laughing....
3:50 you mentioned bacon and didn't put in for the staff pork chop party
The pun bit. It just made me laugh. Genuinely laugh. Oh dear.
Speaking of apples, McIntosh apples (and the computer that was named after them) are both named after John McIntosh who discovered the hearty, sweet, and bake-able fruit growing on a single sapling in some brush around his farm in Upper Canada in 1811.
Looks like people have mentioned Pavlova, but not that it was named for Anna Pavlova. Also yes, it's an Aus/NZ debate over who "owns" it. There was a funny segment on Adam Hills Tonight where Adam got a chef to make both recipes and made his guests blind taste-test them and say which was better. XD
Hi I just finished reading "Looking fo alaska" and in midle of "The Fault in Our Stars" good books BTW but now im quite sad.So i have a question. What is most happy and cheerful book you ever read.
The German chocolate cake thing was on V Sauce 2 yesterday.
I learned a lot of this from the show Good Eats. Nice to see it was accurate.
If I ever make a breakthrough dish, I'll name it John Green after my favorite author.
John Green, stop exploding my mind while I'm trying to floss it.
BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!! - love a foodie nerdfighter :D
Dame Nellie Melba lived in my home town for a while. JOHN GREEN MENTIONED SOMEONE WHO LIVED NEAR WHERE I LIVED (although at completely different times)!!!
I have never wondered that until now. Woah.
Pizza was named after an actual person?! MIND BLOWN.
Just Margherita pizza. Not sure where "pizza" comes from, though.
I have never before today heard of the Hot Brown sandwich but now I want one.
I like food. I do not wish to participate in angry food discussions, I just wish to profess my undying love of food.
THIS INTRO GETS ME SO PUMPED
Dude thank you for saying Louisville correctly. You rock.
What about Crepe Suzettes? Baby Ruth (named for Pres. Roosevelt's daughter)? Caesar Salad? The Rueben sandwich?
This list is great, but could've been much longer!
Thanks for answering!!
Hanks your brother? I bet you two have the best convos
You should do a list of misused words!
My mom grew up in Indiana and her house was very close to the Orville Redenbacher popcorn fields.
"I believe sawdust is technically a vegetable."
-Wise words of John Green
Omg I can't wait for Hank to be old so we can dress him up like Orville Redenbacher and he can sing Orville Redenbacher songs. I have seen the future, and it is beautiful~
Indeed! He lives in Indy and has probably heard it correctly enough that he picked it up.
everything emits light when cooling, an effect of photons being emitted from electrons as they return to their resting orbitals. Normally this is in the infrared spectrum, which is why infrared is used to see heat, but as the electrons have a greater change in energy, the spectrum shifts into the visible area, first red, then orange, and probably yellow if great enough...
... I think
Anyone notice that he didn't put a coin in the "Porkchop Party Jar" when he said "pork" for Salisbury Steak?
My friend entered a joke contest by carefully crafting 10 amazing puns. He submitted them all hoping that atleast one would win a prize, but no PUN IN TEN DID.
Question for you, John: Is/was Arnold Palmer a real person? Love your books and mental_floss (menopause)! Keep up the good work man!
Ummm, at 1:27, you guys have a Tally Hall trophy. My favorite band... I love you all, mental_floss salon designing staff.
Lol seriously, when he said "hot beef injection" I was like, WHAAAAT?
Well this video has cured me of eating any Salisbury steak I haven't made myself.
The only reason I came here was to see where pavlova ranks. Surely this was an oversight!
I was at a health food store and I was looking through the magazines (as one does) then I came upon a really interesting magazine and after flipping through a few pages I was like man this a excellent magazine what does one call such a thing? so surprise surprise it was a mental floss magazine I was thrilled because I have heard about it and I never though id see one at my local grocery store but then a saw the price and slowly put it buck but it was still cool to find it
What about Anna Pavlova!!!!!! Famous ballerina who travelled to Aust?
"I have tamed him, Mark" lol!!
And I haven't heard of so many of these before! Because I'm not American...?
in France "Chicken à la King" is called "Bouchée à la Reine", "reine" meaning "queen" :)
thanks for watching menopause
You left out Pavlova, a light meringue desert named after Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. It was created in either Australia or New Zealand after she went there on a tour in the 1920's.
john green.....your awsome!!
Question: Why do clocks that use Roman Numerals use IIII and not IV?