I was so delighted to see you choose the satisfying option to resolve the spilled cask. Some might think it a piddling little gesture; but as for myself, I feel that it really showers the whole interaction with gold.
Exactly my thoughts, and they were doubled when I saw the character and heard the voice. It could almost be Captain Sensible himself providing the voice. And don't forget he did have a fairly successful solo musical career. too.
Polly Ester is almost certainly a nod to Polly Styrene from X-Ray Specs Also a Malcolm who screwed over The Pistols? Malcolm McLaren probably. I'm really enjoying the classic era UK punk references
Malcolm Rhodes sounds like a mashup both of McLaren and Bernie Rhodes, a manager and producer of a number of punk and British new wave bands, most famously The Clash.
Legend has it that when Lord Nelson died during the battle of Trafalgar, his body was covered in brandy to preserve it for the sail back to England. The sailors would go in to see his body and pay respects, and of course, drink some of the brandy. When the sailors realized the brandy level was getting low, they started to pee into the coffin to keep the levels up. And then other sailors would go in and request to “Shed a tear for Lord Nelson,” and the cycle would begin again.
In the version I heard, there was no coffin; they just put him in a cask of brandy (or rum in some tellings) outright. Nobody pissed in it, but when the cask was opened back in England it was found to be nearly empty due to sailors sneaking drinks out of it. (Of course, both versions of the story are apocryphal, but hey.)
I really have to hand it to whoever wrote the background quips by the anarchist NPCs, theyre all really funny satire of legit anarchist behaviour. Refreshing agaisnt the stereotype of insane, mad max esque, lunatics theyre usually portrayed as.
@@crickett3536 Yea I do find it funny that Jon keeps expecting piles of bodies when like, Anarchism as an ideology is fundamentally opposed to piles of bodies, and for all their flaws these characters do seem to be genuine in their principles.
@@FfBrenhines on the other hand, I'd also say it would be in line with Fallout's Nightmare Dystopian Thing if the Anarchists were secretly evil (usually in a capitalist way), lol
@@crickett3536 Very fair; I've never got into any Fallout game so I don't know their trends or anything. As an anarchist myself, I'm just glad to see a portrayal of my type that isn't just trying to demonise us, at least not yet
When you start to realise characters, the Anarchists, well they are punks, the Pistols. I'm guessing Malcolm that snake dealing all sides is Malcolm McClaren. So you've got Alice who is Siouxsie Sioux of of the Banshees, and Captain Reasonable is clearly going to be Captain Sensible of the Damned. I guess Polly Ester is really Poly Styrene of X-ray Spex.
The thing about the Pistols is, they're not sinister. But they are limited. They have no greater plans to help London proper, or any further afield. They just intend to keep Camden chugging along. If they tried to grow larger, that's when you might start seeing corruption and problems like that take root. But as of right now, they're just going to be this small, semi-isolated community. Which in Fallout tends to either stay that way (rarely), expand and turn evil, or get steamrollered by some other more sinister society.
There is something oddly hilarious about doing a number 1, in some old alcohol, making the posh people drink it and getting away with it. That last part probably makes it even better.
Exit through the gitft shop was the title of a BANKSY exhibition and movie :) I laughed hard at the guy bitten by a fox and then a dog story. really nice humour .
That's a fun and very clever end to the whiskey quest - first the dropping of the cask, then the fun options. They can't actually complain about the flavour, they saw the cask so know it's real, and who knows what 200+ year old whiskey would taste like? Really calling out pretentious wine dudes who buy hundreds of year old wine that would be vinegar by now.
@@SomnolentFudge Also feels like actually having one or more of your own monkeys might make the saying better? Like "See, my monkeys are well behaved. Not whatever nonsense you have going on over there"
@@Dead-EyeJuncan Or Hot Fuzz could have referenced the Beatles song. It's been too long since I've seen Hot Fuzz to say. I knew about the song because my mom was a fan when she was young. I pretty much grew up on the White Album.
@@evilbob840 Apparently Edgar Wright's favourite Beatles albums are Abby Road and The White Album, so not beyond the possibility of it being deliberate. Next time I watch Hot Fuzz I will have to keep an eye out to see if I can find any more hidden lyrics.
@evilbob840 Unfortunately, I didn't really have any exposure to The Beatles music from my parents. Most of my exposure as a kid would have been The Frog Song from Rupert the Bear and Ringo narrating Thomas The Tank Engine!
Jings an octave of Talisker so best bet 50 litres of new make with a max of 3% per year, it'll have after 40 years about 1.7 litres of whisky soooo after all that time there might be a thimble full
😂 I would make a mention of it. But I don't want to spoil it for anyone who's foolish enough to read the comments before watching. That quest was worth every drop you spent on it! 😂
Oh, I so hoped for you to pick the "collision error" option, but I doubt the reaction would have been any different, so it was enough to see it. And what an end to that quest! XD Oh Aria, you are such an agent of chaos, I love you.
I can't pretend to be even a basic Scots Gaelic speaker, but it does seem like the pronunciation of Abhainn is off (possibly more like Irish?) That said, I'm pretty sure it translates to something along the lines of "gold river" or similar, which, uh, certainly turned out to be the case.
It felt like a joke on Americans that somehow Abhainn òir is somehow pronounced as "Arrrr weer" Similar to how brits insist "Gaol" is pronounced as "Jail "
I love the Pistols quests. Apache Alice is a reference to Siouxsie Sioux from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Cyber Fox is an anologue of Cyber Dog in real Campden. There is also an NPC in Cyber Fox called Audra, who is a reference to Audra from First to Eleven.
"We found the Giant Pile of Corpses!" "You rechained it ya cheeky bastards!" So many good T-Shirt ideas lol 41:03 Talk abou' takin' the piss eh? Also Abhainn Oir is Scots-Gaelic for riverbank. All this for a piss joke
Capt Reasonable is an obvious play on Capt (Raymond Ian Burns) Sensible, Co-founder of The Damned. And Polly Ester is possibly Poly (Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) Styrene from X-Ray Spex. Percy thinks it familiar
5:48 Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question. YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, AND YOU'RE NOT SO BIIIIG---
Day 297 of requesting Age of Mythology. 26 years old, and glad to have lived long enough to see a random British Classicist play a fan-made sequel to a game I've never played myself. Considering my wish that there be actual snow on the ground for my birthday didn't come true, I'll gladly claim this as a gift.
a slight 4th wall break with "there appears to have been a collision error"
i really hoped he'd pick that one
@@EpicMuttonChops And then a minute later with "my contribution was piddling".
@@EpicMuttonChops Supposedly pun-loving Jon didn't even catch "My contribution was rather piddling"
@@AgentTasmania Jon also has Minus One Perception though, so what's more on brand?
I was so delighted to see you choose the satisfying option to resolve the spilled cask. Some might think it a piddling little gesture; but as for myself, I feel that it really showers the whole interaction with gold.
Something makes me think Percy had a unique appreciation for the product.
beats my solution of being so annoyed with the gentry guy that is shot him...
@@mme.veronica735 He did think the taste was familiar...
Channeling Sniper from TF2 this episode aren't we?
You must be taking the piss here....
The punk references are amazing. Jon not getting a single one of them is even more amazing
Jon, last episode, you hit "Idolized" with Kiera. You may want to talk to her to get the companion perk.
Oh, the times companions just talked to you regardless.
The Exit Through the Gift Shop graffiti is a reference to the street artist Banksy. It was the name of a documentary film he made in 2010.
Captain Reasonable is a nod to Captain Sensible, the bass player for The Damned
Exactly my thoughts, and they were doubled when I saw the character and heard the voice. It could almost be Captain Sensible himself providing the voice.
And don't forget he did have a fairly successful solo musical career. too.
Polly Ester is almost certainly a nod to Polly Styrene from X-Ray Specs
Also a Malcolm who screwed over The Pistols? Malcolm McLaren probably.
I'm really enjoying the classic era UK punk references
@@daveherz998 I knew Polly Ester was a reference to someone, I just couldn't grasp the real name. The Malcolm part was a neat little semi-Easter Egg.
Malcolm Rhodes sounds like a mashup both of McLaren and Bernie Rhodes, a manager and producer of a number of punk and British new wave bands, most famously The Clash.
Palmira Romero is extremely close to the real name (Paloma Romero) of Palmolive, the original drummer in The Slits and then The Raincoats.
Legend has it that when Lord Nelson died during the battle of Trafalgar, his body was covered in brandy to preserve it for the sail back to England. The sailors would go in to see his body and pay respects, and of course, drink some of the brandy. When the sailors realized the brandy level was getting low, they started to pee into the coffin to keep the levels up. And then other sailors would go in and request to “Shed a tear for Lord Nelson,” and the cycle would begin again.
IF True, that hilarous XD wow
In the version I heard, there was no coffin; they just put him in a cask of brandy (or rum in some tellings) outright. Nobody pissed in it, but when the cask was opened back in England it was found to be nearly empty due to sailors sneaking drinks out of it. (Of course, both versions of the story are apocryphal, but hey.)
@@Ignonym that story also being the origin of 'A drop of nelson's blood' to refer to alcohol aboard ship
The last 4 mins had so much innuendo that I bet the mod creators really wanted that outcome over the other 2 options.
You can't even choose the other options. The bartender will just tell you that those options won't work.
I really have to hand it to whoever wrote the background quips by the anarchist NPCs, theyre all really funny satire of legit anarchist behaviour. Refreshing agaisnt the stereotype of insane, mad max esque, lunatics theyre usually portrayed as.
Right? The Anarchists being the only decent folks make me think we've got a fun Anarchist on the writing team. These were great quests.
@@crickett3536 Yea I do find it funny that Jon keeps expecting piles of bodies when like, Anarchism as an ideology is fundamentally opposed to piles of bodies, and for all their flaws these characters do seem to be genuine in their principles.
@@FfBrenhines on the other hand, I'd also say it would be in line with Fallout's Nightmare Dystopian Thing if the Anarchists were secretly evil (usually in a capitalist way), lol
@@crickett3536 Very fair; I've never got into any Fallout game so I don't know their trends or anything. As an anarchist myself, I'm just glad to see a portrayal of my type that isn't just trying to demonise us, at least not yet
When you start to realise characters, the Anarchists, well they are punks, the Pistols.
I'm guessing Malcolm that snake dealing all sides is Malcolm McClaren.
So you've got Alice who is Siouxsie Sioux of of the Banshees, and Captain Reasonable is clearly going to be Captain Sensible of the Damned.
I guess Polly Ester is really Poly Styrene of X-ray Spex.
I was wondering how many others were getting these references. So I'm guessing Palmira supposed to be Palmolive from The Slits (aka Paloma Romero).
I hope Jon appreciated the pun name of Polly Ester.
since he didn't say anything, I don't even think he caught on. He is blind ya know.
@@ravinraven6913 "-1 Perception Jon" strikes again!
“I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me.” -Captain Zapp Brannigan
What makes a man turn... Neutral?
Tell my wife I said... hello.
"They believe in nothing!"
I have no strong feelings either way.
John, they are anarchists, we are just that nice...
say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, dude, at least they had an ethos!
@suitestheband you mean f*scists? they have no ethos, their tenets are domination and superiority at all cost
@@suitestheband the n@zis didn't have any ethos mate...
@@suitestheband You're confusing nihilists and anarchists here. Anarchism is very much an ethos.
43:34 Missed opportunity to say "piddling" given the path Jon chose for this quest
The thing about the Pistols is, they're not sinister. But they are limited.
They have no greater plans to help London proper, or any further afield. They just intend to keep Camden chugging along.
If they tried to grow larger, that's when you might start seeing corruption and problems like that take root. But as of right now, they're just going to be this small, semi-isolated community.
Which in Fallout tends to either stay that way (rarely), expand and turn evil, or get steamrollered by some other more sinister society.
A 'monkey' is £500.
Because the 500 rupee note had a monkey on it.
So, translating that to tickets, Aria earned two monkeys getting that cask?
I wonder how much an actual _monkey_ in the Fallout-verse would cost?
@@docette2015 a grand mate. If we are going cockney.
@@RolandTFlakfizer Well, there's Synth Gorillas. 1lb of their meat is 28 caps, so maybe we can work from there?
I know a LOT happened after this but I am sad no one seems to be mentioning the ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ line
Life is unfair.
It might be said that in this episode Jon was really taking the pith.
Me thinks percy might partake in certain watersports...
There is something oddly hilarious about doing a number 1, in some old alcohol, making the posh people drink it and getting away with it. That last part probably makes it even better.
Exit through the gitft shop was the title of a BANKSY exhibition and movie :)
I laughed hard at the guy bitten by a fox and then a dog story. really nice humour .
I was expecting a whole 'lady who swallowed a fly' escalation but then the story quite literally swerved.
Captain Reasonable, lol. Even with the baret. 😆
That's a fun and very clever end to the whiskey quest - first the dropping of the cask, then the fun options. They can't actually complain about the flavour, they saw the cask so know it's real, and who knows what 200+ year old whiskey would taste like? Really calling out pretentious wine dudes who buy hundreds of year old wine that would be vinegar by now.
The whiskey quest is a thing of beauty. Bravo to the modders yet again.
Jon, if you actually had a monkey, you couldn't say "Not my circus. Not my monkeys."
He still could, its monkeys plural he's allowed to have one.
But he could! Everything else going on would "not be his monkey." 😂
@@SomnolentFudge Also feels like actually having one or more of your own monkeys might make the saying better? Like "See, my monkeys are well behaved. Not whatever nonsense you have going on over there"
@@Scott_Forsell I mean he technically have one, humans are a type of m0nkey...
6:35 yes I am aware how the ATF works
No no the ATF kill your dog AND you
Poly could reference Poly Styrene from X-Ray Specs. Loving the series! 🎸
Fell into Camden Loch and drowned you say? Water way to go eh?
Definitely made a splash 😂
Percy has visited a few bunks around the Gentry it seems.
You got a pith helmet after serving the gentry... pith.
Hilariously appropriate!
I'm surprised Jon didn't even comment on the piddling contribution pun
A yes the videogame law of 3 is ever present in every game!
Y'know, some people would pay a VERY high price for a whiskey like that...
"Definitely getting a hint of wood there" 😂😂😂
Fun fact: Abhainn Óir translates from Irish to English as "Gold River" - so the whole thing was a piss joke from the start.
Scots Gaelic for "golden stream" to be more precise.
Welcome back to fallout London!
Thank you. This is my favorite series on yt right now and I look forward to the next episode.
I am so sad John didn't pick the collision error option
It took me a little while to realise that the title was a reference to Hot Fuzz.
Was it in Hot Fuzz? It's the name of a Beatles song (on the white album).
@evilbob840 Maybe I am just projecting two different lines from Hot Fuzz that just happen to fit. I was not aware of that Beatles song before now.
@@Dead-EyeJuncan Or Hot Fuzz could have referenced the Beatles song. It's been too long since I've seen Hot Fuzz to say. I knew about the song because my mom was a fan when she was young. I pretty much grew up on the White Album.
@@evilbob840 Apparently Edgar Wright's favourite Beatles albums are Abby Road and The White Album, so not beyond the possibility of it being deliberate. Next time I watch Hot Fuzz I will have to keep an eye out to see if I can find any more hidden lyrics.
@evilbob840 Unfortunately, I didn't really have any exposure to The Beatles music from my parents. Most of my exposure as a kid would have been The Frog Song from Rupert the Bear and Ringo narrating Thomas The Tank Engine!
Percy’s snooty exclamations of delight at your special blend 😂
Jings an octave of Talisker so best bet 50 litres of new make with a max of 3% per year, it'll have after 40 years about 1.7 litres of whisky soooo after all that time there might be a thimble full
This episode was golden. 😉
Jon, a monkey means 500 quid in English slang
stifled chuckling from Frankie Muniz at the "Malcolm in the Middle" reference
I can't wait for Jon to find the actual elephant. I stumbled across it by pure accident trying to find my way into Camden without a quest marker.
The Pistols literally have the best source of government for the post apocalypse.
This is such good fun. Still hard to believe that modders did this in their free time.
Cool Beatles reference
Captain Reasonable.... love the Cpt Sensible reference.
Hate to break it to you, but the latest version changes the Scaramanga to a way less common ammo type...
I don't think there would be any whiskey in the barrel anyway. It's been like 160 years, and barrels bleed as they expand and shrink.
😂 I would make a mention of it. But I don't want to spoil it for anyone who's foolish enough to read the comments before watching. That quest was worth every drop you spent on it! 😂
"Malcolm in the middle" and Poily Ester.. Ohh Fallout: London. Will you ever not entertain
43:05 enjoy the Yekper special, gents
The resolution of that quest was glorious.
Oh, I so hoped for you to pick the "collision error" option, but I doubt the reaction would have been any different, so it was enough to see it. And what an end to that quest! XD Oh Aria, you are such an agent of chaos, I love you.
The reaction is a little different - Zack says "Are you high right now?!" in response.
@@DarrenGrey Oh nice! I'm glad they did record a different line. XD
I can't pretend to be even a basic Scots Gaelic speaker, but it does seem like the pronunciation of Abhainn is off (possibly more like Irish?)
That said, I'm pretty sure it translates to something along the lines of "gold river" or similar, which, uh, certainly turned out to be the case.
It felt like a joke on Americans that somehow Abhainn òir is somehow pronounced as "Arrrr weer"
Similar to how brits insist "Gaol" is pronounced as "Jail "
It translates to "Golden stream", which is indeed very appropriate.
It certainly sounds like an Englishman trying to pronounce it correctly, but the accent certainly doesn't help.
@@AsterixCodix yeah listening again it seems about right, I might have just not been paying enough attention
This is one of very few MATN episodes where I can see editorial cutting. It feels like we saw parts of maybe 3 planned episodes?
Quite the pub crawl Jon!
I can't believe no one decided to call it Pisskey.
What an amazing game, the developers deserve huge credit
I love the Pistols quests. Apache Alice is a reference to Siouxsie Sioux from Siouxsie and the Banshees. Cyber Fox is an anologue of Cyber Dog in real Campden. There is also an NPC in Cyber Fox called Audra, who is a reference to Audra from First to Eleven.
I never knew Camden Lock was an actual place. I thought it was just the name of a space ship.
John may want to look into some anarchist literature, it seems like he might enjoy some of the things they might have to say.
"We found the Giant Pile of Corpses!" "You rechained it ya cheeky bastards!" So many good T-Shirt ideas lol
41:03 Talk abou' takin' the piss eh? Also Abhainn Oir is Scots-Gaelic for riverbank. All this for a piss joke
My new England friends would say that this was a wicked pissah of a video.
Capt Reasonable is an obvious play on Capt (Raymond Ian Burns) Sensible, Co-founder of The Damned.
And Polly Ester is possibly Poly (Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) Styrene from X-Ray Spex.
Percy thinks it familiar
Are you taking the pith??
sings
>shock the monkey
Yay, more Lundon. Loving it.
I couldn't stop laughing when the Gentry drink the P.
Jon doing a pub crawl
5:48 Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question. YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW, AND YOU'RE NOT SO BIIIIG---
Beatles reference? In London?
Abbey Road is in London...
I think Jon is suffering from bethesda brain again. some people might actually just try and be good
i used the pistol from Hans, the uboat guy for the entire game. But it's not the weapon that the quest gives you, only another gun does....
Abhiann òir means East River in Gaelic 🤓
Piss in the Scotch, what a good time!
I can't help but wonder if the Pistols got lost on their way to a more positive franchise?
Bring back the cape use the backpack when you get overweight
Capt Reasonable, look at him, it's Capt Sensible or was punk before your time? Alice is Siouxsie Sioux.
Jon, you studied the wrong classics.
I don't think Jon was quite the type to be into the punk scene unfortunately lol
Do the English really call coasters BEER MATS?! This is so distressing to me
a reference to the "sex pistols" by any chance?
Please talk to the little girl tour guide in Westminster I’d like to hear your reaction
Leave it to English fallout to have a full on pub crawl lol
a monkey is £500 I think?
I like how when this came out people who only played the first 3 hours said folon had no guns
"Golden delight," "My contribution was really quite piddling," can't believe you skipped right past some of the most juvenile humor in the game!
Day 297 of requesting Age of Mythology. 26 years old, and glad to have lived long enough to see a random British Classicist play a fan-made sequel to a game I've never played myself. Considering my wish that there be actual snow on the ground for my birthday didn't come true, I'll gladly claim this as a gift.
Jon, do you think you'll change the difficulty to survival at some point, or just keep it at very hard the rest of the run due to stability concerns?
🤣
Long time viewer first request: Hybrid Heaven
Day 356/1230 of requesting Jon play a game nobody will remember, like Majesty: A Fantasy Kingdom Sim.
Day 227 of requesting Jon play Okami HD
First?
It would seem you are 1st. Hat's off to you.
23:20 Polly is a damn communist, Jon.
They're all anarcho communists aren't they?