7 Things Americans Are More Likely to Own Than British People

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  • @LostinthePond
    @LostinthePond  2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

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    • @SherryAnnOfTheWest
      @SherryAnnOfTheWest 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Oh, Lawrence .... we don't CALL them "sweatpants" anymore ... they are JOGGERS ... and they are fashionable. LOL

  • @katheryns1219
    @katheryns1219 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +79

    Many years ago, I worked with a woman from the former USSR. While still there a friend who had moved to the US earlier wrote her and talked of having a second bathroom. My co-worker said her reaction when she got the letter in Russa was, "Why would you need more than one?" After she had been in the US for a few years, she and her husband (and two daughters) bought a nice house with three bathrooms. She said, "Now I can't imagine a house without them!"

    • @jac-attack
      @jac-attack 59 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      I grew up with one toilet for 4 people so I'm used to it lol. I now live alone and have one toilet and someone visited and said it would be nicer if I had another bathroom. For who??? Lol

    • @jackesioto
      @jackesioto 46 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Indeed, in the Commonwealth countries, it remains the norm to have only one bathroom

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 33 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      The Soviet Union had on average less than one-third the home size of America, and that's in the later years. In the middle period, apartment buildings shared bathrooms and kitchens between multiple families. Krushchev's "reforms" included a maximum size of about 670 square feet per family. Before that, the requirement (which was not followed) was for homes to have at least 110 square feet per person.

    • @trevorcook4439
      @trevorcook4439 32 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Bathroom or toilet? This is where words need clarification. A bathroom to me is where a bath is, not a room with a toilet per se.

    • @katheryns1219
      @katheryns1219 17 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@trevorcook4439 In general, the US uses the word "bathroom" for the room with the toilet and bathtub in it. If it only has a toilet, then it's a "half bath." If it's a public bathroom, we use the word "restroom." But the terms can be interchangeable. In the UK they usually say "toilet" for the room with the toilet, which Americans use for the "throne.". I've noticed lately that some Americans are picking up the UK terminology, which sometimes ends up confusing people.

  • @CarolannBrendel
    @CarolannBrendel 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +68

    I refuse to spend money to go to the gym when, back in school, I put so much effort into faking notes to avoid it.

    • @bettyir4302
      @bettyir4302 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      I joined band and swimming to avoid PE, aka gym.

    • @simplerider3159
      @simplerider3159 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      You are the other 76%

    • @cheapglass3068
      @cheapglass3068 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      😅😅😅

    • @TeriDuncan8049
      @TeriDuncan8049 53 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      🤣🤣🤣Me too ❣️

    • @fungalcoffee
      @fungalcoffee 35 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      I think I still have a gym membership, I can't remember if I'm still paying on it but I haven't gotten around to using it in the last idk how long.

  • @mnlizzi
    @mnlizzi 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +155

    Definitely no complaints about a kitty in the shot 😂

    • @sarahkragness7138
      @sarahkragness7138 25 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      My girl baby says 'hi' to your furfriend.

  • @nathanbentz
    @nathanbentz 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +48

    Watching this video while at a laundromat and staring at a stack of 5 sweatpants, wearing a pair, and I still have at least 1 more in my pile of unfolded laundry
    Edit: all done with laundry. I have a stack of 10 clean sweatpants and a pair on me

    • @katharine5606
      @katharine5606 25 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      😊 I have several nylon/spandex joggers which are in the same vein as fleece sweatpants I think. It’s kinda funny because even several years ago my go to was jeans, but comfort wins out!

    • @paulacornelison243
      @paulacornelison243 13 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      I live in shorts or sweatpants.

  • @unncommonsense
    @unncommonsense 58 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +10

    On the subject of cars:
    Especially in places that get nastier winter weather, a pickup truck or other 4wd is almost a necessity, but they get nasty gas mileage. Enter the smaller daily driver.

  • @kyleshepherd4208
    @kyleshepherd4208 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    At one point we owned 7 dogs. I had 2 my Husband had 2 of his own. Then 4 months after our marriage we rescued 3 more from a neighbor who passed away and had no family. Our dogs and theirs were friends already. So we took them in. When the space got to be an issue we sold our home and bought a new house with more property. That was 15 years ago. We are down to 3. 1 of mine 1 of his and one rescue.

  • @Heartwing37
    @Heartwing37 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +51

    We don’t have extensive public transportation throughout the United States, and we have a crap ton more land than Britain does. If we didn’t own cars, we could not get from point A to point B. Simple.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +12

      except for NYC; there you can't get from point A to point B IF you have a car.

    • @jackesioto
      @jackesioto 43 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's also because zoning and urban planning are so carcentric

    • @trevorcook4439
      @trevorcook4439 31 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      Australia is almost the same size yet we have public transport. Freedom of choice is nice.

  • @kathrynambler1658
    @kathrynambler1658 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +21

    Here's an interesting factoid for you, in and around Milwaukee WI there are more bars than there are churches. In all of Wisconsin there are more bars than churches.

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 31 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Churches fit a lot more people than bars.

  • @abrahamlincoln1600
    @abrahamlincoln1600 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +82

    Cat passes the vibe check

  • @burf90
    @burf90 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    The main reason why most of the dog owners I know don't want to leave their dogs alone in the house is that the dog will demolish everything s/he can find while they're out. Cats do, too, but they also do that while we're home, so it's just normal behavior.

  • @ybunnygurl
    @ybunnygurl 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +82

    We are always happy about cats. Your editor knows that.

  • @MurderMostFowl
    @MurderMostFowl 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +27

    I find it extremely unlikely that I would ever want to own a British person. I could not stomach owning a British car so I can’t imagine having to pay for all the upkeep necessary for an actual Brit.

    • @micheledeetlefs6041
      @micheledeetlefs6041 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

      Not to mention the fact that if you think the maintenance cost on a British car would be expensive, can you imagine the maintenance cost on a British person? Because most medical providers over here do not take the NHS.

    • @Heartwing37
      @Heartwing37 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @johnanderson1245
      @johnanderson1245 14 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      No problem. Just buy a Rolls Royce. They rarely break down.🎉

  • @nmgg6928
    @nmgg6928 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    My husband and I are not religious Americans but we do have a crucifix hanging in the stair well. When we bought our house the previous owners left it hanging and we decided to just leave it so as not invite any bad juju lol same with angel statuette on the fuse box lol we've seen enough horror movies to know to leave well enough alone sometimes 😂

  • @jimgreen5788
    @jimgreen5788 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +14

    I never, until now, realized that what we call a swimming pool, you call a swimming bath. Hmmm!

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I wish there were more (any?) indoor public swimming pools in my area.

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 25 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Check out Bath, England, which is a city named for its ancient Roman baths.

  • @lorenecarden6312
    @lorenecarden6312 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +103

    Now...please do one telling us what Brits buy that Americans don't ... that would be fascinating

    • @eustacia03
      @eustacia03 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +26

      I'm betting on electric kettle making the list.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

      Eel jelly?
      Kidney pie?

    • @micheledeetlefs6041
      @micheledeetlefs6041 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@eustacia03 Almost every American actually owns an electric kettle of some sort. It just so happens that the most common sort is an electric coffee pot. But if you don't put the coffee in it, it still heats water just the same. (My South African husband didn't even know that I had a manual kettle for the first 5 years of our marriage because he just found it so much easier to use the K-Cup machine to get himself hot water for his tea. And then he found out that they actually make K-Cups for tea. Only when he ran out in a snowstorm, and found that I was not about to drive to the local store to get him some more K-Cups, did he go exploring in our cabinets and find the kettle. It was a wedding present he never realized we got.)

    • @downthebanks
      @downthebanks 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

      Electric kettle. Duvets. Hot water bottle.

    • @NBK1122
      @NBK1122 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

      Mushy peas?

  • @cyberherbalist
    @cyberherbalist 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +22

    As for the gun thing, the American me used to own 9 guns. 3 handguns, 2 shotguns, and 4 rifles. I eventually gave them all to family members, since I'm living in the UK these days. I miss them!

    • @kevinbarry71
      @kevinbarry71 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +27

      The guns or the family members?

    • @waynedavis7245
      @waynedavis7245 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@kevinbarry71 lol 😆

    • @THEARTOFRIFLERY
      @THEARTOFRIFLERY 43 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      ​@kevinbarry71 the freedoms.

  • @anthonycalbillo9376
    @anthonycalbillo9376 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +22

    Cats and dogs will always be in the show!

  • @OldMan_PJ
    @OldMan_PJ ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    In California there is a limit of 4 dogs per household without a kennel permit, no one enforces it unless a neighbor get annoyed and report it.

  • @therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar
    @therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +112

    No, no… I for one, will never be unhappy to see the cat. Ever.
    😂

    • @beverlyweber4122
      @beverlyweber4122 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

      Love that kitty!

    • @berhonkusbardledoo
      @berhonkusbardledoo 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      Gotta know the kitties name, they’re so cute!

    • @BouillaBased
      @BouillaBased 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      I prefer that people treat their pets like the autonomous beings they are, and not like a spoiled take because of a stray prop. Lawrence does it right.

    • @cbaxel5784
      @cbaxel5784 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      @berhonkusbardledoo I believe it's Kafka. And the dog is Arthur.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@berhonkusbardledoo Kafka! He has his own channel, but hasn't put up anything in donkeys years, knacker...

  • @l.yvonnemurray6521
    @l.yvonnemurray6521 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I once read about a man who collected variants of the standard German infantry rifle of WW2. He had over 200, each different in the minutiae.

  • @charlesajones77
    @charlesajones77 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    I'm 49 and live in Virginia, and I've only once ever seen someone open carrying a gun who wasn't obviously with the police or military. It was at a Food Lion (grocery store).

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 30 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's crazy to me. When I was in Washington, I'd see dozens if not hundreds every year, not counting at a range. Myself included, if it was a range day.

  • @NorthBayRepublic
    @NorthBayRepublic 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +8

    We love the cat, and White Castle. Happy Holidays, everyone.

  • @robertpearson8798
    @robertpearson8798 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Part two should include snow blowers and even though you did mention cars you should specify pickup trucks. I’m Canadian but it’s the same here as the U.S. in both of those things.

  • @frankdoss6313
    @frankdoss6313 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

    The title of your video: "7 Things Americans Are More Likely to Own Than British People" We are very UNLIKELY to own a British person.

    • @ChristianityOntheBottomShelf
      @ChristianityOntheBottomShelf ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      🤣

    • @BadgerBotherer1
      @BadgerBotherer1 33 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Maybe he should have worded it: "7 Things Americans Are More Likely Than British People to Own".

  • @kathyjohnson2043
    @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I think some of the reasons Americans own so many Bibles is 1. a vague taboo that you shouldn't throw one away, especially a family one, 2. they are a traditional gift for baptisms, graduations, etc (and are sometimes never opened again) and 3. they used to be given away free at every location imaginable (by Gideons and others).

  • @jlaurelc
    @jlaurelc 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    I have an entire (very small by US standards) house to myself and still have two bathrooms! (Technically one shower room and one bathroom, but both have a toilet)

  • @scott931
    @scott931 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +14

    Don't forget dentists...America has a third more per 100,000. That explains a lot.😂

    • @moblinmajorgeneral
      @moblinmajorgeneral 49 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      We invented the soda fountain, why wouldn't we?

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 23 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      But we don't own our dentists. They're free people.

  • @MrMe-lf2ov
    @MrMe-lf2ov 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    6 out of your 7 things are easily attributed to space. The US is SO much bigger than the UK and as you've mentioned in a previous video it gets a lot colder here.

    • @monember2722
      @monember2722 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think that's obvious, no.

  • @Alienalloy
    @Alienalloy ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    As a brit living in London i totally understand the car thing, even though my partner and i now only own one car, i used to have a van, but as getting across London 20 miles could take up to 2 hours in the morning, the commuting Hussle would take an hour /hour and a half, public transport wins out, plus where do i park two vehicles in London? its all about space, and density of community, im sure city living Americans can equate more than rural living ones, plus were all poor having to up keep the castles we all live in.. and yes i have met the queen, god rest her soul.

    • @469ka37
      @469ka37 22 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      That sounds like downtown LA, but worse because you need your car regardless. Never any parking, the curbs are all unofficial parking lots so the narrow streets are worse. As for where we park the second car, it comes back to space where we often have 2 car garages and a driveway.

  • @chava2uk150
    @chava2uk150 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    I think things have changed a lot since you left. I live just up the road from Grimsby and am amazed you think it's less likely we will have Bibles, sweat pants, a second bathroom or a car.
    We have all of those in abundance. And we live in sweat pants, all three of us. So comfy. Can't do without any of them.

  • @randyfarden3868
    @randyfarden3868 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +26

    Well yeah dogs are guns you can pet

  • @maryannspicher
    @maryannspicher 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    I started buying sweatpants when I moved into a small town and thought I looked ridiculous walking my dogs in pajamas, even if it was my own yard 😂

    • @dominaevillae28
      @dominaevillae28 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      My daughter walks the dogs in her pjs and bathrobe, but we live in the country on a dirt road with 4 neighbors.

    • @cynthiajohnston424
      @cynthiajohnston424 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@dominaevillae28 Same & we country folks all wear pretty strange outfits because it's " form to function " , not a fashion show ! On cold Illinois winter days , dog walking attire is often mysterious because of the layers - who knows what lurks under those oversize puffer coats w/ fur trimmed hoods ? ! My personal favorite was my fleece pajamas & robe topped by my husband's size xxl camo hunting coat , a face mask & miscellaneous accessories . Surprised my dogs would even be seen w/ me ( they have pretty high standards & are always judging me ... ) ! Now what I wore to do chores in the horse barns is another story ... 🤣

  • @NaughtyShepherd
    @NaughtyShepherd 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    A lot of people don’t realize that the USA is 40 times larger than the UK.
    Oregon alone is 5,000 square miles larger than the UK, so of course “car culture” is going to be a thing here because everything is so far away.

  • @drones7838
    @drones7838 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +11

    um the cat is 100% ok

  • @nwcaniac
    @nwcaniac 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    I love my sweatpants but I would never wear them in public. They are for relaxing at home only. My apartment only has one toilet and as for the rest of the items on your list I don’t own any of them.

  • @thetr00per30
    @thetr00per30 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Lots of people will own a sports car or a luxury car for special occasions and another one for commuting to work and daily chores. Many of my friends have a inexpensive and efficient daily driver sedan or coupe then a large truck for special jobs and recreation, camping, hiking, road trips etc.

  • @RDavis-ts4ly
    @RDavis-ts4ly 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    Minnesotan here, in the winter I live in sweatpants, as a matter of fact, I have more pairs than I have pairs of jeans.

    • @mrcryptozoic817
      @mrcryptozoic817 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I use sweatpants under my jeans and if I take my jeans off, I still look normal.
      I hate "long johns" because they fit too tight and to get them off, you need to find a discreet place. Or just listen to the neighborhood girls a giggle.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I grew up in the Midwest and I have only in my life owned three pair, one was gifted to me. And I hit 60 2 days ago

  • @chrisdowns422
    @chrisdowns422 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +14

    Cats improve all shots.

  • @cocomonkilla
    @cocomonkilla 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    11:28 "or that we don't have white castle" 😅😅

    • @steveanderson9290
      @steveanderson9290 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Damn I miss White Castle since moving to Texas from Chicago. And hotdogs. And Pizza. That about sums it up 😀

  • @riggs20
    @riggs20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Nice haircut! You’re starting to look the part of the international TH-cam sensation! 😊

  • @dannymac6368
    @dannymac6368 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Many non-residents register their high-dollar super and hypercars in Montana. (Edit: Should have mentioned, it’s for the lack of sales tax on light vehicles.) I believe Vermont became a more popular option due to the lack of paperwork required, but this may have changed recently.

  • @julieneff9408
    @julieneff9408 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    In our American house (built in the 1950s) the second toilet was a bucket in the garage in bad weather and the big yew bushes in the far corner of the yard in good weather. We had 2 cars, one dog at a time, one old fragile Bible that was rarely touched, one shotgun, and a few pairs of sweats each. Statistically very probable.

  • @prospero0586
    @prospero0586 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    I’m curious as to why, in the Gun segment, the map identifying Illinois showed Richmond, Virginia loitering about the northeast coast of North Carolina? It is a puzzlement.

  • @bigthing75
    @bigthing75 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    Ahhhh toilets, thank you for reminding me I have to clean the basement one. Great video.

  • @kenshinjenna
    @kenshinjenna 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +53

    Laurence doesn't know the internet runs on cats.

    • @TheAtkey
      @TheAtkey 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

      The cat knew and was trying to help Lawrance's algorithm.

    • @michellef1847
      @michellef1847 52 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      😂💯

  • @timothyscheidler6365
    @timothyscheidler6365 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +25

    CUTE KITTY!!!

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Kafka!

    • @silvermineband2719
      @silvermineband2719 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      *and this video is where Lawrence comes to the realization that the cat is even more popular than he is. Sorry Lawrence, but it is the internet.

  • @lisagilmore4519
    @lisagilmore4519 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Merry Christmas!

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +15

    Here is a surprising fact: The percentage of American households with at least one gun is 32%. Many gun owners are collectors with as many as ten guns or more. I have a friend with a collection of muskets and gun powder pistols with one of each that can be fired. Another friend has three pistols but hasn't fired any of them in over three years. The idea that Americans are gun crazy just isn't true, while there are gun nuts here, the fact is the majority of Americans are not gun nuts. I have no guns, and don't feel the need for one. I have two cats that get up on my desk when ever I'm talking on the phone, face it Lawrence, your cat enjoys your voice!

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Exactly.

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 36 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

      True, not all gun owners are gun enthusiasts. For many it's a tool, not a hobby...or lifestyle.

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 27 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      That's using official numbers, which are misleading as collecting data is impossible. Most states do not require registering guns. We do have a higher rate by the official numbers than any other country, and far more than any country of reasonable size. Owning more than 10 guns is not just a collector thing. I own more than that and I am not remotely a collector, and so do many people I know.

  • @woofer13
    @woofer13 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I love your videos, Lawrence. Thank you for being such a great breath of fresh air.

  • @rebapuck5061
    @rebapuck5061 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    Gym memberships are notoriously hard to cancel. So if you sign up on a whim, you could have that membership for life.

    • @jadawa85
      @jadawa85 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Amen to that. I had a gym membership that I had a difficult time canceling. I only got out of it by having to cancel my billing credit card for an unrelated matter.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      and, don't we all keep saying we'll start going again next week!

  • @jordannicholson8751
    @jordannicholson8751 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    I expected to see chainsaws and riding lawnmowers.

  • @jmcg6189
    @jmcg6189 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I think I may 3 bibles - 2 were in my father's house when we cleared it out. We had a gun - a 22 rifle because my uncle in Saskatchewan had the mistaken belief that Evanston was full of wild game. He also provided us with an ice fishing pole. No use for either one. I do have 3 bathrooms and a 1 car garage but I don't put my one car in it - it's too full of other stuff, of course.

  • @piratecat990
    @piratecat990 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +21

    Kitty!!! Must give it hugs and belly wubs. 😂

  • @troyamundson289
    @troyamundson289 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +10

    Lawrence, Americans are more likely to own most things than British people. Who wants to own British people? 😂

    • @BadgerBotherer1
      @BadgerBotherer1 31 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      I'd love to be owned by a rich, beautiful American woman...

  • @saraross8396
    @saraross8396 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Nonsense, Larry. We are always pleased to see the critters.

  • @davidthedeaf
    @davidthedeaf 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Lawrence, you should have said “MEEEYOWW!”, instead of “now!”

  • @Sgt_SealCluber
    @Sgt_SealCluber 45 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yup you won't see a lot of firearms in your day to day life because there are lots of benefits to concealed carry vs open carry, which is why most people don't open carry even in states were it isn't unconstitutionally banned/restricted.

  • @amyrodgers9887
    @amyrodgers9887 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +22

    I don't think I know anyone who would object to the cat in the shot. Or the dog either! Most families the adults have to work. Often with different overlapping schedules. Hence the 2 (or more) cars. Also the bus and train setup is practically nonexistant in most places. And if they have it the schedule ends at 3:30 in the afternoon so if you work swing shift--Too bad.

  • @JennRazo
    @JennRazo 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    I feel like the relative lack of space may explain the lower incidence of dog ownership or cohabitation in the UK as well.

  • @brianb7686
    @brianb7686 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +25

    You're thinking more and more like an American, Lawrence, but still like a city slicker. The statistic about Montana makes sense when you consider how many people there work on farms and ranches. I'm willing to bet that for well over half the households there with 2 vehicles, at least one is a pickup.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      and in any Northern state, at least one is 4 wheel drive.

    • @gwesco
      @gwesco ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      The truck thing is out of control. I live in the southwest US and drive what my insurance company calls a mid size sedan. The number of monster cab crew trunks with next to no bed capacity probably outnumbers cars two to one. And many of them are jacked up or have huge tires that come to my waistline. Totally useless as a sensible transportation device. Rant off.

    • @brianb7686
      @brianb7686 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@gwesco Completely irrelevant to the situation in Montana, a far less densely populated state where trucks make a lot more sense.

  • @ladyjustice1474
    @ladyjustice1474 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +27

    😊Cute kitty photo bombs the video.

  • @TomSherwood-z5l
    @TomSherwood-z5l 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    I thought all TH-camrs knew that cats make clicks.

    • @AC-ni4gt
      @AC-ni4gt 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not everyone got the message.

  • @SledgeGaryHammer
    @SledgeGaryHammer ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    When I studied abroad in London I noticed that Europe has less water in their toilets. which means bigger plops. cause there's more distance between you and the water

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 22 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      Mythbusters did a test on this. It turns out laying a spread of toilet paper on the water stops plops.

  • @skapur
    @skapur ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    You do not see open carry of guns because open carrying gives away a tactical advantage

    • @nilsniemeier5345
      @nilsniemeier5345 18 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      And it invites trouble (unless you're out in the woods, or on the farm--it's a tool then).

  • @Motoguzzi2231
    @Motoguzzi2231 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Have you ever done a bit about American Christmas adverts? I mean, surprise your wife with a new luxury automobile!

  • @dayeti6794
    @dayeti6794 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    Hi Kafka! 👋

  • @aurthurpendragon1015
    @aurthurpendragon1015 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    7:40 Not only that, but it's also extremely common to find a bible in hotel rooms in one of the drawers, too, in case Christian guests forget theirs.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      It seems like something is missing if I don't find one, along with the local pizza delivery menu.

  • @SkywarpZX
    @SkywarpZX 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    Please include more animal cameos in your future videos.

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +38

    The cool thing about the churches in the US -- and this is coming from an atheist -- is that between my home and the supermarket where I like to shop, I. pass a synagogue, a quaker meeting house, a catholic church, a methodist one, and a lutheran one. I'm sure that buried somewhere among them all is a mosque as well. And everyone just shrugs about it.
    The best illustration of how unintrusive the gun thing is here is that I was raised until the age of about 22 in an open-carry state. And until about two years ago, I had no clue it was open carry. You will very likely not see a single firearm while you're here unless you stay with a family that goes to a range to do target shooting, and they invite you along. it also varies hugely from state to state, but if I could have been raised in an open-carry state and not even known it, it's just not going to be a huge thing.

    • @j.m.7056
      @j.m.7056 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Guess you've never been to a Walmart in Tennessee! LOL!

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      ​@j.m.7056 how many of these channels have you seen where the subscribers from the States insist that they visit a gun range while they're here and "shoot some guns!" They've done it with Diane, they've done it with the New Zealand family, and I'm not sure if Shaun has or not.

    • @TickleMeElmo55
      @TickleMeElmo55 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      You bring up a good point: the religious diversity found within the States. My community is similar to yours, where there are numerous religious denominations with their own brick and mortar.

    • @nickchavez720
      @nickchavez720 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      What you said about the intrusiveness of guns in the us is true. I live in AZ, probably the secoond biggest gun state behind only texas, and you wont really see guns unless you activly go looking for them.

    • @tonys1636
      @tonys1636 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Just as well all those churches don't have a peel of bells, it would be very noisy on practice nights. It's bad enough living in a town with two churches but one being a Catholic Church only the Angelus is rung, the C of I has practice on Wednesday and sounds the full peel for Sunday services and weddings.

  • @patbowers4180
    @patbowers4180 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    We had 3 rescue dogs!! Loved them! Now 2.

  • @robinsmith5442
    @robinsmith5442 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Isn't his name Kafka? I love him! 😊

  • @kathrynhunter5380
    @kathrynhunter5380 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +6

    Glad you mentioned that many families own an average of two vehicles per person in the family.
    Just in case one or two of the cars break down! No problems
    At least here in the rural areas of the upper Midwest.
    And yes, almost everyone has guns in multiples. Again, it's a cultural thing. Common to see them.
    Even many of us old grandma's who live in the country might have a shotgun & know very well how to use it.

    • @kathrynhunter5380
      @kathrynhunter5380 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Should add, We have to give "Back up" occasionally to our dogs 😊

  • @hawkatsea
    @hawkatsea 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Sweatpants are as American as Blue Jeans, maybe even more so since the trend hasn't caught on as well elsewhere. I've owned the same sturdy sweatpants for 22 years, no joke I watched this video wearing them. In Florida. Because air-con. I also agree that, despite having been invented for exercise, they belong squarely on a couch watching YT/TV and not outside the home.

    • @susanunger2278
      @susanunger2278 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I've got my sweats in here, too

  • @johnlabus7359
    @johnlabus7359 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +19

    I don't think that I have ever been first, but here we are..
    I think that there is a not insignificant subset of Americans who own many guns, while there are many Americans who don't own a gun at all.

    • @kathrynhunter5380
      @kathrynhunter5380 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

      Totally depends where you live.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      yes, apparently only 32% own any but many of those 32% own a LOT of them.

    • @brendatucker35
      @brendatucker35 43 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      I never wear sweat pants outside of the house.
      I have 2 [sister and neice] family members with gun safes and the 4 adults have "carry permits" & carry every where they go. They own tons of guns, I don't own any.
      ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Jody-kt9ev
    @Jody-kt9ev 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    In Austin, Texas, near where I live, your dog can get a gym membership. Austin has at least one doggie gym.

  • @rainbowwwkim
    @rainbowwwkim 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    Lawrence your cat could take over your channel and start making videos and we would still watch

  • @dwc1964
    @dwc1964 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    There's a connection between the "cars" item and the "gym memberships" item: when you never go anywhere other than in a car, you get a lot less exercise than if you walk, or bicycle, or take mass transportation. If you're doing the latter to get around every day, there's a lot less need to go out of your way (usually by car) to walk or bicycle in place. Not Just Bikes has a video on the topic, "The Gym of Life".

  • @andrewbatts7678
    @andrewbatts7678 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My home state of Michigan allows the carrying of firearms just so long as it is open and plainly visible. Just about anyone with a clean record can obtain a license to conceal carry though. But I very rarely see people openly carrying guns in public

  • @darcyjorgensen5808
    @darcyjorgensen5808 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I have at least five Bibles plus four BCPs. I have a Book of Common Prayer on my bedside table. (I am Episcopalian/CofE.)

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I was wondering how the number of Books of Common Prayer compare to the number of Bibles in Britain.

  • @Absaalookemensch
    @Absaalookemensch 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    My 25 mile (40 km), 30 minute daily commute was nearly traffic free with only a couple stops. I only had 1 or 2 traffic jams a year.
    Most of our friends own a mortgage free house, have 2-3 cars with no car payment. Several of our neighbors have private airplanes or helicopters. All of our friends own guns. Most of our neighbors have a motorized RVs, many have motorcycles or ATVs. All of our neighbors have at least 3 toilets and all have 3 car garages.

  • @ryanpopken9870
    @ryanpopken9870 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

    You should have mentioned that a lot more Americans own a gym membership that they do not use.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      He did

  • @LindaC616
    @LindaC616 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    On the contrary, Kafka, we are QUITE happy about that!

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +13

    Bible: I am an atheist, but I do own a Bible. It is a family Bible where I chronicle lifes, births, and deaths. It has been in the family for 180 years. When I die, my daughter will receive it to continue the tradition.

    • @kathyjohnson2043
      @kathyjohnson2043 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +4

      I was wondering if Brits used to have the same tradition. 'back when' in the Rural US, the Bible was very likely the only book you owned so you kept all of your family records in it.

    • @seantlewis376
      @seantlewis376 38 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@kathyjohnson2043 To the best of my knowledge, yes. It might be an American tradition to keep a family Bible, but I think that tradition started in Europe, specifically the UK.

  • @lolacorinne5384
    @lolacorinne5384 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +5

    Oh Laurence-you’ve placed Helena (Montana) in the wrong place 😮

  • @javbw
    @javbw 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    “…About one for each car” is a great joke!

  • @randalthor741
    @randalthor741 42 นาทีที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hot Fuzz taught me that the British own lots of guns.
    Andy 1: Everybody and their mums is packing around here.
    Angel: Like who?
    Andy 2: Farmers.
    Angel: Who else?
    Andy 1: Farmers' mums.

  • @jonglass
    @jonglass 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I live in Indiana, and see an open carry probably at least once a week. But I work in the auto parts retail industry, so maybe that stereotypically explains that…

  • @deaniej2766
    @deaniej2766 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Love the kitty and the puppy. I currently live alone. I have 3 toilets. I have to remind myself to flush each of them at least once every 2 or 3 days.

  • @vernaclevinger5716
    @vernaclevinger5716 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +9

    Sweat pants look better than the pajama pants I see people wearing at stores or dropping kids off school.

    • @kathywiseley4382
      @kathywiseley4382 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      I honestly see no difference in them

  • @rita1259-y5c
    @rita1259-y5c 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent content❤

  • @darcyjorgensen5808
    @darcyjorgensen5808 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    Live with someone and share a bathroom?? NOOOOO!

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I think the illusion that there's an American with a gun behind every blade of grass is one reason we've never been physically invaded, since the Revolution, except a few times like when the Japanese took over a couple of Aleutian Islands in Alaska that one time.... Okay, there've been a few times but not anything lately.

  • @terryolson196
    @terryolson196 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Our last home had 4 bathrooms, and sometimes...

  • @scottbrown7415
    @scottbrown7415 36 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    In America the Ford Mustang is considered to be iconic. But, there is also a large constituency of Mini Cooper fans here. How is the Mustang perceived in Britain? I have always felt that the Mini was at least as iconic as the Mustang.

  • @michaelhale4041
    @michaelhale4041 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    We have 56 pew pews. The first of the year, I'll be adding another.

  • @martykitson3442
    @martykitson3442 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    🎄🎅🌲 merry Christmas everybody

  • @johnchastain7890
    @johnchastain7890 55 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    My wife and I each have a car. Makes it easier to juggle doctor's appointments, now that we're senile citizens.

  • @kevcroft2815
    @kevcroft2815 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Scartho baths (pronounced Scatha) is gone, but both Grimsby and Cleethorpes leisure centres have really good pools.

  • @geminiecricket4798
    @geminiecricket4798 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    In California both the hubby and the wives each own a car… most teens in the house have one each, as well.