@ Oh yes, alzo I English äm, äm I ferry cäpäbl off imitating Tschörman - jast leik Liam. I häff liffed in Schvitzerländ foah sirty-seven years änd häv a dekreee in Tschörman. so ahnderstend ferry vell ze conundrum zet Liam faces.
"I'd rather laugh through my problems". I'd say this is the biggest difference between British and German culture. The British find ways to find humour in difficulties whereas the Germans like to take things seriously and analyse. Anyhows, amazing episode. Your dad is an absolute legend, great guy
As a German, Partly, For myself, i Just Love DARK humor to much No topic to fresh Nor to DARK, Love to make fun of myself Cuz i hate my life And ppl, but Love em at the Same time ! ❤❤❤
Well done Andy, Liam and Valerie, I really enjoyed watching the three of you having a laugh and joke together. Your story took me back to when I was 17 and first started living Germany as well. Can't help thinking what a great keep sake that video will be for you all too. 👍
This was a wonderful interview and episode. I've been a big fan for over a year now. Just brilliant to see how the three of you interact. Thanks for sharing your lives with us viewers. Cheers 🍻
When I was a kid growing up in Germany, the deposit on the bottles was the first money I earned. I never got an allowance, but my family had a friend who was a superintendent at a hotel. There they always had countless of bottles and I was "hired" to bring them away to the store and my loan was basically the deposit. This was in the early 2000's and in those days, the deposit wasn't standard for all stores. So some bottles would have to be brought to certain stores (Plus, Aldi, Metro, aso...). That was a bit of a pain in the a... ... the value for the bottles was also different for different drinks and stores. Beer bottles were only like 12 cents, I think 20 cents was the most you ever got for a bottle. However, I did find a beverage store right next to where I lived, where they actually took most of the bottles I had, so that saved a lot of time as I didn't have to go through a whole list of stores. They also had a deposit machine for the bottles, which wasn't common in those days. You usually had to get in line and the cashier had a bix box next to him, and he would count the bottles as he throws them in there. The downsite was that I had to go home by tram, with a whole large bag of bottles. The bag was as big as I was and I had a hard time carrying it, but somehow I managed. The store owners of the beverage store eventually got to know me as the kid who always comes with a huge bag of bottles. I Once got over 20 bucks out of that in one go, which was A LOT in those days. In total I saved up around 360€. As I never got an allowance, this really taught me to value money and what it means to hussle for it. Great and fun times.
I grew up in Oregon, USA. We’ve had a bottle and can deposit since the 1970’s and I earned money the same way as a kid. The manufacturers were recycling the materials rather than reusing the bottles, although small dairies would sell bottled milk and reuse the returned bottles
I long knew that in Berlin, homeless people gather up the bottles in bags, and people even leave their empty bottles next to park benches for the homeless to pick up. In my country, an almost exact copy of the German system was introduced half a year ago. The local homeless really caught on and gather all the bottles. But the system wasn't prepared for this, because one homeless man with three garbage bags of bottles can hold up the line for 15 minutes until he is done.
love your content! I would literally scroll up all your shorts once I start to watch one, it's just so funny and catching! Thanks so much for your content! Keep it up guys! :)
Great podcast. Thanks. Wish you all the best. And a special greet to Andy in case he reads the comments again. You are awesome. Greetings from Northrhine-Westphalia 👋🏼
When I first came to Germany 20 years ago I used the elevator in buildings to reach the third floor for instance (I thought this is the reason why it's there in the first place). My colleagues would laugh and always take the stairs upwards/downwards. I found it back then quite weird. After all these years i work on the fourth floor and understand the feeling of not wanting to use the elevator, i.e. i am 100% integrated. I have the feeling that this is definitely a German thing and I never witnessed this shame of using elevators elsewhere. If that's the case then maybe it's a good idea for a future sketch I thought xD
This is a Medway accent. Liam is also speaking it a bit. Liam saying "bottle" brought me back home from Vienna. It's a great chat with the three of you and the humour that comes out of it. The honesty in this conversation is amusing. Keep up the good work.
Haha, you guys are just all sooo hilarious! Wonderful great video - made me laugh a lot. "...forced into the curry wurst" - veeeerrrry clever answer! haha Oh, Liams dad - you're such a lovely person! Can't wait til YOUR video is out :-))
Lifed in munich for a couple of years and depending where you are going there can be quite some litter around. Or on the streets or on yards and bushed and people who drop it careless. If you go mo more towards the city center. Like Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt or Hofbräuhaus, you can expect that it is cleaner, because those are the places tourists would visit
How cute, that Dad says it's his job to embarass his children. To me (German) it sounds like a british thing to say. And his little 'confession' about him having been in a couple of school plays - so endearing ! :-) (not to blow his own trumpet though... XD )
He is a funny guy, and so typically English. Reminds me of many people I met in the British army. Except for the fact that he thinks instant coffee can substitute a proper tea with milk and sugar.... :)
Oh that's so wholesome really. It feels so cozy and familiar i had to watch ot all in one go 😊 Looking forward to the content of you mister carpenter (I know your read this comment ;) Would be fun to see you here or with your own content more often. I have to say with your kind attitude your seem really british to me indeed 😁 Wish you all the best! 🧡
First time watching the podcast and I'm just now learning about his backstory. His dad encouraging him to play basketball and him turning to be a theatre kid is so Troy Bolton coded-
I love Liam’s dad. He is so chill. I can see where Liam got his sense of humor. If you look at old videos of London the streets there used to be immaculately clean too. I’m older than all 3 of you btw-in my parents generation. As for the “toast” issue. I’m British (Scottish) but have lived in the US 35 yrs. I think what the Germans call “ toast” the Americans call “ sliced bread” as in pre sliced? I agree with your dad though, “ toast” is any bread toasted. Liam you need to drink Yorkshire Gold tea, the best tea ever.😂😍 your dad might switch back if he were in US as all the people I know use coffee makers, not instant coffee. 😂 I loved this podcast 💕
I think a great video idea would be Liam's dad asking Liam what X thing is in German. And it's just the same as English. And then he's just like "oh, that's easy", that keeps happening and then he's like "oh, German's not as hard as I thought!" Then he asks what one final thing is in german, now Liam is in the tracksuit, his dad is like..."Liam..?" and it's the most ridiculously long german sounding word. And then the smirk hits. Bro, I would cackle.
I just randomly discovered your TH-cam channel thanks to the algorithm but it’s cool to see your intercontinental marriage! I learned German in university and always figured I’d go study abroad maybe meet a nice German/Austrian/Swiss etc woman and maybe emigrate… instead I married someone from South America and now the German is mostly forgotten… Spanish however is another story…
I like Aldi because every store is set out the same. My shopping list matches where things are in the shop. The quickest I've done a weekly shop for a family of 5 was 15 minutes.
Towards Speed Limits on Non-Autobahn streets: On any street, where either - there are at least two lanes per direction, or - the two directions are separated by some physical barrier (baulich getrennt) there is no general speed limit (only Richtgeschwindigkeit 130km/h). Of course, local speed limit can be assigned, indicated by speed limit signs.
Liam's Dad seems so sweet.😊
Seems to really be a nice guy. Hi Liam's dad!
😊
Dear Mr Carpenter, now I know where Liam got his sense of humour from.
Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm ! Like father, like son. 😁
Ze eppel dös not fahl far from ze trank! My English is not ze yellow from ze egg!
@TobyAlleyne-Gee Aber wenigstens ist dein English lustig. 😁
@ Oh yes, alzo I English äm, äm I ferry cäpäbl off imitating Tschörman - jast leik Liam. I häff liffed in Schvitzerländ foah sirty-seven years änd häv a dekreee in Tschörman. so ahnderstend ferry vell ze conundrum zet Liam faces.
@TobyAlleyne-Gee I can ze Inglisch do two. 😁 It is gut, not true ?
Grüezi in die Schweiz von einer TEFL.
Hi Liam's dad! 😃
Oh my God, the way Dad and Liam give each other the side eye, exactly the same way, about hoovering!.
We love Liam's dad ❤
In Deutschland sagen wir nicht, 《We love Liam's father.》Wir sagen, 《Wir lieben den Vater Liams.》
@@steveschmidt5156 Saxon genitive.
Where s the mother??
@@steveschmidt5156 ..oder dem Liam sein Vater 😂..
O, I thought Liam was German!
Omg your dad is so adorable! Please bring him back sometime 🥹
We ❤Andy! Great podcast everyone, can’t wait for Andy shopping in Germany video.
"I'd rather laugh through my problems". I'd say this is the biggest difference between British and German culture. The British find ways to find humour in difficulties whereas the Germans like to take things seriously and analyse. Anyhows, amazing episode. Your dad is an absolute legend, great guy
Very true; Germans have vowed to be happy - after everything (and that means EVERYTHING) has been sorted out for good! Alas, this will never happen...
As a German, Partly, For myself, i Just Love DARK humor to much No topic to fresh Nor to DARK, Love to make fun of myself Cuz i hate my life And ppl, but Love em at the Same time ! ❤❤❤
So sweet to hear Liam’s dad
In Germany we don't say: "Oh, your Dad seems really nice." We say: "Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm!"
You’re amazing guys! Spend your time with the parents! Miss my dad.
How nice that we get to know Liam`s father too. The two have the same sense of humor.And of course not to forget Valerie`s German humor.
Germans dont have humor, they are just insulting others and sell this as humor
I would like to get to know her parents too
🙂👍@@nataliealves3889
Why? He enjoys living in Germany and the two of them are a happy married couple with a great sense of humor.@
I love Liam’s and his dad’s accents… 😍
Liam’s dad has such a warm and smooth radio voice. He should start a podcast or something! Oh, wait 😅
Well done Andy, Liam and Valerie, I really enjoyed watching the three of you having a laugh and joke together. Your story took me back to when I was 17 and first started living Germany as well. Can't help thinking what a great keep sake that video will be for you all too. 👍
I would LOVE to see a video of Liam’s father doing his shopping in a German grocery store
This was a wonderful interview and episode. I've been a big fan for over a year now. Just brilliant to see how the three of you interact. Thanks for sharing your lives with us viewers. Cheers 🍻
Your dad is so CHILL. Love that guy 😊
And his beautiful words about your wedding made me tear up. What a guy!
Liam, your dad is gold! Where did you find him? 🤣
I knew you were a Weasley
I'm surprised his dad is not a TV personality or an actor. He's such s natural 😮!
When I was a kid growing up in Germany, the deposit on the bottles was the first money I earned. I never got an allowance, but my family had a friend who was a superintendent at a hotel. There they always had countless of bottles and I was "hired" to bring them away to the store and my loan was basically the deposit. This was in the early 2000's and in those days, the deposit wasn't standard for all stores. So some bottles would have to be brought to certain stores (Plus, Aldi, Metro, aso...). That was a bit of a pain in the a... ... the value for the bottles was also different for different drinks and stores. Beer bottles were only like 12 cents, I think 20 cents was the most you ever got for a bottle. However, I did find a beverage store right next to where I lived, where they actually took most of the bottles I had, so that saved a lot of time as I didn't have to go through a whole list of stores. They also had a deposit machine for the bottles, which wasn't common in those days. You usually had to get in line and the cashier had a bix box next to him, and he would count the bottles as he throws them in there. The downsite was that I had to go home by tram, with a whole large bag of bottles. The bag was as big as I was and I had a hard time carrying it, but somehow I managed. The store owners of the beverage store eventually got to know me as the kid who always comes with a huge bag of bottles. I Once got over 20 bucks out of that in one go, which was A LOT in those days. In total I saved up around 360€. As I never got an allowance, this really taught me to value money and what it means to hussle for it. Great and fun times.
I grew up in Oregon, USA. We’ve had a bottle and can deposit since the 1970’s and I earned money the same way as a kid. The manufacturers were recycling the materials rather than reusing the bottles, although small dairies would sell bottled milk and reuse the returned bottles
I long knew that in Berlin, homeless people gather up the bottles in bags, and people even leave their empty bottles next to park benches for the homeless to pick up. In my country, an almost exact copy of the German system was introduced half a year ago. The local homeless really caught on and gather all the bottles. But the system wasn't prepared for this, because one homeless man with three garbage bags of bottles can hold up the line for 15 minutes until he is done.
What a kind warmhearted man.
LUV your dad!! He is so genuine and sincere!
How nice to meet you, Liam’s Dad :) We love your Son, and his lovely wife :)
love your content! I would literally scroll up all your shorts once I start to watch one, it's just so funny and catching! Thanks so much for your content! Keep it up guys! :)
Liam’s dad is so cool and wholesome! 🫶🎉
How cool ❤❤!! Love your Dad, Liam ❤❤!!
Great podcast. Thanks. Wish you all the best. And a special greet to Andy in case he reads the comments again. You are awesome. Greetings from Northrhine-Westphalia 👋🏼
Dad is very eloquent - excellent guest.
amazing way to start a day, thank you guys
This was great!
Had such a bad day and this really made me laugh the whole time, thank you !
What a lovely man.
Dad, we love you ❤
What a nice dad and very funny.
A chilled entertainer first, a father second.
it is really nice to see you both in a long way.... like you much more now.
Within my daddy issues he made me cry. I want to have a dad like this as well!!! 😫😫😫
"Within" was wrong, wasn't it? What is the right term, please?
Regarding instead of within...is one way to say it. Caution...this Suggestion is coming from a German
@@JollyjumpiThank you nevertheless! But HOW did you know, I am German??? 😂 Just kidding.
@@Jollyjumpi Sorry, you didn't say this at all. I just felt erwischt.😂
@@Winona493 😂
We need a Liam's dad sin-off. What a wholesome person!
you guys made my day. Such a funny dad, i really hope he will start his own YT channel. Go Andy, go Andy!!!
Welcome to the show, nice to meet you
Absolutely wonderful episode!!!
Thank you very much and a happy year 2025 to all of you!
Liam's Dad should go to Germany and Liam should organize an event "Free hugs from an Englishman".
Your wife is so funny! And very witty too! 😁😁😁
What a cool dad to have. 😊
Was für eine glückliche Familie! ❤
What a sweet and supportive Dad you have!!!
Lovely episode, nice to meet your Dad 😊
Your dad is sooo funny and adorable!
Happy new year to Carpenter’s family😊!
When I first came to Germany 20 years ago I used the elevator in buildings to reach the third floor for instance (I thought this is the reason why it's there in the first place). My colleagues would laugh and always take the stairs upwards/downwards. I found it back then quite weird.
After all these years i work on the fourth floor and understand the feeling of not wanting to use the elevator, i.e. i am 100% integrated.
I have the feeling that this is definitely a German thing and I never witnessed this shame of using elevators elsewhere.
If that's the case then maybe it's a good idea for a future sketch I thought xD
His dad is SOOOOO british. Love it.
DAD IS JOINING THE TEAM 🤣🤣🤣♥️
ahhhh, that speech was on point! Very well done Mr. Carpenter!
This is a Medway accent. Liam is also speaking it a bit. Liam saying "bottle" brought me back home from Vienna.
It's a great chat with the three of you and the humour that comes out of it. The honesty in this conversation is amusing.
Keep up the good work.
Well, this is freaking adorable ❤
so much which must not be named - great episode. dad deserves the positive feedback
Using humour in everyday life and conversations is a very British thing.
Haha, you guys are just all sooo hilarious! Wonderful great video - made me laugh a lot.
"...forced into the curry wurst" - veeeerrrry clever answer! haha
Oh, Liams dad - you're such a lovely person! Can't wait til YOUR video is out :-))
Lifed in munich for a couple of years and depending where you are going there can be quite some litter around. Or on the streets or on yards and bushed and people who drop it careless.
If you go mo more towards the city center. Like Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt or Hofbräuhaus, you can expect that it is cleaner, because those are the places tourists would visit
Great episode with Liam’s dad
How cute, that Dad says it's his job to embarass his children.
To me (German) it sounds like a british thing to say.
And his little 'confession' about him having been in a couple of school plays - so endearing ! :-)
(not to blow his own trumpet though... XD )
What plays, details :3
What a wonderful person
Welcome Liams Dad ! 🎉
Nice to see you here ! :-)
His dad is so adorable! ❤️
He is a funny guy, and so typically English. Reminds me of many people I met in the British army. Except for the fact that he thinks instant coffee can substitute a proper tea with milk and sugar.... :)
Happy New Year, Family 😊 The black cat, Rocky, is so cozy.
Oh that's so wholesome really. It feels so cozy and familiar i had to watch ot all in one go 😊 Looking forward to the content of you mister carpenter (I know your read this comment ;) Would be fun to see you here or with your own content more often. I have to say with your kind attitude your seem really british to me indeed 😁 Wish you all the best! 🧡
Wait, is that a black kitty cat on the couch by Valerie’s right knee? Was it there the whole time?! Such a chill kitty!
Love to see more of Liams dad. So supportive. And funny. Sure about not starting your own channel?
He looks like a very smart and lovely Dad❤
I had a cat named Rocky, too. However he was a 100% white long-haired ball of snow.
OMG! Liam`s Dad!! 😍😍😍😍😍
He really smashed his role in his videos I saw. A natural.
And the Rich Tea biscuit... what can I say?
Finally we get to meet the man behind the [plink] -> *splosh* rich tea action.
This man must become a regular on the channel. We need more of him.
Laughing is medicine! XD thx
First time watching the podcast and I'm just now learning about his backstory. His dad encouraging him to play basketball and him turning to be a theatre kid is so Troy Bolton coded-
Just a few seconds and Valerie is as cheeky as always 🤣🤣🤣 ... that's quite a thing even for German standards of directness
I love Liam’s dad. He is so chill. I can see where Liam got his sense of humor. If you look at old videos of London the streets there used to be immaculately clean too. I’m older than all 3 of you btw-in my parents generation. As for the “toast” issue. I’m British (Scottish) but have lived in the US 35 yrs. I think what the Germans call “ toast” the Americans call “ sliced bread” as in pre sliced? I agree with your dad though, “ toast” is any bread toasted. Liam you need to drink Yorkshire Gold tea, the best tea ever.😂😍 your dad might switch back if he were in US as all the people I know use coffee makers, not instant coffee. 😂 I loved this podcast 💕
I think a great video idea would be Liam's dad asking Liam what X thing is in German. And it's just the same as English. And then he's just like "oh, that's easy", that keeps happening and then he's like "oh, German's not as hard as I thought!" Then he asks what one final thing is in german, now Liam is in the tracksuit, his dad is like..."Liam..?" and it's the most ridiculously long german sounding word. And then the smirk hits. Bro, I would cackle.
Andy looks like, he's right out of the movie GHOST with Patrick and Demi!
It's really mesmerizing! 👍🏻✨✨✨
I just randomly discovered your TH-cam channel thanks to the algorithm but it’s cool to see your intercontinental marriage!
I learned German in university and always figured I’d go study abroad maybe meet a nice German/Austrian/Swiss etc woman and maybe emigrate… instead I married someone from South America and now the German is mostly forgotten…
Spanish however is another story…
Great podcast, great idea BIG LAUGH!!
I like Aldi because every store is set out the same. My shopping list matches where things are in the shop. The quickest I've done a weekly shop for a family of 5 was 15 minutes.
The Aldis I have been to are not set out the same. They are different sizes and carry different items in different neighborhoods/towns.
@@SalyLuz-hc6he Yeah, in Australia they are all laid out the same. It's really helpful. Now, the other supermarkets on the other hand.....
CHEERS, DAD! ❤❤ Happy New Year, ya crazies 😂😂😂
Best Episode ❤ from Hamburg
Liam and Dad about hoovering, the side eyes exactly the same!
The dust glittering in the sun in front of the TV is mesmerizing ✨
Salutation’s from Belfast Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Dad is awesome. 💯💥
Big-up the Jamaicans in Germany 🇩🇪🇯🇲🇩🇪
Liam's dad is such a nice bloke. Please invite your mum next🙂🙏
Towards Speed Limits on Non-Autobahn streets:
On any street, where either
- there are at least two lanes per direction, or
- the two directions are separated by some physical barrier (baulich getrennt)
there is no general speed limit (only Richtgeschwindigkeit 130km/h).
Of course, local speed limit can be assigned, indicated by speed limit signs.
To be honest, the tea question part almost got me dropping off the chair ... fruit tea ... that looked like a quite serious crisis 🤣
"I'd rather laugh through my problems" will become my new life motto 🙏🏻❤️🩹 thanks a lot for that Mr. Carpenter Sr. ☺️
Hey Dad, you got to WINK WINK your eye like Liam's character. Lol❤
*Dad: Germany? Ah yes, the land of sausages and beer! Me: Dad, that is not all*
Schäufele und Oktoberfest?!
Thank you Andy, same understanding of toast, love from germany🎉
very wholesome 👍
Was für ein netter Mann, Andy Carpenter
what a lovely family...