This is my new favourity WILTY segment! Not only for the premise but the whole "They're called Northerners" and "middle class" banter. Oh, and David's inability to form a question at 2:49
To be completely fair to him, until my mid-thirties, I had no idea that a "pony" is a specific breed/type of horse, and not just the name for a baby horse. Cats have kittens, dogs have puppies, sheep have lambs, horses have ponies.
Yeah, this is actually very disturbing. Thomas seems like a nice guy but to reveal this... and he is a scientist? I guess we all have secrets. Thomas just decided to be honest with his.
@@MalevEvans-dw3doIt’s not that surprising actually. Scientists are often known to tunnel vision so much so that they’re experts in their fields but total idiots when it comes to common sense knowledge.
@@icturner23 I’ve known electrical engineers who worked at places like Intel and IBM, but when their TV remote isn’t working, they need me to tell them the battery is probably dead. Trust me, the tunnel visioning can get quite severe.
Well, if he studied meteorology, I doubt he had biology course there. More like maths, physics, geography, statistics, computer modeling,... Moreover, this seems more like a kindergarten / primary school stuff... and his first name sounds Polish, so if he attended kindergarten and primary school there, he might have never come across that topic in English. He seemed embarrassed enough for it to be true.
Honestly I'm not surprised. When you read about lamb and mutton/sheep in the context of meat you would think they were talking about different animals. And I bet lots of people believe ponies are baby horses.
In the US we say "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky at morning, sailor's warning." Which makes more sense, as sailors are in more danger if they can't read the sky.
the version I grew up wit was "Red Sky ay Night, Shepherds Delight, Red Sky in the Morning Sailors Warning" but thats just my take on this, not some religious mentalist! XX
Well, that makes sense given that you have such bad sailors who need all the help they can get. They were so bewildered by ours having the sense to avoid scurvy by eating citrus fruit that you’ve called us ‘limeys’ ever since.
@@teresayeates3437 From the Met office.gov .uk: "Red sky at night The concept of "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and was originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather. Despite there being global variations in this saying such as "Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors warning", the scientific understanding behind such occurrences remains the same."
I did see it broadcast and was totally amazed, to the extent that I’ve often thought of it since. Most of the other stories are just funny stories and it doesn’t even matter if they’re true or false, but this one is something else.
@@dodibenabba525Yup, I’ve taught this to five to six-year-olds in their second (or third) language. And they already knew it in their first (and second).
Is this a joke?? We do A levels IN the UK. It is Advanced Levels and people study 3 or 4 subjects like History, Maths, English literature etc in college aged 16-19 in order to then study for a university degree if they want to. I can't tell whether this is a joke or you genuinely don't know about A Levels.
It is quite remarkable. In children's books most kids learn at the age of 2 about farm animals and their different stages of life. How can a person be so little interested in nature and animals?!?
His parents should be brought on the show as 'This Is My' guests. "These are my neglectful parents, and they utterly failed me as a child, by not teaching me the most basic things that literally ALL CHILDREN learn before they start primary school." But even taking his parent's obvious negligence into account, the fact that he didn't pick it up by himself at some point before adulthood, from books or TV or simple observation, makes me think he is probably as thick a sh*t with no curiosity, and only got a place at Uni on the strength of his comfortable middleclass background.
This is my new favourity WILTY segment! Not only for the premise but the whole "They're called Northerners" and "middle class" banter. Oh, and David's inability to form a question at 2:49
Quite impressive from a man with "Schaf" in his name.
To be completely fair to him, until my mid-thirties, I had no idea that a "pony" is a specific breed/type of horse, and not just the name for a baby horse. Cats have kittens, dogs have puppies, sheep have lambs, horses have ponies.
Foals?
It's actually not ever the name for a baby horse. Foal or colt, never pony
Thats the point @CalLadyQED they didn't know
How can somebody be so stupid and not know the term horselet
2:04 Silence of the lambs
Yeah well Charlie Brooker was 40 when he learned raisins are dried grapes
For me this was indeed the most shocking one of all time.
Yeah, this is actually very disturbing. Thomas seems like a nice guy but to reveal this... and he is a scientist?
I guess we all have secrets. Thomas just decided to be honest with his.
@@MalevEvans-dw3doIt’s not that surprising actually. Scientists are often known to tunnel vision so much so that they’re experts in their fields but total idiots when it comes to common sense knowledge.
@@aokaze-minotaur ‘Common sense’ is not really a meaningful concept but the overwhelming majority of five-year-olds would know this basic fact.
@@icturner23 I’ve known electrical engineers who worked at places like Intel and IBM, but when their TV remote isn’t working, they need me to tell them the battery is probably dead. Trust me, the tunnel visioning can get quite severe.
Well, if he studied meteorology, I doubt he had biology course there. More like maths, physics, geography, statistics, computer modeling,...
Moreover, this seems more like a kindergarten / primary school stuff... and his first name sounds Polish, so if he attended kindergarten and primary school there, he might have never come across that topic in English.
He seemed embarrassed enough for it to be true.
His name is SCHAFernaker
I always heard
Red sky at night, _sailors_ delight.
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
Honestly I'm not surprised. When you read about lamb and mutton/sheep in the context of meat you would think they were talking about different animals. And I bet lots of people believe ponies are baby horses.
I did, as a kid. (City boy here.)
@@stevevasta the true GOAT.
"What about the handgliders?"
In the US we say "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky at morning, sailor's warning." Which makes more sense, as sailors are in more danger if they can't read the sky.
@@emdiar6588It does not meantion Shepherds nor sailors.
the version I grew up wit was "Red Sky ay Night, Shepherds Delight, Red Sky in the Morning Sailors Warning"
but thats just my take on this,
not some religious mentalist! XX
Well, that makes sense given that you have such bad sailors who need all the help they can get. They were so bewildered by ours having the sense to avoid scurvy by eating citrus fruit that you’ve called us ‘limeys’ ever since.
@@teresayeates3437 From the Met office.gov .uk:
"Red sky at night
The concept of "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.
Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning" first appears in the Bible in the book of Matthew. It is an old weather saying often used at sunrise and sunset to signify the changing sky and was originally known to help the shepherds prepare for the next day's weather.
Despite there being global variations in this saying such as "Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors warning", the scientific understanding behind such occurrences remains the same."
@@keithskelhorne3993 Shut it "keith", ya dumb twit.
This is more like red sky at night, Brians caravans on fire.
Red sky in morning,
Brian's caravan's still on fire.
Until my late sixties I didn't know that owls have long legs
I thought David would pick up the Schaf=Sheep in German, and think it was on purpose (as in story from Ed Balls in the ball-pit)
His nickname at school had to be the last part of his surname.
@@JJONNYREPP No he's not, he's Polish.
I'm not that shocked, surveys carried out in recent years show that about a third of young folk in the UK don't know that tuna is fish.
Tuna, the chicken of the sea! 😅
“Everyone likes sun, no one likes the rain”. No, clear skies are boring AF and rain is destructive and exciting
But does he know that cows, bulls, calves, steer, and oxen are the same animals ?
Haha
I suppose after that incident, he learn the rest. An assumption only tho.
you mean the bovine animal, that gives us beef and veal?
@@panda4247 and plowed our fields before John Deere made tractors
OMG! That shocked me and WILTY rarely does... I didn't watch this episode when it went live and I'm stunned and disheartened by our University system.
Our university system? I learnt that in kindergarten!
@@dodibenabba525 I actually don't recall my lecturers going over sheep and lamb in university.
I feel robbed. 😂
@@dodibenabba525 Exactly... but the University accepted him as a student even though he doesn't seem to have even a basic primary education.
I did see it broadcast and was totally amazed, to the extent that I’ve often thought of it since. Most of the other stories are just funny stories and it doesn’t even matter if they’re true or false, but this one is something else.
@@dodibenabba525Yup, I’ve taught this to five to six-year-olds in their second (or third) language. And they already knew it in their first (and second).
I'm not from U.K. Could someone explain what is an a level?
Is this a joke?? We do A levels IN the UK. It is Advanced Levels and people study 3 or 4 subjects like History, Maths, English literature etc in college aged 16-19 in order to then study for a university degree if they want to. I can't tell whether this is a joke or you genuinely don't know about A Levels.
@@vaw796 No sorry I forgot the word not my bad sorry.
@@vaw796
"I'm not from the UK..."
You: 'iS tHiS a JoKe?'
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It is quite remarkable. In children's books most kids learn at the age of 2 about farm animals and their different stages of life. How can a person be so little interested in nature and animals?!?
What has being black got to do with weather idioms
where did he get his diploma from? cant believe he is a scientist. Too busy chasing c...
His parents should be brought on the show as 'This Is My' guests.
"These are my neglectful parents, and they utterly failed me as a child, by not teaching me the most basic things that literally ALL CHILDREN learn before they start primary school."
But even taking his parent's obvious negligence into account, the fact that he didn't pick it up by himself at some point before adulthood, from books or TV or simple observation, makes me think he is probably as thick a sh*t with no curiosity, and only got a place at Uni on the strength of his comfortable middleclass background.
Thank you! Exactly my thoughts, wasn't able to put into words like that 👌🙏
@@roadwayrona The real irony is that his surname means shepherd (schafen = sheep, Acker = field"). His ancestors must be spinning in their graves.