7 Things Americans Are More Likely to Own Than British People

[@LostinthePond]

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[@SherryAnnOfTheWest]

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

[@katheryns1219]

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!"

[@mnlizzi]

Definitely no complaints about a kitty in the shot 😂

[@CarolannBrendel]

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]

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

[@simplerider3159]

You are the other 76%

[@cheapglass3068]

😅😅😅

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

Cat passes the vibe check

[@Heartwing37]

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]

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

[@nathanbentz]

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

[@lorenecarden6312]

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

[@eustacia03]

I'm betting on electric kettle making the list.

[@LindaC616]

Eel jelly? Kidney pie?

[@micheledeetlefs6041]

​@@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]

Electric kettle. Duvets. Hot water bottle.

[@NBK1122]

Mushy peas?

[@ybunnygurl]

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

[@kathrynambler1658]

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.

[@ladyjustice1474]

😊Cute kitty photo bombs the video.

[@amyrodgers9887]

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.

[@piratecat990]

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

[@seantlewis376]

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]

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.

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

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

[@beverlyweber4122]

Love that kitty!

[@berhonkusbardledoo]

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

[@BouillaBased]

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]

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

[@LindaC616]

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

[@bullettube9863]

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]

Exactly.

[@moxiedawn4370]

About Bibles, for people whose families go to church regularly, every family member, except maybe those too young to read, will have their own Bible. And even then, "baby bibles" are often a gift for newborns. But it doesn't even matter if you attend church only twice a year. Bibles are common gifts at Christmas, and really nice ones at occasions like graduation. And absolutely here in the South, you can guarantee at least one Bible as a wedding gift. So it really doesn't even matter if you're religious or not, you've probably got one. I don't, oddly.

[@anthonycalbillo9376]

Cats and dogs will always be in the show!

[@MurderMostFowl]

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]

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]

😂😂😂😂

[@charlesajones77]

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).

[@cyberherbalist]

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]

The guns or the family members?

[@waynedavis7245]

​@@kevinbarry71 lol 😆

[@NorthBayRepublic]

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

[@jimgreen5788]

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

[@kathyjohnson2043]

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

[@aurthurpendragon1015]

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]

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

[@kenshinjenna]

Laurence doesn't know the internet runs on cats.

[@TheAtkey]

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

[@chava2uk150]

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.

[@drones7838]

um the cat is 100% ok

[@scott931]

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

[@randyfarden3868]

Well yeah dogs are guns you can pet

[@jlaurelc]

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)

[@NaughtyShepherd]

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.

[@MrMe-lf2ov]

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]

I think that's obvious, no.

[@nwcaniac]

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.

[@chrisdowns422]

Cats improve all shots.

[@troyamundson289]

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

[@timothyscheidler6365]

CUTE KITTY!!!

[@LindaC616]

Kafka!

[@silvermineband2719]

*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.

[@cocomonkilla]

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

[@steveanderson9290]

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

[@RDavis-ts4ly]

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]

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]

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

[@dannymac6368]

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.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

In San Francisco, there are more dogs than children. I love SF.

[@frankdoss6313]

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]

🤣

[@maryannspicher]

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]

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

[@cynthiajohnston424]

@@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 ... 🤣

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

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]

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

[@brianb7686]

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]

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

[@gwesco]

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]

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

[@JennRazo]

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

[@bigthing75]

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

[@thetr00per30]

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.

[@kathrynhunter5380]

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]

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

[@davidthedeaf]

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

[@kyleshepherd4208]

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.

[@OldMan_PJ]

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.

[@jmcg6189]

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.

[@TomSherwood-z5l]

I thought all KZbinrs knew that cats make clicks.

[@AC-ni4gt]

Not everyone got the message.

[@martykitson3442]

🎄🎅🌲 merry Christmas everybody

[@SkywarpZX]

Please include more animal cameos in your future videos.

[@saraross8396]

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

[@johnlabus7359]

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]

Totally depends where you live.

[@kathyjohnson2043]

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

[@rebapuck5061]

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

[@jadawa85]

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]

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

[@Absaalookemensch]

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.

[@Motoguzzi2231]

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

[@hawkatsea]

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]

I've got my sweats in here, too

[@jcortese3300]

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]

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

[@LindaC616]

​@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]

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]

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]

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.

[@dayeti6794]

Hi Kafka! 👋

[@woofer13]

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

[@michaelhale4041]

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

[@patbowers4180]

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

[@LindaC616]

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

[@Jody-kt9ev]

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

[@robinsmith5442]

Isn't his name Kafka? I love him! 😊

[@ryanpopken9870]

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

[@LindaC616]

He did

[@lisagilmore4519]

Merry Christmas!

[@rita1259-y5c]

Excellent content❤

[@Alienalloy]

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.

[@vernaclevinger5716]

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

[@kathywiseley4382]

I honestly see no difference in them

[@lolacorinne5384]

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

[@skapur]

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

[@balancedactguy]

Jolly Good Show Laurence!! ROIGHT!

[@kathyjohnson2043]

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).

[@lysan1445]

..though we have actual thrones....yes!🤣🤣🤣

[@kevcroft2815]

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

[@burf90]

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.

[@labhrais6957]

In my family, on the 12th or 13th birthday, everyone receives their own Bible. It's kind of a right of passage.

[@robertpearson8798]

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.

[@berhonkusbardledoo]

Kitty!!!!! I must know their name

[@cee8mee]

Kafka

[@bill.godwin-austen]

Heck, I'm wearing sweatpants (and a sweatshirt...) right now. That's been my standard "home attire" since the weather started cooling down in November.

[@jordannicholson8751]

I expected to see chainsaws and riding lawnmowers.

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Sweatpants - you’re kidding, right? I buy them in bulk.

[@geminiecricket4798]

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

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

Live with someone and share a bathroom?? NOOOOO!

[@NBK1122]

The toilet one reminded me of when I was in Iceland, where apartments were smaller. My former in-laws had a washing machine but no dryer. I'm guessing it's similar in Britain. I wonder which country has more television sets, refrigerators, and bicycles.

[@julieneff9408]

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.

[@rainbowwwkim]

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

[@dwc1964]

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".

[@just_kos99]

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.

[@bretthompson5343]

DO THAT NOW!!!! 😂 Dint say it on the last video and it made me mad. I like the DO IT NOW!😂 (no Diddy)

[@jamesmorgan9280]

Great video! Thanks!

[@edwardjmayer87]

1: Firearms 2: Central AC and heat 3: V8 pickup truck/suv 4: A Bible open somewhere in the home 5: Multiple window ac units Thats all I can think of off the top of my head

[@celesteoliver9431]

I love watching your take on the differences in the cultures. In this video, I noticed the string hanging from an older blind that must've come with your house when you bought it. I work selling blinds for a big box retailer, and starting last year, manufacturers eliminated the cords, since they strangled too many children and pets. Please look into updating your window treatments to the newer push up - pull down cord-free versions. Arthur and Kafka will thank you for it. Carry on. 😁

[@dominaevillae28]

I have ARLO BLINDS Cordless Bottom Up Light Filtering with Backing Fabric Roman Shades that I bought from Home Depot and they were the most economical covering I could find.

[@jadawa85]

I hadn’t even been aware of these until last year. I noticed blinds/shades had been installed in the house across the street from me that could open from the top or/and the bottom. I was moving into a new house and installed them. I love that I can open from the top for just some extra light while maintaining my privacy.

[@deborahaumiller7391]

Oh, yes! I cut the cords off my blinds. My kitty was playing and 8 hours later, ong story short, Toby nearly lost his leg, kidney and life. $5,000 and 12 years later, he has been absolutely fine. I, however, lost my savings and half my hair 😮😢😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jessc2064]

You clearly never lived in Chavland, UK, Laurence. Sweatpants are de rigeur. Usually teamed with crocs, or sliders (with socks) and a Dryrobe.

[@malthuswasright]

I'm an atheist but I own at least 2 bibles. I also own a Quran, a Talmud and several Buddhist texts. It's about being a rounded individual, not a religious thing.