He said:"...but India is a land of ancient mysterious mystic ancient mystery, an ancient mysterious mystic land locked within an ancient mysterious mystic tradition of ancient mysterious mystic mystery wrapped in histories of ancient mysticism."
@JohnKobaRuddy3 жыл бұрын
You have risen to the challenge and conquered it!!! We must worship Bruno Fuentes!
@forearthbelow3 жыл бұрын
@Bruno, 👏👏👏👏👏
@MrDarkweaver3 жыл бұрын
Fair play sir!
@robthornton62883 жыл бұрын
Respect Bruno 👏👏👏👏👏😁
@berylgilligan92873 жыл бұрын
Rule Britannia you win the internet 🤣
@ethanquirk283 жыл бұрын
“Say that to Napoleon Bonaparte” we did in 1815 during the Battle of Waterloo where we beat him
@anthonymatthews71933 жыл бұрын
And kept him on a British island prison!!!!!
@seanmcgouran40913 жыл бұрын
With a (big) bit of help from the... um... Germans.
@stevehendon40763 жыл бұрын
@@seanmcgouran4091 er...Prussians. Germany didn't exist in 1815 😉
@seanmcgouran40913 жыл бұрын
@@stevehendon4076 Fair enough, but the idea of 'Germany' did. There was the wonderfully-named Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, German literature pre-dates the second Kaiser-Reich (né 1871), as does German music.
@borisbrosowski66303 жыл бұрын
@@stevehendon4076 The Holy Roman Empire was made up from 4 Kingdoms: The Kingdom of Burgundy, The Kingdom of Lombardia, The Kingdom of Bohemia and The Kingdom of Germany. Typically the King of Germany would be made Emperor of the HRE. And stating that Prussians were not Germans is a bit bold.
@TsarFrancisDrake2 жыл бұрын
"Where the Americans were taken COMPLETELY by surprise... TWO YEARS into a major global war" I'm American, and that's one of the best fucking takes I've heard! One of the best jokes in the skit.
@blackbob3358 Жыл бұрын
Yep, El Draco, i thought that too.
@daryl1989208 ай бұрын
Its funny because its true 😅
@viewfromthehighchair9391Ай бұрын
And it really is getting out of hand too. FCOL "For crying out loud", since you're asking.
@KissMeWhereIWeeАй бұрын
Whats a basic global war?
@tommogamer85463 жыл бұрын
The thing about the UK being the centre of the earth is in reference to the international meridian conference from 1884 where Greenwich in London, England was agreed upon by 41 delegates from 26 countries (except the ones from France) to be the central point of the the world for the 0 line of longitude used on maps and charts.
@Paul-hl8yg3 жыл бұрын
They were talking through that & missed the entire joke ending! 🇬🇧
@Ingens_Scherz3 жыл бұрын
Huzzah!
@erictull20893 жыл бұрын
1857
@scottkinnaird30533 жыл бұрын
Good drills fella
@eamonnclifford57053 жыл бұрын
I knew there was a reason why I can't stand the French.
@patrickholt22703 жыл бұрын
The Peru bit is referring to Paddington Bear, a much loved character from British children's TV and book series. Genuinely cute old animated show.
@samhilton41733 жыл бұрын
Do you remember a show called Huxley Pig?
@patrickholt22703 жыл бұрын
@@samhilton4173 No sorry.
@fritzfieldwrangle-clouder72993 жыл бұрын
@@samhilton4173 Ooh, that'll be twenty pee please.
@thekevindeucey3 жыл бұрын
Al Murray is amazing.
@Jimmy-xx3ks3 жыл бұрын
@@samhilton4173 I remember that it was really good lol
@perryedwards47463 жыл бұрын
yer thats true Greenwich meantime. Where time begins, we drew the maps, so we put it right there in London, why would we put it anywhere else...draw your own maps! :)
@DJKav3 жыл бұрын
Yup 0⁰ Longitude (Prime Meridian) line goes straight through Royal Greenwich, London.
@DJVoyagerXue3 жыл бұрын
So Al Murry is correct, unlike the male presenter lol
@DJKav3 жыл бұрын
@@DJVoyagerXue Yup, Al Murray has a Degree in history (Cambridge), and his speciality is war history and geography history. He is an exceptionally clever man.
@gastrickbunsen19573 жыл бұрын
@@DJKav Al does indeed have a history degree (Oxford) but his persona, the pub landlord, does not. The PL is a modern day Alf Garnett and Al is sending up the small islander mentality of some Brits.
@chrissedaka81413 жыл бұрын
@@gastrickbunsen1957 He's also making some genuinely salient points about the rest of the world, under the same guise. And if you have a problem with those "small islander mentality" Brits, the PL is as much aimed at your way of thinking too. There's nothing wrong with patriotism and self-regard concerning one's country,; and to equate having a degree with superiority over those without is itself an elitist mentality - presumably the contention some have when they describe others as having a "small islander mentality".
@bobbyuk58663 жыл бұрын
You say Napoleon, I say Duke of Wellington. When he defeated Napoleon, he took his Horse Copenhagen, and his Mistress. Murray is a Oxford educated Historian. The French have a pretty good record in battle, just not against the British. We have a love hate relationship with France. We both grudgingly respect each other.
@stumagoo23423 жыл бұрын
Yeah being English I have a tongue in cheek hate for the French. I'd happily go to war with them......their wine and cheese is divine it would be worth the bloodshed. We can rename France, Continental Britain (CB) 😉
@craigmccullough73333 жыл бұрын
Copenhagen was Wellington's horse. He also rode this horse in the Peninsula, so predates Waterloo.
@terencehill19713 жыл бұрын
@@craigmccullough7333 Napoleon's horse was Marengo an Arabian imported to France from Egypt. It's skeleton is on display at the National Army Museum in Chelsea.
@TheSebiestor3 жыл бұрын
begrudging respect? not since Brexit 🤣
@Gethsemanes3 жыл бұрын
It's easy to miss the point of Murray's history lesson, hes not mocking the written word, hes mocking the misuse of history to prove a point
@williebauld10073 жыл бұрын
He’s definitely not joking about the line of longitude, all time is measured from Greenwich in London so yep we are the centre of the world lol
@neilgriffiths64273 жыл бұрын
American military has started calling it "Zulu time" - but we all know the British get to sit down for tea and scones long before most yanks have even woken up...
@barryhumphries45143 жыл бұрын
It's known by all the world’s military and all in aviation as Zulu time! Alpha time is Local time.
@simonbutterfield48603 жыл бұрын
@@neilgriffiths6427 Zulu time is GMT + 2 hours or something like that.
@joemelton47473 жыл бұрын
@@simonbutterfield4860 Zulu time is GMT
@williebauld10073 жыл бұрын
@@joemelton4747 Zulu plus gross
@Danny_kay3 жыл бұрын
Al Murray is brilliant a lot of people are confused why he knows so much and that's because his a historian and studied at oxford university. His a very intelligent guy and when it comes to history he knows his stuff.
@pavlam71013 жыл бұрын
And to add to this as most seem not to know, is that Al Murray the real person is a nice polite intelligent person, this is a stage persona Al Murray the Pub Landlord playing a stereotypical arrogant Brit.
@niadh59133 жыл бұрын
2nd thar. Alistair James Hay Murray is a well read graduate of the University of Oxford. The Pub Landlord is a character he has created to use as his main comedy routine.
@mikexcity3 жыл бұрын
I live in Devon and I can confirm everything he said about Plymouth.
@bladestormviking3 жыл бұрын
no thumbs, tails.... it's like East Tennessee
@marklehuray10913 жыл бұрын
xcity wouldn't be Exeter so completely neutral comment then....
@deboragiffen53173 жыл бұрын
I live in Devon too and this cracks me up
@Matthew_Rushton2 жыл бұрын
I spent 11 years living in Devon before moving back up north. Given what he said he's definitely not wrong 😂
@LilLingLing67892 жыл бұрын
He's playing a stereotype absolutely spot on so many times I've been in the pub listening to people he's pretending to be lmao love from Scotland 🏴 😂
@blackbob3358 Жыл бұрын
Did'nt think much love came out of Alba, Siona. All the jocks i've met growl first, then speak. Genuine observation, love. After the initial greeting, just fine then. No offence, dear.
@mattjosh693 жыл бұрын
Paddington bear is a cartoon in the uk about a bear from Peru. It’s since been made into a movie. 😂😂🙏🏻🇬🇧
@olbird76473 жыл бұрын
Originally books by Michael Bond! 😊
@benjichicken69293 жыл бұрын
@@olbird7647 shaken not stirred
@twatinahatsmith74282 жыл бұрын
And a sequel. I enjoyed them.
@iangreenway55803 жыл бұрын
We know who Napoleon is, we ran him out of Portugal & Spain and finally defeated him at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. 🇬🇧👍
@imperialdebauchery59883 жыл бұрын
We beat him so hard even Sean Bean survived.
@acafellapoet56203 жыл бұрын
Nah it was the Prussians - and this one will really piss you off, the Soviet Union and America won WW2, not Britain 🤷🏻♂️
@iangreenway55803 жыл бұрын
@@acafellapoet5620 you REALLY need to learn some history! 🤦♂️ The Prussians turned up at the 11th hour after the British had done all the hard work and actually contributed very little, like American in WW1.
@erictull20893 жыл бұрын
@@acafellapoet5620 from where? And it was nice of those two you mentioned turning up after we'd been fighting for two years. ALONE!
@seanmcgouran40913 жыл бұрын
@@erictull2089 "Alone" - with a huge navy, and a number of large Dominions (and India) lending hands
@wasp65943 жыл бұрын
In real life, Al Murray does not speak anything like the way he does on stage. He is, in fact, very well spoken. His stage persona is actually making fun of the English.
@wyterabitt21492 жыл бұрын
No it's not, it's making fun of a type of person, the type that all countries can (and do) have.
@RK-zf1jm2 жыл бұрын
Yup and if you go to a lot of pubs in the south east mainly Essex and Bo or millwall you ll get alot of guys that talk and think that way and they arent acting
@tonynorman66423 жыл бұрын
Now we need teachers like him in schools. You make it fun, people will remember. Children are the same. They would learn more this way
@iriscollins7583 Жыл бұрын
Without the bad language. And sex orientated jokes.
@robharris8844U3 жыл бұрын
The comment on Bulgaria will have gone over your heads when he said "where they are just Wombles" The Wombles were a childrens program on tv in UK that had a character called " Uncle Bulgaria" - hence reference to Bulgaria on globe.Nostalgic to Brits.
@ptb20083 жыл бұрын
It is true. He is talking about the Greenwich meridian line.
@TJE.133 жыл бұрын
Yea it always makes me laugh that time begins in fucking Greenwich of all places 🤣
@swissystan3 жыл бұрын
A bit surprised that you didn’t know that!
@caramba103 жыл бұрын
Before he got to this part of his act he's already had 'banter' with several members of the audience, somehow he remembers all their names and occupations and comes back to them time after time when the moment is ripe. It is an act (the Pub Landlord), in real life he's a very smart educated historian who has an amazing ability to recall names and dates from throughout history, something I've always been rubbish at.
@arwelp3 жыл бұрын
The “118-dia” joke is that when you call directory enquiries you usually end up in an Indian call centre, because “the Geordies (people from Newcastle, NE England) asked for too much money”.
@generaladvance58123 жыл бұрын
That poor lady will be devastated when she finds out about the international meridian conference 1884. London was chosen and timezones are based on it today.
@shaunkelly98603 жыл бұрын
His first point regarding Greenwich Mean Time is absolutely 100% true.
@theinsideouter63712 жыл бұрын
I am 72 with hearing aids, understood every word, he is a Cockney from London I am a Scoucer from Liverpool. He takes the micky, fun out of everyone
@shawnwilson73733 жыл бұрын
Al is a comic genius, and actually has a degree in History from Oxford.
@BobbierocksBuster14152 жыл бұрын
From Oxford? Jesus I didn't know that!
@bfnb2112 күн бұрын
Two degrees
@garulusglandarius61263 жыл бұрын
Love that you understand and don’t get offended ( even when the jokes about America) by this British comic genius 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧
@blueacres12623 жыл бұрын
The Peru reference is to do with "Paddington Bear", a famous English story. The "Womble"Countries, again, were a famous English cartoon series based on English Wimbledon Common with strange underground creatures called Wombles who came up every day and cleaned up the rubbish!😶I know, weird right? That's Britain!?....😉🇬🇧🇺🇲
@millyjames78912 ай бұрын
Madame Cholet!
@blackbob3358 Жыл бұрын
It is actually funny when you know what he's talking about. He does, being a time served historian.
@carlhartwell79783 жыл бұрын
He wasn't joking about the 0° line of longitude, but like he said, it was put there by us, it's totally arbitrary. Unlike the equator which depends on the poles which aren't arbitrary. And before anyone comments, yes I have seen the 'QI how many poles are there' clip.
@bob_the_bomb45082 жыл бұрын
Actually having the 0 line of Longitude in Greenwich is very handy, as it means that the International Date Line (GMT+12) goes through the Pacific.
@tomparr5673 жыл бұрын
GMT is 00 the start of time, the English made the rule but it still counts worldwide lol
@cardellkenith3 жыл бұрын
it wasnt just england. there was a comittee decision, but at the time of it, Britain was the largest empire of the time so it made a bit more sense to jsut go with Britain
@eddiewhite73093 жыл бұрын
Try British
@terencehill19713 жыл бұрын
The US military (and astronauts) all use "Zulu Time" which is the same as GMT.
@tomparr5673 жыл бұрын
@@eddiewhite7309 why was it decided in either Scotland, Wales or Ireland?
@eddiewhite73093 жыл бұрын
@@tomparr567 it was brought in as standard in 1880 by the UK government, initially to align train times throughout the UK
@markcarlton-rn3zc28 күн бұрын
Al Murray probably knows more about history and world politics then anyone I know
@skullduggerysmiles83933 жыл бұрын
It took 20 seconds for Americans to be baffled, 'is that true?' Doh. If you ever get the chance watch him live and be amazed at his skill at working the room, Comedy excellence.
@mycatspethooman55903 жыл бұрын
Al Murray is one of the funniest comedians in Britain.
@michaelkimber620318 күн бұрын
Al Murray is genius. Highly educated and extremely funny.
@lilacfloyd3 жыл бұрын
Chicago is behind Greenwich Mean Time by 5 hours. (Greenwich Mean Time is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London). The Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) separates east from west in the same way that the Equator separates north from south.
@bfnb2112 күн бұрын
6 hours
@SuperTyrannical13 жыл бұрын
Paddington bear was from Peru, and was lost and abandoned at Paddington station from which he gets his name.
@ansugib Жыл бұрын
Paddington Bear is a children's character who loved Marmalade sandwiches. If you saw the queen's jubilee concert earlier this year she took part in a little skit where she was having tea with Paddington. At her funeral lots of people left Paddington bears with flowers outside the Palace gates.
@hazyviewpoint71943 жыл бұрын
As a German I must say that german american accent of yours sounds really attractive to put it fucking mildly
@EessaTube3 жыл бұрын
'The way they treat their bears' refers to the book and film 'Paddington Bear'.
@jasonmarshall52523 ай бұрын
Also TV series.1976 - 1980
@millyjames78912 ай бұрын
@@jasonmarshall5252 Yes!!
@dotregan15062 жыл бұрын
Al Murray is a very clever man, he doesn't actually talk like that, it's just a character he adopts for his comedy routine., he is an Oxford graduate in 'history' I believe. The international date line runs through Greenwich, and the reference to bears in Peru is about a childrens character Paddington Bear, by Michael Bond also made into two movies.
@tomstorey85593 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah Napoleon that short French guy who got defeated by the British lol 😂😂😂
@tomstorey85593 жыл бұрын
@@SimSim-zf9if oh yeah totally
@tomstorey85593 жыл бұрын
@@SimSim-zf9if mate your really reading way too much into my comment, you're coming across as a jerk who can't take a joke
@anthonymatthews71933 жыл бұрын
@@SimSim-zf9if yes bad day at the office+ sank
@eddhardy10543 жыл бұрын
16:30...I have to point out that since Al Murray is British it's not him that has an accent it's you my colonial pals. 😉
@Davey-Boyd3 жыл бұрын
Everyone has an accent though. It is impossible for anyone not to have one.
@eddhardy10543 жыл бұрын
@@Davey-Boyd really? I never knew that...🤔
@trevmclunch34403 жыл бұрын
Anyone that is from England has a dialect, anyone that is forgien has an accent.
@Davey-Boyd3 жыл бұрын
@@trevmclunch3440 That is a really moronic reply
@eddhardy10543 жыл бұрын
@@Davey-Boyd not if you're joking it's not...numpty!
@DavePigott20003 жыл бұрын
Al has a degree in History from Oxford University - that's why he knows so much about world geography and history. His particular focus was on military campaigns. He doesn't sound a bit like that when he's off stage.
@ForestGrump3 жыл бұрын
The nought line of longitude runs through Greenwich in London. All time zones in the World relate to what time it is in London. It is also the division between east and west, if you use co-ordinates.
@michaeljoefish81153 жыл бұрын
You doing the floss is inevitable, Kit.
@SeanSweeney092 жыл бұрын
Can see the jokes just fly over their heads. 😂😂😂
@justincredible91872 жыл бұрын
It's like watching any America watch anything about the planet 😂 ahhh bless em.
@AlchemistOfNirnroot Жыл бұрын
Can't really expect them to get the jokes without prior knowledge.
@ashleyhoward89266 ай бұрын
any what? @@justincredible9187
@ishan19833 жыл бұрын
1:17 uhm.. yes it is true. Its called GMT Greenwich Mean Time 🙄
@rnater71452 жыл бұрын
15:20 Most easily missed funny line - "Hence the leotard shortage"
@btmorley8333 жыл бұрын
All time zones are based on GMT - Greenwich Mean Time - which is based in London, England. So yes, it is sort of true that Britain is the ‘middle’ of the earth. That’s why many businesses are located in the UK, as working hours coincide with America and Asia time zones.
@icarus877Ай бұрын
What he said about the timeline is of course very true.
@spacefox10163 жыл бұрын
The joke about Peru and the bears is that there's a British TV show called Paddington. It's about a bear named Paddington who got sent from Peru to London to find a new family, he has a blue hat, a red coat and a suitcase.
@olbird76473 жыл бұрын
Based on the books by Michael Bond! 😊
@josephdolman3 жыл бұрын
His hat was red his coat was blue
@spacefox10163 жыл бұрын
@@josephdolman Oh yes, sorry I didn't notice I missed out putting the "red" before "coat". That's what meant. Thanks for correcting me
@darrencooke42073 жыл бұрын
Try Al Murray on Global Finance. It's hilarious and he does great impressions of germans and Americans!
@cherryblossom304610 ай бұрын
Britain defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, friend! This is a mix of comedy, geography and historical facts by an erudite highly learned Oxford university historian🎉🎉
@EvilSean62Ай бұрын
crucially in these inflamatory times he didnt dig into hate ,,, it was lighthearted and nice
@barryobrien26382 жыл бұрын
For me, he is one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, blending historical satire with the reality of the time. Who can argue with a person who holds an honorary degree (Hon MA) and an honorary Doctor of Social Science (PhD)?
@astraboots3 жыл бұрын
North line longitude is a fact Britain is the centre of the Earth. Greenwich means time. Is in control on what time it is all over the Earth. Also the international date line of course was put there by the British. Al Murray is a historian and scientific facts and dates of Wars and battles are always accurate and true.
@Yvolve3 жыл бұрын
Time is kept by a series of atomic clocks that measure the vibrations of Caesium-133 atoms, positioned all over the world. GMT comes from the colonisation era, when navigating the oceans became crucial and you need a clock which is reliable at sea.. This was invented in Britain, hence the location of GMT. Greenwich has an observatory, which did the calculations.
@Fallopia51503 жыл бұрын
World Times are plus or minus GMT = Greenwich Mean Time. Greenwich is a place.
@paulbowles742621 күн бұрын
The meridian line does indeed start from Britain its called Greenwich mean time
@johnhickey42892 жыл бұрын
The nought line of longitude does pass through Great Britain, it actually passes through Greenwich London, which is why the summer is called Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
@ashleyhoward89266 ай бұрын
No, it's called British Summer time, (BST) reverting to Greenwich mean time(GMT) in winter.
@potdog10003 жыл бұрын
The Peruvian bear was a reference to the kids book/film Paddington
@scottlochans41802 жыл бұрын
Paddington Bear, from Peru, favourite food, Marmalade Sandwiches, children's cartoon.
@MegaDEADonARRIVAL3 жыл бұрын
The world's modern timeline system was invented in Britain which is why the line of longitude at 0 runs through Britain. It is in fact in Greenwich, London, and is known as the Greenwich meridian at the Greenwich observatory. All world clocks are set by this time and the time was kept by a clock built a couple of hundred years ago that was still in use until the last century when it was superseded by a more modern and accurate one.
@nelsongrant68822 жыл бұрын
He’s referring to the naught line of longitude which runs through Great Britain making it the centre of the earth, he goes on to say “ all right we put the line there but it still stands”
@rikardottosson12722 жыл бұрын
There is a fun TikTok series with Al Murray vs “Al Murray- the Pub Landlord” where he debunks his character’s hot takes on history with a bit of extra background.
@adamfairweather55062 жыл бұрын
Joke about Peru is Paddington Bear 😂
@polcurley4197 Жыл бұрын
Yes the UK is on the 0 line of longitude, and yes the UK put it there. They also produced the first clocks that made navigation actually work. It's also why several cities around the world fire a cannon at a given time.
@ShakemeisterS642 жыл бұрын
As Admiral Nelson said; "You must hate a Frenchman as you hate the Devil. "
@justincredible91872 жыл бұрын
I think God also said the same when he reflected on how part of the human race became French 😧
@thomaslund60132 жыл бұрын
Say that to Napoleon Bonaparte? That is exactly what we did. :D
@coreyd56592 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not he is actually pretty well versed historically and obviously this stand up is a character he's playing drawing from his knowledge.
@berylgilligan92873 жыл бұрын
I love your wife's reaction she'd do good in a British pub and handle the banter I think lol
@alistairgalt65293 жыл бұрын
Perfect reaction guys, I was in stitches, he is a comedian, but also an academic genius, his words are based in fact. Oxford graduate.
@richardsevern98412 жыл бұрын
He is very well spoken.
@kristinaF543 жыл бұрын
21:53 He's referring to Paddington Bear from the children's books by British author Michael Bond, said to be "the friendly bear from darkest Peru". Yeah, only English schoolkids would get it.
@justincredible91872 жыл бұрын
Britain invented time, gravity and being Great .
@cherryblossom30462 жыл бұрын
Refer to Greenwich Mean Time - GMT, and 0 longitude north to south running through Greenwich, in London, UK!
@marksterling82863 жыл бұрын
The meridian line and time is absolutely correct
@daviddavis6023 жыл бұрын
FYI, in regards to al Murray reference to britain at centre of world is in regards that we set the Greenwich mean time (GMT) for the rest of the world to follow.
@susanhill21103 жыл бұрын
The Peru bit was talking about the Paddington Bear movie. And the line of Longitude does run through UK he’s not joking about that. Al Murray has a history degree from Oxford university so he’s a pretty knowledgeable person.
@julielevinge2662 жыл бұрын
The entire character is a spoof pub landlord! Al Murray is a very well educated/spoken man😂😂😂😂😂
@darrellpowell60423 жыл бұрын
1:09 GMT means the 0 point runs through London borough of Greenwich. This means the UK is 0 and every longitude has a + to the east of that line and every longitude east has a - hours. So the UK is placed on world maps as the center 0. If your in France its +1 hour difference in local time from the 0 location. Finland is +2 head. Dallas is - 6 behind. Google: World Time Zones Map. You'll see the point.
@MrVillamike3 жыл бұрын
Centre
@darrellpowell60423 жыл бұрын
@@MrVillamike Center and centre have the same meaning. Center is the correct spelling in American English, but British English writers usually prefer centre.
@scientiautverum3 жыл бұрын
@@darrellpowell6042 "Centre" is not so much preferred but the correct form in English. From the French "centre", Latin "centrum" and Greek "kentron". American scholars such as Webster, quite reasonably, tried to simplify English and make it phonetic, hence the numerous spelling differences.
@darrellpowell60423 жыл бұрын
@@scientiautverum Thank you Alexa
@willpike3416Ай бұрын
Peru Bear is a story for children,now a film called Paddington, great film
@daveofyorkshire3012 жыл бұрын
What's a great dane? Think Scooby Doo...
@jonathanvince81732 жыл бұрын
Book and films called Paddington bear from Peru that eats Marmalade sandwiches. Well science shows the UK line around the world as center before the world tilted 3 degrees in the 1990s because of nuclear bomb testing in the same hemisphere.
@RalphWigg15 ай бұрын
The bears of Peru... A very popular kids' comic storybook character is Paddington Bear from Peru!
@PJtheincel3 жыл бұрын
It is true. The British created pretty much everything.
@Nathan50273 жыл бұрын
The 0 degree longitude runs through Greenwich, london. It's also the 0 mark for the timezones; hence gmt or Greenwich Mean Time, and everyone else adjusts up or down from that, US is behind, between -5 and -9 hours whilst the other side, Germany is +1, Russia is +2 to +10
@johnoconnor49414 ай бұрын
Paddington Bear, children's literary character.
@ioanmullholland248911 ай бұрын
the reference to Peru and the bears , is about the Character Paddington bear. from the story books.
@lewisjones28253 жыл бұрын
It is a character like the 1960s Alf Garnett or Archie Bunker.
@raibeart19552 ай бұрын
Greenwitch mean time. Will give you a time line enjoyed the reaction .All the best from Scotland to You and Yours. Rab x
@mathiasosiriswoodhal3 жыл бұрын
The bit with the bear is a kids program about a bear from puru called Paddington bear lol 😂
@daveofyorkshire3013 жыл бұрын
The longitudinal line zero (the prime meridian) does run through England. It was put there by us long ago. Spain, Portugal and Italy all wanted it there, but we won. All timezones are from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) although these days some refer to it as UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) since January 1960...
@daveofyorkshire3012 жыл бұрын
Thank Microsoft for the popularity of UTC, they didn't like using GMT...
@malcolmross84273 жыл бұрын
The bear referred to is Paddington Bear with his marmalade sandwich, suitcase and hat. The Zero meridian runs through Greenwich, England & all other time zones are based on how far East of it they are.
@damienclement69493 жыл бұрын
Whenever I watch these reaction videos on Al, I get the impression that Americans don't realise that this is a persona of a stereotypical pub landlord from England, its an act Al isn't like this in real life
@bladestormviking Жыл бұрын
you'd never believe someone could turn a geography quiz into an hilarious standup bit.
@LYNX_FRoSTY992 жыл бұрын
“Say that to napoleon” I have one word for that Waterloo 😂😂 and another one 1815
@wcapewell30893 жыл бұрын
Flipping love al murray 😂😂😂
@liamberry24502 жыл бұрын
Lol “Napoleon Bonaparte” we beat that sausage at Waterloo 🤣
@1951woodygeo2 жыл бұрын
It is the Centre of the earth it is where the Logitude and Latitudes lines meet and Greenich mean time runs through it .
@superancientmariner13943 жыл бұрын
0 degrees longitude, from which all calculations with regards to position East or West are taken. It passes through Greenwich , Hence Greenwich Mean Time. Visit Greenwich and you can stand with your feet in both hemispheres
@GooGooMuck722 жыл бұрын
The line is a real at Greenwich (Greenwich Mean Time.)🇬🇧
@justincredible91872 жыл бұрын
yeP
@rikuk32 жыл бұрын
The couple watching were well out of their comfort zone.......or knowledge of History ;)