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[@TheJaxxT]

The way the lady in the video says “Jaffa” is the way we say it here in the uk.

[@colinp2238]

Jaffa is an ancient sea port in Israel on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is still there after thousands of years.

[@TheJaxxT]

@@colinp2238 oh wow.. both of my comments that people have replied to has taught me something. I appreciate that. Didn’t know this either so thank you

[@susieshoes1]

@@colinp2238Israel hasn’t been there for a thousand years but yes Jaffa has

[@colinp2238]

@susieshoes1 I was referring to its present location. I am sure you understand that if you are a Brit.

[@AD270479]

@@susieshoes1 Learn about the Israelites & where they came from & how long ago they were there. When you do that, you'll understand why the state of Israel is now located there... Israel was inscribed in ancient Egypt over 4000 years ago, they came from Canaan, look up where that was. What I will say is you've obv just listened to what certain ppl on the internet are claiming. So don't instantly take my word for it, do some research yourself. One of the reasons there is so much contest about Israel, is because there are so many misinformed ppl who haven't even looked in to their history & just listened to claims online.

[@wobaguk]

Dumb traditionally meant 'couldnt speak', like 'mute', not 'stupid'. So I might speculate Dumb Womans Lane used to be a street on which a notable mute woman lived?

[@missep1830]

'afternoon tea' is something you might treat yourself and some friends to once in a while, go out and have scones and cakes, but it's not a daily thing. DRINKING tea is not just an afternoon thing, it's a 'throughout the day' thing.

[@lucyblayney2208]

Yeh we drink cups of tea, the way americans drink cups of coffee. Any time of day. If you go over someone's house, they'll ask if you want a cuppa. Or if you're nearly at a friend's house you might call or text them & say "put the kettle on" - meaning it will be boiled when you arrive, ready for that cuppa they're going to make you, lol.

[@stevemcmosh4271]

Dude, it blows my tiny mind that roundabouts are so rare over there that it sparked a big conversation lol.

[@rachelbosworth2438]

In all my 48yrs I have NEVER seen a fish pie like that and wouldn’t want to. I’m in the uk

[@RoyCousins]

Stargazey Pie is a very old recipe, but only made nowadays to frighten the un-British.

[@WookieWarriorz]

yea they always bring it up in these videos yet fail to mention that 99.9% of the food we eat is fucking currys and kebabs haha. Seriously americans lack of knowledge about sauces is scary, they legit eat a sunday dinner esque meal without gravy, they have 0 concept or curry sauce. Their chineese food is dry with maybe a coating on the meat or soy sauce but they dont have curry or sweet chilli sauce or honey chilli sauce etc other than in little dipping tubs like mcdonalds lol not real chineese shit. An american friend one time wanted to know what curry tasted like and if its all the same thing and even asking the question floored me like what haha i didnt know how to convey to her how varied curry is.

[@garygalt4146]

Stargazey pie is a very local Cornish dish. In fact so localised it’s from a small fishing village in Cornwall. So if you haven’t visited Cornwall Or paid attention to the odd food show you wouldn’t have seen stargazey pie. That is the beauty of Britain’s we have Many foods and traditions Local to small areas of the country.

[@luluk3340]

@@garygalt4146 Mousehole in Cornwall. Seen one but never eaten one.

[@Eb-ic1kr]

The roundabouts are supposed to avoid the need for traffic lights, therefore easing the flow of traffic. Usually it needs needs to be at an intersection of at least three roads, if not four or five. There also make it easier to respect the right of way. Yes, they can be scary, but they do come in handy. Particularly if you have a power cut

[@mattsmith5421]

Blobby was on a tv show not aimed at children called noels house party. It aired around 6.30 or 7 pm on a Saturday night if i remember correctly so eventually gained exposure to more and more children but he was mainly there to make the adult guests on the show feel uncomfortable he would just cause mayhem.

[@white-dragon4424]

It was a family show more than just for kids. His wacky hijinks was supposed to be entertaining to everyone, but especially kids.

[@doegywhail728]

He was primarily used as a pranking device on Noel’s House Party to fool Celebrities. I can’t think of an American equivalent but they had a section where they made celebs think they were appearing on a kids show and blobby would go mental on them.

[@dfbiker]

He was amazing. I only watched Noel’s house party for blobby. Best thing on tv

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Mr. Blobby was on Noel's House Party (6pm ish Saturday evenings for families to watch)

[@AndrewCusworth]

I would recommend watching the Will Carling "Gotcha" to get an idea of what the Mr Blobby character is supposed to be

[@littlefreckles7004]

You can formally declare you're not interested in a tv license anyway. I haven't paid for one I about 15 years

[@avaggdu1]

I too pirate TV and love having interruptions from people trying to sell me stuff I have no interest in. I haven't paid to watch a film in over 10 years; they'll keep producing quality films anyway so let other mugs pay for it.

[@511robyno]

NO wonder it keeps going up for the rest of us

[@SarahMcKee-wn2pd]

People don’t realize they use the Beeb as much as they do. We need to respect it. 👍

[@NormyTres]

I don't watch BBC or live TV and it really annoys me having to keep declaring No Licence Needed. It's entertainment - I don't have to declare I don't go to nightclubs or go gambling. It should be an option in thing, not optimistic out.

[@TheNZJester]

The UK movie Trainspotting is not about Trainspotting. The Blurb for the movie says "Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends."

[@ZootZinBootZ]

Choose life 😂

[@TheNZJester]

@@ZootZinBootZ Choose Your Future. Choose life.

[@FRAAANKYSUUUPER]

There like only 1 or two trains in the whole film for about 5 seconds 😅

[@richieb7692]

"Trainspotting" was slang from the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas for doing drugs. The addicts used to gather I the old derelict railway warehouses to deal and shoot up, as they were largely left alone by the police.

[@colinbirks5403]

Cornish "Stargazer" fish pie. Rare, and ancient fishermen's food. 99.9% of British people have never seen one.

[@geoffsmith1479]

This is one of the issues with these reactions. The video shows something that technically exists, but is very rare indeed, and the reactor assumes that it's something we all eat every day.

[@Sophie.S..]

I have never seen a Stargazer pie and certainly wouldn't want to eat one!

[@pixiepetal-jennie2038]

Never seen one in my 59 years here in uk 😂 it’s an old tradition in parts of Cornwall

[@nidh1109]

I apologise. For putting - I thought it was traditional in a remote area of Scotland - in a previous comment.

[@Colgan1]

Never even heard of it, never mind seen one

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Biscuits go soft when stale, cakes go dry. Easy to tell the difference

[@user-cq6mc8ih9r]

That's why it's called cake. The clue is in the name

[@kenplatt7332]

When a biscuit is left out and uncovered it goes soft When a cake is left out and uncovered it goes hard A Jaffa cake is left out and uncovered it goes hard therefore it’s a cake

[@Rotekken]

I am not British by birth, i am Romanian born but have lived in the UK for nearly a decade and can confirm i have pretty much adopted the habit of declining a couple of times haha. Also much love from Scotland and thank you for the amazing content :)

[@rickb.4168]

Mr Blobby wasn’t a real children’s character. It was created to trick celebrities in a hidden camera sequence. It was on Noel’s house party.

[@iangt1171]

Blobby was just an excuse by Noel Edmunds to create havoc in the name of comedy - not bl**dy funny!

[@pheenix135]

I will say though as a kid I loved Mr Blobby on Noel's House Party and I remember the Mr Blobby song being played at our primary school disco, so while he wasn't created to be a kids character he ended up being popular with kids somehow.

[@oopster74]

Thats how he started.

[@_MrL_]

You’re right and wrong, it started as a whacky gotcha windup segment but it actually became a children’s character later on with books, tv cartoon show, crazy merchandising from clothes to lunchboxes and even had its own theme park! …. What you’re saying is like saying the Simpsons isn’t a real cartoon show cos it was created a a filler for the Tracey Ulman show.

[@colinp2238]

Blobby, bloody, blobby!

[@hauskalainen]

People from the land where peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are a thing complaining about chip butties (fried potatoes in bread and butter)?

[@101steel4]

Children's food is king over there 🤣

[@nidh1109]

I hope if they do make them be sure to do the thick cut chips, yes bit crispy is nice, maybe salt and vinegar and tomato/ brown sauce. But plenty of butter on bread so it can melt a little, yum.

[@michaeljohnson4636]

Chips are also nice in strawberry jam sandwiches

[@gedfaz]

I agree..... but I do love Peanut butter and Jam sandwiches too!

[@hellsbells8689]

@@nidh1109 American's bread has 6 times the sugar content than ours. They rarely butter bread for sandwiches. Miracle Whip (texture of mayo, taste of salad cream) is used instead sometimes.

[@jessgunn6639]

the afternoon tea at the hairdresser was probably a fund raiser for a charity

[@dammac5377]

who has crumpets for afternoon tea?????

[@mariakhan7986]

@@dammac5377 I've seen it before.

[@dammac5377]

@@mariakhan7986 that way madness lies😅

[@iansaunders7090]

Ignore most of the things on the video , I am English and seventy years old and believe me I have never heard of most of these foods especially and these old "traditions" are not as traditional as people make out and usually a peculiaritie of a small village etc. Keep up the good work guys 👍

[@wrightfamily4373]

If you are going to try a chip butty DONT USE FRIES like you get from McDonald’s. Uk chips are chunky roughly 7-10mm diameter and various lengths they are in between wedges and fries. So many Americans just use fries which are different from chips.

[@andreab449]

and NEVER toast the bread or its not a buttie! 🙌

[@101steel4]

The best are from chips shops. Which they don't have. I don't even know if they can get frozen chips over there. Best they buy some spuds and make their own.

[@alumina1388]

Ye do not use fries use thicker chips and I have never seen a fish pie with fish sticking out, probably from the 1900's for poorer ppl never on a upper class dinner table

[@neilgayleard3842]

Best cooked in beef dripping. Not oil.

[@odorikakeru]

I think the closest they get in the US is “steak fries”.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

"DUMB" originally meant unable to talk, as in "Mute".

[@RoyCousins]

The current usage of "dumb" is nothing like the original, but comes from the misconception that if someone can't talk they are stupid.

[@white-dragon4424]

Got an excuse for Butthole? Or what about No Name? I think that a lot of these streets are relatively new and someone was having a joke, especially if they were made during the 60's and 70's when Carry On was a thing.

[@annevanvliet9141]

I’m so pleased you talk about afternoon tea and don’t use the misnomer “high tea” often mistakenly used by Americans but which is something entirely different.

[@white-dragon4424]

@@annevanvliet9141 I think you posted in the wrong place, because we're talking about street names.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

@@white-dragon4424 "Butthole" is slang for "Blind Hole" which is a Cul-de-Sac, as in dead-end street. "No Name" was probably just a mistake from not naming the street on the plans. a lot of the naughty sounding names just come from old English terms that are now used as rude slang. a good example is the word "Dick" which means Pudding.

[@quiteliterallytheworst5977]

Mr Blobby was a fake childrens tv character, created for hidden camera pranks on celebrities, on a saturday night entertainment show called Noels House Party. However, he kind of became a huge cultural thing in the mid 90s, and ironically actually became a legit children's tv character after this. He even had his own hit single.

[@ScoptOriginal]

Mr Blobby was originally a prank, designed to be as horrifying as possible and the person being pranked had to try and sell it to kids. It then became beloved throughout the country and turned into an actual kids' character

[@vickytaylor9155]

How Alannah pronounces Jaffa is the correct way. They are a cake because they are soft when fresh and hard when stale.

[@rjhurst]

I live near London and to me it’s ’Jaffa’, not jarfa. It’s ’kebab’, not kebarb and it’s ‘mushy’, not mooshy 😂

[@andreaconroy3623]

100%

[@steven54511]

And most certainly not kabob!

[@SeeDaRipper...]

Actually they say 'smooshy' which is ten times worse🙄

[@missharry5727]

The U is long in Yorkshire, the home of mushy peas. It rhymes with pushy.

[@aallan646]

I'm 55 , British never seen that stargazing pie !! What ancient book did she find that ? Not common at all !😅 maybe 100 years ago ? Maybe ?

[@WandaWitch2800]

Exactly, I’m British too and never seen it before

[@nitebones1]

basicly it is a pie from like a single town down in devon or cornwall, and is meant to be eaten on a single day as a tradition

[@misslannie73]

My friend’s daughter was obsessed with Mr Blobby. Her whole bedroom was covered with the pink spotty guy. I’ll have to ask her if she’s horrified now she’s in her late twenties!😂😂

[@robcrossgrove7927]

Most people in the UK have never seen Stargazer pie outside of a photo or video. It's not something commonly found or eaten in the UK. It's one of those things that some old woman or some old fisherman might make just for show.

[@Jodie_Tea]

I ve never even heard of it before honestly and lived in uk all my life.

[@1justme]

British food is sooo much more than this portrayal! She's really showing you the worst of it to bow to the stereotype. And I haven't seen blobby since the nineties.

[@hellsbells8689]

I was wondering when Blobby made a come back. I don't watch TV so would never know. Seems a little odd to be talking about Blobby, he was only big for a short while and that was donkey's years ago.

[@alisontoulouse-lisle2621]

I agree she was choosing to show a particular section of uk food but I did have to chuckle at her, the Canadian commenting on uk food in a derogatory way when Canadas best known dish is poutine 😂

[@joyridgway6398]

She does do other things about foods she likes.

[@dzzope]

The video is specifically about things she finds odd.. she isn't going to feature her top dishes/places/things..

[@DaffCookie]

I was expecting her to show Toad in the Hole not some pie in a bap or fish pie. 😢

[@lostingothicmusic]

I am British. If I was hungry and someone offered me a biscuit with tea/coffee I would say 'Ooh yes please!' on the first go. If I didn't want one but kept getting asked, I would end up talking one anyway TO BE POLITE! That's when I would say 'Oh, Go on then.'

[@lynnemcsheffrey3426]

Yes if I want one I take one if I dont and they keep going on I take it to get them to leave me alone.

[@marksanders2784]

When she says afternoon tea and crumpets, I think she's confusing crumpets with scones. Crumpets are for breakfast, scones you would have with an afternoon tea. Love your channel Steve, keep up the great work! 👍

[@mervynwells6577]

Crumpets.are.very.much.for.afternoon tea. I am.of an age.when it was considered.very strange.to have.a.ceumpet or.muffin.forr breakfast!

[@adamshatwell]

I think the refusing offered food thing may come from WW2 & for years after the war when food was heavily rationed. It is polite to offer other people food when you eat but i think the dance of refusing then accepting is checking if the person offering really has enough food to spare, without them or their family going hungry. Also people didn't want to look greedy in such hard times. We often ask when offered food 'is it ok, do you have enough?' (enough to be sharing)

[@MrPercy112]

It allows for the ‘oh, go on then’ response, which somehow makes whatever is being offered. ‘naughty but nice’ ?

[@1justme]

We do yes, that's very true. In fact, in that ww2 booklet that Steve read about advice to US servicemen, there was a section that said ' If you go around for dinner, the British will put on a fantastic spread, mind your manners and don't go wolfing it all down because it's probably the whole family's weekly ration, they're just too polite to tell you.'

[@dzzope]

Would be similar in Ireland.. The first thing that happens when you walk into someone's house is to be offered a cuppa and it never means just a cuppa.. if your not aware there will be sandwiches, biscuits and cake or buns (queen cake/fairy cake) in front of ye.. And you'd only be delivering a letter or something. Ye'd be fed better than santa if ye took them all up on it. And often the most generous are those who can barely or least afford it.

[@mervynwells6577]

It is polite to offer. But the test of when someone is being polite or really means it is to offer a polite No Thankyou. The host then offers again to show it is not mere politeness and the guest accepts appearing to be a little reluctant to show they were not accepting because it was the only reason they visited to get the tea and biscuits.

[@davidmartin3947]

Dumb simply meant unable to speak. ' We must always remember that this area was once on the main route for smugglers bringing, lace, brandy and tobacco into England from the 14th through to the 19th Century. Many local place names have associations with this illustrious part of our history. The dumb woman may have been a poor hapless woman who witnessed the contraband being hauled up the lane and had her tongue cut out so she couldn’t report the crimes she saw. Another possibility is that a mute woman who lived on the lane dispensed herbal remedies in the area, so the street was named after her due to her significance in the local community.' (Rye News)

[@reactingtomyroots]

Great perspective! Thanks for weighing in :)

[@mandyposnett9173]

Mr blobby was a tool to play pranks on famous people. It was hysterical watching people try to act normal with Blobby being so naughty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chillingwolf]

I am a train spotter!! I go all over hunting them down. Ive also do the magic roundabout with broken gear box!! Go up north to a fish and chip shop and ask for a bag of scraps!!! Also go beer barrow rolling, game of conkers!😊

[@Sophie.S..]

I'm always offered tea or coffee with biscuits when I visit the hairdresser. I have never been offered crumpets though🤣

[@Pinza7]

I used to work in a barbers, we often used to talk about crumpet.

[@Sophie.S..]

@@Pinza7 I bet you did🤣

[@franohmsford7548]

14:39 How to make a chip butty - Go to the Chippie, get a bag of chips, take them home, butter a slice of fresh white bread, put chips on one half adding sauce if you want, fold over and EAT! It really is that simple! Oven chips work fine too if you're in a country without Chippies.....Crinkle Cut for preference. DON'T USE FRENCH FRIES!

[@robbpatterson6796]

And NEVER toast the bread!!!

[@Thebustermann]

Also... If you can't be bothered with the chippie, a potato waffle, twice in the toaster then in between two bits of bread is a quick easy alternative.

[@ToeKnee-of2rc]

It's a Northern English thing, no one does it down Sarf!! Strictly salt n vinegar or at a push ketchup on my chips!

[@Thebustermann]

@@ToeKnee-of2rc it really isn't. It's a UK thing. Now you could argue chips and gravy is northern, deep fried mars bar is Scottish, but chip butty is universally British.

[@ToeKnee-of2rc]

@@Thebustermann if you say so but never been offered one down south!

[@lizlawrence8305]

Guys, this is not accurate. TV license funds the BBC, public TV in this country. BBC funds documentarys (David Attenborough), Arts programmes, News channels, Amazing radio stations with eclectic music

[@IanM18]

BBC also funds paedophiles and abusers.

[@EmilyCheetham]

You need a tv license not only to watch live tv but also to be allowed to record the shows aswell. You cannot just record it live then watch later. However if you watch on a website later in the day then you don’t need a license. If you don’t watch live tv or don’t own a tv you can inform them.

[@robertsnare1411]

The bread in a chip butty is definitely not toasted, use soft buttered bread, large UK type chips not French fries, and tomato ketchup, truly delicious 😋😋 As for the Magic Roundabout, I used to use it every day, although it looks crazy, and daunting, as long as you stick to the basic rule of roundabouts, (give way to traffic coming from the right), it works amazingly well and clears huge volumes of traffic far better than traffic lights ever could.

[@WookieWarriorz]

americans dont have real butter or bread and its certainly not common to have them.They use spread butters with less butter fat thats less creamy and they have weird sweet bread with a spongy texture, they cant go into a shop or bakery by their house easily and get a flourly fesh roll for next to nothing in cost. They pay $5 for half a loaf of seeded bread because its marketed to them as super healthy and shit LUL If you have 'homemade' baked goods in the usa theyre 'super premium whole grain super breads' when to us thats what bread is and fresh bakeries are just common place. I legit once saw a chocolate eclaire for $10 in an american 'bakery' esque store. It didnt even look that good bro, but the cream was vegan dont worry it extra tasted like nothing hahahah

[@rambow2550]

No it has to be HP souce salt and Pepper and of course viniger.

[@wobaguk]

Outsiders tend to think of the benefit of an advertising free channel goes as far as 'its nice not to have to have to keep stopping for breaks'. The core appeal of an advertising free service is the channel is NOT BEHOLDEN TO ADVERTISERS, and so isnt forced to make only the content advertisers will be willing to pay for a slot in.

[@gallowglass2630]

In ireland we have to pay a licence to RTE who also get advertising revenue.They absolutely beholden to advertisers and pay there presenters outrageous salaries.Nobody in ireland has anytime for our national broadcaster they ride us like a pony.

[@chrissouthgate4554]

It also means that you don't get constant recaps. An add break, a recap of what I told you before the break, fresh info, and 5 -10 minutes later do it again.

[@impyimp9069]

I’ve never heard of having afternoon tea whilst having a haircut 🤣

[@ShaneGilbert-cx4th]

In coventry we HAVE A thing called a spaghetti junction, WHERE different lane's cross othere ,some times I've been offerd a cup tea at the hair dressers .BUT NOT afternoon tea. YOU can get on a train in coventry and get of in Cornwall U.K..

[@101steel4]

You wont see a chip butty in america as you dont have chips

[@hellsbells8689]

Their Steak Fries would be the nearest you could get. However, their bread has 6times the sugar as ours and they do not butter the bread of sandwiches. Some places use Miracle Whip, which looks like mayo but tastes like Salad Cream. Even if Steve tried to make a Chip Butty, he would think he didn't like it, when actually he'd never had anything like it.

[@johnp8131]

Or proper bread? Unless you pay through the nose!

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

I haven't had a TV for years. So I just filled in an online form to declare I don't need one, then every so often I have to confirm it's still the case. It's nothing. No checks, no hassle, never get a letter from them.

[@elemar5]

But now they have your details so that they can hassle you in the future. The DVLA don't threaten me to get a tractor licence.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Never use their form. Write a recorded delivery letter and demand removal from their database since they have no legitimate reason to retain it, I've never heard from TV licensing since and that's a lot of years ago...

[@101steel4]

Same. Not had a licence in years

[@101steel4]

​@@elemar5you don't use your real name.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@101steel4 That could be fraudulent in any business dealings... Plus you are contracting with them even if under a false name. Just do it right, and never sign or agree to anything verbally or in writing. Never use ther forms or paperwork because that black box you sign is formally a contract. Even if you sign it wrong, YOU did sign it knowingly and with full understanding of your actions, which shows intent.

[@richardjohnson2026]

The TV licence is for receiving the signal to your home. The licence was for radio to start with. In order to hear it you needed receiving equipment and then a licence to operate it. The British Broadcasting Commission BBC was set up. When TV came it was sent through the same radiowaves as before so you still require a licence. Now it's the signal to your home, streaming platforms, watching and recording live TV, recording any programmes live or not and the BBC channels and platforms. It even covers Internet and mobile phones apparently.

[@Goodbyeeveryonehere]

​@tezscanlan6418 if you only stream tv shows you don't need one

[@joelchapman7936]

It covers "as aired" tv, so either live tv, or recordings of live TV. There was an attempt to cover streaming in it, but they moved too late, and Amazon and Netflix both argued against it, so it only covers streaming on the BBC Iplayer system.

[@mrmessy7334]

@@tezscanlan6418 Not true, you don't need a licence for simply owing a TV, only if you use that TV to watch broadcast television. You are also under no obligation to prove you're not watching, they have to prove that you do, though they will go to great lengths to make you think otherwise.

[@suehoult9062]

BBC is not what it used to be.

[@russellbradley454]

It actually a licence to install equipment either a Television receiver or PC which can receive TV, cable and Satellite TV.

[@dawndeedeedavies5445]

When I was a kid I loved visiting bmy grandmother as we has to pass a few villages called 'Upper Piddle', 'Lower Piddle', 'Piddle-inthe- Hole'. They always may me and my brother rolf😢

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

The demand letters you saw are NOT sent by any company. They are from the TV Licensing Authority, which is a government agency. As in over 50 other countries, everyone who has a television to watch any station has to pay a fee, or are charged through tax or an add-on to electricity bills. In the UK, this is to pay for advertisement-free tv and radio.

[@roberthindle5146]

TV Licensing is not a Government Authority. It is a brand of Capita PLC who have a franchise to collect money on behalf of the BBC ( the BBC pays them about £23m per year to do this). TV in the UK is a service which you can opt to buy. Capita market that service, though they do it unusually via these "letters" trying to get you to buy on some pretence that you're obliged to. Thankfully, they always put a TVL logo on their marketing material (sometimes in red) so that you can easily know to pop it in the recycling without needing to read.

[@djs98blue]

I’d happily pay for excellent bbc tv and radio content. It seems very cheap to me.

[@dzzope]

​@@djs98blue the existence of the BBC isn't what people object to. It's that even if they watch live tv but don't watch the BBC, they are legally bound to pay and their chosen broadcaster doesn't get a penny of it. It's a messed up system considering the BBC is a commercial entity that sells and franchises it's products across the world. That said, at least they don't show commercial ads unlike RTE who have a similar setup to the bbc but in Ireland but they also show commercial advertising as well as being funded by licensing. I've removed the aeriel, sat dish and all screens capable of receiving a radio signal. Not been bothered by them in 15 years.

[@atorthefightingeagle9813]

Blobby was NOT a children's TV character. It was a lampoon of children's TV characters taken to a grotesque extreme and was for ADULTS. And he would cause slapstick chaos on TV shows. NOT FOR KIDS!!

[@TheHyperPenguin]

I'm pretty sure he appeared on UK Children's TV in the 90s. Unless my nightmares are being misremembered. Nevermind Blobbyland that Noel Edmonds invested in being a childrens theme park. So may not have started as a children's TV character but it soon morphed into one that's for sure. Nevermind it was on TV in the evening before the watershed so would have been more family friendly than just exclusively for adults. Noels house party was it made for. Well one of Noel Edmonds light entertainment TV shows.

[@odorikakeru]

@@TheHyperPenguinThat all came later, Mr. Blobby was always a parody of children’s TV characters (originally used to prank celebrities on Saturday night TV). The problem is that, on KZbin, the Mr. Blobby story is being told by people who are too young to remember the original show. I’m probably amping the youngest people who can properly remember the first time Mr. Blobby appeared on TV and I’m over 40!

[@jojox5136]

My little daughter loved Mr blobby she had loads of blobby stuff

[@Draiscor]

@jojox5136 I loved Mr. Blobby as a kid. My mum took me to Blobbyland once... and I guess in real life, he was much more terrifying because apparently I wouldn't let him get anywhere near me when we were there lol

[@user-oc5nb6xn9s]

Plz don't disrespect Mr Blobby!!! he's a British icon 🥰 definitely wasn't on children's TV

[@lindagovan7195]

I'm surprised that Panto wasn't on the list. So much fun.

[@cornwallcrafter8410]

Try and describe panto to a non Brit 🤣

[@TanyaRando]

Biscuits are classed as a luxury item, but cakes were considered a staple food. Even if a cake is covered in Chocolate its counted as a staple, therefore no tax.

[@bobclarke1815]

Remember its a Chip butty and not a Fries butty.

[@101steel4]

They'll probably make one with crisps 😂

[@Draiscor]

@101steel4 Though tbf, a crisp sandwich is pretty good too. It used to be a pretty standard after-school snack for me at my grandparents 😄

[@johndonson1603]

@@Draiscor Cheese and walkers cheese and onion crisp sandwich, yum , although Walkers crisps do not taste like they did back in the 70s , probably had to remove all the tasty Cancer causing chemicals.

[@grahamtruckel]

Crisp butty for main course, then a sugar butty for pudding. A perfect meal!

[@ragnarthered2179]

Biscuits soften and become soggy when left out where as cakes go stale.

[@mariamerigold]

Biscuits gain moisture, cakes lose moisture 🥰 osmosis

[@roberthindle5146]

The official HMRC VAT test now is to send the product to a British boarding school. If it comes back soggy, it is classed as a biscuit.

[@happyhedgehog6450]

Blobby was one of my childhood favourites. I still find him insanely hilarious.

[@L0stf0rw0rds]

I'm in the UK and I've not had a TV licence since moving away from my parents. I've never had an aggressive letter about it. Every couple of years I get a letter to reconfirm I don't need one. If someone offers me something, and I don't want to I'll say no. Sometimes you're then pressured to take one so you just take it to make them go away 😅

[@whitecompany18]

I think that Canadian has crumpets and scones mixed up, crumpets are a breakfast thing , they don't go with cream.

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

I also think she's conflating tea as in a mug of tea eith a cream tea. That hairdressers is offering a mug of tea and a crumpet while under the dryer or having highlights done or whatever I think, not three tiers of cake and a scone.

[@alexmckee4683]

Crumpets are a breakfast food? I must have missed the memo. Off to have a crumpet with marmite now.

[@dib000]

Crumpets are eaten at all times of the day especially lovely with marmite. 😁​@@alexmckee4683

[@johndonson1603]

@@alexmckee4683 I love Marmite but not on a crumpet, I’m not an animal .

[@alexmckee4683]

@@johndonson1603 don't knock it until you try it!

[@jillosler9353]

The BBC is not 'a company' it is a Country owned station. British Broadcasting Corporation was the first ever TV channel in the UK and remained the only one for years; and then 'independent' TV came along which needed advertisers to make it pay. The reason for the TV Licence is to cover the cost and upkeep of the nationwide infrastructure needed to bring television into the home - remember that TV was analogue then and needed towers to receive and send signals and that didn't come free.

[@lindsaymckeown513]

it's a share issuing corporation that's in breach of it's licence on many points every single day.

[@brenda6607]

​@@lindsaymckeown513 The BBC (broadcaster) does not issue shares.

[@DomainRider]

McVities told the court that cakes are soft when fresh and go hard when stale, but biscuits are hard when fresh but go soft when stale. Jaffa Cakes are soft when fresh and hard when stale so they're cakes. The court agreed. The TV licence fee applies if you can watch or record television transmissions at the same time they are being broadcast - on any device (including computers & mobile phones), via any medium (terrestrial, satellite, cable, or BBC Video-on-demand, or BBC iPlayer internet streaming). It used to be just for a TV, but it's got complicated with the internet, and very difficult to enforce.

[@uk-critz579]

peel and slice your potato into chips/fries then put um in hot oil how easy is that to make british chips

[@avaggdu1]

Double fry them - once in hot oil to seal the outer chip so it doesn't just become a greasy mush, then again on a lower heat to cook through so you're not eating raw potato. You can always tell a bad chippy when the chips are soft instead of crispy and fluffy.

[@littlescamps]

Chip butty is soft bread.. and delicious

[@malaika2940]

Thick crisp chips. Lots of butter on the bread …… absolutely NO tomato sauce. PS…… served at The Ritz and other hotels these days too!

[@aleccollie1260]

The BBC is like PBS. It's effectively a government department. You don't really get the option not to pay. Any live TV you must have a licence

[@odorikakeru]

The TV license is a government department, and its funds are distributed mostly to the BBC, but also a little bit to other broadcasters. The BBC itself is an independent company incorporated under a royal charter. The government can threaten to mess with the license funding and might even try threatening to revoke the charter itself, but it has no direct influence over the corporation itself. News Corp. and The Daily Mail put a lot of time and resources into spreading misinformation about the BBC as it often threatens their control over the narrative, and the way the BBC is funded makes it difficult to buy off, which annoys moneyed interests.

[@domramsey]

I don't think that's entirely right, the BBC is publicly owned, not state owned. It's not government funded or owned and it's required by its charter to be independent. In many ways, Channel 4 is actually a lot closer to being "state TV" in the way it's owned and organised.

[@deborahgabrilsen3691]

There are NO adverts on BBC channels, so to generate money to make the programs we pay a license

[@OEDODRAGON]

Mr Blobby wasn't a kids show, he was a character on a family show. So children and adults would see this guy and Noel Edmunds.

[@AdcrofromTikTok]

None of us grow up with Stargazy Pie! The idea of that horrifies most of us too! Also chip butties are very good. Highly recommend.

[@lisasmith2660]

I live in a small village when i go to the hairdressers she will always offer clients a cup of tea, the cake and haircut was probably a promotion to get people into the salon or perhaps a new salon opening up but it wouldn't be every day. Its true that people decline the offer of something first time, we offen say ' no i couldn't' or 'are you sure' then say' oh go on then' it stems back to when people were poor but out of politeness would offer you something even if it was there last ( biscuit ) for example so it reassures the taker that the giver has enough to give you one, if they didnt they would take ( the biscuit ) away when you were declining and the taker wouldn't take offence Everything stems back to history and in the UK were proud of history

[@elenaescocia2479]

I am in Scotland & my hairdresser always offers tea, coffee & a biscuit!

[@bobonmull]

When a biscuit goes stale it goes soft, when a cake goes stale it goes hard.

[@jonprice3342]

UK citizens only: Get a TV Licence if you watch Live TV as it's being broadcast by any global reputable broadcaster and for using BBC iPlayer* (* excluding S4C catch up content). The licence covers any device where a live broadcast can be viewed on. IF YOU WATCH CATCH UP STREAMING SERVICES (which includes S4C content within BBC iPlayer) and other streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ etc. Play video games, watch home movies such as DVD, VHS, Blu-ray or downloaded or use your television for other means. YOU DON'T REQUIRE A TV LICENCE.

[@adrianboardman162]

Rule 1 of British cooking; if it's savoury and tastes good, slap it between 2 slices of bread.

[@susansmiles2242]

😂😂😂

[@cheche2181]

Nothing finer than a cottage pie sandwich 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🤣

[@lottie2525]

Yep, nothing better than a sarnie made fromcold left overs from tea the night before.

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@andrewheale4738]

@@cheche2181 Or shepherds pie sandwich

[@andreaconroy3623]

I am 66, English born and bred. I've always lived in the south and I've never seen a pie between bread. I've also never seen a stargazer pie although I have heard of them as a very old fashioned thing. Mr Blobby was the brainchild of Noel Edmonds and was part of his show. We took our kids to Blobby World...they loved it.

[@simonmilne8208]

The pie barm is a wigan thing tbh. Fecking pie eaters will do anything tae get a pie on a maccies menu

[@botticellirejectbotticelli2668]

Mr Blobby ISN’T a kid’s character, Stargazy pie is extremely rare and from hundreds of years ago, nobody eats that. Jaffa, the way she says it, is correct. People moan about the TV licence ( that many other Countries have too btw) but willingly pay £40 per month to Sky- you’re paying to be advertised to! Chip butties are amazing- not French fries- proper chips. Americans don’t butter their sandwiches, which is just bizarre as far as we’re concerned.I’m British and I accept things offered first time, I think she’s just hanging with ultra polite people. There are a few ‘magic roundabouts’ not just the one in Swindon. You do have some roundabouts in the US, they’re being introduced. Dumb women’s lane just means that there was a woman that lived there that couldn’t speak, we tend not to use the word ‘dumb’ to mean stupid. ‘Tom Tit’ is a bird.

[@hayleysyril943]

Mr Blobby was for adults on a family show. Noel's House party. Never for a children's party!

[@collettemchugh9495]

No don't toast the bread loads of butter on two slices of bread, put salt and vinegar on chips put into bread Red or brown sauce, it's delicious.

[@101steel4]

They don't butter their bread, so a chip sarnie would have mayonnaise on it 😬😬😬

[@MrPercy112]

There’s a Thomas Sowell video which explains the butter thing; well worth watching. Seemingly, the South (particularly) couldn’t get their act together, re’ butter and cheese.

[@rachelwalsh3575]

Mr Blobby used to interrupt the host of Noel’s House Party, a show for adults and children with being so enthusiastic that he’d break everything. He became popular and then from that got his cartoon show, merchandise and pop single which reached no.1 He’d also sometimes then cameo other shows unexpectedly. It was never meant to be scary or weird, just fun. But looking at it now, it’s hard to see how it wouldn’t be 😂

[@ElliePopsBespoke]

1:48 Mr Blobby is NOT a kids thing. He’s from an adult evening TV show called Noel Edmond’s House Party. Definitely not for kids! 😂

[@AndrewAHayes]

The Magic Roundabout is a breeze compared to Spaghetti Junction!

[@saxon-mt5by]

Provided it is well-signposted, no junction should be scary; but conversely, take away or use misleading signage and any junction becomes a nightmare to all but the locals.

[@odin741]

If the Battle of Britain was our finest hour... Mr Blobby is by far our worst!!!

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@mistycrom]

I'd argue Brexit was worse, but Blobby wasn't our best hour, certainly.

[@MrPercy112]

@mistycrom: we ain’t had a real Brexit yet ...

[@blxxdcxrmxny]

Mr Blobby was a Saturday Night T.V. character made to look like a kids character but actually more of a grown up's character

[@Jeni10]

Crumpets are round but a very different texture compared to pancakes, pikelets, and muffins. Crumpets are covered in vertical holes which hold melted butter and jam or peanut butter. Your fingers get covered in melted butter which you can enjoy licking! In Australia we buy them already made and pop them in the toaster to warm them up.

[@margaretbond21]

Stargazey pie is eaten on Tom Balcocks Eve down in Mousehole and St Ives in West Cornwall. I’m a Cornish maid and definitely would not eat it. But it is a thing. It’s a tradition. Going back to Mr Blobby, a pub in our town in Cornwall was painted pink. The next morning, blobs of yellow was painted all over it. The landlady was fuming, No one knew who the pranksters were. So funny. It was all over the newspapers.

[@real-eyes-realise-real-lie8888]

I remember that too! 😮

[@GillianSmith-ou3xz]

Glad you called it Stargazey not Stargazer pie, I was born in the same village as Demelza Poldark and Worshipped in the same Chapel as her Methodist father preached--- not in the same era though 😅

[@fleuriebottle]

Many many years ago, Dumb was used to describe a mute person which wasn’t then thought derogatory. Dumb for being stupid is used mostly in America but not in the UK.

[@ToeKnee-of2rc]

As in The Who's Pinball Wizard..."that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball"

[@debswales4869]

I live in Swindon and drive across the Magic Roundabout all the time. You can go left or right around it, so if one way is busy you can take the other way round. Once you've got the hang of it, Its great

[@xcxc9190]

I loved mr blobby as a kid he was so chaotic 🤣

[@gtaylor331]

I'm not sure how anyone could hate Jaffa cakes, it's like hating unicorns or rainbows.......

[@ShaneH42]

An angel sheds a tear every time someone turns down a Jaffa Cake, we have a responsibility to eat them (that’s my excuse anyway)

[@giuliamorrell4466]

Couldn't have put it better. I'm aghast to hear anyone could dislike a jaffa cake

[@Peter-gv6vf]

Absolutely impossible to hate jaffa cakes. Unimaginable!!!!

[@SuzieLady]

@@ShaneH42 😩

[@SuzieLady]

I totally agree.. I have to restrain from munching the whole box once I start!

[@lottie2525]

If you want to learn about train spotting in the UK, you have to include Francis Bourgeois. His pure childlike delight and excitement over train spotting is so endearing. Many of the train drivers know him and honk their horns just for him and he gets so excited. He also wears a strange camera headset that draws you into his unique point of view and he's just wonderful to watch, even if you couldn't care less about trains yourself.

[@tamus41]

I agree. I'm not interested in trains whatsoever, but the smile on my face when Francis get childishly excited at them, cheers me up no end.

[@sp6060]

Mr Blobby was awesome. See him on big quiz of the year with Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall. I was in tears.

[@ScarlettRose19932]

Mr blobby gives me fond memories, as my grandad used to do a really funny impression of him and chase us around while we were young 🙂

[@TheDarkhorse1947]

I am a truck driver and I love the Swindon roundabout There is one in Hemel Hempstead as well. Also, I am old and have never seen Star Pie accept on weird reaction videos.

[@kevinadams3729]

I agree. Magic roundabout is really easy to navigate. The one in Hemel isn't of the same design as the central roundabout is much bigger, but still offers the same options to go different routes which is good.

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

Adventures and naps pronounces jaffa correctly by UK standard

[@gamingtonight1526]

How can they hear someone who lives in the UK say Jaffa, and then debate how to pronounce it! It shows that these videos are about viewers, not content.

[@WookieWarriorz]

JOFFAH surely its correct hahah @@gamingtonight1526

[@andreab449]

americans regularly pronounce the a as o... like they pronounce that whack song WAP as WOP 🤷🏼@@gamingtonight1526

[@elemar5]

Hardly correct as it has an A not an O.@@WookieWarriorz

[@marvinnappermarvo]

The Tar Barrels at Ottery St. Mary does hold a children's event in the daytime for them to carry smaller tar barrels before the main event. Only the locals are permitted to carry the barrels.

[@logwhitley]

You don't need to offer me a Jaffa cake more then once. I am eating that whole box.

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

Mr blobby would be mr squashie by the time I'd finished with it! - and chip butty, food of the Gods! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@officechairpotato]

The license fee pays for BBC programming, online stuff, online education resources, and radio stations. It's probably an outdated mechanism, but when it was founded, was a pretty good way to ensure a neutral news organization and a channel focused around education and family entertainment without corporate influence.

[@sjbict]

so why do we need a licence to watch channels ITV 4 and 5 and any live foreign programme via the internet.

[@1justme]

To be honest, it's worth £14 a month to not have more ads than program. Sky costs far more and it's just a massive advert.

[@johndonson1603]

Yeah we can be propagandised by the government instead of advertising, it’s what’s known as a lose lose situation.

[@officechairpotato]

Because those channels eventually got added and nobody botherd to update the system.@@sjbict

[@djs98blue]

The BBC is hardly RT. To argue otherwise is disingenuous.

[@daniel-leejones8396]

Biscuits start hard and soften, where as cakes start soft and harden when they degrade, that was the argument used successfully in court by mcvities.

[@monicamcmahon6887]

Roundabouts work as long as there are traffic lights

[@lauraburnett9320]

I live in Derbyshire and in the town of Asbourne near me they play the Shrove Tuesday football game. It is played through the town and involves many people known as the `uppers and downers', and the object is to get the special ball to one end of town. It gets very physical and there are many casualties, it`s more like a huge rugby scrum. They always get a celebrity to start the game and it can go on for hours. They sometimes end up in the river, or running up steep hills. Shrove Tuesday is also linked to`Pancake day' here, and that goes back to religious festivals when all the good ingrediants in the store cupboard were used up before the fasting period of `Lent' prior to Easter. We also have `Well Dressing', the locals near a fresh water well decorate the well with fresh flowers and petals set into wet clay to keep them fresh. the patterns are usually something religious, it is very famous now in my area and brings many people to look at the creations...Derbyshire has many customs that date very far back into mediievil history.

[@Gaylacarla]

Also in Derbyshire

[@karenrudderham4900]

Never seen a pie in a roll and never seen one of those fish pies ... and I'm 70!! My parents used to live near Coopers Hill and we'd watch from their window!! Nana Karen UK

[@PLuMUK54]

At work, we got talking about favourite foods. Everyone's mouths dropped open when I said that I loved Pie Butty. I cut a pie in half, add a dollop of bbq sauce, and wrap a slice of bread around it. Yum!

[@sarahshilton3196]

I've not paid for a TV licence for years! The letters keep coming to the occupier of the property which go straight in the bin!!.

[@DONNAWONNA66]

Blobby came from an 80s show called Noel’s House Party with Noel Edmunds. He was a chaotic blob created to cause problems on the show. Jaffa cakes come from the Jaffa Orange, being the centre of the cake covered in chocolate. Jaaaafffffaaaaa 😂

[@catherinehaywood7092]

When VAT was introduced, certain goods and services were considered so essential that it was decided they should be subject to less tax, or none at all. This was done in two ways: zero rating and exemption. In the eyes of UK law, biscuits and cakes are necessities and are zero rated. However, chocolate-covered biscuits are regarded as a luxury, which means the full rate of VAT is payable. For reasons that are not entirely clear or logical, no distinction is made between chocolate-covered cake and cake without a chocolate coating. All this might have passed us by as a quaint aspect of British legal thinking if McVities, the makers of Jaffa Cakes, had not gone to court, arguing that their product was a cake. To prove its case, McVities baked a special 12 inch Jaffa Cake which persuaded the court of its cake-like properties. As a result, no VAT is charged on Jaffa or other, more traditional chocolate covered cakes.

[@niallrussell7184]

law changed, they tax them both equally now

[@robertsnare1411]

Another aspect that the court took into account was the argument that, over time, if a cake is left exposed to the air, it goes hard, whereas a biscuit goes soft. The base of Jaffa cakes goes hard, like sponge cake, if exposed.

[@gedfaz]

@@robertsnare1411 Yeah, that was the main decider in the ruling. Well said.

[@robert-hh2ft]

noel edmonds has a lot to answer for!

[@johnhood3172]

I totally agree.

[@johndonson1603]

He really does , opening boxes as a TV show is another .

[@lesjones471]

Have you tried Jacket potato well cooked in the oven which ends up with a brown skin on the outside and cooked potato inside,cut it open then use butter in the potato by mincing some potato.

[@lisab9734]

Literally never seen a pie in a bun before in my 43 years of being British!!!

[@jimfisher1916]

Blobby is/was the brainchild of Noel Edmonds for his prime time Saturday evening show. The show was for grown ups who still had their inner child

[@lynnelang3184]

Noel Edmonds lives in New Zealand, near the top of the Sth Island, in a small town called Ngātimoti.

[@weedle30]

30:59 30:59

[@avaggdu1]

It seems that as a child I never had an inner child. I thought it was unfunny, braindead garbage, but then I preferred Tiswas over Swap Shop; I could smell a Tory twat from a young age.