The Erfurt Latrine Disaster - A Meeting From Hell - European History - Extra History

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You ever have a meeting go so poorly that 60 men all fell into a latrine and drowned? Yeah it's a hard bar to clear. So let's talk about the Erfurt Latrine Disaster in the Holy Roman Empire and how Luis III came away somehow smelling of roses. (Not literally)
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[@stevemc01]

I bet that neutral spectator who said “This is gonna be a shitshow” is real proud of himself after that…

[@ryanweible9090]

afterwards he was in deep...ya know.

[@arturoreyes2119]

Or they saw what happened and felt like a load of crap

[@stevemc01]

@@arturoreyes2119 Lol

[@narcosis1507]

i wounder if this is where that phrase came from

[@Barron198]

In the town but that person said something there was a statue made with a plaque saying the best observational joke ever

[@euansmith3699]

That was hilariously weird and unfortunate. "Erfurt Latrine Disaster" sounds like a Krautrock band.

[@bbirda1287]

A little grosser than Gwar "maggots, falling like rain..."

[@thomasendter6770]

Could be. We have punk bands here named "Gülleschiss" (slurry shit).

[@petertrudelljr]

"Fecal Chowder" is their Punk Rock equivalent.

[@rkt739]

In German it would be Erfurter Latrinensturz

[@bobbygoestoabyss6624]

It also be a great name for a Punkrock band.

[@brule1763]

"Fecal chowder" is now #1 on my list of least favorite phrases.

[@grimarchangel]

i came here to say this thank you

[@ricojes]

"we only serve the good shit here" -some slogan maybe.

[@KarlT1999]

"HOLY SHIT!" - A dying german prince probably

[@lindanib541]

"The lucky princes died on impact" I don't why I found this specific phrase hilarious

[@nooneinparticular5256]

Well, given the choice, which would you rather have? Falling to your death, in a rank smelling airspace? Or another form of death, while immersed in the cause of that rank smell?

[@paulchapman8023]

“Tragedy is when I cut my finger; comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” (Mel Brooks)

[@taylorjohnson9101]

Don't you just hate it when your local lute player falls in a hole?

[@andyjay729]

Especially a hole filled with shit.

[@rollingthunder1043]

While playing a flute no less

[@luisdauajare4842]

whoooeeeww....*thump*

[@ModelAAA90]

Thank the almighty one above that I was born in an era with proper sewage management, clean bathrooms, and normalised hygienic practices. 🤲🏻

[@thomasfoster4370]

and secure flooring.

[@ot0m0t0]

"Monastic discharge" is just utter gold.

[@vaiyt]

literal holy shit

[@PaladinDusty]

Un-de-turd by the incident, Archbiship Conrad went on...

[@TopsideCrisis346]

Perfect pun is perfect. 😎

[@boydgrandy5769]

Our boy Conrad was technically never turded at all. Louis, on the other hand was well and truly deterred, after he got de-turded. Well done!

[@jotriDerSalzige]

I've been born in Erfurt and I still live here. Never was more proud of this city

[@Caribbeanmax]

Always hilarious to see that THIS is the story that comes up as the thing a foreigner knows about my hometown xD

[@kanalisationerstellen]

noch ein Erfurter, wa

[@CraigFThompson]

It wasn't too TOPH living there, was it?!

[@RostroexAuro]

As a former resident of Erfurt a very interesting story I didn´t hear about yet, the church has just been reopened as a museum for the german garden exhibition

[@thomasfoster4370]

with a focus on natural fertilizers I presume.

[@BiggestCorvid]

This is why you should use a bidet.

[@lukahutinski9075]

Liked bus still... eww

[@Nitro89]

A bidet would not have helped Jack S*** dude it would only have helped by cleaning their asses better

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

That episode reminds me of the anti war novel " life in tomb", in some point a soldier gets a medal after dying falling in a pit used as latrine ( his commanding officer didn't wanted to make it worse for the family by explaining how he died) Note that the writer himself was a ww1 veteran and many of the things he was writing was his personal experiences although he was using an after ego fictional character that meanssssss that is a great chance that indeed someone got a medal after falling to his death in a pit of s**t

[@KasumiRINA]

There's a video of a russian soldier being shot through a village toilet door where he was hiding, and another where a burning invader can't put himself out of fire and dunks himself head-first into a well... Not both of these events combined on video... Yet.

[@AtlasNovack]

The amount of poop puns alone

[@censusgary]

One of the tales in Bocaccio’s “Decameron” (c. 1350) involves a very similar fall through a floor into a pit of excrement, although in Boccaccio’s story the accident results from a prank, and there is only one victim.

[@andyjay729]

7:29 Clean water? Where do you think fish, whales, etc. do their business?

[@grimmy24]

"Fecal chowder" Knowing this combination of words exists has not improved my life in any way. You've done me a disservice by allowing this to take up space in my brain.

[@scribejay]

Extra-ment History You're welcome.

[@RovingBiologist]

I absolutely love your channel! As always you’re presentation is superb. And oh my good grief, give whomever came up with the phrase of “fecal chowder” a raise for sheer unabashed creativity!

[@brendonducharme3527]

"Fecal chowder" Two words that should never be seen next to eachother, much like their physical counterparts.

[@jamesweber4282]

1:02 bro "Thank you so much for supporting our crappy episode" xd

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[@OriginalCreatorSama]

"fecal chowder" has got to be the absolute WORST textural description i have ever heard. Thank you, how do i delete this from my brain now?

[@matthiasbaumbach5393]

I give guided hiking tours to the three castles on the then border between Mainz and Thuringia. And I make this just for fun, because the is a whole stash of hilarious stories and tales around these castles. This is one of them.

[@thelab8799]

@0:36 I love the sun dial watch:)

[@trinefanmel]

History is written not only by the victors, but also 'by the people who did not die in a toilet...' I love it! The euphemisms throughout the video for what is essentially matured effluent are BRILLIANT! I wonder how many survivours later died of diseases contracted from the accident.

[@hadi8699]

Still waiting for The Series of Tamerlane 🙏😑

[@houssam1571]

You may add "the jerk" to his name, to keep historical facts alive

[@PaulAngileri]

Title cut bringing in the village music from the god portion of the first Actraiser game…nice.

[@masontrinh6880]

“History is written by those who do not die in the toilet”

[@DarkTider]

Almost a shame Henry survived the episode. It would just have been interesting to see Frederick react to it.... But in general, we can all agree it must have been a pretty crappy day.

[@jonathangoll2918]

There was a similar incident in Calne (pronounced caan) in Wiltshire in England, in I think the 980s. I think the Royal Council were in an upper room, which suddenly became a lower one. The Archbishop of Canterbury, St Dunstan, author of our Coronation ceremony, I believe hung to a rafter to survive.

[@CodaMission]

Damn, Henry of Schwartzburg's brother is an upstanding dude

[@abbddos]

Yes.. history is written by those who did not die in the toilet... that phrase is a lot deeper than the cesspool in which Louis has fallen.

[@petertrudelljr]

You had me a "Fecal Chowder"

[@hawkins5439]

barbarosa got lucky, rather than drowning in waste, he drowned in water, I mean, drownings drowning but you've got a mouthful of it as you go...

[@nic741]

Imagine trying to explain how you died. "That's rough buddy"

[@colorido-medio]

Thanks for the history lesson I grew up in Erfurt but never heard this story.

[@CraigFThompson]

Sorry to inflict MORE negative history pertaining to Erfurt, but isn't that the city where TOPH & SOHNE is located?!

[@colorido-medio]

@@CraigFThompson yes it is. It's near the train station.

[@someguy4489]

I love your animations and the humor put into it

[@aradraugfea6755]

"History is written by the people who did not die in a toilet" "Rude!" - Uesegi Kenshin

[@bastiaanzoetaert9628]

Who doesn't want their self-centred leaders taking a dip into the schitpit.

[@Kat-ez4ni]

this was a great episode... props to everyone involved

[@jamesalfredstrong8106]

That must've been quite a scare falling from that high

[@vinceblasco]

“Drowned on a fecal chowder.” Now THERE’S an epitaph for the books!

[@johnyricco1220]

This should be a mission in Assassin’s Creed

[@TheJadedJames]

Assassin’s Creed : Flatulence.

[@JZsBFF]

Actually there's the story of a ninja hiding in the muck pit, breathing through a straw and abiding his time for a lord to arrive to take a dump, empaling the poor dude as he positioned himself. I read it in an article half a century ago, well before the internet. I haven't found it on the internet though.

[@MrHodoAstartes]

This isn't really the most important thing Barbarossa's baby boy ever did, but it sure was the funniest. In hindsight.

[@hetalianotaku7103]

He was only 18 years old at the time and did this as a favor to dear daddy. The guy was a Crusader, but I imagine this was one of the most harrowing experiences of his life. And to think, he only survived because he'd chosen to have a private discussion with Conrad in the alcove. That must've been a story to tell his pa. "Idon'tknowhowithappened!IwasjustchattingwiththearchbishopandallofasuddeneveryonewasscreamingandthefloorwasgoneandIwashangingonfordearlife!" And yes, typing all of that as one word was intentional.

[@ModernLady]

OMG the watch on Louis’ arm!!!

[@everett6072]

the lute player falling down a hole made me actually lol

[@adelbertbellgika9890]

Louis was pulled out of the pit, quote "a mangeled mess"... How is that real

[@neonbunnies9596]

This whole incident reads like a Month Python sketch

[@timthewarlord2304]

This whole incident would work great in a horrible histories sketch

[@jayathakur8643]

This is the best geopolitical meeting I have ever heard of

[@boomin1174]

Latrine and disaster are two things that rarely go well together

[@snakes3425]

Monk 1: Hey Hans you did remember to clean out the latrine right? Monk 2: I thought it was your turn Fredrich Monk 1:.....please tell me you at least fixed the floorboards Monk 2: Uhhh (Floor collapses) what floor

[@starkfels-diespielefestung2680]

Thanks so much for this episode. Never ever heard about that.

[@bthsr7113]

Just a reminder that history can turn on stupid things and is under no obligation to make sense.

[@DonutOfNinja]

Can u do a series of at least a video on cicero

[@hancocki]

missed opportunity to caption the animation of Louis yelling at Conrad "CONNNNNNNNNNNNN(rad)".

[@ecurewitz]

lets go watch a boring meeting and fall into a pit of poop, because TV hasn't been nvented yet

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

i'm eating chocolate ice cream right now..... .... to watch or not to watch... that is the question...

[@JustJobeMY]

You are NEVERE allowed to use the words 'fecal chowder' in that order EVER again. Never. It hurt.

[@CollinBuckman]

I imagine most of those who attended the dispute probably were either there to present their own issues to the King Henry or simply kiss up to their boss in the hopes Henry would remember their names

[@timweiner7990]

Please, PLEASE never use the phrase "Fecal Chowder" ever, ever again.

[@ricojes]

Dung Beetles: now that's some serious gourmet shit.

[@censusgary]

The place name Mainz is pronounced “Mynts,” (rhymes with pints), not “Manes.”

[@gollolocura]

I didn't understand one thing; did the floor breaking had anything to do with the sewage system? Or wasit just a "coincidence" that the floor just happened to break precisely where the sewage was locted?

[@TheJadedJames]

It is kind of crazy that those things weren’t cleaned regularly before there was enough shit in there to literally drown someone. Not that I would want that job

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Those days when you walked in the alley and someone could throw out a bucket of poop in the street.

[@Baelor-Breakspear]

I legit felt so bad for Fredrick Barbarossa. I looked at it and said awwh. He looked so hurt Conrad wouldn’t support his anti pope. Then Conrad bad mouthed Fred’s great refurbished pope hat. Conrad was so rude.

[@marcosagustinferreyra9929]

Last time I was this early, cites didn't have sewers

[@TheGireon]

I need drowning in latrina as some sort of incident whilst events in CK3

[@miskakopperoinen8408]

Getting blown up by fermented manure is one assassination method in CK2.

[@adriansobota5583]

3rd time on this channel is mention a Barbarossa's drowning

[@pablofamodou7742]

>>>> watching this episode while eating a bean burrito

[@lessonslearned2569]

That was one messy business.

[@Gspeed06]

Funny, this video was recommended to me on the 25th of july.

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

Well, that story didn’t stink nearly as much as much as the latrine did.

[@KasumiRINA]

The hazard of falling through the cracks in wooden village toilet box is still real for many places, like most of russia. Septic tanks are more of a first world thing.

[@bravosierra2447]

7:13 I heard what you did there 🤣🤣🤣

[@sarwasatsamuccaja1298]

I nearly misread this as "The Erfurt Lateran disaster" lol

[@MikkelBondeStouby]

Monastic discharge! :D:D:D

[@silvertalon007]

I only have one word for this: AAAAAAUGH! 😫

[@ninnusridhar]

This is what I'm here for! The crappiest history facts ever!

[@claytonbenignus4688]

. . . and then there was the tale of Martin Luther's Thunderpotty . . .

[@weirdalexander8193]

Reminds me of goblin slayer from the anime goblin slayer. Everyone ignoring the menial jobs leads everything going to s#it real fast.

[@YOSSARIAN313]

Basically the original titanic sub

[@madamesalamander16]

Some days you're on the toilet... some days it's on you.

[@eydenhastati5838]

Oh nice, that is probably the only thing most people will ever know and remember about my state haha

[@therealOXOC]

Dude Goethe und Schiller!

[@dannypeck96]

"the largest feast of the middle ages- the diet of pentecost" was it a seafood diet?

[@HellSpawn83]

Is that where the phrase, “Holy shit” came from?

[@Biedrik4]

Now do the Boston molasses spill.

[@MrTeddy12397]

envision the aroma

[@mrlemon3616]

Hey can you please make a vid about cyrus the great ?

[@ThatGeezer]

History: stuff happens...

[@bearcb]

Lesson from History: shit happens.

[@andyjay729]

So was Henry basically the medieval German/Holy Roman Imperial/whatever equivalent of Vlad in Eastern Europe, Louis in France, John in England, etc.?

[@jaybee9269]

Oh, dear.

[@ferretman6790]

“Erfart”

[@calgarydude1]

Lute player falling in a hole... LMAO

[@katarina9064]

Kristina of sweden or the gypsy series

[@lukeshlogendran2887]

Can you talk about King Frederick the Great