Hilarious QI Moment - The Uses of Gooses

Geese are revealed to be extremely indicated for a rather unusual purpouse.
Taken from QI XL series G episode 2 "G-animals"

[@DCdabest]

I love how confidently and with total calm Sean can just come up with bullshit. Haha.

[@OmgImALion]

my bucket list keeps getting longer..

[@BritGirlJay]

My gran kept a gaggle of geese in her garden back in the day and they were vicious watchdogs - went after anyone they didn't know.

[@BritGirlJay]

lol

[@22grabage]

We have them at our university campus and I couldn't agree more. They are hostile.

[@zingzangspillip1]

Whoever translated that Rabelais had a great time.

[@ALTERNATECHAOS]

this is the first episode of QI I saw while I was in Europe. Got me hooked on the series.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

John Hodgman is a comedian and author. He was a semi-regular in the daily show for a few years and is famous as the face of PC in Apple's mac vs. PC ads.

[@TheFinisherMrC]

Sean Locke you legend!

[@carogirlyaya]

Sandi: "Is it toilet paper?....no seriously" and everyone laughs.....WELL, SHE WAS RIGHT! ---the look on her face when she says that is hilarious

[@TomFynn]

Damn, I will never be able to look at a goose the same way again...

[@FallenPhoenix72]

I CAN'T STOP IMAGINING IT

[@morthasa]

Misspelling is intentional. Gooses is nonstandard for geese but was used to make the title more catchy.

[@jpjpd]

toksvig and bailey in one episode, wit everywheeeere

[@jamie6631]

Is Sean lock the funniest man alive?

[@vegardriis9126]

Michael mcintyre

[@dannymcbrearty9785]

Vegard Riis not even comparable. Lock is able to improvise comedy and his charm comes from his otherwise everyday appearance and nature. McIntyre does comedy he didn't write in stadiums, and his humour is derived from zany voices and actions. Lock is Britains funniest man.

[@ptur12345]

Danny McBrearty Lee Evans is amazing as well. ^^

[@abeedhal6519]

probably britains funniest man

[@peterfireflylund]

Not anymore.

[@stardude3396]

I'm currently studying Rabelais' Gargantua at University, today we looked closer at this fantastic syllogism from chapter 13: "Il n'est, dist Gargantua, poinct besoign torcher cul, sinon qu'il y ayt ordure. Ordure n'y peut estre, si on n'a chié: chier doncques nous fault davant que le cul torcher." which roughly translates to: "There is no need to wipe one's ass, said Gargantua, if there is no filth. Filth cannot be there if one hasn't shat: shitting must therefore happen before wiping" The more observant will have noticed the anadiplosis (ordure ; chier/filth ; shit).

[@krootkc]

You my dear sir or madame, have made the most intelligible response to a troll I have witnessed in all of my long day. I congratulate you.

[@Tzelemel]

What Mr Fry fails to mention is that Monsieur Rabelais was a writer of satire.

[@IoEstasCedonta]

"Scorpion." "No, that would be fun."

[@spaceborne-net]

He would be better known internationally as "I'm a PC" from the Apple Mac advertisements.

[@BingleBint]

"...and that's why he was thrown out of the pet shop!" He he!

[@snipelfritz]

That's John Hodgeman, and yes he is an American comedian. He appeared as a regular correspondent on The Daily Show a couple years ago and was particularly known for appearing as the stuffy, useless "PC" in Apple's "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ad campaign.

[@Alex-hj]

@sscout191 Yes. He was given a special invite onto the show as he vehemently advocated for QI to be shown on BBC America.

[@AndersPuschel]

0:56 Apparently 'montero' is a Spanish word for hunter.

[@Xzeihoranth]

That's John Hodgeman, most known for his role on the Daily Show.

[@foreverastudent1]

actually that is in fact John Hodgman who made regular appearances on The daily show

[@WakarimasenKa]

never noticed that there was an episode with 4 guests,,,

[@superfluouslyme]

Is it toilet paper? No, no, seriously. :D I love Sandi.

[@morthasa]

@rassinlababidi [Shrugging] I know. The use of the nonstandard plural form is intentional (in order to preserve the rhyme).

[@anoonan4258]

Better than the reverse...

[@fegolem]

How about those fish or shrimp that clean bits of skin and unwanted things from other fish (and your feet).

[@hannahbarnes4608]

I'm in the QI part of youtube and I can't get out

[@farhangemad4694]

I believe thats john hodgeman famous from the daily show. he was a bit quiet here.

[@John_Ridley]

John Hodgman

[@Joepantioni123321]

Made him look ordinary.

[@davidwarren7279]

Geese can watch dogs?

[@Channy132]

the title brought me here

[@CaptainPrincess]

@thespikescheme That's why you hold it's head.

[@meltingrecords8679]

It's John Hodgman.

[@blath]

John Hodgman is a comedian.

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

[Insert crude joke about Stephen Fry here]

[@allycat228]

So... The use of a goose is to clean your caboose.

[@KomatiPoort]

@rhysc375 Yes, his name is John Hodgman.

[@dralol]

No, that's Bill Bailey

[@jebediahkrimsoncraftleding3012]

He's an American comedian. He frequents The Daily Show with Jon Stewart as a correspondent, or at least he used to. They shuffle through correspondents fairly quickly in that show (with notable ex-correspondents being Steve Carrell and Steven Colbert).

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"We are the Master race." Yeah, but that guard is one inch taller than you. ~ TDG

[@Cheezsoup]

John Hodgman American author/humourist. Perhaps best known as the Mac in the get a Mac commercials

[@peterfireflylund]

PC.

[@Cheezsoup]

@@peterfireflylund See my follow up post from 9years ago

[@dan333onlyhalfevil]

We've all been there.

[@docchaos81]

Who is that? I'm sure I saw his face before, but I can't remember.

[@manuelwolff_de]

Why are there 5 panelists?

[@unfinishedestiny]

Aha I live in Nottingham ;)

[@scrapetv3826]

The fifth person is John Hodgman, a humorist and comedian probably best known as a correspondent on The Daily Show.

[@Inlelendri]

"It's like herding cats." Honestly, Stephen, at this point (the 7th series in as many years) you really should know that's what they *do*. Any attempt to reign them in just sets them off in another direction. :)

[@kappasutre]

probably double booking

[@IWatchVidsAndStuff]

I'm so glad that there are 15 other people who get that reference. Faith in humanity very much restored.

[@NiceTryLaoChe]

You're mistaken. That's John Hodgman, late of the Daily Show and those PC vs. Mac ads a few years ago. He has a standup special on Netflix called 'Ragnarok'.

[@archangel9191]

01:53-01:55-ish - "Why do we need swearwords when you got 'knock-hole'"? Brilliant, brilliant, I'm thinking of using something similar in the near future or something.

[@TheCapturetheBomb]

Are you by chance an elcor?

[@paddotk]

It's geese, not gooses

[@morthasa]

[Lightly] I know, but I used the nonstandard plural for rhyming purposes.

[@vonteflon]

morthasa For what it's worth, "uses for gooses" made me smile - enough to click on your video.

[@paddotk]

morthasa Oh haha, I did not even see that :p

[@Lorenzogino]

John Hodgman? Yeah he's a comedian, works on the Daily Show. He was added at the last minute because he was there to watch and they thought it would be neat to just let him come on.

[@Choonchy]

Why is PC on QI??

[@TheBrokenfoot]

Same here! Heeeelp meeeee!

[@1Sentient]

John Hodgman is hilarious, but it was interesting how out of place his humor was with all the brits

[@filthmonger172]

*Geese

[@VK-pk8uz]

I'm going to say it: Women are horrible comedians, but Sandy Toksvig is seriously funny.

[@GroovingPict]

Victor Kyrg Sandi is a likeable and charming person, but I wouldnt say she is a funny comedian.

[@pyrokar1990]

+XxooTEMPLARooxX intelligent, funny and homosexual - I think that's why.

[@kazimierzgarshin3924]

They lack testosterone. Being funny makes men more attractive for women. Men look for different qualities in women. It's in the genes.

[@ElijahsImpact]

Not that it's important you could maybe of used "The Use of a Goose"

[@DruoxTheShredder]

@butlerlog Notsureiftrollingorjuststupid.jpg

[@TheSatanshunter]

@sscout191 yes that is, christ know why he's on QI though lol

[@Rumulus1]

John Hodgman is a comedian, but not a stand up. American author and "celebrity".

[@anoziraflaminghot]

*geese. lawl gooses

[@morthasa]

[Still shrugging] Tone translates very poorly in internet comments. This manner of writing limits the problem somewhat. I admit I took the idea from Mass Effect. I thought: if it avoids unnecessary misunderstandings with others, why not? Still think it is a decent idea.

[@sscout191]

...isnt that the PC guy from the Apple commercials?

[@morthasa]

Special exception for the episode. One (visible at 0:50) is, as far as I know, not a comedian.

[@paddybpaddyb9940]

I do miss Sean Lock

[@rhysc375]

Is that the 'im a PC' guy???

[@TheAltoSaxophonist]

What if feathers stuck...?

[@Arcusinoz]

I have guard geese.

[@ThePoodleStrudel]

John Hodgman

[@lewe666]

That's John Hodgman, who is in fact a comedian of sorts.

[@uiruu]

@avatarmn Stephen's the one who said it

[@jaxrobinson3890]

Because they talked about more than one, naturally. ;)

[@GeneralGoosey]

"Is it toilet paper?" *looks at username* D:

[@BigPlonkerAlt]

Well then how about "The Use of a Goose"?

[@HeyHeyDoYouLikeTacos]

@rassinlababidi Poetic liscence

[@Cheezsoup]

Brain fart, he was, of course, the PC.

[@Buggaton]

"No, seriously"