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This clip is from QI Series K, Episode 6, 'Killers' with Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Jason Manford, Trevor Noah and Sandi Toksvig.

[@genghiscan2918]

And this is how Sandi became host

[@fowlerj111]

Spoiler alert!

[@suryapratapsingh8357]

@@fowlerj111 its not , its literally in the video.

[@calzonie5763]

Was a shocking decision

[@Htrac]

She became host because the BBC required a woman host it.

[@tristanridley1601]

I liked her as a guest. It takes different skills.

[@4000mcadam]

I love seeing these clips that Stephen present and Sandi is on the panel. Really shows why she took over!

[@SeanSMST]

I used to think she was just put in as the new host for this reason or that by the bbc, but no it completely makes sense and the star candidate.

[@filgus497]

you make it sound like it was a coup 😆 but yeah, she was the only plausible replacement when he left

[@grays257]

@@filgus497 It's easy when your primed with the questions beforehand

[@grays257]

Just don't believe everything you see on television

[@genespell4340]

The reason she became the host is because she was chosen by the powers that be in control of the show. You make it sound as if he were kicked off. He wasn't. He stopped hosting because the BBC cut funding and the show has to start making three episodes a day. He had been the host for 12 years and said it was time to move on.

[@muskatDR]

The alcohol mitigates injuries and stress, but also puts you in position where you are likely to encounter both The bottle giveth, and the bottle taketh away

[@stocktonjoans]

"Here's to Alcohol, The cause of, _and_ solution to, all of life's problems" Homer.J.Simpson

[@the-chillian]

Which is why you should always drink draught, not bottled.

[@fightthepowerman]

@@the-chillian lol ye ok pal I'll just pop down to the pub to get a pint to drink alone nekked on the kitchen floor. Who am I kidding? Special brew doesn't come in bottles anyway....

[@ThatPianoNoob]

I was confused that noone mentioned the obvious life saving effect when having potentially deadly withdrawal from alcohol dependency

[@andyh7777]

Live by the sword, die by the sword

[@Chris84409]

"Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snake bite. Furthermore, always carry a small snake." W C Fields

[@donjones4719]

Retired paramedic here. It makes sense that shooting and stabbing victims may benefit from being drunk. A person who's been shot tends to be very... excited. Heart rate and blood pressure go up, which increases the bleeding. A certain degree of drunken mellowness could result in slower bleeding and an earlier stoppage of bleeding.

[@issemayhem]

Would the blood thinning effect of the alcohol mitigate that or is the thinning of the blood minor enough so as not to make a difference?

[@donjones4719]

@@issemayhem The blood thinning thing is a myth. When the alcohol molecules are absorbed thru the intestines into the bloodstream they constitute a a tiny, tiny fraction of the blood. There's no pharmacological interaction that I know of that would thin the blood, and I'm pretty sure I'd know of it. Long time alcoholics bleed easily, like people on prescription blood thinners. But neither have thin, i.e. diluted, blood. It's a misnomer. The meds affect the clotting factors in the blood, that's all. Alcoholics bleed because of various long term effects on their systems. For one thing, their skin gets thinner and more easily torn. Ditto for their vein walls.

[@d3nza482]

Blood pressure drops for hours after drinking alcohol. Also, analgesic and relaxing effects lower shock from penetrating trauma.

[@ellenmarch3095]

Excited is a very good way of putting it; great perspective I've never thought of. Thanks!!

[@louiselincoln]

​@Don Jones RE:@@issemayhem I think Baksätet may be talking about liver damage caused by long term excessive alcohol misuse. The liver synthesises albumin (clotting factor), so a long-term alcoholic can bleed and bruise a lot more than you'd expect from the size of the injury. It's similar to what you might see in a haemophiliac (although not quite as severe as that, at least in my experience).

[@woodrobin]

Many years ago, I worked in a liquor store. One day I had a customer come in with partially-cooled roofing tar coating his arm and a scent disturbingly similar to a barbecue wafting from him. He'd just been burned because the tar pot they were using to re-coat a roof with waterproofing had developed an air bubble in the tar, which had burst and splashed him with a hefty dose of molten tar. He wanted to buy a six-pack of beer and a pint of whisky because, he told me, he had no intention of being sober when they peeled the tar off of him at the hospital. I hope it helped, although according to this information, it apparently didn't have as much beneficial effect on burn outcomes as other injuries. It did teach me that I never, ever want to work around roofing tar, though.

[@metallsnubben]

Well that's a new fear unlocked, that I will hopefully never be even slightly close to experiencing

[@K1lostream]

That is a delightful story! I'm glad the aforementioned gentleman knew what was coming and wisely chose to anaesthetise himself first!

[@jamesramplin8124]

@@K1lostream would've probably made it so they couldn't give him any anesthetic in hospital since it's dangerous to mix with alcohol making the pain much worse for himself

[@neekfenwick]

​@@jamesramplin8124 an interesting point, would any anesthetists like to chime in?

[@user-ln2go4xp6d]

@@neekfenwick it's common knowledge. alcohol doesn't mix well with a lot of things, especially other sedatives.

[@mrwizardalien]

You can actually see Sandi taking Stephen's job

[@Aaron11oD]

I love Stephen though :( love them both

[@Leron...]

The way Stephen responds is the exactly joviality I feel when someone mentions an obscure thing I love.

[@janeeyre1990]

@@Aaron11oD , he is a very intelligent and curious person with ADHD. I think he got bored of hosting QI because his role never changed much. He needed more variety. I love him and Sandy as hosts. I don't really prefer one over the other.

[@angrytedtalks]

@@janeeyre1990 I heard Stephen's ailment was bipolar, not ADHD...

[@SevCaswell]

@@angrytedtalks you can have both.

[@boxy2k8]

Reminds me of that episode of House where House counteracts self inflicted methanol poisoning in a death row inmate by challenging him to do shots, thereby making him ingest ethanol to counteract what was killing him

[@benjaminlumsden]

Nice Fry and Laurie link.

[@boxy2k8]

@@benjaminlumsden also a Fry and Hitchens link in this I've just noticed. Fry says they used Johnny Walker Black. Hitchens favourite

[@tygrkhat4087]

@@boxy2k8 Mine too.

[@philipsnettleton]

Actually, I witnessed exactly that in a pub. A woman, seriously drunk, fell down the stairs from the restaurant above. The ambulance was called, and the paramedics said that if she hadn't been so drunk, she would have died. Instead, she fell down the stairs like a rag doll and suffered only superficial injuries.

[@davidf2281]

I never knew Trevor Noah had been on QI. Edit: Also, I believe what they're describing here with the whiskey is the treatment for _methanol_ poisoning, which is the stuff that makes you go blind and you treat with ethanol since it gets metabolised preferentially and gives the system time to deal with the methanol more slowly. Something like that, anyway.

[@ivx8345]

Me neither, they usually invite funny people so what was Trevor doing there?

[@the_godfather9974]

@IV X Being funnier than you

[@patricklonge8912]

@@ivx8345 Exactly, Trevor is so funny the Daily Show experienced a 65% drop in it's ratings since he became host. Because of that and his racist comments he had to go.

[@ThatPianoNoob]

@@the_godfather9974 doubt it that anyone could be less funny than this dude. He just has zero comedic timing. He is like the anti-stewart.

[@GecKler]

I was thinking it should be methanol poisoning too...

[@coeusdarksoul2855]

And this is where the producers decided once & for all that Sandi was the next in line for the throne of the show...

[@stevie-ray2020]

Came looking for just such a comment as this!!

[@naymeequillo]

Love the attitude AND the jacket on Sandi!!!

[@paulsmith211]

Always shop for whiskey before going anywhere! One of the most remarkable times that whiskey has saved my life happened in February 11, 2014 during a visit to Bowling Green, Kentucky. I was in town with a colleague that wanted to go and see the corvette museum while we were in town. I agreed to go, but requested that we go to the liquor store and get whiskey first , because the hotel did it have a bar and well, I wanted my whiskey. We arrived at the museum and were told they were closing in 30 minutes for the day, at which I said we could come back tomorrow. We arrived the next day and found the place closed to tours. The press crew were there to report on the sink hole collapse that occurred over night. I knew instantly that my priorities were in correct order.

[@pokemaster123ism]

Top Gear commented on that during a news segment

[@rachelcookie321]

How did that save your life? Where you going to stay there overnight?

[@paulsmith211]

@@rachelcookie321 it fell overnight under its own weight, it’s reasonable to think that 2 guys @ over 450lbs combined would have brought it down a little earlier.

[@tygrkhat4087]

Years ago after a football game, I witnessed a drunken fight. After the fight was broken up, one of the combatants was sitting on the ground. I told him his ear was bleeding, and he told me to fuck off. I again told him that his ear was really bleeding; he put his hand to his ear, felt the blood, then thanked me.

[@helenamcginty4920]

My late father came across a chap in the army (WWll) who had an abdominal op for some reason I forget and doctors discovered he had had a burst appendix some time in the past. Turned out he had severe stomach pain one night but couldnt afford time off work. Luckily he had a bottle of whisky which he drank yo kill the pain. Doctors surmised that the whisky will have flushed out of the burst appendix into his abdomen and killed off infecting bacteria.

[@andrewjameshenderson1389]

Helena McGinty...Wow! Great story! Thanks!🌹

[@dogcarman]

Probably not. The appendix is pretty far away from the mouth and nothing taken by mouth will flush it in any sense. I don’t think even an enema will reach it.

[@jmackmcneill]

The appendix is connected to the lower intestine and shares contents with it. I am dubious that spirits would travel that far down, but it is certainly not imposible. More likely the anesthetic effect was enough that he was able to pass through the crisis of fever and infection and recover, as a burst appendix is not automatically fatal, although it sure is EXTREMELY dangerous. There are a fair few documented cases of of finding just a lump of healed scar tissue when guddling arround in there.

[@schplengie1]

I love Sandy's blazer.

[@MerkhVision]

The color of it is really cool! Oh wait, you’re the Akinator! Guess which celebrity I’m thinking of?

[@schplengie1]

@@MerkhVision Bruce Vilanch

[@quncle]

One of the few times I could answer this question off the cuff. Two ways, that I at least know. One is the ragdoll effect, the second is that antifreeze poisoning can be counteracted with alcohol.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

Wow the panel did really well on this one (especially Sandy!) in total they completely knocked it out of the park (or perhaps pup?)!

[@samuelzackrisson8865]

Don't forget that if you ingest methanol you counter that with ethanol so that works too

[@mw5549]

You can see why Sandi eventually became the presenter

[@You-tw4zs]

If soldiers are more likely to survive when drunk that explains soviet drinking culture lol

[@tygrkhat4087]

There's also the phrase of "Dutch courage." The English soldiers would have their draught of gin, which came from Holland; hence the saying.

[@stephenlitten1789]

Typically, during WWI, soldiers were given a draught of the hard stuff, usually rum in the British army, before they undertook a "stunt".

[@221b-Maker-Street]

This was a lovely round as _everyone_ had their moment to shine, without it feeling rabidly-blokey-competitive.

[@puirYorick]

Presumably the origin of the "hair of the dog" hangover remedy.

[@huepix]

Had a friend at uni, fell off a 3rd story balcony, drunk. Stood up and walked away. Impressive bruise all down their left side the following day. Lucky kid

[@spruhakurlekar261]

QI Elves!!! Please please please turn closed captions on. Ideally upload closed captions, but at least switch the toggle on for automatic closed captions!

[@2109917162]

Man walks into hospital sick from drinking too much vodka Doctor: Give him whiskey!

[@willbill6449]

So many smart and interesting people in this comment section. Love this community!

[@kalisthenes6650]

So someone went blind due to excessive ethanol intake and the remedy was to give them more?

[@charliewion8925]

The ethanol reacted with the diabetic medication to form formaldehyde apparently. That’s why they always tell you the side effects of drugs and things you aren’t supposed to do while taking them I guess. A side effect of some steroids is extreme sun sensitivity, meaning you can get a sunburn in minutes of indirect sunlight. Interestingly, methanol poisoning would also have the same treatment (drinking high-proof liquor/ethanol).

[@nonnyena4267]

In the winter of 1963, my mother - a _staunch_ tee-totaller - had never even _tasted_ alcohol - kept going into pre-term labor with my younger brother. They gave her IV ethanol as a tocolytic. [She managed to carry him to 36 weeks & he's as "normal" as any of us.]

[@tygrkhat4087]

My mother's mother enjoyed a drink. During Prohibition my grandfather would take her to speakeasies, until she found a bootlegger. He reasoned a lady should not got to a speakeasy alone. He didn't drink however. Later in his life, his doctor prescribed him to take 2 oz. of liquor a day. He did and treated it like a foul tasting medicine.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Well, you presume you are all normal…

[@billyeveryteen7328]

I had seen this episode, but forgotten the whisky drip, and assumed this was going to be about the cook on the Titanic. There's a story about the cook on the Titanic, who got absolutely plastered drunk while the ship was sinking, and his blood alcohol level was so high, that he was essentially insulated from the cold and didn't suffer hypothermia, like a great deal of unfortunate passengers.

[@Liammort]

Sadly drink doesn't prevent hypothermia, it just stops you from feeling the cold. Many people have been out drinking in winter and been found dead with their clothes next to them. Booze helping you feel warm makes you not wrap up properly combined with the blood vessels opening up during hypothermia, makes you feel even warmer. So you take your shirt or light coat off and freeze.

[@fightthepowerman]

Thats bs. Alcohol speeds up the effects of hypothermia due to dilating your blood vessels. Alcohol can preserve things... But that would be like embalming yourself while still alive... I.E you would die but your corpse would last a bit longer. Saw it on QI when they talked about St Bernards carrying brandy when they used to be mountain rescue dogs.

[@BatCaveOz]

What you have said is contrary to all known professional literature regarding alcohol consumption. Alcohol dilates blood vessels (thus the red eyes and flushed face)... having blood flood to the extremities and surface of the body makes exposure to cold worse... not better. 🤡

[@ThatPianoNoob]

Afaik alcohol would make hypothermia much worse. Alcohol consumption is strictly forbidden for people working in colder climates so I call bs.

[@billyeveryteen7328]

@@ThatPianoNoob I almost put in my reply that the story was most likely apocryphal, because that is usually the case. Alcohol makes you feel hot because you are, in fact, losing body heat as you drink. But in this instance, it must have been a frankly frightening and irresponsible amount of alcohol, because the man, Charles Joughin, has his own Wikipedia page.

[@mahela1993]

Ethanol (i.e alcohol) is also the antidote for Methanol poisoning. I thought that would be the answer to this one.

[@ProfDanielVargas]

I can't believe they didn't mention the fact that alcohol brings down blood pressure and slows the cardiac rhythm so when someone is in a situation in which they could lose a lot of blood after being wounded, it gives more time for assistance to be given or procedures to be performed before someone bleeds out, besides the fact that alcohol allows for the person to remain relatively calm due to either being unaware of the gravity of the situation or being mentally and physically numbed by the alcohol (and therefore not panicking, running or increasing movement which increases the heart rate and could lead to a person bleeding out faster.)

[@Sherirose1]

Someone ingested anti freeze and given alcohol up his nose in a feed. Something to do with prevent crystalline and damage to kidneys.

[@andrewjameshenderson1389]

Dagnab! but Allen can be so funny sometimes! Love the fellow and always glad to see him on any show. 😁😂🌹

[@b_uppy]

What was his full goal post comment?

[@2109917162]

I once was about 14-15 years old and I went for a walk with my cousin close to my grandmothers house. We passed a dirt road and there was what looked like an empty bucket on the side of it. I couldn't resist so I charged up to it and kicked it very hard. My cousin yelled NOOOO. Too late, it was full of cement and I limped all the way home with my arm around her shoulder. Poor girl had to carry a 15 year old boy around her shoulder while she was a small 14 year old.

[@seanbrown5511]

I do enjoy Sandy as a member of the panel.

[@Bugsygb1]

Football full of bricks :D Been there haha

[@stephenjacks8196]

Ethyl alcohol is the antidote for Ethylene glycol and Methyl alcohol because ethyl alcohol enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase that makes those substance less poisonous (formaldehyde and glycolaldehyde) because ethyl alcohol is preferred 1000:1 over poisons.

[@rjfaber1991]

I know it's correct to refer to methanol and ethanol as methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol, but could you please explain why on earth anyone actually uses those terms? I know the reason for isopropyl alcohol, because there's no such thing as isopropane, and therefore 'isopropanol' is technically incorrect, but why would you forego 'methanol' and 'ethanol' when those terms are much shorter, easier to say and more widely understood than '(m)ethyl alcohol'?

[@stephenjacks8196]

@@rjfaber1991 Most of what I write is not intended for the retentive geeks of the world. I was surprised that I wasn't lambasted for "glycol" when it is properly "1,2 DiHydroxy Ethane"

[@Skipper.17]

Uisge beatha is Gaelic for whisky meaning water of life. It was used for medicinal purposes before it became a alcoholic drink.

[@twalrus1]

"How Can Whisky Save Your Life?" Well picture this: It's the middles of the 70s, you took your girl to the drive-in and now you both wake up and it's 3am. You drive her home and remember that you have a small bottle of whiskey as a Christmas present for your uncle. You walk her to the door and apologize profusely and pull the whiskey from your back to hand to the father...and THAT is how whiskey can save your life.

[@alunjones2550]

It can't save your life but it certainly makes it more bearable......🙂

[@decodolly1535]

Dunno about saving your life but I'm pretty certain whisky has saved my sanity a couple of times.

[@coasternut3091]

It makes since actually. You don't panic, your heart rate stays lower, you don't pump as much blood into arteries and veins with holes in them. PLus there's no shock because of the lack of adrenaline dump

[@itsamindgame9198]

Due to alcohol induced laxity, you are less likley to cause strain injuries but bruising and bone breakage and internal injuries are no less likely. Also, due to alcohol you are more likely to be injured at all, so really from an injury perspective you are worse off with alchohol.

[@MartinAhlman]

I know this is true! I had this friend...

[@thehellyousay]

What'll it be, lads? 2 pints of lager, a rum 'n coke, and a full of whisky drip, on me tab ...

[@canoli72]

When I drink I get drunk. When I get drunk I fall down. When I fall down I go to sleep. When I’m asleep I don’t get into trouble. The solution is to get drunk so I never get into trouble! 🎉

[@romulusnr]

I suppose this was a great benefit to the Lion of London Bridge fighting off knife wielding terrorists with his bare hands too

[@almostfm]

I know that one of the treatments for methanol (wood alcohol) poisoning is to put the patient on an ethanol drip. I'm wondering if vodka tainted with ethanol was what actually caused the chef's problem.

[@DanielsPolitics1]

It was methanol in the vodka yes. Ethanol is normal drinking alcohol.

[@rjfaber1991]

It must have been badly made vodka with a not-insignificant quantity of methanol in it, as it is methanol that gets metabolised to formaldehyde in the body, not ethanol (which produces acetaldehyde instead).

[@MegaBanne]

Last time I got really wasted I sprained my knee by walking in to a street cone lol.

[@JohnFrumFromAmerica]

You can use high concentration whisky to start a fire as well if you were lost outside.

[@aycoded7840]

And the seeds of Sandis succession are shown

[@romulusnr]

This must be why they say drunk drivers in accidents are more danger to others than themselves

[@JonahHitchens]

Sandi was working her way to the top from the start

[@neilperry2224]

The alcohol reduces the viscosity of the blood and slows down the bleeding helping the clotting of he blood.

[@stuartkseels]

The 'rag doll' effect. I am sure it's the only reason I have survived to 47!

[@cazadoo339]

Alan 😂

[@rachelcookie321]

Being drunk can also save your life in a car crash. When you have an impact it’s your instinct to tense up but this makes it easier for the forces to emanate your body. But when you’re drunk your body forgets to tense up and this allows your body to better move the forces and it all just goes right through you. This is why when someone is drunk driving the drunk driver often survives a crash but not the person they hit. So that’s another way whiskey could save your life. Edit: nevermind, they talked about this too.

[@MegaBanne]

I know someone who passed out, while drunk, in acid. Dude burnt like 50% of his body. He was taken to hospital and had to get skin grafts for all of it. That is why you don't have wild parties near an aquarium lol.

[@agusvarayud3133]

Also The treatment for methanol poisoning is ingesting ethanol

[@coolmikefromcanada]

oh i was thinking it was leaving one outside in winter and if it freezes you shouldn't go out

[@skildude]

ethanol also works for Ethylene Glycol poisoning.

[@romulusnr]

this is when sandi proved she was qualified to host the show

[@magicelliotth]

It was probably her job interview :p

[@carltonleboss]

I swear to drunk I'm not God!

[@CymonTempler]

What’s the officer problem?

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

So he went blind as it turned into formaldehyde in his system? 😳 On the plus side he's 164 now and doesn't look a day past 12! 😂

[@kalisthenes6650]

Seems to me if the medical profession took that study seriously, hospitals could be way more fun.

[@SevCaswell]

I think the effect only applies if you were drunk BEFORE the trauma.

[@SeanSMST]

@@SevCaswell no harm being drunk after the trauma to help deal with the aftermath

[@Sherirose1]

Alcohol is given in A&E Resus if anyone ingest antifreeze

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

I did wonder whether this was going to tie in to the Scottish Gaelic (Gàhdlig) word for whisky, which is “uisge-beatha” (oosh-ga bay-ha) which translated means “water of life”

[@carlchapman4053]

Patient - Doctor, I've literally drunk SO MUCH alcohol that I have gone blind, help! Doctor - I think what you need is some MORE alcohol, trust me I'm a doctor! Once again the Simpsons got it exactly right, Alcohol - the Cause Of and Solution To all of life's problems!

[@JoRiver11]

Could there be an evolutionary component, whereby more young intoxicated people survive to procreate? (I can hear Attenborough's voice "Here we find the endangered teetotaler..." with no end of potential for finishing that sentence.) Or, to counter that... do more intoxicated people find themselves in those situations to start with, which enabled them to have such a significant cohort for their study?

[@wordreet]

No, yes, this is absolutely right. Because I've never been drunk, never liked the taste of alcohol, (and don't say it has no flavour), and I've never been seriously injured.

[@retinapeg1846]

Ethanol also displaces methanol and fixes the problem.

[@echognomecal6742]

I SO BADLY wish there were subtitles!!!! :(

[@MrJacobThrall]

And, if you're going off on a risky expedition to the arse-end of beyond, make sure you take an Islay single malt (a miniature is fine) and a can of Coke. If hopelessly stranded, proceed to mix the two of them together. When somebody shows up and scowls at you reproachfully, which will inevitably happen - even if you're on fucking Jupiter - you can ask them for help.

[@blueconversechucks]

This fact makes me feel better about the drunk woman who fell through my skylight a couple of years ago.

[@peterclarke7240]

So many questions... 🤣

[@Chuckf66]

I've been trying to test the dropped baby theory, if only to discover whether or not they bounce. Sadly, I keep getting escorted out of maternity hospitals & creches by police for some strange reason. 🤔

[@bren106]

Another appearance where Sandi auditioned without knowing anything about it. It's no wonder John Lloyd wanted her in the chair after Stephen left.

[@jaghatarkebab2020]

Had a guest at a house warming party on the fourth floor of an apartment complex, who ended up being black-out drunk. The evening went on, and then he fell from the balcony onto a very shallow patch of snow. He got up after 10 seconds, checked his limbs, and then yelled upwards "I need another drink".

[@cabrown308]

And if he’d been sober he’d never have fallen

[@peterclarke7240]

Hence the idea that drinking is the cause and solution to all life's problems.

[@SceneArtisan]

Alcohol - the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.

[@kevinw712]

TAKE ME TO THE HOPSITAL

[@majorfallacy5926]

I think they're talking about methanol poisoning, not formaldehyde from being drunk?

[@suzieb8366]

Im surprised about the "being shot" statistic as I would have thought the blood thins with alcohol, so my asumption would be you would bleed out quicker.

[@fuckel98]

Indeed your blood would be thinner but as they said with the alcohol essentially anesthetizing the entire body to a degree it reacts in a calmer manner to the trauma you even consciously react in a calmer manner to the trauma if you are heavily drunk because you are very lethargic at the time it kind of overpowers the adrenaline rush you would normally get when going through a traumatic experience like being shot because you're not freaking out consciously about what just happened panicking is what really causes you to bleed faster your heart starts pumping a lot faster when you start to freak out

[@nonnyena4267]

Yeah. I know tattoists don't like to - or just flat *_won't_* - tattoo a person who's been drinking. Partly because of increased risk of "Buyer's Remorse when they get sober, but mostly because of the amount they bleed.

[@marycanary86]

i wouldnt go for a jäger bomb if i was bleeding profusely, but thats mostly due to the energy drink

[@chopperboi89]

*Me watching this clip as I sip whisky* Makes sense, shows wife, who replies: "But you're in no danger of harm! you're just watching British shows on KZbin!" me: "Shhhhhh... do you want to watch more QI, 8OO10C Does Countdown, or TaskMaster?"

[@oraach]

Drinking related injuries

[@neon9999]

When I said I wanted another shot I didn't mean this!

[@lightaces]

She knew that, Stephen, because there is a very good reason they choose her to replace you!!!!

[@AlexHyena-dv4mb]

I must be immortal then

[@truelovewontwait]

Drunken driver oftenly came out of an accident unscathed.

[@LostCylon]

Shock and trauma effects would be mitigated short term by intoxication, but that same intoxication may have gotten you into trouble in the first place... Kind of a chicken and the egg scenario, what came first. (Spoiler alert, it was the egg :p)

[@lazystalker1]

Stay safe... drink heavily

[@jwvandegronden]

Of course Sandy took over. Who else could rival Stephen’s brain other than Sandy?! Allan Davies is a pure brainiac as well but hides it well behind his football supporter persona ;-)

[@dolliesmile7799]

for gunshot and stabbing victims i would have thought you'd bleed less if you were drunk because alcohol constricts your blood vessels? idk

[@nklinef]

It is also used as medication for antifreeze ingestion. ERs will occasionally get severe alcoholics claiming they drank antifreeze(or even actually drinking it!) inorder to be medicated with alcohol

[@angrytedtalks]

Cambridge University: OK, hands up the gays and lesbians... we have secrets just for you... Stephen and Sandi: 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

[@bobhoskins9539]

Here’s to alcohol, the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.

[@Noone-of-your-Business]

But... but... but... *_WHYYY_** though??!?*

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Since Trevor's retiring from The Daily Show, maybe Sandi will come and take his job next, too! She'd once again be a worthy replacement!

[@chawwa777]

So.. Whiskey is a solution

[@Yvolve]

Kevin Smith (Bob from Jay and Silent Bob, Clerks, Dogma and much more) survived a heart attack because he had smoked weed, which kept him calm as it was happening. This gave the medics time to get him to hospital and operate. His doctor asked him how he remained so calm, stating it had saved his live, to which Smith answered he was really stoned.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I love Kevin Smith, what a character!

[@Yvolve]

@@vice.nor.virtue There is a new Jay and Silent Bob movie, which is hilarious!

[@dorkarama3135]

What's the bet that QI posted this video because of what Trevor Noah is banging on about across the pond. He was in the thumbnail.

[@babycakes9718]

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