How Did This Man Invade the British Navy Using a Wig?

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[@themisinformantz8819]

I love your vids keep it going. Also could you make a video about the craziest animal to ever exist.

[@jessejennings3828]

Everyone was oppressed. Can you stop with the woke nonsense already. Let me knoe when women are so oppressed they are sent to die in droves in some war.. From now on clicking away from the video at the first woke tripe i hear.

[@petejammo88]

You should remind people to like subscribe etc. You never do. I’ve been sub for 2-3 yrs I think... I love this channel thank you so much for yrs of consistent & quality content

[@samuraieko5408]

I'll bet one of the reasons they got away with their pranks was because people didn't want to dare accuse them of not being royalty. The consequences of calling them out and being wrong would have been catastrophic. Even if anyone had suspected them, they probably decided keeping their suspicions to themselves was better than risking their whole career and reputation on calling them out.

[@ObaidFaisal]

True

[@totalcreativegaming6681]

Cole is an absolute LEGEND! I respect those with a good sense of humour and the balls to pull off such elaborate pranks & jokes. The letters painted on bald head prank to spell out “Bollocks” is probably one of the most British pranks ever.

[@daehdalas730]

Because no other language uses the word. Brilliant.

[@vikashKumar-ir6ph]

@@daehdalas730 it's just a cultural thing mate

[@daehdalas730]

@@vikashKumar-ir6ph woooooosh.

[@jackdurden466]

Well, I can’t comment on those two, yet I think it’s hilarious no matter the words main usage is. I actually find myself using it all the time and I’m as American as damn apple pie.

[@wisnuprabowo3220]

the most accurate of billy butcher's joke ever

[@MarukagePlays]

No joke, I was laughing so much at this video while at the end it brought tears to my eyes because of "Bunga, bunga."

[@DrNothing23]

Same!

[@stinkyclawkilla7534]

I didn’t even smile once

[@DrNothing23]

@@stinkyclawkilla7534 You're dead inside... lol

[@essy1921]

I cant imagine Virginia Woolf squealing bunga bunga 😂

[@jackdurden466]

@@stinkyclawkilla7534 Wake up, it’s not a dream. It’s truly as funny as you find it.

[@sanderognedal8459]

This is my favourite so far! Had me actually laughing out loud at the "bunga bunga" part

[@juandef4115]

Watch the one about Kellogg's. That had me crying in tears

[@alastairspurr1609]

q

[@petschitt741]

Absolutely! Let's make it happen people: #BungaBunga

[@paulhammersley4562]

me too,

[@WolfiePH]

This is what happens when the 20+ charisma Bard diguises..

[@painlesskun3959]

I like your name.

[@WolfiePH]

@@painlesskun3959 I like people that compliments others and make them feel good. We need more people like you in the world.

[@jackdurden466]

@@WolfiePH well, I like people who notice when people that give compliments are usually good people, and realize without a doubt how badly we need more of them. 👍

[@wesdesto9563]

Gold stars for everybody.

[@painlesskun3959]

:D I like everybody with a eye to see real world

[@nnamdionyeneke3374]

Cole tombstone: IT’S WAS JUST A PRANK BUNGA BUNGA

[@GannAinm]

If you hear about someone getting arrested for that udder prank any time soon, it'll be me.

[@quinquiln14]

#bendigo

[@jefffarris3359]

That was classic

[@ecospider5]

That definitely took balls.

[@BassJapanDirect]

That prank was udderly redickuless....baboomtsssh

[@Ravencos]

Bunga bunga.

[@chocolateblocks]

"there is nothing more than we love to do than to psychological manipulating the people we love the most" - Thoughty2

[@vaisakhkm783]

"There 's nothing quite like physically and psychologically torturing the people we love the most"

[@thelocalwitch5731]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@leegalen8383]

He creates a lot of quotables!

[@domundtgregor6683]

I just found a few more funny details on Wiki : On honeymoon with his first wife in Italy, on April Fools' Day 1919, Cole dropped horse manure onto Venice's Piazza San Marco-a city with no horses that could be reached only by boat and In Weymouth, the navy welcomed the princes with an honour guard. An Abyssinian flag was not found, so the navy proceeded to use that of Zanzibar and to play Zanzibar's national anthem. I bet that Cole was delighted to see that

[@planetdisco4821]

This is undoubtedly the best Thoughty2 ever. It had me in terms of laughter! There should be an HBO series about this magnificent Victorian Prankster….

[@bobbyhall3636]

I couldn't agree more!! All the way through I was totally enthralled. Bravo! More, more!!

[@mozzyforest]

@@bobbyhall3636 HBO should just give thoughty2 his own Show!

[@incredibleflameboy]

It would be pretty good as long as they kept it light hearted rather than make it some sort of gritty heist series

[@DrNothing23]

Don't say "should be a series" too loud or it will be on NetFlix next week...

[@21stcenturyozman20]

@ 15:00 - "if there's one thing sailors don't like it's having their pants pulled down, at least not metaphorically". In my considerable experience, sailors *do* like having their pants pulled down literally. Regarding that and the thrashing, I offer a quote from Winston Churchill: "The traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy, and the lash".

[@fajrimatahati]

Dear Lord he dragged Virginia Wolf into it 😂😂😂

[@nvmffs]

That's what best friends do - drag you into trouble 😂

[@piplupcola]

She was yet to be known as Viriginia Wolf at the time so no harm came to her now known fame

[@patolt1628]

Interesting story. We had a man like this in France in the 70's (I don't remember the name) but he didn't go that far as the dreadnought prank. That was bold ... This happens from time to time: I heard also a story, which proved to be correct (I was in the military, that's why), of an officer cadet who used to impersonate the President of the Republic's nephew, it was end of the 60's. He was giving as address when he was on leave, "Palais de l'Elysée" and for some time it worked. He even had an accomplice who (I don't know how) was driving him back to the officers academy in a black "DS" car. He obtained some advantages but not that much. The prank lasted 2 months and stopped on November 11th when some training officers from the academy were invited in the Elysée palace following the commemoration. They mentioned that they were honored to have the President's nephew in the Academy and ... they didn't like the answer. Eventually the prankster was fired for "psychiatric issues" and obviously the story has not been made public ... Regards

[@A1441]

BUNGA BUNGA indeed! Another fine tale from Thoughty2. What a hoot!

[@daddyzgirlz22]

This man is a legend. Both Arron and Cole.

[@tristman8413]

My mum's the biggest prankster. We've been playing hide and seek for 30 years now. I still can't find her.

[@ruspotter2037]

She just queefed you out into a dumpster

[@heliosgnosis2744]

She said she wanted to get you that gift you would not shut the heck up about for your 8th birthday mate, but decided yeah I am not dealing with this shit since that child is actually my sister's. That said she is sorry she never told you about you actual mum being passed on and all and kept all the checks from government that was to take care of you, the account detail's will be coming in the post within a week. She is in South Africa mate and not your mum, I am sorry and that is the reason for the delay in post.

[@tristman8413]

@@heliosgnosis2744 oh I did start to wonder

[@tristman8413]

@@ruspotter2037 she didn't even queef I probably just fell out. Luckily Bill the bin man found me and brought me up as one of his own.

[@potheadpikachu403]

I never thought I'd laugh this much just from simply hearing the stories of a prankster

[@scottmiller2591]

"They're wearing fake beards and bootblacking." "Yes, and they're all toffee-noses. I'm not getting beaten again and thrown in debtor's prison; pretend you don't know."

[@JoelYan0503]

im surprised that it wasn't that weird uncle that pops up every thanksgiving

[@sizwe.amabaso732]

Getting a prank video in the middle of the night feels like a prank

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Why does thoughty2 sound so sarcastic whenever he talks about mobile game sponsors? 😂

[@camibvaz]

why does he sounds so sarcastic whenever he talks about anything? lol

[@b.rangerreaper907]

Because mobile games aren't worth talking seriously about.

[@kristyandesouza5980]

Because it doesn't fit him visualy

[@TravestyJunction]

Because they gave him a paycheck for sumthin' he'll never play.

[@captaincrooked9051]

Just one major complaint, the HMS Dreadnought, the one you showed over and over the images of the wrong HMS Dreadnought, a battleship build in 1875, just a regular ship of her time, and not the HMS Dreadnought built in 1906, which was a technological marvel for the era and where the titular Dreadnought Hoax took place. These two dreadnoughts don't even look similar. Big oopsie by your editor.

[@jakemillar649]

and there was HMS King George V (1939) and a US fast battleship. Also Dreadnought was not the only warship to ram a German submarine in WW1, but the only BATTLESHIP to ram and sink a submarine in WW1. Smaller ships (and an ocean liner RMS Olympic) rammed several subs in both world wars. HMS Badger was the first ship to ram a German submarine in WW1.

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nothing beats a thoughty2 vid whilst the september breeze chills my manscaped balls

[@dontwork7810]

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[@sharonbaxter5479]

😂

[@rgerber]

The stache really cranks out those videos, almost daily now. I think i watched each every one of his videos. The humour and wits are just great

[@ruspotter2037]

I want a mustache ride

[@TheEyez187]

Selling the Eiffel tower twice was a profitable prank!!

[@donpacificbobcat9er615]

9:46 This is not the HMS Dreadnought, or at least this is not the HMS Dreadnought that the prank actually took place on.

[@evilpompom]

I'm amazed they actually managed to pull that last one off! Also the way Thoughty Two tells these stories makes them even better. I wish he'd been my history teacher 😆

[@georgeknox1822]

Cole is the sort of buddy you dream of. Must have been hilarious . Top bloke. 😂

[@almighty3946]

It’s my birthday. This is my last gift today. A Thoughty2 video

[@hercuplease6126]

I'm glad you went back to the old format it's a lot nicer than the info graphics

[@TheProudKiwi]

Love how he never lost his inner child 😍 legend!

[@NatureOkie]

He was supposed to put his inner child into his wife, but his beastie beat him to it.

[@rishipahilajani9980]

Thoughty 2 makes me relaxed and is my favourite youtuber

[@kurosakiichigo5067]

That Bunga Bunga at the end ? Gold.

[@raphaelrabara7958]

Wow, this man is so cool!

[@wtfwhereami]

This dude is now up on my list of awesome historical figures, somewhere beneath Diogenes.

[@SirCash.]

Who?

[@st.robespierre]

@@SirCash. asked?

[@nuclearwinter21]

I was wrong to watch this video while I'm doing planks. Good one, Thoughty2! 😂👍🏼

[@RCassinello]

Arran Lomas: "Pranking is a modern phenomenom..." Jeremy Beadle: "Hold my beer..."

[@sourcream3403]

the guy: "we do a little trolling"

[@28ebdh3udnav]

"Meet the greatest prankster who ever lived" Just in case he changes the title...

[@almighty3946]

Thank you

[@tyresesp9696]

Why would he?

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@@tyresesp9696 algorithm

[@ripperonipepperoni9391]

phew

[@FallenAnvilForge]

OMG, if those pranks are true, I Love that guy, Genius!!!

[@jesper8836]

YES HE UPLOADED

[@dreadmoc12]

Read more on page 42. When Thoughty first started posting videos, the comments were full of silly questions about how Arran pronounced "Thoughty2". Being a fan of hitchhiking, random facts, and British accents, I sort of assumed it was a nod to Adams.

[@andyhill242]

Bunga, Bunga..... A prankster I can relate to!

[@iamsuprmn1]

Sounds like he invented "Act Like You Belong"

[@tagrooms1288]

Love your content and love your podcast on spotify. Great listening on the way to work. Great humor and makes every bit of 'knowledge' enjoyable. Keep up the amazing work!

[@mellissadalby1402]

I've heard of Cole before but you have brought to light many more outrageous stories than I had ever heard. Well done, Sir.

[@superneovvl36]

This was an amazing story!! Hilarious!! I wish this could be made into a movie, but cancel culture won't allow it.

[@jackdurden466]

You know for once, I’m in agreement with you. So very many people say that “Oh this should be a movie!” So I tell them to go ahead and write the damn script. But you’re on point here, not too much required to be actually written, it all happened! You’d only have to add a “Based on true events” and write them down in chronological order, then add some filler BS. Good call!

[@tommymarco]

fck cancel culture . it only exists in your mind . and in america . no where else .

[@crackerpooppop]

I’ve never been so early on a video in my life.

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Gotta love how thoughty2 slides into the ads so cleanly

[@devinpaul9026]

"Tis but a lark, fellow son of our parents!" --The first Paul child.

[@kSazu.]

Reading the title, I thought the video would be about the legendary Thoughty2

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yes

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#bendigo

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Am I the only one that sees Thoughty2 in the thumbnail with a top hat and an arrow pointed at him?

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Yup. Sus...

[@ibmlenovo1]

The longest ever, 24/7 prank is british royalty.

[@crimsonffire]

You know they're posh when they have two or three last names 🤣 guess his parents had the right connections to get him out of trouble. The theatre prank did make me laugh tho. He had a wicked sense of humour.

[@mandiejones2355]

The ending damn near made me tear up :')

[@Choc-Ice]

What a legend. A massive pair he must have had!

[@heavnzdoor]

I really love listening to your voice, and the pun on "42" is fantastic also.

[@spudgunn8695]

A member of the Victorian social elite would never go out "Pranking." Practical jokes, on the other had, were probably de rigueur! 😂

[@laquandosanchez8713]

Horace De Vere Cole was probably the starting point of pranksters. Which makes pranking over one hundred years old.Wow!

[@CM_Burns]

Thoughty2's is not definitely not pranking us with his mustache, it's real!

[@aceundead4750]

Is Thoughty2 real though? Or is he just a manifestation of his moustache's imagination

[@spadeghostvampire666]

Oh, he knew. He probably told the whole crew about it for a good laugh and asked them to play nicely for his cousins, for show.

[@Leetah36]

Omg. I had to pause the video several times because I kept laughing my ass off and I didn't want to miss anything.

[@lulucolby8882]

What a great story that I might not have ever heard if it weren’t for Thoughty2! Stories such as this is why I subscribe.

[@bigbootywcob4232]

I think the biggest prankster in history was Helen Keller like she couldn’t hear or see like what

[@Joey-nt4xr]

Wrong. We all know the greatest prankest of all time was Spencer Shay from I-Carly 😂

[@billzusner4873]

"Meet the greatest prankster who ever lived" check back in 5 days.

[@thenutstealer]

*make it 2*

[@billzusner4873]

@@thenutstealer probably not wrong...

[@billzusner4873]

"How did this man invade the british navy using a wig?"

[@kristyandesouza5980]

"Bunga, Bunga" Absolute British Madlad - XIX century

[@Phatxual]

Quality workmanship! I actually quite enjoyed this vid👌

[@that_guy-qc8gb]

British high power person over 150 years ago Me: wait was Canada a prank?

[@PrairieWolf62]

Not a prank..... A long long time ago, England and France got really drunk one night, made a baby, called it Canada and left it to the USA to raise.......XD

[@EyesOfByes]

5:05 Exactly like Pewds. How do I know? Because I grew up in the same pompus neighourbood as him. Örgryte, Skår/Jakobsdal Göteborg 🇸🇪 200m from his house approx.

[@x8dn]

This seemed important so I'm watching this at my sister's funeral

[@nightterror007]

😳

[@danbasford7456]

Is this...a prank? Or are you serious?

[@chunkyhoey8649]

Love how you spoken one paragraph of speech in one breath! And love the bollocks statement too.

[@ramonaanderson3259]

Thoroughly enjoyed! Even laughed out loud!

[@breatharian2009]

Fabulous KZbin channel. Who needs books when all one needs to do is listen to Thoughty2 !

[@geekishgir]

why would anyone downvote this?? Obviously a relative of the Cambridge mayor!

[@guiii0696]

How can you dislike this? I don't see anyone else actually playing it.

[@geekishgir]

@@guiii0696 give it time, it was just uploaded. Still don't know why it was downvoted

[@RCassinello]

Another great video by Thoughty2. I was wondering what to do to kick off my Friday night - sat down and immediately saw this new upload and my brain says "Nothing else happens till you hear that sarcastic gravelly tone." :)

[@johanvanzyl8479]

Great fun production thanks

[@jasonbull6560]

I've been waiting for this, ⭐man. Respect to the man in the ice cream van 🙌 .

[@PrairieWolf62]

Commenting for algorithm, Awesome vid, very entertaining the way you present it. And you look really good in that blue shirt! 🙋‍♀️🐺

[@toobad55]

The cow utter prank was outrageous! I would have fainted!

[@John-kd2tc]

Oh man, that ending though.

[@NilkkiHiiri]

Awesome work my mate!

[@rayp.8364]

you forgot one of his best pranks in my opinion. he, for some dumb reason thought it'd be funny to send coal to some poor old lady's house. But... it was ASTRONOMICAL amounts of coal. Every morning she'd wake up to quite literally TONS and tons of coal at her doorstep, to the point she almostwent mad

[@AdeWhite]

So, 4chan's source of inspiration. Only with pizza lol

[@sliii9163]

Nice piece, jolly great work

[@drewrub7415]

Loved this story. Thanks

Oh my God... Oh, dear Heavens!!! *Now I finally understand why I can't find cow udder at any butchery...*

[@greatleader4841]

This man is a legend.

[@jjcdt3209]

Here in the Philippines, we say "Bunga, bunga" to express shock with delight. Synonimous with "wow, wow"

[@The_Yake]

he did severe amounts of trolling

[@burriscj1]

I would have loved to have known this guy....need someone like this today

[@dub2536]

I have heard this b4, but never narrated so well. Peace!

[@aaronaaron4155]

That was awesome!!

[@frankowalker4662]

The guy was an utter twat, with balls of steel. :) I love what you did with the newspaper article. LOL.

[@maxcraig466]

Impressive, How ever does he come across all of his little known facts ? Bravo !

[@ernestweaver9720]

Too hilarious! You are the Man mr. Cole.

[@buncentb6139]

We all say Thoughty2 here, but we never ask HOW is Thoughty2.

[@samuelphilips6091]

This keeps showing up on my recommended and the title has changed at least twice so far. So I'm watching it before it changes again lol

[@J.i.M.9604]

Frickin legend

[@Darionn17]

12 am midnight and thoughty2 working hard as always. Thank you!!!!!!!