How did triangles shrink France?

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[@ewan.cartwright]

Little did Cassini know that he would later *become* a satellite

[@markcooper-jones7494]

Urgh, we've missed a trick there...

[@timothygreen5730]

@@markcooper-jones7494 There are so many jokes packed in; you can't hit them all.

[@danilov114]

Plus...

[@doomedmessenger]

And we'd crash him into a planet!

[@1224chrisng]

then burn up into bits in Saturn

[@adammullarkey4996]

To be fair, the claim that he marked every petrol station isn't wrong.

[@maxpuente6291]

I'm not gonna like this comment. The number is just about right

[@maxpuente6291]

@@egesanl1 nooo it was at 69!!! its way higher now tho so i guess I'll like

[@zzing]

It is vacuously true!

[@brycehawken1833]

There were no unmarked petrol stations in the entire nation

[@thomasmartin1514]

We're so close to 690, come on and if it's there DO NOT LIKE.

[@badaboum2]

Fun fact : the caricatural French "disguise" the lads use is actually specifically from Brittany. Back in the day Breton onion sellers (also known as Onion Johnnies) would travel to Great Britain wearing their trademark "marinière" (blue/white horizontal striped shirt) and bérets, and that became how the British saw the French.

[@gustavszile8146]

So by all means, the Brits made their own stereotype of France from the Bretons who were from Britain as well lel

[@badaboum2]

@@gustavszile8146 Bretons are from Brittany, a region of France, though I understand the confusion.

[@gustavszile8146]

@@badaboum2 I know they're from Brittany, its just that the Bretons originally migrated from Britain itself, orginally being the Celtic Britons of the land, hence why I made the joke that they set up the stereotypical Frenchman themselves.

[@NoahSpurrier]

@@gustavszile8146 I thought it was the other way around.

[@Nathan_Avril]

Thank you! I was wondering why he had onions on him...

[@kevwang0712]

"Monsieur, je voudrais un carte…" " *UNE* carte…" Good one, we franglais speakers have all been there

[@AMSASH]

franglais

[@DeoIgnition]

Yea I've been there

[@stephaniesummer2663]

That could be a vid of me in French class

[@lukesmith8896]

*UNE CROISSANT?*

[@naufalzaid7500]

@@lukesmith8896 Désolé, Je viens de Belgique.

[@isabelnorris8961]

The French map men intro is the best thing I've ever heard

[@hororskull]

It was for me too until I found out this video's outro is a French version of the theme song for a show called Count Duckula.

[@rachelthesheep]

@@hororskull Imagine caring

[@vuxigeck5281]

@@hororskull Oh! I remember that one!

[@SilverCanary1]

@@hororskull lmao. but surely itshould be count triangular theme?!

[@kortess7900]

They missed one "carte"

[@onyxguardian1756]

talking in french "well i'll turn on captions to see what they're saying" captions are also in french "well then, keep your secrets"

[@purple-flowers]

Welcome to map men! Map men map men map map map men men. "sir, I would like a map, very big, of my France." "Bof! I am starting" "zut alors! What's this?"

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

Keep your secrets... or learn French.

[@brotimwelt]

i speak french but i am loyal to secrets sorry

[@brotimwelt]

un loyal jerk

[@brotimwelt]

thats for you nick

[@ThatOneIrishFurry]

that feel when you take so long to make a map the monarchy has been dismantled

[@andknuckles101]

It's like five minutes in France

[@doubtful_seer]

@@andknuckles101 and less minutes to revolution

[@raffriff42]

The Great Trigonometrical Survey, commissioned by the East India Company, wasn't completed before the Company itself was, a hundred years later. The moral here is obviously never to start mapping anything, it's bad luck.

[@brutusthebear9050]

Well of course. The Monarchy is dismantled, so nobody is paying your paycheque. No reason to continue working on it.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@raffriff42 Sorry there is a grammatical flurry here which is confusing me Edit: .

[@pavarottiaardvark3431]

Fun fact about 2:57 - prior to 1888 every single map in the world accurately portrayed the number and location of petrol stations.

[@tigrytime658]

And all cinemas

[@kampfpanzerleopard346]

@@tigrytime658 and all McDonald's restaurants

[@QueueWithACapitalQ]

“How much does it cost?” “You can try it out for free!” Way to dodge the question

[@rosesmellpoo]

I can't tell if this is honest satire or just not understanding the sentence

[@tylisirn]

@@QueueWithACapitalQ Not anymore, now it costs infinity dollars, since nowadays it's software as service monthly subscription.

[@livingsalami6529]

tylisirn this is why I’ll never use photoshop

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@livingsalami6529 You mean that old software I pirated the moment it went live as subscription based? Still haven't met a person in college without a pen drive or two like this.

[@Dockhead]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix just makes me laugh at society and how we encourage this system, hoorah to the poor i say! (the system of conjuring money constantly through a subscription service)

[@kyrla]

really making their gcses in french work for them today

[@Jablicek]

And their A level history.

[@AndyNicholson]

I think Jay lived in France for a short while at one point

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

I've just been learning French and so I got a huge kick out of that intro

[@elliemaybl8757]

Andy Nicholson I think it was quite a few years - In other videos he seems rather fluent

[@skarrambo1]

Jay is pretty fluent in French actually, he even lived in France for a bit

[@pinkajou656]

0:47: “Mister. I need... a map.” “A map?” “A map, yes, a map. Very big. Of my... France.”

[@moonagaming6068]

thx

[@quaggykiwi8557]

"okay! ill start!"

[@ryguygaming06]

I forgot that most viewers of this channel don't speak french and couldn't understand this part.

[@quaggykiwi8557]

@@ryguygaming06 same here lol

[@withastone]

"I need *an map" is the joke

[@000marioshi000]

The brilliant comment at 2:36 was actually said by Louis XIV on a preparatory map by Cassini Senior (the one of the coasts). And it is even more snarky! _"Ces chers messieurs de l'Académie, avec leurs grands travaux, m'ont coûté une partie de mon royaume et m'ont pris plus de territoire que tous mes ennemis réunis !"_ "Those dear gentlemen of the [Royal] Académie [of Sciences], with their grand works, have cost me a part of my kingdom and have took more territory from me than all my enemies combined!"

[@000marioshi000]

@@bibekanandahansda2926 But Mark also said "the King, who by now was a different King", which couldn't have been the case if the Cassinis started their work under Louis Èxaïvi. But frankly, that's a minor detail, and the quote is just too good to be ruined by this!

[@laughsatchungus1461]

He then laughed about it after he said it and was actually a good chap! Was kinda misrepresented in the video but still

[@Peter1986C]

@@000marioshi000 "Louis Èxaïvi" Louis Le Quatorzième. (if my French is worth anything)

[@anferrr]

@@Peter1986C would just be "quatorze" but quite close enough ;)

[@bowviolin]

"I actually said zis"

[@ash36230]

IDK, the British had a few attempts at shrinking France in the past.

[@jamiesmith3396]

h91 germans too

[@user-mj2jm7yl9x]

And the Spanish

[@Larandar]

IDK, maybe France is just a superior country in every way possible and Britain was jealous 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-mj2jm7yl9x]

@@Larandar Come at me boi😂😂 I shall repeat Agincourt

[@jackbarnes7432]

@@Larandar Lol no

[@murdomaclachlan]

"When Cassini googled satellite photography, he found an article saying that it wouldn't be invented for another 300 years." F.

[@Mousy677]

f for fotografy...

[@andreaaristokrates9516]

@@Mousy677 stop the heresy. Jk, I'm actually more of a descriptivist, with preferences, so stop the heresy.

[@MrKholishUmar]

Press F to pay respect

[@LM-dj6gc]

f

[@peffiSC2source]

Considering his Dynasty was halfway there when they stopped their work, it's not that much time.

[@boxed_in4357]

French: haha british funny haha Britain: haha french funny haha What a wholesome relationship full of jokes and roasts

[@juandgm6171]

It just took over a thousand years to form

[@hi-ve1cw]

Not just roasts, rosbifs!!

[@klaxoncow]

@@juandgm6171 ...and, of course, no-one at any point was killed.

[@Ro_Gaming]

@@klaxoncow *We'll be right back!*

[@legorobert5378]

Bri'ain*

[@felicityc]

This is actually kind of an incredible insight about Napoleon's strategy. Having far more accurate maps and more importantly an accurate to scale map would be an insane way to have an advantage over enemies who were using outdated maps, all the way up until ww1 and planes

[@DanieliusGoriunovas]

Heh, kind of like Russia today in Ukraine - there were many reports of Russians using 30+ year old maps for some cities... :V

[@RKBock]

@@DanieliusGoriunovas given the state of eastern europe, I'd guess that it doesn't make any difference whatsoever. most cities do not significantly change over 30 years anyway. yes, shops come and go, and some new buildings get build, but generally, the same old streets are where they used to be and no new districts suddenly appear. for some big cities, sure. in small cities? unlikely. especially in eastern europe.

[@andrewhavrylei6333]

@@RKBock Yes, just don't mind paratroopers landing in forest. Well... there's supposed to be forest there. It's on the map! **shooting sounds** Ivan, I think that map is outdated **dies**

[@erwannthietart3602]

@@andrewhavrylei6333 theres something called scouting ahead instead of rushing in blind, if they couldnt be bothered to check twice if the landing place was good then its on them not outdated maps

[@user-sl7ie9te5r]

​@@erwannthietart3602 they are scouting ahead. By sending meat waves that die, revealing enemy positions

[@idndyzgaming]

THE WHEEL SPINS AND LANDS ON FRANCE. - -The Technical Difficulties- Les Difficultés Techniques

[@aathish04]

Now you've made me sad that there'll be no more Citation Needed. Why, Tom, why?

[@OptimumPx]

The wheel is just an arrow with the word "France" written on it.

[@simeondermaats]

THE WHEEL IS FIFTY PERCENT FRANCE

[@cesariojpn]

@@aathish04 Check out "Matt and Tom" channel. They have a successor of sorts called "These two are lying."

[@nixtheclause9984]

There is no wheel. It’s just a piece of cardboard with “FRANCE” written on it and an arrow glued on.

[@TheDigitalrunner]

It was an honour and a privilege to play such a small, silly accordion part for you. Cheers, Nathan.

[@thesalandarian3314]

ThePotatoKing ?

[@silvercoulter]

At 1:59 ?

[@thesalandarian3314]

Oh lol

[@Barneyfromhalflife1]

999st like

[@TheDigitalrunner]

@@Barneyfromhalflife1 Thanks, dude. It is an honour and a privilege to get 999 likes.

[@Vienna3080]

Napoleon: Good job Cassini Jr Jr Jr for your hard work I will reward you with J A I L, please enjoy your stay!

[@dm-gq5uj]

Yeah, that kinda sucked, didn't it? Generations of this family spent their lives traipsing around France measuring triangles and this is how you're rewarded. They would have been better off saying, to hell with it, I'm going to sit at a cafe and drink.

[@syedferoz2188]

@@dm-gq5uj don't forget the amount of money from the treasury the cassinis took for their map making, It would've cost a fortune for the king as he was financing the whe expedition

[@Seraphiel123]

Napoleon didn't throw Cassini Jr Jr Jr in prison. Cassini was imprisoned in 1794 but Napoleon didn't take power until 1799. It was the National Assembly (the precursor to Napoleon) who imprisoned Cassini. In fact, Napoleon really liked him and made Cassini a senator and a count which was unsurprising given Napoleon's large respect for and patronage of the sciences.

[@Maxbotnick]

*Robespierre

[@EduardoGamesChannel]

4:10 The fact Jay is an actual father now makes this joke even funnier.

[@m_oneill87]

A Masters in French all to be able to spot the translation of the Count Duckula theme as the credits rolled. Surely worth every penny of the loan I'm still paying back.

[@Krokrodyl]

Brilliant! Though the actual song goes : Au cœur de la Transylvanie Il mange que des spaghettis C'est le pire des vampires, ce [Mordicus] Il ne mange pas de canard Il n'aime que les épinards Ce coquin de végétarien [mordicus] Si vous avez envie de rire Venez tous voir ce vampire C'est un canard canular [Mordicus] Comte Mordicus...

[@s.m.2523]

Funnily they didn't even use the translation the translated cartoon used.

[@jadeforeman131]

S. M. That’s because Jay decided it was funny before he realised there was a French version.

[@ernestvanophuizen461]

@@jadeforeman131Also, Duc Cul is so much ruder than Mordicus

[@fomoran]

I was all set to relisten and work out why I heard him say sounded like 'arse' in french... So, the truth is an amusing one, but I had hoped for something rather different

[@HalfAsleepChris]

Funny to see that Jay is still stealing food 11 years later...

[@JayForeman]

Ha! Hadn’t even thought of that!

[@onionbot2]

Oh, hello!

[@rozabbott1367]

Wait, its half alsleep Chris?!?

[@tnfsg1866]

Steeeallinggg food stealing food, stealing food food food

[@sajedanallawar9300]

I don't know why I find random KZbinrs Another sub

[@danhetch1927]

02:11. My last two brain cells during a test

[@protorhinocerator142]

1:02 When Cassini googled "satellite photography", he found an article saying it wouldn't be invented for another 300 years. Should have used Bing.

[@dvmas]

Anything but bing

[@ThatJellydude]

It probably would've said "you have cancer"

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I suddenly have this great urge to check out the Sizeable Courses Minus

[@cogtroper]

Seizures curses equals

[@nerdyandawesome]

It's the sizeable classes minus!

[@GallifreyanCat]

The Sizeable Courses What?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@nerdyandawesome are you sure it's not: pronounced lectures divide

[@Fern635]

Mighty lessons squared

[@AlterHis]

Your french is pretty decent, i'm actually surprised

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

AlterHis many Englsh children do French at school to varying levels

[@ChabrierAlexandre]

Ptn alterhis, Ravi de te voir ici

[@anthonycunningham8116]

@@user-ky6vw5up9m pretty sure a second language (in most schools, its French or Spanish) is compulsory from Primary school these days. It never used to be, but to my knowledge it has been for most of the 21st century.

[@xotbirdox]

Nothing to do with UK abysmal French lessons. Jay lived in France at one point, which is more than likely the reason.

[@anthonycunningham8116]

@@xotbirdox The teaching of French in the UK has improved quite substantially in recent years-especially the last 15 years or so.

[@ExpeditionThemePark]

So good every time!

[@rionspencer9947]

I am questioning why I am the first person comment on this comment by a theme park KZbin commenting on a geographical youtuber(s?)

[@mutantmutant8534]

Hmmmmmmmmmm hat are you doing here?

[@C4H10N4O2]

The intro was both terrible and awesome

[@____7460]

“When Cassini googled satellite photography, he found an article saying it wouldn’t be invented for another 300 years” Hahah😂😂 Subscribed

[@timothymclean]

But does "it" refer to satellite photography or Google?

[@fromfareast3070]

@@timothymclean maybe both

[@dashyandtato9476]

@@timothymclean The subject of the sentence is Satellite Photography so that is “it”

[@imbracedinmate4522]

5 map men in a year. This is a Christmas miracle! Edit: my comment is 1.4k size of what it once was, smh. Double edit: Cassini Jr Jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr jr will be proud

[@beegmaan1306]

It is

[@RoboLamp]

I don't know the number of Cassinis it took to complete Cassini's project, but we've only had two map men through the entire show.

[@holdmybeer]

sorry i celebrate festivus, December 23. set your calender's!

[@imbracedinmate4522]

@@holdmybeer bof

[@LeoPokemonBrasil1]

Triple edit: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

Map time! Abandon everything you were doing. Yes, even you mister neurosurgeon!

[@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012]

For him maybe an exception; he was just in the throes of triangling through that brain 😅.

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

@@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012 Aucune exception!

[@sarahb3nyakar]

I just opened up this yogurt

[@detectiveshaft9990]

But Mr patient won't be able to see the video without mister neurosurgeon's help. Therefore he gets to defer in exchange for getting others to watch!

[@Okusar]

@@detectiveshaft9990 Don't worry, the patient will never know what he missed - or much of anything at all after that, I suppose. Look, those organs aren't just going to _donate_ themselves, you know.

[@sophiamarchildon3998]

"Hommes cartes, hommes cartes..." I lost it there. Bien joué

[@rushthezeppelin]

It's so funny I keep going back and just watching the intro.

[@shreychaudhary4477]

it's so bad I'm learning about Hom-sets, which are categories or something, and whenever Hom Cat crosses my mind I go "Hommes cartes, hommes cartes..." i can't stop myself and now I am two weekes behind in math homework it's so joever

[@UnknownPerson-wg1hw]

"Stop getting sidetracked, we're doing an ad for Great Courses Plus." I am noticing some meta shit in here.

[@LootFragg]

The Great Courses what?

[@hamsterdaisy12]

Sweary pants

[@hongsengchan9855]

@@LootFragg The Great Courses Exponent

[@raftash5279]

Let's not forget Jays father's dying wish to join the great courses plus

[@jhonbus]

*cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*

[@3snoW_]

The great courses what?

[@hakairyu1]

Wow, I think it's only right that you honour his dead father by clicking on the link in the description and start your free trial today with the Great Courses+.

[@tinachristine4573]

I've not forgotten. His ghost is haunting me.

[@Metis1337]

@@3snoW_ the great courses divides.

[@IchHaba]

I wish Jay would upload more, one of the few youtubers you actually get excited about when a new video comes out

[@LostieTrekieTechie]

Having to wait does mean each upload is an absolutely wonderful surprise.

[@siiluviilu]

Quality over quantity

[@vdate]

Alas, the price of high quality is long research times. (I admit, not as catchy as other 'the price of X is Y' phrases, but certainly no less true.)

[@TR.372]

Patreon

[@user-ck3uu8rj3x]

I get excited when roseyblushes releases a new vid... or is that tiktok?

[@caesar7734]

3:56 Now he actually has a son.

[@ABhaim]

1:23 the bit of math: (a^2 * sin (B) * sin (C)) / (2 * sin (180 - B - C))

[@Spoon80085]

I’m from Boston and I can confirm I have found many professors via random knocking

[@respectedgentleman4322]

Did you practice your knocking before?

[@doubtful_seer]

They’re actually really great at responding to (honest) questions via email or talking during office hours, even to people not enrolled in the school. I’ve been bothering professors since I was 14 in 2005 and never really had an experience of getting brushed off (ironically the only times I did get kind of ignored were by professors I was currently in the class of. But that was only two professors out of years of education).

[@JREG]

"plus ça change" lmao

[@ker6349]

He should've reported that France was only 10% smaller, right between 0 and 20%

[@ar8338]

Hey ! I found Jreg

[@nickf.4788]

JREG WATCHES JAY FOREMAN!!!!!! YES!!!

[@jkid1134]

@@nickf.4788 just this one video

[@moonshinei]

helll Gregory

[@Dgnarus]

2:04 really enjoy the frenchification of the pronunciation of 'brutally' there

[@catfish552]

3:13 Mark laughs like someone in a KZbin video making a joke about watching KZbin; Jay laughs like someone who has a KZbin channel and can look at the viewer statistics

[@Mordecrox]

I laugh because I can see an entire third of the video has been marked off as padding

[@yojasmagic]

I somehow believe that a national footprint database would have at least one image of a yeti stored somewhere in it.

[@jumpanama]

The 3 dislikes are the Cassinis that didn't live to see the map published

[@Huntracony]

There were four though, Cassini Junior Junior the Second also didn't see the map published (on acount of Napoleon stealing it).

[@TheGabygael]

I love how there is "La Manche", "La Mer Mediterranée" and intead of the Atlantic Ocean it's just "L'Océan" singular

[@cobalt6911]

1:58 The tone and wink makes that like 200x better.

[@enderguardian7443]

did he say “nothing changes”?

[@cobalt6911]

​@@enderguardian7443 plus ça change is what he said but its a phrase that means more things change, the more it stays the same i think

[@josephstaline1185]

Dear Jay, congratulations for your very good French accent. Sincerely. Juste a viewer glade that he could finely understand an English KZbinr speaking French

[@edwardalborghetti4315]

He speaks French

[@zappawoman5183]

Ironic that your last sentence, about being able to understand people, was itself difficult to understand. Are you okay?

[@ayaoldacc3580]

Just* Glad* Finally*

[@andyway0]

Can you believe that companies are paying millions to get ads half that good. Nice job, didn't skip it.

[@bruhz_089]

I skipped it

[@JamieCurrant]

If you managed that deadpan cable cut in one take that's absolutely incredible

[@JayForeman]

You didn’t notice me fail to cut it first time and struggle not to corpse?

[@JamieCurrant]

@@JayForeman the failing I noticed, the struggling I actually didn't

[@SRFriso94]

There is one sidenote I would like to place next to the four generations thing: in those days, it wasn't uncommon at all for sons to take up the same profession as their fathers. If your father was a carpenter, you became a carpenter too, because he taught you all the tricks of the trade. So in that sense, four generations of Cassini's all being cartographers wasn't that unusual. Of course, that they all worked on one giant project for that long is pretty incredible.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

I reckon people get that, le Kings of France. Heck Louis XIV did not even manage to hand off to a son but you get my point. Although I would expect some maneuvering amount the nobility of the robe and intellectuals.

[@davilimalol4612]

I mean, the lifelong job security for such a giant task is pretty cool.

[@balsoft01]

I like how "national footprint database" is comprised of htop, vim, cmatrix, and some system logs :)

[@TheOneLichemperor]

User Icon checks out.

[@charlie-ej9nt]

I think the left monitor was actually the hollywood command though, which is even more hilarious. It *does* consist of cmatrix, system logs, ssh fingerprint visualisations etc.

[@klutz3955]

Hah neeeeeeer- pls dont hack me

[@zeristor]

Charlie I came here to level up my terminal skillz, I salivated at such touch-ery. I’ve been learning to touch type really fast for three years, tmux is next on my list....

[@theflev-matic4892]

Alternate titles for the map men are: Atlas Allies Chart Companions Draft Dudes Globe Guys Histogram Homies Picture Pals Sketch Sidekicks World Workmates

[@streyaa6521]

"Atlas Allies" ur a fucken genius

[@thorsteinj]

«Kart-kompiser» in Norwegian, well actually it translates to Map Mates which would also work...

[@TrueVelox]

Draft Dudes, Draft Dudes, Draft Draft Draft Dudes Dudes

[@NormalChannel95]

Picture Perverts

[@v0id_d3m0n]

Love it

[@mythicalexplorer7846]

It’s funny now that he has an actual son

[@hughsteele9054]

Any channel that finishes one of its videos with an acoustic, Renaud-style version of the theme tune of Count Duckula is good enough for me.

[@paulmcgachy8273]

He is back again! *we can now happily enjoy this for another few weeks* *maybe months*

[@brendansimonis3488]

A third of the video was a sponsor ad too

[@gmgunnhildr2711]

Brendan Simonis watch the sponsor ads too, they’re hilarious

[@Fodi_be]

1:12 "I wonder if Google Maps will work on this piece of paper..?" :D that's exactly why I will remain subscribed to your channel forever, Jay.

[@JayForeman]

A reference to the BEST video on KZbin!!

[@LootFragg]

I'm at a loss. Please enlighten me. Where is that quote from? What video? Please share.

[@Fodi_be]

@@LootFragg Look for Markets of Britain by Peter Serafinowicz and Robert Popper. Then become completely hooked, enjoy Birds of Britain, Building a Human and binge watch both series of Look Around You.

[@LootFragg]

@@Fodi_be I thank you so much for Titt Vision.

[@luq44]

0:50 reminds me of my French oral exam

[@Electra_1203]

I love this, At the time "Jay Jr" was just a funny gag, But now Jay has actually become a dad! Congrats Jay! Now we wait for the REAL Jay Jr to make his first cameo on the channel!

[@lilyfox313]

I'm assuming you saw it, but for anyone who hasn't, he was in a Surf Shark and at the end of Jay's first unfinished London on the tube map (14?)

[@bhaskarbharali5853]

An entire day of hardship, of school, of studies and of homeworks and at night what you get, a Jay Foreman video. You ended all my frustration mate.

[@michaeljames4904]

Been waiting so long for another Jay Foreman upload I’m now my grandson.

[@aces1237]

And now Jay Jr. is real.

[@railrunners]

4:09 this line aged well

[@aumenarys]

Merci d'avoir fait un épisode sur notre beau pays qu'est la France ! I'm sure many French people watch your videos :)

[@adamuppsala1931]

Exactement!

[@princhard8911]

On est là

[@amandined1617]

Leur utilisation de "Bof" m'a particulièrement perturbée, incompréhension totale dans ma langue maternelle

[@lauremasson3719]

@@amandined1617 et la chanson de la fin aussi, je ne sais pas d'où elle sort !

[@magalicochet4327]

Est-ce que Jay est francophone de naissance. Son français est parfait.

[@Jayrusss]

Dropped everything when I saw the notification.

[@ludwig2345]

same

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

-Map Men- Hommes Cartes owe me a new phone

[@Exnem]

Rulers asking learned men to be accurate then being angry that the results aren't politically "accurate" enough is a story as old as time, innit?

[@Green24152]

huh

[@RabbiHerschel]

Nowadays the so-called "learned men" are nothing of the kind and produce fraudulent "science" to prop up the ideology of the ruling class, much as they did in the days of the Soviet Union.

[@Green24152]

@@RabbiHerschel what

[@scottydu81]

@@Green24152 I mean, he’s not wrong but it is a little out of place here

[@doubtful_seer]

@@RabbiHerschel no, you’re just channeling the Luddites.

[@joebleasdale5557]

So funny as Jay actually has a son now 😂😂😂

[@Telsion]

More Mapmen? Praised be this day! C'est bon

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Ç'est très bon

[@nofancypants]

C'est trop bon!

[@gaellemat]

miam.

[@BooksUnstitched]

Finally my french degree is coming in handy

[@simonjack0071]

So... What did they talked about?

[@Demiglitch]

Bof

[@mandarinsandclementines2997]

@@simonjack0071 dunno maps and whatever

[@jameslawrie3807]

As a surveyor I loved this and I also had a serious eye-twitch when the tape measurements weren't horizontal (error propagation, here we come!)

[@LurkerPatrol5]

4:10 "Didn't know he had a son". Now he does!

[@CityWhisperer]

2:13 Those there, my friend, are high-quality Hollywood sound effects. You won't find any better ones.

[@namkedi]

Lol

[@jammehrmann1871]

@@namkedi the monotone-ness makes it even funnier

[@genevievegeorgiades8002]

0:50 me taking my gcse french speaking and having absolutely no idea what to say

[@auxencefromont1989]

Mister, i would like a map. A map ? A map, yes a map. (Joke on un/une) very big... of my.... France

[@cloud__zero]

jay’s french in the intro was pretty spot on god damn

[@loucas9247]

As French native..... I LOVED THE INTRO

[@reynandr.w.279]

2:16 Your sound editor needs a raise

[@birdyedits4051]

Thank you for uploading. I really appreciate it.

[@auridisavan1886]

3:55 Hits different now that Jay is actually a dad

[@andyt2510]

"I didn't know he had a son!" - well he does now! Congratulations Jay (and obviously more congratulations to your wife who did all the hard work!)

[@njeneway3776]

My knowledge of french: Oui Oui Bonjour and *_HOHNONONONONOHNO_*

[@scintillam_dei]

French is the most romantic language. English is nothing compared to French in that category. I merely IMITATED French and my mom tried to seduce me. I wish it were just a joke.

[@Retaliatixn]

@@scintillam_dei What are you doing non-step mother ?

[@ghosty5767]

I only know how to say i want to go pee, it's midnight and i cant fall asleep, Mademoiselle Noir french part and a bit of deniere danse (the part about mixing the sky, day and night) Not very usefull since I will probably never go to France.

[@Victorsandergamer]

@@scintillam_dei La douceur du foyer Alabama

[@scintillam_dei]

@@Victorsandergamer No te entiendo.

[@danielyahalom3961]

lyrics: "Hommes cartes, Hommes cartes, Hommes, hommes, Hommes cartes! Cartes"

[@mkuc6951]

No the ending should be Hommes...

[@Huntracony]

@@mkuc6951 It isn't though. They switched the words around.

[@Near_Void]

@@mkuc6951 its french. The order of words is different, for some reason

[@Endothermia]

"I'm Napoleon" did me in 😁 3:31

[@rumiak1660]

03:16 I love how genuinely happy Jay is in this scene.

[@geryon]

Accurate accuracy is my favorite type of accuracy.

[@XalphYT]

It is definitely preferable to inaccurate accuracy.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

I'm fond of approximate accuracy

[@campkira]

that thing is a bit off.....

[@Leftistattheparty]

Best British comedy on KZbin. Keep up the good work.

[@TheHuncestleo]

Would be great if you could explain the French cliché with the garlic’s collar, lads :) I’m french and know about it but other french viewers might not be aware of the context surrounding this folklore anecdot dating back from war :) Maybe a video would be a interesting idea, wouldn’t be? Anyway thank you for the story behind the triangles that have shrunk french territory :)

[@no1fanofthepals]

I think they are onions but either way, they come from Breton onion sellers (or Onion Johnnies) that came to Britain (especially Wales) wearing the blue and white striped shirt (marinière). These onion sellers usually had onions on a string as well which is where it comes from. Considering most British people would have only seen French people like this (during the 1830s to 1930s), the stereotypes of French people came from them.

[@TheHuncestleo]

@@no1fanofthepals and you’re absolutely right :) Un grand merci pour cette explication que je connaissais, morbleu :)

[@FlightMate]

2:30 this is a very good interpretation of a very bad french accent. Love it!

[@user-je8fl2cu5y]

The fact that there are no surrender jokes in the comment section says much about the quality of the video

[@TheRedKing247]

Surrender jokes have been played out to death and really aren't funny when France has in actuality, won 80% of the wars it was a part of.

[@LootFragg]

I tried my hands at one but I have quickly given up. Zut alors!

[@watchm4ker]

No, this was back when a white flag meant "Oh crap, the King's angry!"

[@craniumtea5137]

@@LootFragg so you have ....... .......... ............Surrendered

[@oleggarntsarik]

I guess they tried to come up with one but eventually gave up

[@neverluckym8728]

0:05 Translation: "We are the best, the English smell like Scottish Beef."

[@TRRailfan]

THE FRENCH INTRO IS AMAZING THANK YOU BOTH FOR EXISTING

[@eccentricity23]

"I'm Napoleon" made me laugh unreasonably hard

[@paradonym]

Dear sponsors, if you don't like the humor Jay carries on to the ad, remember: I'd rather use a service Jay joked about than a service which ads are exactly the same everywhere on KZbin. Spending money on him is worth it.

[@mdmahbubulalam2170]

Hey,Im from Bangladesh.Im very much interested in maps,geography, history,culture and civilization.Hence,I find your channel to be one of my most favourite youtube channel.Keep up the good work.Wish to learn more about such amazing stuffs.

[@jelly.212]

Hello bang bro

[@Bas.e64]

As a French person, I am genuinely impressed by their accent.

[@guatemalantomcat]

It's little details like his face still being visible at 3:19 that remind me why this is one of the greatest channels to ever exist on youtube.

[@waihopang3764]

The French English Accent sounds like Mumble Rap

[@Szaam]

Mumb Le Rap

[@tiadeets]

Louis Croix Bâton V toi même tu sais. (So much shade, I love it. Also Jay, you've got quite a good accent! And the song at the end is hilarious. :P)

[@ellecoffey5595]

I've just discovered you and I don't know how I've gone so long without these fantastic videos in my life!!! So so so so SO funny and educational, never thought I'd care about maps but this is actually very interesting. YOU DESERVE MORE SUBSCRIBERS 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@shindousan]

2:50 You guys really loved playing Lemmings didn't you?

[@AnagramGinger]

The intro, the content, the ads. Cracks me up. Keep doing what you’re doing!

[@Diazeppam]

Great video ! I'm French and I didn't know this story at all And you guys are hilarious as always,

[@tulsatrash]

After taking a peek at the English Wikipedia article about the Cassini Map or Academy's Map and finding it to be very sparce and short it reminded me of how much more information is available in this video. Thanks for your hard work.

[@thisislilraskal]

Brilliant channel guys. Always learn something while having a little laugh. Cheers. Sending power and blessings from Melbourne Australia