Ian Hislop Absolutely LOVES Stonehenge - Have I Got News For You

[@neilreading3552]

Hislop, you legend.

[@volante8657]

"people at Guinness has been watching different video of nurses" *sudden urge on coughing*

[@RIXRADvidz]

''Carry On Nursing''.....

[@tombrown407]

The piece of Stonehenge is actually quite small. When they repaired stonehenge in the 50s, they drilled a core out to receive rebar and concrete to reinforce some of the damaged pieces. They used a hollow coring drill, which is a bit of luck as it meant that when it was returned, archaeologists could analyse the inside of the stone to pinpoint where the Sarsens came from (Marlborough Down). The Bluestones are the smaller ones, which are from Pembrokeshire. The big iconic looking ones are Sandstone (Sarsen) which is only from about 30 miles away.

[@mickmickymick6927]

Well done Phil Wang, one of the few guests who actually contributes.

[@starguy321]

Most contribute, they just edit them out

[@roberthaworth8991]

I know a guy who made off with the capital (decorated top portion) of one of the marble columns from the US Capitol building. He was working a large crane in the area; that afternoon he walked by the site of some reconstruction they were doing, drove his truck up to it and surreptitiously placed it in the bed. He's a strong guy; the thing's the size of a bushel-basket and weighs maybe 110 lbs. It's in his garden now.

[@atyj1]

Had to do a double take at the time when this was posted

[@daneenmurf1043]

Worse things have been done to the Capitol building

[@wynwilliams6977]

@@daneenmurf1043 /mike drop :D

[@IcedCat559]

3:38 i couldn't agree more

[@T1gerboy]

That car joke is genius lol :)

[@tomgay5951]

Can u explain it to me?

[@eveywatson5504]

@@tomgay5951 partly the idea that he'd taken one of the huge stones and put it in his garden, partly because people have been known to slow down in their cars when they're going past it on the carriageway which causes a safety hazard :)

[@tomgay5951]

@@eveywatson5504 ty

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting.

[@dswcartoons]

I would've thought Stonehenge would be the only artifact not stolen by an englishman but turns out I'm wrong

Like Ian I remember before the tourist board held Stonehenge in a cage, not unlike a zoo animal. My brother and I slept inside the circle and leaned our bikes against the stones.

[@alistairs3934]

How dare they stop people from wondering up and doing whatever they want to a piece of history

[@Ovenman940]

The problem is that it's a pretty rubbish part of history except we've managed to convince everyone who comes here that it's worth seeing.

[@nowtelsematters]

Unfortunately, people kept scratching things into the stones and damaging it. You and your friends might have respected it but lots didn't.

[@joncooper2036]

I can remember going there in the 70's when the guy who ran the site would rent you a little hammer to chip bits off!!

[@tombrown407]

The Trilithons are all made from Sarsen. There are two types of stone, Sarsen Sandstone which is from Marlborough down 30 miles away. These stones are the big impressive ones, with the lintels on. The other stone is bluestone, which comes from Wales, and these are much smaller, and are currently in a Horse shoe shape inside the main circle. They where moved a lot during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age, at one stage being in a circle around the outside of the sarsens.

[@hankstaines6568]

I prefer the Stonehenge in Spinal Tap - much more compact!

[@timothyw98]

No no no you listen hear mate I have a model of Stonehenge that's at risk being crushed by a dwarf.

[@danbee6103]

The real question is HOW did he get it to his house? Did he roll it on logs, did he send it up river using the most advanced ships of his time THESE are the unanswered questions of our time, puzzling scholars til this very day. Please world, we need your help to figure this out for our present and future generations. Let us identify the type of rocks together, thus telling us the location of settling for a temporary period, then we may gain the chemistry of time, using our most advanced technology available, and even the ancient thiefs of 1950s would be astonished at our accomplishments👨‍🔬.

[@zarabada6125]

The answer is not particularly impressive. They inserted steel rods into the stone to strengthen and help preserve them. To do that they had to drill a hole through the stone. The guy took one of the cylindrical cores of stone they drilled out. It would probably be fairly hefty but within the realms of one person's ability to carry.

[@tombrown407]

The piece he had was small, it was the "negative" from when they drilled a hole to receive concrete and rebar as part of the repair job in the 50s.

[@CrysJaL]

This comment is a bit old now, but the replies didn't get the joke apparently. The most likely trick to it was rediscovered by some random in America. They used pebbles and rotated the rocks which makes it surprisingly easy to move super heavy things. I can't remember the specifics sadly but there'll be a video somewhere on it.

[@tippersfunnyworld4795]

Ian Hislop is now the voice of tipper the slipper. Click it and see. He is jolly funny at it

[@dingopisscreek]

sarson's used to make stones, now they make vinegar - lol

[@MontyCantsin5]

Seems like Hislop doesn't know what sarsen refers to either...

[@Dimera09]

12 unhappy nurses

[@Zkkr429]

So a man can be the fastest nurse.

[@georged366]

Yes.

[@TheBeetress]

Well if he wears a pinafore and a cap sure

[@andrewleah1983]

You know there are male nurses right?

[@owenfitzgerald8944]

Walked? Waddled.

[@TimmyChipman]

I went to Stonehenge once, I'll never go back. Completely dull

[@jaredgarbo3679]

Your meant to go on the Solstice you pillock.

[@theorooney1319]

What did you expect? A bunch of cavemen hitting each other with rocks?

[@marcusjohns5166]

@@theorooney1319 Stick to Disneyland then. It's got rollercoasters and rides and all sorts of other stuff to keep people like you amused. If you're lucky, you might even get to meet Mickey. That'll be something to remember.

[@ChimozuFu]

@@marcusjohns5166 😂

[@shakeelmalik3823]

Stonehedge wasn't there where it is now it was duged out from totally different place in the 1930ts and placed standing up where it is now.

[@tombrown407]

No, no it wasn't. Some of the Stones had fallen over, so they put them back up in the 1950s using earlier survey drawings and maps done by antiquarians.

[@shakeelmalik3823]

@@tombrown407 nop.

[@whowoulge1256]

@@shakeelmalik3823 the only time stone henge has ever been moved was in around 3000bc. it was not moved in the 1930s

[@shakeelmalik3823]

@@whowoulge1256 you are wrong.there is a whole vdo and pics when it was being moved.

[@WG55]

Once again, Jo Brand mentions her husband.

[@dianamills5243]

She is so not funny. 'I am fat. I hate men, especially my husband.' They are only the two 'jokes' she knows.

[@MrFunkia]

@@dianamills5243 - I thiunk she knows one about throwing acid over people, although that's not very funny.

[@TriploGoofus]

@@dianamills5243 to be fair, the only jokes I've heard her make about her husband is how *he* makes fun of her though. But she really does bring him up far too often, though I haven't heard her extrapolate that to all men as such. What a shit marriage, eh?

[@georged366]

We get it, it’s not your sense of humour. I however, find her funny.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Isn't a joke about battering her husband with a hammer hilarious! Whines about nonsensical "sexism" and then makes a joke about violently murdering her husband. And feminists wonder why everyone hates them.

[@williamparker1085]

used to stop here on our annual camping holiday in the 1950s, loved it then and still we are not sure what it actually means