Inside A British WW1 Airbase - Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome I THE GREAT WAR Special

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Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.
Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.
Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.
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[@commonpepe2270]

that workshop was pretty dope.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Common Pepe ba dum tss

[@pyrolr9588]

Wowee

[@thurin84]

i dont know, that puns stretching things pretty tight...........

[@mladtheimpaler]

[facepalms]

[@killzoneisa]

"So we take off in ten minutes, we're in the air for twenty minutes, which means we should be dead by twenty five to ten!"

[@TheRagingStorm98]

killzone isa That's why they call it the twenty minuters

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

killzone isa Who did you quote here?

[@VosperCDN]

Blackadder

[@anttibjorklund1869]

I'm a simple man: I see a Blackadder quote, I hit "like".

[@acassiopeia6439]

Specifically Blackadder Goes Forth, episode 4 - Private Plane. Great episode, sees the return of Rik Mayall as Lord Flashheart.

[@spaxspore]

whomever did the audio processing did a wonderful job. You can barely tell its as windy as it appears.

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Its wonderful to see the enthusiasm this young man has for the museum

[@Thepar123]

"They were 19 and 17 years of age, respectively." Indy's eyebrows say it all, kids sent to war, operating the most complex war machines of all time, and dying with them. Just kids.....

[@Tankofdarkness]

*This is modern war*

[@ZER0ZER0SE7EN]

Now days you ask the kids to help you with your computer or your electronic device.

[@VladTevez]

Road trip... or air trip

[@GrandiaKnight]

Always nice to see a video about a location 15 minutes from my house!

[@kraken_4328]

GrandiaKnight same here! Chelmsford way on my end

[@Reddsoldier]

Billericay here! not too far from where the zeppelin L32 was shot down.

[@alextapley7642]

Reddsoldier Billericay here too!

[@samthehoarder6393]

Brentwood

[@nightrise45]

Wickford for me not to far either.

[@nellennatea]

WOW. Thank you Rory Kirkby for being such an excellent tour guide of Stow Maries. All the work being done there to restore the listed buildings excellent. Thanks so much. Awesome and most interesting. & Thank you also to Indy and the team.

[@Eric0816]

I think it's kinda funny that in WWII the germans bombed an empty airodrome based on more than 20 year old WWI intelligence.

[@TheGreatWar]

Well, the Abwehr was not really up to snuff in WW2.

[@rogervoss4877]

Many of the WWII airfields - bomber & interceptor - were little different than the WWI version you see here. Longer strip of grass as a runway.

[@tomheaden2538]

Nice to see you in England Indy! (:

[@Ed-pn9id]

Very knowledgeable young man. A fine representative to the museum . A must stop for any WW I enthusiast. This is why everyone should donate even the smallest amount so the crew can bring us these fine videos.

[@HT97775]

Indie is one well dressed man!!

[@ysersno]

Great Video Full of facts. Its just lacking one important piece of the puzzle. Flo......

[@TheGreatWar]

Well, I have my 1 second of fame in the end.

[@Thegauntlet04]

The Great War Can you do a in-depth video on the different machine gun syncronizers used by the Germany, France and England from 1916 to the end of the war? Thanks.

[@rrevolver1]

The one guy who disliked is probably the Kaiser in the latrine

[@MephLeo]

"Treat your kite like you treat your woman... get inside her five times a day, take her to heaven and back."

[@paulmanson253]

Aviation dope back in the day was nitrocellulose mixed with evaporating thinners. Since several kinds of chemicals were used for the thinners,it was more or less like huffing paint. Nitrocellulose burns very well in air,it is guncotton. So once part of the doped canvas or linen started to burn,the whole thing would eventually go up. If you look at period film,you can see the effect. Cellulose Acetate showed up later,and is not explosive or flammable. So old film backing,dope,pyroxolin bandage,and others were guncotton in different guise. Kind of amazing the death toll was not greater. Not exactly safe to operate.

[@ericcarlson3746]

thank you

[@jdizzy01]

"Drinking cabinets. obviously"- Spoken like a proper British Gentlemen

[@andrewcooper7256]

Either Indy is below average height or Essex Airfield has a hiring bias towards tall men😂. Great show Indy and Crew! Keep up the great work!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Andrew Cooper or both?

[@MisterMeatshield]

Nah he's always the tiniest guy there lmao

[@kaindestuto2053]

I laughed way to hard at Dope Workshop

[@historyisfashion4630]

I would love to go to Europe. So much historical stuff lies there.

[@giannisg3387]

History is Fashion Be sure to visit Greece , that's pretty much the place where the western civilization started.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

History is Fashion You couldn't visit all the places worth doing so in one life if you tried.

[@DylanJo123]

Dreidecker Didn't mean we shouldn't try

[@davidvonkettering204]

hey. Clovis 1 about 20,000 BCE; Clovis 2 10,000 BCE. Hopewell, Anasazi, Mayan, Aztec, Incan...just to name a few---Eurp is just more crowded. Love, David

[@stephen9869]

I'm here too ;-)

[@gunsbeersmemes]

May sound dumb, but this episode makes me think fondly of the 1990 Red Baron game released by Sierra

[@timmccarthy872]

Remind me to start a hip-hop record label and call it "Dope Workshop"

[@kingleech16]

Start a hip-hop record label and call it "Dope Workshop"

[@DerCrawlerVomUrAnus]

Did you start your hip-hop record label named "Dope Workshop" yet?

[@timmccarthy872]

@@DerCrawlerVomUrAnus Damn I forgot

[@DerCrawlerVomUrAnus]

@@timmccarthy872 Now is your chance!

[@VaultTecSalesman]

I may be 5 years late to answer but gauge refers to the space between each course (layer) of the brick wall. Brickers use it as a form of measurement to make sure all 4 sides of a structure are built to the same height

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

He kept referring to canvas and that is incorrect. It was Irish linen a tight weave cotton cloth. The dope was used to fill the weave and tighten the cloth. The dope was a nitrate based coating and very flammable. What cool place though and really informative.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

He kept referring to canvas and that is incorrect. It was Irish linen a tight weave cotton cloth. The dope was used to fill the weave and tighten the cloth. The dope was a nitrate based coating and very flammable. What cool place though and really informative.

[@arachnonixon]

wow, that 20 minutes really flew by

[@profesercreeper]

Rory did a wonderful job explaining everything

[@ericcarlson3746]

Rory is awesome! an amazingly knowledgeable guy with great skills presenting all his info!, great job with the Qs andAs!

[@andysm1964]

Great presentation guys, and enjoyed meeting you,and of course visiting the airdrome back in July- seems a lifetime ago. Anyhow, look forward to seeing you return next year at SM. As a footnote, about women playing their part, the `Junior` service,RAF, as of conception 1-4-18, had always been progressive about women participation and even service personal with disability ,most notably in another war, Douglas Bader.So I can see how the RFC would have been at the vanguard of progressiveness .

[@TheGreatWar]

It does seem a lifetime ago, you are totally right. But it was really cool.

[@MagaldiMateus]

Oh this is cool. Wish I could visit.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Awesome to see an old aerodrome being preserved. -Jen

[@TheGreatWar]

Yeah, we can thank the farmer for that.

[@Ray-lf1eo]

The first time i found your channel was the mk4 tank video with the tsnk museum, i was like "that dude doesnt know anyhing" but oh boy was i wrong. I watched a few more vids and then i binge watched 80% of your videos. If there is any way how i can support your channel other by liking every single vid of yours and subscribing plesse tell me. You are doing an amazing job. Im dutch and i live on the belgium border and i went to the old battlefields of ww1 when i was a kid and now im going back there with the knowledge you gave me. Thank you for the amazing video's! And in sorry for underestimating this amazing channel, thank you indy and crew!

[@finnmuller5822]

raynorth Patreon. There's a link to it in the description.

[@TheGreatWar]

Well, we like to let the experts talk when we know they outclass us in their field ;) And if you want to support the channel financially, you can do so: patreon.com/thegreatwar

[@centurion7993]

12:13 gauge is a unit of circular measure based on a how many even size spheres could be made the same diameter of a opening from one pound of lead, for example 12 gauge is one half inch and weights about an ounce (one ounce slugs for shotguns come to mind), which makes 1 gauge about 8 inches give or take if I recall right

[@dansmith4077]

Awesome video thanks

[@kahuna1701]

This episode is one of the best, most informative I have seen. Respects to you.

[@lukebrown5248]

I love ww1 aerial combat and I love this channel

[@brokenbridge6316]

This place seems really cool. I would love to visit this place sometime in the future. Great job.

[@ricardocorbie6803]

Such horrific situation, you’re on an intercept mission you’re near your lines and one of your own ships open fire 🔥 on you, what a horrid situation these young men died under!! Rest In Peace!!

[@williammiao8862]

This video is dope...... Get it? Never mind just hand over the service revolver.

[@lotion-sandwich5867]

I have a question for out of the trenches, were do planes come from in battles in the seas. Love your show watch it to the start

[@KrasserChris420]

Aerodrome how did that word transform to Airport

[@HT97775]

Obi-Wan Kenobi "flying is for droids"

[@brendanhunt4621]

Mentioned in the clip, Aerodrome has no set runway, just a field to take off in any direction, an airfield had a fixed runway. An airport is an airfield used as a port for passengers.

[@KrasserChris420]

Brendan Hunt no There are also Airports that have Cargo

[@JavTheJoker]

Another happy landing

[@pabmusic1]

Obi-Wan Kenobi; Brendan Hunt It's a bit of history. Aerodrome was the British term, from Greek, for what Americans called an airfield, airstrip, or (eventually) airport. Aerodrome translates as 'air strip' or 'air course' (an older word was hippodrome - a place where horses were raced or shown off). The present-day Greek word for 'airport' is Αεροδρόμιο, which is "aerodrome". The main airport for London was Croydon Aerodrome, replaced by Heathrow Airpost in 1946.

[@TheTyrial86]

I know stearman aircraft were built in the 30's, but in Kalamazoo, MI there is a muesum named the AirZoo. You can take flight in a stearman plane for like $60 a person. Cool place to check out if you like aviation. Nice video by the way. I love planes.

[@thurin84]

lot of aviation in the kzoo.

[@williamprince1114]

My wife's grandfather was a pilot training in Texas during WW1. Had there been an offensive in 1918 he would have been flying top cover for it. My wife found this and you other coverage of air services very interesting.

[@BillThompson1955]

My grandfather was also a trainee pilot in Texas. He learned to fly JN-4s at Benbrook's Taliaferro #2 field, also known as Barron Field (after the war he was known as "the Baron" from this). He graduated to fighter training, and washed out when he ground-looped a Sopwith Camel. That accident left him with a broken eardrum and broken knee, and is possibly the reason he lived to have descendants.

[@iroscoe]

Nice part of a county with an unfortunate reputation , really worth exploring .

[@skepticalbadger]

Sorry, but 'dope' was in use to mean drugs well before the First World War (before the 1880s in fact). People then would have been aware of both meanings (thick liquid, and slang for drugs), and I'm sure they joked about it, but in context then it still meant 'thick liquid' and that would have been the better known meaning in polite circles :)

[@wb6wsn]

If you were building model planes before about 1970, you probably covered the wings and fuselage with silk and then saturated the fabric with a toluene solvent and plasticizer. As the toluene evaporated, the silk would shrink and pull itself taught over the frame members. You can get a good buzz from toluene, but it also kills brain cells. And then along came plastic shrink film, in a number of vivid colors, which required a hot iron to melt its backing plastic to frame members. After that initial tack, the hot iron would shrink the film itself, causing the plastic film to become taught. Repairs were quite easy, unlike the silk and dope system.

[@rogervoss4877]

Even tissue paper & dope for the smaller models. Did a couple of those, the balsa framework was QUITE like the originals.

[@vladimirmikanovic726]

Question for OOTT: I assume there was a lot of alcohol and possibly drug abuse in armies, so how did officers react, did they tolerate, punish or even join their troops? Were there different rules for front line and background troops? Thank you for being awesome.

[@Jeidjeneudejendu]

Vladimir Mikanović im sure you could just search this up

[@vladimirmikanovic726]

Yeah probably, but can you blame me for wanting to hear the answer from awesome voice of Indy Neidell.

[@hlynnkeith9334]

Vladimir Mikanovic A number of RFC officer pilots wrote about their experiences which included drunken brawls in the officers' mess every night. Not fistfighting but rugby played in the mess. I am not joking. Philip Fullard, 40 kills, broke his leg in such a piss-up in November 1917; it rendered him unfit for duty until September 1918. The official report says he broke his leg in an off-duty football match, wink-wink, nudge-nudge. FWIW he scored all his kills while flying Nieuports. He has more kills in Nieuports than any other pilot, British or French. The American messes were, by presidential order, dry. Another reason I hate Woodrow Wilson, may his soul roast in fires eternal. The French messes, officer and enlisted, included wine with meals as a matter of course. I have seen French squadron commissary records from the Great War, and they include hundred of baguettes and cases of wine for each week. I have read that the French airmen drank copious quantities of champagne and cognac on leave and engaged in some truly extraordinary exhibitions of marksmanship while so drunk they had to be supported to stand, but they flew and fought the next day. I have little information on German messes and all of that from Boelcke or von Richthofen. No reports of drunkenness ever. They did drink a lot when away from the front, especially when they were entertained in Berlin by aircraft manufacturers. Austrians? Italians? Russians? Turks? Know nothing about their drinking habits. I should not be surprised to find the Turks used hashish. I doubt I answered your question in full, but I hope I answered it in part. Cheers.

[@vladimirmikanovic726]

Well I guessed airmen and pilots were better "equipped", so drunken rugby comes as no surprise. My main question was about front line troops, although I didn't specify that. Cheers mate

[@andybrown8293]

I might drop in there if there's time when I'm on my holidays next week🙂

[@TheGreatWar]

+Andy Brown totally worth it

[@ErikBramsen]

Good interview. Admirable young man.

[@siddislikesgoogle]

Officers consoling each other in the night? Lol, that one snuck by the team

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Is it just me or does Indy look a lot like Lord Flashheart? Indy would make a dashing aviator If I do say so.

[@paistinlasta1805]

Wait... The Finnish air force was established in the 6th of march 1918

[@11Kralle]

This Aerodromes reconstruction should be 100% financed by the ECB as long as it'll be possible - instead of juggling with that money to subsidize the toothbrush-cartel (and similar critical ventures)...

[@canicheenrage]

-"Is that where the usage of "dope" comes from ?" -"yes, yes" then proceeds to scratch his nostrils, to look away and start walking. Interesting non verbal language here ! :D

[@ericcarlson3746]

hehehheheheheheh

[@jacksonramsey2422]

This should be a T.V show

[@HojozVideos]

Sounds like a fun place to visit. Now how many minutes is this away from Silverstone? (Fun fact: This was an airport, but after the second world war it was used as a racetrack)

[@TheGreatWar]

It's near Chelmsford, so about 2 hours.

[@dansneyd4646]

Anyone who didn't read biggles as a youngster really should give them a try!

[@jamesallred460]

I have a question for out of the trenches in regards to Zepplins - in the days before incendiary bullets, why not just attack the gondola with machine gun fire and take out the crew instead of the vessel itself? keep up the great work guys, I love the channel!

[@dariusniederer856]

I guess its kinda hard to hit, and it defends itself with machine-guns too making it quite dangerous as I would imagine

[@ТомасАндерсон-в1е]

RAF: Lose only 2 of the men in fighting, both from friendly fire, and the rest in training

[@Thepar123]

Томас Андерсон Well i mean the aircraftvand pilots stationed there didn't fly to the western front, they were re stationed to France to fly there. So the only flights out of there were for training, recon, or counter flights against enemy raids. So less sorties, doesn't suprise me that the deaths are mostly training...

[@TotalRookie_LV]

Why has a building this small - 11:08 - has reinforced walls? It would only make sense, if that's a foundation for something much bigger, like a tower. P.S. Ah, OK, the question is answered. That was my 2nd option, I've worked in a company, that had a special painting room with thick walls and specially weakened roof over it. Pretty much the same concept.

[@chadsknnr]

i love Indy's work, but he really seems awkward in person-to-person situations on camera.

[@rossw9764]

Wonder if "gauge" refers to size of outlet.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Bob Win that would make sense

[@cavalrymajor]

Did anyone see the “10 MPH” by the ambulance building? I couldn’t help but see it and wonder about it. Since England is metric, what is the reason behind it being marked MPH and not KmPH or what not? For some reason i remember hearing/reading at one time they used miles per hour and switched to metric in the 80’s. Why switch at all then? Is this correct or...? Im just kind of baffled at first thought. I guess i could just look it up. I love the show! Thank you!

[@mariusdufour9186]

The UK government, while having officially switched to metric, still uses the imperial system in many ways, one of them is speed limits, all speed limits in the UK are indicated in mph. The switch to metric is more about industrial and scientific applications, where compatibility with European colleagues, sister-companies, and suppliers are paramount. Everyday Britons still use the imperial system for some, most, or even all of their day to day measurements. This, and the fact that they stubbornly continue to drive on the left is somewhat of an annoyance to visitors and tourists...

[@polydorgr1897]

You should come in Greece to make a video about the Macedonian front

[@capnstewy55]

Ah yes the women are sourced locally.

[@petercar96]

Whoa, my father was a bomb aimer /bombadier with 37 Squadron in WW2 never knew where the moto "Wise with out eyes" with the image of a hooded Hawk came from, allways assumed it was from night bombing misions.

[@sympathderseefahrer420]

That was ... dope!

[@TheFancifulFish]

I wish I had a ton of money just so I could fund restoration projects like this

[@Jonnyrocket97]

Hello all, Looking for help on the research end of building ww1 airplanes, I want to start planning a potential build of one of these aircraft perhaps a Curtiss 18-T or Hawker II Any help with information on where to find research will be greatly appreciated

[@TheGreatWar]

+Jonathan Stratton you should contact David Bremner from the Bristol Scout project

[@davidvonkettering204]

Thanks, again, Stalwarts! Your remotes are getting so smoothe you should back them with some 'Quiet Storm' tracks. I hate war, but love "The Great War". Not averse to replaying your playlist for hours at a time. Love, David

[@TheGreatWar]

That is dedication, thanks.

[@jaylondonjay]

give rory kirkby an official written credit goddamit - links and everything!!!! One for the future - found him excellent indeed, yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jaylondonjay]

good to hear, I like that - historian. Agree, but more than that, a good communicator too - hope to say in a few years time, that saw him here first - you all too!! oops

[@TheGreatWar]

There will be another video with him if I remember correctly.

[@ericcarlson3746]

I loved his matter of fact comment about Lord Haig.......

[@Gibbo263]

RAF Henlow has a WW1 era hangar with appropriate aircraft inside. The RAF Halton has a significant WW1 history

[@Hamann9631]

When I saw the picture of of Kaiser Wilhelm in the latrine I had this thought. They should have been madder at the German, English King who was wasting their lives for nothing. The King was supposed to be for them. The Kaiser was their enemy. He was supposed to be against them.

[@serlistogiette4168]

This is amazing!

[@christophereason9076]

Awesome Indy, Flo, and Guys

[@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et]

Damn that's just down the road from me, didn't realise you were there!

[@DotepenecPL]

8:16 not that it was much better in the [SPOILER] second world war. Luftwaffe losses in 1941 and 1942: around 45% of the pilots killed were non-combat losses. In first six months of 1944 the number dropped significantly, to 37%. Not that they learnt how to fly; paradoxically, as the Germans were forced to commit less time for training, they were easier to be shot down. American statistics are similar to the German ones from 1941-1942. Two oldest Polish RAF fighter squadrons, 302 and 303, lost 69 pilots killed throughout the war, of which 30 died without the enemy being involved - again, similar percentage.

[@thurin84]

wonderful!!! cant wait to see the aircraft and the aerodrome when its restored eventually.

[@TheGreatWar]

They just secured 4.3 million GBP in funding this week. It's going to look great.

[@Radutm]

as big as the Zepp's are, you could stretch at least a hundred storm troopers full gear on each Zeppelin and send it 100 km inside France and England to reach havoc. Was such a plan not in German Generals mind?

[@8wayz2shine]

I am not sure anyone would consider sending a platoon of highly trained men and their equipment to a suicide mission like that. The Zeppelin might be able to land at night, due to some miracle. But there is no way to retrieve those soldiers - no GPS, no radio communication, no nothing. The only way to know what is going on down on the ground is via carrier pigeons. Flight was still relatively new and just taking off and landing safely was a big achievement. Transporting so many men and their equipment would have been prohibitively expensive, for little to no strategic gain.

[@thurin84]

and the whole getting to the ground safely thing would be problematic.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

11:27 (lower right corner) Vat is ze fürher doing there?

[@frednesbittjr.7862]

A pleasure to hear a young cat that really knows his stuff...1000 Extra Thumbs Up Indy. Grateful Fred

[@JagerLange]

Why is the latrine door that stable-style setup? Why would someone need half a door on a latrine when a full one's available? Was there someone who would go into the latrine and sit there with the top half unlocked waiting for someone to "accidentally" open it? This is modern war.

[@rogervoss4877]

Ventilation. Unless the rain was blowing in, it would be better with that open. Modern doesn't bother with individual stalls at all, at least for the majority.

[@JagerLange]

I was joking with the last line, but thanks for confirming the rest.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

He kept referring to canvas and that is incorrect. It was Irish linen a tight weave cotton cloth. The dope was used to fill the weave and tighten the cloth. The dope was a nitrate based coating and very flammable. What cool place though and really informative.

[@arthurlewis9193]

Stow Maries is fifteen minutes from me and I've driven past it hundreds of times. You've made me realise it's about time I had a look . Thanks.

[@swiftlet5346]

Tell us about Werner Voss!

[@l.o4456]

Ryan Roberts Yeah I am waiting for too !

[@VaderFluffington]

Meow!

[@matthewdemicoli1611]

First

[@sergeantpanther678]

Weird request: I am currently doing my graduation essay and presentation about protection and mobility of units during battle and I remembered an anecdote you told us about French military higher-ups wondering why the rate of injuries increased after the introduction of steel helmets not realizing that these people being injured would otherwise be dead if it wasn't for the helmets. I don't remember where you told us about that but I would like to implement that into my presentation could I get some sources from you or reading material suggestions, thank you. Would be nice if you guys could respond quickly. Love the show and love the way you present the topics(Kinda wish you were introducing the levels in BF1) okay, too much text, bye. -Alex.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Alexander Walker can you drop me a message via Facebook or Twitter or something so I don't forget this?

[@canicheenrage]

Alexander Walker Dont remember TGW talking about that. I do remember Lindybeige doing, though. About british higher-ups and the Brodie ("battle-Bowler") They were only seeing that the number of head injuries considerably increased, and took erroneous conclusions from it, not looking at all the figures. As far as i know, the french brass was delighted by the instant drop of casualties after the introduction of the Adrian. But i could be wrong. PS: if it's about mobility, you may want to include Ludendorff's quote: "The french victory of 1918 is the one of the french truck over the german rail". :p PPS: And since it's about Lindy and the british/french, you _want_ to check the sources.

[@imjusttoodissgusted5620]

Dope was used to do the same thing to Model airplanes made of tissue and balsa wood,. I use to build those myself. You should have seen the explaining I had to do with my Mother when she found my bottle of "dope".

[@JorisKoolen]

That guy gave a great tour. Compliments!

[@petlahk4119]

*something something* Texans measure distance in time, or something like that...

[@kayzeaza]

That’s kinda of funny that the Germans bombed it in 1940

[@joshicated]

CHEAP FLIGHTS CHEAP FLIGHTS! FROM STANSTED !

[@tukycz8962]

German Biplane in british airbase, unexpected, indeed amusing

[@saltofpetra-4502]

Isn't the Kaiser's picture mounted way too high?

[@FlagFlyingHigh3]

Dude looks like more like an adult Malcom from Malcom in the Middle than Frankie Muniz

[@josephnardone1250]

This is one of the best, if not the best episodes, so far. Really interesting and informative. As I said, one of the best.

[@gasmaskguys4965]

Definitelu visiting someday

[@triangledefinition]

I've used worse bathrooms than that latrine, but I imagine it didn't stay as clean as we saw it!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Indy's frantic gesticulation.

[@WolfyOfHonor]

This guys looks like The Enraged Naruto Fan. Check rnkn video about it. Hahaha

[@TheRagingStorm98]

WolfyOfHonor They really look nothing alike.