American Reacts to 7 British Things we Don't have in America

[@deano2506]

Your outrage at Blackcurrant being called mid was perfect. You spoke for a whole nation in that moment.

[@jamiesimms7084]

Well said

[@auldfouter8661]

The fact that blackcurrants grow well in the UK even in Scotland while grapes don't seems to have passed Evan by. I think gooseberries would finish him.

[@vilebrequin6923]

Goosegoggs!​@@auldfouter8661

[@kushblunts2920]

He's bought the wrong flavour anyway... Blackcurrant & apple's the 1 true legend 😎

[@deano2506]

@kushblunts2920 True, it's pretty much always blackcurrant & aplle with the exception of Ribena.

[@stepheniddon1482]

The toilet brush is for cleaning as and when needed. Not after every use of the toilet.

[@seasidemom9463]

Yes! I have never pushed an errant poop down the loo with the toilet brush…disgusting 🤮

[@tradeladder146]

@@seasidemom9463 Thats not what its for Dumbo.

[@jackiepjacqui3846]

Toilet brushes are full of germs, just use bleach.

[@catsy-Demeter]

With bleach!

[@CamoKKing]

⁠@@seasidemom9463i did last week. The poo just wouldn’t go down

[@veronicameethan3787]

you are not supposed to clear poo down the toilet with a toilet brush! It's to clean the toilet bowl....

[@welshknight1456]

We used to drink hot ribena blackcurrant drink when we had colds and flu .

[@franohmsford7548]

No no no no no no! You want Robinson's Orange Barley Water for that :)

[@Lapinporokoira]

I tried hot ribena as I love ribena did not like it at all

[@kawa-rimono]

If you want to keep the sweetness put a little cold water in first, then the hot - makes such a difference!

[@veradennis7502]

When I was a kid in the 60s, our local swimming-pool had a dedicated Ribena machine in the foyer, which served hot or cold Ribena for 6d (2.5p) - it was just the job after a swim!

[@fayesouthall6604]

Hot lemonade with honey is perfect for a sore throat

[@guksack]

The blackcurrant thing blows my mind. Kids just grow up here drinking orange squash or blackcurrant. That's the rules. They're the default fruit drinks. Also the fact that you don't switch off your outlets before bed, that's another British routine!

[@jonathanfinan722]

There's an old public safety advert about electricity called Bed Time Routine. It's on youtube if you want to look it up. I can still remember every word of it.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Remember when Tango was the go to soft drink and their adverts in the 90s?

[@therealevo88]

​@@antonycharnock2993bellys gonna get ya

[@stevvyboy-nd5qg]

​@@therealevo88 what was one with the couch trying to eat folk

[@seancunningham4462]

@@antonycharnock2993i thought the ads were some fat orange guy slapping you in the face whilst saying “you’ve been tango’d”

[@brentwoodbay]

In Canada, we have hot water bottles, blackcurrant juice and egg cups, another essential that Americans don't have. After all, we are a civilised country! It's not just gun control and proper healthcare!

[@isobellahobbs1597]

Yes Canadians are civilised,very nice people,such a beautiful country.

[@brentwoodbay]

@@isobellahobbs1597 Diolch yn fawr , eh!

[@shadowysea]

It’s always blown my mind that egg cups are not a thing in the states. Whyyyy tho??

[@brentwoodbay]

@@shadowysea I have asked this on Quora, and some Americans will say that they do have them. I have never seen them though and many will say that if they do want a soft boiled egg, they will put one on toast and break it up! If I ever find myself in a fancy, schmancy, gourmet kitchen shop, I'll look for them.

[@averyintelligence]

probably cos your country was essentially governed by the UK for a long time. canada and the UK defo have more similarities than the U.S. the current king/soverign of Canada is king Charles III technically, as canada is in the commonwealth. which is kinda crazy in 2024 lol.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

The toilet brush isn't used after each poo! It's to clean the insides of the toilet pan. A hot water bottle or 'hottie' is such a comfort to warm the bed or soothe those cramps (period pains in the UK) and other aches and pains. A higher tog duvet doesn't preheat the bed like a hottie.

[@EpticMe]

I grew up with a lot of earaches, they were genuinely torture. My mum would always get me a hot water bottle and it’ll always settle the pain down, maybe 30-40%. That’s a lot for a child and such a simple solution that I’m mind blown Americans don’t use or even know!

[@MrBulky992]

I know it's too much information but the necessity of use of the toilet brush is very much dependent on the looseness and consistency of the stool!

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

@@MrBulky992 Skid marks!!

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

​@@Dionysos640they are stored are bleach

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

@@Dionysos640 I'd say they're a necessary evil. Not everyone can get down on their hands and knees to clean the loo.

[@DanielFerguson-l2u]

Hot water bottles are mostly used to keep one warm in bed, not just for female cramps. In Victorian times they were actually ceramic. The American rain boots are not much use, the laces will get horribly wet. The point of Wellingtons is they don't have any place that the water can get in. Black current is the best fruit flavour. Grapes have no flavour.

[@romac9516]

How did you choose your username? It's so unique.

[@sooskevington6144]

And into the 20th century. I remember having an earthenware hot water bottle in my bed as a small child in the late 1950s.

[@Gomorragh]

the best way to explain the grape flavour as someone from the uk who tried various products of that flavour, get 2 small packets of palma violets, crush them, drop them into a cup of blackcurrant, mix until dissolved, then drink .... its an awful flavour, i went back to gatorade or root beer (liquid germoline) for the time i was there

[@johnmcgrail8781]

Well spoken

[@veradennis7502]

You've summed up all the main points really succinctly.

[@welshknight1456]

Blackcurrant jam on toast, lovely.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Second only to bramble jam. Seeds in your teeth is a big issue though😂

[@SeeDaRipper...]

It's (in my humble opinion) on par with Lemon Curd on toast.

[@nerysjones9266]

Love blackcurrant jam, so does my 5 year old stepdaughter just love sweet and tarty taste 😊

[@ginger3269]

​@@antonycharnock2993my Grandma made Bramble Jelly, no bits. You can buy it in Sainsburys but not as good as Grandma's

[@pauldootson7889]

@@ginger3269 that's because your grandma would of made it the traditional way were you weight the fruit and then add the same weight of sugar, they'd probably arrest you for using that much sugar these days

[@angievandebroek5917]

Hotwater bottles in the Netherlands too. Not just for cramps btw. And fresh black currants are so good and very healthy. In a bowl of yoghurt, with icecream or just as a snack. Lots of possibilities.

[@helench6097]

The thing he didn’t mention on plugs is that the longer ground pin also opens shutters to allow the live pins to enter - they are shut otherwise so you can't stick stuff in them

[@lynby6231]

He did mention that actually

[@ericg5791]

Joel,mate, you are becoming more British with each reaction. One of these days,you are going to wake up one morning, looking and sounding like Al Murray,the pub landlord

[@brigidsingleton1596]

The glass of beer in one hand will help with that image too !! 🙂

[@rachelpage1971]

😂😂

[@Shebeast3]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wiretom]

Just to confuse things , in northern England Bog brush (toilet brush) Cordial (squash) Also the duke of wellington designed his own boots , Arthur Wellesley the iron duke , defeated napoleon at Waterloo “Wellingtons” aka Wellies

[@woodencreatures]

Squash is 'pop' in northern England too

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Might start using British rhyming slang and call a pair of Wellingtons as "Wellington Dukes"...

[@wiretom]

@@woodencreatures yeah , although that often is used instead of “soda” “Get us a can of pop , lad “ 😅

[@wiretom]

@@thefiestaguy8831 😂 you are correct but to a northern lad , that rhyming slang is southern cockney nonsense (joking guys you know I love you )

[@xbluebae]

North East here too, squash is certainly not friggin pop 😂 Pop is carbonated, usually in a can, because the bubbles pop. Squash is a veg or fruity dilutey juice/cordial. Sacrilege. 😂

[@LynneJohnson-hk5sf]

Wellies are named after the Duke of Wellington who invented the waterproof boot. Up until rubber was discovered all boots were leather and not that good at keeping your feet dry while hunting. Wellington boots became very popular very quickly as the UK is very wet and the name was shortened to wellies.

[@Rob-t4z7x]

When I first arrived in South Africa from the UK 20 years ago I wanted to buy some wellies. I search everywhere and when I consulted shop assistants I was always met with a complete stare. Eventually I asked a fellow ex-pat who told me that here they are known as gum boots.

[@PaulinePage]

We have grape juice it’s called wine !

[@jemmaball3051]

Good point 😂😂

[@satellitesachs]

Definitely! The best use of grapes!

[@Jeanette47]

Alternatively: Schloer, widely available from supermarkets and great to serve in wine glasses at Christmas for teenagers 😊

[@Lily33McC]

Yes we like our grapes distilled and shipped in from places like Chile! 😂 Well ok l do 🥂🥂🥂🍾

[@cricketbat09]

Ribena has been in existence for decades. It is very popular in the UK. Also blackcurrant jam is lovely. imho

[@KimSmith-b9v]

Black currant jelly too.

[@mary-y8x8h]

Had a black currant bush in the garden that produced a lot of fruit. Pies, crumbles, and hot drinks to keep away colds and 'flu. Very lush!

[@susanmalcolm3434]

Regarding the toilet it’s to do with water waste, less water in the toilet less flushed away. The voltage in the U.K. is double that in America

[@Sandysand701]

Easy to fill a hot water bottle in the UK, by using a fast electric kettle plugged into a 240 volts outlet/socket. We can have hot Coffee/Tea or a nice warm bed in minutes.

[@markthomas2577]

Blackcurrant is the King of fruit flavours ! Ribena is delicious !

[@reaktivuk]

orange squash

[@Kalarandir]

Hot and Cold!

[@markthomas2577]

@@Kalarandir oh yes, love a hot Ribena in winter ! ......with some lemon juice and honey. Keeps the sniffles away !

[@daftgowk1]

Ooooh, try coke with blackcurrant in it. Can't be beaten

[@RizPlaysYTgaming]

Ribena is the best fruit drink I saw a video of someone drinking it straight and not liking it and then they did another video of them diuting it and enjoying it better haha

[@2001perseus.]

Welch's grape juice contains so much preservative it tastes like embalming fluid to a Brit. You can buy grape juice at Sainsbury's that you don't want to pour down the sink after one sip. My hot water bottle is the cat, you don't have to heat him up and he never goes cold.

[@philipashley9723]

I was born in England, during the second world war, my mother always used a hot water bottle for the whole family. There weren't any electric blankets in those days. Another item we used, was a chamber pot. I lived in the north of England, and I lived in a house that didn't have a bathroom or inside toilet.This, chamber pot, was affectionately known, to locals then, as a 'gazunder', known for going, under the bed. It was mostly used for a pee, if you were, caught short, during the night, instead of having to leave the house at night, to go to the outside, brick toilet.Young people today, have no idea how good they have it now.

[@stephaniehamilton6217]

We still had an outdoor toilet in our house in the '70's!

[@2355Hazel]

I also from England good old Essex we still use hot water bottles over electric blankets even now my nan had an electric blanket and it set fire on top of her so since then I think ill still to the hot water bottle lol

[@MrBulky992]

In the days before central heating (the 1970s in my case), the hot water bottle was essential: it was the only heating in the bedroom and upstairs in general. The council house in which I grew up was typical in having no fireplaces, gas heaters or electric sockets in bedrooms. You would expect to see your breath as a cloud of steam as you exhaled in the cold, damp air and for windows to have ice on the inside by morning in the winter. On cold nights, the wardrobe would be emptied of thick coats used to provide additional bedclothes. The hotwater bottle was essential to take the chill off the sheets before you could get into bed at all, much less stretch out your legs to the bottom of the bed. Tge hotwater bottle would be moved around to heat the whole area of the bed before lying down in it. It was not unknown to sleep completely covered by the bedclothes.

[@2355Hazel]

@@MrBulky992 yeah and on a regular occurrence you would burn yourself on the hot water bottle if it was on bare skin and just poured lol I was born in 86 and the crittle windows were useless I have photos of me as a toddler in my bedroom in thick knitted jumpers and coats over and around me they done the trick tho

[@2355Hazel]

@@Dionysos640 I don't use them very often mainly when I'm ill or of I get stuck in rain an get soaked through to warm me up my message was saying that I'd use a hot water bottle over the choice of them or electric blankets

[@Thevariant100]

Squash is also a sport.

[@moggie-wf5pg]

it's also something you get if a big fat fellow sits on you.

[@Shebeast3]

👏👏

[@karry299]

No it's not. Next you'll be telling me curling is a sport, hahaha !

[@Gynra]

@@karry299 Some hairdressers are very competitive!

[@martinmorrisey5646]

Who drives the roller.

[@dougfile6644]

The advantage of wellies is that you can walk through mud/water that's 6-8 inches deep without any worry about ruining your boots or getting wet feet. When you get home you can just wash them with a hose or throw them in a basin of water. Super cheap. Very effective. No fuss

[@alanmoss3603]

Ribena is lush! Also we don't need grape flavoured stuff because we have..... grapes! There is always a huge selection of different kinds of grapes in supermarkets! Often they get their own little section! Grape heaven!

[@Chookwoman]

Its not very good, it tastes weird. I tried when in the US. It tastes very artificial.

[@chelliebellie4443]

Ooh grape flavoured stuff is disgusting.

[@mehallica666]

Pretty sure grape products in the U.S don't use actual grapes, but some chemical substitution. It's the American way.

[@meezursrule]

We don't use toilet brushes for cleaning poops....it's more for cleaning the toilet to maintain hygiene. (I clean once a week, but some people clean it daily). Hot water bottles are great....I took one into hospital during labour!

[@danmayberry1185]

Blackcurrant is fairly popular in Canada too. Tea, jelly, pastries, candies .. and yes, Ribena.

[@pugman99]

As one Commonwealth member to another... CANDIES????!!!! YOU HALF BAKED YANKS! YOU MEAN LOLLIES!!!😂

[@mehallica666]

Hot water bottles? I'd have a dozen if I lived in Canada.

[@purplehague65]

I can’t live without my hot water bottle, since I was little I neeeed it….and I’m 58 now…it’s a comfort thing

[@vilebrequin6923]

I feel a cup of tea hoving into view, too😊

[@veradennis7502]

They work so well for muscular aches and strains too.

[@TheHillingdon2]

Me too I take mine on holiday even in summer.

[@jennyk488]

I have a hot water bottle in bed every night except during a heat wave.

[@TychoCelchu]

As an alternative to both grape and blackcurrant jam flavours, black cherry is really good.

[@davidmitchell1391]

If you think British toilets are slightly "snug", German ones are "gross". With them when you have a dump, the ordure lands on a shelf moulded into the back of the toilet. This allows the "dumpster" to inspect what he/she/it dumped. When you flush the toilet a "tsunami" of water sends everything round the U-bend.

[@johnp8131]

My German in-laws got some new toilets around fifteen years ago, they were similar to ours without the ledge as they have become less common in recent years. My first encounter with a French public toilet in the seventies was two raised ceramic treads and a hole in the ground. An adventure!

[@veradennis7502]

@@johnp8131 Especially gross was the French shower/hole-in-the-ground-toilet combo, where you were expected to take a shower with the sewage stench drifting up from the large hole your feet were desperate to avoid...this seemed to be standard when I lived in Paris in the late 70s. I sincerely hope they've upped their game since then!

[@davidmitchell1391]

French toilets were indescribably horrible! German ones were just weird. From the UK.@@veradennis7502

[@yutehube4468]

You can't view unless you don't wipe your ass. Once you chit then wipe, the toilet roll you threw in covers the chit.

[@stevetaylor8698]

@@veradennis7502 Squatting though, is the best and healthiest way to defaecate.

[@tar2feather]

I'm 63 year old American and ever since I can remember we had a toilet brush by the toilet. I find this shocking about my fellow Americans if its true that most American households don't have a toilet brush.

[@Rachel_M_]

Toilet brushes are aslo used to clean off limescale. More water = more lmescale.

[@seppingtondestamina9398]

Unless you live in Scotland where our water is "soft" and doesn't have any of that crap

[@MsPeabody1231]

Not all of England has hard water. I used to live in the NW and the water was soft.

[@seppingtondestamina9398]

@@MsPeabody1231 I know, it's a geological thing not based on borders. However, companies like Calgon won't mention that and are still trying and shift their unnecessary anti-limescale products in markets like ours., the scamming b's.

[@shininglightphotos1044]

Pantomime is fun for children, with enough adult humour to keep the grown-ups entertained too, which is subtle enough that it goes over the heads of the youngsters. It's an early start to understanding the joy of live theatre, of which we excel here. There is always a Pantomime Dame, that's an older woman played for laughs by a man. The young male lead is played by a woman. It harks back to the early days of theatre cross dressing on stage, where all roles were played by men or boys, as women weren't allowed on the stage. It's bawdy & fun for all ages, with full audience participation.

[@G53ij]

They are usually hilarious!

[@Kari_B61ex]

I also use my 'hot water bottle' in the summer - I fill it with water and freeze it. It's an excellent way to cool down and sleep on a hot day.

[@debs6475]

Snap 😊

[@toastedtcake2947]

I have never thought about doing that but I am going to try that. I live in US and the only one I could find is like a mini version of a normal UK sized one. It took me so long to find even that tiny thing that I am worried I will ruin it by freezing it and then I will spend a long time again trying to find another one. I will have to search for a spare.

[@weedle30]

@@toastedtcake2947use ice cubes!! Just drop them in!!

[@nicolad8822]

I wonder if that wouldn’t cause it to perish more quickly? Or do you just semi freeze it? Might give it a go.

[@weedle30]

@@nicolad8822 just get a big bag of ice cubes (or make ‘em in your big American fridge! 😄) and drop them in the hottie bottle to make it an icy bottle! I understand that all hot water bottles made for UK usage have to meet an exacting BS (British Standard) safety ruling - a BS number that has to be stamped into the rubber of the bottles to prove they meet the Standard on all levels of usage with hot water etc etc. No BS number = do not buy it! The bottles are made from very thick rubber - enough to withstand boiling water, I don’t know if they have been tested in a freezer - but would think provided you didn’t put too much water in the bottle, so that when the water froze it didn’t make the bottle “bulge” too much, it should be ok 😊 Another idea I had when I holidaying abroad and was absolutely dying one night, trying to sleep (a friend’s holiday apartment and it had no air con! 😳🤯) - I froze the chiller blocks that I use in my picnic bag and wrapped them in a hand towel - took that to bed and it was total freezing cold bliss!! 😍😚

[@ElandBee]

You can also use a hot water bottle to alternate with an ice pack for treating joint pain etc.

[@whiteswan6867]

Ribena is great as a warm winter drink, full of vit C, good if you're feeling under the weather too.

[@margaretsandeman1766]

Also brilliant for soothing a cough, when you have a cold.

[@ellahnamolyneux3363]

Thanks my guy for defending our british honour 💪💪💪💪💪

[@hanwalker7408]

'Soda' is an interesting word as for us Brits soda is fizzy water. I love lime and soda which is some lime squash with fizzy water

[@brentwoodbay]

I am British but have lived in Canada for many years. Here we call most soft drinks 'pop'. On a trip down to Washington State though, in a pizza joint, I asked for a soda, as the kid was undergoing training, and I thought all Americans called it 'soda'! Not so, as he turned to his trainer and said "What's soda?" (They give you an empty cup and you fill it yourself) Turns out, the two words are used in different places in the US. Even more strangely, in parts of the South, ALL soft drinks are called 'coke'!

[@banzy3]

I grow black currants - without all that sugar, they have a tartness to them that I like, but it's probably not everyone's cup of tea. I also grow jostaberries which are basically a cross between black currant and a gooseberry; a much bigger berry, and again pretty tart, but delicious. I never knew black currants used to be banned in the US to protect white pine trees.

[@stevebrown7574]

The UK plug is definitely the safest in the world. The plug has and individual fuse, the pins are shielded,the internal wiring is made in such a way that there is a cable grip, the cables, if wrenched out, come out live cable first, the earth pin is longer and, therefore first in and last out. The socket not only has a switch it is a double pole switch - that's both live and neutral are disconnected. The sockets have shutters to stop people pushing things into the live parts, the shutters is operated by the earth pin entering the socket. Admittedly, you can trick the shutters open but that requires a conscious effort to override a safety mechanism - you can make things foolproof not idiot proof

[@Ponkelina]

I can't believe you don't have hot water bottles! I just learnt something.

[@raindancer6111]

We also have bags of some type of grain/cereal that you can heat in a microwave to apply heat to various body parts. They often come in animal shapes like teddy bears for children's use.

[@veradennis7502]

Uncivilised, innit?

[@digidol52]

@@veradennis7502 Yes, but probably the least of their problems.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Lack of kettle and lower electric power.

[@LAM-p6g]

We do have hot water bottles and kettles.They're just not as popular. Hot tea is usually made with our stove top kettles.We use our coffee makers for hot water to brew tea or hot cocoa too. We use bags of rice or deer corn, thick cute socks or thick material. Then we place the rice or deer corn inside and sew it together. We heat it, when we need it, in the microwave for a couple of minutes. I use mine for cramps and when my old knee injury acts up. I leave mine in the freezer.You can use them both hot and cold.My 7 year old uses his for growing pains. That, and a small glass of pickle juice helps take them away so he can sleep better.

[@seanmcmichael2551]

You can't have a hot water bottle if you don't have a kettle ! See ! A kettle is for more than making a cup of Tea.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

You could boil a pyrex jug of water in the microwave!!! But you're right, kettles are so useful!

[@Pixietoria]

Never boiled a pan of water?

[@chelliebellie4443]

So I'm a Brit who's lived in the middle east, and Australia, both places don't have heating, both places sell hot water bottles. Of course I own a kettle, but the hot water systems are set so hot that you don't need to boil a kettle.

[@simonbanks3112]

Love your "What??!!" to the guy's opinion of blackcurrant!! And the little look to camera at some of his bad puns :)

[@sannaolsson9106]

We have squash in Sweden too, but we call it saft. It's wild to me that it's not a thing everywhere

[@piercecowley255]

When i grow up I'm gknan start a business venture of selling squash around the world and for the first week I won't tell them to dilute it lol

[@shamaskhanewal5651]

Plungers do not remove shit stuck to the toilet bowl. Hence the British use a toilet brush.

[@damianleah6744]

Succinctly put 😂

[@aidyb2009]

I use my toilet brush to clean the bowl not shovel shite 😂

[@yutehube4468]

Bleach. Chit somehow vanishes when bleach is used. I even asked Chat GPT how and why that's possible, I mean where does the chit go, it can't just vanish, yet it does. Never got a satisfactory answer and I still want to know where it goes or what happens to it once bleach is introduced.

[@seppingtondestamina9398]

The harsh bleach gradually breaks down the crap smears into smaller particles that fall or wash away. Most of the time...depends on what you've been shovelling down your throat.

[@MsKaz1000]

my brush is silicone and holding the brush under a flush helps clean it up

[@viviennerose6858]

American rain boots don't look very practical, because if you accidentally stepped into a deepish puddle the water would seep through the part where the laces are, no matter how tight you tie them!!

[@jayjay-71]

He lives in the UK, but still has no idea.....

[@shirleydanby4123]

He lives in London. Says a lot. Lovely guy but still.

[@yutehube4468]

@@shirleydanby4123 aaaah London, a place I vowed to never visit in my lifetime. Manchester born and bred!

[@Yogoniogi]

@@yutehube4468 jealous from birth NAH AINTNOWAY

[@YTLJE]

@@yutehube4468be ignorant all your life, it’s sure to do wonders!

[@MsPeabody1231]

​@@shirleydanby4123He's spent time in Liverpool

[@mark_8719]

Yeah you can keep grape flavour over there 🤣

[@ChokyoDK]

Cold Ribena on a hot day is so good.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Likewise, _hot_ Ribena on a _cold_ day... Cosy, tasty. Just right! 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🖖

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

​@brigidsingleton1596 A cold day being a "sick" day 😉

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

Cordial/squash is great. Should be a standard product everywhere. I have a video up of how they make it "Made In Britain - How Robinsons fruit squash is made"

[@PokhrajRoy.]

You have to GO to a Pantomime. Also, Pantomime is like a Drag Show: People in Fun Outfits, Cheeky humour and subversion.

[@davidmitchell1391]

OH NO IT'S NOT!!!!!!

[@lloydcollins6337]

​@@davidmitchell1391OH YES IT IS!

[@shininglightphotos1044]

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[@seppingtondestamina9398]

Not the same thing. Drag is utterly depraved ompared to panto which is just cheeky

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@lloydcollins6337 Thank you for saying that

[@maxinesmith1258]

Young man I am getting addicted to watching your videos. You come across as completely truthful. Whether you like or dislike something e.g. Ribena, good or smoking, bad, you are still really very likeable. I’m a Brit but also spent a few years living in Germany. Can’t wait to watch that video 🎉

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

Here in the UK, safer plugs are a necessity, as our household electricity is delivered at 240v, which is enough to kill a person. The higher voltage is also why electric kettles are so popular here. Electric kettles in the USA take so much longer to boil.

[@upthers7661]

Wrong 110 volts DC is more dangerous as it carries higher current

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

@@upthers7661 DC current is as you say, although in the USA, household electricity is AC. It is between 110v-127v AC, but is mostly 120v AC these days.

[@NorthDownReader]

@@upthers7661 "Wrong 110 volts DC is more dangerous as it carries higher current" US appliances are designed to draw more current because of the lower voltage, and the fuses at the distribution board will allow higher currents - so that's a fire risk thing. But when you get 240V vs. 110V across your body then the main fuse won't save you anyway, you're already cooked at the fused current. It's lower voltage, electrical resistance of your skin or fast circuit breakers that might save you.

[@upthers7661]

@@NorthDownReader so then I’m not wrong. All you’ve done is factored in safety features at the expense of electrical principles. And for the record I was unaware that the US used AC

[@NorthDownReader]

@@upthers7661 Well no. If you touch a 110V outlet you will draw less current than if you touch a 240V outlet, as your personal resistance is the same either way. And it's the current that kills you. As an old engineer once told me - "It's the volts that jolts, it's the mills that kills". It doesn't matter what current a local microwave oven draws, it matters what current YOU draw.

[@geetee4459]

We still use hot water bottles in Australia. Not just good for warming up the bed in winter but also as heat-pads if u have a sore knee or hip etc

[@lindajennens9033]

New Zealanders have hot water bottles as well lol and they can be any colour more or less 😁

[@adrianhempfing2042]

As an aussie , "mandatory" to have a have a hot water bottle and toilet brush in the house. Ribena love it or hate it

[@SeeDaRipper...]

@@adrianhempfing2042 and @lindajennens9033 Well, considering both of your countries were our colonies, it's hardly surprising.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@adrianhempfing2042 Aussie here, had hot water bottle as a child, now I love my heatbags, and also those plastic look a like plugs for power sockets to put in outlets to stop young children poking anything in, in case they can flick on switch. I remember having those when my children were little.

[@mehallica666]

@adrianhempfing2042 Hot water bottles down under? Surely you mean ice water bottles?

[@bernadettelanders7306]

@@mehallica666 Yup, well I don’t use hot water bottles, I use heatbags, Melbourne Aus here, my heater is on as it’s 11 degrees Celsius/51 Fahrenheit, I’m cold lol

[@paulrivers4741]

I was exhausted watching that dude... so enthusiastic 😂

[@isladurrant2015]

I agree... even sundrenched Mediterranean red grapes plucked from the vine aren't as punchy as blackberries. A hot water bottle soothes, better than drugs... a good hot bath can't be taken to bed and it's what grandma soothed us with when in discomfort so we cling to it... yeah I have gel/rice filled they aren't the same.

[@MrBulky992]

You mean blackcurrants. Blackberries are something different (also very nice).

[@lesleycarney8868]

I was raised to call it cordial not squash and in my youth poor kids had cordial and the posh kids in my area had fizzy pop delivered by the pop van lolllllll I bet the posh kids now have dentures and we still have our own teeth lollllll.

[@WeAreThePeople1690]

Cordial, and diluting juices like Ribena are two different things. I would rather have a drink made from cordial, at least that is all natural ingredients.

[@curiosityktty]

That's weird as even though we lived in a village we'd think calling it Cordial or Squash sounded posh , so we just always called it Pop, 😂

[@100SteveB]

Lets not forget that power outlets in UK homes are 250v, compared to the normal 120v of the USA, so it makes sense to have a bit more safety when it comes to the plugs and sockets.

[@SiaD777]

Blackcurrant trumps grape every day of the week!!! So glad you set the record straight for this fella's crazy talk. 😂

[@bigthecat100]

The taste of blackcurrant is 'tart'. Sharp yet sweet. A common combination is apple & blackcurrant to sweeten it more.

[@marylynne9104]

Blackcurrant pie with custard is the food of the gods. Mid? Mid? How dare he!

[@Mark3ABE]

The mains voltage in the USA is 110 volts. In the UK it is 250 volts. Now, you might think that this makes the UK mains 2.27 times more dangerous. This is not the case. The danger increases by the square of the amount the voltage is increased, so that the UK mains are actually 5.17 times more dangerous than the US mains. As a result, there are far more precautions. The plugs are better insulated. The top part of the pins is earthed. The earth pin is longer so that it operates a mechanical flap inside the socket. In theory, it is not possible for a child to insert anything into a socket, because it is closed off by a flap until the earth pin is inserted, pushing the flap out of the way in readiness to receive the phase and neutral pins. By the time the flaps have been moved out of the way by the earth pin, the other two pins are already closing off the other holes. Then, the plug has a fuse built into it, rated by reference to the appliance which it is serving at 3, 5, 10 or 13 amps. A British socket can deliver up to 3.25 kilowatts of power. A US socket can only deliver about 1.5 kilowatts of power.

[@mmcbey1401]

UK voltage has been 230 (not 250) for years.

[@Mark3ABE]

@@mmcbey1401 Mine measures at 250. It may be nominally 230 but the energy companies can lower their transmission losses by increasing the voltage.

[@Dogsoldier76]

Hey JP, if you want a pantomime to react to then is the best one it's called Jim Davidsons "Sinderella" but be warned it's a very adult version and hilariously funny. It's on KZbin, so they can't block it because of the adult language

[@Bel_Chymes]

Very adult & puns galore. 😂😂

[@RISCy27]

hot water bottles are also very common in Germany (Wärmflasche = warming bottle)

[@petersp63]

Plaque getting closer! also a toilet brush is only used if marks are left quite rare if you eat a healthy diet! btw Blackcurrant Drink yum the actual fruit not so much! but in pies yum!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Also .. blackcurrant cheesecake... Yummmmy !! 🙂❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖

[@apodis4900]

I’m wondering if he is getting blackcurrant mixed up with blackberries, because I know that blackberries ( or brambles ) are banned in the US because they are not native and they grow prolifically. I can’t see why blackcurrant would be banned. They grow much more slowly and are a bush rather than a vine like structure.

[@neuralwarp]

They banned blackcurrants, whitecurrants, redcurrants, and gooseberries because they could transmit a disease to the native pine plantations.

[@josiecoote8975]

In 1911, the federal government banned the cultivation, sale, and transport of blackcurrants to protect the white pine. Government programs systematically destroyed blackcurrant plants by chemical spraying. The federal ban was lifted in 1966, though many states maintained their own bans.

[@ricewychrij]

The opening of the 2nd act of the musical Billy Elliot is a Christmas pantomime, where everyone's dressed up as fun characters. They go on to take the p*ss out of Americans in the audience, who now have absolutely no idea what is going it. Brilliant 🤣

[@dabe1971]

Ribena with lemonade instead of water is lush in the summer. And with boiling water in the Winter too ! Cosy.

[@MsPeabody1231]

Ribena with soda water. Or if you go to the pub you can have lime and soda with lots of ice in the summer.

[@eilatanok]

I love your passion on the grape v blackcurrant 😂😊

[@solpat1977]

A plunger and a toilet brush are two different things. Hot water bottles replaced old fashioned porcelain / brass bed warmers in the days before 15.0 tog duvets.

[@elizabethmillen6585]

Apparently most of the blackcurrants grown in the UK go into making Ribena. We don't often see the fruit in the shops.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

5:25 ELECTRIC KETTLE DISCOURSE 🔥

[@RushfanUK]

Blackcurrants are a great source of Vitamin C.

[@RushfanUK]

In the last 30 odd minutes since posting this every KZbin I have gone on to has started with a Ribena advert, ironic or some powerful KZbin algorithms?

[@averyintelligence]

not when it comes in the form of highly processed sugary drinks. you need to eat the fibre of the producue to reap the rewards of the nutrients

[@Jenjenilou]

Hot water bottles are the best!!! One of the nicest thing about cold winter nights, hot chocolate as a bedtime drink and a hot water bottle in a cosy bed.

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

Grape flavour tastes similar to the mouthwash used by dentists in the UK. My late wife was American, and she struggled with purple candy being blackcurrant rather than grape. Blackcurrants have a sweet taste, but can be tart, or even sour, much the same as other berries, although in candy they are usually sweet. I would describe it as being slightly velvety on the tongue. I do love me some blackcurrant squash. Sugar free options are incredibly common, especially since the sugar tax on drinks was introduced a few years ago.

[@antonycharnock2993]

Have you ever tried Vimto? That's the only grape based drink I like but I think it's mixed with raspberry and blackcurrant. You can also have it cheeky or hot.

[@TheSnowdogsShorts]

@@antonycharnock2993 yes I have. I like it.

[@teejai5291]

I've tried most of those 'grape flavour' products and they are utterly vile, so I totally agree with you. As for the plugs, they are definitely the best. Not only that, there are pretty strict regs about cut off or 'trip switches' in every property, so that in the very rare occurrence of an electric shock, it will trip off the circuit immediately so you bare highly unlikely to ever die from an electric shock.

[@chriscchristodoulou7147]

Big hello from Nicosia Cyprus 🇨🇾

[@LINReading-iy5ue]

Beautiful there, love it ❤

[@sidneyd1986]

I loved your reaction to Blackcurrant being called mid and your subsequent Grape rant 😂😂

[@johnsharp6618]

A quick one on pantomime, the reason why kids and adults like them is because there are parts that go over kids heads, the use of double meanings in actions and words. Which make it watchable by both. Obviously some groups are far better than others in the way they produce and put on the play. But if you want a Purley adult one. Jim davidsons boobs in the woods , its on you tube

[@thenovicewildcamper9192]

Also Jim Davidson in sindarella is hilarious 😂

[@geoffreyrobson4745]

I like grap juice( UK citizen) i call it wine!

[@gemmabarnes]

Blackcurrant and orange flavoured things are so rooted in the lives of British people that grape wouldn't take on, and vice versa with blackcurrant flavour things.

[@frank5728]

Grape is massive in the uk anyway! Actual grape flavour too, we love our wine!

[@gemmabarnes]

@frank5728 wine yes, but I don't see a lot of grape flavoured stuff in the ships.

[@larryargent503]

I am so onboard with your blackcurrent vs grapes lambast. With one exception - cotton candy grapes. Wowowowow - those things are amazing.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

7:50 It’s summer and I love squash! Although just go with lemon if you don’t want anything sweet.

[@simonharper4199]

We used to have toilets in the UK that half filled the bowl with water in the 70's . They were syphonic loos .Very powerfull flush , very quiet and more expensive . Often found them in a main bathroom where the toilet might have had some late night use as the flush noise wouldnt wake anyone.Easily pull a towel down them . Have repaired many over the years. They needed 9 litres of water to work and became obsolete as we reduced our flush water volume over the decades (currently around 4litres for the latest loos)

[@PaulB-17]

Ex Brit living in Oz, I have both a hot water bottle and an electric under blanket both are great for sore backs and muscles. Also so cosy getting into bed on cold winters nights. Not in summer of coarse. (edit) Power outlets also all have individual switches here.

[@janettesinclair6279]

Does it get that cold in Oz in winter?

[@PaulB-17]

@@janettesinclair6279 It can get down to almost 0 degrees overnight in winter here in Perth.

[@janettesinclair6279]

@@PaulB-17 Wow! Didn't know that.....

[@PaulB-17]

@@janettesinclair6279 A lot of Australia requires both A/C for the summer months and heating for the winter months. The Spring and Autumn periods are wonderful.

[@leglessinoz]

Australian here. We have hot water bottles, electric kettles, proper toilets that don't wet your undercarriage, and we have Wellies bur call them "Gumboots". We have Ribena as well. We have mostly switched outlets and non-switched ones in some situations.

[@kategray9]

We have wellie wanging competitions to see how far you can throw them in the UK.

[@claregale9011]

I go blackberry picking in my local area theres an abundance of them just have to remember to pick the ones higher up😅😊

[@101steel4]

By British things America doesn't have. He means things America doesn't have that the rest of the world does. They don't get out much, and even when they do still know nothing. Wolters world being a prime example.

[@emC999.]

As a teen growing up in Scotland my whole life, blackcurrant and other dilouted juices (squash) were the way to go. Some Orange Robinson or Vimto goes so hard in summer, my sister actually grew up ONLY drinking dilouted juice, no water, no milk, no fresh juice, and DEFINITELY not any fizzy. She hated the whole lot but if you gave her some blackcurrant the cup would be empty in seconds!

[@LeslieGallier-pe2jj]

Blackcurrant is amazing flavour

[@jenniferlaughlin47]

Maiden name gallear here any chance your in the staffordshire Shropshire area (staffs here family originally Shropshire 1800s) genealogy thing not creepy lol

[@LeslieGallier-pe2jj]

@@jenniferlaughlin47 yeah name is Gallier and we're in Shropshire..near bridgnorth

[@lizskelt2105]

Blackcurrant tastes like sweet darkness. It’s amazing.

[@lottie2525]

For me, no hot water bottles, no electric kettles, no egg cups, no squash, have been the weirdest, wtf but why not?

[@CombustionMaster2011]

"Ohhh yes he is," "Ohhh no he's not." British Pantomime for you

[@nadeansimmons226]

Blackcurrant is the best flavour in the world.

[@topguydave]

My favourite jam is blackcurrant, my favourite cheese cake topping is Blackcurrant. It has a tartness to complement the sweetness, and is just divine. I think I remember you having the ready to drink Ribena. We tend buy the concentrate and then you can dilute to taste. Kids here are brought up on Ribena because of the vitamin C it contains from the Blackcurrants.

[@jeffknott1975]

Vimto is supreme when it comes to cordials!

[@expressoevangelism80]

In our museums it shows how we used to have copper bed warmers on long wooden poles to warm our beds on cold nights.

[@krisjonesuk]

Blackcurrant is a bit of an oddity. You’d be hard pressed to find them on sale in a supermarket. During the two world wars the UK had difficulty in obtaining regular fruits as a source of vitamin C. Blackcurrants are high in vitamin C and grow easily in our temperate climate so they were a valued source. Ribena was promoted as an ideal way to give children vitamin C. I drank it every day as a child before I moved on to tea. In those days it was only available in the concentrated Squash form in 75cl bottles, but in the early 1980s they introduced it in drink form. Apparently about 95% of the British blackcurrant harvest still goes into making Ribena.

[@Lily_The_Pink972]

In the winter as a kid, my mum would have a mug of hot Ribena and a hot water bottle ready for me when I got home from school...in my wellies!!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

The blackcurrants for 'Ribena' are mostly grown in the late Queen Elizabeth II's (now, King Charles III) Sandringham Estate Farmland in Norfolk (UK) (R I.P. QEII).

[@anita6761]

You can buy blackcurrants in supermarkets, blackberries,raspberries too.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@anita6761 I have frozen (with vanilla ice cream) / fresh raspberries once or twice each day (breakfast and / or dessert after my evening meal).🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖