Limmy Tackles Life's Biggest Questions | Limmy's Homemade Show | BBC Scotland Comedy

"So much we know. Still so much we don’t. Probably never will."
What do the numbers on a toaster mean exactly? 🤔
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[@captaincluster316]

Top tip: the next time you have a salad, empty the crumb tray from your toaster over it to provide instant croutons. It'll make the salad disgusting and give you an excuse to order a curry instead.

[@samw1red805]

D I S G U S T A N G!

[@Liusila]

I see the logic there. Let’s not forget it keeps the toaster clean.

[@chaosnexxus9255]

Is that from the Viz?

[@captaincluster316]

@@chaosnexxus9255 Man I loved Viz top tips back in the day. They probably inspired me

[@chaosnexxus9255]

@@captaincluster316 Convince your friends you can play the trombone by standing behind a screen and farting into a watering can.

[@33alexramirez]

I think Limmy knows more than enough about levers that burn things.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

This was brilliant 🤗

[@anneominous7172]

"Look at that - that's your daddy! YOU did that..."

[@invertedgames7993]

Limmy is the greatest philosopher of our time

[@agsrd4496]

iz ay aye

[@bartman5693]

Fokin... I was in the Mitchell Library rite...

[@Kazza_8240]

Or wis it aw a dream?....... I suppose we'll never know.....

[@makismakiavelis5718]

Tryin t get me gyro

[@_predictedscroll_923]

.Ha...

[@justmark5555]

Scottish bloke contemplates about life questions and existential crisis. Wonderful.

[@88omair]

That's Limmy's entire existence in a nutshell

[@TheWendable]

justmark555 Thats no ordinary Scottish bloke, thats our Limmy. 😉

[@caspernilsen730]

Our toaster goes up to 9. I dialed my safe combination and it burnt up all my savings

[@Yorx95]

mine goes up to 11

[@asagoldsmith3328]

@@Yorx95 why not have it go up to 10... And just make 10 hotter?

[@greenquoxthepurple6231]

@@asagoldsmith3328 yeah,but it goes up to 11

[@asagoldsmith3328]

@@greenquoxthepurple6231 But... Nevermind.

[@bettybunbun9664]

I can imagine Dee Dee having these thoughts.

[@CesarJoseee]

Limmy was Dee Dee.

[@TheMomocon]

This changed my life. Thanks Limmy.

[@3frogman]

I paid a lot of money for my toaster which has a dial that goes up to 10. I never use higher than 4 but it's nice to know it's there if I need it

[@teaser6089]

This guys is amazing He is able to deliver his message with comic relief without it degrading the message

[@jibbajabba8295]

Here in Glesga

[@larrysunshine]

Glaesga*

[@musab.k.9870]

@Daniel /'glezgə/

[@br2485]

@@musab.k.9870 /'gɫɛ:zgə/

[@mer_meh]

I wish we could go back whence we came

[@kides6537]

Tis' a dead end traveler.

[@K_-_-_-_K]

Anti natilism has entered the chat*

[@88omair]

I wish Corona would go back whence it came, or make a pitiful jump into the flames

[@shnpio]

We went the wrong way down a one way street

[@onahpis]

I have alredy seen the Tom scott's video about the numbers on a toaster, I feel like I know something that I shouldn't be able to understand, Tom Scott truely is the one that's up there and down here with us, he his the one and only true god of knowledge.

[@patchso]

And he is very humble with it.

[@samfitzpatrick7891]

I love how I’ve asked the exact same questions and yet still can’t be bothered to find out. Ignorance is bliss

[@ASMRMuzz]

Toaster & Bread companies are like that mate 🤞 It's aw designed tae get yer money via burnt toast. FACT.

[@ItsGrantM]

The toaster was invented by a grandmaster wheatmason called Hovis McBurnie in 1816. His invention to cook bread twice earned him alot of dough.

[@saulnine7786]

Don't you know Wheatmasons worship Yeastifer!

[@missg3188]

Watched this the other night on the tv and ive come to the same conclusion as I did when i saw it 1st time.Limmy,man you're deep 😂😂😂

[@jamestherockwilson3931]

Truly wonderful

[@LeonLeon-mx1nv]

Genius pure and simple.

[@MrDubstep09]

Very important life questions. I have also been searching for these answers. One day we will live in understanding with our toasters.

[@Hodebrot]

The dials on the toaster is actually show you the energy difference the bimetal is going to need to get set off.

[@patchso]

Is that true? Could be.

[@arthurius_3022]

the dial controls how much electricity goes through this switch. A lower number on the dial equates to a higher current, more heat running through the circuit, which triggers the off switch more quickly, and results in less toasted bread.

[@dhiranu8963]

You and the people who work with you are comedic geniuses

[@cpndSimyule]

you ask the tough questions Limmy. I admire that.

[@OblivionFalls]

It's scary how precise and accurate this shared human experience is... I feel as if Limmy invaded my mind for no purpose other than to access every thought I've ever had about toasters.

[@TheWoWisok]

Oh my God this was amazing to listen to!

[@-Minuano-]

The numbers, Mason! What do they mean!?

[@jaym9468]

One word!! GRILL ‘

[@paddyt4043]

That's top notch limmy Great for Sunday morn quarantine No news just limmy and a cup of Joe Great stuff profound even 😂

[@thechiefinspector4677]

“THE NUMBERS MASON WHAT DO THEY MEAN”

[@gurelarikan8498]

If you first do 5, then turn it down to 1 and leave the bread in for a while, it doesn't change color anymore but it gets crunchier (not in a good way). I hope that helps a little.

[@mirunder7733]

"THE NUMBER'S LIMMY, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?"

[@Emppu_T.]

Really makes you think

[@alinayossimouse]

I think this was your best work yet

[@olderloverxx]

Toaster 1-5 has been a burning question for me all this week!

[@macjonald]

Best show in the UK!

[@alanhasmemes]

if you keep it on 5, wait till it gets to 3, then turn it to 1, it never stops, your bread gets burnt af and you nearly break your toaster. i accidentally did this once and that was what happened to mine

[@tactical_philanthropy]

I'm still trying to figure out which side of the butter knife to use to butter the toast. If it never was meant to also cut something, then what's with the sharper side? Those ripples. I've been buttering my toast with the dull side for almost 15 years and have used the sharper side to cut things. Until I got laughed at for it. I got laughed at for cutting something up with a butter knife and not solely using it to butter. But what's the effing point in having different sides then?! I've been buttering for 15 years with the dull side with no issues. And one's clearly sharper than the other side. It's meant to cut through something! Right?!

[@jockmackay9582]

Yes, toast

[@sb_dunk]

I almost have no idea what you're talking about... You cut butter with the sharp "side", and you spread with the actual side of the knife. If you want to cut something other than butter, I'd recommend a real knife, but carry on with what you're doing if it works for you.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

I know this is from 9 months ago, but I know why there is a serrated edge(technical name). It's for cutting butter. Nowadays butter comes in tubs and is generally spreadable from the fridge. You used to buy it in blocks, keep it in the fridge and use the serrated edge of the butter knife to cut chunks off.

[@weswheel4834]

"Hi. Do you have any books about toast?" "Hi, do you have any toasters using the Dewey Decimal system?"

[@rebeccagreen7241]

I've never felt such a shared mental connection with a KZbinr as I did in this video!!!

[@boorandon]

wee to think about

[@berosar]

i started smiling as soon as you said glasgaa

[@FLiPtHeSWI7CH]

LOVE LIMMY - FROM USA

[@jamesdevine1005]

Your the best from day 1...from vancouver bc...just outside ....yoker ..deedee.

[@yoe91]

this is sooooooo stupid hahah love it

[@vernontk]

These are important questions.

[@DanielDaly157]

It's funny, I was asking myself the exact same thing the other day as I was making toast.

[@TheZebzab]

Benny Harvey RIP big man

[@matthewjury4385]

So cute

[@judebreheny3925]

Welcome to Glezguh!

[@SA77888]

Yes the toaster lets you change your mind.

[@jsh2979]

Normal people : Glasgow Limmy : *GLAEEESGAAA*

[@8bitKasper]

The number on the dail stands for minutes and whatever the dail is set on when you put the toast down is what it will be and if you change it, it doesn't register and will cook it on whatever the dail was set on when it started.

[@jockmackay9582]

Minutes? You think it takes six minutes to toast a slice of bread?

[@Shonyyyyy]

the numbers on the wee dial of a toaster indicate the level of toastyness obviously.

[@ProcyonAlpha]

Plato, Aristotle, Ptolemy and Limmy.

[@Tommo_]

Tom Scott answered the toaster question

[@BodyInFlight1983]

Imagine doing beans with Limmy...

[@Mawds69]

Imagine doing beans with Dee Dee...

[@prunehead]

Benny Harvey R.I.P

[@StaticMTRX]

@@prunehead miss you big man RIP

[@calmac938]

What do the numbers mean mason! What do they mean!?!

[@jorgefranco7465]

Can someone please tell me the name of the track playing in the background? Great tune!

[@neur303]

You would make a great product tester 😋

[@fuzzology]

1 is bread slightly warmed... 5 is burnt... everything in between is a spectrum. Like life.

[@thediamonddust]

It's funny because Tom Scott did a video on this very question 😂

[@megamanmuppet]

Genius.

[@amani-bm2le]

I AM CRYING

[@onnugget]

I forgot how he got to the toaster talk

[@barrybignut7416]

The toaster dial works like the old phones ye have to dial in the exact minutes and seconds you want the bread to be in for.

[@pricerowland]

Honestly I panic about the toaster a lot as is, so this was reassuring(?)

[@lukesaunders388]

Who’s here because they clicked on the video???

[@bradenrodriguez5183]

i think i am

[@sandymack9345]

Naw

[@Naddan9]

Aye me hahaha fancy that

[@DW-lx9wt]

I put my toaster on to 5, then turned it down to 1 half way through, and this popped up on my screen. ....or did it? That might have been what happened, or, this might be a dream and this video isn't even on KZbin. I'm not sure of anything at this point.

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

Thought I was the only one.

[@dmp8085]

This just drugged me out

[@Mr.M1STER]

The number of the toaster is how many times you will have to put in a new piece of bread because the last one got burnt.

[@Gantolfe]

dose the dial tick? or could it just be heat intensity? anyway if the dial makes ticking sounds and moves its definitely a timer. if it has numbers it probably dose not corrisponde to minutes but just stages of cooked toast. like how at restaurants they ask you how much cooked you want your meat to be. they dont ask you the time they just say things like, well cooked or rare eccc. anyway i never had a toaster so i don't really know.

[@wertrocks123]

Tom Scott did a video on this

[@boredweegie553]

I toast ma bread until it's cremated..I LOVE burnt toast ❤️❤️❤️

[@namakudamono]

“You can’t pause toast”

[@TacticalBe]

They're not minutes...they're checkpoints in a way.

[@ollieclince8167]

, the dial controls how much electricity goes through this switch. A lower number on the dial equates to a higher current, more heat running through the circuit, which triggers the off switch more quickly, and results in less toasted bread

[@_predictedscroll_923]

I don't even have what your on about on my toaster so I'm even more confused

[@_christastrophe_]

Don't even get me started on a microwave.

[@emacantsaoir]

I bet Big Clive knows what the numbers mean

[@Leelicious1312]

Rip Henny Barvey

[@Jp-gw3tu]

Miss ya big man

[@banditsmaze1514]

not gone but forgotten

[@tribemaster101]

RIP you miss big man

[@parsoniareigns]

Hot topic

[@DJDonnelly]

Does the light still stay on when you close the fridge?

[@bigjoeangel]

Drill a hole in the side to peek in and have a look, it's the only sensible thing to do.

[@degiguess]

the dial actually corresponds to how hot the toaster gets before it shuts the circuit off and pops your toast up. If you turned it in the middle of toasting that would change it because the dial directly controls the resistance and thus how long it takes the capacitor to charge. I'm not sure what the numbers actually correspond to I'm pretty sure they don't actually correspond to anything specifically and it's just a way to better communicate each setting. 1 is the lowest, 3 is the middle, 2 is between 1 and 3, etc.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

The words "resistance" and "capacitor" are in your statement, therefore you are right.

[@hamishmunroe9906]

And "circuit"

[@HartyBiker]

Sometimes I wonder what happened to Benny Harvey. Rest in peace man

[@Matheus-ki9zo]

*_Heer in Glæsga_*

[@robopoco]

No No No the dial is for the thickness of the bread, I ( melba toast) 5 ( Doorstep ) easy peasy.

[@dadthedrugexpert6721]

Why did you take down the skit 'guy in my house'??

[@Enbix]

I'm going crazy here.

[@MorrisonProductions]

My toaster is for 4 slices with two levers, but you have to pull the left lever before the right lever. Never understood the point of that, surely it was more effort and research and development to make that the way that the toaster is than to just leave it.

[@priqq1]

The Mitchell library contains the answer to the most puzzling question of all: What's heavier, a kilogramme of steel or a kilogramme of feathers?

[@thecoolyoyo5353]

This is basically a KZbin video on television

[@patchso]

Of course there’s someone out there who knows the answers to all of these toaster based questions. A toaster designer. Will they ever watch this video though?

[@LeGronk]

GLAISGAHHHH

[@TheTaterTotP80]

Will we ever know if lead truly weighs more than feathers? One of those unanswerable questions.

[@BobMarley-yq3wi]

My toaster goes to 6, is the world going to end?

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

Why not just go up to 5, but make 5 hotter?

[@JoshClarkson]

Mine goes up to 8! Can you imagine?

[@bigjoeangel]

That's true luxury, two extra levels of burntness.

[@JoshClarkson]

I've never dared go past 5.

[@bigjoeangel]

@@JoshClarkson You need to experience the wonder of crumpets, then you can unleash the maximum of your toaster.

[@sandymack9345]

The brink

[@seanrea8281]

He was funny

[@dancinglizard3080]

We need lyrics! Where is it??

[@CM-eg3gl]

"Yad buurn yar huyse doon".