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[@Naeron66]

Toilet Brushes are not really for brushing away poo. They are for scrubbing the toilet when you clean it in general, put some toilet cleaner/bleach in and give it a good scrub, then flush. If its blocked use a plunger. Cleaning away poo is just not something that happens on anything near a regular basis.

[@readMEinkbooks]

It says a lot about the American digestive systems if their poo is that gross that they would think they need to clean the bowl after every poo. Ewww.

[@rachelrobinson5804]

Your vase is a carafe, you're supposed to dispense water from it into a glass.

[@sweeneytodd011]

Or preferably wine 🍷

[@Lily-Bravo]

In the UK we might say "vaze" or if posher we would say "vahz" but we would not say "vace".

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@Lily-Bravo I'm in / from the UK and have _never_ heard anyone here call a 'vase' anything but a "vahz"... _never_ 'a vaze or a vace'!! 🤔🥺

[@Lily-Bravo]

@@brigidsingleton1596 I hear vaze all the time here in Gloucestershire. I'm from the South East and say the same as you.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@Lily-Bravo I can only say - but _without_ _wishing_ to cause offence - 'Gloucestershire folks' are 'weird' then !! 😏🥺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🙂🖖

[@lottie2525]

I use a hot water bottle for my chronic lower back pain. It's so good.

[@gillianrimmer7733]

Me too.

[@sweeneytodd011]

Shoulders and neck 👍

[@matspurs1629]

we invented the Flushing Toilet, we know what's best

[@iriscollins7583]

We don't waste water either.😊

[@emdiar6588]

LA has a massive water shortage looming. Every flush uses so much water, that they really need to re-evaluate the practicality of using a bath full of fresh water to wash away one quick piss.

[@WookieWarriorz]

@@emdiar6588 theres so many things like this that we do and it feels so pointless when americans just wont give a shit anyway. We even have two buttons on most toilets for a small or large flush too.

[@Fallopia5150]

Yes indeed. Thank you Mr. Crapper!

[@Lily-Bravo]

@@Fallopia5150 The first modern flushable toilet was described in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. Harington's device called for a 2-foot-deep oval bowl waterproofed with pitch, resin and wax and fed by water from an upstairs cistern. Thomas Crapper made them.

[@maihindess1]

The toilet is flushed first before using the toilet brush. And that is only used if some stuff stains the side of the loo. And usually you put bleach or toilet cleaner down the loo first, as well. Of course, the toilet brush has to be cleaned afterwards..You don't leave it dirty. You don't use the toilet brush after every use either. And at least once a week you use the toilet brush to clean the toilet with bleach or similar just to be hygenic and take away any staining...The toilet brush gets discarded and a new one bought fairly regularly..

[@djs98blue]

We’ve got one of the duck brushes with the disposable pads with cleaner fluid. Works quite well though I guess more waste.

[@jpatpat9360]

A toilet brush is not to brush away poo!! Its to clean the bottom of the bowl with special cleaners to prevent staining long term. This is regular cleaning not just once every 2 weeks

[@iangt1171]

Almost like thinking we use it like Romans used a vinegar soaked sponge to wipe their backsides after each time they had a dump!

[@poppletop8331]

I wonder what Americans use to clean the bottom of their toilets, I now have visions of them putting their hands in and scrubbing. 🤔😆

[@LoneRanger100]

And it brushes away poo stuck on toilet. Obvs. But no one ever uses them.

[@hypatian9093]

And it's not a British thing, I think.

[@kristophergoordman7225]

Every house I’ve been in the United States has one! And on top of that I’ve seen British people say they didn’t know what it was until they came to the United States.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

No British home is without at least one hot water bottle. Partly because it gets so cold in the winter, and we don't have air conditioning, and it costs a bomb, for some of us to have the heating on 24/7. A nice hot water bottle, left inside the bed (under the covers) about an hour before bedtime, is a lovely welcoming thing to have, in cold months. Especially in the Highlands, where nights can get to -15 to -20 frequently. They're also good for sore stomach pains, for men as well as women, kids too.

[@mondfee71]

not only in Britain. I have one in my office and 2 at home. Comes really good with cold days and my special days

[@pennycarter3433]

Sit with one on your lap in the evening in cold weather, warms you up, especially with a cover over your legs.

[@lilyshambles5644]

Hot water bottles also work in reverse. On the rare occasions the weather gets too hot in the U.K. say 25c lol, just fill them with cold water and either hug 'em or tie them around you with a scarf or something, works a treat :).

[@ruthfoley2580]

I use them in hot weather. Fill them with cold water in the morning & stick them in the fridge for the rest of the day. Cools you down at night.

[@MillsyLM]

Never had one in my life. I'm 53.

[@chrisperyagh]

Who else is having to watch that bloke rabbiting on but playing it at 0.5 speed just to make it more tolerable? He needs to calm the fuck down!

[@greenspringy1]

Could not listen anymore , sounded ridiculous

[@nolajoy7759]

Hepped up on goofballs.

[@HankD13]

Squash does not refer to the veg/fruit - it means "squashed" fruit. Squashed orange, squashed blackcurrant etc. Never stood on a plug - don't leave them lying around on the floor!

[@Jeni10]

Squash is the general word that covers all squash as well as pumpkins, zucchini, etc. “Cucurbita is a genus of annual, warm-season, vining plants in the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae) native to North and South America. It includes commonly cultivated vegetables (although botanical terms, they are fruit) such as summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, zucchini, and ornamental gourds.”

[@felderup]

@@Jeni10 and over there, it's used for essentially the same stuff as kool-aid.

[@Jeni10]

@@felderup No, no. Squash is made from citrus fruits and some others added. It’s an energy supplement often served at sports events as well as schools. In Australia, where I am, we have both squash and fruit juice cordial, both liquids that are diluted to drink as needed. Some brands are healthier than others.

[@Naeron66]

@@Jeni10 In the UK it is called squash, concentrated fruit drink that you dilute with water.

[@Naeron66]

@@Jeni10 Not in the UK it is not, its primary meaning is a diluted fruit drink.

[@meeshelle1397]

I’m not a fan of those duck/rain boots. Hot water bottle isn’t too complicated, it’s just nice on the lower stomach for period pain.

[@lordwalker71]

They sell a product here in Canada called the magic bag which is a blue bag filled with rice that you can throw in the microwave to heat it up and it can be used like a heating pad or hot water bottle. I grew up in Canada but had Scottish parents and my mom would put a hot water bottle in my bed when I wasn’t feeling well.

[@sarahradford9822]

It's not only period pains .. hot bots are great for any aches and pains or if you're chilly.

[@dianeshelton9592]

Bad backs are really soothed by a hot water bottle

[@topguydave]

One of the bottles you have that you call a vase, looks to me like a wine carafe. You open a bottle of red, pour it it, (decant) and serve into glasses. The object of decanting it to degas and let the wine 'breathe' to release an aroma.

[@Sachik30]

Clarification: "The Wellington boot, often shortened to welly (UK, not Australian name 😉) and also known as the gumboot (Australian name 🙂), is a type of waterproof boot. Originally, a type of leather boot adapted from Hessian boots, a style of military riding boot, they were worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington".

[@allanmck]

Gumboot in NZ also. Manditory farm wear. I looked at those things Evan showed and imagined how easily they'd overflow and fill up.

[@Sachik30]

@@allanmck Definitely, lol. Imagine stepping in a massive pile of cow poop in ankle boots, haha. ;-)

[@itsonlysound]

Hot water bottles are the best. You can get super long ones that can warm your entire bed for the night without wasting money on heating.

[@johntomlinson6849]

A definition of paradise is getting in a bed in winter which has had a hot water bottle in it for the past half hour, and wrapping your feet round it.

[@omegasue]

Oh yes, perfectly put

[@gillianrimmer7733]

I've got a bad back - sprained sacro-iliac joint. I'm sat this very moment with a hot water bottle on my lower back - it's the only thing that eases the pain.

[@Badgersj]

Absolutely! A dog or two can do the same thing, but a hot water bottle doesn't fart.

[@kronop8884]

Nah, underfloor heating hits the spot

[@Badgersj]

@@kronop8884 Not if you're living in an old house that would cost £££s to install. HWBs are much cheaper, and you can cuddle up to them.

[@matspurs1629]

America has 110 volts , the UK has 230 Volts

[@Bill_Stranix]

Has he not done a vid on our vastly superior electrics? If not then yeah, he should.

[@artemisfowl66]

So imagine how fast your kettle boils with our electricity supply

[@iPhonesuechtler]

Also, America has 60hz and Europe has 50hz. Makes a difference.

[@JacobBax]

@@artemisfowl66 If the kettles are both, say 2000W, then there is no difference.

[@watcherzero5256]

@@JacobBax Average British kettle rated value is 3kw though you get some smaller designer ones that are 2kw-2.4kw, US kettles seem to average 1.5kw and max out at 1.8kw rated. British wall sockets are always 230 - 240v at 13amps (2,990 watts nominal) with any more power hungry devices being directly wired into a fused wall panel rather than using a plug, European sockets are generally 220 - 230v at 10 amps (2,300 watts nominal) though they have special 16 amp (3,660 watts) sockets for power hungry devices (most devices in UK/Europe are designed around a nominal 230v supply for commonality). US sockets are usually 120v at 15 amps (1,800 watts) with special 20 amp (2,400 watts) sockets for power hungry devices.

[@skyesmith6727]

The repetition of "caterpillar... Cake" at the start had me bursting out laughing 😂

[@cpmahon]

Connor, I would say that your water container looks more like a carafe.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Some have said that Connor's (drinking) water bottle / glass looks very much like the sort of container used by male patients in hospitals when they are bed-bound but need to urinate... 🤔😏🇬🇧

[@MerryG2012]

it is definitely a carafe, never once have I thought it was a flower vase 🤔guess I m just of the right amount of years to know what a carafe is 😆

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@MerryG2012 I'm certainly old enough to know what a 'carafe' is !! (Unless you need to be under 70 !!)

[@tibouzankor1997]

Haha! When he said “someone asked me, why was I drinking water from a…” My brain finished off that sentence with “carafe?” When he said “vase”, I was like whaaa..?”😂

[@alexfletcher5192]

Fun fact: We say 'vase' differently too. There's no end to the fun.

[@fionagregory9147]

Varze

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Squash is a concentrated fruit drink that pre-dates carbonated drinks by decades in the UK. It used to be the drink of choice to give your children during the long hot summer school holidays.

[@WUStLBear82]

The US actually has things like squash, we just call it something different, and it's harder to find since younger people prefer carbonated and energy drinks.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

@@WUStLBear82 The traditional version would be a Fruit cordial. Which is now usually a mix of concentrated fruit juice and sugar syrup.

[@topguydave]

Connor, you are quite right about leaving the plug in the socket, because there is a switch. Nobody stands on a plug in bare feet, they are never unplugged just to leave on the floor. It's a myth to slur a perfect design.

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

And don't forget they have a fuse! This can be replaced with one appropriate to the device being powered. I recall designs where the fuse could be changed without having to access the interior of the plug. The British have this rational fear of being zapped by mains electricity, or having their house burn down around them. I don't think it is unique, but the 13amp plug nearly is.

[@Murfie-qe3pp]

That looks like a wine carafe rather than a vase.

[@kooral6959]

Incredible how much confusion A hot water bottle has caused. It’s basic heat therapy you do it on sore muscles. You can get creams that heat the area. It’s just another way of heat therapy relaxing the muscles.

[@shibatron5392]

It’s a decanter your holding your water in, normally placed on a dinner table with ice and you pour it into your glass (sometimes add lemon wedges in)

[@Jeni10]

Period pain happens in your lower abdomen so yes, right around the bellybutton. I don’t have those anymore but my feet/tootsies sure love it! Also great if you have muscle pain or suffer from cramps. Hot water bottles are the modernised version of the covered metal pan with hot coals inside it. I believe there was one Elizabeth Swan had in POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

[@JJ-of1ir]

You wouldn't be able to shove the tweezers in the holes in a UK plug, 'cause it has a protective flap covering the socket holes inside the plug. Only when the longer, insulated prong is pushed into the socket does it release the protective flap and allow all three pins to enter the socket. Usually the plugs stay in place and we switch off at the socket, but getting new electrical stuff out of the box and leaving it on the floor while we unpack it IS painful - when you step back on it! Our plugs always land points up on the floor !!! The toilet brush thing - after use just flush the toilet again holding the brush under the flow of water. No hose required.

[@hughtube5154]

I stayed in a hostel in London where someone jammed their house key into the top hole so their two-pin plug could go in the bottom.

[@lizg5574]

When I was a child (in the Dark Ages, yeah, I'm THAT old) hot water bottles were a Winter essential. At least one per bed, or per person. We didn't have the luxury of heating upstairs. The bedrooms had ceiling lights but there were no electrical outlets, until we had some put in, in the late 1970's and early 1980's.Our house was built in the early 1800's and had exterior walls that were over 3ft thick, so warmth took a while to penetrate. Downstairs was heated by log or coal fires. The comfort of a hot water bottle was immense and it was a custom that we'd get a new one each Christmas; being made of rubber, they soon perished and nothing was worse than having one burst in your bed in the middle of a Winters night! The stoppers had to be fitted precisely or they would leak, they also had washers to provide an added layer of protection. You would fill the bladder to about half full, then expel as much of the remaining air as possible, so it was flexible - failing to do that could result in the air forcing its way out, either by popping the stopper or rupturing a seam. Hot water bottles were even made of the appropriate size to warm the cot for a baby, though they'd mostly be removed once the cot was warmed. The down side of them was waking in the morning to what could've been a block of ice in bed - the water only stayed warm for a short period. If you check through history, you'll find that bed warmers started as copper pans, with long handles, into which some hot coals would be placed to warm the bed for a short time. Leave it too long and you wouldn't have a bed! Then they moved on to ceramic or stone bottles, to fill with water, with a rather insecure wooden plug. From those, metal was used, much like the old thermos flask, minus the outer casing. So the advent of the rubber bladder made warming beds (and relieving cramps) much more attainable.

[@pietergreveling]

Whoever told you it's a vase, isn't in his right mind, it's a wine decanter! 🤣 Americans love their grape flavor, but hate sultanas and raisins! 🤯🙄 And the tomato is a fruit too! 🍅🤷‍♂️✌🏼

[@Fallopia5150]

I love how Americans (some) like to pontificate about Brit things. Mostly they lack any understanding of how things actually work. The voltage here is double the US voltage. Safety plugs are essential. Wellies are for gardening and farmers. That American trying his best to get it right is talking 'Billhooks!' (Two Ronnies comedy sketch reference.)

[@jpatpat9360]

I LOVE blackcurrant flavour and I'm not even a Brit. I'm in South Africa which has some of the best grapes/wines in the world and grape flavour can't hold a candle to blackcurrant

[@chrisnorman1902]

I got a toilet brush, and used it for a bit, but it hurt too much so I went back to toilet paper

[@claregale9011]

😂

[@joshcrawford4076]

Hot water bottles are amazing!

[@VeritySnatch]

blackcurrant flavour is the best. old style Ribena makes the best wine you could possibly make at home. keep your grapes

[@auldfouter8661]

I defy anyone to milk cows in a parlour without a pair of wellies on ( the operator , not the cows).

[@jimb9063]

Thank you for clearing that up! (as it were)

[@sweeneytodd011]

I now have a vision of cows wearing wellies. 🐮

[@jaymac7203]

😭😭 lol

[@dcoughla681]

Hot water bottles are great in the winter. They’re portable too and are used either on the stomach or on your feet.

[@Fallopia5150]

. ..and you can get a fluffy bunny or other cozy cover for it.

[@J1mmyMack]

It's so weird that you don't have squash (cordial/ juice concentrate) over there.

[@WUStLBear82]

We do, we just call it something else, and you have to look harder for it in stores because all the stuff ignorant young Americans prefer gets the best shelf space.

[@leehallam9365]

Pantos are for all the family because they work on more than one level. Filled with often quite smutty jokes or topical references which go over the kids heads while they are enjoying the stuff aimed at them. A classic pantomime has specific things you will see. There will be a bit with a ghost where a couple of characters are scared and the audience will shout 8ts behind you. There will be a sing a long at the end with audience joining in. Sweets will be thrown into the audience, kids love that. The young male character will be women in tights, the old female character will be a man, There will be a villain to his, and there will be an argument with the audience with the words "Oh Yes you are" Oh no I'm not". There will be dancing, singing, slap stick and all fitted around a classic story. Aladdin, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Dick Whittington, Babes In The Wood, etc. They are great fun.

[@MeganSmith-xx2ih]

Oh no they aren't! Oh yes they are!

[@aussieragdoll4840]

They’re behind you! And the Principal Boy is always played by a girl, with great legs (always shown off to great effect with tights and a short tunic). And the Dame is always a man in drag.

[@emdiar6588]

'Right to Roam'.

[@Stannington]

Vase is pronounced Varze

[@fionagregory9147]

Yes

[@jpatpat9360]

Squash is made from things like citrus or berries not veg squash. I think the name originated because the fruit is squashed before cooking with sugar and water to make a concentrate which you have to dilute with water before drinking

[@what-uc]

Juice comcentrate started with Rose's Lime Cordial patented in 1867. Kia-ora followed in 1903 and Robinsons in 1933. I found an advert in british newspaper archive for orange squash in 1892.

[@johnp8131]

Tried grape flavour in the US, sorry it tasted of chemicals and nothing like the grape flavour we have in europe, especially in Austria and Germany.

[@chrisperyagh]

I've tasted the actual grapes that US/Canadian grape flavour is based on and they're just as vile as the grape flavour. I didn't know grape flavour was even a thing until I lived in Canada and it was everywhere, when in the UK, grapes just taste like grapes and we don't have anything that's grape flavour except for grapes themselves which don't really taste of much.

[@lbewl7374]

Aparently the word 'Lingo' dates from 1659. It sounds so modern.

[@oufc90]

Blackcurrant flavoured things are far nicer than grape flavoured things imo

[@Fallopia5150]

Yes, I love blackcurrants. High in Vitamin C too.

[@chriskberks5471]

I agree totally

[@jeanbicknell7887]

The British use hot water bottles for lots of reasons; applying to any part of the body that is causing pain and just to take to bed to keep warm. Blackcurrants might look like blueberries but are much more tart/tangy in flavour. Our native bilberry is the blueberry's nearest relative in the UK. Pantos are for all the family some jokes are visual which appeals to the very young and progresses to some 'adult' jokes which go completely over the top of children's heads. There are topical jokes and there is usually one TV personality appearing, oh, and no panto is without its pantomime 'dame' a man dressed up as a woman and the leading male role is taken by a young woman.

[@HelenH-fk2jh]

Hot water bottles have many uses. When I was a kid, in a flat with no central heating, it was for warming up the bed before I got in it. But yeah, long an extra assistance to menstrual cramps, along with standard painkillers. We'd kind of put it just across the lower belly to try to ease the cramps if we suffer from that. But it's mainly just a warmer with multiple uses.

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

Squash is a fruit drink. It is concentrated so you dilute it with water. It is called squash which is short of squashed fruit! The item you call a flower vase we call a carafe

[@johnp8131]

My German in-laws had toilet brushes for use in their bogs, both for the old style toilets with a 'ledge' and for the newer style, similar to UK toilets. Only American toilets have enough water to swim in!!!

[@emmahowells8334]

A British man called Sir John Harrington invented the flushing toilet, he was th god son of queen Elizabeth the first, he invented it in 1592. But the public rejected it believing it to be to expensive and to noisy. It wasn't until 1775 when Alexander Cummings a watch maker by trade developed the s bend pipe which helped to prevent odours, this became the U bend after Thomas crapper introduced it in 1880. U bend couldn't jam and so it didn't need the overflow unlike the S bend pipe. You don't have to use a toilet brush every time you use the loo.

[@Kernewik101]

You flower vase full of water is a wine carafe-designed for wine but also used for water in many uk restaurants❤

[@paulgdunsford7469]

That’s not a vase it’s a carafe and it’s for drinks who ever told you that is a nut what is in the symbol in the glass disk on the front of the carafe should be the size

[@lounolastname4477]

You absolute welly - the toilet brush isn’t for clearing shite, it is for cleaning the toilet WITH toilet cleaner

[@paul1979uk2000]

The toilet really does depend on the toilet you have, I'll give you an idea, the toilet we have downstairs isn't that deep and has a weak flush, whereas the one upstairs is deeper and has a much stronger flush. It really does depend on the toilet you buy or the one you have in your house, we changed both of ours in the UK, but the upstairs one is way better than the downstairs one, so I don't think it's a country thing and really depends on the toilet you have, and yes, the one downstairs does get clogged up at times whereas the one upstairs rarely ever does. Should also remember that a lot of toilets in the UK and I think in Europe have two buttons on them for flushing, one for a pee and the other for a poo, it's basically designed to save water and if I'm not mistaken, I don't think that's common in the US, and no, you don't use the toilet brush when poo is in the toilet, that would be messy lol, it's for cleaning the toilet.

[@judiharris8796]

Looks like a carafe, not a vase. Contains water or other fluid to add to a glass.

[@-.8.-]

Well blackcurrants are about the size of a small blueberry and have much more flavour by weight than grapes, oh and you don't only need less of them to make flavoured things but you can grow more weight by area too... they aren't used for wine by themselves often because of the bitterants in them but when added to a wine process you get a much deeper and sweeter red wine flavour. Well that's my experience from one year trying out grapes for wine, usually I use wild plums and a bit of honey, a bit of blackcurrant or mulberry really rounds out the flavours

[@carolinekofahl8867]

Hot water bottle - yes, it works, just like an electric one (mini electric blanket 😊)

[@Naeron66]

The various types of Squash we eat are classed as fruit: The ripened ovary or ovaries of a seed-bearing plant, together with accessory parts, containing the seeds.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Wellington boots are named after the Duke of Wellington - a British hero who used to wear long boots.

[@neilbrooks5099]

We flush first then use the toilet brush and usually with toilet cleaner, but only if there’s skid marks.

[@nadeansimmons226]

I love being able to cuddle a hot water bottle in winter. In some ways I prefer it to an electric blanket because you can throw it out of the bed and be instantly cool again if you want

[@mummylove5]

Hot rice sounds like wheat bags we also use . A fabric pouch filled with grain and often lavender oil, so it smells good that you microwave to heat up . They are good but don't stay as hot as long as a hot water bottle does . That said, they are probably safer.

[@grimwulf8547]

how the f&ck can you clean toilets without a brush

[@markdermody9698]

Blackcurrant cordial is beautiful with Dark Rum in a highball glass with A spoonful of Honey and a slice of lemon topped up with boiling water, it is called a 'Hot Toddie' or 'Hot Rum & Black'! Especially when you use Ribena! Btw, 'A Hot Toddie' can also be made using a Tall Highball Glass with Scotch Whisky, Honey and A Slice of Lemon!

[@enemde3025]

Why do American urinals have a manual flush button !? Hot water bottles are NOT just for the ladies !! I use one in bed on cold winter's nights to warm the bed up. NEVER boil the water !! NEVER put the bottle in the microwave ! Only fill it 3/4 full with water. RIGHT TO ROAM is in Scotland. He calls his shirt a FLANNEL !! A flannel in the UK is a wash facecloth. Or a pair of flannel trousers that are made from lightweight wool. TOMATOES ARE A FRUIT AS WELL !! SQUASH is a concentrated liquid of orange, lemon or blackcurrant that you add water to. " I'm the weird one" ! Never a truer word spoken from someone who drinks his WADER from a vase, bucket or hospital pee container !!

[@davepb5798]

A vase? I thought it was a sample jar!!

[@Rachel_M_]

Me too 😂

[@brigidsingleton1596]

I've heard lots of times that that water container Connor drinks from is actually the container make patients in hospitals use to urinate into if bed-bound...hence the outward curving 'lip' around the top, to help guide / control the direction of the stream...so to speak...?! Easier than struggling to the ward's toilet facilities (or even a commode...)

[@Jessy-cs1jz]

Wellington boot named after the famous Duke of Wellington , Welly for short ... A loo brush is used with bleach to clean discoloured porcalin , not for toilet paper and poo , although that's an option ... Toilet brushes can be purchased for £2 to £3 , so not a big deal to replace every month , although most people wouldn't replace for years ..

[@fossy4321]

Pumpkins and other squash contain seeds, so they are botanically considered a fruit.

[@Margatatials]

When I was a kid my parents tought us to never unplug something before tuning it off at the wall, even if I was plugging something in immediately afterwards. No wonder he was getting shocked as a kid.

[@auldfouter8661]

Having an electric blanket in bed allows you to warm up the bed an hour before sleepy time and you can run the bedroom itself much cooler - big saving. ( I'm in the country and dependent on oil heating ).

[@sharenwhitlock7737]

My son used to work in a place where they made toilets for all over the world. They used imitation poo to test them and each country has their own average poo so depending where the toilet was off to the appropriate poo would be flushed. The U.S poo was the biggest and heaviest poo they used. 😂

[@nadeansimmons226]

Blackcurrant flavoured anything is so fantastic. A go too for anything that is flavoured with it.

[@unojayc]

Every type of flavour squash in the UK.

[@LilMonkeyFella87]

I have up a video that'll show you how the main British brand of squash/cordial is made and a bit about it if it takes your fancy. Got a playlist of lots of British things being made "Made In Britain - How Robinsons fruit squash is made"

[@MazzaEliLi7406]

An extra safety precaution to child proof unused UK sockets is that pronged plastic proformas that fit the holes may be purchased. When pushed firmly home these proformas are flush with socket & so are unobtrusive. Cheers.

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

That phrase is "freedom to roam" or "right to roam". And no, Wellies isn't Australian slang - there and here in New Zealand they are called gumboots. Blackcurrant on its own is quite tart - like cranberry. But it's great mixed with other fruit - blackcurrant and apple pie is great. BTW, another thing that confuses Americans about plugs and switches in the UK (& NZ): down is on and up is off - the opposite of the US. "Azul" is like the word azure, meaning blue. Pantomimes are aimed at both children and adults - fun for kids, with added jokes for the parents.

[@mrskgiggles]

I love my hot water bottles, I carry one round in the winter, especially getting in the car etc when it’s chilly. I love just sticking one up my jumper. I don’t need my period to have one but they help massively cramps, better than wheat or rice bags as they stay warmer A LOT longer!

[@lorettamoulpied5293]

Squash is also the name for a drink that mixed with water. It's basically a concentrated syrupy type drink that comes in loads of flavours. Ribena is something you cant have in tbe states, it's made out of black currants and is really nice. We have grape drinks other than wine. Although you can get blueberries in the UK they are not as popular. You do get them in grocers and they have gained in popularity over the last 20 years but they aren't native to our country.

[@nolajoy7759]

Great minds...I keep disinfectant in the toilet brush holder. I also put disinfectant in the toilet bowl and let the brush sit in there for a while and then flush. (This is after cleaning bowl)

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Traditional Christmas pantomimes are a good money earner for theaters. Bringing in non-traditional theatre audiences.

[@davesimpson5702]

It comes from £squashed fruit" - shortened to squash! Its concentrated fruit juice with much added water

[@Badgersj]

Without toilet brushes you are missing out on one of the great insults - "bogbrush"

[@helenroberts1107]

Americans mustn’t have had the fun of welly wanging. It’s a competition where a group of people try and throw a welly the furthest 😊 it’s fun. Blackcurrant isn’t a blueberry. If you tread on an unplugged plug that’s just on the floor, owwwww!

[@russcattell955i]

The hot water bottle is best placed between belly button & ladies garden for max pain relief . As a man I have never experienced a period, but suffered from many.

[@billyhills9933]

The reason why you would actually unplug a device is because you don't have enough plug sockets so you have to unplug one thing to plug another thing in. The most common thing to unplug for is a hoover.

[@oufc90]

Yeah hoover or iron I’d say. Anything else stays in the socket

[@hypatian9093]

Or unplug devices to keep them from being online all the time

[@oufc90]

@@hypatian9093 they’re not ‘online’ if you flip the switch on the outlet to off

[@aussieragdoll4840]

Just have more powerpoints!

[@GdzieJestNemo]

oh god i made the same mistake with squash when i moved to Ireland. I just poured it in and started drinking it with confidence. I learned my lesson

[@stevenbalekic5683]

Aussie's call wellies... Gum Boots. Squash I assume is equivalent to what we Aussies call cordial, a sugar and (usually) fruit juice syrup concentrate you mix with tap water to liking...one litre makes ten litres of drink (officially) but I tend to mix it weaker. Also...don't know if the UK is the same but here in Australia we also don't call butternut a squash but a butternut pumkin...for us squash are those yellow or green weird shaped zucchini textured things that look like little fruit mince pies...lol.

[@OhNoPlease]

Yeah in the uk people use squash and cordial pretty interchangeably, cordial tends to be for slightly fancier versions. And we do call butternut butternut squash, I guess because nobody would make butternut flavoured squash it’s fine without any confusion.

[@sweeneytodd011]

Hot water bottle is also great for sore muscles and general aches n pains. Personally I never use them to heat the bed because bed gets warm quick enough for me.

[@Jeni10]

Good accent because he’s been living in the UK for years. The US doesn’t have toilet brushes? Eww! I guess that means you use harsh chemicals to remove the stains? Chemicals that wind up in the ocean where beautiful marine life is trying to breathe. We flush it first, then pour disinfectant into the bowl using a duck neck bottle so it clings under the rim and all over the inside, then we scrub it thoroughly, then flush it again including the brush so it’s cleaned too. The brush then goes back into its receptacle where there’s either some disinfectant or where it air dries. It’s not used for cleaning anything else so there’s no need to touch it.

[@markdermody9698]

Pantomimes always have jokes that are innuendo based therefore the kids don't get them but the adults laugh, then they have lots of jokes for kids to get them involved. I once went to see an Adult Pantomimes called 'Sinderella' rather than the children's version called 'Cinderella'! The adult version was written by a very Blue Comedian called Jim Davidson and it should also still be available on DVD too! Though I actually saw it live and it was hilarious but obviously a show purely for Adults only, 18 Years of Age Plus!

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Hot black current is lovely when you’ve got a cold. Hot blackcurrant and a hot water bottle is even better. Because of the fuel prices last year, I had to go back to hot water bottles for the first time in 50 years.

[@spacechannelfiver]

LOL, back in the day when the Phantom Menace had just come out I went on a business trip from the UK to the proper South. After a 20 hour trip via Atlanta I was incredibly bunged up and did a huge number two. It blocked the toilet up and they had to call the plumber in.

[@damianleah6744]

I love how you are trying to mitigate the tweezers in the sockets, because it fits 😂😂

[@markdermody9698]

It does prevent it here unless you are an idiot that constantly and obsessively unplugs their plug from the socket and carelessly leaves it lying on the floor, then it is possible to step on them, though I never have as I use common sense and leave the plug in the sockets thus avoiding the issue completely, especially as you can switch the socket off anyway as they are almost always switched to isolate them! Another sensible edition that us Brits thought of to help avoid electrocuting people!

[@Jeni10]

Hot water bottles are great! If you get cold feet in winter, fill up the hot water bottle (made of thick rubber) with boiling water from your kettle, screw in the bottle seal, apply the cover and put it under the covers where your feet will be. Mmmm, toasty warm and comfy!

[@OneTrueScotsman]

The photo he used for a "British toilet" looks a bit weird. Like, there's almost a whole bowl before the hole at the bottom. Mine isn't like that. The shit, to be crass, goes straight down. There's no "ledge", like in that photo. Maybe London's toilets are different to Scottish ones?

[@iriscollins7583]

I live in the Midlands, we are the same as Scottish ones.

[@iriscollins7583]

A lot of the Blackcurrants for Tribena is grown at Sandringham, the Royal Estate Love it. Blackcurrant Jam is lovely as well.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*Ribena* ... _is_ grown on the Monarch's Norfolk Sandringham Estate, Blackcurrant is great. Blackcurrants on cheesecake especially. I can't bear jam with seeds in it, I love dry white wine (still or sparkling) I really _don't_ like either red or rosé wines. The more I learn about how things are in America, the more I'm glad I can't travel. I'd love to see the natural rock formations etc, like Wyoming's The Devil Tower, or the arches in Moab, or Monument Valley or the Grand Canyon etc but there are too many things in America which put me off actually travelling and spending any time at all there!! Sorry. p.s. _azure_ is a blue...

[@alasdairfinlayson]

There's an old Monty Python sketch called the lumberjack sketch regarding outdoor types and their clothing. Have a look , it's very funny!

[@ShaneWalta]

"When I was a kid I was addicted to coke"... You didn't think about the phrasing of that?

[@Jeni10]

Blackcurrant is my favourite flavour! It’s up there with chocolate! White wine might be the worst? Which white wine? There are literally thousands of them all around the world. Same with red wines. Which white wine did you taste that you didn’t like and why didn’t you like it? What foods were you drinking it with and how much of it did you drink?

[@user-je4gg2lh5g]

It is NOT a blueberry, it is a Blackcurrant a specific thing in and of itself!