QI - Royally Odd Epithets REACTION

[@Robbie3004]

The comic character Alan mentioned was Janus Stark, a rubber-limbed, Victorian escapologist who fought against injustice. "The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark" originally appeared in Smash! in 1969 and then continued when the comic was merged with Valiant, eventually ending in 1975. Originally written by veteran writer Tom Tully and drawn by Francisco Solano Lopez (and his studio), Angus Allan later took over the writing duties. The strip was reprinted in France where it proved extremely popular. When they ran out of strips to reprint they created new ones which ran well into the 1980s.

[@DS-uy6jw]

"I will NOT be bossed around" - then that cut, lol

[@happilyeggs4627]

Spike Milligan, the father of modern British comedy, worshipped by most other comedians, has carved on his gravestone, written in Gaelic, “Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite”, which translates into English as, "I Told You I Was Ill".

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Thank you for that as I knew it said, I told you I was ill but not in Latin?

[@happilyeggs4627]

@@anitahargreaves9526 Gaelic. Milligan was proud of his Irish heritage.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

So I should.

[@MrAlexBun]

He wanted it to be in English, but the custodians of the graveyard thought it unseemly, so the language choice was the compromise.

[@GorgeousRandyFlamethrower-]

@@MrAlexBun "He wanted it to be in English, but the custodians of the graveyard thought it unseemly" So much for respecting final wishes, I guess...

[@nadeansimmons226]

epithet - an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. "old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty’" epitaph- a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. As a teacher when I get something wrong I always tell the kids that is why it is important to read and learn every day of your life.

[@Thisandthat8908]

Let's face it, all of these old kíngs were likely "dirty".

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Nick looking like he’s being forced to watch this by someone holding a loved one hostage.

[@edhoward-bearder3081]

Ragnar Hairy-Britches (or Lodbrok) and Ivar the Boneless were main characters in the TV series "Vikings"..

[@yootoobnz8109]

Yes, I can confirm that heart surgeons use an electric saw to get through the sternum - well that's what he told me when I had heart surgery a couple of years ago. What annoys me, was that the surgeon made no mention of using a toffee hammer, or any similar device, as this would have been a far gentler procedure, I am sure. Though he did delight in telling me afterwards, that he had tied my sternum back together with stainless steel wire. I am pleased that he used something rust-proof for this purpose. Although I did have to hug my chest tightly with both arms wrapped around my chest, should I happen to sneeze suddenly, or whenever some other dastardly patient in the cardiac ward would tell some particularly funny joke.

[@binaway]

For QI I recommend. QI They say of the Acropolis where the Parthenon is.

[@MartinMcMartin]

A teacher who thinks Epithets is epitaphs? oh my ...

[@dalewyatt1321]

Call me childish. If it's a fart joke I'm laughing so much my face hurts.

[@helenwood8482]

Farts will never not be funny.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Strangely I have a colonoscopy later this week . Loving the deeply thought out scenarios in this reaction .This is what I do like about QI. when a serious point becomes a discussion between friends in the pub for a few minutes .

[@grabtharshammer]

Don't forget to take the incredibly powerful hallucigenics

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Looking forward to it .

[@drcl7429]

@@DavidSmith-cx8dg I think he was about to say laxatives though. Really are you looking forward to it? Hopefully they give you some PEG to take a few days before though.

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Don't worry , It won't be my first colonoscopy but it's a great thought and I know which I'd rather be taking .

[@HalkerVeil]

The full episodes on QI is worth watching.

[@watchreadplayretro]

quite -interesting- a ruckus! cheers guys!

[@kevinbarrett9068]

The word is pronounced Epi-Th-Et and are the suffixes used here such as the mild, the boneless etc.

[@barnabywhite9336]

That’ll teach you to ask a silly question Jodie ❤

[@paulmccloud9395]

Ragnars story is told with considerable fictional embellishment in the series Vikings. Highly recommended for those who haven't seen it.

[@KimM13744]

Absolutely! Love that series. Ragnar, Ivar and Blood Eagle mentioned in this QI bit are all seen in the show.

[@happilyeggs4627]

In the film The Vikings too Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis.

[@chassetterfield9559]

We seem to have lost the ability to generate really good epithets. Russians had Catherine and Peter the Greats, & Ivan the Terrible [ England had Alfred the Great, as well as Edward the Confessor ]. But, not really since William the Conqueror, or William the Bastard as he was originally known have we really done much. Charles II was 'The Merry Monarch', & Elizabeth I was ' Good Queen Bess' , or 'The Virgin Queen' [ if you believe that ....], and Mary I was also known as Mary Tudor, to identify her from her relative in Scotland Mary Queen of Scots, or as 'Bloody Mary'. That's about all really. Hardly compares to someone like 'Vlad the Impaler', who really did what it said on the tin.

[@Thisandthat8908]

"We" don't make them. That rarely works Kaiser Wilhelm II tried really hard to establish Wilhelm I as "the great" but it never caught on. . The world, historians or the successor makes them. And they have various reasons for doing it or not.Or give them demeaning ones. Lot's of politics and emotions involved. You know, what they say about who's writing the history books.

[@MrAlexBun]

There’s plenty more: Richard the Lionheart, John Lackland (as he didn’t have any land in his own right!), Edward Longshanks (unusually tall) …

[@LowGrav1ty]

Not to mention Ethelred the Unready 🤣

[@klein_karoo_permaculture]

7:09 I was enjoying some pumpkin for breakfast until this point...

[@E_y_a_l]

A woman that wears an 80s animated transformers shirt is a keeper.

[@BastiXIII]

So that begs the question does a fart smell when no is there to smell it?

[@stevencharalambous9199]

Hi Nick . As a sports fan why don't you react to , most brutal rugby tackles

[@mzaliwa]

epithets not epitaphs

[@rikmoran3963]

It’s not their fault. They’re only teachers!

[@Max_Flashheart]

It smells when it hits your olfactory sensory neurons high inside your nose.

[@davidjack9217]

There is no smell till it is smelled !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doh!!

[@duncanliath]

Sorry Jodi and Nick but you completely misunderstood what this clip was about - an epithet is NOT an epitaph

[@michaelclarke5153]

They smell fractionally before they exist, the smell is the fart. The smell is where it starts. I'm not a doctor, but I know that's got to be true.

[@andrewhill8301]

Are you confusing epitaphs with epithets ?

[@samyasensarma5649]

Guys come back for the IPL finals this Sunday . It's KKR GABE !

[@bevakathedementedraccoon]

lmao.. Jodi's instant look of regret for asking the question.. Ought to know by now hun... Nick WILL answer!!

[@paulbromley6687]

We do have good bacteria in our gut so I’m sure it’s fine that we have stuff inside that won’t cause any problems.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Come on, does methane, hydrogen and the really bad one hydrogen sulphide smell because it has oxygen/nitrogen (air) combined or not?

[@chassetterfield9559]

A lot of the really smelly compounds contain sulphur. Sulphides obviously, as you mention, but also thiols & mercaptans. Mercaptans are present in brassicas [ cabbage family ], which lead to many of the associated bad smells. Organic acids, alcohols, esters, ketones & aldehydes tend to produce much sweeter, more pleasant smells [ with the obvious exception of butyric acid, which forms in rancid butter, milk & cheese, & also present in US chocolate ].

[@ethelmini]

That's a proper hypothesis to investigate.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@ethelmini Hypothesis or thesis?

[@happilyeggs4627]

Try smelling it without air. Ha!

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@happilyeggs4627 you need air to breath, but a toxic smell devoid of life giving oxygen will still smell vile, wouldn't it? Not that you'd need to endure it for long. The smell is its chemical compound activating your senses not a comparison to air.

[@deggsymarley]

“Here lies the body / of Jonathan Blake / Stepped on the gas / Instead of the brake , funny also warning be careful were you step though life

[@happilyeggs4627]

My friend said, "If you are ever at death's door I will pull you through".

[@NZExperience]

A phrase that is characteristic of the person being described not a fooking gravestone ffs

[@urbandruiduk9928]

0:18 :D

[@andy2950]

Is Nick always "super excited "? Never only excited ? Or interested, perhaps. Intrigued? What is the verifiable difference between "excited " and "super excited "?"

[@william6682]

I wonder if you know what the abreviation Q.I. stands for? Nope, thought so.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

They do, they have said it on other videos.

[@william6682]

@@jameshumphreys9715 So they've made some improvement then.

[@Jamienomore]

Here is some advice for you. If you are bursting to do a fart and there is a lit Candle on your Coffee Table. Never try to put the flame out with your fart. The gas would catch alight and you would burn your bum. Or would you?

[@JamBar1873]

So confused watching this. It was about weird royal epithets, not epitaphs, there is a huge difference between the 2. I thought you guys were teachers??

[@helenwood8482]

American teachers.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@helenwood8482American geography teachers !! 🌎

[@ct5625]

The fart question is really just another version of "If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?" The tree still creates a pressure wave capable of producing sound, but it's the perception of it that creates the sound. Therefore, the fart still has a chemical composition to create the smell, but without a person to perceive it there is no smell, just chemical compounds in the air.

[@grabtharshammer]

I was going to say the same. Janus would be able to confirm or deny this for us

[@wyterabitt2149]

Nah, it's just nonsense. Sound is what we call something that can be heard, not something that is being heard at the time.

[@digby3618]

Incorrect. The answer is known

[@robertobrien5709]

Epithets not epitaphs.

[@nonautomaton6230]

Epithet =/= Epitaph

[@blackdotkiller1]

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