QI | Why Would You Swallow A Poisonous Metalloid?

[@SockTaters]

1:08 That's the perfect look to have on your face when hearing that.

[@2109917162]

Them eyebrows though...

[@EleanorPeterson]

Andy Hamilton's "Was that the first repeat prescription?" line was excellent.

[@royhsieh4307]

imagine taking one that had been swallowed but not properly handled (i.e. washed and cleaned)

[@diablofrag2177]

Antimony also forms the strongest acid known so far: hydrofluoroantimonic acid, HSbF6. It decomposes in aqueous solution so it must be stored as concentrate or in hydrofluoric acid, HF. It's 20 quintillion times stronger than concentrated sulfuric acid and has the lowest known pH in the world. At temperatures as low as 40*C it decomposes back to HF and releases this is a gas, which is obviously very harmful as it's an acid, but HSbF6 can be used in chemical engineering because it can remove hydrogens and instantly protonate a compound regardless of the solvent used. Neat shit.

[@dyent]

Not quite! There's a class of acids called Carborane Acids, and most acids within that group are stronger. Including the strongest acid ever to be synthesized, H(CHB11F11) and some theoretical ones which have a predicted PKa of -46

[@diablofrag2177]

Jyt apologies but you are incorrect. Carborane is considered the worlds strongest SOLO acid, with a pH of around -18. However hydrofluoroantimonic acid is still much stronger, but it is made of hydrofluoric acid and antimony pentafluoride, which has a pH in the -40s. In fact carborane is so non corrosive that it an be handled with the bare skin.

[@diablofrag2177]

Jyt Also, pKa is different from pH...

[@sjaak243]

Actually the strongest acid known is Helium hydride

[@diablofrag2177]

@@sjaak243 It might be, I can't find the pH anywhere online and I've only just heard of it so I'm skeptical.

[@sanuspg]

Whatever the subject of the episode is, Alan always enjoys it :D I especially like David Mitchell for his surprising remarks, but surprisingly enough, I also like watching Alan dealing with whatever happens in the show.

[@nelumbonucifera7537]

He was describing the 2009 attempted assassination of Muhammad bin Nayef, formerly the Saudi crown prince.

[@otterspocket2826]

Was it an assassination attempt though, or did the Crown Prince just not understand 'pull my finger' and pull his entire hand by mistake?

[@darthfikus5206]

ass-ass-ination

[@elephantsmemory3142]

@@parafraceren They will be our allies at least until the oil runs out

[@lorddanielson2453]

Rick and Morty

[@pitterpatter7719]

“The explosive device was hidden inside al-Asiri's rectum[70] and anal canal, which security experts described as a novel technique.” From the Wikipedia page for it. Novel technique my ass

[@VitasVarnas]

Antimony was the name of a companion of the 7th Doctor in Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time which also starred Stephen Fry as the Time Lord known as the Minister of Chance.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

The terrorist and prince story is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_al-Asiri A little embellished in the way it is told in QI but close enough.

[@aniforprez]

Wow it actually happened. The only embellishments were the last couple of bits with the bouncing and the prince's reaction but what a hilarious way to go

[@justincronkright5025]

If you notice/read ''15'' (i.e. link/citation 15) the prince almost embellishes it just the same, however that is in retrospect (his enhancement of the story). So yes he probably didn't say in his own language ''very good'', but still. Not overly embellished.

[@FoCoPuffs]

Surprised that no one on QI remembered Tom Lehrer... Antimony is the first element listed in his song. There's antimony arsenic aluminum selenium and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium.

[@SavageGreywolf]

There are five people here today: four comedians and two medical professionals

[@_Pike]

That makes six.

[@rainyxyz]

@@_Pike one of the 5 is both.

[@eriugcmdranb]

@@_Pike you're joking, right?

[@peterbutterjam97]

@Bernard McGuire Jo Brand was a psychiatric nurse for a while

[@jean-pierresmyth742]

"A serious case of being stuffed up" Oh, Stephen, never change...

[@thomaswallace8840]

Fantastic episode.

[@richardday2893]

Shit episode..

[@neilburns1765]

This is one of the few answers I knew, having read it in Aldous Huxley's "Devil's of Loudon"

[@dilekben]

lmao. so he's referring to bulk-forming laxatives (e.g. fibers), osmotic laxatives (e.g. lactulose), stimulants (e.g. senna), emollients (e.g. docusate). and I love the "explosives" pun.

[@cavv0667]

Well shit, that was interesting.

[@ЯрославКурганский-щ9щ]

Quite.

[@SavageGreywolf]

Interesting shit, you might say

[@dominicjose3660]

*leavings

[@richardday2893]

Shit ! Yeah!

[@Markus_Andrew]

1:03 Gee, thanks Dad... You couldn't leave me the Maserati instead, could you...

[@wobblysauce]

First repeat prescription.. boom boom

[@chopin65]

Can you believe they all resisted the more direct skepticism of saying "No shit!"?

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Propably not. That would be so obvious that it tends towards stupidity - which they’re not to be accused of.

[@duncanbryson1167]

I got this one right. Wasn't sure of the metal but thought it was antimony. This is is not so much handed down through the generations as passed down through the generations. There is also the most expensive coffee in the world. The beans (misnomer, coffee is a fruit) are retrieved from civet crap. The civet eat the fruit including the seeds which pass through its gut creating a "unique" flavour to the coffee.

[@georgealderson4424]

Do the civets get addicted to caffeine or is that how de-caf is made? Haha

[@Alassandros]

Bulkers, lubricants, irritants, softners and explosives.

[@grizzlixx]

uppers, downers, screamers, laughers..

[@liam9926]

​@@grizzlixx rip

[@Fuzy2K]

BLISE

[@EdgyShooter]

I mean flying a few feet into the air and then collapsing would be an impressive answer when King Charles asks: "And what do you do?"

[@themadplotter]

Stupid thing is antimony is actually used as a poison in a Jonathon creek episode

[@Kowasi]

When your leavings're all that's left you to do, might as well be gone.

[@slitor]

A semtex enema would really get things goin.

[@WillRennar]

So the guy stuffs a bomb up his rear end, and when it goes off all he does is blast himself into the air a bit before dying? Isn't _that_ just a kick in the pants...

[@zbr76]

Normal procedure Lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet into the air, and scatter yourself over a wide area.

[@Fuzy2K]

@@zbr76 Like fireworks

[@Scarletraven87]

Like a kick in the pants. Precisely the back, and from a low angle.

[@zGunTroll]

Man hid bomb in underwear, believing he wouldn't be searched there Saudis dismiss reports bomber hid explosive in rectum CNN) -- The would-be assassin of Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Nayef hid his bomb in his underwear, apparently believing that cultural taboos would prevent a search in that part of his body

[@badhombre4942]

"Ok, your job title is Shepherd of the anus." "No...no....call me Rear Admiral."

[@gothnerd887]

Reminds me of that time on RTAA where the fish get constipated

[@-8_8-]

"...and then reuse them." Yeah, it wasn't the metal that caused the colonic action.

[@dragondrunkard4079]

Antimony, sound like something the Wife pays the Husband after a Divorce.

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8]

"wife pays the husband" lmao yeah right

[@whychoooseausername4763]

@@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8 you missed the joke

[@simransimran9339]

It is alimony. And wives who earn more than their husbands who do pay it to their divorced husbands. It's rare but it does happen.

[@-8_8-]

@@simransimran9339 seems like a tall order. I get that it can and does happen. But I wonder how many men would push for it, it they had any other option. I mean, I guess it makes sense if your job is supporting your wife so she can earn the money. In that case, you may have no skills or work history. It's kind of like how there's a lot of people who would benefit from government assistance, but either have too much pride or no understanding of how to get it.

[@simransimran9339]

@@-8_8- well, all divorce law is like that (in my country). Basically, in my country the divorces are very often granted on the basis of fault (adultery, desertion, cruelty, etc). So if the person at fault earns more they have to pay money to the party who earns less. It's not compensation exactly. It's more about the fact that a person should be able to have the same standard of living during marriage when the rupture of the marriage isn't their fault (at least till they marry someone else or don't need alimony it anymore). Now of the person at fault is the one earning less then the court orders a "reasonable" amount of alimony. Just enough to keep people afloat till they can get manage on their own. Also, alimony isn't for life. It's only till the person actually needs it.

[@TheMightySwash]

I was sure this was going to be about lithium for depression.

[@glengraham7080]

Bem Goldings "Bad Medicine " should be required reading in schools.

[@Blissful_Simp]

Finally something I knew!

[@stephandolby]

0:50 I bet _that_ was a bitter pill to swallow... to say nothing of 1:03.

[@rimmersbryggeri]

1:43

[@IrishCavalry6]

Will always remember that Antimony is SB. Had a Chemistry teacher that told us that Antimony sounds like Alimony and whenever you sign alimony checks you swear, "Son of a B*tch!" Thus, SB.

[@deathraygonzo6339]

Shepherd Of The Anus was my nickname in highschool.

[@piranha031091]

That remembers me of a certain wristwatch in Pulp Fiction...

[@meganpopple9100]

I think I might throw up. 🤢 (Totally thought the answer was syphilis)

[@insertname1014]

Graham Young killed with antimony

[@grease_monkey6078]

Stephen is right, we all poop, it's natural and people who think it's disgusting are obviously hypocrites because they poop atleast once a day

[@samiam619]

“They poop once a day”. Sez you!

[@andrew7taylor]

I thought this was about Paracelsus and the effects of mercury poisoning. Who's the other fellow besides Anthony Hamilton? Seems like he's a former doctor.

[@ianlorenc]

Ben Goldacre and yes, he is medically schooled. If his Wiki is still accurate, he's currently a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.

[@andrew7taylor]

thanks!

[@boffeycn]

Isn't the inability to use a search engine a wonderful tool. For tools.

[@boffeycn]

@George holbrook "ha ha ha you call me a patronising twat ha ha ha . Can you read? do you perhaps need an adult to help you? because The title of the video quite clearly states" QI: Quite Interesting Published on Jul 5, 2016 SUBSCRIBE 113K 5 July: On this day in 1948, the NHS was launched. From QI Series I, Episode 9 - 'Illness' With Jo Brand, Dr. Ben Goldacre, Andy Hamilton and Alan Davies For more visit qi.com Category Entertainment License Standard KZbin License

[@boffeycn]

@George holbrook So fuck off you pathetic troll.

[@Slayden135]

I always forget about antimony

[@mikeburns5493]

I wonder what interesting facts there are about promony.

[@thesubhumancomedy]

My fathers was one of the best

[@ianbabcock6802]

I knew a lizard that needed an enema once.

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Was it a cabinet member or just a member of Parliament?

[@calliarcale]

My brother had a pet iguana that kept getting stopped up until we figured out the correct diet for the poor little guy. Regular enemas were needed until then.

[@jonathansmall9912]

“You would then rumadge through your leavings”

[@typacsk]

Are we counting bismuth (i.e. Pepto-Bismol) as poisonous? I know all of its isotopes are radioactive...

[@HUNKragor]

Technically everything is radioactive to a degree

[@amyshaw893]

​@@HUNKragornot really? or at least not on the timescale of the universe. Even bismuth is bit borderline, given its half life of 2.01e19 years

[@petejones879]

Talking of doctors.. And I promise you all this is true.. Me and my wife went to see the doctor with an an ailment our baby daughter had.. I can't remember now what that ailment was... And the doctor asked... How are her stools... To which I replied with a look of bewilderment.. Well she hasn't got any yet she can't stand up yet.. Yet alone sit on a stool ... The doctor found it amusing as he thought I was joking.. But I had honestly never heard that term to describe what a baby leaves in his or her nappy /diaper.. My wife joking thumped me and call me an idiot and said something like... can't you take anything seriously... That baby is now 39 years old... And that's a true story

[@Grimfang999]

Theres also lithium for extrene cases of depression

[@Bluu6293]

It is a mood stabilizer used for Bipolar Disorder and it is in the form of salt not its metalloid form.

[@Grimfang999]

@@Bluu6293 no it can also be used for depression as well, alongside other serious disorders. Additionally, it still retains its toxicity in its salt forms. But I did make an error, lithium isnt actually a metaloid, which are particular elements which have properties not quite metallic or non-metallic, and lithium is definitively metallic.

[@CIMAmotor]

I don't get the Michael Winner joke. Anyone?

[@fab006]

Because you are Mistborn, duh.

[@LordKaname3]

Everytime I see Ben Goldacre's face, I feel like something is missing there. Like a moustache, a beard, or something. It's so bare

[@PickleSurpriseVEVO]

Calm down dear, it's only a one night stand

[@TheArcher101]

"All we've got left as we get older" - sounds like a shit life, ngl

[@gnome_de_guerre]

And they say recycling has gone too far THESE days

[@steveross2649]

I don't know. For FUN maybe?

[@specialized29er86]

Sounds like something the Wolverine takes for his piles.

[@layneisinpayne2473]

That doctor kinda good lookin tho 😳

[@qwertyTRiG]

He has a website and three published books. Ben Goldacre.

[@layneisinpayne2473]

@@qwertyTRiG thanks!

[@samramsden3451]

is that canelo alvarez in disguise?

[@ATinyWaffle]

I watched this while pooping.

[@tarnyowl6068]

TMI

[@just-tess]

is that a mnemonic? just sounds like a list...

[@phantomwolf3300]

Lithium, used to treat schizophrenia.

[@siriancook5121]

Anyone else watching this while taking a shit?

[@jamietrev]

can we vote Jo Brand to Queen for a year

[@salwaaj1356]

Alan makes a nice looking doctor

[@richardday2893]

My cure .. chicken phall...

[@robertglanville2915]

The body is good at absorbing explosives!?!

[@grizwoldmayor6671]

If covered or surrounded, yes. Thus why there's all those 'stories' of soldiers/etc. sacrificing themselves by covering explosives with their bodies (e.g. jumping on top of them).

[@raymcgrath8229]

Robert Glanville Explosions, not explosives. You can't metabolise C4, don't try that at home.

[@dndboy13]

someone hasnt tried hard enough

[@jimmypge]

Yep, since you're mostly water it helps dampen the shockwave pretty effectively, and you absorb the shrapnel that forms.

[@JohnD640]

We are a fleshy crumple-zone.

[@MrDomBoileau]

I hate those glasses Jo

[@DodderingOldMan]

They're absolutely horrible, aren't they? Who on earth designed them?

[@lanestovall1715]

Dom B I was looking for this comment

[@yokie52]

Don't buy them then.

[@theconfusedllama]

Watching this video reminds me, I have shit to do

[@zerohelix4125]

2:34 Certain turtles can breath through their anuses.

[@chrisstephens6673]

Zero Helix well most of us humans can breath out through ours, breathing in is a little more problematic. 😉

[@robertoarmstrong7317]

Doodle bum McGinty!

[@maxmatthews2463]

Ragnarok

[@andycollier1268]

Looking at Jo Brands glasses is like someone expelling a phosphate enema directly into my eyes.

[@johnhall7850]

2023 eddie izzard on the left. 🙄

[@FenceThis]

Kellogg was such a flake

[@MrMongoly]

Good episode but truly gross.

[@AshenTechDotCom]

i got a buddy whos mother gets 2 deep enemas a month, shes addicted to them... weird people...

[@mikedl1105]

Everyone poops

[@georgealderson4424]

True!

[@gwishart]

Apart from all the people who don't, since they have no bowels or intestines.

[@georgealderson4424]

@@gwishart I have not heard of anyone like that although I know some have lost a lot of intestine.

[@robinturner2300]

gwishart a colostomy is still poo... just not from the usual orifice.

[@georgealderson4424]

@@robinturner2300 Exactly

[@NGorso1]

I would set a Buzzer with "anything Michael Winner, Husband or fat people related" just so Joe starts to shut up with that

[@otterspocket2826]

Could you make it a portable one so it provides relief for her entire career and life, not just an episode of QI?

[@tanukiman3855]

Being married to Jo Brand would make me swallow any kind of poison.

[@RayleighCriterion]

Antimony got its name because a monk witnessed the effect it had on pigs as a purgative, decided to use it on some monks who died, hence anti-monk.

[@craigwells3655]

Being so up yourself that you can judge a 'quack' from a therapist, is enough turn this episode off.

[@kookaburramundi9395]

What about iodine pills for radiation? Iodine is a metalloid as far as i know.

[@HUNKragor]

It's not

[@Ranger1812]

Quack isn't an insult. That's horrible. Ducks, like all animals, are amazing, beautiful creatures. Humans are animals, and no more special than any other creature.

[@GirGir183]

0:08 Michael Winner, eh Jo?? You're not exactly one to talk, are you?

[@funnycatvideos2084]

She just isn't funny is she.

[@BumMcFluff]

Not even close to being funny.

[@keir92]

Funny Cat Videos Clearly women like her. Why should all comedians be just for men?

[@freddegreeff31]

women don't poo though

[@boffeycn]

Correct, but they fart and shite.

[@Widdekuu91]

I'm a woman and I can confirm. We only leave little flowers in the toilet, that grow out to become waterlily's and magically open up when they hear music, to reveal glittery golden dust that spreads the fragrance of your favorite memories. Periods are a different story though. That's like hardcore torture. Hands, walls, floors covered in blood, echoed screaming, vomiting, fainting. We'll leave the place like a hardcore CSI episode. Together with the lifeless bodies of the people saying we were ovaryacting.

[@Bigolddragon]

@@Widdekuu91 very good you get 10 points

[@Widdekuu91]

@@Bigolddragon With Eurovision coming, I'm afraid I'm going to need douze points.

[@Ranger1812]

*other animals. Humans are animals, and no more special than any other creature.

[@therussmeister]

We are special because we get enemas.