QI XL Series S E12: Silly Season

28 Jan 22. *Contains some strong language and adult humour.
Stephen K Amos, Ivo Graham, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies. Sandi Toksvig hosts.

[@colinjones5379]

The birdwifery joke really deserved more play, that was top notch

[@R.Daneel]

It was flocking hoot! Quacked me up. They should have egged her on!

[@brianliscum6905]

He chirped

[@Ranger1812]

Oh yeah. Eggselent yolk. It really cracked me up.

[@sakoyalt821]

I love it when Holly’s on cuz it’s like Sandi’s got a weird child that she’s a bit worried about

[@nybbleme]

Never have I seen a statement I so wholeheartedly agree with regarding this show

[@lytlechamberlain761]

As long as we're listing out of laws, I'll add Hanlon's Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”

[@bayoubilly5176]

One of my faves

[@rebefarfort1244]

An opinion that I have shared on many occasions. I am now looking forward to having the weight of the law behind me. Can't believe I had never heard that one before!

[@TrondBrgeKrokli]

Thanks for sharing. It has been a lot on my mind lately, mostly because of the polarized attitudes in social media (or even in media in general). I needed to remind myself of the exact wording, because the exact words tend to slip my mind, more and more as I get older.

[@kevinw712]

way too many people would genuinely rather look evil than look incompetent. there's a reason it's been used as a trope so much in dramatic storytelling, people honestly just screwing up something important but then pretending it was intentional even if it villainizes them

[@xyldkefyi]

With regards to internet laws, there is also Cumberbund's law, which states that "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." 😉

[@rayjd1650]

Actually it is called Cunningham's law... oh.

[@RGK147]

🤣👍

[@wfly81]

I like Godwin's Law: As online discussions go on, the probably of someone being compared to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.

[@coryzilligen790]

@@wfly81 Which has become rather a problematic one here in the US, since it's so frequently used as a deflection on criticism of politicians who are legitimately emulating Nazis...

[@wfly81]

@@coryzilligen790 I think it's a pretty worldwide problem.

[@wishee77]

Have you heard of Cole's Law? It's white cabbage and carrot in a mayonnaise dressing.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Go sit in the corner and think about what you've done. :P

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Stephen just going through VW models and eating Klaxons was wonderful.

[@AmberwingArt]

For anyone who's interested, the painting they show at 41:07-42:15 of Mr. Toad in the courtroom (shown for the question, "Ignorance of the law is...") was painted by awesome illustrator Chris Dunn.

[@brandonp7503]

That's quite interesting!

[@Liutgard]

When my granddaughters were about 5 years old, they lived with us for awhile, and one of them suddenly decided it was a great thing to say 'poop'. A LOT. I finally got tired of it, and told her that I didn't want to hear it anymore, but if she really needed to, she could write it down on a piece of paper. Six years later, we're still occasionally finding little pieces of paper with POOP written on them...

[@R.Daneel]

Which you promptly courier to the lawyer to be placed in the safe with the others, I presume.

[@flaagan]

I have to say, while the chemistry between everyone is great when they have a crowd in the studio, how utterly "friendly banter" the discussions have become without them worrying about the audience is actually quite enjoyable.

[@dodo7441]

This is also the XL (ie. uncut) version of the show. The finished project is probably less rambly

[@goingslowlynowhere]

Yeah, it reminds me of "Technical difficulties" and similar. It is not bad in my eyes.

[@darrenmooney60]

Speaking as a huge fan of the show (With Stephen Fry). This might be the least funny eqpisode of QI I've ever seen. Sandi Toksvig is not a good host, she is not funny, and jumps to the next topic so abruptly.

[@ankyfire]

@@darrenmooney60 pffft I love her. She doesn’t try to be Steven, she has her own way of hosting and I’m a fan.

[@junbh2]

@@ankyfire Yeah, I love her. Plus, the last few years with Fry he was so obviously tired of it and having to push himself to try to get into it.

[@elijahgardner8213]

I was really disappointed they didn't include Cole's law Which is shredded lettuce in dressing

[@CailenCambeul]

Shredded cabbage - but an easy mistake.

[@pattyandbustershow1031]

A thousand thank yous. What a treat!

[@jb888888888]

As David Mitchell once said on this very programme, "all words are made up."

[@nedcurfman3486]

Wasn’t that on Cats Does Countdown?

[@clouds-through-a-window8942]

@@nedcurfman3486 I was thinking the same thing and… yeah, it totally was CDC not QI

[@shockingstuff]

Thor said that too.

[@ClementinesmWTF]

Amazing they brought up Lake Peigneur here. My answer was jokingly that “the Gulf flows backwards”. It’s an amazing story and even more amazing that no one was injured or killed in that event.

[@gormster]

As an Australian I was extremely confused when this wasn’t a Christmas episode… that’s all I associate with the term “silly season”. I had no idea it referred only to midsummer, I figured it was just the end of year festivities and people taking time off work stuff.

[@wfcoaker1398]

Oooh, you hinted Christmas was in mid summer. That'll confuse a lot of people. Lol.

[@ritageorge8748]

Wow that's actually truly interesting

[@Ash-ey9oy]

Agreed been a Kiwi

[@RealBradMiller]

@@wfcoaker1398 What year is it in Australia? X'D

[@livb6945]

Swede here. Names of things in IKEA are often silly even in Swedish. It started with using (real) place names for sofas but it became a thing to use Scandinavian sounding words and names. Although some names are very literal, these days many names are made up words

[@RebeccaRhymer]

Yeah. Sitting on my Karlstad sofa in my living room in Finland. I have been to the town of Karlstad several times. Lovely place and what a great sofa.

[@DarkDutch007]

every word is made up though...

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

@@DarkDutch007 ahh, channeling Mitchell are we😁

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@DarkDutch007 Some words are more made up than others, though.

[@insaincaldo]

@@DarkDutch007 Some are more useful, because people have agreed that they have meaning, while others exist only between a very select few and would only waste time, if tried in conversation.

[@timmonapier8832]

One silly season, a few years ago now, had Radio N.Z. National opened it's 6o'clock news bulletin with the now immortal sentence " A man, who had been drinking whisky all, day fell over!"

[@avikash7620]

That birdwifery joke = top tier!

[@rhysodunloe2463]

Amos' Law reminds me of a German saying “A guest is like a fish: The first day he's fresh, the second day he's a burden and on the third day he's beginning to smell."

[@jb888888888]

"Fish & House Guests stink in 3 days." _-- Poor Richard's Almanack_

[@granthurlburt4062]

Ben Franklin put it" Guests and visitors stink after three days".

[@jb888888888]

Stephan must have been ahead with about 40 points before he went on his VW Klaxon binge, if he only had -27 at the end.

[@martyheresniak5203]

I have a whole new appreciation for Ivo Graham.

[@camogrrl]

I try to like him - but I just can’t get there

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

I think he's kinda cute and like the beard, but I can't shake the feeling he's just some posh boy who got into TV because he knows people... and its kinda annoying

[@courteneywolstenholme1878]

"Captain Sensible, well I'll be Damned" XD excellent

[@rosemorris7912]

In Louisiana, there are two seasons: 10 months of summer and two months of everything else.

[@thebagelsproductions]

In Scotland, we have 3 months of winter and 9 months of bad weather 😊

[@RIXRADvidz]

Fried-A afternoon Denver time 1550. Thanks for keeping me from a nap. Very Much Appreciated. Thanks ViVa HD !!

[@PeansINbetweens]

Saturday 12pm here in New Zealand 🙂

[@tehreporter]

Honestly, I think Alan Davies has gotten a lot funnier with age.

[@wfly81]

Yeah, but he's calmed down a lot, so he's lost a lot of that class clown charm.

[@WalterLiddy]

@@wfly81 I disagree with both of you. I think he was always funny, and his outbursts often involve a lot of shouty energy even now. EDIT - it occurs to me part of the reason it may seem like he's improving is that the quality of guests has gone down markedly. The people who came on in Fry's tenure were top comics. These days a lot of them are sub-par (I don't mean specifically this episode, just in general).

[@rjwh67220]

I agree, and he started out pretty funny to begin with.

[@kddidit08]

​@@WalterLiddyDo you have examples at hand?

[@pseudonayme7717]

I'm guessing you liked the Dom Irrera bit? 😄

[@rowanclay9874]

Good time to check your channel! Thanks for your work!

[@davidyoung5114]

I want to see Holly Walsh on Taskmaster! She'd give Sally Phillips a run for her money when it comes to being naughty!!

[@johnnycbad]

Holly did very creative segments when she was in dictionary corner on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. I'd love to see how she would approach taskmaster.

[@censusgary]

Do you know her mother is a Vicar?

[@RickReasonnz]

@@johnnycbad Speaking of Dictionary Corner, imagine Susie Dent on Taskmaster...

[@RealBradMiller]

Oh, excellent thought, David.

[@DennisMoore664]

Well I'll be - it really was "poop". Every now and then my childish sense of humor pays off. Thanks for the show, ViVaHD!

[@blackbird5634]

The first week I spent in my new house, an old farmhouse in Vermont, I saw a fox, or should I say, it saw me, walking to the mailbox as IT was trotting up the road. It didn't stop, it merely looked my way and kept on going. 🦊

[@Ghosthuntert1]

Here in Australia, channel 7 i believe, ran a story about spaghetti trees in the early 80's and were inundated with calls asking where they could buy them !!!!!

[@heidimueller1039]

My god, I saw that documentary in school over 60 years ago! I actually think they were trying to teach us about “critical thinking”.

[@stevie-ray2020]

With that incident with the drilling-rig boring into the salt-mine in Louisiana, there was actually a recreational-fisherman in his boat on the lake when it happened, who just managed to make it to shore in time, but he decided that he'd never go fishing ever again! The reason they were drilling there was because 'salt-domes' are part of the geology of the region, & they have been mined for well over a century, but what was discovered was that as those domes were created when rising to the surface, oil was usually trapped at the sides of the salt domes by impervious sub-surface layers of clay. However, on this occasion someone made a huge miscalculation of where they were supposed to be drilling!

[@hases2772]

Thats quite intersting!! a google search tells me that there is still fish in the lake, are they the same species there before or did they introduce saltwater fish after the incident?

[@blrbrazil1718]

@@hases2772: good question! I'd like to know the answer to that too.

[@wewenang5167]

@@hases2772 I reckon all the fresh water fish became a salted fish xD

[@wfly81]

@@hases2772 Definitely saltwater fish. They'd all die otherwise.

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

Alan mentioning Dom Irrera made my day.

[@scocon8658]

The funny thing about Seasons is I believe in addition to what countries' official names for the season, there'll still be the chance the locals have their own take on what the weather is actually doing... I've heard that Pittsburgh, PA's, residents say their seasons are Almost Fall, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction - although I think many locations around the world have Road Construction Season :( Down here in Texas, the joke is, "Yeah, we have four seasons: December, January, February, and Summer!" ;)

[@lbazemore585]

Thanks again!! So very much enjoyed this !!

[@dixiecat666]

The yellow lines section reminded me of here ( Loonsville , Malta ) when the roads are resurfaced the parked cars just get tarmac around them

[@ericminch]

In Nova Scotia they said they had three seasons: July, August, and Winter.

[@withonelook1985]

I love Ivo Graham

[@Laudon1228]

“poop” is not an Americanism. As with any number of American English words, “poop” was the spelling when Britain began to colonize American, and has been retained. It is the British firm “poo” that is changed. This also occurs with the difference in how quite a few English words are pronounced.

[@DarkDutch007]

The American English word for "poop" could have had some Dutch influences as it spoken the same and has the same meaning as the Dutch word "poep". Since New York was once New Amsterdam, there are more words used in NY and on a slightly smaller scale the rest of the US with Dutch influences like "stoep, koekje and slee" which in (American) English is "stoop, cookie and sleigh".

[@Laudon1228]

This is certainly possible with some words, but in this case I looked up the etymology of “poo” before posting.

[@Laudon1228]

As to the similarities with Dutch, English is a Germanic language, evolved from Anglo-Saxon. The closest living language to English is Frisian, which is mostly spoken in the Netherlands. 99.9 percent of similarities between Dutch and English come from centuries before the Dutch colonized what is now New York

[@lloydevans2900]

One mechanism which can generate whirlpools in the ocean is volcanic, and occurs at or near submerged tectonic fault zones or where the oceanic crust has unusually thin spots: Molten magma pockets can rise up through the crust, and if these are large enough to break through, that's when you get an underwater volcano. However, magma pockets which are slightly smaller than the breakthrough threshold will cause relatively small but intense hotspots on the ocean floor: This reverses the normal temperature gradient (warmer water near the surface, colder water at depth) and acts like a giant heating element sitting at the bottom of the sea. This makes a hell of a lot of hot water very quickly, which is less dense and therefore rises to the surface in a huge convection current. Just like a thermal air current rising from the ground up into the air, this causes an equally large current of colder water flowing in the opposite direction. These two simultaneous currents at such a large scale can generate a massive whirlpool, like an underwater tornado. Anything caught in it on the surface can be dragged all the way down to the bottom and can randomly re-appear at the surface some distance away.

[@jb888888888]

He LIVES in the UK. The UK "recognizes four seasons." Give him his points back.

[@DerekB99]

On average, humans have fewer than two legs. The Queen therefore has more legs than average.

[@MegaFortinbras]

It is known who Murphy was. He was an engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base circa 1950. He had taken two weeks to set up an experiment, and left the last step, attaching the leads from the experimental equipment to the data recorders. All of the leads were attached incorrectly, so when the experiment was actually run, there was no usable data. Then Murphy announced his law.

[@bayoubilly5176]

Also the above is false... Look up "why did Murphy hate Murphy's law". Don't use Qi and wiki for intellectual bragging...Murphy had nothing to do with Murphy's law in reality...

[@MegaFortinbras]

@@bayoubilly5176 It's what I was told by more than one engineer. Got some evidence for your allegation?

[@southron_d1349]

Some years ago, an AI was programmed to come up with new names for characters in "My Little Pony". If the show had Starly Star and Raspberry Turd, I'd probably watch it. Sandi was bang on with the wurst joke.

[@rebefarfort1244]

Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. O'Reilley's Law: Murphy was an optimist.

[@ericminch]

Clancy's Law: We're Irish. We don't give a fart in the wind about laws, when we could be down the pub.

[@censusgary]

I’ve always assumed the Scilly Isles must be just east of the Serious Isles.

[@CJT3X]

Why is Ivo always a charmer tho

[@jb888888888]

Foxes have been described as dog hardware running cat software.

[@liketheroman]

Ivo would get it in every way conceivable. Gorgeous man.

[@qwertyTRiG]

Even the salps want him!

[@johannapemberton-smith3245]

Really? I guess there is someone for everyone.

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@johannapemberton-smith3245 He's very pretty.

[@johannapemberton-smith3245]

@@qwertyTRiG No, HE wants the salps.

[@johannapemberton-smith3245]

@@qwertyTRiG I don't see it. At all. Plus he is so boring. Anyway, there is no accounting for taste. It's so subjective.

[@martinconnors5195]

Alan's buzzer was funny. Sandi's face on Meghan Markles knee is hysterical

[@DonaldMcKenzie]

I wish they had played the nobody knows card from series I, after the question about "how did the Romans?"

[@richin2123]

"Extremely clean but naked" Words to live by.

[@oskrm]

"butt naked"

[@ryanclark6402]

“I’m doing porn and sharting” is not a sentence I expected to hear from Sandi…

[@katherineallen6108]

And it was said in such a "this is my homework" way! Hilarious!

[@ericminch]

By "doing porn" I'm hoping and praying she didn't mean as a performer.

[@phosphoros60]

"How many legs does the Queen have?" is exactly what I expect from a good QI question. Probably doesn't have an answer, but that's not what QI is all about anyway.

[@Harambae613]

2?

[@jb888888888]

Which Queen are we talkin' about here?

[@arnold08]

The Rhapsody Tour by the band Queen (+ Adam Lambert) had 4 legs: North America, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

"Fecally pelletize" oh my I have lost it now Holly🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChrissieBear]

The 'get laid' joke killed me. XD

[@falcychead8198]

Darrold's Law of Inverse Determinism: _S=p+1_ Where _p_ is the number of pairs of socks in a dresser drawer, and _S_ is the number of individual socks you have to pull out before getting a matching pair. "Inverse Determinism" because from this it can be demonstrated that some effects determine their causes; e.g. when you're about to post a check for your gas bill. The moment you drop the letter into the post box, you will have not signed the check; but if you tear open the envelope to make sure, you will have signed the check. The particular formula for this is too involved to type here, but there is a factor _q_ which is how many stamps/envelopes you have left.

[@rebekahearly1144]

Namibia Lewisham Paradox sounds like a posh person 😆

[@Eralen00]

laughed so hard i almost pelletized my trousers

[@kieranshae]

Sandi's pronunciation of geysers makes it sound like giant elderly men shot out of the ground lol

[@censusgary]

Attack of the 400-foot Geezers!

[@kimhewer1479]

I love how Alan and his wife managed to get a combined dog to suit both kids😂 that's good parenting 😅

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

Ivo with a beard hits different

[@dpaint6268]

Oh so sexy.. yum!!

[@PokerJoker811]

He can now officially get cast as Ed Gamble's evil twin.

[@roblucas207]

Shart also is described as trying to fart but you "follow through.

[@alanrogers7090]

The correlation to Murphy's Law, ("Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong"), is that it adds, "at the worst possible time".

[@Fcutdlady]

Bird wifery is when a bird breaks wind

[@emigotlove4490]

don't know if anyone noted this but that breed of dog is call Siberian Cocker. Super cute, great temperament.

[@bioLarzen]

Here in Hungary we call that time of the summer when nothing happens "uborkaszezon" which literally translates to "cucumber season" (a literal translation of the German term).

[@skar17511]

Im German and i have never heard of that. I dont even know what the German term coud be.

[@bioLarzen]

@@skar17511 The source I got it from (The Dictionary of Hungarian Etymology) says it's "Sauergurkenzeit". I would guess it came to Hungary when German was an official language here, so it must have been somewhere in the 16th to 18th century. You may ot have heard of it simply because it's so old, and now probably forgotten. The Hungarian term was originally used to describe the season when the national assembly was not in session (hence the eventual, broader meaning "the time when nothing important happens") which was around the time pickles were usually made from fresh vegetables - including cucumber - for the winter. (at least this is the explanation the source has.)

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@skar17511 You don't know Gurkezeit?

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Surprised to see how close it is to Danish Agurketid.

[@beth12svist]

It might be Austrian German, to be fair. "Okurková sezóna" in Czech. I always thought it had to do with reporting giant cucumbers - so I was really quite surprised they did not make the connection from giant gooseberries. :-)

[@carriemitch1]

Thanks a million VivaHD!!

[@rprebel]

VW stopped making the sausage about 6 months ago, probably not long after they filmed this.

[@garrygreen4814]

Holly is adorable

[@jeannieK1117]

Thanks so much!

[@CaptChrispy]

Good thing they pixelated Barbra Streisand's house, but those two on either side will still get the fans out!

[@sfshinz]

I am partial to a straight cucumber.

[@doncosta5091]

From time to time they state some phrases that are used in Germany. As a gernan I never heard any of them 😄

[@insaincaldo]

As a Dane, even this small place has dialects that nobody outside the place will understand.. (Strangely unless they are from opposite ends of the country)

[@censusgary]

About 40% of the information on “QI” is accurate.

[@ChrissieBear]

29:55 Black Body is an astronomical term referring to objects that don't reflect light.

[@Guy8417]

Ok, last time i saw Ivan, he was awkwardly adorkable in looks. I was not prepared for finding him fairly sexy with that facial hair...what a difference, it definitely becomes him!

[@peterbernier7461]

I fully agree!

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

Florida has 4 seasons: snow bird, spring break, hell's oven and lovebug! 😅 though I swear I see less lovebugs and snow birds every year...

[@Necrobin]

Both my parents work for VW FS so as a kid I loved these sausages "Currywurst"

[@KaritKtana]

Just recently listened to the Well There's Your Problem episode about Lake Pegineur! One of the sillier stories, luckily

[@kevincarrigan635]

The Tomatillo, common to Mexican cuisine, is actually a part of the Gooseberry Family, not kin to the Tomato. I'll bet that was a Tomatillo photo, w/ the old man gazing at it. Did you know that Hops (an herb in beer for bitter flavor) are part of the Cannabis Family ? U can even graft the 2, for amazing results.......

[@typacsk]

I'd double check that if I were you -- you may be thinking of the "Cape gooseberry," which despite the name is neither a gooseberry nor native to the Cape region >_>

[@captainsensiblejr.]

Thompson's Second Law of Comedy - Do not state the obvious when that which is not obvious will get a bigger laugh.

[@catatonicable]

"Captain Sensible, I'll be damned"...Very clever

[@henhen2640]

This was such a lovely episode

[@mrreg]

There's a reason not to train your AI from the internet; considering how some questions are phrased; and ..that mass media gives a very unbalanced impression of the frequency of certain events.

[@oh8wingman]

I had to laugh when, close to the end, they were talking about ignorance of the law is no excuse. I live in Canada which was metrified many years ago. For the longest time we had a problem with Americans coming in to Canada. You see, most of Canada's highways are posted for 100 KPH. So many Americans coming in thought it was great when they we cruising along at 100 MPH...........the local police were not amused. LOL

[@Vezur-MathPuzzles]

Just to explain why this is a big deal: In terms of the physics behind a car hitting something at 100 KPH versus 160,9 KPH, the amount of kinetic energy is over 2,5 times more in the case of 160,9. (This is because the formula for kinetic energy is 1/2m(v)^2 where m is mass and v is speed.)

[@martythemartian99]

Ivo's buzzer sound effect actually has a name. It's called Temple Block Riot. (honestly tis true)

[@SmartSmears]

Full episode of QI in the recommend may as well just watch it right now

[@Jagjamin]

My favourite law has to be Cole's. Cole's Law is mainly chopped cabbage.

[@chrisk283]

The problem with AI is catastrophic forgetting … it’s more human than I thought.

[@ConnbineHarvester]

Forget cucumbers! You got bendy bananas Britain! Freedom!

[@jeanlongsden1696]

I wonder how many people got the Captain Sensible/Damned reference?

[@quackerzdb]

37:02 misspelled Scirocco

[@kimvibk9242]

Well done evading Muphry's Law...! 😉

[@jt5426]

I have a son called Amos. And I 100% support The Amos's Law 🤣 But it also has to be Amos's Law vice versa where the kid's are not allowed to stay longer than three weeks with their parents after the age of 18.

[@tclmac1]

"burgandy makes you think of silly things, bourdou makes you talk about them, beer makes you do them, and champaign is what you drink after you've done them."

[@MrCtrlaltdelite]

Wait, plenty of people pointing out the improper pronunciation of "komkommertijd", but nobody managed to inform our fellow viewers what she did say in fact meant "cucumber tit"? Well, now you know :)

[@Nytchade]

Does anyone have a problem with the phrase: "Just about" in this context? I've heard it on another verbal cast - where it seems to be used to mean: "They did it, but they almost didn't". Rather than it's specific meaning of: "They almost did". - Sandy said just about 35:00.

[@briansammond7801]

No. I don't have a problem with it, because that is how the term is used in the U.K. In the U.S., if you say, for example, the team "just about won", you mean that they didn't win, but they came close to winning. In the U.K., it means that they did win, but almost lost. And that usage is not universal, or consistent. In a lot of usages, "just about" could be just above or just below (both of which are "just about").

[@bobburroughs6241]

Holly, forever a treat.

[@R2k2]

What happend in 1978, and why is it linked with the letter S?

[@Kiina312]

In Darwin Australia, the Silly Season is referred to as “Mango Madness”. Or ‘Troppo Season”. 😂

[@John.S92]

"Pulling into a buslane and gets a ticket for it" (ambulance thing), At least, in Sweden that wouldn't be breaking any laws under the same circumstances, it'd be same as if say you have stopped at a traffic red light, if an emergency vehicle comes up behind you, the law affords you priority access to the crossing to move over to let the emergency vehicle pass (as long as they have the blue lights on, indicating emergency access of course),, as.. Crossing a red light while a police vehicle is behind you wouldn't afford you any excuse. Oh right, for this last part. :P (the rest about priority access for emergency vehicles in Sweden is true though)

[@mr51406]

42:53 Love the quote from Brillat-Savarin! 🍷

[@captainsensiblejr.]

Thompson's First Law of Comedy - Everyone loves the Stupid One