That Time We Bought A Pair Of Ducks

[@kylenetherwood8734]

Matt was duckumenting the event

[@myfeelisfunnyxd5314]

Great one...absolutely🤣

[@LilyRoseGames]

came down to comment this and found other people already saw it

[@theguitaristgamer1103]

Exactly what I was going to say! 😆

[@lekkerspellenspelen2903]

get out

[@j3011]

Beat me to it

[@stevegoodson9022]

Only just occured to me that Matt Grey is a paint colour. Now I imagine him having a twin brother called Gloss.

[@Pyrrah001]

Isnt it Matte grey?

[@Sam-gf6ue]

@@Pyrrah001 yes. that is his feminine alter ego

[@peachierose3356]

oooh

[@NotKyleChicago]

Did you see the video regarding 50 Shades of Matt Grey?

[@aspidoscelis]

Matt Gloss?

[@VenseyNess]

"You can't go to a duck sanctuary!" "Turns out you can." ... "oh..."

[@taylorbarrow453]

If you're in the heart of rural America, all you have to do is take a quick drive to the Tractor Supply Co. And get them for $5 to $1 depending if they're in season.

[@bobothn]

@@taylorbarrow453 It depends greatly on the breed for the price you pay. You can get turkeys there for a few bucks each as well. My family has a small flock of heritage turkeys that we sell for $20 each as chicks. Also fun fact if they were in the US they could have been mailed the ducks instead of having to go pick them up. The USPS has special regulations on mailing live adult poultry. If Tom thought it was odd picking up a box you know has two ducks in it imagine being a postal worker picking up a random package then it starts to move and quake. We order day old chicks through the mail every year. Its always fun as the post office will call you at like 2 am letting you know they are in and please pick them up now. They are to scared they might hurt them that they will let you collect them as soon as they arrive at the office no matter the time.

[@WyvernYT]

@@bobothn Much the same effect happens with a box of mice. People who work in certain life science specialties get shipped boxes of mice - imagine a pizza box with a lot more skittering and a hundred lab mice eager to escape into your car or office.

[@topilinkala1594]

@@bobothn Don't know if it's true anymore but who knows and I don't have need to find out, but it at least used to be that you could send queen bees even trough international mail. So every country's mail system should accept queen bees from overboard to be delivered in their country. The reason that I think it might not be true anymore is that UPS has revoked many parts of international mail ordnance in last twenty years. For example it used to be that a letter from other country should be delivered if the address is unique. Now it is that in some countries they can say: If the address is not in our database forget it. That would have been an outrage in 90's but not anymore.

[@RKBock]

Duck dealer in a dark alleyway: "Hey kids, wanna buy some ducks?"

[@duck6872]

Eyy

[@chaos-ivy]

Yes I would like to buy a ducks.

[@sarge7948175]

Some quack?

[@ThePCguy17]

*>Trenchcoat opens, many flapping wings and honking duck heads are revealed* "We got a twoferone deal on mallards, them's the pretty ones ya see with them green heads."

[@BlobVanDam]

-Why aren't there any ducks? -I don't know, there's never any ducks. -Then how do you know it's a duck pond? -It just is -Doctor Who - The Eleventh Hour

[@Anolaana]

But where do the ducks go for the winter?

[@Anolaana]

BeTheDeathOfMe Is that what the taxi driver says? I can never remember...

[@DogNamedWatson]

@@Anolaana It's been a few years, but I don't believe it was. I believe the Taxi driver was rude and didn't really answer

[@Ell355ar]

Immediately thought of that haha

[@teridactyl1250]

Anolaana Seranaar I think Amy said it, I could be wrong though, it’s been a while since I saw it

[@kerenk]

Tom's 'QUACK' at 6:38 was surprisingly accurate! I wonder if he practiced the sound....

[@Cross31415]

3:54 "Duckumenting the event". I am surprised that didn't get a chortle.

[@peter_smyth]

I was thinking that. It was a subtle pun, though.

[@Cross31415]

Peter Smyth Not by the Tech Dif metric it wasn't.

[@MrAlekoy]

+Lasse Andersen (Cross) I actually laughed because I thought that was what he said, but it was actually not meant as a pun.. :P

[@jezusmylord]

ah yes im only 4 years to late for that

[@mattandtom]

When Tom showed me this intro I could not stop laughing. "Ducks". I rarely laugh that much at myself. --Matt

[@Cross31415]

+Matt and Tom You do laugh quite a lot of yourself though, Matt. Class act. ;)

[@Ashcombeguy]

+Matt and Tom The anagram of "matt gray" that you didn't mention, was it "gray twat", or "ratty wag", or "tarty wag", or possibly even "warty tag"? Lol

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

+Matt and Tom Why was the Matt Mobile blue? It should have been colored mat grey!

[@nacoran]

+Matt and Tom The corollary to never looking a gift horse in the mouth for ducks is before you pay to look at the bill.

[@YensR]

+Matt and Tom 3:51 "you were taking photos" "'duckomenting the event" Still can't get over duckdealer, though :D

[@owjburnham4317]

Ex-Chair of York People and Planet (the year _after_ though, so it wasn't on my watch ;-) ). It had genuinely never occurred to me how they stopped the ducks flying off. I guess I assumed that they just really liked the lake, but even as I type that it rapidly sounds less and less plausible.

[@peachierose3356]

same, for the last part

[@nathanhargreaves7071]

A declawed cat has an increased chance of arthritis later in life. I feel bad because my wonderful kitty had to go through that. And based on the reaction of Matt, it seems like the declawing of cats isn't a thing in the UK. That's good.

[@Ghirahim3]

I belive it can be done but no-one does because it just a bit horrible to do that to a cat or any other creature for that matter

[@TheHantuDemon]

Nope, it's illegal. More recently docking and pointing ears of dogs is also illegal.

[@mojosbigsticks]

Fortunately duck's feathers grow back every year. Not so cat's fingertips.

[@poshboy4749]

Mojos Bigstick Not if you pinion a bird, it's cutting a bone in the wing to stop the feathers growing there.

[@renametowhatuwant4174]

@Poshboy @Mojos Bigstick Yep, there's a difference between Pinioning and Clipping Their Feathers, if you clip their feather's they regrow and you have to get them clipped every few months to keep them from being able to fly, but Pinioning is permanent :(

[@dandyintheunderworld843]

"Accidentally" became head of the student union.

[@Kram1032]

+BritishBookshelf well it really was kind of an accident. It started out as a prank, continued as a not-actually-serious campaign and ended in quite an impressive win.

[@thesquire9966]

See the previous video.

[@gwenynorisu6883]

I think that happens more often than you'd expect

[@dashthecat0]

Its because he was a comedy candidate and he never intended to win, but did.

[@molly.dog8brooke792]

Dashthecat1 Sounds familiar to- know what, let’s not even go there.

[@derkaiser9881]

Tom describing the box and saying he's sure it has ducks in it because it "has flapped" is the best thing I've heard today.

[@CommunistHamster]

I was at York from '08 to '12, and I knew about Trevor, Trevor II, and you, but I didn't realise you were responsible! A friend of Olympia.

[@killerkd123]

I have lived in Shenley my whole life, Im sad I missed you two in my home town ahah,also the big "Cage" was an old drunk tank basically

[@orangelita1128]

Someone might find it quite odd, but I happen to stumble upon the actual web article of the golden duck story in The Yorker, their alma mater's old school paper website. "Scott collected the ducks from Ferrybridge yesterday, from their breeder John Hall. They were released into the lake late yesterday afternoon. Though Scott had originally planned a large 'In-Duck-Tion' for the shelducks, for the sake of their welfare yesterday’s ceremony was a small one." Apparently, he have now forgotten to recall that "In-Duck-Tion" part, nevertheless, I enjoyed his recollection of the event.

[@duck6872]

I still love you, you can have me back

[@Andrew-hf9jz]

r/beatleJuicing

[@tytomasked1280]

One might say you went to your local Quack Dealer.

[@kolelokaram8541]

The old photos remind me that Tom got prettier as he aged.

[@ASMRJey]

Yes, it’s weird with him. Same with Martin Freeman. He also got prettier with age.

[@saunteringvaguelydownwards6308]

Lmao yes

[@cuileth3369]

Absolutely agreed, though I dig the long hair for its sheer nerd power, especially combined with that oversized jumper :D

[@WyvernYT]

I want to see more College Tom, though. I was a pony tailed nerd at that age too.

[@tncorgi92]

I've never met a goose that WASN'T evil-tempered.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Well with a name like "Drake" of course you are biased against rival types of water fowl.

[@lordpotashmallow2443]

The picture of the guy and the crate of ducks at 3:58 is stock photo worthy.

[@OsamaRana]

The microphone looks like it was made from the duck's feathers

[@Juli414]

+Osama Rana I thought at first it was a duck, or the remains thereof.

[@Tundra-ec3ii]

+Pspaughtamus same

[@231luffy]

+Osama Rana how about cotton candy

[@SeanLamb-I-Am]

+Osama Rana The video techs I know call the windbreaker on the microphone "a dead cat" and Rode uses that term for the product too.

[@aurelia8028]

i thought it was candyfloss XD

[@gonzo_the_great1675]

I had some friends at York uni around 1990. Apparently, at that time, a site rule was passed that eating the campus ducks was a chuck-out-able offence. Apparently one of the foreign students was found to be catching and cooking them.

[@lukedaniel7669]

I was at Birmingham at the end of the 90s and it was a local legend that Chris Tarrant was disciplined for eating one of the geese on the lake while studying there.

[@Meb8Rappa]

Duck dealer standing in a dark alley: "Hey kid... you want some mallards?"

[@LynxSnowCat]

anagrams. "get my rat" "tarty gem", "try tag em" "my target" "get warty" "grey watt" "Tom's cott" :|

[@mattandtom]

+LynxSnowCat "Gamy Tart".

[@sagiksp4979]

Cot Ms Tot

[@PokemonDiamondUS]

Flip the w "gayr tw@+" Sorry. This comment wasn't appropriate.

[@LynxSnowCat]

PokemonDiamondUS "wett gray"

[@livedandletdie]

+LynxSnowCat MATT GRAY AND TOM SCOTT - TOM GOT CANDY RATS, MATT! ; MATT GOT TOMS CANDY ART! MATT DO GRANT A CYST, TOM. ; MATT GOT CYAN DARTS, TOM.

[@RainaRamsay]

I was fine just giggling all the way through. Then I took a sip of tea just as Matt decided on "wasis" as the proper conjugation for "to be" at indeterminate time, and now I've got tea in my nose.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Timestamp

[@peachierose3356]

@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 pls yes

[@beth12svist]

This is me being fine not laughing at the video early in the morning, not wanting to wake up anyone, and then not being able to stop it at that exact moment.

[@RainaRamsay]

10:33 @@ellenorbjornsdottir1166

[@Gapthrosnir]

I have spent months trying to figure out why I recognise you and I finally know why. I remember this event with the Golden Ducks. I also remember one of the ducks flying away and never returning...

[@martijnkosters9024]

Not a Volvo, VW Passat. I'll hang my anorak up now.

[@context_required]

Martijn Kösters i think its a vw golf estate

[@shogun2215]

context_ required Nope, definitely a Passat.

[@jebus182]

At least it wasn't only me who saw that was a passat xD

[@Ephoros]

@@context_required Golf had simmilar tail lamps, but the shape of the boot suggests it's a B6 Passat.

[@context_required]

@@Ephoros ok i got told

[@neonanarchist6041]

So, being from the south of the USA, I have a pool. And one spring, a mother duck laid her eggs in the bushes by said pool. I got to see about thirteen ducklings in my pool and it was a one of the best things ever.

[@Pangloss6413]

Fellow homestuck fan!!!

[@Deon]

New mic works great! Could listen to these stories for hours.

[@epender]

The duck dealer was driving a Volkswagen Passat I can tell because of the tail lights.

[@anomynous4420]

So could I, B6 generation as we

[@RichardGadsden]

The reason that the ducks have their wings clipped is that they are exotic species - ie not native to the UK - and if they could fly away, they might end up going feral. And we have too many feral exotics in this country already, starting with rabbits.

[@donaldasayers]

The evidence that rabbits are not native is scant.

[@zappawoman5183]

@@donaldasayers Where tf are rabbits from originally? They don't seem to be welcome anywhere.

[@zippymcfearson2776]

That has to be the dumbest thing I ever heard. If you are afraid of feral ducks you would have to neuter them. I hope this doesn't shock you but non-flying birds can still mate. Don't you know their offspring would be able to fly ?

[@MrMiss-cp9bw]

@@zippymcfearson2776 Don't you know you're capable of monitoring animal behaviour and thus act accordingly when needed? Invasive species are a thing. Look it up, stupid.

[@Nastyswimmer]

@@donaldasayers Only the absence from the fossil record and the fact that when they were introduced by the Normans they were so ill suited to the climate that people (called warreners) were employed to look after them

[@violacola]

Matt Gray can also be Mr. Gay Tat.

[@Avistew]

Thanks, I couldn't figure out what word could be made with the W, but you cleared that up for me!

[@robinbeck7716]

@@Avistew the w word was twat

[@Avistew]

@@robinbeck7716 Right. I figured that out when I read Lucy L's comment, as I said in the message you answered to from 7 months ago :) Thanks, though!

[@tornadotaylor8956]

Add an s to the end

[@timothymclean]

@@Avistew Raw Tygat?

[@dragonkattz]

Aww, Tom really is like a young, benevolent, non-screwed up Alan Partridge.

[@malcolmhalliday515]

If you put the video at 50% speed Tom looks stoned and Matt looks drunk

[@Summer-uq1vr]

As someone who normaly watches at 200% wtf dude

[@CrushersCharisma]

"...was. Is........Was? Is?" "Don't worry about it" "WasIs!" Hilarious!!

[@rachelcruickshank7269]

Clipping wings is kind of equivalent to cutting your nails or hair. De-clawing a cat, as Tom said, is equivalent to chopping the end of your finger off.

[@krell.1415]

Pinioning is different than clipping wings, pinioning is like declawing, clipping is like hair.

[@GirishManjunathMusic]

@@krell.1415 pinioning is like epilating right? Only much more permanent and much more traumatic.

[@bobbler42]

3:56 “duckumenting” is a god level accidental pun.

[@violagreene4643]

"It's a swamp." Cue me wondering if York was the fourth attempt at building a university there....

[@laxor0519]

This is the most city-slicker thing I've ever seen. Out where we are you can get baby chicks by mail

[@OlliWilkman]

On the side, KZbin is recommending me a video on how to roast a duck.

[@duck6872]

Don't

[@stupidburp]

My family nursed a wild duckling back to health. It then lived in and around our backyard pool. It migrated for the winter but came back and started a family. We moved away from that house but last we checked there were still ducks using that backyard as a seasonal home.

[@halogenlampert]

"this is a tale of ducks" missed ducktales reference there

[@violagreene4643]

Woo - ooo

[@misssarahashplant31]

I walked from Borehamwood town centre to Shenley a while back but I didn't come across this area. I'll have to go there again someday and check it out.

[@taylorbarrow453]

Tom: "You can get a duck for 60 quid." Me in rural New Jersey who can walk down the street to the hardware store and get one for less than 5 bucks: Hm, interesting.

[@johnmccotter182]

A different type that is a ruddy shell duck and they are much more expensive here in Canada they float around 250 a pair

[@zperk13]

Do you have the money? Yes. Do you have the goods? Yes. Are you sure you weren't followed? Yes. *walks to volva* *sounds of quacking and flapping*

[@maccrazy7335]

I really miss these.

[@eddiefara]

Thought Matt said he was taking pictures for DUCKumenting the experience.

[@christalbot210]

So you specifically went to buy two ducks, and then were surprised when two ducks came out of the box. That must have been quite the pair-o-ducks. :->

[@KaiseaWings]

Pinioning is horrible, I'm glad it's illegal here. Clipping the feathers is a better method because it's not permanently disabling the bird, it's just until the feathers grow back. Pinioning I think is actually cutting _bone._

[@JonathanNichollstechandsuch8]

1:13 It’s at this point where you can see Tom triggered one of Matt’s brutal PTSD flashbacks to his university days. Whether it’s the ducks, the geese or Tom’s hair which scares him the most we may never know.

[@MasreMe]

3:53 "Duck-umenting the event "

[@azai.mp4]

What a fitting profile picture.

[@natalie-1592]

I want a life as interesting as tom’s

[@Vykk_Draygo]

The mic is great. Also, love this series.

[@Nosmo90]

3:54: Does Matt say "duckumenting" here? If so, bravo, good sir! xD

[@Stjaernljus]

"i could have been sold a pair of mallards for all i know" on a red t-shirt

[@justmeish1997]

I loved feeding the ducks at York Uni... my Grandma lives round the corner... I miss it :/

[@Jeagles]

At last a park bench where I recognise the location of it instantly

[@risel56]

Of course Matt would be crazy enough to buy a paradox.

[@Mustardear]

How did I not recognise Shenley duck pond from your tweet? In fact I specifically remember thinking how unrecognisable it was at the time.

[@CallumJenner]

This is one of my favourite KZbin channels.

[@CathodeRayKobold]

I'm reminded of the far side. "Hey buddy, wanna buy a hoofed mammal?"

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

That car is actually a VW Passat not a Volvo, but still the same.

[@hywodena]

HEY CLARIFICATION ON PINIONED DUCKS: pinioning is NOT the same as clipping. Clipping means cutting the ends of the feathers, pinioning means removing the pinion joint (similar to removing all of our fingers except the thumb). So the comparison to declawing is appropriate, but pinioning is actually more extreme than declawing. Birds that are "clipped" will molt and regrow their feathers. Birds that are pinioned will never fly again. It's really very unfortunate, but does make sense if you're releasing a bird that you don't want to wander, like a non-native species

[@lonesome3958]

BEST VIDEO TITEL EVER

[@MakotoTheKnight]

Yep - still good watchin'. Glad you got the windproof mic and it's definitely working for us.

[@arbitrarystuff1229]

If you ever need golden ducks come and watch me play 4th XI village Cricket on a Sunday.

[@CoffeeOnRails]

Tom's duck sound :D

[@brandonmartin-moore5302]

I wonder what was taken out in that flash cut.

[@adrianflo6481]

Very well duckumented video guys, loved it!

[@BakerbrothertvOfficial]

This is so awesome to see you so close to where I live! :)

[@TatAlbring]

I live 20mins from Shenley, I'm only 4 years late

[@jimmysgameclips]

This video is a great example of why those fluffy parts of microphones are so handy

[@michaelrcrilly]

Audio quality is great, vast improvement. Maybe use it all of the time, windy or not!

[@KristianWontroba]

Can you guys please offer a link to the wind-proof mic that you're using, or maybe the model of it? Love this channel! Thanks so much! : )

[@user-qd7vn1zz5i]

Fab video Tom. Just a correction - ornamental ducks don't have to be pinioned, though it is strongly advised and it is considered a criminal offence to release ornamental species into the uk. Therefore, pinioning for free range birds is virtually mandatory for such releasing. Not all will be pinioned though - many that instead live in large aviaries will remain full winged. Just thought you'd like to know!

[@Tophu48548]

Ooh, they might come to my town of Oakham in Rutland! Not a village though. Hopes forever high!

[@randomcreek]

The third greatest duck story on the internet.

[@Yotanido]

I heard the quiet wind noise in the back and saw your hair almost being ripped out of your heads. That is an amazing microphone, gotta say. Also, I'm starting to like this channel even more than Tom's main channel. (Ignoring citation needed, that's too much of an unfair advantage)

[@apologies9311]

6:38 Enjoy

[@emmareid6630]

I love these videos!! Also, the wind rejection on that mic is awesome. What model is it?

[@beesbees2423]

that's the kind of thing you hope not to be stopped by the police on the way to. "yes officer I'm here to buy some ducks..."

[@Killz4Dayz]

3:55 Don't you mean 'duck-umenting' the event.

[@krisztianszirtes5414]

I like Duck Tales like this....

[@williamclifton2995]

as an australians who has had ducks, you can have your ducks wings clipped but its purely your choice if you do or don't clip them wings

[@ragnkja]

I’m guessing that a decent number of people only clip the ducks’ wing feathers once and then choose to not re-trim the flight feathers again after the birds have settled in.

[@theduckfather7492]

I have Muscovy I always make sure to clip their wings because I know people will shoot them or they will become more invasive in my area.

[@bobingabout]

3:55 Matt was making a Duckumentary!

[@samramdebest]

Will you do do park benches outside of the UK too?

[@mattandtom]

+samramdebest If we're filming there!

[@daydodog]

+samramdebest they did one in finland

[@vsolyomi]

6:33 Well, I don't know what I expected... (c) They were alive, that's a good thing!

[@tomm.ymacleod9347]

Guys the captions for “Hi I’m Matt. And I’m Tom.” are “Hi I’m mad along charms.”🤣🤣

[@ashers.5856]

Matt Grey on the Greymobile should be in Matte Gray

[@andrerenault]

5:24 is that Gary and Chris?

[@user-vn3si7vs5u]

The fact that they talk about ducks at York University before Tall Boi has trended today.

[@JaqiesGadgets]

YAY for windproof mic! Awesome!

[@Elesario]

1:56 To the Duck Depository!

[@ShogunScarey]

These videos always make me laugh.

[@cha_zac]

Woop woop Hertfordshire that were im from

[@DemetriusSorvo]

I keep watching these videos and wondering if Matt will ever eat that candy floss?

[@gsurfer04]

We have a lot of ducks in Lancaster, too. Maybe we should have a duck themed event at Roses.

[@HayleyJeffs]

You never did confirm whether the Duck Dealer's car was (or was not) a Volvo! I clearly lack important things to think about because I would like to know!

[@Lora2788]

Ducks and geese still cause traffic mayhem in York! 😂

[@otakuribo]

I thought Matt was holding a spool of cotton candy for the entire video. Er, also "candyfloss" on your side of the pond. :D