Things British People Think are Totally Normal... But Others Find Bizarre

[@hertzeid]

Remember some friends who studied in London told me a great story. A classmate of theirs was mugged at knifepoint on the street. The robber wanted her wallet, smartphone etc. She explained to the robber that basically her entire life and all her work was on that phone, and asked if she could just remove the sim card and SD card. The robber agreed to this. But being nervous in the situation, she fumbles somewhat extracting the cards. So she APOLOGISES to the robber for taking so long. The robber feels the entire situation being a bit awkward, just standing there while she's fumbling with it. So he blurts out "So, how are things?" to which she replies "Not all that great. I just got robbed." 🤣

[@fudd666]

this is epic🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@revylucian8289]

Lol, an oldie but a goodie

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@emperorclaudias3316]

I couldn't stop laughing at this thanks mate. I love you.

[@snuscaboose1942]

Classic

[@edmcgowan1570]

"I've seen peasants...from a distance"... I spat my beer out I laughed so hard. ...and I love baked beans, even cold.

[@mpazinambao2938]

I...of course cold!

[@mho...]

🤢🤮

[@phantomechelon3628]

Has to be the most upper-class British thing he's ever said. 😆

[@stephendtto]

Ontario, Canada's Apology Act states that saying "sorry" does not legally constitute an admission of guilt or liability. Canadians say sorry a lot too.

[@brainblaze6526]

I like that there is an act of Parliament for this.

[@avalanche1990]

@@brainblaze6526 Yeah the bill was introduced in 2009 as overall Canadians are extremely apologetic to the point where individual Provinces and a couple territories had to act. So we can safely say "sorry" in court even on the witness stand and not be charged for a possible criminal act as far as my understanding goes

[@alyssa6876]

Need this in Minnesota and Wisconsin, we apologize for everything.😂

[@robertschiek8120]

@@alyssa6876 this is true I do apologize quite a scoche over in Wisconsin

[@owenlong4176]

In driver's education classes we were taught in the US to NOT apologize for an car accident because it is an admission of guilt in some states.

[@brandchan]

I've live in the U.S. my whole life and have experienced a range of places for the washing machine. An actual laundry room, in the kitchen, in the garage, in the basement, in a closet that was just a stack unit, and a stack unit in a bath room.

[@jackturner214]

Both my current home and my previous home had the laundry room next to the kitchen; architecturally, this makes some sense as, in one case, it was the last room before the garage, so it also served as a mud room and (in both cases), the bathrooms were near the kitchen as well (in my current home, one bathroom is just on the other side of the wall from the laundry closet). This allows a single plumbing stack to enter the home and branch off to the various water-serviced areas of the home; it also allows for easier installation of drainage pipes and tubes. The major advantage of this, from my perspective, is that if you have a leak in the tubing, there is a only a limited area where a water leak can occur, so it makes finding and containing the damage from said leaks that much easier!

[@derrickemerine1040]

Some appartment complexes have laundry rooms that you still have to use Quarters to do your laundry. I live at one.

[@mizstories9646]

Simon is the perfect example of someone saying sorry way too much. How many times have we heard him apologize for going on a tangent. Even though, at least, most of us love them.

[@irishwristwatch2487]

My favourite response to "y'alright?" Is "living the dream, one nightmare at a time"

[@martinkadlec6070]

Simon: "I feel like I should begin..." Sam: "But you didn't!" Top editing.

[@cebraulkenne8571]

"This behavior baffles the rest of the world." Canada: Sorry, what?

[@unfortdork]

Minnesota: Ope! Sorry to hear that!

[@babscabs1987]

Sore-eee

[@ExperimentIV]

my budgie is pretty entertaining! he’s 10 years old now and pretty smart considering his brain is the size of a shelled peanut. they really have distinct personalities and quirks. they’re definitely pretty amusing and like to spend time with people!

[@slwrabbits]

what a good birb!

[@diogeneslantern18]

Birds really do have such distinct personalities!

[@moogle68]

Is "budgie" like a Brit word for a parrot? I've never heard that word before here in the US. Or is it just a particular species of parrot that's popular in the UK specifically, for some reason?

[@ExperimentIV]

@@moogle68 it’s what americans call a parakeet. unfortunately my bird died yesterday at twelve years old. rest in peace, Higgins ♥️ i’m in canada and we use the word budgie, so i guess it’s probably originally a british thing.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

I saw a girl on a British show who had really bizarre sounding accent because she was born and raised in Texas but had lived in Yorkshire for a number of years.

[@lynsijaynesimpson]

As someone from Yorkshire, I can imagine this having the most horrifying and difficult to understand twang to it 😂😂😂

[@wombat862]

"I've only see peasants...from a far. " is the most elitist statement. Hilarious!!!

[@iginheo]

Read that as "I've only seen peanuts... from a far" I'd say that is nigh more elitist

[@mrmojomajestic8317]

"I've seen peasants ... from a distance ..." If you are going to quote our great overlord, please be accurate, if only for the sake of posterity.

[@michaelsmyth3935]

The real Simon.

[@Sergiblacklist]

Followed by how much beans cost 😂

[@Netasuke]

He probably saw them from his helicopter pointing down at them.

[@hebquad]

I haven't even watched the video yet but whomever came up with that artwork.... BRAVO!!!! The quirky smile, the beans, the obvious sexual tension. Mrs. Whistler needs to get a print of this and frame it.

[@dijosto]

I died when i saw it, had to go share it to some friends who also appreciate the work of sam and his fine vintage memery

[@HareDeLune]

My first thought was "That is *NOT* Simon sat in a tub of beans!"

[@HareDeLune]

@Ian James I don't know about that, mate. Oh, wait. You said no *sane* person. Fair enough! Lol!

[@GuntherRommel]

Canadians say sorry for everything, as well. In Canada, saying you're sorry isn't considered an admission of guilt, merely an expression of empathy.

[@brentfellers9632]

🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@rainsticklandguitartalk9483]

It's also seriously habitual. I mean, we're taught from childhood that we have to apologize and we would then be worried we were supposed to even when it wasn't necessary. So we always say it 'just in case' we were supposed to.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Greeks also often start a conversation with an stranger by saying " sorry" or " my apologies" 😁 it's considered a polite way to start a conversation or ask for something

[@antiisocial]

Some southern US states as well.

[@CaraTheStrange]

Im South African but I’m also a serial apologist, I always joke that I was meant to be a Canadian

[@kaitlynnchism9688]

I'm not even 5 mins in and talking about saying sorry all the time? I am an American from the south and I apologize for everything! "I'm sorry can you hand me that piece of paper?" or "I'm sorry can you get that off the top shelf? I'm too short. I'm sorry" and I say it all the time and it drives everyone around me nuts 😂😂

[@occheermommy]

I probably say it more than average. I always find it funny when people say sorry to me because I use a scooter and we will come around the corner at the same time. Like you have as much right to be there as me. You know who doesnt say sorry, the family at WDW that has their faces buried into their phones and they walk straight into me even though I have done everything I can to get away from them.

[@inannanightingale9718]

I’m from Australia and also a huge Simpson fan, so you better believe when I had a partner from the uk I used to tease him with “kippers for breakfast?” quotes without knowing what the hell kippers were. One time we were in the uk together at a hotel and I was so excited to see kippers as an option for breakfast!!!!! I ordered them mostly to brag about the Simpsons reference

[@stevenwallace773]

Basically in the US most places have a dedicated laundry area in either the basement, a pantry/laundry room, or a closet, if your house or apartment doesn't have any of those, you just don't have a washer and dryer and just go to the laundromat

[@absollum]

Or garage.

[@maryaltman9978]

sometimes in like a little shed on the outside of the house

[@JessieHTX]

Yeah. I live in a tiny apartment in the US. Luckily, next to the building is a shed with a shared washer/dryer. Ps I miss living in a house with a yard. I didn’t even get a washer or dryer because a previous tenant had put up multiple clotheslines. I hand washed everything and hung it to dry next to the honeysuckle.

[@spookyskeptic4978]

I have a dedicated laundry area. When the previous owners remodeled the house, they added it on. I am eternally grateful. It's also where the water heater is. It's got a finish concrete floor that feels cool in the summer and warm in the winter, so it's also known as the cat's bedroom.

[@michellesimonds7723]

Every house I have ever lived in had the washer and dryer in the garage except 1. The 1 was a duplex with a laundry closet. Maybe it’s a Pacific Northwest thing to keep them in the garage? IDK

[@GoatAndDog]

I can't be the only person who's apologise to the furniture after walking into it. And then realised what we've done.

[@BusyBusyPanda]

My cousin Angie once walked into the bathroom door & said "Excuse me sir" without realizing. We all heard from the living room& were in hysterical by the time she came back. She didn't even realize she'd said it.

[@GoatAndDog]

Yeah I've also said excuse me to no one before XD

[@TinaDanielsson]

I blame the furniture for hurting me and THEN apologise for not being fair to it 😂

[@alyssa6876]

I do it.

[@GoatAndDog]

@@alyssa6876 Thanks and judging by the likes and replies I'm definitely not the only one XD

[@susansoussan9197]

I don't know what factories do, but homemade Baked Beans are indeed baked, low oven temp and for many hours. The result tastes so much better than canned. It's worth the effort.

[@moogle68]

this would not be the first time that the name of a dish refers to the original, small volume, home made method of preparation, even though the more widely used, canned version of the dish has to use a different method due to the scale they are working with, and possibly the necessity for the operation to be profitable.

[@ericthompson3982]

Walked away for a couple of minutes to get a drink. Came back and he's still going on about washing machines. You do you, Simon.

[@bamacopeland4372]

Sam has done such a good editing job when it comes to Simon's tangents that when I'm listening to my headphones and I'll walk away some of the ads fit in perfectly with the sounds of the tangent memes

[@copiedandpasted]

Simon, asking Danny how many people he keeps locked in the dungeon seems kind of ironic, doesn't it?

[@personzorz]

It's dungeons all the way down

[@williamb9422]

I get this Matryoshka doll feeling from Danny's comment.

[@ariste01]

It's not the inconvenience of the ads to the viewer that's the problem. It's that the advertisers can then threaten to pull their ad dollars if they don't like what you're broadcasting. I trust PBS and NPR far more than I do CNN or fox. Also public programming is sometimes the only early education low income kids get which benefits the public as a whole so it's only right that tax dollars should pay for it.

[@maciej9280]

same if it gets funded by your taxes, the current goverment might say stop this, dont say that, or you're out, happens more than you might think

[@ariste01]

@@maciej9280 possible but way less likely in a representative democracy. A lot of people in the US want to act like "the government" is some vast unknowable entity. At least for now, the US is still a representative democracy. At the end of the day WE are the government and responsible for everything it does. If you don't like what the government is doing, vote for better people. If you vote for people that believe government is inherently inefficient and corrupt it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.

[@immortalkall]

Budgies can be quite loving and affectionate, they even have been known to cuddle their owners

[@DeronJ]

I never would have guessed that Simon was anti budgie. #CancelSimon Sorry.

[@Akren905]

Horror memory sister told me be good r the bird would eat me woke up to it pulling on my hair to get ,y attention I scream her cat came in and killed the bird. Kitten wa Named Lizzie and the poor blue budge didn't make it.but I was terrified soooo.. yay cat lol but now I'm ike awww bird...

[@PeachM0de]

Yeah… what’s a budgie? To me it’s a car you ride over sand.

[@angryatheist]

@@PeachM0de small bird or the swimming briefs you smuggle budgies in. As in I’m wearing nothing but thongs and budgie smugglers with a cockatoo on my shoulder

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

Parakeets cuddle their owners?

[@selkie76]

The one time I received a note from the TV licensing man warning me that I might be facing a fine was because I hadn't been in when he called around. I'd been down town, acquiring a licence for the TV that had been delivered only the night before. I have to assume that the licence men constantly watch every door, ready to pounce. ^.^

[@rarahbelle]

I live in Texas, and every house I've lived in we had the laundry in the pantry. Same in all except one house we saw when viewing open houses. The one house that it wasn't in the pantry, also had carpeted walls, and the second floor wasn't level.

[@davidjeffares2684]

Hallway with bi-fold door covering them is quite popular in smaller US homes

[@tinacasarotto1264]

I've had them there and in the garage. Currently, mine are in the mud room.

[@kaymarrand9970]

A lot of soviet era apartments have washing machines in the kitchen for exactly the reason Danny pointed out - no outlets or no suitable outlets in the bathrooms. What's even more annoying - they have aluminum wiring, which means you may have to unplug the fridge if you wanna use the washing machine or the oven or you'll be calling the building management to replace the fuse.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Most older apartments in Greece have no room for the washing machine - especially the modern bulky ones since back in the 60s-70s it wasn't that common for an average family to own such " luxuries" like washing machines or TVs 😏 So it's common to put your washing machine at kitchen, back ward of balcony..!! With lines running halfway your home 😁😁😁

[@seantlewis376]

Aluminum wiring??? WTF? I hope building standards have improved in the last 30 years.

[@starsoffyre]

I'm from Singapore, but that "sorry" thing is definitely relatable. I start my sentence with "sorry" whenever I want to ask a stranger or service staff something.

[@clarastephen0192]

Hey 👋 how are you doing today?

[@lionzod6943]

I absolutely love how Simon still doesn’t know the name of his own channel initially.. 6 years from today nothing will change and its great 👍🏻

[@Which-Craft]

Having the washing machine in the kitchen or the bathroom is actually quite sensible from a construction standpoint, as it keeps the plumbing all together, rather than just running pipes willy nilly throughout the house.

[@PeppermintNightmare]

"I have seen peasents from a distance..." Looks up to see my brother attempting to flick the last few beans out of the tin with his finger *Yeah, me too, Simon*

[@JMurdochNZ]

A 50% discount on tv licenses for blind people is the most British thing ever.

[@eliahabib5111]

It make sense if you think that the "tv licence" cover also the radio service. So you can still use half the service.

[@QBCPerdition]

Well, you can still hear it, can't ya?

[@chawnadams9648]

And half off pants for double amputees.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

But does it actually turn the Video off on the TV and just play the audio? If not...might need to find me an attractive blind british chick.

[@robertguy9553]

As a Canadian that’s been to the UK, you guys don’t say sorry very often at all lol

[@lynsijaynesimpson]

Sorry, we can be very rude 😂

[@thecoon3193]

As an American that's been to Canada, I laughed my ass off at how true the stereotype was. Even y'all's road signs apologize for the delay construction is causing. Here in the US they're just like "shits closed till whenever we fuckin feel like it. fuck off"

[@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380]

@@thecoon3193 So do ours in England. "Sorry for the delay," "sorry for the inconvenience."

[@matthewwhite2155]

I love the mini Danny intro, today. It felt like coming home! Thank you Danny. This is a nice return to form, and the first BB in a little while that felt like a classic BB episode! So well done!

[@seantlewis376]

Every home I've visited in UK or Germany had the washing machine in the kitchen. I always assumed it was because of tighter space restrictions, especially in the cities. Most US homes have a utility room, which is often also a mud room (a place where people enter from the outside, and take off their shoes before entering the rest of the house). People in apartments usually don't have a washing machine, having to go to a laundromat, or onsite laundry room. In my current home, the basement bathroom holds our washer and dryer. One thing I saw in a London flat really impressed me: a multi-function washer/dryer, one unit does both jobs in a compact space. Pretty cool. I've heard that they also exist in the US, but I've never seen one here.

[@yasmin7903]

I am in Germany and washing machines in the kitchen are rather the exception. Far more people have them in the bathroom. Some apartment buildings also have them in a dedicated room in the basement where every tenant has a dedicated place for their washing machine and the water valve opens with a key so that nobody else can use your washing machine. Some buildings don't have that and neither do they have a water dispenser for the washing machine inside the apartments. Those living there do go to laundromats. I do have one of those compact washer/dryers. It is really useful since i'd be unable to hang the clothes outside when the weather is rainy, and hanging them inside means they get smelly and can even get mouldy.

[@Angel_1394]

Truly loved the story about Simon forgetting how to be British when he mentions it all the time. Does sound weird to talk to each other like that

[@trevorgwelch7412]

He's banged up 😊

[@abirbnamedBasil]

Beans on toast was a staple growing up, with my family having emigrated from the UK a couple of generations earlier. Imagine my grief and horror when Heinz reformulated their American beans, adding BBQ flavoring. Absolutely ruined it. Now, imagine my joy in finding British Heinz beans at the local grocery store, and being reunited with a beautiful slice of my childhood.

[@aj383]

I feel like British Heinz baked beans are the same as we Americans market as "pork and beans". You might give that a try and possibly save yourself some money.

[@abirbnamedBasil]

@@aj383 pork and beans on toast?? 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@aj383]

@@abirbnamedBasil Absolutely! I know that it I probably didn't have the most authentic version of a full English when I ordered it at a "British pub" in Hong Kong in 2004, but to my taste buds, the beans were a dead ringer for American Pork and Beans.

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

@@abirbnamedBasil that's Baked beans in the UK, don't ask why because I don't understand it myself.

[@LagrangePoint0]

@@abirbnamedBasil As a malnourished Venezuelan, that sounds delicious!

[@DeliveryMcGee]

Back in the day, the TV detector vans actually did work -- CRT TVs threw off a LOT of noise all over the radio spectrum that could easily be picked up by an antenna tuned to look for it, and up until around the time Simon was born they could even tell what channel you were watching and thus prove you owed a license fee. With modern TVs ... they say they can still detect it, but their explanation of the tech is incredibly sketchy and mostly BS, the main detection method now is probably driving by and hoping they can actually see a TV through the living room window.

[@TheLostCorner]

Yeah, indeed - the tech for the old vans was originally developed by MI5 to hone in on Soviet spies around London. They'd set themselves up and sweep their detector across a wide range of frequencies until they hit a resonance telling them someone somewhere in the detector's beam was receiving on that frequency. Then they'd listen in. The Soviets obviously ultimately got wise to this and the technology ended up being used by the BBC detector vans. Since BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4 and then C5 were all on very distinct frequencies it was really very easy for a detector van to tell that a given house was watching a given channel at whatever time. There's a theory going around that seems popular that this didn't work, and it's bullshit. I've no idea how many vans were equipped, but given how ridiculously easy and cheap the tech is, I'd guess "most" if not "all". It doesn't work on modern setups, of course. Programmes served up over the internet can be tracked, though the BBC might struggle to get enough info out of your ISP who are quite likely to tell them to shove it. And a detector van driving around in 2022, I agree, I'd be inclined to think they're either going on information they've already been given by your ISP or cable provider - which is unlikely - or they're chancing their luck.

[@userJohnSmith]

Christ, your taxes are so high you'd think they'd just let it go. Then again I always have to remind myself Britain has a slightly higher per CAPITA GDP then Mississippi so...

[@brianartillery]

The dog detector van, to find people who didn't have a dog licence (if you had a black and white dog the licence was cheaper), was a lot more low tech. It drove around slowly, and the driver looked for dogshit and muddy paw prints outside of houses.

[@JCLeSinge]

Nah, don't believe it. Sure, okay, they could pick up the noise off an old TV. But pick one house from a street? Where 95% of them have TVs? No, that one house on the block without a TV is still getting "detected" as having one, because the tech was so crap as to basically be a hoax. The way they actually do it is with a mailing list. They just go through the address book and harass everyone who responds. The core assumption is that everyone has a TV and anyone says they don't is a liar, then just go down the address list on that basis. I base this on the arguments had at the door, the ridiculous lengths people without TVs have to go to proving it, the insulting demands and indeed threatening behaviour of licence authority staff, and the flat lies they tell about their legal powers of entry. If they ever had a reliable detector, they wouldn't resort to any of that crap, they could just present the readings from the device.

[@MrGrimsmith]

@@userJohnSmith Eh, the taxes aren't terrible TBH. It's around 30% or less for most people (it gets complicated with tax brackets and non taxable allowances) but that includes the vast majority of healthcare (prescription drugs have a per item or annual fee, dental treatments have a flat fee so a hygiene visit costs the same as bridge work). Sales tax is national and included in the price and our income tax is paid at point of earning for the most part, I haven't filed a tax return in over 20 years since it's been paid as I got it. There's a *HUGE* economic divide between regions though. South? More money than sense. North? More resentment than money. Midlands? Yeah, we're screwed. Can't afford to live here, can't afford to move.

[@angelipie2592]

to the washing machines, top-loaders are great if you forgot to put an item you can just lift the lid and add it in. For stackable sets, generally the washer is on the bottom because it's much heavier and needs a stable base for the spin cycle, plus most north american dryers use hot air to dry and need a vent which is usually in the ceiling for stackable units.

[@FreihEitner]

Hmm, TV detector vans explains something I never quite understood about a Monty Python sketch ("Buying a Fish License") where John Cleese talked about a cat detector van patrolling in his neighborhood.

[@aps-pictures9335]

I remember offering to help carry furniture for a stranger in NYC cus she was struggling - and I started by saying ‘sorry, can I offer you a hand?’ Us Brits are weird 😅😂

[@slaytanicsabbath]

You ever seen silence of the lambs?

[@DayZeroChannel]

"Sorry love, do you want a hand?" -pepper spray

[@chrisharmon8858]

Nope. Here in the middle of the country we'll do the same thing. Just so we don't startle people we usually start of with "excuse me ma'am/sir, do you need a hand". For some reason it works much better the "HEY! Bud! Can I help you with that hernia there!".

[@DayZeroChannel]

@@chrisharmon8858 heya bud how ya doing thare. you need a hand thare bud

[@aps-pictures9335]

@@chrisharmon8858 hahah I mean ‘excuse me’ makes a lot more sense though

[@krisbk21]

Finally almost done recreating Simons building layout based of years of business/brain blaze videos. Just to find out theres another basement in the basement that Danny owns. Back to the drawing board

[@flowertrue]

It can only be accessed by Paternoster. You have to ride it past the bottom floor.

[@Cameron655]

He can't get to it though, what with being chained to the radiator with only a typewriter (oh, and Callum and Gilles) for company. Sorry for the breaking news. Still, Katy's at large, so there's that. 😆

[@renaissanceredneck73]

That thumbnail 👌, I couldn't click fast enough. Whoever did that needs an award!! I laughed harder everytime I looked at it.

[@clarastephen0192]

Hey 👋 how are you doing today?

[@clarastephen0192]

Hey 👋 how are you doing today?

[@beefgoat80]

The strangers talking to you out of nowhere is a common occurrence in the small Texas town I grew up in. When I first moved to Chicago, I think I scared the living hell out of so many people just by saying “howdy”. I got used to people ignoring one another. Now when I go home, my first reaction to folks randomly greeting me is “what the hell does this guy want”. I’ve forgotten how to be friendly to complete strangers. 😂

[@flowertrue]

if I was walking down the street and a guy randomly said "Howdy" to me, I'd start laughing for joy.

[@flygirl4983]

Hilarious -- this born & bred Chicago girl, got job transferred to Richmond VA. Pickup trucks with gun racks, a "Po' Boys" restaurant, and random people "Howdying" "Nice day" me everytime I walked down the street. My reaction was, "oh goody, I'm meeting all the local serial killers". One cold day; the aforementioned restaurant -- was frantically closing up in the middle of the day. Disappointed that I couldn't get my fried catfish/hush puppies to go -- "What's the fuss about"? The manager stared at me like I was stupid -- "It's the BIG STORM COMING!" " It's going to -- *SNOW* " About 1/2" fell. It was Armageddon. WTF.

[@blackjackproduction1]

Whistle Boy!!!!! I want to thank you, Danny, and Sam so much!!! I just finished my finals and am now officially a college graduate with a finance degree. The Blaze is amazing and was the only way I could study the entire semester! Thank you so so much for all your hard work!!! #freedanny

[@lynsijaynesimpson]

Congratulations on the graduation ❤️

[@unowen9668]

Congrats!

[@TheAntiburglar]

Simon, having subbed back when your *were* Business Blaze, I would like to formally request a short run of O.G.B.B. mugs for those of us who've been here for the long haul. I WANNA REP O.G.B.B.

[@juniravegaming8564]

Same here! I would def pay for it

[@Dante7Creed]

Yup I'm on board too!

[@Rokomarn]

It wouldn't be ogbb if you could buy it now

[@kiltedbroshar4187]

Same here

[@bryanye5682]

I got the shirt. where were you?

[@liberatetheforks]

I'm sorry, as a Canadian I'm that way too. We apologize WHILE holding the door for people

[@jmanj3917]

I'm thinking that the washing machines would be installed where there are already pipes for the water...

[@Bacopa68]

Yes, and utility rooms are usually near a kitchen or bathroom to minimize the number of sewer connector lines.

[@dotech4128]

So I’ve watched many videos from many of your channels Simon, but this is the first video I’ve seen from Brain Blaze. It was refreshingly different, quite humorous. I’m not British (American) but my grandfather is from Britain (Liverpool) so I’m quite familiar with many of these oddities, such as an English breakfast, which for me even as an American is a dietary staple, though I’ve never heard of Britain being referred to as Blighty either so don’t feel so bad lol. Gotta say, I don’t know where you get the time and energy for so many channels.

[@garethbaus5471]

Laundromats aren't that bad so long as you find a cheap one and aren't scared of other people. You definitely can meet some crazy people at a laundromat.

[@MrBobsmithers]

As a Canadian I feel sorry about you guys having to say sorry so much. We feel your pain!

[@clarastephen0192]

Hey 👋 how are you doing today?

[@musicaltheatregeek20]

In Canada, apologizing after an accident isn't an admission of guilt like it is in most other countries, especially our neighbors to the south

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

@@musicaltheatregeek20 I'm sorry you feel that way.

[@brianartillery]

Sorry about that.

[@kreiner1]

Well played Canada! 🙃👍

[@Chef_PC]

Sam is amazing at the memes. I need him to edit my life in real-time.

[@personzorz]

Jokes on you I'm into that shit

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

[@archstanton6102]

I don't understand

[@personzorz]

FBI OPEN UP

[@StudentStuntDriver]

Don’t forget about John Belushi in “Animal House” saying ‘Sorry’ to Stephen Bishop for obliterating his guitar.

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

Having a washer and dryer in the kitchen isn't disgusting. Having a bathroom in your kitchen is what's truly disgusting. 😆

[@epowell4211]

I am horrified by tiny houses that don't have a completely sealed toilet area and only a kitchen sink to wash the hands :P

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

@@epowell4211 I'm horrified by some older European homes that have a toilet and bathtub in the middle of the Kitchen. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@kriscerosaurus]

First: Simon is clearly enjoying himself, and I love to see it. Also: YES! A good and proper Danny intro!

[@ShaneShellmore]

many older appt complexes dont have individual hookups for washer/dryer, but they do provide a laundry room in the amenity centers. the majority of older houses dont either, so unless they add one on the outside or lucky enough to have a garage then they have to use laundry mat.

[@___David__]

Oh and washing machines in the kitchen are very common in Portugal. You know why? Because you have the clothesline outside the kitchen window. So you take the clothes out of the washer and you hang them immediately on the clothesline so that it can dry in the sun. The sun is a big yellow hot thing that shines in the sky for more than half the year, by the way.

[@fionnuirrenechain3381]

There ain't any sun in Ireland ... Maybe two months of the year! That is genuis though having the line right above the machine outside the window

[@rubiconnn]

I'm from California. I didn't know that the sun ever goes away. Also we keep our washer/dryers in the garage. They make too much heat to keep indoors. Help, it's hot and dry.

[@stephjovi]

Interesting. In Austria most people have the washing machine in the bathroom. Either washer dryer clothing line outside in summer or simply inside the apartment wherever there's space

[@angelachouinard4581]

@@rubiconnn I grew up in New England and washers and dryers were in the basement. My current house in Virginia was built in 1948 and they designed an ell off the kitchen for the hot water heater , washer and dryer. It works well, I can run the laundry while I'm cooking dinner and I put louvered doors across it to hide the appliances.

[@rubiconnn]

@@angelachouinard4581 We don't have basements here. Too many earthquakes so the ground needs to be really stable. Our houses are on solid concrete slabs.

[@CartoonHero1986]

I had friends that went to Wales as part of an exchange and when they came back to Canada they where like "dude; they fry EVERYTHING there I don't get it! I ordered just plain dry toast one morning because my stomach was off and it was FRIED!" So I am not sure if that is actually a Welsh thing to cook food by frying it, or if it was just what the way the kitchen and the academy that hosted them cooked everything. But I will never forget the story of fried "dry" toast.

[@AnyoneCanSee]

We deep fry Mar Bars in Scotland. A popular dish after drinking is called a "Pizza Crunch". It is a deep-fried Pizza! I'm not kidding, you can Google it. I never buy any take-out food as it is incredibly salty and always greasy. Scots have the shortest lifespan of anyone in Europe and it is entirely down to "our" (I say our but I don't participate) lifestyle. It's changing a bit but still, most people eat like the only thing that matters about food is the taste. Fried food tastes better so why not fry everything is the prevailing attitude. It is also about the fact it is cold and wet and gets dark at 4pm in the winter and deep-fried food and booze make life a wee bit better.

[@lordomacron3719]

Funny thing is where I grew up in the midlands we called fried bread ‘French Toast’ Don’t know why? Do the French fry their bread?

[@TrineDaely]

Hell, deep South US will deep fry sticks of butter. No one deep fries like the deep South.

[@deed5811]

New York - home of the fried Twinkie

[@vickymc9695]

I think they miss heard you. Dry and fry sounds fairly similar with some accents.

[@Kolowo93]

Here in Sweden we also used to have the TV-license, until a couple of years ago when they actually made a mandatory tax out of it.. "Public Service fee", which you have to pay regardless if you take part and use these services. We have way too many stupid taxes.

[@tommytee3185]

yeah, thanks for that - a short while after swedes had their license become a part of the regular taxes norway did the same. 15 years i've avoided owning a tv, any kind of tv set, and now i had to get one just to get my taxes' worth. and it's still all shit programming.

[@marcbeebee6969]

We Germans and you Skandinaviens. We are sheep lol. Why do we exept that crap. In france a mob would be setting a City on fire

[@annemettefrederiksen7751]

Denmark calling and im mad about it, because instead of one liscense pr home, its pr person...Now more expensive 🤬

[@JessieHTX]

In the US we just pay the cable company and have no free broadcasting. I don’t pay and just watch streaming. Still have a TV, but just because I actually still own a DVD player and VCR. lol

[@marcbeebee6969]

@@jeremyroper7273 love to you too. If you come again have a look at Blausee switzerland, amazing

[@nicholeayt509]

Yay! Danny with the sneaky long intro! Love that Simon didn't even notice until it was over!

[@MoonlightSilverWolf]

I’ve seen plenty of “laundry in the kitchen” setups in the US- when my parents were looking for a new home, we skipped over several houses simply because of that. In my home growing up, it was in a hall behind bi-fold doors. In my parents’ current house, they’re in the utility room with the water heater. In my apartment we put the laundry in the bathroom because we had no where else it would fit in the redesign due to window and supporting wall placements. Instead, the utility room (by the kitchen) is doubling as the pantry.

[@puffapuffarice]

I guess we Canuks must get the "Sorry" from our association with Brits. Q:"how do you get a Canadian to apologize?" A:"have the bank machine keep his bank card"

[@jordanwilliams9300]

For the record, letting news channels get paid by advertisers has resulted in disaster for the U.S. political system and the integrity of our democratic republic.

[@rossharper1983]

That's true. Here in the UK we have BBC that's paid for by the public but we also have channels paid for by advertisements. But we have a government agency called Ofcom who regulate everything that is on them

[@luckydog73718]

But the US has NPR which is government news. Oh, what a wonderful idea that is. They lean hard left so only the left listen to it.

[@manupontheprecipice6254]

Constitutional Republic

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@rossharper1983 I wonder how GBeebies is still on air.. It's hardly a news channel.

[@sharebear5625]

Being Canadian sorry comes out of my mouth numerous times a day . Apologizing for anything and everything my fault or not

[@cherisseepp5332]

I even apologize to my dogs when they’re in my way. 🇨🇦

[@victoriaeads6126]

9:00 My FAVORITE "Simon Tangent Warning' clip 😂😂😂❤ Please, tangent! Love the tangent!!

[@jeramypompa]

I live in a townhouse in Michigan, in America, we have a washer/dryer set in our kitchen, the townhouses were setup that way, it's actually quite convenient cause you can wash your dishes and do laundry at the same time

[@katrinareads]

The real question is if Simon went back to England, did he give the police that stolen drone he bought?

[@daniels.2720]

...Allegedly...

[@lynsijaynesimpson]

Nah he uses it to fly Danny supplies down when he's to tired to tackle the basement stairs 😂

[@kaialexander6806]

I was trying to figure out what we say instead of "alright?" where I'm from (The Black Country, right by Birmingham) and I realised it'll probably be confusing even for Brits who aren't yam yams since it'll probably be something similar to "owam yow?" or "owam ya?" or if you're lucky, "how am ya?" Probably shouldn't be surprising considering I think we might be the only English-speaking place you can refer to a woman as a "wench" and it's genuinely not insulting, it's just a synonym for it round here.

[@kinkaleen1255]

Don't forget, 'ow bin ya?'

[@Sniperboy5551]

SPEAK ENGLISH!

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Baked beans aren't that cheap in America. Never in my life can I recall them being that cheap. Maybe as a kid we could get 4 for 50 cents, but that was 30 years ago. I feel riped off. And I am talking about the mini cans. The good sized cans might have been 50 cents each back then. We get our laundry machines in a variety of places. I've seen them in a closet in the hall, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the basement, and in a mud room or enclosed back porch.

[@aj383]

Ikr?

[@aj383]

Baked beans are expensive, but I feel like the British version is more closely related to what we market as "Pork and Beans" which are drastically cheaper... And this American agrees that washing machines belong wherever they fit as long as they're doing the job.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

@@aj383 pork and beans are still way more than the prices he quoted though. And definitely yummier.

[@aj383]

@@ladykoiwolfe You're correct in that it's nowhere near the £0.20 that he quotes, but in my area Pork and Beans start at about $0.67 or £0.59 for a 28 oz can, where baked beans start at $1.89 or £1.53 for an 8.3 oz can.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

@@aj383 I had to check, the cheapest I found was $.79 for 16 oz. For the store brand pork and beans. I'm craving them now. I really need to go shopping while I'm out tomorrow.

[@SnowSnake666]

I've got to say, not having a sponsor makes the end of this video fucking phenomenal 😂😂😂 Sam nailed the editing, and it was good to have a proper intro again! 10/10

[@barondavisiscool]

"Sorry, SORRY 😅 ayyyy", Brummie here, SO TRUE! 🤣🤣🤣

[@youwillneverguess]

Thank you, Danny for the intro! Love it! Can an intro be 3/4 of the video length? How long can you keep Simon going before he notices?

[@mrwarr]

I worked with some Brits a decade or so ago and I walked into the office and greeted one of them, “Morning, John.” He replied “Yawrite.” I immediately became self-conscious. Do I look sick? Eventually, I just stopped greeting John.

[@lynsijaynesimpson]

It's our way of asking how you are 😂

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Nobody can say “sorry” like a Canadian! 🇨🇦

[@FishFingers121]

I'm sorry what! British say it best

[@KarrierBag]

8:50 I am from Sussex and grew up saying 'alright' as a greeting, I have lived in Yorkshire for over 20 years now and they say it here too....

[@LaylaSpellwind]

I dunno why I never thought to watch these videos while drunk before. This is great.

[@BusyBusyPanda]

The title card for this episode is utterly horrifying. Well done! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@AaronJLong]

Even though KZbin remembers I've watched the whole video through this still appears in my recommendations every few days. I think it just doesn't want me to forget that incredibly blursed thumbnail.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I wish Simon talked and acted like this on ALL of his many channels! He's so much funnier and more entertaining on this channel than all of the others (which I also watch)!

[@barryjonson4742]

Also guilty

[@delseywitt398]

Yes. This is the channel where he has his personality on. His earlier videos are better, as he's yelling at his chair for existing, rather than sitting on it.

[@mildlydazed9608]

Blaze boy blazing is infinitely entertaining.

[@TheHeroExodus]

His personality sometimes bleeds into hid other works, it makes for a good drinking game Take a shot every time he blazes in another video lol

[@ericdreblow8564]

@@delseywitt398 Omg this comment is hilarious AND insanely accurate. Well done mate :D

[@TheLittlemonster333]

I just want a special epic blaze episode where Simon is up and about again

[@joegoddard9661]

8:40 I’m from Kent and ‘you alright’ has always been the standard greeting

[@flygirl4983]

Midwest, USA: Our homes have basements. That's where the laundry room is. ...and to wait out the occasional tornado.

[@williebauld1007]

Tangent Boi not only has forgotten how to be British but he's forgotten how to speak English! Well done Danny, great to have a long intro again!

[@personzorz]

He can't even speak

[@johnc.2876]

Long Live Danny the basement dweller!!! May your mushroom stout come out grand Danny!

[@minagica]

Brits and Canadians. We Canadians apologize so frickin' much! I love us for it, tho 🥺

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

That may be true but last I knew Canadians don't eat gassy foods at every meal, while the British eat pork and beans at every meal.

[@minagica]

@@michaelmckinnon7314 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@ilovethe80s74]

As an American, I love a full English breakfast! Best hangover cure ever!

[@lordomacron3719]

And plenty of fuel for the days work ahead.

[@stefanhoimes]

Best with adding a double shot of whiskey to my cuppa tea.

[@ilovethe80s74]

@@stefanhoimes Ah yes, hair of the for sure.

[@MrMcGreed]

The background music is so wonderfully chosen for this channel... but especially for this episode... It's just waffling on, perfect :D

[@garbuz3324]

You got an immediate like on that business blaze slip 22:35 Dryers are much lighter then washing machines, so it makes more sense to put them on top

[@jacobhuff3748]

This explains how Simon got Danny into the dungeon and keeps him there. I never thought Etiquette could be such good way to keep the involuntarily immobile so compliant. Maybe Simons could teach this to Guards in the U.S prison system. Now all this talk about baked beans has me craving Spotted Dick. P.S What suicidal bastard puts the washer on top the drier. Such a cavalier orientation is begging for a disaster when the Washer leaks onto the Dryer plus also the washer gets heavier as the cloth get wet and the Dryer gets lighter as cloth dry.

[@somerandom3257]

Simon does it by leaving a vase in front of the door, so if Danny does get out he immediately knocks it over and then he can’t fight the urge to apologize to Simon for it

[@Amelia-vk4jt]

I'm not even British but in the 5 years Ive lives in the UK I learned to say sorry all the time, it's gotten so bad my coworker told me to stop apologizing but I just can't it's like an instinctual reflex to say sorry for no reason now

[@M1ggins]

I bet when they said that, you immediately replied 'sorry'.

[@alfsmith4936]

I'm sorry but the English never apologise for anything in real life.

[@unculturedweeb4240]

Oh how I've missed Danny's long introductions. But this one was pretty short.

[@nunyabusinesss1476]

I've had it both ways with the Wash/Dryer. When I was growing up in Md (US) we had a dedicated Laundry Room that had the Washer/Dryer, a sink, and some cabinets and shelves. When we moved to SC(US) the Wash/Dry in our new house was in the Kitchen. When I lived in the local Apartments for a few they had a lil coin-op Laundry set up off the main lobby area.

[@sydyidanton5873]

Here in Australia (and New Zealand) traditionally homes were always stand-alone dwellings with both a front lawn and back yard frequently with a toolshed/hobby shed and also not so uncommonly, a swimming pool of varying styles i.e. above/below ground (according to budget). They might even include a dedicated deck area with an outdoor spa pool (Jacuzzi). As property prices have wildly increased in recent years and populations have exploded subsequent to both immigration and natural growth, apartment buildings in major cities are increasingly the norm. This evolution of accomodation options has also developed how we refer to the rooms within. In days past where the laundry was a separate structure at the back of the home/house, it was called the 'wash house'. That term was often still used into the 70s even being applied to internal laundries. The lounge room was called the 'sitting room' where is place of a sofa, one had a 'sittee'! Larger homes may also include a library/drawing room and/or a music room. A second and separate formal 'sitting room' was frequently called either the 'good room' or the 'front room'. Regarding the external wash house, similarly the W.C. was also an outside structure, either adjoining the wash house or stand alone. This was called the 'out house' depending upon era or rural vs urban location, it may be either a plumbed flushing system more familiar to most, or a deeply dug hole in the earth with a seated arrangement above contained within a small timber shed/hut. They were rather coarsely referred to as a 'long drop' for the later, or a 'dunny' with reference to both outdoor styles of W.C. facilities. The contemporary vernacular for household rooms is now bedroom (obviously), laundry, bathroom, kitchen, lounge, dinning room and rec-room or rumpus room. Newer larger family homes also very often include a recreation room, home office, **media room, sewing or hobby room, study, formal dinning room as opposed to the dinning room being within the same open area as the kitchen, partitioned by a large kitchen counter that may also serve as a 'breakfast bar'', or they may include both styles depending upon the size of the house. They may also have a 'front room' a formal style lounge room for conversational use rather than TV etc. I think, though naturally I may be wrong here, the 'front room/sitting room' is what is called a 'parlour' in the U.S.? **A media room is akin to a mini cinema with varying complexities of technology, from just a very large smart TV all the way to a projection style movie theatre with drop down white screen and projection units with at least a couple of rows of recliners seating from 8 to 18+ Due to the typically generous space in the laundry, almost all homes had ( and very many still do have) top loading washing machines. The old pre-70s style washers had 'ringers' on the top where freshly washed sodden clothing would be fed through two motor-driven rollers to squeeze out the excess water! Now they have spin cycles. As space has become a premium, particularly in apartment buildings most people have front loading washing machines (some with a dryer function within the same unit) and a 'twin set' dryer atop the washing machine. Older style apartment buildings from the 50s and prior (fantastic Deco styles included) frequently have a 'downstairs' common laundry with coin-operated commercial sized top loaders. There is no hard and fast rule, but it is common to find if a dwelling is large enough to contain a top loader, they frequently have the outdoor space for a clothes line, the ubiquitous Hill's Hoist! This older pre-50s apartment buildings that are no more than 4-5 floors with 2-4 apartments per level, frequently include dedicated courtyards with outdoor clothes lines If Simon, his crew, or anyone who lives the Czech republic (Czechia??) is reading this, Prague - what a beautiful city to have the good fortune to live in. That city clearly has inspired fairy tails - so incredibly beautiful. I can't wait to come back some day :)

[@jordanaethelric2614]

I laughed way to loudly at that bit about how British culture has been around for so long it sanded down all the edges.

[@LagrangePoint0]

"sanded down all the edges" is that why you go to prison if you make a joke about black people in the U.K.?

[@VMichaelLazar]

Simon: *advocates for Brits not paying the BBC* Americans (paying to watch BBC America & BritBox): Shut up and take my money!

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

Lol that's what PBS is for.

[@VMichaelLazar]

Ooo... there's a good topic. Dumbest media wars. Mitt Romney vs. Big Bird. Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown. Pepsi vs. Coca Cola.

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

@@VMichaelLazar Mitt Romney was running for US President at the time and Big Bird came out in support of his opponent in the US Presidential election, that's why that happened.

[@VMichaelLazar]

@@michaelmckinnon7314 The way my mind remembers it is Romney wanted to cut PBS funding and specifically mentioned Big Bird, so Big Yellow had to cut a bitch. My delusion has so delighted me I don't recall what actually led to the media shitstorm.

[@michaelmckinnon7314]

@@VMichaelLazar Big Bird came out against Mitt Romney claiming Romney was going to cut funding to PBS and Romney responded that he wasn't going to remove any funding of PBS that might exist because he believed that PBS was important to the education of America's youth and said as much in his response

[@fadingstarlight]

I think as a Canadian we say sorry way more than Brits probably like 50 times a day hahaha

[@TrineDaely]

I love the passive-aggressive "Regards," ending to letters and have taken to using it in emails and tweets.

[@fonze5664]

3:30 wue wue wue wue wue 😂 ❤ Gumi and Sam's hilarious editing!

[@Chef_PC]

Simon: “I’ve seen peasants…well, from a distance…”

[@jennabaldwin5130]

As a non-brit I love all the new curse words! Simon has definitely rubbed off on me. I met a gentleman with the surname "Bjellend" I simply could not resist the urge to ask if he was teased being called bellend. Had to literally explain it to him!🤦‍♀️Really wish you would have aired this episode prior to my verbal assault on this poor Dutchman!

[@irestar6]

you should have asked if he would be testes about it!

[@angryatheist]

😂

[@jennabaldwin5130]

@@irestar6 I would have but I was so busy trying to get get my feet out of my mouth!

[@irestar6]

@@jennabaldwin5130 Another very British thing to do as well :D

[@jennabaldwin5130]

@@irestar6 I just learned another...Poke off!! 🤣🤣🤣 I seriously cannot wait to say this to someone!

[@clintk4691]

With all the talk about saying sorry, are you sure you're talking about the British? Because it really sounds like you're talking about my fellow Canadians and I lol

[@AJ-ut8cz]

In apartments in the US they put the washer and dryer on top of each in a closet that's barely big enough, or they make you use a communal laundry room.

[@pinecone4610]

im a long time biographics and casual criminalist viewer, and never did I EVER think to check this channel out. But that thumbnail just caught my attention like a toddler when he hears a wrapper. And the meme 10 seconds into the video, I can already tell I’m gonna love this channel