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As an American if I’m in a bathroom stall that has floor to ceiling walls and doors with no cracks I immediately think I’m somewhere super fancy

You guys seriously need to stop getting your US knowledge from Buzzfeed lol

When you visited the US did you notice how big it is? We occupy four time zones. Eastern Standard/Central/Mountain/Pacific. A show does not come on at the same time in each zone. If it comes on at 8:00 in New York it will be on at 7:00 in Chicago, 6:00 in Phoenix and 5:00 in Los Angeles. We follow the sun across the country. I listen to a radio show that comes on at 12 Noon on the East Coast. It's not unusual for a caller to say Good Morning at our 12:30 PM because it is 11:30 AM where he is. Both US and British toilets are better than in Germany. In their bowls is a shelf everything falls onto and when you flush it's supposed to wash it off. Don't believe it! I'm told they are converting to US//British style toilets but it will take a long time. University/college is expensive. Colleges make a lot of money selling the rights to their games to television. There are a lot of people who enjoy college level sports partly because it isn't full of a lot of egotists making millions of dollars from the game. These amateurs are very motivated by either being able to afford school and/or being spotted by a professional team and getting some of those millions. Come on guys! You know the US better than that. It's about money. You wont believe this but men have sex in those toilets under the partitions. You can hunt that up for yourself. I worked in a place where men were caught at it Don't the appliances you are plugging in have switches on them? If so why do you need two switches?

Not even being able to pee in private and y’all wonder why we’re good at talking to strangers 🤣

Them: 10 American things that confuse British people Me an American: what the hell is a tea towel 😂

These guys REALLY need an American friend...

The gaps in public bathroom stalls is a deigned safety feature. That all began after a school fire when the heat caused the walls to warp and trapped a number of children in the stalls who all died of smoke inhallation. The large gaps at the top and bottoms allows for someone to climb over or slide under and the side gaps allow for room for wall warpage. A local building inspector told me this after I asked him a few years ago. They aren't mandatory but most facilities have them for insurance sake.

When you hear a sports star in a movie say "I'd love to play but I don't have the grades" they are refuting to a real regulation called "No pass, no play" which is designed for them to be required to achieve a passing grade or certain GPA to be able to play, before this athlete's would often perform low academically.

Regarding times on the television, if it says “8/7 C” that means “8 pm Eastern time/7 Central.” Since we have 4 time zones covering the mainland in the United States, something might be starting at 8 pm Eastern time, which means it will be starting at 7 pm Central. From East to West, it goes Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. Hope that clears that up.

I'm waiting for someone to tell them we don't unplug our appliances when we go on vacation.

The plug socket bit, is actually a really interesting story. So originally, we didn’t have the two blade type sockets but just used edison screw base sockets, like lightbulbs for everything. Eventually the big electrical conglomerate, Hubbel (and later Arrow/Hart), developed a complex system of plugs for each different voltage and amperage that our system is designed around. As Part of that, different configurations of blades prevented different appliances from being used with the wrong volts/amps. As Part of the design, our plugs had two holes that would be held in place by the spring contacts. Over time the increased the spring force, but over time the spring wear and become loose like you say. This is particularly more a problem with cheaper older sockets. But we also have locking sockets, like the various twist lock varieties as designed for stoves, welders, other things that need to stay plugged in. As for outlets with switches: we do actually have them, usually it’s a duplex socket with a switch on one side, and an outlet on the other. But generally they’re uncommon as they take up a lot of space. Likewise most Americans appliances have an off switch as part of their design. Only simple appliances like lamps, fans, or low current draw devices tend to not have Switches, but generally most do. We also operate at half the voltage as the UK system, as we’re 110V, instead of 220 (even though we actually do get 220 service to our houses, it’s just broken into two 110 services for most devices, except washers, dryers, stoves, and air conditioning/furnaces.) That is partly the reason why electric kettles are uncommon in the US. We do have them, and most shops offer them, but they tend to be less efficient than your UK models, as they have half the voltage and half the amperage to boil water. They take twice as long. That’s why many Americans either microwave water (because it technically only takes a minute or two), or will use a stovetop kettle, because most stoves will heat the water quite quickly. Especially induction ranges. But even gas or coil tops.

I found it so strange that you guys don’t have outlets in the bathroom! Lol EDIT: We absolutely have chocolate filled advent calendars lol

“C” is central time. United States has different time zones.

The C is for “central time zone,” so 8/7c means that a show starts at 8:00 Eastern time zone, 7:00 Central. The two time zones will play a show simultaneously so they’re listed together.

The "C" is short for "Central Time." A show that starts at 8 PM Eastern Time, starts at 7 Central Time, which is an hour behind. Someone on New York will watch a show starting at 8. When a person in Chicago tunes into the same show, it's only 7.

65 years old and NEVER had a plug come out...

Lol our country is so large, that we have about 4 different time zones 😂. C means Central time zone while EST is Eastern

When you were reading about the eagle I was dying 😂😂😂

Cup towels or dish towels. And we do drink tea, it's just iced and delicious!

As an American, my family at least, just leaves everything plugged in when we leave lol

As an American I literally hate the gaps in public restrooms too.

we DO have advent calendars in the US, they sell them around christmas time

Most plugs in the US actually don't fall out like that. Keep in mind, you're using outlets mostly in places like hotel rooms where the plugs get used heavily and wear out over time. If you go to someone's home, it will take much more effort to pull a plug out.

As another said, 8/7C means the broadcast will be at 8pm on the East coast and 7pm in the central time zone. Due to the size of the US, most broadcasts are broadcast first for the two easternmost time zones, then REPEATED for the other two. Your local TV station will use the network feed for the appropriate timezone then use local programming for the times. This keeps the network shows show from being at 8pm on the east coast but 4pm on the west coast. The western time zones will broadcast the program at 8pm Pacific Time but 8pm locally.

I’m American, but I’ve heard of tea towels. However we generally call them hand towels because you use them to dry your hands.

As an American, I started watching this, and I was like "what the heck is a tea towel?"

Oh my God, Joel…you are really too much! 🤣 Thank goodness you have Lia there to explain it all to you (loo brushes and sarcasm). Adorbs!

We totally have advent calendars in the US. We have cloth ones that I fill with biblical questions on scrolls for each day. Once you answer the question correctly, you are handed another scroll with the hint of where to find your candy prize. It's one of my children's favorite Christmas traditions. Originally advent calendars were filled with bible verses. The cardboard chocolate filled candy ones are available in the stores.

On the "tea towel" thing I'm from the Deep South and if it's in the kitchen then it's a "dish towel" but if it's in a bathroom it's called a "hand towel"

The “c” on 8/7c means central time. So 8 would be eastern time zone, 7 would be for the central time zone.

When I was a kid we had Advent calendars, but since I've had kids I can never find them

The thing I always liked about our American electric wall sockets is that it is always a good way to test if a device is working properly, like if your ever in doubt if you are activating it right or if it has burnt out , got a wire loose etc...

The person that said that Americans don't have Advent calendars must be in a different universe 😑🤦🏽‍♀️smh

I'm American, and nobody has looked through gaps in toilets except young children. TWELVE. YEARS.

Hahaha I just stumbled across your videos and I am obsessed! I hope to visit the UK one day 💖

It’s a dish towel here. 😂 Tea towel sounds so much nicer though lol Also, I’m sure someone has explained already, but we have different time zones so that’s why the times are different for shows. It’s annoying. 😂 The socket thing is weird though! When i was in the UK I didn’t see one socket switch😳 Was that cause I was in hotels and B&Bs and they don’t have them? A lot of hotel sockets here ARE “loose” though and I have noticed that and its annoying. We have Advent calendars here, but they’re not a national “thing” like they are over there and as a kid, I would have LOVED THEM!! Lol

Omg they read out the eagle comment with complete seriousness hahaha

Isn't the c for "central" time? East/Central/ Pacific time zones 🤔🇺🇸💕🐔🐿💕

Such a wholesome channel! Love it

Not the UK but I went to Ireland for the first time in November 2019 and I totally noticed that the toilet bowls there are less wide but also a bit taller and hold less water, I’d assume it’s similar in the UK. I just figured they were more environmentally friendly toilets that use less water.

Americans don’t need “kettles.” We need Keurigs and coffee makers. We are coffee addicts.

Ok America is so big we have multiple time zones. E: Eastern, C: Central M: Mountain P: Pacific. And more.

Joel and Lia I just you guys. I'm from NY, Not only is it fun to watch, but I learn things too. Never knew about an Advent calendar, tea towels, British Pounds vs US dollars and just recently I heard a phrase while watching ITV Morning Show with Holly Willowby and Phillip Schofield, a funny segment there when Chef Gino asked Holly if she could eat something because she was "Up the Duff"! I learned what that meant watching one of your videos! Thank You so much, I hoped to make it to England one day.

I was so excited the first time I traveled to the UK by myself and stayed in a bed and breakfast and found out y'all had electric kettles. Every room at the B&B had one so I was able to drink coffee any time I wanted. It was awesome!

“C” is for the Central Time Zone. The US had 4-time zones. If a show airs “live” at 8:00p Eastern, Central time zone is only an hour behind, so it would air “live” at 7:00p.

The United States is so large that it occupies several time zones so the television programs will come on at different times depending on which time zone you are in

I’ve never heard of an advent calendar or calendar with chocolate but that sounds amazing 🤩 Some Americans said apparently we have them so I must have been left out of the know for all these years lol

I think the electric plug difference comes down to safety...in other words, if you have a little button that stops current then you might easily assume that something plugged in is "off" when it might actually be still live, whereas, the necessity to have it plugged in order to receive current provides less of a chance of confusion. Plugged in = current on, not plugged = current off vs plugged in = current on or current off

The bathroom stall gaps trigger americans too 😂

We don’t have switches on our sockets because the things we have to plug in have switches on them

In my house growing up we had the kitchen towel for everyday drying but then we had a tea towel which was a slightly different fabric. It didn't leave fuzzies behind when drying the crystal water glasses after Christmas dinner.

4:46 we have four time zones in the US, when a show is scheduled to be at 8 it means 8 p.m. in whatever time zone you are in, except in the central time zone where it will be an hour earlier for some odd reason. So a program with be on at 8 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. MT and 8 p.m. PT but it will be at 7 p.m. CT (Central Time) there was probably originally some technical reason why shows were shown an hour earlier in the central time zone and then it just became a tradition.

8/7 C means it's on at 8 Eastern Time, 7 Central Time. The US has several time zones so by so 8/7 C means 8 Eastern, 7 Central, 6 mountain and 5 Pacific time

They should just get someone American to explain America, not BuzzFeed

In my state, Maine, at high school basketball tournaments, held in February, whole small towns empty out to watch their school play. It is weird, people who don't know any players go to cheer on their local team. Great business for the host cities.

When it comes to the outlets and cords, generally the reason why some plugs fall out easier than others is because those are the types of plugs that move around. I don’t know how else to explain this, but, for example, a lamp plug will stay firmly because you don’t move lamps often, whereas phone and laptop plugs move easily because you’re less likely to stay in the same place with them. I am NOT saying this is the exact reason, just what I’ve noticed. Bigger, less movable objects generally tend to have better grip than those you intend to take with you.

I'm American, and the bathroom stall gaps upset me as well.

We have sports scholarships in the US, because the US HIGHLY monetizes sports, even at the collegiate level. Bringing on better sports teams elevates the image of the college (all about notoriety and rankings over here) and thus brings more money to the school

Someone else explained the time zone thing with TV times. Remember, the tea kettle predates electricity. There is a difference between a kettle, a pot, and a pan. So when we don't specify "electric kettle" we mean a kettle you have to put on the stove to heat up. I think you'll find your parents didn't have electric kettles when they were your age. While I have an electric kettle, remember that we're not big tea drinkers; coffee is the hot beverage of choice here. So we have electric coffee makers and most homes just don't need an electric kettle for heating water. Just stick a mug of water in the microwave! We just put switches on the device that we plug into the wall. Also, with 110-120V, it's just not as dangerous. You'll find that a lot of the prongs on our plugs are made by folding over a piece of copper, so each flat prong is two layers. That's intentional. If it's falling out of the plug, get a thin, flat screwdriver and stick it between the two layers to separate them slightly and make the prong fatter. If you have solid prongs that are falling out, just bend them outward slightly. Eventually, you'll need to replace that socket, which is no big deal because they're so inexpensive. A residential grade wall outlet is less than a dollar. We do have Advent Calendars, but they're seen as religious items. Remember, England has an official religion and we don't. The de-emphasizing of "Christmas" in the United States really bothers me.

Eastern daylight time, on the eastern seaboard is 1 hour ahead of the middle of the country is Central Daylight time. So the show comes on at 8 eastern and 7 central

C stands for “Central Time” they always start with eastern time and add central time with it. So 8/7 would mean it starts at 8 and that is 7:00 cst “Central Standard Time” not sure about UK but in America we have 4 time zones.

The toilet water is for the dogs to have an extra drink.

In Canada (we use the US electrical system), we may have some rooms in a house where a wall switch shuts off the bottom or top outlets in an entire room so you can have lamps and electronics plugged in them and be able to flick a wall switch to shut them off.

The c means central time. Since America has 4 or 5 time zones

I’m actually dying at the fact that they believed the whole “c stands for caw” story for a second 💀💀

"because they don't drink tea..." just because it isnt hot doesn't mean it's not TEA... 😭

We tend use the stove to heat up water in a basic metal kettle and then pour in the cup for tea or hot cocoa. We also have dedicated all-in electric tea brewers that use loose tea leaves, a filter and water reservoir and a pitcher. The machine heats the water, runs through the tea leaves and through the filter into the pitcher. And our wall outlets tend be down near the floor and usually behind a piece of furniture or appliance except in kitchens and loos where the plugs on wall around the counter.

We have time zones: Eastern / Central / Mountain / Pacific / Alaska / Hawaii - It gets earlier the further west one goes. So 8/7 C - means 8pm on the East Coast, 7pm in Texas, 6 pm in New Mexico, or 5 pm in California. By the time, you get to Alaska - it's 4pm, and 2 pm in Hawaii. We have Advent calendars.

I find these people both adorable and repellent. It’s a conflict between wanting to pinch one cheek and slap the other.

typically when you’re in highschool, you have to keep consistent good grades to even continue playing that sport, so colleges (universities) acknowledge that the person is gifted at academics as well as a sport, so that person can represent that college as an athlete and an academic.

We have chocolate calendars in the US during Xmas. It’s a countdown of December till Xmas. I haven’t had one since I was a kid. That was one of the best parts of my childhood.

Joel & Lia, the idea of college sports started in the Ivy League schools with the Ancient Greek ideal of the aristocratic scholar athlete. Over time, it evolved into sports scholarships with colleges in general. It has now become unofficially professional, serving as a finishing school and gateway to the American professional leagues, which traditionally did not have development academies. That they continue to try and pretend it’s all about getting a free education is the real mystery, at least in the big division 1 schools. It’s a topic of contention currently, with more and more people calling for these athletes to be paid, considering all the revenue these sports teams bring into the university, mostly from television sponsorship deals. The college sports system is divided into division 1, 2, & 3. Divisions 2 & 3 are more amateur and in tune with the original ideals of the scholar-athlete. The game you witnessed in Austin was for sure of a big D1 school, and for all intents and purposes is professional, unofficially. And you are correct, in the big schools these athletes are like celebrities on campus. Imagine your university football team in the UK was actually the U23 team for Manchester United or Liverpool, with all their future stars playing for your Uni, and that’s sort of what it’s like in the really big American college/Uni D1 sports teams.

American here. We don't unplug anything when we go on vacation. Unless it's something we're taking with us. No fear of anything catching fire.

You think we ACTUALLY unplug things when we go on vacation??🤣😂🤣

The 8/7 C thing has to do with time zones, the C standing for (I think) Central Standard Time, so if it's 8pm on the eastern seaboard (which is Eastern Standard Time) it'll be 7 in Central time, and then you can calculate when the show will be on in your time zone form there. I'm assuming you don't have that in the UK because you're small enough to fit into one time zone.

You can buy an electric tea kettle at most stores here, but many would buy them on Amazon. Many start around $19.99. There are also regular kettles used on our ranges. :)

The c stands for central time so it's 8 o'clock where they're airing the show but it's 7 o'clock in the central time zone.

Pretty much every store in the US sells advent calanders when December comes around. I don’t know where the hell Buzzfeed got that one from.

I bought a Christmas Advent Calendar for my parents this year. It even came with Lindt chocolates.

I just love your accent! Y’all are too adorable ❤️

I’ve literally never ever used the word “tea-towel.” And I’ve never heard it in the US, we say hand towel or dish towel.

I’m an American and I agree about the issue with toilet stalls, they should definitely be more private

Dish cloths or hand towels. I've never heard of tea towel 😂😂

We absolutely have advent calendar, you two are very fun to watch.

I am confused that these Brits have never seen a stovetop tea kettle.

The reasons for messed up public toilets are to avoid vandalism, sexual behavior and if someone has a health problem and collapses its noticed. That said, its really irritating.

We have the smaller breadsticks. They're just usually purchased in the grocery store. Restaurants usually offer the larger breadsticks. The TV timing is split to announce time zones. For instance the show starts at 8pmEST/7pmCST. Not every house in the US has an electric kettle. Many of us used to use a water pot that is heated on the stove. Yes, playing a sport in high school is a great way to be acknowledged by a college scout, who could make you an offer to pay for your college. These athletes also have to maintain good grades to be eligible to play.

Hi 8/7C would refer to 8:00 Eastern Standard Time (New York), 7:00 Central Time (Chicago). My old roommate had an electric kettle for his French press; I thought it was cool and never had one in the house before lol. Your bathroom stall comments were actually thought provoking for me bc I never thought about it in that light but you’re absolutely right! I’ve been to the UK when I was 12yo but don’t recall the public restrooms. I went with my grandmother and spent most of the time in relatives homes.

Omg the bathroom doors thing had me dead 😂😭😭 Never considered it an issue except for when the gaps are a bit too wide and you make eye contact with someone passing by the door

Public toilet stalls in the US - never once have I ever seen anyone looking in!!! And I guess if I ever do it will be someone from the UK!🤣

The US is so big we have 4 different time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountainsnd Pacific

1. "Tea towels" - it depends on the type of towel. For the kitchen, it can be a dish rag or dish towel. I think "dish cloth" is moreso used in other regions. I'm from the Midwest. For the bathroom, it's a hand towel. If it's for body/hair, we just say towel unless its specified whether we need it for body or hair lol. 2. I'm from Iowa City, Iowa. Home of the University of Iowa, Iowa Hawkeyes - Go Hawks! Yes we are a Big 10 college football school. It's just so normal here. In the fall, its hoodies, BBQ's, tailgating and college football! I used to live downtown Iowa City. In the fall, its basically one huge college football party every weekend lol. Our stadium is directly across the street from the University of Iowa Hospital. Its wild to see hundreds of thousands of people jam packed in an area of town between the massive hospital and football stadium. I'm surprised that sports aren't as big of a thing connected with school. I died laughing when you said you went to Texas 🤣 Everything is HUGE in Texas, especially sports. So thats one way to get your first dose of American sportsmanship! 🤣 Americans are naturally competitive people. So I assume at some point in time decades ago, rivalries formed among different schools. 🤷‍♀️ I don't know the history of how it came to be. Thats just one of my assumptions lol. 3. We wish the door gaps in restrooms weren't so big either lol. 4. When we leave on long vacations, we usually trip the breaker switch to the whole house. Unless A/C or heat is needed to keep the house cool or warm. A lot of our outlets in the past couple decades have been converted to GFCI grounded outlets. They aren't necessarily used as on/off switches though, in fact its really not recommended to use them that way. They are standard to have for fire emergencies. If an appliance of some sort becomes too hot, or surges too much electricity in one location, it trips the breaker switch and shuts everything off for safety reasons. To prevent a potential fire hazard. My home was built in 1950, so there's a number of very old outlets that are loose and need replaced lol. In my bedroom especially, its so annoying when my high velocity fan shuts off at night because the plug fell out of the wall 🤣

Buzzfeed info basically just represents LA and NYC not the entire country.

We just call them kitchen towels, dish towels, or hand towels in the US

To be fair, while I live in the UK now, when I visited for the first time, I was afraid of the plugs because I feared being electrocuted because they are so much bigger and the voltage is double🤣🤣🤣 then a few visits later, I continuously was told off by friends for forgetting to switch them off. I’ve had many issues with the plugs🤣 all good now though.

Appliances have an on/off switch, as well as many power strips. We don’t unplug when we go on vacation. We leave it plugged in and let it burn. ;-) Love you two.

I'm American and I don't know anyone with an electric kettle. Everyone has a coffee maker and maybe a regular kettle.

The “c” for TV times means Central Time zone. The US has 4 time zones. All TV times are displayed in Eastern Time Zone/Central Time Zone. So if a show starts at 8/7C that means that it will be 8 in Eastern Time Zone and 7 in Central time zone.

I'm made he didn't realize the sarcasm with the time question 🤣🤣