IM MOVING! American Reacts to 21 Things in the US That Puzzle Most Foreigners

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@darriendastar3941 3 жыл бұрын

In UK supermarkets we have hundreds of 'grape-flavoured' products. It's called the wine aisle.

@youneverseeanoldmaneatinga7416 3 жыл бұрын

The greatest of all aisles.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

@@youneverseeanoldmaneatinga7416 there's other aisles?

@shadowbreed29 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao ^^ so true :p

@Bergyn 3 жыл бұрын

@@sopcannon I have also seen beer aisles sometimes

@Thebigdog_1984 3 жыл бұрын

I agree - also look in the fruit section is like a massive area of raw wine

@Hodoss 3 жыл бұрын

I’m French and at least in my social circle we avoid using disposable tableware, it’s seen as wasteful, bad for the environment. Instead, we do the dishes for the person inviting us. We generally help tidying and cleaning after the party.

@Menhtrol 3 жыл бұрын

We do the same in Denmark

@oneparticularlysmartape 3 жыл бұрын

Italy and Mexico. We do the same almost always. It's a case by case scenario.

@ravanpee1325 3 жыл бұрын

Also it's considered just as fast food. Disposable tableware in a private house would be considered poor, double-wide or trashy

@lordbonney9779 2 жыл бұрын

In the UK we just drink from what the drink came in, then put in whatever bin it’s meant to go in (if it isn’t smashed already).

@christinerose4839 2 жыл бұрын

Hello to France ❤️

@rachelcampbell454 3 жыл бұрын

the back of the fingers are deemed as essentially "up yours" it stems from old wars between France and England, the French used to cut the first two fingers off of English archers, so on the battlefield, English archers used to stick their two fingers up to stick it to the French soldiers.

@iriscollins7583 2 жыл бұрын

I was disappointed when I read somewhere, that this isn't true.😡

@lordnord8934 Жыл бұрын

@@iriscollins7583 nah it's true the forward facing 2 finger salute was inverted back in the medieval times by British Long bowmen who wasn't captured and didn't have their index and middle fingers cut off

@jessicaable5095 3 жыл бұрын

Just thought I'd mention this. Most places in the UK are cool with returns, unless they're used earrings or underwear. It's fairly normal if you have the reciept

@DayVid2.0 3 жыл бұрын

As a Scottish person, I don't know about red solo cups. I'd have thought the main ingredient for an American themed party would be beer that tastes like shit 🤣

@jaysmith2858 3 жыл бұрын

'Up north' I would have thought the alcohol wouldn't make it to the cup before it had already been drunk. 😉

@DayVid2.0 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith2858 haha aye possibly!

@samuelpinder1215 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith2858 straight from the bottle

@KingBuster90 3 жыл бұрын

It explains why they play drinking game when you win you drink less That sounds like a loss to me but i do have to say i do like a millers every now n then

@chrisaris8756 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t sound like you’ve been to the US. There’s nothing wrong with American beer. It is normally 5% light is 3.5%. I had some terrific 8% in a micro brewery in New Orleans. And Scottish beer is nothing to write home about!

@Mortigantoj 3 жыл бұрын

The bit about UK not having many options for "cookies, crackers or cereals" is nonsense! We have over 200 options for biscuits alone!

@JonInCanada1 3 жыл бұрын

I can confirm this. Digestives alone are legion in number.

@chrislawley6801 3 жыл бұрын

Used to be limited choices a long, long time ago but now there are many options but not too amny to get lossed in an isle of cereal confusion

@alisonsmith4801 3 жыл бұрын

As some one who works nightshift in a supermarket filling shelves, let me tell you the selection of biscuits we have is bloody huge and seriously getting bigger, and yes we have those stupid red solo cups as well regular ones even little shot sizes too.

@chrislawley6801 3 жыл бұрын

@@alisonsmith4801 Alison such respect to you filling those shelves so we can all eat the biscuits we need through these bad day XX

@alisonsmith4801 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrislawley6801 Thanks after 25 years + of doing it I can honestly say I'm not a massive fan of biscuits and have seen some good biscuits go and the relentless march of the low fat sugar free health options slowly take over, but we still have the classics like the custard cream and bourbon commonly know as the biscuit barrel favourites, and always the most empty on the shelves.

@PedroConejo1939 3 жыл бұрын

Coffee. When we visited my brother in California, we took along some of our usual Italian coffee. He drinks it by the bucket and helped himself to some we had made. One 'cup' (about a pint) sent him into a psychotic episode. Also, cup-holders in cars, what's that about? If you think you need to drink coffee while you're driving, you're either not drinking decent coffee or you're not driving properly.

@HomeworkRadio 3 жыл бұрын

We have disposable cutlery etc but it's the red part 👍

@Echodolly6 3 жыл бұрын

In the UK we have clear plastic cups and plates and stuff, we just don't have the solo branded red ones. At parties we generally either drink from a glass or from the bottle/can . We sometimes have clear plastic glasses too.

@Craigpyrog 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. We drink from clear cups and bottles so you can see if someone put their cigarette out in it.... lol

@alexpanicale 2 жыл бұрын

Americans really think we're that dumb...?

@Cait98_ 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure Asda have started selling them (it was either there or Aldi I saw them).

@Cait98_ 2 жыл бұрын

Never mind, that was for July 4th😂

@VillianousKitty 2 жыл бұрын

Tesco are always doing em

@GenialHarryGrout 3 жыл бұрын

You can probably pick up some red cups at Poundland or B&M. Red cups just aren't all that important in the UK, it is just a disposable plastic landfill cup. Using disposable cups, plates and cutlery isn't thinking smart, it is being dumb

@youneverseeanoldmaneatinga7416 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly :/ dumb AND lazy.

@fafski1199 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, talking of Poundland & B&M you can pick either up 2 mugs, 4 reusable plastic 'beer' pint glasses or a steel cutlery set (knife, fork and spoon), for just a quid. B&M sell ceramic plates and bowls for as little as £1.50 each or 6x drinking glasses for £2.50. Wilko likewise, are also often damn cheap, when it comes to basic tableware/kitchenware. If you are almost broke, a student or on a tight budget, always opt for the cheap reusable tableware, over the disposable paper/plastic crap. It's not only better quality, it also saves you a lot of money in the long run and helps to save the environment.

@JarlGrimmToys 3 жыл бұрын

People especially at parties tend to drink from bottles or cans, unless it’s wine or spirits. I definitely couldn’t imagine drinking wine from a big plastic cup though. Don’t know why they would pour a beer from a glass bottle into a plastic cup.

@albertwilliam193 3 жыл бұрын

I think they’re more for just like kids parties and teachers to buy for primary school kids

@sajteapot 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Too much waste.

@in6087 3 жыл бұрын

I like Al Murray’s comment about the US: “it’s a good idea that’s got out of hand.”

@galaxysurfer1122 3 жыл бұрын

You wash your eggs in the USA which removes the natural protective coating, which means you have to keep them refrigerated, unlike in the UK where the eggs are treated against infections and therefore don't require refrigeration and are just put out in the stores' shelves. (though oddly, all of our fridges have egg trays, so that's the UK being weird!)

@BunniMonster 3 жыл бұрын

I've noticed that any American made video about how things work outside of America, is 90% wrong.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

What you expected an American to know about other countries?

@LazarkGaming 3 жыл бұрын

@@sopcannon After some research yes. I presume you're American, and if you are, you wouldn't know that most countries are aware of how America works, and we also feel that Americans are very self centered.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

@@LazarkGaming Never ever been too America.

@cjkn1158 3 жыл бұрын

As a British person this makes me happy

@Oliver-vp9nu 3 жыл бұрын

same I don't like the idea of not knowing VAT until you get to the till

@froege6327 3 жыл бұрын

I like how his location is already put as United Kingdom

@morlokkurak4763 3 жыл бұрын

You being British makes me happy. I wish I was. British, that is. I'm never happy. 🇬🇧👍

@kieranbradley5275 3 жыл бұрын

@primshot8683 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@SpiritDragoness 3 жыл бұрын

The reason why in Europe our cash bills are of different sizes is so that blind people can still tell what kind of note they are holding, so they can count their own money by thouch.

@mikaruyami 3 жыл бұрын

The newer notes in the UK actually have braille on them. So blind ppl have an easier time telling which note is which. Same with most painkiller boxes.

@PCDelorian 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikaruyami Not braille but similar, braille is too sensitive and would be hard to identify with wear. It's more a side effect though until recently with said notes this helped the blind and visually impaired, it was to stop you from bleaching a £5 note and printing a £50.

@niamhcostello4766 2 жыл бұрын

Yepp sameee in the uk😁

@Gothtecdotcom 3 жыл бұрын

Having played online, with Americans, for years, I loved the fact that I get called "Sir" so much....

@sarahe8810 3 жыл бұрын

I really hope you all recycle those plastic cups if they’re so commonly used!

@garibaldi54 3 жыл бұрын

Doubtful, having been to the U.S no one recycles anything.

@geoffair6461 3 жыл бұрын

I sincerely hope that he has recycled his present and future plastic ware.

@garibaldi54 3 жыл бұрын

@@geoffair6461 They dont care about things like that, thats why they drive huge cars with engines twice the size as the UK and create far more waste per person than any other country. If every country lived like they do the planet would have been unihabitable to us by now.

@DevPreston 3 жыл бұрын

And recycling is the last and worst option in Reduce Reuse Recycle

@kwlkid85 3 жыл бұрын

Why not just drink out the bottle?

@zachm25 3 жыл бұрын

Fried oreos? And i thought a deep fried Mars bar was bad enough

@teddyroosevelt2838 3 жыл бұрын

Aye

@rosskilly8991 3 жыл бұрын

@@teddyroosevelt2838 Oh Yeah!

@teddyroosevelt2838 3 жыл бұрын

@@JCTooL1 I’m Scottish too born and raised in Edinburgh and can agree on the oil thing

@alalalakoo4750 3 жыл бұрын

Screams diabetes

@jordanb966 3 жыл бұрын

Fried mars bars are 🔥🔥

@xoluciaxo_3721 3 жыл бұрын

If there's a fire while you're on the toilet.. wouldn't it be faster to just unlock the door and run out instead of crawling under the door lmao😂

@leftyme4568 3 жыл бұрын

It`s an IQ thing ...you are confusing them now!

@thefolder69 3 жыл бұрын

Not if the fire has heated the metal lock on the door and prevents you from touching it

@leftyme4568 3 жыл бұрын

@@thefolder69 Then you would already be dead by the smoke.

@thefolder69 3 жыл бұрын

@@leftyme4568 maybe... Or maybe I wouldn't be, I would still be alive, and thankful that because of the stall design, there's still a chance for escape and I won't be doomed to die on the shitter.

@leftyme4568 3 жыл бұрын

@@thefolder69 Well try it....it`s not the same in a game you know. Realise how hot the room is if you can`t touch the doorhandle buddy!!!

@heddaskarblokhin9447 3 жыл бұрын

When I went to the US I was shocked by the portion sizes, the poverty and the shit public transportation. I also can't imagine what it must be like having to have a car to get around, it just seems really expensive and stressful.

@izabelasiczek3547 2 жыл бұрын

That was exactly my thoughts the poverty there the bgging people on the streets I haven't seen that in any eu country not on the scale

@nancybudd494 3 жыл бұрын

We have giant aisles full of cereal and biscuits, I take umbrage with this 😂

@citylife2050 3 жыл бұрын

Agree, our local big boys have a massive selection of cereals and biscuits.

@jeanproctor3663 3 жыл бұрын

I came to the comments to say the same thing. Just the amount of different porridge varieties alone is enough to confuse someone unless they already know which one they want. Then there's three or four different sized boxed of the same cereal, handy if you live on your own or are part of a multi-person family. Also, going to a different supermarket can increase your available choices exponentially, depending on how far you want to walk (we have an Asda, Sainsbury's, M&S and Aldi within walking distance of our house. Handy, because we don't drive).

@nancybudd494 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeanproctor3663 I dont drive either but lucky to have a 24hr Tesco in walking distance. I think Americans would be confused by our supermarkets. I live on my own so I always appreciate smaller options too.

@philiptodd7062 3 жыл бұрын

We have a good choice of food in the U.K. unlike in America a lot of our food isn’t full of artificial colours or preservatives or flavours our cereals are not as full of sugar as yours is and we have an extensive range of cookies (biscuits)

@nancybudd494 3 жыл бұрын

@@philiptodd7062 we do, whenever I see Americans try our snacks and food in general I often hear them say it tastes more 'real' as like you said we use a lot of natural flavours even in sweets and so many of the chemicals in American food is banned here, which is great. One thing I can never get over is most Americans down own or know what a flipping kettle is! 😂

@4231 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of fried Oreos in my life. I'm equally disgusted and intrigued 😂

@jamesoakley4570 3 жыл бұрын

If its anything like a battered mars bar then its food of the gods.

@jamespasifull3424 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesoakley4570 Mmm, hot sweet turd!! 🤣🤣🤣

@LorzaB 3 жыл бұрын

I had one when I was in the States a couple of years ago. I was dubious at first but they are really good! Where I was in Pennsylvania I think they call them “Road Apples”. You only want one (or maybe two) at a time though!!

@iriscollins7583 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesoakley4570 Ambrosia?😃

@markembling 3 жыл бұрын

That suggestion about getting all the disposable cups, plates, etc and using them to avoid the washing up just makes the environmentalist in me have a heart attack. Like, dude, your country invented the dishwasher... 🤣

@drivebyemusic 3 жыл бұрын

I've travelled to a decent amount of countries... I've never been served room temperature drinks lmao

@joecoen958 2 жыл бұрын

Never had a pint of English Real Ale?

@drivebyemusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@joecoen958 never, would you recommend? I usually have whatever is on tap- n it's usually cold

@alanbugler4404 2 жыл бұрын

@@joecoen958 English Real ale isn't room temperature, its usually between 7 and 10 Celsius.

@04WeBsTeR93 3 жыл бұрын

The thing about the two fingers goes back to medieval times, English archers would stick there 2 fingers up at the apposing army, because if they were captured the fingers would be cut off so they couldn't fire again. So it was more of a taunting gesture

@jonathanperrins8432 3 жыл бұрын

No actual proof of this, so considered a myth not fact.

@samanthapateman8054 3 жыл бұрын

I heard that wasn’t actually true, it’s a good idea though

@neilgayleard3842 3 жыл бұрын

Agincourt, it's called a longbow Sault. It means f.o.

@04WeBsTeR93 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanperrins8432 Just looked into it and your right, thanks for informing me.

@johnp8131 3 жыл бұрын

Just to clarify for JT. 2 fingers, palm facing away, good. 2 fingers, palm facing inwards, not so good!

@tgsgardenmaintenance4627 3 жыл бұрын

Biggest myth is we Brits drink warm beer. Absolutely not, only cask condition beer is served at room temperature as it's still brewing in the bottle! Most other beers are served as cold as possible!

@b-beale1931 3 жыл бұрын

13 degC is optimum for most ales, though some bad beeers are chilled further to numb the tastebuds, lagers are chilled to around 3-4 degC

@tgsgardenmaintenance4627 3 жыл бұрын

@@b-beale1931, never quite so precise myself. Lager I like ice cold but I only drink Staropramen or Peroni, bitter I don't touch but ale I like slightly chilled, except for cask condition ale which I have cool but definitely not warm!!

@b-beale1931 3 жыл бұрын

@@tgsgardenmaintenance4627 I've worked in too many pubs/bars

@RushfanUK 3 жыл бұрын

@@b-beale1931 11 degrees C, 13 is too warm for trad ales, keg beers and lagers chilled down from between 5 to 2 deg C.

@allenwilliams1306 3 жыл бұрын

@@RushfanUK 55 deg F (=12.8 deg C) is the correct temperature for ale, in cellar to condition and to serve.

@smockboy 3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely think this is my favourite video of yours so far, JT. It was nice to see you from a position of experience instead of a position of learning for a change. Not that your usual stuff isn't great, obviously, it's always been interesting to see my own country and culture from a genuinely curious outside perspective.

@xoluciaxo_3721 3 жыл бұрын

In The Netherlands literally NONE of the houses have air conditioning, because until recent years, it never got that hot anyways so our houses are build for cold weather. But now, we really are just suffering and complaining because it gets hot as all hell🤡

@Hivedragon 3 жыл бұрын

Preach

@elainethemusician3310 3 жыл бұрын

Same here in the UK. I would imagine our climate here in the east of England is almost identical to yours.

@aClownBaby- 3 жыл бұрын

Inderdaad

@niamhcostello4766 2 жыл бұрын

Same in the uk, it’s actual hell 😭😭😭

@Alfofthyefax 2 жыл бұрын

@@elainethemusician3310 It is but the houses in the Netherlands (at least in Amsterdam) are skinny. They're so narrow that you can't get furniture up the stairs and it all has to be lifted in through the windows. It is unbearably hot in them during the summer because everything is so squashed.

@nerftime2558 3 жыл бұрын

Just to let you know you can not make everyone happy with your peace signs because if you do it with the back of your hand facing us it is the same as the middle finger (at least in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Edit: i do not know why i put the full title

@aristocratic_fox25lovescheese 3 жыл бұрын

It to do with archery two fingers being cut off as a fuck you type deal in medivel time .

@justinemct 3 жыл бұрын

Yes its said to goes back to the battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French would cut off the first two fingers of the hand that drew the bowstring and then sent the injured archer back to the English forces totally useless, so with that, the English adopted the two fingered salute, basically saying “we still have our fingers”......🏹 it just evolved from there.

@anyflippingthing 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinemct Probably not true. It's never been proven one way or the other, but the French hated (and I mean HATED) English archers. They didn't cut off their bow fingers, they just murdered them outright, probably torturing them in the process by cutting off their unmentionables. Knights and nobles had a ransom value, but archers were peasants, they had no value. Worse still, it was a huge affront to the French nobility to be cut down in their hundreds by mere peasants. It just wasn't chivalrous.

@justinemct 3 жыл бұрын

@CrisColley......I guess we’ll never know for sure, unless someone has a time machine. But it is a theory. Debate closed!

@craigyoung4501 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinemct yh chris is right, this was debunked on QI a few years ago, but like all myths it's a good story 👍

@adzidunno3525 3 жыл бұрын

JT,: “Just get a powdered pancake mix and add some water. ME: “Only in America.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

Flour, eggs and milk.

@thefolder69 3 жыл бұрын

Uhhh... No? Buttermilk pancakes made properly without mix is mostly an American thing, I wouldn't say that it's a stereotype that Americans use pancake mix a whole lot

@daguido742 3 жыл бұрын

yeah like who is to lazy to make pancake batter its literally the easyest thing to make. you just wing it and its done in 2 minutes

@MrPhlanj 3 жыл бұрын

In Scotland they take a mars bar, deep fry it then give you a heart attack.

@scottking869 3 жыл бұрын

I preffer curly whirly

@cgi2002 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottking869 curly whirly is king, but occasionally a cream egg is better.

@sbuttonblossom9286 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget deep fried pizza

@TerraExodus 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottking869 Haven't seen a Curly in years.

@basrouge1886 3 жыл бұрын

For the "reverse" peace sign, it's equilavent to a "finger" sign. During the French and Britain war, French used to cut the finger to British (because they were archers), so the British used to show them their finger to say "you didn't catch me" as an insult to French. They also used to cut 2 fingers to French... That's the story of the finger sign and why both can be considered as insult here. Peace from France!

@BadReducation 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the gaps in the side of the doors that got me more than the big gap at the bottom! I don’t wanna be making eye contact with a stranger whilst I’m pooping 😂 Oh and takeaway coffee is huge in the UK. That’s more Central Europe where they sit in cafes all day and drink it

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

my boss gets coffee delivered, when he could walk 5 minutes and get it himself.

@alphamale068 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with both of these points :-)

@MiscToddley 3 жыл бұрын

The door gaps are a combination of shoddy workmenship and emergency services needing to both see and get access to you incase of an emergency. I think there was a bit of a thing in the late 80s, early 90's, where someone rich died because they couldn't get under or over the door/sides, or get the door open, because they fell against it and the family petitioned to have it changed - that might be urban legend tho, but there's where it's from, safety regs.

@redlioness6627 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiscToddley So, doors in the US never had locks that can be opened from the outside with a coin then?

@MiscToddley 3 жыл бұрын

@@redlioness6627 They do, but if your fallen against or pushed against the door hard enough, those locks jam. They've also largely removed or smoothed out the groove because kids found about it and would pop the door on you for giggles.

@oli333 3 жыл бұрын

the UK is a bit weird when it comes to the metric system. We half-use it. We use it for science/money/most measurements, but then some things like milk are measured in pints, human weight often in stones, and speed and distances often in miles

@markrichardson3421 3 жыл бұрын

Also it's age related. I'm 50 and measure my weight in stones and pounds. My children have no concept of pounds (or stones), they only use kilos.

@MonkeyButtMovies1 3 жыл бұрын

I like to think of it more as: we understand both, we're dual-measurement...so we're smart :D

@Tricia_K 3 жыл бұрын

I also have no idea what my height is in centimetres!

@MillsyLM 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with that. I'm also 50 and when they tell me my height or weight in metric I look at them blankly. They may as well be speaking Swahili for all it means to me. I have to convert it to understand it lol

@cgi2002 2 жыл бұрын

Should be noted that while we use them randomly, we do understand both of them and can generally convert between them quite quickly. We go to the rest of the world and we manage just fine, we go to the US and were also fine.

@coolstertothecore 3 жыл бұрын

Vimto is mostly grapes isn't it? And Schloer. But not common. Definitely more blackcurrant drinks.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget wine!

@coolstertothecore 3 жыл бұрын

@@sopcannon 😂 oh yeah, that's grapes too!

@KM-jr8fr 3 жыл бұрын

"See, that would make sense" I love that! These videos always make me smile 'cos I always agree with you and your accent is brilliant. Thanks for brightening up a stressed day for me here in Scotland, I truly appreciate it! x

@KM-jr8fr 3 жыл бұрын

Also- thanks for the suggestion to try frying an oreo, totally trying that!

@smasheduppumpkinette 3 жыл бұрын

Peace sign reversed is the same as giving the middle finger in the U.K..

@PedroConejo1939 3 жыл бұрын

Called flicking the Vees. Classic British gesture and a joy to behold.

@gmdhargreaves 3 жыл бұрын

The two fingered salute or "flipping the bird" stems from medieval ages in Britain when the British solders would cut off the dead enemies archery fingers and wave them at the enemy to signify a kill- also at this time it was illegal to have sex unless given permission by the King of England which is where Fornication Under Consent of the King comes from or F%CK as it is abbreviated to nowadays

@lfcmike12 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmdhargreaves Don't know where you heard that one, growing up I heard it's because Frenchmen would take the two fingers of any Englishman they captured during battle, so they couldn't use a longbow against them if they were to find their way home after capture, so putting two fingers up became a kind of insult and also had a "try and take them and watch what happens" kind of message behind it

@nacnudcairngorm1890 3 жыл бұрын

@@lfcmike12 yup giving the V is showing you have the fingers to draw a bow string

@clarkeysam 3 жыл бұрын

@@gmdhargreaves the guy below you got this right. I've never heard your version before, I think someone has got the wrong end of the stick!

@ryanje8147 3 жыл бұрын

Omg......JT smiling at the end was so adorable. He has a great smile and makes him look extra cute. He should end all of his videos with a huge smile!!! 😀😀😀

@Michael_Sparkes 3 жыл бұрын

Supermarkets in the UK have tons of choice and different brands for similar products such as cereal etc. I've been enjoying you videos. You seem to have an obsession with the UK.

@theliquor6423 3 жыл бұрын

Sticking two fingers up facing forwards comes from the English around the battle of Agincourt, once the English longbow came about, if the French caught an Englishman they would cut off his first two fingers so he couldn't fire a bow again.

@glyngasson8450 3 жыл бұрын

I was in a restaurant in Dublin in Ireland. The waitress came to talk to us and was disgusted that the people from the US wanted cheese on top of their apple pie. I don't know anywhere else that does that.

@petermatten3315 3 жыл бұрын

It's a Yorkshire thing.

@1daveyp 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's pretty bad form for a waitress to come over and slag off other customers to you.

@susyward6978 3 жыл бұрын

Cheese and apple, the perfect marriage (U.K.)

@iriscollins7583 2 жыл бұрын

@@susyward6978 Me too. I always eat an apple with mature Cheddar cheese. I don't fancy it with sweetened apple and pastry though. Texture wise doesn't seem right.

@philiptodd7062 3 жыл бұрын

We don’t have paper money in the U.K. now ours is plastic not that a majority use cash it’s common in the U.K. to use debit cards or contactless

@jaysmith2858 3 жыл бұрын

Quite a few people still use cash, especially the elderly.

@alisonrandall3039 3 жыл бұрын

I have not used cash for ages.

@philiptodd7062 3 жыл бұрын

@@alisonrandall3039 I rarely if ever use cash it’s chip and pin or contactless

@travelling_stephen 3 жыл бұрын

Even the ice cream van that comes around my area is now pay contactless

@jaysmith2858 3 жыл бұрын

@@travelling_stephen @Stephen Green Contactless in more ways than one. How am I supposed to take my 99? My arms don't happen to be two metres long🧍-🍦= 🤬

@snowysnowyriver 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos and your commentary....you are such fun! I'm English and I mean that as a compliment! 😊 The most weird thing I found in the US was the phrase "working on that" in a restaurant. Halfway through the meal getting a waitress coming up to your table and saying something like....."can I get you anything else, or are you still working on that?". It makes your lunch sound like physical exercise! But then again....American portions are so HUGE that maybe it's accurate! 😁. I was totally gob-smacked (a good old-fashioned English expression!) at the size of portions in the US. The average meal in a diner is enough to feed three people in the UK!!

@bannanachef1091 3 жыл бұрын

tbh this vid is really good for us and for you, you get to see and learn our culture and what we do and we get to do the same for you, i didnt know some of the stuff for the US in here

@Oddballkane 3 жыл бұрын

Complaining about the Weather and drinking tea. Practically British already lol.

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

Cant complain about the rain when it rains 366 days a year

@thefolder69 3 жыл бұрын

The sweet "tea" we have here hardly counts as tea to be honest... It's just another sugary beverage option like soda or juice or whatever

@johnhalliday3019 3 жыл бұрын

15:07 from what I can gather, instead of grape we have blackcurrant

@mortisrat 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly because we never had to come up with a new use for all the grapes (prohibition)?

@johnhalliday3019 3 жыл бұрын

@@mortisrat that's a good point. Hadn't thought of it that way

@kasiewasie7198 3 жыл бұрын

Blackcurrants were banned from being grown in the US in the early 1900s because they produce a fungus that’s really harmful to certain species of pine trees and it was a threat to the timber industry. The ban started to be lifted in the early 2000s but they’re still prohibited in some states.

@dianeharrison4975 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@lolimapotato 3 жыл бұрын

Vat is so useful. As a student when i need to do a small shop (precovid) id have say £6.39, i can go round and add up the price of what im buying so when i get to the till i know i have enough.

@paulbarton957 3 жыл бұрын

That description of pancakes involving “powder” was funny and pretty American! I use egg, milk, flour!

@dw2k10 3 жыл бұрын

When I was in the US at the airport I was so confused when I went to the toilet because sitting on the toilet seat I could see people walking pass because there was a inch or two between the wall and the door but the weirdest thing was you could see peoples trousers and underwear because the toilet doors are like half the size! And can fit a man crawling underneath lol

@ceevio_art 3 жыл бұрын

I've been told its to deter people from doing drugs or having sex in a cubicle. Its creeping in to Australian public rest-rooms as well.

@thomasriach6987 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Scotland and I can confidently say that we have plenty of variety when it comes to flavours of things and a can of grape juice is amazing if anyone hasn't tried it yet

@aporkpiepizza 3 жыл бұрын

I've NEVER been anywhere that serves room temperature soda EVER! This recurring myth is so annoying

@davidwallin7518 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Blighty (the UK, GB or England), the V sign isn't know as the 'peace' sign, but the 'V is for Victory' sign and was used a lot by Churchill in WW2.

@peterbrown1012 3 жыл бұрын

They didn't mention that UK holidays are paid, where I used to work we had 3 weeks in the summer, a week at whit, Easter, up to 2 weeks at Christmas depending on the day Christmas on and service days all paid at time and a third. If you didn't take your holidays that year they gave you the money instead.

@Paul-nr6ws 3 жыл бұрын

You must be a school teacher ;)

@peterbrown1012 3 жыл бұрын

@@Paul-nr6ws no, I worked for Vauxhalls.

@mezbrookscarter8289 3 жыл бұрын

yeah legally employers in the UK have to give you 28 days paid leave if you are a full time worker - it is pro-rated if you work part time. You were lucky that you got paid the money instead though. Most employers don't roll over the leave to the next year and don't pay cash for it - you use it or you lose it.

@johnsimmons5951 2 жыл бұрын

@@mezbrookscarter8289 where I used to work, if you didn’t use your holiday, it could lead to disciplinary action. I could sell upto 5 days holiday to get money instead

@mdx7460 3 жыл бұрын

‘What’s the first thing you think of when you hear Kentucky’ Me: The Kentucky derby 🤔 No idea why 😅

@sammygirl5835 3 жыл бұрын

Mammoth Caves

@PedroConejo1939 3 жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up in Derby, it chokes me to hear it called the durby. A derby is after all, named after the Earl of Derby.

@anta3612 3 жыл бұрын

It's KFC for me and bourbon

@leftyme4568 3 жыл бұрын

Jim Beam and tobacco.

@TerraExodus 2 жыл бұрын

@@PedroConejo1939 In all fairness, we could of used an A instead of an E. I can understand the confusion. We would say Darbee but to everyone else, its Durrrrbeee.

@yates7577 3 жыл бұрын

Just thought I would let you no I came across your channel a few days ago can’t get enough. But some of your channels don’t play don’t no if is because I live in the uk but keep going back sometime they do and other times don’t , but still love watching keep you the good work

@rynslev 3 жыл бұрын

we definitely have over 10 types of cereal and biscuits in the uk

@Tricia_K 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of choices we're met with, honestly gets a bit much for me sometimes!

@charlottes_buttons7832 3 жыл бұрын

yeah putting two fingers up with your knuckles facing towards the person you are doing it to is saying f*** off same as one figure, no one really knows where it came from but we brits all know what it means.

@ClaireJ86 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it's from the many wars we had with the French, flicking the V is to show we still had all our digits to fire a bow or something

@QueenItachi01 3 жыл бұрын

It came from around mid evil times people would cut the bow string fingers off enemy archers if they caught them, so they start sticking their fingers up to show they hadn’t been caught and as an F U 😂

@BunniMonster 3 жыл бұрын

@@ClaireJ86 The finger cutting thing is a myth.

@charlottes_buttons7832 3 жыл бұрын

@@ClaireJ86 yeah that's the myth, it's commonly told but there is no evidence to say its true, I fact there is evedence that proves against this theory. In truth its origins have been lost to time a bit like alot of swear words.

@charlottes_buttons7832 3 жыл бұрын

@@QueenItachi01 unforchantly allough a good story, It is only a myth and there is no evidence of it beeing true. The true origin is lost in time, but it is unquie to the UK, so unlikely to have come before empire.

@edsp666 3 жыл бұрын

When you were holding your fingers up for the piece signs- its *the other way around* that could be considered offensive. If you show the back of you hands it could seen as swearing, not the palm side.

@Jack-sf9zo 3 жыл бұрын

In the uk having the palm facing forward when doing the peace sign is a peace sign but having the palm face you when doing it then is is a way of swearing at someone and generally a little less offensive that the middle finger

@rocketrabble6737 2 жыл бұрын

The times when we don't display the VAT added total on to the price ticket is when it is somewhere that sells more specialised items to trade customers AND the general public; because the trade customers are likely to be VAT registered and exempted.

@nobodymanjustme2402 3 жыл бұрын

Believe me mate we don’t bye any red cups don’t know where that came from 🤥🤥🙄🙄🙄🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@yeahme8367 3 жыл бұрын

My friends have a few times when we played beer pong had an hillbilly themed party

@nobodymanjustme2402 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant next time am USA am coming to get you drunk mate love from Tottenham London ❤️👍🤣🤣🤣

@yeahme8367 3 жыл бұрын

Hahah my stepdad lives In islington lol , I'm near Windsor haha

@nobodymanjustme2402 3 жыл бұрын

@@yeahme8367 am Tottenham love my football pal god bless brother have a good one ❤️👍💯

@yeahme8367 3 жыл бұрын

@@nobodymanjustme2402 god bless you too man have a good day hopefully we can all enjoy football in the pubs soon

@elliotdobie561 3 жыл бұрын

Great video mate

@michellemurphy9217 2 жыл бұрын

Your a lovely man j thanks for making your vids 😊

@Paul-hl8yg 3 жыл бұрын

Fried Oreo's ? Very like the Scottish trait of fried Mars bars! Again in batter. The famous British Fish & Chips.. the white fish is dipped in batter & deep fried .. What i don't understand, is why America only has 'french fries'? Also, when it is so simple to make your own chips at home? Potatoes.. Cut more thickly into chips & deep fried? Then slices of battered Cod or Haddock & deep fry them.. Fish & Chips! .. The British love their fried food. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

@Tricia_K 3 жыл бұрын

Yum...!

@jamesegan4326 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I really hate using the toilets in America, it makes no sense not to have any privacy when having a dump. Plus the actual toilet seats have a gap at the front which is just odd.

@oldman8584 3 жыл бұрын

My experience was entirely different. Stomach upset!! Then into American stall. Press button and a paper seat-cover travels around the seat, making it nice and clean and ready for action. I breathed God save America many times that day.

@jamesegan4326 3 жыл бұрын

How are the gaps for safety? Surely it just makes it easier for perverts to perve. In the unlikely event of getting stuck, just kick the door down.

@HardCounter 3 жыл бұрын

"How are you?" / "Y'alright" I thought was more British than American???

@adanianking 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!! On the topic of money or bills, you should react to other money of the world, in particular the Australian Dollar Notes, here in Australia we invented Polymer (plastic) notes. we have notes that are super hard to rip and don't get destroyed in the wash.

@inyourfacespacecoyote1061 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man. A shout for a scenery video. Try dan mckaskill the ridge. Some crazy stunt biking on the Isle of Skye. Well worth it. 🖖

@richp2938 3 жыл бұрын

Doing the peace sign with the wrong way round ie your palms facing you in the UK is like telling someone F**k you! 😂 But in history it's came from the French something to do with chopping archers fingers off when captured so that they couldn't fire a bow again

@keithrudd8003 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry m8 that’s an urban myth

@andyt8216 3 жыл бұрын

I’d say in the U.K. in big cities we’ve definitely adopted the take out coffee culture. Our pharmacies do sell much more than just medication but I don’t think I’ve seen a frozen pizza..yet. But yeah, the biggest shock when I’ve been to the US is the massive gaps in the toilet cubicle (stall) walls. They may as well not bother having anything!

@mezbrookscarter8289 3 жыл бұрын

yeah pharmacies also sell toiletries and cosmetics. Food wise, I think is restricted to slimming programs and special food for people with intolerances.

@jmurray1110 Жыл бұрын

Depending on the oharmy you can also find a tin of seeets, Chubbs chubbs and the bigger chains do meal deals

@ashleighpurcigo1130 3 жыл бұрын

“Sorry a bug attacked me “ omg I’m weak 😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻

@OEDODRAGON 2 жыл бұрын

3:01 We have disposable cups, they're normally white or clear when made of plastic. We have paper cups too, which could be white, coloured, or patterned. I don't really buy disposable cups so I don't really know much about the paper ones (the plastic ones are more common). But if we really wanted an American styled party, and wanted it to look authentic by even having the same cups, then we'd have to import them.

@dw2k10 3 жыл бұрын

With what you said about the free fills and ice in the cups, we have to say no to ice over in the uk just so we can get more drink because the drink will cost you around $4-$5 lol

@Goodstuff74 3 жыл бұрын

Come and live with me in the UK.....I could listen to you talking all day! 👍🇬🇧

@youneverseeanoldmaneatinga7416 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm sure his girlfriend will love that

@EmilyCheetham 3 жыл бұрын

Pharmacies in uk usually sell medication, toiletries & makeup + some might also sell quick grab and go lunches like sandwiches ships & drink + guns & candy. Also big stores like ones called “boots” may also sell some gifts/stocking fillers at Christmas, vacation items in the summer, photography items, baby items (bottles, baby clothing, baby toys, pacifiers etc), some electrical ( hair tools, power banks/phone chargers, SD cards, power cables), perfumes & after shaves.

@Dragonblaster1 2 жыл бұрын

What you have as a peace sign is really a victory sign. Supposedly, it goes back to the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, when the French succumbed to withering English longbow fire. The French had supposedly threatened to cut off the two first fingers of each captured longbowman, so he could no longer fire a bow. Again, supposedly, the longbowmen had danced around their French captives, flashing those two fingers to the French commanders in a V-shape, daring them to try to cut them off. It's almost certainly not true, and we can only certainly trace the gesture back to 1901, but the insulting version has you showing the backs of your fingers to the person you want to "fu*& off". During WW2, Winston Churchill adopted the V-sign the other way round for "Victory".

@droopilygull330 3 жыл бұрын

I always have a Greggs tea or coffee when I'm going somewhere

@ps4pc505 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work

@_emmaxx9 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me very happy 😂😂 and we have red plastic cups and the peace sign backwards is like fuck off basically

@DIDCOTTWIST 3 жыл бұрын

We have solo cups but usually white or clear.We do have plastic knives forks and spoons and paper plates also 👍🏼

@minxmish823 3 жыл бұрын

I heard the gaps in the stalls was so you didn't feel comfortable in there so wouldn't linger when your meant to be working or in class

@marydavis5234 3 жыл бұрын

you heard wrong, it's for emergency reason, in case an older citizen has a medical emergency the EMT's can slide under the stall in case the person inside can't unlocked the door

@dasy2k1 3 жыл бұрын

@@marydavis5234 whereas in Europe we just make the stall unlockable from the outside using a tool (could be as simple as a screwdriver) so that access is available in an emergency.... Even the bathroom door on my house has this feature! Normal public toilet stall doors here have like a 4-6" gap but that's it

@RaduRadonys 3 жыл бұрын

@@marydavis5234 So I guess in USA there is no such thing as a special toilet lock door that unlocks from outside with certain tools available on emergency units? Ok then, keep having creeps admiring your legs while shitting.

@phoebegreig6523 3 жыл бұрын

In Scotland we got deep fried Mars Bars, Snickers and Milky Ways so deep frying unusual items ain’t so weird to us

@BobBob-lu7br 3 жыл бұрын

Milky Ways in the US are more like Mars bars. They are the only country that has them like that too which is kinda odd.

@Gambit771 3 жыл бұрын

I ordered a cheeseburger from a chippy in Scotland and wondered what was happening when I bit into it. They had battered the burger and cheese. The batter did break away and peal off in one piece leaving a very juicy burger underneath.

@paulgill3880 3 жыл бұрын

Alright it hows things, I like your style bro and your optimism ,keep doing what you're doing ,I don't know you but you seem to have come out of you're shell just in the couple of months I've been subscribed, I like Americans and you seem like a good example of one too, the thing I like most about Americans is how you guys seem to always say "yes sir"or "yes mam" when addressing people its seems REALLY respectful, which is how I think English/British people should be as you only hear people referred to as sir/ma,am/madam in customer service sector of business really over hear. Peace

@mcmic2002mj 3 жыл бұрын

In the U.K we have deep fried (battered) snickers. I've never actually tried one but I have heard they are amazing lol. Also the "peace" sign with the back of the hands, if I remember rightly, goes back to when we used long bows, if caught by authorities those fingers would be cut off, so it was to mock them, like "ha ha, I've got my fingers"

@cianevans492 3 жыл бұрын

Im your biggest fan from North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿keep up the good work bro❤️

@ryklatortuga4146 3 жыл бұрын

World is happy with a boiled egg.... Only in Scotland can you "scotch" an egg by coating it in a thick layer of meat and roll that in breadcrumbs and then deep frying it. Like a diet Haggis

@sleeplessinscotland2578 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, how good would scotch eggs be if it added haggis, or had haggis instead of sausage meat - I know what I’m making tomorrow!

@JonInCanada1 3 жыл бұрын

Love Scotch Eggs, they're so good.

@Tricia_K 3 жыл бұрын

Yum, sausagemeat - it's just heavenly baked in pies with tomatoes!

@alisonsmith4801 3 жыл бұрын

Thing is a Scotch egg wasn't invented in Scotland, legend has it that the posh shop " Fortnum and Mason " in London come up with it.

@nathanfern2242 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Showing the back of the hand with two fingers up like that over here is as good as saying f*ck off hahaha

@FahadAyaz 3 жыл бұрын

5:45 I laughed so much 😂 Also, no - you attacked *her*!

@jemaselite8076 3 жыл бұрын

In the UK most houses dont have AC, it's usually cold a lot more than its hot here, so we have the central heating on most of the time lol. Also most places here dont do free refills, we have to buy another drink every time

@markrichardson3421 3 жыл бұрын

Plus, with the exception of fast food outlets, you generally have a choice about having ice or not.

@MillsyLM 3 жыл бұрын

Harvester and Toby Carvery certainly do free refills and have done for about 10 years. I have been in other establishments that provide the service too, I agree it's not a huge thing here but the tide would appear to be turning.

@Drobium77 3 жыл бұрын

I get 6 and a half weeks paid holiday per year , plus bank holidays :-)

@sopcannon 3 жыл бұрын

I get 6.5 weeks but not bank holidays

@donnabarnes540 2 жыл бұрын

@@sopcannon I get the same !

@MIGBMWLOVER 3 жыл бұрын

in Greece we give thumps up all the time! but we prefer the ok sign.

@yamivkd 3 жыл бұрын

The whole Taxi thing in Australia that the first seat you sit in is the front then the back as it fills is because sitting in the back is seen like you are looking down on the driver. It is also much more convenient for getting change and/or using eftpos to pay for your fair.

@Lottie798 3 жыл бұрын

Idea for the tattoo-A teacup

@Greenwood4727 3 жыл бұрын

My theory is that the gaps in th stalls are there to make sure there is only 1 person in stall at a time ;) LOL

@scorch1968 3 жыл бұрын

That’s when you get wary of people going in with large empty rucksacks which they place on the floor in front...

@rossonearth 3 жыл бұрын

Fun video! Subscribed for more...

@NCG92 3 жыл бұрын

In the uk we have a shop called boots its where you mainly go to pick up prescriptions from your doctors but they also sell others things like makeup,food,some toy's