That's good to know, thanks. I'll know how to pronounce it next time I order Egusi soup.🥣

But, is the soup good?

@@ktreznin5538 Ohhh, yessss!!!!

I had to look it up, it’s sounds amazing.

As an edo man I support your approval

I was coming here to look for my fellow Nigerians 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

How does egusi soup taste?

@VinceValentine It tastes bitter and spicy.

Dang, now I want puff puffs...

Oh Vince! It tatses like heaven! Try it, would you.​@VinceValentine

Rare occasion where a joke would've been funnier with a 'fucking' in it. IT'S BEEN 13 FUCKING YEARS SINCE A DRANCE OF DRAGONS.

I love that Stephen is gueniunely salty about this.

and hear I though he was going to point out that some animal do indeed have six legs

The same could be said to Patrick Rothfuss who hasn’t finished writing the third book in his series. I gave up hope years ago.

@@merlinsusan1 Rothfuss has too. This man has had too many problems with the fandom, so its probably spite at this point.

Haha

As does the pope, if I recall.

Says something about our condition when "a test of willpower" means resisting snacks and movies on an international flight.

Um, So...i'm asking for a friend... Dereck Dundee told MY FRIEND he got chlamydia from giving a koala 🐨 mouth to mouth ... should MY FRIEND believe him?

@@SizzleMoonSong Maybe ask John Oliver, he has a koala chlamydia ward named after him

Heimlich has danger of internal injuries to the choking person, too.

​​@@SizzleMoonSongSydney University (NSW, Australia) wildlife genomics group says that the koala variety of chlamydia is significantly different from the human, so (if true) I'd say the case your friend's cited is one for the medical journals. Nowadays CPR masks and ventilators would be used, but there has been at least one case of mouth-to-mouth on a young koala. Koalas have a nasty bite and strong claws, btw... don't scare them.

What danger does the heimlich pose to the person performing it?

Ya. Thank them for making me laugh so hard from Stephen's jokes about it, too.

Technically there are no 3 headed dragons in the lore, its the heraldry of House Targaryen. Dragons have one head each, duh.

He should probably avoid Tears of the Kingdom. The Gleeoks there would just aggravate him.

George also reportedly said that LOTR should have hobbits doing the deed because otherwise, how can we know where baby hobbits come from. That's why GoT is full of sex.

Yeah, I know the jokes are fun...not questioning that. (An aside - we often call two-legged dragons wyvern, to distinguish them.) Thing is, we actually do occasionally have multiple-headed animals in the real world. Snakes and lizards with two heads (twins that didn't split fully) are not extremely rare in zoos, and it does sometimes happen with humans. Most examples in the wild would die quickly, however. There's more biological precedence for extra heads than there is for extra limbs, though I can't imagine how it would be useful enough to be repeated. The four-limb model goes back to really early fish and became a hard-set rule among vertebrates. We'd sooner lose all limbs, (snakes again) than sprout an extra pair of arms, legs or wings. Dragons are generally ancient as a species in lore, but something with six limbs would have to be constructed by a wizard. A natural world including them should be FAR more strange and alien than LotR or GoT. Yes, invertebrates can have many limbs, but that's so far separated in biology that we'd never call that a dragon.

@@Owl_Space don't worry, there's plenty of banging in LotR fanfic...though most of it is between the very single-gendered main cast. ...and carrots.

Two Cs, two Os. Thank you drive through.

A Dream of Spring is just a dream at this point.

We all knew Winter was NEVER coming..

You'd think he'd know that after all these years, it's no wonder he has so much trouble writing.

GRRM's dragons unlike traditional fantasy dragons have only four limbs. Also don't give him ideas. I want to read Winds of Winter before we forget what winter is

So you're telling me that smaug in the movies was actually a wyvern? Because that really pissed me off when his front legs were just claws on his wings.

Dungeons and Dragons while vastly influential isn't the only authourity on fantasy lore.

@@danr.5017 Yeah, but that's like saying "Windows isn't the only computer OS software".

..."Ella".

Samon Samen

probably Ray J, again

you win best comment 😂

According to Fredric Brown, ants rule the universe, and we are their pawns...

maybe he meant no mammal? Clearly Mr Martin's life lacks any real problems

@@3mileshi Dragons are mammals now? Congratulations, now I can't unsee dragons lactating.

How dare you compare your actual animal with my version of a fictional one. >:(

Breaking news: fantasy author has fantastical views on phylogenetics!

Also, pteranodons are not dinosaurs. Also fish have varying numbers of limbs, depending how you consider fins. Also are celia on amoeba considered limbs? Also seastars and molluscs cranked the limb slider to "random". Also zero animals beside congenital twins have independent central nervous systems that I'm aware of (please inform)

I mean..."Animals" is a broad term. And that term is divided by "classes" for a reason. For example, "vertebrates" are divided into fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. "Arthropods" _(like your example)_ are divided into insects, millipedes, crustaceans, arachnids and an extinct species - the trilobites. But would we consider them all to be the same? And...where exactly do dragons fit in? Are they Reptiles? Amphibians? Both would already be a different class than the "Arthropodes".

@@o.b.7217 Still all animals bud..

Correct usage of "an" when directly followed by an "h" word....nice 👍

​@The_Infamous_Boogyman I thought it depends on if the 'h' is silent? An hour A horse A human A house ...

@@JustFlemishMe But then Stephen goes and says, "an historic" regularly. Quick google search deems this incorrect, but used anyway.

Georgie is nuts. No dragons exist _at all,_ except in fantasy adventures. Oh, and also on Pern (where they do have four legs), but that's another series. And at least Anne McCaffrey had an excuse for not finishing her main storyline...she DIED! (Rest in peace, Anne.)

@@The_Infamous_Boogyman That's not a rule and in this case the use was incorrect.

Bingo!

Well, you know, pasteurized processed cheese food substitute.

I was hoping someone would notice that!

@@SchoolforHackers If truth in advertising were real, they would remove the word "cheese" from the description. 🤢🤢🤢

@@lisagulick4144 they get around it by adding the word "product." It's not a cheese, it's a "cheese product."

What Martin should have said, and would have been entirely justified had he done so, is "Dragons in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire have two legs!" He created that particular world, so he has the say on how many legs dragons have in that world. But yeah, trying to claim "realism" is just silly. It's a fantasy story.

@@WombatMan64 Exactly! A dragon has as many legs as you want him to have in the universe you create. 😊

Best line i have heard in a long time, god it made me laugh, Great great line 🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂🎉❤

I watched this while at work!😅😮 🤣🤣🤣

What dragon looks like it's more related to insects than bats, birds or lizards? Invertebrates are so far separated from vertebrates, they might as well be plants or fungi.

The issue is like his mistake in calling Pteradons dinosaurs, he made the mistake of saying animal instead of vertebra. And even then there may be a few niche cases. There are some ancient fish which may have had 6 flippers that may have counted as 6 limbs. The Coelacanth has 6 fins but someone did argue that the back 2 dont count because while the first 4 mirror each other the back 2 dont. I dunno how fair that is or not but he was just wrong to say animal when he should have said vertebrate. And even then, his dragons can also fly but for a realistic dragon to fly it needs to have gigantic wingspans much larger than his.

Even a DRAGONFLY has 6 limbs!!

@@VoltisArt "What dragon looks like it's more related to insects than bats, birds or lizards?" - You *DO* know that dragons don't actually exist, right? I'm just checking because you seem awfully invested in this argument, based on this and at least one other comment thread. You also DO know that the Earth has existed for billions of years, right? There could have been countless species of all forms that came into being, existed, went extinct, and turned to dust within that time frame. You're trying to make conclusive statements about a mythical animal using (astronomically-speaking) recent history as your only basis.

Strong dislike.

@@keithbrown6887 your choice 🤷🏽

@@keithbrown6887 you might need to share a hug with someone named Karen (or Becky or Stacey). At least your name isn't "Kevin" or "Chad" because those two have *widespread* derogatory meaning. I always thought Keith was a sexy name. Same with Kevin until someone ruined it (long before recent memetics). I guess for me there's a silver lining in having been teased mercilessly in 3rd and 4th grade for having a name no one else had or knew (after moving thousands of miles). May spare me from ever being unfortunate in the same way a few of the more commonly named (in the USA), have been lately. P.S. Luckily I watched Star Trek as a kid and oddly/erroneously figured out that if I did something seemingly similar to what "Spok" did, I could stop a "bad guy" too. After stealthily getting behind any of the boys that teased me, I could put him on his knees. And keep him there. That slowly put a stop to the teasing. A smaller girl with her hands gripping trapezius muscles of a boy on the playground, with him on his knees whimpering, apparently sends a memorable message. Call me Cruella if you like 🤣 but it'd be incorrect. 😂

@@sparkythancztwise From what I've been told Ken is the male version of Karen. You seem to be more upset than I am over a silly comment. I know there's power in words and names. It depends on how the individual uses them. Yeah, I think Sparky is a cool moniker, but in the US it was a popular dog's name. Fortunately, when I teased the schoolgirls they would only throw dirt clods at me! ST is fine, SW is better. Something, something dark side.

@@keithbrown6887 Naw, Ken is *just Ken.* LOL Barbie freed him from a boy-Karen reputation, and from longing for any female to give him meaning. 😂🤣 I can't imagine what I wrote last time that was easily misconstrued and then led you to conclude erroneously that I was in the realm of "upset". But fair, because I thought you were upset, and I guess you weren't. 😄 Strange though, the comment I'd written days ago does not appear to be here anymore. Not in my laptop screen view. I know I talked about putting boys on their knees with a "Spock grip"? LOL I can recall that, but not anything else I added in this thread. Fifty years ago I wasn't exactly pleased about being teased, but I certainly haven't been bothered about it since. And actually, my name has since then always been spontaneously identified (by people I meet), with something very pleasant and positive - as a trick to remember it. Everyone thinks of the same thing, it's amusing. Idk why, but throwing dirt clods strikes me as a violent a reaction to being teased, whereas what I was doing seemed to me to be a relatively subtle, subdued, and quiet way to make my perspective on the matter clear. 😆😇😂😆🤣 As for my YT moniker, that's not what I was referring to last time. I didn't identify my name, only alluded to it. Not in the habit of sharing that privy info. It's sort of adorable you seem to have thought I meant "sparky". I'm well aware of the semantics relative to the word, that's why I chose it. 😃😉 ST? SW? Color me confused, label me lost. 🙃😁 Mumble mumble, magnanimous, or, merciful, or mean side ..... 😜🤪

Given the pandora's box that is "Meanwhile" (preamble & content), everything is potentially on our collective Bingo cards, may as well expect anything and everything, eventually. 😆🤣

@@sparkythancztwise fair point. 😂

Ha!

What an interesting concept.

Raccoon on a take-out menu, where?

@@beeharbour it has one for squirrel, too. There isn’t enough ketchup in the world to make it taste less game-y.

@@snowy1994 Yeah, it would pretty much have to be a choice between going all Donner party on my neighbors and eating "novelty meats" before choosing the latter.

@@snowy1994 You soak wild game in milk overnight to remove the gamey flavor. Although, where I come from it usually isn't necessary, since our wild things eat plenty of our garden and field crops.

Egusi soup makes a lot of sense 😂

I love Meanwhile, but the Simile segment leading into Meanwhile is absolute favorite!

I was wondering if James Joyce came back from the dead to ghostwrite the intros.

Next challenge: Being considerate and respectful to those around you. Sadly, I think most people will fail that challenge.

Giant spider ≠ dragon

Arachnids have 8

Yeah, but I don't want my dragons to actually just be large dragonflies.

Censors

@@malenotyalc sorry dyslexic lol

you think 'sperm' should be censored? that's the correct term for this bodily fluid. just how penis and vagina are the correct terms for those body parts. there is nothing inherently wrong by using correct terminology.

DAI? Dragon Age Inquisition has 4-legged dragons.

Dai, the red dragon on wrelsh flags and crests does have for legs, but he said "...outside of heraldry" that would be heraldry...

@@nathanpierpont4557 That would _also_ be the national symbol.

We're talking about dragons, not kraken.

I think we’re already on it!

Genius

@@Sofia.K.CheerYT Why, thank-you!

Wouldn't hurt for either of them to add a "corrections mini-feature" based on "meanwhile"

Oh we're here.

Hagrid's dog Fluffy has three (3) heads

During my adventures with that "Dante" guy in that concentric cave structure, I saw a 3-headed creature at least once.

@@kholsinger not to mention cerberus…

@@TheKrispyfort the mythical beasts in the HP series were not original. They came from classical myths and legends.

@@TheAccidentalViking being an old middle aged woman who read everything she could get her hands on as a child in the 1980s, yes I did know that but thanks for the reminder 👍 I do enjoy them

It's what makes him a millionaire, so it's serious to him.

You are scientifically right.🦗🐜🕷️

Now, for bonus points: what sound does a cow make?

My thoughts exactly!

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

​@@PretendingToBeAHuman Are wings limbs though? That's like saying cats and dogs have five limbs because of their tails.

Not sure I could produce for Kim. Good luck to you though! 🙂

Why? ‘Why’ is indeed the appropriate response to this trend. But even with your generous (?) offer, it might still be a fucking Bad Idea😱 (Get it? Fucking? 😂😂😂)

😂😂😂😂

You should not be condoned for this comment, but damn that’s funny 😂

How many buckets can you manage? Just we're on a schedule & I'm filling as fast as I can...

Q.E.D.

That's a pegasus. Unicorns just have a horn, no wings. Duh.

@@rjstram Sorry, you're right! How could I be so god-damned dumb?

Homeless guy downtown Some guy on the subway The bell boy The cop she tried to avoid getting a ticket from I'm sure she's tried many different formulas

Salmon was probably the guy's family name. But why the heck did she have the salmon sperm injected? You rub the stuff on the skin during a facial; you do not inject it in.

I'd go with "Trout rub" You're welcome.

Dragons clearly aren’t insects, they’re depicted as reptiles, or at least vertebrates, which all have four legs at most

Dragons aren't insects.

Fun fact: The total mass of all the ants on earth is greater than the total mass of all the other animals combined.

Yeah, he the correct thing would have been to say "no vertebrate has more than four limbs". Of course, its a bit weird to complain about an unrealistig number of limbs after tripling the number of spines...

Dragon flies have four wings, making a total of 10 limbs. You have yet to give a single example of an animal with 6 limbs.

✋ He can't be a mammoth, he does not have a trunk.

Ha😅😂! So freaking love it! Thank you!

I think you've got that backwards. I'll put my dorky nerd credentials on the line here - a wyvern has 4 legs + wings.

​@@beenaplumber8379 Nope. Wyverns have two wings and two legs.

I think it has 4 wings and 6 legs. It’s called â dragonfly, a flying dragon, definitely a dragon, definitely on earth. Of course the bearded dragons don’t have (visible) wings, so there’s a whole new question 🤷🏻‍♀️

​@@beenaplumber8379 aaaannnnd google says!... Yeah wyvern is two legs w/ wings. That's how I've always seen it too but there's probably some obscure media out there with wyvern being quadrupeds.

fantasy /ˈfantəsi/ noun noun: fantasy 1. the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things. "his researches had moved into the realms of fantasy" . a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes. plural noun: fantasies "the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy" . an idea with no basis in reality. "it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented" . a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world.

He obviously meant vertebrates. Get off his back.

@@twincast2005 Not what he said though and as a writer he should know the importance of being accurate. GRRM is also wrong if you go with the 'lore' around dragons. Dragons have four legs and wyverns have two, so the show is correct.

Well, once you can't take any more porn, then yes.