who was scorned? sounded like two widows to me

Not rough enough.

This is what happens when you run right outta cheeks. You turn their cheeks to barely recognizable mush.

It does make for a great story though 😂

@@tomrowell1558 It's definitely the story I would tell. 🏰🔥🕊

Sandi presented the facts a bit incorrectly, they had a bag of sulfur tied to their leg by a length of leather cordage if I recall correctly, and sulfur fires are very wind resistant the birds also flew like someone lit a fire under their asses... because there was a fire under their asses

Molotov cockatiel 😁

@@tammybastion7419 Amazing work. 😊

I love Koch. *Stops RIGHT there* 😆

"Cuius regio eius religio" so it's a monarch who decides what religion the population has; it's Olga's baptism that flagged the whole Russ as Christian.

@@SenselessUsername Comments on ‘How Did Olga Use A Pigeon To Wreak Her Revenge? | QI’ 27.6.24 1044am i hear what you say and it depends who has the biggest gob in such matters as to what the general public think about a certain set of peoples... but it's no different from us all assuming Saudi Arabia is a Muslim nation with a Muslim culture. just as it's common for us to think of the Russias as Christian with a Christian culture. old hat conversations, really. hardly a matter for scientific boffins to work out that minor conundrum... UK is steeped in Christianity culture and most folk are hailing forma Christian cultural backdrop - irrespective of their faith or lack of it. simple. either way it's all the same to me... andiamo!!!

When I was stationed in West Germany in the 1980's, there was an article in a East German news paper about how some soldiers traded their tank for a couple cases of liquor. The guy that got the tank was cutting it up and selling the pieces for scrap. I can see a chick being able to raise enough for a bribe for a tank.

Tell me you dont know anything about pigeons without telling me you dont know anything about pigeons

@@ConstantChaos1 Moriarty liked them...although he was fictional I guess...

Pigeons are only the way they are because human cities are filthy and humans treat their environment worse than first year students treat their halls of residence. ie, shit up the walls, maggots in the sink and rotting food on the floor. Pigeons in clean, healthy environments, like anywhere where there's almost no humans, tend to be splendid, plump little birdies who're a pleasure to watch and listen to.

I caught that too. It's worth noting that prior to the Russian invasion in 2022, it was very common in English to say "the Ukraine" when referring to Ukraine. There was just widespread ignorance as to the implications of such phraseology. As with other things (such as the spelling of the dish "Chicken Kiev", now "Chicken Kyiv" ), this has been linguistically adjusted in response to the invasion. Series R was broadcast in 2020-2021, so predated that change.

I don't think "the Ukraine" implies anything like that. There is also the Netherlands, the Bahamas, and even the UK. Googled it just now and there's around a dozen countries that usually get "the" in their name, as commonly referred to.

You're quite right. You'll also note that the prefix "the" is only added in English translations of those countries, because they're often named after regions ("Ukraine" means "borderland" and "nederladen" means "low lands") which it would be natural in English to add the prefix "the" to. Fortunately, we're gradually learning to actually respect the names countries have officially given themselves, although it's a shame it took the invasion of Ukraina by Poo Tin for it to actually gain traction in poor old smugly ignorant blighty, given they officially change their name to "Ukraine" in 1991. Still, better late than never, I supposed...

@@OriginalPiMan The difference is "the Ukraine" - as Peter Clarke pointed out - refers to "the borderlands". That is to say, the borderlands of the Russian Empire. It implies it is a part of Russia. Hence why Ukraine prefers simply "Ukraine". It's a small difference granted, but it's not the same as the using of "the" to mark a proper noun (as in the UK). There is greater linguistic significance in the Ukrainian case.

@@OriginalPiMan And what do Ukrainians want their country to be called? Or do you not care about them?

Someone's just figured out the format called 'panel show'... some thematic nattering between people that get along and results in affordable and enjoyable telly. Sorted.

@@SenselessUsername Wrong ya snarky git. I've been watching UK panel shows for decades. I am fully aware of "the format" thanks. QI has changed gradually and markedly so lately. Perhaps YOU don't recall the QI series from the past. You missed that I already acknowledged that game scoring isn't actually the main point of the show. It does lend a useful structure to the panel, however. At least it once did.

@@puirYorick you really did just go "back in my day everything was better" learn to adapt. you like fun facts? good. watch the show its why we watch it. to learn useless stuff thats just funny.

@@mikkelborby Why must we all enjoy the thing that YOU enjoy - and in the exact way that you enjoy it? Your use of the royal 'we" is presumably meant to indicate that your way is the authoritative way to determine how to consume a bit of entertainment. Sorry, sunshine! I'm as entitled to my own opinion and honest observation as anyone else. I would invite you to read your own post aloud but, I fear you might not detect the irony. Try and have a good life, sport.

@@SenselessUsername Yes, someone figured that out with "the antidote to panel games" that has been running since the 1970s.

then dont watch it?

@@mikkelborby Good advice