Podiots - Podiots: Episode 134 – Exposed At Wetherspoons

Episode Date: November 25, 2023

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Pickax Hello boys Hello All right Michael It was you recently Ben Who went on holiday And fell off a mode of transport right You on a scooter
Starting point is 00:00:14 Last November I did yeah I was in Wait that was last November A year ago It was man Oh my God That genuinely felt like a story you told a couple of weeks ago Wow
Starting point is 00:00:24 No I'm afraid not Well I'm wow Well then I'm happy to say I can also join the ranks of a person who fell off a motor transport in another country in November. Oh, Michael, I'm going to be honest, if anybody I knew, if I had to guess out of anybody I knew on this planet that had fallen off an e-scooter in another country, it would be you. Yeah. Yeah. I fall off my bike quite a lot.
Starting point is 00:00:50 Do you? Yeah, but it's... Are you okay? Oh, yeah, yeah. He did take a brick to the head when he was a child, so... I'm indestructible. He did, yeah. Yeah, like are people like take little amounts of poison to build up a tolerance.
Starting point is 00:01:04 I just start with a brick to the head and then my tolerance is like up here now so I can take anything. One day, sorry to interrupt me like just what we're saying. One day you will be one of the people that you bring along to the podcast. Like someone will be telling a story about this guy called Michael Johnson who took a brick to the head, fell off a scooter, ate silica gel, and he was just indestructible. Oh, yeah. There will be a Wikipedia article about you in like 50 years time. I'm building up to a magnum opus, but that's a secret for now. That's for you to find out in 30 years.
Starting point is 00:01:40 Oh, dear. So what happened then? So it wasn't a scooter. It was an electronic bicycle because I love me bikes and I couldn't resist. I had a couple of trips around Berlin. It was lovely. And I was like, I've got to get across the city. I need to do it quickly.
Starting point is 00:01:55 Going to rent another bike. And I went to a slightly different route, which had tram lines on it. Don't worry, I didn't get run over by the tram, but instead, as I was on the road, one of my bike wheels, like, got lodged into the, like, little gap for the tram to go through. The rail, yeah. Yeah, and I just, like, like, bikes slipped out from under me, and in front of, like, a large, large crowd of people, I just slid and crashed to the ground. Oh.
Starting point is 00:02:20 Did you dab? Did you save it with a dab? I was like, I'm fine, I'm fine, I just let me go. I don't want to be here. And, like, he's fine. He's fine. He's dabbed. He's dabbed.
Starting point is 00:02:28 That would have been pretty cool. They're heavy as well. There's e-bikes, aren't they? Yeah, they really are. Yeah. Big heavy metal things. Yeah, quite a graceful fall at least. I slid onto my side and concerned passes by.
Starting point is 00:02:40 We're like, oh my God, you need to sit down. You're in shock. I'm like, nope, nope, I'm fine. Bye. And just sped off into the distance. I'm embarrassed. Leave me alone. Yeah, please don't talk to me. Don't look at me.
Starting point is 00:02:48 But it doesn't kill you. It makes you stronger. Well, it makes you a little bit weaker for a little bit. Ouch. Owee. That's true. It's quite exciting. It was a real bit of excitement in a holiday.
Starting point is 00:02:59 I highly recommend. man trying you, Peter. Yeah, you're next on the list. It's me. I'm the next one. Yeah. Last one to get COVID. Last one to slam into the floor of an e-scooter.
Starting point is 00:03:09 I'll give it a go next time. I know it's tempting. Oh, you want to. God. Well, we have a date that you all need to add to your calendars. And that is Friday the 8th of December. Because confirmed, that is when we will be doing a Vidiot's reunion stream on Twitch. So Twitch.TV forward slash Vidyats official
Starting point is 00:03:31 Come along for a fun evening filled with maybe something to bid on Maybe some brand new merchandise that you might want to check out Everybody brings a thing along And some assorted other silly bollocks And we do hope you can join us That will be, I think we've set the rough time of 8pm But we will confirm that on socials closer to the time Yeah, GMT
Starting point is 00:03:52 And yeah, come along What's this, Vidyots reunion four, five We've done at least one a year, haven't we? 2018 so will it be four because there wasn't one in 2018 I don't know let's let's let's let's call it the fifth fifth's a better number we'll just skip number four all right yeah shall we should we just skip straight to regardless it's just the fifth one yeah yeah yeah yeah brilliant well we do hope you can join us there over on twitch yeah very exciting times very exciting times should we um do you want to should we yeah all right
Starting point is 00:04:27 yeah yeah yeah yeah who shall Hello everybody and welcome to Pottie. It's the official Vidiots podcast. It's a conversational podcast where we take some questions from you at home and obey the law of the three errs, where everybody brings a thing along to talk about. I'm Ben. I'm Peter. And I'm Michael. Hi, guys.
Starting point is 00:04:58 Hello. Hello. It's been a little while since we recorded because we did two back-to-back in terms of weekly recordings. Yeah, that's right. So how the devil are you, Peter Austin? Oh, you know full well how I am because I see you every day. In fact, I don't see you every day anymore.
Starting point is 00:05:17 I only see you at most three days a week and then less than that if we're doing our own thing. Yeah. So that's the, it's what happens when you're, you know, high, flying management like oh she spent less time with all the members of staff which is not really how management should work really no it's not at all management less time with the staff i mean yeah but that's the dream of management isn't it so you can elevate to that point to not do less work so yeah congratulations you've made it thanks great yeah the less we have to see each other the more successful we've become yeah seems to be seems to be it uh how are you michael johnson i am fan dabby dozy
Starting point is 00:05:56 Yeah, I'm fresh off my holiday. And injuries aside, had a lovely time. Berlin's absolutely delightful. What were the vegan options like in Germany? So good. Like, I mean, I think Berlin's a bit of an outlier in that. Yeah. It's hipster as fuck.
Starting point is 00:06:10 Cosmopolitan. Mm. Cosmopolitan. Really good. I mean, I ate, like, absolutely crap the entire time. I just ate burger, kebab and curry worst. So, yeah, good times. Good times.
Starting point is 00:06:23 Yeah, amazing. Sounds great. How are you? Ask Ben. Yeah. I want it. Don't worry. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:06:29 I got your text. I really appreciate it. Yeah. Hi, Ben. I'm also. Yeah. How are you? What?
Starting point is 00:06:36 How are you? Oh, thank you, Michael. Yeah, thank you for asking. I appreciate you asking. I'm also off my holidays, although not quite as recently as you. I was in Poland for a week. And I did a very similar thing to you in that I just drank lots of cheap alcohol and ate my body weight in bad foods. And I honestly, I still feel like I'm sort of.
Starting point is 00:06:55 of recovering now. I still kind of feel bloated and uncomfortable wearing belts on my jeans. So I clearly did it very well. And to sort of follow up on your tale of vegan conquest in Berlin, I'll say that the vegan options in the two cities I went to, Rochlor and, oh God. Krakow or Krakow? Thank you. I've always forget it. Yeah. We're brilliant. There's a place in Krakow called Vigab and it's just a vegan cab place and it was fucking lovely. We went there twice
Starting point is 00:07:31 and the cababs were massive and I felt sick and it was great so yeah Poland had a lovely time out there, a beautiful country had some strange slimy foods which I was not expecting went to a beer hall type place and they served us some rye bread
Starting point is 00:07:51 with like lard spread on it and like sort of porky pork cracklingy bits kind of on it as well we didn't ask for it it was just put on our table and two of us going weren't vegan so we're like well we've got to try this out of politeness and maybe it was just the darkness of the room but the texture was unfamiliar and frightening and we couldn't finish the bread
Starting point is 00:08:16 we're probably upset the proprietor a little bit yeah they brought you the free bread lard pig you didn't eat The lard does sound a bit much, though. Just give us some flora. Yeah, do you got any marjorie? So we're all on our, we've all had a holiday apart from Peter. I'm about to go away though, a staycation.
Starting point is 00:08:38 I'm going away in the UK. But, yeah, I'm just going to go and just do nothing in a house that is in the middle of a fucking field. And the field is in the middle of a fucking nothing. And I'm going to have a lovely time. Is that what you're doing this weekend? yes yeah I'm going well I'm going to a wedding on Saturday but then immediately after that we're heading off for like three days to a shack which I really enjoy the love shack let the social battery drain right down at the wedding and then retreat into the woods yeah exactly and it's the best kind of shack in that it's like got all the mod cons inside you you come you're driving up to it on this like bumpy road full of pothors and you're like we've been before once and you're like hmm how's this going to be and then you get in and it's like warm and and airtight and has good Wi-Fi and like a massive, it has a, the onsuit in the bathroom
Starting point is 00:09:33 is sort of down like a half-height wall, which wouldn't be good if you were with there, if you're there with someone who you're not married to or in a relationship with. But so you can basically lie in the bath and watch the TV in the bedroom in this really nice. It's great, yeah, I can't wait to go. Fantastic, well, I hope
Starting point is 00:09:54 you have a lovely time, Peter. Thank you. I'm sure I will. And I've now somehow got to segue from all of us talking about the lovely holidays we've been on or are going on and ask for money. If you go to pottyets.com
Starting point is 00:10:05 and if you donate three pounds or more, you'll get a shout out at the beginning and the end of the podcast. You'll join Pod Squad. You'll support what we do here at Podietz and obviously we massively appreciate it. Just an advance warning, we haven't yet decided,
Starting point is 00:10:18 but there will either be one or two episodes before Christmas. we will let you know in the social media post if it is the final episode before Christmas because we normally take a break over Christmas and New Year just in case you want to buy a Pod Squad shout out for a friend or a loved one or something like that. So be aware that that will be coming up soonish
Starting point is 00:10:41 but we will let you know in the post that goes out if that's your last chance. Shall we start off Michael Johnson with the Pumpy Platoon? We shall. We begin with Palestina-Mans. Math, the Blobbit Dildo Shaggins. Stephen Scores, Blobby's Wobbly Nobby, Lord Brotovic, and
Starting point is 00:11:05 Whoa, wed, wow, that's a harsh word. Where de cunt is Freddie Weber. Oof, good for me. I'll wash my mouth out with soap after that. Thank you. Thank you all. Just very quickly, I'd like to point out that the Palestina math one, there's a note that comes with it that says,
Starting point is 00:11:21 Solidarity with Palestine via a wrestling pun. I just want to make that clear before we continue. Yeah, fair enough. We've also got Gromit Romney or Gromit Romney. Mr. Macca,
Starting point is 00:11:39 can I pet that dog, Prince Beefcakes, Isaac Cox and Donak 07. And finally we have John Dillaman doxed myself last pod, must be too chugy for stream labs
Starting point is 00:11:53 and reverse poo go back up bum and that's your pod squad poddy at stock I had a very nearly speed water everywhere did you enjoy that one I did the last getting my vote for my favourite
Starting point is 00:12:08 oh is it? Me too I'm going to go for Gromit Romney That is very clever as well Poddiats dot com three pounds or more to get a shout out at the beginning and the end of next podcast Thank you so much Pod Squad for this week week. Michael Johnson, it is now, I believe, your turn to edit the podcast and also select
Starting point is 00:12:28 some wonderful things that have been submitted by the listeners slash viewers. You can watch this podcast on our YouTube channel, by the way. We've got cameras and everything. Oh, jazz hands. Is everyone else doing jazz hands? Yeah, I'm doing jazz hands. I'm making a real treat for the viewers. Jazz hands. Michael, don't do that. Oh, my goodness. Stop it. Whoa. Oh, well, you see that in the video. I did Pichittis, was it? The double white white. Oh, the wanky cocked.
Starting point is 00:12:56 The Pichiti thing. The Pichiti things, yeah, you know. I forget how this works. It's been a long time. Do I choose myself for the first thing, or do I choose one of you? You just choose a person to do a user-submitted thing. Yeah, choose another person, I think you chose me before. I feel like I've been chosen first before.
Starting point is 00:13:14 Well, then, Peter, you are the chosen one this time. Thank you very much, Michael Johnson, for choosing me. And thank you to Will Malley at Will Malley for sending this in via our Twitter post. Maybe, it might be Maley. I think it's Mali. This is according to the manchester eveningnews.co.com. at UK, written by Neil Shaw.
Starting point is 00:13:37 Oh, and Ashley Blakely. It's a collaborative effort. Blimey. It must be really good. Oh, yeah. It is. Here we go. Nudist asked to leave. leave weather spoons after bending over for Popper Dom.
Starting point is 00:13:52 Oh, no. It actually says Popper Dom, which I believe is another accepted spelling. And I like that because it sort of reminds you of the word bum. Oh, yeah. The UM at the end. This is why there's two writers on this one. Yeah. There is a subheading now, and it's a quote from the nudist, I believe.
Starting point is 00:14:11 We all have a bottom, and they all look the same. No, they don't. No, they don't. No, they definitely don't. Some bottoms are better than others. Very true. So a nudist has slammed weather spoons after he was asked to leave one of their pubs
Starting point is 00:14:27 for accidentally exposing his bum. Richard Collins said staff at his local branch of the chain tried to bar him after he, and this is in quotes, accidentally flashed while bending down to flick some popadom off his seat. Sure. The 67-year-old said he usually goes
Starting point is 00:14:48 around naked but had donned a sweatshirt and hoodie and a short, suede skirt with no underwear on when he went for dinner at the pub. After ordering a chicken teak a curry at the bar, Richard said he noticed some food on his seat before bending over to flick it off, claiming he did not know a mother and her teenage daughter were sitting behind. Oh no. There's a photo of the guy actually. Hang on, let me share that with you. Is it a picture of his bum? Well, sadly not. I was going to say, you can decide whether you would like to see that man's bum or not.
Starting point is 00:15:25 I don't, I really, really don't want to judge a book by its cover. Yeah. But this man definitely pulled his ass out on purpose. Yeah, well, also, I could have told you that he looks exactly like that if you told me it was a 67-year-old nudist. They all nudists, male nudists, seem to have the great big, bushy beard. I think every single one does for some reason. Beards are the acceptable clothes in that way.
Starting point is 00:15:48 Yeah, I know that's a sweeping generalisation I've just made, but you know what? If you're a nudist and you're listening and you don't have a beard, good for you. Put some pants on. Yeah, put some pants on in Wellespoons. Richard, who says he has been visiting the John Logie Baird pub for signs of... That's what it's called. John Logie Baird. Yeah, that's the guy who did the TV, right?
Starting point is 00:16:13 Yeah. I think it might be called the John Logi Baird, I guess. named after him. Okay, respect. We like John Logie Bair. We do. Because he reminds us all. We love John Logi Bair.
Starting point is 00:16:23 Because he reminds us all of Yogi Bear. That's the only reason. Yes, that's it. That's what he made. Yeah. Richard, who says he's been visiting the John Logi Baird pub four times a week for 10 years. Bloody hell. And wait for the second half of this sentence.
Starting point is 00:16:39 Blamed the mother and daughter for looking up his skirt and said they should have averted their eyes if they didn't like it. I can't just get your bumhole out. You just don't accept it as a modern civilised society. We keep our bum holes well hidden. He said, if you or your child look up someone's skirt, then don't complain if you don't like what you see. Avert your eyes.
Starting point is 00:17:05 The founder of Naturist's UK said it was ridiculous that the manager asked him to leave for bending over with no underwear on, despite Richard claiming he was properly covered. I mean, if he's the founder of Naturist UK, I think that just pays even more, like, credence to the fact that he probably was flashing. And that might also be why I recognise this man, because he's probably been on the news at some point. So it makes sense why he looks familiar.
Starting point is 00:17:32 So the incident spurred Richard, who's been a nudist for 40 years, to campaign for naturist rights to be formally recognised in legislation so that he and fellow nudists can walk into any pub naked and get served. Oh, man. Richard shared the story to a Facebook group with more than 5,000 members claiming the ordeal spoiled an otherwise lovely day of naked, cycling, sunbathing and swimming. Oh, that does sound quite nice, actually. It does, but, you know, people have to opt into that.
Starting point is 00:18:05 I think he also spoiled a lovely day of going for a Wetherspoon's tea with mum and daughter, potentially. Weather Spoon said they ask all customers to dress appropriately, and, more specifically, in a way which would not cause offence to employees or other customers. They stood by the branch's decision and said the pub's management, quite rightly, didn't think Richard was dressed appropriately. Richard said, I was quite unhappy being asked to leave. I thought it was a bit extreme. The manager could have just said, we just had a complaint.
Starting point is 00:18:33 Could you be a bit more careful and not bend over? When I got my dinner, I was sitting there quite upset and anxious, but I wasn't going to make a big scene. I don't want to get banned. it's one of the places I eat regularly and I was going to say the manager say to the manager it's not nice to be discriminated against. Oh so have I has he only been asked to leave he's not been banned permanently
Starting point is 00:18:53 no I don't think he has right okay so we didn't want to kick up a fuss again it's sort of it's got all the filler in it I was wearing a skirt which is not that short so when I'm walking around normally I'm properly covered etc etc Richard claimed the agitated mother of a teen girl spoke to a staff
Starting point is 00:19:11 member at the bar before the manager asked him to leave leave. He added, asked him to leave for not wearing any underwear and bending over. He added, a minute later, the manager appeared, a young woman, and said, it appears you're not wearing any underwear. And the child on the table behind saw when you bent over. I'm going to have to ask you to leave. I replied, I never wear any underwear, but I don't make a habit of bending over. There was something on the seat. And asked if I could move and sit somewhere else, as I'd already ordered and paid for my food. I thought it was ridiculous. It's a very long article. I think We've got the gist at this point.
Starting point is 00:19:47 He says, he did later say, I prefer to wear nothing at all. Most people aren't bothered. It's all about fun and freedom. It's just a body. I'm used to being naked in public as I've been a naturist for 40 years. For two years, I've been cycling in Hastings naked
Starting point is 00:20:03 and everybody accepts it. I'm well known. Well, I'm sure you are well known. There's no question about that. Don't go complaining, discriminating, and committing a hate. Crime, I don't wear pants ever, not for you, not for anyone. We all have a bottom and they all look the same. Get over it. Reading, playing, learning. Stellist lenses do more than just correct
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Starting point is 00:21:01 but I don't feel like it's for the right reasons. Because, hey, all for you being a naturalist or a naturist or whatever it is, if you want to be nude. But there are lines. you should probably be aware of those. And if you cross them, you could, you know, he's lucky it couldn't have been way worse. Yeah, that's the thing.
Starting point is 00:21:22 Like, I agree that if that's what he wants to do in, in the right place and at the right time, then that's fine. But he should be upset about this. What he should be upset about is that a child and a mother, but especially a child, saw his ass in Weatherspoons and was upset by it. He should be upset about that. But he's upset that he was. was asked to leave Weatherspoons.
Starting point is 00:21:47 That is quite a little point, to be fair, being asked to leave a spoons. Yeah, you have to really mess up to be asked to leave spoons. Oh, God. I googled the dude's name just because I'm curious, and he's got news articles about him dating back 20 years pretty much. Oh, wow. Yeah. He is known in the area.
Starting point is 00:22:06 Oh, yes. Yes. Yeah. He's not done anything too naughty, though. Just little interactions with the police here and there when he's making on benches and whatnot. Just come on, sir, please. Right.
Starting point is 00:22:18 Well, thank you, Mikey, and thank you to... Oh, hang on. Will, was it? Hang on, let me open the Discord, please. There we go. Will Malley. Thank you, Will. Thank you, Will.
Starting point is 00:22:31 Thank you, Will. I would like to do my thing next, if that's all right. Go ahead. Wow. As always, I like to keep the... The bar high for podiots in terms of taste and elegance and interesting historical stories. So I've got a ripper of a tale today. Okay.
Starting point is 00:22:53 In Spider-Man, a young Peter Parker is given superpowers by a radioactive spider bite and decides to fight crime. In Daredevil, a young Matt Murdoch gets covered in radioactive material and develops supersonic senses, also deciding to fight crime. In 19th century France, a young Joseph Puyol, I was taking a swim when he realized he could inhale vast volumes of water through his anus. Oh. What's his superhero name? Actually, there's one coming up, so see if you can guess it. Okay.
Starting point is 00:23:30 Eventually, he decided to turn this into a hit stage show at the Moulin Rouge under the name of Le Petomaine. And in English, the fartomaniac. Oh, okay. Have it, have it, have it. So, yeah, this is, yeah, in the olden days, again, can you imagine, this, this is a man who does fart tricks and it's at the Moulin Rouge. What a, what a place, what a place.
Starting point is 00:23:55 The sky's the limit for you, Michael Johnson. I know, I know, I know, I need to go far. I could really, I could go fart. There it is. Hey, ooh, yeah, one day. Well, maybe after this, I'll feel inspired and you'll see me on stage soon. I should hope so. We already seen you on stage.
Starting point is 00:24:11 You didn't do a fart, though. We just saw you nearly die. Oh, yeah. Just asphyxiated by Dick and Dom. I'll get my revenge on them one day. They'll be asphyxating. All right, let's get a little bit of history on Puyall. Born in 1857, he was on holiday when he discovered his superpower.
Starting point is 00:24:29 I do like that. The article repeatedly references as a superpower, which... Yes. It is. Kind of is. Yeah, yeah. Still in school at the age of 10, which turned out to be a complete waste of time, given his eventual career, he was holding his breath under water when he felt, oh, this is kind of
Starting point is 00:24:46 gross actually, when he felt the strange cold sensation of a large volume of ocean water shooting up his bum bum. Oh, he understandably fled the water, and then the water came out. Hmm. And ideas blossoming here. This is a superpower. The boy mentioned the incident to his family doctor, who laughed and dismissed his gift. telling him it was nothing to be concerned about
Starting point is 00:25:13 rather than have to contact the Avengers For a time Joseph forgot about his skill as a fleeting experience and he just forgot all about it but years later after recounting the anecdote to his friends in the French army
Starting point is 00:25:27 he decided to try it once more I would like I would be tempted to join the army for a little bit if I didn't have to do any like the army stuff just I just want to hang out with just talk about your heart powers and stuff. Yeah, I'm sure there's probably, you get some interesting people there.
Starting point is 00:25:44 It'd be quite fun to be offline on the wall for that, but I don't like guns, so ain't going to do it. Yeah. And at the army base with his friends gathered round, presumably resigned to the fact that the dinner party didn't quite have the original classy tone they had intended. Puyol placed his bum below the surface of some water and sucked hard. Oh, God. How do you do that?
Starting point is 00:26:06 I can't even have the muscles required to do that. Sucked. That's the thing. If it was just that he had a very loose anus and it was just sort of flowing in almost against his control, that would make more sense to me, you know, just naturally filling the cavity. But it's like he's actively like hoovering it up,
Starting point is 00:26:23 which is very strange. I went to school with lucianus. Loose anus, yeah. Well done, well done. God. Oh, this is, I read this, and it was funny. And now, like I'm saying the words, it's so graphic. I think that that's probably about as hard as bad as it gets.
Starting point is 00:26:37 We'll find out. I am replacing the word, with bum bum though so um to shield our ears and yeah he put his bum beneath the water sucked in and amazingly he could still do it and with further training he discovered that he could suck up about two liters of water wow and roughly the same volume of air good lord this dude is inflating himself oh my god he could do all that in one go by bending over covering his nose and mouth and then contracting his diaphragm, which I think I did have a go of it. It didn't quite make sense.
Starting point is 00:27:11 Like, I just don't understand mechanics of it. That's very strange. It truly is a superpower. So yeah, he contracted his diaphragm. This increased the volume of his abdomen, pulled in air, much in the same way your lungs do. And after a few intense training bouts, he could also vary the volume and pitch of his farts. So this man had gained total control over his rear. He could also do impressions of other people's farts.
Starting point is 00:27:40 What? No. That's the first time I've ever heard anyone doing that. Does it sound like a fart? Well, it must be a pretty good impression then, I suppose. Oh, God, it seemed like there'd be like a line of people all coming up, performing, then he'd like a call and response, like dueling banjos. Oh, God.
Starting point is 00:28:03 Do impressions of other people's farts. play the flute from behind, which I quite like, and blow smoke rings out of his bum and mouth at the same time. Oh, God. Wow. Okay. Does that, does that, does that,
Starting point is 00:28:17 is that, is that, is he going from one end and the smoke's coming out both? Surely he's got a sighing. No, they're not plumbed in together. I think he must be putting a cigarette in his, in his bum bomb as you've been doing.
Starting point is 00:28:28 If he can suck water and he can definitely inhale smoke. Yeah. That's fair. Yeah. Oh, God. Oh, dear. I need to stop doing farts. I think it's run its course.
Starting point is 00:28:38 I don't know, this is good farts. Superpower farts. Yeah. This is incredible. Definitely. No, no, don't. Don't. It wouldn't be the same.
Starting point is 00:28:45 No, I could never stop, sadly. I'm just built this way. And to top it all off, his farts were also completely odourless. He had his shreddies on. Wow. Very good. So, and this is probably perhaps to Puyall giving himself five enemas a day. So he's squeaky clean.
Starting point is 00:29:01 God, that can't be good for your, like, microbiome. I don't think any of this is good for your microbiome. Do we know how long he lived for? Ooh, I think it's in here somewhere. Ooh, let's see. So he was born, 1857, and he died 1945. Wow. Wow.
Starting point is 00:29:22 Blimey. He's cracked it. Eternal life. Suck up. Cuck out your bum. Hey! Hey! Oh, we're on fire tonight, boys.
Starting point is 00:29:31 Oh, dear. A 2013 paper in the... the journal French cultural studies explained the air he expelled and used his sphincter muscles to make vibrate much as we do with our vocal cords when we speak and sing was fresh air he had breathed in through his bum bum but after after he'd spent his time honing his skills and doing little performances his eyes lit up with dollar signs
Starting point is 00:29:56 and decided it was time to hit the road and take the show to the greater public all the French people line up to see a fart man oh boy before long he secured an audition at the Moulin Rouge where he nervously sucked up water
Starting point is 00:30:12 and cleaned out his money maker before playing tunes to the owner who hide him immediately this is exactly what we've been looking for I can't believe it's yeah this is this is what we want to bring
Starting point is 00:30:28 the punters in this is a real family show this is it this is time the Moulin Rouge goes global So yeah, you may picture Paris is pretty sophisticated but people went absolutely nuts
Starting point is 00:30:38 for a man on stage squeaking out la marse oh, oh, French words La Marseille. Yeah, Marseille, yeah. Yeah, squeaking out La Marseille from his butthole.
Starting point is 00:30:52 He became the highest paid performer in the Hall of France. Wow. Mote's fart. Hey! Yeah, this dude, Michael Pooh blaineer out of stuff. Yeah, we're going, give it to that. And yeah, this dude really, he really propelled himself to the top of his craft.
Starting point is 00:31:15 And for a time, things were good. But then he threw it all away by doing something the Moulin Rouge could not tolerate. And that was passing gas on his own personal time. What? What does that mean? Well, you find out. He was moonlight. God.
Starting point is 00:31:37 Joseph attempted to drum up business for his friend's gingerbread stand by farting tunes to draw in the crowds. Oh. Oh. And the Moulin Rouge saw this as a breach of his contract. Essentially, they argued that he was only allowed to pass gas within the confines of the club, which is quite, that's quite a lot. And you've got to go, you've got to go. Yeah, man.
Starting point is 00:32:02 This dude's a professional. You're not going to stop him. He's got to practice somewhere. And yeah, the legal disputes led to the end of his performances at the Moulin Rouge. But then he set up his own club from... I don't know. Oh, he set up his own club just based off him farting. But sadly, didn't quite have the same accolade as the Moulin Rouge.
Starting point is 00:32:20 So he didn't quite earn as much money. But I think there's job satisfaction in being your own boss. Yeah, it's good. Good for him. he was replaced at the Moulin Rouge by another fart act La Femme-Petomain who was later revealed to have merely been pretending to fart using a set of bellows concealed under her skirt
Starting point is 00:32:42 Oh, how did she hide that? Big skirt. Big skirt must be, yeah. I can't believe they're like, shit, we need to replace Fartman. We'll get someone else in and someone, I guess, thought, I can, I can con these mothers. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:32:57 Wow, I didn't, yeah, I didn't mind. such an appetite for fart performances in ye oldie Paris, but hey, we never change. So Puyol made a living for decades with his act before World War I put a stop to things. After the war, his act had gone out of fashion, sadly, with some suggestion that that could have been because people viewed gas comedy as in per taste following extensive war gassing. I think that's quite a loose connection. Come on, I think that's a stretch, yeah. I think that's also, maybe people just weren't quite as up for farts after the war.
Starting point is 00:33:31 Like, slightly soured mood. You don't want to go to a club and watch a man do big farts. Maybe you do. Maybe you do. Though we'd love to tell you more about how he was physically able to fart like this. Did he possess unique physiology? Or can we all unlock this talent? But we were unable to do so.
Starting point is 00:33:50 Upon his death in 1945, his family refused to let doctors have a poke around in there to see what was going on. there are some things in this life which simply must be treated with reverence one of his sons remarked his secrets like a fart dissipating in front of a packed audience may be lost forever wow what a tale to leave behind so poetic that's the story of poo yule what a man wow i should try and find a picture of him i want joseph puyall is there any any drawings of him, any art? Oh, wow. Wow, there is pictures of him. You can fucking smell him. Oh, he looks like a cheeky little fart. I'll tell you that.
Starting point is 00:34:39 He's just a dude with a healthy, healthy mustache. Good. Yeah, absolutely delightful. There's not a family resemblance, is there, Mikey? This could be some long distant ancestor. He's bending over as well. Oh, he's really getting into it. In a weather spoons, no doubt, as well.
Starting point is 00:34:56 Yeah, probably. Demonstating. I mean, we all are physically linked, but I don't think we're related. But man, what an inspiration. You ever find a little special talent? You take that to the bank. You do. That's going to make you rich.
Starting point is 00:35:11 You deserve it. That's the story of farts. Definitely one of the original superheroes, I would say. Yeah. I was trying to think what pun was coming up. I think there was one. one in the article, didn't you? Fartomaniac.
Starting point is 00:35:30 Oh, Fartomaniac, okay. Well, that was his stage name, yeah. Right. Well, I was thinking, you know, it could be based on those four Marvel characters, the one who's like made a stow and the one who sets on fire, and then the leader,
Starting point is 00:35:43 that's Mr. Fartastic, isn't it? Oh, brilliant. Perfect. Fartastic Four. Absolutely wonderful. Thank you very much. But, yeah. Well, I'm sure we're off to something
Starting point is 00:35:56 equally as cultured. Ben, would you like to give us your article? Yes, this comes to us courtesy of Mike Wicked at Mike Wicked 80 on Twitter. It's a news article from ABC News Australia. Tasmanian woman tells office she can't come in as 600 kilograms Neil the Seal is blocking her car.
Starting point is 00:36:20 Oh no, Neil. Neal. Do you want to see Neil the Seal? I'd love to. Here is a picture. of Neil, the seal. I've just sent it back to Michael. Hey, I'll enjoy that. Let me try that again.
Starting point is 00:36:34 Let's put it in the right channel this time. Here he comes. It's Neil. Big lad. I must admit, I was expecting a bigger seal. I mean, look at the size of the car. Is there a Nerf gun underneath it? Yeah, he's armed too.
Starting point is 00:36:49 It's still big, but, you know, I think I got over-excited. I thought it might be like an elephant seal, which is huge. Help keep family and friends informed by sharing this article. Yeah, you'll be careful, everyone. A southern Tasmanian woman says she has found the best excuse ever to not go to work after she woke up with a 600 kilogram seal in her front yard. The tagged southern elephant seal, affectionately known as Neil to locals, has garnered quite the internet following over the past few years.
Starting point is 00:37:21 He is known for popping up at beaches around Hobart, I assume, sunning himself on roads and playing with the, traffic cones that were put out in place to protect him. And for all his antics, Southern Beach's resident Amber Harris never expected to see him in her yard. He's outside having a little nap, she told ABC Radio Hobart. He has moved around. He has been on my front deck. He had his little head, well, big head, up on my hammock, and he's now down blocking my car. Miss Harris said when she saw the seal in her yard, she called her boss to let them know she was going to be late. There's not a lot you can.
Starting point is 00:37:56 can do with a 600 kilogram seal at your car, she said. Work got all the photos, they knew it was legitimate. It's given everyone in the office a bit of a laugh. A bit of a laugh. Miss Harris said a wildlife expert had told her there was little hope of tempting Neil away from her car with food. He probably won't eat anything because when he comes up onto land, he'll be up here for about three to four weeks and he usually uses that for hibernation,
Starting point is 00:38:18 she said. However, a few hours of hanging out in her yard seemed like enough for Neil as he was later spotted moving his way back towards the beach. And that's essentially it. Neil the seal did not want her to go to work. It's another picture of Neil. It's a much more flattering photo of Neil. I think he's very photogenic in that one.
Starting point is 00:38:37 Oh, wow. Oh, that's great. He just perched up against a car kind of back arched head over his head over his back. Wow. And there's his traffic cones that they talk about. Yeah, there's his traffic cones. I have no idea what he's chosen my front yard, but he's welcome to stay as long as he wants. It says.
Starting point is 00:38:54 She's lovely. Oh, he's quite cute. Are there any racist comments underneath? No, that's a shame. Hey. I found Neil the Seals' Instagram account and all the pictures of him. There is just traffic cones next to him. He is a known entity.
Starting point is 00:39:12 Yeah. Oh, the second photo is great where he's smiling, slash yelling. Oh, look at that. I like him. He could sleep in front of my car any time. Yeah, absolutely. Brilliant. Well, there we are. That's my listener-submitted thing.
Starting point is 00:39:30 Thank you. Thank you. Lovely. It's the tag in the middle of his head. What's with the third and fourth picture? Oh, he's got some kind of weird tracker on that. He's got an antenna on his head. Yeah, very weird. Anyway. Yeah, it says it's a tracker in the comments.
Starting point is 00:39:48 Oh, strange. Weird place to put that. Thank you very much for that story. That was wonderful. Incidentally, I did see a comment recently where, someone was saying, would we be able to add images to the video edit as we go so that people at home can see what we're talking about? I mean, it would add literally hours on top of our editing process because we would have to sit and listen through the entire podcast
Starting point is 00:40:14 on top of what we already have to do. So, I mean, we post everything on Twitter in threads and also you can you know most of this stuff you can google very easily so i know it's not super handy but if you are sitting somewhere with a screen you probably can quickly put out your phone and find the things that we're talking about usually so yes and also i believe um yeah the if you don't want to have twitter you can go to vidyats official dot com and our twitter feed is on the right hand side of the home page so you can just scroll through it and see it there nice and easily nice and easily
Starting point is 00:40:53 nice right so it's my turn now for my own thing I believe so yes well pull up a chair
Starting point is 00:41:07 everyone because I thought you might like to know what the latest gossip is on my housing estate oh it's all going down here
Starting point is 00:41:17 yeah put on the kettle Peter let's have a little natter we're going to have a little gossip so some things have been happening on this estate recently the way the situation is that I live on a like a whole load of new build houses on a development site
Starting point is 00:41:35 and just down the road is another whole set of new houses which is being built by a different housing development but we're all new here basically so there are several Facebook groups that now exist of which I'm a member of non but Amy is a member of a couple there's one for each of these two separate estates and then there's like one larger kind of we're all new build people
Starting point is 00:41:59 kind of group estate Facebook group so she's a member of both and recently someone posted on the Facebook group for the other estate and they said we've just moved in this week
Starting point is 00:42:18 there seems to be a lot of blue lights going around sirens and stuff, is this normal for this housing estate? And we just moved in and there's a lot of like police and stuff just like going around the roads and people were applying saying no, no, this isn't like
Starting point is 00:42:35 we don't typically see a police presence it's normally all pretty quiet around here so that immediately piqued the interest of a lot of people and then, in fact I made some notes here I've changed names for anonymity but it then became apparent that someone, let's call her Susan, who is apparently a bit of a known quantity on these Facebook groups
Starting point is 00:42:58 for being a bit of a bit of a Karen and a bit of a loud voice. She's a big name on houses. You know, she's a be a, a no. She posted saying, I'll tell you, I have had the police out for one of the most horrific experiences of my life, she said. That's how she described it. So the police had been called. There had been an altercation on someone's doorstep. Someone had had to be restrained and the police then came while this person was being restrained, kind of under a citizen's arrest to deal with the
Starting point is 00:43:36 situation. Allegedly, it was someone who was going door to door and seemingly they were you know, kind of like scamming or something is what this woman was claiming. So we were all kind of interested by this. Now, as I say, we're not all the biggest fan of Susan. Susan quite frequently will go on these groups and she will say, thank goodness to, again, I've changed the names, but thank goodness that Hot Pipes Limited came out and fixed my plumbing in an emergency. They're just great. This is her husband's company. So she just likes to just post and say how wonderful they are. I mean, when she says they came and fixed the leak under my sink, I think what she means is he was in the living room and then he came into the kitchen. So she's got reputation.
Starting point is 00:44:26 But what happened was, it later emerged that some people have been going around the estate and they were saying they were from Hello Fresh, okay? And they had knocked on her door and she was like, you're not scamming me, sunshine. And so she or her husband grapple, called this woman who was saying they're from Hello Fresh and held on to them. There were then some replies underneath this claim. And it was from people saying, Susan, they really were Hello Fresh. Oh, my God. They came round to my house.
Starting point is 00:45:04 I'm already with Hello Fresh. And they said, oh, okay, that's great. Well, do you know what? Here's a free code. And they have input the code on their app. and it works and they're really from Hello Fresh. So what appears to have happened
Starting point is 00:45:20 is that some two people because we've heard the rest of this story from other people who've posted on the Facebook group but two people from Hello Fresh or representing Hello Fresh have been going around all the new built houses because I guess it's a captive audience knocking on doors saying
Starting point is 00:45:38 hello, have you heard of Hello Fresh? If you say yes I have they just give you a free code. If you haven't, they obviously try and get you to sign up. They've knocked on Susan's door with a clipboard and said, Hello, I'm from Hello Fresh. She said, no, you're fucking not. They've said, yes, I am.
Starting point is 00:45:53 They've had an argument on the doorstep. And when it's got really heated, they've said, all right, fine, you know what? I'm going. Like, never mind. Thanks for talking to me. Please visit Hellofresh.com. I'll see you later.
Starting point is 00:46:07 And she has said, oh, no, you're not, you evil scanner. and got her husband to grab hold of this woman and then the police had to be called round. So we don't know what happened to the Hello Fresh lady whether she got off there and then or if they took her into the station. But that has apparently been going down on my estate recently. So these are the lovely people that I'm sharing my neighbourhood with.
Starting point is 00:46:35 She could feasibly press charges, right? Well, I guess so, because they literally rest. restrained her for no reason, other than she knocked on the door, said, have you ever considered hello fresh? They've said, you're not hello fresh. And then they've, they've, like, grabbed hold of her and said, you're not going to the police are here. She's never, Susan is never going to live this down in the Facebook group. No, she's ever going to trust a single thing she says ever again. Big Cameron of that. Yeah, someone replied to Susan and said, it's a real shame this happened, Susan, because, you know, these people, they're probably, you know, a bit
Starting point is 00:47:06 down on their look. They're not, they're not, I can't imagine many of them are pleased. to be going door to door and getting, you know, those people get yelled at all the time by people. It's probably not their ideal job, but they're just trying to make ends meet, trying to make a living. And, you know, you've made life that bit more difficult for that woman who you've done this to.
Starting point is 00:47:26 So when I was watching this story, well, I was hearing this story unfold on Facebook, I just thought, this is like, it's not, it doesn't really sound real. It sounds like something from a kind of a farcical soap opera or something, like it's almost a bit, funny, but it's not because it happened in real life to a real person.
Starting point is 00:47:44 That poor woman. Yeah, so if there's any more drama or positive reviews for Hot Pikes Limited. It sounds like a got character on the block now, so you can have some stories. Please keep us posted. Facebook groups are the best. Yeah. I'm still in the one
Starting point is 00:48:00 from where I used to live before I moved here. And did you see the photo, Peter? I sent it around the office last week. Maybe you were ill, actually. But basically someone, someone managed to crash their car through a wall on the estate where the speed limit is like five miles per hour. Yeah. And there's no through road.
Starting point is 00:48:22 I'll find a photo. And I'll send it to you. Because it's honestly, it's unbelievable how that, hopefully you can pinpoint roughly where it is. Because you will also be absolutely amazed at how they have managed to do this. God. Well, let's just hope you don't have any parcels delivered. Oh, God, yeah, never collect them from there. Well, fortunately, as I say, she's actually in the other, like, collection of houses.
Starting point is 00:48:49 So she's a good, like, you know, quarter of a mile away from us. But, yeah, she also, another reason she's got a reputation is that she started a neighborhood watch group. Oh, of course she bloody did. Yeah, of her whole estate, also a smaller estate that's next to theirs on one side, but decided not to include our estate in it as though we're not bothered about. You're at fault.
Starting point is 00:49:12 Yeah. Oh my God, that photo you've sent. How did they do that? I don't know. Can I add that to the thread for the benefit of others? I assume that's fine, right? I don't live there anymore, so I don't care. I mean, it's just a photo of...
Starting point is 00:49:28 Oh, Christ. That. It's bonkers. That is just down the road from like a little bridge, which is one way anyway. So this person presumably was driving away from that bridge So they either live down there Or they've
Starting point is 00:49:41 They've broken the law and gone through the wrong way And the one way system Which a lot of people do because they're assholes And then they've just driven really fast through it And lost control and driven straight through a brick wall I don't know how they've done it Good grief Looks cool though
Starting point is 00:49:56 It's like a hell of a brick explosion It's cool Although there were like a dozen posts of people saying Oh anyone know what's happened So someone's smashed their car through and the council were clearing bricks from the front of it because people wouldn't have been able to get their cars out
Starting point is 00:50:11 in the morning otherwise. Yeah. Crazy. I sadly don't have any fun neighbor stories to share. I've had at most there's just been people breaking into cars on the street, but that's fine. Right.
Starting point is 00:50:23 I'd rather that than a lady pummeling an innocent hello fresh. Yeah. It was just the slur realisation of someone replying saying no, no, they were. They were hello fresh. I used the code and it was. accepted. Oh God. Jesus. Just close the door on them. That's all you have to do. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:42 I try to be a hero and look at you. Look at you. Well, I am very excited to hear more about what this woman gets up to because it sounds like she's a real character. Yeah, it's probably just the beginning of more, I imagine. Yes. Thank you, Peter. I hope things improve for you. It sounds like you're in a very dangerous neighborhood. Yeah. Absolutely. Thank you Peter I shall read my viewer submitted story I'm going to find who submitted it Go on in
Starting point is 00:51:15 Go on do it Go on do it This one's from Chris Law at This My Twitter And this is some Fast news Some fast exciting news
Starting point is 00:51:30 Oh I try to think of a good pun and I just came out with fast news. That's not good. Anyway, just, not just fast food, baby comes quickly
Starting point is 00:51:40 at Atlanta McDonald's. Oh, no. Baby comes quickly at Atlanta McDonald's. Like, I could have said, like, anyway,
Starting point is 00:51:47 yeah, a baby was born in a bloody McDonald's, good God. Oh, God. I hope they called it Ronald. Oh.
Starting point is 00:51:54 They've actually, well, they've, they've nicknamed the baby Nugget. No. This isn't too far off. God.
Starting point is 00:52:02 God damn. Yeah, the baby was nicknamed Nugget after a woman delivered a girl at an Atlanta McDonald's. Oh. I'm hoping, I'm praying that somewhere in this, they're granted, like, free McDonald's forever. Surely, surely they'd do that. Allendria Worthy tells the news station that her labor was intensifying and her fiance was driving her to the hospital Wednesday morning. When they stopped so she could use the bathroom at the fast food restaurant,
Starting point is 00:52:30 I thought we were going to say, stop to get a burger on the way to the hospital. Oh dear. I went to the bathroom and my water broke immediately. Worthy said she started screaming and restaurant manager Tunisia Woodward went to see what was happening. I opened this door. I didn't see anyone,
Starting point is 00:52:48 but I saw feet under the door. Woodward said. I opened and she was on this toilet, lying back screaming. Then I knew to tell my crew, we're having a baby today. Oh, God. Oh, good God.
Starting point is 00:53:02 Woodward and two workers began to help. The fiancé, DeAndre Phillips, came in to check what was taking so long, only to find worthy giving birth. Oh, hey, I love, hurry up. Your Big Mac's getting cooled. I was trying to calm her down because she was frantic. Yeah, I would be too. I wonder why.
Starting point is 00:53:23 I was like, just breathe. I got her on the floor. Don't put her on the floor in McDonald's bathroom. No, I was thinking that. I got her on the floor and I took off my clothes. The ladies at McDonald's were at her front side, holding her hands. I had her feet propped over my knees. We told her to push three pushes.
Starting point is 00:53:42 She was a fighter. And less than 15 minutes later, Little Nugget was born. Wow. Very quick birth. Yeah, that's pretty good. Like, yeah, if you get under a couple of hours, you've had a pretty good birth. So McDonald's birth is a way to go. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:53:59 it's still crazy that it happened Worthy said yes she popped out onto my hand Philip said cute lovely lovely
Starting point is 00:54:08 the parents tell the TV station divine intervention brought them to McDonald's where three women could help we're all mothers and so we put our heads
Starting point is 00:54:16 together and we all needed a dad we all needed daddy oh sorry and all we needed daddy to do was catch the baby and he did
Starting point is 00:54:25 what if he missed oh god oh it's gone in the toilet that baby would have gotten. Yeah. Maybe we get like infected with Ronald McDonald's DNA who grew up to be a clown. It just grows clown shoes instead of feet. I mean, some McDonald's toileters, they're not just dirty.
Starting point is 00:54:42 I mean, that baby could have been born with an immediate heroin addiction if it is. Oh, God. It could. It's true. Yeah. Born in UV light, maybe. Just glad you didn't, it wasn't given birth to in Bedminster, Astor. Not only could you not see
Starting point is 00:54:59 But it might have been carried off by a seagull Seagull DNA It's just yeah That's the Bristol stalk right The seagull Brings the baby Oh and takes it away Although the baby's birth certificate reads
Starting point is 00:55:14 Nandi Aria Moremi Phillips The McDonald's crew Gave the baby girl In her name Nandy Nandi Yeah
Starting point is 00:55:22 So it was born in a McDonald's But it's basically called Nando Wow Go on, guys. Come on, Donald. Donald would have been better. Yeah. I said, we're going to name her Little Nugget.
Starting point is 00:55:36 That's her nickname. McDonald's Little Nugget. Woodward said that nickname may stick. She's definitely a Nugget. Phillips agreed. And you nugget, babies do look like nuggets, to be fair. Yeah. I could see that.
Starting point is 00:55:52 Yeah, sort of. Yeah, pale nuggets. Philip's agreed My parents loved the name too We were like Okay, it fits her My Little Nugget Steve Akinboro
Starting point is 00:56:05 Who owns the franchise Awarded the Employees $250 gift cards Gift cards Yeah That's cool, that's weak Like at least a year supply Or like happy meals
Starting point is 00:56:19 Until they're no longer a child Like come on This is this is Advertising 101 $250 gift card wudwood said he'll spend all the money on nandi oh i guess it's not even gift cards for mcdonalds it's just gift cards just for shops or whatever that's kind of better i guess i did think it was worrying when he said he'd spend all the money on the baby yeah just buy a loads of macdonald's first
Starting point is 00:56:43 year of life oh dear and that's the story so congratulations little nugget welcome to the world yeah welcome to the world nugget glad you're here I promise things are so much more beautiful in that bathroom you were born and you've got so much to see. It gets so much worse. Oh, dear. Thank you. Thank you, boys. And thank you, Chris Law.
Starting point is 00:57:08 Thank you, Chris. Thank you, Chris Law. Ben? Where do we go now? It's me. It's Ben's turn. It's my turn now. Time for the final thing.
Starting point is 00:57:20 This is a weird capetia, actually, this one. Oh. It's only a short one. Have you guys heard of Mohammed the horse? No, I don't think so. This rings bells, but no, I'm going to say no. Okay. We're going to learn about Mohammed the horse today.
Starting point is 00:57:33 I'll send you a photo of Mohammed the horse. Just so you can, because you don't know what a horse looks like. No. But this is a very particular horse, and that is what Mohammed the horse looked like. He looks great. He did. Good boy. He looked great as well, I imagine.
Starting point is 00:57:51 Muhammad was a German horse reportedly able to mentally extract the cube roots of numbers which he would then tap out with his hooves Oh yeah, okay I have heard of this What? Raised in the town of Elberfeld
Starting point is 00:58:07 by Carl Kral in the late 19th and early 20th centuries he was one of several supposedly gifted horses The other being Kluge Hans Zarif Amassis and later Bento a blind stallion Mohammed the most gifted of the animals
Starting point is 00:58:23 could also allegedly perform music and even distinguish between harmony and discord I've no idea what they're basing this on there is a hyperlinked thing but it appears to can horses think learned commission says perhaps is a linked article from
Starting point is 00:58:43 1930 so inconclusive while all the horses raised by by a kraal could demonstrate an apparent ability to read and do basic arithmetic, apparently. Muhammad could seemingly perform complicated calculations. When tested by psychologists and scientists, a number was written on a blackboard, and Mohammed was asked to extract the cube root. His left foot represented the tens, while his right foot represented the ones,
Starting point is 00:59:11 so that in order to give the answer 65, he would tap six times with his left foot and five times with his right. This method of tapping was also used to demonstrate the horse's spelling, although according to reports, they did not correctly handle German orthography, which I don't know. I don't know what that is. German orthography is the orthography used in writing the German language. That's not helpful. Kroll himself professed disbelief in the notion that Mohammed might be some sort of genius, arguing that human idiot savants are also able to perform mathematical functions rapidly in their heads.
Starting point is 00:59:47 scientists examining the horses attempted various tests to prove that the horses were being proved that the horses were being signalled hang on yes I attempted to prove that the horses were being signalled answers by crawl and even attempted to blindfold the horses
Starting point is 01:00:04 by tying sacks over their heads and by observing them in the stable through peepholes according to Kroll Mohammed the most intelligent of the horses which is an excellent description eventually began to communicate spontaneously, sometimes even tattling on other horses for being lazy, or even on the grooms for beating them.
Starting point is 01:00:24 Oh. Among the scholars who tested the horses and came away impressed by them were psychologist Edward Clapperard, who claimed they were genuine, and Belgian writer Maurice Maiterlink, who claimed that Kral had humanised the horses. And then the final line is devastating, and I want you to just prepare for this one. Muhammad disappeared in World War I in which he served as a draft animal. Oh, he can do maths.
Starting point is 01:00:54 He should be like the cord crackers. So this article has a few hyperlinks, but all the hyperlinks seem to lead to articles that are very similar to this write-up, which are apparently he can do maths. It says in this write-up on Wikipedia that, you know, they tried to test him, they tried to catch him out,
Starting point is 01:01:15 see if he was lying but they don't actually say what the results were of those tests so it could be bollocks right but you know the little box that's in the top right hand corner of a wikipedia page that gives you sort of the facts the sort of the details yes we've got mohammed a picture of him underneath it says mohammed in 1910 died unknown probably in well probably in world war one probably nation from germany known for being able to read and do simple maths And that's his little write-up. It's very vague, isn't it? Like, with him tattling on other horses and being able to read,
Starting point is 01:01:53 like, I can understand, not that I necessarily believe it happened, or believe it was genuine, but I can understand how he could give mathematical answers, because that was explained. You know, he taps left for, da-da-da. But how was he, how do you prove that he could read, or how was he saying, this horse is lazy? Because what I've heard about this horse is just what you said earlier,
Starting point is 01:02:15 which is that they thought maybe the owner or the groomer or whatever you call it, the horse guy, was like signaling the answers and basically getting it to tap left and tap right. But yeah, it's all very inconclusive that write-up, isn't it? Like, did they then remove him from the room and test it? And was it still successful? Even the outcome of the tests they did would be nice to know. But we don't have access to that information.
Starting point is 01:02:40 At the bottom, it does say see also clever hands. Clever Hans was a horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. There's a whole other thing. I really should have covered Clever Hans because there's a much more, there's a much bigger write-up here. At the bottom, there's an entire section dedicated to the Clever Hans effect. I think that's the one I've heard of. Maybe I'm getting this horse mixed up with Cleverhands.
Starting point is 01:03:07 Because the name rings about. Yeah. Yeah. But Muhammad could make do music somehow. Apparently it doesn't describe that. But allegedly he could, at least in Cleverhans' page, there's a photo of him with the caption, Cleverhans performing in 1904,
Starting point is 01:03:23 and there are people gathered around, whereas Muhammad, there's just pictures of the horse stood there. Of our horse, yeah. Of our horse. So I do like to believe that Muhammad was so clever that he escaped his duties in World War I and lived peacefully somewhere away from the conflict. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:03:45 Oh, doing his math. There we are. That's my thing, Muhammad, and then it says in brackets, horse. That's my article for today. Thank you very much. Thank you. I didn't know horses were so good at math, not just. I have a sneaking suspicion that they aren't, Michael.
Starting point is 01:04:02 Yeah. I get the impression that it could be, bollocks, but we just don't know. In much the same way that you'll have a Wikipedia article about you in 50 years, about all of your feats. And, you know, we won't know. No one will know for sure if they're true. Yeah. All my feats are recorded on the internet, so sadly there's proofs true. Hot British guy farts 50 times or whatever it was. Yeah, incredible.
Starting point is 01:04:26 Yeah, I've got evidence. Thank you, Ben. You're welcome. That concludes all of the things this week. Thank you so much for submitting your things. Thank you, boys, for your things as well. We'll be back hopefully in a couple of weeks' time, but again, we're not entirely sure because the week that we may end up recording, or at least certain,
Starting point is 01:04:45 Certainly the week that the next episode should be releasing is the day after we do the Vidiot's reunion stream. And so there may not be enough time to get all that turned around. So we'll let you know. But certainly there will be at least one more podcast before Christmas. And if you want to get those pods quads in to get a shout out, then, you know, make sure you stay on top of that. Mikey, I believe there's some sort of shop. A shop indeed. If you head over to videtsofficial.com and click on that lovely enticing, appealing four-letter word that is shop, you'll be greeted with a veritable bounty of goodies which you can wear and use around the house, including t-shirts, stickers, mug, hat, and hoodie.
Starting point is 01:05:32 Aren't they lovely? So lovely. Go check one out. But also, do keep your eyes peeled on the shop for maybe the thing we might be releasing around time of the stream. But if you just can't wait, if you want your Vidyat's tat and you want it now, then head over to Vidyattsofficial.com and click on Shop. Thank you. Can we do, I mean, this could be cut out of the podcast if it's something we should discuss off air perhaps. But is it possible for us to do a Black Friday sale?
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