8 American Things Britain Doesn't Even Have a Word For | PART 6 

I’ve noticed 99% of people don’t have bumper stickers but the remaining 1% are trying to make up for everyone else’s deficit

One of my favorite memories from college was my Ecuadorian roommate running into the apartment, slamming the door and locking it behind him while shaking and cursing. I said “oh my god what happened?!” And he replied “Borboleta, it’s the biggest rat I’ve ever seen in my life. It was going to kill us!! It went HISSSSSSS and had sharp teeth like a shark! Like a Tiger! it was so big!!!!” So I ran downstairs because I just had to see this man-killer rat…. But it turns out it was a possum. 😂

It's called "ranch" because it was originally created at the "Hidden Valley Ranch". The Hidden Valley Guest Ranch is located near Santa Barbara in California. It's a shortened term, that I'm sure most people have forgotten about.

Ranch is also a style of hygiene and clothing in which one bathes and wears clean clothes for dinner after a hard day of wearing work clothes on the ranch. One doesn’t show up for dinner in work clothes, but is expected to be in ranch attire or ranch wear. In the bunkhouse, sweatpants and a tee shirt may be appropriate ranch wear, but dinner in the main house may call for ranch attire. Ranch attire is generally considered more formal than ranch wear.

I've never before heard anyone call a garbage disposal a 'sink waste disposal.' That sounds sorta... British.

Years ago, a Japanese student attending an international student party at the University of Texas, excitedly announced that she had just sighted an OP-ossum (emphasis on the first syllable in her broken English) out in the parking lot near the dumpsters… which immediately emptied the room of all those who had never seen one/ didn’t have them in their home countries… my Texas born daughter trailed along, but went into fast action as the curious students pressed closer to the shuffling creature they wanted to photograph as their first OP-ussum sighting. It wasn’t a possum. It was a skunk. “No, NO!” She furiously whispered…. “That’s NOT an OP-ossum!!! I repeat …..NOT an OP-ossum!! Back up! Back up! It’s a SKUNK!” Which may have intrigued them even more, seeing how they had never seen a skunk, before, either…..but she managed to avert catastrophe by conveying enough dire warning in her voice to keep that party from becoming even MORE memorable… That was a close one.

When I lived in Taiwan, I installed a garbage disposal in the sink of my apartment. I had to ask the landlord to do it and then explain, in detail, how it worked and how it would not be a problem (when I left, they moved in, and later wrote me and told me how amazing both it and the dishwasher I installed are). Every local who saw it was just like "What is THAT?!!" Every American/Canadian (they have garburators, too!) was very jealous.

My favorite way to dispose of peeps is through peep jousting. We actually buy a bunch when they go on sale after Easter for this. You put 2 of them inside a circle drawn on a paper plate put in the microwave and give each peep a toothpick sticking out the front like a lance. When you microwave them they puff up and the first one to stab the other without going over the circle boundary wins. Last time we added the fun of decorating the peeps with food coloring markers. It’s messy but lots of fun. 😂

You’re not wrong. Air conditioning and bug screens are two truly great modern conveniences

I've driven in the UK and the US, and I assure you that most of the time everyone is driving in the right direction: forward.

The American version of Salad Creme is "Miracle Whip", which is a bit thicker and sweeter than the British version. It still works well on sandwiches and as a mayo substitute.

As an American, you are so right about Peeps being....well, awful. Like fluffy styrofoam mixed with bathroom caulk, corn syrup and pink paint. Yuk!

I'm an American and had never heard of a Texas King or an Alaska King (or a Wyoming King) until today

To be fair, Lawrence, did you look into WHY Ranch dressing is called Ranch? The guy who came up with it was an amateur chef who.... ran a dude ranch, called Hidden Valley Ranch. He served his guests this dressing as the house dressing on salads. A lot of people told him he should bottle it... and he eventually found a distributor. The ranch went broke, but the salad dressing boomed.

100% American and I love salad creme! You can usually find it in that little, slim British food section of the supermarket in aisle 11 or so, along with the Mr. Kipling tarts and the mushy peas.

Ranch dressing is actually buttermilk dressing. The guy who created that specific recipe lived on a ranch in California called "hidden valley ranch" He would share it with friends and as it popularity grew he began to give it away and then eventually selling it as his "hidden valley ranch dressing"

My family has a tradition with peeps that you may enjoy. We keep a box of peeps on top of the refrigerator and bring it out every Easter. Then, instead of eating them, we put them back on top of the fridge after Easter is over. This is far superior to consuming them.

If you've ever stocked store shelves in the US, you've been amazed by the amount of Ranch a store goes through in a day.

#1 Ranch is my favorite salad dressing. Consequently, it's fairly common to use it as a dip to offset the heat in your buffalo wings, especially if you don't like blue cheese dressing. #2 I found that melting a mint flavored Peep in my hot cocoa is quite satisfying.

Thank you for ideas that make me smile. One set of grandparents grew up outside Manchester, the other set were from Oklahoma, so many times I am familiar with words from both sides of the pond.

"You know how cheddar cheese comes from the English town of Cheddar? Well, you do now." Dude's humor is simply awesome!

While I used to find the “Baby On Board” signs annoying, I recently found out that they were invented by a firefighter/EMS worker to indicate that there is, in fact, a baby on board a burning or wrecked car.

I beg your pardon??? “Salad cream” This is going on the list of crimes along with squirty cream. 4:12

So glad you mentioned "the boot" of the car. Many call it a "trunk" which still feels odd. The back (hatchback, storage, place where you stick bags, luggage, the spare tire etc) has been the "boot" for as long as I can remember and I'm 50. Here's where it's weirder-- other than my grandfather, none of us have been outside the US to pick it up, and my family's been in the US for many generations. It seems to be limited just to this area in Northeastern NC (Halifax County) that "held onto that term". Surrounding areas use trunk.

The wackiest thing I've ever done with Peeps was use them in place of marshmallows when making Rice Krispie Treats. The result was similar to regular ones, except rainbow colored (from using different colors of Peeps) and extra sugary.

In case no one else said it, buffalo wings go really well with ranch dressing.

I have seen many of your videos, Lawrence, but this one? Too fabulous.

This made me laugh. I can't remember the last time something on RU-vid made me laugh. Well done.

It's called ranch dressing because of the recipe. It was originally marketed as Hidden Valley Ranch brand buttermilk dressing.

I recommend roasting Peeps over a fire like you'd roast a conventional marshmallow. The exterior sugar caramelizes and turns to a beautiful candy shell around a soft, melted center. Also, their little faces melt.

Slightly stale Peeps are the best. When they’re soft and fresh, they are just a sugary flavor but let them breathe for a week or two and it becomes a whole other flavor explosion and texture. The bunny shaped yellow ones are a particular favorite.

I'm American and never heard the word peeps. I've seen them in the store, but never experienced one or heard anyone talk about them. After watching this, eating a peep will remain off my bucket list.

it always warms my heart to see people genuinly surprised and intrigued by our culture and language... also funny delivery my dude,

The one thing I've picked up from pop cultural osmosis about ranch dressing is that (apparently) ANY (not necessarily) solid (not necessarily) food item can be dipped in ranch.

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Fyi, possums are one of the few animals that invert the australian trend of having far more dangerous versions of everything. Australian possums are cute, american possums are nightmare creatures. Though both are almost completely harmless.

I’m American and I thought that California king was the biggest standard mattress unless you special ordered something. Man, these people must have HUGE bedrooms to put them in

Raised in Buffalo. I need to express something since you mentioned Ranch and Buffalo Wings. We just called them chicken wings (understandably) and you only ate them with blue cheese, not ranch. Sure, a few odd balls went with ranch, but blue cheese comes with them and the only thing a local would expect. You would have to request anything else. Go elsewhere in the country, they will often give ranch as the norm or ask which you want.

I just love you!!!😊 And watching you always makes me happy!😂

This one was particularly funny, imo! Thanks LITP!

There was a time when Ranch, Buttermilk and Buttermilk Ranch dressings all co-existed. It didn't take long to realize they all taste about the same.

FYI: Just to clear it up for you ... "Buffalo Wings" DID start in Buffalo, New York. At a local pub called "Frank & Theresa's Anchor Bar & Grill", located at the corner of Main Street, and North Street, in downtown Buffalo. Being born and raised there I ate there often, as did my parents. How you ask did it happen? Before 'daily delivery' of just about everything (like today) most products used in the restaurant business to cover Saturday and Sunday meals were delivered on Thursday or Friday, often frozen if need be. One Friday approximately 60 pounds of raw chicken was delivered in preparation for the "renowned" Fried Chicken Sunday Dinners served weekly at the Anchor Bar & Grill. They were packaged in this 'new' packaging material - partially transparent plastic wrap, heat sealed & frozen, inside cardboard boxes. They were taken from the freezer to the cooler Saturday night at closing to 'slow thaw' overnight. Sunday, when it came time to start the washing, breading, and frying, of the chicken dinners it was discovered that instead of the 'cut' chicken parts that were ordered, the delivery driver had delivered the chopped chicken wings - intended for a different customer. Result - NO chicken dinners that Sunday as the supplier was closed. Frank's Problem - 60 pounds of raw chicken wings that were about to go to waste, as they could not be refrozen, and by Monday they would rot. Being from my parents' generation that WASTED NOTHING Frank decided he would "fry 'em up, and give them away" to the drinkers, highly salted of course. They were a big hit with the customers, and of course they were highly salted to get the customers to drink more (like free peanuts on the bar used to be). They caught on, and eventually were served first with a dip of Bleu Cheese dressing, and later a few celery sticks. Again, sometime later someone (I don't know who, or where) decided to start putting hot sauces (or sweet sauces) on them, also served with celery, and sometimes even carrot sticks on the side. By now people were paying for these tasty 'snacks'. All thanks to Frank not wanting to waste the already thawed frozen wings he received by mistake! I've not been back in many years, but I believe the family still runs the Anchor Bar and Grill, on the same corner in Buffalo. As Paul Harvey used to say "Now you know, the rest of the story"!

As a person who has worked in maintenance for over 35 years. The sink waste disposal. Or garbage disposal is a nightmare and should be outlawed. You can not believe what people put down these things and what troubles they cause to plumbing. I can only say, we’re these nightmares outlawed, that day would be a national holiday for me.

The first thing to do with Peeps - slit open the cellophane wrapper and hide them away for a year or so. They crunch when eaten.

We have a lot of opossums in my neighborhood; however, you're more likely to see them splattered on the road than alive. That's why the reason the chicken crossed the road was to prove to the opossum that it could be done.

I'm old enough to remember when Ranch came on the scene. Back in the early days of Ranch Dressing (late 70s, early 80s) you didn't buy it in a bottle, you bought it in an envelope and mixed it with buttermilk yourself. Still the best way to have it. By a mile (1.6km for you foreigners).

I’m legit shook. Cheddar is named after the place of its origin?! How did I spend 33 years of my life unaware of this? Btw, Peeps are great if you have childhood memories of getting sick off them lol 😂

I just found you!! Very very interesting!! Catching up!!

Oh thank you.. That was hilarious.. Reverse augutus gloop.. My husband laughed hard.. Almoat wet himself..

Omg, a decade without Ranch over here as an American in Germany! Feel this video but then I found an incredible recipe for it and now I make it home made over here. My husband is hooked! I hate Peeps too... disgusting things, lol! BTW, love your channel!!!

Lol,man I love your video's. Good times

Mary McCartney, (Paul McCartney's daughter) said that growing up, they had mayonaise in their refrigerator, but that was unusual. She said it was because of her American mom and that they had several different American products that other peers did not have those things.

"Peep" is the sound baby birds make, hence the name for the candy. Also used in the phrase "I don't want to hear a peep out of you". Have you ever had Cool Ranch Doritos?

As an American who spends a fair bit of time in Cornwall, I can assure you that bumper stickers - albeit not the kind you see in the US - are very popular down here, mainly variations on St Piran's flag to prove to other drivers that you're not a dreaded Southerner (i.e. English) and/or an emmet. But yeah, we Americans have moved bumper stickers into a different category where you can get incredibly angry at the politics of a complete stranger simply by sitting behind them in traffic. Love your channel and content - thanks for the great videos!

I live in New York state and we never called then Buffalo wings, they were always called "hot wings" meaning the spiciness. It wasn't until they became famous that most of the nation called them Buffalo wings. We still say wings though. It would be like going to Philly and saying, "Can I have a Philly cheesesteak?"

one time i had a peep that was over a year past its expiration date and it was the best peep i’ve ever had

We have a curious type of mild vandalism that has evolved here in the last few years, involving the ubiquitous (in Spring) Peeps. The perpetrators visit the victim’s home under cover of darkness, or a time when the homeowner is not present, armed with a large amount of the marshmallow chicks. The chicks are moistened on the bottoms, and plastered to the outside of the victim’s windows, where they stick pretty well. This practice is known as “window peeping”. Really. It is similar to another practice involving birds, where, again under cover of darkness, multiple pink flamingo lawn ornaments are placed on the front lawn of the chosen victim. We’re a bit odd around here in Vincennes.

I lived abroad for a while and was surprised how much everyone loved Ranch dressing for vegetables even more more than us, so much that it was our job to bring it to any social gathering we were invited to!

I’m from the United States but never knew there were mattresses larger than a California king. Possibly the worst candy in the U.S. is Fun Dip it’s powdered sugar in three different pouches/colors that you eat with a candy stick also made out of sugar. Using sugar to eat more sugar is what keeps dentists and insulin manufacturers in business.

I've had only two bumper stickers in 40 years of car ownership. One said, "Eschew Obfuscation" The other, "The stone the builders rejected has become the head of the corner."

There is a road near where I live called “Opossum Hollow Road.” I always laugh because nobody who lives on a road with that name would ever pronounce it that way. “Possum Holler” is the correct pronunciation. I like to pronounce it as it is spelled, with the stuffiest British accent I can manage, just for laughs.

Australian possums are, in fact, kind of adorable. Unless they are introduced into a fragile ecosystem, such as New Zealand's, where they become evil little buggers by default.

2:10 When I moved to Kentucky from Florida, the long-time Anglophile that I am, I saw a sign as we passed a local bar that said “UK football tonight.” I turned to my husband, who is from KY, and said, “Oooh! They’re showing UK football-let’s go watch!” He looked at me like I’d just sprouted another head, because I absolutely hate American football, and he said “They mean University of Kentucky football, not British football.” I was very disappointed.

Sink Waste Disposal = Garbage Disposal. May not be 100% accurate, but that’s how I heard them referred to my entire life and I’m 50.

For the garbage disposal (what you called sink waste disposal units), my home has the switch under the sink specifically so you don't confuse it with a light switch. It was the first time I saw a switch that wasn't directly next to and appearing like a light switch. Also, when I visited England and found out that there is a town called Cheddar where cheddar cheese came from, I knew I needed to visit. Was not disappointed. Even happier that I could take a Harry Potter tour while eating my wheel of cheese as some of the filming locations are close to the town.

Sink waste disposal? Garbage disposal!

Louisiana has drive through liquor stores. And they'll sell cocktails that you can drive with legally as long as you don't put the straw through the lid.

Ranch is a very popular flavour for crisps in Sweden (sometimes mixed with other ingredients), you can also get ranch-flavoured powder to make dips with (and probably ranch dressing though I prefer vinaigrette on salad). I never saw or tried ranch until I moved here but having tried it I think it's a pretty nice flavour.

I was not disappointed to find out that salad cream is actually just another version of mayonnaise. You really weren't kidding about Brits and their mayo.

If you're American and old enough, you may remember the comic strip "Pogo" by Walt Kelly. The title character was a 'possum who lived in Okefenokee Swamp (you can add that to your list of hard-to-pronounce place names). The strip was really funny and odd.

Your description of Peeps is absolutely perfect! I was laughing so hard- they are so disgusting!!!!

I love the garbage disposal in my old house- the switch was in the cabinet under the sink so you couldn’t accidentally flick it

The joy of Peeps is microwaving them, and watching them expand massively, but stop before they explode! Totally funny. Totally inedible. Totally worth the purchase.

Wings were invented at the Anchor Bar in 1964. In Buffalo, NY we just call them wings lol.

Buffalo Wings, while now seen everywhere, were a local thing for a very long time. I’m from the opposite corner of New York from Buffalo, but only first encountered Buffalo wings in the fall of 86. They took over the country some time after that when the Buffalo Bills made four consecutive trips to the Super Bowl, and then became a staple food for watching football games.

3:00 Years ago, when I was in the Army, an entire Squad of our unit placed a row of yellow Peeps in formation before anyone else was in. They were found in their hut having a relaxing morning.

My wife and I met at the University of Kentucky. Recently we told somebody we met at UK and she was surprised to hear we didn’t have British accents. It took us a minute to figure out what she meant. So it’s good that you explained it 😁.

To keep me from forgetting which is the light switch and which is the disposal switch, I put a T-rex sticker on the disposal switch. I feel it represents the growling sound.

A few years ago, and Irish cousin of ours came to visit myself and my sister. We live in upstate New York. The yard had dozens of small holes in it from raccoons digging for grubs and insects. She had never heard of or had seen raccoons before.

Ooo Lawrence, you've never had ranch until you try Salsa-Ranch (just like it sounds, equal parts salsa roja mixed with traditional ranch)! Love from NM ❤

My family owned a motel in S. Oregon and the couple who owned Hidden Valley Ranch stopped and spent the night, 1967-ish. Apparently they struck a chord with my parents because we invited them for dinner. They were on their way to California to market their new salad dressing and asked if we'd like to try it. I was about 6 and I despised salad dressing which, in our house, was usually Thousand Island or Italian. 🤢 So, everyone tried it but me. Of course my family were polite and said it was very good, blah, blah. Afterwards, Mom admitted that she didn't like it though. I never thought about it again until ... Fast forward 15 years, my BFF and I went to a pizza parlor to pick up dinner and I had ordered a chef salad to go, no dressing of course. Unfortunately, I didn't know it had Ranch on it until we got home. I was hungry so I plugged my nose and took a bite. My life changed at that very moment and now my favorite dressing is Bleu Cheese. But I always get Ranch with chef salads and chicken wings. 😉 ~The End ~

Fun fact: I always thought opossums were named after the Australian possums, but it turns out it's the other way around. Explorers that already knew about the opossums found a similar-ish looking marsupial in Australia, shrugged, and said, "guess these are possums!" They dropped the O for the fluffier critters.

Hilarious. Thanks, mate!

love your comments about lost in the pond---we may speak the same language but some words have very different meaning here in the colonies---pls keep up the interesting posts

I remember a friend from Portsmouth describing ranch dressing as "creamy with herby bits in it."

My lovely wife says to tell you that we actually know a Civil Engineer who was part of a group that experimented with Peeps- to determine the suitability for re-surfacing roads! (I can neither confirm, nor deny the seriousness of said experiment.)

As a University of Kentucky basketball fan it used to drive me nuts as a kid googling UK and getting nothing but United Kingdom results. You cracked me up with the reference.

I've collected numerous recipes, both folkloric and contemporary, for roasted possum. Many involve wrapping the possum in bacon.

When I lived in Florida they had drive-thru liquor stores it was really convenient for when you were too drunk to walk

even more confusing to some, In Western NY (where Buffalo is located).. we just call them wings. i hate Peeps but would buy them for my late grandmother for her birthday (which was around Easter sometimes). because she loved them. i sometimes enjoy ranch dressing and i think opposums are raccoons weirder looking cousins.

Then there was the high altitude balloon experiment that included some marshmallow peeps -a common illustration of vacuum effects is to show what it does to marhmallows. When they recovered the instrument package, the peeps were missing, so there was some mention in reporting of the sacrifices to science made by the brave crew of peeponauts.

When I lived in Jacksonville, Florida there were drive thru liquor stores where you could get a case of beer or the fixings for your favorite adult beverage to go. AsYakov Smirnof said, "America! What a country!

People started putting "bumper" stickers on windows when car manufacturers started *painting* the bumpers. Removing a sticker from a painted bumper would damage the paint (unless you took the time to use a blow dryer to soften the glue first), so onto the windows where they can be easily removed.

As someone who’s from Buffalo NY it was great to hear them referenced, but so you can add to your regionalism knowledge, it’s almost sacrilegios to offer “wings with ranch” in Buffalo it’s “wings with blue cheese”…😊

Peeps have been my favorite Easter candy since I can remember. I love them!

I was in my pantry listening to this video. When you said ranch is a popular salad dressing in America, I looked down at one of the shelves in the pantry and saw… ranch

Fun fact: Peeps, when microwaved, melt to a sugary substance similar to very hot Elmer's Glue. The eyes, however... The eyes... (shudders) They don't melt. Tend to stay on the top of the mess, silently judging you.

You know what your bit on drive-thru pharmacies reminded me of? All US banks, ALL of them, used to have multiple drive-thru lanes. I remember when my mom would get her paycheck, we'd stop by the bank and get in line with all the other people depositing their checks and wait our turn to grab the pill thing and insert the check and deposit slip. These were rendered obsolete by direct deposit and mobile banking but they used to be EVERYWHERE.

So when I heard sink waste disposal, I was like... what? The when it was described, i was like, Oh, you mean garbage disposal. Is that a term anyone else uses?

I used to like buffalo wings, a lot. But as I age up into my senior years, they are becoming too spicy for my aging taste buds. P.s.: they're good dipped in ranch dressing. Some people dip them in blue cheese dressing, but I haven't cared for blue cheese in decades