He comes across as a simpleton but says some really profound things. He's almost childlike in his take on the world and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. He has no filter which is refreshing as well.
It’s great you’re reacting to this, excited for more.. I’m not even British and I find Karl relatable and hilarious 😀 Probably because of that lack of filter and no political correctness, that hits home 😄
Many people think they are like Karl, being unfiltered and no hustle. But too many aren't like Karl, they are just assholes. Saying rude and means things doesn't mean you are unfiltered... it can also mean you are a prick. Kinda like how many pessimists have no clue they aren't realist, just pessimists. "I'm just being honest" is not a good excuse for being rude or mean. Just saying, I've seen it way to many times.
@@Gnossiene369 I agree many people think not respecting someone else's feelings is being 'honest' and 'unfiltered'! However, I don't think the OP is saying that and Karl is not like that either.
@@aldozilli1293 Yes, hence why I responded to a comment, not making my own. Tolerance takes discpline, undisciplined kids become rude adults, often disguising as "honest"
So annoying how the husband keeps ruining the moment with either a big build up or telling you whats about to happen. Shut up!! Let us see her organic reaction
@@candiicane3666 I want to subscribe but the pauses and explanations spoilt it for me. It's nice to get a surprise reaction from the newcomer as excellent show. Love idiot abroad. Mean no hate to presenters just my opinion only.
“If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.” - Prince Philip 😂😂
The street with all the strange food is Wangfujing in Beijing. I know it well and it’s the only place in Beijing you’ll find this weird food. Usually the “weird” stuff is eaten in southern China. The north like to eat lamb, beef, chicken etc. None of my Beijing friends would eat this stuff!
This is a good channel, but the guy talks too much. He gives away so many spoilers unnecessarily and over explains damn near everything. Just let her watch, they explain it all on the show anyway 😂
Looking forward to the other parts. You guys are new to me, good choice for growing the channel. The guy is like me though and finds it hard to not give spoilers - don't explain everything, let her watch a bit! Nice introduction to Karl though, well explained. I think a lot of new people stumble across him from the xfm RU-vid compilations.
My favorite part of the entire episode was at 8:48 when Karl, describing the written Chinese language says, "The way they write... the.. the letters are weird, their alphabet's not like ours, their's is like... like someone testin' out a biro!" It's like, each of his perspectives is missing one or two really key pieces of info, but that being said, based on the info that he is working with, his logic is impeccable! Karl makes me laugh so much! I could well pass the evening over a few pints with him!
When I first watched that calligraphy scene I thought they just couldn't pronouce his name. Now I've lived in Taiwan for a while and I understand that because there are much fewer sounds in the Chinese language that's why they are pronoucing Karl's name as Ka-le. My name is Adam but because the don't have the "Ad" sound or the "am" sound my Chinese name is "Ya-Dan". 1 Chinese characters is 1 syllable.
Suppossedly built to keep the Mongols out... But honestly. They never finished it because it didn't work. But still... Here we are... WONDER OF THE WORLD! Really?
14:14 Libya Is not arab it's berber or arabized berbers... most people speaks arabic yes but they are berbers who just speak arabic ..one million people in libya speaks berber (Amazigh) or more than 16% of the country's total population.
Those sorts of food markets are actually quite common across a lot of China (especially rural, mainland China). I don’t think it’s been cherry-picked for TV 😋
It actually has. It’s Wangfujing street in north Beijing and it’s a famous street for these very odd foods. It’s the only place you’ll see this kind of food in Beijing as northern Chinese are really not into this strange stuff at all. Southern China is where most of this is eaten. This street has been chosen specifically. The rest of Beijing is more or less normal Chinese food.
You have to remember the Chinese eat so many odd things to us because of A) They are very practical, all the reasons we don't eat other animals and think it's weird is just our own illusion. Why is eating a shrimp but not a beetle that much different? Or hunk of cow leg versus a hunk of dog? B) They have a HUGE population and it takes a lot to feed folks. So anything starts becoming game. Then later normalized. Just like pigs feet or tripe in our country that used to be the food for the poor now foodies are making it trendy for the wealthy.
If you listened to xfm you know Karl goes on holidays all the time, so you're wrong on that one, and I think Karl is a character made up by Ricky and Steve
actually eating bugs is very very common across the world and i would try some of them just for the hell of it like the scorpions, i would also eat lizards and any other mammal like monkey
Why did you say " leven when I'm dead got to pay my dues?" I think you meant they need to pay their dues & get stuff done while they're still alive, they can't exactly do it when they're dead.
I've seen watched and rewatched this how more times than I care to remember butthat comment about the radio with headlights just cracks me up ever time. I don't even what it is about it cause it is a radio with headlights. Maybe it's just the fact that someone made a radio with headlights or the fact that he noticed it. I'm thinking it's the latter. I probably wouldn't give it a second glance and much less call it that if I did.
God you find the weirdest & the stuff thats not even funny, funny, like when he says kit, whats funny about that, you are british you've heard it before, your fonding it funny for your wife who didn't even laugh.
Karl's face does change, his subtle facial expressions are one of the funniest things about him. 16:58 the editor is taking a shot at Merchant here, goggle eyed fish faced freak.
The only thing that I find stupid about this episode is that Karl complains about the restoration of the wall then sees the original, un-restored one and complains it looks shit lol
As a quick point, the idea that you can see the Great Wall of China from the moon is untrue. A book written in 1754 praised the Great Wall saying it was so grand it could surely be seen from the moon. That's as scientific as that particular idea ever got, but it just got repeated a lot ever since.
It is actually not that usual to eat insects in China as many think, u have to go to marketplaces in the smaller villages, and the food culture varies a lot depending on where in China u are, it is a huge country after all, I met a guy who was born and raised in China and he had never even had an opportunity to try any of it 🙂
My 12 y.o. son went to China for a school trip, at the Beijing markets there were scorpions, spiders, sharks heads, bugs galore all on skewers. He accepted a challenge to eat them all without vomiting for $50. He won the bet but was almost undone by biting on a tooth in the shark head.
They're squatting toilets where they do indeed shit. The reason for no toilet paper being provided is because too many people were stealing them. So, if you really need to go and have not got tissues on you, you're fucked 😂 Also, if you think spitting in a bag is bad, just wait till you hear about how they let young kids just squat down in the middle of anywhere; including indoors, and just shit on the floor. They have specially made trousers with a split in them so they don't even have to drop them down 🙈
The bugs and insects street food is not an exageration and is common throughout Asia, not just China. They're regarded as a delicacy. No part of the animal is left as waste, it's all eaten. Spitting and hygiene is also a terrible problem. It's so over crowded that there's an explosion of bacteria and whenever you handle money or touch any surface or your mouth with your hands, unless you wash and disinfect your hands you will be sick. Spitting was also common not too long ago in Europe until it started to be frowned on due to the spread of TB. There are two great walls, one for the tourists and the original wall which is largely in ruins but still walkable. China is a fantastic place and well worth visiting. Karl was deliberately sent to locations which produce a reaction and so not reflective of China itself.
The wife should have secretly disconnected his mic that way he can think he's stealing the reaction (even though he's already seen this show) but we could still see her genuine reaction.
That street food is absolutely standard in any market everywhere. Certain regions have their differences but yea, they'll eat anything. Apparently there is a very disrespectful saying that roughly translates to 'Dog brain, monkey balls' as that's the only thing they haven't found a way to cook and eat.
Having lived in Shanghai for 3 months I don't think I ever saw anyone spit in public or indoors. Bit of a harsh judgement. Gonna assume he doesn't like Chinese people since he said "I don't care".
