Dutch and Flemish are almost the same language, but it’s the small differences that occasionally make Flemish amusing to Dutch speakers. My brother saw a sign on the fence at a Belgian building site which read: verboden op het werk te komen, which means: access to building site is prohibited. But in Dutch it means it’s prohibited to go to work.
This is exactly how grandfather was. British man with a vast knowledge. He was Anthropologist and antiquities dealer. I could listen to him for hours. He passed away a few years ago so stumbling onto this channel is amazing.
@@zynjnn277 Anyone, it's a type of joke. Like...stand-up comedy can also be done by people in wheelchairs, though not so much by bed-ridden people, so there is a limit to not-standing.
@@zynjnn277 Maybe, idk, I'm certainly not going to tell them. I'm not cool enough, then again, maybe they will listen to me, they're always so laid-back.
@@User0000000000000004 No they don't..... I don't even like peeing in the ocean but do do that. I do not however pee in the shower either and I know a lot of people do. If I have to pee I wait I dry off go pee then wash my hands again. Like a person should...lol
My late grandfather gave me a round coin that had TUIT printed on one side. It's for when someone says "I'll do it when I get around to it" so you give them a "round tuit."
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A Dutch comedian, who mainly makes jokes in which words and expression taken out of context, had a perspex sign in a sketch which read: ZOZ, which means please turn over. When he turned it over, it read: SOS.
@@grmpf In Portugal they just light one pixel or two so that it doesn't distract you without necessity but you can see it's blank on purpose if you look.
Even when things don't go entirely smoothly he still just keeps going because not everything does go perfectly smoothly and it's cool that he doesn't pretend otherwise
Sad part is stuff like this exist in the everyday world. Like when you need scissors to open a package but the package they come in require cutting tools to open.
The intro reminds me of an old con trick that used to be in the papers: "send us 10 pounds in the mail and we'll teach you how to make money by doing light administrative work". After sending the money you received an envelop with instructions: "post the same ad in the paper WE did". The "light administrative work" was sending and receiving the envelopes...
Because he's like that quirky (but not in a gross way) old man that every neighborhood had growing up, that all the kids would go hang out with. My grandpa died before I was born, and to this day, I still adopt grandparents.
Some people can't get dark humor jokes, so they get offended (I think it was the word ''worthless'') I won't care so much, people always find something to get mad at.
My favorite so far came from my childhood, my mom had a maybe 3 inch diameter plywood circle with "tuit" written on it. When someone asks when you're going to get around to it, well I already have a round tuit!
Imagine if the "out of order" box had a button to release the coins previously inserted, one by one, but strictly not first-in-first-out - or, you know, out of order.
oh i also did one on a breadboard, very funny though but the bulb was an led one so it wouldnt light itself up...or rather not very long after we let it on its own
A friend of mine died recently. He was trying to swim across a local river alone and he drowned. A couple of us got together and a took a wreath shaped like a life preserver to his funeral. It's what he would have wanted.
I saw it too. Then I remember there is a term called "inverted" ego... He may have just done it on purpose! It would certainly seem to fit the theme of the video.
I bought a Nack Knife. It was encased in a plastic clamshell package, fully melted together all the way around. Needed a Nack Knife to cut the package. I was eventually able to chop my way through with scissors.
This reminds me of the time I was on the border of Belgium and the Netherlands. There was a sign that said something like: "Watch out, pole", but the only reason that pole seemed to be there was to hold the sign
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban the owner of the bookshop in Diagon Alley complains of a delivery of invisible spell books that they never managed to find again.
Ok Tim, I'll share with you the cheesiest gag for your red snake with the word 'want' on it. Next time you get to the part where you're trying to sort out what it's for, first try putting around your waist. When that doesn't work, the light bulb over your head goes off, and you tie it into a knot. In your eureka moment, you proclaim "Waist not, want knot!"
" Show it to friends to make them smile." Apt explanation of this man's ambition. Joy-sharing curator of curiosities. Cheers, homie Tim. Cheers. And thank you.
No. Tim was right, that it's a catch 22. You will have to have one to get one. We do however know that the can contains a can opener and its state is not unknown to us, so Schrödinger doesn't apply here.
@@Bronzescorpion Exactly. Schrodinger applies to unknowns and effects of observation. Specifically to outline the difficulty of observing subatomic trends but how to predict them without actually confirming.
That upside down label reminds me of the notices in the back of manga. "You're reading the wrong way!" "Actually, I was reading the correct way, I'm just finished, but thanks for the thought."
Love the "inflated ego". Reminds me of that guy who received a little RC helicopter in the shape of the F-Word with a note "Let it never again be said that I don't give one."
On the old Rowan and Martin Laugh-In show, someone walked by carrying a sign that read, "Up With Split Personality", then turned so we could read the other side of the sign, "Down With Split Personality".
I've always wondered about the legality of having a large box attached to a post with a sign that says 'Insert £1 coin'. There is no reason to insert a coin, but would people do it? Also, could I keep the money?
I love the can opener. Indeed, trains in Spain provide security hammers to break the windows in case of an accident, but they are protected behind a glass with the inscription "break the glass in case of emergency". I also love the "This page was intentionally left blank" in many books.
I used to have that box at the 9:16 mark except it was a bank. You could put a coin on a small plate, and the hand would come and snatch it. Same exact same hand, box, and movement. Got it sometime in the early 80's. .... p.s. from the nile.
Tim: Frustration, frustration, frustration. That's what life can be Tim again: ... it's referring to itself and apologising for its existence Me: I AM THIS VIDEO
My mum has a circular painted enamel with wood around. It’s in her kitchen. And painted on it is something along the lines of “this is a Toit, this one is rare as it’s a round one” it’s a joke about doing house work when you get a round Toit.
