In the days of rotary phones, 911 was the quickest possible number to dial in an emergency, assuming the 9 was necessary to designate government services. 999 was the _longest_ possible number to dial.
I love your entire reaction to him and especially to his laughter. He laughs while inhaling. He said in an interview i saw that somehow he cant laugh while he exhales like most of us do. But because he inhales when he laughs, is the reason that he sounds extra weird when he does that.
For 911 emergency, rotary telephones were the reason it’s 911 not 999. The numbers go from one to nine followed by zero. One is the fastest to dial, each number takes more time. Zero takes the most time to dial. 9 was used to have fewer accidental emergency calls, 11 was used as they are the fastest two to dial. So it’s mostly about allowing a faster dialing time for emergency services. I wonder if rotary calls are still available in the USA.
13:15 That happens because comedy essentially works on the unconscious part of our brains that reacts to surprise, and that reaction happens faster than our conscious mind can actually process the meaning/significance of the joke.
Sarah Milligan’s naughtiest bits next please! Frankie Boyle writes for Jimmy. It’s great to see Brits reacting to Jimmy. It’s mainly Americans reacting to him on here.
Now you two are going to need to react to Anthony Jeselnik. If you're laughing at Jimmy Carr, you'll love Jeselnik. I guarantee, Georgia, your dad would approve lol
Nice. Loved it. Liked and subbed. Keep them coming. Frankie Boyle (spelling might be wrong; I'm Spanish; although I understand the f...er) has a few interactions with audiences you might enjoy (if you haven't already). Big love from Spain
Actually, the quick one-liner style of delivery is very American. Goes back to early vaudeville and Borscht Belt comics like Henny Youngman and others you're way too young to remember.
999 is due to the old fashioned dial phones. To dial a 9 took longer than most digits and children rarely dialled it in play. The USA chose 911, the very rare 9 at the front and the 2 quockest digits. Google Rotary phones at check out images.
If you want a funny British stand up comics recommendation try Micky Flanagan, Billy Connolly, & Jeffro ( who has just recently died but was a very funny comic) 3 of my personal favourites
Emergency numbers started with nine because on rotary dial phones that was the longest turn around the dial short of zero, so it was least likely to be accidentally triggered, very long, but not too long. In the US, if you made it all the way around once correctly, you must have really meant it, so you only had to confirm with two short dials. In the UK, the authorities really don't want to be bothered unless you make the effort the whole way through. No firefighters or ambulance for you rapidly weakening 998 dialers.
Unfortunately, then buttons and touch screens came along and it's now far more likely for a toddler or even your backside to hit the same number 3 times in a row.
By international agreement 999 will dial 911 in the US and vice versa for most emergency dialing no matter what country you're in; it's expected that if you're in another country and in a high stress situation that would call for an emergency response you might not be thinking clearly enough to remember the difference so it's already been coded in to work with any of the combinations in use.
The other advantage of 999 on a rotary dial is that once you found the "9", you just kept your finger in it as the dial returned - didn't have to find another number on the dial in your blacked-out or smoke-filled room......
in the Netherlands ithe emergency phone number is 112 and used to be 0611, before mobile phones became a thing here ( all mobile phone numbers start with 06 in the netherlands) Alsooo, Jimmys laugh is weird because he laughs on an inhale instead of when breathing out.
Notice that was "volume 1" , he has many other jokes that are far worse (meaning funnier but more crude). MITCH HEDGEBURG im sure has been heavily requested and for great reason but i would still like to recommended GARY GULMAN "how the states got thier abbreviations" its a masterclass in crafting a bit.
10:33 ... "why is UK 999 & US 911"? ... ( US was 999 ) - But (retirement homes & senior homes) had to dial 9 (to access outside the facility) BEFORE you dialed a number ... Emergency Services had a lot of 'false calls' because the old people would forget how many times they dialed the number 9 - every time they called their friends.
No, 1 is the quickest digit to dial on a rotary dial. The reason 9 was chosen was technical around how billing used to work, for payphones you could already freely dial 0 for the operator (0 was 10 pulses), 9 being next to zero made it the next easiest to modify the exchanges to allow numbers containing only 9s also be made free of charge from payphones.
@@tonypate9174 It was on the 11/901 just like in everywhere else in the world BUT AMERICA. Also this will shock you but the emergency number in America was created before the terrorist attack.
You two are so adorable. Now go and wash your minds out with soap! I think what makes Jimmy funny to US audiences is well obviously the awful jokes themselves but the so seemingly proper way he delivers them. The savage humor juxtiposed against the Mr. Manners type delivery is funny as well. Will be looking forward to more from the two of you.
Americans are typically finding European humor too harsh, as Americans are not developed for enough "Fun" yet, too young a country, but hopefully you'll come along eventually, because it's depressing that European comedians are toning down their material for Americans, you need the full experience!!! 🙂
Why 999, as opposed to 911? Well it's complicated, but it's to do with how the tech evolved. There's a James May (Captain Slow, the geeky one from Top Gear) series of shorts (kinda) that dismantles various devices whilst going into the history of tech. One he did was the telephone and he explains the reasons begin 999 and 911. I think I've seen the episodes on youtube so...... If you're really bothered. Sounds boring, but they're actually not. He gets it all the information correct, but injects a bit of Brit humour in there as well. Engaging.
I think 911 has a little more to do with its easier to avoid say a child from hitting a random # repeated times. 9 is top left so makes sense to jump down to bottom right by mistake... be kinda rare. Just my thoughts. Could be wrong.
Strictly speaking Jimmy is Irish. Both his parents are Irish, he was born in Ireland and he travels under an Irish passport. However, he was educated in England.
@@buttthecat1354 oh God, Butt.....your doggin' me again......let's entertain jokes, randomly from GB and USA, and see if either of us find them funny, and explain why...... the ultimate empirical study.....should we be having a pissing contest about this ?
