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July 16, 2009 1:57 PM   Subscribe

 
Non-newtonian liquids get all the babes.
posted by Edwahd at 2:08 PM on July 16, 2009




Here's a video of the Brainiac episode that probably inspired this. Thrill to the sight of an actual human being walking on a swimming pool full of custard!
posted by yoink at 2:11 PM on July 16, 2009 [1 favorite]


We Americans are much poorer for not having QI over here.
posted by shmegegge at 2:12 PM on July 16, 2009 [1 favorite]


Wait a minute. That's not custard, that's pudding.
posted by koeselitz at 2:13 PM on July 16, 2009


No, it's not pudding, it's dessert.
posted by hifiparasol at 2:15 PM on July 16, 2009


I wish BBC-America would air QI, considering some of the dreck they do show, it's completely unfair.
posted by doctor_negative at 2:16 PM on July 16, 2009 [2 favorites]


doctor_negative: I wish BBC-America would air QI, considering some of the dreck they do show, it's completely unfair.

Hear, hear. Footballer's Wives? Give me a fucken break.
posted by koeselitz at 2:18 PM on July 16, 2009 [2 favorites]


That's not custard, that's pudding.

Nobody can eat 50 eggs.

Obviously what we have here is a failure to communicate.
posted by GuyZero at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2009 [2 favorites]


dessert

So you're suggesting that that whole "40 days in the desert" thing is just a typo?
posted by yoink at 2:19 PM on July 16, 2009 [5 favorites]




(Actually, I was just joshing, since pudding isn't corn-starch-based, at least not the disgusting pudding that's common here in the US. So this trick obviously wouldn't work with American pudding.

Although I have to say that I'd like to see Bill Cosby try to walk on a swimming pool filled with pudding.)
posted by koeselitz at 2:24 PM on July 16, 2009


Somewhat related.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 2:24 PM on July 16, 2009 [4 favorites]


So this shrink in the Bronx decides to have a party, and everybody needs to come dressed as an emotion. The night of the party, his bell rings, and two of his patients are standing there. Brothers, and bat-shit crazy. They're naked and grinning at him. One of them has a pear affixed to the end of his penis, while the other has a pudding container on his whang.

"You were supposed to come dressed as an emotion," the doctor says, bewildered.

The one with the fruit on his shlong says, "We did, doc! I'm deep in dispair!"

And the other says, "Yeah, yeah! And I'm fucking discustard."
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:25 PM on July 16, 2009 [24 favorites]


So that what's become of Rich Hall.
posted by chillmost at 2:29 PM on July 16, 2009


Oh hells bells, what's the audio track playing behind that Brainiac link? I recognize it but can't identify it. Old Prodigy, maybe?
posted by FatherDagon at 2:32 PM on July 16, 2009


Back in the day, Crazy Horse walked all over Custer.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 2:38 PM on July 16, 2009 [3 favorites]


So you're suggesting that that whole "40 days in the desert" thing is just a typo?

Jesus: Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'

Satan: Pardon me, monsieur, but are you quite sure I couldn't tempt you with a luscious bit of crème brûlée, or maybe a nice fat éclair?
posted by Atom Eyes at 2:40 PM on July 16, 2009 [3 favorites]


Has Mr. Fry tweeted about this yet? Because he's tweeted about everything else, including picking his nose whilst walking barefoot on porcupine quills in the jungles of Bengal.
posted by blucevalo at 2:41 PM on July 16, 2009


> That's Chemical Beats by the Chemical Brothers (although they were then called the Dust Brothers).
posted by Electric Dragon at 2:41 PM on July 16, 2009


So that what's become of Rich Hall.

I'm sure there's a word for that.
posted by hal9k at 2:44 PM on July 16, 2009 [1 favorite]


So that what's become of Rich Hall.

I'm sure there's a word for that.


SNLity
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 2:52 PM on July 16, 2009 [1 favorite]


One thing Jesus would not do with pudding: dip his balls in it.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:18 PM on July 16, 2009 [1 favorite]


a fellow State fan! yay!
posted by shmegegge at 3:23 PM on July 16, 2009


Never heard of this show before this, but turns out I like it.

If your interested, its called QI. Here's a youtube playlist.
posted by Hume at 3:50 PM on July 16, 2009


Chemical BrothersDust Brothers.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 4:19 PM on July 16, 2009


Chemical Brothers ♥ Dust Brothers, but not vis-versa (at least until Dust remixed Chemical).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:40 PM on July 16, 2009


I love QI. This bit is good, but nowhere close to some of the best. Stephen Fry rocks.
posted by lazaruslong at 4:59 PM on July 16, 2009


Chemical Brothers ≠ Dust Brothers, but still originally called themselves the Dust Brothers.
posted by Navelgazer at 5:11 PM on July 16, 2009


If I was Jon Tickle stuck in custard I'd be screaming.

A sentence I didn't think I'd be writing today.
posted by cjorgensen at 5:18 PM on July 16, 2009


how lumpy is this custard exactly?
posted by litleozy at 5:25 PM on July 16, 2009


Thxs, Navelgazer. Next time, maybe I'll read more than the first paragraph of an article. Although, apparently, they called themselves after the other ones.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 5:38 PM on July 16, 2009


Could Jesus Walk on Custard?
Sure. The question is, would he?
posted by eclectist at 6:01 PM on July 16, 2009



I love QI. This bit is good, but nowhere close to some of the best. Stephen Fry rocks.
posted by lazaruslong at 12:59 AM on July 17 [+] [!]

Do not forget the valuable contributions that Alan Davies brings to the show. None more significant, perhaps, than his discussion regarding Peter Cushing ... !
posted by kaemaril at 6:43 PM on July 16, 2009


I love QI. This bit is good, but nowhere close to some of the best. Stephen Fry rocks.

QI is great, and Alan Davis is pretty brilliant. I think Metafilter turned me on to QI a year or so ago, and since then I've been a fervent downlo uh..watcher.

I also highly recommend Never Mind the Buzzcocks, which is a music-centric celebrity quiz show. Sure, I don't recognize half the celebrities, but the ones I do are fun to watch, and some of the ones I don't make for bloody brilliant television (like Preston).

Actually, just go watch that episode right now. And the following one.
posted by graventy at 7:32 PM on July 16, 2009


Oh man thi is some great stuff. Looks like it no longer in production, but what a riot it would be with Hugh Laurie as a guest.
posted by MrLint at 9:22 PM on July 16, 2009


MrLint: Oh man thi is some great stuff. Looks like it no longer in production, but what a riot it would be with Hugh Laurie as a guest.

Uh…hmm. I never would've imagined him as a guest, but…you're right.
posted by koeselitz at 9:27 PM on July 16, 2009


New episodes of QI were recorded just a month or so ago; am guessing UK viewers will see them sometime in autumn.
posted by mahke at 1:26 AM on July 17, 2009


but what a riot it would be with Hugh Laurie as a guest.

Season 1, episode 1.
posted by vbfg at 2:23 AM on July 17, 2009


Earlier post on Fry & Laurie:

Early on in their comedy career a couple of guys turned up to do some decorating for Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. It later transpired the duo were Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson (co-creators of The Fast Show).
posted by slixtream at 2:57 AM on July 17, 2009


I don't know if he would walk on custard, but it's my understanding that he rocks a pogo stick, can see his house from less than 12 feet off the ground, is a hell of a goalie and can tap dance.
Rumor has it the 'H' stands for Haploid.
posted by Smedleyman at 12:14 PM on July 17, 2009


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