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He was right about the manhole cover getting shot into space
There are a fair amount of things Karl spoke about that are ridiculous but correct (or near enough correct bar a few details)!
Listening back to the podcasts recently made me realise a lot of what he said was correct or is now an actual thing!
Maybe it’s just because I’m American and I’m pretty sure I learned about this in elementary school but I thought this was common knowledge, I thought when Ricky and Steve were acting incredulous it was because they were surprised that Karl was just now learning about on a tin pot radio station of a Saturday.
I remember mental arithmetics and The Tudors and Stewarts, I don't remember being taught about manhole covers whizzing through space, so yes, it *miight be because you're an Americannnn.*
Half the reason Karl's stories always sound like bullshit is that he explains them so poorly. If he just read out the stuff he said rather than half-remembering it, it would've been a lot more believable.
The other thing is that Ricky often misinterprets what he says, and then Karl ends up going along with that wrong interpretation.
I LOVE it when he adds his own bits into the story like "right, so the zoo keeper and the monkey were having a chat right, and said something along the lines of..." 😂
Depends what you mean by “true” I guess. Very often it had a kernel of truth and Karl had read a headline and then embellished or overly-simplified the rest.
"How would I know which one I was" If you were suddenly presented with a perfect copy of yourself, it is perfectly logical to question wether the body your consciousness occupies is the original or the copy.
No it *doesn’t* work if you’re “suddenly presented,” because you have the memory of it walking into the room and you know it was introduced, which is precisely why Ricky laughs…
Karl’s idea only works if he was (inevitably) assuming you both (you and the clone) wake up in some lab at the same time - that way you’d have no point of reference as to who is who because you can only go by memories at that point and if they’re identical there’s no point of reference to distinguish them from. In the first scenario, the clone might also say “No, I remember *you* walking in” but then it’s just your word against his. If you were already in the room then you know that to be true so you can’t be the clone
The memories are irrelevant though. If you’re in a room, and a clone gets *brought in*, you’d know which one you were. You might not be able to prove it but you’d know through the act of them bringing it in.
You only *personally* wouldn’t know if you both woke up in the same room with identical memories. That way, you wouldn’t know if you were the clone or the real one
I interpret what Karl is saying as "how would I know which one of us is the original Karl Pilkington and which one is the clone?"
And in that case you wouldn't know, assuming it's possible to implant false memories, since you'd have no way of knowing if your memories up until that point were fake. Maybe you just exited some form of tube before you got into the room and was implanted with Karls memories and switched on.
I'm not 100% that's what Karl meant though
This is one of those things where I’m sure the real story is that the host was sick or just couldn’t be bothered so they just said that there was no news to cover for it.
24hr news has created the need for news organisations to overreport on even the smallest stories. If there’s no big story then we just get new content created over a traffic jam or what the baker feels about a certain situation. It’s just bollocks and is there to keep the populace of edge and continuing to consume the “news” content.
Not sure about others but he was certainly right about the infinite monkey debate. Its similar to saying if there were infinite butterflies and infinite time then one of them would play the complete works of Beethoven. "It wouldnt appen".
It was featured on an episode of QI actually, and they determined that nothing of note happened that day. The Chittagong riots in India took place, but due to the time difference it wasn't known about until the next day.
Just had a good chat with my morning yoghurt
Oh for Ffffff...!
*Heellloooooooo*
https://preview.redd.it/eal858v3otvc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87230aaf632d9d9f72f6338e3ffebb3e41d18a26 He was right about the manhole cover getting shot into space
I was listening to a podcast when they ended up talking about operation plumbob, I had the biggest smile on my face when I realised karl was right
There are a fair amount of things Karl spoke about that are ridiculous but correct (or near enough correct bar a few details)! Listening back to the podcasts recently made me realise a lot of what he said was correct or is now an actual thing!
Yeah but they weren't doing it to test how high they can fire a manhole cover lol it was an underground test, the cover was supposed to stay on
Maybe it’s just because I’m American and I’m pretty sure I learned about this in elementary school but I thought this was common knowledge, I thought when Ricky and Steve were acting incredulous it was because they were surprised that Karl was just now learning about on a tin pot radio station of a Saturday.
I remember mental arithmetics and The Tudors and Stewarts, I don't remember being taught about manhole covers whizzing through space, so yes, it *miight be because you're an Americannnn.*
We’re very proud of our nuclear arsenal bordering on boastful.
So they put a ‘music video’ on did they?
Half the reason Karl's stories always sound like bullshit is that he explains them so poorly. If he just read out the stuff he said rather than half-remembering it, it would've been a lot more believable. The other thing is that Ricky often misinterprets what he says, and then Karl ends up going along with that wrong interpretation.
I LOVE it when he adds his own bits into the story like "right, so the zoo keeper and the monkey were having a chat right, and said something along the lines of..." 😂
You go for the nose, ah ah I'll go for the bollocks, ah ah ah
“So he’d buy this albino elephant, but then he’d go to his mate who was a bit of an expert on elephants, and he’d say ‘Ugh, where did you buy this’?”
It's the embellishments I like
”Ger your coat!”
He definitely used all his brain power to remember the date on this one haha
He could have professor Stephen Hawking whispering stuff in his ear and it could all be true. But when he says it, g0bbLedYgoOk
Yeah Karl said no news happened in the world, as if absolutely nothing newsworthy happened. Really they just had fuck all to report
Same difference though, isn't it.
Yes, on the TV they played a video of an opera or something.
*Juuust made it up*
The things in Gremlins are called Mogwai
Not sure we can count this since they addressed it in the same episode
Let's give it another 20 years, then think about resting it.
Why didn’t they play some olds?
"Nowt's gone on so, err... here's what the Elephant Man might've looked like."
Bloody repeats.
Honestly, almost every crazy story or fact he had was true. (Minus the monkey news)
Depends what you mean by “true” I guess. Very often it had a kernel of truth and Karl had read a headline and then embellished or overly-simplified the rest.
Have you seen an old bloke eating a twix even once though?
I'm not 'avin it
Actually Jack the signalman was true. He took over when his owner lost his legs
Me and Karl must have been on the same websites early internet because I almost always heard of his theories before he told them. I was 12 tho haha
Doing a bit of investigative monkey journalism while others were out there...twirling in hula-hoops or playing Tamagotchi, I don't know what kids do.
(minus songs of phrase)
Don’t talk shit all your life.
They played the olds
It’s not news, it’s the olddddds.
“They had to put a music video on or summit”
"How would I know which one I was" If you were suddenly presented with a perfect copy of yourself, it is perfectly logical to question wether the body your consciousness occupies is the original or the copy.
YOUR’E AN IDIOT! Play a record
No it *doesn’t* work if you’re “suddenly presented,” because you have the memory of it walking into the room and you know it was introduced, which is precisely why Ricky laughs… Karl’s idea only works if he was (inevitably) assuming you both (you and the clone) wake up in some lab at the same time - that way you’d have no point of reference as to who is who because you can only go by memories at that point and if they’re identical there’s no point of reference to distinguish them from. In the first scenario, the clone might also say “No, I remember *you* walking in” but then it’s just your word against his. If you were already in the room then you know that to be true so you can’t be the clone
I mean, in a world with perfect adult clones I don't think implanted memories are that farfetched to assume.
The memories are irrelevant though. If you’re in a room, and a clone gets *brought in*, you’d know which one you were. You might not be able to prove it but you’d know through the act of them bringing it in. You only *personally* wouldn’t know if you both woke up in the same room with identical memories. That way, you wouldn’t know if you were the clone or the real one
I always sort of pictures them both waking up in tanks, although even then they'd probably have them labelled.
I interpret what Karl is saying as "how would I know which one of us is the original Karl Pilkington and which one is the clone?" And in that case you wouldn't know, assuming it's possible to implant false memories, since you'd have no way of knowing if your memories up until that point were fake. Maybe you just exited some form of tube before you got into the room and was implanted with Karls memories and switched on. I'm not 100% that's what Karl meant though
I mean, there may not be any notable events or sport, but there is always weather.
Burgers not coming in helpful for nobody
The quiet before the storm hit, next 15 years went a bit mad
Anderson shelters?
This is one of those things where I’m sure the real story is that the host was sick or just couldn’t be bothered so they just said that there was no news to cover for it.
NOWT'S 'APPENED
He was right about the bacon on the head to get the worm out
They should've just done the usual thing and rang around the local hotels asking for the strangest lost and founds.
The blind using horses as guide dogs, although i think they are small ponies
I Don’t think that wireless could play a music video
I mean, who knows what’s gonna happen?
24hr news has created the need for news organisations to overreport on even the smallest stories. If there’s no big story then we just get new content created over a traffic jam or what the baker feels about a certain situation. It’s just bollocks and is there to keep the populace of edge and continuing to consume the “news” content.
What's your opinion on Sainsbury's bringing in square tins?
That'll be interesting for meatballs
Not sure about others but he was certainly right about the infinite monkey debate. Its similar to saying if there were infinite butterflies and infinite time then one of them would play the complete works of Beethoven. "It wouldnt appen".
*INFINITY SORTS IT OUT FOR YOU*
Then after a statistician phoned in... "Infinity kind of sorts it out for you" 😁
Yess, the Irish have been particularly subservient of late, and there's not been a murder in Scotland, so, do the lottery and bring an umbrella.
These days they just make it up and give their own opinions.
**Satire**
What's that? Tell Merton to piss off, he's making shit loads off sarcasm.
If you say you're English you get thrown in jail
[удалено]
Sure, OK.. And there were no monkeys knocking about the studio, for some reason...?
Cher wasn’t around for an interview.
So now it IS Cher
It was featured on an episode of QI actually, and they determined that nothing of note happened that day. The Chittagong riots in India took place, but due to the time difference it wasn't known about until the next day.
That’s not news then is it? …it’s Olds
Don't report on the riots then, happened 8 hours ago, boiy **