Awesome QI Moment - The return of General Melchett

[goodie23]

Melchett's been downgraded to captain

[CrissCross407]

omg the BAAAAH was so sudden, y'know when your mouth is closed, and you've just unfortunately breathed out, but something is just so funny it forces out a kind of involuntary snort/wheeze despite the suboptimal laughing conditions...yeah

[gaunt24]

BAAAAH lol :)

[TheMachinegunkelly]

just add / and the link right after the Facebook address

[TheMachinegunkelly]

Stephen Fry's mustache's Facebook page

pages/Stephen-Frys-mustache/21­3636418696436

[WoodymanTHEJ]

Win a war? Not with your tactics, General.

[BreakingDawn9]

When I watching this episode, I paused directly after I heard Bill Bailey say that and I went on facebook and liked the page 'Stephen Fry's Moustache'.

[WoodymanTHEJ]

That should be General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett (VC, DSO, KCB), good sir.

[NotRummy44]

stephenfrysmoustache.%com

[mikeymikemikey1]

stephenfrysmoustache

[Stycu]

I'm waiting for the website! Come on internet...

[nomsdeguerre]

hahahaaaa Rajnikant.... You all need to watch his fight scenes... just youtube him...U will be amazed..

[DerrenBrown100]

Hitler disliked this.

[Licensetokill29]

So Rajnikant is god for brits too.

[ORCA4312]

God, I loved Stephen's portrayal of General Melchitt. One of the best supporting characters on a comedy ever.

[longkeith]

come on Darling!

[MrBuch169169]

What's amazing is that the moustache genuinely did get a website that day. xD

[WoodymanTHEJ]

@MrBuch169169 I don't believe it, Darling.

[Dalekfans]

Click for the link to the moustache's website -------->

[joburgdon]

Capt. Darling disliked this.



[MrJackmywood]

can i just say F*ck the one person that disliked this

[Sheza58]

Great moment. Loved it when I saw this on tele.

[mrdbzfann]

HOLY SHIT RAJNIKANT IN THE BACKGROUND

[MrSuperEgg]

BAAAAH!

[spl569]

Why did they allow moustaches to be removed in the First World War ?

Tragically, I have been told, it was so their shaven faces could more snugly fit (and form a seal for) the gas marks required to combat the chemical weapons used in the trenches of the Western Front.

[mikeymikemikey1]

@spl569 I think it's most likely that a lot of the young men/kids whom joined the war couldn't if not barely grow a moustache.

[johnpetermalcolm]

@spl569

In WWI, a British gas mask resembled a flour bag with protective eye holes. As all chemical weapons used at that time were non-persistant (heavier than air), a facial seal wasn't required. It wasn't until non-persistant (lighter than air) chemicals were used that a gas mask (respirator) that sealed fully onto the face was required. All modern respirators seal onto the full face; (chin to forehead); so a moustache never has been, or is today a problem, just beard's.

[CzechMirco]

@spl569 I suppose it had something to do with lice, which were a great menace in the WW I.

[CrystalPistol517]

@TerrorWolfX  im guessing you havent seen Blackadder x

[TerrorWolfX]

meh...

[maverek5]

Funny