QI - How Can You Tell if a Friend is Pleased to See You?

[funkyfranx]

I'm not sure I believe that. I can smile sincerely without meaning it I think...

[animalnt]

i dont like the fat one

[EmmyNeander]

...but can you stop your eyes smiling? (genuine question! anyone?)

[VoChaos]

@EmmyNeander Yes, by poking them out or knocking yourself out amongst other options.

But what I get from 1:40 is that the muscles involved to get smiling eyes can't be consciously controlled, so I doubt it. You can't will your heart to stop either (even though that's a different type of muscle).

[Leowen2]

QI staff normally bend over forwards for Allan.

[peteball31]

I become engorged merely watching videos of Alan.

[FreedomValentine]

i thought of eye smiles from danny and the champion of the world throughout the duration of the video. anyone else?

[finehomemadewine]

Well, I cheat by remembering Mr. Fry, so I smile really.

[Annihilationzh]

I had no idea Andy only had one thumb.

However, I also watched every episode of mash and didn't notice that radar had a dwarf hand until someone pointed it out to me.

[Verruckter]

Darwin himself used Duchesne's pictures in his book on the emotions of men and animals.

[SkrateBeastin]

Little beardy one...

[tugnori]

@SkrateBeastin yeah. . .maybe not the best phrasing, but it got the message across didn't it? then again so would "the guy in the whitish shirt"

[Singsonggirl]

@tugnori hahaha I thought that it was cute description!

[joellynmorgan]

Great, now all im gonna be able to do is stare at my mates eyes the whole time, whenever i see them.

(:

[tugnori]

is the little beardy one lacking a thumb?

[Akfilm92]

@tugnori

yes

[kisbie]

@Akfilm92 All these years and I never noticed Andy's right hand.

[electricalplugtwo]

@kisbie Yea, I never noticed until I saw him in real life.

[ChazBoable]

@Akfilm92 Andy Hamilton has two thumbs but half of one is on the other hand.

[towneslives]

@tugnori

yes. he's a lovely man. met him once and went to shake hands without realising. took a hell of a lot of effort to recover from that one.