Ricky Gervais - daddy longlegs

[thranduillion]

Wow, people talking about biology and if what Ricky says on his show is true or not. Are you f*cking mental? It's a stand-up comedy show, laugh and move on. WHO CARES.

[Deanbass77]

He is the most original comic I have seen in a long time.

[MultiDynamiteMan]

I thought he was going to mention Stephen Merchant...

[yemonjastanley]

God I hate daddy long legs... the thought of them makes me shudder

[Vudo865]

it may be a joke, but he is an atheist, as am i

[Markofsatan]

Religion doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, you need to have faith. Faith apparently means believing in made up things without questioning them because religion doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.

[konayasai]

Them being venomous is a quite known myth. Still funny, though.

[Theriot6592]

I'm pretty sure he's actually talking about a Crane Fly here.

[rmcdaniel423]

Oh, Ricky. You make me LOL.

[oywidapoodles]

I watched my friend eat one once. She didn't die, lol.

[Purukivi]

spyder or fly, myth or not, thats not the point. just relax and laugh.

[emilylinchannel]

the point of this joke isn't the fact that the daddy long-leg has or hasn't got a deadly poison, the point is the joke!!

he says it himself! - hint: 0.05- 0.0.18..

IT'S JUST FUNNY THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY WROTE THAT ON THE INTERNET - it's a completely irrelevant and non-interesting fact!

that's why he makes fun of it..

just watch the clip and stop bitching, it's funny for god's sake.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@emilylinchannel you don't find the idea of an animal being full of deadly poison but without the means to use it interesting? i do, so the fact that it isn't true is disappointing. still good clip though

[NoTrueFace1]

@fuckamericanidiot

that's quite common actually. countless animals are poisonous without being venomous(able to inject). see a predator eats one and gets sick or dies and then soon enough predators start to learn not to eat that species.

[TheDarklord0211]

one time when i was running down a field!

i ran into

A HORDE OF DADDY LONGLEGS!

!!!

they flow right into my mouth :O

IT WAS DISGUSTING!

and now i am patly scared of them :(

[sirwillgaby]

@jumpinstuff111... I couldn't agree more

[jumpinstuff111]

you should definitely look into getting a STFU degree. this isn't a debate about biology or religion. any comment not pertaining to Ricky or the video content itself is just a pathetic excuse of trying to voice your opinion and win a non-existing argument. this is comedian having fun with his work, and thats it. i hate when people take this as an opportunity to try and look like a scholar, when all you do is look like a douche. people can't just savor anything anymore, they ruin it...

[emilylinchannel]

@jumpinstuff111 couldn't have said it better.. i tried but failed.. i totally agree with you.

[SirrSnowman]

@jumpinstuff111 this is one of the best comments i've ever seen, I hate people who think "oh i know, i'll show off that I have an english degree and argue about religion with 10 unnecessarily long words per sentence" great.. watch the video! Your comment brightened my morning.

[jumpinstuff111]

you should definitely take some interest in getting a Shut The Fuck Up degree. It's a great field, and it would help all of us out. Any comment not related to Ricky is just a pathetic excuse to try and voice your opinions on a frigin video website. This isn't a biology debate, or a religion debate. it's a comedian having fun with his work. i hate how people can't just relax and savor somethings, they have to go off and ruin it...

[copiagueeagle]

You don't need to eat, you only live a day... XD

[stickman69uk2002]

fair enough you have a degree in biology and still called a spider an insect, and yes I did wiki is, same link that's in the comments explaining to people which variety of daddy longlegs is mentioned in the clip so they didn't have to post comments on the spider species, and rather than posting comments insulting people you could have just said that you enjoyed the clip or not commented

[HeroRevolt]

correct, i understand its a joke, very funny 2! but biologicly speaking... the daddy long legs is not the crane fly but a nickname givent to the commen house hold spider (Pholcus phalangioides), it also has the most potent venom of any spider in the uk (altho this spider is found elswher in the world) and it has teeth but

[HeroRevolt]

... these fangs are to small to penetrate human skin, and are used to paralyze and kill any pray that lands in its web (other small insects...eg: the crane fly) so whoever put the notes in the bottom right corner is a tool, not mr gervais hes very funny!

[HeroRevolt]

you are a tool. they are 2 seperat insects

[stickman69uk2002]

@HeroRevolt just to clarify are you calling me a "tool"?

[stickman69uk2002]

@HeroRevolt well apart form the tiny fact that if your referring to a spider in your argument then check your facts a little more before insulting people, spiders are NOT insects and check your other facts too... Crane flies are insects in the family Tipulidae. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 260 millimetres (0.0792.4 in) (tropical species may exceed 100 millimetres or 3.9 in).

[stickman69uk2002]

@HeroRevolt In the U.K. South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland they are commonly referred to as daddy long-legs, but this name can also refer to two unrelated arthropods: members of the arachnid order Opiliones (especially in the United States and Canada) and the cellar spider Pholcidae (especially in Australia).

[stickman69uk2002]

@stickman69uk2002 from*

[HeroRevolt]

@stickman69uk2002 did you wikipedia that? hahaha iv got  degree in bioligy and i know my arachnids and insects. so stop this argument. i like your videos...well its nt rly ur content i like gervais on his stand up.

[Tarantulus666]

@HeroRevolt

How did you pass a degree with grammar and spelling like that?

[powellballs]

@HeroRevolt you dont have a degree

[buprenorphed]

@HeroRevolt LMFAO. You say you have a degree and yet you believe the myth of the ''daddy long legs' spider having the dedliest poison and yet its a known myth. Tool. It CAN bite through human skin. Its poison DOESNT have the deadliness of a bee sting, hardly noticeable. Myth.

[buprenorphed]

@HeroRevolt LMFAO. You say you have a degree and yet you believe the myth of the ''daddy long legs' spider having the dedliest poison and yet its a known myth. Tool. It CAN bite through human skin. Its poison DOESNT have the deadliness of a bee sting, hardly noticeable. Myth.

And it is also generally known that 'DLL reffers to BOTH the horse/crane-fly AND the spider in different places.

[SirrSnowman]

@HeroRevolt i'd just like to ruin your whole "intelligence" preaching act by saying that you spelt 'separate' wrong by 2 whole letters; well you actually missed one letter out completely. Nice going smart guy.

[rand0mwurds]

im pretty sure daddy long legs has teeth, they're just too small to penetrate human skin.

[OzzyYazzie]

what's a stone equal to in pounds?

[Robertjneng]

about 14 I think

[dixie019]

your pop up bubbles ruin it.

[stickman69uk2002]

they wouldn't be there if people would read the vids details and stop saying stuff about the spider as that spider breed doesn't live in England its the crane fly mentioned din this vid

[maksphoto78]

An urban legend states that Pholcidae are the most venomous spiders in the world, but that because their fangs are unable to penetrate human skin, they are harmless to humans. However, recent research has shown that pholcid venom has a relatively weak effect on insects. In the MythBusters episode "Daddy Long-Legs" it was shown that the spider's fangs (0.25mm) could penetrate human skin (0.1mm) but that only a very mild burning feeling was felt for a few seconds.

[31arctica]

AUH, hes dead

[AEgamesFtw]

hillarious

[13supernatural13]

A daddy long legs in england in a daddy long legs AND it really does have the most harmful poison and cant adminonstrate it .. This is funny though :D

[FSMWorshiper]

I'm pretty sure most people I know called the "Harvestman" isn't really a spider at all...only one body section and six legs. The Harvestman is NOT poisonous.

[bananarama666]

Wow, i thought fat people had a sense of humor. Guess it is only Ricky who does then.

$100 says fat people are going to downrank this comment too.

Aspect ratio still stretched btw, still not covering anything up.

[bananarama666]

nice try stretching the aspect ration to make him look not fat

[captinkao]

But he is fat!

[VitoCorleoneIsMyHero]

@captinkao

He is not fat. Betty ditto is fat. He's just not a stick insect.

I get sick of people thinking anyone that doesn't look like a walking skeleton is fat.

[captinkao]

So I gather that your fat also. You have fat issues CHUBBY. Go on a diet. Loose a bit of weight off that arse.

[VitoCorleoneIsMyHero]

@captinkao

Wow, you thick nob.

I'm 8 1/2 stone which is the right weight for my height.

How the fuck did you come to the conclusion I was fat? Because I expressed annoyance at today's fucked up view of weight?

Yeah, you really showed your intelligence there.

But lets not start an irrelevant argument on this video, eh?

[captinkao]

Sounds like I touched a nerve there sweet heart. You seem like a real lunatic. You need a good man in your life. A man to tell ya to shut the fuck up and not to be expressing your do-gooder opinions over the net.

[VitoCorleoneIsMyHero]

@captinkao

:L Look, your obviously very narrow-minded and your IQ is obviously lower than that of a hair brush.

Weight has nothing to do with this video and so your bitchiness has no place in the comments below it (neither does this argument).

And so, I don't care what you put in a reply - I'm not going to answer. (But being as thick as you are, I'm sure you'll reply with a load retarded crap anyway)

[captinkao]

Ha Ha. Your so easy to wind up....Fatso..

[badger12boi]

fine upload a picture of yourself so we can see if your a fucking fatty ya cunt

[crankdatbrad]

but atleast hes funny

your just acting a cunt

[AICabal]

captinkao, I bet your daddy fucks you each night.

[captinkao]

No no! your Mother does and between me and you shes a crap ride. I need to get my head examined, she has an arse like a sack of chisels...

[Kitsune0268]

"...are you sure kids won't pull 'em off?"

XD

[DatGuy3638]

YouTube: Where those who are one chromosome short of a full set come to argue.

[MicroStudiosChannel]

and everyone else can be entertained by them doing so :]

[SingHouse]

the thing about daddy longlegs' most poisonous venom is 100% bullshit. Check it out.

[thereturnofluis]

It's a joke! Lighten up! :-)

[cortgb]

Watch the whole show and tell me what point it says it is a fact.

[SingHouse]

Read my whole comment and tell me what point it says it's a fact from the show.

[ninjazachy06]

Bahaha. He is fucking hilarious

[bubalooES]

Daddy long legs can break the human skin. They have a very small amount of venom. Them being the most deadly creatures is a myth.

[eljaco88]

lol

Is a daddy long legs actully called a crane fly, or is it something else?

[Maindsy88]

aye. 'tis a crane fly.

[Taipans]

Two different species

[expectador]

I stand corrected... but still don't agree on the 'pointless creature' bit.

[expectador]

No creatures are pointless... and that goes for the Daddy Long Legs which feeds off other spiders and depending in what part of the world you live in, they actually work as a sort of poisonous spider control. In South America for example, the Daddy long legs feeds off what is known as the 'corner spider' which would be the equivalent, in it's deadliness, of the Sydney Funnel web spider in Australia. So before you go 'round posting silly ignorant comments, how bout doing some research mate?

[HangmanVIW2]

yeah but this isnt about daddy long leg spiders. He's talking about daddy long leg flies.

[AdorableUKe]

Humans are...

[neongummybear]

ANK hes dead ANK hes dead.

teeheehee

[HangmanVIW2]

Daddy Long Legs are the most POINTLESS creatures on the face of the planet, I mean what is the point in them? they can't fly, they can't eat (I don't think), they fumble around like dickheads, they have weird dangling back legs FOR NO REASON and they serve NO purpose other than looking like pointless mistakes of nature

[flickeringsoftly]

They CAN bite, and DO eat.

Though the poisonous venom part is a myth. They're harmless to humans.

They apparently vibrate when threatened, though. Neat.

[888Jake999]

how do u no tht did u look it up ina book just to prove ricky wrong?

[TRINIBOY411]

Every animal eats you idiot

[HangmanVIW2]

That's not true dumbass, don't make statements calling abuse to people when you're wrong. Mayflies for example do not eat; they die within 24 hours because they starve. I thank you!

[greatsayain]

they must have eaten at some point, maybe as larvae or something.  they cant exist and procreate and ie without consuming matter and energy somehow.

[AidanMclaren]

Oh...what a fuckwit you are! "DUMBASS!"

Obviously they do eat, you childish retarded little shit, but it is their larvae form. You American want-to-be piece of shit.

[HangmanVIW2]

Wow...just...wow. The mentality it must take to get that worked up about a daddy long legs...You sir are a tool of epic proportions. If anyone wants to know what it's like to be a raving retard, just ask Aidan "DON'T INSULT THE DADDY LONG LEGS OR I WILL SCREAM" McLaren. lol tosser.

[AidanMclaren]

No, dickhead, I didn't get worked up over that. I got worked up over the fact you're a shithead of "epic proportions" who uses Americanisms if you're shown to be a fool. Oh...were you the fuckwit who voted down me and greatsayain too because they actually do eat, you little shit?

Total...fuckwit.

[HangmanVIW2]

Yeah, really sounds like it crybaby. More bitching and moaning...predictable as the fucking tides. "THEY DO EAT!!! OH MY GOD THEY DO EAT!!! I HAVE GOT MYSELF SO WORKED UP ABOUT THEM EATING THAT I ABSOLUTELY MUST, MUST, MUST MOAN AND BITCH ABOUT IT LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT AND SPOUT SHIT ABOUT AMERICANISMS LIKE I GOT A GRUDGE ON LIFE ITSELF" Dude, you ARE a little bitch...grown a dick and go fuck yourself with it.

[AidanMclaren]

Let's see here: "Dude", "little bitch", and the American macho syndrome here with "grow(n) a dick and go fuck yourself with it".

You are insecure, aren't you? Well...I have something to tell you:

You're nothing! You're less than nothing! And I was right to attack you.

[HangmanVIW2]

LOL it' quite funny to see you SO worked about about a daddy long legs and my ability to piss you off at every turn. By the way, you dont know me so you have no clue about where I come from, the fact that I live in the UK doesnt mean I always have, and I actually haven't. So once again, you're proven wrong. Getting your kicks online this way at age 23 like you do says you're obviously a sad bastard who will predictably reply to this, once again. So instead do us all a favour; die.

[AidanMclaren]

Getting my kicks? No, I really am pissed off with your attitude. And still...if you never always lived in the UK, why talk like an American still, you pathetic wanker?

You are an insecure little shit, and I felt the urge to attack you. Good show! You've proved how much of a dickhead you truly are!

[HangmanVIW2]

I'm insecure because you're pissed off at my attitude? And I've proven myself a dickhead because you attacked me...hmm, that makes perfect sense. Oh no wait, it doesn't because you're still an epic bitch. For a guy who gets pissed at other peoples attitide yet endlessly complains themselves really says a lot more about you than it does me. And I bet all my 120 international passports that you can't help it and reply to this YET AGAIN. Who's really the dickhead? (pssst...it's you!)

[AidanMclaren]

And you idiots voted this wanker up and me down...? Youtube is mecca for twats like you all.

You're insecure because you make comments like "dumbass" to people who have shown you to be a fuckwit you truly are, not to mention "bitch". What are you, you weakling, a real man? You're nothing.

Guess I can't help it when you're so nauseating...

[badger12boi]

even though you are replying. your just as much a dickhead as him for replying dude.

[AidanMclaren]

@badger12boi

"Dude", why is replying to a rude and childish reply  and mocking its stupidity the work of a "dickhead"?

You're just as much a dickhead as him for making this pointless reply.

[badger12boi]

i know. but i aint saying i am not a dickhead. i know i am one so hahaha.

[AidanMclaren]

@badger12boi

Forgive me for not wanting to be part of you.

[AbsolutelyCrackers]

hahaha funny

I actually have a fear of daddy long legs, so its th first time i can laugh at them lol

[SketchyBack]

this is actually an urban legend. the daddy long legs does not have the strongest poison. look it up :-)

[LichLordKrull]

We dont need to. We know.

[manervic]

just like harvest spiders r the most venomus spiders in the world but they dont have fangs 2 inject it with

[furrykilla]

got a little bit of stringy shit here

lol

[kayjose]

funniest part of his stand up its so funny

hope he does another show

[PKrangeandmage31]

Ricky Gervais = FTW

[mzh3000]

know what if you startel them while theyr on theyr web they spin for hours =)

[rich8642]

what the fuck are you talking about ? daddy long legs dont spin webs.

[mzh3000]

noo i mean a daddy long legged spider one on a web

startle one and it may start to spin in circles

it`s fun to watch :D

[flickeringsoftly]

Yes they do. If you're talking about the spider.

[michaelthonger]

YES! you uploaded it.

favourites!!!