The Worst Jobs in History - The Tudor Age - Part 6

[secretagentmann9]

Renascence water boarding

[InnannasRainbow1]

Tony, I love you but you do not make a very pretty woman.

[shcnoozlebop]

being dunked doesn't look like much of a punishment lol but it would've pissed off someone who's already angry about everything

[Strawberrykisses218]

"yeah im corrected" HAHA

[DrD0000M]

Notice it was a woman leader that increased the punishments against women.

[8malevolent8]

Consider the fact that no-one drank water in Tudor times unless they had a death-wish. Imagine a world in which everyone was drinking beer and probably half-drunk all the time, and now look at this punishment: this is the sort of thing that seems logical to someone who's pissed ( that's in the UK sense of ' drunk' rather than the US 'angry'). The whole village would be there, half-cut and laughing, men as well as women. Also remember that there were punishments for brutal husbands as well.

[Kamikuru77]

I know plenty of ditzy women that need this, they need to bring back this punishment! For the good of men everywhere.

[lisaannejane2]

@Kamikuru77 I know a lot of men who deserve this far more than any woman.

[yock1000]

@lisaannejane2 hahaha like as in any woman in the history of the world ? you've got a hell of a bunch of mates ill tell you that much!

[yock1000]

@lisaannejane2 more than any woman in the history of the world? you must have a hell of a bunch of mates!

[mrLizarda]

that would actually be fun LOL

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

ooo poor tony.

[longfootbuddy]

i know a woman that needs this

[Jcolinsol]

Hhm, I'm wondering if this "ducking" business isn't an imprint of their early experiences being baptized. Don't you think it's an interesting parallel?

[DrPlaybox360]

lol. ahhh its so cold!! *dump him pack into the water* ahhh!! *back in*

[24Abstract]

Back in Tudor England the people washed once a month because the water was dirty. People also had very short life spans at the time. People who lived at that time were married at the age of sixteen and if you had lived over forty years of age was a miracle. It was either be killed or die from illness.

[PollyJuice]

I think one part of the fascination with this punishment was that the guys got to see a glimpse of the women's bodies thanks to the wet clothes clinging to them.

The Tudor-time people were pervs!

[punkkimiko]

@PollyJuice not much has changed since then lol

[jmnm0]

thanks for uploading! I found it very interesting

[guysmiley00]

Couldn't they have cooled his hot tongue with a cool island song?

[Jcolinsol]

@guysmiley00

No, no, no, they would have warmed his icy heart with a hot island beat.

[humynism]

Social order was most directed at women; hence, guaranteed servitude.

[Droopydog545]

Thank God we don't live in those times eh? Though it probably would've been fun to see someone get ducked... if they didn't die of course...

[Charapova100]

oh Tony you look so adorable dressed up as a woman! xD

[akirasmithkavoljev]

ˇwell I`v got nothing to loose now, have I.ˇ AAAH!

[Sbdesigngirl]

I love Tony!

[MsStormcrow]

a lot of ppl died from the ducking stool by freezing and drowning. in most cases they held them down too long

[scampywiak]

Quite honestly, some of these jobs are posh compared to modern, industrial jobs.

[thehobbitwaffle]

Maybe in the third world!

[SuzetteMerashino]

Cutpurse.

[ijunkie]

O that's hilarious xD

[mmedefarge]

I'd often thought that the worst time in history to be alive would have been the Middle Ages. This clinches it. From plagues to the many cruelties of which humans are capable, I think that this era had to take first prize. The religious and social minefields seem almost impossible to avoid, ditto for the appalling hygiene, the religious clap-trap & the diseases which both helped to spawn & spread.

[whowantsabighug]

rather live in ancient times, at least they had better doctors

[mmedefarge]

Same here. I'd rather live now or in ancient Rome, or Akroteri or maybe Crete. Some time when it wasn't sinful to bathe, as it was in Medieval times and in places where women weren't required to wear veils and voluminous layers of heavy, ridiculous clothing or funny hats (I hate funny hats).

[Rowan07001484]

I'd rather live in a time period where you could wash. I feel dreadful if my hair or face hasn't been washed, I know they must have been used to it, but still, imagine the grease, and the infections from not washing. not to mention the stench. There was a lot violence in anciant Rome, but it was a more pleasant place to live I don't doubt. It was clean, pretty, and there were even pensions for slaves. they had rights.

They treated their people better than people were treated in tudor england

[mmedefarge]

Tudor England was more violent for the average citizen, I think. Henry the VIII murdered 1/3 of the population of London for not going along with his religious leanings. The ancient Romans didn't give a hoot about religion, just pay your taxes & keep clear of the crazy royal family & you'd probably be ok.

[Rowan07001484]

But they did have those awful fights to the death, with Lions and other animals.

The Tudor times seemed quite violent. Burnings. They even burned children at the stake.

[mmedefarge]

For those unfortunate people who had the temerity to oppose the Roman invasions or were criminals, winding up as part of the games were a real possibility. The average citizen didn't have to worry about becoming lion lunch. Life under the Tudors was more of a minefield for the average citizen as the poor wretch in the vid attests to. All that religious gobbledygook & labyrinthine social standards that changed with the whim of the royalty, the church & the lords must have been stressful.

[Rowan07001484]

Yeh I agree with you. But you can kind of see why the people turned to god in Tudor times. As life on earth was so shite. They had very little appreciation for the hard work poor people had to do to make the country run. Kind of like slavery.

It's like everyone had their place, and that's how it was meant to be by their reasoning.

Not a very christian attitude, odd really how everyone one of them was christian. and argued about how to serve god. but murder is a sin.. no logic.

[mmedefarge]

They turned to god because if you didn't you'd burn at the stake or off with your head. The problem was which "god" would you have to turn to, the god of the catholics or the god of the protestants. Either way you'd be cooked or beheaded or any of the other interesting ways they had of dispensing heretics.

[EvilsOfFeminism]

@mmedefarge That's not true. Constantine at the council of Nicea in 343 AD ordered all the true Christians beheaded and enforced Sunday worship instead of the true sabbath from Friday sundown through Saturday sundown. You could be any religion you wanted, so long as you didn't follow Jesus. Little has changed, as we can see from the mess Christian churches are in today, as his most ancient tyranny still prevails.

[mmedefarge]

@EvilsOfFeminism That is one emperor among many during Rome's 800 years of empire.  The religious massacres of the Christians persisted through many popes, kings, archbishops & others lasting about 1,000 years. The 4th century C.E. was pretty much the swan-song for the Roman empire.

[Scooby71Doo]

@whowantsabighug could`nt agree with you more. We may have more advanced medical techniques and medicines but doctors have lost the compassion they once had for patients and thousands die every year from doctors mistakes.

[marochima2]

@whowantsabighug what do you mean? they were butchers not doctors

[whowantsabighug]

@marochima2 Miles better than medieval medicine, and plus that comment was meant to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[nickel924]

@marochima2 the royal crap surgeons, yes, they were butchers... but the 'witch doctors' actually knew what they were talking about... the women of the village that collected herbs, and fixed remedies that actually worked... their better then a lot of doctors nowadays...

[IwillKillYourCereal]

@whowantsabighug And in ancient Egypt, women were nearly equal to men :)

[EvilsOfFeminism]

@IwillKillYourCereal Yes, all hail the eye of Horus...it just figures that feminist interests necessarily lead to the devil. Heck, I am of the opposite opinion: feminist tripe damages this otherwise good show. It was used on men and women who were disruptive. Even 500 years ago, the women tended to be disruptive individuals, and ill-behaved. Sound familiar? How in the hell you all got the "women equal to men" nonsense out of that is beyond me. How are two different things equal?

[IwillKillYourCereal]

@EvilsOfFeminism Obviously men and women are as different as night and day. I meant that in ancient Egypt women and men were nearly equal in terms of employment opportunities, claiming inheritance, and being able to get married/divorced.

[EvilsOfFeminism]

@IwillKillYourCereal Night and Day, as in Anubis and Ra? Believe me, I know what it means. It means a man getting murdered by his wife and the bitch walking off the stand--or he can be an indentured slave, like my father at the behest of my mother. Death for the man, Life for the woman. That is this "equality" you speak of. God knows the women are dishonest sorts and divorce overwhelmingly because they have no loyalty without fathers. It's factual. Look it up.

[LordAzanko]

@whowantsabighug depends where and what time period because if its ancient india or rome your fine but if your in the dark ages or high middle ages good luck there lol

[sonofdrella09]

that looks almost fun- it also reminds me of Dick Chenney for some reason.

[mmedefarge]

Wouldn't it be fun to get Dick Cheney on the ducking stool?!

[schizoidboy]

God bless you Tony. Viva Baldrick!

[dominikjasinski]

Poland loves you Tony :D

[thegreennoob]

UG woo!

[thegreennoob]

UG woo!

[TheAtraxRobustus]

Your the man Tony!I just wish that foxtel would stop showing re-runs!