QI: Tea or Coffee? - BBC comedy

[MrZhabadasher]

Actually, I do eat tea leaves sometimes.

Oolong tea is actually pretty tasty after its been steeped in hot water. I drink the tea, the continue to snack on the leaves afterward.

[munky40903805]

... "ill have the cake please."

[HMChadwick]

he should have argued that in a cup (8oz.) of tea there is more caffeine since a cup can be considered a mass.

[Nitecrawler24]

what weighs more, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

[gilless429]

@Nitecrawler24 That one's as old as humanity isn't it ?

[weatherallc05]

shite effort from davies as usual

[scream4thehellofit]

I before E accept after C. Now fuck off, Stephen is speaking.

[DillingerEscapeMan]

@BBCWorldwide You didn't spell kaaffaine correctly

[IAAAT]

@mmencius Reminds me of jim carrey doing CSI!

[ennileah]

As I said lol search for "QI I before E" and the QI on this is at the top of the search on here

[psychedelicporcupine]

@SypherDubstep It was probably a Google ad. :(

[bongo155]

Theres people in the UK who honestly think a cup of tea has more caffeine that coffee?

[ReubsChemRb]

@bongo155 than* And anyway, Stephen knows so and so the rest of the world should know

[blondeyboy1]

ha QI is one of the funniest shows on tv

[luketerrance]

Bloody Hell Tea Is In Fact For British Coffee For Smoker's

[psychedelicporcupine]

@luketerrance What? That didn't even make any sense. If you care about spelling, grammar and punctuation then you need to review your current ideas about them. You don't capitalise every single word in a sentence, that takes away from the point of capitalisation. Also, unless you are insinuating that someone called Smoker owns something, then you don't use an apostrophe before an 's' as this denotes possession. Easy-peasy.

[psychedelicporcupine]

@luketerrance This is not my account btw, it is a friend's..only just realised I was on his account. I am badgerinthenight.

[professor2442]

WOW! I just heard Stephen Fry make a grammar mistake! He said "the most caffeine" when comparing two things. He should have said "the more caffeine" if there are only two items involved.

[DarenSankari]

So in a way it was a trick-trick question.

[kaderoder]

Poor Alan, even when he's right, he's wrong. Its just like when my wife and i 'need to have a talk'

[Antifides]

They did not specify liquid tea. What contains more caffeine, a cup of tea (leaves) or a cup of coffee (beans)? I demand a recount!

[craig6944]

"What contains the most caffeine?" Are my ears deceiving me? Did I just hear Stephen Fry of all people use a superlative in an question that required a comparative as there were only two options? It should be "What contains more caffeine?" Stephen, I am ashamed of you...

[ICaptainMidnightI]

@craig6944 you may want to watch this watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

[craig6944]

@ICaptainMidnightI I was only kidding. :) I doesn't bother me that he said it, I was being sarcastic and making a joke about these prescriptivist or "Grammar Nazi" type characters Stephen was talking about in the video you sent me. Thanks for the link though, it was quite enjoyable. :)

[ICaptainMidnightI]

@craig6944 Ah, well I did learn something from your comment also, so I guess that is the most best of the possible outcomes :).

[1991njl]

@craig6944 Fry is a big proponent of the theory that language is fluid and adaptable and best served by, whatever way effectively communicates and represents what you wish to convey. See his interview with Jonathan Ross.

[FreedomFighterUK]

@1991njl There are certain things that annoy him i.e That weird upward inflection at the end of sentences that 'valley girls' and Australians seem so fond of.

[dizi90lizi]

I'd have thought it would depend how you make it, since a pound of tea has more caffeine than a pound of coffee. If I ever have coffee I make it really weak, but when I have a cup of tea, I have it really strong.

[fujikokun]

weird...this must be a british thing. i think everybody in america would answer coffee.

[xpledgeturnprestigex]

@fujikokun It's weird actually, I might be living in a hole but I'm british and I've never heard that before, I would have answered coffee too.

[Baurles]

"You don't turn to just eat tea like that."

[PumpkinEskobarr]

People should know that a cup of tea has less caffeine. We could drink a cup of tea before bed and sleep really well, now with coffee... forget it... you're wired. And both with the same amount of sugar or with out any sugar at all.

[blahk04]

All I know is that every single American would have answered coffee.

[HitMeQuick]

@blahk04 They would have. But they would also answer coffee if asked the capital city of Peru, so...

[seonidh]

Ads on a BBC site blocked.

[McBeever2k9]

0:49 OMG its Moe Syzlack

[BradleySherwoodFan]

@McBeever2k9 Moe's drawing is actually loosely based on Rich Hall. He's a friend of one of the writers or producers or something on The Simpsons :)

[McBeever2k9]

@BradleySherwoodFan that makes me a genius! :L

[CthulhuianBunny]

@McBeever2k9 Oh my god, you're right! He looks just like him!

[twg20101]

@McBeever2k9 lol

[TheIncomingRage]

You're reading this while a shit advert is playing aren't you.

[Laurelindo]

@TheIncomingRage Yes, and I have to wait for it to load as well.

[hopintheroflcopter]

@TheIncomingRage Nope!

[Mishi7able]

@TheIncomingRage I get so pissed when they come on.

[Dancingwithotters]

@TheIncomingRage

Firefox adblocker my friend...Firefox adblocker...

[MrMattyvibes]

@Dancingwithotters google chrome baby... google chrome

[Dancingwithotters]

@MrMattyvibes

Any good?

[MrMattyvibes]

@Dancingwithotters yea, its fantastic but Firefox adblockers works wonders aswell doesn't it. I used for ages.

[Dancingwithotters]

@MrMattyvibes

Hmm...intresting. I might give it a go then! Thanks mate :)

[Elliotbullet]

@TheIncomingRage no adblock

[PowderedAsh]

@TheIncomingRage you caught me!

[Waranoa]

@TheIncomingRage Nope, Addblockplus is doing it's job; don't have ANY youtube adds :D:D:D:D

[YeahRight8197]

Which has more caffiene - tea or coffee? Funny short video from BBC panel show QI, hosted by Stephen Fry with regular panellist Alan Davies.

They didn't watch hte " i before e" episode (series 8 ep 14)

[283kieran]

I used to think normal UNTIL i saw QI so after a while i always went to the opposite answer THEN they trick me again!!!! and then they confuse me saying there is more Caffeine in tea but not in a cup of tea?!!?

[283kieran]

@psychedelicporcupine ONE why did you go through the comments and reply to such an old one!?

Two i think it is pretty obvious! I used to think like a normal person then everything i thought was right QI popped up and said the exact opposite and of course they are right. That should not be to hard to figure out.

[CharizardLv5]

toffee

[Xanatos712]

0:49, Rich Hall DOES look like Moe the bartender.

[SuperKluckster]

davies you dribbling fool, question whose hang on career would be knackered with out fry the genius,, answer mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[SuperKluckster]

TEA ,,,,why did some one tell me ,, listen to how this freak talks like a spoilt untalented dick, ,lol

[1990MattyD]

@SuperKluckster - Bet he gets loads more sex than you.

[sv1nt0]

lol, if that question would've been asked in any other country i bet almost all of the people would have answered Coffee, i know i would. Easiest question on QI for sure.

[TheBloggart]

i was expecting someone to crack a joke about Tinings...

[SirrSnowman]

I fucking love coffee... I'm drinking a mug of it right now.

[Qutter]

@SirrSnowman Cool story, bro.

[Mysonjoeyvideo]

@lovinit19791 But the bbc doesn't show adverts?

[lovinit19791]

@Mysonjoeyvideo not in the UK it doesnt.....but they do product placement and use other media outlets to make loads of money :P

[kixio]

@lovinit19791 So that they can survive and keep broadcasting at the highest quality. It's sickening to think that these bastards dare make us pay for what we watch.

[lovinit19791]

@kixio are you trying to be sarcastic or is that what you really think??? EVERY other broadcaster uses ADVERTS to fund their programming. Why shouldnt the BBC?? Why should WE the british public pay for a worldwide service?

Have you seen how much money they waste on doing up their buildings and buying rare artworks for them? The license fee was introduced because the BBC needed to be paid for and their was no such thing as adverts back then...thats all changed...no need to fleece us anymore!!

[0Trashion0]

@lovinit19791

The BBC makes most of its money selling its programs around the world. It also collects revenue from DVD and other merchandise sales.

[psychedelicporcupine]

@lovinit19791 Well I am in the UK and it def showed me an advert. I don't understand how they can do it online when they don't on TV. :|

[JDLupus]

If Alan had said Coffee, the correct answer would have been tea.

[lovinit19791]

FUCK THE BBC!!!! Taxing us brits to provide tv for the whole world. Making us pay £160 a year to watch your programs YET you are making a fortune in adverts and clicks here on youtube!!! SCUM!!! Cant wait for the revolution to come and seeing all these high flying BBC execs kicked out of their jobs. WANKERS!

[WizardKing78]

@lovinit19791 Yeah, FUCK THE BBC and their BLATANT left-wing bias!

[psychedelicporcupine]

@lovinit19791 If you don't want to pay it then don't. I have a friend who point blank refuses to pay his TV license.. they bug him yeh but they never ever actually do anything about it, he's been doing it for years! He used his pc to watch stuff online and doesn't even have his TV plugged into an aerial. If you want to not pay, just don't and I very much doubt they'd take you to court.. just let them think that taking you to court is okay with you and they'll more than likely leave you alone. :D

[lovinit19791]

@psychedelicporcupine I dont pay it....i have a laptop connected to my TV and a PS3....they dont need a tv license to view content as its not viewed live.

I sent them a notice telling them they cant approach my property :) Its called "Removal of implied right of access" They sent me a letter back saying, we wont come to your house LOL

[psychedelicporcupine]

@lovinit19791 Aw dude that's awesome! I didn't know about that... gonna get right on using that though! Good on you for fighting the fuckers. :) This is not my account btw! I am Badgerinthenight. :)

[psychedelicporcupine]

@lovinit19791 But hang on.. you don't live in the UK so why would you have to send them a letter... you don't have to pay BBC TV licence unless you live here. Also, it doesn't matter whether you view it live or not. The law here is if you own a piece of equipment that is capable of broadcasting (live or not) BBC programs then you have to pay your TV licence. So everyone basically...unless you have no computer or TV.. which is rare.

[lovinit19791]

@psychedelicporcupine I live in England, i just have this set up as St Lucia lol :)

You are wrong about needing it if you can receive a signal, thats BS, go look at their website, i dont pay for it because i dont recieve live broadcasts, just repeats on iPlayer.

They have as much right to enter my home as you do.

"In the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, any household watching or recording live television transmissions must purchase a television licence, every year."

[EFNBrktt]

..... The release date, 2004?

[haloKINGSstudios]

@EFNBrktt i know, WTF!

[DorothyShelley]

ilike q i stephen is very knowlegable ialwats watch it mythras90x

[MeganGaming]

bbc its Caffeine not caffiene :)

[CoffeeBeatsTea]

my name ... nuff said ;)

[xxirlandssamuraixx]

thou shalt not question Stephen Fry :P

[EdiciusMai]

Sore loser? :)

[GodSaveOurTeam]

True or False: BBC Worldwide doesn't know how to spell Caffeine?

[synth77]

@GodSaveOurTeam Maybe he was thinking "I before e except after c".

[stebbieranch]

@GodSaveOurTeam well spotted

[PokerJoey888]

@GodSaveOurTeam false?

[Xanatos712]

@GodSaveOurTeam They were going by the 'i' before 'e' rule. If only they'd seen this episode first:

watch?v=duqlZXiIZqA

[Briefcaseface]

@GodSaveOurTeam 'I' before 'E' except after 'C'. That's what I learnt in school :)

[coomby]

@Briefcaseface Theft ?

[nekroneko]

@GodSaveOurTeam They should know better after they had the i before e except after c skit.

[360cbh]

@GodSaveOurTeam false

[Missionimpossibles]

@GodSaveOurTeam Tbf, the traditional rule is "i before e except after c" so I can see the potential for error. And before anyone says anything, I am aware that not many words follow that rule lol.

[psychedelicporcupine]

@Missionimpossibles In fact, more words break that rule than follow them - QI :P

[BrahnTheHandyMan]

@GodSaveOurTeam Canadian (colour) American (color). It might be a British thing to spell caffeine differently. But I fucking doubt it.

[Paddy104]

are there not variables? like very milky weak coffee. and a black cup of tea with 3 tea bags strained into the cup?

[heavyhorse1]

since when did the BBC ever have adverts?

[TheLonesomeJack]

@patchyace NO WAY.

[JamesMulvale]

keep pressing 5 6 and 0 for your very own virtual steven fry 

[Rinniboo]

Haha eating tea leaves xD

[R10freestyle]

an advert for a 1 min clip? fuck off youtube.

[keepbangingbabay1]

2004??

[bary1234]

That was a pretty manly belch just there...

[GlobalPeregrinations]

I love the way Alan sulks a little bit when he answers wrong.

[PhilWithCoffee]

Alan is technically right, though, depending on how the question is viewed. Stephen could very well have been referring to the measurement Cup and not the prepared beverage serving.

[Zakerandsaisu]

@PhilWithCoffee Ah, but the point of this show is that Alan is always wrong. That's what makes him so cute.

[psychedelicporcupine]

@PhilWithCoffee We don't use the silly measurement of 'cup' in the Uk, so that isn't plausible. :)

[PhilWithCoffee]

@psychedelicporcupine Hey now, this is QI, anything could be plausible if you know how to present it properly :-P

[lillyshak]

I was thinking tea because it is the opposite of what I really thought...the one time I think the Qi way, they trick me.

[CorvusCorone68]

@lillyshak Stephen Fry is not afraid to use double or triple bluffs

i have learned, just watch to enjoy and learn, not to think i know what they will say

[IronLikeALionZion]

@lillyshak HA! Same thing happened to me!

[LeslieWilsonPerry]

Coffee. Any American could tell you that....

[slaace]

So the BBC wont advertise on television...but advertise everywhere on youtube...just annoying.

[WillShakespeare2007]

@slaace - what advert?

[TalesOfWar]

@slaace This is BBC Worldwide, it's the commercial arm of the BBC.

[patchyace]

@slaace

It’s even more annoying that they are the reason we have to pay for a TV licence. I would rather just have adverts wouldn't you?

[emmahouli]

@patchyace RTE have adverts and we still have to pay for a licence.

[bertini51]

fucking adds everyv fucking thing has adds its just fucking stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tunghonglimbu]

burrrrrpig 0:12 :p

[BobTheMunificent]

(A) The adverts are put there by youtube, not the BBC and

(B) use Firefox with the Adblock plugin = no more adverts on youtube (and most other sites). I could not browse the web without it; when I'm forced to use I.E. at work it bloddy kills me to try browsing sites with all the flashing adverts and s**t...

[EMOBOY7722]

does that mean if you had a pound of coffee in a mug and a pound of tea in a mug that the coffee has less? work that one out

[republicacoffee]

we love coffee, always coffee over tea, republica coffee is the best coffee in australia

[EddieTheFishReturns]

@republicacoffee: I like that iced "frappucino" or whatever type of cold iced coffee starbucks and costa coffee do. In good old HK, though, we had the Pacific Coffee Company, which was absolutely mega. And funnily enough, the McCafe and KFC were excellent. The best cup of HK style tea was done by AMC cinemas, imo.

[therockspush]

@EddieTheFishReturns We know the Pacific Coffee Company in HK, what a monopoly.... But it would be wonderful to have great tasting coffee that's Fairtrade and organic in HK with an atmosphere that feels great.... if you know a place, Republica Coffee needs to talk to them!Coffee!

[EddieTheFishReturns]

@therockspush: I know EXACTLY what you mean, mate! I come from there meself, but I'm in the UK right now. Actually, as I'm typing this, I am more fucked up on Nescafe than I've ever been before...by a wide margin...and that's saying something. GOD, RAGTIME MUSIC IS GOOD.

[psychedelicporcupine]

@therockspush Fairtrade is not as 'fair' as it makes out. It is just a brand and is screwing poor farmers over just as much as any other brand.

[republicacoffee]

coffee gives you the best hit, republica tea has the biggest hit of all, drink fairtrade

[trlkly]

Alan really doesn't seem to get it.

[HeapsGoodGuy]

what.. i have to put up with adverts now.. so it's JUST LIKE TV. Thanks youtube.

[spongiebungie]

love the burp buzzer Thumbs up even before i watch the rest XDDDD!!!

[Orlabobz]

I love how Alan tries to prove he's wrong by repeating it over and over again!

[bangaw79]

oh, Alan.. Why does he always look like an idiot?

[Orlabobz]

@bangaw79

Awah he doesn't. in the first few series he was basically told to give the obvious answers and seem a little silly to make us feel more normal watching and for comic relief.

but if you notice in more recent series's that Alan doesn't look like an idiot really!

besides, we love alan!

[bangaw79]

@Orlabobz Yeah, in the later series he was winning a lot of points... Alan's an equaliser.. He makes everyone burst to laughter when things start to get boring or too nerdy. He's like a big kid stuck inside a 40 year-old's body and I love it when he tells Stephen: "That's rubbish. Prove it!"

[Orlabobz]

@bangaw79

so true! Oh and there was another part in some series where alan give a quite interesting fact about the first hoover (I think, some appliance anyways) and after stephen goes "Hmmm I think I heard that before on a program called QI"!

[bangaw79]

@Orlabobz And then he does the Mexican accent.. Gets me everytime

[Orlabobz]

@bangaw79

ya that is one of my personal favourites too! :)

[26highstreet]

Fry would no, he does adverts for twinning tea or whatever its called as well a million other fuckin adverts

[slashingraven]

How is the posting date for this video Nov 12, 2004 when YouTube was created in 2005? o_O

[Guerilla333]

@slashingraven maybe because this is the date the video was broadcasted?

[Orlabobz]

@slashingraven

It's to do with the date it came out on tv... :)

otherwise there'd be something very odd looming!

[darkshad109]

@slashingraven No Youtube was bought over by Google in 2005 so all the licences were re-signed thats why it says 2005, but the videos uploaded before the buy over still remain.

[slashingraven]

@darkshad109 Google bought YouTube in 2006, not 2005. The site really was made in 2005, as reading the Wiki article about it would tell you.

[darkshad109]

@slashingraven Meh i was guessing but i was close anyways.

[yetanothergoodyfan]

love the fact that the BBC has spelt 'caffeine' wrong

[Redheadfury]

I want some Tea now....

[AnoukvdS]

I can't believe they didn't know that... It's kind of common knowledge over here.

[MountainTeaGR]

some kinds of tea contains 0% caffeine

[sestrensaz]

@MountainTeaGR They're talking about black tea which is the most commonly drank tea in the UK.

[StickItUpYrBumGugle]

@MountainTeaGR The UK's a bit boring with tea though, even though it's good tea. So 'tea' basically means English breakfast tea type of tea (hot with milk). We don't even give it a name really. When we say 'tea', we mean the thing that, in our heads, is tea. Everything that isn't that thing that is equivalent to tea, in our heads, we give names to. So, yeah Rooibos has no caffeine, but even the mighty Stephen Fry doesn't consider it under our tiny tiny umbrella of what we count as being 'tea'.

[nachospole1]

im sick of all the adds wasting my time and using my internet by the way qi is great show

[lunarya]

after watching this vid......i am going to make myself a cup of tea! :)

[medea1990]

@lunarya I recommend you to put a bit of cinnamon or some cardamom seeds in that tea. I hope you've enjoyed it!

[lunarya]

@medea1990 I love cinnamon!!!! Althogh i never tried to put cinnamon in the tea....only in capucinos and coffees....thanks !!!!!

[medea1990]

@lunarya Try it and then, tell me.

[cottonwhiskersuk]

I love the way Alan's voice and expression tells us:

"I think someone's making a monkey out of me but I'm just too tired to argue".

[Zeldakitteh]

@cottonwhiskersuk Which of them is Alan? =/

[cottonwhiskersuk]

The one in the red shirt. Although you should have guessed that from the context!

[Zeldakitteh]

@cottonwhiskersuk What... I thought that was Stephen Fry. >_>

[MissPsychoB]

lol, no, Stephen Fry is the dorky one in the middle.

[Zeldakitteh]

@MissPsychoB I started watching the full episodes... He changes appearance drastically in all of them. o_o

No wonder little me, not being British and all, gets confused.

[Thyphix]

Alan is the one Steven makes fun of

[umalim]

i luv this show