Paper Folding with Stephen Fry - QI Preview - BBC One

[Shenoyk14]

tim vine said

"the benefit of easy origami is two fold"

[MissILoveBooks]

I love the irony of watching alan say this is going to be straight on youtube, on youtube XD

[danutcase66]

@MissILoveBooks

Weird and funny yes, not ironic.

It would be ironic if he had said that it wouldn't be going on Youtube.

[MattDominicCullen]

@MissILoveBooks watch the QI episode on irony, and you will realise that this is not irony. Glad to be of service.

Signed "THE QI ELVES"

[ravenshield56]

1:40... very true :P

[Ytubewanker]

doesn't it depend on how big the piece of paper is??

[Roriniho]

@Ytubewanker Yes, hence the formula ¬.¬

[krizan1]

They have some great ideas for TV. Paper folding, LIVE."

[Vinnieification]

One person couldn't fold a piece of paper three times.

[Flargnarn]

Yess Alan. It is on youtube. Much to our joy :)

[RoswelliVideos]

Actually, if you search for "what you need is length and thickness" you get that very clip that Alan said would end up on YouTube. XP

[Emsyphine]

So sexy.

[catcritchley1987]

Bad grammar Stephen.

It should be "number" of times you fold paper, not "amount".

[Emsyphine]

@catcritchley1987 whatever he says is right.

[Judgementtday]

@catcritchley1987 Personally i would tell you to fuck off.

as i am sure that nobody gives a shit if there grammar is not perfect all of the time

[alanpgoodwin]

@Judgementtday It's "their grammar" not "there grammar". :)

[Judgementtday]

@alanpgoodwin God dam it. I am dyslexic it all looks the same to me. haha:P

[streamr89]

@catcritchley1987 Have a look at youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZG­Y

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

I don't usually like Rob Brydon but the look he gives Stephen after that classic line is so funny.

[TennisCoachno1]

so what is the maximum then ??

[MangekyouRook]

@TennisCoachno1 6 for standard A4, but technically the limit is entirely dependant on the length, width and thickness of the paper

[Arksimon2k]

Huh...I always thought it was 7.

[SpellCrec]

Alan was right :P

[Sidowse]

You see I would have said that you can only ever fold a piece of paper in half once.

[Millnsy1994]

@Sidowse No, you can fold it in half numerous times, you could only cut a peice of paper in half once though ;-)

[SiskinOnUTube]

@Millnsy1994

No you can cut it in half numerous times, because each time you cut it, it become a new (whole) piece of paper.

[SiskinOnUTube]

@SiskinOnUTube  meant to be @Sidowse

[TanyaRayne]

We did paperfolding in school today. I told my teacher there was an insanely complicated formula to work it out...gotta love QI for pointless facts that you think you may never need to use!

[Redheadfury]

@TanyaRayne That Formula is pretty simple :) Try working out how fast a ball weighing 20kg will roll down a convex slope 10m long.

[Redheadfury]

I have "what you need is length, and, thickness" as my ringtone :)

[ashguy3000]

"straight on youtube" lol!

[sdcftr]

Paper folding, LIVE!

[BulletBayne]

All you need, is length and thickness.

[Clarestovold]

How many times can you fold a peice of paper in half?

ONCE, because after that you'll be folding it into 1/4, 1/8/ 1/16.

;)

[mcjuvey1]

@Clarestovold that is an interesting theory lol

correct aswell :D

[msterdaniels117]

@Clarestovold well technically its a half every time lol so its just a half od the overal length and width of the paper so it would be a half everytime lol

[Clarestovold]

@msterdaniels117

It was still a correct theory XD More of a witty joke, I guess. I bet if I'd been on the panel then Stephen would have had a little chuckle at that XD

[msterdaniels117]

@Clarestovold lol fair nough was quite funny lol

[Clarestovold]

@msterdaniels117

Lol, thanks XD

[musicsnobtobe]

Did anyone else paperfold along with them or just me?

[LadyMinx23]

1:22 to 1:27 made me cry :D. X

[floralauraproactive]

i seen so many IQ, its like i live on it on dave channel at night time, this is one of the best i ever seen. i want it on dvd but they don't do them >: yaaaa for maths and paper lol~ gotta love it.

[Davidbensonxyz]

QI*

[floralauraproactive]

don't be smart on youtube, it doesn't work :) i put it in wrong~

[Davidbensonxyz]

Haha. Soz.

[LeighMichelle75]

Series 1, 2 & 3 are on DVD. :D

[britishflagwaver]

paperfolding LIVE!! lol

[alexmiddleton4]

(IT'S) get your act together BBC :P

[agrajagthetesty]

Ringtone. Good idea. I'm on it. 8D

[SiriusPunk]

i'd buy that xD

[SiriusPunk]

omg, i went away and searched 'qi length and thickness' and it came up with this clip and it had a link to get the tone! best moment of my life x)

just for those of you who were asking.

xx

[jizzodrums88]

haha you ledge

[jeejee48]

they were right, it's straight onto youtube...

[lotrrules]

hahahaha! hilarious! the moment i saw the rerun on tv i rushed onto youtube to find this one! love it!

[elbeavo11]

lolololol ringtone

[TheRandomLizard]

:) Stephen Fry rocks :)

But they have made a grammatical error in the description box.

[danielconlincumnock]

tv license muney put to good use then

[Suprahampton]

shame that you didn't pay attention to spelling either

[danielconlincumnock]

i bet you paid so much attention to your spelling as you criticize my spelling. Little do you realise that youtube comments come with a built in spell checker for pricks like you who care.

[Suprahampton]

Should've used it then.........

[hannah82nz]

haha that was classic Mr Fry - every home should have his clone.x

And earlier on..dont look at me, dont look at me.

love it

[Infradead]

This is my ringtone now.

Because I'm a QI sheep.

[erebus2218]

Made the ringtone too, and there's no shame in being a QI sheep

[XxGrantSGxX]

Lmao, put it on youtube. Shame they never did though.

[elh666]

Stephen Fry... how I wish he was my big, gay uncle :)

[Lozzeii]

@elh666 OMG yeah.... i have loved him for years hahahha... i am female and i just think he is a big teddy bear lol...

Weird i know, but it would be cool to have him as an uncle.

Plus i hear he is a great shopaholic, so he would be great to go on a clothes spree with HAHAHAHAHA :P

[coolcatnat1994]

Oh well done young Alan Y'see, he IS clever! IT IS ON YOUTUBE! :D :D

[stick1903]

ok, just to do coursework, take an exam and then i'll be watching this! makes me almost want to get through my dreaded friday...

[TheGlubenChannel]

"What you need is length and thickness!" could well be my new ringtone!

[TheRandomThatIsMe]

Fantastic show, infact i think im gonna watch some now ive seen this! xD

[PianoKwanMan]

great and here it is on youtube! is there a new sereis soon?

[darksideofthemoo]

Friday 9th Jan at 21:00 on BBC 1

[Cheezsoup]

EH?

[coolcatnat1994]

Wha...?

[mrcrackerfeld]

ahhh.a particular comment of mine got deleted by bbc for telling a few truths

[mrcrackerfeld]

the bbc are masters of the tipex

[tullyvey]

What truths?

[mrcrackerfeld]

the ones that bbc deleted.dont blame me.blame the bbc tipex

[xMonkFishx]

rofl

[spotlitkiss]

how DO you present fascism and apartheid favourably? they're doing israel a favour by not presenting anything on them at all. btw - you're weird - getoutahere lol

[mrcrackerfeld]

the bbc present facism and aparthied.the bbc love hugo chavez

[abbie12333]

I love this clip!

=]

[razorkiller2004]

Funny clip.

glad the BBC still have a sense of humour about themselves