QI - German Toilet Ghost and Sean's Glasses Problem

[milosQaX]

Talk about emasculation.

[Welloiledcog]

Knowing our calibre in the UK those lil' "seat-talkers" would probs be pissed on.

[MrKarlifen]

If the comment "sometimes i sit there for 10 or 15 minutes" got a "good lord" from stephen fry i wonder what he thinks about my hour long toilet sessions...

[CullTheLivingFlower]

Can someone explain to me why men are supposed to put the seat down? A man is supposed to come into the toilet, lift the seat up, do his business, and the put it down as well, becuase the woman can't be arsed to simply put it down herself? It should be that I put it up, and you put it down. We each move it once and it's totally fair that way. Having men move the toilet seat twice so that women don't have to do it once is totally unfair.

[Scrb]

@CullTheLivingFlower Personally, I see it as whose house/flat you're at. If a woman is the owner of a house/flat, then put the seat down out of courtesy. If a man owns the flat/house, then feel free to leave the seat up. Not sure about mixed company, can't say any of my friends own a flat jointly with another gender.

[DasNutellamaedchen]

@CullTheLivingFlower It's just rude to leave a mess when you have finished. Why should someone else clean after you, considering you're not a dog?

[CullTheLivingFlower]

@DasNutellamaedchen What the fuck are you talking about? How is leaving the toilet seat up any more 'leaving a mess' than leaving it down? If the seat is up and a woman comes in, puts it down and leaves without putting it up again, why isn't she 'leaving a mess?'

[DasNutellamaedchen]

@CullTheLivingFlower Well, I don't know your toilet habits, but in my experience men are not able to pee without spilling drops of urine everywhere and not wiping it clean. Letting the seat up is not so much a problem, but the drops are. Also, to women the image of the seat standing up just doesn't look right. For us the seat is supposed to be where the arse is.

[CullTheLivingFlower]

@DasNutellamaedchen Well cleaning up the urine is a given, but the seat's position is irrelevant. If you want it down, put it down yourself. Just like if I want it up I have to lift it up. Simple and fair.

[DasNutellamaedchen]

@CullTheLivingFlower Aargh, I know you are sort of right, but for some reason it doesn't seem right to me. Either I'm to female or to german about it :-p

[PassTheMarmalade1957]

THAT IS THE CREEPIEST THING EVER!!!!

[KAAllitt]

I would just aim for the annoying device.

[helleland]

the idea that you have to stand up while peeing if you're a man is the most pointless taboo of our era.

[Chaserpeach]

1:28 I would love if his builders were watching that

[PhoenixCrystalHatter]

I do the same thing when wearing knee socks... :D

[Qw3rtypop]

If I saw this in a bathroom I would smash it.

[AingealDubh]

Germans need to learn about the upper decker...

[aaron9099]

My socks are so tight right now.....

[peachesdeity]

hahaha i do that too...the glasses in the "hammock" thing XD

[megatwingo]

I´m German and I´ve never ever heard of this "toilet ghost" and I´ve never ever seen such a thing in any toilets.

Those are the informations who are "known" in Britain about Germany?

[Tiwaking]

I think he means 'nock hole'.

[kealyc1]

Stupid fuckin' rule made up by German women. Stupid bitches.

[Zukashi07]

Thank you for that Sean, yes I will be having nightmares tonight.

[Cresendoll]

Stephen's reactions are priceless.

[thebeardedjohn]

I just realised Rob Brydon went bald so fast!

[bewilderedkettle]

I thought they were black-people scarecrows.

[Naddoddur]

OOHH!! My glasses! haha

[MisterCuriousJoe]

Im german and i have never seen that thing in my life.

[loveydub]

@MisterCuriousJoe They enjoy finding quirky one-offs and ascribing them to the entire nation - but the Germans do that, too. An exceptional "tic" about one Brit or American is reported in the national media as if it is a standard for the whole nation. There are websites protesting about this.

[PerfectSaga]

I don't even lift the seat when I pee standing up. I just know how to aim meself.

[izy51]

2:45 sean talks about diet but all i could see were his beautiful boobs lol

[Daktacort91]

I DO THAT WITH MY GLASSES

[MeisterFalti]

My seat lifts just fine....

[realGeorgelucas18563]

There is actually a german word for men who sit to pet, zitspinkler or something like that

[DonMeaker]

@realGeorgelucas18563 Sitzensprinkler: it implies a 'metrosexual' man who is less than fully masculine

[apocaRUFF]

"Rammed deep into my under regions" lol

[rhodrijm]

I would HATE to have that stupid plastic thing telling me how to piss.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

i would smash that thing and piss all over it :D

[Kan2209]

Just piss in the sink, that's what I always do.

[Bigfatbutterfly02]

I have an uncle who's glasses cracked while he was taking a shit because too much blood was pressured to his head...

[bradfordbulls4lyf]

@Bigfatbutterfly02 did he also see an albino polar bear

[Bigfatbutterfly02]

@bradfordbulls4lyf Wouldn't surprise me, really ;p

[pjsmoulder]

dear god, rob brydon overthinks his delivery. he's becoming a welsh, vaguely talented jonathan ross.

[Konstiin]

i actually do that with my glasses too, except for the part about forgetting them. but my pants do act as a hammock ;P

[mrmootheirrev]

I'd just pee on the ghost.

[jeevesthepunk]

i assume the one they had on the show is different to the ones used in Germany, what with it speaking english and all...

[JervisGermane]

I can at least identify with what Sean's talking about... he's right about that.

[drkraid]

i would just piss on the ghost

[ShanksDChopper]

Actually, I love this as an idea. It speaks loudly enough to be heard by other public toilet users so I can only assume that the 'humiliation' is what makes men then sit... I would love to see them try this here in the UK. I reckon it'd either be plain ignored, or make it about halfway through it's speech before being kicked into tiny white splinters and flushed down the loo. Pretentious toilet lurking ghost, thinks he can tell me how to pee?

[ShanksDChopper]

FACIST TOILET GHOSTS!

[Soundfrequency]

1:12

Thinking: "What madness is this?! My wrath knows NO bounds!!"

[Flargnarn]

Dear Germany,

It is called the urinal.

Sincerely, the world

[olden89c]

@Flargnarn I think you'll find that the point was that Germans don't want *any* splashing... urinals don't really help in that regard.

[SirrSnowman]

It's far more unhygienic to sit on a public toilet than to stand, infact touching it at all is horrible, if the seats down i tend to kick it up with my foot so as to avoid touching it and getting herpes or whatever is going to be lurking in public toilets

[Nonickelone]

I´m german and i havent seen this gadget ever in my entire live, but it seems really to be just for fun.

[antitainment]

@Nonickelone i have never seen it either...definitely NOT common in any part of Germany.

[goodie23]

In a public toilet guys should be peeing in the urinal anyway, not the throne.

[gawagney]

I hope ALL German men can speak english otherwise that gadget Stephen showed wouldn't be of much use, would it, huh??????????????

[thechaos44]

I gave one of these a hell of a kicking in a pub in Darmstadt, to be fair i was drunk and i thought it was possessed....

[antitainment]

@thechaos44 hahahaha i guess that's how they do it in darmstadt :D

[moshpotpaul]

I use my pants as a hammock for my phone sometimes :D That shit's cash!

[superchief86]

Sooooo why don't they just only have toilets in Germany with seats that can't be lifted? Silly Germans.

[Akfilm92]

@superchief86

would that prevent people from standing up? :D

[superchief86]

@Akfilm92

Hmm, I guess not. Wouldn't stop me anyway :P

[atomicmrpelly]

@Akfilm92 It wouldn't but then neither does this!

[Akfilm92]

@atomicmrpelly

Haha, I guess you're right :P I'd think that it was invented much for fun as well, really. I mean why does it look so silly? :D

[atomicmrpelly]

@Akfilm92 Yes, this is a German's idea of fun :P

[Akfilm92]

@atomicmrpelly

and it works for me lol :P

[louiscfc93]

@superchief86 moron

[timdiggerm]

@superchief86 Bit difficult to clean then

[CHOP181095]

@superchief86 loool are you stupid ? .....

[CHOP181095]

stupid fake vid. i never heard of this shit !!?

[glitteraddict44]

@CHOP181095 Your intelligence is lacking to show through your comments.

So shut up, learn something, and enjoy.

[CHOP181095]

@glitteraddict44 ok...??? why .... yes, because i told it's fake or what?

[bluegrasslass]

@superchief86 Because the lid should be lowered before flushing, thus keeping the effluvia IN the loo, not flying through the air and all over you!

[Putaspellonyou]

i've heard its bad for men's prostate to pee while sitting

[Dantyx1]

I can go one better than Sean, when I'm sitting on the toilet my cat uses my pants as a hammock. Once he's got in there he's unwilling to leave, and I'm not comfortable lifting my pants with an animal who has sharp claws so close to my crotch

[JudinA]

Why ... Why did he confess to that? XD

[Klamath2046]

I thought I was the only one who did the pants-hammock thing

[Akfilm92]

@Klamath2046

have you done the second part as well? :D haha

[YooToobCanSuckIt]

This would just encourage me to piss with the seat down (while standing), meaning I'd be more likely to piss on the seat.

[heyzoos420]

@YooToobCanSuckIt It'd just give me something to aim for while I was standing.

[TOMWINTER123]

@YooToobCanSuckIt hahaha i was just thinking that

[Fenizrael]

@YooToobCanSuckIt If I was in a public toilet, it would just encourage me to piss on the ghost.

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@YooToobCanSuckIt You're a dick. >:|

[The505Guys]

Good to know...

[Akfilm92]

@The505Guys -

indeed! :)

[sooperfukker]

I am from Germany and I have -never- seen this sort of thing -.-

[doctordamage123]

@sooperfukker me neither... nirgends.