QI - Series 3, Episode 12 -- Dangerous Nuts

[JaykSzarii]

You weird man.

[TheSevanthNinja]

I want an emerald mine of knowledge. 

[EvesInParadise]

FUN FACT: When I was completing the in-school portion of my chef training, we made ice cream in class and it happened to be pistachio. Chef added a few drops of green food colouring to the ice cream base and someone asked the very same question. He replied that food colouring is quite often an important additive to the 'psychology' of food: meaning that surveys show that with the addition of colour, people actually believe that the flavour is much stronger than non-coloured food.

[KuroiNekoXIII]

stephen-"name another dangerous nut"

me-"Charles Manson"

[siliconface]

Acorns are terrible. :-\ I know from experience...

[Savannah2Rose]

@siliconface Foamy attack?

[glitteraddict44]

Euarrghh? Whats that about?

XD

[Shift4chizzle]

bill always has the best guesses

[atomicmrpelly]

@3:54 um, wing nuts? Was that a little QI joke that they slipped in there?!

[mick220567]

im eating pistachios now.....BOOM

[iamthetruegizmo]

tiny shoes....

[BS4Tactful]

well, vanilla ice cream like most ice cream is flavoured "iced cream", and i assume you need much less vanilla to flavour an amount of ice cream than with, say, chocolate or strawberry, and you dont get the uhh... colourful sensation of crushed fruit or melted chocolate. i dont know about pistachio nuts, ill have to google it.

[spongiebungie]

so do pistachio nuts have to be transported one at a time??? ;}

[PianoWizzy]

"Are you playing your doubt card....?"

"No! Never!"

[PollyJuice]

Peas split in the middle????

[wimpylassiter2336]

@PollyJuice like green beans, like pods. pods of peas.

[tommos1]

i wish i had an emerald mine of knowledge not because i like knowledge but because i like hacking.

[DaBigCheeseLuigi]

They are NOT nuts...

..."They are tiny shoes!"

I LOVE MR. BAILEY!

[AngelBiLove]

emerald mine of knowledge

aka going to wikipedia..

[jeevesthepunk]

1:22 is absolutely brilliant

[Zeggawong]

Probably the funniest episode iv seen so far.

[Xanatos712]

When he said "Name another dangerous nut" I thought bill was going to say "Tom Cruise".

Or "Mel Gibson".

[bassgodwill]

Name another dangerous nut?

OJ Simpson.

[Sammyy46]

"Can you name another dangerous nut?"

BOW NAW NAW BAW BAAAAAAWAWAWAWAWAWAW. Baw.

"A walnut."

"Yes!"

IS IT!?

[richiebabe24]

I thought a peanut was a legume - neither a pea nor a nut.

[cywyhot]

@richiebabe24 Peas and beans are legumes. Nuts have a very specific definition that isn't used in culinary circles. Various kinds of acorns were widely used by California Native Americans who were notably healthy and long-lived until taken into missions by the Spanish. To get the best out of acorns, a person has to know the techniques.

[lennic95]

Uh?! What's that about?? LOL Stephen!!

[smudzi]

my nuts are dangerous too

[burfordpop]

@smudzi I was waiting to see how long it would take for someone to comment that! :D

[atomicmrpelly]

I want to know what the definition of nut is then!

[TheMrplumb]

I knew it ! there are Elf's and they do live in an emerald land, didn't think Stephen fry would be holding them against their will

[SatoTM3]

@DANATRINGWOOD hacking away at the emerald mine of knowledge (wikipedia)

[SatoTM3]

name another dangerous nut

'mine'

=P

[TheHelsby]

Uhhh? What's that about?!

[HervProm3theus]

Tiiiny shoes

[Eyewash03]

This is a really cool and interesting show. I just found it today, I wish we have it here in the states. Not an American version of it though, I think that would suck.

[stitcha123]

it would.

[fritspas]

26-11-09 first episode of the G series to be aired :)

[Tschuss]

Really, really?!?

[tekqist28]

really?? omg i wish i could see it, is there any way to see it from another counrty?

[fritspas]

Usually someone uploads em within a day, so i hope that will be the case again. Unfortunately the tv clips on the bbc site are UK only. :(

[tekqist28]

fingers crossed :)

[Theoryofknowledge01]

man. thats nuts.

[BODYGCB]

Oh, lol

[wafflepalacerox]

Wow, never knew so many "nuts" aren't actually nuts.