Name: The Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease: Citation Needed 5x01
Uploaded: 2020-04-01T01:10:13.000Z
Duration: 14 min 33 s
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This is the Technical Difficulties, we're playing Citation Needed.

Joining me today, he reads books you know, it's Chris Joel.

Everybody's favourite Gary Brannan, Gary Brannan.

And so the man says to the lady, "I'll have another go, but I don't know if I can fit another bread roll up my ass!"

Now, now the question is,  I know Gary was planning to prep lines for this series.

And the bounciest man on the Internet, Matt Gray

In front of me I've got an article from Wikipedia and these folks can't see it.

Every fact they get right is a point and a ding [DING].

And there's a special prize for a particularly good answers, which is ♫[MYSTERY BISCUITS]♫

If you've never watched this before,  you're in for a treat.

Every season we get new people. You... oh my God, the s*** you are about to endure. Let's face it.

Today we are talking about the hydraulic telegraph.

I, erm, well I'll give you a point. There is water involved.

Well yes, there is f***ing water involved!

I'm a moron, I know nothing about science.

It's all pissing witchcraft, even I know that bit!

And you are still getting a point for it. [DING]

"Stand in front of the nozzle to receive your message."

"Aunt Mildred says hello, but I don't  want to tell you what she's been up to."

On that point yesterday, I genuinely,  this is a genuine story.

I saw a coach company called Morse Coaches. Right?

It was reversing, but I couldn't understand why the beeping noise was just saying 'S' repeatedly.

The thing is, we all pedanted  your Morse code there, in different ways.

He's like, "that's E".  I'm like, "no that's T, that's a long one".

Surely it could say "Warning! This vehicle is reversing!" in Morse, is what I was what I was thinking.

People wouldn't move out of the way.  They would be too busy trying to read it.

Little tin flags or something.  Metal flags that would pop up.

You're thinking of the optical telegraph.

I'm thinking of an optical telegraph powered by water, thank you very much.

Ooh! I'm going to give you a point for that. [DING]

No. How would you... There are flags and there is water.

And this is... First of all, let me clue you in.

And there are shoes! And there are boxes.

And there are houses... And there are doors.

- There are two versions of this... - Hello children.

I don't think we can really explain what Tom is though, without adjectives.

Probably not, but you know, have another go.

That's the most exasperated look you've ever done.

Is it some kind of coastal system for getting  messages out into the water, by sending...

different pressures to pop up things,  that would spell out a message?

Yeah, I'll give you the point there [DING].

- I'll definitely give you the point.    - So it's Pop Up Pirate, but telegraph?

19th century. Everything was iron and hydraulic then.

This is not the version we are talking about. There is a 19th century version. Again, I'll give you a point [DING].

Is this the mid 90s version in Eureka, in Halifax?

- We all went. - We all went as kids, to Eureka

- It is still there. - But I didn't know they had a hydraulic telegraph?

Neither do I, but if there was  somewhere that would have one.

They had a massive Archimedes screw on the ceiling.

Wait! We are talking about Archimedes,  we are pretty much in the right area.

I'm trying to imagine a fourth century Greece. I'm just trying to put Greased Lightning into Latin,

Well if you can't none of us have got a chance.

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The Hydraulic Telegraph and Latin Grease: Citation Needed 5x01

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