They Missed THIS... (Britain)

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:00]So, when it comes to you, you probably remember a time when you could make insults.

[00:00:08]You know, back in the good old days when you could make impressions, you could do accents and you could take the mick out of anyone. And as you're going to see by this image on screen, I've got a perfect example of why those times have changed. Because as you can see, we got this image on screen. You know what? I don't have a TV license.

[00:00:34]One sec. Okay. Yeah. So, I've just double check. It's called the chase. I thought it was, but I I again, I I just I I don't watch TV. But, as you can see, right, so we got this question on screen. And there's a whole point. I'm going to make sure you stick around for this one. This is a perfect example, almost the only example that you need.

[00:00:56]But it says that scottophobia, right?

[00:00:59]Scottobia is the irrational or disproportionate fear of what? So, we've got darkness, alcohol, or singing. And I'll Google what the answer is in a moment, right? I I don't actually know what it is myself.

[00:01:14]So, we'll find out at the end what the answer is. But the point that I wanted to make, right, before we find out the answer was back in the day, right, Scottobia, you got two things, right?

[00:01:25]one, Scottish people. They could have had that in there. That could have been the funny option for option B, but they're just free serious answers. You know, it could have been a fear of Scottish people. But now on TV, you can't make jokes about anyone. You know, they'd have 12 Scottish people call in upset about the joke and they can't be bothered to deal with the complaints. So now they just trim it down to this boring and dull set of answers. So, the first one, like I said, they could have had a fear of Scottish people. Then also on top of that, I mean, no, hang on.

[00:02:00]That that one's quite believable. I don't know what Scottobia is. Probably if they put Scottish in there, I don't know. I'd be 20% leaning towards that. I mean, some weird phobias out there.

[00:02:13]People are scared of lettuce, you know.

[00:02:15]But then the second one, right, that they could have put in there is a fear of people called Scott, you know, but again, they're not going to put these jokes in cuz it's all tame and all boring and all dull. And that's why I I just I love this situation. I I'll Google what the answer is in a moment.

[00:02:32]Don't get me wrong, but like even if I want to sit there and make an accent, do you know what I mean? I can just it it doesn't matter. I could do it.

[00:02:44]Do you know what I mean? What do you do that? You know, soon Steve popped in.

[00:02:50]But let's find out the answer right before I get carried away.

[00:02:54]Sounding like half the plan. [laughter] So, what we got? We got scottoobia is the So, Scottobia is the intense irrational fear of darkness or night. H interesting. Why is it called Scottobia?

[00:03:10]The Greek word Scotttos means darkness.

[00:03:15]Interesting. And Phobos means fear. So Scotts Phobos, darkness, fear. Fear of the darkness. Interesting. But let me know if you feel the same way in the comments. I'd be really interested to see. Do you remember any jokes on screen back in the day that you couldn't make now? Or any TV shows that you couldn't get away with, like Faulty Towers, things like that? Just name them in the comments. I'd be really interested to see. [music] >> This country has gone crazy.