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All right. So, uh, I have the partner here with me apparently has a impromptu quiz. What What is the quiz about again?
>> Name the piss.
>> Name the piss.
>> So, explain explain. I >> I did see this on a YouTube and I thought it was good, so I thought I'd steal it to give you a back.
>> Can you explain the actual what does it name the piss mean?
>> Using different sentences or phrases using the word piss.
See if Mandy can understand what they actually mean.
>> Let's see if I know what what the piss is. That's what it's called. What the piss?
>> Name the piss.
>> Name the piss.
>> So, you have it's a either a sentence or a phrase.
>> Okay. So, you're going to say the sentence or the phrase, and I have to determine >> what it means.
>> What it actually means. Okay.
>> Okay. So, the first one is you're pissed.
The UK version is that you're slushed.
You're drunk.
>> Yes.
>> See, this is not fair. You're going to change it. You're going to say I'm wrong.
>> No, no, no, no.
>> Because it has 10 different definitions.
>> Of course. And this is how I'm trying to teach you the different ways of it coming about. It's not just about how like it's how I say as well.
>> You're pissed.
You're telling me I'm drunk?
>> No.
>> You're annoyed. You're pissed.
>> I'm I'm I'm mad.
>> Yeah. Now, if I said this is the second >> mad as an angry.
>> Yeah. Now, this is why the second one follows in. Mate, you're pissed.
>> I changed it.
>> Is that that means I'm drunk?
>> Yeah. So, you're pissed.
Do you see how do you see how hard this is for someone who doesn't know it?
Well, >> that's why I'm teaching you.
>> Okay, whatever. So, I got one out of two. Okay.
>> All right.
You're a piss head.
>> That's not You're a drunk cuz piss head is drunk, right?
>> Yes, that is. You're a drunk.
>> Okay.
>> We went to a piss up.
>> Oh, that's when you're going like going to get pissed. Yeah, you're going to get drunk. Yeah.
>> Pissed off. is mad, angry, >> piss off.
>> Go s off basically.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. All right. Yeah. It is all about inflection, though. And if you've never ever been around the inflection, >> like I've been around you for almost two decades, and I'm still struggling. I know.
>> It's pissing it down.
>> Oh, that's ringing. It's like raining cats and dogs.
>> Yeah.
>> It's a piece of piss.
>> It's a piece of cake. Easy.
>> Yeah. You're taking a piss. You're taking advantage.
>> That's a piss take.
>> That's you taking advantage of me. It's the same kind of thing.
>> Yeah, but it's more personal.
>> Yeah, it's more personal. It's like you've done it specifically to me.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh I was pissing myself.
>> Oh, I mean I was like uh rolling on the floor laughing.
>> I pissed myself.
>> Did you actually pissed yourself?
>> Would anyone admit that?
Yeah.
>> I mean, I guess there'd be a certain level of like you'd have to you'd have to admit it.
>> Okay. Okay. Let's just move on. Move on.
>> You lanky streak of piss.
>> You lanky streak of piss.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. I've never heard it, but I would assume it's you're you're you're just you're putting someone down. You're like you're just a POS >> means you're tall and skinny.
>> Tall and skinny. Okay.
Yep.
>> Uh you ain't got a pot to piss in.
That's an American one.
>> Yeah, I've heard that in America. So that's basically you from back in the day when you'd have to go outside to go to go to the trees to go to the bathroom because you didn't have a chamber pot.
>> Well, actually, >> which means you have nothing. You're poor.
>> It I've actually seen the thing on this.
It goes back to um the 30s when you were in um the big recession, >> depression.
>> Depression. That's it. And um they would piss in pots and give it to um people who would work with leather because um >> something about it would would soften the leather or something, right? Yeah, I do remember reading about that actually.
If you didn't even have a pot, you were that poor >> that you couldn't even get money off of that.
>> Didn't have a pot to piss.
>> I guess the like modern equivalent of that would be like you can't you don't even have blood to give.
>> Yeah.
>> Like >> cuz that was that's basically what people are resorting to in America right now. Donating blood and plasma.
>> Oh, this is a good one. Uh so we've done 14 so far.
>> I've done all right then.
>> Yeah. So this is good one. Wait, >> how many are there in total?
>> 21.
>> Oh, that's not too bad. Okay. Yeah, I think it's 21.
>> Yeah, 21.
>> Oh, it's right there on the back. I didn't even notice.
>> Uh, you're pissing on my head and telling me it's raining.
>> It means you're lying to me.
>> Yeah, pretty much.
>> It's a very very long way of saying you're lying to me. You could just say >> you're lying or you're having a laugh. I know that's a that's a British one.
>> It's not.
>> You say you're having a laugh.
>> Having a laugh.
All right. Um, you're just pissing into the wind.
It's a wasted effort.
>> Well done.
>> You're pissing about.
>> It's kind of wasting time, too, right?
>> Just like effing around.
>> Yeah.
>> Pissing.
>> What is it?
>> Pissing.
>> Oh, it's like effing hell.
>> Yeah. Not this one again. Tastes like piss.
>> Some Sweeny Todd.
You knew Swinny Todd are friends. Yay.
>> Uh, you're pissing it away. Oh, you're you're just not paying attention. You're just like it's usually money, right?
>> Yeah.
>> It's usually you're just pissing money away without like paying attention what's actually going you're wasting money or time or whatever.
>> Yeah. Don't get pissy with me.
>> Don't get like smartass >> with me.
>> Mug me off.
>> I don't know what mug me off is.
>> Okay. Well, >> that's a new one for me.
>> That'll be a new lesson then.
>> It'll be on the next list. Yeah, that's actually one of like you can use that to create one of my favorite swear sayings, >> which is >> muggy >> We're going to have to bleep that out.
>> We don't use that word that much.
>> No.
>> Although I have gotten build a tolerance to it living here to be fair.
>> Yeah, I used to hate it when we first lived together.
>> Well, you also use it a lot less too, so that helps. You you can use it in a nice way as well cuz you could be a funny.
>> No, it still doesn't sound nice.
>> It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. I still don't sound nice.
>> Depends what >> Fun quiz though. Fun. I did better than I thought I was going to do.
>> Yeah, I thought you did well.
>> Thanks for that, babe.
Thanks for participation.
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