I used to work with quite a funny German guy (a nation not known for it's humour). He was having problems with a plumber who would turn up without tools or just turn up but not do anything. He got off the phone to the plumber, obviously a little stressed by having to deal with the guy again and said in his deepest accent "Mike, zis wud never off happened if we'd won zee war". I laughed so much a spat my coffee out.

@stringologymchugh4245

4 ай бұрын

But they didn't😂

@dragonsdynamite6403

4 ай бұрын

@@stringologymchugh4245I think all parties involved are fully aware of that. The west would’ve been better off

@petermcgill1315

4 ай бұрын

@@stringologymchugh4245oh, really??

@lukecaldwell7721

4 ай бұрын

Haha that reminds me of a similar guy who told me that if your late for work in Germany and you try to blame it on the trains, you will be met with raucous laughter before being asked for the real reason.

@philjameson292

4 ай бұрын

​@@lukecaldwell7721that was before DB went down the tubes

My husband is an electrician…sounds just like him…Me, “the light’s not come on in the kitchen “. Him, “did you flick the switch?”. 48 years - I’m feeling a bit tense.

@stephenholmes1036

Ай бұрын

Im a sparks my wife has just echoed you

Video engineer here, - Flew from Manchester to Edinburgh years ago to ‘fix’ a video recorder/player (u-matic 3/4 inch tape cassettes) for a financial services company. Fault found to be mains lead not plugged in !

@stephenholmes1036

2 ай бұрын

Sparks here, I had a lady call on an early Sunday morning to tell me about her new washing machine it had been fitted for her by her son. It wouldn't work? She said it must be a fuse or a short. I arrive check around it wasnt plugged in ! That is a true story she was mid fourties and was an office manager. Her face was a picture and i always check the switches

I need help I’m watching comedy and I’m thinking cmon fuse box first 😂

Recovering from some thoracic surgery - I think I busted my stitches!

I cry with laughter at anything he says he’s a comedy genius 👏👏👏

I really laughed when he said tumble dryer for some reason. It was such good delivery. Doesn’t even really make sense plugging in a tumble dryer. He’s brilliant Jack.

@tonyh1460

4 ай бұрын

The tumble dryer uses enormous amounts of power, unlike a mobile phone charger

@MrNatbatten

4 ай бұрын

Is your tumble dryer clockwork/nuclear/magic or something???

The phone charger punch line I nearly suffocated from laughing... and I'm not even sure why

Sadly in London I can imagine people ‘outsourcing’ pencil sharping

@TrevorBarre

4 ай бұрын

And where exactly are you from, pray tell? The Orkneys?

@dougsaunders8109

3 ай бұрын

Nope London

@patagualianmostly7437

Ай бұрын

Sadly, in London these days: You'll be lucky to find anyone that wants to help. It is no longer "London". Get used to it. The reality is hitting hard.

I love the sound of a switch Jack makes. I add i sm a sparks

I'll be honest, I didn't think this was some of Jack's strongest material - until that 'phone charger' bit at the end. Had me cracking up for 10 minutes straight. 😆

Jack Dee hasn’t aged at all! He looked like a grumpy old git when I saw him in the 90’s!

@patagualianmostly7437

Ай бұрын

I love him.... He is me!

@patagualianmostly7437

18 сағат бұрын

I am him!

Happy go lucky!!! Jack, you are a legend 🤣🤣🤣

What you dont realise it that experienced electricians have a mantra. 1. don't believe the customer. 2. don't believe the customer. 3. don't believe the customer.

@patagualianmostly7437

18 сағат бұрын

That is so true.

Good understated British humour.

I’m a sparky with over 50 years experience and yes, I have had a customer who couldn’t operate a light switch. True story, much longer explanation needed though.

@MeppyMan

5 ай бұрын

That or the switch is the fault and switching it you can sometimes feel if that’s the case. Confirming the basics is always a good idea.

@davidhall5844

5 ай бұрын

Actually the poor lady had a mental problem.

@oldrrocr

5 ай бұрын

I used to walk the customer through a few "user" steps before coming over... e.g. "Did you trip/reset the circuit breaker?" If you can save them 65 bucks, they will always call you back.😅

@davidhall5844

5 ай бұрын

Plus just the act of switching it on can give you a clue as to what the problem is. Fluorescent lights for example. @@oldrrocr

Decent & honest Plumbers, Electricians and car Mechanics always offer the replaced part as proof the part was replaced, and work was completed. it's not required for the customer to take old part, but tradesman who offers you the old part are to be congratulated for their professionalism.

@kevinmoffatt

3 ай бұрын

As an ex mechanic I can tell you it's better if the customer has the part thats been replaced; it avoids the scenario, three weeks later, of the customer accusing me of fitting an unnecessary part and the old part being long discarded and the proof gone.

@patagualianmostly7437

18 сағат бұрын

@@kevinmoffatt Yup. Been there. Done That. Customers are a pain in that respect.

Good luck getting an electrician round here. And 25 quid per hour, try tripling that.

My friend Sarah rang me asking for my help as her power had gone off. I asked her about her fuse box, but she was clueless about it (she'd just moved into a rented house), so I said that I'd come over. After crawling around in her under-the-stairs cupboard, I found that her fuse box had been switched off. It turned out that she'd dumped her mop and bucket into the cupboard and the mop had fallen and knocked the on/off switch on the fuse box! No fault. I made her promise to make sure that when she moved, she knew where the fuse box and stoptap were located. Luckily at her last house, the box was high on the hallway wall, so couldn't be accidentally knocked. She wasn't practical, but Sarah was a good friend and a real laugh. I miss you.

@SlinkShady

4 ай бұрын

What a stunning anecdote. Do you tell that at dinner parties?

@neiltitmus9744

4 ай бұрын

Yes girl friends mum put wet mop to dryover it round hers and tripped it out when it shorted out

@meagain3876

4 ай бұрын

@@SlinkShady never told a soul before - only people who knew about it was Sarah, me and my kids (I needed to bring them with me). Her kids were very young at the time and I doubt Sarah enlightened them as to what she'd done. Sarah died of cancer 7yrs ago - I miss her and all of her crazy antics.

@meagain3876

4 ай бұрын

@@neiltitmus9744 lucky not to have needed a replacement box! My old next-door neighbours had a wire running from their house to their garage. It hadn't been buried underground (can't think why it wasn't from the start) - instead it came from their under-stairs cupboard outside then it was tucked into the edge of the hedge before entering the garage down the edge of a window. It mostly was 6-7ft from the ground. The lady next door routinely pegged washing on the wire between her house and the hedge! I wouldn't touch a wire with wet hands, would you?

@SlinkShady

4 ай бұрын

@@meagain3876 I'll read this later if I can't get to sleep.

Well Jack, I’m an electrician and not a single week goes by where I go to a call out and resolve an apparent “problem” by simply changing a light bulb with one that actually works or simply switch it back on… these people always tell me they’ve already changed the bulb and it’s definitely switched on. I always have a switch in the van, I’ll charge a minimum of an hour on a call out to fit it though, but I’ll be out the door in five minutes so don’t worry about the tea!

@odiums_taint

5 ай бұрын

facts. or the 'new' bulb they tried was actually an old faulty one they had laying about. and if the bit about the tea was even true, the electrician most likely wanted to get you out of his way for a few minutes jack.

@wavydavy9816

5 ай бұрын

Don't tell me. And you _don't_ charge £25 and hour + VAT 🤔

@stranglx

5 ай бұрын

Double it

@merlin5476

5 ай бұрын

As a sparks, when this happens i have to drag out the situation nowadays because if I'm in & out in less than 5 minutes after merely flicking a switch on or just changing a lamp the customer generally thinks " oh, is that all it was, that was easy " (after trying to explain previously on the phone that the switch should be UP) they then seem reluctant to pay a call out fee, which varies from 35 to £80 . For a local job during the day to an emergency call out immediately. So i drag it out for around the length of a cuppa.

@christopherhume8896

5 ай бұрын

I might not have time for a cuppa but I charge extra if they don't at least offer. 😁

I often wondered what became of Jack. I used to watch his shows from the Apollo, about 30 years ago. I laughed through every show. I remember the sketch about British Rail, where the train breaks down and a bloke runs past the coach window to make people think the train is moving.

@grahamhill9499

4 ай бұрын

Same shit then found out methinks

@Jack_Warner

4 ай бұрын

@@grahamhill9499 I couldn't make out what you were trying to explain. Try punctuation and spelling. You can go to night school.

@Kate_Short-For-Bob

4 ай бұрын

I can't tell what you're on about, even with punctuation. Did you go to school at night when you were a kid ?

@Jack_Warner

4 ай бұрын

@@Kate_Short-For-Bob Try reading it again, when you've sobered up.

Any electrician would go straight to the consumer unit.

@tobyjones9215

4 ай бұрын

No. We go straight to where the problem is…which is usually the consumer unit x

@kenhewitt7357

4 ай бұрын

@@tobyjones9215 that's what I said.

@tobyjones9215

4 ай бұрын

@@kenhewitt7357 also kudos for knowing the term consumer unit. Most still call it a fusebox…amusingly so as there is now a brand of consumer unit called fusebox

@SnowHarp

4 ай бұрын

Genuine question: why is the breaker panel / fuse box now called a consumer unit ? The name does not even suggest anything electrical.

@stephenholmes1036

3 ай бұрын

​@tobyjones9215 Correct

Brilliant. Loved it ❤

The only unbelievable part of this story, is an electrician charging £25! In London!!!!!

I’m just amazed you can get an electrician for £25 an hour!

The world's funniest grouch😂

Im an electician and Jacks joking at our expense is really affecting our careers and trade...........................;)

Jack Dee is VERY FUNNY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I went out to a customer who said their cooker didn't work. Guess what? The switch on the wall wasn't turned on.

@kevinmoffatt

3 ай бұрын

Had to road test a new car with a customer who had just fitted a roof rack to go on holiday and the car was making a funny noise; yes, I said, it's the roof rack.

As it comes, "I have mustard in mine ".

Good to have you back Jack.

My job is an electricity pricing analyst, mostly specialising in non-commodity costs. So even though I haven't got a clue how electricity works, I know exactly the anxiety Jack feels when someone charges their phone up in my house.

Love it😂😂

The first thing the electrician does is to put the switch on and off. In my computer days, when every computer was a desktop, I never ceased to be amazed how many user problems I solved simply by asking, "Is the computer plugged in and is the wall plug switched on?" (To be exact, as this was South Africa I asked, "Is it connected to Eskom?") Never overestimate the intelligence of the user, or L-user as they are called in computer support parlance.

@markbryant4641

5 ай бұрын

Ha! Yeah this was cringe. A guy with obviously zero understanding of fault finding.

@pigknickers2975

4 ай бұрын

Same work, I once did a 25 mile callout to plug a PC back in, the connector had just slightly slipped out after the cleaner had been round.

SO FUNNY BECAUSE SO ACCURATE 🤣🤣🤣 SOUNDS LIKE SAME GUY I HAD TO TOLERATE RECENTLY !!!

Jack Dee's persona is just so bloody Hilarious - Astonishingly Good Material. Truly a National Treasure

@walkingstick6655

5 ай бұрын

Ha! Only Brits say "a National Treasure."

@odiums_taint

5 ай бұрын

or refer to this as Hilarious 😣@@walkingstick6655

Don’t ever trust an electrician that doesn’t check your main switch box and trips before making any other diagnoses 😮🇬🇧🌈♥️👍

Brilliant Jack

Trip switch then the bulb and I ain't no electrician👍

Brilliant.

Brilliant

R.I.P. comedy. Was nice knowing you.

£25 per hour.This was a long time ago.

Absolute legend 😂😂❤

If your electrician shops at Homebase and charges you half hour to swap a switch, he’s not a electrician

@kraanz

5 ай бұрын

I was more baffled by "you're gonna need a new switch." HOW ABOUT YOU CHECK THE FUSE BOX, MATE? If you're gonna replace the switch, you'll need to do that anyway.

@josephinebennington7247

5 ай бұрын

Come on Jack, a little bit more doing your own process of elimination before calling anyone at all. Not impressed with your abject surrender to one switch failure.

@MyTubeSVp

5 ай бұрын

Agree. An electrician charges AT LEAST a full hour.

@MrMarky2000

5 ай бұрын

It's only a joke fellas

@josephinebennington7247

5 ай бұрын

@@MrMarky2000 Oh! I didn’t realise that. You mean he’s a comedian too?

Such a brilliant clip this

Brilliant. I laughed hard at that. Has he done any more recent shows?

Jack Dee = Legend...

This got me thinking - would it be considered bad etiquette if you plugged in your electric car when visiting for dinner?

@capn_chris

4 ай бұрын

I know a bloke who actually does that to his father. Lucky for him he's not my son!

My Grandmother honestly believed that electrickery was controlled by the switch nipping the supply off at the switch because it squeezed it much like it would a supply of water. Obvious really. lol.

Just like watching an episode of Lead Balloon.

Since when do light switches break? What fresh hell is this , that I have to look forward to? I've only just found out that my family can put holes in towels!

@Geokinkladze

4 ай бұрын

Bog standard light switches don't usually break, and in this instance (assuming there's truth to the story) it probably wasn't faulty. Most likely the MCB tripped as a result of the bulb blowing.

@Geokinkladze

4 ай бұрын

@@yosserc If the plastic broke you'd know about it, you wouldn't need an electrician.

Classic!

Very good. 😂 I saw Jack live at Glasgow King's Theatre around 2010/11, great show. Any fans of Jack who have not seen his tv comedy series 'Lead Balloon' should check it out, it is absolutely brilliant. It has 4 series (wish there could have been more) and has a fantastic two-part finale. ♥

@xgreenjacket

4 ай бұрын

Where can I watch it ?

@mr.a8315

3 ай бұрын

@@xgreenjacket They're all here on KZread free. Channel is called ABSOLUTE JOKES Hope you enjoy. 👍👍

"Demoralised Asian". I'd clip that bit if I were you.

Why is laughter good for the soul? Why is a sense of humour good to have?

Lucky you. Dont know how often it has happened to me that the damn thing works the minute the handyman touches it

Garage joke he’s been using for years and I still laugh. No one like Jack.

I did enjoy that. And I'll change your toilet roll Jack. Only 40 quid call out charge plus vat 😂

What the problem is most likely to have been is the MCB had tripped! So half an hour plus switch, plus drink! Oh and if you let him keep the switch! Don't fall for it!

- I have an auntie who puts SALT in her coffee.

@timsplanet2

5 ай бұрын

Ahh, a tiny amount of salt removes some of the bitterness in coffee, and hot chocolate. Try it

@MrDannyDetail

4 ай бұрын

BBC news yesterday reported that some scientist has proven that a cup of tea tastes better with a pinch of salt in it. Not sure if the scientist tested coffee though?

£25 + VAT for electricity work. That's about half the cost of skilled workers here across the North Sea.

@EarthlyEden1

4 ай бұрын

This was filmed nearly 20 years ago.

@davesmith9325

4 ай бұрын

Another issue is the level of "skill" some "tradesmen" seem to have

Reminds me of the old days when I had to phone up Dell helplines if my printer wasn't working. They'd almost always ask me if it was connected to the computer or if it was plugged in to an electricity source! Now why the fuck would I have called them if I hadn't actually tried the reliably two things that meant my printer had always worked in the past?

@allananderson949

5 ай бұрын

How do they know you're not one of the ones who ring them first without checking the power source?

Haha

Big bad baby

I bet you checked the new switch to make sure it works

9:24 female dara o'brien in the crowd ijbol

wonder why there was a seemingly random tangent about a handyman in the middle of this "joke"... it was about a handyman the whole time!

The electrician trying the switch is part of diagnosing faster as he will open it up & test it if it feels or sounds wrong ie clean click or crackling sounds (bad connection) flickering or starting but not staying on & changing the bulb may sound obvious but did you prove your new bulb works with a meter or substitution before you fitted it.

@JB9000x

4 ай бұрын

Not as funny though

Whatever is easiest? Bloody nothing, definitely the easiest.

One thing I don't mess with at home is electrics. And gas. And plumbing. Quite a few things actually...

Well, it's good to be grounded, but neutral's good too. You're likely to blow a fuse, live.

Funny how electricians in Britain never carry basic spares despite previously being told what the symptoms are.Same with plumbers.

@markstarmer3677

4 ай бұрын

Not all of us. Most would carry the basics, which would include a variety of switches.

@michaellucey6998

4 ай бұрын

That’s so they can charge time collecting materials 😂

@lesleyvivien2876

3 ай бұрын

My heating died. There were only a few things that could have caused it. The plumber rolled up and immediately buggered off again to buy a new motorised valve. Lovely - add twenty minutes to the time, and push it into the next full hour. £££££

Stewart Lee developed Jack's schtick.

@lesleyvivien2876

3 ай бұрын

But without the wit. Or charm. Or laughs.

£25 an hour in London, 🤣😂😅and your next joke is…..

£25 an hour l! When was this show filmed?

I bet we all know stories like that. The manager of the computer dept in central London was working from home, fifty miles away. His deputy called him in because the system had crashed. He drove fifty miles, stood in the middle of the room, and jumped up and down once: the system sprang to life. And he drove fifty miles home. The shiny new medical graduate, tasked with doing my echo, called the tech manager when he couldn't get it to work. I'd wondered why it was so quiet, and asked if he'd got it on mute. The tech manager walked over to the wall plug, flicked it on and walked out again.

Since when has an electrician on a call out been £25 an hour ? 😉

@odiums_taint

5 ай бұрын

since the story was a lie :O

@anthonyrybicki1000

4 ай бұрын

£40 minimum in the sticks of North West England.

@EarthlyEden1

4 ай бұрын

This was filmed nearly 20 years ago.

Hehehe typical electrician 😅

Regarding the bit at the end, we just need to bring back manners. Me me me

2:58 Maybe that electric dude thought you were a American? 😁😁👍👍

As an somewhat handyman I would have changed that switch myself. Just so that the professional fire fighters could come and do what they are handy at..

@Geokinkladze

4 ай бұрын

Would you have checked the fuse box hadn't tripped as a result of the bulb blowing first?

Electricians comments.😂😂😂hilarious.it’s a story!for christs sake!!

Brilliant 😂

Bugman

Absolutely brilliant.

It does not take half an hour to change a light switch.5 to 10 mins max.

Pencil sharpening? Sure, $100.

Hilarious but I missed the funny ending

@odiums_taint

5 ай бұрын

i think we all missed it

feck me, i think we use the same electrician

Too long.....

£25 a hour?

People laugh because they paid to be there. The bit about the Gestapo grandfather, from one and a half decades ago: 40 seconds to make people genuinely laugh. Ten full extra minutes here, filled to the brim with repetitions and long pauses, and... oh, whoa! What happened? When did you turn verbose and prosaic?

I think you need a trip up to Scotland to vote against my independence you had man. Burst my bubble you try and try

"Electrititity" ??

🌏🕵🏻‍♂️☯️📖🌌😆✌️For the forgiven. If you have been fooled you can definitely get forgiven. Why?

Never forget this man pushed the Jabs..........NEVER forget.

@Outdoorshuntingshooting

4 ай бұрын

😂

As a Jack Dee fan, can I just say this isn't his best material. Straying into Clarkson, Sunday Times article territory here.

I remember when you were funny,but I was younger and less aware

Is it just me, but neither Jack or the electrician checked the breaker, this often trips when a lamp pops. Perhaps the "beverage " was a diversionary tactic so that he gets the job again, when the next lamp fails! Have the old switch tested, Jack, it's probably fine. Perhaps im over-thinking, and not just enjoying the comedy!

@Gordon_L

4 ай бұрын

If the breaker had tripped none of the lights would work . Everyone would check another light first , unless they're clueless .

@MrDannyDetail

4 ай бұрын

@@Gordon_L Maybe the garage is on its own circuit with its own breaker?

@alannock1358

4 ай бұрын

@MrDannyDetail Exactly... my detached garage has its own consumer unit, with two breakers, one for its single ring main and one for its light. Anyway, it's comedy!